What's up everybody? I'm George Massey. This
is the George Massey Show. We're gonna do some
pop culture, the pop culture podcast today. We're
gonna talk about some of the things that are
going on in the news right now. It's 2026. I'm
here with Gina. We're in a new year, right? There's
a new year and there's new news going on that
we're gonna talk about some sad stuff, some crazy
stuff and everything in between. So Gina, how
are you? How is your 2026 going? It's going good.
I started it off with a bang as you know Went
to Vegas went to see Backstreet Boys and then
got back into work mode How was that how was
the Backstreet Boys concert I know you've been
to like 800 of them, but how did this one compare
to the other 799 it was a spectacular like the
the scenery on the screen, because it was at
the Sphere, as a lot of your listeners know.
They are performing at the Sphere. They have
some February dates coming up as well. Just everything
was so phenomenal about it. And the graphics,
the music, it just took me back to a nostalgic
era, to when it was like... 16 and like white
cargo pants, like blue eyeshadow and silver eyeshadow,
bandanas. It's like a vibe. So I missed a simpler
time. So what did people wear to the show? Because
I saw some videos online of people that went
to the Backstreet Boys show at the Spear. And
I noticed a lot of people were wearing all white.
Yeah, that was the theme. So the theme was all
white. What? Why was there a theme? Because I
noticed everybody in the audience, they were
wearing like white shirts, white pants, everything
was white. Why was it all the white theme? So
the theme was Millennium. And if you remember,
the album was like a sky blue and they're all
wearing white in their Millennium cover album,
like the original one that came out in 1999.
You're asking a lot for me to remember what the
album cover looked like, but as you're talking
about it, I googled it and I do know what you're
talking about now, but like I didn't remember
that at the time. So that was like the theme
was that Millennium era, right? So like the white
and the blue and like silver and metallic and
whatnot. So it was all about that. So how much
does a ticket run to see them performing at the
spear? I'm just kidding. It really depends on
when you get your tickets. So when I got my ticket,
it was a fan club pre -sale and then I ended
up getting my tickets for one hundred and sixty
five dollars U .S. So that's about two hundred
and thirty Canadian. So about the same. section,
basically, I was actually funny story. I was
just looking at tickets in the same section.
Just the row behind me for two tickets, it's
like $1 ,000. So like people are just trying
to resell them anywhere between 600, like 400,
600, $1 ,000. But they're not the tickets sold.
Master they're like people trying to sell them
on Ticketmaster, if that makes sense. I'm not
paying $1 ,000, $1 ,200 to see anybody. I don't
care who you are. And just to give you a little
backstory, back when Lady Gaga, she had the Monster's
Ball, like when she was still kind of new, I
went and saw her at the Monster's Ball two different
times, front row. And I want to say I paid about
$135 for each. So I saw her at the beginning
of the Monsters Ball. She came out to Cleveland
and I saw her at that show and I did front row.
And I think I paid a hundred and something dollars,
less than $200. And then she came back. She like
started the tour in Cleveland and ended the tour
in Cleveland. I don't know why, I don't know
what the situation was, but I saw her twice,
exact same show, like months, probably a year
apart actually. And I only paid a hundred and
something dollars each time. And then once after
that, she got too big for her own self. And,
you know, to see her front row was just insanity.
So I only got to see her front row. Well, I've
actually seen her front row three times because
when she first came out, she did a House of Blues
show when she had the... What was the Just Dance
album? Was that called The Fame? I think it was
called The Fame. And when she had that album,
she did like a House of Blues tour. And I saw
her front row at the House of Blues back when
nobody really knew who she was. And then I saw
her on the Monsters ball twice. But I would never
pay fifteen hundred, twelve hundred, a thousand
dollars to see anyone. Like, I just think that
that's insanity. And there needs to be like a
little more decency out there. Like people are
paying mortgage prices to see artists. And I
think the artists really need to stop that because
they're already rich. Right? Like I remember
Beyonce, when she was on tour, people were like,
their houses were going into foreclosure, they
were using their rent and mortgage money to buy
tickets, like, and the artists are just letting
this happen. And actually, brings me to another
topic that I wanted to talk about, because Ariana
Grande is working with Ticketmaster to try to
resolve scaffolding issues on her tour, because
I guess her tour that she announced I guess in
October, she's going on the Eternal Sunshine
Tour. It sold out instantaneously, which nobody
was surprised by. But the problem was everyone
who bought tickets, they bought them and they
just tried to resell them at exorbitant prices.
So she worked with Ticketmaster to cancel a lot
of those tickets and go back on sale. and she's
gonna try to get them in the hands of true fans
and not scalper. So what do you think about that?
Because a lot of artists just don't care, right?
Like I think Harry Styles was having issues with
his tour announcement and his tickets. And a
lot of artists, they just kind of look at it
as, oh, well, I don't know what to tell you.
If you wanna come see me in concert, you have
to figure out a way to get a ticket. So she took
it a step further and she had those... exorbitant
tickets canceled. And now she's going to do like
a little lottery or ticket master is going to
do like a lottery where you can go. Yeah, like
that's what they did with Taylor Swift. Did they?
Well, at least in my region, they they would
do they had a lottery draw. But like, here's
the thing that's still not going to stop people
if you have a lottery draw. to resell the tickets.
So I can solve I can solve this problem instantaneously.
You should just put a cap on it. No, no, listen,
listen, I know I have even better version theory
to stop it. When you purchase a ticket to a concert,
that ticket is non transferable. And the only
person who can attend the show with that ticket
is the person who bought it, the name on the
credit card. So there will be absolutely no chance
that you could ever resell it. So if anybody
tries to show up to the show and they don't have
that credit card or the ID to match the person
who bought the ticket, they wouldn't be admitted.
And then we just wouldn't have this issue anymore
because they have it to where you can buy the
ticket and then you can resell it and transfer
it to someone else's name. That's the root of
the problem. The root of the problem is giving
people the option to buy up as many. Well, I
don't want to say as many as they want. I think
you can buy up to eight tickets and then they
can transfer them and sell them. to anybody they
want for any price that they want. They need
to scratch that. That can't be. You can only
know. Yes. And I agree that would take more time
for the to match the name type of thing when
I thought let's face that. But if you put I think
there are some artists if I'm not mistaken have
actually put a cap on how much you can resell
the ticket for. Right. So let's say like My ticket
was $165, right? Let's say I wanted to sell it
for $265, right? Like, let's just say there's
$100 because Ticketmaster takes some fees too
when you resell tickets as well. So let's just
say $100 bracket from what you originally had
paid. I think that's reasonable, right? So here's
my original price, what I paid. Let's say you
paid $500 originally, right? cap it at 600 right
so then you pay the stupid ticketmaster transfer
shit bullshit fees right and then get some money
off of it not a lot but you know what i mean
like there's that there should be a cap and i
think a lot of artists should put caps on how
much like people are trying to resell their tickets
through through ticketmaster because it's ridiculous
there should be caps or like i said reselling
should just be not allowed Why is I when I was
looking at the ticket master website for Backstreet
Boys again in February some of the tickets are
going for like a thousand dollars Well, yes,
the Backstreet Boys don't really care because
it's just more money in their pocket and I don't
want to sound rude Like it's just more money
in their pocket. Like if you pay well, it's like
it's not like the money that's going in their
pocket It's the money that's going to other people's
pockets, right? They made whatever they made
from the original ticket price, right? But at
the same time, the original ticket price, let's
say it was like $400. And then there's someone
else who's selling it for like $800 more to make
money in their pocket. See, that's actually boys
are not getting it. It's the other person that's
getting it right. The scalper is now taking money
from the artist. And that's why I said I think
that reselling should be on it shouldn't be allowed.
