Bonus Episode: Celebrity Food Diaries

I know it's three years late but Antoni identifies as sexually fluid

Kelsie McVeety

Ok so I have never commented on an episode before but I can't sleep (thanks perimenopause!) and have been listening to this in the dark after probably not having heard it while conscious since it came out. I'm sure Mike knows this now, but absolutely YES water is coded that way! Like Aubrey, I'm a well educated, middle class white woman, and the amount of shit about water vs pop/juice I encounter on a daily basis is insane. Everyone has to clarify that they "only drink water" or "never drink pop" and any mention of pop is met with this moral disgust that is, quite frankly, disturbing. I have one friend, who is very thin naturally, who drinks pop regularly, and even she sees it as a moral failing in herself. Funnily enough alcohol is fine, Starbucks drinks are fine, "mocktails" (fancy pop with more steps) are fine, but a glass of Sprite or Coke without alcohol in it? You must be a moral degenerate. It is absolutely FUCKED. Also, re: toast - my working class Scottish husband still thinks I'm fancy because I only ever cut toast on a diagonal, and I still think cutting it directly in half is utterly bizarre and slightly unhinged lol

Amy Marie

I'm a woman and I've never dieted! I'm 31 so I grew up in the time of magazines drawing circles around cellulite and shit. It really helped that my parents both explained to me that all the mags are photoshopped. My dad takes photos and uses Photoshop so I saw how extremely you can change an image. I have never been fat, but I was bullied for being fat for many years in school. It actually made me NOT want to ever diet because I was like "fuck you guys, you're not taking away my sense of security AND my food." I honestly never really considered going on a diet, and resisted when friends wanted me to join them on their diets. I think I realized from a young age that diets don't work because people on them are always miserable and you have to maintain it to maintain the weight loss.

Lydthekidmaybenowmid

Listened to this episode juste after the new one about Brittany Dawn, and both have the Guy Pearce in Memento remark hahaha

I enjoy relistening to these episodes. I have a thought on Kelly Ripa, I can see not eating before doing a live morning show. When I eat breakfast that sort of stimulates the GI tract to start moving and I gotta poop. So I can see waiting to eat chewing food until after you finish the filming in the early morning.

Heather Hawkes

Rob McElhenney, like Kumail Nanjiani, talks extensively and hilariously about weight loss. His sound bites are great—yeah losing weight is easy as long as a studio is paying you millions to do it, you have a personal trainer, someone makes all your meals, etc

The antoni section reminds me of the Dr will cole interview with qweneth paltrow. It ends with her desperately pining for a slice of pizza which she "isn't allowed" to eat anymore. Its really sad. Also that "drs" podcast is INSANE and worth an investigation for the pod.

I remember reading one of Chelsea Handler’s books, and she had a trainer who made her do a food diary. At first, she’s serious and then she goes to a baby shower and has 15 jalapeño poppers and a bunch of Kettle One. And she tells her trainer and he’s horrified.😂😂😂😂😂And her trainer was very early 2000’s and Chelsea was being all of us all the time. I love her!

Amanda Webster

Listening to everything a celebrity eats in a day sounds so. Boring. Bless you.

Guinevere Sims

Haha the Tiffany Haddish diary was amazing. It’s not “fake” so much as “satire” which was spot on.

Defo cut toast diagonally

Karen Dawson

Yes please! I was convinced to eliminate all sugar after cancer. I have long covid now and am so so nauseous I can't do it. But I also wonder how bad sugar really is

I had to listen to an audio book by Sarah Wilson for book club. It was about anxiety. I didn’t realize she is connected to “I quit sugar” and anti inflammation. Please do an episode on sugar and inflammation!