Kevjet - The Podcast with Nick and Ant: Bridging Canadian and British Cultures – A Journey Through Love, Influence, and Pride

Nick and Ant, our special guests and social media influencers with a fascinating blend of Canadian and British cultures, join us for an enlightening and entertaining episode. From Nick's heartwarming proposal in a Quebec national park to their podcast, "Old Gays, New Gays," we share their incredible journey of moving from Canada to London, navigating cultural shocks, and embracing their unique identities. You'll get an inside look at how they blend their backgrounds and experiences to create engaging content that resonates across generations.

Ever wondered how influencer culture has evolved over the years? We dive into the highs and lows of life in the public eye, where Ant initially hesitated about social media before breaking through with Nick. Discover how tools like the collab feature have reshaped their competitive landscape, and laugh along as they recount their experiences living in each other's home countries. Ant's whimsical Harry Potter-esque expectations of the UK and Nick's lockdown challenges in Canada make for compelling storytelling.

Get ready for some laughs and intriguing facts in our Canadian trivia and LGBTQ+ pride knowledge segment. Despite their modest expertise, Nick and Ant make learning about Canada's capital, official languages, and national animal a delight. The episode wraps up with a meaningful discussion on the Pride flag's colors, highlighting the broad spectrum of identities within the LGBTQ+ community. Join us as we celebrate Canadian culture in London and look forward to Canada Day London on June 30th, filled with anticipation and heartfelt moments.

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Welcome to episode 2 of KevJet's Run-Up to Canada Day London series. I'm excited to introduce this week's guests, social media influencers Nick and Ant. Nick and Ant will be making an appearance on the main stage in Trafalgar Square on June the 30th.

Speaker 2: 0:19

It's such an honour to be, you know, part of an event that is British and Canadian. Because that's you, that's who we are, I'd love to just support the Canadians, even though I'm in London.

Speaker 3: 0:29

It's good to celebrate the culture as well, because there's so many Canadians living in London. When we do find a Canadian in London, it was always a good time and we can connect from home right.

Speaker 2: 0:39

I'm glad that they chose us just because, again, we have that kind of Canadian and British culture and they could have just chosen anybody who's an influencer and lives in London, but they went on and chose an actual Canadian, and so that's.

Speaker 3: 0:51

I'm very, very happy. Yeah, an actual Brit as well yeah well, my impact in this event is going to be too much. It's really about celebrating the Canadians, but we're here in London, so I guess it's nice that we have both the Canadian and the British.

Speaker 1: 1:04

I not only deep dive into asking about how Ant felt about Nick being in social media's eye, but how he's come to embrace it.

Speaker 2: 1:12

When you're in the limelight it's hard to say. Sometimes people want to date you for your followers or if they actually like you. The first like couple months, Ant, was never in my videos. I think the first ever video he appears in it's just his reflection in a mirror behind me as I'm like vlogging.

Speaker 3: 1:28

So and everyone in the comments was like who's that guy in your room, nick?

Speaker 2: 1:33

Who is that guy? Anyways, yeah, Phil, it was him.

Speaker 1: 1:36

Nick and I have a lot in common, Both being Canadian, having moved to London. I asked him what some of the shocks were and struggles that he had faced.

Speaker 2: 1:50

It was a bit of a shock to me because I, as a young Canadian, assumed that the whole of the UK was like Harry Potter and beautiful and was like Cotswolds-y. But we moved to Southampton first, which is that's where I went to uni, and it was not like Harry Potter at all.

Speaker 1: 2:02

Let's talk engagement and all things, wedding bells.

Speaker 2: 2:07

We were in this big national park where I'm from in Quebec, and he just sat down at the perfect, perfect spot on a lake, like with all the different colours of foliage, and he just proposed.

Speaker 1: 2:20

We have to take a moment to discuss their fabulous new podcast.