And if you buy the ticket, the only person who
can go to the show is you. And I think that that
would end this situation because scalpers have
made a living out of this. These people don't
have jobs. They just go and they buy up a bunch
of tickets, hundreds of tickets and resell them
and they don't have a job. And I was like, the
only way to solve this issue is if they buy 50
tickets, then they're useless. You can't resell
them and it's all bought. Right. So I think that
that Would be a good way to solve this issue
because so many artists are suffering and like
you said The scalpers are taking the money straight
out of the artist's pocket and at the end of
the day If anyone should be making money as the
people who have to go on stage and perform and
put on a show every single night for months and
months and months Those are the people who should
be making the money not somebody who just sat
at home on their computer and bought 500 tickets
You know, like why are they making money off
of a show that they didn't even work on? They're
not even part of the production Yeah, so I just
googled it Typically to get master Some reports
suggest combined fees can exceed 25 % of the
tickets about face value when doing the like
the ticket Resale And something like in some
cases ticket master may take a percentage from
the sale proceeds for services and in specific
instances the buyer may pay additional fees Well,
Ticketmaster is a little at fault here too, Gina,
because they're taking, they're making money
off of each time the ticket is sold. So they're
making a bunch of money too. So they're part
of the problem, right? Ticketmaster is part of
the problem. They're creating an environment
where this can take place and then they're supporting
the environment by taking money for themselves
in the process. So Ticketmaster is getting rich
too. So exactly that's why I said like initially
like like the artist should have control of like
no we're gonna cap it at Whatever the person
pay Charge an extra $100 just to cover those
fucking service fees and maybe get some like
something like a little something out of it,
but not like $600 or $700 is what I'm saying,
right? Because ticketmaster will take their fees
and then what are you left with? Right? Like
I was talking to somebody at my work, his daughter
got in the lottery draw for Taylor Swift and
she had floor seats and she sold her tickets
for $8 ,000 each. Wow. You know what she did
with that money? She put some aside and she went
to Bali for a month. Wow, that's crazy. The fact
you do this and no one is trying to stop it.
It just shows you that this is crazy. It's crazy.
And I've heard and I've read some artists will
be like, no, like, this is the maximum that we're
going to we're going to put a cap on it. This
is the maximum that we that we're going to sell
the tickets for. Well, it should be that way.
And I think that, and you know what's really
weird? You know how Ticketmaster has kind of
been like the monopoly of concert tickets since
as long as like my whole life. How come no other
company has been started that can better manage
ticket sales that can take over? Like, you know
how... companies come around and they fail, they
go out of business. Like why is Ticketmaster
just the monopoly? It's just they're the only
ones that are in charge of managing concert ticket
sales. Like why can't there be a choice? You
know how if you want to rent a car, there's Enterprise
rent a car, there's Budget, there's Avis. You
can choose, right? Like they're all going to
screw you over in the end, but you can choose
who gets to screw you over. Like why is it that
Ticketmaster, there's just a monopoly. No one
is there to um compete with them they're just
the only one so they set the rules because there's
no competition and it's just odd to me that in
the market of because concerts are a huge part
of the entertainment industry market like no
other company wants to take on ticket master
and it makes me wonder why like why why wouldn't
another company want their piece of this massive
billion dollar pie that ticket master has been
dominating for decades um i don't know I don't
know, like I know there's like other like for
smaller things, like it's not run by ticket master.
It's run by like Eventbrite. So there's like
smaller mom and pop shop ones, but it's not like
big name concerts. Like for instance, the multi
-million dollar and billion dollar tourist ticket
master is usually in charge of. Exactly. Like
for instance, like Bruno Mars just set a record
here. and beat Taylor Swift, he's going to be
performing here for five days, I think, in October.
And like people at some of like the younger people
at my workplace were going in fame, trying to
buy tickets. Wow. Yeah, he's coming here in October,
right? Like, I'm going to stress myself out because
like, even though like I like Bruno Mars, but
it's not concert that I would pay to go to, if
that makes sense, right? Like, I think he's very
well talented, but it's not something that I
would pay for. I mean, Bruno is a good artist.
And when he first came out, right, he came to
Cleveland back when I lived in the Cleveland
area and he did a show at the grog shop. And
I don't know, you know, if you're not from the
area, you wouldn't know, but it's like this tiny
bar is probably the size of my living room. And
when he got there, he had Just the Way You Are
that was on the radio. And Grenade hadn't premiered.
He actually premiered Grenade at the show that
I was at. He sang it for the first time live
in front of me. And I saw him up front. The place
was so small, Gina, that when he was performing
on stage, I was front row. He accidentally kicked
me. because I was leaning on the stage. It was
that small. Like it was like a little tiny bar
with like an actual bar that serves drinks and
then like a little elevated stage that was probably
like 10 inches off the ground. Like it was just
tiny. And the stage was like probably the size
of two king size beds. Like it was very tiny.
So I got to see him up close and literally up
close like to the point where like he apologized
during the show because he kicked me because
I was leaning on the stage. So like I don't have
to pay $1 ,000 to see him now because I saw him
really, really close. And then after the show,
um, he came outside and like talked to us and,
and he signed a bunch of posters and we took
pictures. Like he was super cool, but he was
super, super new. Like at the time, like he really
knew who he was. I think I paid $37 for my Now
when I hear that he's coming out and, you know,
he's going to be selling $900 tickets, I was
like, man, I'm just really glad that I saw him
when I did, you know, because, and I don't know,
when I hear somebody, I usually can tell if they're
going to be big or not. So I try to make sure
that I catch people right when they first come
out. And that's when I go see them when I need
to see them live. I want to do it early. Like
when Ava Max first came out, the Sweet But Psycho
girl, I was like, I feel like she's going to
be kind of big. So she came to the house of blues.
So I went and started the House of Blues and
literally she performed last at the show and
she didn't come out till like almost midnight.
So like half of the crowd left before she came
out. So when she came out, there's probably like
75 people left. So she literally performed right
in front of us. So it was like, I love seeing
people before it gets too big. Like, you know
how there's those people like you want to get
them when no one knows who they are. Like, so
here's the thing. Before they're prime. Well,
right. Like when Taylor Swift was just doing
little bars, performing at little bars in Nashville,
like that's when you needed to see Taylor Swift.
Like now it's too big. It's ridiculous. And same
with Lady Gaga. I got to see her really early.
But yeah, you have to have a good ear for that,
though, because you don't know who's going to
be big and who's not unless you have a good ear
for it. Yeah. Well, the fact like I was just
looking at, like, for instance, Bruno Mars, the
last like the last show he's doing. I think it's
here in Vancouver, where I'm from. And yeah,
so I think the last leg of this tour in October
is here. And he had to put like four dates out
here. And tickets are selling for like $1 ,000
or maybe $1 ,000. I mean, you're probably right.
It sounds, well, you have to also keep in mind
that this is his first ever solo album. He did
a few other collaboration. Albums in the last
10 years for this is his first solo album in
a decade. Tickets on the floor for second row
are running for almost $2 ,000. Yes, he know
I paid 37 and that's like somebody race like
that's a reseller. Well, yeah, I'm sure that
his tour is completely sold out and they're all
reseller tickets now. But no. I paid $30 and
he was right in front of me. Like, I'm good.
Like, I'm so good on that. The nosebleed section,
it's like $281 in a nosebleed section. Yeah,
I mean, I would probably still pay that because
he's really good. But I'm just glad that I got
it out of my system early. I saw Gaga when it,
when it was, I could still get a floor seat.
You know, I still, I did it when it was good.
Like now those people, it's impossible. You're
going to, if you even are lucky enough to score
a ticket, you're going to be in the nosebleeds
if you even get one. So I'm just glad I got it
out of the way. Yeah, exactly. But we already
have our stance with ticket master. Unfortunately.
