GDLA+ Thursday, 11/6/2026

Good morning. Welcome to GDLA+. Today's Thursday. Today's also National Men Make Dinner Day. When I tell you, I thought that'd be a make men dinner. Face was like. We were about to light it up. I was ready. No, no, no. Men make dinner. I thought it said make men dinner. I legit thought it said make men dinner day. No, no. Legit, I thought that. That would change things. That'd be a completely different day. Yeah, that would be different. Anyway, we do have a jam-packed show for you today, starting with Jeff Lewis stopping by to talk to us about his hit series still flipping out on Bravo and the damage our garage did to his vehicle. Yeah, he won't let that one go, for sure. And we've heard people use it during an argument, what are you, a mind reader? Well Michael's saying it actually is a mind reader, and he'll be joining us later to read our minds, although I don't know if I want him to do that. That's always fun. Let's take a look at some of the top stories right now in London after Russell Brand has been convicted of rape and sexual assault. The jury found the 51-year-old comedian guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. He was acquitted on three other counts. Brand had denied the allegations, some of which date back over 20 years. Brand was taken into custody after the verdict was read. The judge says that he faces significant prison time when he is sentenced on Monday. Breaking news out of Iowa now, where multiple people have been hurt in a shooting at a post office in Des Moines. Police say the suspected shooter has been detained. The Associated Press is reporting two people were shot and a third was injured trying to get away. Officials say all three victims are hospitalized now with non-life-threatening injuries. A second trial is underway for a man accused of setting the massive and deadly Palisades fire, the most destructive fire ever in Los Angeles. Testimony began yesterday on the trial of 30-year-old Jonathan Rinder-Netsch. In this trial, prosecutors streamlined the arson charges from three to two counts, alleging that he only set the Lockman fire rather than the Lockman and Palisades fire. The Lockman fire smoldered for days before Santa Ana winds helped embers explode into Palisades fire in January of last year. Brenner Nutsch's first trial ended with a deadlock jury. Okay, let's take a look at the election results thus far. The latest numbers out this morning. Right now, Councilwoman Nithya Raman is at 52%, followed by Karen Bass, there at 48%. Mario, live for us inside of the LA County Ballot Processing Center with more on just how close things are and where things may go. Mario. Yeah, we were saying this has really been a razor-thin race for who will lead the city of L.A. for the next four years, and we've been watching those numbers change here. We can tell you that, as of the latest update, Raman, Nithya Raman, the city council member who is challenging the incumbent mayor, Karen Bass, now leads by over 34,000 votes. And I want to show you an area here at the L.A. County Ballot Processing Center that's been nicknamed, at least by the workers, the fishbowl. It is surrounded by glass, and this is where some of the most important election process work happens. I'll tell you that they are being prepared for scanning and tabulation inside this room. And even though the mayor's race has been called by some, the work here continues with every eligible ballot needed to be counted on before the final results are certified. And we're waiting for official confirmation from the Associated Press. So take a look. District 4 Councilwoman Nithya Raman now has increased her lead by more than... 34,000, excuse me, 8,500 votes since the last update that we shared earlier. Later counted ballots we know can favor younger, more progressive voters, a group that could benefit Rahman. And that's what we've really been seeing here. This race also exposing a divide within organized labor. Bass has had the support of most major unions and high-profile Democrats, including the governor and former VP Kamala Harris. But Raman has really had the backing of progressive groups and the powerful Hotel Workers Union. And we know that Bass had a nearly 10,000-vote lead online. On election night, but that has been disappearing as more ballots have been coming in, being counted. And that's something political experts say was not completely unexpected here. In Los Angeles, we've seen that the later votes tend to be cast by younger, more liberal voters. So we have anticipated that Nithya Raman, as these votes go on, they would increase. Thank you very much. All right. So remember, it took about a week after the June primary before we knew which two candidates could advance in this race. The county processing these ballots around the clock through Friday and ballots postmarked by election day. They could still arrive through November 10th and be counted if they meet the requirements to back out here live. These are actually Caltech students who are here as a part of a tour, getting an inside look. More than 2.2 million people casting their ballots. And that is what we can tell you about voter Turnout here, 76% of the precincts have been reported. So again, we're closely watching this race, waiting for official confirmation from the Associated Press. And there's another update. Between 4 and 5 later this afternoon here from the L.A. County Ballot Processing Center in the City of Industry, back