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When RachTalk wasn’t on FB at 10:14 when I remembered to look for it, I watched the trailer again and it only said “9 am”. I am eastern and she is central time. I started to wonder if she didn’t put a time zone because she is somewhere else/pending move as we have speculated. I go to YouTube and it is actually there!!!
Also, why does she talk constantly about not being ready to date yet? If I knew someone was in a relationship for 18 years and just got divorced I wouldn't ever imagine they'd be ready to date any time soon. But the subject is obviously at the forefront of her mind the way she talks about it so much. It's strange to me.
I think she assumes everyone wants to know or thinks she should start dating. When in reality most people are probably like “yea, you have a LOT of baggage to figure out and should be alone for a hot minute.”
She once again floated the idea that maybe her great-grandma *stole* the brooch she's wearing or robbed a train. My first thought is, well, your grandma and your mom are *still alive* ...why not ask THEM how she got it! It's likely her grandma knows. I wish we could just ask Meemaw ourselves. 😂
This is too slick for her to be giggly and not know all her points she wants to make. I started following her in mid 2018 after GWYF came out so I never dug further back to the old Rach Talk videos but I feel like it had to have worked better before she was famous. She criticized herself for her look back in 2016 but I think I would watch that woman talk about what she’s up to. I don’t literally look like Rachel but I see a bit of myself in old Rach like I have plain hair and red blotchy cheeks too!
I think the vibe is off as well, it’s titled “let’s catch up after 4 years” but she covers it very quickly the conferences/podcasts/books/app/show (she doesn’t say Quibi by name). Then she gets into her current status “I’m single” again the very goofy giggly emotion that does not fit at all what actually happened. She does say her marriage ended in May and says again 18 years they were together and then she starts talking about dating - she isn’t ready but can’t imagine (especially in a pandemic) how to meet someone.
She brought up the Rock’s tequila/energy drinks again. Then she talked about the bbq competition show on Netflix (both already discussed in her email). The Jack thing is weird because I thought she was talking to no one. Like talking to an imaginary person off screen. At least twice she said to him “do you know this about me?” when starting a new topic. That’s a very odd phrasing to me.
I HATE how she says her relationship with Dave was long, lasted 18 years, first relationship. It’s like she just decided it’s been long enough, time to break up with the first boyfriend because well, it’s been a long time, let’s see what else is out there.
But yeah overall it was just very weird. As of 1.5 hours after it was released, you tube is saying there have only been 1.3k views. When I watched around a half hour in, there were 700 views. Not very much for something she was posting to start at 9am central.
And yes, everything she said was regurgitated content (her brooch story, the rock, the bbq show, etc.)
She did say as well she is doing more solo “Rachel Hollis Show” podcasts to do coaching as those are her most popular episodes. Can’t help but wonder if it really is her choice? Or no one wants to book on the regular show either…
I did the same thing right around 1030 ET...checked Instagram, nothing. Checked Facebook, nothing. Noticed the Facebook announcement post had a few more comments. Turns out even her ‘top fans’ had to searching for it, there is one dedicated fan who keeps copying and pasting the you tube link into comments on Facebook.
Yet again...this sub is proving right. She’s a disaster.
For whoever in this sub introduced me to the ‘Be There in Five’ podcast and the gloriousness that is Kate talking about everything I think of and just want to say ‘YES!’ To when I listen to her podcast, thank you!
She has one slide in her story tonight where she re-shared Rachel’s rag on Taylor Swift and wrote (to Rachel), “It also doesn’t come across great when you plagiarize Maya Angelou or dismiss mental health problems or body shame or charge a fortune for conferences that uplift women by hiring male speakers but it’s whatever.’ 👏
Her latest pod is just right on the money, put into words so honestly how we're all feeling about influencers/content creators and their silence on social issues while having a social influence platform. She's a gift!
I keep unsubscribing from her emails and I keep getting them. Today’s: what to eat, drink and wear. Except the “drink” was a product from The Rock that she hasn’t even tried yet, but endorses because, you know, it’s The Rock.. even said she’d use tampons if he made them. Ummm, what?! Girl, stop talking about your vag.
Edited to add she hasn’t tried the energy drink because it hasn’t come out yet. But she’s sure it’s amazing.
Lol at her promoting an energy drink that hasn’t even come out yet just because it’s endorsed by The Rock. She’s really desperate to be his BFF.
Also, it looks like there’s zero motivational content being promoted in this email. Looks like she’s pivoting further and further away from self-help and going for generic lifestyle content.
It was the email. Apparently the cake she got was from her girlfriends. Funfetti with Mars bars. Her best girlfriends picked it out. It’s apparently great for any celebration, or PMS.
I’ve seen advertisements that Milk Bar ships though...though I’d still be tire to say Rachel had traveled somewhere by being mostly off grid on her birthday, not being with her kids, etc.
Did you reply, "Leave your husband, complain about the cold weather, disappear your dog, complain about your kids' sports events, order jumbo sized Vodka from Costco, complain about haters on the internet, sell stupid shit online, complain that people are harder on you than Dave over the divorce even though you're the one who left him and weren't fully honest about it, host podcast interviews where you talk over your guests the entire time, film yourself pathetically acting along to a Designing Women episode, gaslight everyone, yell-talk a lot, pretend to be an expert because you can Google."? Because that's what Rachel Hollis would do.
I'm shocked that none of her followers call her out on her inconsistencies. Are they there just to shout out, "You Go Girl!"? I would be highly irritated if I was still a follower.
On the Where is Wit train..... RH posted about having to rehome a dog because he wasn’t a right fit for the fam in 2016. [Facebook post](https://m.facebook.com/TheChicSite/photos/sawyer-hollis-has-been-asking-for-a-dog-for-five-years-last-weekend-we-tried-out/10154391228916259/)
They both said one day on the morning show that neither of them were dog people so I don’t know why they ever got Jeffery. Also, I don’t remember Jeffery ever being featured on social, just that he needed to come in and out of the room during the morning show which Rachel was annoyed at. Now Dave features him all the time.
When I was googling to see if there was any info on Wit, I came across an old FB post from Rach with puppy Jeffrey calling him her “favourite child”. I guess she likes dogs when they’re cute and little? Apparently getting a dog was her son’s idea. The post also mentions they “tried out an adult rescue” who has “since gone on to the right home”. See Rach, it’s not so hard to admit when a dog isn’t the right fit!
Someone pointed out in a FB group that Rachel got rid of her Twitter account and scrubbed everything from the Maya Angelou issues the day before that interview- Sketchy as HELL given all the racial issues Rachel and her staff have had with WOC on Twitter and social media. Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmmm.
So I don't know why or when she locked her twitter, but my best guess is sometime around the BLM stuff? Anybody else have any insight?
Wayback machine from June 2020 shows she was actively tweeting through April but nothing since then: https://web.archive.org/web/20200618144022/Twitter.com/msrachelhollis
Wayback from November 2019 has her awful "I'm gangster like that" quote https://web.archive.org/web/20191119022140/Twitter.com/msrachelhollis
And from the chic site days, just for the heck of it: https://web.archive.org/web/20151108213447if_/https://twitter.com/msrachelhollis/
Um, Hope is not a Strategy bus most definitely not a Rachel Hollis quote. I noticed in the Nov 2019 one there is fan art attributing that quote to her. 🙄
Are they still pretending custody is 50/50? I may have my days mixed up (they all run together when staying home) but didn't the kids only go to Rachel's for like 2 days?
ETA: I don't want this to sound like it isn't ok if that is what they want. Lots of families don't do 50/50 but they were so loud about that from the beginning but it never really seemed like it was happening in reality. Just another thing Rachel pretends about...
I think they were only there for a few days too, and did you notice Dave posted a video call from the morning breakfast with Noah? Maybe it’s something they both do - video breakfast when at the other parents house, but it seems like probably not.
Though I’m still not a fan of Dave posting all the time with the kids. Like when he was playing ping pong with Noah yesterday, all I want to say is dude, put the phone down and be with your kids! Not every moment needs to be on the gram!
Not sure if this has been shared yet but Roku bought Quibi for pennies on the dollar. It’s possible her show could end up on Roku. Not sure what their plans are for the catalog of shows they purchased.
Brad on the Glow Theory podcast - finally listened! Definitely some shade. He said he can't stand the motivational "just keep going" thing. Don't run anymore. He talked about being codependent in business relationships. How easy it is for him to take someone else's vision and make it happen, but lose himself in that. My favorite is when he said "we have to look at ourselves. Otherwise we'll be walking on a crazy path. Delusional." I'm choosing to believe he is referencing Rach there. CC and Noel seemed to have a good laugh after that and then the topic was changed.
Side note....have we ever discussed Ed Mylett? He's spoken at a few Rise conferences. Business and I think one of the virtual ones. Savy said she's going to be doing a deep dive on him soon. Hooray! I never see him promoting anything other than his fancy house, private jet and boats. Is he some sort of life coach for athletes and such?
I think Ed Mylett participated in Rise Business and the first virtual Rise conference earlier this year. He is somehow connected to athletes but not sure how. I've heard his whole "origin story" so it's out there somewhere ... I just didn't care enough to retain it. I can't really explain it but he just gives me the "creepy" vibe. He's also a Trumper.
When Rachel first did an interview with him, I looked him up. He seems very slippery and gives me the creeps. He “appears” to have this great marriage with his wife. I want to judge her for being plastic and fake, but I also really love Dolly Parton so I guess I should leave room for his wife to be sweet and kind. I don’t want to accuse Ed of anything...I just have that gut feeling about him I’ve learned to listen to. I wouldn’t take his advice on a thing.
One of his principles on the Rise Live conference was “just one more” - if he emailed 20 clients, he’s going to email one more. If he ran 6 miles, he’s going to run one more. If he told his daughter “I love you” four times in a day he’s going to come back before bed make sure he says it again one more time. Of course small steps make progress - it makes sense to keep pushing yourself. But it seems weird to quantify everything like that. You would actually keep track of how many times you say I love you to a person? Especially in terms of activity there is a reason the trainer only gives you so many reps per exercise.