Well, they're idiots, but since it's 2025. Oh,
no, 2026. I wanted to ask you a question about
2026. So when people go into a new year, they
go into new goals, New Year's resolutions. So
is there something that you want to do differently
in 2026 versus what you were doing in 2025? Did
you set a goal? Are you working towards a goal?
Or I'm not really a resolution person. So I was
just curious of what you were thinking about
that. think my goal put me on the spot um i would
say well probably not really it's like February
now so like you shouldn't i know um i think i
need to like have more of a social life and not
be a hermit crab because that's who i am now
um considering my ratchet ass before i was out
like five days a week running the streets um
club hopping bar hopping um but i think i want
to be like a little bit more like regardless
of like what's going on in my life i i think
i need to be a little bit more social with like
my friends and stuff like that rather than being
like see crab at home That's so interesting because
I think my resolution if I have one would be
I need to be less social and like and focus more
on like my personal life and stuff because I
think maybe I'm a little more. involved with
like friends and stuff then I should be more
involved with my personal life like my relationship
and stuff like that so I probably the opposite
I need to stop getting on airplanes and going
partying and doing stuff and focus like focus
more on my my actual oh I will never say no to
a plane no that's like the only aisle I'm looking
forward to is walking down in that aisle plane
right so that's the only aisle I look forward
to walking down to so um but yeah because like
like your friends are your extension of your
like your family right so like they're there
when you're down to lift you up and like if you
don't have that support then who are you going
to fall upon right so and um I just want to value
them more they know I do and they know my life
is like chaotic because I work, I go to take
care of my elderly parents, I go to the gym,
like, you know, I'm like running a ruckus. So
and they get that. So and I couldn't ask for
any better friends than what I like. My solid
friends that I have now that surround themselves
and support me at the same time. But I just need
to be more social with them, because as soon
as I'm like home on a Friday or it's been a long
week and I'm like, I don't really feel like doing
anything. I'd rather be home. you're doing nothing
well i don't know i think that i'm well so far
this year i've been working a little better with
like working out and trying to maintain like
my appearance so i guess if i had a resolution
it's that i'm like worried about looking snatched
than I was last year. Like last year, I was I
worried about it, but not as much as this year.
Because now that I have somebody to look snatched
for, it's like a little bit more like, oh, you
got to look good. You know, you got to look good.
So I'm like a little more focused on that. And
I'm being that's good. You should be right. You
had always called me the gym freak and gym fanatic
and we'd never we'd do a 90 day pod together
you'd be like oh i'm waiting for this bitch to
come home from the gym like really well you went
to the gym like seven days a week it was very
excessive it was excessive you know i think that
i still go i go four days a week monday to thursday
um i didn't go because i pay every three months
to the community center that i go to and i didn't
go in november because it didn't make sense to
go in November because I was away for a week.
So it wouldn't add up. And then in December,
the community center is closed for like a week.
So again, there was no point to go. So then I
started again in January. So. Well, I'm. Not
a gym freak like you. I don't go to the gym.
I have equipment at my house. So I have a gym
membership and I don't think I've ever physically
been to the gym. So you're just like Chandler
and Ross from friends that had the gym membership
and they were paying for it. Yeah, I don't even
know where they never go. I don't even know where
the gym is to be like 100 percent honest with
you. It's not too far from my house, but I don't
even know. I've never physically been there other
than when I joined. But oh, so I want to talk
about this. Melania Trump movie. So do you know
the First Lady has a documentary and it offered
access to the 20 days leading up to the 2025
presidential inauguration. And, you know, what's
really interesting to me about this is a Melania
is the first. I thought it was Melania, but whatever.
Keep going. I mean, I don't know. She's I don't
know. We're both not into politics. I'm really
not. I'm really not. But she's kind of like the
most mysterious first lady because like, remember
when Obama was president and Michelle was like
really involved, then she would be on Oprah.
And I remember that she was the one that made
it to where the school lunches had to be healthy.
Remember, she had like the get move. Um, like
the get moving promote a lot of incentives. Right.
So Melania, Melania, she's kind of like not really
active. Like I never see her on TV or doing interviews
or like saying that she's worried about what
the kids are eating. You know, I never really
see her super like active. You know, a lot of
times the first ladies, they turn into activists.
You know, they stand up for certain causes and
they exercise their voices to, you know, positive
change, whether it's for children or the health
industry, the food industry, they always pick
something. you know that they want to work on
and they spend a lot of time on it so when I
saw that she had a documentary I was like well
what would they be talking about because I don't
really see her honestly I don't even know if
I've ever heard her talk Gina like to be 100
% honest with you like I've never even really
heard her speak I've seen her standing like next
to the president but I've never like seen her
do anything or speak I'm not 100 % Positive she
can speak like I didn't know so apparently she
put out this documentary and I think she thought
that she was gonna garner some Some people that
were going to be you know Melania Super fans
cuz you know like a lot of times like the first
lady can turn into like this this morphed um
Obsession for people like what was JFK's wife
name member JFK. I can't remember her name now
But she became like a huge deal. What was her
name? Hold on. Let me see. Yeah, I'm looking
it up, too. Jacqueline Kennedy. Oh, Jackie, Jackie.
Oh, Jackie. Oh, like. So when sometimes the first
lady becomes like this huge celebrity and people
become obsessed with her. And I do know that.
Bill Clinton he was with Hillary Clinton and
she kind of had a big she was very active during
his presidency and she became like this this
phenomenon and Jackie Oh I think was probably
the most popular first lady we've ever had like
she because after her husband was assassinated
she got married to somebody else but that's the
fascination um it didn't go away people were
still intrigued by her and they followed her
up until her death so I don't know. I think that
Melania thought that she was going to become
one of those infatuated figures for the country.
And I don't know. I think that it didn't work
out that way. Because a lot of these reviews
that people wrote that I was looking at, they
were not happy with it. And don't get me wrong,
Gina, I didn't watch this. I don't know what
it's about. I don't know if it was good or bad.
But apparently, lot of people are saying well
first of all not very many people saw it that's
the first thing that was being reported that
it was a box office bomb or or streaming bomb
wherever it was it didn't do well and then the
reviews for the actual show they're just horrible
very mean but You know, I think the approval
rating in the country right now for our leadership
is pretty low as it is So she might be catching
strays, you know, like she is it might not necessarily
be her fault I think a lot of people might be
mad at you know her husband or other people in
leadership on Positions and then you know, she's
guilty by association, you know, she might not
have actually done anything I don't remember
her doing anything that will make anyone mad.
I don't remember doing I don't remember her doing
anything at all. I sent you a post from here
that said, well, it looks like Canada isn't interested
in Melania's Trump's movie either. Opening night
across Canada, no seat sale. And then at the
bottom it says, I love this for her. To be fair,
I didn't know it was coming out. Neither? I never
saw a commercial. I never saw anything until
I found out that no one saw it. That was also
really weird to me too, because I was like, Oh,
shouldn't I have at least seen I do watch TV
like shouldn't I have at least seen a commercial
or something or an online ad that was telling
me she had something coming out because I didn't
even know that this was in the works until people
were posting online that no one wanted to see
it. So well some of the comments in that post
I sent you It's like oh is it a Debbie does Donald
kind of theme rather watch paint dry Yeah Now
he's gonna say it was sold out across the country
and even parts of Canada guaranteed I'm like
if he doesn't if we don't watch it, he'll impose
another tariff tax Oh, that's kind of funny,
actually. We do still have some kind of sense
of humor, like she will still win an Oscar, I
bet. I'll wait for the DVD from the library.