Speaker 3: 2:23

Old Gays, new Gays, I mean we dive into all topics regarding the LGBT community, and actually it's just despite the title of it being Old Gays, new Gays we don't just target the LGBT community as viewers. The whole concept is to contrast the opinions of an older generation couple to a younger generational couple, and particularly in the LGBT community. We go through extremely different upbringings, purely on the basis that, you know, marriage wasn't legal when the older gays were born. And for us in our generation, yeah, we didn't have to fight for those rights.

Speaker 1: 2:59

I swapped Kevjet's quickfire questions for Canadian trivia. Let's see how the boys do.

Speaker 3: 3:04

This is a whole setup.

Speaker 2: 3:05

I should never have trusted you, kevin, are you?

Speaker 1: 3:07

lying to us. This is how it went down.

Speaker 2: 3:10

Kevin you chose the worst two guests to have on this trivia. I'm so sorry.

Speaker 1: 3:16

Nick and Ant were fabulous guests and I can't wait to see what the future has in store for them. Come out to Canada Day, london, june 30th, to catch them live on the main stage. It's going to be a fun-filled day with music, food, hockey and friends. Oh wait, did I mention I'm going to be there?

Speaker 2: 3:38

Iconic. I love that.

Speaker 1: 3:41

But for now, sit back, relax, enjoy my conversation with the beautiful couple who are Ant and Nick. Welcome to episode two of KevJet's Run Up to Canada Day London. My guests this week are social media influencers Nick and Ant. Welcome to KevJet, the podcast.

Speaker 2: 4:03

Thank you. Thanks for having us. Yeah, we're very excited to be on.

Speaker 3: 4:06

We're so excited to meet you as well for the first time.

Speaker 2: 4:12

I'm just kidding.

Speaker 1: 4:13

Yeah, yeah, that's a good one. We'll get into that later. I'm so excited to have you on the show and I'm excited for you to be part of Canada Day London. Can you just explain how you be part of Canada Day London? Can you just explain how you became part of Canada Day London?

Speaker 2: 4:28

Yeah, so basically I'm a Canadian living in London. I've been living here for about five years now. John, who runs Canada Day, approached our manager, jeff, and just said, listen, we'd love to have these guys on board. And we just jumped on the opportunity. I mean, it's such an honor to be, you know, a part of an event that is British and Canadian, because that's, you know, who we are, that's our brand as well. I'd love to just support the Canadians, even though I'm in London.

Speaker 3: 4:56

So yeah, it's good to celebrate the culture as well, because there's so many Canadians living in London and actually the one thing we've talked about is we find it very hard to socialize with Canadians, but when we do find a Canadian in London, it was always a good time and we can connect like from home, Right.

Speaker 2: 5:13

Yeah, so hoping there's a lot of them there, which I think there will be about 30,000.

Speaker 1: 5:18

Yeah, there, there will be lots of Canadians there, there'll be thousands, and you guys are going to be on the main stage.

Speaker 2: 5:25

Yeah, so that's a little bit nerve wracking to be honest. It's exciting, but it's. It's your first like big event and it's probably my biggest audience that I would have ever hosted for. So yeah, I mean nervous but as well exciting, and I think you know I'm glad that they chose us just because again we have that kind of Canadian and British culture and they could have just chosen anybody who's an influencer and lives in London, but they went on and chose an actual Canadian and so that's very, very happy.

Speaker 3: 5:53

An actual Brit as well. Not that my impact in this event is going to be too much. It's really about celebrating the Canadians, but we're here in London.

Speaker 2: 6:09

So, I guess it's nice that we have both the Canadian and the British in us. It's, it's going to be a great day. You guys are actually part of London Pride the day before. Yes, so, again, adding to our brand, we're gay. So, um, yeah, I mean, to be able to do both back to back is amazing. I'm a little bit scared, though. I'm gonna have to be, um, not switch on the drinks at Pride, I think, because I has had the next day. I mean, honestly again, like, what an honor. I mean, you know, we've been openly gay now on social media for five plus years and we've never been any like invited to any sort of Pride event. So, yeah, the fact that our first Pride event that we're working with is London Pride, you know that's iconic and it's massive pride.

