My Therapist Ghosted Me - MTGM EXTRA! "King Babies?!"
Episode Date: March 30, 2022What on Earth is "King Baby Syndrome"? Today, you'll find out! Also, it's almost time for Vogue to choose a name for baby number 3 and who better to ask for advice, than the godmother herself? If you'...d like to get in touch, you can send an email to hello@MTGMpod.comFor more information about Joanne's gigs, just visit www.joannemcnally.comThank you!
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Hello and welcome to an extra helping of my therapist ghosted me with me, Vogue Williams
and the lovely Joanne McNally.
I need help with my baby name because it's going to be your baby too. I thought we could
go into baby names. I want something a little your baby too I thought we could go into baby
names I want something a little bit different I don't want something Irish no offense I love Irish
baby names but I just don't want an Irish name I don't want something too English it's got to be
smack down the middle like so in the middle of the sea between Ireland and England I can't remember
what comic I saw describe Irish names it was an English comic
he said Irish names
look like wifi codes
I thought it was very funny
can't remember who it was
it was very funny
it's kind of true though
like Maeve
like
think about how people
spell Maeve
you can spell Maeve
M-A-D-B-H
I know someone
who has the idea
yeah M-E-A-D-B-H
isn't that it
M-E-A-D-B-H
I would
I do like an Irish name now
but like
Geroad
who is opening the show
for me
he's talking about
moving to the UK
and I was like
you're literally
going to have to
change your name
there's no way
you can go over to the UK
with a name like Geroad
you're going to have to
be called Barry
Barry Farrelly
is a great stage name
Barry Farrelly
Barry Farrelly
yeah I kind of like that
but now the thing about
Geroad is
he could just change the spelling
of his name
so it's not
Giroid.
Or he could call himself
Giroid.
Giroid.
Yeah,
I think that sounds good.
I like him as a Giroid.
I only know him as a Giroid
to be honest.
When you're being introduced
by MCs and stuff,
you need something simple.
Like I've mispronounced
names of acts
coming on and stuff
and it's always really
embarrassing for me
and then they have to correct do you know what I mean themselves, names of acts coming on and stuff. And it's always really embarrassing for me. And then they have to correct, do you know what I mean?
Themself, me when they go on and like, basically he just needs to be a letter.
Just simplify everything.
Like the way you call Theodore T.
Yeah, he should be G.
H from steps.
Very cool.
Cool name.
Do you want to hear some of the weirdest names that have been going around since the dawn of time?
Please.
1940s.
Someone called, he's a Learjet founder, Bill Lear.
And he named his daughter, now she was born in the 40s, Crystal Shanda Lear.
Brilliant.
L-E-A-R.
Great.
I think that's a good name.
I love that.
Now, two babies in the 19...
This is so mean. Two babies in the 1950s this is so mean
two babies
in the 1950s
were christened
window
and one of them
had a middle name
and it was coverings
window coverings
was his name
is this real
this is true
were the children
made of glass
I don't understand
why would you call
your child window
did they come from
a long line of
it's a nice word
when you think about it.
Window.
I like windows.
I think syphilis is a nice word,
technically.
It sounds cute.
It rolls off the tongue.
It hits all the points.
And a very nice...
But I'm not going to call my...
A very nice nickname, syphie.
I'm not going to call my child syphilis.
I didn't know syphilis
was one of your favourite words.
What is your favourite word?
One of mine is oats.
I just think it sounds so tasty.
Oats.
One of mine is bombastic just think it sounds so tasty oats one of mine is bombastic
uh the daughter of musician frank zappa which is kind of a cool name that's a cool very cool name
yeah he called his daughter moon unit that feels very self-indulgent to me now because
moon grand but why are you throwing unit on there it's unnecessary it's a bit bulky it's like
g unit like we would use unit in a derogatory term ground up It's unnecessary. It's a bit bulky. It's like, G-U-N-I-T.
Like,
we would use unit
in a derogatory term,
grown up,
we'd be like,
she's a unit,
as in,
when we were younger
and slagging each other
about being fat
was what you did,
we'd call each other units.
Yeah,
you would do.
So,
I don't want to be,
I don't mind moon,
moon.
Moon is grand,
like,
I mean,
compared to some of the names,
have you,
did you read that list of names that they had to make illegal in new zealand like violence and bush shelter and stuff
yeah so moon unit in comparison to them is a walk in the park really fair play sorry yeah the ones
going on to the new zealand ones right there was there was a couple who actually like they first
of all they wanted to call their kid lucifer then Then they wanted to call it V8. Then fish and chips.
And then the New Zealand government decided to approve the name
Number 16 Bus Shelter.
So there's a baby called Number 16.
Well, not a baby anymore.
Number 16 Bus Shelter.
I'm guessing that's where it was conceived.
