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When Alicia Silverstone was on the Armchair Expert podcast with Dax Shepard as the host, the conversation would turn very quickly into animal rights and the gruesome truths about fur-making. The embarrassment of Silverstone’s career was described by Shepard as shockingly fun and playful, and jokingly so while mentioning Silverstone miming the Clueless act. The conversation then veered into graphic images of animal abuse in the fashion industries.
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Shepard shared a slick clip in which he comments that the description of anal electrocution was hardly suitable for a morning-shock show. “I thought I could use the activists,” Shepard says in the clip; “I could use the press that I didn’t want to be doing to talk about these things.” He eventually realized, though, that most of the audience was not prepared to have those images of cruelty brought forth in their morning entertainment.
It also covered Silverstone waking up from a long career snooze, her friendship with Woody Harrelson, and animal-welfare activism at present. Shepard looked forward to discovering more about the woman behind the pop-culture phenomenon named Cher Horowitz from Clueless.
Amazing yet varied listener response came. “Your face when she said anal execution is priceless @daxshepard 😂. Good for @aliciasilverstone for speaking up as to the realities of the brutal fur industry,” exclaimed one user, referencing the segment about anal electrocution.
The majority of listeners adored the show with one saying, “Her voice touches something in my millennial brain. It’s the essence of Cher 💛🖤 what a Betty,” and another saying, “I am OBSESSED with her giggle!!! Alicia’s giggle is giving me LIFE!! GREAT episode!”
The conversation was surely nostalgic for the listeners, who have been a part of Silverstone’s cultural threat. “I was so young when that movie came out but I had older sisters. I remember just feeling like it was a window into their life and how cool it must be to be in high school,” another fan wrote.
The comments, however, were not all very friendly. “Didn’t she endorse RFK Jr 🤮,” wondered a user, in reference to past controversial endorsements made by Silverstone which have cost her some fans.
The episode took a rather lighthearted approach to 90s nostalgia, reminiscing about the slew of “Got Milk?” advertisements that both Silverstone and Monica Padman-the co-host of Shepard-have done as kids, which spurred on listeners in the comments to share their own milk mustache collections.
It is because of Shepard and his approach toward balancing serious issues with entertainment that his podcast continues to maintain a different dimension within the interview landscape. Though his graphic description of animal cruelty methods alarmed some, it was nothing new going back-a long-standing calling out of uncomfortable truths within celebrity interviews has been his thing.
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This episode continues in the same vein as many another well-done edition in this ever-growing series of merging pop culture nostalgia with current issues, maintaining its reputation of being simply entertaining while somehow attaining an unexpected level of depth.
This story originally appeared on Celebrityinsider