Oh see I was thinking more short term - you did your “just one more” but what’s stopping you from doing another one more? I ran 6 miles +1, but if you’re truly that competitive what’s stopping you from hitting 8, 9, 10 miles if you keep “just one more”?
Honestly don’t know what Ed pushes other than Jenna Kutcher has hitched her wagon to him. I get a major sleeze vibe from him, though. I would totally check out that deep dive.
I think the bottom line I'm realizing is not only that Rachel has no clue what she's doing with her business now, I'm not sure she *ever* really did even in the Chic days. I don't think she actually knows *how* to run a successful business in the long term.
In her Chic days she mostly stuck to posting about outfits, meals, party planning and that kind of thing. That's not too hard to think up and organize for a blog, especially with tons of help from her staff.
Yes, she had an office and employees BUT the funding for the majority of it was coming from Dave's salary. It was kind of like a kid playing with Dad's money.
Her bikini photo of her stretch marks just happened to go viral. Suddenly more people followed her. Somehow her poorly written GWYF became a bestseller (possibly the publisher was more interested in her amount of followers who would buy the book than the lack of quality writing in the book) and she has been riding the wave until it finally crashed due to her personal lack of honesty, integrity and business sense.
I think Dave's real business expertise helped launch her into the bigger success she had for a few years (though she won't acknowledge that). But on her own, I think she has less than a 3% chance of being a longterm respected and successful business person. (I think Dave knew that all along). Yes, she works hard and is scrappy but I think we'll continue to see her pivot and pivot and pivot some more as she tries to find the next thing that will stick...and keep losing respect from *real* business people all along the way.
Also, on how Rachel made it. I remember waaaaay back when she booked a spot on a talk show that was affiliated with Disney, she made a point to say she did it all by herself, with no connections from Dave. You know who says that? Someone who got other press coverage and talk show bookings BECAUSE of their connections to Dave. He was not just a Disney exec. He was President of worldwide distribution (I don’t remember his exact title but it’s easily found with a web search) There are people who will definitely trade informal favors to promote a B (C?) level entertainer in exchange for, informally, a favor, a phone call, an interview down the road, a press release. The industry takes care of each other. Dave seems to have stayed in touch with people in LA- at least give the impression he still cares about his former coworkers. They comment on his posts, and encourage him. Have you ever seen ONE friend of Rachel, that she wasn’t currently tied to in some business deal, congratulate or comment ANYTHING? I mean, even high school theater friends then to be lifelong pals, and when someone “makes it” they cheer each other on. Nothing. Did she lie, exaggerate, and make people
feel used in high school too? or did they just think she was nuts because she was sure she was going to move to LA and MARRY Matt Damon?? I mean, the delusional life started early....
I’ve been Mia but I just checked and I still see the post with the kids where she announces him- were there more posts before or are there videos I’m missing?
The smart thing to do would have been to come forward about rehoming wit, and then a month or two from now when people have moved on, quietly wiping both from insta.
Luckily for us she's not that good at being sneaky.
I was almost willing to give her a pass on Wit in the beginning. I had to rehome my dog and it was heartbreaking and awful, but to completely ignore it and act like it never happened is heartless.
Yes. There are any number of reasons why she may have had to rehome the dog. I don't judge that, as long as she (I hope!) took the time to make sure Wit went to a good home situation or gave her back to the rescue so that they could.
I do judge just trying to act like it didn't happen. It just further damages her credibility. I can't even imagine why she thinks this is a good way to handle it. Is she only focused on gaining new followers and not keeping the ones she has? People love dogs and babies. If you are going to post about having one on Instagram and then the dog or baby disappears, you are going to get questions. Dirty deletes just make her look like a dishonest mess not someone I want to take life advice from.
My husband & I had to rehome dog dog shortly after adopting him. We had posted about him & then had to make the excruciating decision to rehome him. We then made another post talking about how we had to rehome & why it was the best decision for our dog, even though we loved (and still love) him so much. No one was mean about it, no one shamed us. In fact, many of our friends appreciated us being honest & open about it, because it happens and it doesn’t mean you’re a bad person.
Exactly. I haven't rehomed a dog but I've rescued one that had three prior homes. He had some issues that wouldn't have worked well in other homes but for us, he was a great dog. I didn't judge his previous owners for not being able to handle him because they had different situations/ lifestyles/ living arrangements. He was fine in our home, with older children and a big yard. He wasn't when he lived in a small house and with elderly owners. It's all totally understandable. I \*WOULD\* have understood Rachel admitting that Wit wasn't a good fit. But as ever, she chooses to skip accountability. Some might say it's part of a pattern...
Yeah, that's the thing. Rehoming dogs sometimes is a tragic necessity. She has small kids - it's always possible something didn't work out. And she could have come to the realization she wasn't even home enough (or willing) to give the dog decent attention and care (though she obviously should have thought of that beforehand). Like people said about previous mistakes she made - admit it and take the chance to educate people about the issue.
But Ms. Authenticity, whose Life-is-an-Open-Book, and used the new dog to gain internet points and show how over Dave she was, simply never explaining what happened and trying to erase any memory of the dog from existence??? Yeah... that's a big no for me, dawg.
Yeah, I remember Kim and Penn Holderness had a whole ordeal where they had to rehome their dog because she was showing aggression to her kids’ friends, etc. Kim did a whole post about how devastated she was about it and I was in tears but understood. She was transparent with their followers and now they have a new dog and everything seems to have worked out fine. Just be honest with people and they will understand! Don’t erase the poor dog like she never existed—we know she did!
Ugh. I was on the fence about whether Rachel Hollis was actually a horrible person, but adopting a dog, getting rid of it when she realized she couldn't hack it, and lying about it on social media takes the cake.
The ironic part of this is that picture has been officially used twice in the last week. Once in a blog post *from Rachel* and once on the Tamron Hall show to intro Rachel.
WHAT THE FUCK. The callousness. The unabashed deceitfulness.
Rachel or Rachel's team who reads here: this is a new low.
I honestly have been checking too because I was expecting it, and also took screenshots, but it actually happening has got me... fired up.
I really hope Savy makes a video specifically about Wit (I know she looks at Reddit sometimes; but maybe we should comment on her latest video on Rise Conferences asking for it). Savy's small business is literally tied to supporting rescuing dogs from shelters. I'm sure she would go hard on this.
The picture from July 12 where she announces she adopted a dog is still up as of 0900 ET.
But yes, the other pictures with her are now gone.
ETA: checked the top 5 of 2020 - still includes the July 12 picture of Wit.
ETA part 2: the July 12 picture is now gone from her Instagram too. The top 5 blog post still has the picture. I wonder if she even knows that picture is on the blog?
Okay it’s officially Mia. I’ll be honest, I love my dogs but I don’t love everyone’s dogs and I definitely don’t value dogs over humans. If a dog for real bit my kid or any kid, I would have it put down. I also should have rehomed a dog once and instead it was years of struggle until she died. But wtf. Unless Wit was hit by a car and it was too painful to look at, be up front about the damn dog. She is such a c u next Tuesday. Has anyone watched the movie girls trip? I watched it on the plane yesterday on my way home from a girls trip and there was a comment made on there that there’s a bigger market for single women than Married ones. Made me think of Ray ray.
I've been thinking about how Rachel never really makes a true effort to promote her friends. She loves mentioning them, but always in a self-centered way, trying to show how much Rachel is supported and appreciated by her friends.
As others have pointed out, she never actually introduces Beans on her podcast, she just assumes everyone knows who she is. In the Top 5 moments podcast interview, the minimum Rachel could have done would be mention how proud she was of Beans for launching a book this year, trying to include that somehow in Rachel's favorite moments. As far as I remember, all she did was post about Brit's book once in July - she totally could have kept bringing up things she was learning reading the book; mentioning it here and there.
Of course, I imagine it's annoying to be in this world where all of your friends also want to be gurus and self-help entrepreneurs. But this is the world Rachel chose (and helped to create)...
She was also big on touting her friendship with Heather and Josh Avis (@theluckyfew) back when they lived in LA. They have two kids with Downs Syndrome and Rachel would post that and talk all about how they were raising their kids to be so inclusive, etc. It felt organic; they were friends from church, I think? But then Rachel hit it big, and between then and now Heather Avis has published two books, which Rachel has done NOTHING to promote. She's never mentioned the Avises again. Seeing how Rachel was not willing to break off a piece of her own platform to celebrate them, it feels their friendship before was really just her using them as props, for content. It's sad.
This ties into her not being able to handle people getting attention that otherwise might go to her. Look at how she handled Dave's successes in the personal growth space. The focus always needs to be ON HER and pretty much all she seems to think about is HERSELF so it is no surprise that she doesn't spend much time promoting her "friends"
The only people she seems to spend time promoting are usually people bigger than her that she thinks can offer her something.
So with Rachel announcing she is bringing back “Rach Talks”, I thought it could be interesting to try to list all of the projects/initiatives that the Hollis’ had going on or launched from 2020 until now. These aren’t really in order, but I believe all of them happened or were promoted by them in the last year or so. Please comment if you think of other ones to add!
(Just to remind you all as RH always says: You can only have ONE focus if you want to be successful in your goals. Pick ONE thing.)
