325: Nancy Guthrie’s Kidnapping, Danielle Bernstein’s Engagement Ends + Bella Hadid’s Ex Gets Messy
Pop Apologists
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4.6 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
This week Lauren and Chanler spiral into one of the wildest news cycles of the week. From a chilling breaking-news story involving Savannah Guthrie’s family, to Bella Hadid’s chaotic night out in Texas, Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz’s full-moon crystal era, and influencer engagement drama that feels ripped from a parody script. The girls unpack grief, fame, money, and the internet’s favorite pastime: making everything messier than it needs to be.
timestamps:
(00:00:00) 📺 Dying for Sex Obsession — Michelle Williams, Jenny Slate, and why this Hulu show has cracked Chanler open
(00:05:35) 🚨 Savannah Guthrie’s Mom — missing-person fears, police updates, and the internet’s darker theories
(00:14:41) 🐎 Bella Hadid & Adan Banuelos Chaos — dive-bar dancing, arrest news with mugshot, and viral video “analysis”
(00:26:22) 🔮 Brooklyn & Nicola Moon Rituals — crystal ceremonies, luxury ranch stays, and billionaire vibes
(00:29:30) 🧿 The Nicola Peltz Problem — wedding fallout, hot sauce offers, crystals for crystals, and family friction
(00:34:26) 🎬 JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette Biopic Buzz — trailer reactions, nostalgia bait, and Ryan Murphy expectations
(00:37:40) 💑 Timothée Chalamet Asked About Kylie Jenner — marriage questions, PR headlines, and why fans read too much into everything
(00:39:38) 🏎️ Kim Kardashian & Lewis Hamilton Rumors — Cotswolds sightings, PR speculation, and elite-circle whispers
(00:45:29) 🎉 Taylor Goes Low-Key — after-party energy, fan footage, and strategic absence discourse
(00:50:44) 👗 Chappell Roan Grammys Look — sheer gowns, nipple discourse, and shock-value fatigue
(00:59:00) 💍 Danielle Bernstein Breakup — influencer engagement collapse, hot mic rumors, and prenup drama
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| 0:00.0 | If your ex-boyfriend isn't kind of getting arrested for being so upset and drunk over your breakup or like over the fact that he almost lost you, like, what is he doing? |
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| 0:36.5 | Well, well, well, we are back for another edition of the Pop Apologist podcast. |
| 0:42.3 | You guys, this has been a crazy week. There's so much to get into. I mean, do you have anything |
| 0:50.5 | personal to share? Because honestly, I don't think we have time for it. I'm just going to make it really quick. I'm just going to tell everybody that the show, |
| 0:58.5 | Dying for Sex, is a masterpiece. Is this an adult-only subscription you're like advertising? |
| 1:04.7 | Dying for Sex, really, you're going to advertise that. I'm just going to say, everyone, |
| 1:08.5 | this is my favorite adult video now. Of course not. No, it's an |
| 1:12.9 | amazing Hulu show that came out last year. It's with Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate, and it's |
| 1:17.2 | about a woman who's cancer who leaves her husband and goes on like a journey to find herself |
| 1:22.9 | physically, sexually. But it's also a story about friendship. I don't know if you know this, |
| 1:27.1 | but Heather McDonald talked about it a lot on her show. And so I finally watched it this past week. |
| 1:31.4 | Okay. And it's just so good. I feel like this phrase is kind of eye-rolly woo-woo, but it cracked |
| 1:36.4 | me wide open. Yeah. And Ben and I were both just like sobbing crying. Ben's not sobbing. I was |
| 1:43.4 | basically sobbing. But Ben and I were both fully tears dripping off of our face for like the last three episodes. I mean, I have to say, if a show called Dying for Sex cracked you wide open, it certainly did in an unexpected way. I mean, Lauren, this is how good I found it to be. I was telling mom about it. And this show is like totally PG-13, if not R-rated. |
| 2:03.1 | I said, mom, it's pretty R-rated. And I actually feel a little bit of shame telling her that I watched it. But it is about sex, but it's also about female friendship and life. And it's just, it's a masterpiece. So that's all. I have a lot of hope that I will watch this show and I'll tell you why. |
| 2:18.4 | Because at my current age, you know, in the season of my life, I'm not as interested in like a, |
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