Flop Soup

Are John Travolta's Many Berets Flopping? (feat. Everlane buying Shein, Julia Louis-Dreyfus's Podcast, and Paper Magazine's Mother-Daughter Flop Duos)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2105415/fan_mail/new] Hi flops, Here we are AGAIN! Three episodes in THREE WEEKS! It's called FLOW and we're ON IT!  This week's flops are richer and more tantalizing than ever: * Gypsy Rose Blanchard shadow feud with James Charles [https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/15/gypsy-rose-blanchard-donates-to-spirit-airlines-employee/] * Cruises continue to flop [https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/13/europe/passengers-cruise-ship-france-sickness-intl] * Paper Mag said WHO was mother? [https://www.papermag.com/madonna-sabrina-mother-daughter] * Pam Grier on Julia Louis-Dreyfus's podcast [https://people.com/pam-grier-says-she-has-orgasms-that-last-3-whole-days-age-76-11974427] * Everlane sells THE HELL OUT! [https://www.fastcompany.com/91543852/everlane-shein-sustainable-fashion-millennial-optimism] * John Travolta's Many Berets [https://www.thecut.com/article/every-beret-john-travolta-has-worn-at-cannes.html] * Olivia Rodrigo & the Faux Babydoll Dress Hysteria [https://www.thecut.com/article/olivia-rodrigo-babydoll-dress-bloomers-criticism.html] * Hollywood Assists the Singularity [https://www.wired.com/story/i-work-in-hollywood-everyone-who-used-to-make-tv-now-training-ai/] Additional Quick Flops * Trish Paytas Does Kpop [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4BzL-5-Yeo&list=RDI4BzL-5-Yeo&start_radio=1] & Benihana [https://people.com/trisha-paytas-is-getting-her-own-signature-order-at-benihana-exclusive-11970728] * Lea Seydoux acts to exist [https://variety.com/2026/film/features/lea-seydoux-cannes-the-unknown-bond-1236750436/] * Mr. Feeney & His Wife & Their Open Marriage, Oh My [https://people.com/william-daniels-wife-bonnie-bartlett-clarifies-non-spoken-rules-of-their-open-marriage-11978412] Local Flops * LA - the top 100 WORST rental properties [https://ktla.com/news/local-news/los-angeles-problem-rental-properties-dashboard/] * PHL - World Cup looms, disappointing [https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7217651/2026/04/22/world-cup-hotel-tourism-prices-usa/] and full of mandatory tipping rules [https://billypenn.com/2026/04/29/some-philly-restaurants-prepping-to-add-a-mandatory-20-service-charge-for-the-world-cup/] See you next week, xoxo Justin & Cassandra Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/flopsoup] To join our Patreon for bonus content & to support the show MONETARILY!!!, visit https://www.patreon.com/FlopSoup [https://www.patreon.com/FlopSoup] Co-hosted by Cassandra Kyriazis and Justin Crosby. Produced by David Lai. If you're loving the pod, rate and review us everywhere podcasts can possibly be rated and reviewed <3 please :)

Are Cruise Ships Finally Peak Flopping? (feat. Nick Cannon on Mother's Day, Prego IS Listening, and Mailing a GUN :)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2105415/fan_mail/new] HAPPY FRIDAY FLOPTARTS To wrap up your week we're coming to you with the latest flops you MUST know, including: * Nick Cannon's Mother's Day [https://www.eonline.com/news/1431833/nick-cannons-mothers-day-plans-as-father-of-12-kids-from-6-women] * New Wordle Game Show [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/business/media/wordle-nbc-savannah-guthrie.html] * The American Music Awards lineup [https://www.billboard.com/lists/2026-american-music-awards-performers/] * Overturning 100 year old laws about the MAIL [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/08/usps-postal-service-handguns-mail] * Prego Pasta Sauce listening device [https://www.fastcompany.com/91529593/prego-storycorps-connection-keeper-library-of-congress-weird-new-collab-pasta-sauce] * Peak FLOP week for cruises * Hantavirus cruise ship [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/world/hantavirus-outbreak-cruise-ship-passengers.html] * what is hantavirus and why you can chill out [https://med.stanford.edu/news/insights/2026/05/hantavirus-need-to-know-stanford-medicine.html]about its pandemic potential * gay gay on hantavirus cruise [https://www.them.us/story/hantavirus-gay-cruise-ship-blogger-symptoms-spread-protection?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=app.dashsocial.com%2Fthem%2Flibrary%2Fmedia%2F671161948&fbclid=IwY2xjawRvMRxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF4VlZvaU40WTB0YThCOFkzc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHggTbrJcxAq2lto5Agy7zm72pm-of0gqSpjWP1vdhkLSZrCUjk_u0A4AGAYP_aem_KAsU6G9PyJnV8YrMoV_04w] * And also 28 cruise ship employees arrested in child pornography ring [https://people.com/disney-cruise-staffers-arrested-child-sex-abuse-material-probe-11969590] (oh no) PLUS Local Flops: * LA - Justin can't wait to RIDE THE D [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/09/los-angeles-subway-public-transportation] in LA * PHL - new office building that legit says CHUBB on it [https://www.inquirer.com/real-estate/commercial/chubb-office-tower-center-city-new-building-20260509.html] xoxo Justin & Cassandra Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/flopsoup] To join our Patreon for bonus content & to support the show MONETARILY!!!, visit https://www.patreon.com/FlopSoup [https://www.patreon.com/FlopSoup] Co-hosted by Cassandra Kyriazis and Justin Crosby. Produced by David Lai. If you're loving the pod, rate and review us everywhere podcasts can possibly be rated and reviewed <3 please :)