Oh, wow. Geez. I mean, at this point. She hasn't
really look I'm just gonna be real like as a
first lady. She hasn't really made a big impact
I don't really see her doing much like I rarely
hear about her or see her at all like a lot of
times the first ladies are very Visible like
I see them on TV. They're active. They're activists,
right? They show up to things They make it known
their presence is known and they make it known
that they are they stand for something and I
feel like she's just kind of There I never To
be real, I don't think I've ever heard her talk.
She only talks when she's spoken to. Right. Like
a lot of these first ladies, like for instance,
Hillary Clinton was very outspoken. She spoke
when no one was speaking to her. She just wanted
to be heard and she had things that she wanted
to stand for. And she had speaking engagements.
She was always traveling and she was always giving
her time to doing something. And I feel like
Melania is the opposite. Like, I feel like I'm
sure she might be doing something. I just don't
hear about it. I just assume that she's always
out shopping somewhere because I was like, well,
what is she doing all day? Because I never heard.
I never hear or see her anywhere. Yeah, some
of these comments are hilarious. Someone broke
into my car and left two tickets for the Friday
premiere. They played it on an airplane and people
still walked out. To be fair, I didn't watch
it. But from the comments, I don't think I've
missed anything. And honestly, I don't think
I'm going to catch it on streaming or anything.
I think I'm going to skip it. Like I said, I
don't really know what new information it would
bring me because it says that it's giving you
like the 20 day up close and personal days before
the inauguration. But I don't know. She hasn't
really done much since the inauguration. So I
can't imagine that anything happened during those
20 days. It is just vital for me to know, right?
Like I don't I don't I don't think that there's
something in there that will make my life better
if I knew it or not. Just saying. No, no, no.
But those were some of the comments here. We
do. We're we're nice people up up here in Canada,
but some of our comments are pretty like catchy.
Well, yeah, when something happens, I usually
go directly to the post for the comments. I'm
just there. In the comments, I want to see what
people say, and they usually don't disappoint.
That's usually where I'm laughing hysterically
when I get to the comments. But speaking of comments
and stuff, so there's a Pepsi ad that's running
during the Super Bowl. And you know, last year
was this huge scandal between the CEO and I think
the HR lady. I guess. The VP of HR or whatever.
Andy Byron and Kristen Kabat, the CEO and the
HR lady that were caught having an affair at
a Coldplay concert. So Pepsi has jumped on the
bandwagon of that story, which was huge. And
they're using, well, what do you call it when
it's not the actual Coca Cola bear, but it's
like, it looks like him? Like, what do you call
that? Like a lookalike? Yeah, I guess. So they're
using Doppelganger or Doppelganger. They're using
the Doppelganger, but they're letting him they're
having the Doppelganger and his girlfriend drink
Pepsi at a concert. And they're going to get
caught, you know, just like the CEO. And it's
it's hilarious, to be honest with you. Like,
it's really funny. And I know I don't think it's
good that we keep revisiting these two people's
the end of their marriages or whatever. Like,
it's probably not easy for them. But I mean,
They knew what they were doing. They were grown
and they were at a, you know, like they knew
what they were doing. But, you know, it can't
be easy if they have kids or whatever. We keep
bringing up that these people were cheating and
ruin their lives and their families. Like, that
can't be easy. But I guess Pepsi was like, look,
we're going to cash in. We're going to put this
hilarious commercial in on the Super Bowl. And
we're going to. Oh, we should talk about the
Super Bowl, too, Gina, because the big halftime
show with Bad Bunny is going to be Groundbreaking
right because they said he's gonna be the first
ever artist to perform in a dress So the dress
he said that he's okay dress did you not hear
about this? No, this is brand new information
to me. So he's gonna perform in a dress and He
is bisexual right? So this is a groundbreaking
thing because at a Super Bowl a football game.
We don't typically have any LGBTQ Representation
So this is going to be like a huge monumental
deal. Everyone's really excited. The LGBTQ community
is is ecstatic to be represented in this way
as such a an event that doesn't necessarily always
include them. Right. Then the Super Bowl is very
it is what it is. It's not super inclusive, especially
to LGBTQ people. So how do you feel about that?
Are you excited to see Bad Bunny perform? Like,
I'm not a Bad Bunny fan. Like, I'm not going
to be like i don't dislike his music i've just
i've never really listened to much of it i've
heard a few things so how do you see i would
go if bad bunny was to come here i'd go that's
a concert that i would go to so uh yeah so i
would go see bad bunny because at a point in
time in my life when gina was running on the
streets and my ratchet ass um i would go to a
lot of hispanic nights where they played a lot
of like daddy yankee where they played a lot
of like Latino beats and stuff like that and
like reggaeton and bachata and morangue right
so like I would definitely go see him right but
like that's good like I am so happy that he is
doing like he's going to be a representation
of LGBTQ community the rainbow the rainbow Right.
And he was already representing them, but he
decided to perform in a dread. Well, he's already
been. It's not his first rodeo being on the halftime
show. Wait, he's performed at the halftime show
before? Yeah, with Shakira, Jennifer Lopez. He
was on J Balvin and Emmy Muniz. Oh, I didn't
know that. So this isn't like 2020. Yeah, it
wasn't long ago. Yeah, he is like the main headliner
right now. Right? Like, in 2020, it was like
Shakira and Jennifer Lopez. Those were the two
main ones, right? Um, so I'm like, no, he's performed
like, like, I have to remember, you know, he's
performed at like, a halftime show before so
I don't think a lot of people remember because
oh I remember like the Shakira and Jennifer Lopez
because I was like that's hot well I remember
Shakira and Jennifer Lopez I remember Bad Bunny
but again I'm not like a big fan so I probably
wasn't paying close attention um I'm not like
a huge Jennifer Lopez fan either I feel like
she's an outstanding actress but her voice her
voice is very mediocre for me So I'm not like
big on her music like but waiting for tonight.
And if you had my love or both classics, 1999,
it was her year to shine with 1999. Yeah, if
you have no 2000, 2000 and 2001 2002. That was
her like, that was her her era like, it's funny.
Like, yeah, she had a spring of it. If you had
my love was a classic and waiting for tonight
is a huge classic as well Like don't get me wrong.
She's put out some really good songs, but um,
you know her voice is it's not stellar her acting
skills are stellar She's one of the best actresses
I've ever seen on the screen and I would never
question her talent when it comes to acting But
singing is probably not her best quality. She
does it, you know, and I don't know I think that
people probably like her singing because they
like her acting i think that you know they're
they're not comparable i think her acting is
is stellar there's not very many people who can
do what she does on the screen so well but i
was right with my first guess when i was saying
the year i like i just googled it and it was
1999 when she came out with that album on the
six Yeah, that's when If You Had My Love came
out, and I believe she debuted her first ever
performance on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 1999.
I actually remember watching it, and I remember
thinking that her voice was not as strong as
I would assume. But when you're such a big star,
you can kind of do whatever you want. You know,
she already had a built -in audience, so it didn't
necessarily mean that she needed to win anyone
over. We already knew that she was an amazing
actress, so when you're that big, you can kind
of just... Do whatever you want, right? Like,
remember Ariana Grande? She went from being like
a TV, I think a Nickelodeon star. Was it Nickelodeon
or Disney? I don't remember what she did now.
She did the Victorious show and Sam and Cat.
I don't know what network that was. It could
have been Nickelodeon or it could have been Disney.
I don't remember. She also did Pussycat Dolls,
wasn't it? Didn't she or something like that?
Who did? Or Ariana Grande? No, she definitely
didn't do pussycat dolls. She came from the cheetah
girls. She let cheetah girls. Okay. When did
she do cheetah girls? She was never in cheetah
girls. I thought she was. No, that was like Adrian
balloon. Um, the girl from the Cosby show. Um,
Raven, Simone. Yeah, Raven, Simone. And then
there was like the girl. Keely. Yeah, she was
never in the Cheetah Girls. Ariana came straight
from, she did Victorious with Victoria Justice.
