The Cousin Superspecial

Shameless

The Shameless podcast hosts dive into a 'Cousin Superspecial,' starting with listener recommendations before tackling the viral feud between

Key takeaways

• Jethro Sheeran claims Ed Sheeran abandoned their shared music project 'Urban Angel' after his solo breakthrough and removed 48 songs from streaming platforms without credit.
• Piers Morgan hosted a 30-minute interview with Jethro, who compared himself to David Brent and accused both Piers and Ed of cowardice for not engaging publicly with his allegations.

Main topics

• Jethro and Ed Sheeran feud
• Piers Morgan Uncensored interview analysis

Notable quotes

"I think you're a bit silly yourself. Really? Yeah, I think you're a bit immature and you're just trying to poke me... I'm just here to speak the truth on your platform."

Conclusion

The episode balances lighthearted pop culture commentary with genuine

Transcript preview

Speaker 3 (0:00) I'm getting sent the same meme like every few hours in my DMs. Oh. And it's this one. And so this is just a public service announcement. If you've seen this meme and you think, oh, I'm going to send that to Zara, I've seen it. And the meme is when someone says to walk a mile in someone else's shoes but they're wearing... Those ugly. The labia shoes. You're wearing them now. I know. That's why I wanted to say I've seen the meme. I've seen your messages. I'm not responding to them. Leave me alone. How are you feeling about the shoe feedback? Are we Speaker 2 (0:29) bothered at all by it? God no. That they look like a vagina? Speaker 3 (0:32) 100%. I'm insecure about a lot of things in life. The labia shoes could, I could not be less insecure. Something is stuck under the bottom Speaker 2 (0:40) of that one. There is something. I don't think there is. Is there? There's like a little rock. Between my toes. wondering these are the shoes that separate the toe from the other little toe. Wait till I have my first champagne. Speaker 3 (0:55) It'll be sitting between Speaker 2 (0:55) the toes. Speaker 3 (0:56) I'll send you a photo. Can't Speaker 2 (0:58) wait. Speaker 2 (1:05) Hello and welcome to Shameless, the pop culture podcast for smart people who love dumb stuff. You're joined as always by Melbourne writers Michelle Andrews, that would be me, and Zsa Zsa Boogie, that would be you. It's so exciting today because it's the Cousin Super Special. We came up with this idea late on Sunday night. It was like an early Speaker 3 (1:24) idea from us. We were on the phone and we were like having these creative juices flowing and we thought the cousins super special. There's been no greater idea to ever hit the brains of two shameless Speaker 2 (1:36) hoes. Because cousins are such fertile ground for fuckery. Like they're just, you know, they are what Speaker 3 (1:42) they are. Speaker 2 (1:43) Not Speaker 3 (1:43) yours. Speaker 2 (1:43) Flawless. And of course not mine. But they are fertile ground. And so we want to dedicate a whole episode to cousins, specifically Jethro Sheeran. We're bringing Jethro Sheeran back. We spoke about him last week. Is his surname Sheeran? Yes. Speaker 3 (1:58) Oh, okay. That's Speaker 2 (1:59) what Speaker 3 (1:59) makes it even better. Yeah, thank God. Jethro Sheeran has had a big week this week in the news. And I can't wait to talk to you about it. He was on Piers Morgan, Uncensored, and it is truly something to behold. So then we crowdsourced What's Your Cousin Feud? And then we thought, let's go one step further. And talk about celebrities we Speaker 2 (2:16) didn't know were cousins. Speaker 3 (2:18) I'm personally really excited to be here. Before we get into it, this episode of Shameless is brought to you by AHM Insurance. AHM get that wellness is whatever makes you feel well. AHM people Speaker 2 (2:29) things. Now, I've got to be honest. It's only just occurred to me I don't have a recommendation, but I'm going to come up with one. I've got two. Do Speaker 3 (2:37) you want me to? You've got two. I had a backup so I can say both. Speaker 2 (2:40) You are so precious to me. Speaker 3 (2:42) That's so, you're so welcome. I'm here for you. Okay, firstly, and I think you will adore this based on our conversation that we had on Thursday's episode about Taylor Swift's new song. There's a podcast called And The Writer Is, and it's a podcast interviewing songwriters, and there's a live recording of the host Ross interviewing Aaron Destner. about Aaron Destner's process, about how he works with Taylor Swift, how folklore. Bring Speaker 2 (3:07) him Speaker 3 (3:07) back. Where is he? What is he doing? Yes, exactly. I think this is why you would love it. I just, I really loved listening to the minutiae of how an album like Folklore comes together. He said at the start, just quickly, that she just texted him basically out of nowhere in the depths of lockdown. They'd met a couple of times and said, do you want to collaborate remotely? He sent her a whole Dropbox full of just sounds. And I don't know what the word is. I'm going to call them like artistic noodlings. And she wrote the lyrics back to Cardigan within an evening straight away. Did Speaker 2 (3:42) you Speaker 3 (3:42) tell Speaker 2 (3:42) me this? Speaker 3 (3:43) It might have been on your TikTok. I think my little Speaker 2 (3:45) sister, I think Evelyn has listened to this and told me as well to listen to it. It's a really good interview. I've Speaker 3 (3:49) really enjoyed Speaker 2 (3:50) it. So you would love that. What Speaker 3 (3:51) band Speaker 2 (3:52) was he part of? The Speaker 3 (3:53) Nationals. Speaker 2 (3:53) Still is. Okay. Yeah. Also. You're going to die before band came to my brain. What was that? Snow Patrol. Because my brain was like, Snow Patrol. It's like, it's