Is the One Night of the Year Single People Are LEGALLY Allowed to Have Sex Flopping? (feat. The Fall of Spirit Airlines, Stanley Tucci's Elegant Heterosexuality, and Eu-fart-ia)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2105415/fan_mail/new] Hi flops! We missed you and we're SO back with this week with a fresh batch of flops, including:  * Kacey Musgraves dressed as an armadillo for a [https://www.billboard.com/music/country/kacey-musgraves-giant-armadillo-costume-buy-middle-of-nowhere-1236238260/]lbum promo? * Sydney Sweeney's fart rumors [https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/real-story-behind-going-sydney-152125640.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANYfMDSGVEpJ-kPvG5XZLdDrjeNbQkXU12bKSLWkxIfNXOLRprQPiTmn16vRXb34O5WzFJgu5LDEFWRXmswOEyEH5s7IFR1jacwCrvm-DWC_xjIBdXQWTw4vhZN__JF78rFNptaTZVEt0x8xxnU33P3lp2192VpdK3ZkkvcitMVd] * Channing Tatum still down bad for Zoe Kravitz [https://www.tmz.com/2026/04/28/chaning-tatum-cryptic-posts-after-zoe-kravitz-engagement/] * Meryl Streep weighing in on Stanley Tucci's heterosexuality [https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/meryl-streep-stanley-tucci-elegance-heterosexuality-1236736091/] * The ONE NIGHT ONLY / Sex Purge Trailer [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/30/the-purge-but-for-sex-one-night-only-trailer] * The Verity Trailer [https://people.com/verity-teaser-anne-hathaway-josh-hartnett-dakota-johnson-11708782] * SPIRIT AIRLINES GOING BANKRUPT AND SHUTTERING FOR GOOD [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/02/spirit-airlines-shutdown-inside-the-final-hours.html], which is bad for everyone [https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/spirit-airlines-cancellation-closure/687047/] Local Flops * LA - Pussycat Dolls reunion tour cancels ALL US tour dates [https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/05/05/pussycat-dolls-tour-canceled/89946028007/] EXCEPT WeHo Pride, blue dot fever [https://www.fox5ny.com/video/fmc-9xsw4hn51d468k1o] * PHL - everyone is too thirsty for a Philly-based polyamorous Jeopardy contestant [https://www.phillymag.com/news/2026/04/30/greg-shahade-wife-single-married-jeopardy/] XOXO Justin & Cassandra Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/flopsoup] To join our Patreon for bonus content & to support the show MONETARILY!!!, visit https://www.patreon.com/FlopSoup [https://www.patreon.com/FlopSoup] Co-hosted by Cassandra Kyriazis and Justin Crosby. Produced by David Lai. If you're loving the pod, rate and review us everywhere podcasts can possibly be rated and reviewed <3 please :)

