Houselights from The State News

On today's episode, our hosts revisit TikTok dances and Lizzy McAlpine, as well as delve into celebrity conspiracy theories. 

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Liz:

Welcome back to House Lights, your one stop shop for everything you need to hear about this week in the world of entertainment. As always, I'm your host, Liz Nas, my amazing, beautiful, wonderful cohost Claire Donahoe. And we are so excited to be back for another week of house lights. Let's talk about nothing first like we always do for the first 10 minutes. So I wanted to give you an update on my life.

Liz:

Specifically something that we talked about last week about the secret lives of Mormon wives.

Claire:

Yes.

Liz:

I said that I think that we should have more TikTok dances.

Claire:

You did share that opinion with us, and I I was hoping I saw on the note sheet, the opening bullet point is just TikTok dance.

Liz:

Well, you weren't giving me too much. I well,

Claire:

I was really hoping you'd provide an update because I wanna know if you

Liz:

I learned one. I did. I did. And you know how I have 2 midterms this week. I am planning a full event for the state news right now, and I'm applying for internships for my big girl job.

Liz:

And so I did spend an hour and a half last night, learning a TikTok dance and stitch it in here. Just kidding. We're not gonna do that. Just kidding. We're actually not gonna do that.

Claire:

And you're gonna watch it right now.

Liz:

You're gonna watch it right now. But, yeah, it was really it wasn't good. I spent, like, in a so I went to dance class last night. I first of all, they said it was wait. Sorry.

Liz:

It was a

Claire:

was that me? You were just learning the TikTok dance?

Liz:

No. No. I actually did go to dance class as well, and that's why maybe

Claire:

Right. It didn't rare.

Liz:

I didn't wanna stop. I wanted to keep dancing. Such a passionate It was I was I was I'm like I'm like stepping it up in the streets. I feel like there's, like, 7 of the Step Up movies. I'm at least one of them.

Liz:

And I, you know, I just couldn't stop myself. First of all, it was Lady Gaga night, and so I was, like, really excited to go to dance class. I get there. What are we dancing to? The one verse that Beyonce has in telephone.

Liz:

That's the entire dance. I was like, okay. It's not Lady Gaga night then. Let's be honest. Sorry.

Claire:

Fair. It's okay.

Liz:

I just got mad. I mean, that's like

Claire:

song, though.

Liz:

I I mean, great song. Great verse even. Certainly. Certainly. But you can't really brand it as Lady Gaga.

Liz:

I wore the I wore my Lady Gaga shirt because Oh, wow. I got the text before, and I was like, I love a theme. Mhmm. And no one seemed to appreciate it the way that

Claire:

I did. I'm really sorry.

Liz:

And I, you know, and, you know, I'm just learning these girls, so I thought that, you know, maybe I'd straighten cord.

Claire:

And none of them were wearing their Lady Gaga

Liz:

dress shirts. Lady Gaga shirt. I mean, it's not a costume.

Claire:

Let's not go crazy. My god. Sorry.

Liz:

It was just a t shirt that I got at Lansing by, god forbid, a woman's shop. And I just sorry that I like this shirt. And no one else connected with me on it. I one girl pointed out, she goes, oh my god. Lady Gaga shirt.

Liz:

And I was

Claire:

like a neutral, like, announcement of the shirt, not not a here nor there.

Liz:

Yeah. It was like, you're wearing Lady Gaga shirt. And I was like, yeah. And I was like, yeah. Like, I'm not I'm this is the quote that I said I said, I'm nothing if not thematic.

Liz:

And, like, no one like, they were just like the girl.

Claire:

Oh, no one no one ate that up?

Liz:

No one ate no one was that. No one ate that up. And it was I'm really sorry. And it's like, I thought it was funny. I thought it was funny, guys.

Liz:

And it is. It was like, in a way that's, like, laughing at me and not laughing with me, guys. Right. Oh. Oh, right.

Liz:

Oh, okay. Certainly.

Claire:

So you so you leave maybe morale's a bit low after not having your outfit received the way you get it.

