But I am curious, and definitely want to listen at least once, just to see where Blonde ended up post-Matt
At the very least, Blonde seems a lot happier on air with her new lot. Or is at least doing a better job faking it on air early in their new run.
Personally, I was team Blonde in the breakup.
But it's notable that I've watched most of the new content of her new pod. They just finished Week 14. She's physically driving over to her friend Dave Reilly's home to shoot the new pod in person. Some episodes run 2+ hours similar to the old M&B show and were running similar timeslots (9 pm EST). She's even using the new pod setup at Dave Reilly's house for unrelated guest hits (I noticed she used his setup for a solo guest spot on Stew Peters' show last week).
I haven't heard a on-air single complaint about having to leave early or wrap up for childcare reasons. Which is so interesting considering that was such a point of contention with the dissolution of her old show and was a chronic bugaboo for years.
One of her new cohosts, Vincent James, seems really hard up for money. He seems to be the driving force for their expansion now to 2 shows a week. I've heard him say multiple times on air that his goal is to make it a daily gig.
It will be interesting to see how that plays out considering the more onerous demands of the new in-person show and Rebecca's work ethic issues on the old pod.
At the very least, Blonde seems a lot happier on air with her new lot. Or is at least doing a better job faking it on air early in their new run.
That's good. And she massively exceeded my expectations; I figured she'd fizzle out quickly, because she was notorious for not putting in the effort.
Personally, I was team Blonde in the breakup.
I was (mostly) team Matt, but thought they'd both screwed up. He went about it wrong, and got autistic about her hypochondria and injury. He was acting like her real injury was completely fake just because it wasn't as bad as she'd thought...something you don't even know until you go to the hospital. I can see why that would piss her off and hurt her feelings, and Matt seemed unwilling to engage with that at all. So, yeah, I think he was more in the right on the overall issues, but still handled the whole thing terribly and made the issue worse.
I haven't heard a on-air single complaint about having to leave early or wrap up for childcare reasons. Which is so interesting considering that was such a point of contention with the dissolution of her old show and was a chronic bugaboo for years.
I guess she's better when she's more involved, as well as more engaged on the topic. It might be a bit of the 'that which is given has no value' type of thing, where she was taking her part in M&B for granted since it was Matt's project. She wouldn't put in the effort because she didn't have to. Now that she's working on something she helped build, maybe she's a bit more motivated.
It will be interesting to see how that plays out considering the more onerous demands of the new in-person show and Rebecca's work ethic issues on the old pod.
Yup, I can certainly see the same thing potentially happening again.
Yup, I can certainly see the same thing potentially happening again.
Was just finishing this week's The Backlash episode and Blonde got mildly testy at the end because it had run passed the 3 hour mark and wrapped up the show abruptly.
At the very least, Blonde seems a lot happier on air with her new lot. Or is at least doing a better job faking it on air early in their new run.
Personally, I was team Blonde in the breakup.
But it's notable that I've watched most of the new content of her new pod. They just finished Week 14. She's physically driving over to her friend Dave Reilly's home to shoot the new pod in person. Some episodes run 2+ hours similar to the old M&B show and were running similar timeslots (9 pm EST). She's even using the new pod setup at Dave Reilly's house for unrelated guest hits (I noticed she used his setup for a solo guest spot on Stew Peters' show last week).
I haven't heard a on-air single complaint about having to leave early or wrap up for childcare reasons. Which is so interesting considering that was such a point of contention with the dissolution of her old show and was a chronic bugaboo for years.
One of her new cohosts, Vincent James, seems really hard up for money. He seems to be the driving force for their expansion now to 2 shows a week. I've heard him say multiple times on air that his goal is to make it a daily gig.
It will be interesting to see how that plays out considering the more onerous demands of the new in-person show and Rebecca's work ethic issues on the old pod.
That's good. And she massively exceeded my expectations; I figured she'd fizzle out quickly, because she was notorious for not putting in the effort.
I was (mostly) team Matt, but thought they'd both screwed up. He went about it wrong, and got autistic about her hypochondria and injury. He was acting like her real injury was completely fake just because it wasn't as bad as she'd thought...something you don't even know until you go to the hospital. I can see why that would piss her off and hurt her feelings, and Matt seemed unwilling to engage with that at all. So, yeah, I think he was more in the right on the overall issues, but still handled the whole thing terribly and made the issue worse.
I guess she's better when she's more involved, as well as more engaged on the topic. It might be a bit of the 'that which is given has no value' type of thing, where she was taking her part in M&B for granted since it was Matt's project. She wouldn't put in the effort because she didn't have to. Now that she's working on something she helped build, maybe she's a bit more motivated.
Yup, I can certainly see the same thing potentially happening again.
Was just finishing this week's The Backlash episode and Blonde got mildly testy at the end because it had run passed the 3 hour mark and wrapped up the show abruptly.
Old habits die hard.