Chris Franjola, Sydney Sweeney's Drama, & Fixing Meghan Markle

Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald

Comedian Chris Franjola joins Heather McDonald for a wild mix of celebrity gossip, true crime updates, and Hollywood behind-the-scenes stori

Key takeaways

• Hollywood's willingness to collaborate with controversial figures for career opportunities is highlighted through the OJ Simpson 'Juiced' prank show story.
• Lindsay Clancy's trial remains polarizing, with a lone juror dissenting on the insanity verdict and new scrutiny of Patrick Clancy's recent 60 Minutes interview.

Main topics

• Celebrity gossip and neighborhood drama
• True crime: Lindsay Clancy case update

Notable quotes

"You want to work with Harvey Weinstein? I know he's done horrible things for a bunch of women, but I just won't be left alone with them. And I need the business."

Conclusion

The episode wraps with a mix of humor and reflection on fame, ethics,

Transcript preview

Speaker 3 (0:00) Heather MacDonald has got the Juicy Scoop. When you're on the road, when you're on the go, Juicy Scoop is the show to know. She talks Hollywood tales, her real life, Mr. Segment, Serial Data, and Serial Sister. You'll be addicted and addicted fast to the number one tabloid real life podcast. Listen up. Woo woo. Heather MacDonald. Juicy Scoop. Speaker 2 (0:31) Hello and welcome to Juicy Scoop. Today is your favorite because I have your favorite. The funny, tall, half Irish, half Italian model from New York turned funny man, now dedicated father. Yeah. and husband living just south of the boulevard where bears are becoming your neighbors in the town of Tarzana. Welcome back, Chris Frangiolla to Juicy Scoop. Speaker 4 (0:57) Thank you very much for having me. Happy to be back. Speaking of Tarzana, I found out yesterday that, you know, Bahad Behavi, bad baby. Oh, yeah. She was that catch me outside girl. Yes. She's selling her home. I see a real estate thing, $5.5 million house in Tarzana. And then I look at the picture and she is my neighbor. She literally lives right behind me. I saw the house and I'm like, wait, that's the house right behind. We share like a fence. Speaker 2 (1:26) Wow. But you've never heard any crazy parties or anything? Actually, Speaker 4 (1:29) it's one of those homes where there's never anybody there. I also just Speaker 2 (1:32) feel like a girl like that. I mean, she's not a rapper. She's a girl who's making- You never heard Gucci Speaker 4 (1:37) Slides? That's one of her songs. Gucci Slides. Speaker 2 (1:41) You know what I'm saying? It's not like she would have wild parties. You know what I mean? Like, I'm sure she's Speaker 4 (1:45) just Speaker 2 (1:45) like, I am making my coin and I'm making my money and I'm going to do this for as long as I can do it. Speaker 4 (1:52) Yeah. I don't even know if she really owns the house. One of those homes that are just, there's never anyone in it. Oh. Speaker 2 (1:58) But Speaker 4 (1:58) it's been sitting for like four years. Oh, Speaker 2 (2:00) yeah. She could have been a rentier. Yeah. She Speaker 4 (2:02) just comes and goes. I don't know. Speaker 2 (2:03) But there was surveillance camera of a house. like in your neighborhood, where an average dad like you gave it to like KTLA and it is a bear like walking in his driveway. And then a coyote is like, what the fuck? And they were like featured together. Speaker 4 (2:24) Yeah. That's so weird. It's got my daughter freaked out. She's like, there are bears everywhere now. She's freaking out. Any noise we hear in the backyard, she's like, there's a bear. I'm like, that's not a bear. That's the catch me outside girl. Speaker 4 (2:38) Yeah, so it's wild. Speaker 2 (2:39) Oh my God. Speaker 4 (2:40) So, yeah. We have Speaker 2 (2:41) a lot to catch up on and get into. Speaker 4 (2:43) Yeah, let's do it. Right Speaker 2 (2:45) before you came, some breaking news happened in the true crime world, but we discussed it last time you were here. Speaker 4 (2:51) Okay. And Speaker 2 (2:52) that is Lindsay Clancy, who was accused of ending the lives of her three kids. There was a mistrial. Speaker 4 (3:01) Yes. Speaker 2 (3:01) Only one juror didn't agree with the rest that she should be found innocent. No, sorry. Innocent or guilty by reason of insanity. Sorry. Guilty by reason of insanity, meaning she would spend time in a mental hospital until deemed okay, but not a prison. One lone juror held out. I've heard different things about him, but one is he is a black man. Right. I don't know if that's makes, whose side that makes people happier, but I don't know, but they brought