Dating App & Diddy Lawsuits, Florida Man Olympics + Love is Blind (To All the Red Flags)

Gather round homies, a new Easily Entertained episode dropped. And this week we begin with a bit of a venting session...with a little something to do with the most ridiculously lavish Bora Bora influencer trips (*ahem, Tarte*).

Host Maddy McClain shares this week's pop culture news including a major class action lawsuit against popular dating apps and legal battles involving P. Diddy that could very much be the final nail in the proverbial coffin.  And a Florida town leans into the state stereotype, the Florida Man, by hosting the first ever Florida Man Games. It's as bizarre and perfect as it sounds.

Then, we're breaking down the latest episodes from Love is Blind Season 6 including the alleged rumors regarding secret relationships & more.  Whether you've watched the show or not, there's MUCH to be learned about human behavior...and it's entertaining of course.

Cheers homies! Follow us wherever you listen to podcasts and on IG @easilyentertainedpod 🤠

10:43 Lawsuits: Dating Apps + P. Diddy

24:48 Florida Man Games

31:13 Love is Blind Season 6: A Rollercoaster

Sources mentioned / used:
- Diddy Sued by Producer of Alleged Assault (NBC News)
- Sean Diddy Combs Sued by Producer (Pitchfork)
- Sean Combs Sued by Producer of Alleged Sexual Misconduct (The New York Times)
- Match Group (Tinder, Hinge, Match) Hit with Class Action Lawsuit (NPR)
- Tinder Hinge Dating App Lawsuit (Washington Post)
- Florida Man definition (Urban Dictionary)
- Florida Joins In on the Joke with Florida Man Games (The New York Times)
- Love is Blind Season 6 Cast Allegations (US Weekly)

Transcript

Hello homies and welcome to another episode of Easily Entertained with your host, your pop culture sherpa, Maddy McClain. It is so good to be sitting here with you all once again. And for those new here, allow me to introduce myself and this podcast. Congratulations, because you have found Your favorite unpretentious  pop culture and entertainment news podcast. 

Aim to keep you informed, inspired, and most importantly entertained. Um, that was like the branding that I was gonna go with. And then as soon as I said it out loud, I wanted to stab myself.  Basically what I do is I curate the latest in entertainment media and interesting psychology bits for you so that you don't have to waste your life away in an internet black hole like myself.

You know, I'm, I'm for the people here. So  welcome. Happy to have you here. Join the homie clan. We're going to workshop that one. But, uh, thanks for, thanks for listening and to my OG homies. Love you, love you, long time. Thank you for hanging out with me every week. I'm honored to talk my shit with you.  Today, I will be hand feeding you, directly into your sweet little mouths, this week's pop culture news nuggets, including dating app class action lawsuits, and continuing P.

Diddy, Puff, Puff Daddy, however you know him. P Diddy has yet another lawsuit, and this one just might seal the deal if it wasn't already signed, sealed, and delivered.  It is pretty horrific, the details that are included in this 73 page. Mind you, lawsuit, don't worry. I got you. Give you the summary, the spark notes.

Sandwich with something a wee bit lighter and that is the first inaugural Florida Man games. Basically the Olympics for the most Florida Florida man, and it is incredible and everything you want it to be and more and last but certainly not least We'll be getting into the nitty gritty of love is blind and the latest season Gifted to us about our friends at Netflix whether you watch the show or not We'll be recapping the latest episode drop covering through episode 11 as well as talking about the latest controversies that have come out regarding pretty much all The majority of the male cast members, including rumored secret relationships and drama out the wazoo.

Not to mention the treasure trove of human behavior experiments that we've essentially all been witness to throughout the season in particular, and trust me,  It's a good season. If you have not been watching, highly encouraged. Stick around. I can catch you up or, uh, just sit in for the convo. So, yeah, that's me tempting you with a good time.

I hope you stick around and hang out with me. 

Before we do though, I felt like I had to share with you my experience seeing none other than Vanderpump Rules very own Sir James Kennedy. He had a DJ set here in Austin a few weeks ago and Well, it was everything you'd imagine of a reality TV star, just ridiculous turned DJ.  And it was perfect. It was everything I wanted.

You know, I'll set the scene for you, why don't I? We are at one of Austin's, probably one of two, maybe, clubs. We don't really, you know, like a bottle, bottle service tables type club. That's just not really the core of Austin downtown. Yeah, so we're at Superstition, it was great, and he, the show was supposedly, allegedly, going to start at 9pm, but he didn't come out till 1245 ish, and I allow that grace for like, artists, I don't know, like, Drake off the top of my head.

Just more seasoned, I guess, music industry veterans, but not so much James Kennedy, but whatever. Regardless, he came on out and just immediately jumped right into the role we all wanted him to play. And that is just ridiculous. You know, shirt came off like two songs in. Champagne's being poured and sprayed everywhere, and pouring into people's mouths, and it was,  it was a mess.

And it was a great, delightful, a pretty mess, if you will. My Bravo lovers will know that. Shout out Erika Jayne.  Anyways,  and um, it was a great time. It was a great time. Now looking back, a lot of shit has come out. There are a lot of speculation about James Kennedy.  That we can get into later not today's episode.

I just want to come I just want to vent a little bit with you guys. So I hope you I hope you give me that space I hope you're a safe space because I really have to get this off my chest here Um, I think we're really we've really lost the plot when it comes to influencer marketing  And I think it's time to reel it the fuck back, you know, influencer trips, you know, part of marketing.

And this is very much my background is advertising media, all that good shit. These influencer trips that we see all over Tik TOK, you'll notice some of your favorite. TikTok stars or creators will be invited, all expenses paid, to maybe a little getaway and they'll have the brand, like, lots of makeup brands.

But it can be, it could be Spotify, it could be whatever. Just a brand will sponsor and pay for the trip. Usually flight, everything. And they'll also send you lots of gift bags and free shit. Just free products. You've, maybe you've seen them, there are some influencers that will show like an entire small bedroom full of boxes for them to open.

