Joey Camasta

No middle names. Do Jewish people not do middle names?

I know.

Many moons.

It's a trending sandwich now.

It's corned beef or pastrami.

With, I believe, Russian dressing and sauerkraut.

And Swiss cheese.

I believe.

Yeah. On marble rye.

What a great sandwich. We're getting hungry.

I know. I hope it's not contagious. Cherdi was pregnant. Now you are. I'm nine months postpartum from Wiggles, so I'm trying to get my figure back for the summer.

Oh, right.

We're very— I mean, Wiggles needs a brother or sister.

Yes, October 24th. I bought him right off the internet.

Yes.

Same day delivery. He was there in about four hours.

No, I knew for months. I knew for almost a year because I was trying to steal my father's friend's dog. I was always babysitting him. So I had him cloned. Um, sort of like I, I wanted to have, I went to his, like the parents of the bait of that dog that I loved and tried to have them make again. But one of them was at a commission.

With the palm trees.

The woman, the woman wasn't working anymore as a, as a, as a wet, wet wife. I don't know what they call it. The dog woman wasn't, she wasn't working. So I had to go, I had to outsource somewhere else. So I found the same kind of like, you know, cousins of whatever trickle down to, uh, to Brooklyn. There was a breeder there, um, that had the macro teacup, long haired chihuahuas.

How we have evolved. I know, and now we have- Now we're doing naughty neutrals.

And tricolor sable.

And I said, so I found it and I found him and it was there. And then I was looking on the, the, the, all the birth date of the litter and the birthday of litter was the same birthday as my late mother.

So I said, but then I realized I adopted a Leo dog. So I was like,

Well, you know, just entitled. I believe my son is a Leo. Just, you know, with rightly so, they are the stars of the show at all times. And, you know, it's a big ego. Ego. So he prances around and owns the whole place.

You know what? Because I saw your set yesterday, and I was like, oh, my God, how chic. So I had to get glam today. I got a haircut at, like, 9 a.m., and I got, you know, did my makeup, and I had to put a cute outfit on to be tonal because everything looks so chic and aesthetic, and I didn't want to show up here in a hoodie and, like, you know, sweatpants.

I'm a Capricorn.

I'm very, I'm very, like, I need to know everything before it happens. I have the fear of the unknown. I need to schedule everything and know what's going to happen. Like, if I'm going to a restaurant, like, I'll, like— You look at the menu? Not only look at the menu. I'm, like, we're going to know who's sitting where. This bitch doesn't eat fish.

So if I want to share the appetizer at the table, is she going to be like, oh, I'm not having any of that. Like, this one has shellfish allergy. If I wanted to get the tower, I'm going to have to sit on this side of the thing. Like, it goes in so deep. And besides just, like, what we're going to order—

If I want to get the bottle, I mean, by the glasses, there's this. South Blanc, I want to spring for the bottle. I know that she's, you know, a little cheap. She's not going to want to pay for the whole bottle. So it's all the dynamics. And I stress out over something as simple as a girl's going to get lunch.

No, because everyone knows that I'm a psycho. So they just kind of let me, they just kind of like bite their tongue.

Yeah, and I'm always terrified there's not going to be enough food, and I'm just like, you know, so I have to, like, you know, eat before I go because I don't want to, like, you know, have to, like, not get the last shrimp.

It's a lot of stress. So, yes, anything in life is like that, so I have to, like, know everything ahead of time.

Because you're a planner. And it's in my house, and I can, like— Do what I see fit.

Yeah, if I have to excuse myself for a minute to have a breakdown in the ladies' room. In the guest bathroom. I'm more than welcome.

Thank you.

I am the exact same. And blueberry. Oh, and you like blueberry. I didn't know that you can get them unfrozen until recently.

Is it a dried fruit?

No artificial flavors. No weird stuff. Just real fruit. Real chocolate.

Can I say that out of all the desserts I've ever had in my life, that is, you only need a few of them and it's so satiating and so satisfying that you don't, I think I'm, I figure I'm gonna eat the whole bag and then I end up saving them some for later. But it's like, you know, you only need a few of them popped in your mouth. It's so satisfying.

CMOS is all the rage right now.

Irish CMOS particularly.

That's me.

Don't you find? Oh, 100%. It cures everything.