to you. All right, Mario, thank you. So breaking at this hour, the man charged with the murder of a bus driver pleads not guilty in court this morning. Let's go right out to Nick Garcia. He is live in downtown L.A. with more on this. Good morning. Right there, good morning. Just a little while ago, that arraignment. And did we know that this case now heading to trial with that suspect, Jose Zayas, entering a not guilty plea? We'll take you to the video, again, just shot a little while ago. The judge allowing cameras inside the courtroom for this hearing, but not allowing us to show the defendant's face. Again, answering to those murder charges, he entered the plea of not guilty. So he'll be coming back to court again to see this trial throughout. We'll remind you, though, this... Tragedy happened on October 1st, and we'll take you to the video from then. Zayas is accused of shooting and killing a bus driver. That man, Bruce Rodriguez, had been a 12-year veteran of the Culver City Bus Transit Service. He was driving in Mar Vista, though, at the time, near Sentinella and Washington Boulevard. We don't know exactly what led up to the shooting. We know there was some sort of dispute, at least according to LAPD, and then the shooting happened. Paramedics getting to scene and treating. Rodriguez for at least two gunshot wounds. They rushed him to the hospital where he sadly died. Video showed the suspect take a bike off of the bus and take off. Police were able to track him down to his apartments in nearby Palms, though, the next day. Back out here live, you know, that is really what we know about that. A lot of people remembering that bus driver, Bruce Rodriguez, clearly a beloved member of the community there, that they shut down bus service. for a couple of days in a sign of solidarity for him. He'll be back, Zayas, that is, will be back here in court on January 28th, and we'll see what happens then. For now, live in downtown LA, I'm Nick Garcia. I'll send it back to you. All right, Nick, thank you. The LAPD is now investigating an incident that included punches thrown, pepper spray unleashed, and allegations of racism. Fox 11 spoke to one of the women involved. She didn't want her name used. She said the confrontation happened Sunday afternoon when she and her mother were trying to get into the busy Super King parking lot on Van Nuys Boulevard. The woman says another driver told them they didn't belong in the country and threatened to slash their tires. She says things got violent when she tried getting a shot of his license plate with her phone. He smacked the phone out of my hand and in my bag I had a taser for self defense and I took it out. And when he saw that I took it out, he punched me and he pepper sprayed me. Fox 11 reached out and spoke to the man involved in the dispute. He claims the woman used racial slurs and attacked him. He says he was injured and filed a police report. The LAPD is investigating, no arrests have been made. One in four Americans admits to exaggerating or flat out lying about their symptoms just to convince doctors to prescribe antibiotics. Researchers found nearly 70% misrepresented common cold symptoms, coughs and sore throats to speed up relief. But doctors warn this practice fuels antibiotic resistance. This is, I hear this all the time, and creates superbugs. Everyone loves that Z-Pak. They're like, give me a Z-Pak every... Which has led to, honestly, like if you go to an urgent care, you'll see a lot of doctors that prescribe antibiotics as like almost a default. Use of antibiotics is projected, or inappropriate use, by the way, is projected to claim nearly 2 million lives annually by 2050. Wow. All right, coming up, Jeff Lewis in our studio. He stopped by after his radio show, and we had a lot of fun with him. Stay with us. Hey, he's television's undisputed king of high-end design, razor-sharp wit, and unfiltered honesty. Eight years after his legendary series wrapped, Jeff Lewis made his return to Bravo to show us how he manages his growing empire and his chumps without completely losing his cool. Ty travels a lot. You're keeping this man hostage. I just didn't want all these people going after him, you know what I mean? That's nice. And talking him out of it. I love it. We like him, though, so we don't want him to leave. Yeah. He's nice. And you're nicer when you're with him. It's so true. I can tell when he's here. He's coming in Thursday. Babe, ask for your raise on Friday. You gotta move him here. Oh, it's so exhausting. Like, when can I be the real me? When can I be the real me? Please welcome... From Bravo's Still Flipping Out and Sirius Radio, Jeff Lewis. Good morning. Welcome back. Thank you for being here. We all are on our best behavior when we first start dating somebody, though. I agree. I'm fake. I mean. Ha ha ha! Yeah. But it's work. I mean, it's work. But I was, you know, I commented it was, it's long distance. So. Yeah. You know, it's just like one long weekend and then go back to being me. So when does the real you come out? How long does it take sometimes pretty quickly? Yeah, I think it depends on the person. It depends on the person Yeah, yeah, it's always an accident. It is right. I think yeah, I would say a couple of months Okay, couple of months. That's fair. Like, you can only fake it for so long. Yeah, and then when the real them comes out Oh, that's when it gets interesting Interesting. Right? What's it? What's a, what's a big turn on and a turn off for you? With people? Yeah. Yeah. Give us whatever you want. I was like, are you hitting on me? What's happening here? Look, I like direct, honest, upfront people. I tend to be drawn to people that aren't so concerned about being liked and adored because I do believe you're, you know, we've heard this saying many, many times, when you try to please someone, you please... No one. And I just really, I'm unapologetically me, and you can take it or leave it, but as a result, I've become a polarizing character on reality TV. But, you know, I am who I am. Really, we joke about it, but I am who I am on camera, off camera, and I can't say the same about that with all Bravo talent. You're wild, for sure. But do people not like... Because everybody thinks it's funny. Oh, no, no, no. You should read the comments. Oh, no, no, no. