Scrubs Actor Zach Braff Denies He’s In A Relationship With A Chatbot After Jenny Slate, Max Silvestri, And Gabe Liedman Claim He Is On Their Podcast

March 13, 2026 by Oswin Vex

Zach Braff has denied rumors that he is romantically involved with an AI chatbot, after the story spread following an episode of the SmartLess Media podcast, hosted by Jenny Slate, Max Silvestri, and Gabe Liedman.

The rumor originated when Max Silvestri brought up a piece of gossip during the episode, telling the hosts there was a well-known actor currently in a romantic relationship with an AI chatbot. He was careful not to name the person outright, instead texting the name privately to the group during the recording.

“There’s a well-known actor who is currently in a romantic relationship with his AI chatbot,” Silvestri told the hosts, adding that the person was “as near A-list as TV can get you.”

The conversation quickly took on a life of its own. The hosts was pressed for details, asking whether the actor was self-aware about the situation, to which Silvestri replied that from what he had heard, there was a degree of self-awareness, described as a kind of “sorry that you’re not on board with the future” attitude.

Liedman remarked, “If this were me, I would go cry into my necklace.” The group also discussed a wearable AI product that had been advertised on the New York subway, a necklace-like device designed for conversational AI interaction, which fed into the larger discussion.

Once the episode spread online, Braff reposted a clip and addressed the claims directly. “I’m not dating a chatbot. I can’t believe I have to type these words,” he wrote. “It is a storyline in an upcoming ep of Scrubs. Maybe it came from that? Not sure. But not me. Love, The guy not dating his chatbot. Please update all gossip sites.”

Braff also noted he had been entirely unaware of where the rumor had come from until that evening. “Also I had no idea until tonight (because I’m not on TikTok) that these folks were the origin of this?” he wrote, referring to Slate, Silvestri, and Liedman.

The Scrubs revival is airing right now, and Braff’s clarification suggests that plot details from the new episodes may have made their way into wider circulation before the show aired, leading to the confusion.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp Predicts AI Will Shift Political Power From Educated Female Voters to Working-Class Men

March 13, 2026

Palantir CEO Alex Karp issued a warning about the political and economic consequences of artificial intelligence, arguing that the technology threatens to fundamentally redraw the map of American power in ways that few in Silicon Valley are willing to honestly confront.

Speaking publicly, Karp made headlines with characteristically blunt remarks suggesting that the AI revolution would erode the influence of highly educated, predominantly Democratic-leaning voters while simultaneously elevating the economic standing of working-class and vocationally trained Americans.

“This technology disrupts humanity’s train, largely Democratic voters, and makes their economic power less, and increases the economic power of vocationally trained, working class, often male voters,” Karp said. “These disruptions are going to disrupt every aspect of our society.”

For Karp, this is a warning about the dangerous contradictions at the heart of how Silicon Valley currently approaches the development and deployment of powerful new technologies. He challenged the idea that the tech industry could press forward with AI adoption while ignoring its impact on the very constituencies that have historically championed the sector’s rise.

“If you are going to disrupt the economic and therefore political power significantly of one party space, highly educated, often female voters who vote mostly Democrat, and military and working class people who do not feel supported, and you feel like that’s going to work out politically, you’re in an insane asylum,” Karp said.

The company, which builds data analytics platforms for government and defense clients, has long maintained that American technological leadership is inseparable from military readiness.

“The only justification you could possibly have would be that if we don’t do it, our adversaries will do it, and we will be subject to their rule of law,” he said. “So, if you decouple this from the support of the military, you’re going to have an enormous problem explaining to the American people why is it that we’re absorbing the risk of disrupting the very fabric of our society, including the most powerful parts of our society, if it’s not because it’s about maintaining our ability to be American and to be a better person.”

Karp also challenged what he sees as a widespread underestimation of AI’s disruptive potential, particularly within the technology corridors of the Bay Area. He argued that industry leaders have not fully reckoned with the political reality they are helping to create.

“The one thing that I think even now is underestimated by all actors in industry, and including in Silicon Valley, is how disruptive these technologies are,” he said.

At the core of his argument is a challenge to the tech sector to engage honestly with the social contract it is quietly rewriting. If AI genuinely diminishes the economic standing of college-educated professionals while creating new opportunities for tradespeople and workers without four-year degrees, then the justification for that trade-off must be articulated clearly and publicly, he contended.

“We have to come to an agreement of what it is we’re going to do with the technology, how are we going to explain to people who are likely going to have less good and less interesting jobs from their perspective,” Karp said.

Akaash’s Wife Is Claiming Her Husband’s Fans Are Racist And Right-Wing In An Attempt To Justify Her Own Behavior

March 12, 2026

Jasleen Singh, wife of comedian and Flagrant co-host Akaash Singh, recently appeared on a podcast to address the viral controversy that swept social media. In the conversation, she spoke plainly about who she believes was behind the coordinated campaign against her and what she thinks of the Flagrant fan base.

