Hot Takes & AI Fakes
Scheananigans with Scheana Shay
Dear Media
3.0 • 8.8K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
This week, Scheana is joined by pop culture expert Gibson Johns for a very necessary debrief on the current state of reality TV. What’s not quite landing with viewers of The Valley this season? Which shows might be overdue for a casting refresh? Did Bravo fumble The Golden Life? And what does the future look like for franchises like Summer House and SLOMW? Plus, can MomTok actually survive the recent exodus of moms?
Elsewhere, Scheana and Gibson give their unfiltered opinions on this year’s Met Gala carpet: who slayed, who fell short, who was “giving vendor,” and what was even real after all of the AI dupes tricked both of them online. With Blue Ivy Carter making her Met debut, will Kim Kardashian have her hands full trying to keep North West off the carpet next year… or trying to get her on it?
And speaking of having your hands full, Scheana reveals that she and Brock have expanded their family by three… kittens. The names are revealed in the episode, but first: how exactly did Brock ruin the name “Lychee” for Scheana forever?
Oh — and Scheana finally released her EP! Head wherever you stream music to listen, and tune in to hear the surprisingly emotional role Lance Bass played in making the project even more special.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a Dear Media production. |
| 0:14.0 | From Vanderpump rules to motherhood and everywhere in between. |
| 0:19.1 | Warm up the kettle. It's time to spill some tea. |
| 0:22.6 | Let's get into some shenanigans with Sheena Shea. |
| 0:26.0 | All righty. |
| 0:38.1 | All righty. |
| 0:39.7 | Welcome back for another week of shenanigans. |
| 0:43.0 | I'm joined today by one of my favorite people to talk pop culture with. |
| 0:46.8 | He's a journalist, a host, tastemaker, podcaster, all-around reality TV expert, Gibson Johns. |
| 0:53.3 | Happy to be here straight off the plane at LAX. I've done it so many times straight from JFK, straight into the recording studio. I appreciate it. The hustle is real. Right when you told me you were in town, I was like, wait, like, can we podcast? Because I don't think we've done this in L.A. We've never done it in L.A. Lots in New York. Sometimes at very odd hours. Yes. Literally, like 10 p.m. You're such a true. Literally. And I feel honored to be able to do this for your birthday week. I love it. Happy early birthday. Yes. Thank you so much. I love the shirt. Carl's a mess. I think he's not a mess anymore, but the shirt came yesterday. Yeah, I love it. It's all appropriate. I feel like anytime something chaotic happens in the Bravo universe or just like pop culture in general, you're always one of the first people. I want to go and see what your take is. Thank you. What you're threading. Is that what we call it? I guess. Threading. I don't even know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know if they figured out the vernacular. Right. The correct. Yeah. Okay. Well, I'm happy you're here to break it all down with me. Yes. Of course. Happy to be here. It should be. It's like thrifting. You know, you're threading. Because yeah, we have a lot to get into today. It's my birthday this week. |
| 2:02.3 | Yay. |
| 2:03.3 | The EP is officially out. |
| 2:06.1 | If you're listening to this, yeah. |
| 2:07.5 | Yeah. |
| 2:08.2 | So what did you think? |
| 2:10.3 | I loved it. |
| 2:11.2 | I really did. |
| 2:12.0 | I have the playlist on Spotify called I Want Amosh. |
| 2:15.5 | Uh-huh. |
| 2:15.9 | And it feels like it hits in that same sort of like mid-2000s like rock, like headbanger. |
| 2:23.7 | But the lyrics are also like very confessionally. |
| 2:27.6 | And so it's not like just pure banger. |
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