Speaker 3: 6:45

You know that's iconic and it's massive. So, yeah, we're gonna have to really celebrate pride, but take a take it a knock down, because we do have Canada Day the next day and of course, we are on the main stage, so we need to be on our best game.

Speaker 2: 6:55

So, yeah, you know what, though? Poutine is a great hangover cure? Oh it is. I might be on the poutine on on the day after, but yeah, have you um had poutine, since living in London yourself.

Speaker 1: 7:06

There's a poutine truck that travels around London and I follow them on social media and they post where they're going to be on certain days and that has been probably almost. It's probably the closest to having it in Canada.

Speaker 2: 7:23

You have to send me their Instagram or however they post where they're at. I will, I will, it's really cool.

Speaker 1: 7:28

They post it and say we're going to be at this location on this day.

Speaker 2: 7:32

All the Canadians just run to that location.

Speaker 1: 7:36

It is amazing, but I've had poutine here. That has been not so great, but I mean, we're not in Canada, you can't.

Speaker 3: 7:43

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1: 7:47

It, but I mean, we're not in canada, so you can't yeah. Yeah, there's. No, it doesn't compare. No, although there's tim hortons around, uh, london now, have you noticed?

Speaker 2: 7:50

the menu's so different. It's so different.

Speaker 3: 7:53

It means that in canada yeah, tell you what one thing about a brit trying tim hortons for the first time. I was so excited, but they do have the strongest coffee ever I'm not sure that ice coffee, but my gosh did that get me through like covid time.

Speaker 1: 8:11

I was there every day yeah, it is amazing, it's the little things from home. So, um, definitely just for our listeners who are thinking who are nick and ant, can you just kind of explain, like, oh yeah, yeah, how did you become influencers?

Speaker 2: 8:26

so, um, I started uh over 10 years ago now. I had my 10-year anniversary in Feb, so that was exciting. Um, so, yeah, I've just been doing uh, basically like, if you want to go a bit further back, I've always wanted to be an actor. I was auditioning for loads of different shows and movies when I was really, really young. I've always had a passion for being on camera but, I, wasn't booking any or many gigs.

Speaker 2: 8:48

So I just said, screw this. So at 14 years old I just started my own movies on YouTube. So my friends and I would kind of like I would direct and I would act and I would do everything myself, but all my friends kind of helping me out with like the camera stuff. And yeah, I just started my own, my own movies on youtube and then after that, um, I just started doing trends and then that kind of is what took me off and blew me, blew me up in a way. Um so yeah, I've done reacting content, I've done slime content, so like for kids, diy slime, uh. And now we do lgbtq lifestyle content and our cat wants to join.

Speaker 1: 9:24

Amazing.

Speaker 2: 9:25

But yeah, so that's kind of how I started, and then Ant joined in that whole world.

Speaker 3: 9:32

So we met seven years ago, almost seven years ago, because I know there's going to be someone out there that's going to be like you met six and a half years ago.

Speaker 3: 9:40

Yes, Almost seven years ago and then for the first year or so I wasn't really on your content that much, but then I started joining in pranks and then we developed this brand of couple content because the audience actually quite liked me and liked to see us together. Nick just came out at that point as well, and so it was all new and Nick came out online, on YouTube, didn't you?

Speaker 1: 10:02

yes, so what was that like?

Speaker 2: 10:04

well, yeah, so I came out to my parents and then I came out to social media the very next day. So actually, you know, in a very weird way, it felt so much easier to come out to millions of people online versus my parents and I, for some reason, I've always felt like I would have that support online, which I did do. Obviously, you know, there was not so supportive people, but I think the comments were just overwhelmingly good. I got a lot of support, you know, with that.

Speaker 1: 10:32

So, yeah, Sure, when you guys met, did you embrace that the influencer lifestyle right away? And that question goes for Ant. Actually, no, it's really it's really different.