That's where my waffle knit robe is from that I get compliments on every time I go live with it.

So chic.

Tie.

Well, I'm a podcaster, a comedian.

I was a makeup, a career makeup artist for many moons. Do you still do makeup? I'll do it if the timing's right. You know what I mean? Like it's like I'm not like out there like getting jobs and like showing my portfolio and like going on, you know, things like that.

Okay.

Billion dollar Bieber.

Yeah.

See, you know what? Okay, here's my opening statement thoughts on this is, good for you, sis. I did not see that coming, though. I think the first influencer-style celebrity billion-dollar cosmetic brand was Kylie.

Yes, correct. Lip kits and things like that. I'm not saying I didn't see... I didn't see road... I think that – I think Kylie Bieber is capable of doing anything she puts her mind to. I think she's fabulous. I think she's genuine and a good person. I think I love – I like her.

I thought the road – basically on the products I've tried and things like that, I didn't think the products were that popular and that like globally – I don't think everyone was that globally influenced to buy it as much as they were buying Kylie's.

But if something pops up that's salacial, like it's a celebrity I want to work with or like a brand I'm trying to get something free from.

valuation for a brand with 10 products like that's massive what each product is worth a hundred million dollars it's crazy i know i i try the skincare but i think the thing is the skincare is i'm an old lady so it's like you know i i need you know i need there's beautiful ingredients and the peptides and all the good things in her skin the milks and all those things but when you get to my age you know i need i need a deep plane facelift i need the chris kardashian yeah um

So there weren't bad products. I just think I needed something more medicinal for myself.

Yeah, and I got to say, I'm a Toasted Teddy girl. I'm on my third tube of Toasted Teddy. What's Toasted Teddy? It's the blush. It's the pocket blush. Oh. And that rusty kind of sun, wind-burned color.

Yeah.

I know.

I mean, I do anything for MTV. So I do a lot of, you know, all the Jersey Shore. I'll do anything for the Paramount Pluses. I'll do like Dexter, things for Dexter. Dexter? Yeah, anything Paramount. I do a lot of that stuff right now.

I think that's the one that maybe, I think between the phone case, the lip peptide, and the phone case combo, and then the pocket blush, I think that's where she should, like, skyrocket to...

What does a peptide do?

That's real nice. I need a little hydration.

I haven't tried them, but they're going to be starting, sold in Sephora, though, so now I can try it.

Right.

He'll buy a Lamborghini and an island.

Right.

Oh, yeah. There you go.

Like high tops.

Oh.

Okay.

She's talking about pot brownies.

Okay, got it. But I'm excited for her. I think that now that we know what she's capable of, don't go crazy now, but I'm saying a fashion line with her would be

Yeah.

I love it. I'm excited for Elf. Is this the first acquisition that Elf has as a brand?

Oh, with Jamie.

No, she is Jamie Kiernan. She is from IT Cosmetics.

Yeah, that's how we met.

No, it is much more luxury. Elf is like... Elf is more like... No, Elf is the end caps in the drugstore. It's like 99 cent makeup.

Not 99 cent, but they do great dupes and everything.

They came so far. For a while, they were just like, you know, a very small brand based on like, I think... Islip's Face. Yeah, yeah. Islip's Face. And then they started doing the dupes. Their primers became really big. They had this hydrogrip primer dupe that they had. This is the green jelly primer.

They got big with that. And then they started doing the... the wand blush, like the Charlotte Tilbury, like knocking off Charlotte Tilbury, not knocking off, which they've been inspired by.

So they found really great dupes and the products they were making were incredible. And the thing with the lines, those cheap lines are inexpensive like that. They're how they're able to get such quality products and like still sell for cheap prices. There's minimums. Like Elf is carried at every drugstore, CVS, Target, everywhere in the world. And so they're ordering so much of that one product.

I'm getting on duty, jumping back on duty.

So they're able to get it at a lower cost because they're ordering billions of units of it. So a smaller brand like, you know, that's only at a few department stores, select department stores and things like that. They have to have a much higher price point because the packaging is much more elite and expensive. And they're not ordering as much of it.

So they're going to have to pay a higher premium for that. So that's why you can get those big brands like L'Oreal and, you know, and drugstore brands. You get great products for a lot cheaper.