Liz:

Not a great dancer either. That's not true. I'm getting better. I'm getting better. I'm not picking up the choreography.

Liz:

Hey. That's what it's all these for. All these girls in this class are High School Musical extras, like, directed by Kenny Ortega themselves. Okay. Like, swear to god.

Liz:

Like, they're all really good. And I'm just kind of in the back. Like, there was a lot of floor work last night. It hurt my knee. No one else seemed to have a knee problem except for me.

Liz:

So that's how I know that maybe I need to go more classes.

Claire:

That's what the class is for.

Liz:

Getting better.

Claire:

Yes. And next week, Liz is actually going to demonstrate. We're gonna move the table,

Liz:

and that's the podcast episode. That's gonna be the podcast episode.

Claire:

We've just been building up by talking about TikTok dances and now the class, and we're both gonna dress up as Lady Gaga. It wasn't a costume.

Liz:

So you it was a t shirt.

Claire:

So let me let me set the scene here if I'm just hearing this correctly. Morale, a little bit low. Your knees are hurting. T shirt didn't deliver the way you wanted it to. You're walking home, and you're like, you know what?

Claire:

I'm gonna learn a TikTok dance to kind of remedy what I just

Liz:

experienced. Done all the work that I could that night, and I was waiting for someone to turn something in so that I could finish my work. And that wasn't gonna come until 1:30 in the morning. So I was like, oh, let me just, like, take a little break. And so I learned a TikTok dance to keep it up, which is one of my favorite songs.

Liz:

It's like, Oh. That's, like, part of it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Liz:

Saw our good friend, state news alum, Maggie George, do it, and I got inspired. Wonderful. And I was like, finally, a TikTok dance that I can do. Mhmm. And I did it.

Liz:

Not very good. Watch here. Just kidding. But they're never they're not gonna know a hit them when they finally see it. But yeah.

Liz:

Yeah. It was it was empowering. And I'm really mom talk was right.

Claire:

I'm really happy for you. And,

Liz:

yes. Thank you.

Claire:

And, yes, mom talk is

Liz:

Now let's talk with something a little bit less, empowering, older and wiser. Right, Elizabeth? It's more crushing. Wow. Extremely stark

Claire:

change there. Yeah. Soul crushing is maybe a word I would use or two words. Yeah. Once again, just to reference the note sheet for what it is, it just says soccer practice y in all caps.

Claire:

So, I think we can figure out that both of our favorite songs off of these extended version.

Liz:

Oh, if you don't know how older and wiser is, that's McAlpine's deluxe Deluxe. Yeah. Album of older. And so she released older and wiser with just 4 songs. And, like, I don't really have that much to say, but was it 5?

Liz:

Oh, because Pushing It Down and Praying. Yes. And I didn't because she really said it's a single before, so that's why I didn't count it. Yeah. It was 5 extra songs.

Liz:

And I think the reason that she didn't do it in the 1st place is because it would have held so much sorrow that the world would have blown up. Yes. It was just it, you know, it was very, relatable. Yeah. It was hashtag relatable.

Liz:

It was sad. And I wanted to hear your thoughts. She So you haven't really talked about it yet?

Claire:

Yeah. She does such a great job of I feel like sometimes I'm listening to her music, and I'm like, okay. Like, what are we gonna get with this? Like, the lyrics are I'm gonna say, like, quote, like, simple. And then suddenly, like, you feel a tear coming to your eye.

Claire:

I think the production on this album and the deluxe version has been my favorite so far out of all of her previous work that I've listened to.

Liz:

Yeah.

Claire:

I don't know. Is she these felt more like story songs? Yeah. Like, the lyrics, I guess, specifically with soccer practice. Like, it was a very, paint a picture, set a scene situation immediately.

Claire:

Not to say that her other songs don't do that, but this one was a just felt different. Yeah. And then spring into summer.

Liz:

That's really my favorite off

Claire:

of the one is gonna trend in the spring, especially

Liz:

Well, it's already trending. People are posting, like, videos of them with their friends, like, taking a picture of Yeah. All the people close to us, and there's just, like, a bunch of, like, videos.

