The Viall Files
E912 - Giacomo Gianniotti, Iliza Shlesinger, RHOBH Reunion, White Lotus, and Sydney Sweeney’s Breakup
Thu, 03 Apr 2025
Welcome back to The Viall Files: Reality Recap! It’s another banger episode today as we’re joined by Giacomo Gianniotti to get into this season of Wild Cards, his time on Grey’s Anatomy, and working with Kyle Richards. Also, we welcome the hilarious Iliza Shlesinger to talk about her new special, parenting, Severance, and different types of melons. Meanwhile, we cover the RHOBH Reunion Part 1, the new White Lotus episode, Sydney Sweeney’s breakup, and more! “Did your parents know that you were gonna be hot?” Check out the Season 2 trailer of Wild Cards Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F-exsTJ6BY Subscribe to The ENVY Media Newsletter Today: https://www.viallfiles.com/newsletter OUT NOW! Listen to Humble Brag with Cynthia Bailey and Crystal Kung Minkoff. Available wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@humblebragpod https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/humble-brag-with-crystal-and-cynthia/id1774286896 Start your 7 Day Free Trial of Viall Files + here: https://viallfiles.supportingcast.fm/ Please make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode and as always send in your relationship questions to [email protected] to be a part of our Monday episodes. Follow us on X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheViallFiles Listen To Disrespectfully now! Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disrespectfully/id1516710301 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0J6DW1KeDX6SpoVEuQpl7z?si=c35995a56b8d4038 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCh8MqSsiGkfJcWhkan0D0w To Order Nick’s Book Go To: http://www.viallfiles.com If you would like to get some texting advice on Office Hours send an email to [email protected] with “Texting Office Hours” in the subject line! To advertise on this podcast please email: [email protected] or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/theviallfiles THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: Firstleaf - Enjoy the fresh vibes of spring with wines you’ll love from Firstleaf. Go to https://tryfirstleaf.com/viall to sign up and you’ll get your first SIX handpicked bottles for just $44.95. Revolve - For a limited time, you can shop a curated selection of our favorite styles at https://revolve.com/viall and receive 15% off your first order with code VIALL. Rocket Money - Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster with Rocket Money. Go to https://rocketmoney.com/viall today. Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (00:23) - Beauty and The Beast (05:20) - Joel (08:09) - Programming Notes (10:24) - White Lotus (14:30) - RHOBH Reunion (32:51) - Giacomo Welcome (33:58) - Wild Cards (39:52) - Meeting Your Wife (42:24) - Post Grey’s Anatomy (45:27) - Biking (47:20) - Traveling (49:29) - Dream Roles (52:51) - Summer Plans (54:35) - Game Time (01:02:33) - Riverdale (01:04:46) - Household Headlines (01:12:11) - Welcome Iliza! (01:18:13) - Good On Paper (01:24:14) - Comedy Special (01:32:03) - Severance (01:33:21) - More White Lotus (01:41:20) - Husband (01:47:11) - Children In Public (01:52:46) - Outro Episode Socials: @viallfiles @nickviall @nnataliejjoy @giacomo_gianniotti @ilizas @ciaracrobinson @justinkaphillips @the_mare_bare @leahgsilberstein @dereklanerussell
Chapter 1: What plot holes exist in Beauty and the Beast?
what's going on everybody welcome back to another episode of the vile files reality recap edition i am your host nick and i have a small bone to pick with the movie beauty and the beast oh my goodness we watched it last night with river we decided to call up in bed it's fun it was cute it was great i haven't seen it in a long time good movie yeah
But in the beginning of the movie, the story is like the young prince was kind of a prick, and then the witch came, turned him into a beast, yada, yada, yada. And then there's this flower that wilts away, and then on his 21st birthday, he has to fall in love or he's a beast forever. And then they're like, as the years have gone by.
And I'm like, wait, are you telling me, like, how old was this prince when he answered the door by himself and a witch showed up? Like, where is his parents? No mention. How many years went by? You know what I'm saying? Like, they made it seem like his 21st birthday?
Yeah.
Nick's not wrong. I looked up a guide to the plot holes in Beauty and the Beast, and the first one is 10 years we've been rusting, dot, dot, dot. How old was this prince? 11.
He was just a boy.
Yeah. It's like the witch turned him into a beast. It's because he was a spoiled little brat.
Well, if we want to like get into it, Snow White was 14 and Ariel was 15.
Yeah. Do better.
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Chapter 2: How did the RHOBH Reunion Part 1 unfold?
because I wanted to hear what he was going to say about my girl, Shan. And he was polite.