To give you a little pargy tip.

Well, I don't think Elf is that big, but yeah.

I know.

Yeah. Yes.

Yeah, they're good. They do great stuff.

They have that little store in Union Square that was open for like two days, then it's like gone.

Yeah, it's hard. It's hard. But yeah, I'll do anything for her all the time. But yeah, we have our podcast. It's happening with Snooki and Joey. Every Friday, we're finding podcasts to be found.

Yeah.

I love Clinique. So nostalgic.

That's right. Congratulations, Hailey.

Before we get to the next story, it's bothering me. Can I bring attention to your Grindr socks that you're wearing?

Is it on the icon?

Okay, there's an icon. So I looked down, I said, are you wearing the Grindr symbol on your socks? She goes, I don't know, they're Zach's. I said, well, this makes sense.

It's a... That makes sense. I mean, I don't know if she was... Grindr symbol. I don't know if you were at a pop-up, a Grindr pop-up in Florida.

It's eerily similar. I would ask Zach where he got them.

She was down in Wilton Manors on a business conference.

I'm sure it's a lovely athleisure brand.

Imagine it's like the gay bar down the street.

They were having a two for one margarita special. Okay, sorry to interrupt the Fast Five stories.

We were the original crew when, like, the girls next door were doing podcasting.

Well, the gays love to shop.

And Father's Day is coming up.

Kim Kardashian's friend.

A movement? No, but like a... Criminal justice movement?

Where was she stationed?

So Kentucky, and the other one was in where? Florida. Oh, so they weren't even near each other. No. So what a reunion.

How nuts. Now, the thing is with this is, how do... How do you choose who gets to go home?

Like, pardons are, like, I know that the president pardoned, like, 5,000 people.

No, Donald Trump.

No, I think that with this new wave of pardons, I think there was, like, 4,000-something people that got pardoned within the... And the Christie's just happened to be two numbers on the thing.

I'm assuming... Correct me if I'm wrong. We have to ask GPT. But...

A wave of pardons, yes. Okay. Yeah, so it wasn't just these random two ones. And apparently this has been in the works for many, many moons because Lifetime has been documenting her trying to get the parents out for... So the show is already... And everyone's like, get the cameras, get the cameras. The cameras have been sat.

The cameras have been there because her going to... Storming the Capitol or whatever it was. Going to... Lobby. Lobbying in the White House and all these things was... All being documented, like about her, you know, her journey, I guess. So this is just like an ongoing thing. So I think we're going to be seeing, she announced, what's your name? Chrisley, the blonde Chrisley. Savannah Chrisley.

Yeah. When you know what it was, I thought it was a radio show.

Announced that the cameras will be rolling and this is going to be a lifetime.

I think a lot of people, in a public eye, they try to make them an example. An example. Yeah. That happens with Michael's situation. Right.

Yeah.

He got, yeah, a little over 13 months, I think.

Yeah, we were just together recently.

Lovely. He's got three children now. They have a beautiful home. He has a new book out. He's opening his own— I have to tell Claudia. She's obsessed with his book. His own center. His own rehab center. Oh, wow. Rehabilitation center for— Addiction.

Yeah.

We love to see it.

But yeah. So, I mean, I thought there's a lot of taboo topics about this Christmas, you know, because it's, you know, being pardoned and, you know, the rich, you know, rich and privileged people. Yeah. It seems like that seems like the trend.

I think so.

Yeah.

This is like the toast I feel like is like the SNL of the podcasting world. So you know how there's lifers like, you know, like Jon Hamm has hosted SNL how many times? You're a lifer. I feel like I'm a lifer because this is probably my fifth or sixth time co-hosting.

You know, he was probably thriving in there.

If I had to write something down. Well, I saw that she said he got jacked. My father got jacked and she showed a glimpse of his bicep and of his thigh. He was wearing, I would think it was a Lululemon short and maybe a half, a quarter zip.

Yeah.

Yeah. But I'm excited to see the homecoming video because, like, remember when Teresa Giudice came home from prison and walked in the kitchen? I just wanted to see what her hair looked like and, like, when they come fresh out. I want to see them fresh out of prison. And I know Julie's not going to have a blowout.

Maybe she's a brand new Julie. Maybe she had Laverne Cox in there, like an orange and a black, doing those weekly blowouts.

