Like It Or Not: November 05, 2026

Welcome to the show. Ready to go on this Thursday night. It's been a little while since I think we've opened. Were we here last week? Yeah, we were. Was I here? It's been, let me tell you, Sunny, there's been a lot going on. I'm losing track of everything in my life, but it's good to see you tonight, I guess. Oh, thank you. Yeah, because of the time, like, I think it's 10 o'clock. Like, it's time for the bed. You know what it is? It is for me. It's like, with the election going on and everything, and we didn't have the show on Tuesday, and it kind of throws the balance of everything out there. Yeah, it feels like two or three weeks went by. It feels like a long time. I mean, I've missed you guys. I've missed you, too. I went downstairs. I was going to have to grab some coffee, and Sunny, you know, requires... You know, she needs people to meet her in the lobby. You know, they escort me in and out. Okay, I have, like, Secret Service waiting for me. It is a whole operation. I don't touch doorknobs. Like, I don't, you know. She's like on an electric scooter when she gets rolled in. Yeah, they, like, wheel me out. It's great. It's more like Hannibal Lecter when they put her on the VIP over here. Exactly. Absolutely. Hey, let's fire it up, guys. Are you ready? The new Met Gala 2027 theme announced today. It's extraordinary fashion and the poetics of the everyday. The exhibit will celebrate everyday garments and materials like jeans, puffer jackets, paper, plastic, and more, and how fashion designers transform them. The New York Times calls the new theme as uncontroversial as possible after there were some initial calls for a theme involving, what, John Paul Galliano, the controversial fashion designer. So, Angie, let's start with you. What do you think? This sounds like my laundry pile. That when they rattled off everything, you know, I, I, my friends sometimes have Met Gala watch parties and we dress up like what the theme is just to make fun of it. This is not like the EPA throwing a fashion show. The Met Gala, you don't go there for resourcefulness to see sustainability. You go there for excess and to see crazy, and so to me, this is just so hypocritical and so stupid, and too much, like they just overstepped it, you know, they just tried to overcompensate, and now it just looks dumb, so I don't know, and then they're going to call it art. But they did it every year. They're always like, it's art. And no one ever really sticks to the theme. Like, they try and it sums up. It sounds a lot like the show Some Nights. Yeah, I mean, but people know us for that. Like, we're known for not sticking to the script. You know what people tell me when they see me on Unscripted? They say, we love you guys. Because you can just say whatever you want. Well, that's true. That's true. That's also problematic. Some Nights it is. Some nights it is. I don't know. I like it. I do like it. So I just want to point out, too, because there is a genuine benefit to the Met Gala, right? It's a fundraiser for, is it the Metropolitan Museum? Okay. I was going to say, I wasn't sure which Metropolitan. I was going to almost call it the Museum of Modern Art. You know what's going to happen? Why do they need a fundraiser? These fools are going to show up. Dress like Martha Stewart did for Halloween and think that it's art. And then here we are. It's going to be controversial and it's going to be, yeah, and they're going to be like, oh, this is cool. And they're all going to get caught in like a storm of dust. Yeah, but yet they're going to arrive, you know, not by the subway. They're going to ride by their private driver. They're going to walk on a red carpet, probably be wearing jewels. They probably drank three plastic water bottles at the hotel that is the size of three suites. Come on, guys. It's going to be like a lot of the plastic water bottles. I can see like a clear plastic outfit. Watch. It's going to be, somebody's going to be wearing a plastic dress with like diamonds. They better not have like paper straw dresses. I think honestly, in the end, it's just because every guy, an excuse to wear just a plain black tuxedo. You know how we're off script? Yeah. I was told. Go ahead. That for an entire week, Mike Thomas wore the same suit with the same tie and not a single person noticed. Can you imagine if we all did that? When did he do that? Was it recently? Yes, like last week. Oh, was it? Mike, I'm looking at you. I know you're watching in the weather center. Well, I know he's wearing the same shoes that he's worn for the last 25 years because I hear them. It sounds like he's stepping on ducks. Let's not talk about how people walk. We should wear the same thing every Thursday for like a month and see if people are going to see it. I would love to keep talking about this, but we have to move on. He would wear it and nobody would tell. Some people fly for the destination. Others are there for the in-flight entertainment, and we're not talking about the movies. A flight attendant's post is getting people talking about how hard it is not to sneak a peek at