Best Friends with Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata - Nicoles Sport Mode Crocs! (Re-Release)

Episode Date: December 25, 2024

Nicole and Sasheer are back and ready to discuss gel manicures, late-night projects, Nicole's merch, sewing club, farming, Nicole's sport mode crocks, softball, baseball, stadium dancers, rugby, the premise of Down To Earth, and WandaVision. Plus Nicole and Sasheer answer your questions about confrontation.  Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at: [e-mail] Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link: https://siriusxm.com/friends.

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Thank you. Had to do a little work today where I was on the camera. Ooh, okay, okay, okay. Yeah, also, last night at midnight, I said, better get to sleep early so I can wake up and have my day and I don't feel rushed and I can, like, do my makeup in peace. But then I said, I have to try a gel manicure. So...

BOTH LAUGH I did it and I, it's, it doesn't look that bad, but it's also not great when you like really look at it up close. How do you do it yourself? So I got this LED gel light and I got this kit where you like buff your nails, you do this first weird layer, and then you put the bottom layer on and you stick it under. It goes slower than at the salon.

I have no idea how to get it off. And if you put too much on and then don't put your thumb in, uh, like a thumb war way, if you put it in sideways, it just drips right off. And that was a fun thing to discover. Oh, my God. So one of my thumbs is real fucking drippy. And nobody said, less is more, friend. You can always build.

Right. So... How long did it take? A while. Yeah. It took a while, but I was like, well, a while now means you don't have to paint your nails again for a while. Yes, that is true. So, you're gonna see these for a minute.

For a while. I hope in that time you figure out how to get them off too. Me too, me too. I feel like the late night hours is when projects like that happen. Where you're like, just one more thing that will take me six hours. It's like, I have to take all, I have to organize my closet right now. Or, you know, anything tedious. After I did my nails, I went into my closet and I said,

ooh, what if I move this over here? And then I said, no, Nicole. And then everything I had taken down to move, I just threw on the floor. So now it's just on the floor. And it's, I'll fix it maybe today. Yeah. I don't know.

Cause you don't want to keep looking at it on the floor. I sure don't, but then I just closed the door so I can't see it. I see. Yeah. So, Shere, I don't know if we've talked about this dilemma that I have. Okay. I have a dilemma. What's the dilemma?

So, do you remember in 2019 when I was like touring a lot and I said, an extra way for this bitch to make money is to sell merchandise? Oh, yes. So I bought all those t-shirts. Yes. I made my money back, plus I made like... My profit is what I paid for the shirts,

which is like great, you know? Yeah, that's great. I was, you know, discounting them and whatnot by the end. And then I just got tired of hauling two 60-pound suitcases around. And I was like, I made my money back. I did my due diligence. So now I have two, I would say 50 pound trash bags filled with leftover t-shirts. Yeah.

And I was like, I can't give them to a goodwill. That would be really, really funny. It would be so embarrassing because somebody would take a, they'd be like, oh, wow, nobody wanted these Nicole Byers shirts. Oh, yeah, they'd be like, wow, how far she's fallen. And I mean, you could still sell them. I could. I'm just, I don't want, like, I'm not traveling right now. And then in order for me to sell them, I'd have to set up an e-commerce store

and then I would then have to ship them to people. That's work that I'm not interested in doing. I'm hanging wallpaper, you know? I'm putting holes in my walls, okay? What if... Could you hire your assistant that you usually use? I guess I could. She didn't have time when I initially was like,

do you want to do this? But she might have time now. The other option was I was like, ooh, what if I just threw them away? And I was like, I cannot in good conscious, conscious, conscious. Conscience? Conscience? Conscience. I couldn't and I could never just throw my clubs. Yeah. Yeah.

And then I was like, what if I tweeted, come to this location, John Milheiser will be there giving out shirts. That would probably work, honestly. You think? I actually think so, yeah. I actually think that would work. Just John in the middle of the street giving out shirts. work, honestly. You think? I actually think so. Yeah. I actually think that would work. Just John in the middle of the street giving out.

He's in Nicole's shirt. And then you wouldn't like, like, it's like, how would I size them? It would be chaotic, I think. No, you know, that's not your job. These are free shirts. They'll pick up the size they pick up, you know, like they'll do the work. You know, you just put them out on a table or something, and then they'll figure it out.

BOTH LAUGH Or, you know, with your new sewing machine, you can sew a blanket together. Oh, my God. And donate it somewhere. BOTH LAUGH Nobody will want it. It would be like, ew, this...

This... This t-shirt blanket that's, like, really badly sewn together. I put on that dress I made, and it's not great. Oh, no. But it is the very first thing I made. Oh, we never said it. We started a sewing club. Yes, we've actually a sewing club. Yes. We actually, we've actually been sewing with Meatball.

It's happening. Yes. We are making items. Yes. I sewed a little crop top, tank top. Mm-hmm. I made a little bag and a tank dress that I think I'm going to wear anyway. I just need to like fix the, where it comes together over the shoulder.