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You read the comments. But I've gotten used to it. I mean, I've been doing this for a very long time. I was on... You know, the original run of Flipping Out was 11 seasons. And then I did a show on Hollywood House Lift, which I came here, by the way, to promote. Right, I remember. We were also talking... When I pulled into that parking structure, I do have PTSD. Yes! Because when I was promoting Flipping Out, I don't remember what season it was, I had a G-Wagon that nobody warned me about, totally your parking structure, you were here, your parking structure. I remember. Wait, let's watch this. Yeah, we actually have it, I think. By the way, I just want to mention, I hadn't been here for a long time, and the last time I was here, my car, the roof of my car, hit the roof of your parking structure. And it did a lot of damage, and somebody really should have paid for that, but it was like a really nice G-Wagon. It scraped the whole roof of my car. Way up in the attic. Oh, whoa, oh, jeez. Oh, my goodness. Jeff, I bet you didn't expect that would be part of the interview. My car had more damage from your parking structure than that car did. Back to that. We're never going to live that down. It's so true. And honestly, the reason I'm still carrying it with me is because no one was accountable. Nobody. No one offered to pay. No one warned me. Nothing. But you came back. You came back. But I keep coming back. I must be some sort of masochist because I keep coming back. Thank you. But I have an SUV, but I brought the low car. Okay. Because I don't trust your structure. You can park outside of the garage. You don't have to pull in. I mean, you should have seen what I did to the garage. Like a commoner, you're pulling into our garage. Just park alongside. I was told to go to P2, back where it all started. We do have PTSD. The fact that you remember P2. I will never, ever, ever forget it. Now, when you pull into a parking garage, like any parking garage now, do you have PTSD? Did we do this to you? You did it to me. You were here. You were here. And you witnessed my breakdown. I remember. It's really funny that you called us out. Well, not us. You know we're not cutting you any checks. No, I know. I just told them we have no money. Okay, we don't. Nobody has money. You are, I feel like you're really good at... Talking the most noise about your bosses and keeping your job. Okay. Well, first of all, I had, I just had a contract renegotiation very recently, so I, no, I behaved myself, I behaved myself for five, six months before negotiation, but yes, I have, I've been written up, I think it's five times now, not so much my bosses, but talking about other employees that don't do their job, and I find when I put them on blast publicly, all of a sudden, they show up on time, but I guess legally, you can't do that. According to HR, but HR is not effective. What is effective is when you put someone on blast, that's effective to a million plus people. Andy Cohen, did you read his text messages? So I've known Andy Cohen. We have been friends, good friends for 19 years. We didn't talk. This is the first time. I don't think we spoke maybe four months. And that was because I read one of his texts that he sent to me on the radio. Oh, no, no. Truly upset. Yeah, legitimately upset. But you knew it was going to bother him, right? Well, I was angry with him. Yeah. And so I read it, and then he was angry. And then sometimes he can be a little bit of a baby. Like, I get over stuff quickly. He takes a little longer. So then how did you guys make up? What did you do? I mean, you know, I apologize. You're a good apologizer. I'm actually a good apologizer because I do it so often. I'm a very, very good apologizer. Falling on swords. Yeah, I mean, once in a while, there's, you know, I'll draw a hard line. Be like, I did nothing wrong here. Uh-huh. Usually in an argument or some sort of tiff, we have some sort of responsibility. Right, for sure. I can kind of look at something, but if you and I get in an argument, it might take me a few days, weeks, months, but I can come back to you and say... I was wrong when I did this or when I said that. Sometimes it's the reaction, like I was wrong for my reaction. The emotionality of it all. That's the problem with me. People focus on my reaction and not really what it is about. Because usually I'm right, it's just that I haven't communicated it properly. Right. So you told them, I'm sorry I read your text on blast, but you are actually wrong. I don't like when people do that. When I say, I'm sorry, but. I'm sorry for hurting you. That's not an