And then after that, she had a spinoff called
Sam and Cat with the girl who came from the iCarly
show. And after that, she just jumped straight
into music. But she already had a built -in audience.
Everyone knew her and loved her from her acting.
So it was a pretty smooth transition. And don't
get me wrong, Ariana Grande has the voice to
back it up. It's not like she just woke up one
day and said, oh, I'm going to try singing now.
She probably should have did singing first because
she's just as good at singing as she is at acting,
if not better. So I think it's a little different.
I think JLo... She thinks she can do both. And,
you know, based on the the success of her career,
she has been allowed to do both. But I don't
think that her her talent is stellar. You know,
I think that she just she sounds good, you know,
but to be a world renowned singer, you guys sound
a little better than good. You have to be great.
It was Nickelodeon where she got her start. Yeah,
Nickelodeon. I thought so. Yeah, it was Nickelodeon
because it Did you know about Ariana? Did you
know? Ariana night tonight, it seems like. Did
you know that her stepdad or her mom's boyfriend
has links to TLC? No. What do you mean? Does
he work for the network? No, like his daughter
or Like her stepdad or her mom's boyfriend or
whatnot is, you know, the show Plathville. Yeah,
I know. Welcome to Plathville. Welcome to Plathville.
The girl who divorced Ethan. I forgot her name.
I think Olivia. Olivia. Yeah, like her dad is
with Ariana's mom. What? Are you sure? So her
dad, the girl from Welcome to Plathfield, the
one that was dating Ethan, her dad is with Ariana
Grande's mother. So she's the stepsister to Ariana
Grande. Yeah. Does Ariana and her have a relationship?
Do they talk? Um, I don't know, didn't go too
much into depth with that. But yeah. I didn't
know that. That's so interesting. Oh, wow. Oh
no, not Olivia Plus. Sorry. I was getting confused
with not Ethan's ex -girlfriend. It's the other,
like Micah. He was dating a girl and it's her
guy. Sorry. Oh, so not the girl that was online
talking crap about TLC. Yeah, it's another one
of the kids's girlfriend ex -girlfriend. Oh,
so they're not together anymore. No Wow, that's
so interesting Veronica Peters Veronica Peters.
That's her name. She her dad is with area and
his mom That is wild that's wild, right? I never
I never would have thought but yeah So oh, and
I forgot to ask you. So Ariana Grande has her
new tour on the internal sunshine tour. Is that
a tour that you would go to? Are you an Ariana
Grande fan? Would you if you could get a ticket,
would you go? Here's the thing. She she came
out when I was like, I got a ratchet in the streets.
That's gonna be my word for tonight ratchet in
the street. She came out in a time where I didn't
really I wasn't really watching Nickelodeon or
anything like that So like her songs, I think
you next and stuff like that or good and stuff
like that They speak to me, but it's not like
I'm not like it like an Ariana fan I didn't grow
up with her like her genre of music type of things
that make sounds Yeah, yeah, I think her music
is good. And my daughter was younger at the time.
So it was kind of a part of my life. You know,
the TV shows and stuff the kids were watching.
So it was a part of my household. So I guess
that's probably why I do like her. Like, I don't
think I've ever seen her live in concert if I'm
like, I'm trying to think back. And I don't think
I've ever seen her live in concert that I can
remember. And, you know, now it's too late. Now
it's, you know, if you didn't get it done early,
you can't do it now. So I wouldn't do it now.
You know, obviously they're having scalping issues
and stuff. So I wouldn't even try, but I don't,
I think her music is good. And I think she's
extremely talented. And like I said, I think
she should have became a singer first. I think
that was what she really should have been doing
acting. She was good at it, but I think her true
calling is singing. She's just, she's, she's
amazing. And I think that She's doing what she's
supposed to do. Oh speaking of singers So we're
2026 Grammys. It's always in February. They have
announced a huge performing list of people but
the one thing that stood out to me is Justin
Bieber is on the list and you know, he hasn't
performed in quite a while, right? He hasn't
been on tour in quite a while. He hasn't performed
in quite a while He just recently put out a new
album with over 40 songs and this is gonna be
his first time being back on stage and you know
he's been going through it you know like he hasn't
been super easy Right? Like he hasn't been, he's
not his old self, right? He used to do much better
with crowds and dealing with paparazzi and the
pressures of being one of the biggest singers
in the world. So a lot of people are questioning,
like, is this good for him? Is putting him back
on the stage something that he's ready for? And
a lot of people don't, they don't know, you know,
like we don't know him personally. We don't know
what his life is like, you know, behind closed
doors, but it does seem like he hasn't been doing
well with things in his everyday life. Like we've
seen him blowing up on paparazzi. Remember, there
was like that one meme where they're like, you're
not clocking it, you're not clocking it. I'm
standing on business. He was like yelling at
some paparazzi outside of a coffee shop. And
we started seeing a lot of videos of him acting
that way. And I do want to bring up. Acting irrational.
Well, yeah, and I do want to bring up to you.
He's one of yours. He's a Canadian. He's not.
No, no, no, no. You can keep him. He's one of
yours. You guys adopted him with open arms. You
can keep him. Well, no, he's definitely yours.
We didn't get any papers on him. So. I don't
know I worry because I think that since he started
at such a young age and he's been performing
and you have to remember this this was a child
and he had toured the world multiple times you
know I think that it's finally catching up to
him you know we know that there's no real positive
effects of becoming a child star. We know that
when you become a child star, it doesn't really
affect your life in a positive way. It usually
affects you in a negative way. So a lot of people
are saying maybe he shouldn't get back into performing
at all. How do you feel about that? I wasn't
a Justin fan, even though I should have been,
but I wasn't. Have you seen him live at all?
No. Really? That's crazy. I've seen him really.
That's crazy. My little cousin, she's in grade
nine, I think now when he like on his last tour
when he was here. I think we've had this discussion
before. Her mom took her to the concert and she's
just like, well, I regretted that. Right. Because
her daughter must have been like maybe five or
six, maybe. She's just like, it was something
she really wanted to go to, but yeah, I shouldn't
have taken her because it wasn't. Age appropriate
basically for like her age basically is what
my cousin had said. Whoa. Yeah, concert in general.
I don't know if you've ever been to a Sabrina
Carpenter concert, but she, they've gotten so
raunchy and I don't know why the artists have
to be over sexualized and I've noticed that too.
It's definitely not a safe space for kids anymore.
It's definitely, and it seems like the artists,
especially like for instance, Sabrina Carpenter
during parts of her show would mimic sex acts.
Like, it's gotten to the point where I don't
know why these artists are behaving this way.
It's like they have to have some sort of edge
about them. And, you know, you have to remember
your fans come in all shapes, sizes, and ages,
and it seems like they're making it such an inappropriate
place for kids nowadays. Like... Well, lo and
behold... It's unfortunately, it's the whole
sex self. I mean, yeah, it's been like that for
years. But it's worse now, though, Gina, like
the shows, they're getting more risque. They're
doing they're like, let's let's look back at
Britney Spears' first video. Hit me, baby, one
more time. Yeah, I remember that one. OK, and.
obviously what she was wearing, like it's schoolgirl
outfit, like basketball, playing the basketball
and whatnot. And like, yeah. So basically sex
has been selling for years, basically. And that's
the society we've lived in. It's just evolved
more and more and more. Yeah, I agree. It's sad.
Look at look at like Christina Aguilera, for
instance, as well, like Remember that music video
Dirty? Yeah, I do remember that. That was very
risky. Did you notice that? Women have to be
more risque than men, and it's always been very
imbalanced. Like, in order to be a celebrity,
a big star, a big singer for women, you have
to be very sexualized and slutty and risque.