And the Internet's kind of sick of it too, you know, but it's, and yet we keep, we keep eating this shit up. And obviously if anyone else was in the creator's footsteps. Of course we would accept free gifts. Of course we would love that. It's this odd psychological thing that I feel like the internet and us in general as a society will make these people famous.

will fall in love, like the internet is either all gung ho about something, or they're walking down the street with butcher knives, like, ready to take out enemy number one. You know what I mean? Like, there's no in between. Zero to hero, right, is all I'm saying. The, the internet doesn't see nuance, just public opinion.

It's much easier to think of everything as black and white, right, when in reality, it's all gray. It's all gray, honey, all gray all day. That's why we turn gray.  So it's definitely also not Tarte's first time in particular getting flack. They've taken influencers to super luxurious locations like Dubai last year, which took TikTok by storm.

And now this year, they're going to Bora Bora. And the PR packages are insane. So not only are they getting this trip to Bora Bora, but They send the influencer, and whoever the plus one is, they get some things too, don't worry. Obviously, pallets and pallets and hella product, tart product, but also in this beautiful bays bag, which is Shea Mitchell's travel, like, luggage and bag company.

Excellent bags, well made, like, pretty.  You know, they're not cheap, by any means. Then, two custom, in the like, tarts, purple brand colors. Custom Air Force ones. They also got a full sweatsuit set, so hoodie and sweatpants. Also in purple tart color. And then, open up the Bayes bag, and among a bunch of other, like, probably random products,  is a camera bag inside the camera case.

Is none other than like  probably an 800 Canon camera. Of course it came with a SD card and all of that good shit too, you know? So I'm not like jealous or anything, but no, that just really sent me and of course the internet is pissed and like, I kind of get the frustration. Like watching people that need these freebies the least receive more things, especially in this economy, it's annoying and it's not a great look.

Like what about all of your other customers? I feel like they're alienating now.  Every other customer outside of the influencers that will for a good penny advertise the product even if they don't really use it or like it at all, you know what I mean? I'm not saying I wouldn't do the same, like it's nobody's fault, but I do think nowadays with everything costing so much and that being a huge topic  And obviously a touchy thing.

Anyways, so I personally think that that should at least come to a pause right now. I don't think it's going to do Tarte  very well. And they're obviously not the only company that does these kinds of things. Plenty of others, but I don't know if that's what people want to see nowadays. You know, you even see that in social media trends, like TikTok.

Everybody loves it because it feels like you're FaceTiming creators and you're You're just kind of in the company of other people, really, living lives, and  people's, uh, jealousies are a little bit strong and intense these days. I feel like ever since the pandemic, we've all been.  The world's just walking on eggshells.

But anyways, speaking of, why don't we just jump right in a good solid few minutes and let's jump right on in to the pop culture news nuggets you need to know.  In case you missed it, Match Group, which owns the popular dating apps, Tinder, Hinge and The League. was hit with a class action lawsuit on, wait for it, Valentine's Day. 

That feels, uh, personal. Uh, yeah, so the lawsuit was filed by six dating app users, and according to the Washington Post, these users accused Match Group of having a predatory business model and deliberately employing Psychologically manipulative features to ensure they remain on the app perpetually as paying subscribers.

The lawsuit argues that Match's apps violate consumer protection laws. Match intentionally designs the platforms with addictive, game like design features which lock users into a perpetual pay to play loop that prioritizes corporate profits over its marketing promises and customers relationship goals, said the lawsuit, which was filed in a U.

S. federal court in California. This was on Monday of this week, the plaintiffs, plaintiffs said that the apps, which are used by millions of people around the world, use powerful technologies and hidden algorithms to keep users hooked and continuing to pay dating apps, rely on users purchases of subscriptions and premium features marketed as bringing people closer to love.

The lawsuit said, arguing that in reality, users are being drawn into compulsive usage that does not help them meet their relationship goals.  In a statement to news outlets, Match called the lawsuit ridiculous and defended its business model, saying that it is not based on advertising or engagement metrics, and that we actively strive to get people on dates every day and off our apps.

Anyone who states anything else doesn't understand the purpose and mission of our entire industry, the company said. Uh huh.  Uh, the lawsuit cited Hinge's slogan, designed to be deleted, and accused the app of inspiring users to do the opposite. Well, and also inspiring users to throw their fucking phones out of the window, but I digress and that was me adding that little tidbit in.

Um, about 30 percent of U. S. adults have used dating apps according to a survey published last year by the Pew Research Center. involving 6034 adults with Tinder topping the list followed by Match and Bumble. Match group owns Match while competitor Badoo owns Bumble. Shout out Bumble headquarters and ATX.

Um, and then NPR kind of goes a little bit further that the lawyers for the plaintiffs who ended up Suing match. They cited this journalist, Nancy Jo Sales, who directed, directed, who directed a documentary called Swiped, Hooking Up in the Digital Age. And there's an interview with one of the Tinder co founders, Jonathan Bedeen.

And he literally went so far as to basically spell out what we're all thinking here and what the lawsuit is alleging, that they're coming up with something psychologically manipulative. products to keep you purchasing. Um, and he said that the dating app swiping feature was partially inspired by a famous experiment by behavioral psychologist B.

F. Skinner. In it, Skinner turned pigeons into gamblers by giving them food delivered at random intervals. This is kind of the classic lab rat scenario. Um, That people will reference a lot of the times, but he's doing this in regard to his own app. But the pigeons believe their pecking prompted the food to appear, causing the birds to ceaselessly hammer away at their trays.

Just as pigeons can be conditioned to peck at determinable intervals, so can users be conditioned to endlessly swipe. According to the lawsuit, which, among other remedies, asked the court to order Match to launch an advertising campaign revealing the addictive nature of the company's dating apps. Um,  I have a lot of feelings about this, but it's just, first of all, legally confusing as to what grounds that they have to play around with, but, uh,  allegedly, it's that they're using, uh, Consumer protection that they're violating state and federal consumer protection is one false advertising sounds like mainly for the design to be deleted kind of campaigns and defective design laws.

