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The Trawl

Shots Fired at The White House & Marathon Heroes

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

News, Politics, Government

4.7867 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Jemma and Marina start with the emotional highs of the London Marathon: stories of resilience, community and the kind of humanity that restores your faith in people. Then they take a sharp hand brake turn into the chaos of global politics.


From a dramatic incident at a White House event to the online reaction that followed, Jemma and Marina wade through fact, speculation and the sheer pace of modern news. There’s talk of late-night posting sprees, political theatre, and how quickly serious moments risk becoming just another scroll.


Plus: a headline-grabbing interview moment, a viral TV appearance that has to be heard to be believed, and a reminder that in 2026, the line between reality and absurdity feels thinner than ever.


It’s funny, unsettling, occasionally baffling and very much the world we’re living in.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody.

0:04.0

Oh, do you think he was referring to you?

0:06.1

Excuse me. Hello and welcome to The Troll, where the takes are hot, the logic is optional, and the scrolling is relentless.

0:25.6

I'm Gemma Forte, and I'm Marina Perkis, and while we spend our time doing marathon scrolls, better, more physically fit and heroic souls than us, actually run them.

0:35.9

They do the marathon every year. It's just wonderful,

0:40.1

isn't it? It's just this slice of pure happiness and, well, not, I mean, I was just tearing up.

0:48.1

Tearing up, yeah, reading all the stories. Absolutely incredible stories. It's such a,

0:53.5

I know, okay, I'm going to start with stating the

0:55.6

obvious. Just go straight in with something really banal trawlers. It's a long way to run,

1:00.4

isn't it? It really is. I never forget watching my brother Harry do it. And he was in so much

1:07.2

pain at the end. And me and my sisters, we were like running with him just for the last

1:11.9

hundred meters. It was very emotional. I have a friend Ross Sterling. He did the marathon with a

1:17.2

fridge on his back. He called it Fridget Jones. And he was running for an amazing cause for

1:22.4

War Child. And I think he raised over like 20 grand, like a huge amount. Well, well, done, Ross.

1:27.8

But he had some fridge competition, actually, because there was another guy.

1:31.0

And this guy, the story is exceptional.

1:35.3

And it's very heart-wrenching.

1:37.5

So this guy is called Jordan Adams.

1:39.6

And Ignite underscore 53 said, what an incredible show of strength and purpose.

1:44.7

Jordan Adams completed the marathon with a 25 kilogram fridge strapped to his back to raise

1:49.9

awareness for frontotemporal dementia.

1:52.9

The challenge is part of an even bigger mission, reportedly running 32 marathons in 32 days.

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