Why don't you have her, how she kept up with that frosted color? Do you think she's rooted and booted, Mama?

Can you get your hair bleached in prison?

Maybe Clorox wipes and just do a root smudge?

Yeah.

She was a high glam southern lady.

There we go.

Ones to watch, Toasters.

Oh, I thought you meant Heidi Montag's wig.

I think that was an internet plant. I think that was a publicity stunt.

I think they knew they were doing it. I think she knew it was a risk and it was going to be talked about. It was so bad that it became a headline. Now think about it. She's on everyone's mind. That's true. She's in everyone's picture. Everyone's making fun of it. All press is good press. All press is good press. There's no right mind that a gay person would do that to her unless it was sabotage.

It was so bad. It was stiffer than a box of Pringles.

Yeah. I think it has a little bit of both. I think they're a smart couple. I think that wig was intentional.

It was a government plant.

How did they meet? And she bought Kristen Cavallari's jewelry line. Didn't she? She did. If I'm not mistaken.

I'm at the JT at the Justin Timberlakes of the podcast.

A spinoff, a jewelry brand. Yeah. Uncommon James.

If I'm correct. But Kendra Scott, I mean, that's another female founder.

Is it scandalous or taboo, the relationship? What's going on with this? Is she an older lady?

Maybe the timing was off.

Oh.

A younger rock star.

Tenure. Is that what that means? Tenure? Does it mean over 10 years?

She has, you know, her jewelry line with rocks. I was trying to make a word association. Like Alzheimer's.

I'm assuming like in Nashville. Is she based in Tennessee?

What does she look like? Do you have a photograph?

Oh, wow. Yeah. I didn't think that's what she looked like.

I didn't know. I didn't think she was so glam. I assumed she'd be a little bit more granola-ish for some reason. Okay. I don't know. Beautiful couple. I mean, I think that that's kind of the people you go for. She's probably a fan of country music. Maybe she was heading, you know, she got- Went to a concert, got backstage. Went to a concert, bought a box for all her jewelry employees. Yeah.

And then went backstage and, you know, caught her eye.

That's what it always sounds like. So I thought it had to be 10, but then, like, I could be tenured working as a lunch lady for eight years.

Zac Brown band is country fried.

Chicken fried.

And hello, I like my chicken fried.

We're probably going to get stopped for copyright because you sound just like them. I don't think so.

I still have not done stagecoach yet, because you know what? My anxiety's putting it off, because I want to make sure it's perfect.

I need to know if the house is right. Like, I'm not a Palm Springer, so I don't know, like, when I get out to the desert, how do I find the home? Yeah. How do I find the brand deals? How do I get into all the parties? Yeah. Like, I want to make sure I'm, like, set up for success. I don't want to be, like, a straggler in a tent sitting on the side of the road next to a cactus.

Yeah. So I need like Revolve to send me or like.

I need Quince to send me to the to the next.

Right.

Well, they basically have what the room you get on your followers now.

Yeah, that's how brand trips have been working, yeah.

Like Beyonce's going, a little mama going on tour. Beyonce's getting the master suite.

Yeah.

I agree. Do you think any brands are watching want to send me on a brand trip right now?

I mean, depending on what it is. I mean, the caliber of it and other people going. A lot of times people are so young that I feel like, you know, like I'm the chaperone and like we have kind of nothing in common. So I think if it's the right fit, I would love to do it. You know, I'm more like I'm a Real Housewives era. If it was a Real Housewives girls trip, that'd be more me.

Like going to like, you know, like playing volleyball on a beach in Bali is not my thing.

That's like, that's also like, I guess I have word association, if that's a real thing, but that same thing, like the Alzheimer's, I was thinking it means old timer syndrome. Like it was like, you know, something that like an old timer gets.

Do you think if they got invited and you didn't want to go, at least they sent me and said they would notice?

Yeah.

Love to travel.

It is up to date. Okay. I have global entry.

Well, I did Tarte. I never went on a Tarte brand trip. I went to see Beyonce with Tarte. Oh, that counts. That was fun. Yeah, so we went there and then, you know, I did some events here and there, but I never did the actual sleepover private jet trip.