Is that the joke there?
Or where they tried to get rid of it?
Where they tried to abandon it and it walked back home like me?
So they couldn't.
And that's why they called it number 16.
Is it their 16th child?
Well, that was like the fourth choice though.
They wanted to call it Lucifer.
Lucifer?
Lucifer's not a bad name.
She's got like a bad attachment.
Lucifer's quite nice.
This is why people, I think,
it's mad the way,
the amount of prep that goes into
trying to adopt a dog
and then anyone
can just have a baby
and call it after a bus stop
there should be rules
there should be rules
I think there is rules now
I don't think you can
call your kid
anything you want
like you can't
like I couldn't call
my child like
dipshit
or something like that
like I don't think
you're allowed to do that anymore
I don't think you're allowed
I'd love to see you
on the front of Hello Magazine
announcing the birth of hello magazine
announcing the birth of your child dipshit here's our beautiful type out no no no no
our beautiful dipshit has really has really completed our family yeah
chris martin and what's her um what's her name gweneth gweneth falter call their kid apple and
moses i know again it's self-indulgent nonsense isn't it it's like how much you have to like what's her name? Gwyneth. Gwyneth Paltrow called her kid Apple and Moses. I know, again,
it's self-indulgent nonsense,
isn't it?
How much do you have to like apples?
If you think you're above
normal society
that you can call your child
this completely obscure name
and we just all have to
step in line, basically.
Here's my daughter, Satsuma,
and no one can say anything
because I'm Gwyneth Paltrow.
Satsuma is not the worst name.
Well, then I'll call my child Grape
because it's basically what I drink
morning, noon and night.
Just a liquidized version.
I'm like, this is the solid form of myself.
Grape.
Bob Geldof.
Actually, I did want to call Gigi.
What was that name?
Ah, what's her name?
Polly Yates' daughter.
This is what I loved.
We have thought of calling Gigi Tiger Lily.
Did you actually think about calling Gigi Tiger Lily?
Yes, Joanne, I did.
You did not.
Before I named her after my auntie's dog,
I thought I might call her Tiger Lily.
I don't believe you.
What's wrong with that?
That's a brilliant name.
I'd love to be called Tiger Lily.
Because I think you're too sensible for that.
I don't think you'd do that.
No, and I also thought about Tiger for a boy, but like, I mean, Tiger Lily. Because I think you're too sensible for that. I don't think you'd do that. No. And I also thought about
Tiger for a boy
but like I mean
Tiger Woods
that's really
not done that name
any favours.
So that's out.
Oh my God
I totally forgot about him.
Yeah Tiger Woods
still going
still doing well
at the old golf.
He had a car crash
recently though
so he took some time off.
Quite a bad one
actually wasn't it?
I mean there's getting
caught for something
and then there's getting
Tiger Woods for something
like fucking hell he like
like he was really on to fucking
everything though like the waitress
in the restaurant down the road from his house
like
I think there was like 16
where did he find the time
I couldn't be arsed with that
I couldn't even arsed with that.
I couldn't even keep two on the go.
I was going to say three there.
I was like,
that's just pushing it out to two.
Narcissists find the time
because they have to
because it's their oxygen.
They literally have to find,
that is their life's blood,
their life's work
to be adored.
So they have to find the time.
It's like,
how do we find the time to breathe?
We just do it naturally.
We have to do it.
But you know what I also discovered? I don't think i've spoken about this yet king baby so you know
they were always busy accusing our exes of being narcissists everyone there seems to be the world's
full of narcissists because every woman i've ever met has dated a narcissist we're all calling our
ex psychopathic narcissist but anyway there's this new term called king baby which they use for
addiction actually so it's basically like hold on let me get it up king baby syndrome king baby syndrome yes it's my new favorite thing i'm busy
i'm busy oh my god i'm just busy diagnosing everyone for being a king baby i think spencer
might have this someone with king baby syndrome thinks of themselves as the center of the universe
they are kings in the sense that they are narcissistic
and boss others around
he's not bossy
they're also babies
in the sense that
they long for
immediate gratification
an infant or toddler
can expect others
to meet their needs quickly
a baby expects
instant gratification
so you can
if a man or woman
has king baby
or queen baby syndrome
then they see others
the way a toddler sees
their parents
so we
so I think it's
I'd like
I'm refreshing
the dialogue your ex isn't a narcissist he's a king baby or a queen baby there's still a dick
ass but we have a new term i just i just copied that link and emailed it to spencer what time
is it now let's see how long it takes before he comes in king Baby that's interesting
Rona
well Rona's here now
and like
I just find her so fascinating
our friend Rona's a
psychologist
what would she be
yeah she's a psychologist
isn't she
she's the kind of person
that like
she does
she's a therapist
and you'd go to her
for advice anyway
because she just
gives really good advice
but it's just so interesting
to have her take
on certain people
like I was asking her
about Putin
and stuff like that yesterday
to see what's like
mentally wrong
like why is he like that
I find it exhausting
though
if you're a psychologist
you'd be constantly
firstly
you're
you get
it would take the crack
out of things
because
a lot of the crack
is when you don't understand
why people do the things
they do
so you spend your time
trying to figure it out
if you just know yeah it doesn't also things they do. So you spend your time trying to figure it out. If you just know.
