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Ra Ra Rasputin

• Bridget Shannon and Colleen Shannon • Episode 98

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On this week's episode,  Colleen's mom won a million dollars and Bridget is slowly perishing. Those two things are unrelated but go buy yourself a scratch ticket ASAP. Then we get into the topic of the week... the DOWNFALL OF THE ROMANOVS. Did Anastasia really escape? And if not, why did so many people think she did? Bridget talks about the royal family, what led to their demise and the horrific night they were all slaughtered (spoiler alert). Then Colleen plays a game of, "pick a song for an absurd scenario" so we can giggle. Rasputin may be creepy af but "Ra Ra Rasputin" is still a banger. We don't make the rules. #GrandmamaItsMe 

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I'm your biggest fan. I'll follow you until you love me. Papa, paparazzi. Honestly, the paparazzi are kind of fucked because like, if I was actually caught off guard, it just wouldn't be. I couldn't be famous. It honestly makes sense why Britney hit the car with the umbrella. No, yes. Every time I see another photo, I think to myself. If I see another photo of myself at a wedding, I, I will, that will be me. Yeah, you wouldn't stop talking about that. Yeah, I'm sorry, I couldn't. I just have never been in that position before or seen those, that angle of myself. Where you're in the background. At any point. Also, not just once, like 40 times. That's, I've never experienced that in my life. Did you know you have resting bitch face? No. So that was why I couldn't stop talking about it because I was like, it was very eye opening for me. Yeah, but I was just like, no one gives a shit what you look like in the background of this photo. And you were like, oh my god, my back. It was just like, oh, I look like that? The back. I just wanted someone to just be like, oh no, I'm seeing it through the same eyes as you for the first time. No, I guess they weren't flattering photos of you, to be clear. No. No. They were not. You were not photogenic at these weddings. I said, hey bride, I know it's your day and all, but these can't see the light of day. But this is what I will say, the photos where you are clearly posing on the mark, the ones you didn't like were you randomly walking down the aisle, or everyone's on the dance floor and you're in the corner. Like, you didn't like, I'm in the corner, watching you kiss her, oh. But yeah, just. Anyway. Whatever. She's not super photogenic in the background. That's all and that's tea. Happy 2025. True. So true. Another year, another sleigh, if you want to call it that. How, how have things been? Tell me everything about your life. You know, new year, new troubling information. Colleen. No, you have to do the intro. Oh, sorry. We can't just talk about 2025. Hi, everyone. Hey. Welcome to this week's episode of Sippin with the Shannons. We're cousins, and every other week we sit down, we sip on some wine, we talk some shit, we have a good giggle. I am Bridget Shannon. And I'm Colleen Shannon. And I'm very sick. Yeah, you are. You honestly sound like you're coming down with the plague, but in the most respectful way possible, of course. It's true, gang. It really is true. It's true. I mean, you didn't sound great before, but. Oh, I'm such a bitch. No, you honestly can't even tell. Really? Yeah. I hate when it's my episode too, and I'm sick. I think Cause I'm just gonna have to stop a few times to, I mean, I've got the tissues next to me, I've got the halls. I mean, no one's ready to rubble. Like it's, it do be cold out here. It do be 38 miles per hour winds. It's so dry. It's just not a vibe. It's cold. It is fucking dark. Live your life. No one's judging. Anyway. How was your new year's? What have you been up to? I don't know. Like 2025 has me feeling like. I swear to God, Colleen, if you don't start this year with some positive fucking energy, I'm gonna punch you in the throat. No, actually, one of my friends was like, I really think you should work on positivity this year, and I was like, Wait, wait, wait, are we talking about positivity like how I talk about myself? Cause that's never gonna change. But like, positive energy in general, didn't realize it was getting that bad for the squad. Colleen, you regularly joke about killing yourself. Yeah, but doesn't everybody To the point where no one believes you. That's Crazy. Yeah. That's how often you make a joke. I gotta think of something else to keep people on their toes. The amount of times. Do you need anything? A loaded gun. Something happens. My thirteenth reason. Okay, something actually fucking wild happened to you though. I don't actually think the people are ready to hear what had hap what had happened recently. No, no. Like, obviously, like, this isn't about me, but, like, it is extended, but, of course, think about all the things that I come on here regularly, and I'm like, woe is me. This happened to me. This happened to me. My fucking mother. Calls me on like a random, I don't even know what day it was. The way my jaw was on, I had to read it six times before it sunk in what I said it like very casually too, but my mom calls me at like 11am on like a Thursday or something. Like I was working and I didn't pick up, but obviously I, when I realized someone regular called me and not FaceTimed me, I'm like, Oh my God, something's wrong. Cause like, that's just not something that we do. Like we FaceTime, you know? So I called her back and I was like, something my mom does that like, it kills me every single time, which I think I've talked about it before is I call, I'll call her back and I'll say hello. And she'll go, are you there? Hello, I'm a g but we just, you just We just greeted each other, you just called me. Hello, are you there? Are you there? Like, I'm just, whatever. So she does that whole thing to me, so I'm immediately annoyed. Like, what? And then she goes, are you sitting down? And I go, is dad dead? Colleen. And she says, no, I just won a million dollars on a scratch ticket. And there we have it. Colleen's mother, who has been doing scratch tickets for 50 plus years. As one does. Bought a scratch ticket days before Christmas and won 1, 000, 000. Colleen's mother. Let that sink in for a fucking second. It still hasn't sunk in for me. It's been a couple weeks. It's been like two weeks, three weeks. Yeah, two weeks. Yeah, and it just, it just It's, it's fucking crazy. No, it is. It's just like, what the fuck? Also, you were told not to tell anyone. Right? No. I told her not to tell anyone. The way I would not fucking tell any of you. No, that's the, we had the opposite. My mom was like, immediately like, she goes, I gotta go, hangs up the phone. Well, who, who else do you have to call? I'm your only spawn. So my mother hosts a family party for my dad's side of the family at her house. I was not even on the steps before your dad had come at, saw me in the driveway, came out down the stairs and said, I have to tell you something. I was like. Weren't we supposed to keep it a secret? I have not even entered the house yet. When I told you I made it seem like it was a secret just because like I immediately was like I don't want my mother to tell people so therefore like I shouldn't be. No, everybody do. I go, don't even tell dad. And she was like, so that's crazy. Oh, Colleen. That's not right. But I was like, no, don't even tell anybody. And of course, that's No, she, she called the cavalry. There wasn't a person who wasn't called. No, correct. The carrier pigeons are still out. No, they are. They haven't returned yet. From all the letters that are being sent. Everybody knows. Gang, if I had one recommendation, if you are listening to this, don't fucking tell people. By the end of the night, she was like, everybody stopped telling me what to do with my own money. It was getting, it clearly looked very annoying. Like, okay, you opened Pandora's box, I told you. But I also think it's so exciting because it's, it's one, Your parents deserve it. Like, these are two people who deserve this type of money. And it's, it turns out a million dollars isn't actually a ton of money. Yeah. How low taxes? Because by the time it gets all taxed and everything. But it's still a life changing amount that could give them a deep breath that they didn't previously have. Yeah, just some peace for sure. And hopefully use some peace as well. Yeah, we're hoping. I don't think she's cashed it yet. I am just sitting pretty waiting. No, she's actually being really smart. She said she's waiting for January. Yeah. Because she does want to pay it on this year's taxes, she wants to wait till next year, which is super smart. No, it's fair. Yeah. She talks about getting a financial advisor. Like, she's not being flippant or, you know, I'm gonna run off to Guam and start anew. You know what I mean? Oh, I would be. I'd be. Goodbye. Goodbye. Bye. Good riddance. I wouldn't have told a soul. Or you know what? Some people are like, I don't know. No, I would've had a glass of wine and told somebody by now, for sure. Colleen, you would not have shut the fuck up about it. You know, people are like, I wouldn't tell anybody, but there would be signs. Like, 100%. I think, too, it's something that everyone's dreamed about. Like, it's so far fetched that when you tell people, all they can do is think about what they would do in that scenario, and then they want to share it with you. And it turns out the person who actually won doesn't really give a shit. Yeah. They just want to be like, oh my god, that's amazing! And then we all move on with our lives. Yeah, exactly. I agree. I also, I, not for nothing, didn't believe her. So I'm like, nope, either send it to me. I just, I just straight up don't believe you. No disrespect, simply don't believe you. I will say, after this happens, we have a lovely Christmas, right? Christmas was great. You stopped by Erin's house. Yep. We had the best day with the kids. We wept during It's a Wonderful Life. You had no idea what was going on. Nope. But it's our favorite annual family tradition. It's my favorite thing to watch. Oh, it's, it's the fucking best. This year she was like, I'm stable. Like I'm not even watching it. Yeah, we weren't as invested this year. So she was like, I'm really, I'm good. Like, it's gonna be fine. Everyone cried except for you. Not even just Erin this year. Just the whole lot of us. It's just so good. Anyway. Rudy didn't shed a tear. Oh my god, Rudy's obsessed with you. The way Rudy just immediately mounted you as if he's a lap dog and doesn't weigh 50 pounds heavier than you do. Dude, he is a unit. He's a unit. In the best way. His little face though, we have to post the picture of Rudy smiling on your lap, like looking back at it. He literally just looks at me and all of a sudden it's just like Something happened to him when he was a young pup with me that, like, he's dialed in. It kind of reminds me of in Bridesmaids where she's like, I looked into the dolphin's soul down there. And it was goddamn soul, Annie. Kind of pinwheeled down. Now, I will say immediately after this, your rental car got hit by a car. Yeah. You know, it's really just, and I really want in 2025 for us to find the space between multiple car insurance claims and I, a million dollars scratch ticket, do I just stop leaving the house? Like. What do I do? We might have to put you in bubble wrap. I don't know. If I figure it out, I will let you know. Yeah, there's just no need for someone to have multiple claims with your insurance at the same time. There's just no need for it. Yeah, it's been a roller coaster. And then like, oh, while going to physical therapy, I sat in a 35 minute MRI the other day for what? Did you hate it? For my, no, I fell asleep. Of course you did. For my, She's snoring. For my spinal injury and for my displaced hip. Cause one has. She's 80. Everybody. Yeah, three times a week I go and the man, I lay on my stomach and he pulls it out. Oh my god, is it helping? Do you feel better? I don't know. I just think I just ignore it, so I don't really feel a difference, to be honest. Colleen, you're supposed to lean into these sort of things. These are things that are supposed to be helpful to you. You're not paying for it, right? No. So this is a pain that you have and that should be taken care of if you follow their instructions. So