1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,720 Coming up today on Mini Scroll, Molly Rudder's viral bar makeup 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:09,280 scandal, La Roche and Zendaya face backlash over a private jet 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:13,240 situation, and an Ariana Grande impersonator drops a 4 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:15,720 documentary. Hi everyone. 5 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:20,000 Welcome to Mini Scroll, the daily Internet culture podcast 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,600 bringing you the biggest stories from social media, the creator 7 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,560 economy, and the digital space every Monday through Thursday 8 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:27,560 and sometimes Fridays like today. 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,320 I'm your host, Lauren Meissner, the founder of the Australian 10 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:34,720 youth digital media brand Centennial World. 11 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:36,840 Welcome back to mini scroll, everyone. 12 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,600 A Friday mini and I feel like these stories are relatively 13 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,680 normal for a Friday mini. So we're excited about that. 14 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,920 Also, if you guys are watching then you'll notice I am back in 15 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,960 my bear costume. I swore I would never wear this 16 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:53,040 sweater again on the podcast after the last time I wore it. 17 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,240 You guys were like, I thought you were in a bear costume. 18 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,200 I had so many comments about that on Tiktok and then also on 19 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,880 the YouTube video and I was like guys I have worn the sweater so 20 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,319 many times in the last like 2 years that I've done mini but I 21 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:05,760 don't know what it was but the last time. 22 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:10,240 Hopefully, I am not giving like bear cosplay this time, but if I 23 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:14,360 am, I guess I could be kind of like a cozy vibe, I don't know. 24 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,480 Anyways, before I get into it, Please remember to rate, review 25 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,720 and subscribe. Please Spotify star rate US. 26 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,960 It helps us so much. It helps us grow and it helps us 27 00:01:21,960 --> 00:01:24,360 get sponsored, which helps us keep going. 28 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:27,200 So Spotify star rate US, subscribe to us on YouTube, 29 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,120 leave us an Apple review, all that good stuff. 30 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,160 All right, let's get into the stories for today. 31 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,920 So the first story that I have for you guys today is Molly 32 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:40,000 Rudder is going viral after asking women at a bar to borrow 33 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,720 their makeup. I love kind of silly stories 34 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,560 like this. Like, people are genuinely mad. 35 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:48,080 And of course, I'll get into why. 36 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:52,960 But this kind of story I feel like is what Minnie thrives on. 37 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,440 Like, this is the stuff that I want to be covering. 38 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,520 OK, so earlier this week, creator Molly Rudder went viral 39 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,240 after posting a TikTok in which she's asking a table of women at 40 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,560 a bar if any of them have any makeup that she can borrow 41 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:08,520 because she's going on a last minute date and she wasn't 42 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,000 wearing any. So Molly is a creator. 43 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,120 She has around 180,000 followers. 44 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,560 And even though she's not like the biggest creator, she did 45 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:21,080 become really well known around like 2024 and 2025 for 46 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:25,680 documenting her dating life. And this actually did backfire 47 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:27,320 on her. She's super controversial. 48 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:28,840 A lot of people really don't like her. 49 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,520 And in late 2024, she faced backlash after baiting her 50 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,840 audience into believing that she had gone on a date with a man 51 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,800 who was violent. So in this controversial video, 52 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,800 Molly showed herself with fake injuries and flashing emergency 53 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,800 lights alongside the caption that it had been the scariest 54 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,120 date of her life. People were freaking out about 55 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:49,960 this, of course. And then hours later, she 56 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,320 revealed that the footage was actually promoting a haunted 57 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,400 house attraction because it was like near Halloween, and that 58 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:00,000 the injuries that she showed were special effects makeup. 59 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:04,000 She insisted that this was not a paid partnership, but 60 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:08,200 regardless, people were super pissed off at her for 61 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,520 essentially like, exploiting their concern and using the 62 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,240 possibility of going on a date with a violent man for click 63 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:16,800 bait. She's very divisive. 64 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,200 She's kind of become a bit of a lol cow, I would say. 65 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,600 I know I cannot stop using that label. 66 00:03:21,640 --> 00:03:23,920 It's when I rediscovered it recently. 