definitely not Snow Patrol. What is Speaker 3 (4:06) that? Chasing cars. Some bangers though. Made famous by Grey's Anatomy. We can Speaker 2 (4:09) all Speaker 3 (4:09) agree. Very quick second recommendation. Now, in the spirit of self-awareness, I appreciate we have done ads for this across the network. Oh, right. This is a Zsa Zsa Boogie through and through. Just passionate endorsement. Zsa Zsa Boogie. Speaker 2 (4:25) Editorial opinion. The love hypothesis is really good. Oh. Speaker 3 (4:28) Yeah. It is a bit of me through and through. It is just, it's a classic rom-com. Delicious. It's so good. I. Sex Speaker 2 (4:38) scenes? Speaker 3 (4:39) Yeah, actually there's one quite good one that I thought Michelle would approve of this. Speaker 2 (4:44) The Speaker 3 (4:44) thing was, a big grand final day in Melbourne over the weekend, huge weekend. Shout out to our Freo supporters, I'm thinking of you. Oh, heartbreaking, heartbroken, awful. I was writing for you and I left a bit early because I'm 100 years pregnant and I was so happy that I had saved this film to go home to so I didn't have any FOMO. And I watched it then and it was perfect. Speaker 2 (5:09) I'm so Speaker 3 (5:10) happy for you. Speaker 2 (5:10) So Speaker 3 (5:11) that's Speaker 2 (5:11) that. There's two recommendations for you. I know we have other stuff to talk about, namely just cousins. We have so much to get through, but yes. Well, do we? We have a lot, but it's all like, it's cousin chat. Why are you undermining Speaker 3 (5:23) the cousin chat before we've begun? Speaker 2 (5:24) But just to give the listeners some spontaneity. Yeah. When we were just talking back and forth about the sex scene thing, I don't think we ever spent long enough. Remember? Earlier this year, Gen Z wanted to like remove sex scenes from things. Did they? Or was that just the news Speaker 3 (5:39) saying that Gen Z wanted to remove the sex scene? That was, oh no, that was, wasn't that the director of the Callum Turner movie who said that Gen Z don't want sex scenes? Speaker 2 (5:47) There was like a lot of stuff earlier this year to be like sex scenes. Like I remember some viral TikToks to be like, why is everything needed? Sex scene, remove sex from stuff. Why? I love that stuff. You're like jab it full of it. Jab it. Jab it full of. Jam it. Jam it? Or jab. Pack it. Speaker 3 (6:05) Jab, jab. Jabby, jabby. Would you like me to take you to Jethro Sheeran land? Speaker 2 (6:10) Please tell me because I have been in a cone of silence when it comes to Jethro Sheeran. You told me that he's been on. Piers Morgan, and then you specifically gave me an instruction not to watch anything. So when I'm fucking scrolling through Twitter, there's so many snippets coming up of this. I have not seen a single thing. The only thing I know is he's wearing the fugliest t-shirt I've ever seen in my entire life. Bright pink. Why is he wearing that? And Speaker 3 (6:32) all Speaker 2 (6:32) men should be allowed to wear pink. This is just not a good t-shirt. Mitch has some pink shirts I love. This is just heinous and the wrong shade for him and his color analysis. Speaker 3 (6:39) Correct. So Jethro Sheeran is somehow going to become the hero of Shameless over this year. Easily. If he doesn't win something at the COAs, I'll be devastated. He is, of course, Ed Sheeran's cousin in the wake of the Ed Sheeran controversy of the last couple of weeks. Jethro decided to post that lengthy rant about Ed on Instagram. The conversation around Ed was like deeply political. The criticism that Jethro has has been void of any politics whatsoever. Speaker 2 (7:04) He's just taken his moment and run. Should we read what he said in the caption to remind people? Please give us a refresher. He said, beware that Ed's very calculated and cruel. That's my honest opinion and I'm family. He's not a true Sheeran. P.S. Eject. My new album is coming out soon. Telling the truth about him and my reply to him. Speaker 3 (7:24) Yeah, so a reminder, Jethro Sheeran is ostensibly a musician. He said that they got their start in the music industry together and Ed ditched him when he gained worldwide success. They do have one publicly available song together. Sorry, the Speaker 2 (7:39) concept of ditching a Speaker 3 (7:40) concept. It's also like you weren't a duo. It's like one of you just got really fucking successful. They've got a song called Raise Him Up. It was released in 2021. So what? Speaker 2 (7:50) He hasn't ditched Speaker 3 (7:50) him Speaker 2 (7:50) at all. If anything, he's taken him on the ride. Speaker 3 (7:53) Okay. To no one's surprise, Piers Morgan thought, that's a man I'm going to get on my show this week. And the 30-minute interview is available on YouTube. 30 minutes? Goes for ages. Belly did watch the whole thing for us. Speaker 2 (8:06) Belly, I'm so sorry. No. Do never Speaker 3 (8:10) apologise. Do Speaker 2 (8:11) we know if he's a paternal or maternal cousin? Well, she and him. Oh, but. Hang on. Speaker 3 (8:18) We're in Speaker 2 (8:18) the new era of Speaker 3 (8:19) surnames. I reckon just cop the Ellen kick, though. Yeah, Speaker 2 (8:22) okay. Paternal cousin. Okay. Fuck, that was not my best. Speaker 3 (8:27) No. Speaker 2 (8:27) Dumb stuff Fridays, though. Speaker 3 (8:28) Okay, so here's the thing. Jethro and Ed, according to this interview with Piers Morgan, they weren't always on bad terms, right? They, like, to what we said before, they had a song out in 2021. When Piers questioned him. When Piers questioned Jethro on why he'd suddenly come out and just laid the boots in, he said, because his success will trickle down to my own. Because everyone, when he's number one, everyone searches. Speaker 2 (8:56) What? Repeat that? I don't know. Because he's,