So  that is, I suppose, the legal grounds that they're standing on. I don't know. It's kind of reminds me of all of the many lawsuits that have been and continue to be filed against like social media apps, namely, you know, meta. owning Facebook and Instagram, TikTok too, just all of these big players that get taken to court  in kind of a,  like getting a foot in the door so that they can take them down and get money out of them and stuff.

For essentially, there's so much personal responsibility that the users themselves need to take. I suppose that there's always some, you know, lawyers are busy people. I guess is what I'm coming to with this whole episode. Everyone's getting sued out the, at the butthole. So  that's why they get paid so much is because they're constantly being, um, taken to court.

But I digress. The, the legal jargon aside, and I am definitely not a lawyer here, um, that aside. I think it is pretty clear that something is awry with the algorithm, and they're a business, and like many businesses, they need to.  make money to function. So these premium features that all of these apps kind of tout do, yeah, they, they, they want you to stay there.

Like any app, they want you to make good content for it. So people give you their attention. That is the most valuable, valuable currency in the marketing business kind of world, honestly. I mean, because it translates into paying. Uh, loyal customers, but  it just, it, it is a little fishy that now you come across, at least I have, I don't know if it's just my FYP, but all of these videos about hacking these dating app algorithms and like you have to say no to all of the most attractive or, you know, standout, uh, suitors, if you will.

So that essentially the algorithm learns that you don't like attractive. Suiters and so then they start giving you unattractive suit. No, I don't know They're just coming up with all of these hacks I've come across it and it's all these convoluted like teaching the algorithm the opposite of what you like so that it gives you I don't know thinking in reverse reverse psychology here but the fact that people have feel they need to come up with that is obnoxious and I mean, I think that contributes, among other things, to just the general shittiness of the dating world these days.

I mean, I haven't really, like,  I've, I've been, I've been protecting my peace, like, real hard, you know what I'm saying? So, they're trying to turn this into a class action lawsuit, so I think that typically means that But if they do take it to court and they do win, anyone who's ever used it, we could be, we could be, uh, donated to in the form of 10 from whatever proceeds come from it.

But anyways, we'll see what happens there. But that did, the fact that it was dropped on Valentine's Day is hilarious to me. It's like a toxic, toxic breakup. 

And just sticking with this. This theme here, this legal theme that we have going on, Diddy's never ending lawsuits continue and if the deal wasn't already sealed in the court of public opinion, this latest lawsuit filed by producer Rodney Jones Jr., also known as Lil Rod, is accusing Diddy of sexual assault among a laundry list of.

Equally as terrible, awful allegations, and honestly is very likely the final nail in the cancellation coffin. And for good reason, honestly. So, the sapu the sapu 

Sorry. Ah, of course that happens in like a very serious story. Okay. The suit supposedly comes with damning evidence, including photos, videos, and texts, and is seeking 30 million dollars in damages. So, Lil Rod worked with Diddy on his latest album from 20, 2022 to 2023, living with him for months at a time.

And allegedly, Diddy forced him to acquire prostitutes and sex workers, and much like previous lawsuits, mind you, this is the fifth now since late of 2023, probably late November that these have been filed.  And, um, that all began with his ex and singer Cassie's bombshell lawsuit, but Cassie's lawsuit that was filed that kind of opened these water gates for all of these allegations and  against P Diddy, um, started with her lawsuit and they had dated for 10 years and she was basically groomed and all of these things sound very similar.

It was a very revealing lawsuit. Detailed, very similar sounding experiences too, of basically Diddy forcing sex acts upon them and to do it in front of them and to record everything, which, you know, there's always a nasty human beings. They have an Achilles heel. So now this one comes from a, a male, uh, producer, and it is a 73 page lawsuit. 

Um, so according to the New York Times, it's filled with graphic details and photographs. And in addition to Mr. Combs names as defendants, the Universal Music Group, the giant music company that Combs Diddy, Puff, uh, that P. Diddy briefly partnered with before releasing the Love Album, which is the album that, uh, the plaintiff worked with him on, produced for.

He did nine songs on the album, was never paid for any of them, allegedly. The lawsuit said Mr. Combs maintained control over Mr. Jones. It's Lil Rod, the guy who's filing this, by dangling promises of accolades and access to high level record executives. It goes on to name several more high profile entertainment biz figures, including Diddy's son, Justin Dior Combs, Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grange, former Motown Records CEO Ethiopia Habdemariam, Diddy's chief of staff Christina Quorum, among others. 

Allegedly, with this level of involvement, it amounts to a RICO charge. There's a lot of, it goes on to describe very graphic details of the unauthorized and unwanted advances, gropes, and sexual assault. And according to LA Times, um, Lil Rod was uncomfortable with Mr. Combs, P. Diddy's advances, expressing his complaints to Diddy's chief of staff, who allegedly told him, you know, Sean will be Sean. 

Oh, the classic boys will be boys and basically Coram, which was P. Diddy's or is P. Diddy's chief of staff, I suppose, like executive assistant  makes it sound a lot more, uh, White House esque, but described her as the Ghislaine Maxwell to Sean Combs Jeffrey Epstein. And even other Rappers and singers are named their names are redacted in the lawsuit.

That's available to the public right now but people are saying it essentially described Meek Mill as one of them and Cuba Gooding jr. Like all of these men. So definitely it was a lot of like forcing of homosexual  Activities too and this has been alleged in in the previous lawsuits too of Diddy and Recording and saying essentially like this is how you make it in the music industry and, um, then showing other people's videos that he's taken to prove in some way this is like how you make it and promises, you know,  winning of Grammys and, and all of these strings and I don't know.