it up that they know this. I also heard that he was Catholic. Some people really like that too. I don't know. A lot of people didn't like that I ever shared the 75 things that didn't make sense in this case, which was not investigated properly, which were not asked properly or did not make sense in the trial regarding Patrick Clancy's story. Speaker 4 (3:56) So Speaker 2 (3:57) people are like, leave Patrick alone, you're going to get sued. I'm like, hey, I'm just saying like a lot of things. He is married to a woman who looks just like Lindsay. A Speaker 4 (4:08) new wife, Speaker 2 (4:09) yeah. She's pregnant. Oh. We know that now. Speaker 4 (4:12) Okay. Speaker 2 (4:12) And he is, I just saw on my phone. 60 minutes doing one of those sitting down. Is this mic on? Am I ready? And he's doing an interview. I didn't know if it was going to be, you know, Call Her Daddy, Theo Vaughn. I don't know who it was going to be. I didn't know it was going to be Amy Poehler making light of it. No, it's 60 minutes. Old school, Speaker 4 (4:36) going old school. That's fine. Going legit. Speaker 2 (4:38) And so it'll be really interesting. And of course, we're going to watch. Some people are wondering. Could he be getting paid for this? I don't know what the rules are. In TV interviews, you don't get paid. But anybody, you know, so I would say no. I would say they chose this because his attorneys have a say in what is going to be asked and everything. But yeah, I mean, will you want to hear from him? Is Speaker 4 (5:07) this this Sunday on 60 Minutes? Is it coming up or is it? All I saw is just Speaker 2 (5:12) 60 minutes. I would think it would be this Sunday. I mean, people already... I already said I was never going to talk about it again because everyone was yelling at me to stop talking about it. And then other people were being like, why can't she talk about it? Because she Speaker 3 (5:25) doesn't know what she's talking about! Speaker 4 (5:27) I mentioned it once on my podcast and people tore me apart. Like, you're stupid. You know nothing. I'm like, I admitted I know nothing. I just figured I would talk about it because everyone else was. Speaker 2 (5:36) Again, why can't we talk about what is being discussed and what's compelling, what's not, what's interesting? Like, I'm like, if we can't talk about it, like, I'm sorry. It was a major trial on Court TV. Do you not remember the OJ trial? Like, people talked about it. Right, Speaker 4 (5:50) right. Speaker 2 (5:50) By the way, there's a thing on OJ that we just watched on. Speaker 2 (5:56) I think like HBO or something. And it was that in 2006, they made a prank show called Speaker 4 (6:05) Juiced. Yeah. It's shocking that that was actually made. I've seen clips of it. It Speaker 2 (6:10) never was seen. Yeah. It was going to be like a DVD or something. Either it was going to be on TV, or they were going to make it that you could buy it. Yeah, Speaker 4 (6:18) it Speaker 2 (6:18) was Speaker 4 (6:18) like Punk'd with OJ. With Speaker 2 (6:20) OJ. You've been Speaker 4 (6:21) juiced. Yeah, but they were doing sketches where he was breaking into their homes and stuff. Yes. Yeah, about to murder them. That was the bitch. Speaker 2 (6:30) He goes and he brings the Bronco. It's his idea. He's a writer. Speaker 4 (6:35) And Speaker 2 (6:36) he's done a lot of comedy. And that's why everyone loved him. Speaker 4 (6:39) Right. He was. Speaker 2 (6:40) OJ, nicest guy in the world. Every busboy in Beverly Hills loved him. Tipped the caddies the best at the Riviera Country Club. Just laughing, fun. Right. You know, gave his his father in law helped him get a Hertz rent a car business going before he killed the daughter. Yeah. Speaker 4 (6:59) Why Speaker 2 (7:00) are you mad? I got you Hertz anyway. Yeah. So he. Speaker 2 (7:04) So it just goes through it. It goes through the people that worked on it. And what I really, the big message I got from it in watching the whole thing from 2006 or five or whenever they did it is. Speaker 2 (7:21) Hollywood, anyone will do anything in Hollywood because unlike doing any other business, it's always a dangle of like this could lead to something more. Could be a hit. Yeah. It could be a hit. It could lead to something more. You want to do a sketch with OJ? I know that he killed two people, but I don't know. I need an agent. I need to have the footing. Like every single thing. You want to work with Harvey Weinstein? I know he's like. done horrible things for a bunch of women, but I just won't be left alone with them. And I need the business. So it's like, that's what I got from it. That no