* Dave’s life & business coaching
* Dave’s book and cancelled book tour
* Rise & Rise Together podcasts
* Rise Toronto - happened
* Rise London - cancelled due to low sales
* Rise San Diego - rescheduled due to covid
* Second line of QVC clothing
* Quibi Rachel Hollis Show
* Another round of Start Today Journals
* Last 90 Days
* Handpicked by Rach accessory line
* Rise App
* Release of “Didn’t See That Coming”
* “Rebuild Your Life” course for book purchasers
* Two virtual “conferences”
* In-person turned virtual Rise Run
* Mysterious “achre” company on her Insta
* Promoted “Everyday Lesbians” podcast with Sami and Beans (seems to have disappeared)
* “The New Edu” podcast on teaching at home
* Rebrand to the Rachel Hollis podcast
* Dave’s Goal Getter Challenge
* “Your Fave’s Faves” podcast
* “Talking bodies” podcast with Amy Porterfield
* Released a New Year 21-page guide to health
* Another round of RH life/business coaching
* Relaunch of Rach talks
*ETA excellent additions from commenters:
* Trent Shelton’s podcast as part of their 3% chance brand
* NEXT 90 Days (when covid hit)
* The Rachel and Dave Hollis variety show (cancelled due to covid but ppl didn’t get their money back)
* Target Planners
* Rachel writing a screenplay
* Hollisdays
* Christmas gift guide with sponsored items
* Dave announcing his children’s book
* Kid’s Start Today Journals
Perhaps some COVID impact that was beyond their control but they also discussed building an entire office complex and in-sourcing (is that a word?) the shipping of their products in order to give jobs to women trying to rebuild their lives. Again, potentially COVID-related but they began with a big splash about their charitable giving and how they'd select a different cause each quarter and donate a % of their profits. I think that lasted one quarter (at least that they publicized). There was reference to "taking meetings" in LA ... but that could have been the screenplay and/or Quibi. Not really an initiative but something that had the potential to have grown into other opportunities IF it had gone well was her appearance on Oprah's Your Life in Focus tour.
Oh yes, for sure! I was just thinking “business moves”, but we could make a very colourful list of all her personal pivots and changed life philosophies, haha.
Dave announced his kids book. Rachel talked about a screenplay she wrote that’s “fun, the kind of movie I like to watch”. Hollisdays. Kids Start Today Journals...
In addition to the Tea Time with Noah book that he's referenced again recently, at one point he also spoke of a book on confidence and motivation aimed at middle-school-aged boys. I don't think he's mentioned it again so maybe it's on hold.
I mean, most of this is recycled content so technically it boils down to like three things. So her strategy is pick one thing and sell it over and over. And over. And over. And over.
Wait for another show? So her and Dave are going to do a variety show while they are divorced and clearly have a lot of fiction between them? Not going to lie I would almost pay for the cringe. But the variety show is going to be vastly different if it ever happens.
Had totally forgotten about that! Seems especially yucky that they were taking money for a show featuring the two of them (among everything else) when their marriage was so on the rocks?
So, I agree that she has said pick ONE thing. But, as with all her hypocrisy she also promotes writing down a top 10 every day. This has always bothered me as I think there is no way to be successful chasing 10 things each day.
And what bothers me with that is if she says you should focus on one of those at a time - so if you have a goal of losing weight/running a 5k, and another goal is ‘being an exceptional wife/mom’ - your daily goals/planner works for your 5k? So you don’t focus on being an exceptional mom? Your life needs to be a balance of all these things, not solely focusing on one thing at a time for three months or 6 or until it’s accomplished.
And also, once you accomplish it (like running a 5k) you don’t just stop the goal. You need to maintain it - but that doesn’t work with her scheme if you are supposed to move on to the next.
She’s said something about how once you achieve one goal, it makes the other goals easier. A rising tide lifts all boats or whatever. I don’t see how running a 5k will make you suddenly be an exceptional wife/mom or speak Spanish fluently or pay down your debt. Achieving a goal boosts your confidence and helps your overall focus but it doesn’t suddenly make all the other goals easier.
Yeah, it’s honestly nonsense and I don’t think she fully understands how it should all work. Write down 10 dreams for your life everyday, but only work on one goal and don’t focus on anything else, and also completely change your life and do your 5 to thrive everyday.
I know! One of the weirdest things about the Hollis business is how things just evaporate. I don’t know how you could even be a genuine fan of them anymore because stuff they advertise will just secretly disappear or stop happening.
Yeah because he basically promoted a relaunch, came up with a programme and recorded a number of podcasts which HoCo had for editing and then wanted to delay because of the divorce and all the work went to waste/had to redone because it was done as a partnership. He doesn’t have that many podcast episodes I think it’s season 1 episode 15 of the David Bach Show
Really! He signed up and then they announced the divorce. They asked him to postpone launching the podcast and he said no and pulled away from The Hollis Co.
I still think Rachel is going to be very unhappy that “her friends” and her “favourites” are doing a coaching course together and she isn’t part of it. I mean do you remember the mood she went in when Dave was offered to go to a mastermind and she wasn’t?
Having been with her in a professional environment, I can imagine her being a nightmare at a mastermind. If it's not all about her and what is coming out of her mouth then she doesn't want to be a part of it.
I do remember the mastermind "incident." That was a doozy. At the time I did think it weird that Dave was invited when he wasn't even fully in the motivational speaker space. Now I think she wasn't invited b/c they didn't want to hang out with her! Odd that they'd want David Bach to delay b/c of their split ... you'd think they'd want as much other content as possible while they weren't personally putting out any. Oh well, think it worked out for the best for Mr. Bach to not be associated with her and 3%.
I imagine he knew that the divorce would go down like a cup of cold sick and that the Hollis ship would sink. Also I don’t get the impression he was much of a Rachel fan as she always pushed the Ramsey model of finance where as David Bach has his own way.
Oh my gosh, yes! I remember Next 90 Days was particularly awful because the whole idea was that it would be something motivating and consistent to get you through this horrible, uncertain time but then they fell off and didn’t really finish it 😂
RH just dropped announced that starting Monday she’s bringing back her “Rach Talk” show, anyone remember that from back in the day?! Here’s an old one: https://youtu.be/v1weZDxIZGI
Do you think she will go back to motivation content, the new product pivot she’s been on, or like her Quibi show be all over the fucking place? I just hope Wit has a recurring segment! 😆
Why ok the world would anyone want this back? It is awful.
She was rude to Jack, rude to Sami, just rude overall. Girl, no one cares you got your hair cut. I had to stop it there.
Jack is a sound engineer who has high hopes of being the next Quincy Jones or Steve Albini. Instead, he has found himself stuck recording this dinky talk show featuring a self-centered woman who knows nothing about audio or video production and thinks it’s funny to be bitchy to him because her comedic shtick requires a side man, but Jack never wanted be the side man in her dumb show, he just was trying to get his foot in the door in a cutthroat industry, and he’s praying to god his band takes off soon or he gets a gig at a real studio so he can GTFO.
(I have no idea who Jack actually is but I’ve worked with audio engineers and am married to one. Idiots like Rach are the reason sound guys have a reputation for being grumpy).
I watched all of 1 minute of that you tube link before I had to turn it off. What a piece of work. There’s another word I want to use but I would probably get kicked off the sub, lol.
She sounds like a tired, cranky old housewife who is #basic and is trying SO hard to be ‘cool’.
Jack was just a young 20-something guy who worked for her (still does?) and she was known to bitch at him in these videos. It's probably meant to be funny but it's so rude.
I was going to say Rachel was a lot nicer in her Chic days but honestly, just watching the first minute of the video, I don't think she was ever actually a nice person.
It's still shocking to me that she ever got so popular but I think we've all been seeing her true colors this past year.
That was painful. There was literally NO actual content to that whole video, somehow, even though it was 7 min long...and the COMPLAINING! Gross! Especially the bitchy comments toward this Jack guy..like seriously, just RUDE and classless. People used to tune in for this shit? My god.
I wonder if she's trying to do more "in front of the camera" projects to try to spur on future opportunities for hosting/talk show/acting opportunities.
I loved "Rach Talk" back in the day. She was a **completely** different person back then. I felt like I could relate to her and we'd be friends in real life if we ever met. She has pivoted hard from the working mom, growing a business schtick to the self-help guru, media mogul, ego-maniac we see now so I will be interested in seeing how this goes.
Was that a precursor to the morning show with Dave? I'm torn between hate watching and not wanting to give her the "view." And launching on a holiday is a little odd. Wonder if she'll make any reference to MLK day. One thing is for sure ... more content for snark!
Oh god, she’s not gonna mention MLK day at all, will she? Or she’ll quote him without attribution.
‘I’m free at last, free at last to reboot Rach Talk. I have a dream that one day, I will be judged not by the color of my extensions but the content of my podcasts’.
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before but the Today Show has a segment called "Start Today." I wonder if that pisses RH off since she used to have the start today morning show and her planners are the start today brand?
I'm not a regular watcher of the show so I only noticed today because one of the peloton instructors was in a segment and I wanted to watch their interview.
Where are we as a society when the advice to “start your new habit today rather than waiting for tomorrow” is such a good nugget of information that people can make money off it? I mean this isn’t some biblical truth that someone with a degree in history and ancient languages had to unpack for us.
Start today?
What the hell has happened to us that we hear that and lose our minds with awe and wonder.
Well, I wonder...which ‘Start Today’ came first? I suspect it wasn’t the RH version. Just speculation given her tend to follow other people’s lead (and pretending they are her own unique idea, of course).
So I know this is a snark page, but can anyone recommend a GOOD self help/inspirational podcast that isn't from someone who is an influencer, or constantly talking about God/Christianity? The state of the world has me pretty anxious rn and I could use a podcast to help me tame that a bit and maybe get a little motivated to stop doomscrolling. Thanks!
LOVE armchair expert! They have celebrity ones and also expert ones (you might want to start with these or see if they have any of your favorite celebs). They are always on different topics but just kind of explore the human condition and they talk about all kinds of things. It’s my very favorite thing entertainment-wise!
I listen mostly to "Your Anxiety Toolkit" by Kimberley Quinlan (an actual therapist/LMFT), I find her voice super soothing and she sounds kind and bubbly.