But men... Unfortunately, it's a man's world,
unfortunately, right? Even though some of the
brightest talent is from women. But it's a man's
world. Yeah, I think that it's unfortunate that
a man can go out on stage in a fur coat and jeans
and fully clothed with a hat on and doesn't have
to show anything. And he gets the same recognition,
if not more recognition, but a woman has to go
on stage in a bra and a thong and high heels
and she has to twerk. Even though she's fully
capable of singing and dancing and performing
and doing everything that... probably better
than a male performer could do, she also has
to twerk. And I was like, well, why is this fair?
Why do we have to degrade women? If she can sing,
singing should be enough, right? That should
be enough. You should be able to go on stage
and showcase your talent, not your body. But
for some reason, it's just unfortunate that no
matter how talented a woman is, like look at
Mariah Carey. Mariah Carey can sing. anything.
She could sing the phone book. She could sing
the alphabet. She just sounds amazing. She writes
her own music. She composes her own music. But
when she goes out on stage, she has to wear her
boobs have to be out. Her butt has to be showing.
We just can't respect women for some reason for
their talent. And I can't understand why we haven't
gotten past that, you know, because there's a
lot of really talented women who should be able
to come out fully clothed and perform, right?
Like, there's no reason why they shouldn't have
to be They shouldn't have to be in a swimsuit
when they're not swimming. You know, like it's
gotten to the point where we need to just stop
sexualizing it and just let people showcase their
talent. Exactly. Exactly. I feel you on that.
It's just really unbalanced. But oh, so I want
to talk about we've been talking about a lot
of music today, but I want to talk about this
huge announcement from Ray J. Ray J went on his
Instagram. and he announced that he was going
through some medical issues and we found out
that he, we knew he had pneumonia last year and
we knew he was in the hospital and we knew that
he wasn't doing well, but he revealed that his
heart is only working at 25%, which is super
scary, right? It means that 25 % and he may need
a defibrillator, which I don't know what that
is, but I'm sure that it's whatever it is. It's
pretty serious. And he said that he doesn't know
if he's going to live, you know, past the year
2026, which is very, it's a crazy statement to
say. But a lot of people say with your heart
only working at 25%, you know, the harder your
heart works, the more likely it's to give out
the heart is, is a organ that pumps from the
day you're born to the day you die, it's always
working and pumping. So with it only working
at that small percentage, it's very possible
that it could give out. Do you think that this
is true? Because, you know, there's some naysayers
online that are saying, oh, he's just saying
that he wants attention. But I don't know saying
something like that. You know, I don't think
that's something that people would just take
as a joke and say, oh, say this and hopefully
people believe it and people are going to feel
bad for me. I don't know. I think that that might
be true. You know, I know. A defibrillator is
a life -saving device that delivers electric
shocks to the heart to restore normal rhythm
during sudden cardiac arrest. So you know those
like machines or whatnot that you see at like
let's say concerts or like hospitals to give
you like I've I've had to use one like when I
took my first aid training it's kind of like
that like put the stickies on like boom right
it's an electric shock wave. Oh, yeah, where
they say clear and then they yeah. Yeah, that's
yeah. Wow. So yeah, that's pretty serious. And
I don't know, this came as a shock to me because
he's been in the news a lot. Like, you know,
he's been in the news a lot. He's always around.
And I never would have guessed that he was having
these type of medical issues. And reading up
on it, it said that a lot of these issues came
from substance abuse and alcohol abuse, which,
you know, weakens your heart. So when you drink
heavy alcohol or you're heavy on substances,
those things can weaken your heart. And, you
know, he's only I think he's only 42 years old,
if I'm not mistaken. So he's definitely too young
to be going through these type of medical issues.
But he's 45. Oh, he's 45. A little bit older.
You know, his sister, Brandy. is a huge celebrity.
They just recently honored her at an award show
and her music catalog. And, you know, what would
have been a really happy moment for the family
now it's being overshadowed by his medical announcement,
his diagnosis. So we're sending prayers, you
know, to him because hopefully the defibrillator
could help him. and we would hate to see him
only have one year left to live. That's just
such a scary thing. You know what's crazy, Gina?
I have a psychic friend that I talk to about
things like that. And I asked her, I said, if
you knew that someone had a certain amount of
time to live, would you tell them? And her answer
was really interesting to me. She said that I
wouldn't tell them because when you tell people
that they have a certain amount of time to live,
they don't. enjoy the time that they have left,
they start going into constant worrying and regret,
and they don't utilize the time in a positive
way. So when doctors tell people that they have
a certain amount of time to live, I feel like
it might be counterproductive. And I know, you
know, to tell someone that they're dying is not,
it's devastating. It's not something that anyone
wants to hear, but it also makes you constantly
worry. And I think that state of worry could
actually make the time you have less right but
sometimes like the doctors are wrong with their
like with their theories and i know medically
like everything is evolving but for instance
back in the 80s my aunt had ovarian cancer and
they gave her less than a year to live and she
passed away like two years ago so yeah well i
know the heart when they the heart is different
right obviously right but i like i just hope
that like he's seeing the right doctors like
and let's be honest like they come for money
right like they're they have an empire they have
money like he gets the best health that he can
type of thing like that um I know it's just like
with the health care system in the United States,
usually, if you have money, you're set. But if
you don't, you're kind of at the bottom of the
list. Sorry. You're your sol. Unfortunately.
Yeah, because at the end of the day, because
I was thinking like, well, if your heart gives
out, you can always get a heart transplant. Right.
If your specific heart isn't working, you could
get a transplant. And like you said, with them
being public figures and, you know, multiple
public figures in their family, well -known people,
lots of money, lots of accomplishments under
their belt, that might be enough to get your
name moved up the list a little bit. Oh, like
money talks, fame talks, credibility talks, recognition
talks. So, you know, a heart transplant is not
the same as like you getting like a bone marrow
transplant or a kidney transplant. A heart transplant
means that your donor is no longer living. Exactly.
Because I was like, if it was like a kidney,
he could just find someone who's a match and
go through that process. But when you get a heart
transplant, you have to wait for someone to pass
away, which complicates the process because you
can't just find someone who's a match and then
they give you that organ because without their
organ, they're not going to live. So it makes
this process a little bit more complex. Exactly.
But as you mentioned, they have family members
in the music industry. He does, like his sister
Brandy, Snoop Dogg is also related to them as
well. So. Yeah. I'm hoping that things work out.
We know he has small children and, you know,
we are hoping things work out for him. So speaking
of that. Oh, wow. This is like a grim. The show
is taking a grim turn. It's taking a turn for
the worse. Yeah. The next couple of stories are
pretty grim because we found out that Snoop Dogg's
daughter. Passed away unfortunately not his daughter
his granddaughter and daughter. Oh my god I'm
so sorry his granddaughter his ten -month -old
granddaughter Cody who I believe was Born premature
She was I was just like well what happened there?
They're not going into too much detail Which
I respect the privacy of the family from the
TMZ article that I read but it just said in It
just says, uh, Saturday afternoon, sharing a
black and white photo is where she's grimming
and mothering, holding Cody in her arms. She
writes, Cody, the love of my life passed away
Monday, adding an angel wing emoji to the, to
the post. Cody was born three months premature,
um, revealed in February of last year, but he
spent most of the next 10 months in the, uh,
the, um, natural intensive care unit or NICU.