what other passengers are watching or doing. She shared a story about what a passenger was watching, only for the woman to quickly close her laptop. And the comments full of people admitting they're just as nosy from reading text on big screens to following movies playing in the seat in front of them. Others say that's exactly why they use privacy screens. So Marina, be honest, do you sneak peeks of what other people are doing on the plane? I mean, I think if it's like right in my face, it's only natural. You're like, oh, what are they doing? What are they? And to me, it's more like out of curiosity, like are people using the same apps or watching the same things that I do? But I learned this from you. A good privacy screen is a fantastic thing, and sometimes I can't even see my own screen. And they hate to see me coming at the UPS store when I'm doing my Amazon returns because they can never scan the damn barcode. Yeah. I need that. So maybe, well, first of all, remember the announcer from Wheel of Fortune who was going on completely illicit websites on an airplane and got him fired as well he should because somebody noticed it. And first, I'm like, dude, you I mean, not defending like where was your privacy, but how bold and brazen you are. But this has happened to me on planes before because I watched the movie or I watched the series Escape from Dannemora, which, you know, when I was in when I was in New England, I covered the prison break that that was based on. And so I'm watching the miniseries and there's a scene where Patricia Arquette is. In the throes of passion with one of the prisoners and I'm sitting there with my with my laptop screen open and it's happening and I'm feeling very uncomfortable. And the woman behind me taps me on the shoulder and she goes, Excuse me, what are you watching? And I'm like, oh, God, my God, is it any good? So so I was I, you know, that's weird. She wanted to see the sex scene. Right. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Yeah. Don't watch The Wrestler on the plane or Sex and the City. Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. They have that on the planes. I always forget to download everything, so I never get to. I'm, like, out of luck. I'm one of those people that still buys, like, three magazines. Yeah, well, that's good. You know, and it's like, it's the only time. Harper's Bazaar. Hudson News. Harper's Bazaar is the, but you could buy Harper's Bazaar at the Hudson News. I know. Yeah. I want to go over to Deja, because Deja, first of all, we haven't seen you in weeks. I know. I missed you all. With me. But let me tell you something. I am this nosy person on the flight. I don't care. I'm looking at everybody's screens. What y'all watching? What's that going on? And I'm like, where's that? Is that here? And then if your phone is open, especially if you have, like, the big text on your phone, First of all, You can't see like I can see what you're talking about and I have gotten so engrossed in someone's conversation before I had to catch myself like girl like look away. Don't you feel like sinful like this is bad? No. I'm so nosy. Okay. Sonny's like, no. Sonny, this is you. I feel like this is you. I mean, first of all, I'm just a big believer that any time, like, there's no privacy in public in general, right? I mean, this is why I, you know, delete my text. I know it's personal, but, like, I delete my text and email and photos at the end of the night, like, because I'm always like somebody could be watching me. And by the way, you're not wrong because you have no expectation of, what, no reasonable expectation of privacy in a public place. And that goes for what you say, what you do. I mean, that's why. Have I ever gone to the courts as a plain public place? I don't know. I don't really do this in plain, but when I think about it, I do it like if I'm at a sporting event or something, and people are just sitting right there, because if I'm bored, and I'm just like... You should always expect that somebody can see you. If you're out in public doing no matter what, or if you're on your phone, they can probably see it. If you're on your laptop, like, that's the expectation. Yeah. That's it. Hey, Alicia, 80% of adults watch at least one reality show, and the appeal has to do with being able to escape your own life for the drama of somebody else's. Therapists say watching other people's drama helps protect your ego. By letting you say, hey, at least my life's not that bad. And while it could be a great way to unwind, high drama shows can also fuel toxic habits and harsh judgment. Sunny, reality TV, like it or not? No. I don't think I watch any reality TV at all, actually. You know what? I have this thing that makes me feel anxious, like secondhand embarrassment and things like I can't take it. So I watch, I told you guys before, I watch Frasier, Golden Girls. You know, things that I've seen over and over. Like, I watch that on repeat. It just plays in my house. I'm with you on that. Yeah, it's so relaxing to me. Even, like, when I'm just after work, I'm sitting there and watching, you know, reading