Straight Up Straight Up

Jennifer Lopez’s latest film has arrived on Netflix and, phew, do we have thoughts! From its botched messaging around AI, to J.Lo’s absurd (if admirable) commitment to her role as a serious scientist, we review Atlas in all its ridiculousness before debriefing on the latest Bennifer drama. Are the reports suggesting that Jen and Ben are separating after less than a year of marriage really true? And can Ben Affleck possibly be claiming temporary insanity as grounds for divorce? Also this week, we recommend The Fall Guy starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, a charming rom-com meets action thriller about a stuntman that promises good vibes and classic Gosling unlikely leading man energy. And finally, an update on Sarah Jessica Parker, whose recent podcast appearances show an intriguingly different side to the ‘cruel’ one we’ve read about amid all the SATC drama.  

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Things discussed: 


MOTH Drinks and Vinca Wine
The Mother, Netflix
Atlas, Netflix
The Fall Guy
Babylon starring Margot Robbie 
A Quiet Place
Glad We Had this Chat, with Caroline Hirons 
Ruthie’s Table with Sarah Jessica Parker
This Is Not A Pity Memoir, Abi Morgan
Eric (Netflix)

Sophie Turner has given a tell-all interview to Vogue all about her explosive divorce from Joe Jonas, her experience of mum-shaming, her mental health, and becoming friends with Taylor Swift. We have MANY thoughts (and a few hot takes), which prompted a look at how so much mum-shaming online in the UK is linked to classism and slut-shaming. Plus, Ellie has seen Challengers and reveals whether it's up to the hype.

DM us your thoughts on Instagram @straightuppod, and let us know what you’d like us to cover next week! And as ever please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, a rating on Spotify, lysm!

Thanks so much to our amazing partner:

London Nootropics, our fave adaptogenic coffee that naturally actually boosts mental clarity and physical energy, while also easing anxiety, all without any of coffee's usual jitters. We are obsessed and you will be too! Get 20% OFF YOUR BOX with the DISCOUNT CODE straightup at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠londonnootropics.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Reccs discussed 


Sophie Turner Talks Mum-Shaming, Misogyny And Why The Best Is Yet To Come, British Vogue
Joan (coming to ITV in Autumn) 
"My abortion story went viral - because even though I wanted it, the process was still painful", Cosmopolitan 
Nelly London’s reel
‘I joined the childfree movement - and discovered its dark side’, Beth Ashley for Inews 
Sluts: The truth about slutshaming and what we can do to fight it, Beth Ashley 
Nicholas Galitzine interview, GQ
Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal, Netflix 
All anyone wants is a hot rodent boyfriend, Dazed 
Eudelo inaugural facial, Eudelo Sloane Avenue London
Mr Bao and Daddy Bao, Peckham and Tooting 

Fiona Harvey, the woman unearthed as 'the real-life Martha' by internet sleuths following the wild success of Baby Reindeer, gave a highly controversial interview to Piers Morgan on his YouTube channel last week, so of course we had to debrief. Was she lying? Was Piers wrong to interview her? What are the ethics of all this? Plus, since we love an age gap, we discuss Kate Moss holding hands with a 27-year-old Skip Marley, while Ellie has read a brilliant memoir on living a single life and has many wise nuggets to share with us all. 

DM us your thoughts on Instagram @straightuppod, and let us know what you’d like us to cover next week! And as ever please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, a rating on Spotify, lysm!

Thanks so much to our amazing partner:

London Nootropics, our fave adaptogenic coffee that naturally actually boosts mental clarity and physical energy, while also easing anxiety, all without any of coffee's usual jitters. We are obsessed and you will be too! Get 20% OFF YOUR BOX with the DISCOUNT CODE straightup at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠londonnootropics.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Reccs this week:


This Is Not A Pity Memoir by Abi Morgan 
The Split, BBC
Dark Matter, Apple TV
Arrangements in Blue by Amy Key
Sex and the City Season 6, Episode 9: A Woman's Right to Shoes
Dear Dolly: ‘My boyfriend of 12 years doesn’t want to get married’, The Times
One Pot, One Portion by @good_food_mood__ on TikTok
Piers Morgan Uncensored interview with Fiona Harvey 
New Moth cocktails – Paloma and Cosmopolitan, www.mothdrinks.com

Dua Lipa’s third album came out last week, huns, and we had such high hopes. So why has Radical Optimism fallen a little flat for us? This got us discussing the general ‘mood’ around the superstar: is she reaching her potential? And how authentic is her media empire, Service95, At Your Service podcast and her new production company Radical22? Plus, we’ve both watched the much-hyped new Anne Hathaway rom-com, The Idea of You, which explores the relationship between a 40-year-old divorcee and the 24-year-old frontman of a superstar boyband (Nicholas Galitzine), based on the hit 2017 novel of the same name. And finally, Kathers gives us the lowdown on the new season of Pandora Sykes’s new podcast, How Do We Know If We’re Doing it Right.