Um, and now we're making color block jumpsuits to wear on a mountain. We have to go to the mountain and take photos of our jumpsuits. Did you go this past week? No, because... what happened? Oh, yeah, I just like... I don't remember what happened, but I like couldn't do it. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, I had to bail what happened, but I, like, couldn't do it. OK. Yeah. Yeah, I had to bail because I had a very long week

and needed to rest. Mm-hmm. But, um... OK, good. It was like, I'm going to have to catch up so much. No, no. I was like, I won't... Maybe it was like, I won't go because you're not there and I don't want you to have to play catch up so we can just do all the steps together. So, Meatball wouldn't have to like double back and be like,

and then now you have to do, because Meatball is our... shaman. Yeah. Our sewing shaman. Yeah. And like just guiding us through how to make these jumpsuits to go to the mountain. And we went to Mood together and...

Wow. So, Sheree, you have to go to a fabric store. Yeah. Everything you could imagine was there. Furry fabrics, textured fabrics, silks. It was out of this world. I really enjoyed it. It sounded fun.

Yeah, it was very, very, very fun. For our next project. For our next project. We got to figure out what our next project's going to be. Oh boy. But I'm setting up a little sewing space in my office. Maybe a skirt. Ooh, that'll be hard for sure.

Circle part of it. Yeah, circle skirts are hard. I know I want to do eventually a bell-bottomed cheetah print suit. Of course. I'm, like, with, like, a pussy bow blouse. Oh, fun. It's gonna take me a real minute. But I'm, like, excited to set it up in my office

because when it's out, like, I don't have to, like, take it out of the bag and plug it in and... Yeah. Yeah. because when it's out, like, I don't have to, like, take it out of the bag and plug it in and blah, blah, blah. Yeah. Yeah, I don't have any goals yet. I mostly want to alter stuff. I mostly want to be like, take this in here or let this out here and just know how to do that. Yeah. It's gonna be exciting.

It's gonna open up a whole new world for us. Mm-hmm. A whole new world for us. Mm-hmm. A whole new world. A new fantastic point of view. No one to tell us no. Oh, where to sow. Oh, yes! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. Yes, exactly. Oh, yes! Ha-ha-ha-ha!

Ha-ha-ha! Yes, exactly. Ooh, boy. Fully just entertained by myself. Mm-hmm. Oh, boy. Yeah, I can't wait to make this leper print suit. I woke up in the middle of the night, three nights ago or four nights ago, I don't fucking know when it was,

and I said, I need a furry cheetah print bucket hat. So I bought that. And then I said, I need a cheetah print short-sleeve shirt because I didn't have a good one that I liked anymore. And I was giving away my old one, so I bought that. And then I said, well, I need leopard print jeans because the ones I have are a little flimsy. So I bought those and then they all came and I was like,

what are you doing? (*LAUGHTER*) Hey, living your best life. Living my best life. Also, I imagine you falling asleep and then waking up and buying each item. Like you bought the hat and then you fell asleep and then you woke up and bought the pants. That's exactly what happened.

I didn't fall fully back asleep, but I like woke up, did it, and laid down and went, ah, okay. And then closed my eyes and was like, but I have to have this. And then closed my eyes and was like, but what about this? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. It's fun. It's fun. I need to, I need to, I need to work again. I need to like work outside of my house again.

Right, right. Of course. What else is going on? I don't think I have anything else going on. Nothing else? Just working house stuff. I got strawberries coming in. Where are they coming from?

The farm. I'm a farmer. Oh, they're cut. Oh, I thought they were like being delivered. I see they're coming in in your yard. I see. SHANNON LAUGHS Yes, of course. How silly of me. You are far. They're coming in...

The farm. ...wherever you planted them. Yes. I'm getting back into farming big time because I walk a little bit better. Um, so yeah, I got two pots of strawberries that have like flowered. So, like, I think I'm gonna get strawberries this year.

Oh, nice! And I'm really jazzed about it. And then I followed this strawberry planter. I don't know this lady who had planted strawberries. And I have the wrong pots for them. They grow in tiered pots, and I think they thrive in smaller pots, and that's why they're tiered. But I'm just gonna see what happens with these guys.

My watermelon plant, she done died. She said, I gotta kick the fucking bucket, bitch. I'm outta here. I don't like this fucking farm. I'm going to the big farm in the sky. And she's not living anymore. So, and then also my pepper plant? I don't know what the fuck happened to her. I think maybe she's not getting enough sun,

but I need to dig her up and start over. My tomatoes, my cherry tomatoes, unfortunately, it rained a little bit here, and I wasn't watering them myself. So the nice man who lives with me kept watering them after it rained, so he drowned them. And I'm trying to dry them out, and I think I might be able to save them. Because I saved one of my other tomato plants by, like, I just didn't water it, and I rubbed her.

And I said, please don't go. And then... And I rubbed the other one today and I'm hoping she survives. And I'm hoping that the other tomato plants talk to that one and be like, listen, she's great. She really loves a good bountiful harvest, even a quaint harvest. So if you just keep providing, she'll be so happy.

Do you have a schedule for when you water each of the different foods? I think you know the answer to that. But just no. Absolutely not. But I discovered I was overwatering. I did the slightest bit of research, AKA, I've like read half of an article. I was overwatering.