maybe, maybe we focus our attention on getting our body better. I guess. You know a trend I'm loving. Control what we can control. We know what trend I'm loving. What trend are you loving? You know how people, people like aren't saying like fatties anymore, or like calling themselves fat. They're just saying big backed. And I am so fucking here for it. Like on TikTok they'll be like, what's the most big backed thing you've ever done in your life? And it'll be like, ordered three triple dippers from Chili. Like you know what I mean? Like it's like, what's the fattest thing? A chubby thing? Like. Yes. Yeah, I saw Zachariah Porter do that the other day, call something big backed, and I died. Yes. Yes. What's the most big backed thing that you've done ever? Uh, I don't know. I probably, it would probably involve DoorDash in some capacity. I was going to say, I think for me it would probably be doing takeout twice a day. But like fast food, not just. I did that yesterday. Yeah. What'd you get yesterday? Oh, I didn't order, actually, but we went and got it. We went to Chick fil A and had an ungodly amount of Chick fil A to the point where we literally, when we were done, we said, we just went to Orr. Oh. Yeah. Super similar. It definitely wasn't pretty. We were, like, belching and, like, shitting our pants after. It was, like, not great. Oh, cool. No, it wasn't, it wasn't good. And then we got home and we ordered foodie, and I got a chicken caesar wrap. Of course you did. That's very on brand. Thank you. How was your New Year's? What did you do? I haven't seen you. Uh, I didn't really do anything. I went to a little Irish pub that opened up down the street from our apartment, and I kissed Aaron at midnight. I had nothing to tell. Nothing to write home about. No tea. It was really way too fucking hot. I fucking hate New Year's with a burning passion. Same. Ball drop? What the fuck is that shit? I actually watched it on the TV. Anderson and Andy though. There needs to be a study on the people that go there. Oh, to the ball drop. Yeah, it's weird. They legit wear diapers. And they legit run. That's how long they're out there. And they're in the freezing cold. Just, like, there's something wrong. Oh, you mean the people who do it? Or the people standing there? No, the people waiting. The people that are like Yeah, yeah, yeah. The spectators. No, it's fucking weird. It's not bucket list shit. That's weird. That is weird. To me as well. What'd you do? So I also hate New Year's Eve. I don't like it. I think it's overhyped. I think it's overpriced. I've also had some pretty awful party incidents happen on New Year's Eve. Like, it's just too much. Ubers are insane. I don't like it. I just don't like it. It's cold. It's fucking cold. I got stuck in fucking Iceland during one with COVID like I just, you know, it's not ideal. No, it's not the vibe. It's not the vibe. Now, in later years, like last year was probably the best New Year's of my life. I was in Mexico, frolicking around. So that's a top tier one, right? This year was so amazing. And I thought I was just going to order food and have like a very cozy night in. And Paula had work off and so she texted me and she was like, what are we doing? Are we hanging? And I love steak. I love going to steakhouses. I love getting a big juicy ribeye It's like my favorite thing medium rare garlic butter. Really barrier. Oh my god I fucking Ruth Chris has my favorite steak on the planet. Anyway, not the point. I know how to cook all my favorite foods for the most part, because I, in the pandemic was like, I love to cook. This is a, everybody was cooking. Everyone was making fucking bread. Everyone was making sourdough bread. They still are. Are you making sourdough bread? I'm thinking about it. So I thought to myself, I have a cast iron skillet. I want to learn how to cook a ribeye. It's really the only thing. that I order at a restaurant that I don't know how to do myself. And so I said to Paula, I was about to make myself a whole ass gourmet meal. Would you like to come over? And she was like, Oh, fuck. Yeah. Can we wear our pajamas? So I made Caesar salad. cheesy garlic bread with like the roasted garlic you put in the oven for over an hour. That's some good shit. And then you squeeze them out and then you mix it with like the butter and the herbs and the, all the stuff. And so I made homemade butter essentially, you know, churning it in the back. Honestly, churning butter is like really easy. No, I was watching someone make it the other day. I was like, that's so fucking easy. Why, why isn't everybody doing that? Anyway, so cheesy garlic bread. Caesar salad. I had to make a vegetable because I haven't, you, I haven't eaten one of those in a minute. So green beans and broccoli. Mmm. Mmm. Then we had whipped mashed potatoes. With chives, nice brown gravy. Did you have the brown butter mashed potatoes from Prima? No. Oh, you must. That's all. Okay, I'll go back. In a fat ass ribeye, and we did a little present swap, we drank our Cosmos and we watched Wicked. A divine evening. Then we still had time for the ball drop. So we watched The Sweetest Thing. Love. Which it it went off of Netflix at midnight. It was only on until January 1st. Everything was like, oh, my God, we're going to be the last people to watch this on Netflix. And then it was like eleven fifty when the movie stopped. So we watched Andy and Anderson and I was dying at all the tick tocks of them. I fucking love them. And we started the new year by singing. It's all coming back to me now. The Jeremy Jordan version on YouTube. Look it up. Educate yourself. I will. It was such a lovely night. Like, it was my favorite. It was all of my favorite things packed into one night. No doubts. And it was a Wednesday. And I actually, I know people Can they stop with that? So I like it. I like that it's on a Wednesday because it makes the rest of the week super short. I had Monday off and Tuesday, so that means I only have to work Thursday, Friday, I don't know, and I don't like it anyway, so the fact that it's the middle of the week, I'm not bothered by. Does that make sense? Yeah, I guess that makes sense. That's fair. But yeah. I'm picking up what you're putting down. It was, it was lovely. I've been on some dates, I've been on some horrible dates that time has never slowed more in my life. Are we willing to share on that or no? No, I think that's all that needs to be said about that date. It was brutal. It wasn't even like that funny. I was like, just get me out of here, which I did. Don't worry. Nightmare fuel. I had a great date. However, I have to tell the story. So I go to this bar with this guy. It's going really well. In about an hour. And he gets up to go pee in the girl next to me. So when we first got there, the bar was kind of empty and we picked two spots. A girl ends up sitting not immediately to my right, but the one right next to that. And she's at the corner of the bar. So she can kind of face us. Yes. If that makes any sense. Yes. Like right where the bar turns so she's looking at us. Too convenient. And she, he gets up to go to the bathroom and she says, is this, I, I'm eavesdropping. This must be your first date. And I was like, Oh yeah, it is. And she's like, Oh, how'd you guys meet? And so we started talking about the apps and dating and she's like, Oh yeah, I forget how old she was. I think she said early forties. That makes sense. And she was like, Oh yeah, the, the apps are so hard. I always talk to my girlfriends about it. And so we're just having, we're bonding. Right. I'm cool with it at this point, right? He comes back, oh and she was like, I loved your story about X, Y, and Z. And I was like, thanks? Now mind you, if there was a first aid sitting next to me, I would 100 percent eavesdrop. Of course I would, right? You would also interact with said person to an extent. So then, It gets completely out of control and she just starts butting in all the time, not all the time, but like enough where the two, me and the guy on the date were like, what the fuck is happening? And it turns out she was talking to him about me when I was in the bathroom and vice versa and just recapping how things were going. We had a whole ass commentator for our date, like a sports commentator. So at one point we were talking about conspiracy theories, and I brought up JFK, and I was like, well, me and my cousin have this podcast, and blah blah blah, and he's like, oh my god, what is it about? Every time someone asks me that, I'm like, what isn't it about? Pick a topic and we've probably done it. It's pop culture. It's bad dates, it's bad roommates, but it's also cults and true crime, but it's also U. S. history question mark. It's just like we're perfect and just listen. That's all. People aren't here for their topic. They're here for us. Anyway, so I start telling him about all the Conspiracy theories we've done and I talked about JFK and then I said mattress firm I'm like a hundred percent mattress firm is a money laundering scheme Why are there so many of them the last time I bought a mattress? I didn't even go in the store. Like I'm not actually is like testing them out in the store Yeah, and so I said I don't do that and also It's a, it's a purchase you buy every 5, 7, 10 years, some people more, which you shouldn't wait that long. That's kind of gross. But it's a big purchase, right? So people aren't going to do that all the time. Why are there so many mattress firms? And he goes, Oh, I go in the store and test them out. I go, you do? Turns around it goes. Hey, so I don't mean to like interrupt. You don't you don't mean to I don't mean to like interrupt or anything But it's actually crazy to me that you bought your mattress online Because I am also someone who goes to the store and tests out all of the mattresses and I actually think it's really weird That you got yours online like girl get help. Do you want to be on this date then? Get help? The call is coming from inside the house? You're not even on this fucking date. Bitch. And listen, You can sit at a bar alone and know the bartender by first name and order whatever cocktail you want. I don't care. But when you start interrupting my first date. And also judging me! To say, girl, get help. Be an ally. Be an ally or get out. I'm closing your fucking tab the next time you go to the bathroom, how about that? Are you kidding me? I was attacked. Also, like, why are you here by yourself? Sorry, I'm judging you. I don't, I do that, like, when I travel all the time, I do that. I don't care about that at all. It was, literally took her airpod out too. So it wasn't even pretending. I'm just trying to kick her while she's down. Okay, fair, fair. She did it again. With what? So a couple, someone goes, one of us goes to the bathroom and I come back. And she's like, Hey, so I heard what you were saying about Malaysian Airlines, about how you think that it was the pilot. And I just want you to know that I texted my, one of my best friends and I was like, Hey, I'm totally eavesdropping on this date, like part of this date, LOL. And she's obsessed with Malaysian Airlines and she, she agrees with you. And I was like, cool. Okay. Like, what am I supposed to say to that ma'am? Like, Oh my God, let her know. She was there for four hours. Four hours. Was she just like sitting on her phone otherwise? Or was she just staring off into space? Yeah, she had an AirPod in and she was on her phone, but actively eavesdropping and then putting in her two cents for each of us. Now, mind you, I was with a very easygoing person. It was totally fine. We laughed about it. I was like, the fucking balls on this bitch to tell me to get help. Girl. Look at you. Call your boy cousins. Look at you! Man in the mirror, lady, man in the mirror. One thing about us we're not gonna judge We're not gonna judge unless you come for me during my first date and then I'm gonna fucking judge No, I'm probably gonna judge in every aspect. Yeah, that's true. So I also because I've been sick I've been watching so much television and movies and I'm so bored. Like I can't wait to pussy pop again. I'm so over it There's only so many days I can sit on a couch. Really? Yeah, it's not true for you. Yes, it is. Really? Yes, a hundred percent. I need social. I need people I need to do things I feel the best when I have like a schedule, and I'm out and about, and I have social plans, and dinner on this night, and