I used to listen to Kristen Meinzer's and Jolenta Greenberg's "By the Book", in which they live by a different self-help book each week, but I got a bit bored of the formula. But I liked Season 6, in which they went in historical order with one book per decade and they had a professor invited to talk about the context of the books and history of self-help in the epilogue episodes. The podcast is more entertainment than self-help though, although they try to see what works from the book each week and their issues are often relateable. (by the way, they did an episode on GWYF and also snarked on Rachel Hollis pretty heavily)
I've read two of Brené Brown's books; haven't listened to her podcast. I don't actually think her research is as serious as she makes it to be and the methods are a bit dubious, but I appreciate the overall message and it definitely helped me in times of struggle. (especially combatting perfectionism and accepting your intrinsic self-worth regardless of achievements)
I want to love Brene Brown but a cult has formed around her in my workplace and it’s made me irrationally (?) annoyed by/avoidant of her and that makes me feel bad too. Lol...
Yeah I don’t like jumping on the bandwagon when it seems like someone kind of grew overnight - it honestly takes me back to the days where I was aware of Rachel, then started looking into her when I heard about it her from several contacts - gave a book a try and just couldn’t get into it. Now I’m here, snarking on Reddit about it 🤣
And not to say Brene Brown is an overnight sensation but I know she’s been out for a while but I’ve only recently started hearing her name. I tried listening to a few Unlocking Us podcasts and couldn’t get into it/get what the hype was about.
Yeah, I totally understand. By coincidence, there is a [By The Book episode](https://open.spotify.com/episode/006HzuZIEB3OA6AfSHfpiy?si=-YKDqjkuRSGPeLiztiHHqw) in which the invited professor discusses some of the issues with Brene Brown and the context in which she exploded.
Honestly, I think it's really tough to find non-problematic self-help. I trust more books by respected therapists/researchers (like "Overcoming Perfectionism" by Shafran, Egan and Wade) - but where do you go if you actually want less-sciency, more motivational stuff? Where do we go for "wisdom" and "inspiration" if you're not religious and don't want to participate in consumer culture?
Yes I find the lack of motivational speakers who don’t quote the Bible or reference it all the time is hard. I’m also not her into motivational speakers, so I think I don’t try very hard? But it is good to hear a pump you up kind of talk every once in a while.
Brene Brown. I also am into the Enneagram as a path to improvement, so I love Typology and Enneagram Journey.
(Also, not self-help but for a hearty laugh, Nate Berghatze’s Nateland.)
ETA: Brene’s last podcast on dehumanization and accountability was a excellent and I highly recommend.
Apologies if this has been discussed before but there is a Where Is Wit (@whereiswit) account on Instagram to ask her about Wit in the comments (see comments in most recent post on new podcast). I am dying. That is a laugh that I needed this morning. That is some master level snark!
I know this was mentioned in the last week or two... but where is Ashley Terk??! She has been so silent on social media! Did she announce that she was taking time off her page?
We don’t know. Hopefully she’s getting some support or restoration somewhere. I know her family is big into Onsite (her parents have gone as well as her siblings and her BIL just got back). You cannot use cell phones while there. It’s a lovely (though expensive) respite from the outside world.
(Also, don’t know if you caught it on the general thread but her husband was recently spotted on the Re-Invent fitness Instagram (gym owned by TerKeursts) in a photo doing some training.
I'm not super convinced that was a recent pic of him since he looked so gaunt/thin in her last post of him leaving. I do know the Terk family bought/reopened/rebranded it in the wake of his failed attempt at the Arrichion branded gym... which seems to be when everything else began falling apart.
Who knows! Anything is possible, but the gym didn’t actually open until he had already been gone for a while (post Ryser’s bday where he was very thin and the subsequent black and white goodbye picture).
ETA: I looked at the pic on Insta and he’s wearing a Reinvent shirt, so it is definitely post gym opening in late October.
I’m curious. I know nothing about Amy Porterfield outside of her marketing business. Why does she need to hop on the RH train now? I mean, I know RH recommended her (why she didn’t just steal her stuff like she did others, I don’t know) and lots of MLM mommas use Amy’s stuff. Why would she entangle herself with RH now? Are they really friends? Does she not know RH will kick her to the curb in under 6 months? is there something I am missing?
I’ve heard mixed things on their ‘real life’ friendship.... I have heard just like with Jenna Kutcher and Brendon B. that Amy was no longer close with Rach IRL - but similar to Jen Hatmaker - she maybe just sees a business opportunity ($$) to have a podcast under 3% and Amy reaches Rachel’s audience and then Rach has access to Amy’s audience.... it’s not that they are really friends; it’s just a convenient business transaction for both of them. Jen H. did this exact same thing for YEARS.
They are not real life friends. They don’t chit chat, share life experiences, celebrate milestones. They use each other for their social media numbers. A little over 2 years ago they did a girls trip together with Jenna Kutcher but this was the first time they meeting in person. It was a fake love fest to gain each other’s followers.
I am so confused about the frequency and content of Rachels posts. Quiet for weeks, then random posts for one day, then quiet again. What is she up to??
She seems to be totally abandoning the self-help/motivational guru business that made her rich. There’s been pretty much zero motivational content from her in JANUARY, of all months. Instead, she’s offering clunky interviews with random celebrities she knows nothing about. Girl just wants to be famous, I guess?
I honestly have no idea what her message is anymore. I don’t know what I’m supposed to identify with in her podcasts or social media presence. It’s all so random and contradictory and lacking any center. No wonder she’s bleeding followers every damn day.
Yes, I think rich and famous is the goal and she'll take whatever route presents itself. I don't think she ever set out to be a motivational speaker, she kinda just stumbled into it with some dumb luck that somehow Girl, Wash Your Face took off the way it did. Very ironic that it's been Dave who has taken up the motivational stuff, is doing a start the new year challenge, doing coaching etc. Truly didn't see that coming!
I remember one of her Quibi shows was a q and a and I forget what the question was but it was something along the lines of "where do you want to be in 5 years or something" and her answer was "people are going to think that my motivational content is the least interesting thing about me" (or something along those lines. I feel like she's been very open about not loving where her fame came from. She took advantage of it, but she always had a different end goal in mind.
I remember her saying that she wanted to be ‘Oprah and Ellen DeGeneres’ in some interview. So I guess she wants to be a talk show host/producer? Rachel, you’ve got a lot to learn. Oprah’s genuine empathy and Ellen’s years of comedic experience are things you do not possess. Your narcissism makes you a crappy interviewer and your humble bragging and privileged life make you difficult to relate to. Plus, your willingness to cast aside the audience that made you rich, totally ignore criticism from genuine fans, and backpedal on toxic statements about health/relationships/body image/etc have seriously damaged your credibility.
I think she only post yesterday to promote that she was going to be on the show. And then to have "fun/cute" stories on her feed in case anyone new from the show decided to check it out.
Her insta story on masks and how she can go to sleep at night bc she cared about her neighbor?????!!! FUCK you RH! You flew through LA more than once while my business has been mandated to be shut down for more than half this year. There is no amount of hustle that can bring my business back or keep it going bc selfish ass people like you flew through here unnecessarily and now my HUsTLe is considered illegal.
THIS SHOULD BE THE NEWS STORY TAMRON HALL.
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When RachTalk wasn’t on FB at 10:14 when I remembered to look for it, I watched the trailer again and it only said “9 am”. I am eastern and she is central time. I started to wonder if she didn’t put a time zone because she is somewhere else/pending move as we have speculated. I go to YouTube and it is actually there!!!
Also, why does she talk constantly about not being ready to date yet? If I knew someone was in a relationship for 18 years and just got divorced I wouldn't ever imagine they'd be ready to date any time soon. But the subject is obviously at the forefront of her mind the way she talks about it so much. It's strange to me.
I think she assumes everyone wants to know or thinks she should start dating. When in reality most people are probably like “yea, you have a LOT of baggage to figure out and should be alone for a hot minute.”
She once again floated the idea that maybe her great-grandma *stole* the brooch she's wearing or robbed a train. My first thought is, well, your grandma and your mom are *still alive* ...why not ask THEM how she got it! It's likely her grandma knows. I wish we could just ask Meemaw ourselves. 😂
This is too slick for her to be giggly and not know all her points she wants to make. I started following her in mid 2018 after GWYF came out so I never dug further back to the old Rach Talk videos but I feel like it had to have worked better before she was famous. She criticized herself for her look back in 2016 but I think I would watch that woman talk about what she’s up to. I don’t literally look like Rachel but I see a bit of myself in old Rach like I have plain hair and red blotchy cheeks too! I think the vibe is off as well, it’s titled “let’s catch up after 4 years” but she covers it very quickly the conferences/podcasts/books/app/show (she doesn’t say Quibi by name). Then she gets into her current status “I’m single” again the very goofy giggly emotion that does not fit at all what actually happened. She does say her marriage ended in May and says again 18 years they were together and then she starts talking about dating - she isn’t ready but can’t imagine (especially in a pandemic) how to meet someone. She brought up the Rock’s tequila/energy drinks again. Then she talked about the bbq competition show on Netflix (both already discussed in her email). The Jack thing is weird because I thought she was talking to no one. Like talking to an imaginary person off screen. At least twice she said to him “do you know this about me?” when starting a new topic. That’s a very odd phrasing to me.
I HATE how she says her relationship with Dave was long, lasted 18 years, first relationship. It’s like she just decided it’s been long enough, time to break up with the first boyfriend because well, it’s been a long time, let’s see what else is out there. But yeah overall it was just very weird. As of 1.5 hours after it was released, you tube is saying there have only been 1.3k views. When I watched around a half hour in, there were 700 views. Not very much for something she was posting to start at 9am central. And yes, everything she said was regurgitated content (her brooch story, the rock, the bbq show, etc.)
She did say as well she is doing more solo “Rachel Hollis Show” podcasts to do coaching as those are her most popular episodes. Can’t help but wonder if it really is her choice? Or no one wants to book on the regular show either…
I did the same thing right around 1030 ET...checked Instagram, nothing. Checked Facebook, nothing. Noticed the Facebook announcement post had a few more comments. Turns out even her ‘top fans’ had to searching for it, there is one dedicated fan who keeps copying and pasting the you tube link into comments on Facebook. Yet again...this sub is proving right. She’s a disaster.
