Dyson’s $500 AI Toothbrush, Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields & Our ’90s Celebrity Crushes

Gloss Angeles

In this nostalgic and lively episode of Gloss Angeles, hosts Kirby and Sarah celebrate Jonathan Taylor Thomas's birthday with a heartfelt tribute to their childhood celebrity crushes,

Key takeaways

• Celebrity crushes from childhood often reflect deeper cultural and emotional experiences of identity and fandom.
• Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy Chain Fields festival demonstrated how music festivals can be powerful platforms for social impact, raising $20 million in a single day.

Main topics

• Celebrity crushes from the '90s and early 2000s
• Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy Chain Fields festival and its charitable impact

Notable quotes

"I had a birthday party for Jonathan Taylor Thomas when I was a child... my mom made a cake with laminated pictures of him from Teen Bop, J-14, and Tiger Beat."

"Olivia Rodrigo raised $10 million in one day—more than Lilith Fair did over all its years combined."

Conclusion

The episode blends heartfelt nostalgia with current cultural commentary, celebrating both

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:01) G-L-A-M, Los Angeles. Speaker 2 (0:05) Hi, Kirby. Hi, Sarah. Welcome to Los Angeles. Speaker 1 (0:14) Okay, today, September 8th. Yeah. Does anybody know what today is? Speaker 2 (0:22) It's always, I don't know. Whose birthday is it? Jonathan Speaker 1 (0:27) Taylor Thomas. Speaker 2 (0:28) G-A-T-T, baby. Okay, this is where... We have different childhoods. I was Speaker 1 (0:36) not a Speaker 2 (0:36) big JTT Speaker 1 (0:37) fan. Wow. Yeah. This is actually devastating. I know. Were you an Andrew Keegan, Devin Sawa? Andrew Keegan. Andrew Keegan. I did love me some Andrew Keegan. Like when I would play pretend and I was thinking about who I was marrying at that point, it would rotate between Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Devin Sawa, and Casper. Can I keep you moment? Yeah. And then Andrew Keegan, cause he was on step-by-step or something. I mean, and Speaker 2 (1:02) he Speaker 1 (1:02) was like in all the things. He was on everything. But I remember he walked in the door on step-by-step and I was like, who is this man? Sexual awakening. And now he's like in Venice running some kind of kombucha cult. Yes. Okay. Speaker 2 (1:15) Did I tell you that I, I think this was, this was before we knew each other, but I met him because he was doing like, um, like an acting gig with one of Matt's best friends. And Ollie was also in the like shoot or whatever. So I have a picture of Andrew Keegan with Ollie. And it's just like, I need to frame it because it's really just everything. We are putting this in Speaker 1 (1:41) video. Insert here. Speaker 2 (1:43) But he just as, just as cute as can be. Wow. Cute as ever. I was really more into like brunettes, Josh Hartnett. And then I ended up marrying Matt, but. I guess he's like in between. Anyways. Jonathan Taylor Thomas. Happy birthday, Speaker 1 (1:58) Jonathan Taylor Thomas. How old is he? I don't know, but I will always remember September 8th because I. August 8th, September 8th. Speaker 2 (2:08) Yes, the 8th. The 8th. 8th is still a very important number to me because of Speaker 1 (2:12) Jonathan Speaker 2 (2:12) Taylor Thomas and JTT. Yeah. Speaker 1 (2:14) But JTT, I had a birthday party for him September 8th when I was a child and I invited friends over. And my mom made a birthday cake where she cut out pictures of him from like Tiger Beat, Teen Bop, J-14, laminated them and put them on a cake. We sang him happy birthday. This is when social media needed to be around. I don't even think I have photos of this. Speaker 2 (2:39) To celebrate Janet's hard Speaker 1 (2:39) work. Truly. Mom, if you're listening, please, if there's any photographic evidence of this, find it. But it was a time. Imagine just like now the children are like. it's so-and-so from BTS's birthday let's Speaker 2 (2:53) have Speaker 1 (2:53) a party I don't think they're doing that Speaker 2 (2:54) well if they are also they're doing it for like social you know they're they're doing it for content this was because of my love Speaker 1 (3:01) truly for yes this was my love and dedication back then so It was such a weird thing to do. No, it's Speaker 2 (3:09) not. Speaker 1 (3:09) To send out invites to be like, we're celebrating Jonathan Speaker 2 (3:12) Taylor Thomas's birthday Speaker 1 (3:13) on September Speaker 2 (3:14) 8th. Please come. He was such a force back then. I'm sure you weren't the only one, but I'm sure that yours was the best. I was so obsessed with him. It was unbelievable. It was Speaker 1 (3:24) unbelievable. Speaker 2 (3:25) He's Speaker 1 (3:25) like out of the line. Educated man. Like, I think he was a perfect, maybe I'm totally making this up. I actually don't know. I just remember like he fell off the face of the planet. And then sometimes Tim Allen