going to see a friend on this night. Yeah, that's true. That, I may work from home and sit on the couch, but I'm incredibly social. Like the cal she's booked. No, I know she's She's booked, she's busy. I've seen your calendar. I've seen the calendar. But you know what I mean? I'm just sitting here staring at the TV. Yeah, no. Wh what? I think in my brain sometimes I can just see you being like, no I'm content on this couch right now. But like I get what you're saying about No. Because I sit on the couch all day I need the outings. I need the social aspect. Okay. I can't do both. Okay. No, I'm picking it up. So I watched the entire season of A Queer Eye. The most recent season. Okay. The way I cry during Queer Eye I think should be studied. I think something's wrong with me. No, I think you cry for a lot of things. I do. I cry the hardest at Queer Eye. Okay. Wicked in Queer Eye, I would say. I'm wicked glad I haven't seen that. Oh my god, Erin was texting me. She was like, This is it. I'm weeping. I'm like, I know. There is an episode, his name is Clyde, Snack Attack, you would be fucking obsessed with this man. I was like, Colleen would die for him. Okay. But just the way that they go into the episode and the lives that they live and how they're usually these unsung heroes of community who just need a little pick me up and then they just zhuzh up their places and their hair and their fucking teeth. I, the teeth reveals. Sobbing Clyde got new teeth couldn't keep it together good for Clyde could not keep it together Clyde's like four foot eight I'm obsessed with Clyde. Okay, I'll look him up Janae Janae's episode died. I don't know if you know last season. Nope. Okay, so Bobby Burke It has bad blood with the other query people and left after last season. Hey goss goss goss goss There was also this Vanity Fair article that came out or what's a Vanity Fair? I don't know an article came out that basically said none of them like each other And they're all just trying to grapple for like the, to be the star of Queer Eye or whatever. Fake. So, they got this new guy named Jeremiah, who knows a bunch of them in real life and is friends with them. It is so much better. And I loved Bobby Burke. I don't know if they're just more cohesive of a unit. He is the sweetest angel I would die for this band. I think because it's more, it's their best season yet. Okay. And I have not missed an episode and have re watched it multiple times. of all of the seasons. This is my favorite season. It's also in Vegas, so there's just, like, such characters. Pizazz to it. Yeah, they do, like, magicians and shit. It's so good. But there's this one woman and they're going and they're trying out beds. And when they do the big grand reveal, you know, the very move that bus moment where they go through the apartment. Yes. And she gets to her room and she starts to weep and she says to Jeremiah when we were going through, I thought, I would love a canopy over my bed but don't ask for too much. And he got her one anyway. Wept. Sweet angel. You're upset. You don't want to cry. No, I won't. Anyway. Loved it. Watched. It ends with us. Oh, you did. Thoughts. Okay. So I read the book as well. So Justin sucks. Yeah. I So he is awful. I was gonna say, I actually wrote down in my notes the Justin Baldoni of it all because I don't really understand what's going on, to be honest, so I figured you could just tell me. Okay. Basically So don't yell at me. High level No, no, no. That's fair. Blake came out and said there was inappropriate behavior on set and gave very specific details of like here's What was happening like what? He would continue to kiss her after cut you he would ask her to be naked in the scene that it didn't need it he would make disgusting comments in front of her about sexual positions, her preferences, ask her inappropriate things. Uh, he one time in a car told her, you know, do I always get consent? No. But like you live and you learn to the point where apparently her driver said I don't want you to be alone with him anymore. Like he's just a fucking creep. Icky. He also hired a team to essentially do a smear campaign and dig up all old Blake Lively clips and that's why all of that was happening because You He orchestrated it. Got it. And people hate women. And so it was easy to shit on Blake for a bit. Now, luckily, Blake Lively has the resources and the money and the team to say, Fuck this. Yeah. So she comes back. So this is all from her point of view, right? Like, her team is like, We are suing the shit out of you. Here's what's happening. His team has now come back and they're saying Did he walk in on her in a trailer breastfeeding or did she text him to come? while she was breastfeeding and he apparently has a text and He claims that they were gonna do a smear campaign, but it all happened organically. So his team actually didn't have to do it It's just it's so messy. I don't believe if you're not hiring Johnny Depp's team because you're an innocent angel. I'm sorry Agreed. I'm sorry. Fuck off He's just such a creep. So I actually didn't enjoy it because I don't enjoy him and I found him I also hate his character. Yeah, he does suck. He's a shitty character. My biggest gripe though Other than the outfits some of her outfits were stunning some of them. I'm like, what were we doing here? There's a part in the movie, it's very early on, she meets Ryle, and they're on the rooftop, right? And she says, oh, I lost my virginity to a homeless man? Put some fucking respect on Atlas's name. Agreed. And then she's like, I don't even know if we're allowed to call them that anymore, they're probably displaced. Or she says something, but she's like, yeah, I just lost my virginity to a homeless man. Bitch, that was your high school sweetheart. That was a man who taught you how to love? Excuse me? A homeless man? Do not degrade him. And look at you now, you're running right back to him. The homeless man. Yeah, the homeless man. Who served this country? Hate. Hate. And owns a successful restaurant? I didn't love her. I also didn't love Ryle sister, what the fuck's her name again? Oh, you don't, Jenny Slater? I like her in real life, but I didn't like her character because I liked, she's different in my, in The scene where they fight in the restaurant gave me such the ick. Yep. Yep. I kind of liked it at the same time though. I knew, the minute I saw it, I was like, Colleen would fucking love this. But I was like, Atlas. But anyway, I watched it, put some respect on Atlas's name. Justin sucks. Justice for Blake. Also, I feel like, and tell me what your thoughts are, in the books, it's so much more obvious that he's actually hitting her and doing things. But in the movie it's kind of like wait, you're kind of like legit fluffing that one off Maybe because you can't show that or something. Yeah, I think they were trying not have you ever seen the movie enough with jlo? No Oh my god, colleen. It's so fucking good. So it is a domestic violence movie She gets married to like the dream guy and then realizes That, and it's her comeuppance. It is her like, I'm not doing this anymore. It is such a badass movie, I cannot recommend it enough. Cool. And I don't even like JLo Even though I love, the only two things I like that she has done. Let's get loud. That's. And enough. Oh no, and Selena. Hello, Bridget. Okay, I like some more things that JLo has done. But not the point. I liked Hustlers. Oh, Hustlers was really good too. Okay, I take it back. I like more things. Anyway, not the point. Where was I going? With Enough, with a movie like Enough, it's majority of the movie. Where with It Ends With Us, it was sprinkled in. It gets worse, as most domestic violence does, right? Yeah, but it's almost like you're kind of like, if you didn't read the book, you kind of would just be like, what was that? Yeah, when he pushed her down the stairs, I'm like, no, he, he full two hand shoves her down a fucking set of stairs. Yeah, it was weird. And she's just like, whoa, I'm falling. Even the kitchen one. No, no, no, no. The kitchen one was like not. Oh, it looked like an accident. Yeah. Yeah, I was like. It's not an accident. He's whole ass beating her. Correct. So, I was like, I didn't. Oh, you know when a girl gets out the concealer, it's not good. Yeah, and also, it's like, I'm not asking. I didn't want to see, like, Laila to get her ass beat, but I just. 100 I didn't read the book and I had no idea what was about to go on, I would be like, what the fuck is this? I It's much more clear in the book what's going on in their relationship. Correct. And it's more of it's not that this was an accident it's i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry I'll never happen again, which is a very common domestic violence thing So yeah, i'm i'm all set with that movie. I'm glad I watched it I'm glad I watched it for free on netflix while I was ill and that's about it I did watch we live in time with florence pew and andrew garfield Oh my god, it is so sad I don't want to watch a sad movie. It's so good The two of them are so fucking good. I would watch them in anything. In anything. But it's so fucking sad. Like, sad in what way? Can you give it away? I don't know. It Like, death sad? Love sad? Yeah, it hops around a bunch, but Cause it's, we live in time, so it's different times. during their whole relationship from the moment they meet. And she has cancer and then she goes into remission and it comes back. And so it's their whole, it's their lives together. From the moment they met, to when they dated, to their ups and downs, like by the end of it you feel like you were a part of their relationship. It's so fucking good, but you will cry. I don't want that It's so funny I can watch a movie and cry and not let it upset me if that makes sense I think that's why I cry all the time because I don't Think crying during a movie is me actually upset Like I can't i'm like this is fake. This isn't real Oh, no, like i'm upset the feelings that I feel are real and I am sad in this moment But i'm gonna go home and i'm gonna be fine. You're like upset You know, I can't I don't I don't want to watch them like the last like I think the first time core memory that that's Ever happened to me that I was like what the fuck people watch this shit Was the last song when I was like, however age and I was like lily and liam No, when the like the like in the little brother. I was literally like And I no never want to feel away ever again and also randomly, but I also think that I was just unwell at that time for some reason in college and I watched Dear John and I was like so upset. Oh, yeah. It was so rude. Yeah. And those aren't even, oh My Sister's Keeper. My Sister's Keeper. So that's the last movie me and Shannon went to see. Oh, I don't know if I told you that. We were both obsessed with the book. I love, uh, Jodi Picoult, Pico, Picoult? I never say her name right. I have no idea. I'm obsessed with her and her books. Thanks. Thanks. I was so disappointed by that movie. That's fair, and I didn't read the book. It was complete, the ending was not what happens at all in the book. I was like, what the fuck is this? I was pissed. Interesting. Shannon was weeping. You think I cry? She was like, like, in the movie theater, just sobbing her face off. But anyway, I do recommend it, but just be prepared to cry, for we live in time. And I haven't seen it yet, but I must see Baby Girl. I don't think I'm gonna. I have to see it. Some things, the clips I've been seeing, it's freaking me out. I have to see it. No, it's freaking me out. Like what, it's like. Don't yuck people's yum, Colleen. No, I'm not, I don't even mean it in a yucky way, I just don't understand, like, the clips I've seen, it's giving nothing yet giving a lot. Do you know what I mean? No. Like there's no, like, are they gonna kiss? Like, I haven't seen that yet. Oh, yeah, it's them being weird. Like they're just like sniffing each other's air. Like it's No, i'm not. Yeah, like she's like in between his legs and she's just like And there's nothing and then he's just like dan. I don't know I just keep seeing weird things and I don't like fair. I don't like it at all. Okay Well, i'll watch and i'll let you know how it goes what's up with you? Any random thoughts of the week? You always have random thoughts. Yes, actually, I do. My random thoughts are Akatar. Is that how you say it? Yes. Uh, I finished the first book. I'm on the second one. I'm just, like, not upset. Like, I don't get it. Okay, no, no, no. Okay, the first book is the worst. Oh, okay. Cool. For me, it's two, one. People are going to come for me on this. 2, 5, 3, 4, 1. The fact that you just remembered that off the top of your head is crazy. Yeah. Interesting. I have an excellent memory. It's also my favorite series. Okay, fair. Outside of Harry Potter. Like, the people are quaking about it? Like, I figured it because I was telling The second book is a masterpiece. But you can't, you cannot understand how much of a masterpiece the second one is unless you get through the first. Yeah, I did. I'm like 10 percent in the second book. Okay. Okay. I want to hear your thoughts after number two and if you still don't like it from there, I don't dislike it, but I was expecting more because people are like quaking about it. Like it's my entire fucking Tik Tok. Like it's the whole thing. Molly, Foley is also obsessed. So I've just been texting her about it. And then I was like, well, obviously it means something if the only two sets of books that Bridget has are, is this an Harry Potter? So therefore, like I literally said that to somebody the other day, like I was like, therefore so I'll let you know. I watched a movie the other night with Erin that like scratched an itch. It was so good. It was based on true story and it was a war movie. Okay. I actually really like war movies. Okay. Kind of weird. 