Musgraves was recently down under to perform a series of concerts in Sydney and attend the ARIA Awards, the country's awards show similar to the Grammys.
During one of her concerts, Musgraves regaled the crowd with the tale of how she ended up at the Sydney Sauna where local men go to, um, "enjoy each other's company without clothes on," let's say.
Musgraves ended up at Sydney Sauna, one of the city's most iconic bathhouses, and the mere mention had many in the crowd cheering, to which Musgraves quipped:
“Sounds like you’re familiar, you love that place."
She told the crowd that she quickly realized it was not just any old sauna, but couldn't resist going anyway.
“It’s apparently the gay sauna destination of this country … They said wet rooms. What? They said there are 23 serviceable wet rooms."
“This is very gay… this is not meant for me."
Musgraves joked that she went anyway in order to "make friends" because she's "nosy," then quipped:
"That’s where we’re gonna go after the show, they said it’s 24 hours. After-party at Sydney Sauna.”
Sydney Sauna itself posted the video clip, too, calling Musgraves "a true ally." Musgraves has been outspokenly in support of the LGBTQ+ community since the very start of her country career when it was still quite daring to do so in that industry.
- YouTubeyoutu.be
One of her biggest early hits is 2013's "Follow Your Arrow," which urges people to follow their truth instead of what society tells them to do, including when it comes to sexuality. The song was hugely controversial within the country music world at the time.
In 2018, Musgraves opened up to Billboard about part of what motivated her pro-LGBTQ+ stance: guilt over not having stood up for the bullied gay kids in her school while growing up in tiny Golden, Texas, admitting that she was "a lot more redneck than I am now."
On social media, many praised Musgraves for her long record of inclusivity—and there were plenty of jokes too, of course!
Musgraves is in good company with her Sydney Sauna visit. Gay bathhouses had a long and varied history of hosting divas with huge gay followings before most of them were shuttered in the 1980s amid the AIDS epidemic.
Stars like Minnie Riperton, Patti LaBelle, and most notably Bette Midler were known to perform in bathhouses, especially the iconic Continental Baths in New York City, where Midler was such a fixture she was known as Bathhouse Betty in her early years.
Add Musgraves to the roster of beloved gay divas who aren't afraid of a bit of "steam," if you will!
According to Punchbowl News, more GOP resignations loom on the horizon.
Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman shared on X:
"[Marjorie Taylor Greene], who will retire from Congress in 42 days, announced the end of her House career Friday night in a manifesto, of sorts, that sounded many of the notes of concern we hear about President Donald Trump’s second term."
"The crux of MTG’s message is that Trump and House Republicans are abandoning all of the president’s priorities, falling into complacency and are on the brink of squandering their razor-thin majority."
Then in a follow-up post, Sherman shared:
"A few other GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term."
"Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican: 'This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen. That is the sentiment of nearly all — appropriators, authorizers, hawks, doves, rank and file.'"
"'The arrogance of this White House team is off putting to members who are run roughshod and threatened. They don’t even allow little wins like announcing small grants or even responding from agencies. Not even the high profile, the regular rank and file random members are more upset than ever. Members know they are going into the minority after the midterms.'"
"'More explosive early resignations are coming. It’s a tinder box. Morale has never been lower. Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel and they will lose the majority before this term is out.'"
You can see coverage by CNN here:
- YouTubeyoutu.be
Sympathy online was very low for the GOP.
@gseabhac/Bluesky
@wardhog/Bluesky
Sympathy for MTG wasn't abundant either.
@vagabondvivant.com/Bluesky
The rift between MTG and Trump centers mainly on her vocal support of the release of the evidence gathered to indict and arrest registered sex offender and longtime Trump friend Jeffrey Epstein by Trump's Department of Justice and the FBI in 2019. Trump campaigned in 2024 on a promise to release the Epstein files, but quickly changed his tune once elected.
The files were sealed until 2024 due to ongoing lawsuits against Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. In 2025, Trump's DOJ moved the convicted child sex trafficker to a more comfortable prison where she was allowed to get a puppy among many other perks.
The Epstein files, which Trump appears in repeatedly according to numerous reports, would have become part of the court records if Epstein had not died in August 2019 while in the custody of Trump's DOJ.