apology. I feel good, I feel like I'm hurting. That's not an apology. I'm sorry I did this. That's or I'm sorry. Leave it at that. Yeah. Another another bad apologies. I'm sorry. You feel that way. Yeah. I got one of those. No way. Yep. And in fact, we we're on a three day pause. You're currently not talking to Shannon for three days. What's the biggest like you've gotten yourself in trouble with the housewife? Oh, Kyle Richards probably is. I've made mistakes. Over that whole Morgan thing, I might have made some insensitive comments. I've sent her probably a total of three or four, she'll have to confirm, apology orchids. And she accepts. They literally, the florist will be like, oh, Kyle Richards, apology orchid. I go, yeah, do the double, maybe the triple this time with the moss. Oh my God. Yeah. You know what though? I love when I see that you're going to be on Watch What Happens Live with the housewife because I think you get them together in a way. That I appreciate, because it's like, okay, you're acting crazy, and Jeff is not scared of you. It'll be an actress that comes on, and they're kind of like, oh, whoever's next to me is my favorite one. And the person has been acting crazy, and you would say stuff, and it's funny. I think I'm one of the original Bravo celebrities, like, you know, original 2007. 2007. So I get away with a lot, a lot more than other Bravo celebrities would get away with. Is there a housewife that, like, you can't hang with? Like, she's quicker than you. Oh, I don't, I used to love, I haven't seen her in a long time, but I loved hanging out with Bethany. I mean, she's that, you're exhausted after that. Yeah. I mean, she is fast and smart. Oh, you keep up with her though. But I thought you were going to ask me which, which housewives I don't like. Oh, are you really going to answer? Oh, I can't stand Dorit from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. I can't stand Gina from Real Housewives of Orange County. You know what? Yeah, so I'm good friends with Katie Janela. I like, I actually like Katie. I like Katie. I was going to say, Katie would probably say the same thing that you just said. Nope, I have no issues with Katie Janela whatsoever. Who else? You just gave us two. This is good. I have to go. I have to go. Okay, we're all good. You know, there's people that you're just not friendly with and there's people that you just absolutely can't stand. I named the two people I cannot stand. Okay, fair. But there's people that are just, they're a little chilly. Do you like NeNe? I'm a NeNe fan. I love NeNe. We've hung out a lot. She's a little quicker on her feet than most though. I wouldn't start it with NeNe. I see the OC girls a lot. I see Real Housewives of Beverly Hills a lot. I do like a couple of the New York girls. I like Psy. I like Erin. I like Psy. I like Psy when people didn't like Psy. Hello, you and me, okay? Because we saw it, we saw it. We were like... I think you have to get, you know, for the Valley, I really love Janet on the Valley. I was holding it down for Janet, too. We see through the people. Anytime somebody is fearless, has an opinion, and doesn't really care about the... the damage in the wake yeah and that you know that's kind of a lot like me makes and then you go back and you clean it up later what's the funniest thing your daughter has done recently because i imagine somebody being raised by you is hilarious she's pretty uh she's pretty sneaky i will say she's a little sneaky and i'm worried about that because i was a little sneaky but my dad my parents were not as helicopter as i am how old is she she just turned 10. So I'm very much on her. She doesn't have a phone. I'm monitoring what she's doing with the iPad. But you know, it's a different world now. It is a different world. And you're a public figure. But I don't see myself ever giving her the kind of independence that my dad gave me. Like what kind of independence did your dad give you? I mean, I would load my BMW with six kids and drive to Tijuana on a Saturday night. Oh, no, I was reckless, reckless, and there's no way, like, I'm going to track her, and I've talked, jokingly talked, that I will probably either, I'll probably buy a piece of real estate wherever she decides to go to college. Okay. Yeah. I would love for her to, I would love for her to go to school in L.A., though. You're being a good dad. And then live at home. You have a lot of time to talk her into it. Would it be UCLA or USC? I don't think she's going to get UCLA or USC. She's pinched. She's pinched. I think we're looking at Santa Monica, JC. First. First. That's fine. That's good. Good school. Yeah. It's a good idea. Yeah. And it's free, right? She's smart, but she's not the best student. And they just did testing, by the way. Because I was like, is she dumb? Oh, my God. Ready testing? We tested her. And it turns out she's smart. Of course. And I go, here's the good news. I go, you're bright. I go, here's the bad news. You're not applying yourself. We got a problem here. Yeah. That's when the dad comes in. Yeah. Yeah. But I always thought, she's pretty. It doesn't matter. But now I realize, you know, it's important. Yeah. School is important. We just got to apply ourselves. Yeah. Okay, wait. Christian, do we have time for our fun questions? Okay, we have a food game for you. Food? Okay. Yes, it's like rapid fire either or. Okay. Yeah. Okay, you ready? Okay, Carl's Jr. or Chick-fil-A? Oh, I love both. I'm going to say