However, three weeks ago, shared a photo of her
relaxing in bed together telling followers God
heard all their prayers. Cody's father, Wayne
Deuce, also shared a heartfelt tribute to his
daughter writing on social media that he will
always be with her at rest of peace. So that's
pretty sad. I don't wish it on anybody. And upon
looking into it, I was like, I think this isn't
the only time. That he had a grandchild passed
away and I looked into it and there's a people
article that says that Snoop Dogg's son His ten
-month -old child passed away. Um, the child's
name was Chi love and it passed away in 2019
So this is this is it says what's with the ten
-month mark? Well, one was ten days old when
he passed away. Um his Child Chi love died ten
days after birth and cord a on his son was the
father and now this is his daughter's child.
So this isn't the first time this happened to
the family. I can't even imagine what they're
going through. So this has happened twice and
it happened in 2019. His son lost a 10 -day -old
baby and now his daughter lost a 10 -month -old
baby. I can't even imagine what that's like.
Right? You know, and losing anyone is hard, but
especially a baby, you know, because you already
feel like they're helpless and you have to do
everything you can to help them. And I can't
imagine what that feels like to know that knowing
you did everything you could, you couldn't save
your baby. I can't imagine what that's like.
I can't either. I wouldn't even, and I'm not
a fan of Justin Bieber, but I wouldn't even wish
that upon his child. I wouldn't wish that upon
any child. No, it's it's horrible. So yeah, when
I heard that story, I was like, huh, so weird,
because I feel like I've heard this story. It
sounds familiar, right? Like the same. Yeah,
confusing. Because I was like, I've heard this
story with Snoop Sox name before. And then I
looked into it. And I was like, Oh, my gosh,
this happened in 2019 with his son. So this,
this is not a new situation to the family. But
I guarantee you it's a difficult situation for
the family. So sending thoughts, prayers, and
love to the family and hope that they are doing
well. And unfortunately, next story is just as
grim. So I don't know if you watch the show Schitt's
Creek. It's one of my favorite shows in the entire
world, Gina. I don't know. If you haven't watched
it, it's fine. You can totally still watch it.
It tracks. But I watched Schitt's Creek. I've
actually re -watched it multiple times. It's
just really, really good. And one of the actors
on the show, she goes and does the character
Moira Rose. And it's probably the funniest, one
of the funniest characters in the world, other
than maybe Miss Doubtfire, Catherine O 'Hara,
who is this legendary. actress, she did Home
Alone, she did Beetlejuice, she did - That was
filmed that, um, Schitt's Creek was filmed here
in Toronto, or in Ontario in Canada. Yes, it
actually was! Yeah, they did. And I think a lot
of, a couple other places are still available
to visit. There are people who still do the tour,
which is on my list, so I might be going up there
to see the hotel, and there's a couple of other
places. I think the Apothecary is there as well
that you can visit. Cause you know, I like to
do my location tours. I did the strange location
tour. I like to do my location tours, but we
had a shocking story that happened. Um, Catherine
O 'Hara, most people she's, she's an automatic
figure. You're going to know exactly who she
is when you see her. because she was Kevin's
mom at Home Alone. She was Kate McAllister. But
she did so many other monumental things like
Beetlejuice movies. And then Schitt's Creek took
over the world. It's like a phenomenon. There's
like literally Reddit groups that are just about
that show. She had a medical emergency at 5am
and then passed away later that day, which shocked
everyone, right? Because nobody knew. that she
was sick or if she was sick or what's going on.
And the family has been really tight lipped about
what took place. And I know TMZ released a phone
call with 911 and dispatchers and the ER ambulance
that was sent. And they said that the person
was having trouble breathing. And that's literally
all we got. But it's just she was really young,
Gina. She was only 71. Yeah. and I did some research
you know me I have to research everything so
you know um the mom and dad from home alone they've
both passed away now and I looked it up and he
died I think in 2017 or 18 he passed away at
the age of 71 that's creepy isn't it creepy so
yeah um Katherine O 'Hara passed away at the
age of 71, and the dad from Home Alone, you know,
they weren't married in real life, but I thought
it was just really creepy and strange that they
both passed away at the same age, and they played
a husband and wife in Home Alone, which, you
know, I look for strange things. I'm always into
the strange connections to things, and... I just
looked into it because I was like, well, wait,
is the dad still alive? You know, I go down rabbit
holes. So I was like, well, let me look into
this. And then I saw that. And it was just really
shocking, though, for me. I opened my computer
and it popped up on the screen and it kind of
freaked me out because the last time I was in
Atlanta, I was watching Schitt's Creek. Like
I was watching TV. I was and it was just a rerun
episode. And I remember it was the A Little Bit
of Lexus episode. and I was watching it and so
it caught me off guard because I was literally
just watching the show and don't get me wrong
the show ended in this 2019 but I was watching
it I had it on reruns and I was watching it so
this literally was like a week ago so when I
saw that she passed away it kind of hit me hard
I was like what I can't believe that you know
and of all people in the world you know You just
never know when people are gonna leave the world,
you know, you just never know You're never ready
right and I don't know her we've never met but
it still affected me, you know Yeah, so like
I got the notification on my on my watch right
like the Apple News when it when it happened
on my watch so So then I'm like, oh shit, are
you kidding me right now and then yeah And so
it was like, because she is she is Canadian,
right? She is from Ontario. So, yeah, we have
a lot of Canadians that have a lot of potential,
whether it be in singing, acting. Yeah, a lot
of we're not called North like Hollywood North
for a reason. Well, yeah, Canada has a lot of
talent and a lot of people that have come from
small parts of Canada and just turned into a
phenomenon, right? Like, it's crazy how we'll
hear that person was from some unknown part of
Canada, and now they're a household name. We
hear that happen a lot. Exactly. Like, there
was unfortunately, he was in Home Alone as well.
But John Candy was also a Canadian as well. Oh,
right. I think he was in Home Alone Lost in New
York, right? I'm pretty sure he was in Lost in
New York. No, he was in the first one. He played
the guy who takes Kate back to the home, part
of that band. Or whatever, the polka band. Yeah,
I'm pretty sure. That was that was the first
one. Oh, that was the first one. I don't know
why I thought that was lost in New York. Yeah,
you're right. I have no idea. So there's a lot
of talent up here. What's his face? I told June
Shibuti like from Stranger Things is also Canadian
as well. He actually went to my high school that
I went to as well. So. Yeah, there's a lot of,
a lot of talent up here. So it just goes unnoticed
sometimes. Well, I think a lot of times when
celebrities are from Canada, it's pretty well
known. Like, I'm pretty sure a lot of people
are aware that Justin Bieber is Canadian and
Drake is Canadian. Celine Dion is Canadian. I
don't think I was aware that Catherine O 'Hara
was a Canadian native. I didn't know that until
after, but. You know, it's kind of interesting
how so many people have come from that country,
right? Like a lot of times we don't realize that
these big name people came from some little tiny
place in Canada somewhere. A tiny little place.
Love it how you refer Canada as a tiny little
place. It's tiny compared to the, you know, in
the grand scheme of things. You know, there's
a lot less people there. there's a lot less usable
space there like most of the parts of Canada
are like, what do you call it when it's like
covered in snow and it's unusable? I don't know.
You know how in America, we just have woods,
we don't have a lot of there's like woods everywhere
that we don't use in Canada, there's just like
a lot of frozen over lakes and mountains and
just unused space. So I think that when I think
that's why that's why a lot of places will come
here to film. Well, yeah, because you don't have
a lot of space that you can use where there's
not a lot of people or a city to disrupt. There's
just all this open space, which I think is really
cool. Not a lot. I mean, we have a little bit
of open space here in the US, but nowhere near
as much as Canada does. But it just depends on
what scenery you're looking for and what part
of Canada, right? Like, you were in Seattle.
You probably saw some of our Canadian mountains
from Seattle. but it's kind of like the same
vibe basically so we have mountains and ocean
and yeah so that's that and we have a lot of
like forests and like land as you mentioned right
so really good hot spots for filming yeah yeah
you're right there's a lot of space that you
can use and um The best part about it is when
people film in Canada, you can't really tell
where it is. You can pretend you're anywhere
in the world. Exactly. There's a lot of stupid
Hallmark movies that are filmed here, too. they're
in middle America. And it's actually right in
the middle of Canada, which is kind of cool.
