WEBVTT - The Most Dramatic Bachelorette Party Ever

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<v Speaker 1>This is the most dramatic podcast ever and iHeartRadio podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Harrison and Lauren Zeema coming to you not at

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<v Speaker 1>home today. We are on the road yet again, getting

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<v Speaker 1>away from that Texas heat. We are well, I'll say this,

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<v Speaker 1>we're very close to Canada. We're up here a little

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<v Speaker 1>vak with some friends, and we have had such a

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<v Speaker 1>crazy week to the point of I hope Els can

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<v Speaker 1>get through this podcast today because well, her singing voice

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<v Speaker 1>was used elsewhere here.

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<v Speaker 2>I am. This is the first time I'm talking this morning.

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<v Speaker 2>I wow, I have got to look in I got

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<v Speaker 2>to get something right. I need to be educated on

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<v Speaker 2>how to use my voice. Also, I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>anybody else does this, but I overbook myself. I had

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<v Speaker 2>our trip that we took to celebrate your birthday with friends.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, say, I say, I am partly to blame for this.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I mean it's your Then I flew home Delp.

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<v Speaker 1>And your voice was kind of going after that birthday.

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<v Speaker 1>It was.

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<v Speaker 2>And again I'm doing something wrong, Chris says, I'm speaking

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<v Speaker 2>out of my throat and not my diaphragm. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know how as someone who is a broadcast journalist for

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<v Speaker 2>years I'm not better at this at this point, so

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<v Speaker 2>this is a failure of me on my body.

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<v Speaker 1>But what really threw you over the ledge was well.

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<v Speaker 2>Then I went home to help Taylor pack up for

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<v Speaker 2>college and do some shopping for the new school year,

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<v Speaker 2>and then I flew to Mexico for my annual sorority

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<v Speaker 2>sister reunion girls trip. We do it every year. I

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<v Speaker 2>highly recommend if you've got great friends from college or

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<v Speaker 2>high school, or just any great friends in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god listening, make a pact that you will

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<v Speaker 2>do it one trip together every year and that unless

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<v Speaker 2>major unforeseen circumstances happen, you will not miss this trip.

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<v Speaker 2>So we do that every year. We try to do

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<v Speaker 2>it in a different city every year so that we

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<v Speaker 2>experience something new together. It's been so good for us

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<v Speaker 2>to maintain our female friendships and our sisterhood, which is

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<v Speaker 2>just so important in life. We look forward to it

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<v Speaker 2>every year.

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<v Speaker 1>I've said this before and I'll say it again. One

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<v Speaker 1>of the most incredible things about you is this group

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<v Speaker 1>of friends, these women you have surrounded yourself with the bond.

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<v Speaker 1>Y'all have the love, y'all give each other, the support,

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<v Speaker 1>y'all give each other and the success of this group

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<v Speaker 1>doctors and lawyers, you name it emmy winners. But I

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<v Speaker 1>love that this group fiercely protects itself and you guys

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<v Speaker 1>have been doing this for so long. It's really a

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<v Speaker 1>special thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Well they made it even more special this time because

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<v Speaker 2>they turned one of the knights into a surprise bachelorette party.

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<v Speaker 2>There was myself and one other bride, so we had

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<v Speaker 2>two bachelorette parties. And yeah, I mean, listen, when you've

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<v Speaker 2>got fifteen women talking and then you add in some

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<v Speaker 2>like screaming and singing all weekend, this is how I've

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<v Speaker 2>ended up sounding. So I'm sorry, but no regrets. And

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<v Speaker 2>then you want to talk about overbooking yourself. We've now

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<v Speaker 2>added on to it. We're on a little couple's trip

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<v Speaker 2>right now. This is a blessed life. It's been a

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<v Speaker 2>wonderful summer. I feel very lucky to have lost my

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<v Speaker 2>voice for so many great reasons.

