Hysteria

Erin and Alyssa catch up on Pete Hegseth’s bizarre intervention into service members' promotions, new congressional efforts to regulate prediction markets, and what the f– is going on with Kristi Noem’s husband. Then they give an Architectural Digest-style tour of Trump’s absolutely bonkers plans for his ballroom. The show wraps up in the Sanity Corner.
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Defense Secretary Hegseth intervened to stop promotions of Black and female officers (NPR 3/27)
Lawmakers Press to Limit Prediction Bets by Policymakers (NYT 3/26)
US abortion rate holds steady largely due to travel and telehealth availability – report (The Guardian 3/29)
Trump’s Ballroom Design Has Barely Been Scrutinized (NYT 3/29)
Secret double life of Kristi Noem's cross-dressing husband Bryon: The pouting 'busty bimbo' photos and trove of explicit messages (Daily Mail 3/31)

Erin and Alyssa break down airport chaos, from TSA turmoil to ICE’s ominous presence, Ms. Rachel’s fight to free children from detention centers, MAGA’s AI dream girl, and why Meta’s glasses are more dystopian than you think. Then comedian Megan Gailey joins to discuss the polyamory discourse sparked by writer Lindy West. They wrap up in the Sanity Corner with a chat about the WNBA’s new contract, Taylor Sheridan’s oddly addictive new show, and more.
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Watch Megan’s special Live From My Driveway when it premieres on March 31st on YouTube.
Democrats flip Florida state seat that includes Trump's Mar-a-Lago home (BBC 3/25)
ICE agents arrive at U.S. airports amid TSA staff shortages, funding fight (Washington Post 3/23)
More than 400 TSA officers have quit since shutdown began (NBC News 3/21)
Children's entertainer Ms. Rachel has a new cause: Freeing kids from ICE detention (NBC News 3/21)
‘The Pitt’ Season 2, Episode 11 Recap: Chilling Effect (NYT 3/20)
Thousands have swooned over this MAGA dream girl. She’s made with AI. (Washington Post 3/20)
The Rise of the Ray-Ban Meta Creep (Wired 3/23)
Lindy West Thought She Couldn’t Handle Polyamory. She Was Wrong. (NYT 3/4)