Is AllBirds Flopping? (feat. Facelifts, Dead Dance Floors, and Cancelled One Direction Docs)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2105415/fan_mail/new] Hi Floptinas!  We're back again with a new episode covering the following flopics: * Kris Jenner is "mad as hell" about her facelift [https://pagesix.com/2026/04/18/celebrity-news/kris-jenner-mad-as-hell-over-100k-facelift-slipping/] * Maren Morris bisexual era terrors [https://www.them.us/story/maren-morris-breakup-trauma-bisexual] * One Direction boys fighting & flopping [https://people.com/louis-tomlinson-unfollows-zayn-malik-amid-documentary-series-drama-11953382] * Polymarket rules & regulations [https://www.theverge.com/news/914880/no-big-bets-on-tiny-desk] (for NPR employees) * Charli XCX claiming the "dance floor is dead" [https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/charli-xcx-next-album-rock-dance-floor-is-dead-1236224322/] * AllBirds is just AI now [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/us/allbirds-shoes-ai-pivot.html] * Meghan Trainor cancels tour AND sells house? [https://www.tmz.com/2026/04/17/meghan-trainor-mansion-after-scrapping-tour/] Local Flops LA - Beignet Box? Christina Milian? [https://la.eater.com/2021/4/15/22386196/christina-milian-restaurant-opening-studio-city-beignets-coffee-cafe] PHL - Philly acting up [https://billypenn.com/2026/04/17/best-free-restaurant-bread-in-america-parc-philadelphia/] re: having the best free bread in America [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/05/best-free-restaurant-bread-america/686582/] XOXO Flopsandra & Flopstin Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/flopsoup] To join our Patreon for bonus content & to support the show MONETARILY!!!, visit https://www.patreon.com/FlopSoup [https://www.patreon.com/FlopSoup] Co-hosted by Cassandra Kyriazis and Justin Crosby. Produced by David Lai. If you're loving the pod, rate and review us everywhere podcasts can possibly be rated and reviewed <3 please :)

Is Alex Cooper or Alix Earle Flopping? (feat. Outlook in Space, Boy Kibble, and Laufey's Electric Lexus)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2105415/fan_mail/new] HI FLOPS!  We're so back so strap in for a CASCADE of flops from coast to coast. Xoxox, Justin & Cassandra How we're flopping this week: Cassandra - the Drama being sooo sold out on a Monday [https://www.vulture.com/article/the-drama-is-now-a24s-third-best-box-office-opening.html] Justin - wRoNg airport! Quick Flops * Laufey reaches peak spon con [https://stereogum.com/2495608/laufey-unveils-madwoman-video-erewhon-smoothie-electric-lexus-honoring-miles-davis-for-amazon/news] * girl dinner, meet boy kibble [https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2026/mar/25/boy-kibble-viral-meal-trend] * Chloe Fineman pants on fire [https://ew.com/chloe-fineman-tells-snl-cast-she-pantsed-boy-as-camp-counselor-got-fired-11941538?taid=69cecc5ce1f7f1000147e8cf&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter] * Coachella Corner - Katy Perry & Justin Trudeau spotted [https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/04/14/justin-trudeau-katy-perry-coachella/], Justin Beiber DJs his set [https://www.garbageday.email/p/was-justin-bieber-s-coachella-set-good], Diplo supports Justin [https://people.com/diplo-defends-justin-bieber-divisive-coachella-headline-set-exclusive-11948713], and the Bran Flakez of it all [https://www.thecut.com/article/bran-flakezz-fans-backlash-starbucks-coachella-spon.html] * Alix Earle vs. Alex Cooper [https://people.com/alex-cooper-calls-out-brianna-lapaglia-amid-feud-with-alix-earle-11949416] - who are they and what is that? * Microsoft Outlook flops in space [https://www.theverge.com/science/906988/nasa-artemis-ii-microsoft-outlook-issue-fixed], toilets also broken [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87wy05wr4no], and btw this is how long it takes to go to the moon [https://www.britannica.com/science/How-Long-Does-It-Take-to-Get-to-the-Moon], apollo 13 as educational tool [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/30/movies/film-review-apollo-13-a-movie-for-the-fourth-of-july.html], challenger explosion [https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/address-nation-explosion-space-shuttle-challenger], and columbia explosion [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster] * Euphoria premieres to befuddled crickets [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/euphoria-season-3-review-zendaya-sydney-sweeney-hbo-1236558186/] Local Flops LA - why did Kanye have two sold out shows at Sofi Stadium [https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/live-review-kanye-wades-through-the-fog-at-sofi-stadium/] so soon after he openly praised Hitle [https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ye-song-glorifying-hitler-gets-millions-views-x-platforms-struggle-rem-rcna205905]r? PHL - Why did Philly take SO long to kick over an Ubereats delivery robot [https://www.inquirer.com/life/homebody-boyfriend-red-flag-20260404.html]? Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/flopsoup] To join our Patreon for bonus content & to support the show MONETARILY!!!, visit https://www.patreon.com/FlopSoup [https://www.patreon.com/FlopSoup] Co-hosted by Cassandra Kyriazis and Justin Crosby. Produced by David Lai. If you're loving the pod, rate and review us everywhere podcasts can possibly be rated and reviewed <3 please :)