On the fanbase, Jasleen drew a clear line between her husband’s comedy audience and the podcast listenership: “His comedy fans are not like that. It’s more the podcast fan base that I don’t think really resonate with him because a lot of them are like really racist and right-wing. I think like those of them are more like that.”

She framed this distinction in the context of people claiming the backlash she faced was simply organic fan reaction: “I know a lot of people during like our controversy were saying like, ‘Oh, it’s because of his fans. It’s because of his fans.'”

On the coordinated nature of the outrage itself, Jasleen pointed to bot activity as a key indicator that what appeared to be widespread public sentiment was artificially amplified: “It was like very clear to see that there was like a lot of bot farming as well. And I could tell there were bots because the 1500 followers I gained on Instagram, I immediately lost like within the span of two months. So it was like up and then down.”

She also pointed out that many of the harsh comments left on her Instagram posts eventually disappeared without her removing them.

“And then like all the nastiest comments on my Instagram videos that I didn’t even delete, like a month later, it was all gone,” she said. “So it was starting to become clear that there were like a lot of bots. Which is funny because they say very racist things against Indians and South Asians, but like that’s where you get your bots.”

Jasleen also suggested the controversy may have been driven by someone holding a personal grudge against Akaash. While she did not mention the person by name, she referenced an individual who had appeared on the Flagrant podcast years earlier and had a tense exchange with her husband.

“This loser whose name you said, he was on the Flagrant podcast like five years ago and my husband just humbled the **** out of him and basically embarrassed him because he was like, ‘I think what you do is corny and it’s not really helping men,’” she said.

According to Jasleen, clips from that moment continued circulating online over the years, which she believes may have fueled resentment.

“I think every year he would try to like bait them by being like, ‘Oh, you guys are this,’” she said. “But then every year that clip would circulate. And I think deep down it really embarrassed and humiliated and emasculated him.”

She concluded by suggesting that the backlash seemed less like genuine outrage and more like a personal attempt to settle a score.

“I think he had like a score to settle, but instead of like doing it like a man, he did it like a little **** and came at me,” she said.

Following the podcast appearance, Akaash Singh publicly showed support for his wife by sharing a clip from the interview on his Instagram story. In the clip, Jasleen spoke about standing by him during the early stages of his career when he was struggling both financially and professionally.

Sharing the video, Akaash responded directly to critics who claimed Jasleen had not supported him. “To everyone who says she doesn’t support me: where was your ‘support’ 8 years ago? Hers was there,” he wrote.

Pharmacist Influencer Called Out A Neurosurgeon On TikTok

March 12, 2026

A TikTok dispute between two medical professionals has drawn massive attention online, after a pharmacist raised ethical concerns about a neurosurgeon’s paid partnership with a GLP-1 company.

Dr. Betsy Grunch, known on TikTok as Ladyspinedoc, announced a partnership with a company called Noom, which promotes GLP-1 micro dosing. In her promotional video, she stated: “GLP-1 support appetite regulation, metabolism, and how the body uses energy. Clinically guided micro dosing can support consistency, metabolic health, and how people feel day to day, even for individuals who are already at a healthy weight.”

Savannah Sparks, a doctor of pharmacy, responded with a video questioning the appropriateness of the partnership. “Tell me why a neurosurgeon is partnering with a company promoting online GLP-1s,” she said. “Steering patients toward a d**g that’s not in your specialty for financial gain is crazy.”

Her video caption read: “Please talk with your provider, not your neurosurgeon, for all your GLP-1 concerns.”

Savannah then posted a more detailed follow-up, referencing the Open Payments database, a public record where d**g and medical device companies are legally required to report payments made to physicians.

The data showed Betsy’s earnings significantly above both the specialty mean and the U.S. mean. One company in particular, Spinology Inc., a spinal implant company, reportedly made $177,000 worth of payments to Betsy since 2018.

Savannah also highlighted that in August 2025, a merger involving the clinic where Betsy was employed was paused following confirmation of a Department of Justice investigation. According to Savannah, the investigation concerned “allegations that Dr. Betsy Grunch and or others received illegal remuneration from medical device companies in violation of the anti-kickback statute in connection with products or services that may not have been medically necessary.” The merger later resumed, and Betsy subsequently left the clinic to open a private practice.

Rather than addressing these claims directly, Betsy responded in comment sections by referring to Savannah as “the Only F*ns star,” a reference to Savannah’s presence on that platform.

Savannah responded by saying: “That video contained zero personal attacks. None. I stuck with facts and professional ethics.”

Betsy’s friend and fellow physician, known as doctorbrainbarbie, came to her defense, arguing that physicians working with companies is common practice and that online speculation was being presented as fact without verifiable sources.