Carl's Jr. You are? Really? I'm an old school Carl's Jr. fan. Okay. Islands or Chili's? Ooh, that's tough. I love them both. Islands. Spinach artichoke dip. Prime pizza or Numero Uno? Oh, God, you're getting all my favorites. Yeah. I love them both, but I'm going to choose prime. Okay. But I'm happy with both. Okay, yumi sushi or katsuya? Yumi, for sure. Have you been to Yumi? I haven't been. Oh, my God. You haven't been to Katsuya, though. It's ten times better than that. I like Katsuya, but Yumi's better. Okay. Okay. Okay, Steak 48, Larson's, or is it BOA or BOA? Because it's an acronym. BOA. BOA. Yeah. Okay, I'm going to start with Steak 48. Okay. Larson's makes a good steak, too. I'll start with Steak 48, but it's expensive. I mean, if you're going with four people, you're not getting out of there for $100,000. Are you a drinker? No. Yes. Okay. Forget it. Yeah. It's going to be over a thousand. Wow. Javier's or DeBarbera? Oh, I love... Well, it's two different kinds of food. I love them both. DeBarbera is an incredible experience here in LA. If you haven't been... I've never been. Go. Go. You will... Trust me. Go. Okay. I like a good night. I do. I'm in the streets. I know. You are in these streets. Yeah. It's a great date night, DeBarbera. Love it. All right. This is fun. We're sorry. I know, flipping out. They still haven't fixed it. Hair Monday on Bravo and streams on Peacock. We can't even get coffee around here. We're not going to have to. You're so funny. Don't you guys, because even our publicist was like, when I was driving, I was ducking. No, I get nervous going down to P2. I won't go down there. And you guys get your cars washed down. Yeah. I can't do that. All right, welcome back, so 90210 stars Tori Spelling and Brian Austin Green are reuniting for a thriller micro-series. So they played Donna and David on the hit TV series all throughout the 90s, of course you remember this. And now they're teaming up for a new series, but this one is not on TV, okay? It's on your phone. A lot of these series are going like the vertical shows. So they're filming a micro-drama, they're called, for the app Vert TV. Oh, so you watch vertically? I mean, I guess, right? Yeah, so it's a new trend of watching films in these short clips made in vertical video. I mean, I guess like, right, there's horizontal video, there's vertical. These are just tailored for your phone. So a lot of micro dramas they've been called are using AI, but Vert TV claims it only uses real actors. What we were watching, those were real people, right? Right. Okay. And this is where all the money's going, basically. Like while traditional TV is shrinking, these Vert. Shorts, like these vertical shorts. How short is a short? Like, what are we talking about? Sometimes I've seen like one minute long. Okay, wow. Yeah, and it's an entire series. How? Because think about it, like low attention span with a new audience. It's like a trailer. It is. Right? You're basically like... Yeah, and it's like a mini plot where you get to the very end and you want more. And so you're going to scroll up and then you get more. And then before you know it, you're like 52 episodes in. That is so weird. A minute apiece. There are celebrities who have entire production companies that are centered around these new vertical shorts. What was that platform that was used for a while? Vine. Thank you. I love Vine. I miss the Vine days. I miss the Vine. Yeah, the Vine. It reminds me of the Vine. It reminds me of Vine. Yeah, it does. It reminds me of Vine. Okay, interesting. An article online claims people don't want to have baby boys anymore. Say what? Yeah, it's from GQ magazine. They say families are showing a preference for baby girls. Why? Not that there's anything wrong with that. They take note of social media videos showing disappointment over parents' faces when they found out it's a boy. It's funny because I feel like there was a time it was the opposite. Many people going through IVF are willing to pay an extra of $16,000 more for a girl than a boy. The GQ article offers a few reasons why this trend is happening. Recent headlines have made families perceive that boys can be harder to raise, have more energy. And a stigma of toxic masculinity. Toxic masculinity. People believe girls are quieter and more content. It's interesting, those who have boys like Jen here, whenever I say like my kids will, they can color for like six hours and they're fine with that. Right. I know you- He can't color for six minutes and be okay with that. But I mean the trade off, at least if we're being really real with it. The trade-off to me is, yes, there's more energy when they're younger, maybe they have like shorter attention spans, maybe they're harder to control in school, but then like later on in life, I imagine how I was walking through the world. And just being a woman and a younger girl in a world like this, I would have more worries as a parent when they're like in their preteens, teens, and a little bit afterwards. I mean, I think about that stuff. Yeah, I'm sure you do. You have two of them. You have two beautiful girls. Thank you. Yeah, no, it is hard. I think for boys as well, if you like get them involved in sports, that takes some of that social anxiety out of the mix as well. I think girls have a harder time socially from what I'm observing. My kids are just in elementary school, but there's definitely more of that mean girl mentality earlier. Yes, and that's why I think having