#i just realized i dont think i clipped her ranting about vanessa lachey. ill see if i can find a short enough bit

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not to be parasocial but something Very interesting/fun is how much amanda, a character actor, Does Not Like vanessa lachey at all because of her supposed fakeness. i guess for me it really goes to show: how much amanda value’s earnestness/being true to yourself and how at their very core her characters are all grounded or stem from people with Very Real Experiences and how much she cherishes those? idk it made me go ‼️‼️‼️ when she highlighted the fact that the reason why she doesnt like vanessa was because of the veneer she puts on as a tv personality like i wanna talk about ‘being a personality/influencer/etc’ with her soooo much

okay i went back and rewatched this section and first of all like. GOD its so funny and Im glad tommy and shayne and even amanda herself all were laughing about how funny amandas deep abiding hatred for vanessa lachey is. its great. like its totally understandable, but its v entertaining esp coming from amanda bc its such distinct energy from what we usually see of her in videos.

Anyway, I mean, ur take feels pretty accurate to me, and yeah, I'd also love hearing Amanda talk about this stuff. Im also probably being a little parasocial about this but, yeah, I think Amanda has explicitly stated how much she values directness and authenticity for herself and in others, and tbh, more than that, a sort of sureness of self.

I found it really interesting the way she emphasized her dislike not just as Vanessa being an awful person, but also as someone who was not owning that. Like, not only is Vanessa Lachey an awful person, she's doing it while pretending/faking being a good person and being two faced about it in a way that implies she can't even stand behind/own up to her own shitty behaviour, which is really the WORST part of it. Amanda basically going "you can be awful and I can respect it if you really own it and understand it and live with it, but if you're awful and cant even be unapologetic in it/usehide behind it as a veneer that my dislike goes to full hatred" and i think thats so funny. and fascinating lol. I hesitate to ramble on about this for too long bc it probably WILL get parasocial but. I love it and I think it ties back into some of how Amanda's own charisma and acting abilities seems to stem from a sureness and willingness to be authentic, that is enhanced and embraced through characters/acting, not using acting/characters as a way to avoid vulnerability and authenticity. Its fascinating. Amanda tell us more.