Trump began attacking MTG as a "traitor" on social media and in comments to the press. His mindless MAGA minions in and out of Congress, like Texas Republican Senator Rafael "Ted" Cruz and MAGA influencer Laura Loomer, began attacking her as well.
In her lengthy resignation announcement video, Greene said:
"I have too much self-respect and dignity… to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the President we all fought for, only to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms."
"It’s all so absurd and completely unserious."
"I refuse to be a ‘battered wife’ hoping it all goes away and gets better."
"If I am cast aside by MAGA Inc and replaced by Neocons, Big Pharma, Big Tech, Military Industrial War Complex, foreign leaders, and the donor elite class that can’t even relate to real Americans, then many common Americans have been cast aside and replaced as well."
Trump's called MTG's announcement "great news for the country."
He may quickly be singing a different tune if more of the GOP bails out of the Trump administration clown car.
Mostly owing to the fact that memorable movies, for better or for worse, will leave you talking about them for ages.
Often leading to some deep, possibly polarizing takes that people might not have appreciated the first time watching them.
No doubt, guaranteed to start a conversation, if not an all out debate, as well.
Redditor thegirlwithbodypain was eager to hear people's most controversial opinions and take aways from beloved, and not-so-beloved, films, leading them to ask:
"What is your most controversial movie take?"
"Liking a movie doesn't mean it's good."
"Not liking a movie doesn't mean it's bad."- sentient_luggage
"Probably the best acting I ever saw was watching Denzel Washington go from an 'ambulance chaser' lawyer in Philadelphia to a warm hearted human being."
"And that all happened while he watched Tom Hanks’ reaction to Maria Callas’s opera singing."
"But his reaction scared him so he had to leave right away."
"But then in the hallway, he stopped and turned, he wanted to go back in to thank Hanks, probably even to give him a hug, but his homophobia kicked back in."
"So he went home."
"But he knew his emotions were just too powerful and he wouldn’t be able to explain it to his wife, so instead he hugged his daughter."
"That was when he became a decent human being."
"All thanks to Tom Hanks and Maria Callas."
"And the controversial part?"
"He didn’t even get an Oscar nomination for that."- Adventurous_Oil_5805
"Top Gun is a chick flick disguised as a testosterone fueled fighter jock film."
"It's a love story with sweaty shirtless guys playing volleyball and just enough air combat to make the primary viewers' boyfriends want to watch with them."- Zuper_deNoober
High Five Top Gun GIF Giphy
"Pauly didn't slice the garlic thin enough to melt in the pan."- Captain-Volume
"Robert De Niro is the same character in 80 percent of his movies."
"He just changes names."- amiwitty
"Daniel Day-Lewis can, at times, overact a bit."
"I know in the eyes of the internet he can do no wrong, but sometimes…he does a little wrong."
"Just a tiny bit."- karlverkade
"Godfather III is not a bad movie in the slightest."
"It’s a 7 or even 8 / 10 and only seems inferior because of its predecessors."- Don_Tommasino_5687
"Captain America saying 'Avengers... assemble' makes no sense."
"They're all already there, mate, lined up behind you, they've already assembled."- MrPatch
"Children of Men, the film is categorically better than the book."
"I love PD James, fantastic thriller and crime writer with ultra-precient socio-politico sense."
"But she writes action like appliance instructions."- fulthrottlejazzhands
children of men GIF Giphy
"I loved Seth McFarlane's - 'A Million Ways to Die in the West' and I will never understand the amount of visceral hatred the movie received."
"It was silly and exactly what you would expect from Seth, and people acted like it was worse than cancer."- icerevolution21
"Baz Luhrman is wildly overrated."- scream4ever
"'The Mask of Zorro' is the best superhero movie."- Dependent-Gain5054
Mask Zorro GIF Giphy
"'Promising Young Woman' is a superhero movie."- wutangclanthug9mm
"My most controversial take is that it's a waste of time to watch bad movies - life is just too short."
"In the same breath I'll admit to wanting to watch The Fifth Element like 3 times a year."- KrugerFFS
"Jurassic Park should have stayed one movie."- Sherlock-Gnomess
Jurassic Park Opening GIF by Regal Giphy
The most wonderful thing about movies is that no two people will feel the same way about them.
One person's Cats could be another's Citizen Kane.
That being said, anyone who says Baz Luhrmann is overrated has very questionable taste indeed...