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<v Speaker 1>But let's go back. I want to just gloss over

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<v Speaker 1>this bachelorette party. Was this? Did you know going into

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<v Speaker 1>it that the girl they were going to kind of

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<v Speaker 1>surprise you with some things, because they came with some gifts,

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<v Speaker 1>some fun things.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we had two brides, yeah, and it was myself

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<v Speaker 2>and my friend, and I actually was part of the

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<v Speaker 2>idea of surprising her.

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<v Speaker 1>How funny.

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<v Speaker 2>I got balloons and I kept saying, I do not

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<v Speaker 2>want to do a bachelorette party, Like I don't. This

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<v Speaker 2>is not that I'm against it. I'm not against the

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<v Speaker 2>bachelorette parties. They're awesome. I'm have been married before, and

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<v Speaker 2>this group of friends had celebrated me before, and I

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<v Speaker 2>wanted it to be about my other friend who this

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<v Speaker 2>is her first time getting married. Let's do a bachelorette

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<v Speaker 2>party night for her. So I had actually gotten balloons

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<v Speaker 2>and I thought that's what we were doing, and then

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<v Speaker 2>they kind of surprised me with oh, it's also about you.

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<v Speaker 2>They had it's a dual bachelorette party, so she and

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<v Speaker 2>I were both surprised. They had had some tattoos made

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<v Speaker 2>with your face on them.

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<v Speaker 1>I did get a video one night and it was

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<v Speaker 1>one of the girls putting a tattoo on LZ and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, wait, what is that. I click it and

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<v Speaker 1>I zoom in. I was like, oh my gosh, that's

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<v Speaker 1>my face.

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<v Speaker 2>It was wonderful. We both put we all put both

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<v Speaker 2>of your faces on various parts both guys faces on

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<v Speaker 2>various parts of our bodies. It was the perfect bachelorette

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<v Speaker 2>party because it didn't lean I'm not too into the

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<v Speaker 2>like I don't want a stripper, It didn't lean into

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<v Speaker 2>the Penis Straws world of bachelorettes. It was just fun silliness,

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<v Speaker 2>and we went out and danced all night long and

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<v Speaker 2>had the best time. And it was kind of the

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<v Speaker 2>perfect outing actually, because we ended up at this restaurant

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<v Speaker 2>seated next to two other bachelorette parties and a bachelor party,

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<v Speaker 2>so we kind of all united into a swirling force

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<v Speaker 2>of bachelor energy and batchel energy and it was wonderful.

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<v Speaker 1>That's amazing, and I'm glad to know this is where

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<v Speaker 1>the line is drawn. Penis Straws, Well, let's.

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<v Speaker 2>Talk about it. If you are, first of all, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't even know are you having a bachelor party?

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<v Speaker 1>You know it's funny, I am now what You don't

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<v Speaker 1>even know. You don't know what's been happening since you've

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<v Speaker 1>been gone. But I have figured out yes, a kind

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<v Speaker 1>of essentially, I'm having a bachelor party.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, this is breaking news.

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<v Speaker 1>As really is. I know, I meant to surprise you

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<v Speaker 1>on this podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>So are you planning your own ish?

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<v Speaker 1>It all kind of happened in this beautiful kind of culmination.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh beautiful. It was a beautiful culmination.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a gorgeous it came together and I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, this is what I want. Because I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>a penis straw guy either. That's where I draw the line.

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<v Speaker 1>And so, no, I didn't want to have a bachelor party.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to go. You know, I'm not a

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<v Speaker 1>Vegas guy. You know that I'm not. I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to go to the clubs. I'm not that guy. If

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<v Speaker 1>I went on a golf trip with my buddies or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe go fishing or something great. But I really didn't

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<v Speaker 1>want to take a trip just to do that. So

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<v Speaker 1>it just didn't make sense to me. But last week,

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<v Speaker 1>as you know, I'm having suits made for all the

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<v Speaker 1>people in that'll be kind of part of our wedding party,

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<v Speaker 1>and so started making calls and it just turns out

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<v Speaker 1>we all need to be in the same town to

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<v Speaker 1>get these suits made, at the place where I want

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<v Speaker 1>to get the suits made, which you'll find out later.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to divulge that yet, but we're all

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<v Speaker 1>getting suits made. And I said, well, befo're in town.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a ballgame the night before. The Dodgers are in town.