In our 36th episode of This F*cking Guy, Erin and Crooked Media's Kendra James dive deep into the past of supermodel villain, Naomi Campbell. From her “feud" with Tyra Banks, to her unsavory taste in men, to her laundry list of assault charges, to her murky friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, this may be one of our most hostile, prima donna guys yet.
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Sources: 
Timeline 
https://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/topic/67521/ 
Daily Mail allegations about Epstein from 2019 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/lifestyle/article-7367825/As-model-unexpectedly-honoured-philanthropy-meet-Naomi-Campbells-rum-chums.html 
Now Campbell met Mike https://www.heristical.com/p/a-j-ayer-vs-mike-tyson 
Campbell response video 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwgJzb7fllI
Campbell responds https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/08/21/naomi-campbell-addresses-her-ties-jeffrey-epstein/2077443001/ 
Another accounting of the denial https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/naomi-campbell-jeffrey-epstein-youtube-video-watch-sex-trafficking-a9074121.html 
Daily Mail write-up 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7382151/Naomi-Campbell-says-knew-Jeffrey-Epstein-denies-knowledge-sex-crimes.html
Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%27s_Secret_Fashion_Show 
Epstein Victoria’s Secret NYT 
https://archive.ph/DjoBM
2026 Epstein files
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15538709/Naomi-Campbells-role-helping-Jeffrey-Epstein-try-buy-luxury-flat-near-Kremlin.html 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPt-O_lkHZA 
Charity
 https://archive.ph/i7ZcV#selection-879.0-915.152 
Hadn’t read own book 
https://uk.style.yahoo.com/in-defence-of-zoella--why-it-doesn-t-matter-if-her-book-was-ghost-written-121449326.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJ_swY1rJjJwhfuoMGZr3Ob-QLYx6XjAryJz5oZVEllHQrRu1LBfyoLokbR1VzpxTNQtu2-XbPBZhFwpD-sc_w3GberIT-b6CjkKa5u3RlAruE2TVlIZbOqIeIv_XW8qax057MR3rYe21kzQaWRKnjYOH5LaTL8yeGazHSOXQnCV
Air rage
https://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/20/campbell.court/index.html 
Abuse accusations
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/crime/naomi-campbell-is-accused-of-abuse-for-the-eighth-time-421832.html
Long legs, short fuse 
https://archive.ph/sz3qI
Campbell correcting the record 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibBE1akKRuc
Diddy on Campbell https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/the-naomi-factor-the-supermodels-friends-and-collaborators-on-how-she-became-an-icon 
Fashion for relief https://archive.ph/i7ZcV#selection-879.0-915.152 
Elite model management dumps Campbell at the height of her career https://web.archive.org/web/20160413082507/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20106429,00.html
Mention of Troy Beher's fight 
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/12/15/People/4329724395600/ 
Another mention of the Beher fight 
https://archive.ph/QBL0c 
Campbell assault 1998
https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/12/05/naomi-campbell-faces-assault-charge-in-toronto/ 
Ana assault 
https://archive.ph/sz3qI
Sunshine Sachs editing wiki entries https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/business/media/a-pr-firm-alters-the-wiki-reality-of-its-star-clients.html 
Her album https://web.archive.org/web/20080507045326/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-worst-album-in-the-world-ever-471490.html 
Epstein files presence https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/style/epstein-files-naomi-campbell.html
More on Epstein  https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/naomi-campbell-gave-jeffrey-epstein-013602188.html?guccounter=1 
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/models/a1401/24-hours-with-naomi-campbell-0214/
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/specials/magazine4/articles/campbell.html
https://www.interviewmagazine.com/fashion/naomi-campbell-1
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c361k687115o
https://www.theguardian.com/observer/focus/story/0,6903,651663,00.html
https://www.today.com/popculture/naomi-campbell-discusses-her-drug-addiction-wbna5962519
Campbell did the vagina monologues in SF https://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/A-model-actress-Naomi-Campbell-says-painful-2886133.php 
Campbell wearing a Nelson Eandela hat
https://archive.ph/ZyzFj#selection-1621.0-1687.1
https://archive.ph/1Mnuk  
W magazine https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/naomi-campbell-probation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibBE1akKRuc 
Assault https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/naomi-campbell-released-bail/531-e10146e8-769f-4975-99f9-9892a2bb9fc4 
Phone at maid assault https://www.cleveland19.com/story/5944870/naomi-campbell-pleads-guilty-to-assault/
Missing jeans assault 
https://www.today.com/popculture/naomi-campbell-sued-another-maid-1c9432812
Campbell community service couture https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/naomi-campbell-probation 
Breach of contract lawsuit 
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/sobe-perfume-maker-says-naomi-campbell-stinks/1847782/
British Airways https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/naomi-campbell-escapes-jail-over-pc-assault-and-tirade-on-ba-jet-c2v09tlvr7r
Amazed by Venezuela 
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/2792/ 
Rumor of Chavez affair? 
https://observer.com/2008/01/naomi-campbell-model-interviewer-of-south-american-heads-of-state/ 
Animal rights group fires Campbell after appearing in fur https://www.upi.com/Archives/1997/03/11/Animal-rights-group-fires-Naomi-Campbell/2579858056400/ 
Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell
 https://www.papermag.com/hollyweird-naomi-kate-fidel 
Naomi gets in a slapfight at a Brazilian restaurant https://www.today.com/popculture/no-model-behavior-naomi-campbell-wbna8669444 
Convicted of assault in Italy https://archive.ph/YEZp8 
Badr Jafar dust up https://archive.ph/QBL0c#selection-1515.2-1515.137
Tyra-Naomi confrontation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=516JwxaFVy4&t=256s 
Naomi talking about Tyra fight 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSWEdz5qo8
Video: shady Naomi moments 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8DI7dcJyIo
Disavowing Epstein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwgJzb7fllI 
The Mirror's worst books of all time https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/7-worst-celebrity-books-you-36813997
VIDEO: Barbara interviews her https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdprTCElJsg 
VIDEO: Wendy Williams compilation 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3vnmnlf6N4
VIDEO: Blood diamond walk out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT-6jzaVwkI 
VIDEO: Naomi’s song Love And Tears, Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtb3Vj28vKk&list=RDmtb3Vj28vKk&start_radio=1
Music video for Campbelll’s Love and Tears https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdzfTJIa8_A&list=RDWdzfTJIa8_A&start_radio=1 
Blood diamonds, Campbell turned over to police https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWlBHzd_rNQ 
Community service runway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5IH61o3HPE

Erin and Alyssa react to the bombshell reporting on civil rights activist Cesar Chavez and the allegations of a lifelong pattern of sexual abuse. They also cover the election results out of Illinois, the latest on the SAVE Act in Congress, Louis Theroux’s new Netflix documentary on the Manosphere, and how the right is shaping culture from sex education to reality TV.
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More coverage on the Cesar Chavez accusations on the Hysteria YouTube channel
AIPAC faces calls to reassess strategy after split results in Illinois (Politico 3/18)
GOP tempers flare over how to pass SAVE America Act (The Hill 3/18)
Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years (NYT 3/18)
Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power (The New Republic 3/12)
Louis Theroux on the Manosphere: ‘It’s Highly Profitable to Be a Dick on the Internet’ (Wired 3/11)
The Fight for Facts: Defending Access to Comprehensive Sex Education from the Anti-Abortion Agenda (Guttmacher 3/16)
Ex-‘Bachelor’ Host Chris Harrison Sets New Dating Series on Fox Nation About ‘Traditional Marriage’ (Variety 2/26)

Erin Ryan and MS NOW's Brandy Zadrozny break down the newly available FBI interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexual assault that the DOJ tried to bury, a bizarre attempt at image rehab for Peggy Siegal aka “The Grande Dame of the Epstein Files,” and the Iranian women’s soccer team's quest for asylum. They also discuss and review Candace Owens’ latest series, The Bride of Charlie. And of course, we wrap up with Sani-Petty.
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DOJ releases Epstein files with accusations against Trump (The Miami Herald 3/6)
Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined (The Post and Courier 3/8)
The Grande Dame of the Epstein Files (NY Mag 3/4)
Five Iranian footballers granted Australian visas after anthem protest (BBC 3/10)
Estrogen patches harder to find as FDA pushes hormone therapy (The Hill 3/5)
The Widow and the Firebrand: How Candace Owens Turned a Conservative Succession Into a Crusade Against Erika Kirk (Hollywood Reporter 3/5)