I, again, all of this is alleged but  Uh, we're, I'm a general believer of where there is smoke, there's usually fire. And while all details might not be entirely true, like I'm apt to believe. Victims and believe people that and what they say especially when it comes to this and I don't really see the point I guess in a you know Of course Diddy's lawyers are coming back and saying they're all looking for a payday And they'll have their day in court and they vehemently deny all of these charges or whatever I don't think it's been charged yet, but you know what I mean  So we'll see what happens and even still there's There's so many layered issues to this.

I feel like it's been the years the past few years. I've been this prime time uncovering of These crazy scandals and things that have been right in front of our faces. So we'll see what happens with that, too I'll keep you updated and  Things aren't looking good for Diddy.  We'll get to this, but it even reminds me of Clay from Love is Blind mentioned casually that some of his, the  public figure celebrities that he looks up to are Diddy and someone else.

Who else did he say? Will Smith.  So, um,  that says a lot. That says a lot, but we'll, we'll get to the, we'll get to love is blind. Don't you worry. We're going to transition just a little quickly to a lighter note here in a prop news nuggets. And I bring you  the Florida man games. This is an excellent example to all of what it means to be easily entertained, but allow me to read the Urban Dictionary definition of Florida man, if you're, if you are unfamiliar, the Florida man, according to the trustworthy, the, The acclaimed, the critically acclaimed, um, Urban Dictionary.

It says, Florida man is a keyword used a lot to describe all the weird news stories about random Floridians committing weird and dumb crimes. Due to the state law regarding freedom of press about the fact that every police or court case must be public. Most of these weird stories, however, are related to white Florida men, the police, and drugs.

Due to this, this is why people outside of Florida hate Florida.  Well, I would go ahead and redact that last sentence. I don't hate Florida, but I do enjoy, um, this whole concept. So examples include Florida man lights off fireworks inside Wendy's restaurant. Florida man caught watching solar eclipse while stealing car. 

Florida man swings four foot alligator towards customers and, uh, Florida man abandoned from beach after allegedly giving sugar daddy business cards to young girls.  So now that we know, What the Florida man is really in reference to, um, I introduce you to one of my favorite news stories I've come across in a while.

Pete Melfi, a podcaster in St. Augustine, Florida, had the idea to go ahead and join in on the fun and be in on the nationwide joke of The Florida Man and lean into those stereotypes and have a good time with it. So, he developed what was called the Florida Man Games, which morphed into, and this is according to the New York Times, they did a profile on, on this whole event here, that is the games morphed into an all day competition with a series of zany events.

A mullet contest, a quote, mud duel with pool noodles, an evading arrest obstacle course with real sheriff's deputies pursuing the contestants, but to be clear, there were no actual arrests in the race. The handcuffs came from a sex toy shop. They also had bicycle stealing contests and a Florida, my personal favorite, a Florida sumo event where contestants wrestled while holding pitchers of beer.

America,  America,  gunshin Um, I love that. I love leaning into the joke, you know? There's nothing like a F you than to  kind of co opt the joke. It's kind of like how the word bitch got a resurgence when women were like, No, you know what, we're taking that word back and it's a good thing, bitch, and only we can say it.

You know what I'm saying? Yeah, so, of course, these, uh, everything, every episode, um, all of the sources and links and articles and such will be linked in the show notes, so if you have a desire to read any further or whatever or check things out, just know that you have the ability to do so, um, but these first ever Florida Man Games were held at the Fairgrounds of a historic district with tickets going for 55 a pop.

What a steal on a Saturday sponsored by Florida apparel, apparel,  okay. Florida apparel company  and others, including a car dealership and a gym and the competition awarded 5, 000 to one winning team based on its performance and events throughout the day.  Amazing. Amazing. We love it. We love it. We love it.

There also seems to be a plethora of snakes and alligators present at the Florida Man Games. I feel like Texas would be the other state to follow suit and do this. I mean,  I think it's like Florida and Texas that have the most stereotypes and jokes.  Um. We're also just kind of like the most obnoxious, really, and that's coming from a Texan, so.

Do you hear an accent? A Texan accent on me?  I don't, personally, and myself, unless it's certain words and if I've had a lot to drink, but,  or not even a lot, like it can be activated by a glass of Pinot Noir, you know what I'm saying? So.  Anyways, before we dive into Love is Blind, I do want to mention that very recently, as of recording, breaking news, another huge lawsuit, I guess, leap day, leap week, leap year, is just bringing that out of the woodworks, but a lawsuit was served to Daddy Andy Cohen, um, by a former Real Housewife of New York, Leah, but now, a new one has now been filed coming out of Scandaval.

Like And it was exactly ish a year later that this all came out. Uh, Raquel Rachel Levis is suing Tom Sandoval and Ariana Maddox and other unnamed Jane Doe's.  Rachel, Raquel, uh, honey, I'd get my money back from the mental health retreat because that shit didn't work for you.  Yeah, no, I, but really though, it's very confusing.

I can understand. We'll get into this in next week's, but, cause I need to do some more, some more research. Uh, so I bring you all the latest, but  we'll see what happens with this. I think some of it is. This is called for when it comes to Tom Sandoval because he recorded, uh, an explicit intimate video. But leave Ariana alone, like, can you imagine the audacity of mistresses to ruin a marriage or whatever, to ruin a relationship and then sue them both?

Like. Honey, I think we've been through enough here. So, we'll see. And this is all connected to the reality reckoning that was discussed in a previous episode. Check it out if you haven't listened to it yet. But,  we will definitely get into that next week. But I had to, I had to alert the press. I had to alert my homies.

You know what I'm saying? Looking out for you.  Love is Blind Season 6. Wow. It has been a rollercoaster of a season this year. Well, I guess I do multiple years. Whatever. It's been a good season,  um, as a viewer. Now, I can imagine being  Probably any which one of the castmates, maybe it wasn't a great season of their lives, but for us, it's been great. 

Woo! So this last week, episodes 10 and 11 were released. And where we were picking back up from was they had all, all of the couples had moved in together. This is following their vacation once they're out of the pods and they go from their little It feels like a honeymoon, but it's a pre moon, I suppose.