Speaker 3: 10:44

Um, so back then, when we first met and we were together, influencer stuff was very new or it wasn't as diverse as it is today and actually we just spent most of the time in our house or just like creating like videos and like. So it wasn't really a lifestyle. It wasn't like today's generation of influencers. Where they're about, you know, they're going, getting all these crazy travel experiences, you know. You see, influencers are deemed upon because of this lifestyle, but back then it didn't really exist that much.

Speaker 2: 11:14

But also one thing to mention when I first met Ant, he wanted nothing to do with social media. It was that's how I kind of you know knew he was the right guy, cause when you're in the limelight it's hard to say. Sometimes people want to date you for your followers or if they actually like you.

Speaker 2: 11:29

But yeah, so actually Ant for the first like couple of months. Ant was never my videos. I think the first ever video he appears in it's just his reflection in a mirror behind me as I'm like vlogging, so and everyone's everyone in the comments was like who's that guy in your room, nick? Who was that guy?

Speaker 3: 11:46

anyways, yeah, phil, it was him everyone was saying it was your ex and like just making up loads of stuff, or maybe it's this person, but no, it was someone they've never met before.

Speaker 1: 11:56

Obviously, ant, you've moved on and you've embraced it. You have your own instagram, which has lots of followers, which you have your fitness. Is there any competition between the two of you?

Speaker 3: 12:06

I would actually say back in the day there was because we would make these videos sorry no, no, the answer is underlining is no, because we're together with the same brand and we're working towards the same goals. But the funniest thing is, we'd make videos and it would be like a really good video and we'd both be in it. And if we didn't have enough time to create another video for the other person's channel? So we'd create maybe like a video for Nick, and it was really good. I put a lot of work into it as well. I'd be like I really want to post it on my channel. And he was like no, I would post it on my channel.

Speaker 2: 12:39

Um, so yeah, that was the only competition but now what's great is there's a collab feature, so if there's a picture that mean both love of each other, we can both post it and there's no competition anymore. Thank god for that collab feature, yeah amazing.

Speaker 1: 12:54

Let's talk about canada and uk. When you met, you both spent two years in both countries with each other.

Speaker 2: 13:02

Yes, yes, we both did our two years. Yeah, so I did my first, my two years. First. It was a bit of a shock to me because I, as a young Canadian, assumed that the whole of London, the whole of the UK, was like Harry Potter and it was beautiful and was like Cotswolds-y. But we moved to Southampton first, which is that's where I went to uni, and it was beautiful and was like Cotswolds-y, but we moved to Southampton first, which is that's where I went to uni, and it was not like Harry Potter at all and yeah, so I was a little bit shocked. But when I moved to London, I just absolutely fell in love with it and I've always felt really, really at home here. So I keep thinking I must have been here in a past life or something. I love, love London so much yeah, and your thoughts on Canada.

Speaker 3: 13:42

So it was tricky because I went to Canada during lockdown so I spent most of my two years at home, um, with his parents, for nine months, and then we found our own place and then we moved into that and we got another place and then we moved into that. So I did get to experience Montreal, got to experience two places in Toronto I went out to to vancouver. I say vancouver is my favorite place on earth. It is absolutely stunning. We did bamf in alberta, we went to the open argum region, I did a lot of canada, we went to winnipeg and calgary as well oh no, we did edmonton edmonton um.

Speaker 2: 14:18

we don't ask why we were.

Speaker 3: 14:21

I was there for a visa process, yeah we went there because we started the visa process to move back to the UK, because I was missing home and I just wanted to be back by my family and Nick really loves the culture here as well. So we did end up choosing London to be our home, but in fact we go back to Canada every year now.

Speaker 1: 14:39

Very nice. What was the biggest struggle for you? This is what was the biggest struggle, for. This is for Nick, actually the biggest struggle you had when you moved to London.