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<v Speaker 1>So all the guys that are going to be a

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<v Speaker 1>part of my wedding party are flying into Dallas. We're

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<v Speaker 1>going to go to Rangers Dodgers baseball and then we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to go have suits made. And that's just going

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<v Speaker 1>to be my bachelor party.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow. Well, are you sure you don't want to go

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<v Speaker 2>out in Mexico and dance all night and get on

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<v Speaker 2>a table and dance and lose your voicemam.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is just a small group, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>very so it is really none of my friends per se.

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<v Speaker 1>It's more family. So my brother Glenn is coming up,

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<v Speaker 1>Joshua obviously coming over from TCU, and actually Glenn's son

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<v Speaker 1>Sam will be there. And your little brother John, my

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<v Speaker 1>brother is going. Your brother's going, Oh.

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<v Speaker 2>My god, I'm really just learning this. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>John is flying in and he will be a part

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<v Speaker 1>of this crew and we're all going to go to

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<v Speaker 1>the ballgame and then we're going to get suits made.

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<v Speaker 2>All that really warms my heart.

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<v Speaker 1>It's going to be awesome. It's all all my guys,

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<v Speaker 1>you do.

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<v Speaker 2>Weeby little Dad having your bachelor party at a baseball game.

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<v Speaker 1>Well it was sad, but it was it's what I want.

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<v Speaker 1>When I started putting it together, you know, my brother

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<v Speaker 1>just kind offhand mentioned, oh, hey, Rangers are into you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the Dodgers are in town. Let's go to the Ranger game,

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<v Speaker 1>which were diehard Texas people from growing up in Dallas.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I called all the guys that were going

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<v Speaker 1>to be a part of the wedding and I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>I knew Josh could make it, and my brother had

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<v Speaker 1>to fly up and your brother, hopefully we're crossing our fingers.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a phenomenal lawyer. He may have a trial starting

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<v Speaker 1>that day, so he's literally he's a daytime decision. If

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<v Speaker 1>he he doesn't think it's going to go to trial.

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<v Speaker 1>And so we have a plane booked and he's ready

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<v Speaker 1>to go, and so hopefully John's going to make it

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<v Speaker 1>into But that's it. Are those are the guys in

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<v Speaker 1>my wedding party. And I was like, that's all I want,

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<v Speaker 1>That's it.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's so sweet. It I didn't as you were

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<v Speaker 2>saying those names out loud. I really didn't expect you

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<v Speaker 2>to say my brother, just because your brother and Josh

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<v Speaker 2>are both in Texas and I thought they just travel

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<v Speaker 2>up easily, and I figured you'd coordinate with my brother

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<v Speaker 2>to do something in LA. So thank you for including him.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right, Well, I love him. I love your family,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's one of the great things about you. One

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<v Speaker 1>of the things I think we love about each other

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<v Speaker 1>is that we have such great families around us. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they're crazy, it's it's family, but at the same time,

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<v Speaker 1>we love them fiercely and they're amazing. And it's been

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<v Speaker 1>fun to be a part of your family and get

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<v Speaker 1>to be more a part of your family versa.

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<v Speaker 2>I was with people before who didn't who wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 2>automatically done that? Who would have made it? And not

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<v Speaker 2>that you can't make your bachelor party about you, but

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<v Speaker 2>who would have I don't know. I was with someone

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<v Speaker 2>before who didn't always think of my family, and I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't realize it until kind of too late in the relationship,

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<v Speaker 2>when we were already very committed to each other. And

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<v Speaker 2>I that's something I should have looked for sooner. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not family doesn't always get along, but are you with

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<v Speaker 2>somebody who will think of your family, want to care

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<v Speaker 2>for your family, do the right thing with your family.

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<v Speaker 2>So that really warms my heart.

