16 - BREAKING TAYLOR SWIFT NEWS

The gals are taking to the mic mid week to discuss the engagement heard 'round the world! 

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Welcome to Rather Be Rotting, where two sisters who should really be doing something more productive dissect all things reality, TV, and pop culture chaos, because no matter what's going on in life, we would always rather be rotting. Hi, Will. Hello. I think that we all know why we are gathered for this emergency meeting. We had to take to the mic immediately. We had to take to the mic. Cracker Barrel was finally changing its logo back to the original. Yeah. What a relief. Breaking news. Breaking news. Okay, so obviously we're not here for that. I've never even been to a Cracker Barrel. I have once. Don't need to repeat. So Taylor, engaged. Tell me everything about where you were, how you found out. So I was actually in a performance review. With your boss? Yeah. Oh boy. A mid-year performance review and did you feel your phone vibrating like oh i didn't notice and i had my computer screen tilted down and the screensaver was on so i also couldn't see the slacks that were going off

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and your phone

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anywhere near you yeah it was next to me i heard a couple of texts but not as many as i should have because i was in three group chats with you yeah i know four that you weren't answering i i don't know maybe because my hand wasn't on the table i don't know but can The review is wrapping up and we were talking about something that I was going to look up on my computer and I suddenly saw that I had a lot of slacks. and so my boss is like mid-sentence and i'm just like oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god and i'm like pulling out my phone i'm like frantically pulling this up because at first i thought it was fake and he goes what is it is it taylor is she engaged and i was like yes literally yes how did he know he because he knew my own the only thing that would cause that kind of reaction from yeah something stop you in your tracks yeah something and so from then I said this review is over honestly this work day is over you checked the fuck out I checked out then you responded to all the texts and all the slacks and I was freaking out so much that a lot of my team was in the neighboring conference room and where we are they're not soundproof so they all have been waiting for me to see their messages and so I look over and they're like some like part of the windows are clear and I could see them all staring at me like laughing at me as I'm freaking out they weren't they well I was several I was like 10 minutes late that's true so their freak outs had already come and gone yeah I cannot believe you're late to this 10 minutes late is very late I know okay it already got 75,000 likes in its first minute of being posted your turn so I've saw it in a slack message also with the photo and for a second I just couldn't believe it because Taylor would never just do such a normal thing as post her engagement photos on Instagram so I didn't know what AI bullshit I was you know feasting my eyes upon but it couldn't be the real thing you know and then upon further investigation and then you know somewhere else in my workplace down the hall a bit people were screaming I mean this was this was really serious. And I just, you know, I was in shock. I texted pretty much everyone I know. And that's how I found out. And we'll always remember where we were. I texted my husband in all caps. Babe, babe, babe, babe. They're engaged. They're engaged. Several times. He thought I was referring to some of his friends. And I said, they would not get this reaction from me absolutely not the memes are memeing like somebody said more people are texting me about this than my own engagement I'm more excited about this than I was about my own engagement what did your husband say when you told him the truth not much actually let me pull it up because my boyfriend said wow breaking news wow like he was definitely he just said just got caught up on the other thread because he's in another thread we were talking about it that's it No reaction. Honestly, zero reaction. And even now that you've spoken to him in person? I haven't yet. I haven't yet. He's at a conference. What a day to be at a conference. I assume that at this point he's at drinks or something. But I haven't heard in a while from him. So hopefully he's okay. So I don't know if you saw that Ed Kelsey has spoken out. I did. Moments before we touched the mic, I saw that. So I barely got to skim it, but I know what happened in Missouri well of course Kansas City is in Missouri so he has a house there and but it was how far is it from Kansas City though I guess it can't be too far Missouri is the state in which Kansas City is inside wait what did I say well you said how far I don't know how far away Missouri is but like Kansas City is in Missouri edit that out I meant to say no but I meant to say I don't know how far Lee's Summit is from Kansas City ah okay there we go Sorry. Understandable. Let's not be far. Yeah, he found a beautiful garden. And how do you feel? Are you happy? Of course. Are you devastated? I am devastated. A lot of my coworkers were trying to comfort me in my time of devastation. It did get me thinking maybe he's not just in it for the status. I was going to say you're the biggest naysayer of them all about this relationship. Have you changed your mind? Changed your tune? Maybe a bit because it seems like a lot of effort, but you know as Ed Kelsey said she was getting antsy so he had to make a choice like I either marry this girl and keep riding the wave or you know I get out and he's he wants to keep riding the wave because who wouldn't separately like I didn't realize that the Kelsey parents were not together oh until recently when his girlfriend passed oh yeah may she rest yeah do you think the date August 26th is significant maybe I'm not sure she performed at the VM Maze six years ago, but I don't think that that's... I've also seen the theory that the prophecy is track 26. Oh, interesting. So she's changing the prophecy. Oh my god. Love. I love that. Do you have any other eggs?