Speaker 2: 14:48

So I think you know what, like I think, going back to what I said, I've always felt really at home here, so it was not really a big struggle, I think, for me. When I first moved here, actually I didn't aunt hadn't moved in with me initially. So when I first moved here, actually I didn't aunt hadn't moved in with me initially, so I was on my own here, and so I think the struggle was more so like making friends and having to learn to live on my own. But then, as I lived here on my own, I realized actually how easy it is to make friends in the city and how nice people are, are and you know how supportive people are that are around me. So, um, yeah, and I guess there wasn't, so there wasn't that much negativity, I mean, besides the weather, obviously, um, being cloudy all the time isn't canada a lot worse though?

Speaker 2: 15:30

you can't, you know what you have to either pick either really cold weather or cloudy.

Speaker 3: 15:35

So I think for cloudy actually, but then you also get the really warm weather in summer in canada, which we don't typically get here for more than like a week I miss this, I miss the snow.

Speaker 1: 15:46

Do you miss the snow?

Speaker 2: 15:47

no oh my god, if it snows here, I like, I'm like close my blinds, I'm like trying to ignore you're a real brit, yeah yeah, he's like oh my god, look, it's snowing, a Christmas miracle. I'm like bitch.

Speaker 3: 16:02

No, I really want to go out in the snow and experience it.

Speaker 2: 16:04

And he's just spent his whole life in Canada but let's talk about snow here, as well as more like slush it is muddy slush, yeah, yeah, I missed the four seasons definitely definitely yeah, in fact, um sorry, just the autumn in canada is stunning, my favorite time of year

Speaker 2: 16:28

a different color to anywhere else in the world that yeah, that east coast kind of foliage is gorgeous and actually that's where and proposed. So we were in our in this big national park where I'm from in Quebec, and he he just sat down at the perfect, perfect spot on a lake, like with all the different colors of foliage, and he just proposed. So yeah, I mean, especially for us to like that kind of season in Canada means a lot to us. Yeah.

Speaker 1: 16:55

Let's talk about your wedding.

Speaker 2: 16:58

Oh yes, so after the engagement wedding came along. So for us it was a bit of a weird one. So we definitely want a big gay wedding in a couple of years, with big with our family, with our extended family friends. So this one was funny.

Speaker 2: 17:15

So we, as Canadians and Brits, we were only allowed two years on a visa in both countries and so after I had done my two years here and then two years in Canada, we had to make where do we want to move? And wherever we chose to move, we'd have to figure out that next visa. And the next visa, either way, was a spouse visa. So to get onto that one, like I think you've done as well, you have to get married. So, yeah, it was. You know it was, it was, it was it was in Russia. It was actually a really beautiful, intimate wedding. It was in his hometown of Bournemouth, which is on the beach, and it was in this old Roman spa. So it was gorgeous and we had like very, very close family there. But that being said, you know I do want another big gay wedding.

Speaker 3: 17:59

Um, which actually takes the pressure off, because once you get, like you know, like a wedding, all the paperwork signed and like you do your ceremony and stuff, you might feel like really overwhelmed, like we were both so nervous. And now that we've been through that, when it comes to our actual like wedding party, oh, it's gonna be so much fun I think we'll be.

Speaker 2: 18:17

yeah, we'll be more chill, yeah, yeah, also, I'm Italian as well, so my Italian family were very upset that they couldn't make this small wedding. So I owe it to them at least have a nice big gay wedding.

Speaker 1: 18:29

It'll be a celebration yes, exactly no, we're doing our vows let's talk about new, exciting things that are happening for nick and ant. So the podcast old gays, new gays I have to say I've been listening to it and I absolutely love it and the episode that just came out was one of my favorites oh, amazing, that's so nice to hear yesterday.

Speaker 3: 18:54

Yeah, I mean, we, we dive into all topics regarding, uh, the lgbt community and actually it's just, despite the title of it being old gays, new gays we don't just target the lgbt community, uh, as viewers, um it, the whole concept is to contrast, like, opinions of an older generation couple to a younger generational couple, and, particularly in the LGBT community, we go through extremely different upbringings, purely on the basis that, you know, marriage wasn't legal when the older gays were born and for us in our generation, yeah, we didn't have to fight for those rights because the older generation fought for them. So, um, we're actually, yeah, that that's what our podcast is, yeah, yeah, and for a bit of context.

