Maureen Callahan

This is, I was up late, like, like happily up late, like pulling clips and old articles and essays and interviews and mixed media, because we're doing it.

You guys, the finale of love story aired last week.

And, um, I watched it in real time.

I took notes in real time.

And, uh, I looked around for my nearest sledgehammer because we're taking it to this.

We're taking it.

We're taking it to this piece of cultural garbage.

It is, it's a dangerous lie.

Okay.

This is, this is where like pop culture transcends and, and, and has real consequences for the historical record and the ways in which the mainstream media gets to continue telling their little fairy tale.

because they're all fucking children.

Okay.

Real talk about fake people.

The guy who caused the crash that killed Carolyn Bessette, age 33, and her brilliant sister, Lauren, age 34.

Then, oh my God, the heart of the show as ever, should I say a sever?

the heart of the show, always your feedback.

I have a nice healthy pile of your emails, but we at nerve HQ saw your response to our weekend mini nerve, which landed.

with the shock and awe of alien lifecraft.

Finally, someone said what we were all thinking and going to ourselves, am I really fucked up?

Because I think that Hoda Kotb is laughing and smirking in Savannah Guthrie's face.