The Daily Friday: Friday 5/30

1. Sydney Sweeney is officially selling her bathwater as soap, setting up my perfect Friday night in: light a Jacob Elordi bathwater candle, toss in a Papa John Bath Bomb, and scrub myself with the Sweeney juice. Cozy as hell.

2. Knicks roll over Pacers to force Game 6 and I’m giving full credit to this Etsy witch. Might have to hire her for the next company softball season. I’m sure it can be expensed.

3. Elon has had a big week, leaving the White House after criticizing ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ dealing with failed SpaceX launch and managing a Twitter outage. No wonder this guy is popping Molly, mushrooms, and Addy on a daily basis.

4. France announces they will ban outdoor smoking. What else is there to even do in that country anymore? Now I’m seeing why Macron’s wife threw hands at him.

5. The 100th Spelling Bee has been won by 13 year old Faizan Zaki in dominant fashion. LET’S BREAK IT DOWN.

Quick PSA from Daily Friday HQ before we dive in: if you don’t see an email from us every MWF for the next two weeks DO NOT PANIC. I’m going to be traveling (in Europe, ever heard of it?) so we’re shifting to a modified send schedule aka just Fridays.

In the meantime, here’s your chance to tell us what we can be doing better.

REDEMPTION AT THE SCRIPP’S SPELLING BEE

Faizan Zaki, a 13 year old from Texas, has avenged his 2024 runner up finish to win the 2025 Spelling Bee Championship in his 7th (!) year of competing for the prize. This kid has been spelling on the national stage since age 6. I was still in diapers at that age (story for a different time.) Unreal. LET’S BREAK IT DOWN. 

• In 2024, Faizan lost in a heart-breaking fashion, falling in a spell-off tiebreaker to Bruhat Soma (fire name.) He still won $25k, which he dropped on a specialty Rubix cube. Likely thing for a teenage spelling bee champ to buy.

• After losing in 2024, he didn’t hang his head. He dedicated 2025 to grinding harder, spending 6 hrs/day reading the dictionary and scanning for words he didn’t know. I do the same thing with P-Hub and Johnny Sins videos. Real recognize real.

• This year, he FLEW through the first 7 rounds, and became the only speller to get a perfect score on written tests. Take that, Zachary Teoh, you piece of shit (that’s the 8 year old who was 2025’s youngest competitor. Learn how to mew and rate Costco items like a normal child and leave spelling to preteens.)

• However, with just two words left, drama began brewing when Faizan failed to spell “commelina,” incorrectly calling out “K-A-M” instead of “C-O-M.” What a colossal and moronic mistake. Everyone and their mother knows how to spell that word, which clearly means former Vice President and failed 2024 Democratic Presidential Candidate. Wake up Faizan.

• Like a champion, our boy recovered and correctly spelled “éclaircissement” without asking a single question about definition or country of origin, the spelling equivalent of hitting a golf shot without a range finder. After winning, he collapsed to the stage like Federer winning Wimbledon mode and then stayed up the entire night. Epic as hell.

• Faizan is pretty much the fucking man. He rocks a black hoodie and sick ass hair, swags around the stage, and calls the judges ‘bro.’ He has his own signature move: mimicking typing the letters in the air while he spells. He is going to absolutely crush the bar mitzvah scene this year. Super happy for him.

DOC’S LOCKS

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WHAT ELSE IS GOOD

A woman’s ex farted in her face, bending over full bare cheeked, while she was recovering from surgery and gave her a 7 year long E-coli infection. Insane. I wonder why they broke up. If they can’t make it, what chance do any of us have?

Ya know what, it might finally be time for me to start a family. Especially if they can help me finds 56 pounds of cocaine during a fishing trip, like these Florida kids.

Shoutout to Pope Leo. Just an all-time one handed snag of a pope doll that someone threw him during one of his little joy-rides. He could get reps out of the slot for the Bears next season, no questions asked.

Not exactly “news” but I saw these Jameson kicks online and had to share. Carry on.

‘CAUSE IT’S THE CUP

It’s official. This year’s Cup will be a rematch of last year’s electric Panthers - Oilers match up. LFG. Catch up on all things puck with the good lads over at Empty Netters. Latest episode was a banger and a half. 

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STUFF TO CLICK WHEN YOU’RE BORED TODAY

• Shoutout to this husband who called his cousin to say good night. That’s a hell of a friend right there. Kanye and his cousin just had the exact same convo.

• Read this on your lunch break: Why Good Ideas Die Quietly and Bad Ideas Go Viral.

• God, I’d give anything to be an unc shooting poison at a Janet show back in the day. Take notes, Ms. Lipa. This is how a star treats her fans.

• The biggest winner of the loneliness epidemic has been nice guys with good jobs. Hell yeah boys. The bar has never been lower; let’s clear it.

• Nathan Fielder went on CNN to talk aviation with Wolf Blitzer and it was just incredible television. Couldn’t pick one moment so here’s the whole thing.

• It’s Friday. Fuck it. Let’s appreciate China’s answer to The Rizzler. He rocks.