Kylie & Sandra Bullock on America’s Sweetheart, Betty White Reincarnated & Miss Congeniality Snorts

Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce

Kylie Kelce returns with a special episode of 'Not Gonna Lie' featuring iconic actress Sandra Bullock, discussing her most memorable film ro

Key takeaways

• Parental autonomy in lunchbox choices should be respected unless there's a medical necessity.
• Children need to learn how to handle 'no' early on to build emotional resilience.

Main topics

• Back-to-school chaos with four young daughters
• The 'Oreo-gate' controversy in school lunchboxes

Notable quotes

"You can put a filter on that." – Sandra Bullock on her appearance during a Zoom call.

"I hope this school staff had a good laugh. I hope they had a belly laugh about this one." – Kylie on the Oreo-gate situation.

Conclusion

The episode blends heartfelt parenting reflections with lighthearted c

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:00) You are called America's sweetheart. There's a couple of us. That exhale. Betty White is everything. I say is everything because I know she's still floating around. Did you think to yourself, I look fucking hot? No. You should have. I put on a dress the other day and she said, I like that. Nevermind, it looks bad. I was getting on a Zoom and she walks by and she went, you know, you can put a filter on that. What was Jason's take on your dorm room? That's a large man in a twin XL. Not going to lie. I may or may not have been recording some content today and hit my head. Good news. It's on camera. Bad news. I now have a unicorn horn. Or is that good news? I don't know. Let's get this podcast started. Speaker 1 (0:53) Welcome back to a very special back to school slash Sandra Bullock episode of not going to lie. A wave original brought to you by Apple pay. If you were one of the many real ones who guessed our guest correctly from my very, very discreet clues last week, are we calling those discreet? Okay. Just know I'm thinking the exact same thing. I have no idea how we got Sandra Bullock to come on this show, but we did. And whether or not I have no business speaking to her, she was on. And now you guys get to watch it. Okay. I'm going to try and focus for now. I'm your host, Kylie Kelsey. Indifferent on pumpkin spice lattes. Although, fun fact, Queen Emma is a basic ass bitch. And she loves a pumpkin spice. She holds herself together until September 1st and then she lets loose. I'm also a supporter of teachers. Speaker 1 (1:47) everywhere. I grew up in a household where I had female influences in my life that were working in the school system. And so I have a deep appreciation for educators and everyone that works in a school. I'm also a mom of four daughters, three of whom are back to school for first grade, kindergarten and preschool three this week. Oh gosh. Coming up on today's episode, I'm going to get honest about back to school in the Kelsey house. Spoiler alert, we're one and a half days in and it's already as chaotic and ridiculous as you'd think. We're also going to do a back to school special doom scroll where I'm going to talk about what my dorm room looked like at Cabrini and the teacher who famously invented the fart corner. Yep, you heard that right. I said fart corner. Speaker 1 (2:34) After that, the real ones already know I'm going to be joined by one of my favorite actresses of all time, the star of Miss Congeniality and now Practical Magic 2, Sandra Bullock. What? Oh my gosh. Just, yep, still can't believe it. Okay, we're trying to stay focused. Let's start with our real one comment of the week. This is from real one Mimi SK on Instagram. We need Kylie's take on Oreo gate, please and thank you. Okay, for anyone unfamiliar with Oreo gate, here are the spark notes basically from parents.com. The issue began when a mom reportedly asked the parents. Speaker 1 (3:14) in her daughter's kindergarten group chat to stop packing Oreos in their kids' lunches. Her reason? Her daughter wasn't allowed to eat them at home. The mom then reportedly contacted the school about creating an approved snack list. The school responded that while it encourages healthy choices, what goes into each child's lunchbox is ultimately up to their parents. Now, I saw this play out in a TikTok. That was basically screenshot for screenshot and what the other parents in this group chat responded, which I will tell you, they were surprisingly gentle to this parent. My first instinct is just a really simple, like, that's a you problem. Right? Speaker 1 (4:00) I fully support the opportunity for parents to feed their kids whatever they feel is going to be the best choice for their kids. That is entirely your business. But you can't bring your thoughts and feelings into