They get away, then the couples come back to Charlotte, or to the hometowns, where they spend another two weeks living together, essentially in a trial run. And the show, like, rents out these townhouses for them to live in, so they're, like, living next to each other. Which really reminds me of, like, Sims.

Like, they put all of the cast of characters next to each other. But,  yeah. So where do we pick up from? Quick recap. Uh, Kenneth and Brittany. These two, we were on your side, Kenneth, until they had the most emotionless, cold breakup where Ken just proceeded to, I mean, stare lovingly into his phone's eyes. I don't know what was so interesting on his phone because That poor, poor girl, Brittany could not compete with the phone once they get back.

They get their phones back after their little honeymoon trip.  And I think that's when I had changed every single couple. I mean, that makes sense. Like, let's acknowledge the fact that the entire premise of the show is bonkers. So,  I suppose that really draws in a particular crowd, right? Like, you really gotta be brave to do it.

Um, yeah, meeting, sight unseen, um,  getting engaged before you see them. And then you see them and then you do everything backwards, basically. They meet the families and all of that. So coming out of the honeymoon, we had Kenneth and Brittany,  Jeremy and Laura, Jimmy and Chelsea.  Clay and AD  and Johnny and Amy.

It's still more than last season could even do. So they were really, things just broke down quickly last season, season five. I liked that this season they spent a lot more time in the pods for me. That's one of the most interesting parts. I mean, that is like the whole. It, you know, the premise is born in those pods, where they get to know each other behind glass.

The last set of episodes left us after Kenneth and Brittany broke up. And, essentially, Brittany was like, Things have changed, you've been distant, um, I just want to get that feeling back.  And, you know, And he goes, Oh, so the feeling's not there? So you're telling me it's not there? Well, that's not enough for me.

So you're, you're breaking up with me, right? And like, kind of switches it on her.  Don't love that. And they just break up. And while she's crying in the kitchen, you hear Ken on the phone, presumably to his voice, says, Yeah, man, uh, I'm heading over. I'm grabbing my stuff. Like, he was planning it. It was gross, and it was weird, and it was sad, and he didn't even hug her, and I hated it. 

And he seemed like the nicest one, you know? So apparently he was previously on the Kelly Clark Kelly Clarkson show. They did some bit on him being like the youngest principal, cause he's like 24. He's a baby, but so is Britney. So, Britney deserved better, but they're pretty much, that's where, the last time we see them.

We don't see them in these new sets, so figured we'd touch on that. I hope that we get an apology. I mean, allegedly, even some of Kin's  family has written on Facebook that like, oh yeah, he just did it for the cameras. And then another cousin, and this was like confirmed that they are related, says like he's, and then put in a rainbow emoji. 

Like he's gay. I don't know. They were like the uber Christian couple. So they seemed strong going into the honeymoon and then  The wheels came off. So  as of they're they're at they're out. They're gone. So then that brings us to Jeremy and Laura Jeremy spells his name in the most ridiculous fucking way.

It's like when kids name their daughters like And more like the influencers that are like crystal in and they spell it crystal like There's a silent P and an H and a W in there It's just why do we have to get creative with the spelling like that? He spells it J E R A M E Y No, get out of here with that Jeremy.

Um, as you can tell I'm not a fan and after watching these episodes I think we all agree on that. So we left at an epic moment from the last episodes To her, completely, flawlessly, leading him into the grave that Jeremy dug for himself. So, he was out until 5 a. m. and, um, didn't come home until after that.

That, I mean, dead stop, don't be doing that when you're engaged, right? So, Laura, the woman, is like, where were you? He says, well, we went out to this bar called Lost and Found, and, um, I didn't know, but Sarah Ann, who was, It's the girl that Jeremy almost chose and kind of left the door open with, um, but did not choose and then got, proceeded to get engaged with Laura.

Said Sarah Ann was there and it was, she was,  she came up and like barely said hi and walked away and I was like, what? What the heck? I'm like, what? You mean the girl that you, you dumped on TV and almost got engaged to like didn't Give you a warm welcome hug weird. Um, so he said I, you know, figured I should get it out of the way and have a conversation until 5 30 AM please.

And, um, she's like, that's all you did. And she's like, yeah, we didn't leave. He goes, I even showed my, shared my location with you. She goes, what, what am I supposed to, I'm supposed to. Stay up all night and track you like I was asleep  leading him to believe that she didn't check his location only to then  Says yeah, no So you're denying that you you stayed at the bar never left and you talked with Sarah Ann until then it's like yeah We stayed in the parking lot Well, that wasn't true She was she goes no I saw your location and you were up in this area where Sarah Ann lives  Boom, you see him like look at his Apple watch so people are like, oh my gosh, what an idiot you he He left his phone on the, on, gave his location to her, then left his phone in the car, but he still had his Apple watch, which it was the one that gave off his location.

And she says, I'm done. That's crazy. You know? No.  Bye. And.  They are, they're broken up. That's where we last see them. Also, where we're left off when it comes to Jimmy and Chelsea, who also were one of the couples in a bit of a triangle. Theirs is a little bit of a, like, rectangle y shape. They, as always, get into a huge argument.

And I was, you know, I wanted to feel bad for Chelsea, but I just simply,  she makes that really hard. Um, so I'm no longer, yeah, she was  It's been a tough watch for her. If you've heard one thing about it, this is the girl who, she said that she looks like Megan Fox and she just very much looks like bootleg Megan Fox, like, no.

Um, she doesn't. In fact, the other girl that Jimmy was into, Jess, or Jessica, was, looks far more like Megan Fox. And, uh, I think that's a little bit of cheating. I mean, you're not supposed to know what people look like on this show, you know?  Um, they get into a big argument over Chelsea saying Jimmy paid. It hurt barely any attention, he didn't kiss her all day, and then that's when Jimmy calls her clingy, and shit hits the fan, and like, you know, because she was being kind of clingy. 