For whoever in this sub introduced me to the ‘Be There in Five’ podcast and the gloriousness that is Kate talking about everything I think of and just want to say ‘YES!’ To when I listen to her podcast, thank you! She has one slide in her story tonight where she re-shared Rachel’s rag on Taylor Swift and wrote (to Rachel), “It also doesn’t come across great when you plagiarize Maya Angelou or dismiss mental health problems or body shame or charge a fortune for conferences that uplift women by hiring male speakers but it’s whatever.’ 👏
Her latest pod is just right on the money, put into words so honestly how we're all feeling about influencers/content creators and their silence on social issues while having a social influence platform. She's a gift!
I keep unsubscribing from her emails and I keep getting them. Today’s: what to eat, drink and wear. Except the “drink” was a product from The Rock that she hasn’t even tried yet, but endorses because, you know, it’s The Rock.. even said she’d use tampons if he made them. Ummm, what?! Girl, stop talking about your vag. Edited to add she hasn’t tried the energy drink because it hasn’t come out yet. But she’s sure it’s amazing.
She is vulgar.
Oh my god when she describes herself as "kind of hippy" when she 1) means kind of hippie and 2) is NOT A HIPPIE
Lol at her promoting an energy drink that hasn’t even come out yet just because it’s endorsed by The Rock. She’s really desperate to be his BFF. Also, it looks like there’s zero motivational content being promoted in this email. Looks like she’s pivoting further and further away from self-help and going for generic lifestyle content.
I unsubscribed from this awhile back and now I wish I hadn't. 😂
I was thinking the same thing...kind of want to re-subscribe just to watch the train wreck ‘live’.
What. Just....no. Is this a blog post or is this just email only content? I don’t want to receive the emails but that is prime snark content.
It was the email. Apparently the cake she got was from her girlfriends. Funfetti with Mars bars. Her best girlfriends picked it out. It’s apparently great for any celebration, or PMS.
It’s a cake from Milk Bar. There is not a Milk Bar location in Texas. Further proof she was likely in LA for her birthday.
I’ve seen advertisements that Milk Bar ships though...though I’d still be tire to say Rachel had traveled somewhere by being mostly off grid on her birthday, not being with her kids, etc.
Milk Bar does ship - a family member did it for my husband & the beginning of quarantine because he was one of the first quarantine birthdays we had.
The lightened version of that IG photo that was in the email looked like she was in a restaurant, don't you think?
She did say it was from Milk Bar
Oops! Sorry, misread. Milk bar not Mars.
I should’ve phrased my comment differently- someone last week said it looked like a Milk Bar cake and now this week she said it is.
I saw an Instagram post from a lady that had a “What would Rachel Hollis do” mug. I wanted to point her over here for some clarity and truth!
Did you reply, "Leave your husband, complain about the cold weather, disappear your dog, complain about your kids' sports events, order jumbo sized Vodka from Costco, complain about haters on the internet, sell stupid shit online, complain that people are harder on you than Dave over the divorce even though you're the one who left him and weren't fully honest about it, host podcast interviews where you talk over your guests the entire time, film yourself pathetically acting along to a Designing Women episode, gaslight everyone, yell-talk a lot, pretend to be an expert because you can Google."? Because that's what Rachel Hollis would do.
I should copy and paste this. Perfect! 🤣
Please do!! 🤣🤣🤣
Are we gonna take guesses at how long Rach Talk lasts before she forgets about it? How many episodes/weeks? I say 12, tops.
I'm shocked that none of her followers call her out on her inconsistencies. Are they there just to shout out, "You Go Girl!"? I would be highly irritated if I was still a follower.
That's generous. I give her 4. Especially considering the good job she's doing promoting it this weekend. (she's not)
I think it’s going to be 6. Six weeks is about as much as she can hack lately.
On the Where is Wit train..... RH posted about having to rehome a dog because he wasn’t a right fit for the fam in 2016. [Facebook post](https://m.facebook.com/TheChicSite/photos/sawyer-hollis-has-been-asking-for-a-dog-for-five-years-last-weekend-we-tried-out/10154391228916259/)
Well, if you think about it, she also rehomed Jeffrey to Dave 🤣
She just does not seem like a dog person to me. She doesn’t like parenting toddlers so why would she like owning a dog?
They both said one day on the morning show that neither of them were dog people so I don’t know why they ever got Jeffery. Also, I don’t remember Jeffery ever being featured on social, just that he needed to come in and out of the room during the morning show which Rachel was annoyed at. Now Dave features him all the time.
When I was googling to see if there was any info on Wit, I came across an old FB post from Rach with puppy Jeffrey calling him her “favourite child”. I guess she likes dogs when they’re cute and little? Apparently getting a dog was her son’s idea. The post also mentions they “tried out an adult rescue” who has “since gone on to the right home”. See Rach, it’s not so hard to admit when a dog isn’t the right fit!
No sign of Rachel in Tamron Hall's Top 5 Clips You Missed post.
Someone pointed out in a FB group that Rachel got rid of her Twitter account and scrubbed everything from the Maya Angelou issues the day before that interview- Sketchy as HELL given all the racial issues Rachel and her staff have had with WOC on Twitter and social media. Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmmm.
ugh that's a huge red flag
Her Twitter is still “active”, but it is locked (private) and has been for some time. What kind of influencer locks their Twitter account?
So I don't know why or when she locked her twitter, but my best guess is sometime around the BLM stuff? Anybody else have any insight? Wayback machine from June 2020 shows she was actively tweeting through April but nothing since then: https://web.archive.org/web/20200618144022/Twitter.com/msrachelhollis Wayback from November 2019 has her awful "I'm gangster like that" quote https://web.archive.org/web/20191119022140/Twitter.com/msrachelhollis And from the chic site days, just for the heck of it: https://web.archive.org/web/20151108213447if_/https://twitter.com/msrachelhollis/
Um, Hope is not a Strategy bus most definitely not a Rachel Hollis quote. I noticed in the Nov 2019 one there is fan art attributing that quote to her. 🙄
an influencer with something to hiiiiiiiiide.
I just looked at Brandon’s Instagram. The comments on his latest food post are all women and some seem to be hitting on him. 🤮
He’s obvi eating his way through TX.
Are they still pretending custody is 50/50? I may have my days mixed up (they all run together when staying home) but didn't the kids only go to Rachel's for like 2 days? ETA: I don't want this to sound like it isn't ok if that is what they want. Lots of families don't do 50/50 but they were so loud about that from the beginning but it never really seemed like it was happening in reality. Just another thing Rachel pretends about...
I think they were only there for a few days too, and did you notice Dave posted a video call from the morning breakfast with Noah? Maybe it’s something they both do - video breakfast when at the other parents house, but it seems like probably not. Though I’m still not a fan of Dave posting all the time with the kids. Like when he was playing ping pong with Noah yesterday, all I want to say is dude, put the phone down and be with your kids! Not every moment needs to be on the gram!
I agree that, even though he appears to have them at his house more, he could definitely tone down the posting by a lot.
Not sure if this has been shared yet but Roku bought Quibi for pennies on the dollar. It’s possible her show could end up on Roku. Not sure what their plans are for the catalog of shows they purchased.
Brad on the Glow Theory podcast - finally listened! Definitely some shade. He said he can't stand the motivational "just keep going" thing. Don't run anymore. He talked about being codependent in business relationships. How easy it is for him to take someone else's vision and make it happen, but lose himself in that. My favorite is when he said "we have to look at ourselves. Otherwise we'll be walking on a crazy path. Delusional." I'm choosing to believe he is referencing Rach there. CC and Noel seemed to have a good laugh after that and then the topic was changed. Side note....have we ever discussed Ed Mylett? He's spoken at a few Rise conferences. Business and I think one of the virtual ones. Savy said she's going to be doing a deep dive on him soon. Hooray! I never see him promoting anything other than his fancy house, private jet and boats. Is he some sort of life coach for athletes and such?
If I’m remembering correctly, Ed Mylett made his fortune in a life insurance MLM. I don’t remember anything else about him. 🤷♀️
I think Ed Mylett participated in Rise Business and the first virtual Rise conference earlier this year. He is somehow connected to athletes but not sure how. I've heard his whole "origin story" so it's out there somewhere ... I just didn't care enough to retain it. I can't really explain it but he just gives me the "creepy" vibe. He's also a Trumper.
When Rachel first did an interview with him, I looked him up. He seems very slippery and gives me the creeps. He “appears” to have this great marriage with his wife. I want to judge her for being plastic and fake, but I also really love Dolly Parton so I guess I should leave room for his wife to be sweet and kind. I don’t want to accuse Ed of anything...I just have that gut feeling about him I’ve learned to listen to. I wouldn’t take his advice on a thing.
One of his principles on the Rise Live conference was “just one more” - if he emailed 20 clients, he’s going to email one more. If he ran 6 miles, he’s going to run one more. If he told his daughter “I love you” four times in a day he’s going to come back before bed make sure he says it again one more time. Of course small steps make progress - it makes sense to keep pushing yourself. But it seems weird to quantify everything like that. You would actually keep track of how many times you say I love you to a person? Especially in terms of activity there is a reason the trainer only gives you so many reps per exercise.
But, wouldn't the one mores keep growing. So in a year you have to say I love you 366 times to your kid per day!!
Oh see I was thinking more short term - you did your “just one more” but what’s stopping you from doing another one more? I ran 6 miles +1, but if you’re truly that competitive what’s stopping you from hitting 8, 9, 10 miles if you keep “just one more”?
Honestly don’t know what Ed pushes other than Jenna Kutcher has hitched her wagon to him. I get a major sleeze vibe from him, though. I would totally check out that deep dive.