6888? No, it came out like 2023. So it's like not, it's not like, I just don't watch things that Shout out to 6888 though. That was really good. It's on Netflix. It's Kerry Washington. Also watched that. So good. Continue. Okay. I'll give her, I'll give her a watch. It was called The Covenant? Question mark? It was like called something Richie's The Covenant? No. The Covenant. Oh, no, it's like a warm movie. Jake Gyllenhaal's in it. Oh, yeah, it was good. Cool. There might be another one called The Covenant because I told Brianna to watch it and then she texted and was like, so this is weird and I was like, it's not so I don't know what you're watching. So that could be what you're thinking of. Yeah, that's giving horror movie. It's based on a true story. It's this guy that is in Afghanistan and he is, his team is like in charge of finding The IED, the hidden IED, whatever. Which also, like, not to be, I'm so stupid, like, I really don't, like, people are like, yeah, war. I'm like, I really don't know what's going on over there, you know what I mean? It's very insightful. I'm like, oh, that's what they're doing over there, that's crazy. Taliban? Kind of crazy. Not down for those people, I'll tell ya. No, nor should you be. Yeah, so it was a guy that was from there and he, Obviously like traded over and to be an interpreter so he could like get him and his family visas or whatever, right? So just the guy the head of the this isn't a spoiler. It's literally all the trailers. Yeah, it's okay the guy the head the head man's and the interpreter Sure they go on a mission with like eight other people Everyone dies with the two of them and the head guy gets super fucking injured and uh interpreter man Sweet baby angel spends like days carrying him through all the it's like them like serve trying to survive when the taliban's after them They're like number one in all of like afghanistan. You must get a purple heart of some kind Just oh, well, you probably can't tell me if he lives. Uh, no, I mean obviously it's a happy ending Obviously they live but it's just like it's so good and jake gyllenhaal like goes he ends up living they survive but Spoiler alert! He wakes up and they're like, yeah, you're home now, and the interpreter's still back home. And he's like, what the fuck do you mean? Like, they're gonna kill him. Like, let's get him and his family visas. So he goes back. Oh, it's so fucking good, you guys. Okay, I gotta watch it. You have to watch it. And I won't tell you anything after that. Which, like, I fucking hate Jake Gyllenhaal, but like, why does he have to be such a good actor? So annoying. I watched J Juror number two. Did you see that? Oh, yes. Did you watch it? Nicholas Holt, I did. I hated it. I didn't love it. You hated it. And I, I, it's one of those where the cast is there. The actual storyline is also there. Yes! So annoying! For something, something was not right. Also, I think I was like teetering of my own, you know? horrible, if that was me type of thing. Like I know for a fact, I would just kept my fucking mouth shut. Like I just, you wouldn't have, I would have. And so like for me to watch him, like do that, I'm like, just shut up and stop caring so much about this, this case. Do you know what I mean? Like you have a pregnant wife. What are you doing? And like, but I don't know. Yeah, I will say, but I get it. Be a good person, but there was a part where he has the out. He can take it and he doesn't. No. So it's like, fuck you. And he forges on and you're like, dude, okay. Well I think in that moment when he did that, I was like to, my phone did not care anymore. Yeah. And then the ending, I'm like, are you shitting me? Oh my God. Do you know what I watched? That was really bad too. Amber alert. Oh, we almost watched that. It's on Hulu because, but Hayden Pen tears going through something. Some ain't right. some. We literally watched a trailer last night and we were like, no, something's not right. It was so bad, like thank It was one of those where you're like, thank God I'm sick. Thank God I watched this with zero to do with my life. Oh, so I was hyped up about Jury No. 2, and then I was like No, Jury No. 2 is better than Amber Alert. That's great. That says something. That says something. My other random notes Oh, I'm obsessed with Below Deck. Can't stop watching it. I've watched like four seasons. You've always been obsessed with Below Deck. I've never watched Below Deck. What? Never. Really? No, never. Swear. Oh. Until like, probably three weeks ago I started on a random season just cause Fiona was watching it and now I'm obsessed. I've watched like four seasons in Oh my god, well, oh, love that for you. That's all. Sorry, I think everyone should watch it. Captain Sandy's a slay. Yeah, I think I always get that confused with the Bravo universe. I mean, it's all the same. They're all bravo. I had a really weird medical mystery situation. Uh, Colleen, I swear to God. No, it was just like, kind of weird. So me and Erin, we're gonna go try out that new Irish bar last week. And I'm saying this because, one, I'm obviously not gonna tell my doctor because you guys know how I am. But two, if anybody has any idea what this could possibly be, let me know. I was getting ready, and all of a sudden, like, this is how I would describe it. In my right eye, you know when, if you're looking at a body of water, like a lake or something, and you touch it and it kind of ripples? Yeah. It, like, did that on the corner of my eye, but it wasn't colors or anything, it was just, like, my normal vision was, like, rippling. Colleen. No, I know. So I was like, oh, it's my contact. And I wrote my contact out. I was literally getting ready to go out. I had like a pickle martini in front of me. Also, sidebar, remind me to tell you about the pickle martini. And it was like whistle, like wiggling and I was like, it's just fucking annoying. Like can it stop? So I did that for like an hour. Eventually it just like stopped. And I was like, okay, cool. Kind of sly. Then we get in the Uber and my right hand just went like fully numb. Like fully numb. Fully numb. This isn't funny. I'm not, I mean, it's, I'm fine. It was just like last week, but it was so fucking weird. I've never experienced that in my life. Like it was my finger and then it went all the way to my wrist and like, I was trying to give my ID to the bouncer and I literally couldn't give it to him. Like it was that numb. It felt like my, my mouth, when I go to the dentist, my entire hand. And then it just went away like an hour later. It was seriously the weirdest thing that's ever happened to me. Your hand and arm were numb. Not my arm, just my hand. And you didn't do anything about it. I mean, no, cause I was like, I was fine. Like, it was just weird. I was like, what the fuck? But you were having a stroke. I would have known if I was having a stroke. I wasn't having a stroke. But it was just a bizarre turn of events. It was crazy. And then I proceeded with my evening and I was fine. But it was like, Erin's like, you're getting a migraine. I'm like, how can I get migraines when I don't have a headache? But wasn't that weird? That's very weird. Do you have any idea what that could have been? I have no idea. How the flying fuck would I know what that was? I don't know, but whatever. It was fucking weird. If you know what my hand went numb, let me know. I wasn't anxious. It wasn't like anything weird like that. I was gonna say you weren't having a panic attack. No, I was going out. I don't know, man. Pickle martinis. The wave. Ew. So good. Pickle juice, I put in a little pepperoncini juice, a little Tabasco. Ugh! These are all my least favorite things. No, it was so good. I love that for you, though. Okay, weird medical mystery. Oh, I'm adding someone to my hate list. Kristen Cavallari. She was kind of already on it but like irrelevant enough but she's been really bothering me lately like she's just gotta go she was just on an interview talking about how she went out with uh morgan wallen yeah she's like fine cool like everyone goes out with morgan wallen but then she's like yeah he was the first person that wasn't infatuated with me and like her fucking annoying voice i'm like who's really infatuated by you you're like 50 millennials are obsessed with her because we grew up with laguna beach in the oc and she was hot shit yeah can millennials fuck off man excuse me She was hot shit. She is a bit, uh, she gives me the ick. She's an ick. Yeah. She, she makes me cringe sometimes. Okay. Justin Baldoni of it all. We already talked about that. Oh, Renee Rapp on New Year's, Rockin Eve. And every time I What did she do? I love Renee Rapp. What did she do? She was with Alanis Morissette. She performed on New Year's Eve. I haven't seen it. I saw a clip of it. It was really good. I just figured you did. Oh my god, I love Renee Rapp. You should watch it after. Okay. Every single time someone talks about New Year's, I just think of friends. And she's like, Dick Clark's New Yeah, her and Ross. Yeah. You guys couldn't see me. Sorry. But just know I was performing. Yeah, there will be no visuals this episode. We are disgusting. But anyway. You can imagine it. We are legitimately full potato. Uh, the big back trend. How is Bananas still on the challenge? That's my question. He literally has nothing else going for him. He's gotta be like 50. Plus, let me look it up. Cause that shit's crazy. Johnny Bananas, age 42. Oh, okay. It's not that bad. CT is 44. Ugh. I wonder where he's at today. Is he still in Boston? Pfft. Ugh. Like, he is. He's it. Last but not least, my aunt sent me a picture of 99 popcorn today, and I think we should go for research purposes. I would love to. I think that's next on our list of itches that need to be scratched, and not ones that we just say that we're gonna do, but actually go and do it, like when we did Chili's. But It didn't scratch the itch for you. No, it didn't. That wasn't as exciting. I don't know what scratches the itch these days. I don't know. I have no fucking idea what it is. a gun. Stop, Colleen. Just kidding. Just kidding. Okay. Are you ready for this week's episode? I like am not, but I am, you know. If you had to guess what it's about. I don't know because you kept saying it was all over the place, and I don't know if I'm gonna laugh, if I'm gonna be informed historically. I, it's all over the place because I was sick when I did it, so it's not as thorough as what I normally do. Is it something we've, uh, brought up before? It's something, yeah, oh yeah, for sure. I'm excited, it's a, it's like one we've talked about many times. Okay, I have no idea. So today we are gonna be talking about a dynasty that ruled for over 300 years in the brutal end. Oh, I forget what it's called. Of the Romanovs. Oh, right, right, right. So today we'll be talking about Anastasia Romanov. Grandmama. Grandmama, it's me, Anastasia. Didn't you like not actually say that or something? So, let's get into it. My sources for the day is a video called Royal Runaway, Ultimate Fate of Duchess Anastasia Revealed. It's a History's Greatest Mysteries video. I also watched the downfall of the Romanov family in the bizarre life and death of Grigori Rasputin, both from BuzzFeed Unsolved. And of course, I used chat GPT because that's our new thing. Rah, rah, Rasputin. I knew you were gonna fucking do that. Little did Little Miss Me know what she was popping her pussy to. Yeah, little did you fucking know. Who wrote that song? Ramen up the Russian Queen. The Romanov dynasty ruled Imperial Russia for 304 years. Russia is like so confusing to me. Russia is ginormous. It's like, what the fuck's going on over there? It's so large. Like it's bigger than like, America. Yeah. And with, sometimes I really forget about Canada. I was talking about this yesterday actually. Well, Alaska really throws everyone for a loop. Cause Alaska's America, right? Yeah. Honey, i'm just making sure it's a u. s state. Yes, correct, but it is nearly touching russia They're very very close together. What? So i thought russia was on the right So if you look at a map, right? Okay, mexico is below us, right? Canada is above us. Okay So all of the continental u. s is attached and then up to the left like if you're looking at a map is Alaska and it's closer to canada than it is to the u. s Seattle to Anchorage, Alaska is a four hour flight, but for the record, that's further than us going to Florida. that's how far away it is. That brings me so much physical pain. Yeah, I want you to Google a map right now. I hate looking at the map. It makes me start to sweat. Just look up Alaska and Russia. Alaska! Oh, Canada! Wait, Canada to Alaska? Wait, what am I looking up? Seattle to Alaska. Alaska to Russia. Oh, okay. Do they touch tips? 55 miles. 