somebody else's lunchbox. That's not for you. Get your nose out of their lunchbox. And also, not to take it that much further, but I'm going to do it anyway. I really feel like this is a learning moment. That one of the reasons why I say no to my kids on a regular basis, besides the fact that they shouldn't just be given everything and anything they ask for, is because I want them to hear and be comfortable with the response no, so that when they get out into the world, that when someone tells them no, that they hear that, that they respect it and they listen. That's easy. Speaker 1 (4:51) I've met a lot of kids that hear the word no and either think that they're in trouble because they heard the word no, which is a little odd for me, or they don't respect the word no because they're like, that's not an answer I get. I don't know how to respond to that. This is a moment for me, for that mom to say to her kid, we don't have snacks like that in our household. And if so-and-so, if Sally has that in her lunchbox, that's because I'm not her. I'm not Sally's mom. I will also say... I hope this school staff had a good laugh. I hope they had a belly laugh about this one because sometimes you got to laugh so you don't cry or rip your hair out. I would like to also put this out there. If this weren't a situation where, let's say, hypothetically, Oreos had some type of allergen in them that was severe reaction. Speaker 1 (5:46) for the child in question that is not getting Oreos in their lunchbox, then this is obviously a conversation to have amongst the parents of that classroom to be respectful of the child who has literal medical need. So let's just, let's go there. That's not the situation. The mom just doesn't want to tell her kid no and be responsible for the fallout of telling her kid no about Oreos. I kind of want to give that kid an Oreo. Speaker 1 (6:16) I'm kidding. I respect your decision. Well, since we're already talking about lunch controversies, let's talk about everything else back to school with a little, can I be honest brought to you by Mott's Apple to our core this week. Can I be honest about back to school with four kids, six and under? I can. Great. Let's get into it. Wyatt is in first grade. And I'm going to tell you last year, we went through this. We went through the motions of, uh, I shouldn't say motions. We went through the emotions. of dropping her off for kindergarten and me realizing that was me dropping her off for school for the rest of her life. So funny how that works. Speaker 1 (6:55) And so I was upset about that. But then I realized this year, the difference between kindergarten and first grade, that's a grade. She's a grader. That's so messed up. She went in and she was a little shy. She's a little shy. But I think she felt good about the fact that Ellie was right next door in the classroom that she was in last year because now Ellie's in kindergarten. Also... rude, dumb, don't like it. Ellie did not want to leave my side. She clipped her little finger onto the sweatshirt that was tied around my waist and would not let go. She was clipped onto me like this and wouldn't let it go. She was very pleased about being in kindergarten. She told every single person she came in contact with that morning. Speaker 1 (7:50) It was her first day of kindergarten, which is adorable. One of the cutest things I've ever heard. And also, just salt in the wound over and over and over again. Ellie always says goodbye to me. Usually she turns around and usually it's like, Bye mom, I love you. And very enthusiastic. Unlike my first child who does this when not turning around. still gets me. I don't ever want them to cry. Part of me is like, I want you to be sad about leaving me. But also I would hope that your enthusiasm and excitement for school overrides that emotion and does not cause tears. That worries me. I don't want them to cry. I don't want them to cry, especially when I'm not there. I did not cry this year. And here's why. I had field hockey this morning. So this morning was the first official get out of the car. Don't... I didn't go... Nobody goes in with them. Speaker 1 (8:46) I didn't cry this morning because I had field hockey and I didn't have to drop them off. Tomorrow? Who knows? Every single first day of school, we have taken a picture in the same spot on a little path out in front of our house. The little walkway. Speaker 1 (9:04) I take it in the exact same place every year. And yesterday, I took individual photos of Wyatt and Ellie. And then I said, Will you guys go stand next to each other? And I'm not kidding. They stood about 3 feet apart and both looked like they were taking mugshots. they had completely straight faces and were nowhere near each other. And I was like, Hey guys, can