67 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:25,880 I was like, that describes so many of the people that we 68 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:29,680 talked about on Mini Scroll. So she has become kind of a lol 69 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,120 cow. Like she's not taken very 70 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,480 seriously. OK, so like I said, in this new 71 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,360 video, Molly is asking women at a bar for makeup. 72 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,440 One of the girls gives her a lip gloss, which Molly then films 73 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:43,040 herself putting directly on her lips. 74 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,000 And the girls are hyping her up. Like they're saying she doesn't 75 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,760 need any makeup for this date. They're being really sweet about 76 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:50,000 it. There are some people that are 77 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,200 like, you can tell that they were kind of like hesitant about 78 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,680 this whole situation. But regardless, like they did 79 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,320 give her some product, hey. Ladies, I'm so sorry to 80 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:57,920 interrupt. OK? 81 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,120 I'm spontaneously having a guy meet me up for a date and I have 82 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,680 no makeup on so I'm asking women if they have any makeup on that. 83 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:09,200 Oh my God, do you have anything? Like any like. 84 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,280 Concealer or like something? Well, first. 85 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:12,680 Of all, you don't need it, you don't. 86 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:14,680 Need anything? No, but I feel like I look like 87 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,160 because this is all my natural skin, so I'm like I'm so paint. 88 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,360 Naturally. You know what I mean? 89 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,120 Dating is like the worst right now. 90 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,640 I dated somebody for a month and they called me and said we're 91 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:25,200 friends, right? I think we're friends. 92 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,120 And I was like, I have black honey Clinique. 93 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,280 What's that? It's a it's a it looks good on 94 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:32,840 everyone. Hold on I'll put it on. 95 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,840 So this video got 3.5 million views and so much backlash. 96 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,520 People were really grossed out that she was asking strangers to 97 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,360 use their makeup given contamination concerns. 98 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,960 People thought it was selfish and attention seeking for her to 99 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,720 be interrupting women while out asking them for this. 100 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,360 People thought that she was really not reading social cues 101 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,040 properly in this interaction. So let me read you some of the 102 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,640 top comments. One reads, You don't need it was 103 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,440 your cue to stop asking. Another wrote, I would 104 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:01,920 absolutely lie because I wouldn't want a stranger using 105 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:03,960 my makeup. Someone else wrote, That's all 106 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:07,120 you need means stop rubbing my lipstick on your lips, Someone 107 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:08,560 else wrote. Girl, she was probably expecting 108 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,320 you to use your finger. OK? 109 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:14,440 Molly has since responded to all the backlash in a new video, and 110 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,640 here's what she said. So I recently had a video go 111 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,760 viral where I went up to a random group of women at a bar 112 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,680 asking if they had any makeup that I could use because I 113 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,000 spontaneously planned a date where this guy was arriving in 114 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,240 30 minutes and I didn't have any makeup on. 115 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,720 Let me tell you, I've been posting on the Internet now for 116 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:36,000 about four years at this point, and I now can have a pretty good 117 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,440 gauge when videos are going to go viral. 118 00:05:38,840 --> 00:05:42,480 And I did predict that this video was going to reach a lot 119 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,200 of people. But I thought it was going to 120 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:49,400 reach people because it was simply a wholesome, adorable 121 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:51,840 moment of women supporting women. 122 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:56,840 OK. I did not expect for the 123 00:05:56,840 --> 00:06:03,080 comments section to be blown up with people thinking it would be 124 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:09,440 somehow possible for me in 30 minutes time to go to a store, 125 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:14,760 get makeup, and come back. I don't know if some of you live 126 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:18,960 in a magical land where there's a Sephora at every corner. 127 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:23,000 Like you can just exit a bar and there's Sephora is aplenty. 128 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,120 Please let me know if there's a magical place like that that 129 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:27,800 that exists. I would love to go. 130 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,160 But. What I do know is that in 131 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:35,920 reality, there are places like cities, like major cities where 132 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:41,120 you can exit a bar and you can find many stores nearby where 133 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:42,880 you could get some make up in a pinch, right? 134 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:46,400 Like Acvs, like a Walgreens, right? 