55 miles. That's nothing. Is it? Oh yeah, when I drove to Plymouth, isn't it weird that I, I compare miles from my house to Plymouth, New Hampshire, how many times, it's exactly a hundred miles. That's crazy. So it's half of that. That's like me driving to Yeah, it's really close. Okay. So, the Romanovs ruled from 1613 to 1917. There was a total That was just yesterday! There was a total of 18 Romanov monarchs who ruled. Are they all blood related? Yes. Okay. They beep up around, like, mother, father. Son. Uncle, but yes. All. Yeah. I didn't know if it was like a thing where they just all of a sudden you're all Bobs, you know? No, they're all related. Nicholas, the Czar, who I'll get into in a second, is related to King George, the V. They're first cousins, like everybody's related. Oh, okay. They were just trying to breed monarchs. This is where betrothing comes from. All that crap. Very Game of Thrones marrying the houses. In power. You know what I mean? Yeah, very incestual. Like women are cattle. At this point. I mean, we still are. This is like, I have a hot daughter. I have a thought daughter. You have a gay son. We gotta marry them. But why can't they bring that back? Because I, sell me off. Colleen, knock it off. How else at this point? It's so funny because when we hear dynasty in Boston, we immediately think of Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. Yeah, who would be our like That was for 20 plus years. This is for 304. For the record. That's a lot of time. That's a long ass time. So, we go through, you know, the Catharines, the Alexanders. The Nicholases, you know, all the names, all the seconds, the thirds, the fourths, whatever. And we land on number 18, who is Nicholas II, the Tsar of Russia. He married a woman named Alexandria. Serana Alexandria. I'm just gonna call her Alexandria from here on out. Let's call her Big Al. Big Al. She was born in Germany. And she is the granddaughter of Britain's Queen Victoria. Like I said, all interconnected. Okay. She has a super strong personality. And Nicholas was not known for having, like, a super strong backbone. So because she's so much more assertive than her husband, Weirdly, people don't like her. And she's technically not, I mean, she's not technically not, she's not Russian. So Russians are like, eh, no. Get this German bitch out of here. She also, because they didn't like her and she was aware of it, it made her really insecure. And it sounds like she needed a lot of attention, a lot of appeasement, a lot of, not, coddling's the wrong word, But just a lot of like, hey, we got this. Everything's okay. She's just a very anxious woman And she was known to have quote unquote fits Okay, but like don't we all to that's like your period back in these days. You know what I mean? Who knows what she was doing Together, the couple has three girls. They have Olga, Tatiana, and Maria. Who is naming their children? Olga. Tough. If you're not hot, you gotta change your name. If you're a hottie and your name is Olga, that can be a joke. That can be funny. If you're an uggo, if you're uggo, and your name is Olga, there is no coming back from it. No, there's no hope for you. There's truly no hope. So they're praying that the next pregnancy will be a boy, because they want an heir, yadda yadda yadda. But it's not a boy. And on June 18th, 1901, they have a little girl named Anastasia. It's the Greek name. It actually translates to resurrection, which is ironic with the story. But this TikTok would make you cringe. Where like the husband doesn't react and is like clearly pissed He didn't get the boy that he always wanted with the three girls standing next to him This is the tiktok where the red flag guy comes out and is like just running across the field with a red flag he had to Go on a walk to get his bearings before seeing his wife and newly born daughter because he was so upset So also we just like can't have another baby after that and just keep trying. No, we can but they just wanted it now Oh got it And even the members of the castle were like Fuck. This is fucked. We're fucked. This wasn't a boy. This is fucked. So whatever. Everyone gets over it. Turns out she is cute as fuck. Anastasia, so cute, so smart, she has bright blue eyes, she's a firecracker like they always said, she had like a mischievous gleam in her eyes all the time. Very persuasive, super charming, just very main character energy from the jump. Well naturally, the youngest always is I feel. Right, so now they have four girls and Duchesses of Russia. They do get their heir, don't worry, in 1904, so three years later. Their fifth child is a son named Alexei. Damn, three years? What do you mean? That long? I mean, for some people. Does that pop out another? Damn. I don't know. Whatever. Whatever's going on in 1904. So they have Alexei, and Alexei is heir to the throne, but he is born with hemophilia. And hemophilia is a blood disorder, it's genetic. And it prevents blood from clotting properly. All you need to know about it is you can excessively bleed. Like if, if something were to happen to us and we were to fall and hurt ourselves and start bleeding. Someone with hemophilia would bleed out like you excessively internally and externally bleed a lot. Okay. I just read a, a book where the girl had that and the guy was a serial killer and that's why he was attracted to her because she got a bloody nose and then it wouldn't stop. And he was just like, he was also a doctor, but whatever, not the point. I understand. I know what you meant, This is a rollercoaster, but also my just a quick sidebar. Historical, uh, you're telling me like people. How did they know that they were even pregnant at that point? Until they were like, oh, there it is, I'm showing. Also, but you could tell me you can diagnose Emophilia Esophilioma or whatever, but you can't Mesothelioma. Like someone's out here like diagnosing that with a name, but you can't, like you don't even know. I mean, they do know they're pregnant. You not like out here taking a clear blue. No, but there were signs that someone was pregnant, Colleen, without having to take a pregnancy test. I'm just saying. If you start vomiting up your breakfast and the smell of eggs makes you gag, I think you might be pregnant. Also, you need to be very careful on Ozempic. Ozempic is getting a bunch of people pregnant. I'm not kidding. That's fine, I don't have sex, so. Colleen, you know what I mean. When you do eventually have sex again, you must use protection. Thanks again. I'm celibate this year. Oh, good Lord. Okay. So anyway, Alexi is quite sick, but it's very, everyone's really tight knit. It's like a trauma bond for the fam. They all rally around their little brother and they live at Alexandra palace, which is 15 minutes from St. Petersburg. It's obviously palatial, stunning. It's massive. It's more quieter though. It's more private. It has gardens and parks. They can walk around. It's like a peaceful retreat from the city, essentially. Okay. From everything that I've heard, they're a very tight knit family. Their parents love them dearly. They get along really well. The two oldest girls are together a lot, and the two youngest girls are together a lot. They like, pair off, and they sign their letters, O T M A, which is the first initial of each of the girls names. Oh, that's cute. They sign letters together. They're really cute, and they're raised, this is going to sound ridiculous because they live in a palace, it's kind of lax. They're raised very simply, like they're not, I know you were just in Versailles. They they weren't in california king beds each of them in their own suite of the house They slept on cots like they had to make their own beds They sewed a lot. They did their own writing. They actually Would give their sewing to charity and people would pay a ton of money for whatever The servants in the house would not call them grin duchess. They would say anastasia. Like it wasn't but they're also living in a palatial. So it's like humble, but for someone of this wealth and stature. So it's like hard to, they're not in touch at all. I want to make that very clear. Got it. The Tsar and his wife are not in touch with the people. They may be living in this opulent home in the simple life, strutting around their gardens every day. Down the street, people of Russia are fucking suffering. We're talking full blown famine. They're in factories all day, making no money, dying on the job. It's World War I. They are sending men off to war. People are dying left, right, and center. There's no heat. Like the living conditions are completely unacceptable. Which is obviously, when you look at the multiple homes of the Tsar and his cute ass family, is gonna create some discontent with the people. They had a really strict class structure, which was wearing on the middle class. Peasants faced poverty and land shortages. While urban workers endured poor working conditions, low wages, fueling widespread discontent. There is a ginormous wealth gap. The rich are sittin pretty. Very Marie Antoinette, let them eat cake. And these people literally can't eat. They're rationing water. Like this, it's bad. So, Nicholas is not a man of the people. He actually doesn't really give a shit what they have to say. He just wants power. He just wants to, like, live with his family. He doesn't have much of a backbone. He's not known for his strategy or his political cunning. He kinda got it because he was the next in line, but he, for sure, was not the best fit. He is what Lisa Vanderpump would call a pussy wussy. For sure. He's definitely a pussy wussy. This is just my opinion. So, take it or leave it. One of my main takeaways is how much he is un fucking aware of how much people hate him. People are rioting in the streets and he's like, it's fine, they'll get over it. Like, they'll just keep working. Like, let's look inward. Let's take a minute and pause and think to ourselves, which happens all the time with these dictators who get drunk on power, is that they create their own worst enemy. Like, if you're actually good to those people You can have the throne till the day you die. No one's gonna give a fuck But if you treat them like they're pieces of shit and don't give them basic human needs, they're gonna riot They're gonna fucking riot facts, which they actually do. It's called bloody sunday. I'm not gonna go into it He didn't give a fuck He was like, I don't care that you're protesting and had his people go in and shoot them like he just doesn't Care. It's just so weird to hear like this family man who loved his