So now I've taken it back a little bit. And then like that's when my strawberries really started thriving when I stopped watering them every day. Oh, OK. So I think this is what I'm gonna do. It's like every two days I water them. I should put an alarm in my phone. Yeah.

There you go. And she's gonna extend the farm to now be... What's a floral farm? Like flowers? Yeah, what's a flower farm? A garden? Oh, shit. (*GIGGLES*)

(*GIGGLES*) Oh, no! (*GIGGLES*) Yup, a garden. That's a flower farm. So, I'm gonna... (*GIGGLES*) Whatever, for me, it's a flower farm. (*GIGGLES*) So, I'm gonna have Whatever. For me, it's a flower farm. So I'm gonna have a flower farm too.

I'm gonna get Bougainvettas. I don't think I'm saying them right. Bougainvettas. Kimmy, do you know how to say it? Bougainvillat? Yep. Bougainvillat. There's these really pretty, uh, bright fuchsia. They also come in purple.

So I'm gonna plant those in the backyard, and they also like crawl, and they like become like this big bushy wall. And I'm just gonna, I just can't wait till, I think they'll probably bloom next year. So I'm just gonna have a big wall of these beautiful flowers, and it's just gonna be so colorful, and I'm so fucking jazzed about it.

I'm like, hard thinking about it. My clit is rock hard. My God, it's cutting my chair. Oh, no! Oh, no! (*BOTH LAUGHING*) Her chair broke, she fell! (*BOTH LAUGHING*) That's exciting. Yeah, I'm really... We have been left a garden and I'm a little intimidated. I mean, there is a landscaper who's already been taking care of it, so I feel like I don't

have to do much, but I do want to know how to take care of the stuff. There's like rosemary. Oh! And some other stuff I don't's like rosemary. Oh. And some other stuff I don't know what it is. Oh. You can cook with rosemary. Yes. Yeah, and there's a lot of rosemary. A lot of rosemary.

And my man wants to plant some centronella to like ward off the mosquitoes. Yes. Yum, yum. What else do we want? Um, zucchini. Zucchini is very versatile. Very, very verse.

Very verse. He wants the cilantro plant. I love cilantro and people shit on it. And I'm just like, you just don't like flavor. Flavor. And I don't know what else we're gonna have. I don't want too much. She gets some tomatoes. I don't really...

Shut the fuck up, listen, you'll love... You'll fucking love these tomatoes that you grow yourself. They're juicy and they're sweet. I fucking love these tomatoes. Yeah, maybe I would like it if I grew it myself. You would love it so much, they're so juicy and sweet. So fucking juicy. Just so fucking nasty little juicy sluts.

Yes. Oh, yeah. You would love them. Uh, okay. I hope someone listening really just came all over themselves listening to me talk about juicy tomatoes. That's like one person's cross-section of their, of what gets them off is like talking about tomatoes and also hearing someone do it sexily.

And they're like, oh, this is it. I gotta pull over. I like that they're in a car for this. Yeah. Ah, no, I gotta pull over. This is too much. Oh, boy. -♪ MUSIC PLAYING -♪ The But there's this thing that you could put on the back strap when they're in sport mode, that's like two hanging balls.

And people are like, Nicole, you need this. And I'm like, no, I would never wear balls on my feet. These are like fuzzy balls or? No, they're just like kind of realistic mini balls. Like testicles? Yeah. Oh, Kimmy on the Keys, can you look them up? I need the shirt. Yes Like, like truck nuts?

Yes, they're truck nuts for your crocs. Croc nuts? Croc nuts. Well, someone was like, they're croc and balls. Get it? It's like close to cock and balls. And I was like, oh, I did not understand that little pun there. Okay, yes.

But I do, people keep sending them to me. That seems like a bridge too far. Like you spell out certain words on your cross, but I feel like having an actual image of testicles is a bit... It's a little much. It's a little much. You know? You can't go to a grocery store like that.

No. Oh, my God. But I did get something notarized. I was wearing my leopard print crocs that say, -"Good pussy." And this man was like, -"Right." Oh, my God, I love your crocs. I love leper print. Also, they're so comfy. And I was like, they are. Do you want to read them? And he said, sure. And then he read them and he went,

Oh, kukukukuku. Ha ha. Bridget, come look at this. And Bridget was like, what? Oh, wow! And then Bridget called Stephanie over and Stephanie was like, ha ha ha ha ha ha. And then everyone in the because it was at the bank, everyone at the bank was just like, ah, and then other people in line were like, what is everyone looking at? And let me tell you, I was the belle of the fucking ball.

Oh, my God. And I had never felt so good about something I've done in my life. The bank tellers are like, free money for everyone. We love these crocs. Yeah, I had a good two days at the bank where I was just there for a very long time. Oh, Kimmy brought up these croc and balls. Uh huh. Is this what you were mentioning? Is this what you were...

This is it. These are not me. No. And they also just like, don't look like they go with the croc. No. Like so bulky and... So bulky. And then it's like, when you flip them out of sport mode, they're just going

to be like balls on your feet. Hmm. Yeah. And what a weird discovery. Not for me. Not for me. I guess you have someone who would think that could be for you. Sure, but she's a complex gal, okay?