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<v Speaker 1>It's gonna be fun. I'm looking forward to it, despite

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<v Speaker 1>how geeky it is. It's gonna be really fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, let me ask you a question. Huh, say, well,

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<v Speaker 2>just generally, where do you fall on strippers with bachelor

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<v Speaker 2>and bachelorette parties?

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<v Speaker 1>And I know it sounds like, oh, you're saying this

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<v Speaker 1>because you're fiance sitting right next to you. I am

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<v Speaker 1>not a stripper guy, never have been, never will be.

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<v Speaker 1>I just I don't I feel comfortable. I don't love it.

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<v Speaker 1>I've never loved it. I've been, I've been to a

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<v Speaker 1>strip club before, but god, it will probably thirty years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty thirty years ago. I just it's never been my thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I went to one when I was my first quote

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<v Speaker 1>unquote bachelor party, when I was in my twenties. What

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<v Speaker 1>it was like twenty two, twenty three, and I just

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, man, I just don't get it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I just don't. I just don't get it.

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<v Speaker 2>I did have a friend who had what is maybe

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<v Speaker 2>the best possible scenario for a surprise stripper for her

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<v Speaker 2>bachelorette party. She is a Harry Potter fan like me.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh god, and our friends hired a stripper. I actually

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<v Speaker 2>could wasn't there. I couldn't make this bachelorette party. But

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<v Speaker 2>our friends hired a stripper. And the guy said, it

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<v Speaker 2>was the first request you'd ever gotten of this kind.

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<v Speaker 2>They asked him to dress up like Harry Potter.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm shocked that that's the first time he's been asking.

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<v Speaker 2>I am too, actually, because all the Harry Potter readers,

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<v Speaker 2>the millennials are getting married now, the people who grew

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<v Speaker 2>up on Harry Potter. But he had the cape, he

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<v Speaker 2>came out to the movie theme music, he had a

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<v Speaker 2>wand there's a lot of wand jokes you can make there.

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<v Speaker 2>But I loved that it was kind of funny. I

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<v Speaker 2>think that's the way to go to me at a

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<v Speaker 2>bachelor bachelorette party is, if you're gonna do it, is

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<v Speaker 2>it funny? Is there? Is it quirky in some way?

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<v Speaker 2>I was just thinking about it because you just included

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<v Speaker 2>my brother on your super dweepy dad vibes bachelor party.

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<v Speaker 2>And there was a bachelor party that we were near

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<v Speaker 2>when we were out last weekend. And the groom's brother

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<v Speaker 2>in law was there, meaning like the brother of obviously

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<v Speaker 2>his future wife, and I actually I didn't ask them,

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<v Speaker 2>And now I'm sitting there thinking, I wonder if they

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<v Speaker 2>had a stripper. Is that not a little weird if

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<v Speaker 2>you are the groom and a stripper is there, and like,

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<v Speaker 2>as the brother in law, you're like, that's my sister's

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<v Speaker 2>future husband. I don't know, there's there's some there's some

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<v Speaker 2>dynamics there.

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<v Speaker 1>It would for sure be weird if I was sitting

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<v Speaker 1>with Andrew, who's married to your sister, John, your brother,

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<v Speaker 1>and I and my family at a strip club or

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<v Speaker 1>in heaven. By the way, the strip club is even

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<v Speaker 1>one thing hiring a stripper, where like someone comes to

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<v Speaker 1>your house and it's like a bunch of dudes just

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<v Speaker 1>sitting around staring at someone in a living room. Not

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<v Speaker 1>not my thing, but that would be really weird sitting

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<v Speaker 1>there with your brother, like, yeah, my arm around him

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<v Speaker 1>doing shots? What do you think?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't get it. Maybe there could be something I'm missing.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's something that feels a lot more acceptable

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<v Speaker 2>when you're really young getting married. The older you get,

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<v Speaker 2>the more it feels icky and zero I'm so glad,

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<v Speaker 2>so so glad. I think my friends knew me well

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<v Speaker 2>enough and my other friend to not go down that

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<v Speaker 2>road at all.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd be interested to know if the what the average

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<v Speaker 1>is now like has that waned over the years? Is

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<v Speaker 1>that something that we did more in the seventies, eighties, nineties,

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<v Speaker 1>early two thousand, Like, are kind of the millennial crew

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<v Speaker 1>getting married now? Are they imbibing in this as much that.