kids and wanted them To grow up in a world where they're taught all the quote unquote right things and the way to treat people But then you turn around and you treat literally the people of a whole ass country like they're nothing. So very interesting dynamic Anyway, there is also another powerful bond created with Alexei being so sick Not just within the family. This one is created with the mother, Alexandria, and the mystic and self proclaimed holy man from Siberia named Grigori Rasputin. Let's take a minute to talk about fucking Rasputin. He is the creepiest motherfucker I've ever seen in my life. So he grew up. He had nothing. He built his own way, in my opinion, by lying to people. Self made. He was just a really good liar. He knew how to schmooze. He was very charming. People thought he could tell the future. He could cure the sick. He's a quote unquote holy man. He did like a monk thing for a minute. So now he's holy and they think he has these like mystical fucking powers and he be fucking and when I say he be fucking I mean he be fucking everybody Everybody? Nobody is safe. Rasputin sees a hole and he's like, I'm gonna put my dick in it. That's fine. Live your life. No. He needs to fuckin chill. He, you know what he's giving? Coal eater. Before his, before the time. Got it. Very like, long hair, crazy eyes, like, no, I'll heal you holistically, and you're like, get away from me. Okay, heal me. I'll twirl your hair. Why are, why do you have a boner? Get away from me. Do you know what I mean? He's like this, the magic stick will heal. The magic stick heals all. Like it's a miracle. So the royal couple, the Tsar and his wife, are immediately charmed by him. And the respect for him only grows when he quote unquote cures Alexei. Okay, so a couple things. Alexi gets better after Rasputin tells them to stop giving him medication, which like, kind of crazy, not, not the time to go organic hippie, just not the fucking time. And it's just bleeding out internally, externally, fucking bleeding out. However, a drug that had just become a thing was aspirin. And so Alexei was taking aspirin. Aspirin is a blood thinner. It makes his condition worse. So when he tells them to stop giving him medication, and they stop giving him aspirin, and he gets better, they're like, What? Rasputin! Rasputin! You're so powerful! And it turns out, historians are like, No, he just stopped taking the thing that was hurting him. Plot twist. We just didn't know in the 19, early 1900s. Because what did we know in the early 1900s? Truly. Nothing. He was also, one historian said he understood what Nicholas wanted to hear and told it to him. Very much like I'll tell you whatever you want to hear and he was very good at calming alexandria down He was like the mediator of the house Yeah, he was very calming like we've got this and he starts to become pretty well established in st. Petersburg Some people love him because he is like a man of the peasants. He's like, I am you and you are me and we see each other. And other people are like, he'd be fucking everyone. And he's a whole ass married. He's also shit faced all of the time. He sounds like a dream. So like mixed messages all around for Rasputin. And he's also married. Oh, also alcoholic. Long hair. Holy man. And saving everyone with his long hair, slaying his schlong around. It's just slaying that schlong. Long hair don't care. Long hair, long dick don't care. He is Becky with the good hair. I need you to Google Rasputin Let me just show you. Cause you won't believe it. No, I just found him. Oh, he's all right. No, bitch. No, it's, it's the stance for me. Dude. He's so fucking creepy. No, this one's kind of scary. I will say. It kind of into my goddamn soul, Annie. Okay. But like he was really fucking with that bald spot. He, he be fucking no. I'm telling you with that people were quaking for a raspy. Oh, he's a monk now. Okay. Yeah, he's a monk. So, his public image starts to slip a little bit with all of this going on. But, again, the Tsar, they're loving him. They're here for it. They're into it. Then the, the people start to understand that he actually has way more influence on them than anyone is comfortable with. And they start basically coming out with these campaigns, this propaganda campaign of he is the puppet master and he has ulterior political motives and he is just controlling Nicholas, who doesn't have a backbone. So people are like, wait a minute. He, he has way more. He's, I mean, he's fucking in it. For instance, Nicholas. is of course in control of the army that is currently at war. And so he is away with the army in Alexandria and Rasputin are put in charge fully of Russia domestically. They appoint public officials, church ministers. I mean, so that becomes a rumor. So the people start saying that Alexandria and Rasputin are having sex. While he's out of town. Oh, that's weird. Meanwhile, Nicholas is, like I said, not known for his competence or strategy in war, and the war is not going well. They have lost over 2 million Russian soldiers, and this is a massive hit to morale, of course, in growing tensions back home. So, also something to keep in mind is they're in the war, And all of these women are working at factories to distribute all of the war materials as quickly as possible and they can't keep up. So the people on the front line don't have the right weaponry to defend themselves. So they're dying and then the people at home know they're dying and know they're also not keeping up. And they're also working insane hours and they're also making no money and they also can't feed their families. Great. So that's what morale is. And then they're getting notices home like your son is dead. So, they want to pull out of the war. They, they don't even think it's their fight to be fighting. It, they are fighting it because they are allies and they said that they would, but they don't even want any part of it anymore. It's too much. It's too much. They got too much going on. They're like, this isn't for us. But Nicholas is like, round them up. Keep sending them. So, Nicholas gets warned by basically everyone in his inner circle that Rasputin is bad news. Like, you need to ease up with your connection with him. The Russians are not happy about it. Nicholas said to his Prime Minister, quote, Better ten Raspuins than one of the Empress's hysterical fits, end quote. Lovely. God forbid you help out your wife. Instead, let, let the unrest continue. Who gives a flying fuck what the people have to say? Big woof. Woof. So, shit's just not going well, right? He, again, he just does not understand how much Russians hate him at this point. So, people are wary of Rasputin. It gets to the point where he's walking down the street one day and a woman goes up to him and stabs him. In the street. Straight up stabs Raspy. And he fucking lives. Raspy. He lives. Of course he does. He heals himself. So it only goes to help all of these, Depictions of him of like he's unkillable like he is he's like a prophet or some shit because he came back And it's like no that lady had bad aim Respectfully She just didn't do a good job like you couldn't finish the job Sis, you had one job. You had one job Meanwhile, the richest man in Russia is an aristocrat named Felix Usupov. Okay I'm just gonna call him Felix Felix is married to Nicholas, the Tsar's only niece. Again, everyone is interconnected. Cool. He is giving, uh, I know I've said that like 14 times this episode, but I'm trying to compare him. I hate using the Kardashians. But imagine if, like, Scott Disick had Bill Gates money. Oh, okay. So the people see him as completely useless. He's never Worked a day in his life. He's super wealthy. Have you ever heard the term, or the insult some may say, his hands are too soft? Yes. He's never done anything. He was born into money. He, he doesn't bring anything to society. And that's why we like men with calluses. And Russians are very strong willed and minded. And they're like, you haven't fought for your country. You don't work. You're just a rich nobody. No one gives a shit about you. And he hates it. He doesn't like the image of himself. So he is going to kill Rasputin and Felix's thoughts around this are he wants to get the credit so that it changes the perspective from the public of him and make him look like a man of action and a patriot, like this man is doing our country wrong and I'm going to take care of it for once. Then he starts talking to his rich buddies and those guys want to also kill Rasputin. Because they want to bring the Romanovs back to their former glory. They think he has way too much influence that he's like besmirching the fucking name. You know what I mean? Like everything will be fine as long as Rasputin's out. Like that will heal all. Right. It'll help. So they're, they're all conspiring behind Rasputin's back, right? In December 1916, Felix invites Rasputin to his palace and he's like, I'm throwing a big ass party. Also, your wife is going to be here. His wife was wholly out of town. How did he not know where his wife was? Rasputin, why did you not know that your wife was not going to be there, honey? Interesting. Interesting. Interesting. So anyway, he's like, oh cool a party at this rich guy's house. Rasputin's invited to all sorts of rich parties. He loves getting drunk. He loves fucking people. He's like sign me up. I'll be there Yeah, my wife will be there too. Cool. That's nice So Felix even turns on music so upstairs so that when he gets there It will look like a party is happening and him and all these guys are in the basement of the palace waiting No, and when he gets there Okay, I'm gonna tell you what Felix wrote in his memoir years later saying what happened this straight up didn't fucking happen Do you have a friend that's like so dramatic where they tell you a story and you're like, there's no fucking way that happened Yeah, this is Felix Felix is doing that thing and I'll tell you why I don't believe a fucking word that comes out of this man's mouth he says that Rasputin gets there and I saw that it was cake. I also saw it was wine. However, they fed it to him They put cyanide in it It has no effect on him. No, because of course, I don't know why. What measuring cup were we using? I don't know if he had just drank. I, I don't know why. Maybe he just sprinkled. Nothing happens to him. I gave myself sign and they're just sitting there, just waiting nothing. He's just drinking and eating and having grand time, and they're like, well, what the fuck? So Felix says that he took a revolver from his cousin. He shoots Rasputin multiple times and on the floor, Rasputin opens his eyes and Felix freaks out, runs up the stairs from the basement. Rasputin chases after him. They get into a scuffle. There's all sorts of fighting. He shoots Rasputin four more times and then they tie him up and they throw him into the river. And then there's all these rumors that he lived, and that when they did the autopsy they found water in his lungs and he actually died from drowning, and that he wouldn't have gone out, like the bullets wouldn't have gotten him and the cyanide wouldn't have gotten him. Let me tell you, okay, is he on PCP? How is he getting shot this many times and running up the stairs like nothing has happened? He just bounces right up after getting shot. Let me tell you how. Drugs. So, when Felix writes about all of this, he says, quote, This man was resurrected by the devil. Like, all this crap, right? Yada, yada, yada. That's not a direct quote. I said quote, but I, you know what I mean. Paraphrase. Yeah, paraphrasing. I just ripped off my eyelashes from New Year's Eve, so. Uh, Colleen, that was three days ago. Correct. Okay. So, most historians point out that Rasputin's actual autopsy was done And found one bullet shot in his head at close range No water in his lungs. Who were you shooting then sir? I think and they Based off of the videos that I watched Felix created this very dramatic event to make himself look better to make it look like He was struggling and he battled him to the death as if he didn't and he probably wasn't even the one who pulled the fucking trigger, honestly, but also what was everyone just like willingly lying for him like also Public opinion? Not great. No. He, he thinks, Felix honestly thinks people are gonna hear about this and be like, Hooray, Felix, you are our hero. It fucking backfires. Rich boy no more! It