Claire:

I feel like around, like, graduation season, it's gonna, like, spike back up is what I feel like

Liz:

it will return

Claire:

even though it probably won't ever have left by then. Yeah. But, yeah, I really liked it. Of course, it made me sad because everything she writes makes me feel this unexplainable bittersweet feeling that I'll

Liz:

I'm not I'm not even gonna say bittersweet. I'm gonna say unexplainable dread. Oh, sometimes. Most of that, like, spring to summer makes me feel, like, really great. Like Yeah.

Liz:

The the ending doesn't really give, like, a hopeful vibe, but the, like, the song in general does, because she's always running back to that person. It's like, girl, stop. Don't Like, take it take it from me. Girl, you better stop. But yeah.

Liz:

Maybe she means she's running back to her friends. I hope so. Don't think so. Group of people. I hope so.

Claire:

Up for interpretation.

Liz:

Up for interpretation. The best work is. So Yeah. But one thing that I did think about that made me wanna also put this on the list today is there's not a lot of straight male Lismic Alpine fans that I know of, but the but I do know that there are a couple. And that absolutely terrifies me because what you're relating to the like, if a if a girl doesn't, like that's okay.

Liz:

But, like, if a man, you know, acts like this to someone else, you're done.

Claire:

Right. Right.

Liz:

And I know that's not great.

Claire:

Yeah. Like, what is their listening experience if not Right. Maybe if they're

Liz:

if I understand if they're, like, sad because someone lives in McAlpine to them.

Claire:

Right.

Liz:

That could be the only thing Absolutely. Totally. Yeah. Please. But, like, if if you

Claire:

if you

Liz:

cry it out. If you, Liz McAlpine, someone else

Claire:

Never listen to

Liz:

a straight man. Stop. Wait.

Claire:

Maybe it's actually, in a strange way, good that they listen. I'm like, I hope you know this is what happens to people when you behave like them.

Liz:

That's a good point.

Claire:

Maybe they won't become extremely famous singers, but this is probably what that person is feeling that you wronged in that way.

Liz:

Yeah. And I hope that you reflect on that.

Claire:

But, like, yeah. Also, don't come to her concert. Don't she's had a whole thing with her concerts. I think we've probably talked about this many times. But, like

Liz:

We're chronic repeaters.

Claire:

We are.

Liz:

We talked about that a lot.

Claire:

Did we talk about it on House Lights, though?

Liz:

I think

Claire:

we might have. We probably did.

Liz:

Scratch that. We're not gonna talk about it again because you know what? We're sick of repeating ourselves. That's true. But yeah.

Liz:

Let's get into what we actually came to talk about today, which is something that's been on my mind a lot recently, and it's been celebrity conspiracy theories. Because if you've been on TikTok, if you've been keeping up, you have probably heard a little bit about the p ditty

Claire:

Beyonce sort of theory. Just another extremely stark switch from Lizzie McElroy.

Liz:

I'm sorry. Yeah. No. My brain is kinda old in place today, but this is what I'm

Claire:

This is where we're feeling. Yeah.

Liz:

This is the real loss, guys. No? Yeah. Yeah. P Diddy.

Liz:

P Diddy. P Diddy. No. That's not the real loss. No.

Liz:

No. No. No. No. Don't say that.

Claire:

I didn't mean it like that. I just That's good. Next. Next.

Liz:

So, basically, you want me to explain it to you. Right? Wait. It helps me out.

Claire:

Yeah. Yeah. Previous to us hitting record, I did say as I need you to take the lead. So thanks for, now

Liz:

taking the lead. Me with sky.com.

Claire:

I didn't fact check you, though. It's a note I left for myself because I

Liz:

It was a comment on something that I wrote, which kind of sounds like a fact check.

Claire:

Take it away, Liz.

Liz:

You know a copy editor? Why don't you sit down? But, basically, if you've been on TikTok, you've or just, like, reading the Daily Mail, don't do that. But reading the Daily Mail, p Diddy, was arrested and, like, for all these, like, sexual harassment charges. And from all of this, you know, he's gotten a lot of attention for you know, he's been around a while in the music industry, and basically a lot of his charges were coming from these sort of maybe this isn't a great use of the word, but, like, Epstein esque parties, where it'd be all these, like, elites and, like, the, like, the industry that he's in, specifically the music industry, who would come to these parties, and there would just be, like, a lot of questionable, weird, sexual behavior going on.