things that we're going to have for the show. That's playing on loop. I just can't take the drama. It makes me feel so uncomfortable. Okay, let me ask you this real quick. Go down the line here. Who is which character from the Golden Girls on this panel? Oh, God, here we go. I am... Who's Rose? Angie. Okay, who is Sophia? Marina. Who is Dorothy? I'm probably... You're Blanche. I swear, I do declare. I always thought that I was more Dorothy, but, you know. Actually, you are. I'm kind of like... Angie says I'm Blanche, but I don't know. No, you're Dorothy. Oh, I'm Dorothy? You're definitely... Actually, yeah, you're Dorothy. You're definitely Dorothy. I think I'm a mix of Blanche and, like, Rose. Dork is funny. I'll take it. But everybody takes, you know, I know with the Housewives, I've never watched a single episode of Real Housewives, but there are people who liken themselves to various characters they identify, including one of our former colleagues, Stacey Rush, who is tearing it up on Potomac. Yeah. See, yeah, I don't really watch those reality shows either. I am more of a murder doc person and, like, true crime. Like, I like that. And I think that, but I think it's kind of the same. Except for here, people are trying to escape and see where I think with, like, true crime, the reason why a lot of us women are, like, sucked in is because we kind of want to know what, you know, we have this primal need to know, like, what humans are capable of. And, you know, it's kind of a reflection of our own shadow. Like, we live our own. Oh, dark side, through these stories. And so we go to it to find out what is the tipping point. Give me a way. No way. Um. Anyway, so I can see a little parallel there. I can't really relate to the reality TV thing. Because all they do is fight and go to lunch. And then at lunch, they discuss the fight. And then they fight to go to lunch. And throw wine at each other. And that's right. And that's it. So like watching that doesn't make me feel calm. It just actually like makes me. But it is. You don't need to invest because there's no repercussion on you. So there's something about like seeing that, absorbing it, and then letting it go. It's like the Kardashians. It's great. If you want to fly a line at night, that's a great thing to watch. With a murder documentary, you're going to get a full story. You're going to get a beginning, a middle, and definitely an end somehow. And so for me, it's like there's no toss-up, right? And it's not manufactured because you know the stuff's real. They're not here anymore. When we come back, we'll take a look at our Fox 5 Live Inspo Question Time. Reality TV, like it or not, 15% of you like it, 85% of you don't. I've seen Love Island. Go to fox5dc.com slash lion. Come right back. Much more to talk about. Like it or not. You know, I've never seen it. No, I haven't seen it. I've met the ratings. That's not how it went out. I know. I got one last, one last breath. Welcome back. There's an Instagram video going viral from a mom who said she's just trying to find a fun way to get her kids to try new foods. A lot of people reacting to it. Let's take a look. This is a dinosaur dinner and wait wait wait you have to eat it like dinosaurs. Dinosaurs don't use their hands you have to get down and eat it with your mouth and these are your waters. We have some new foods we have some persimmons. What is that? Persimmon. Lemon. Avocado. I can see some avocado there. Some figs. They're eating off the floor with no hands. Oh, my God. Show me how the piggies eat. The mom who shared the video on Instagram says, don't worry. She quadruple washed the floor so it was clean. Yeah, right. But some people disagree, saying it is still gross. So Marina, eating off the floor. I don't really care. You know, the boys are boys are going to eat crap off the floor anyways, and I'm sure she probably did clean it. I think this is all for clicks. It's just so gimmicky is what it is. It doesn't feel, you know, we talk about reality TV. None of it is real. People still watch it because it mirrors real life. This is just a gimmick. Put it on the table. Like, yes, that's what I'm saying. We do. Show me how the piggies eat. To this day, every kid. At my table, from the 15-year-old to March, who does drink out of the dog bowl sometimes, I will tell you. Like, sometimes he thinks he's a puppy, so he will be, yeah, he's three. The last, you know, fourth child, whatever. He's, like, raised by wolves. He's, like, the kid in the Jungle Book. Poor kid. Like, usually half-clothed, walking around. Anyways. Mowgli? Mowgli, yes. He's, like, a little Mowgli. And we don't care. I mean, I saw him the other day. I thought you were getting ready to leave. To the dog, like a goat, feed him a goat, like at a petting farm. Thank you. They were sharing. But the thing is, it's like, this is how you build your immune system. I agree that's gimmicky. That's true. But if he eats something off the floor. I don't care. Like to me, it doesn't bother me. And no, that didn't bother me. That's just four kids in. But it's child services. But he is at home sick today. So I