backfires because, first of all, the Tsar and his family, devastated. They just lost their Healer. Confidant, their healer, their I mean, Alexandria's probably having a fit, right? All these things are happening, and the people who liked Rescue and the peasants who were like he's one of us and he is in the royal family's ear and can make change happen are like, Oh, this little bitch boy who's made gajillion dollars why we can't pay our fucking bills, who hasn't worked a day in his life, is gonna come out of left field and murder a guy who speaks for us? Like, please. And so you see what I'm saying? It's like another example of how the elite are controlling the czar and the family and how peasants and blue collar workers have no rights and labor workers. Like nothing's ever going to change. And everyone thought like the Romanovs decision making would get better and Rasputin, it didn't get better. Nothing got better. Everyone was holding out hope. Like Rasputin was the problem and he dies and it, it just got worse. So they were like, oh fuck, maybe they're just bad at ruling. Shit, maybe they're like bad at their jobs. Yeah, one would say. One could, uh, could assume that might be the case. So, cut to March 1917. Damn. This is the end of the line. So this is like three months later, okay? Okay. There is announcement that there will be additional food rationing. in the people of Russia lose their fucking marbles. Because aren't they already rationing? Yes, they're in a full blown famine. There is nothing to ration. They're like, the fuk, I'm gonna start eating you. So they, talk about kicking people while they're down though, like for real. A few days after the announcement about the rationing, it was International Women's Day, and women show out in droves, and there's a massive protest, 200, 000 people are protesting in St. Petersburg, and people go on strike, they're demanding food, they want out of the war, they want peace, they want better working conditions, we're talking like basic human rights. They just want food. They want food and water, and they, they want a roof over their head. They're not even asking like, Bare minimum. Bare minimum. Bare minimum. Nicholas is away with the army and he's like what is going on with you people knock it off So he sends troops to the protest. He's like go figure this out. He's giving can you guys relax for a minute? Can you like stop coming for me? I'm trying to I don't know rule i'm busy. Yeah So he again has no understanding of how much people fucking hate him because when the troops get there to stop the protest They abandon their posts and join in the protest because they also agree with the people You So he loses a shit ton of his troops because nobody agrees with him Except for the rich people good lord So they're like dude, you got to go home and deal with this. It's bad. Like shit is popping off Like let's not let's just and then he's told you're not only gonna go home. You also need to step down You're not doing a job. People are riding in the streets. It's your time Meanwhile, the family is still at the palace 15 miles away from st. Petersburg Their advisors are like you guys gotta go you get a gtfo. It's not safe People are there's so much unrest like you are at risk The power in water to the palace get cut off Like that's how fucking crazy this is We're talking like the people are really quaking after the red sox lose and they light shit on fire times 1000. Okay Good for them though. They gotta do something they and this is the thing I You I hate that we live in a society where the squeaky wheel gets the oil if this is your basic human rights you fight until you can't fucking fight anymore. This is too important We're talking about food and water. We're not talking about like my christmas bonus. Do you know what I mean? It's crazy So mind you the kids are all sick with measles What the fuck is Beasles? Sorry, measles. I have a What the fuck is a Beasle? No, it's just my stuffy nose. Measles. I just can't breathe. Measles. So everyone is sick Everyone is rioting and Alexandria is like I can't leave without Without him. I have to wait till he comes home. Bitch, leave him behind. Girl, run. He'd leave your ass behind. He would leave you so fucking fast. So the next day Nicholas is trying to figure out his shit And he actually tries to give his brother the throne. Even though his son is the heir, I'm assuming he, he knew well enough to be like, If people don't like me, they're certainly not going to like me giving the throne to my child. Yeah, 100%. So he tries to go to his brother, and his brother politely declines. I'm good. Which like, he saw a sinking ship, and he knew it wasn't going to be solved with duct tape. Yeah. You know what I mean? So they devise a plan to seek asylum in Britain under King George the fifth and King George is like it's all good. We're first cousins. You can come here, but the Russian government's footing the bill and That does not go over well at fucking all to the point where? The advisors of King George the fifth say don't do this. This will First of all be a hot mess but impact your position as a monarch and he rescinds his offer He's like all about jk. You're on your own So nicholas ends up stepping down from the throne a temporary government is put into place. It's called the provisional government It's made up of these progressive influential people who want change and peace in russia And they just want to fix some of the shit that's going on There's so much to do and they're just trying to solve some problems The Romanovs are put under house arrest at Alexandra Palace. And from my understanding, because I was like, why would they be put under house arrest? It sounded like they didn't want people to rally around them and get sympathy for them so that they would be back on the throne. They also didn't want them to get murdered. So they were, it was very like, Stay put. Don't do anything. Just sit. Hold your horses. And Anastasia, charming all of her captors. Thanks. All, all the guards, she made friends with them, she kept things light, she was like the buffer. She's keeping spirits up, pop off Anastasia. So the Provisional Government, one of their big ideas, and one of the big areas of tension was getting out of World War I and pulling all the troops home. This was a huge issue, it was a huge complaint, it was one of the things that they wanted to do. The Provisional Government does not do that. They decide to stay in the war and honor Russia's agreement to its allies. This does not go well. Does anything go well? Enter the Bolshevik Revolution. So you've got your out of touch royals who aren't on the throne anymore or who are on house arrest. on this side of the spectrum, right? Then you've got these progressives trying to fix shit, trying to keep everybody happy. Yeah. Yeah. This provisional government None of that is working So what it does is it ignites a third group of people who I would consider more unhinged more willing to do the crazy Shit that they want to do. It's uh a political group led by vladimir lenin And they believe in communism colleen. It's a system where everyone shares resources equally remember. Yep. Hence commun Sure, they wanted government to be run by them. By the workers, by the peasants. They didn't want wealthy elites or, you know, middle They wanted to wrench it. So there's a full blown Russian Civil War happening between the Bolsheviks, known as the Reds, In the whites, which was there's actually a bunch more groups and a bunch more colors I'm not gonna get that complicated with it. It's red and white. There's too many options for me I'd be like, can I just be in the middle? Right? So the bolsheviks are the red They're the like communism get everybody out of here And the whites are more The provisional government the progressive like let's meet in the middle. Okay So Red versus White. The Romanovs are moved multiple times to different houses. At some, at one point they're sent to Siberia for security reasons because everyone's afraid they're going to be murdered. Dude. Because of so much civil unrest. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They're no longer allowed to stay at Alexander Palace, and then in April, they're brought to a house in Yekaterinburg. Okay. Okay, it's in Russia. Plot twist. Okay, so that's in April. They're just boppin Boppin Hangin and boppin And Anastasia's charming, everyone. Cut to July 1918. The Reds find out that the White Army, who are loyal to Nicholas, are going to try to move in and attempt to rescue the family. And the Bolsheviks, the Reds, are not having it. They're like abso fucking lutely not. So on July 17th, plot twist, this does not go well. the Romanovs, the family, they're told that the fighting's getting close and for their safety they need to be moved to a secure location. So essentially in the middle of the night, they're told to like pack up your shit. get all of your belongings, they're led to a cellar under the pretext of like, we're going to go here, we're going to wait for your transport. They're also allowed to bring a physician and their three loyal servants and bring all of your most valuable possessions, like very much heightening the illusion that they're getting out. And once they're in the basement, there are some chairs there, I heard there were like two chairs for Alexi to sit, Alexandria to sit, because Alexi's too weak to stand at this point. And they're told to arrange themselves. This is really dark. So I'm just gonna warn you now They're told to arrange themselves in two rows for a family photo What? Because they wanted to send out to the revolution that They were safe. They wanted to like prove to everyone we're still here. Don't worry about it at that point A group of heavily armed men come into the room One of them reads out a death sentence and then the men begin to shoot and so if you do not like Any sort of information or details just skip ahead like 30 seconds The room quickly fills with gunfire smoke spraying bullets The men shooting were also not professionals and some were apparently drunk. So it's very chaotic This isn't like a trained hitman, right? It's it's a fucking mess We're sending unhinged people to kill and after the first round of bullets after the noise dies down a bit You The family is still alive and what the firing squad doesn't know is that the Romanovs realized that there could be a chance for their escape and they sewed large jewels, their family heirlooms, into the inside of their clothes and what this essentially does is make bulletproof vests. And all of the bullets are bouncing off the literal family jewels. That's actually crazy. It's awful because what it does is they don't die instantly. They suffer. Because I would hope if you see a firing squad and you understand what's about to happen to you, it goes quickly. It was at least 20 minutes long. And it was so messy and so chaotic that some of the firing squad got injured from ricocheting bullets. Like, it's just a shit show. And. It takes at least 20 minutes and to the point and this is awful Like I said again, just skip ahead if you don't like this type of stuff two of the girls were still alive It were killed to death with bayonets and being shot in the head like it's it's brutal like they were massacred Yeah, no, not the vibe. Not the vibe So the entire romanov family is slaughtered in the cellar ending over 300 years of the dynasty The Bolsheviks were supposed to get rid of the whole family, no trace, no one is supposed to know, but these are fucking drunk guys who were sent in the middle of the night. Yeah. And the basement, the whole thing was a complete fucking fail. They steal the family jewels off their bodies. They pile all of the dead Romanovs onto a truck. The truck breaks down. It's not funny, but like, of course. It's, it's not funny. They drag their bodies into the woods. They strip them naked. They burn their clothes. They throw their bodies down a mine shaft and they're like, oh, that's a little too shallow. So then they break the bodies up into two separate graves to try to hide the evidence, like, oh, well, if they only found five in one spot and two in the other, they won't connect the dots. Like, yeah, obviously the whole squad's gone. At one point, they go into town to get more supplies. They put sulfuric acid on them. They put gasoline on them. They burn them. They beat them. I mean, it's