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When Democrats are messing up, I say it. When Republicans are messing up, I say it. I'm Essie Kupp, a journalist and political commentator. And on my podcast, Off the Cup, I help you make sense of the often nonsensical news. I do this on cable news too, but on my podcast, I can really let loose and be my honest, unfiltered self. I just want to talk about something that happened this week because it's so bonkers, so stupid. Such incredibly bad politics. We have to talk about it. Come for the hot takes. Stay for the sanity. Listen to Off the Cup on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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And you're probably wondering, what the hell is this voice doing right now? Who is this man? And what happened to Mojo? Well, I kidnapped him. He's in a basement and that's in an undisclosed area.

Yeah, you know what I think about? You're the one that told us he was sick today and you came in. Now I'm wondering, is he really sick or is he tied up somewhere?

Don't worry about it. Don't worry. Maybe he likes to be tied up, and I'm just doing his wishes. But I am Joe. I am his son. You hear me normally on the afternoon. Spike is still here. Shannon, Megan, Mike, Reese, KP, the whole entire gang. But it's a Joe show crossover as well. I'm looking at Ashley Nix. Hello, Ashley. Hello.

Ashley, it's great to have you back. I know. It's great to be back to you. I missed you.

Wait a second. You guys just asked if I tied my dad up, but she gets the love treatment.

I don't know how to tell you this. We've liked her way more than you for a long time. I knew it.

I've known it. She's happy. She's single. She's a cancer. She's living her best life in the D right now.

And then Jed is here too. Living his best life. He's okay. We need to get into a phone scam. That's coming up. Do we have time to talk about what Jed did?

Yes. We do have to recap this. First of all, amazing show last night. Jingle Ball, the first ever in Detroit. And I know there'll be more because it was sold out and the bands loved it. and our company loved it, so we got to make this an annual tradition. The bands were all incredible, but at the end of the night, the entire staff of this radio station got up backstage because we were all going to go out together to introduce the Backstreet Boys, final act of the night. And the boys from the Backstreet Boys came up on stage, and they were kind of like getting their little vocals ready, getting in place because the stage was going to revolve, and they were going to come out and appear to the audience. So as they're getting ready, they all come over and say hi to us, And we all have a long history at the Backstreet Boys. But I look over in the corner of my eye and I see something. I thought they were joking. And then I realized, there's a little confrontation in the corner between Kevin from the Backstreet Boys and Jed. Was it Kevin?

Or was it AJ? It was Kevin. So all morning, everybody's been saying it was AJ. It was Kevin. No, it was Kevin. The long coat. He was wearing the long white coat. Yep.

Sexy hair. Tallest Backstreet Boys.

Sexy hair.

And by the way, we can confirm it because we do have video of, like, the original.

What happened?

Jed acted like what he said wasn't bad. But I actually, I really do, I genuinely believe that this is something that you cannot say to people. Like, Spike, if you see another guy and he doesn't have any hair, you're not going to mention that he's bald.

No, I say, Mike, that's a great outfit.

it now kevin is tall he's the tallest backstreet boy and while i kind of agree with what you said i wouldn't say to him right before he gets on stage but jed what exactly did you say i said oh i thought you were taller than me kevin did not like that one bit and i'm not sure if he doesn't

like being tall or doesn't like being called out for like it just was a pointing out the physical

appearance for some reason triggered him i did what it was was that was it no no no no come at

me bro i'm with i'm with kevin on this i think that he's totally in the right because he what jed said was i thought you were taller than me and then jed kind of like muscles up and he's wearing already i don't know if

You notice his buttons were, like, about to fly out. His shirt was so tight yesterday. I think that Kevin thought that you were trying to fight him right before he was on stage. Who talks to an artist, too, right before the stage turns around? None of us. It's a wild movie. No, you were gassing him up.

Right, and you tried to sun him. You were like, bro, like, I thought you were taller than that. Like, what? Oh, well, can we listen to the audio?

We have audio. We actually do have audio. And there is video. We got to get that at mojo in the morning on Instagram. It's on Ashley's at Ashley Nix I mean all of the jingle ball craziness. Here we go. So you do hear Ashley talking to Kevin first It's twice it's twice too and you can hear Kevin if you listen very closely he says what in the video you see him turn around and Kevin literally walked right up to you about two inches away from nose that's what I saw and I thought

what are they doing do they have a history day know each other is there

something wrong here notice I cut the video off cuz I was like if they gonna fight I can't record this I can't have Jed get beat up on camera that's where

you went wrong Ashley she'd been like world star Wow I looked over and they're They're both puffing their chests, they're both nose to nose, and they both are trying to make themselves look the tallest, and I see Mojo, who's, you know, not, at this point, he's really not feeling well. He was sick, and he's like, he steps up in between them, kind of like, whoa, trying to make a joke of it, like, what are you guys doing over here? And I'm like, what is happening, you know? And it all comes back to the point that when we're on stage, the bands are all coming out, they're about to perform, we all kind of lay back, we don't talk to them too much, unless it's just to say hi or thank you. We kind of leave them to do their thing And I was like what is happening here Oh my gosh this is getting crazy What Ashley said was good

He liked it

What Jed said

Who says that to anyone

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We were told not to drink yesterday Correct I disobeyed one of the Ten Commandments What did you do

You cannot blame it on the alcohol.