a boy might be a bit easier than having a girl. Because girl relationships, you know, are super complex, they can get downright nasty with each other. Boys are just like, let's just play a sport. Boys will knock each other around the next day and be totally fine. That's true. And that's a fact. Yeah, no, it is. Girls who like give each other eating disorders like it's terrible. It's terrible. We are terrible to each other I know I know and it starts really young which is really wild to see that mean girl mentality So what do you how do you handle that as a mom? Like what do you tell your girl? You know, I'm always like you can only control yourself. So you have to behave and be the kind person for you and and if someone's being a jerk like You also need to stand up for yourself. That's the thing I've been finding myself saying more lately. Like, I want you to be nice and kind, but I also don't want you to get... bullied and pushed around so if someone is speaking rudely to you or mean you need to say hey don't speak to me that way like I want you to actually say it and if someone gets physical worried about being perceived as a word that we can't frankly say on television that's that's the thing with girls you want to be liked and nice to everyone I know but recently this one little girl put her hands on my younger one And like pinched her nose, grabbed her by the nose, pinched it and said, you don't know how to play kickball. And I said, what'd you do? She's like, nothing. I'm like, you just stood there and you let her pinch your nose. So I said, next time that happens, you're, I said, do not hit her. I want you to remove her hand and be firm and say, do not touch me. And go tell an adult. Boundaries and then go tell an adult. So the next day when I said, let's review what we learned. And I said, what, what are you going to do? She's like, I'm going to hit her. I said, no, no. That's not what I said. That's not what we discussed. I said you will take her hands off, you know, like remove the hand and tell a grown-up. Yes. I don't want you to punch her, you know. But anyway, those scenarios are coming up. Yeah. I mean, you know, I will tell this to Ethan too whenever he gets into conflict with somebody else. You know, it's important to set boundaries. It's important to know when and how to walk away. And then yes, always tell a grown-up that something happened. And then if you're a bystander, if you see, this is an extra layer of it, right? If you see somebody's getting bullied or if you see them, if you see someone getting picked on, it's the good thing to do to step in, to intervene. I know. And you set the example and you'd be the leader in your class. Okay, this might be wrong, but I feel like if I had a boy, I wouldn't say don't hit them back. I feel like I might be, I might say, you know, you can hit them. Is that wrong that I would have that different approach? What, for a boy than a girl? If a boy is hit, I would say hit back. There's a school of thought that a parent would tell a little boy, what do you do when you get hit? I hit him back harder. I mean, that's a whole school of thought. But I wouldn't say that to a girl. No. See? See? And that's why we're more complicated. And that's why it's easier to have a boy, I say. I agree. You have these thoughts running through your head all day long. All right, coming up, Amanda is sitting down with the cast of the new Cat in the Hat movie. We'll show it to you. All right, we are getting some breaking news right now. As it is happening, it looks like Mayor Karen Bass has conceded the projected winner of the mayoral race here in Los Angeles, Nithya Raman. At 52%, this is quite a big deal. Let's talk about what this means. But first, why don't we get a statement? It's a lengthy statement, so bear with us. We just got this from Mayor Karen Bass, and she says, this is her concession announcement. So four years ago, she says, you elected me as the first black woman mayor in the history of Los Angeles. You gave me the honor of serving the city that raised me, and every single day since, I have carried that responsibility with me. I want to start by saying thank you to my supporters, volunteers, brothers and sisters in labor, community and faith leaders, business leaders and elected officials, to my family who stood beside me through every challenge and every long night. I could not do this without you. Over the past four years, we have taken on some of the most difficult challenges facing any American city. Coming out of the pandemic when encampments lined our streets and businesses were trying to reopen, we got Angelenos off the streets, made our neighborhoods safer, built more affordable housing. And created new opportunities for working families. We stood together through devastating wildfires and protected our immigrant communities when Donald Trump sent federal troops into our streets to spread fear and intimidation. That process belongs to all of us. Finally, she goes on to say. Well, this is not the outcome we hoped for. The people of Los Angeles have spoken. I have called Councilmember Nithya Raman to congratulate her on her victory. And I have committed to ensuring a smooth and seamless transition. Moving the city forward is what Los Angeles needs from all of us. Wow. So that is the statement released just now by Mayor Karen Bass conceding this election to Councilmember Nithya Raman. Interesting, because if you remember Nithya Raman jumped into the race at