can bring him out of acting retirement for his shows. Oh, yeah, Speaker 2 (3:39) yeah, yeah. Because Speaker 1 (3:39) Tim Allen has like 800 sitcoms. Speaker 2 (3:40) Yeah. Speaker 1 (3:41) So, yeah. I think about that. And then I also think about how around that same time, I was obsessed with Suzy Q. Suzy Q. Oh, yes, yes, yes. Amy Jo Johnson, the Pink Speaker 2 (3:52) Power Speaker 1 (3:52) Ranger, Speaker 2 (3:53) did this Speaker 1 (3:53) movie called Suzy Q. Yes. Where she like dies and becomes Speaker 2 (3:57) a ghost. Yeah. But she comes back. Dark themes for Disney. Speaker 1 (4:01) Totally dark. But then. I was like, I'm a ghost. And one time I went to my friend's house who was my neighbor and I painted my face white and acted like I didn't notice. And then her mom was like, honey, you have stuff on your face. I'm like, what are you talking about? And she's like, I think you have like white paint on your face. And I was like, Speaker 2 (4:29) what? Oh Speaker 1 (4:30) my God, actor. Went into the bathroom and was like. Speaker 2 (4:34) I Speaker 1 (4:34) didn't do this. I'm not kidding. I was like really trying to push the ghost narrative. Wow. Method. So method. I'm telling you weird things Speaker 2 (4:45) as a child. Listen, we didn't have the internet. We did not have YouTube. We had to entertain ourselves. Listen, we did it. I told you. Well, okay. Actually, I don't know how, but I texted you or I DM'd you and I was like. In sixth grade, I performed Tatiana Ali with mashup to Aaliyah at the talent show. No, no recorded footage. Thank God. But I don't know how we got those dance moves. My friend, her brother was a dancer. So maybe he like knew someone. Wow. But like, that's the stuff that we were doing. Yeah. Speaker 1 (5:22) Like taking a VHS, recording, rewinding. Yep. Talent shows. Oh my God. I did Britney Spears. Pepsi commercial. Of course you did. I did Hey Baby Let's Go to Vegas by Faith Hill. My mom, this is how you know I was an early adopter of hair extensions. My mom had a long ass fake curly ponytail clip in extension that I wore that went down to my butt to sing this wearing white shorts and a red top. I think we kicked it off. It was because mashups were big. Yeah, Speaker 2 (5:55) yeah, Speaker 1 (5:55) yeah. The remix. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you would take one song and then like. you know, remix it into the other. I think it was greased lightning into, hey, baby, let's go to Vegas. Speaker 2 (6:04) That's fun. I like that. Ecclectic. Genre mixing. Speaking of Tatiana Ali heartthrobs, my friend went to see, Angela went to see Hanson recently at Yamaha. Wow. And apparently it was incredible. And then one of them is going to be in Dancing with the Stars. The fact that you said Speaker 1 (6:27) one of them and are trying to guess which one really hurts me. Yes, correct. Taylor. Taylor. I don't know what happened to me. My best friend, Jennifer, and I were obsessed. I was Taylor's girl. She was Zach Hansen's girl. He's the youngest one. Speaker 2 (6:43) They're all Speaker 1 (6:43) super cute still. Have a million children. I think they're Mormon. I think. Don't quote me on that. I saw them probably over 10 years ago now. They were incredible. Yeah. I mean, they truly were talented. Plant a seed, plant a flower, plant a rose. You can plant any one of those. Poets. Speaker 2 (7:01) Yeah. Children. Speaker 1 (7:02) They were prodigies. They were child prodigies playing the drums, writing songs. No, they really Speaker 2 (7:09) were. A bop is an existential bop. No, it's really good. Like it really makes you think about life. Yeah. And Speaker 1 (7:14) they were like 10. Yeah. They Speaker 2 (7:17) were, Speaker 1 (7:17) yeah, Speaker 2 (7:18) they were ahead of their time. Where's the love? Speaker 1 (7:20) Where is the love? It's not enough. Speaker 2 (7:23) I'm glad they're all still brotherly, you know? Yeah, they still love each other. Yeah. Speaker 1 (7:28) It's like the Lawrence brothers. Lawrence brothers. This really is a 2000s throwback episode. Wow. Yeah. Jonas brothers. We know they love each other. Oh my God. Jonas brothers. Please listen to their podcast. I laugh out loud. I laugh out loud. Joe is so deeply unwell. I love Joe. Same. So much. Just the Speaker 2 (7:46) middle children. Forever my favorite. We all love the Speaker 1 (7:47) middle Speaker 2 (7:47) children. Speaker 1 (7:48) Anyways, so happy birthday, JTT. Speaker 2 (7:52) To those who celebrate. Yes. All of us. Everyone. Okay. So if you follow Kirby and me and Glossandless on social, you saw that we had the time of our lives last weekend. Oh Speaker 1 (8:05) my Speaker 2 (8:05) God, it was amazing. Sweating our little booties off at Irvine for the Daisy Chain Fields Festival, which was truly, we knew it was going to be special. But it really was like goosebumps. The most loving, wholesome, just incredibly like inspiring experience to be with 45,000 people, mostly women. Yes. Or gays. Yep. Allies. Allies. Dads