135 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,800 But I don't live in one of those places. 136 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:58,880 I live in Buffalo, NY, a small city, a car dominated city with 137 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:02,520 pretty terrible public transportation that's not widely 138 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:04,120 accessible. And I don't have a. 139 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:05,960 Car. So yeah, I mean, this video 140 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:10,600 didn't really go down that well. I think that her delivery is 141 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,320 part of the reason why people have a hard time with her in 142 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,360 general. OK, my opinion on this, first of 143 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,200 all, I don't think it's crazy that she was at the bar with no 144 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:20,680 makeup on. I don't know. 145 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,200 I saw some comments like that, like if you were at a bar, did 146 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,080 you not already get ready? I mean, there's like levels to 147 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,760 getting ready and there's lots of people who would like be 148 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,160 going out for a drink with their friends and not care and just 149 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:34,080 wear whatever and wear no makeup versus if they were like going 150 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,120 out with a guy. I think one of the things here 151 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:40,440 for me, OK, Molly is around my age, so she is in her 30s. 152 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:44,080 When you're in your 20s, sharing makeup at the bar with random 153 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:47,880 girls is part of bar culture. I cannot stress that enough. 154 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,840 I have been in so many bathrooms with so many random girls, 155 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,840 helping them do their makeup, fixing their makeup after 156 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:56,560 they've been like crying in the stalls. 157 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,280 Sometimes with my own makeup. Like I am that friend that goes 158 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,000 out with a purse filled with makeup. 159 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:05,520 If you ever see me with a purse at any given time, all I have in 160 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:07,120 it is makeup. I don't have a wallet. 161 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:08,480 I have all my cards on my phone, OK? 162 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:11,400 I have nothing in that purse except for makeup. 163 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:13,840 So I have like whatever you could need. 164 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,640 I always have it on me. That is a literally part of bar 165 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,560 culture when you are younger is being in the bathroom with girls 166 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:22,360 that have like a sleigh makeup on and you're like, Oh my God, 167 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,040 do you have that lipstick on you that looks so nice? 168 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:26,640 Oh my God. Like what mascara are you 169 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:27,760 wearing? You know, whatever. 170 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,120 And then doing each other's makeup and having the best time 171 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:32,200 and sharing drinks, kissing each other. 172 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,400 Like there is a way grosser shit in my opinion that goes down at 173 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,280 bars. Then sharing each other's 174 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,679 lipsticks. OK, I have seen some disgusting 175 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,559 shit go down at bars when I was in my 20s and like partying like 176 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:47,920 crazy, kissing boys at bars? Way grosser. 177 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,320 Straight men in their 20s at bars? 178 00:08:50,560 --> 00:08:53,280 Disgusting. And if I had to go on a date and 179 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:55,480 I had no makeup on and I had 30 minutes till this date, like 180 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:57,360 that would be an emergency situation to me. 181 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,680 Would I be going around to random tables asking girls to 182 00:09:01,680 --> 00:09:06,000 borrow their makeup at this age? No, because this is where like I 183 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,360 can't get behind it. In your 30s, your frontal lobe 184 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:13,880 is fully developed, so you do see the risks in sharing makeup 185 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,840 with random strangers or even just your friends. 186 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:18,960 You know, when you're in your 20s and you're having fun and 187 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:20,800 like, whatever, it's all just like fun and games. 188 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,800 OK, So I can like understand why the girls share their makeup 189 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:27,080 with her and things like that. But like in your 30s, you have a 190 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,720 different perspective. I would say in general, even if 191 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:33,200 you're not really that afraid of germs, I also just feel like if 192 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:38,200 I at this age was at a bar with my friends doing whatever and I 193 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,440 wasn't ready and a guy was like can I take you on a date in 30 194 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,080 minutes? I would say no. 195 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,240 I'm out with my friends. You can take me on a date 196 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,560 tomorrow or you can take me on a date in like 2 hours when I've 197 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:50,360 gone home and showered and gotten ready. 