Liz:

But all of that has now been outed who's been, like, at his parties because of, you know, these arrests that are happening and all the, like, they're building the court case. Okay. And one of the things that so, obviously, they're building this case. But one of the things that's sort of been an offshoot of that is, like, what are these people in this, like, secret p. Diddy society doing?

Liz:

Murder, apparently. Guys Murder? A legend. So, basically, the whole thing is between p. Diddy and Beyonce.

Liz:

So basically, the like, all the people at his parties, and one of the people that was constantly showing up are Jay z and Beyonce. Right? He would it's basically a theory that, like, he would protect these people and their standing in the music industry at, like, all costs. P. Diddy would protect them.

Liz:

Would protect them.

Claire:

Did they need protecting? Like Like, they're better than P. Diddy. No?

Liz:

Well, no. He's a producer. He's, like, he's, like, producing all this, like, nineties, early 2000s, like, r and b music. Okay. So, like, in this time period, like, he brought up Usher, basically.

Liz:

Like Yeah. Usher was, like, a young kid, and there's a lot of weird things that why was Usher at his parties when he was 14 years old? And then Usher ended up bringing Justin Bieber to these parties.

Claire:

I was gonna ask how Justin Bieber was related to this because the only thing I really have heard about all this has come from my roommates. And they're like, so what do you know about P. Diddy and Justin Bieber? And I was like, nothing. This was, like, a couple weeks ago.

Claire:

Yeah. But I just Justin Bieber's name attached to all this was interesting. But the Usher link kinda makes sense there because Right. Obviously, yeah, he's right.

Liz:

So P. Diddy's just been, like, really, like, influential. And, like, he's even

Claire:

stuck to a lot of people, I think, quite realized.

Liz:

Yeah. He actually, like, also has, like, worked with now Billie Eilish. So, like, he's just, like, still Oh. Like, he's still working in the industry. Present like, was sitting at a table with Billie when she won her Grammy for No Time to Die.

Liz:

Or was that an Oscar? It was one of the awards. Well, but yeah. So, like, still working in the industry with, like, younger people. One of the theories is that Justin Bieber, like, also, like, like, made it so Billy didn't go to the parties and was, like, protecting Billy.

Liz:

Because, like, Billy and Justin Bieber were friends because, like, when Billy first blew up, Billy, like, really wanted to meet Justin Bieber. And so they became friends.

Claire:

But now there's, like, this chain of, like, selective protection

Liz:

Yes. Happening. And so it Okay. The biggest the the biggest part of the theory is that, like, this was all happening when Beyonce was coming up. Okay.

Liz:

And, like, P, Diddy, and Jay z were friends. Mhmm. And so Beyonce was, like, the person to protect. And so, like, if anyone was in her way, basically, like, they would or get them out of the industry. And so or so that was, like, the I don't know how, like listen.

Liz:

This is all alleged. I really don't I like my life, and I would like to not be killed. So this is all a legend, and you can find it on TikTok. It's not for me. Thank you.

Liz:

Thank thank you. But, basically, like, you know Aaliyah? The singer Aaliyah? Yeah. Like a like a big upcoming, like, R and B star that was around the time of Beyonce was coming up as well.

Liz:

She died, so people are saying that it was actually P. Diddy and, like, the secret society of music producers to, like, make sure that Beyonce held her spot as, like, pop, R and B.

Claire:

Oh, it's all kind of coming together now.

Liz:

I was

Claire:

like, what is wow. Yeah.

Liz:

So pea so people saw that he did that. And so now artists of today are, like, learning their lesson. So when Adele and Lizzo won and this is these are, like, the 2 big clips that are going on TikTok. Yes. When they won their album of the year over Beyonce, they both, like, explicitly were, like, this should be Beyonce's like, Beyonce is an artist to is, like, the artist of our generation.

