Spirit Gives Up the Ghost
5/6/202656 min
Trump flies by the seat of his pants, Pete Hegseth tries to land the plane on Iran, and Spirit Airlines touches down on that Great Big Tarmac in the sky. This week, rock legend Ann Wilson from Heart decides which pop singers have the pipes, Yamaneika Saunders shares her romantic gripes, and Lovett and his guests answer the question, “What about love?” And we raise a glass to a round of Second Thoughts.
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Jon Lovett· Host0:14
Welcome to Love It or Leave It, live from Hollywood, and Netflix Is a Joke. Turns out if you are, say you are part of it, you are. [laughs] That's how it works. [laughs] [laughs] Let's get into it. What a week.
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Jon Lovett· Host0:29
[bell dings] [clapping] Spirit Airlines officially shut down over the weekend after negotiations with the Trump administration over a $500 million bailout fell apart. As a Hail Mary to the White House, Spirit Airlines declared themselves the official airline of January 6th, but it was too little too late. [laughs] "500 million to rescue an airline? That's a waste of money," said Trump in a hard hat while demanding book-matched paradiso marble in the new ballroom shitters. [laughs] Spirit announced its dissolution just after 2:00 AM on Saturday in a statement that read, quote, "To our guests, all flights have been canceled, and customer service is no longer available." [laughs] It's poignant in a way. Spirit Airlines died as it lived, being unreachable by phone. [laughs] [laughs] That was good, Betsy. All right. [laughs] We actually... This is, uh, footage that we have uncovered. This is footage of the