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ICYMI: Trisha Paytas Wants to Be Frenemies

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4.22K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison explain the latest drama surrounding online provocateur Trisha Paytas. They recap Paytas’ history online, how they’re connected to David Dobrik’s Vlog Squad, and why their podcast Frenemies is in predictable turmoil. Then, Rachelle and Madison give High Speed Downloads, first on the grifting of internet chef Darius Williams (aka @DariusCooks) and then on the woman who got arrested for disguising herself as her daughter and going to school in her place. Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Derek John. Support ICYMI and listen to the show with zero ads. Sign up to become a Slate Plus member for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I woke up this morning feeling like a chicken nugget, when you feel like a chicken nugget

0:07.0

you feel like fried and fake on the inside.

0:13.0

Hi, I'm Madison Malone-Curture, and I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to ICYMINE.

0:19.6

In case you missed it, Flitz podcast about internet culture.

0:23.6

Before we do anything else, we need to explain a tweet that we sent out recently from our

0:28.4

account that made some of you concerned that we were shutting down the podcast.

0:32.4

It's finally here, our first apology.

0:36.4

I'm so sorry. I see why my listeners were tweeting this tweet without any context.

0:44.4

Pretend this is in the Notes app, and just to be very clear, we are not shutting down the podcast.

0:49.4

To understand the tweet in question, we have to first listen to a song

0:57.4

by Doja Cat.

1:09.4

That voice you just heard was Starboy 3, and if you were on TikTok, you heard that voice many, many times,

1:16.4

which became a dance challenge, and then turned into a different trend altogether.

1:23.4

The crux of that edition is just that people say, I'm getting ripped tonight, RIP that,

1:28.4

and then you say anything, any cultural item, a monologue from a movie you like,

1:34.4

other song lyrics, the voice at the beginning of a Hulu episode.

1:39.4

This episode is not available in our Hulu No Ad streaming plan, and we'll play with any sort of...

1:46.4

Yes. Here's an example with the, I don't know if you all remember this,

1:51.4

but the Pacer Fitness Test, which is traumatic.

2:02.4

So, all of this leads to us tweeting, I'm getting ripped tonight, RIP that.

2:07.4

I see why I'm I is produced by Daniel Schrader, our supervising producer is Derek John,

2:12.4

a fitness-lates culture editor, etc. etc.

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