Liz:

Like, I none of this would be, like like, over the top thinking.

Claire:

I thought that was just because Beyonce constantly gets, like, jibbed out of awards. Like, that's been a long standing element of a speech, people will say. Right. Or even, like, that time Jay z was like, you you all kinda, like, flopped. Like, you should have given Right.

Liz:

Like, she, like

Claire:

She's been robbed. Been

Liz:

robbed. Yeah. She's robbed.

Claire:

Etcetera. So then every time someone gets an award Well they pay it back to Beyonce because That's a serious almost of, like, guilt or just this general idea that year year after year, Beyonce gets

Liz:

Jerked.

Claire:

She kinda yeah. She, like, falls down the line on these awards

Liz:

Right.

Claire:

When she shouldn't.

Liz:

And that could that has been brought up as a theory. But what if it's because they're scared to be murdered?

Claire:

Yeah. That's crazy. Did not quite know that.

Liz:

The theory. So isn't that crazy?

Claire:

So I okay. That is crazy.

Liz:

Wait. I have one more thing to say about this really quick. Oh, please. Actually, 2. Okay.

Liz:

So then there's a theory that Kanye actually saved Taylor Swift by coming up and being, like and Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. You know what I'm saying? So, like, Taylor didn't know the rules of the society, but Kanye knew and went up and saved her by thanking her. I did see would've been killed. I well Murdered.

Claire:

I did see the clip of people saying Kanye's saving Taylor Swift. And that

Liz:

as a headline real little far fetched.

Claire:

Well, that as a headline alone was really striking because

Liz:

I thought that they hated it. Click on it. You know?

Claire:

Well, yeah. Absolutely. It makes you wanna figure out why someone would write that.

Liz:

That one's a little farfetched. I think it is weird that, like, Adele and Lizzo always have to, like, like, it is, like, over the top too.

Claire:

Feel like they just thank her, though, because

Liz:

she's not saying susceptible. You know what? I should open the episode with this. I'm really susceptible to conspiracy theories.

Claire:

And I usually am as well. I just think maybe having come in with less information, I'm more able to play the Okay. The devil's advocate. Side here. Yeah.

Liz:

The devil's advocate.

Claire:

But just know that usually I would be right on your side. No. The devil does not need an advocate. That is the silliest phrase. That's so true.

Liz:

Sorry.

Claire:

And then this.

Liz:

I saw that

Claire:

religious. The the hand motion

Liz:

Yeah. The hand motion that, you know, you see in your The guy basic social science classes. Just to play devil's ed. Just look at

Claire:

that. Be quiet.

Liz:

Anyways,

Claire:

also That just really

Liz:

These are two other separate issues that Diddy may have killed, may have killed Tupac, may have killed Michael Jackson. Diddy looks you know, I don't do my job. So I didn't look super into why those were. Tupac also, like, was big in, like, r and b, obviously, rap scene and then died tragically. And so

Claire:

So do you think he orchestrated? Because, like, some of Yes. Some of these deaths

Liz:

Like, it's not like Diddy is, like, going out with the murder weapon.

Claire:

Right. That they're orchestrating, you know, their

Liz:

action in it. Princess Diana. Yeah.

Claire:

Yeah. Yeah.

Liz:

Yeah. Not to say that I you know what? I do believe that. I do believe princess Diana was killed by the royal family. Yeah.

Liz:

And Allegedly.

Claire:

We'll get into the royal family that's on there as well.

Liz:

That's on your yeah.

Claire:

That's on your Did I put that?

Liz:

Yeah. Oh, yeah. I did. Me and I don't remember when I put. But, yeah, any any, other than being devil's advocate, anything else or any reactions before we get into other

Claire:

I think conspiracy theories? One, you explained that wonderfully.

Liz:

Thank you. I I

Claire:

feel like I actually now kind of I understand how everything's connected. I was lacking the context on why some names were connected to others outside of the fact that they're just part of the same industry. So thank you for clearing that up. I will say

Liz:

You're welcome.