wonder maybe I should rethink. By the way, this is why I think and I understand food allergies. You know, they're so much more prevalent these days because we were not worried, I think, in our day and back in our day about peanut butter and those sort of. And I think it's because we're in this culture now where we are. You know, over-sanitizing everything to the nth degree, and it kind of takes down your defenses. But eating off the floor, a hard pass to that one. Yeah. I don't know. It's just, I don't know. And I'm one of, like, I grew up, you know, just being outside and, I don't know, playing in dirt, eating dirt. I don't know. Yeah. And like you said, that's like build your immune system. I got the call from school. But this is, I don't know, this is just weird. I don't know. That's really weird. That's disgusting. Is mulch okay? Because they called and they said he's eating mulch. It's fiber. If we did a story, if we ran a story about a child services shows up to a house and the kids are eating off the floor, like seriously, there would be something wrong with that. But that would be a news story for us. Right. I thought you were going somewhere else with this story. Well, I mean, they were playing, Jim. I don't think, I think if she's like forcing and putting their head on the ground, then yes, that's abusive. But this is like a game. But it seems like a lot of work, right? Yeah. You had to quadruple wash the things, so that took time and then you had to cut these little pieces and now they're gonna be like eating and squashing and then you gotta clean it. It's a mess. Just put it on the table. Just put it on the table. Abuse. Yeah, but food on the floor making you sick is a total mess. Sometimes the best part of a night out happens the next morning. A new survey finds 55% of Gen Z and millennials say the more... Morning after debrief is even more exciting than the night itself. 64% say recaps are a must after a big event, whether it's a party, vacation, or a night out. Respondents say the recap helps them relive their favorite moments, feel more connected, and piece together what happens. So, Sunny, is the morning after debrief better than the night out? Absolutely. Absolutely. You know, when I wake up, I just start playing the voice notes like a podcast because the girls in the chat's leaving voice notes. Like, this happened, and he said this, and this happened. And so I'm just listening, and I'm going about getting ready to go to work. And, like, you were recapping, and we're sending back voice notes. So in case you need it later, you can go and revisit. So it's not phone calls. It's just debriefing, and you can listen later and dissect it. You know, leave the night before, leave that in the memories. What do you mean? That's the best part is like going back, even, come on, Jim, we relive moments in the snooze room all the time. And the more we tell them, the funnier they are. Yeah, it's like for me, because most of the time, like, especially if it's like Marina going out, like she didn't want to go in the first place, right? So, it's like the next day, you've already done it, and it's almost more fun to make fun of the highlights or how bad it was. And, like, for me, I like to make memes and videos and then shoot them off to everybody. And to me, that's the real joy of it, right? Absolutely. And that's what you choose to remember. It's like, it was horrible. It's like childbirth. You hate it, and you're like, I'm never going to do it again. And then you get through, and you're like, oh, beautiful baby. Three more times. And then, yeah. And then. My favorite morning after debrief though, is not anything that I did. This was after my sister's wedding when we were at the hotel and it was my, my, my, my parents, I think my, my sister was with us or not, but we were having breakfast the next morning after the wedding and recapping some of the things that my parents, drunken friends did at the wedding, including the one woman who went and flung herself on the priest at the reception goes, bless me father for I have sinned. And it It was just, but... We were rehashing that. And that to me, like some of my favorite memories with, with my parents, just, you know, incredulous of what happened the night before. Hi, mom and dad. Love you both. I will say, because I'm. The one that doesn't drink, I am the debriefer. So I'm like catching every, I'm like, you did this, you did that. I will say this. But in a fun way, I don't like judge. I like being the one that remembers everything. Yeah. So I can hold it together. Now I'm that girl. Okay. Let's move on. Facebook Marketplace is becoming a go-to spot for more than just used furniture. People are using it to buy homemade meals, seafood boils, and baked goods. In South Carolina, one seller, bless you. Got more than 300 orders after a food reviewer featured her seafood pans online. But here in D.C., there are rules. The city's cottage food law allows people to sell certain non-perishables like baked goods from their home kitchens. But perishable things like meat and cut fruit are not allowed. Selling those foods requires