Bonus Episode: Dinner With The D’Amelios, Charli D’Amelio, Dixie D’Amelio, and James Charles

In this Emmy Award-worthy episode, Dena and Melissa pull out their NYU degrees and production experience to absolutely obliterate the controversial YouTube series, “Dinner With The D’Amelios.”

If you feel inclined to watch this slow motion train wreck, here’s the video. Otherwise, you can just listen to our podcast to get the jist.

We usually stay far away from Straight TikTok, but no one could escape the D’Amelio drama this week. We had to bring the 2 Old 4 TikTok perspective to the conversation.

After this episode with mystery guest James Charles went viral, we watched all 16 minutes of the episode, so you don’t have to. And we have a lot to say.

The news stories covered how rude Dixie and Charli D’Amelio acted towards their personal chef, and how Charli seemed ungrateful for her almost 100 million TikTok followers. But anyone older than Gen Z shouldn’t be phased by this. We were all bratty teenagers too.

What is unforgiveable is the fact that a professional production crew developed and produced this show. This is the most awkward, hard-to-watch 16 minutes of content ever made.

All four members of the D’Amelio family do the opposite of pop on camera. The conversation is stilted and uninteresting.

James Charles carries this entire episode (which honestly, is not saying much). He has charisma, a sense of humor, and a basic understanding of how to act on camera.

We brief you on the Trisha Paytas (@trishlikefish88) drama and listen to the TikTok response from James (@jamescharles).

Dena points out the dancing selfies and tongue-out trends on TikTok just DO NOT translate to actual episodic content.

Imagine watching this for 30 minutes. Honestly, not sure why people watch this for even 15 seconds, but still.

We compare “Dinner With The D’Amelios” to other reality TV shows like “The Real Housewives of Potomac” and “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.”

We get all philosophical about the state of young female celebrities and reality TV, noting the impact of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, and the Kardashians.

Dena brings up The New York Times article By Taylor Lorenz, Peter Eavis and Matt Phillips, “TikTok Mansions Are Publicly Traded Now.” And we hear a breakdown from @esqthetic on TikTok.

We also cite the Bloomberg article by Katharine Gemmell, “Woman Bathing In Milk Underscores Appeal of ‘TikTok Houses.’”

What’s your take? Let us know in the comments!