the last moment and she had supported. Mayor Bass and had given her basically blessing and endorsement and then that quick turnaround really turned this into a very contentious race. And then we had a couple of political analysts come on the show yesterday, one of whom said he did project Nithya Raman to be the winner of this election because of all of these mail-in ballots coming in later. Younger people tend to, and more Democratic leaning, tend to vote with the These mail in ballots and as those were being counted, you saw. I mean, this really will be interesting to see what happens because she's stepping into what the stage has been set already with Mayor Bass and her approach to things. And she has said she's a candidate of change. So change is coming to Los Angeles. What will that mean? What will that mean? What will that also mean for the police chief? That is something that the police union has had some severe things to say about the state The state of affairs here in Los Angeles, if Nithya Raman should win this election. So we'll have to wait to hear from them as well. This also really putting Progressives and Social Democrats, giving them a bigger stage and playing field here in Los Angeles. And also if you think nationally as well, you saw what happened in New York with the election of the mayor there, Zoran Mamdani. So this is changing the landscape quite a bit, not just here locally, but has bigger implications. All right, so that is the big breaking news here. The projected new mayor of Los Angeles, Nithya Raman, will of course have more on this coming up. What am I thinking right now? You're so good, but there's so much more in my mind. That for sure, always a safe bet. Yes. Our next guest, Michael Samen knows it all. He's a mentalist who's been shocking people on the streets across the globe. Check this out. Think of your first kiss you ever had. I don't know if you're going to guess that. We'll try. Okay. I'm going to go like this. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z. Is there any way in the world I could possibly know who you're thinking of? Absolutely not. It's a unique name. It would be crazy if I know Tamir. How did you do that? I have no idea. Oh my god, I love it. People's reactions are so great. I love how she was like, ew. That is so funny. Yes, yes. By the way, check out his Instagram because there's lots of videos like that and it's always fun to watch how people react. So please welcome international mentalist Michael Samen to our studio. Hello, thank you for having me. I'm so happy to see you guys. We're happy to see you, but we're also a little nervous. Not going to lie. Right, most people are nervous about it. When I run out on stage, many people are like, you know, we're scared, we're scared. How do you decide, like, for the street stuff, how do you decide who to approach? Like, is something drawing you to a particular person or what? So funnily enough, the reason I went back to doing street stuff was once I started performing a lot, I realized I'm disconnecting myself from the real world, like the audience and people. So, me and my team decided, you know what? A great idea would be to actually start doing street content and connecting to people. So we try many different types of people. Every person, like we've tried people that are younger, people that are older, and we're always trying to get the best reactions out of everyone. So as a mentalist, we're looking who's going to give me the best reaction and we're going to work with that. How about that? You know, I want to start immediately to dive in and to try messing around with your brain. Dive in, dive in. If you want me to, let's say, they say that an image is worth more than a thousand words. So let's say here you could have some. And you could look at the images as well. You could have some as well. And you could shuffle them. You could, like, mix them and mix them. These are very random pictures. Very random. Very random. And let's say... You could mix and mix, and you could place them amazing, and once you're done shuffling you could... Give them back? Yeah, why not? Did you take these pictures? No, I didn't. Oh, okay. But... Okay. Look at this. So now one last thing. You're going to take the cards and let's say you could actually do it like this. Let's say you could take small groups or you could take single cards. You could go from the middle, you could go from the top. You're just going to keep putting them on one pile. Just go for it. Keep going. Like here? Yeah, yeah. All right. On the same pile. Have fun. Oh, here. Have fun. This pile. You could go from the middle, from the bottom. Okay. Oh, yeah. Sure. You know what? Why not? Yeah. Maybe I'm influencing you. Maybe. That's a good question. Do the opposite of what he said. I know. It's always people are trying to fight you. They're trying to outplay you right now. That's good. It's a good thing. Yeah. Okay. Okay. All right. Okay, and we're going to square this up. Am I doing a good job? Keep going. That was stressful, very stressful. Keep going. Keep going. Could you, let's say, just cut it one last time, All right. just cut it in the middle, and we're going to do this. So let's say we're going to mark it, sorry, let's just look at that. If I'll ask you to think of a... Think of your first crush or kiss you ever had. Okay, yeah. Now, is there any way in the world I could possibly know who you're thinking of? I don't think so. Right, there's like literally