Gay Day Drinking

A new episode of Seth Meyers’s Day Drinking aired last night during Late Night and first a word about this segment because this feature is Seth’s equivalent of Carpool Karaoke, except that he and his producers have been much more discerning about who gets invited to day drink with Seth…which is why pretty much every installment is a banger, from Rihanna to Julia Louis-Dreyfus to Kristen Stewart to Kevin Hart and more. There are no flops. That said, even at such a high standard, there are standouts. And the latest two guests qualify: Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, aka Las Culturistas. 

Obviously Bowen and Matt already have their own rhythm since they’re best friends and they’ve been doing the podcast for so long. But Seth kept up – in fact, we might have seen a side of Seth here that only Bowen and Matt could have brought out. As in the gayest Day Drinking of all time, and by gay, obviously, I mean the most brilliant and the most funny. I was sad when it was over because it was so good, so hilarious, so quick, so smart, so CULTURED… and this applies to all of them, each of them had their moments to glow and glitter. 

A word on Bowen though? Because he’s an actual genius, even as he was getting more progressively f-cked up, the intelligence here is breathtaking. When he says “resolve the phrase” near the end, I think I climaxed.

I also lost it at the tank top and open shirt thing because I can confirm that this is the uniform, it’s basically the only thing some of my friends have worn, in various fabrics and colours, since the pandemic ended. So, if alcohol is not a trigger for you, understanding that for some people it is, please enjoy. 

 

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What else happened today…

I think we have to add Teyana Taylor to the Zendaya category now, especially since she’ll likely be everywhere this coming award season with One Battle After Another. And when she shows up, she’ll always be best dressed. (Go Fug Yourself)

Reddit is talking about food combinations that you love but no one else does and…well… I feel like this is a conversation for everyone but Asians because, being Asian myself, we’re the monarchs of mashing sh-t together that you might not think belongs together but it’s amazing. Like Cheetos on ramen. I love a bolo bun (it’s basically bread that's sweet) with bbq pork inside, you can find this at any Chinese bakery. Sometimes I dip my potato chips in oyster sauce because oyster sauce is good on anything. So none of these answers is weird to me. (Pajiba)

Speaking of Chinese people, we worship Bruce Lee, particularly those of us with Hong Kong backgrounds. Bruce Lee died in Hong Kong but he was born in America. He is the most famous Asian American of all time. And I devoured this piece about how he came to be born in the United States. (Slate)

Forget about that fool who went off at the UN yesterday. Focus instead on Violet Affleck’s speech. (The Cut)

Halle Berry is dealing with the consequences of the cat who’s been “laying pipe” on her block, LOLOLOLOL. (Celebitchy)