Maureen, if you're watching, I'm sure Maureen's a toaster, send me on the next trip.

Yeah.

Oh.

Has she?

Right.

It's a thought that counts.

You just want to be included. I just want to be appreciated.

Yes.

I love saying no to things.

I've never been more ready.

Grow old gracefully.

I think if it sounds the same, it should have the same meaning.

I'm curious if we have to like audition for it. Are we tenured artists?

Resort Pass.

Have a party drink.

It's so perfect for the season.

Yeah.

I need to buy a pool all summer long. I got to start going to ResortPass. Yeah.

My watch's on backwards.

I saw it in Target the other day.

Yeah, well, you get—another thing, you're probably going to—when did you go on pregnancy leave?

Oh, the pillow store? Yeah. Yes, of course. You got to go.

Oh.

I'm sure you've had the pickle. Chris Kolb Klassen.

How exciting. I found out the national availability for the commercial I saw you on.

What did you call him? Bucko? Bucko.

I loved that commercial. It was so good. Classic stuff.

Oh, good.

She'd be perfect in that.

It was Amanda Seyfried, her predecessor.

Yes.

Well, I think all the sounds sound the same.

Is that the one that everyone's playing in the, like, a couple summers ago, everyone was throwing napkins in the club?

Yeah.

Does the story change?

So this is going to be a sequel to Amanda Seyfried's movie? Are they going to redo Amanda Seyfried's movie?

So this was a movie, was it a Broadway show? Yes. And then it became a movie? Yes. So the Broadway show only told one story. Yes. So that movie, that was emulated in the first movie.

She's good. A lot of people don't know she's been around for many moons.

She made a brand. She made a brand for herself. She's got that kind of whole niche thing down pat that whatever she's doing.

I haven't seen her in concert. Oh, I've seen her in concert, yes. You did? At the VMAs, she was the performer.

Yeah, we were linked.

Yeah. So she's the VMAs, and she killed it. She was one of the best performers I've ever seen. So she has great stage presence. She's marketed herself into this quirky... you know, 50s or 60s glam, whatever feminine thing. And it's just it just works for her. She found that she found the right niche. And I think she's she's appealing to a broader audience.

Men want to see her because she's beautiful. Girls like it because she's relatable. And she says, you know, powerful songs about her, you know, about femininity. And she's just, you know, an all around, like, you know, pretty American girl. I think she's very I like her.

Yeah.

Here we go.

I love it.

I don't necessarily not like it. I never saw the movie. I know the songs.

Yeah.

True that. True that.

I do. I think that's a feel-good jam. I agree.

Was it a cult? Doesn't it sound like its own? There wasn't like 15 people in the band?

Dorks at it.

Are they European? The Greeks?

Well, you know, I'm just going to I'm doing me. That's what I'm doing this summer. OK. I'm just going to focus on passion projects. It's not necessarily a gap year, but it's like it's like it's like I'm just going to like, you know, things I haven't done before. Like I want to I wanted to do like, you know, pottery making.

Are they Swedish?

What a tangled web we weave.

Isn't that just... I didn't know about that, but I just knew there was something. I'm clairvoyant in that way. I knew there was something taboo about it.

Were they all brothers and sisters? Were they all sleeping together? Something. All married. Something was going on there.

Yes.

Yes, very good.

Now, everyone, these housewives, it's getting themselves into like, you know, Strange territory. Because if I was a lady of London, I'd be like, what the hell? What's wrong with us? Why are you bringing a whole other cast of characters in here? Renew our show.

Oh!

A good old-fashioned tea party.

However... So is Stanbury going to jump to the real housewife? Well, she would have to move.

Oh, she's not a London lady? She sounds London.

Yeah.

Then a housewife of Dubai.

I like watching her.

Why not? Jump the pond.

And association wise, I think that's what people are going to be expecting. Because again, I didn't know both shows or both franchises were greenlit again for season two. But now that I know, I would want her to be part of that in some capacity because otherwise it's not as familiar for me.

Well, I'm traveling. I'm not traveling a lot. I'm just going to the Hamptons.

Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes.

I think that, yeah.

I'm interested to see what the housewives of London are going to be. I have a feeling they're going to be a little bit grittier than you would expect. When you hear London, you think high society, rich tea ladies, ties to the royal family. I think it's going to be a little bit more Soho, Piccadilly. Is that London? Piccadilly?

