Stephen Bartlett Ruined His Life With Three Glasses of Wine & The Comedian Who Got Fired For A Racist Skit
6/9/20261 hr 6 min
Hey Lifers!
Britt is living her best life in Italy so it's Laura and Keeshia holding down the fort for this one. Laura gives us a little update on her first weekend away without the kids; two whole nights, dinner at 6:30pm with a seven minute door-to-car turnaround, and it’s pure bliss. She's also heading to India tomorrow at 5am for a ten day work trip and we get a bit of the BTS of what’s in store for the trip.
Keeshia is in one of those ‘scattered’ phases where she keeps doing stupid things that frustrate her, the people around her and also can be quite expensive ‘accidents’.
We share your worst roommate stories and they are some of the most unhinged messages we’ve ever read. Some are disgusting, some are absolutely deranged, and one involves a Tinder date being called to fix a blocked toilet.
A self-described comedian posted a video that racked up nearly two million views, cost her a job, and ignited a national conversation about race, satire, and what Australians are and aren't allowed to say; and she has not apologised to a single person. We question if "it's just a joke" can protect you legally in Australia? What are your actual rights as an employer when a staff member's public views trash your company values? And what does it say about us as a society that there's now a $46k crowdfund in her name?
“Optimisation culture has made us all miserable.” Stephen Bartlett said that three glasses of wine ruined his life for three days. We ask whether we've all been so busy tracking our bio stats that we forgot to actually have fun. We chat sleep scores, going alcohol free, nonna maxxing, friction maxxing (more maxxings, we know, we know, we’re all over them) and adding ‘whimsy’ into your life in 2026.
Don't forget to slide into our DMs @lifeuncutpodcast with your questions or any remaining unhinged roommate stories we didn't get to.
TIMESTAMPS
- 0:00 — Intro
- 1:45 — What's dropping over the break
- 3:00 — Laura's heading to India tomorrow — ten days, three kids left behind, 5am flight
- 8:12 — Keeshia's been having a scatterbrained week
- 14:36 — Laura's first ever kid-free weekend away
- 18:26 — Your worst roommate stories
- 31:32 — Lisa Jane Spencer: the viral racist skit, the firing and the $46k crowdfund
- 45:30 — Optimisation culture
- 46:50 — Stephen Bartlett had three glasses of wine and it "ruined his life"
- 1:01:10 — Sucks & Sweets!
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First 90 secondsLaura Byrne· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hi guys, and welcome back to another episode of Life Uncut. I'm Laura.
Keeshia Pettit· Host0:12
And I'm Keisha, and I am filling in today for Britt, who has already started holidays.
Laura Byrne· Host0:16
[laughs] We ... Okay, we need to clear something up. If you listen to Ask Uncut for, that has just dropped, like, on Monday's episode, the very start of that made it sound like we are not allowing Keisha to have a holiday ever. [laughs] It was like ... [laughs] And I listened back to it- What are you worried about employment law, now that we're gonna be talking about that today? [laughs] I just know that there are gonna be people in the comments like, "Poor Keisha, she works so hard, and you're having-" And I appreciate you, okay? [laughs] Because we joked, and we said that we were working her to the bone, and that we were all having holidays and Keisha wasn't. That's not true. Keisha is also having a holiday.
Keeshia Pettit· Host0:46
[laughs] I have chains around my ankles. They don't let me leave the building.
Laura Byrne· Host0:49
I've shackled her to the road caster. No, this is our very last episode. That's a lie, 'cause we actually have pre-recorded so much stuff. We have great content coming. But this is our last episode in studio together before I go to Italy. No, India. [laughs] I'm not going to Italy. Damn it. Brittni's in Sardinia, and I keep looking at photos and I'm like, "I'm going to Italy."
Keeshia Pettit· Host1:10
It does look particularly beautiful. When she's like, "Here's my review of Lake Como," I'm like- [laughs] ... "You can go get stuffed," because I've just come back from the park and now I've got two muddy dogs walking through the house.
Laura Byrne· Host1:20
[laughs] I, um, we have said this on the start of almost every episode, though, like our de- our deep disdain. I spoke to Britt last night, and she's in good spirits. She's having a great time. [laughs] And,