I mean, you know, what are you going to do? Also, Tom Sandoval and Victoria were on Going Deeper yesterday. If you haven't listened, you should check it out. What did you, Natalie was not here and it wasn't because of the last interview. No. I felt like I'm happy for him. I feel like people, time to move on. He seems to be doing some work.
I'm not saying he's like this completely changed man, but I will say, I think you could do far, far worse than having a friend like Tom. I do. He's definitely not perfect. I'm not sure I would still want him to date my sister or anything like that, you know, but I don't know.
He's growing. He's got Victoria to keep him in line. You know, I'm glad that they're happy. And I think it's a good interview.
I think you guys should check it out if you haven't listened to it already. I mean, the man's, you wanted the guy to take accountability. You wanted him to make some meaningful changes in his life. And you can decide for yourself whether he's done that. Who else have we pissed off?
This week or this year?
I don't know.
Well, who do we have on today? Let's see who we could piss off today.
Well, our guest today, it's a fun episode. We have Giacomo. You know him from Grey's Anatomy and Wild Cards.
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Chapter 3: Who is Giacomo Gianniotti and what are his current projects?
Rick's girlfriend, Amy Lou Wood. Oh, Amy Lou Wood, yeah, yeah.
Rick and her.
I love, I'm a Rick stan.
I'm a huge Rick stan.
Walton Goggins, I... I gotta watch Righteous Gemstones.
I'm glad it got closure. You've never seen it? No. I watched the first season.
I know the song from it.
But yeah, no, I'm team Rick. He's really, he's been on a journey. I think he's turned a corner in his life.
To kill someone. He did get his friend to relapse. That's not great. He didn't.
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Chapter 4: What insights does Iliza Shlesinger share about her career and life?
Well, Beverly Hills Housewives reunion part one is out. What do we think? What do we think?
Justice for Sutton and Garcelle.
Chapter 5: What are the theories about the White Lotus finale?
Intimate. Really?
Why? I mean, the one thing that I'm like, I'll back off on is I've said it before. I wish Garcelle didn't bring up the robbery again. That being said, everything else.
Listen, I'm glad that Garcelle stood by her opinion. You know, I mean, like, and I'm like you with Joel Combooster.
Don't put words in my mouth.
I didn't stand... I always said some really harsh shit about him. I just felt like it was a little much.
You were just, like, really quick to apologize and be like, I'm so sorry, we're best friends, I'm so sorry.
Yes, I was quick to apologize by saying what I said.
I was like, to be fair, didn't Joel come for you at the beginning and being like, hey, like, you said some mean things about me, I don't know if I want to come. You had to finesse that, too.
Oh, yeah, I mean, listen, he did his homework, and he's like, you know, we had an opportunity to get him on, and then he went back and listened, and I was like, yeah, sorry, you know, it's... I got a little spicy.
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Chapter 6: What did the RHOBH Reunion reveal about Kyle Richards and her relationships?
All I'm saying is Garcelle is not the only person in that group who thinks and says that. And she's just the only one who has the guts to say it out loud.
It's giving a lot of context as to why she left, though. Even just seeing this episode of the reunion, I'm like, oh, okay. You really didn't think people were coming for you.
When the episode started and she's like, hopefully we can take a cast photo. And she's going to be the one. Knowing she's the one who won't take the cast photo.
Kyle won't even look at her. She's too focused on her crystals.
Dorit being able to say like left leaving Kyle speechless in the like you thinking that I was acting this way to keep my job when you are close enough with executive producers to know that I was asked back and you still like chose to have that view and Kyle was like well no Kyle said I said what I said she was like I said what I said but she was kind of left a little speechless of like you took it that way she was like this I took it as literally left speechless like literally did not say anything until
Well, I think when producers and executives of Bravo get brought up, I think they have to tread carefully, or it becomes kind of a convoluted, complicated issue of, like, what can I say and not say? Dorit obviously brought it up. I took her, like, quietness or, you know, not saying anything back more like, I don't know, like... I don't know how to address this.
I'm just going to stand by what I said. Because it's definitely possible that, like, well, Dorit made a very good point. Like, that was a great argument for Dorit to make. But maybe she got asked back after... producers had a conversation with Dorit and said, we need more from you. We need more honesty, yada, yada. Then Dorit does what she does. And you know what I'm saying?
So like maybe Dorit's giving us half of that version and Kyle's just like, you know what? I said what I said and I'm just going to leave it at that.
I don't know. Even the whole PK statement and how she doesn't really... She low-key defended PK or her relationship with PK.
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