She's a complex chan-truce. Is that the word? Is that what Mariah Carey calls herself? The elusive chan-truce? I don that the word? Is that what Mariah Carey calls herself? The elusive chan-truce? I don't... The elusive chartreuse? That's a cuck. Yeah, I haven't heard her call herself that. The elusive chantouse. Would you ever do spurs on crocs?

Absolutely not. Again, what happens when they're not at a sport mode. I'm not wearing my crocs in sport mode at all times. Yeah, sometimes you're not going, you're not sporting around. Sometimes you're just chilling, you know? Yeah, I mean, yeah. No, I can't do this. Those spurs look too long, too. Like, you're gonna step on them. Yeah, I can't do that.

I'm not about decorating sport mode, unless there's holes on the sides of sport mode, you know? I just... You're a sport mode purist. I am a sport mode purist. Yes, I don't want to dampen it. I don't want to... I mean, like, what happens if, you know, the ball or the spur gets caught on something while you're in sport mode? Ooh.

Actually, it takes away from the sport mode. Like, it actually is more inconvenient. And you want to be able to run at any moment in sport mode. I do. I do. I want to slip my feet real out, put them in sport mode. Like, it actually is more inconvenient. And you want to be able to run at any moment in sport mode. I do. I do. I want to slip my feet real out, put them in sport mode, shove them right back in and run. (*laughing*) Sport mode is so funny to me,

because like, what sport are you playing in Cross? (*laughing*) Nothing. Not a thing. Well, you never know what sport you might have to join, okay? So, you might be taking a nice walk around the park and someone's like, hey, we need a tenth for baseball. I do not know how many people play baseball.

I don't know either, yeah. A tenth or a fifteenth, I don't know. And you're like, oh yeah, man, I'm wearing some shorts. I'm pretty cash. I can get this shirt dirty when we throw down in sport mode. Oh, Jordan says 11. You need 11 people for that. I thought it was nine.

Nine is arbitrary. Nine? Nine is also arbitrary. Maybe I'm wrong now. I played softball all through high school. Shoot, I should know this. You're like, I don't know, who the fuck's on my team? Nine players, yeah.

Sorry, I just was counting in my head, nine's nine players. I have a bad softball player. OK, so you've got three people on the bases and then four. Yeah. Oh, it's called a shortstop. There's a shortstop is between second and third. What? Did you say a squatter? Yeah.

Do you mean a catcher? That's what I play. Catcher. A squatter. Yeah, when you squat at homeer? That's what I play. Catcher. A squatter? Yeah, when you squat at home base. There's someone who refuses to leave the baseball field. They're like, there's squatters right here.

Baby, I play love is diamond. We need to play it off. Wait, there is a basement between first and home? No, no, there's a basement. So you've got catcher pitcher, first base, second base, short stop, third base. Between first and second there's a person? Second and third. Mm-hmm.

But... (*BOTH LAUGHING*) You're gonna get it, I know it. (*BOTH LAUGHING*) So between second and third there's a person? Why? Who are they doing? What are they doing? Okay, I got a screw... hold on. Walk us through it, Jordan.

Okay, so here we go. We got catcher right in the front, or squatter as Nicole has said. Squatter. Then we got pitcher, and then we got your first baseman, your second baseman, and between second and third is your shortstop. Why? Because the majority of balls are hit between second and third into left field.

If you are an outfielder and you're a left fielder, you're a good outfielder. Right fielder, you're just like for fun. That's why I played a lot of the time. Yeah, same. I was like catcher and right fielder. And I... Because most people are right-handed? Um...

Yes, yes. So when you swing that, yeah. That's, yes, exactly. And center field is like center and left. Kind of, they typically hang out together because that's where the ball is being hit most of the time. So that shortstop is when you get those grounders. It's still going in between second and third. So that's why there's a shortstop there.

Oh. Yeah. So it batter swings early and hits connects. And when you swing earlier, the ball will go towards left field. And when you're not as good at batting, you swing later. And that's when it goes to right, it tips off. Yeah.

Oh, interesting. I played catcher because I could throw over a hundred feet, so I could throw to second base. Really? If they were stealing. Yeah, I was third base because I couldn't play outfield at all. And I was a really, I was a fourth batter, which means I was a really good batter. So I could do outfield.

Yeah. You have a batting order. So the squatter catches the person stealing and you can only run to the next base if a batter hits a ball? Not necessarily, but it's a lot riskier. You can get out a lot easier if you run and someone has to hit a ball. Sometimes there's even riskier plays where, like, the batter misses the ball, and the pitch is being thrown back,

or something's going on in the field, and so stealing is where, like, a first or second, they can jump to the next end going on in the field. And so stealing is where the, like a first or second, they can jump to the next and they steal the base. And it's because it's the, that play is just in motion or something. The pitcher and the catcher are not paying attention. So that first baseman or second baseman is gonna be like, okay, this is my shot. I'm gonna move really quickly to the next base.