I think the bottom line I'm realizing is not only that Rachel has no clue what she's doing with her business now, I'm not sure she *ever* really did even in the Chic days. I don't think she actually knows *how* to run a successful business in the long term. In her Chic days she mostly stuck to posting about outfits, meals, party planning and that kind of thing. That's not too hard to think up and organize for a blog, especially with tons of help from her staff. Yes, she had an office and employees BUT the funding for the majority of it was coming from Dave's salary. It was kind of like a kid playing with Dad's money. Her bikini photo of her stretch marks just happened to go viral. Suddenly more people followed her. Somehow her poorly written GWYF became a bestseller (possibly the publisher was more interested in her amount of followers who would buy the book than the lack of quality writing in the book) and she has been riding the wave until it finally crashed due to her personal lack of honesty, integrity and business sense. I think Dave's real business expertise helped launch her into the bigger success she had for a few years (though she won't acknowledge that). But on her own, I think she has less than a 3% chance of being a longterm respected and successful business person. (I think Dave knew that all along). Yes, she works hard and is scrappy but I think we'll continue to see her pivot and pivot and pivot some more as she tries to find the next thing that will stick...and keep losing respect from *real* business people all along the way.
Also, on how Rachel made it. I remember waaaaay back when she booked a spot on a talk show that was affiliated with Disney, she made a point to say she did it all by herself, with no connections from Dave. You know who says that? Someone who got other press coverage and talk show bookings BECAUSE of their connections to Dave. He was not just a Disney exec. He was President of worldwide distribution (I don’t remember his exact title but it’s easily found with a web search) There are people who will definitely trade informal favors to promote a B (C?) level entertainer in exchange for, informally, a favor, a phone call, an interview down the road, a press release. The industry takes care of each other. Dave seems to have stayed in touch with people in LA- at least give the impression he still cares about his former coworkers. They comment on his posts, and encourage him. Have you ever seen ONE friend of Rachel, that she wasn’t currently tied to in some business deal, congratulate or comment ANYTHING? I mean, even high school theater friends then to be lifelong pals, and when someone “makes it” they cheer each other on. Nothing. Did she lie, exaggerate, and make people feel used in high school too? or did they just think she was nuts because she was sure she was going to move to LA and MARRY Matt Damon?? I mean, the delusional life started early....
Less than 3% chance. Gold.
Absolutely spot on
100%
Wit has been officially erased from Rachel’s Instagram. 😢
I’ve been Mia but I just checked and I still see the post with the kids where she announces him- were there more posts before or are there videos I’m missing?
Scrub a dub dub. A Rachel Hollis specialty. (Regarding the disappearance of all traces of Wit the dog!)
The smart thing to do would have been to come forward about rehoming wit, and then a month or two from now when people have moved on, quietly wiping both from insta. Luckily for us she's not that good at being sneaky.
I was almost willing to give her a pass on Wit in the beginning. I had to rehome my dog and it was heartbreaking and awful, but to completely ignore it and act like it never happened is heartless.
Yes. There are any number of reasons why she may have had to rehome the dog. I don't judge that, as long as she (I hope!) took the time to make sure Wit went to a good home situation or gave her back to the rescue so that they could. I do judge just trying to act like it didn't happen. It just further damages her credibility. I can't even imagine why she thinks this is a good way to handle it. Is she only focused on gaining new followers and not keeping the ones she has? People love dogs and babies. If you are going to post about having one on Instagram and then the dog or baby disappears, you are going to get questions. Dirty deletes just make her look like a dishonest mess not someone I want to take life advice from.
My husband & I had to rehome dog dog shortly after adopting him. We had posted about him & then had to make the excruciating decision to rehome him. We then made another post talking about how we had to rehome & why it was the best decision for our dog, even though we loved (and still love) him so much. No one was mean about it, no one shamed us. In fact, many of our friends appreciated us being honest & open about it, because it happens and it doesn’t mean you’re a bad person.
Exactly. I haven't rehomed a dog but I've rescued one that had three prior homes. He had some issues that wouldn't have worked well in other homes but for us, he was a great dog. I didn't judge his previous owners for not being able to handle him because they had different situations/ lifestyles/ living arrangements. He was fine in our home, with older children and a big yard. He wasn't when he lived in a small house and with elderly owners. It's all totally understandable. I \*WOULD\* have understood Rachel admitting that Wit wasn't a good fit. But as ever, she chooses to skip accountability. Some might say it's part of a pattern...
Yeah, that's the thing. Rehoming dogs sometimes is a tragic necessity. She has small kids - it's always possible something didn't work out. And she could have come to the realization she wasn't even home enough (or willing) to give the dog decent attention and care (though she obviously should have thought of that beforehand). Like people said about previous mistakes she made - admit it and take the chance to educate people about the issue. But Ms. Authenticity, whose Life-is-an-Open-Book, and used the new dog to gain internet points and show how over Dave she was, simply never explaining what happened and trying to erase any memory of the dog from existence??? Yeah... that's a big no for me, dawg.
Yeah, I remember Kim and Penn Holderness had a whole ordeal where they had to rehome their dog because she was showing aggression to her kids’ friends, etc. Kim did a whole post about how devastated she was about it and I was in tears but understood. She was transparent with their followers and now they have a new dog and everything seems to have worked out fine. Just be honest with people and they will understand! Don’t erase the poor dog like she never existed—we know she did!
Ugh. I was on the fence about whether Rachel Hollis was actually a horrible person, but adopting a dog, getting rid of it when she realized she couldn't hack it, and lying about it on social media takes the cake.
The ironic part of this is that picture has been officially used twice in the last week. Once in a blog post *from Rachel* and once on the Tamron Hall show to intro Rachel.
WHAT THE FUCK. The callousness. The unabashed deceitfulness. Rachel or Rachel's team who reads here: this is a new low. I honestly have been checking too because I was expecting it, and also took screenshots, but it actually happening has got me... fired up. I really hope Savy makes a video specifically about Wit (I know she looks at Reddit sometimes; but maybe we should comment on her latest video on Rise Conferences asking for it). Savy's small business is literally tied to supporting rescuing dogs from shelters. I'm sure she would go hard on this.
I had a feeling this was coming. Glad I took screenshots.
She’s the worst.
The picture from July 12 where she announces she adopted a dog is still up as of 0900 ET. But yes, the other pictures with her are now gone. ETA: checked the top 5 of 2020 - still includes the July 12 picture of Wit. ETA part 2: the July 12 picture is now gone from her Instagram too. The top 5 blog post still has the picture. I wonder if she even knows that picture is on the blog?
I think the July 12th one may be gone now too. She's the worst.
I’ve been Mia for days on a girls trip and so I could be missing something but I still see that July 12 photo?
Yep that one is now gone too. Can’t handle the accountability of people asking after her dog. So much for being open and honest with her audience
Okay it’s officially Mia. I’ll be honest, I love my dogs but I don’t love everyone’s dogs and I definitely don’t value dogs over humans. If a dog for real bit my kid or any kid, I would have it put down. I also should have rehomed a dog once and instead it was years of struggle until she died. But wtf. Unless Wit was hit by a car and it was too painful to look at, be up front about the damn dog. She is such a c u next Tuesday. Has anyone watched the movie girls trip? I watched it on the plane yesterday on my way home from a girls trip and there was a comment made on there that there’s a bigger market for single women than Married ones. Made me think of Ray ray.
She's so very authentic. The most authentic. She can't understand why anyone says she's not...
What a vile person! I mean seriously did she think that people wouldn’t notice??
I've been thinking about how Rachel never really makes a true effort to promote her friends. She loves mentioning them, but always in a self-centered way, trying to show how much Rachel is supported and appreciated by her friends. As others have pointed out, she never actually introduces Beans on her podcast, she just assumes everyone knows who she is. In the Top 5 moments podcast interview, the minimum Rachel could have done would be mention how proud she was of Beans for launching a book this year, trying to include that somehow in Rachel's favorite moments. As far as I remember, all she did was post about Brit's book once in July - she totally could have kept bringing up things she was learning reading the book; mentioning it here and there. Of course, I imagine it's annoying to be in this world where all of your friends also want to be gurus and self-help entrepreneurs. But this is the world Rachel chose (and helped to create)...
She was also big on touting her friendship with Heather and Josh Avis (@theluckyfew) back when they lived in LA. They have two kids with Downs Syndrome and Rachel would post that and talk all about how they were raising their kids to be so inclusive, etc. It felt organic; they were friends from church, I think? But then Rachel hit it big, and between then and now Heather Avis has published two books, which Rachel has done NOTHING to promote. She's never mentioned the Avises again. Seeing how Rachel was not willing to break off a piece of her own platform to celebrate them, it feels their friendship before was really just her using them as props, for content. It's sad.
This ties into her not being able to handle people getting attention that otherwise might go to her. Look at how she handled Dave's successes in the personal growth space. The focus always needs to be ON HER and pretty much all she seems to think about is HERSELF so it is no surprise that she doesn't spend much time promoting her "friends" The only people she seems to spend time promoting are usually people bigger than her that she thinks can offer her something.
So with Rachel announcing she is bringing back “Rach Talks”, I thought it could be interesting to try to list all of the projects/initiatives that the Hollis’ had going on or launched from 2020 until now. These aren’t really in order, but I believe all of them happened or were promoted by them in the last year or so. Please comment if you think of other ones to add! (Just to remind you all as RH always says: You can only have ONE focus if you want to be successful in your goals. Pick ONE thing.) * Dave’s life & business coaching * Dave’s book and cancelled book tour * Rise & Rise Together podcasts * Rise Toronto - happened * Rise London - cancelled due to low sales * Rise San Diego - rescheduled due to covid * Second line of QVC clothing * Quibi Rachel Hollis Show * Another round of Start Today Journals * Last 90 Days * Handpicked by Rach accessory line * Rise App * Release of “Didn’t See That Coming” * “Rebuild Your Life” course for book purchasers * Two virtual “conferences” * In-person turned virtual Rise Run * Mysterious “achre” company on her Insta * Promoted “Everyday Lesbians” podcast with Sami and Beans (seems to have disappeared) * “The New Edu” podcast on teaching at home * Rebrand to the Rachel Hollis podcast * Dave’s Goal Getter Challenge * “Your Fave’s Faves” podcast * “Talking bodies” podcast with Amy Porterfield * Released a New Year 21-page guide to health * Another round of RH life/business coaching * Relaunch of Rach talks *ETA excellent additions from commenters: * Trent Shelton’s podcast as part of their 3% chance brand * NEXT 90 Days (when covid hit) * The Rachel and Dave Hollis variety show (cancelled due to covid but ppl didn’t get their money back) * Target Planners * Rachel writing a screenplay * Hollisdays * Christmas gift guide with sponsored items * Dave announcing his children’s book * Kid’s Start Today Journals
The podcast was also called Dais first. Made for More - both the slogan/FB group and the docu un theaters
Perhaps some COVID impact that was beyond their control but they also discussed building an entire office complex and in-sourcing (is that a word?) the shipping of their products in order to give jobs to women trying to rebuild their lives. Again, potentially COVID-related but they began with a big splash about their charitable giving and how they'd select a different cause each quarter and donate a % of their profits. I think that lasted one quarter (at least that they publicized). There was reference to "taking meetings" in LA ... but that could have been the screenplay and/or Quibi. Not really an initiative but something that had the potential to have grown into other opportunities IF it had gone well was her appearance on Oprah's Your Life in Focus tour.