Yeah.
It doesn't,
also people will be asking
you stuff all the time.
It's like if you're a hairdresser
and your friends
are always asking you
to get them curly blow dries.
Sure, I was,
I was on to Rona
during lockdown.
Do you remember?
On the Zooms
looking for advice
about bits and bobs.
Stop myself,
throwing myself out of lockdown.
I know.
But I do that like,
she barely walked
in the door last night and I started
asking her all this stuff. I wonder does it
bother her? I was like did you see that Louis Theroux
documentary now? What do you think about that?
I just find it so fascinating
the way her mind
works. It's like she's got the inside scoop
on our brains. That's it. Yeah I know
I was like tell me about myself
tell me about me
I imagine she'd be like that's classic I was like, tell me about myself. Tell me about me.
I imagine she'd be like, that's classic King Baby Syndrome,
what you're doing with her.
Hello, Vogue and Joanne.
Love the show.
So something happened the other day,
and I just can't seem to shake this feeling.
I've been with my boyfriend for five years and we just had the porn conversation.
We both watch it separately for a quick bit of self-care.
I'm fine with that, nothing wrong.
But then he said,
I only watch this one person because it looks like you.
Is this weird?
I think I'd prefer all randoms
than just one person he keeps going back to.
I'd love to know your thoughts.
Please tell me
if it's weird
it's not weird
but it's also not true
it's psychological manipulation
I don't know
if that's true either
I don't think that he is
he is absolutely
lying to you
that is
that is the most
bullshit excuse
yeah
I've ever heard
for a man
I like
I don't
I don't buy it
no one's looking
at anyone's face
right
that's what I've learned about porn.
There's no faces there.
They could be wearing a backpack on their head
and I would not notice.
It is very genital focused.
That is true.
Nobody looks at faces in porn.
I'm not there to watch their acting skills.
Like, come on.
He's not looking at her face.
I think he's lying.
I would love,
what I would love is
not even access
to a man's phone
although that is
always exciting
and also devastating
when you get in
their wank bank
I guarantee
if you cracked open
that lad's wank bank
there wouldn't be a face
like yours in it
and that's the
God's honest truth
oh God
I'm trying to think
yeah but when you're
watching porn
you're not really thinking
of like someone's face
I know I keep going back to that so there'll be no one in the wank bank except like what are those but when you're watching porn you're not really thinking of like someone's face I know I keep going back
to that so there'll be
no one in the wank bank
except like
what is it called
when you go into prison
and they make you do
they make all the prisoners
what's it called Joe
where they have to
choose out the culprit
oh a line up
that man's wank bank
would be a line up
of different ethnicities
shapes
sizes
trust me
not a single one
would look like you.
Just a line of fannies.
That's all it is.
I told you I met a porn star the other day.
Hit me.
I actually really loved her company.
She was great.
Where was this?
I was doing a TV show and I met a porn star.
Oh yeah.
And I just thought like.
She was just.
She was just really good crack.
And like just didn't give a shit and i
just i really like enjoyed her company and she was telling me a few things about porn like that
like that like they spend like practically the whole day doing those acting bits that they don't
realize that no one cares about and then they only spend like the last 20 minutes or so doing the bit we're all waiting for. Really?
Yeah.
And,
and the men inject their dicks with Viagra.
They inject their dicks because they have to keep it hard the whole time.
So they have injections of Viagra in their dicks. And then she told me that because of the injections,
that they can't actually cum.
So when they do the cum shot,
it's,
it's not real.
It's pretend cum. I's it's not real it's
pretend cum i know joe's joe's heartbroken i've ruined his i've ruined his i've ruined his friday
night oh my god so it's like when you see the picture of um like a big mac and you know what
i mean that's and it's not it's actually cardboard and cotton wool and stuff yeah a cold big mac
exactly shit that's what it's like
fake money shots
yeah and she said
that sometimes like
because she'll get her
hair and makeup done
and like
someday she's like
oh my god
I can actually go out
after and then
and then they're like
oh no
we want to come
on your face
and she's like
oh fuck
that's my hair
and makeup ruined
and that's how she like
she's so
she's so funny
this question And that's how she like, she's so funny.
This question is to Vogue,
because I know you've gone through this before.
How did you tackle the stigma around divorce work up the courage to tell people?