Claire:

That's also insane because, wow, I did not realize. And now I'm never gonna be able to watch, an award acceptance speech

Liz:

featuring Beyonce I know.

Claire:

Without thinking what happens if they don't do this. I do think I think you might be my initial reaction is just to think that they've just gotta be thanking Beyonce because they're thanking Beyonce. But there's probably lots of really shady there is lots of really shady stuff happening Yeah. Specifically in, I mean, all entertainment industries, but he did. He's not being really arrested for nothing.

Claire:

I mean, he's got lots and lots of allegations and stuff up against him now. Insane crimes. I feel like he definitely has some influence. Do I think that's exactly why they're profusely thanking Beyonce in all the speeches? Maybe not.

Claire:

But that's not to say he's not influencing or controlling other elements of this.

Liz:

I mean, clearly. Like, he like, maybe he's not, like, killing people for Beyonce. Right. Right. Could be just, like, him.

Claire:

But it's still doing weird shady stuff, I mean, as we've seen. Well, yes. And I fully believe, obviously, that that

Liz:

Who has happens. Plead plead not guilty, by the way? Which He he asked for.

Claire:

How many witnesses do you need, really? Valid. Like, how many people were at these parties that could probably say, yep. He was doing that?

Liz:

A lot.

Claire:

So why are you trying to fight the charges? Well, that's weird because

Liz:

it's not even, like, Epstein party. Because I was like I am, like, comparing it to, like, Epstein parties, but, like, it's a lot more clear cut that he was doing bad things. I thought I was gonna go out,

Claire:

like, trafficking.

Liz:

Yeah. Well, that was happening at the Epstein parties too or, like, allegedly. Yeah. That that was happening. And here's the reason why I I'm so susceptible to, like, stuff like this where it's like, oh, of course.

Liz:

Beyonce must be killing people. I just kind of have always been obsessed with, like, that Illuminati, Like, Siri, like, everyone who's in, like, higher government, everyone who's in, like, the music, the entertainment industry.

Claire:

There's something we don't know.

Liz:

There's something we don't I don't know if it's, like I don't believe the whole, like, okay. You sold your soul to the devil sort of thing, because I think you have to be some bit religious for that. Yeah. But I think that there's just, like, a little bit of, like, an overarching, like, these are the people that control things.

Claire:

Question that. Yeah. Yeah. And you're right to question that.

Liz:

But I don't think I don't know if I believe that's, like, the Illuminati. Like, I don't know if it's, like It's not too far off. Probably not. Probably not. I think it'll probably have a few other structure.

Liz:

Yeah.

Claire:

I think yeah. Whatever you wanna call it. I mean, Illuminati based or not, I definitely think. There's a You just can't have well, then that just begs the question of, like, you can't have that much power and it be an ethical use of that power. Like, no billionaire is as, like

Liz:

But, like, do you believe in, like, a satanic with power?

Claire:

Like, maybe I personally believe in satanic power.

Liz:

Do you Not, like, saying that not to get into, like, religion or anything, but, like, do you believe that, like, maybe it's, like, paranormal Like, weird?

Claire:

In relation to the entertainment industry?

Liz:

Relation to the Illuminati. Yeah.

Claire:

I think

Liz:

because I maybe not.

Claire:

That maybe. I think if we're talking about relation to the entertainment industry, I think individual people in the industry definitely come closer to exemplifying connection to that, like, stuff you're kind of describing. Mhmm. But I also think, could that be because a lot of them are just involved in shady stuff, or they're just kind of, like, mentally not well with, like, being a celebrity or being in the spotlight. And that's factoring into those types of actions or why Mhmm.

Claire:

Why we look at some celebrities and think, okay. Like, shady stuff going on. It's a it's a collection of factors.

Liz:

I agree. So I

Claire:

guess to answer your question, yes and no. I think it's there, but I also think it depends on the celebrity or the person and kind of, like, their their checkered past, so to speak. Checkered past. Or if they're going crazy.

Liz:

So you don't think that, like, you know, like, the the head of the like, a satanist group is reincarnated as Taylor Swift or anything? Wow. No. Okay. That is one of the things think that I You didn't say that?