But yeah, unfortunately, we lost Catherine O
'Hara, which is so shocking. And I don't know
if you've watched Schitt's Creek. But if you
haven't, you really do need to watch it. It's
like an amazing show. Like I'll have to stream
it. I don't know where I would watch it. But
I would have to stream see where I would watch
it. But I were no it's on Hulu. On Hulu. Yeah
I'll see where it's filmed cuz like not filmed.
I'll see where I can Stream it because some streaming
Shows like it's different from like on Netflix.
It it's different say they have different Movies
or different shows compared to like Canada and
the US in Europe even so Yeah, so I'll see where
I can watch it. It's so good. It's so good. And
I didn't watch it from the beginning, but I think
by the time someone told me to watch it, the
show was already a couple of seasons in maybe.
I know my brother did the same thing for me with
that show called Superstore. Yeah, Superstore.
Yeah, that was good, too. That one was really
good. I think that was also filmed in somewhere
in Canada. No, it wasn't. Well, I think the store
that they use is a Canadian store. It had some.
Yeah, the name. The name Superstore is a Canadian
store here. Grocery store. There is some tie
connection. Yeah. Schitt's Creek is amazing and
rest in peace to the amazing Catherine O 'Hara.
She's talented, left her mark on the world and
she did such iconic roles and she'll never be
forgotten. And I think we talked about this on
the Christmas special, Home Alone is just one
of those movies that you just watch every year
and it never gets old and it's just part of the
season. So she'll always be a part of the Christmas
season for me. Um, and when I think of Christmas,
I think of that movie. I think of her, so. Exactly.
So I think on my Netflix here, they only have
seasons four to six. Oh, well that's no good.
And you know me, I have to watch a show from
like the first episode, the very first episode,
the first season, season one. But I found it
on another app that I could, um, watch it on,
which is a comedian app. Yeah, I would suggest
watching it from the beginning. I would suggest
that because he's Canadian to the other guy.
One of the other guys on here is Canadian as
well. Hold on. I'll give you his name. You've
seen him in other stuff, too. But I think he
played what's it called? Dad on an American pie.
Just give me a second. Oh, Eugene Libby. Yeah,
Eugene Levy, I think he's Canadian as well. Well,
his son, Dan Levy is also on Schitt's Creek.
Yeah, Eugene Levy is Canadian. Yeah, that's what
I thought. Yes, as he's from some weird tiny
place called Hamilton, Canada. So yeah, Hamilton,
Ontario, and it's not a tiny place. Why do you
always presume that Canada has like three people?
Well, I've never heard of Hamilton, Canada. I've
never heard of it. Hamilton, Ontario. It's quite
a big city. There's an airport there. Oh, well,
I mean, every city has an airport, Gina. Every
city has an airport. I mean, I've never heard
of it. So I assume there's some small, tiny little
one horse. No, no, it's not like a one horse
buggy and carriage. The population is about 569
,000 people in 2021. Oh, yeah, that's really
small. That's tiny. Yeah, I think Los Angeles
has like millions of people. So 500 ,000 people
is kind of small. in the grand scheme of things.
I think, okay, so Los Angeles has 4 million people
that live there. So a town of 500 ,000 is a little
tiny. A little bit. A little bit. In comparison
to LA, yeah, just a tad. Well yeah, you know,
a big city. LA is a big city and Hamilton is
a little tiny town, right? Yeah. But. Yeah, I'm
gonna have to watch it. But I'm already watching
so many other shows on the go right now. You
know me the best part about this is the show
is it's out there. It's streamable. It's not
new. No one's gonna ruin it for you. No one's
really talking about it anymore. So you can get
to it at your leisure. Because I think it ended
in 2019. So you don't really have to worry about
somebody ruining the show for you because everyone
has been there done that so But when you get
time, I'm just I'm just old to the game. That's
all Well, I didn't start the show when it started.
The funny story is I was driving for uber. Oh
my gosh, this is probably 29 mm 1617 I was driving
for uber and I drove someone and we were talking
and they were like, hey there's this tv show
that you need to watch and you know they're just
making conversation but he was really persistent
about it he was like there's a tv show you need
to watch he was like give me a piece of paper
i'm gonna write it down i'm gonna write down
where you can watch it and he like wrote it down
and you know people i used to people would always
tell me things when i was driving my uber like
go you should do this you should do this i didn't
i didn't necessarily remember or or do it for
some reason it stuck with me and when i got in
the house I brought the piece of paper in the
house with me that he gave me that's had the
name Schitt's Creek on it and what channel it
came on and everything and for some reason I
watched it and I was like intrigued like I watched
the first couple of episodes like one back -to
-back I was super intrigued and I was like wow
I never thought that a stranger could tell me
to do something that I would enjoy so I was really
pleasantly surprised. Yeah, maybe I'll wait after
I'm done with Love Island All -Stars and Love
Island Beyond the Villa and then I'll jump into
that because that's gonna consume a lot of my
time and plus all the 90 -day fiance bullshit
shows so that it's very time -consuming. Sometimes
it has to play catch -up on everything. Yeah,
it's time -consuming but when you love a show,
it just flows. It just flows. Yeah. So I gotta
watch Love After Lockup. I haven't watched the
new season, so that's what I'm gonna be doing
soon. But that's it. That's all of our topics.
So we covered everything that's going on now.
And unfortunately, a lot of it was very dark.
There's some dark things going on in the world
right now. We're losing people and there's a
lot of scary things going on in the world. Unfortunately,
that's the world we live in now. So we gotta
make sure that we're checking in on people and
being positive and helping people and being supportive
because... it matters now that we're looking
being and staying positive should be everyone's
new year's resolution basically it matters that
we're we're positive and looking out for each
other now more than ever it's if you it's hard
to find something positive going on in the world
so we have to be that positive thing for everyone
exactly all right guys Thank you to Gina for
joining us for this episode of the pop culture
podcast. Thank you for listening. And we'll be
back with another episode. Hopefully the topics
will be a little less dark. Like some great news
or oh, we'll be talking about the Super Bowl,
obviously, after that comes on and we see the
halftime show and Gina can discuss that with
us because she's a bad bunny. fan so she can
discuss that but hopefully that's the only thing
that i watched like i i understand football and
the whole concept but well i like it's like torture
for me to watch football i've tried many times
to watch it and i end up like falling asleep
so i get football i understand football the concept
of football but the prison mom turning into football
is the only time i'll watch it once a year is
for the halftime show and the commercials but
it's funny i don't know if you know this the
canadian like broadcasters here do not show the
american commercials oh i didn't know that so
do you have all own commercials or like how does
that work if we have our own commercials Oh,
I didn't know that. I mean, I guess that makes
sense, because if it's an American only brand,
there's no reason to show it to the Canadian
community. Well, Pepsi is not an American only
brand. It's an international brand. Right. Same
with Coca -Cola. There are some brands that are
American only that have commercials. So maybe
that's why they separate it. Like, I don't know.
I don't know. I don't know how it works. I don't.
I'm usually on YouTube the next day finding the
American commercials. Well, they're epic. They
usually put them on early. Like, if you're crafty,
you can find the commercials before the Super
Bowl. I've done it before. Well, look at the
Pepsi -Cola one. That's already, like, not playing
yet, but we've already got... We've already seen
it. So... All right. This was fun. Thank you
for listening. Thank you for Gina for joining
us, and we'll be back soon. This is the George
Massey Show, the Pop Culture Podcast. and we'll
talk to you guys really soon.