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Hi guys, I'm Emma.

And I'm Julie.

And welcome back to another episode.

Hey, Jule.

Hi, Em.

I feel like what is even going on this week?

Can we just set the scene that we are currently recording this episode one

minute after you and Isabel finished recording the Amanda West's emergency episode? Yeah, I am like,

my head is spinning. Also, we're so out of order. Obviously, under normal circumstances,

we would do the regular episode first, but here we are thinking that like the most urgent thing we're going to do this week is our secret live state of the union. And then Amanda and West released these statements. I'm just like, what year is it? No, I feel like we need this episode to just be able to take a deep breath. Like, this is a cool down episode. This is like, if you're here, your family,

like it's giving Olive Garden. I can't. I, I'm exhausted. I'm exhausted for you,

and yet there's a piece of me that's like, you want to talk about it a little more? Well, I was trying to,

we were explaining on the episode to everyone, like what was going on in our world as it was breaking,

which was, of course, because this is always happening. Same thing that was happening when

Jordan and Tristan broke. I somehow was on the George Washington Bridge and couldn't look at my

phone. So I'm voice texting for you to call me so you can read me the statement.

For the rest of my life, I will remember getting eight texts in a row that say, call me, call me so you can read me the statement. For the rest of my life, I will remember getting eight texts in a row that say,

call me, call me now, one of you, doesn't matter which one, call right now and read this aloud

to me.

And I will not forget being on the phone with you in the most dramatic way possible reading

that statement.

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