Liz:

I don't think that I Oh, that's what I was catching.

Claire:

I don't think that I think that.

Liz:

No. I I'm really sorry. That's what I talked for you. No. Oh, that's fine.

Liz:

So you don't think Avril Lavigne is dead?

Claire:

Let's talk about this actually because

Liz:

Actually, I was really cap No.

Claire:

I don't. No. No. I was make up your mind. I'm just kidding.

Claire:

I was really captivated by the how long ago was this after the being's dead? No. She's not. Yes. She is.

Claire:

And I'm like, hey. There's a pretty clear cut way to decide, hands down, if someone has passed or not. There's many, many physical ways to understand that.

Liz:

How is this up for

Claire:

debate in Daily Mail? And I guess I realized I never checked in on the final result. It's her stunt double. She's dead. Right?

Liz:

It's her stunt double. She took over. Like, she like, Avril Lavigne wasn't doing what the industry wanted her to do. So her stunt or her, like, double, you know, like so, basically, in the industry, they'll have, like, someone who, like, isn't them, like, walk through crowds or whatever. So, like, it was her.

Liz:

So she's taken over as Avril Lavigne. And Killing the real Avril Lavigne. Killing? The other one just died. It's because she was really like,

Claire:

the honestly, the reminds me of, like, Britney Spears.

Liz:

The series is a little dark. Like, it's that, like, ever living. Like Yes. Yes. And then her they were like, well, we can't lose her money.

Liz:

We can't lose, like, the sales that she's going to. She's like, she had just released girlfriend or whatever. Mhmm. And then they were like, well, we can't lose this. This girl looks kind of like her

Claire:

or like, mostly like her.

Liz:

Let's just up. Let's just cover this up. And people are like, she doesn't make the same music as she used to, so she must be a different person.

Claire:

That reminds me of both Britney Spears and Kesha because people said that when Kesha came out with new music, and then someone had just said, have we considered it's because she is no longer tied to the previous record label that kind of forced her to produce a certain type of work, and this might be what she wanted to do? And now you all think it's a different person or something. That's so real. And then same thing with Britney Spears. Although, what we saw with Britney Spears see that see that is kind of an example of, like, she Britney Spears' actions kind of did make me wanna question, like, what really is the industry, like, expecting of her?

Claire:

Because her whole thing of, like, wear yellow if you need help in your next video and, like, her kind of just she also had a crazy family who was totally trying to steal

Liz:

All of her money.

Claire:

All of her money and fame and, like, she just clearly was not well Yeah. Which is unfortunate because then she was not well and not well in the public eye, which is just never no one should have to go through that. Yeah. But, yeah, I guess I guess calling back to that other like, the point I was trying to make was, like, Britney Spears is an example of someone whose actions and kind of almost, like, rebellion against what they, quote, like, want stars to do makes me wanna look into it more. And same thing with Avril Lavigne.

Claire:

I would have probably never really considered if, like, there was some greater power that be of the music industry controlling Avril Lavigne's stuff. I could have guessed. You know? It's, like, kinda shady. These people want money.

Claire:

There's, like, young people in here they're trying to exploit for money, telling them that they'll be famous, and sometimes they do become famous, etcetera. But when something weird like this happens, yeah, it makes you wanna question it. I don't know if I'd go as far as to call, like, a satanic being, but I think a lot of those people in power I mean, we see it all the time. Like, we saw with Epstein. Like, you see Yeah.

Claire:

You hear about oh, guess what? That is there actually was really crazy stuff going on, and people were exploited. And But it's

Liz:

not like an Illuminati thing. It's like it's just people with way too much power I think it's them. Which is, like, the underlying issue.

Claire:

Yeah. I don't know that I would call it

Liz:

yeah.

Claire:

All that to say oh my god. Longest point in the world. All that to say, I don't think it's Illuminati. I think it's just, like, greedy and with power.

Liz:

Same thing goes for the royal family. Yeah. Kate Middleton. People believe that Kate Middleton's turn. I don't believe this one.

Claire:

I think Kate Middleton is battling cancer and is trying to do it privately.