198 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:52,600 So that is where I struggled to get behind it because I just 199 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:57,840 feel like you grow out of some of that like male centeredness 200 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:00,680 the older you get and you get a bit more, you know, like a 201 00:10:00,680 --> 00:10:02,760 stronger sense of self. I would say. 202 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,640 The other thing is you can hear in the video one of the girls 203 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:09,040 say, are you recording? And that I think is like the 204 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,680 most egregious part of this whole situation. 205 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:13,840 Like, I don't think the sharing of makeup with strangers at a 206 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:16,440 bar is the craziest thing. But I think it's pretty 207 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:18,960 egregious that she went up and is recording them. 208 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,720 I just I can't I cannot get around the recording of 209 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,120 strangers in public. Even if we don't see their 210 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,680 faces, which we didn't in this video, I still think we can hear 211 00:10:26,680 --> 00:10:29,000 their voices. Their reactions is still 212 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,080 identifiable. I think it is so wrong. 213 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:34,720 All right, the next story that I have for you guys today is La 214 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,520 Roche is currently going viral after it was revealed that he 215 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,560 had a private jet waiting for him with a dress. 216 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:44,600 So Lias, whose real name is Elias Medini, posted a video of 217 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:48,200 La Roche backstage at Schiaparelli for Paris O Couture 218 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:50,400 Week. In the video, they are talking 219 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,400 about one of the dresses slated to be worn for an upcoming 220 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,920 premiere. Law said that he had flown into 221 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:59,160 Paris the night before and had the jet waiting to go to London. 222 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,440 They didn't say who and what exactly the dress was for, but 223 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:06,760 as many social media users expected, it was for Zendaya at 224 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:09,920 the Odyssey London premiere. OK so the reception was in like 225 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,720 2 camps. First fashion lovers were 226 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:15,840 obsessed with the behind the scenes of this where they got 227 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,400 this glimpse into like how this all came together. 228 00:11:18,560 --> 00:11:20,920 Lobbying backstage waiting for the dress to come. 229 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:23,840 Like literally fresh off the runway with a private jet 230 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:26,640 waiting for him to take the dress to Zendaya. 231 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,520 But then the other camp of social media users were less 232 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:33,880 than impressed by the chosen mode of transportation literally 233 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:36,280 for a dress. So a lot of the discourse around 234 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,760 this is taking place on Reddit. So let me read you some 235 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:40,680 comments. This one's from our slash pop 236 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:42,240 culture chat. Someone wrote quote. 237 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,720 It does definitely dampen my enjoyment of red carpet stuff 238 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:46,320 generally. Like I'm sure they're using 239 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:48,600 private jets to get everyone where they need to be on such 240 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,880 tight timelines. But address address the train 241 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:54,200 was also right there. And if insurance or the brand or 242 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,680 whatever said no to that, then just wait two days. 243 00:11:56,680 --> 00:12:00,160 It's not worth the We're the same day headlines other thread 244 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,000 on the R slash What the Frock subreddit epitomized the broader 245 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,800 sentiment. Some users loved the effort that 246 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,800 Lawton Zendaya went to, while others were criticizing the 247 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:10,920 look, saying the rush was excessive. 248 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,760 They claimed that the dress didn't even fit Zendaya right 249 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,120 because Law prioritized shock factor over everything else. 250 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:18,920 So this is how the conversation went. 251 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:22,040 Somebody wrote Law had a private jet to transport the dress from 252 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,920 the Paris show that morning to the premiere the same evening. 253 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:27,240 And then a response. Well, that at least explains why 254 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:30,280 it doesn't fit her properly if it wasn't properly fitted for 255 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:33,560 her body. Someone responds oh damn it did 256 00:12:33,560 --> 00:12:36,120 need to do all that. I love the skirt and of course 257 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:38,280 she looks gorgeous with the hair and makeup, but the dress didn't 258 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,040 need to be sent on a jet. I liked the Valentino dress she 259 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:42,840 changed into. She could have just worn that 260 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:45,080 the whole time and still been stunning and perfect. 261 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:48,000 And then finally someone wrote love lot and love Zendaya. 262 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,440 But seriously this is ridiculous. 263 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,640 A plane to get a dress. I hope they don't play the 264 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,600 climate chance and sustainability advocate later. 265 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,720 So celebrities have long been criticized for their private jet 266 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:00,000 usage, most notably Taylor Swift. 