matter what. Did you ever Speaker 4 (7:57) watch that TV show with Ricky Gervais called Extras? It was on HBO. It's such a funny show about Hollywood. And at Speaker 1 (8:03) one Speaker 4 (8:04) point his career, he'd get big and then he gets, you know, his career goes down the tubes and he's on this show, like one of those shows where there's a bunch of people in a house together, celebrities. And at one point some woman comes in and he goes, why is she a celebrity? And the woman goes, oh, she murdered her family. Speaker 2 (8:21) I mean, it's true. I mean, from, I mean, any, and people glob onto anybody if they think that they can help them. So it's like, remember, Speaker 2 (8:33) Long Island, wait, Long Island, Florida. Amy Fisher. When he came out here, the husband. Joe Buttafuoco. Joe Buttafuoco. He was always like at the comedy store and they wanted to do stuff with him. And I want to think he did like celebrity. Like there's the producers too that are just like, I just got to latch on to anything because I'm not very talented. So let me work with OJ Simpson. Right. And let me play along with his ego. And you think there's going to be this moment where like, He admits to it in this four part thing. He doesn't admit to anything. He, you know, just makes like the same joke. So he's selling. He goes, I have an idea. Why don't you put me on a, a used car? Oh no, they were going to do a used car thing. He's going to sell you a used car. And then it was his idea to say, get the exact Bronco here and let me sell it to these people. White Bronco. Yeah. So he sells the white, like he's like, huh? This Bronco will help you get away fast. And, and I'm like, It's so amazing because I'm like, you were in the white Bronco with a gun to your head while your best friend drove the car. And you wanted the world to think that you were doing that because you were so depressed that your ex-wife, who you were divorcing while you had another girlfriend, was murdered that you too now have to kill yourself. Or you killed her and we're Speaker 1 (9:49) going Speaker 2 (9:49) to find out, which is what we thought. But I'm like, it's just, you know, and then there's this other guy on there that just. Is like he does the tell-all article like he's writing notes every day because he's like one of the sketch players that's in everything Yeah, the like undercover was such a big thing. Like I remember I Was doing some after my lyricist lounge show we were gonna do like a little pilot of like an undercover And it was like the first people that had the glasses now. Everyone has them. Oh, you know the Speaker 4 (10:17) camera Speaker 2 (10:18) in the glass Yeah, but it was like the first time and like howie mendel was doing the cameras on like, uh, yeah tonight or whatever And so like I put on these glasses and I was like, you know, going to be a dork or what kind of a dorky girl. And I have this my boyfriend who is this guy that was writing on it. He was black. And, you know, we both look like dorks. OK, he looked like a dork, too. And we go to the Denny's in Hollywood and I have a fake belly. And we're like, we're really excited. We're going to the courthouse to get married. And the waitress is like, OK, whatever. And then I go to the bathroom and he's like, I can't do this. I'm going to leave. You know, he Speaker 4 (10:59) tells the waitress, the waitress that, can Speaker 2 (11:01) you just tell her like, I just, I don't want to marry her. Like I, this is not what I wanted. And she's just like, whatever. And he has the glasses on too. Right. Yeah. And then basically because it was like in Hollywood, this Denny's and like close to studio, she was like, I'm not participating. This is fake. Like either you pay me or like, fuck it. Speaker 4 (11:20) Oh, that's so great. And I was like, Speaker 2 (11:22) that's what we should have used. And then I was like, I think we have to go to like Santa Clarita or something. I'm like, I think we have to get away from like Hollywood to do these things. Speaker 4 (11:31) Yeah. I, that hidden camera stuff. There's a lot of them now on like Instagram and TikTok. Right. They go into like Walmarts and stuff and they fuck with the customers, you know? Yeah. I always feel bad. Like they're like old people. They don't know anything. And they're asking him. This is one guy. He's kind of funny. And he does like gay come-ons to a lot of people. You know, like meet me in the bathroom. And some of them go, okay. Speaker 4 (11:58) But I'm like, you can't show that guy. It's the Speaker 2 (12:00) 2026 version. The happy Speaker 4 (12:02) version of Chris Hansen. Speaker 