Just Hamptons and then South Carolina. I'm going to Charleston for a little bit. My sister and family lives there. I haven't seen them in a while. And, you know, that's a kinky coastal town.

Or something like that. I think it's going to be a little bit more like, you know, like rock and roll-ish or like, you know, like a little bit more like a grungy fashion designer. Interesting. Maybe someone who worked for Vivienne Westwood or like something like that as opposed to very proper cheap party.

Right.

So I think I have a feeling that it's going to be a little younger. It's going to skew a little bit more like Roni, but like the London version. I think that's what they've been trying to do and it flopped, I think, for me.

And Roni flopped.

I mean, Jenna can do no wrong in my eyes, but like the rest of the gals, I think it just wasn't the right fit. I think it's fair to say. Yeah.

But I'm excited to see what that's happening. And I know this is not on the topic board, but I'm excited to see what's going on with Rhode Island.

Rhode Island's having their moment, I feel. I feel like it's going to be the new... Like, remember when New Jersey was, like, the hottest ticket in town? Everything was, you know, Sopranos and the Housewives of New Jersey and then Jersey Shore. It was a whole thing.

I feel it's going to be the beginning of something new.

Right. I think there's a lot to be seen there. Everyone thinks Rhode Island is, like, there's a huge Italian-American community there. I think that's what they're focusing on.

I don't think it'll be that. I think it'll be, I think it'll be, as opposed to like what you would think about, like it'd be like, you think Rhode Island, you think gingham and coastal gingham and like lobster bakes and clams and things.

You think hydrangeas and white picket fences. I think it's going to be more.

I think it's going to be more of that, focusing on that kind of like, Italian-American culture that's over there.

Me too.

I'm learning so many Yiddish words today.

You know that I'm a little bit of the world. That's why, probably.

I'm going to focus on cooking things and cocktail making and just, you know, being more present with my cooking.

Do you know Nessie Heldinger?

No, I don't know any of them.

Yeah. She's a topless man. A topless man. She's got, you know. Like florals. I see tapered candles. A chandelier. That's everything we need. I need to get an iPad. I think my phone, I'm getting so old that my phone is getting too small for me to see.

I have the biggest phone they make, but I do want to get the biggest iPad they make soon.

And it's so professional.

Yeah.

There we go.

Oh, there you go. Apologies. You like to type.

You went to Catherine Gibbs.

It's like a school, like a trade school for, like, for secretaries.

Yes.

I know what that is.

It's the green and black game.

Whom?

Oh, get out of here.

I was supposed to have a podcast with him one day.

Yeah, he was supposed to come on, but then it got canceled last minute.

Maybe we'll circle back.

What are your thoughts on Bethany Frankel?

I think she's— I'm enjoying her newfound— Voice? Yeah. Or just her, like, her influencing.

I trust her opinion.

My father's a chef.

Are you Ben? I know. You're literally Ben. I know. Ben's dad and I, we kiki'd before talking about the biz.

I haven't watched a full episode, partly because I'm jealous that I'm not on it. You'd be great. A lot of times I don't watch shows because of that. It's like, like the traitors, like if the traitors had podcasters instead of like all these reality stars, I would fucking crush the traitors.

That's what I got to do. I got to start doing like, maybe I'll go on RuPaul's Drag Race.

I do Moonlight on the Jersey Shore. I'm there all the time.

So there's a few, you know, the next few seasons. They film so many seasons. The next few seasons I'll be popping up here and there, but I don't think it's enough to get me a credited spot on The Traitors.

But, yeah, Summer House, you know, I love Paige Sorbo and, you know, Yvette Craig.

Wes, you know, I'm not quite friends with him. I met him a couple of times and we're friendly online and stuff. So, yeah.

Talked about the biz. And yeah, so I mean, I think that's what Ben and I have a lot in common. Now, Fourth of July is coming up very soon. Fork of July is coming up very soon.

Are they in the same house every year?

Which I'm surprised about because I would think that's what would get – I mean, I know the cast of characters is fabulous and the drama is great. But I would think that everyone that – you know, Hampton is such a niche thing in New York that, like, a lot of people, like, only hear about the Hamptons. They don't really know what it's like.