267 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,920 Much of the conversation now centers on the environmental 268 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:06,000 damage that these jets cause. So according to a report from 269 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,040 the International Council on Clean Transportation, a majority 270 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,560 of private jet journeys are short haul flights. 271 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:15,320 Yet in 2023, private jets collectively quote, emitted more 272 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,840 green house gases than all flights departing from Heathrow 273 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,320 Airport, the busiest airport in Europe. 274 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:25,360 I've seen a lot of sentiment to where people are like I have to 275 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:30,080 check my bias here because I would be so angry if Taylor 276 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,320 Swift did this. So I need to like hold the same 277 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,600 energy for Zendaya, which I think is interesting. 278 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:37,680 I'm not trying to pit them against each other, but I think 279 00:13:37,680 --> 00:13:41,880 the self reflection that I have seen in the comment sections 280 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:46,400 regarding this particular story has been honestly unique. 281 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:51,000 That's not very common amongst like pop culture discourse and 282 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:55,560 look like La Roche and Zendaya, like they're definitely not the 283 00:13:55,560 --> 00:13:58,720 only ones who are using private jets to get outfits here and 284 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:00,440 there. And, you know, all of these 285 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,160 kinds of things that feel really like wasteful. 286 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:06,280 I mean, we saw on the Hills. OK, Like this is the first thing 287 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,640 I thought of when I saw this story is on the hills. 288 00:14:08,680 --> 00:14:14,160 Lauren Conrad is flown from LA to New York to drop off a dress 289 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:15,560 for, I guess New York Fashion Week. 290 00:14:15,560 --> 00:14:17,960 I can't really remember. And then she is put on a plane 291 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,400 immediately right after she like hand delivers the dress to 292 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,120 somebody, she's back on another plane. 293 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:26,240 And I know that's not private jet usage, but that is one 294 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,800 example from so many years ago. And that was a dress. 295 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:30,920 I want to say it was for like an editor or something. 296 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:32,520 I don't even think it was for like an A list celebrity. 297 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,960 So I imagine when we're watching scenes like that in the hills, 298 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:39,760 like decades ago, that A list celebrities are using their 299 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,000 private jets for all this kind of stuff all the time. 300 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:44,480 But we don't need to see that right now. 301 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:48,680 Like we are not in 2010 flex culture anymore. 302 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:50,720 People don't like to see that anymore. 303 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:54,320 The general consensus right now is like, yes, we do anticipate 304 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:55,440 that things like this are happening. 305 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:56,760 We do imagine that they're happening. 306 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,520 We kind of know they're happening, but please don't show 307 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:02,120 us because we are all going through so much right now. 308 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:04,960 Everything is so fucking expensive if the world is going 309 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:07,840 to die before all of us can have children. 310 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,480 Like, it is such a dystopian, like, weird place that we're at 311 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:13,680 right now. Please don't show us. 312 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:15,560 Like, we know it's happening. Please don't show us because 313 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:17,160 there's no way to control it, right? 314 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,480 It makes people feel more hopeless and more helpless to 315 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:21,480 see that. OK. 316 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:24,760 And the last story that I have you guys today is Paige Neiman. 317 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,880 The infamous Ariana Grande impersonator has dropped a 318 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:30,800 documentary. So Paige Neiman is pretty 319 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:34,400 infamous online. She is an Ariana Grande look 320 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,360 alike, but also kind of like an impersonator. 321 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,080 She's been quote a quote impersonating Ariana for years. 322 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:42,280 Adjusting her look to track Ariana's different eras. 323 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:46,040 She has over 700,000 followers on Instagram and 10 million on 324 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,640 TikTok and she is currently 22 years old. 325 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:52,000 She's gone viral many times for many different things, but she 326 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:56,080 actually started an only fans, which I think was her biggest 327 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,560 like controversy. I would say because many felt 328 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:03,880 like she was leaning on her likeness to Ariana Grande to 329 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:08,000 generate this revenue and that it was maybe like unethical. 330 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,400 Given she actually can make herself look so much like Ariana 331 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,720 Grande. People were concerned that she 332 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:16,600 would be like using that and like almost, I guess like in a 333 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,240 way pretending to be Ariana Grande. 