Speaker 2: 19:36

So the old gays are my uncles, who are one's Canadian and one's American, and they both live in Brighton in the UK. And then the new gays is me and Anne, obviously. And yes, like Anne said, it just kind of. You know, we contrast different opinions and they've lived through so much I mean the AIDS pandemic and all these different things. So I think a lot of the young gays don't actually understand what the old gays had to fight for to get where we are today. You know, even us getting married. That seemed like such a simple thing for us to do, but for them it was not that simple. So it's exactly why we have this podcast out. We are so, so, so blessed with all of the feedback. I mean, people love it. And we used to be, you know, in public, being people saying, oh, I love your videos, guys, which was really, really nice. But now it's guys, I love your podcast, I love your uncles, they're so, they're so like.

Speaker 3: 20:27

So it's just such a nice thing to hear now in public and people saying you know, the podcast is great, you know the podcast is great, and the biggest surprise to us, which kind of makes sense now is I think 50 percent of our viewers are between 40 and 55 and are also women.

Speaker 2: 20:44

Yeah, so women love it too, you know, and we've actually been approached by multiple women that I've said. You know, even though it's old gays, new gays, the topics that you touch upon are very relatable to women as well, which, you know, we really wanted to do that for them as well. I mean, I grew up with, like my mom and my all my friends were girls, so I love that they can be able to watch it too and enjoy it I'm.

Speaker 1: 21:06

I'm a middle gay.

Speaker 2: 21:07

I think I'm in between the old and the young and have a new couch for you.

Speaker 1: 21:15

And so the topics that you guys discuss, I can relate to both sides, which is amazing, and I think that's probably why that age group is probably one that's tuning in so much, because they can relate to it all. But for new gays who would be listening, they'll be shocked, I think, because they live in this sort of free world. I mean, I look at my niece, who's 18 now. It's such a normal thing, it's not even questionable now. So she's like yeah, my uncles are gay, they're married, like it's such a big, it's no big deal, and their friends are just like, yeah, okay, whatever, you might as well just say the sky's blue, they don't care. And when I grew up, it was not so much like your uncles, but there was also. It wasn't pleasant. So I'm just excited to see the new generation and I think you guys are such a great influence for them as well and role models. So thank you for doing what you guys are doing, because it's so important, thank you.

Speaker 2: 22:15

Thanks so much Cause it's so important. Thank you, thanks so much. That means a lot.

Speaker 3: 22:16

Yeah, I know we're we're very happy with how that turned out and no matter how much we've progressed so far with rights or whatnot, it doesn't become easier for individuals to come out. There's still that burden on us that we feel like it's different to maybe everyone else, and so, although like it's different to maybe everyone else, and so, although like in many aspects, it's easier individually.

Speaker 2: 22:40

We still, you know, can struggle as well. Yeah, I think you know. Yeah to. To end off on that point, I think there's just a lot, you know, there's still some progression to to happen, uh, but yeah, we we've moved so far because of the old gaze. So, um, yeah, we're very happy.

Speaker 1: 22:52

Thank you for them and it's very honest and I love that there's there's nothing that you guys aren't going to say, and I love that it's just like open conversation very a bit too open.

Speaker 2: 23:03

Sometimes we might turn it back.

Speaker 2: 23:07

The other exciting thing is below deck, which premiered yes, yeah, that was adding to the table for us a little bit. That premiered on Monday night. Very, very exciting, but a bit nerve wracking for us. I mean, obviously, you know, with that type of show it's one of the biggest reality shows in the US you just don't know how they're going to edit you right. So you know, but I think we're both very happy with how it came out. Also, there's a big moment in episode one where me and Ant have a have a gay kiss on camera. So we thought that was quite cool that they chose to put that in there and especially for pride month as well.

Speaker 2: 23:46

Yeah, we love that they did that.

Speaker 3: 23:48

I just thought it was hilarious. It is very funny.

