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Offcuts: Laura’s a Secret Ventriloquist, Henry Cavill's Useless Dating Advice & The Ugly Duckling Theory

4/24/202641 min

Hey Lifers! Welcome to your weekend snacky snack.

Laura has discovered a hidden talent, ventriloquism. It came out of a three hour drive back from Ulladulla. We also take a trip down memory lane with Healthy Harold the giraffe.

Henry Cavill has gone viral for his dating advice: "if you like her, just ask her out. It's always worked for me." The internet has thoughts. We do too. When your face card is Superman, you are officially disqualified from giving the rest of us romantic guidance.

We also can't stop talking about little 12-year-old Billie Eilish crying over Justin Bieber and the full circle Coachella moment that just happened that is genuinely the most wholesome thing on the internet right now. Laura had the same energy for Zac Hanson. 

Then we unpack the Ugly Duckling Theory. David Haye on I'm A Celebrity described his model girlfriend as having "the personality of an ugly girl" as a compliment. We unpack why the intention doesn't really matter, why this theory only ever gets applied to women, and what it says about how we value women's personalities as a consolation prize for looks.

And finally Jimmy Nicholson's lawn war. His neighbour mowed right up to the property line and left Jimmy's one metre strip wild. We debate whether that's un-Australian.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 00:37 — Laura is a ventriloquist now
  • 07:52 — Henry Cavill's viral dating advice and why he's not allowed to give it
  • 13:30 — Billie Eilish's 2013 Justin Bieber obsession and the Coachella full circle moment
  • 21:50 — I'm A Celebrity's David Haye and the Ugly Duckling Theory explained
  • 33:15 — Jimmy Nicholson's neighbour mowed only his side of the lawn. Is this un-Australian?

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Clips

Why 'Ugly Duckling' Is Harmful
Pretty Privilege And Cancel Traps
Stereotypes Don’t Equal Truth
Charm Vs. 'Coping Mechanism'
Henry Cavill’s Dating Advice Backfires
Pretty Privilege, Meet Bad Advice
Billie Meets Her Teenage Idol
The Lawn War Escalates
First-Date Ventriloquist Chaos

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Laura Byrne· Host0:00

    [upbeat music] Hi, guys, and welcome back to another episode of Life Uncut. I'm Laura.

  2. Brittany Hockley· Host0:12

    I'm Brittany, and this is Off Cuts, your nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, little bits and pieces of the best of the week coming to you for your weekend snack.

  3. Laura Byrne· Host0:22

    Just your little snacky snacks to get you through the weekend, everyone. Okay, so- You hated that, didn't you, Laura?

  4. Brittany Hockley· Host0:27

    [laughs] [laughs] You absolutely hated my intro.

  5. Laura Byrne· Host0:29

    [laughs] Nom, nom, nom, nom, nom. No, I love it. I'm here for the noms. I also love that it started as a mistake, and now we will never not do the noms. Nom, nom, nom, nom.

  6. Brittany Hockley· Host0:37

    Yeah.

  7. Laura Byrne· Host0:38

    It has to be nom, nom, nom, nom.

  8. Brittany Hockley· Host0:39

    What have you been numbing this week?

  9. Laura Byrne· Host0:40

    I'm sorry. Please stop. Okay, so you would remember if you listened to last week's Ask Uncut, Keish made a recommendation. It was her vibe of the week. It's a Netflix series. It's called Trust Me: The False Prophet. It's all about a false prophet named Samuel Bateman who was part of the Latter-day Saints, and the cult that was, I guess, created around this Samuel Bateman. Now, the woman who was at the head of this, her name is Christine Marie. I got so deep into this documentary. [laughs] The woman who never has time to watch anything, after Keish recommended it, I saw it pop up on Netflix, and I was like, "All right. I'll watch it." And then we watched pretty much the whole thing in one night, but something came from that, Brit. Now, if you've seen it- [laughs] You will know that there is a part- Are you insinuating you're a prophet?

  10. Brittany Hockley· Host1:22

    [laughs] Where's this gonna go?

  11. Laura Byrne· Host1:23

    [laughs] I've discovered that I'm actually a prophet, everyone, and if you wanna join my cult... No. [laughs] Terrible joke, because he is a bad,

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