I think if they showed, like, you know, what the restaurants are, what it's like to, like, go to the beach or, like, trying to get in school.

Going to Tate's, going to Ralph's for coffee. Going to St. Ambrose.

I know. So I'm going to have to, you know, step it up a little bit to kind of compete with that. But yeah, I just love, you know, I always loved things. And I watched the Food Network growing up. I used to sit home and, you know, stay home after school and just watch the Food Network. Giada De Laurentiis. Who were your faves? I mean, back then it was, what's that guy I had a crush on? Bobby Flay?

And is there a relationship drama? Is anyone sleeping with anyone in the cast?

Stunning girl. Stunning, beautiful girl.

And what does Paige get into? She just gives the one-liners and just gives the sass?

He's from Southern Charm, not Southern House. Some summer house.

That's right.

Does he come on the show?

Yeah.

It's taboo.

Well, the thing is also I'm very good friends with Hannah Burner and I had no idea. I knew she was on the show, but I didn't know there was a scandal about her like getting, I don't know if she got kicked off or fired or something happened.

Is that now a summer house as a whole owns that or one cast member?

May I ask, is Icy Lemonade promoted on Southern Charm? Of Spritz?

Yeah, but Rob was not taking a cut of your sales.

Good.

Who knew the canned cocktail world was so intertwined?

Oh, my God.

True that. I'm going to Target after this.

If I show the picture of me and you to the lady at Target, will I get a free case?

Can you send me some lemonade, iced tea, or the pink one? I'll take any flavor. I had pickle before. I don't need that anymore. I still have some left.

No, it was the other one.

I do. I have big plans.

Thank you for having me. I'm always happy to come on anytime you need me to fill in. Always happy to have you. If you need me to fill in at home and watch the kids or, you know, cook up a meal for the fam, let me know. Honestly, I do.

Okay, good. Maybe we'll make a Reuben.

No, he's like a, oh my God, he was so cute. Oh my God, I have to think of it.

Yes, just follow me anywhere Joey Kamas has found. It's any social media. It's Joey Kamas on Instagram, on TikTok. And it's happening podcast every Friday where podcasts can be found.

He has the restaurant in San Francisco.

Yes. They'll let us know. He's a cutie patootie though.

Male. I still have a crush on him.

I took a beta blocker today, so I can't remember.

I didn't really take one. I think it's something for people that get stage fright. Like something about to go something stressful.

No, I think that's like a, that's like an anti-psychotic. I had to write something down. Okay, wait.

He is. We have so many questions for ChachiBT today. There's a Chi coming in. I think there's a letter Chi.

Tyler Florence. That's your boy, your boy Ty. Yes, Tyler Florence. I used to watch him religiously.

He's so cute. I love Giada De Laurentiis. Of course, the beer for Contessa is my Kiki Queen. Paula Deen, I have a soft spot for, you know, a stick of butter in anything.

I love it.

You know, I'm on board. I just watch all those, you know, Rachel Ray even.

I don't know what's going on. I don't know what's going on. You know, I'm praying that everything's on the up, you know, she's okay, health-wise. You know, but, you know, we all get sluggish looking sometimes. Yeah, and maybe— She's been in the game for—she's tenured.

I think it's mostly about her appearance and her, like, slurring words, is it?

I still do the crunch every day just for remembrance.

Okay, I didn't know anything about that. But I do know, from a little inside scoop, I knew that she had alcoholism, you know, for a long time.

She used to drink on the job, I believe.

I had to write it down. Well, I used to know her makeup artist. Her makeup artist used to tell me that she was a belligerent drunk. on set. This was years ago, though. This was, like, you know, 20 years ago.

Oh, maybe, yeah. Maybe it could be the after effects of being... No, or just drunk.

A couple of nips of Pinot Grigio before the show started.

You know what? I saw my, no. The thing is, I love food so much. It gives me so much joy. But using it as a career, like a real career, like we have to work in a restaurant. I don't think a restaurant is for me. I mean, eventually, once I become a multi-trillionaire, I'll open restaurants in Vegas. I'll sell out for anything.

Yeah, but I'm not sitting in a restaurant. I don't think I have it in me to be working on the line in a restaurant.

I could be a, you know what I'd be good at? Like, you know, give it like a consultant, like a restaurant consultant.