you act like you like each other? And Wyatt proceeds to continue standing in the exact same spot. And Ellie goes over and smushes her face into Wyatt's shoulder and like squeezes her as hard as she could. And I was like, this is like the perfect depiction of the two of you. I do not do the board because... Speaker 1 (9:51) Guys, you know I'm not. I'm not type A enough for that. If I had a board, I would have lost it after the first time. That's a lie. Guys, I bought a board this year and I still didn't use it. Maybe I'll use it for Benny. Let's be real. That's two weeks from now. I'm probably going to lose it by then. One thing I'm not excited about being back is me being back to packing three tiny human lunches in the morning. It is... garbage. It is so... Oh, God. It's just so daunting, which sounds ridiculous. I know that there are bigger problems in the world than making lunch. And I would like to say the hopefully obvious sentiment of, I am very fortunate to be able to have food to put in my kids' lunches. I am. Speaker 1 (10:47) It is so daunting to look at three empty lunch boxes and have to make sure that you're putting in the things that those individuals are going to eat. Typically, I'll take maximum 12 minutes in the morning to make lunches. I'm not doing cute little bento boxes. I have not gotten into the whole like, let's pour the boiling water into the hot cup. and then put the mac and cheese in there. It's still piping hot. I'm not that mom. I don't want to do little shapes in my shit. I don't want to do any of that. And to be perfectly honest with you, occasionally I will put a note in there or a little treat. That gets more of a reaction, a positive reaction from our girls than I think shapes or anything else would. For allergy purposes... Speaker 1 (11:37) not of my children, but of other people that we are around. The thing that we have defaulted to is a bagel and cream cheese. Occasionally, we'll do banana muffins and I will... Get this. Wow. You guys are going to come at me for this one. Sometimes I put cottage cheese or yogurt into the muffins so that there's a little more substance or protein in them. Whoa. Going against my own words there, huh? Not often. Do not... Don't even be out here being like, she makes muffins, fresh muffins every morning. I don't. Occasionally, I do that. You want to know when I do that? When I've bought too many bananas and my kids have told me no about bananas so long that they go brown. And then I try to do one thing that is like a refrigerated good, which would be like a cheese stick or a yogurt tube. One of the fruits my kids will consistently eat are apples. Speaker 1 (12:34) The problem with sending apples is that you wash them off when you get them. So then do you put them in a baggie so that they don't get dirty in the lunchbox or roll out of the lunchbox and get dirty? Do you pack them with a paper towel so they don't get bruised? But we've all seen how kids treat their backpacks. This is a whole thing. And honestly, it's what has driven us exactly where you think. It's Mott's Apple Sautes Pouches. Speaker 1 (13:08) And they sponsored this segment, but I'm being dead ass. I grew up on matzo applesauce. So we always used to have a container of it in the fridge because everybody knows ice cold applesauce on pork chop night. Cold applesauce, yum. Especially when it's still hot like it is today. And they're probably sweaty and gross at school. And then they get the refreshing cold applesauce. Yum. And also, an apple takes a while for a 5, 6-year-old to get through. I don't know about your kids, but... My five-year-old can make like a 30-minute ordeal out of a single apple. The kid in my house that loves this the best is Finn. I truly think that if we let her eat as many as she brought to us... Speaker 1 (13:50) she might eat six in a day. Now, I don't actually let that happen. We say no to her about the six applesauces in a day, but she'll try. Guys, you can feel good about this snack. It's made from real apples. There's no added sugar. It's real ingredients that you can feel good about. And you can also feel good about the fact that it's easy to eat for the kids. It doesn't get all over the inside of their lunchbox and you can't bruise it. All right, that does it for Can I Be Honest About Back to School brought to you by Mott's. Sandra Bullock is coming up very soon. But first, a quick back to school edition of Doom Scroll of the Week brought to you by Apple Pay. First up, apparently people are spending an absurd amount of time and money decorating their dorm rooms now. This is crazy to me. Watch this clip. No. Immediately no. Speaker 1 (14:40) Guys, we're doing... Yes. Yes. Yes. I mean, people are doing peel and stick wallpaper, marbled peel and stick