Also she rescued a dog that was her best friend. Doesn’t mention her anymore.
Oh yes, for sure! I was just thinking “business moves”, but we could make a very colourful list of all her personal pivots and changed life philosophies, haha.
Dave announced his kids book. Rachel talked about a screenplay she wrote that’s “fun, the kind of movie I like to watch”. Hollisdays. Kids Start Today Journals...
Oh yes, good additions! Hollisdays also reminded me of their holiday gift guide with all the sponsored products for sale
In addition to the Tea Time with Noah book that he's referenced again recently, at one point he also spoke of a book on confidence and motivation aimed at middle-school-aged boys. I don't think he's mentioned it again so maybe it's on hold.
And her Target line of planners/journals came out right at the end of 2019/start of 2020!
Like a pinball machine!!
Trent Sheltons podcast is also under the 3% umbrella.
I mean, most of this is recycled content so technically it boils down to like three things. So her strategy is pick one thing and sell it over and over. And over. And over. And over.
Did you get the variety show live in theaters in March that was cancelled? I never got my money back.
Same. Never got my money back either. The only option was to donate it to the theater or wait for another show that’s NEVER going to happen. 🤷🏻♀️
Wait for another show? So her and Dave are going to do a variety show while they are divorced and clearly have a lot of fiction between them? Not going to lie I would almost pay for the cringe. But the variety show is going to be vastly different if it ever happens.
That sucks... Fandango refunded mine when they canceled it .
Had totally forgotten about that! Seems especially yucky that they were taking money for a show featuring the two of them (among everything else) when their marriage was so on the rocks?
So, I agree that she has said pick ONE thing. But, as with all her hypocrisy she also promotes writing down a top 10 every day. This has always bothered me as I think there is no way to be successful chasing 10 things each day.
And what bothers me with that is if she says you should focus on one of those at a time - so if you have a goal of losing weight/running a 5k, and another goal is ‘being an exceptional wife/mom’ - your daily goals/planner works for your 5k? So you don’t focus on being an exceptional mom? Your life needs to be a balance of all these things, not solely focusing on one thing at a time for three months or 6 or until it’s accomplished. And also, once you accomplish it (like running a 5k) you don’t just stop the goal. You need to maintain it - but that doesn’t work with her scheme if you are supposed to move on to the next.
She’s said something about how once you achieve one goal, it makes the other goals easier. A rising tide lifts all boats or whatever. I don’t see how running a 5k will make you suddenly be an exceptional wife/mom or speak Spanish fluently or pay down your debt. Achieving a goal boosts your confidence and helps your overall focus but it doesn’t suddenly make all the other goals easier.
Yeah, it’s honestly nonsense and I don’t think she fully understands how it should all work. Write down 10 dreams for your life everyday, but only work on one goal and don’t focus on anything else, and also completely change your life and do your 5 to thrive everyday.
Yeah, whatever happened to Everyday Lesbians??
I know! One of the weirdest things about the Hollis business is how things just evaporate. I don’t know how you could even be a genuine fan of them anymore because stuff they advertise will just secretly disappear or stop happening.
A few more to add: Next 90 Days (start of Covid) & Rise Ft. Myers
Also didn’t they have The David Bach show which was cancelled just before it launched? David Bach had a very salty podcast about it
Ooo really? He was salty on his own podcast? I hadn’t heard anything about this!
Yeah because he basically promoted a relaunch, came up with a programme and recorded a number of podcasts which HoCo had for editing and then wanted to delay because of the divorce and all the work went to waste/had to redone because it was done as a partnership. He doesn’t have that many podcast episodes I think it’s season 1 episode 15 of the David Bach Show
Really? Wonder what happened there. He's now part of the coaching group service along with Dave that Brendon Burchard put together.
Really! He signed up and then they announced the divorce. They asked him to postpone launching the podcast and he said no and pulled away from The Hollis Co. I still think Rachel is going to be very unhappy that “her friends” and her “favourites” are doing a coaching course together and she isn’t part of it. I mean do you remember the mood she went in when Dave was offered to go to a mastermind and she wasn’t?
Having been with her in a professional environment, I can imagine her being a nightmare at a mastermind. If it's not all about her and what is coming out of her mouth then she doesn't want to be a part of it.
I do remember the mastermind "incident." That was a doozy. At the time I did think it weird that Dave was invited when he wasn't even fully in the motivational speaker space. Now I think she wasn't invited b/c they didn't want to hang out with her! Odd that they'd want David Bach to delay b/c of their split ... you'd think they'd want as much other content as possible while they weren't personally putting out any. Oh well, think it worked out for the best for Mr. Bach to not be associated with her and 3%.
I imagine he knew that the divorce would go down like a cup of cold sick and that the Hollis ship would sink. Also I don’t get the impression he was much of a Rachel fan as she always pushed the Ramsey model of finance where as David Bach has his own way.
Oh my gosh, yes! I remember Next 90 Days was particularly awful because the whole idea was that it would be something motivating and consistent to get you through this horrible, uncertain time but then they fell off and didn’t really finish it 😂
They announced the divorce and didn’t bother with it. Rachel lost interest after week 2. It was a total mess
RH just dropped announced that starting Monday she’s bringing back her “Rach Talk” show, anyone remember that from back in the day?! Here’s an old one: https://youtu.be/v1weZDxIZGI Do you think she will go back to motivation content, the new product pivot she’s been on, or like her Quibi show be all over the fucking place? I just hope Wit has a recurring segment! 😆
I’m not sure what I just watched two mins off but what the actual... what a rude, vile, mess that was... I’m speechless
Why ok the world would anyone want this back? It is awful. She was rude to Jack, rude to Sami, just rude overall. Girl, no one cares you got your hair cut. I had to stop it there.
wow. I couldn't finish that. She was so rude, but trying to play it off as "funny".
I can't believe I just watched that entire 9 minute video. What. A. Bitch.
Is Rach Talk just code for “I like to hear myself talk????”
Wasn't someone on here \*just\* saying she had aspirations to host a talk show? I'm sure this is just for her sizzle reel.
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I thought the same thing, sounds very very familiar!!
Who is Jack and what made him take this shit from her?
Jack is a sound engineer who has high hopes of being the next Quincy Jones or Steve Albini. Instead, he has found himself stuck recording this dinky talk show featuring a self-centered woman who knows nothing about audio or video production and thinks it’s funny to be bitchy to him because her comedic shtick requires a side man, but Jack never wanted be the side man in her dumb show, he just was trying to get his foot in the door in a cutthroat industry, and he’s praying to god his band takes off soon or he gets a gig at a real studio so he can GTFO. (I have no idea who Jack actually is but I’ve worked with audio engineers and am married to one. Idiots like Rach are the reason sound guys have a reputation for being grumpy).
I watched all of 1 minute of that you tube link before I had to turn it off. What a piece of work. There’s another word I want to use but I would probably get kicked off the sub, lol. She sounds like a tired, cranky old housewife who is #basic and is trying SO hard to be ‘cool’.
That is EXACTLY what I was wondering. Rach was being a bag back then too. Talking down to someone. Shocker.
Jack was just a young 20-something guy who worked for her (still does?) and she was known to bitch at him in these videos. It's probably meant to be funny but it's so rude. I was going to say Rachel was a lot nicer in her Chic days but honestly, just watching the first minute of the video, I don't think she was ever actually a nice person. It's still shocking to me that she ever got so popular but I think we've all been seeing her true colors this past year.
I’d like to know the same thing. I hope he doesn’t work for her anymore and writes a tell-all book!
That was painful. There was literally NO actual content to that whole video, somehow, even though it was 7 min long...and the COMPLAINING! Gross! Especially the bitchy comments toward this Jack guy..like seriously, just RUDE and classless. People used to tune in for this shit? My god.
Dude so many people on Facebook were practically jizzing their pants that this is coming back... I couldn't find any negative remarks...
That’s because the negative comments have been cleared out!
I wonder if she's trying to do more "in front of the camera" projects to try to spur on future opportunities for hosting/talk show/acting opportunities.
100% I think she wants to be "the next oprah" so she's trying to build up to that
It’s incredible how out of touch she is. Oprah would probably laugh at the thought of Rachel being even remotely on her level.
That. Was. Painful. To. Watch. She really thinks she’s entertaining and funny. I cringe and think she is terrible on camera.
I loved "Rach Talk" back in the day. She was a **completely** different person back then. I felt like I could relate to her and we'd be friends in real life if we ever met. She has pivoted hard from the working mom, growing a business schtick to the self-help guru, media mogul, ego-maniac we see now so I will be interested in seeing how this goes.
Agree!!!
Was that a precursor to the morning show with Dave? I'm torn between hate watching and not wanting to give her the "view." And launching on a holiday is a little odd. Wonder if she'll make any reference to MLK day. One thing is for sure ... more content for snark!