Yeah. I think we need a critique on this menu. I think we need like, you know, maybe something with cilantro or, you know, a spicy margarita.

Yeah, so I'm good at telling people what they should be doing.

But I don't have the gusto to start it myself.

Yeah, we can make it.

That would be the best job ever because I can go to all different restaurants and just be like, you know, I think this is what you should be doing. And then watch the fruits of my benefit. The benefits of my fruit.

Fruits of my labor grow.

Monkey Bar is one of my favorites. Have you been?

Well, it's like a classic New York. They just do everything right. I love the Monkey Bar. In Brooklyn, I love Antica Pesa, which is a fabulous place in Rome. They have a restaurant in Rome. They do. Oh, Rome.

Oh, yeah.

What else am I loving? I love, you know, like, Avra's always good.

Yeah, say it all the way how you like it.

Always good. I love it. You know, as for Chubby Gal, I like a clean eating. You know, I'll eat clean, but I eat a lot of it. Like, I'll take down two Branzinos if need be.

Yeah, but Avra's always good. You know, anything that's... Chris, I like things, a perfect restaurant, anywhere it has to have these elements. When I sit down, I need an ice cold cocktail with a creative cocktail menu where I can choose from the house cocktails and get inspired for what's to come for the meal.

So if they have something, a good base cocktail menu and also just classics really well, that's great. I'm starting with an ice cold cocktail, maybe a martini. Then I like to start to munch on something fresh and raw, like a raw preparation, like a crudo. Like a crudo. Or a crudite. A crudite, a crudo, a shellfish tower, a tartare.

A raw preparation of something, a chilled raw preparation of something fresh. Not a raw vegetable. A raw vegetable, could be that. And then I like to go into, you know, little appetizers and things that they have on the menu. I like to always try to fit in a pasta there. If I can't, if there's pasta on the menu, I'm going to try it just because it's one of my favorite things.

At this point, I'm switching to wine now, depending on what courses I'm taking.

And, you know, I just like to try all the things. And then, you know, end my meal with, you know, then switch to an after-dinner drink. You know?

Yeah, I like to do—I like to have a little bit of everything. And I think—and if any restaurant does those things well, I'm down.

Yeah, well, it's a big East Coast Italian thing. Everyone adds an ER to anything that needs it. It's an Italian thing? I don't know. I think it's just like a dialect thing in Long Island, New Jersey. I'm obsessed.

Yeah.

If any restaurants want me to come and give them my advice, just let me know. Hit me up.

I'm all about partnerships.

Yeah.

Let's crunch into the episode.

That's good.

I saw.

The photos dropped this morning.

Was the name named prior to the birth? Yeah.

And there's a lot of, not a lot of loopholes, but it's a tangled web when you're naming a Jewish boy, I believe. You have to have the first initial of someone who's passed. What are the rules for this?

With the initial of the past. Oh, yeah.

Yeah, you are.

My grandfather and my father, yeah.

Josephs. Joseph Camastas, yeah.

Joey, yeah.

Yeah.

I mean, you know, a funny story is I thought I was going to be called Joe when I was growing up. And I remember this. Remember those Playboy name necklaces that everyone had in the 80s? No, I wasn't alive. Olivia probably had it. It was like, it looked like a playing card and had like a Playboy bunny cut out. And like a heart, and it said your name diagonally on it.

I think so, yeah, a little bit.

And I remember it was like, this is real gold. I said, I'm going to have this for the rest of my life. So I was like, when I'm older, I'm going to be wearing this for the rest of my life. So when I'm an adult, I'm going to be called Joe. So I had it called, instead of Joey, I had it say Joe, so I was able to wear it. So it was evergreen.

I'm a mutt. I'm a little Italian, a little Irish, a little sassy.

Yeah, because it was gold.

So I still have it to this day.

I know. But yeah, Joseph Kamasta.

How did that name not get stolen already?

As girls in the Australia household, were you girls talking about boys and who you were going to marry and stuff like that? Was there ever a conversation like, I'm taking this name, don't even try it, girl?

Yeah.

That's so kind.

Yeah, that's why there's a lot of pressure. Put the ring on it. We got to get this name before someone else gets it.

There we go. Oh my God, she got Ruben.