The Rumor Mill: September 28, 2024

Joe and Nathan are back with a story so perfectly chaotic it could only happen on the gay internet. This week, they dive into the increasingly unbelievable saga surrounding The Last Ditch, a progressive lesbian bar in western Massachusetts that found itself at the center of an online firestorm after making masks optional one night a week. There’s a struggling owner, a fractured polycule, clown school, angry Zoom meetings, “white they/them tears,” a GoFundMe for one of the owner’s biggest critics, and somehow even more lore Joe hasn’t uncovered yet. Before getting to the main event, Joe recaps an unusually talkative night out with John Paul, gives his thoughts on the new Robert Pattinson film about the world of To Catch a Predator, and Nathan weighs in on the heated political argument that was removed from the latest episode of The Tea. Plus, the boys lament the apparent death of the Discord, Nathan prepares for Singapore, Joe investigates whether two Scottish gay sportsmen have actually slept together, and—for the first time in Rumor Mill history—the voicemail bag is completely empty. Oh, and Nathan would like everyone to know that gays are awful. In this episode:• Joe apparently cannot stop talking• Nathan prepares for Singapore• Revisiting the missing argument from The Tea• The absolutely bonkers Last Ditch lesbian bar controversy• A polycule becomes a “monocule”• Clown school enters the chat• Mask mandates, angry commenters and a disastrous community meeting• Why the gays have now inserted themselves into lesbian drama• The mystery of Lewis and Deckhead• Zero voicemails?!• Nathan assigns Disney characters during the credits• A very special sad version of the Rumor Mill theme song