Um, yeah, Chelsea says that he Jimmy starts acting weird a little bit after seeing Jess's Instagram and seeing what she looks like  and while that could be true I almost think that this is like watching someone Self detonate, you know like it is watching  Chelsea, who kind of started this whole insecurity in the first place, when it was never supposed to be about looks, brings looks into it, where no one else is supposed to.

It's like against the rules. And of course that sticks with Jimmy. He is, you know, not exactly the prize either here. He's not all that great, but  he like gets really excited. That's what he has in his head. Under promise, over deliver, first of all, always. So.  Never say somebody like Megan Fox and just set yourself up for failure there.

Um, and she continues to set herself up for failure because she builds this up and already clearly felt insecure enough. She's competing with some other girls. And I think simply she didn't choose Trevor who had only eyes for her because she wanted to win over this obviously.  conventionally attractive woman, Jess.

Every chance you get, Chelsea keeps asking and asking for validation. And at first, I was like, I can kind of get it from the, from what we're given, from what we see. It's hard to read Jimmy. Jimmy is saying all the things, he's, but he's almost over saying it, like to all the other dudes when they get together, he's It's like, we're the most in love couple here.

Like we're the best couple here. We're doing the best here. I kiss you the most, like all this, the most, the best. It's like, Oh, who are you trying to convince there? They say, I love you all the time. Anyways, they just blow up fight. And then like usual, the next day, Chelsea, it gives in is like, I'm not mad at you.

Like, I'm sorry. And she always, she wants to be the cool girl. You know, the girl that's like gets along with all the bros and it's like, Oh, I'm so laid back. I don't need anything. Like I'm chill. Like it's fine.  Trust me, I've dealt with that. I used to be that girl. Woof! That's a whole other episode we can do because do not ever be that girl.

It does not work out for you. Um, or anyone, really. Except for just people that are takers. Anyways, I'll step off that soapbox. So, then we have Clay and A. D. who kind of throughout these episodes leading up to this, Clay's been just teeing up almost like his inevitable imminent cheating scandal or affair.

Like he is deathly afraid of like slipping and falling. into some other girl's bed, like, I swear the way he talks about it.  He constantly brings up how he's afraid of cheating, and he never wants to be in a situation where he could cheat.  It works, but he says, because he, he  lets us know. Let's AD know that his dad,  um, was very open about the fact that he had a mistress and would take Clay as his son.

His father would take Clay with him on infidelity trips. What? And this is the same guy who earlier, he looks up to Will Smith and Diddy. So.  Oh, these red flags are flying, like  flying. I mean, it is an ambulance just speeding in front of you, flying red, just come on. Um, but in the past, in the episodes, AD has said, uh, at this point, she's almost, she, equally to blame, she is purposely blinding herself.

So yes, for her, love is blind. In this case, in a, In a visceral way that she herself in the past, her dating habits, she's taken on men who she basically serves as like a rehab for and, and, you know, tries to make them better. That will never work. So  that's a recipe for failure there. And you, I kind of want to shake her because she's amazing.

She's such a girl's girl. And we'll see why a little bit later too, but I'm a big fan of a D. if only she would take her own advice and just see her worth. Then finally, the last couple, Johnny and Amy. So honestly for me, next to Kenneth and Brittany, I felt like they're the most promising couple this season.

Like they seem to have the most legit, like genuine connection and uh, chemistry. And their whole thing has been everything's good. They've got physical, mental, all of this chemistry. But um,  the one big problem is is, is sex protection. Protection for, what? Why did I say it like that? Um, their big problem is birth control.

There we go.  Um, so Amy is not on birth control and doesn't really want to be because it screws up her body. And I mean, preaching probably to the choir here, most of my, my ladies, we all know.  That, that is a real thing. Birth control just floods hormones into your body and can do a number on people. That's why there's so many different types.

You know, you gotta play around. It's like finding the right therapist, you know? So it's not like a light thing, but it's just what women are expected to do, what we do. She's not on it, and Johnny's like, Uh, oh, what? You would think that Johnny has just been told that he can no longer Jerk himself off like he was astounded his life was over in that very moment.

He saw it flash before his eyes He's like, I don't know we're gonna do we can't have sex  He's terrified of children. So he's saying they that's kind of their little hurdle there They're trying to figure out what to do and Amy kind of casually, uh, suggests getting a vasectomy.  But the way it was mentioned, it was like super chill.

You would have thought she asked him to pass the ketchup. Like, oh,  and he kind of was like, oh, uh huh. I don't think he, it sunk in with him either. We come to learn that it didn't. But,  so that is where we are all left off coming into this week. So then we are taken back into Jeremy and Laura's kind of storyline and This is right after Laura has confronted Jeremy on staying out till 530 a.

m With the other girl he almost chose and was in a love triangle with and this girl Sarah Ann had sent Jeremy a DM Right after she had left the pods knowing full well Mm hmm that they were engaged and basically said  I'd still love to meet you if you know if the door is still open and basically like saying, you know I'm still here.

Hi, you know and slid in and  You know, that's disrespectful. So he did, Jeremy did show Laura the DM. Now looking back, I'm like, was that staged? Was he like warming her up for this too? Was he trying to see her reaction and she played a little bit of cool girl. So anyways, then we're taken to Jeremy's having conversation with his mom and Laura's not there because they were supposed to.

Be introduced to each other that day, but instead he was broken up with. And, um, here is where he claims nothing happened and he drives her home at 4 30 AM.  And I thank God, you know, Jeremy's mom says,  you know, you're lucky it wasn't me. I would have, uh, I would have taken you out like, yeah.  And he was like, well, I didn't realize I could lose a fiance over that. 