It's a really risky move. I've never stole. But if you are gonna steal, you have to slide. Yeah, that's fun. That's the next base. It's a really risky move. I've never stole, but if you are going to steal, you have to slide. Yeah, that's fun. That's the fun part. Yeah. And you're either going hands first or going feet first. Most major league players go hands first. It's not fun. It's softball players, so you go feet first usually. Oh, I always want to be first. Feet first seems dumb.

No, you have a lot of padding. It's actually a lot safer. Oh, yeah. I'm scared for my face and my head. Oh, you have like thick shorts that go up to your knee and then you have two knee pads and the one on your left leg is like long. And so actually, it's quite fun and comfortable if you do it correctly. Yeah. Cool. All right. I've never known this much about baseball ever in my life. I've really learned.

Me too. Maybe I could go to a game and know what's happening. Yeah. Actually, uh, I catered the, uh, like, box suites at my college for different sporting events, for like basketball, football, baseball. Box seats are the best seats. Yeah. But they were very empty during baseball season. I'm not surprised. I'm not surprised. People weren't really coming for the baseball, for college baseball.

And so I would get into a suite and just take a nap. Like, fully take a nap. Because also the games were so long, and I was like, I'm not needed for another hour. So I would just take a nap. Have you been to a baseball game this year? No, not as a patron. No. I was dating this dude who was like baseball a bunch,

and he was like, you should come with me to a game. And I was like, I don't know what I do. I don't understand baseball. And he's like, I don't know, it's like a big bar. You can just like, you can drink and eat hot dogs. And I was like, drink and eat hot dogs. Inside me, yeah. Yeah, I'll do it.

I think it's like the same kind of thing, like race car driving or like a NASCAR and stuff, it's a day, you have a day long excursion to drink with your buddies. Although I think there's way more going on in baseball, but it's just like, here's a reason to be outside and drink. I would be pretty scared, though, that I would get too drunk and fall down those stairs, because it's like teared. And what if I was trying to do something funny

and I fell down? That would really suck. I fell right onto the field and rolled on and stole second. So, well, you can't actually go on the field. What do you mean? What if you fall down? If she rolled hard enough, yeah, she could. If she picked up speed, the velocity just took her out of the field.

Yeah, I'm a big lady. What if I caught wind and just really just barreled on through? I think you'd never stop talking. You would be a legend if that actually happened. Some stadium steps are actually far better, and seating too. I went to Fenway a bunch when I was living back East, but yeah, some stadiums are better than others, but there is a huge thick wall and you can't get past it. It's like you never heard of it.

Well, have you ever heard of the Kool-Aid Man? What if I overla head through that wall? All right, you got me there, Nicole. I really like seeing those videos where a stadium employee starts dancing or like does a bit or something. What fun. You know, what a fun work environment. It's just like they let this person get on camera for a minute and they're like,

you know, pretending to be an usher or whatever, or they are usher. And then they just start dancing and then they're like, OK, I'm back to work. And then they're like, oh, here's another dance move. And I was like, ah, I think it's great. I like that, too. I was wondering, like, did they tell their boss they could do that? Or did their boss see them do that? Or they hired for that reason?

You know, like, was there a casting call that was like looking for... stadium ushers who are also dancers? Interesting. I don't know. Maybe it's people who get those jobs are creative people, and they're like, well, it's only for a season, so I can spend my time dedicating myself to McRoft. Other times. Yeah, yeah, maybe.

Wait, how long have you lived in LA? Have you gone to any sporting event, like soccer, basketball, football? They both are sheepish. (*LAUGHTER*) Okay, how many comedy venues have you been to? That's the difference. I've been to a lot of comedy venues.

I've also been to the Staples Center, okay, for an Adele concert. Ha ha ha ha ha! You made the right choice. Yeah, well, I've only been here for two years, so I'm still getting the lay of the land, but no, I haven't been to any sporting events. Very long time, didn't I? Well, I don't have anyone truly in my, like, what?

The gay men I live with, they don't take me to no sporting event? Yeah. Uh, I'm trying to think of other people who would take me. No, that's a lie! I went and saw LaCrosse! Oh. Oh, yes. I think I remember this birthday. Out of all the sports you saw was LaCrosse. Okay. Was it in LA?

It was in LA. We got on a big bus. We got hammered. And then I sat down and was, no, I didn't sit down until the end of the game. So I spent my time drinking. It's all kind of a capercy. Uh-huh. And then when I finally sat down, I was like, why are they lifting all this one man up?

And they're like, this is lacrosse. And I'm like, no, rugby, sorry, it was rugby. And they like gather and lift one of the chosen ones up. It's a totally different game. It's very different, but it's much hotter. One literally has sticks. Like, they both have sticks. There were sticks, right? No, no, I don't think there's sticks in rugby.

There's no sticks. I don't think you were watching the game. Well, they lifted somebody up. They lifted the chosen one up. It was very like the Lion King. They like... So you saw the end of it. You saw when they won? And so were they celebrating? No, no, it was during the game still. It was like the thing where a thing happened, and then they like run and stuff, and then they'd like run and stuff,

and then they'd gather around the chosen one, and they would lift him up! And I kept screaming, why are they lifting him up? They're lifting him up to get the ball. What? Yeah. Yeah. See?