other permits, which can cost thousands of dollars a year. And Facebook doesn't verify whether or not people have the proper licenses. So, Angie. We know you don't cook. Would you buy a homemade meal from somebody else on Facebook Marketplace? Yeah, this is the thing. I love Facebook. My kids make fun of me. Even my coworkers make fun of me. The reality is, guys, one in three people in this world is on Facebook, okay? Most adults in America, they are on Facebook. For me, out of all my social media channels to this day, when I go to the Insights, millions and millions of views. And reach on Facebook. And so this is where you meet the people. And, you know, if you can, word of mouth, you find out that there's a good place that you can get your food. I DM and I get the squishies for my kids on Instagram from someone in South Riding. I mean, this is how people are bartering. This is like, you know, the local village these days. And so it's a missed opportunity if you're not using Facebook Marketplace as a marketing tool. So you just got to be careful about it, you know. Are you sponsored by Facebook? No, but I'm OhMyGolf on Facebook if you want to reach out and we can do a collab. Angela Metta Golf. And Angie G. Unit on Cash App. But the one thing we noticed was Angie didn't touch once about buying food on Facebook. I would do it. I would do it. Papusa, like if you have a good papusa or like empanada or something, then I can get it from you and it's fresh. I would buy it from you. I make money on Facebook. Would you buy fresh papusa on Facebook? Yes, I would. You know I would. I saw somebody selling seafood boils on Facebook and they looked delicious. Now, they weren't nearby, but I was like, okay. Was it the woman in South Carolina perhaps that we just talked about selling seafood pans online? It was somewhere and it was like a whole thing and I was like, well, where is this here? You are the queen of the seafood boil. Yes. But, like, what are they going to do here? Chase the people around if they don't have a license? They don't know that. Just sell your stuff on Facebook, and if you get caught later, don't worry about it. Party planners use Facebook Market, too. People think that it's just, like, old stuff you're trying to sell. But if you want to rent stuff for a wedding or for a party and stuff, there are very good, credible people there. And a lot of times it can be word of mouth. Still to come, we're talking about the best way to drink soda when we come right back. Angie, I have a table I want to sell. I love you. Welcome back. Do you call it soda or pop? I mean, I think it's a regional thing. Coke. Yeah, in the South they call it Coke, too. No, we call it pop. Whatever you call it, people are putting their taste buds to the test. The question is, can you really tell the difference between fountain-canned and bottled soda? Yes. A taste test challenge is taking off online with people blindly sampling all three versions to see if they can figure out which one they're drinking. The video is sparking a bigger debate about which version tastes the best. So, Marina, team fountain, can, or bottle? There is absolutely nothing better in this world than a Coke from McDonald's from the fountain. Like, I don't care what you say. I don't know if it's a cup, the ice, but a fountain drink because they mix it, and that is it. A can is, like, third-rate terrible. Nobody wants a can. Terrible. If I'm correct, I believe the reason it's different at McDonald's is because it comes out of those stainless steel tankers. They don't use, like, the boxed syrup. Yeah, they don't use their bags. So that's why it's even better. Yeah, it's better. Can you hand me a can? Ugh. I don't know. On a hot summer day, like an ice cold can of soda. Even here, I'm just a can. When I'm just like, I need something to pick me up, and I'll get the can, but I have to pour it in a cup with ice. It needs the ice. Yeah. Really? Yeah. See, I just remember the good old days. You know, you go out in the backyard and... Like hearing that sound of the tab. Remember Tab soda? I do. And RC Cola. To drink it without ice is just unimaginable. You can't drink that without... They just give you the can, and they're like, what am I supposed to do with that? And then they want to put a straw in that thing? Oh, no. I mean, it's no Vernor's ginger ale. Oh, out of, out of Detroit. Oh, or Faygo pop. My grandfather used to bring over 12 packs of Faygo. Cause it used to be like a buck 99. You don't understand. Like when I came to America, that's what I was introduced to. And then I go elsewhere and I said, well, where the hell's Faygo? Mm-hmm. You know, and Better Made Chips. Oh, Better Made Chips, too? Yeah, that's another one. By the way, somebody get Sonny an endorsement deal from Faygo or Better Made. I'm going home in two weeks. I'm going to get him myself. Bring me some cheese waffles. You know what? I'll bring a whole box of stuff. Oh, I will. Still to come. Wow, Sonny, that's so altruistic of you. Reality TV. Most of you don't like it. Vote at fox5dc.com slash lion and come right back. I'm starting to speak now.