Jeremy, please. Yeah, so he has just continues to have no, no remorse, no heart, no, just,  you know, is flabbergasted, says that he tried to send flowers to her, um, but she said no, you know, wouldn't give her address and he felt that was rude. It's like, bro, you like cheated on her. Anyways, and Sarah Anne had the wherewithal, the balls, the audacity to show up at this like, this lake house party, which was basically served as a cast reunion where everyone was there except for, uh, we didn't see Kenneth or Brittany there, but Sarah Anne struts on in and Laura's there and everyone's shocked.

Um, and they have a conversation  where A. D. A. D. sticks up for Laura and basically calls out Sarah Ann on the DM she sent. She's like, I read that. I saw everything. Um, and really just eats her for filth. And it's the fact that Sarah Ann is so just shocked that anyone would call her out. She says she did nothing wrong.

Is just pissed off that she was called out, but just kind of puts on a face and she walks over to Jeremy, starts  cussing them all out, you know, behind their backs. And, um, then Jeremy and Sarah Ann hop on, say, screw it. And Jeremy said, I should have chosen you. And Sarah Ann lights up and they like hop on a jet ski and start like giggling and cackling while Laura is like crying to the cameras about because an engagement just ended.

Laura deserved more, and, uh, Jeremy and Sarianne, well, I guess they do deserve each other, so,  that happened. Then, let's dive into,  Jimmy and Chelsea. Jimmy and Chelsea. So,  after this fight they have, then, This is why I don't understand them. Then Jimmy introduces Chelsea to his family and it seems to go really well.

They seem very happy and even Jimmy's mom is like, I've never, you know, I haven't seen him this happy. Like he looks so in love and, uh, it just, he makes it seriously very hard to tell how he really feels about her. Like he says all the right things, but then like.  I don't know, he doesn't necessarily  show much affection, it's weird, I don't know.

He constantly seems annoyed by her and like, now at this point, for good reason, but  I kind of, so I can kind of understand where Chelsea might be feeling insecure and this kind of constant need to like, pick bites and to like, get her feelings validated. But they're finally having a good time. We're like, okay, maybe this can work out, you know, only for them to get back home.

We see then they're in the same outfit. So presumably the same day. And it cuts to Chelsea is saying, Oh, we had such a good time. Like love you, babe. And then she goes, why didn't you invite me out? So apparently Jimmy, we learned was out for an hour and a half. For a friend's birthday, but she starts picking a fight and saying, I don't want to marry someone that goes out all the time.

Like, where's my invite? This girl we've never heard of says.  We saw you with Jess and this was just not true. She was just trying to catch him in something.  Um, we learned she was dirty martini drunk and that  is a drunk that,  yeah, things can go awry quickly. Picks another fight and yet again, you know, she says, Do you even love me?

Do you even love me? And Jimmy's doing all the things he can to reassure her and um,  You know, if he really didn't love her, I think he would have given up a long time ago, so that's what convinces me that he does.  And, once again, it just gets worse. It gets worse. He says, you're drunk, and, uh,  Jimmy then says he doesn't want to get married, so it's one of their biggest fights to blow up, and presumably they go their separate ways. 

And then we hear, you know, we hear from different couples, but then only for them to come back and the same thing happens and they're back together again. And, um,  yeah. Chelsea's like, are we really gonna break up over this hiccup? And they're back together and they're doing eye sculpting for their wedding.

So,  I wouldn't say it's the most secure foundation here, but we'll see what happens. Oh! Oh! But Chelsea does see Trevor, the guy that she almost chose, who was exactly her type and really loved her, supposedly. She, if Jimmy had acted the way she had acted, he would have gotten run over by, like, a school bus, um, Chelsea driving, if roles were reversed, so, I don't know.

Turns out Jessica is a really good, good girl. She has only good things to say about Chelsea, and I don't think, I mean, maybe things got a little flirty.  She was respectful,  um,  And now people are saying, so everyone was team Trevor, like, he's a good guy. He's a good guy. Well,  it turns out we were all wrong.

Um, and he had a girlfriend. It was revealed going into literally before he handed over his phone. He texted his girlfriend. I love you so much, baby. See you later. And then as soon as he was out, said, don't believe anything I said. I just had to say it. Um, on the show, like now we can really get married. So  he's a shithead too.

Charlotte, maybe it is not fun dating over there. I don't know. Any Charlotte friends out there that can tell me about the dating scene? Because if it's anything like this show,  I'm so sorry. Now, let's jump into Clay and AD. You know, Clay meets AD's mom and these were the episodes of the mothas. Okay, they came in real strong with great opinions, great advice, and AD had the same thing.

He's spitting Bible verses with their mom and just smooth as butter. That's kind of honestly, now for me, a little bit of a red flag. If they're a little too smooth and saying everything that they, you know, the dream man would say,  I would, I would just pause, you know, you don't want to get love bombed or whatever.

I know all these, this therapy talk has been just talked into  oblivion here, but it is still real stuff. And um, They get along well. AD's mom is a queen. She says, you know, Clay brings up his whole fear of cheating and how his parents had a 15 year marriage and his dad ended up cheating on his mom. It'll really affect him and he's worried like it screwed him up, blah blah blah.

And she really just calls him out on it and says, That's their stuff, honey. Like, 15 years is still a long marriage. You know, she was divorced too. She said, You can't take on our stuff. You know?  What you're worried about, what Clay's worried about, isn't even his. I thought that was great. You know, not only is he, is she saying, you can't use that as an excuse, which whoo, someone needed to say because AD sure wasn't going to, um, also, you know, like you got to man up and, um,  It's, it's not for you.

You don't have to, you're not doomed to those things. Like, it's not passed down. Like, you can change these kinds of things if you make that. And, um, they seem super in love. 80 is, is just, she's done. She says, I can follow him. I could fall off a cliff and he would save me. And I don't know if he would. I don't know.

I think the man.  We'll see. He keeps talking about how he's really scared about this and I don't know, maybe we should listen to that, but, uh, he just constantly brings up his dad's cheating, even after that conversation. He mentioned they had this weird conversation after that, later on. Uh, Clay mentions watching past seasons of Love is Blind, which is just a super meta thing, um, and seeing other men that are, quote, really ready.