no way. People feel that the thought is the most private thing. But I'm going to try studying you really, really quick. Okay. So, for example, let's say, could you think, By the way, do you know the name she's thinking of? No. I don't think I've ever told you. No. No. Okay. So if you think of the amount of letters in the name, as you can see immediately her body language goes like a shot. I know. She doesn't want to give me any information or anything. I'm like defensive mode right here. I'm going to go like this, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. It's a short name. Mm-hmm. Correct? Four letters? Mm-hmm. She's like, you know, but many people have four letters in their name, right? Like four, five, three. It's like, it's very common. Uh-huh. Right? How old were you when you... When you had that first crush, about how old were you? You want me to tell you out loud? Yeah, how old were you? Don't say the name, just how old were you? Sixteen. What? I'm a late bloomer. You're old. I know. Gosh, I had a crush in first grade. If I'll do this, I'll ask you. No, we're talking about first kiss. I'm talking about first kiss. Okay. Yeah, all right, fine. Is that okay, first kiss? Sure, okay, so it's like changing mid-thing, but that's fine, okay, that's good, you never know, it's like the first kiss, first crush, okay, so think of your, think of the name, I'm gonna go like this, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, and, okay, could you close your eyes for just a moment, I'm gonna go like this, and I'll show you. I'll show the audience at home, and I'll ask you, could you, you could open your eyes, and could you tell us, what's the name you're thinking of? Nick. Really? How did you know? Well, I'm a late bloomer. How did you know? That's so random. Random. Nick it is! By the way, Nick, if you see this. Nick Jones! Nick Jones? With like the plainest name, Nick Jones! Wow! Oh my gosh! What if I, if we go, names are very personal. Yes. But what if we think about the future, things we want to do, maybe places in the world or things like that. So let's say if I'll ask you to think of any place in the world. Okay. Now, you're going to fight me with this. Ready? I'm always ready to fight. Okay, so let's say, think of... A place in the world. Okay. And I'll say, change your mind. You could fight me. You could change. You could, okay. I'm going to go A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z. I'll ask you to do this. Ready? So you could keep Nick right over here. I'll give you, oops, I have a... Marker right over here. I'll ask you to write down, nice and big, whatever place it is you're thinking of. Okay. But don't show her, don't show me. I'm going to look away. Okay, I haven't been... Oh, should I not give you any clue? Don't give me any clue at all. Fine. Look away. I'm going to help you out, but I won't. Okay. Get it right, nice and big, so everyone will be able to see it later? Yeah. Amazing. You could put it down. And let's see, just to see how you think. If you think of... Think of the last letter, last letter, you have it, I'm going to go like this, A, B, C, D, E, is it a vowel, last letter would be a vowel, but not a, probably an E, would be an E? Yes. Okay, I'll try to get them back to you in a second, but I'll show you what I want to do, I'm going to try figuring it out, but with the cards you shuffled. What? Okay. We'll try. So, like I said, like an image is worth more than a thousand words. Okay. So, if we, uh, if we, uh, we're gonna start counting from the place you cut the cards to, right? Okay. Okay. So, we're gonna go here in the middle. So, let's say, um, what is that? What is that? It's like a railroad track. Like a railroad, right? Okay. Is it, is it a place that's, uh, maybe very far away from here? Yeah. Yes. Okay. Um, I'll go with, uh, It's a baseball. A ball? Is it maybe sports-related? 90 seconds. Is it sport-related? No. No. Okay. Interesting. Interesting. Is there like a beach there? Yeah. Yes. Okay. Let's keep going. 90 seconds. We have a light. Not exciting. You know, a door. Maybe it's like an older place? Uh-huh. Yes. Okay. And one last thing. Sports again maybe? I don't know. Oh, it's a clamp. You know what? Well, should I say it? What's the place you're thinking of? Sure. What did you write down? Say it out loud? Yeah. Greece. Grease. You know what's crazy? If you actually look at these, this isn't a clamp. This isn't a door. It actually, it's a G. Oh, my gosh. You spelled it out? It's an R. G. Wait. How do we show that? Well, try showing it like this. You did. Hold on. Here. Give me the pad. Give me the pad really quick. You did spell that out. Here. I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what. I knew that's what you're going to think of. What? How did you know that? And I posted it on my Instagram story, so if you go to my Instagram story now, they'll be able to see it at home because we can take it. It's Michael Samen, S-A-M-E-N. Wait, hold on, Michael Samen. Hold on, hold on. Hold on, hold on. Where is it? Here, it's going to be, this is going to be the handle, Michael Samen, S-A-M-E-N. I don't see it. Oh, you mean in your stories. In the stories. Oh, it's right here. The last story. Last story. It's right here. Hold on, hold on. Oh my gosh. They'll be able to see it at home, they'll be able to see it at home, that's exactly what's happening here. Do you see it? That's wild. There it is, it spells Greece. That's wild. Oh, amazing.