Paige didn't know best friend's favorite color
Paige DeSorbo admitted that despite being Hannah Berner's closest friend, she has no idea what Hannah's favorite color is.
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Giggling about pregnancy, pearadise, and pink trauma
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Jun 16, 2026
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Best Friends Don't Hug (A Meditation on Telepathic Friendship)
At 16:15 · chapter starts 16:00
Two longer sponsor reads fill this chapter. BetterHelp leads with a striking stat from its 2026 State of Stigma report: 85% of Americans believe getting mental health support is wise, yet 74% say society discourages it. The ad positions BetterHelp as the antidote, citing 30,000+ therapists, 6 million clients served, and a 4.9/5 rating. Kachava follows with a summer travel nutrition pitch, highlighting its all-in-one protein-fiber-greens travel packs and the full list of things it contains but doesn't (GMOs, gluten, soy, artificial flavors). Both ads are narrated by the production ad voice.
Why Best Friends Don't Hug (Or Take Photos Together)
Hannah noticed on Mormon Wives that best friends Macy and McKayla don't hug each other, even though they hug everyone else. She and Paige immediately related: when a friendship is so deep it becomes telepathic, physical affection feels performative — like you're making fun of the bond.
Pink Is Political: The Color Theory of Growing Up Female
Paige DeSorbo has felt an inanimate-object-level pull toward pink since second grade, when other girls started rejecting it as 'too feminine.' Hannah theorizes that girls who rejected pink to seem anti-establishment and later return to it are demonstrating genuine emotional healing.
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