I don't feel like the same, you know what I mean, man? Like, I thought I was ahead and, and, uh, I just, I don't know. I want to. I want to honor the timeline and, but I just don't know if I'm ready. Like, you know, maybe we can still like, why do we have to stick to the love is blind TV show thing and get married after? 

And at first 80 seemed like she was just gonna, you know, acquiesce and go with whatever he wants. But I'm proud of my girl. She said, you know what, you're a man, you can make that decision, but I'm going to tell you if you say no at the altar, I will not continue to date you. Like I have a timeline and I've committed to this.

It just seems like she's constantly like, Pushing him through this and I don't know I like wanted to work for them kinda But  it sounds like Clay's got  he needs to work through some things there.  We'll see and then finally of Johnny and Amy and  Their whole birth control issue here. That aside, uh, Amy introduces Johnny to her dad, and her dad is adorable, human, says the sweetest things about his daughter Amy, and ultimately gives Johnny his blessing to marry his daughter after meeting the family.

This is not a conversation that was with the dad. Johnny says, you know, I didn't really realize what like a vasectomy meant. Like I thought it was tying a bow and that's it.  That's what he literally said in his confessional,  but maybe not and then Amy's like, okay, like I'll look into birth control And so I guess they're gonna they're gonna figure that out good for them I think they're gonna be  maybe they'll be our only couple that gets married  I think just Johnny and Amy,  but we'll see we will see and we will talk about it.

But what's really  equal parts annoying and Obviously entertaining is that I think just they got rid of their contracts or their NDAs or something  because all of these contestants and all these cast members are doing like a ton of press like People Magazine, interviews, podcasts, you name it. Um, Jess was on Vile Files and that was interesting.

And I can recap some of that on my TikTok. At Maddie's. Easily entertained. Um, follow on Instagram too. Plug city, plug, plug. Anyways, we're hearing that, that interview on Vile Files made me really like Jess, but  we're like hearing too much from them on, we haven't even seen the end of the episodes. Like if Netflix is going to make us wait weekly.

For a few episodes, like, don't have them due press. I really am curious what happened to that, uh, clause. Because any lawyers out there want to tell me. Mind you, let's all remember this was, well, this was filmed and everything before all of those huge lawsuits have been filed from previous cast members on previous seasons, um, against Love is Blind and the production company behind the show for like  maltreatment really, and feeding them alcohol and among, among a ton of other things that is covered in previous episodes too, but just as a refresher.

Um, just for the conditions, you know, having them work hours and hours on end, they're sleep deprived instead. They just, that's why they have all those golden cups is they're just drinking all the time and they didn't have enough food to eat, like all this crazy stuff and forcing them,  recording them all the time and allegedly some other, uh, sexual assault things have happened.

Yeah, so there's already is a shroud of controversy, um, surrounding the show itself. And obviously we'll see what happens now that this season has really been super successful. I saw viewing, there was a graph showing, uh, viewing numbers for each season. And this one is, has now surpassed the first season.

So, and that was the, that was previously the number one most viewed season. And it's. It's pretty significant. I think it was something like 38 million viewers or something. That may be a crazy number, but.  I don't know. I'm on pins and needles to see, see what happens next. Clearly, there are so many lawsuits to follow.

Like, I'm gonna have to go get a legal degree to follow pop culture news now. Like, what?  Um,  yeah. So, I digress. Back to them doing way too much press. So Jeremy, he was engaged, like, very close leading up to and allegedly living with his ex fiancé at the time. And he came back and disputed this and said no.

By the time that casting reached out to him, he was living on his own. And allegedly people are well aware of that and they sold his house. They put it on the market way before and then it was sold right before he went on the show.  So I guess jury's out, but uh, apparently people were well aware of that, but I don't know.

Then the same thing kind of happened. A TikTok user named Ryan Stringfellow claimed to be dating a man who appeared on season six.  And kept, I mean, made very clear suggestions that it was Jimmy, um, by saying he dated a single mom, which was Jess, and he was the only one dating a single mom. Um, so the clip goes viral, and she's like, I can't believe it.

What do I do? I saw my boyfriend, like, on this TV show, and he told me he was going, um, on a different show, and yada yada. It turns out It was all a hoax. Like, that girl was just doing that for clout and, um,  Uh, Jimmy was like, I do not know this woman. I do not have sexual relations with her.  Um, so he denied it.

But, this next one, Trevor, that we talked about,  Trevor kept, has kept quiet. He has not,  He has not said a word to confirm nor deny that the allegations against him, that he went into the show and stayed in a relationship with his girlfriend, Natalia. There were text messages shared by an Instagram account called reality, Ashley.

And, uh, That showed Trevor sending a text that he had no plans to get married while filming Love is Blind and saying he can't wait to come back home and marry Natalia, her, um. And said everything he said on the show was a facade for TV.  Uh, no one's safe, ladies. No one is safe.  Don't worry, there are good men out there.

Uh, just not on this show, so. Which I think is just what it all boils down to, is The sample size of people that are going to go on to a show like Love is Blind or like Married at First Sight or  really any reality TV show, even The Bachelor, like that sample size in and of itself is going to provide you with lots of personalities and with lots of personalities, also lots of, you know, dramatic, uh, attention seeking, maybe not for the best reasons, you know, we've all heard it there for the right reasons on The Bachelor. 

Just, I mean, I think it's all a theme of this, while companies like Hinge say it's designed to be deleted, and TV shows like Love is Blind say, um, you know, it's an experiment to determine, answer the age old question, is love blind? Will you marry, sight unseen, that whole thing?  It's all, we're all being sold things.

You know, they're all companies. They have ulterior motives. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but this season has been great. I hope you've enjoyed our chats, our chats, or our banta. I hope you found that it was great banta. That's all I've got for you this week. Thank you so much for tuning in. I love you all, please follow on Instagram at easily entertained pod and make sure that you are following wherever you are listening to this right now.

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