Calling Balls and Strikes w. Clare Malone & Alexis Nikole Nelson

Erin Gloria Ryan (0:00)

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Hello and welcome to Hysteria. I'm Erin Ryan.

Clare Malone (2:32)

I'm Clare Malone.

Erin Gloria Ryan (2:34)

Clare, welcome, first of all, and I'm sorry that we're going to just throw you in the deep end because Sydney Sweeney has something to teach both of us about sports. Now, you haven't seen this ad, right?

Clare Malone (2:46)

I haven't. I purposely avoided it. Algorithmically, news feed-wise, I have virgin eyes here.

Erin Gloria Ryan (2:52)

So this is going to be Clare Malone blind reacting to this ad where Sydney Sweeney teaches us about sports. Take it away.

Clare Malone (3:06)

Think you know sports?

Erin Gloria Ryan (3:08)

Prove it.

Clare Malone (3:09)

Novig is just sports.

Alexis Nikole Nelson (3:13)

So they wanted a show. Just sports.

Clare Malone (3:18)

You can trade this sport and this sport.

Erin Gloria Ryan (3:24)

How about this?

Clare Malone (3:30)

Or this?

Alexis Nikole Nelson (3:32)

Sports. Sports.

Erin Gloria Ryan (3:34)

Sports. Sports.

Clare Malone (3:35)

Sports.

Alexis Nikole Nelson (3:35)

Sports. Sports.

Erin Gloria Ryan (3:37)

Sports.

Clare Malone (3:39)

You can't trade this. I just look at here.

Alexis Nikole Nelson (3:42)

No betting on wars or deaths.

Clare Malone (3:44)

And no politics.

Erin Gloria Ryan (3:48)

Just you. Your takes on sports.

Clare Malone (3:59)

The best part was no betting on sports, death or politics. Yes.

Erin Gloria Ryan (4:04)

Wars, death or politics. Wars.

Alexis Nikole Nelson (4:06)

Sorry. Yeah.

Erin Gloria Ryan (4:06)

Right. Well, I guess that ad was better than war. I will say that it cleared that bar.

Clare Malone (4:12)

Well, like, you know, the male gaze, right? I guess.

That's it. That's my analysis.

Erin Gloria Ryan (4:19)

Like it seems so like Y2K to me. Like raunch, like peak raunch, Girls Gone Wilds area.

Clare Malone (4:28)

Yeah. But it's obviously, I mean, she's, this is obviously kind of her brand now, right? Like it's a little bit, it almost feels like maybe her representation is kind of like, we already have the kind of like internet reputation. Let's lean into the, like we're the not PC hot girl, right?