Patient Zero

Grainger, for the ones who get it done.

Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson were forced to miss out on starring in Taylor Swift's Patient Zero music video despite being invited and their other halves taking part.

Sportscaster Erin, forty-eight, and her Calm Down podcast co-host Charissa, forty-four, were thrilled when the pop mega star reached out and invited our entire fantastic friend group to be a part of this incredible video, which stars Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell and was filmed in March.

Erin's husband Jarrett Stoll, forty-four, and Charissa's partner Steve Kandari appear.

Erin, who suffered the most violent food poisoning she has ever had on her trip to the US Capitol, noted that she and Charissa were just commiserating together, adding, "We're sending text messages.

Of course our boyfriends and our husbands get to do this.

Of course we are happy for them, but damn it." Charissa, meanwhile, had to skip out on appearing in the Patient Zero music video, as she was dealing with the aftermath of her CO2 laser treatment.

She said, "There is no way we are putting makeup on and we can make this work.

Why? They took most of the tree with them, and then left this hunk of redwood.

I have no idea why, but apparently my mom has been driving by this log every single day, and has harbored these deep fantasies about turning it into a Cheshire cat.

I don't wanna be conspiratorial, but do you think your mother paid the guys that cut the redwood down to leave that chunk of redwood so she could make this Cheshire cat land art?

[laughs] I do not think that is likely, but yeah, so she had this whole plan.

And they talked to some of these decoys who at times felt bad, and then they realized, like, oh, but they were here to have sex with a child.

Right.

But To Catch a Predator puts every single predator on the same playing field, even though even Chris Hansen himself in Predators acknowledges that there are many different kinds of criminals.

There are people that would victimize children regardless of whether or not the internet existed or not.

Maybe on a show one day.

So speaking of Dakota Johnson, um, what did you think of Taylor Swift's new album in which Dakota Johnson stars in Patient Zero, which is, well, the music video for one of her songs?

Yes, yes.

You got it.

I think that, like, Pink Clouding and Babylon kind of sound, like, kind of fall in the middle of her discography.

Mm-hmm.

I think Patient Zero I liked.

I liked the strings in the beginning.

Oh

... for her song Patient Zero at the Video Music Awards last weekend.

Which best friend-

Oh

Um, so she won, she was nominated for 11 awards, um, and she only won two of the 11 nominated, and her third was that, um, honorary, like, artist ... director award.

Dakota Johnson presented her with that, um, gave a really lovely speech about Taylor's work ethic, and, um, then Taylor came, accepted that award, played the Patient Zero music video.

You know how they usually do the big awards last? Like, at the Oscars, it's Best Picture.

At the VMAs, it's Video of the Year, right? Obviously.

Mm.

I mean, this is not a, um...

I think we talked on Tuesday, like, when I, when I listen to Patient Zero, I wasn't thinking, like, I was thinking, like, bad boyfriend, you know?

Mm.

Yeah.

this week called Patience Zero, which we could talk about the name too.

I saw a very good TikTok about how Patience Zero is actually not a great time to be thrown around based on where it comes from.

I would love to hear that because I did not see that TikTok, but this song and release, I just have so many thoughts.

I haven't even heard the song yet, but I just...

to see if this is right.

Okay, yeah.

Patient zero is kind of...

Maybe on a show one day.

So speaking of Dakota Johnson, what did you think of Taylor Swift's new album in which Dakota Johnson stars in Patient Zero, which is the music video for one of her songs?

Yes.

Yes.

Yeah.

I think that like Pink Clouding and Babylon kind of sound like kind of fall in the middle of her discography.

I think Patient Zero I liked.

I liked the strings in the beginning.

Well, actress Dakota Johnson is having kind of a big week.

If you think about it, last Sunday night, her music video with Taylor Swift for, uh, Patient Zero, that premiered.

She's got a new movie out this week called Verity with Anne Hathaway.

That one looks really good as well.