wallpaper on their desktop. They are bringing in, bringing in Ikea furniture. to make it look like they have a full-size dresser. There are whole decorative chairs happening. There are window treatments. There are framed things on the wall. Framed. Framed. Let me tell you high-end luxury of when I was in college. Okay? High-end luxury. Lights are on the top of the room. Christmas lights are on the top of the room. Tapestries? Big deal. The idea of hanging up framed photos blows my mind because all I can see in a dorm room, truly all I can see is either... There were 2 options. You were either putting string across and clothes pinning your pictures up or all of your photos really tight together in a collage formation. And also... Speaker 1 (16:00) Once upon a time, I had a carpet in a dorm room and we had to cut a piece off the carpet because someone had too much to drink. We couldn't get the stuff out of that corner. We got to square out. Guys, college. Speaker 1 (16:18) college. You don't need this. And also, but at the same time, here's the thing. At the end of the day, if this is what makes you comfortable, if this is what helps you to not feel as homesick, if it gives you the comforts of home, if it makes it feel better for you, have at it. But I do think there should be a hint of struggle. What was Jason's take on your dorm room? Queen Emma wants to know, LOL, gotcha. Yeah, he was in there. He was in there. You know what? That's a big man in a twin XL. That's a large man in a twin XL. Speaker 1 (17:01) I'll tell you what, it didn't fit well. But you know what? I do love a snuggle. All right. Last scroll. I've said it before. I come from a fart funny household. Farts are funny. That's it. There's nothing as straightforward as I can get. Farts are funny. And if you don't think so, I'm sorry that that's... You're missing out. You know I have thoughts on the viral fart corner that this teacher instituted. let's see it so we can we can check it out together this is our it's a sign that says fart corner this is our fart corner if you need to fart simply come over here fart take about 10 seconds yes a little spray going on go sit down nobody's paying attention nobody cares nobody's worried about it now Speaker 1 (17:47) I love this for so many reasons. I love it because first of all, it's hilarious. Second, I love it because it normalizes farts, which is a bodily function and we should really chill out about it, but also they're funny. Now, obviously when you see something that is this out of the ordinary and again, funny, where do we go? Everyone. to the comments. That's right. We sprint to the comments because that's where we belong. I can't. The first comment says, why is... Hold on. I got it. I got it. I got it. Why isn't it called the gas station? Oh God. People are funny. Next comment says, everyone is... Speaker 1 (18:51) Everyone is paying attention and everyone is going to care. LOL. When they're, it says when they're bad, move their desk over there. Oh my God. I can't. Anyway. My initial thoughts on the fart corner is that this is hilarious. I would like to bring up the fact that one of these comments brought up a great point. Everyone is going to pay attention when you end up in the fart corner and everyone is going to care because again, farts are funny. Maybe we should start a new craft. No longer suck my ass. It's farts are funny. I want to know from this teacher if the corner is used. That's what I want to know. I want to know the frequency of use. I also want to know what age classroom this is in. I feel strongly that it has to be elementary school. If it's not, there is no way in hell. I mean... Speaker 1 (20:09) Not a chance in hell that a middle schooler or high schooler is showing up in that corner. I have told my kids, don't trust a fart at school. If you need to fart, you need to go to the bathroom. Because my fear is that they're going to trust a fart that they shouldn't have trusted. And then I'm going to get called, hey, can you bring some new underwear up to school? We're going to need some new undies. I don't want that. I'm not saying it happens often. I'm just afraid of the moment that it happens being at school. Because at home, quick fix. That does it for Doom Scroll brought to you by Apple Pay. Sandra Bullock is coming up. Speaker 1 (20:45) This message is brought to you by Apple Pay. Pay with your card on iPhone using Apple Pay. It's accepted at millions of places, anywhere you can tap a physical card. And with privacy and security features built in, it's more secure than using a physical card. Now that I officially have three daughters going to school, back to school shopping, well, that's a handful. We're going to have to get clothes because... I guarantee you their pants aren't long