A creator known as the.legal.np also weighed in, noting that a DOJ investigation does not indicate guilt, stating: “Simply the government gathering information to see if there was any healthcare fraud or laws that were violated. These investigations are extremely complex and extremely confidential.”

Comedian Bert Kreischer Went On Industry Plant Podcast And The Result Was Cringe Worthy

March 12, 2026

Earlier this year, comedian Bert Kreischer announced that he would be stepping away from podcasting, explaining that he felt he had become “overexposed.”

According to sources, his views were declining, ad revenue was drying up, and his audience had grown weary. Yet roughly four weeks later, Kreischer resurfaced on the new podcast of Bobby Alto, a woman whose rise to internet fame came loaded with baggage and more than a few accusations of being an industry plant.

Bobbi Althoff first grabbed attention when her debut podcast episode featured Drake in a bed drinking champagne. The clip spread everywhere, and with it came immediate suspicion that her sudden fame was manufactured.

She reportedly missed her daughter’s first birthday to film it, later left her husband and children to pursue full-time clout chasing in Hollywood, and watched her original show, The Really Good Podcast, collapse under audience fatigue and relentless ad reads before rebranding entirely.

Her new show is called “Not This Again,” quite accurately named. With Kreischer as a guest, the title proved more fitting than ever.

The two sat together getting pedicures, a $1,200 expense split between them, just weeks after Bert and his podcast partner Tom had publicly declared their New Year’s resolution was to stop overspending.

Within minutes, Bert launched into his infamous Russian mob story, which he himself acknowledged people are thoroughly tired of hearing, before going ahead and telling it anyway.

The conversation lurched from one awkward moment to the next. Bert stumbled through a discussion on parasocial relationships, stating, “I have parasocial relationships with people I’ve never met,” apparently unaware he had just recited the literal definition of the term. Bobby nodded along without comment.

Things took a more uncomfortable turn when Bert told Bobbi, who is close in age to his own daughters, that it would be nice to be “naked with” someone as young as her. Bobbi’s response was simply, “That’s crazy.” The moment passed without further acknowledgment from either of them.

The episode closed with a segment where Bert revealed he shares his live location with dozens of people, including cameramen he worked with once, a former bus driver, and old assistants. Bobbi, apparently unbothered, agreed to share her location with Bert indefinitely after knowing him for approximately one hour.

What the episode captured was two people with a complete absence of self-awareness occupying the same space. Bert talks without listening. Bobby listens without engaging. The combination produced an hour of content that offered nothing of value, which may explain why Bobby turned to Kreischer in the first place.

Joe Rogan Says He’s ‘Spooked’ By Trump Turning 80

March 12, 2026

During JRE episode #2466 with guests Francis Foster and Konstantin Kisin, a conversation about Nicolas Maduro’s decision to openly antagonize the United States pivoted into a candid discussion about President Donald Trump‘s age.

After noting that Maduro had essentially invited consequences by provoking the Trump administration, Rogan raised the question of Trump’s mindset at this stage of his life.

“He’s 80,” Rogan observed. “He doesn’t have much to lose, right?”

Kisin agreed, saying that it’s Trump’s “last term.”

Rogan called the situation unsettling. He said: “That’s the scary thing about old leaders. It’s like d**th is imminent.”

Rogan stated that the thought genuinely rattled him. “That’s spooky,” he said. “You’re making decisions for babies and children and the future of the world and you’ve only got 10, maybe 10 years left on Earth if everything goes great.”

Foster added, “You start to degrade. Your cognitive functions. I’m not saying that he’s got dementia or anything like that, but you’re just not as sharp when you’re that age as you are when you’re younger.”

Despite those concerns, Rogan found himself puzzled by how little Trump appears to have changed physically compared to other recent leaders. “He is, I mean, he’s kind of weird,” Rogan said. “When I think about how much Barack Obama aged, how much Tony Blair aged. Trump has not aged like that.”

Rogan pointed out what makes that particularly strange: “And he has a terrible diet… Which is even crazier because you consider he doesn’t exercise.”

Rogan then relayed something RFK Jr. had told him about Trump’s road diet. “He eats junk food because he knows that when he eats fast food it’s not going to be poison,” Rogan said. “He knows he can eat it and not worry about getting food poisoning. It’s filled with preservatives. You’re not going to get food poisoning from a Big Mac. When was the last time you heard about anybody getting food poisoning from a Big Mac? Never happens because nothing can grow on those things. Decades. They don’t rot. There’s so much preservatives in the bread.”

Kisin then talked about what really impressed him about Trump’s physical and mental durability given everything he has been through. “Trump hasn’t aged like much younger men,” he said, describing it as remarkable. “He’s been under colossal pressure.”

Rogan agreed, saying: “Assassination attempts, almost going to jail, 34 felonies sort of trumped up against him. And it’s very funny. He’s always joking around about that stuff. He’s very lighthearted about it all.”

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