2 (12:04) It's not little kids, but it's closeted gay men at Speaker 4 (12:07) Walmart. Speaker 2 (12:07) Yeah, it's Speaker 4 (12:07) like Speaker 2 (12:07) closeted older Speaker 4 (12:08) gay men. I Speaker 2 (12:09) love that genre. Speaker 4 (12:10) Yeah, but it's like, can you show that guy's face? I feel like you shouldn't, but he does. Yeah, Speaker 2 (12:17) because they say any public face that you go in, anyone can film you. So when people say you can't film me, yes, they can. In America, any public place, it's my understanding, you get ready, you could be filmed. That's crazy. Because anyone has a phone, anyone has the cameras, there are streetlights everywhere. Yeah. So, yeah, like, you can't really bitch about that. You know, like, I mean, you know, that is so, I always like it, like, when they're just, I always wonder if someone, if this has ever happened where, you know, there's the generous guy, right? Speaker 4 (12:50) Yeah. Speaker 2 (12:51) Where he goes, hey, um. I just need a dollar to buy this cake for my daughter. Do you have a dollar? And the woman's like, um, yeah, okay. You know, here's a dollar. And he's like, well, here's 500, you know? And then she cries. I was about to, you know, and she's just like a good person, but I'm like, I wonder if there's anybody else that's like, I want the 500, but like, I like, oh, my sister 200. Right. I don't want to see, I don't want her to know that I took this five. Like, like, is there anybody that's like, can you not? like keep this like because the whole point is it's not out of the goodness of your heart it's not anonymous because you're making a whole video out of it yeah Speaker 4 (13:28) it's always like when you win like at a when you go to like a raffle or something it's for charity and half's gonna go to charity half's gonna go to somebody and they read the number it's like five thousand dollars and you win and then you have to kind of give it to the charity but oh yeah oh Speaker 1 (13:41) shit oh Speaker 2 (13:44) my god yeah that's also when they go Hi, you know like it's someone just like you just imagine someone like you like really down on your luck in you know, you're like 75 and Somebody found that you're still like working at like, you know a restaurant or something and they're like, yeah, so sad, you know Chris Frangiole, you know, he had this whole career with his whole life now And then I'm like, mr. Frangiole and you're like, yes dear Speaker 2 (14:15) Because of the video I posted about how fucking sad your life was, my audience put together this. Speaker 4 (14:23) It's Speaker 2 (14:24) $4,322. That's for you because the video made that much. Speaker 4 (14:29) Thank you. I Speaker 2 (14:30) kept that. Speaker 4 (14:31) But I Speaker 2 (14:32) also got people to donate for you. I made the money off the video. But now all these people know that your life is really sad. So Speaker 4 (14:39) here's $4,300. And I always feel like those people, you never see the follow-up. They lost it all on some gambling app or something. It's just sports. They go back six months later, he's working at Walmart still like, I thought I did. I lost it. Speaker 2 (14:56) How did you lose it? I went on that Sidney Sweeney sports app. I looked at Sidney Sweeney's big Speaker 4 (15:01) tits. Yeah, Speaker 2 (15:02) it's just sports. Sports, sports. Just Speaker 4 (15:05) sports. Speaker 2 (15:07) Someone was like, why is she so famous? I'm like, because she. apparently has real tits but we also thought dolly parton had real tits we didn't know that she was the first person to get a tit job just like mila monroe was the first person to get a nose job so if you're wondering if plastic surgery is worth it people it is i Speaker 4 (15:22) got news for you uh the first person to get a tit shot was my aunt rosie she's really i think she's still alive she's 102. she yeah i swear are they still popping she had big fake tits in like 1958 I don't know what they were inside. Tuna cans or something they put inside there. But it was wild. I remember my mom telling me. Speaker 2 (15:44) And she still has them. Speaker 4 (15:45) As far as I know. And she's never Speaker 2 (15:47) replaced them. No. See, they always try to tell you that you need to replace them like tires. Yeah. Maybe you don't. Speaker 4 (15:53) Well, I don't know. Yeah. If she's 102. Who knows what they look like. Who cares? Yeah. Speaker 2 (15:57) You think she cares if they're leaking or one flat? No. She's 102. Yeah. Good for her, you know. Speaker 2 (16:05) She's gonna look great in the casket. I hope you get like a nice push-up bra. Any day