Damn. Oh my God. They're jumping high. Out of all of the sports to see that like men play, I feel like rugby is like, you got like thick thighs. It's like... Rugby's hot. Everyone was so fucking sexy. It was...

They like turn into Transformers. They're like... Yeah, it was just like... And then they're like... And then they lift the friend up. It was wild. Whoa. I have no idea what the rules of rugby are.

Yeah, me neither. It was fun to watch. That does sound fun. Yeah, that's the only sporting event I've ever been to. And WNBA games. Okay. Oh, great. I know how basketball wears dribble dribble shoot though.

Yeah. Dribble dribble shoot throw. Mm-hmm. I've been doing Nick's game. Oh. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I've been doing Knicks games. Oh. Mm-hmm. The New York Knickerbockers. The...

Did you know there's a Whoopi Goldberg movie where she becomes the head coach of the New York Knicks? It's called Eddie and it's one of my favorite movies. I just saw it. So, she becomes... Oh! She's a limo driver who wins the free throw toss, and you get to be coach for the day.

So she becomes coach for the day. And then Frank Langella, who will be Goldberg, did date, I think they met on Eddie. He becomes the new owner of the New York Knickerbockers, and he's got a sovereign accent, and he has a cowboy hat, and nobody likes him. And he was like, well, this little lady, she makes the fans happy,

so she's gonna become the real coach of the New York Knicks. And everyone's like, what the fuck? No, that's crazy. She's a limo driver. No! But then she turns the team around when they finally start respecting her. And then you find out, uh-oh, can't tell you, give away the rest of the movie. Oh, you gotta watch it! Oh, there's a twist? I'm not gonna watch it. But it's so good.

Whoopi goes to the home of one of the players who refuses to respect her and talks to his mom. And then he was like, you're right. I guess I respect you because I respect my mom. It's great. There's Yvonne who's from overseas and all he says is Yvonne McBusket. It's great, there's Yvonne who's from overseas and all he says is, Yvonne McBusket.

And then she teaches Yvonne how to do defense instead of just offense. Wow. Okay. They really did need her. They did. They did. And they really turned it around. And they do so good. I can't believe you've never seen it. Has anyone seen Eddie? I haven't.

I need to do a Whoopi Marathon with you. Oh, boy. Because you've come up with the deep cuts. I've never. Well, there's one that I haven't seen where she plays a cop and her partner is a dinosaur. And I really want to see it so bad. I've only seen the cover of it, man.

Me too. Oh, boy. I'm dying to see it. I just rewatched Sister Act a couple nights ago. Oh, man, it's such a good movie. Dolores Van Cartier. Oh, and then I learned that all the songs in Sister Act are real songs and they just change the lyrics. Oh, no.

Yeah. So, uh, shit, what was the one song that I was like, oh, ah, shit, I can't remember the song. But it was a song that the choir sings. And we heard it in another movie and I said to John, I was like, oh, my God, they took this from Sister Act and changed the words from God. And he was like, no, Nicole, they put this from Sister Act and changed the words from God. And he was like, no, Nicole, they put it in Sister Act and changed it to before God.

Oh. And I felt really dumb. What's she? I didn't recognize the songs from anything else. Shit. I gotta figure out what these songs are. Yeah, which one is it? Sister Act songs.

Hmm. Oh, my guy. Yeah, which one is it? Sister Act. Songs. Oh, My Guy. So, my god, my god, my god. Oh, but wait a minute, you should have... That one, that one you actually should have known. That one's like, so famous. Talk about my god. Oh, man. Oh, no. OK. Yeah, that one for sure.

I had no idea. I was like, John, this is so weird. They are saying guy instead of God. Boy. OK, so I guess I just can't believe you've ever heard that before. You know, I don't know. I did this, I may have said this, but this happened with Tina Turner.

So I heard a bunch of covers that Tina Turner did of Beatles songs. And when I finally heard the Beatles songs, I was like, I cannot believe these white men stole from this woman. And there's nowhere that it says on the songs that this was Tina's songs. And I got into it with somebody and they were like, -"Nickel." -"Oh, no." Those are Beatles songs that she was covering. And I was like, so I'm wrong?

Hmm. Nobody stole nothing? Okay. That happened with me with, um, yesterday. And because I heard the En Vogue version first, and then realized later it was a Beatles song. Mm-hmm. But, ooh, boy, is that Vogue version good. It's good, yeah.

It's tough, it's really tough. It's just tough knowing where things come from. You know? I don't know where nothing comes from. Uh, what was another song that I was like, what? Whatever. I was really floored. Oh, I just watched Down to Earth, and my guy is in that movie. Have you ever seen that movie?

I don't think so. It is a big old premise movie. Like, the 90s loved a big premise that they're like, we gotta fucking figure this out. But Chris Rock plays a comic who, uh, dies, but he dies before he's supposed to die. Eugene Levy plays an angel, the angel of death essentially, and he takes him a half a second before a truck hits him,

but he would have survived getting hit by a truck, and they get to heaven, they're like, you're not supposed to be here. So they take him back down, Chaz Pimento, that's not how you say his last name, but he's also in it, he's great. So they take him back down, and the only body available is an old white billionaire. So Chris Rock gets put in the body of an old white billionaire.