just fucking brutal It ain't it. It's really poorly planned and it's just getting messier by the minute So the bolsheviks come out and they announce the death of nicholas the czar And they keep the execution details very vague and at first They don't tell people about the rest of the family because they don't want the backlash and people to get upset that they killed children Yeah, which they did so they leave it vague which eventually Leads to people thinking that some of them lived. Correct. It eventually does come out that the entire family was murdered and people have very mixed messages about it, about this. But this is how the rumors about Anastasia start. The graves of the Romanos aren't discovered until 60 years later. They only find five of them. They find three of the girls and two parents. Two bodies are missing. One being Alexi in one sister who they believe to be Anastasia, but the burning is so bad They can't tell which sister it is. Like I've seen somewhere. It's Maria somewhere. It's Anastasia They don't know but everyone years later. Also, was that like the 80s? Like that was recently. That's crazy Yeah, so some people think there are a few bolshevik soldiers that night Who are alone with the bodies long enough to let the two youngest escape? So for the next 60 years people wonder about the two youngest romanovs because they only had the five bodies at the time You for a very long time, I mean it's the theme to the whole ass movie is that the two youngest, well Anastasia specifically, but that the two youngest escaped and people, I think it's such a horrible truth that people like make up their own, you hope, oh these two got away from this like horrific event because there's no way they were all slaughtered in the cellar, you know what I mean, like your brain kind of makes the thing up. Keep in mind the Romanov fortune is still being held in Swiss Bank, so a lot of people are coming out of the woodwork saying they are the rightful heir, and they're, the most famous is Anna Anderson of the Anastasia claimers. On February 6th, 1928, she arrives in New York City saying she is Anastasia. Like straight up. I am her. She is me. That's crazy. This is where I go to chat GPT, because I was like, who was Anna Anderson? Uh, in 1920. She was found in Berlin after a suicide attempt and began telling people she was Anastasia, the Romanov princess, who miraculously escaped the Bolsheviks execution. She claims she survived because one of the soldiers spared her. So this goes along with the story that people already believed, right? She bore a similar resemblance to Anastasia. She had scars, which she claimed was the night of the execution attempt. She knew a lot about their lives in the Romanov court, their family. And so she convinced some people like, Oh, there's no way she would know that unless she was a true Romanov, even a few surviving Romanov relatives and friends and staff initially supported her claim being like, Oh no, her story is credible. That's crazy. Her behavior was very erratic though. She didn't speak Russian. You know, there was a lot of holes. Yeah. She had a history of mental health issues. You know what I mean? But she died claiming she was Anastasia. And like the fact that she was found and she had no memory. It's the, it's literally the storyline of the movie. Like she is found and she's like, Oh, I don't remember. I just know that I'm this woman. I have no recollection though. And it turns out she was just in a mental health facility. And very unwell, but in 1956 Ingrid Berman stars in a movie portraying Anastasia. She wins an Oscar for it in the 90s Of course, they create the movie cartoon We've grown to know and love and now it's a musical on broadway and with the help of new and improved dna testing When they find the bodies because the bodies are discovered in 1979 Okay, they're kept a secret until the collapse of the soviet union in 1991 That's a long ass. That's a long ass fucking time. They died in 1917 that's fucking crazy. Yeah, that is. So they're finally exhumed, and in 1994, Anna Anderson had already died, and her DNA is compared to the bodies, and it is conclusive that she had absolutely no relation to them whatsoever. She's actually a Polish woman. Not even close. Dude, of course. And in 2007, Russian builders started looking for the last two bodies, because they still hadn't found the other two. They'd only found the five. Yeah. And they find the remains that are now tested to match Alexei in one of the sisters, being Maria or Anastasia. But now it's all confirmed. All seven Romanovs have been found. No one got away that night, unfortunately. They were all slaughtered. The five bodies originally found were buried in the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, alongside other Russian emperors. This is like a very famous burial place for emperors. The two they found more recently were turned over to the Russian Orthodox Church and are still being tested. And they have not been given up. So they are not buried as a family yet. I did not know. And that is the horrible story of the lost Duchess Anastasia the fall of the Romanovs. Isn't that awful? That is so awful. Disney is really duping us. Disney really put lipstick on a pig. It said They really Miss Girl's in the ground. Yeah, Miss Girl had a real tough end. Damn, that's tough. And it's crazy because it wasn't obviously super recent, like they died over a hundred years ago, but it's recent enough where there's videos of them and pictures of them, like you can look up them walking down the street as a part of a parade and waving. So weird. I mean Anastasia was 17. So well, I don't think Anastasia is a Disney movie. Isn't it Fox? Isn't it Century Fox or something? They got the outfits on fucking point. They got the eye, the blue eyes and the outfits. And the nose on the head. They were so cute. Yeah, damn that's tough Rasputin is so fucking creepy you guys when you have a minute look up the posters and like The smear campaigns they try to do against rasputin and what they posted about him. He is the creepiest motherfucker on the planet He is really scary. Okay, but like eyes in the bald spot in the Dramatic middle part. Yeah, there's no need for that. And the hair. Just get a haircut. It's cult leader. There is a, there is a sister, which I'm assuming is probably the eldest. She looks like she is going to take my lunch money. Olga. Yeah, Olga. It's gotta be. Aren't they beautiful though? Yeah. Anastasia was a baddie. Yeah, so I would love for this story to turn into like, she definitely got away with her little brother and they went and lived a happy life somewhere else where they were loved and taken care of, but in reality, their father was not someone who listened to his own people and they revolted against him and it cost him his own life and the life of every family member he has. I think that's his wife. Oh, is it? No, that's his wife right here. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Damn. Oh, that's not a good photo of them. No, it's not. They're much cuter than that. Yeah, they are. Okay, that's the Romanovs. Damn. Okay. do you have a game for us I do have a gig. I have a little gig for us. gig? That I was, but it's also like partially, uh, the better version of what I've been sending you in a, that Erin was like, Colleen, it's literally the first day of 2025. We cannot act like this. Yeah. You came in so hot and I was so sick and I rolled over and you texted it at like 1230 at night. And I was like, I can't with her right now. I'm perishing. So tell tell the folks at home, what'd you do? So everyone like the trend right now. Okay, majority of them are like fucked up and like you guys wouldn't laugh at them I just have a disturbingly dark humor. That's true But like the it's the tic tac toe that's like songs I would play if and it's like these absurd scenarios and it's something like a song that shouldn't be funny But it's funny. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, I, I'm interested. Yeah, I'm nervous. No, it's not that bad. I had to be like, I'm going to make sure Bridget laughs. It can't be too dark or I'll be upset. I literally was like, well, I'll just throw it in there anyway. I appreciate that. This one is songs I would play if I personally ran an Alzheimer's home. Oh, it's just the first one. Do you remember the 21st night of September? We can laugh at that because we're both going to have it one day. That's what I thought too. Yeah. Thank you. Fair enough. Songs I would play if I owned a funeral home. There was two for that one. Let the bodies hit the floor. That's a good one. Thank you. One was the song by by Forner. That's like, cold as ice. Honorable mention for Stayin Alive, Stayin Alive Uh, uh, uh, uh Stayin Alive Will never not remind me of The Office I know that was a double negative, I don't care A song I would play on the Titanic as it's going down, of course Yeah, of course It's goin down I'm yellin timber You better move You better dance I mean, my first thought was an Irish song like Rattlin Bog because you know those fiddlers were popping the fuck off. Imagine you're going down and someone's like, There was a tree, a rare tree, a rattlin tree. Tell me ma when I go home She is handsome, she is pretty, she is the girl of Belfast City Uh, if I owned a prison what I would play? Oh god. I want to break free Wake up in the morning feeling like fuck Diddy If I owned a strip club She's somebody's daughter. Oh no. I always think of Shawty I don't mind you dance on the pole. Oh, okay, yeah, I'll give you that one. Usher? Yeah. Usher, Usher. You'll give me money, money, money. Usher. Love Usher. Songs I would play if I owned a scoliosis clinic? To the left, to the left. Everything you own in a box to the left. Oh, bae. If I owned a physical therapy office, I would play? Ben Nova making me such an imp. You guys probably don't think this shit is fucking funny. I think it is actually so funny. It's the best one I've heard in a while. Song at the OBGYN. All you ladies pop your pussy like this. Check your body, don't stop, don't miss. And last but not least. My back. Songs I would play if I owned an unemployment office. You better work, bitch. Britney Spears. Supermodel by RuPaul. I hate that I just, I thought you were going Britney. No, but I was really off tune. I mean. But Unemployment Office, that's what you, yes, that's what we play there. When I need to pick me up, I listen to Sissy That Walk. As you should. It makes me so happy. just thought that was funny like I did. That was really funny. I was in tears. But don't watch the fucked up ones, I guess. Yeah, you sent some really questionable ones. Yeah, sorry. You know, you bring up Anne Frank and suddenly everyone's quiet. Yeah. And I get it! I get it. It was a TikTok of someone who was like, If Anne Frank was in my attic. And the song was, I'll keep you my dirty little secret. It was so fucked up, Colleen. So funny though. Listen. There is truly a lid for every pot on the internet. If you have a weird ass dark sense of humor, you will find your people on the fuckin interwebs. And I have. I've built this for you, Paige, brick by brick. I want you to know that your hair right now, you look like alfalfa. Don't give me your Wait, I'm gonna take a picture. It's just the one. Take a pic. She's erected. Erected and ejected. Rasputin, is that you? No. Swinging your schlong around. I wish it was. I wish she was here. Well, okay, bye guys. I hope you have a legit, fabulous start to your 2025. Yeah, everybody. I hope 2025 brings you 2025. Oh, can I tell you what I said to Erin the other day? What? You know how we say, like, the girls, the gays, and the theys? Yeah. Through sippers? Yeah. Our sippers? I want to amend that to the girls, the gays, the theys, and the straight men we can trust with our drinks. Because that's a very particular type of straight man, and those are the straight men I want to spend my time with. Yeah, okay, pop off. So, to all of you out there, to big laughs, Bigger wallets and bigger dicks in 2025. Yeah. I hope year 2025 you get a scratch ticket and scratch off a million dollars. Fat stacks. Fat stacks. Fat stacks. Fat racks. Unexpected money from every angle. Fat backs. Low ass cracks. Wow, okay. She's popping off. Okay. Lyrical queen. Okay. Love you mean it. Love you mean it. Godspeed, goodbye. Oh, it's.

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