Speaker 3: 23:51

All you have to do, though, is just look at that, just kind of laugh at yourself um, that's all you can really do and I think the audience because you are blow deck is about being on a super yacht and it's kind of this luxury perspective and not saying like we didn't enjoy it, but it does kind of categorize you as kind of spoiled brats. So that's what the audience and all the comments were like these influencers back to their influencer lifestyle. They don't have jobs, they're spoiled rats. Well, actually they might have skipped a few pointers there, but I don't blame them, it's all fun and uh yeah, it's also like yeah, yeah, I mean that's also the premises of the blowjack.

Speaker 2: 24:27

Right, you get people on, they make them look like a certain way, and you know whatever, but no, I mean overall though it was, it was so much fun.

Speaker 1: 24:34

Normally I do kevjet's quickfire questions.

Speaker 2: 24:36

However, I've decided to do canadian trivia and oh no, watch me be worse at the canadian trivia than you somehow you're gonna out us if we're terrible at this, yes, you will you watch out?

Speaker 1: 24:51

yeah, I, I might actually I. This might actually appear on the jumbo screen in trafalgar square oh, I'm just looking back to my hair only if you get the questions wrong, oh perfect perfect this is a whole setup I should never have trusted you, let's, let's see what you've got here. They're really easy. I mean, come on, what is the capital of canada?

Speaker 3: 25:17

oh, ottawa, oh maybe I should let you try to answer these.

Speaker 2: 25:20

Oh yeah, okay, no, no, sorry okay okay, next one, I'm gonna, I'm gonna give them sorry.

Speaker 1: 25:26

What are the official languages of canada?

Speaker 3: 25:30

french, canadian and english.

Speaker 2: 25:33

I'll count that.

Speaker 3: 25:37

It's just French, though Actually I would disagree, because French Canadian actually has different lingo.

Speaker 1: 25:42

It does actually, because I'm Acadian French, which is from the East Coast, so it's different.

Speaker 2: 25:49

Oh yeah, they're different as well, yeah. Which province has predominantly French population quebec.

Speaker 1: 26:00

What is the national animal of canada?

Speaker 3: 26:03

a bear no, you have to do it no, try again.

Speaker 2: 26:09

It starts with a moose no, it starts with a bee as well.

Speaker 3: 26:13

Come on you got this no oh, a beaver yeah I need that because we used to do hikes and I was also like yes I could tell you were looking at me.

Speaker 1: 26:28

Yeah, I'm like yes, right who is the head of state of canada? Oh?

Speaker 2: 26:34

uh, mr trudeau oh, that's our prime minister, it's the monarch of the uk, so it's the king. Oh my god, of course. Oh good, you should have known this too, actually.

Speaker 1: 26:48

So I don't look, I'm not the only stupid here, king charles yeah currently for the time being how many time zones are there in canada? One, two, three?

Speaker 3: 27:03

no, there's four, I'm gonna say four. No, I'm gonna say five, five three, five, six.

Speaker 2: 27:09

At least I think six yeah because saint john and newfoundland is really far out I didn't even think about that and they're a half a time zone, which is really confusing.

Speaker 1: 27:20

Yeah, yeah, yeah what does? That mean so if it's five o'clock in halifax, it's 5, 30 in in newfoundland yeah, they're they're closest to the uk they all like to be different they are really far out there. You should sell a map like yeah, let's move on to pride all right, these ones you should be good at soon what year was the first pride parade held in the united states?

Speaker 2: 27:44

1969 wait, do we have like an god? You're so close 1970 okay oh, you were close, kevin, are you lying to us?

Speaker 1: 27:58

But it's. 1970 was the first parade which iconic LGBTQ film features a drag queen, a transgender woman, a gay man, on a road trip to a drag pageant in Australia?

Speaker 2: 28:12

Oh my God, oh my God. I've seen this movie, but patrician p p right but I I know it's like something patria, I know I've watched it with my gay. Uncle showed it to me.