Dublin Gal on divorcing,
and I've literally no clue how to tell people.
I just feel like everyone I will tell will judge me.
It's particularly bad in Ireland.
I feel like you're seen as a big failure if you divorce
and it's a huge shameful thing. Maybe I'm being paranoid because I'm going
through it, but I just can't bear the thought of people knowing. Even worse, the thought of people
from my old school finding out. Like how bonkers is that? I don't think that's bonkers. Haven't
seen them in years, but the thought of me being in the topic of convo is just mortal. For context,
I'm 35 and we have children if that makes a diff well first of all
I'm very sorry to hear
that you're going
through a divorce
but second of all
yeah I was scarlet
when I was going
through a divorce
it was really embarrassing
because you just feel
like everyone is
like judging you
but they're not actually
and you're not a failure
and you're going to
have a great time
with yourself now
you and Joanne
can go out in the terror
but I swear to God
like I
there's a woman called Esther
Perel who I've spoken about before and she had she wrote a book called Mating and Captivity and
she talks about how back in the day in our parents generation divorce was embarrassing because it was
shameful to leave a marriage whereas now she said it's shameful to stay like so we all know those
people who are in marriages they shouldn't be in.
And we're trying to encourage them to leave.
And it's almost, we almost judge them for staying.
So actually, while she thinks she's,
she feels people are judging her,
there's probably a lot of people
who were admiring what she's doing.
Who were like, fair play.
I wish I had the confidence to do that.
Because it's a huge decision.
It's a huge decision.
But once you've made that decision,
like that's the hard part that's done. But like like I can tell you that it's not embarrassing and Joanne can say all that but like you feel yourself you're gonna feel embarrassed you can't
help that like I was so embarrassed and it's just the way it is and then when you look back
six months later you're just like why was I so embarrassed by the whole thing but it is the
whole thing around failure because like you kind of are failing
at being married
but like
I don't even look at it
like that now
I'm like
thank the Lord
you're succeeding
because look
your life moves on
and everyone else
everyone that was in that marriage
is happier
you're succeeding
at being happy
I have nothing but respect
for divorcees
because A
you're putting men
back into the system
which I respect
and B you're going to find someone who you're not repuls into the system, which I respect.
And B, you're going to find someone who you're not repulsed by.
I mean, a lot of divorce, I think, by the time you get divorced,
you're just, you're about as attracted to them as a boiled haddock.
You're putting fish back in the sea for me.
So I am nothing but grateful.
Thank you for your service.
Do you want to hear about the stage invader, Joanne?
Sure. You do. Hi, Joanne. want to hear about the stage invader, Joanne? Sure. You do.
Hi, Joanne.
Listen to your podcast about stage invaders.
And I was the girl who gate crashed the green room and ruined your tipple of vino.
The bouncer was definitely doing his job asking me to leave, but I feel like he was vexed
as his pride was beaten after I bet him in a foot race up the stairs.
He was ripping, but that's where we find ourselves in a feminist society.
In other news, I got your tickets as a birthday present and i am a fan but was only lashing out with a dig about not being a fan as i was wronged by the bouncer to speak and asked to leave
just to wrap up i can't believe she pulled out bad bobs like what just to wrap up my thoughts
on the night i hadn't lost my pants
as a 33 year old
I honestly thought
the white shirt dress
I wore was appropriately long
but when being manhandled
by a bouncer
I can see where you would have
thought I lost my pants
ears in banter you ledge
lots of love
the cabin menace
PS
I have the sacred selfie
and I can only apologise
for stage invading
as you look terrified.
Go on!
She brought so much.
Do you know what?
I love people like that.
I know.
Like that can just
take the piss out of themselves
and have a laugh about it.
Like I love that so much.
And she brought a lot of crack
to my night.
She really,
and my life to be honest.
So nothing but respect.
You've actually brought
a lot to the pod.
So thanks for getting
absolutely locked.
I love that she's like I didn't lose my pants
I thought the shirt
was an appropriate length
because the bouncers
were saying
she's got no pants on
they're like
her trousers
or her pants
are actually coming off
that is so
funny
oh god
nagging me at the end
with the bad bob thing
was the pièce de résistance
so thank you
I appreciate that as well Joanne you don't look terrified there you actually look like you're having fun sorry just to give a Oh God. Nagging me at the end with the bad Bob thing was the pièce de résistance. So thank you.
I appreciate that as well.
Joanne, you don't look terrified there.
You actually look like you're having fun.
Sorry, just to give a context.
She said at the end,
I'm not even a fan.
I got the tickets for free in bad Bob's as she was being manhandled out.
Which we thought was just
the funniest thing we'd ever heard.
Bad Bob's is so random.
That's it for the bonus ep this week
we shall see you next week
from myself and yourself
goodbye Thank you.