Speaker 4 (16:10) now. Speaker 2 (16:11) Yeah, that is so funny. But anyway, with her, she got engaged to Scooter Braun. I Speaker 4 (16:15) saw that. Speaker 2 (16:16) And apparently, what's R. Emanuel? Speaker 4 (16:20) Yeah. Speaker 2 (16:21) The agent? The agent, allegedly, this is like page six, Speaker 4 (16:26) met Speaker 2 (16:26) with her when she was dating Scooter Braun. This is like a rumored story. Speaker 2 (16:31) She was without an agent at that time, so he's trying to lure her over. And he said, if you break up, if you're single, he said, if you're single, we can really do a lot with your career. Speaker 4 (16:43) Yeah. Oh, okay. Which Speaker 2 (16:44) I'm not surprised. That used to Speaker 4 (16:46) be in the old days. But no, they Speaker 2 (16:47) said this happened. And then with Ari, also with Ari, he did like a podcast during the whole Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni stuff. Speaker 4 (16:54) Yeah. And Speaker 2 (16:54) kind of revealed at the time that he, they were all at his agency and he like. Said no, I like got rid of Justin like I'm better friends with Blake whatever he said He basically admitted to that they took it out of the podcast. It's all legend and so it just doesn't I mean I'm not surprised that he's like that kind of Open with his opinions and saying how it is, which is you know, so she does that thing Which is just smart this but also, you know, Speaker 3 (17:24) she has Speaker 2 (17:24) like a weird Speaker 3 (17:24) she's Speaker 2 (17:25) a weird different look She does. She has like those eyes that are like this. They're kind of down eyes. Like they go down. She doesn't need a lot of makeup. And she's just, it's just sports. And the body is banging. She's good Speaker 4 (17:38) looking. Speaker 2 (17:38) I get it. Sexy. Sexy. It's like a weird sexy. You Speaker 4 (17:42) know what I find? If you read the comments underneath anything she does, whether it be her lingerie line or that sports app thing, the black guys aren't into her. I see a lot of black guys leaving comments and they call her mid. She mid. Speaker 2 (17:55) Oh, really? Is Speaker 4 (17:55) she mad? Speaker 4 (18:01) There's no worse burn than that. Speaker 2 (18:03) Okay, but they don't say she's chopped. Speaker 4 (18:05) No. Okay, Speaker 2 (18:06) so it's like... What's chopped? Chopped is like you're not really bad. You're not hot at all. That's Speaker 4 (18:11) worse Speaker 2 (18:11) than mid. Mid is mid. Yeah, mid's mid. You're just mid. Then chopped is the bottom. I Speaker 4 (18:17) think I'd rather be chopped than mid. No, Speaker 2 (18:19) you Speaker 4 (18:19) don't Speaker 2 (18:19) want Speaker 4 (18:19) to be Speaker 2 (18:19) chopped. No? Speaker 4 (18:20) No, Speaker 2 (18:21) that means like... And then what's the top, Drake? What's hot? Oh, Speaker 4 (18:24) to Speaker 2 (18:24) be Speaker 4 (18:25) hot. Speaker 2 (18:25) What's hot? Speaker 2 (18:31) Just negative comments. Exactly. Coming from a man. Well, well, well. Yeah, that's so funny. No. So I was the only one, the only part of that commercial that just kind of grossed me out was her sitting on the basketball hoop. Speaker 3 (18:50) It Speaker 2 (18:51) was something gross because it just looked like a toilet, but it's not. And clearly they didn't put her up on a real thing where she could fall over or break it. I'm sure it was adjusted to just be under her. But I just thought there was something kind of gross about that scene. Speaker 4 (19:07) I mean, she's giving people what they want. I heard she's part owner of it. Yes, she is. Speaker 2 (19:13) Again, like Catch Me Outside. Right. Make your money. You were right, though. You said. She's too hot and too young to go ugly, to go chop. I said it for the box. Yeah. Don't do chopped before you chopped when she did the boxing thing. Speaker 4 (19:32) Yeah. Speaker 2 (19:33) Nobody cares. Some people said they liked the movie, but they weren't ready to see her do a great thing. And she was so unattractive in it. That I don't think it was a big hit. I Speaker 4 (19:45) believe that's what spun her into what she's doing now. The lingerie line. Just full slut. Because she's like, I'm going to get an Oscar. And nobody cared. And she's like, just let me go. Just make me. Tits out. Here we go. Tits out. Speaker 2 (19:54) Rich and pretty. Yeah. Marry another cute, rich guy. Scooter Braun. Speaker 4 (19:58) And make like the housemaid. Like movies like that. Speaker 2 (20:01) Totally. Just be hot and sexy. And yeah. And have some fun. You don't have to be. 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