The Brunch round-up: The week and how it made us feel

This week, we are bingeing on The Pitt and Khloé’s protein popcorn. We’re also cheering for our favourite sperm, and mourning Gwyneth Paltrow’s unhinged era

The Brunch round-up: The week and how it made us feel

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  Popping culture

  Of course, a Kardashian wants in on the protein craze. Khloé is doing it with Khloud Popcorn, dusted with protein-rich seasoning. Frivolous, but we lowkey want some. We’ll eat it while bingeing Jack Reacher or the new John Cena movie. Or while building muscle as we sit perfectly still through six hours of Love Is Blind.
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  Changing into scrubs

  Did you spend 15 hours of your life bingeing The Pitt on Jio Hotstar, and becoming fully immersed in a single day at a fictional hospital’s emergency centre? Do it! There’s still time. Then, Google the cast to find out which actor is a nepo baby hiding their surname. Then, Google how the show filmed the most graphic medical scenes. Hint: Silicone prosthetics.
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  Birthing a trend

  We did not have televised sperm-races on our 2025 Bingo card. And yet, some people paid as much as $999 to watch magnified videos of those little swimmers speeding through an eight-inch track in LA last week. Sperm Racing is meant to raise awareness about male infertility. It was so fun, they’re planning proper championships. Don’t film the tryouts!
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  Showing some love

  K-pop singer Bain, from the band Just B, came out of the closet at a concert in the US. “I’m proud to be part of the LGBTQ community,” he said. That’s wild by Asian standards. South Korea also got its first lesbian reality dating show, ToGetHer. This is the Korean trend we’re now cheering.
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  Calling it

  The Met Gala is on Monday. You know what that means. Every influencer will act like they’re Anna Wintour’s deputy. Your colleagues in beige trousers will wonder if Rihanna understood the assignment. Or if Zendaya should fire her stylist. Everyone will pretend they know what the theme, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, means. Enjoy it all.
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  Passing the buff

  British singer Olly Murs has had a gym glow-up. Plot twist: Women prefer his Before look, which has left male commentors confused. Look, no one wants a man who spends hours at the gym, when he could stay home and take on domestic duties. Dad bods are fine, guys. Do the dishes.
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  Going goopy

  Oh, how the mighty have fallen! In 2011, Gwyneth Paltrow famously said that she’d rather smoke crack than eat spray cheese from a can. Now, she’s off her paleo diet and is eating bread, cheese and pasta again. Sigh. We’ll miss Paltrow’s unhinged era. No one made crazy look as classy as she did.
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  Crawling in my skin

  Cooking, cleaning, paying taxes – yes. But you know what the new test of adulthood is? Getting rid of the lizard in the living room. Don’t rely on someone else (or the cat, shame on you!) Lizard-shooing skills are now a relationship deal-breaker. Time to grow up!