And it is so funny. And what she she talks like this. Jennifer Coolidge is also in it. And at one point she So he falls in love with Regina King, and then this, like, old white billionaire is, like, in love with Regina King, and she's like, well, I guess you're into the darker persuasion, so I'm gonna start, you know, being a little ghetto.

And, like, some of it's a little problematic, but it's so funny. Oh, boy. How did they do Chris Rock in a white billionaire's body? Like, was his voice coming out of a white man's mouth or like... They only show it a couple times. For the most part, you just see Chris Rock. But when he is doing stand-up, there's the part where

it's not well-received, where he talks badly about black people. Or he's not talking badly about black people. It's like a black person talking about black people, and it's funny in that context. But you can't do it if you're a White person. Yeah, and they just like show Chris doing the jokes, and then they like pan around to show the old White man, but with Chris, I think it's Chris' voice, I don't remember.

But then they shoot back to the audience being like, -"Bwah! Bwah!" -"Of course." It's such a funny movie. Cool. You gotta watch it. I'll check it out. Of course. It's such a funny movie. Cool. All right. You gotta watch it. I'll check it out. You probably won't. I'll make you watch it one day at my house

and you'll be like, unenthused and not interested and I'll be devastated. There's just so much to watch. There's a lot of content. Have you been watching Wandavision? Yes, I have. I don't understand it. I've never, I've only seen Ant I have. I don't understand it. I've only seen Ant-Man.

I don't know anybody. Oh, okay, so yeah, you gotta know who the characters are. No idea. In the first episode, they were like, I don't know, things were happening. I was like, well, who's this red man? And they were like, Vision. And I was like, a Vision of what? They're like, his name is Vision.

And I was like, but why is he a Vision? They're like, you have to leave the room. So I have not kept up with WandaVision. I don't know what's going on. I did have to. I thought I've watched all the Avengers, but I guess I missed some of them. And I didn't see. I think it's Age of Ultron,

which is where Wanda and Vision are introduced. And so I had to, so I watched the first episode of WandaVision and was like, I feel like I am missing some stuff. So I had to go back, watch that movie, and then I was like, all right, I'm filled in now. WandaVision, it's both of their names together. Yes. I thought it was gonna be like,

this lady named Wanda, we're gonna see through her eyes or something. And it like wasn't what I thought. And then I was like, what is this, like, sitcom? What is happening? It was, like, really confusing. And I... Honestly, it's confusing if you don't know who they are. So, or if you do know, if you do know who they are, it's confusing. So it's like, you not knowing who they are is, like, so confusing.

Mm-hmm. Yeah, it's, it was tough. So I gave up. I threw in the towel. For the, I think it's an interesting concept. It's like, um, it's really no way for me to explain it without you knowing what's going on or seeing it. But it's cool. I think after, so Lauren Lapkus and I are newcomers. We're gonna be talking about Tyler Perry,

the Tyler Perry universe. And I'm really excited to dive in, because I've only seen two movies, but we're gonna do like the Madea movies. And then, uh, oh, I can't remember who it was, but they were like, you have to do, uh, Meet the Browns, which was on TBS for a while. He was like, it ties into things.

So he's like, it's a part of it, so you have to watch it. I was like, oh, okay. I'm very excited to dip into that. But afterwards, I think we're gonna do Marvel movies. Because truly, I've only seen Ant-Man and Guardians of the Galaxy. Yeah. Oh, there's so many more. There's so many more. I know there's that man. Robert Downey Jr.'s that man. Iron Man.

Sure. And... Green Hulk-y? The Hulk? Hulk-y? The Hulk? The Hulk. The Incredible Hulk. I know that man's name. And then there is that man with the long hair and the hammer. You got put down the hammer. I don't think he says that, but it's hair and the hammer. You got put down the hammer. I don't think he says that, but it's Thor. Yes.

I don't know. Is one woman Wonder Woman? No, that's DC. That's DC. I know that the woman. In the woman. And play by Scarlett Johansson. Oh. Oh.

Well, she's in there too. Oh, okay. She's gonna have the Black Widow movie come out. Oh, Black Widow, yes. And then, um... She's friends with the Hawkeye. Hawkeye. Yes, Hawkeye, good.

And then there's a man named Anthony in real life who plays somebody. Anthony Mackie. Yes, yes. He's somebody. He's Falcon. I'm pretty sure he's Falcon. Okay.

Hehehehe. Um, they're gonna come out with the... Oh wait, and I've seen Black Panther because Black people! Yeah! They're gonna have a Wakanda show on Disney Plus. How do we get on? I want to go to Wakanda. Come on, give us give us us on Wakanda.

Hello, it is Nico. I am friends with Black Panther. We go to Wakanda. They won't let me in. I can be an American that they talk to. Yeah. Be one of the Americans that visits Wakanda. If anyone works at Disney who's listening, who has anything to do with Welcome to Wakanda,

tell them about me. Tell them about me. Hello, this is my audition. I am Nico Panther. Listen. Nicole Panther. Listen. I love you.