Liz:

Yeah. And if people are just like, they they're doing what they did to Diana and all this. I'm like, that seems to be a win.

Claire:

I think she just doesn't wanna have to get on a stage in front of thousands of people in an entire country that she's expected to lead and say Like here's my cancer treatment update. Right. She shouldn't have to do that.

Liz:

Shouldn't have to do that. The like, the like, social media is unfortunately doing what the paparazzi did to Diana. Yeah. To be like, tell us everything about tell us everything about what you're doing. You need to be in the public eye or else people are gonna get worried about you and all that stuff.

Claire:

People also feel entitled to celebrity lives and stuff, which we've talked about before.

Liz:

Talk to them.

Claire:

But it all comes back to that. But seriously, like yeah. I I just think that's so bizarre to be like, come forward and tell us about your your very personal life right now because otherwise, the people she's like, I'm

Liz:

just trying to Not really. But, like my thing. Yeah. She's trying to show them.

Claire:

That's just a weird dynamic, which Well,

Liz:

the AI picture was weird. Right.

Claire:

Well, that also yeah.

Liz:

Like, the AI picture of, like, her and her kids for mother's day when they were, like, trying to be, like because k Milton, like, wasn't around. Oh. That was weird. Okay?

Claire:

Yep. Yep. That was weird.

Liz:

But also, I don't But also, god forbid a woman, you know Uses modern technology. God forbid she uses a little Chatchy. She hates you and a little Grammarly. I guess the final question is, you know, where do we stand on conspiracy theories in general? Like, how do we feel about them?

Liz:

Do we think that it's fair to, like, put it on, like, real, like, real people's lives? I think, personally, I Just let it spread like wild like wildfire.

Claire:

I usually am a conspiracy theory believer. I think they're good when you implore critical thinking and have discussions where you, like, tackle them and also mix in It's like house lines. Real evidence. Yeah. I think if you just, quote, let them spread like wildfire, we have a problem, and that's not healthy in any capacity.

Liz:

Okay. I'm sorry.

Claire:

No. Don't be sorry. It's the way that they're designed to work. I just think do all the conspiracy theory research you want, but also remember that they're real people. And then also think about the two factors in the entertainment industry, which might fuel these conspiracy theories, which are money and power, which people can cover up all of their bad deeds with, such as potentially killing people on behalf of Beyonce, which is not to be taken actually as a joke.

Claire:

I've said it as one, and it's it's not And and one more thing about Beyonce. I just don't know how I feel about that.

Liz:

One more thing about Beyonce. Have you seen her Levi's

Claire:

ad? No.

Liz:

Where she throws the diamonds and it comes we watch a lot of RuPaul's Drag Race, and Paramount Plus just plays the same ads over and over.

Claire:

Plus

Liz:

And, Beyonce is in a laundromat and throws diamonds into the washing machine That doesn't sound right. To wash her Levi jeans, which she sings about on the ad, and she strips them off in the laundromat What? And then has just a little bit of boy boxer underneath.

Claire:

While the jeans are being washed with diamonds in the background?

Liz:

Everyone's like and then she opens up a newspaper. And I just think that ad is weird. And that's my final thought about Beyonce.

Claire:

Yeah. Wow. Didn't know that that ad existed. And They're not doing think it's I mean, I'm sure yeah. Leap I mean, we're talking about it now.

Claire:

So clearly, Levi's is doing something right, having Beyonce wash diamonds in a washing machine.

Liz:

You just know the laundromat's like

Claire:

Yeah. That's not

Liz:

not good. It's not it's not coming courtesy of a laundromat No. To do things like that. But for Beyonce

Claire:

see, for Beyonce, I guess.

Liz:

For Beyonce, she can get away with whatever because

Claire:

Anything.

Liz:

If you don't let her, murder.

Claire:

We'd like to thank Beyonce for this episode of House Lights.

Liz:

I yes. And thank you, Beyonce. You're the artist of our generation.

Claire:

And we couldn't have done this without you.

Liz:

And next week, we'll talk more about you. See you guys next week. Bye. Bye.