Speaker 1: 28:28

My the old gays were showing it to me um, oh my god, it was just in the west end I know and they won an Oscar.

Speaker 2: 28:34

They did win an Oscar. It's an actor, right, yeah, priscilla. And.

Speaker 1: 28:42

Priscilla Queen of Something. Okay, give us it. Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Speaker 2: 28:49

Oh listen, I watched it. It's an amazing, amazing film. People that are listening in have not seen it.

Speaker 1: 28:54

Go watch it, it's amazing they're currently doing a remake, which I can't wait iconic. I love that what does the acronym lgbtq plus stand for?

Speaker 3: 29:05

lesbian gay bi uh trans o-g-b-t uh trans q questioning and plus yeah. So uh, I have to think because I can't even do my uh dates correctly, my years, is like a, b, c.

Speaker 2: 29:32

I did just pull a, justin Trudeau have you seen that meme of Trudeau where he goes LGB, lgc. Have you seen that? No, oh my God, don't look it up. It makes us look like that.

Speaker 1: 29:45

I'm going to look for that. What does the term ally mean?

Speaker 3: 29:50

Supports that doesn't necessarily define themselves as being a part of the community, but they're very supportive of part of the community, but they're very supportive of all of the lgbtq.

Speaker 1: 29:58

Yeah this one's gonna shock everybody how many countries still enforce the death penalty for being gay oh god five countries.

Speaker 2: 30:08

If I've it's marissa, you chose the Utah is the worst two gigs to have on this trivia. I'm so sorry.

Speaker 1: 30:16

It's Mauritius, sudan, saudi Arabia, yemen and Iran.

Speaker 2: 30:22

Yeah, so yeah, because I was just trying to count basically all the countries that were kind of over there, but I knew it wasn't 50.

Speaker 1: 30:29

That's insane. Sorry, it probably would have been previously.

Speaker 3: 30:33

Yeah, at some point, it was 50.

Speaker 1: 30:35

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 30:35

At some point it was 50. Yeah, at some point it was.

Speaker 1: 30:38

And the last question how many colours are there in the Pride flag?

Speaker 2: 30:42

Oh gosh. I should know this Seven, no Nine oh seven.

Speaker 3: 30:48

Oh, six Seven.

Speaker 2: 30:50

Six, six, oh six.

Speaker 1: 30:52

Really, I thought there were more.

Speaker 3: 30:59

So it's red, yellow, green, blue and violet oh right, because I thought we updated it.

Speaker 1: 31:01

Yeah, I thought they had like a whole new one now oh so there are actually, if you look it up, I was at a friend's house the other day a straight friend actually who was asking me about the pride flag, and I was like I don't fucking know. So anyway, he, he googled it and there's something like 50, uh, pride flags at the moment. So there's a pride flag like to represent everything and it's just overwhelming. But this is the basic pride flag basic one.

Speaker 2: 31:26

Yeah, yeah, I don't really know that right see, okay, actually you know what this isn't made us more cultured gays. So thank you, kevin. Maybe bring up the uh pride flag with your old gays, new gays.

Speaker 1: 31:34

So thank you, kevin. Maybe bring up the pride flag with your old gays, new gays With my uncles?

Speaker 2: 31:38

Yeah, that'd be interesting.

Speaker 1: 31:42

I'm excited to see you guys at Canada Day London on the main stage and I will definitely introduce you to all the cool, fun people and we're going to have a great day.

Speaker 3: 31:53

It's going to be amazing.

Speaker 2: 31:54

Yes, we want to meet some more Canadians, so we're very excited.

Speaker 3: 31:57

Oh, thank you so much. Yeah, thank you so much for having us.

Speaker 2: 32:00

Oh, you're welcome.

Speaker 1: 32:01

I will actually come and say hi to you at pride, cause I'll be at pride but, like yourselves, I'm going home.

Speaker 2: 32:19

But yeah, amazing Thanks for having us. It's been a really really fun time, amazing Thanks.

Speaker 1: 32:23

Thanks guys.