You're so nice. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you.

I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. He's so nice. I feel like I just like offended myself. What a terrible accent that I do. That would be a dream though. I'd love to go to Wakanda. We, so listen, somebody who's at Disney Plus, if you know someone at Disney Plus,

tell them about us. Tell them we would like to be cool Black people who are in Wakanda. Yeah. Yeah. Maybe we are Michael B. Jordan's sisters, and we come to avenge him. Yes. You killed our brother, who's all broke and shit. You killed our brother, who's all bunking shit.

You killed our bumpy brother. How dare you? We loved our bumpy ass brother. We're going to kill you. Hi. Hi. Yeah. We know. I think we should answer some questions. Oh yeah, let's answer some questions. Hi Nicole, hi Sashir. Long time, first time just calling because I need to figure out who was in the wrong in a disagreement that my former friend and I had.

So a few months ago, actually at the beginning of COVID, one of my very good friends, not best friend, but very good friend, I talked to her every day and her and I had a bit of a connection that no one else had. And she sent me an email that basically said that she wanted to downgrade our friendship. She used a lot of illegal terminology. She is a lawyer, but still a friend, right? And so when I got it, I was just like, the audacity of that bitch. And so I was just like, dude, if you're going to send me an email that says that we need to make substantive changes

in the framework of our relationship, then we're done here, right? We're done. And so I was just like like you know what? No. When you're friends, like very close friends for 15 years, you at least call. You at least call. You don't just send an email. And then oh the audacity of that bitch. Anyways so I just sent her an email back that said, look, sorry, you feel this way. I can't work with our friendship on these terms. We done. And she sent me an email back saying that's really the only way

that she thought she could tell me that, and it's perfectly reasonable. So is it okay to end a 15-year relationship or friendship? Like over email? I really just don't know. Thanks, guys. Bye. BDNKR Boy, boy, boy, oh boy. I think I need to know what was said in the email.

Just specifically, like, if it was like, there was maybe something that our caller had done that was being addressed and maybe an email was the only way this person could get their feelings out uninterrupted. But I don't think you're wrong for ending the friendship that way. I don't think anyone's in the wrong. I don't think you're wrong for ending the friendship that way. I don't think anyone's in the wrong. I think it's just really hard to navigate,

hey, I have an issue. The confrontation's really hard. So I don't think anyone's truly at fault until I get more info. Yeah. It is unfortunate this didn't happen in a conversation. Mm-hmm. That it all happened on email. Yeah, yeah, you're, I mean, I guess we don't know what terms your friend presented in the

email. And, but I guess if you don't, if you didn't like those terms you are, you have every right to turn them down. Yeah, I just, yeah, we need more information because we don't know what this friend was saying in the email other than, I guess, legal jargon and we need to downgrade our friendship. And yeah, I'm sure it came in email form

because she doesn't like conversation or felt like that was the best way to get all the information out without, you know, feeling insecure about what she's saying or being interrupted or, you know, just like some people do function better typing it all out. It would be ideal if they could have a conversation about it, but not everyone can. Some people really do, like, need to put all their thoughts out on paper for them to be like, okay, I said exactly what I needed to say. Because, you know, sometimes you're talking and you get emotional

and you may forget something you wanted to say, or like, you say something that, like, actually doesn't add to the conversation, or you bring something from the past that actually is, like like making this person angry. You know, like, some people are not great at that. So that may be the best way your friend could communicate that stuff.

Um... Yeah, what were these terms? Yeah, I'd like to know what the terms were. Yeah. Because also, like, I mean, I guess I've never had a conversation about dialing back a friendship. Our actions kind of showed that, but by like, setting boundaries or not hanging

as much or whatever, but I've never like told someone, hey, we have to back off a bit. And here are my reasons why. I don't know. Yeah. We need more information. But, um, good luck. Yeah. Good luck.

What did you just put on your face this year? Oh, it's chapstick. Oh, it's one of those little balls. Yeah, good luck. What did you just put on your face this year? Oh, it's ChapStick. Oh, it's one of those little balls. Yeah. Can I just say, I started using this new ChapStick that I got from Sephora. So I got two. One has sparkles and glitter in it, and one doesn't.

It's Marc Jacobs, and it really moisturizes my dang lips. Oh, that's good. And that's what you want from the chapstick. Yes, yes. And then the other one was Huda Beauty with the sparkles. And I have a query for you, now that I have you. That iridescent eyeshadow you wore that one time, do you remember?

Oh, boy. What brand is it? Oh, it was like blue and green. Yes, it was like a multi-chrome color. Oh, yes. You know, I'll have to find it, because I don't own it, a makeup artist put it on me,

but I will have, I will find it. Thank you. And let you know. Great. And if you wanna know other stuff from us, you can email Nicole Asashira at gmail.com, or you can call or text at 424-645-7003. We also have merch at podswag.com slash best friends.

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Wow, Nicole. I guess I'll see you later. I guess I'll see you later. Toodaloo, goodbye to you. And ta ta to us all.