It’s a rare moment when we get to see a podcast’s segment turned against itself. Rarely does Call Her Daddy morph into a meta critique of Call Her Daddy, and The Town doesn’t ever seem to use its “The Call Sheet” to talk about its own ratings. But on Las Culturistas this week, Lady Gaga, who is there to promote Mayhem, does just that. Upon reaching hosts Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers’s esteemed “I Don’t Think So, Honey” segment, which requires Bowen, Rogers, and the guest to rant against something in culture for 60 seconds, Gaga seems worried. After Rogers performs his off-the-cuff rant, Gaga says, “I am dead over that rant,” and after Yang goes off, she is left basically in shock, incapable of speaking. All that leads up to her IDTSH, which ends up being “I don’t think so, honey, that you guys are putting me on the spot to do this.”
“I hate ranting; I hate confronting people,” Gaga explains, which is funny because she is choosing the most confrontational option possible: the people who are in the room with her at that very moment. “It is so scary to me,” she says. “I feel scared. I want to cry. I love you both so much, but I don’t think so that you’re putting me on this spot. I’m just gonna do whatever you say, whenever you ask me to do it! When you tell me to do things, it makes me want to cry — it makes me insane!” When she finally reaches the end of her allotted 60 seconds, she says, “Thank you so much for having me here, but please, please, please don’t make me get angry about anything in public.” It is truly the manic work of a woman who is being gay tortured. If she ever gets forced to go again, we have some suggestions:
• I don’t think so, honey, people not putting enough respect on the song “Bad Kids” from Born This Way.
• I don’t think so, honey, Warner Bros. not releasing Coyote vs. Acme but still releasing a different Looney Tunes movie in 2025.
• I don’t think so, honey, how confusing the rules on the show Deal or No Deal Island are.