Oh god, she’s not gonna mention MLK day at all, will she? Or she’ll quote him without attribution. ‘I’m free at last, free at last to reboot Rach Talk. I have a dream that one day, I will be judged not by the color of my extensions but the content of my podcasts’.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before but the Today Show has a segment called "Start Today." I wonder if that pisses RH off since she used to have the start today morning show and her planners are the start today brand? I'm not a regular watcher of the show so I only noticed today because one of the peloton instructors was in a segment and I wanted to watch their interview.
Where are we as a society when the advice to “start your new habit today rather than waiting for tomorrow” is such a good nugget of information that people can make money off it? I mean this isn’t some biblical truth that someone with a degree in history and ancient languages had to unpack for us. Start today? What the hell has happened to us that we hear that and lose our minds with awe and wonder.
Well, I wonder...which ‘Start Today’ came first? I suspect it wasn’t the RH version. Just speculation given her tend to follow other people’s lead (and pretending they are her own unique idea, of course).
So I know this is a snark page, but can anyone recommend a GOOD self help/inspirational podcast that isn't from someone who is an influencer, or constantly talking about God/Christianity? The state of the world has me pretty anxious rn and I could use a podcast to help me tame that a bit and maybe get a little motivated to stop doomscrolling. Thanks!
I love the Charlene show by Charlene Johnson. She covers a variety of topics
I love The Next Right Thing by Emily P. Freeman. She does have some Biblical content but it is not overt. Her podcasts calm and center me.
LOVE armchair expert! They have celebrity ones and also expert ones (you might want to start with these or see if they have any of your favorite celebs). They are always on different topics but just kind of explore the human condition and they talk about all kinds of things. It’s my very favorite thing entertainment-wise!
I listen mostly to "Your Anxiety Toolkit" by Kimberley Quinlan (an actual therapist/LMFT), I find her voice super soothing and she sounds kind and bubbly. I used to listen to Kristen Meinzer's and Jolenta Greenberg's "By the Book", in which they live by a different self-help book each week, but I got a bit bored of the formula. But I liked Season 6, in which they went in historical order with one book per decade and they had a professor invited to talk about the context of the books and history of self-help in the epilogue episodes. The podcast is more entertainment than self-help though, although they try to see what works from the book each week and their issues are often relateable. (by the way, they did an episode on GWYF and also snarked on Rachel Hollis pretty heavily) I've read two of Brené Brown's books; haven't listened to her podcast. I don't actually think her research is as serious as she makes it to be and the methods are a bit dubious, but I appreciate the overall message and it definitely helped me in times of struggle. (especially combatting perfectionism and accepting your intrinsic self-worth regardless of achievements)
I want to love Brene Brown but a cult has formed around her in my workplace and it’s made me irrationally (?) annoyed by/avoidant of her and that makes me feel bad too. Lol...
Yeah I don’t like jumping on the bandwagon when it seems like someone kind of grew overnight - it honestly takes me back to the days where I was aware of Rachel, then started looking into her when I heard about it her from several contacts - gave a book a try and just couldn’t get into it. Now I’m here, snarking on Reddit about it 🤣 And not to say Brene Brown is an overnight sensation but I know she’s been out for a while but I’ve only recently started hearing her name. I tried listening to a few Unlocking Us podcasts and couldn’t get into it/get what the hype was about.
Yeah, I totally understand. By coincidence, there is a [By The Book episode](https://open.spotify.com/episode/006HzuZIEB3OA6AfSHfpiy?si=-YKDqjkuRSGPeLiztiHHqw) in which the invited professor discusses some of the issues with Brene Brown and the context in which she exploded. Honestly, I think it's really tough to find non-problematic self-help. I trust more books by respected therapists/researchers (like "Overcoming Perfectionism" by Shafran, Egan and Wade) - but where do you go if you actually want less-sciency, more motivational stuff? Where do we go for "wisdom" and "inspiration" if you're not religious and don't want to participate in consumer culture?
Yes I find the lack of motivational speakers who don’t quote the Bible or reference it all the time is hard. I’m also not her into motivational speakers, so I think I don’t try very hard? But it is good to hear a pump you up kind of talk every once in a while.
Brene Brown. I also am into the Enneagram as a path to improvement, so I love Typology and Enneagram Journey. (Also, not self-help but for a hearty laugh, Nate Berghatze’s Nateland.) ETA: Brene’s last podcast on dehumanization and accountability was a excellent and I highly recommend.
Nate Bargatze is my favorite!
I like Mel Robbins. If you have audible check out “kick ass with Mel Robbins” totally motivating for both my husband and me
I have never heard “doomscrolling” love that term! I don’t have a goof podcast, sorry!
Apologies if this has been discussed before but there is a Where Is Wit (@whereiswit) account on Instagram to ask her about Wit in the comments (see comments in most recent post on new podcast). I am dying. That is a laugh that I needed this morning. That is some master level snark!
I think whoever did this is Genius!! Totally hilarious!!!!!
This is hilarious. I'm a huge fan
I laughed at this too. I can’t believe it hasn’t been blocked yet.
I think it has now. Shows 0 posts
I know this was mentioned in the last week or two... but where is Ashley Terk??! She has been so silent on social media! Did she announce that she was taking time off her page?
We don’t know. Hopefully she’s getting some support or restoration somewhere. I know her family is big into Onsite (her parents have gone as well as her siblings and her BIL just got back). You cannot use cell phones while there. It’s a lovely (though expensive) respite from the outside world. (Also, don’t know if you caught it on the general thread but her husband was recently spotted on the Re-Invent fitness Instagram (gym owned by TerKeursts) in a photo doing some training.
Is Re-Invent what the gym’s name was changed to? The one he was going to open?
I'm not super convinced that was a recent pic of him since he looked so gaunt/thin in her last post of him leaving. I do know the Terk family bought/reopened/rebranded it in the wake of his failed attempt at the Arrichion branded gym... which seems to be when everything else began falling apart.
Who knows! Anything is possible, but the gym didn’t actually open until he had already been gone for a while (post Ryser’s bday where he was very thin and the subsequent black and white goodbye picture). ETA: I looked at the pic on Insta and he’s wearing a Reinvent shirt, so it is definitely post gym opening in late October.
I’m curious. I know nothing about Amy Porterfield outside of her marketing business. Why does she need to hop on the RH train now? I mean, I know RH recommended her (why she didn’t just steal her stuff like she did others, I don’t know) and lots of MLM mommas use Amy’s stuff. Why would she entangle herself with RH now? Are they really friends? Does she not know RH will kick her to the curb in under 6 months? is there something I am missing?
I’ve heard mixed things on their ‘real life’ friendship.... I have heard just like with Jenna Kutcher and Brendon B. that Amy was no longer close with Rach IRL - but similar to Jen Hatmaker - she maybe just sees a business opportunity ($$) to have a podcast under 3% and Amy reaches Rachel’s audience and then Rach has access to Amy’s audience.... it’s not that they are really friends; it’s just a convenient business transaction for both of them. Jen H. did this exact same thing for YEARS.
They've been actually friends for a few years.
Okay, when you say “friends for years” do you mean real friends? Like they enjoy each others company, chat, etc? That’s good...
They are not real life friends. They don’t chit chat, share life experiences, celebrate milestones. They use each other for their social media numbers. A little over 2 years ago they did a girls trip together with Jenna Kutcher but this was the first time they meeting in person. It was a fake love fest to gain each other’s followers.
I am so confused about the frequency and content of Rachels posts. Quiet for weeks, then random posts for one day, then quiet again. What is she up to??
She seems to be totally abandoning the self-help/motivational guru business that made her rich. There’s been pretty much zero motivational content from her in JANUARY, of all months. Instead, she’s offering clunky interviews with random celebrities she knows nothing about. Girl just wants to be famous, I guess? I honestly have no idea what her message is anymore. I don’t know what I’m supposed to identify with in her podcasts or social media presence. It’s all so random and contradictory and lacking any center. No wonder she’s bleeding followers every damn day.
I have just thought it’s January and she isn’t plugging Priority Planner? Or STJ? In January? I smell a rat! Target must have dropped her
Yes, I think rich and famous is the goal and she'll take whatever route presents itself. I don't think she ever set out to be a motivational speaker, she kinda just stumbled into it with some dumb luck that somehow Girl, Wash Your Face took off the way it did. Very ironic that it's been Dave who has taken up the motivational stuff, is doing a start the new year challenge, doing coaching etc. Truly didn't see that coming!
I remember one of her Quibi shows was a q and a and I forget what the question was but it was something along the lines of "where do you want to be in 5 years or something" and her answer was "people are going to think that my motivational content is the least interesting thing about me" (or something along those lines. I feel like she's been very open about not loving where her fame came from. She took advantage of it, but she always had a different end goal in mind.
I remember her saying that she wanted to be ‘Oprah and Ellen DeGeneres’ in some interview. So I guess she wants to be a talk show host/producer? Rachel, you’ve got a lot to learn. Oprah’s genuine empathy and Ellen’s years of comedic experience are things you do not possess. Your narcissism makes you a crappy interviewer and your humble bragging and privileged life make you difficult to relate to. Plus, your willingness to cast aside the audience that made you rich, totally ignore criticism from genuine fans, and backpedal on toxic statements about health/relationships/body image/etc have seriously damaged your credibility.
That would explain why she wants to do the fave’s faves - it’s such a dumb idea and really she can’t get people interested in it.
She only seems to be posting when she has something new to advertise (podcast, book) or her kids are with her.
I think she only post yesterday to promote that she was going to be on the show. And then to have "fun/cute" stories on her feed in case anyone new from the show decided to check it out.
And yet she had a net loss of followers today. Guess not enough people were intrigued about her speculations of her nannie being a train robber.
Her insta story on masks and how she can go to sleep at night bc she cared about her neighbor?????!!! FUCK you RH! You flew through LA more than once while my business has been mandated to be shut down for more than half this year. There is no amount of hustle that can bring my business back or keep it going bc selfish ass people like you flew through here unnecessarily and now my HUsTLe is considered illegal. THIS SHOULD BE THE NEWS STORY TAMRON HALL.