Always blame it on the alcohol. Yeah, exactly.

But that, that.

I had three shots of tequila. I had another mixed drink.

Don't look at me with that puppy face.

Do I look like I've had any sleep, Shannon? No. Well, we know what you were doing. Yeah. I had no, I had, I was very tired. It was a long day. I was drinking alcohol. I shouldn't have been drinking alcohol and I insulted the name.

Now, and if you're just tuning on the radio, first of all, Joe, show and Mojo in the morning right now, which is so much fun, but KP and Jed, the both producers, they went back together. KP, was that the big moment for you when you saw, oh my god, this 9.5 might fight a Backstreet Boy? Now I really want to go back to the hotel with

him? No, it didn't even cross my mind, to be honest. I have to stick up for you, Jed. I don't think that that was that bad. No, it was bad. I really don't. I don't think that that was bad. I swear, I feel like we met so many listeners last night and I loved love love meeting listeners and the comment that I always get was wow you're so short I thought you were taller it never offends me ever ever ever I was just gonna say that for you to say that like there had to be something else that you said I did because that to me is like meh that's not I don't I feel like he would not get that upset over that

he's also about to go and perform on stage height is also different like I don't know if you're a woman being short in the right so when i was walking around the concourse taking selfies last

night all night i think one in four listeners go wow you're a lot shorter than i thought on the air because people are meeting us for the first time no and to me i'm over it i don't care i i'm comfortable with my height but it's funny when people say that you don't realize some people might be triggered by that i don't know how it is for tall guys but i imagine there's people that are probably also sensitive to that i don't know i if i were a backstreet boys i'd probably be over too because at this point you've had an incredible 25 year career but something about last night i thought oh this is this is going south fast what's happening here something was gonna happen

something was gonna get you know i i hey alicia you were at jingle ball last night right yes i was with my husband and aside from have you did you have an incredible time was it a good show it was a great show what did you think about the backstreet boys performance could you at any point notice that kevin was maybe thinking about producer jed punching his face in while singing i want it that way and or last christmas no i cannot say that but 14 year old me was

screaming aesthetically the whole time oh it's so nice i i was a little nervous because i noticed during the show then jed We're going to go.

around to the front of the stage and stood right under the band front row to watch the show and i'm like man if kevin comes over to this corner of the stage and looks down and sees that face it's gonna be trouble it'd be bad alicia did you buy your tickets or did you win them from us

we bought tickets um up in the nosebleeds we were in section 215 and then we got upgraded to

four seats in the seventh row nice yeah we were as a morning show we were all going around all night going all the way up to the cheap seats all the way in the back to the nosebleeds and we were just picking people and dragging them down. I brought the cutest little boy down from the last row all the way to the front row, put him in the front row, and then Macklemore was singing a whole song to him. It was so incredible. So we love you guys. Thanks for hanging out and sharing with us.

Yeah. Are we allowed to say that because of the success of Jingle Ball, can we now announce that we're going to have one next year even though it's not confirmed?

Yes, we are going to make the official announcement even though nobody told us it's going to happen.

If we talk about it so much and we put the pressure on someone I'm like, Tony, he's going to have to make the calls to make it happen. I call it manifesting. We're putting it out in the universe. 100%. We're going to over this bitch. Keep me 15 feet away from Kevin Richardson at all times. Will you ever talk to another artist, performer, before they get on stage again? Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. Why wouldn't I? Lessons not learned. No at all. I don't know where your sweepers are, too, by the way. I would love to run a sweeper.

You know what? Hit the macro, and I'll just intro the first thing. Here, I'll do this. Yeah, perfect. Is that a good sweeper?

Yeah.

Fresh summer mornings start at the sink. That's where Hello comes in, with toothpaste that brightens your routine, bringing a little yay to your everyday. Say goodbye to tartar and brush away plaque with Hello's anti-plaque and whitening toothpaste. Or say hello to a brighter smile powered by vitamin C with vitamin C whitening toothpaste. Hello products are thoughtfully designed with no SLS, dyes, or artificial flavors, making them the one thing your summer routine can't live without. Shop Hello Toothpaste online or at a store near you.

When Democrats are messing up, I say it. When Republicans are messing up, I say it. I'm Essie Kupp, a journalist and political commentator. And on my podcast, Off the Cup, I help you make sense of the often nonsensical news. I do this on cable news too, but on my podcast, I can really let loose and be my honest, unfiltered self. I just want to talk about something that happened this week because it's so bonkers, so stupid. Such incredibly bad politics. We have to talk about it. Come for the hot takes. Stay for the sanity. Listen to Off the Cup on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

The only way to make health care better for the people of Florida is to keep solving. And at Florida Blue, we want you to know how we're doing it. Providing support at our Florida Blue Centers to help you get the most out of your plan. Making mental health appointments more available so you can be seen within a week. and offering plans that fit your needs and budget. Visit floridablu.com slash follow the blue to see health solutions that are making healthcare more affordable. Policies have limitations and exclusions. Florida Blue is a trade name of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.