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No.

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That's it. I mean, I would hope she wouldn't do too many Easter eggs in this because, you know, this is like a personal thing. This isn't to sell albums. No. I came to this realization, though, that I think that Taylor's the type of girl who will become whatever her man wants her to be like when she was with Joe she was happy to live this quiet life in the English countryside you know writing folk songs and you know then she was with Maddie and she was you know you do drugs and I'm you know gonna save you and now she's with Travis and she's you know he's out there and loud and proud and you know he posts on Instagram and so now she's doing that too I think can you not just be a person who's happy in multiple scenarios? They're just wildly different scenarios. I saw a TikTok today that was like, we never would have got this posted if it was Joe Alwyn. 100%. And I was like, facts. 100%. But like, that's the thing. It's like she was content to be literally a completely different person with him. But she obviously wasn't because bejeweled and the fact that they broke up. Well, that was at the end.

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Yeah.

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Right, because she needed to shine. He was dimming her shine. He was. Her sparkle. Her sparkle. So the reason I'm devastated, let's just clarify here, is because I don't think we're going to get another good album after The Last Showgirl. If The Last Showgirl. That's the Pimley Anderson movie. That's the second time I've done that this week. If the life of a showgirl is in fact good, that's going to be it. And you know what? I was talking to some coworkers today and they said, I mean, she's given you 12 albums. Isn't that enough? And I said, you know what? It is. I can live off these 12 albums. But that's not necessarily true because she was like happy during Lover and that album's great. Yeah. So I think that the last showgirl is going to be the Travis Kelsey Lover. She can do more. And during folklore and evermore, she just started dabbling and writing fiction songs and the songs about other people's lives. And those are really good. Well, that's all we can hope for because I swear to God, if I have to listen to a song or an entire album about a baby, I jump off my balcony. That's feels like a personal attack. Literally. I'm very happy for you and your baby, but like I don't know. don't want to hear one song, let alone an album about a baby. So yeah, I feel like, I feel like they're definitely going to have a baby because she's sung about, you know, babies in the past. So yeah, I think that he's going to retire and they're going to live a normal, boring life, you know? And if like, I cared about that, you know what I mean? Like we're all a normal, normal, boring lives. That's not what I'm interested in from my pop stars. Don't you want her to be happy? Selfishly, no. I mean, can't she just be happy with her millions? Billion? Apparently not. I don't know, man. I mean, I'm going to try. I mean, what other choice do I have than to fall in line at this point? What do you think about the ring? Oh, I was just going to ask you that. I think it's perfect for her. I like it. It feels a little big for her, no? She's got long fingers. I love that it's like custom, you know, engraved or whatever. Yeah, so here's where we're at with the ring. And carrots. I've been seeing conflicting reports on that. An estimated eight carats. Estimated eight carats. I'm really hoping it's 13. Like, come on. Have you seen any reports of that? That's like a big difference. No, I haven't. But I feel like it's a miss to not be. Elongated antique cushion cut diamond. Approximately eight carats. F color. VS1 clarity. Handcrafted in 18 yellow gold. And the center diamond is set with needlepoint prongs Smaller diamonds and hand engravings adorn the shoulders of the seven. Estimated to be half a million, but I've also seen it go up. I've seen half a million as well. And then I would love to give credit to the designer, but I can't find it. Her name is Kindred Lubeck. Thank you. Lubeck. yeah and her instagram is very cool she makes very cool stuff i think she'll post about this ring i'm waiting i bet she's not allowed what did you think about like the place the flower garden i loved it i thought i was obsessed one of my co-workers was like it's so cringe i'm like it's literally perfection what are you talking about yeah i mean like ed kelsey said that travis was trying to think of like something extravagant to do and ed told him like it doesn't matter wherever you do it that's going to be the special place it mean it's kind