Thanks so much to our amazing partners:

London Nootropics, our fave adaptogenic coffee that naturally actually boosts mental clarity and physical energy, while also easing anxiety, all without any of coffee's usual jitters. We are obsessed and you will be too! Get 20% OFF YOUR BOX with the DISCOUNT CODE straightup at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠londonnootropics.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

AMBL, the London reservations app that finds you incredible restaurants and bars in real time, tailored to you, from vibe to cuisine to cocktails and live music! Search Ambl in the App store;⁠ ambl.co

Recs discussed


Dua Lipa, Radical Optimism (album)
Dua Lipa, Service95 (newsletter)
Dua Lipa, At Your Service (podcast)
Dua Lipa Manifested All of This, Time magazine
Dua Lipa on pop, psychedelics and proving her haters wrong, The Guardian
The Idea of You by Robinne Lee (book)
The Idea of You, Amazon Prime
Anne Hathaway Is Too Hot for 'The Idea of You', The Cut
The Mother (2003), Amazon Prime
Anne Hathaway on Tuning Out the Haters and Embracing Her True Self, Vanity Fair
How Do We Know If We’re Doing it Right podcast, Pandora Sykes
Decolonising My Body, Afua Hirsch
Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging, Afua Hirsch 
Omnilux contour face mask

Bridge will soon be back on our screens with a new love interest we are VERY excited to see: young Leo Woodall. Do we like this 28 year age gap for our fave clumsy hun? We discuss! Plus, why everyone is talking about the steamy new psychosexual film Challengers, and why its star Zendaya is becoming one of the most powerful people in Hollywood. Also: our thoughts on Billie Eilish’s highly candid Rolling Stone interview, why J Lo’s is having some personal PR problems, and a debrief on Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper’s wedding.


Thanks so much to our incredible partners:

Innermost Nutrition, our favourite new plant protein that's actually really good for you, full of immune-boosting ingredients, a whopping 31g of plant protein and no nasty additives. It's stocked in Ocado, John Lewis, and Soho House, or visit⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠LiveInnermost.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

London Nootropics, our fave adaptogenic coffee that naturally actually boosts mental clarity and physical energy, while also easing anxiety, all without any of coffee's usual jitters. We are obsessed and you will be too! Get 20% OFF YOUR BOX with the DISCOUNT CODE straightup at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠londonnootropics.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

AMBL, the London reservations app that finds you incredible restaurants and bars in real time, tailored to you, from vibe to cuisine to cocktails and live music! Search Ambl in the App store; ambl.co

Reccs discussed

Bridget Jones Diary 4: Spoilers, cast, trailer and plot, elle.com

Zendaya talks Challengers, talks to Serena Williams and considers her future, Vogue

Jimmy Carr: "There's A Crisis Going On With Men!", Diary of a CEO 

Challengers, in cinemas now

Dune: Part Two, Netflix

'Challengers' Star Josh O'Connor Is Filthy in Every Movie, Vulture 

3 Body Problem, Netflix The Last of Us, HBO

Blue Lights, BBC

Billie Eilish Would Like to Reintroduce Herself, Rolling Stone

Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut, Netflix

Meet Emily English, the nutritionist everyone’s talking about, The Times 

The Truth About Nutrition With Em The Nutritionist, Working Hard, Hardly Working podcast 

Yuka app 

The Call Her Daddy breakup, Shameless podcast 

Inside Alex Cooper And Matt Kaplan’s Intimate Beachside Wedding In Riviera Maya, Vogue 

Baby Reindeer is of course our main talking point this week, huns, as we debate the deeply ironic investigation undertaken by internet sleuths trying to uncover Martha and Darrien’s real identities. Sure, to uncover the ‘truth’ behind the chilling story of stalking is tempting, but is it fair to speculate when Richard Gadd has asked us not to? Ellie has also watched Nicola Peltz Beckham’s toe-curlingly vain attempt at filmmaking, Lola, and we mull over whether it could ever be OK for a billionaire’s daughter to write a screenplay from the perspective of a working class stripper. And of course we had to give our verdict on Taylor Swift’s new record, including an inside look at the power moves of her longtime publicist Tree Paine. 

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Thanks so much to our amazing podcast partners:

Innermost Nutrition, our favourite new plant protein that's actually really good for you, full of immune-boosting ingredients, a whopping 31g of plant protein and no nasty additives. It's stocked in Ocado, John Lewis, and Soho House, or visit⁠⁠ ⁠⁠LiveInnermost.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

London Nootropics, our fave adaptogenic coffee that naturally actually boosts mental clarity and physical energy, while also easing anxiety, all without any of coffee's usual jitters. We are obsessed and you will be too! Get 20% OFF YOUR BOX with the DISCOUNT CODE straightup at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠londonnootropics.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠



Reccos discussed this week: 


Baby Reindeer, Netflix
‘I was severely stalked and severely abused’: Richard Gadd on the true story behind Baby Reindeer, the Guardian
Baby Reindeer review – Richard Gadd's solo theatre debut is a haunting hour, the Guardian 
Richard Gadd: how I turned my stalking nightmare into a Netflix drama, The Times
Nicola Peltz Beckham, a billionaire’s daughter, made a movie about abject poverty. It’s as bad as you think, the Guardian 
Memmo Alfama terrace bar, Lisbon 
Magnolia restaurant, Lisbon 
Mama Shelter rooftop, Lisbon 
Praia da Adraga beach (one hour from Lisbon) 
Nat's nourishments harissa potatoes
There Are Plenty of Power Publicists. But Only One Works for Taylor Swift, Wall Street Journal