334 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:20,360 People would be signing up thinking that they're getting 335 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:23,920 like spicy content from Ariana Grande that it could lead to 336 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,640 issues with like deep fakes and things like that for Ari. 337 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,000 So anyways, that was like quite a big content controversy. 338 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,920 So now she is releasing a documentary with Prime Video 339 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:34,840 called Turning the Page and the series will seem to have about 6 340 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:37,320 episodes. So many social media users seem 341 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:41,560 shocked that she has done this docu series or like reality show 342 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,040 at all. But one of the biggest 343 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:47,120 bombshells so far came when she was asked whether she'd ever 344 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,840 spoken to Ariana. And then she revealed that they 345 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:54,480 have exchanged DMS and this is what the DM reads that Ari 346 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,560 allegedly sent to Paige. I am flattered and I am sure 347 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:01,080 you're very sweet but I just wanted you to know I looked back 348 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,840 a little ways on your page and I think someone should tell you if 349 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,280 they haven't today that you're very beautiful as yourself 350 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:09,960 without all the makeup and trying to make your face look 351 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:11,839 more similar to someone else's and what not. 352 00:17:12,079 --> 00:17:14,040 I had to say because it is the truth. 353 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:16,599 Always do what makes you happy of course, but if I didn't say 354 00:17:16,599 --> 00:17:18,960 that to you I'd regret it. You're beautiful as you are, 355 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:20,920 take care. I mean that is like literally so 356 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,720 nice. So Ariana has spoken out against 357 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:25,920 her like look alikes or impersonators before. 358 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:29,560 Paige is not the only one. She has two other infamous look 359 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:34,440 alikes, Jackie and Jess, and Jess actually pretended to be 360 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,280 Ariana Grande at Disneyland back in the day. 361 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:39,480 It would like take pictures with fans. 362 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,440 Back in 2019, when Paige first started going really viral, 363 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:45,440 Ariana responded to a tweet about her content, questioning 364 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:48,640 why Paige leaned into doing Cat Valentine's voice while wearing 365 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:52,040 looks that echoed Ariana's own. Thank you next era quote. 366 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,720 I just wonder why the cat voice slash dialogue. 367 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:58,080 I am sure she is the sweetest sweet sweetheart for real but 368 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,800 it's definitely bizarre seeing people blend the two worlds 369 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,480 LMAO. A year later, Ariana posted a 370 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:06,240 video on her Instagram Story from actor Jordan Firstman in 371 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,240 which he criticized people who make, like, memes 372 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:10,800 recontextualizing an artist's work into something that 373 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:13,280 degrades its value. She captioned the story. 374 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:16,240 Oh my God, can this please also double as your impression of the 375 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,760 ponytail TikTok girls who think doing the cat Valentine voice 376 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:22,560 and that wearing winged eyeliner and a sweatshirt is doing a good 377 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,480 impersonation of me because this is really how it feels. 378 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:29,520 It would be so weird being a celebrity that has 379 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:31,880 impersonators. I also think I, because 380 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,480 sometimes I get the Taylor Swift impersonator is I think her 381 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:38,720 name's Ashley on my free page. And sometimes I look at her 382 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:40,800 content and I just feel a little bit sad. 383 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:42,800 And I guess you could say the same for Paige because it's 384 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,600 like, yeah, you have a lot of followers, but off the back of 385 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:48,960 what? Pretending to be someone else 386 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:53,160 looking like someone else like that is not career longevity. 387 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:57,400 That is not true fandom. Those followers are there 388 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:00,480 because of someone else, not because of you. 389 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:04,240 And it kind of makes me feel a little bit like sad for them. 390 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:06,800 But I also understand why celebrities do not like it 391 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:08,720 because it does kind of border on like freaky. 392 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:11,840 Anyways, I'm actually looking forward to watching Paige's 393 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:13,800 documentary. This is right up my alley. 394 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,680 Like it's so Internet culture coded, so I'm definitely going 395 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:19,240 to be watching it. Anyways, guys, that's it for 396 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,640 mini scroll today. Thank you so much for listening. 397 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:23,880 I love you guys. Please remember to rate, review 398 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:25,760 and subscribe. 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