of like Jim and Pam in a friggin gas station it's just like we should all be happy because this is everything she's ever wanted this woman has been singing about this for 12 albums which she said on the podcast like this is what I've been writing about my whole life I'm very happy for her I just feel like the fun was in the journey you know it's the climb as someone who is married it's not about what's waiting on the other side it is about what's waiting on the other side a A little bit. I'm talking about for the fans. Oh, you're being selfish again. When am I not? Yeah, fair. I saw something that was like to all single women in our 30s. We've just lost our strongest soldier. You have. You have. So there's that. It's just like, I feel so selfish. And I do feel bad. But like, I just feel like it's downhill. And if she can make good albums after this, like you said, fiction, like that's all we have to hope for. Ye of Little Faith. I know. I hope that I'm proven wrong. I really do. I think you will be. Can you hear me chewing it? This is what's happening to your brain. What kind of ice cream did you have? My brain is melting. So I had half baked. It's like cookie dough brownie. The problem was I went, I got it at the mall cause I had to run an errand at the mall. And so I saw the Ben and Jerry's and I was like, you know what? Like this is the day I got. So I got a cone cause cones are just more fun. Yeah. But it was so melty, which I love melty ice cream, but like not in a cone. It's tough. I had to, just i had to eat it so fast and that's all the fun out of it like yeah this and when the scooper was handing it to me she was like sorry it's you know coming down it was literally sliding down i hate that in this case put it in a in a in a bowl and say sorry like with the cone you know what i mean with the cone tilted yeah yeah because like it wasn't it's not fun when you're just like swallowing it yeah not fun that's what she said um really quick do you think um back to the news of the day do you think she was engaged they were already engaged when she was on the podcast I think so because Ed said it happened like two weeks ago interesting yeah probably I mean and there were sleuths like analyzing the length of his haircut like oh he got this day what did you think of her outfit at first I was like that is an anthropology dress but I was wrong it's Ralph Lauren it's on sale I mean now it's probably sold out but what did you think I liked it I don't know do you think she knew it was coming in that moment or not Maybe. I mean, it's interesting to think that she was getting antsy. Like, she's literally just a normal girl. And it's funny that I am so surprised she's normal. Like, oh, she posted it on Instagram like a normal girl. But the normal parts of her are what make us love her is because we can relate to her. Like, she can write songs that we can all relate to. I'm just surprised that True Pain allowed it to get posted. Why? Because I just feel like they have such a firm grasp on her life and image and stuff and privacy and all that. I don't know. I just was surprised. Well, maybe that's what you thought, but that was just Taylor doing what Joe wanted. And now she's just slowly learning to be normal. Perhaps. I don't know. I just thought she would show up somewhere with an engagement ring a la Zendaya. I thought that would have been more Taylor style. I like it. Obviously, I'm really happy for it. I love the buzz. I love the excitement. And I love love. Yeah. I mean, it is cool to be like... I hate to say like alive in this time, but because it's really not. But today it is. But on days like today, like like it or hate it. It's something, you know, it's just something that like we can all we all have a reaction to. Yeah. And to those of you who say who cares, you go fuck yourself. You're not for us and we're not for you. Anyway, everybody. Final thoughts. I'm just excited to see what comes next. Never a dull moment. Never dull. I mean, just when you think. Yep. The fact that I scheduled errands today, what was I thinking? What were you thinking? The fact that I thought it would be okay to have a performance review. Yeah. How did it go? Did you get a good review? I did. Fantastic. Of course I did. I'm a gem. All right. Well, I guess we can get back to our regularly scheduled rotting. I was going to say the same thing. No, you weren't. I swear to God, you beat me to it. I don't want you to think i'm not clever because i am also clever were you gonna say the crocker barrel thing at the beginning too i was not i was not damn let's try to say the same thing right now ready no no you're no fun all right back to your rotting everyone thanks for rotting with us everyone we'll talk to you in a little bit bye