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<v Speaker 2>The Harry Potter stripper is the only one I know

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<v Speaker 2>of my friends who did it?

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<v Speaker 1>Or is it just gotten weirder now?

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<v Speaker 2>With right it's just how nerdy and awkward? Can we

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<v Speaker 2>make it tough?

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<v Speaker 1>To segue from love and strippers to some sad news

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<v Speaker 1>for some friends of ours. Jason Tarctic Caitlin Bristow broke

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<v Speaker 1>up announced their breakup last week, and it's you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it was being rumored about for a bit. We even

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<v Speaker 1>had a tabloid reach out and contact us and said,

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<v Speaker 1>do you have a comment. This is before Jason and

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<v Speaker 1>Caitlyn ever had a chance to break the news themselves

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<v Speaker 1>and talk about it. It was, you know, being put

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<v Speaker 1>out in the press and stuff, and so we obviously

0:14:37.280 --> 0:14:40.960
<v Speaker 1>politely told this person to go f off and no comment, but.

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<v Speaker 2>Is there a polite way to do that?

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<v Speaker 1>We didn't say, f Off, I kindly request you kissed

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<v Speaker 1>my butt. No, but very sad news. You know, both

0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:57.080
<v Speaker 1>of them are friends of ours, and it's always interesting

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<v Speaker 1>when these things happened because it happening publicly. They were

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<v Speaker 1>a very public couple, obviously coming from my bachelor Bacherette

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<v Speaker 1>family world and getting together, and I love them dearly

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<v Speaker 1>and I like them together, and I was so excited

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<v Speaker 1>when they when they got engaged and shared in that news.

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<v Speaker 1>And then when the demise happens of a couple like this,

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<v Speaker 1>it is a public but be just as equally personal,

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<v Speaker 1>especially for us, and so it's a very difficult line

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<v Speaker 1>to walk when yes, we've all opened our lives up

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<v Speaker 1>to a certain degree, but at the same time, these

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<v Speaker 1>are also just two people that we know and we

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<v Speaker 1>love and we respect and we wish them well, and

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<v Speaker 1>we know their hearts are breaking and broken right now.

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<v Speaker 1>We know they're sad, and Lauren and I have been

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<v Speaker 1>through divorces, we've been through breakups, so we are old

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<v Speaker 1>and wise enough to know it's a brutal time for

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<v Speaker 1>them and it's never easy, and so I would My

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<v Speaker 1>only thing before I toss it to you would be please.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying don't talk about it, because I know

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<v Speaker 1>it public and people will continue to talk, but just

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<v Speaker 1>have some grace and have some love in your heart

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<v Speaker 1>that these are two human beings that are actually going

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<v Speaker 1>through something that's pretty brutal. No one really needs your

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<v Speaker 1>snide comments right now, no one. You know, if it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't seem to help the world, then maybe don't put

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<v Speaker 1>it out there. But I just want to send them

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<v Speaker 1>our love.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. It's always amazing to me when you can see

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<v Speaker 2>like someone split on Instagram and the comment will be

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I hate her, or I hate him or

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<v Speaker 2>no Bay's It's always interesting to me when people feel

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<v Speaker 2>like they just need to connecue or.

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<v Speaker 1>She should have done better anyway, or you can do better. Why.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know I I I hated hearing this, but

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<v Speaker 2>I think they both handled it so well. I thought

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<v Speaker 2>that their statement was really beautiful, they posted pictures together.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought the way they put it out to the

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<v Speaker 2>world was really really mature and just eloquent. So I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know where they'll both go from here, But I also,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess commend them on this realization at this point,

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<v Speaker 2>because I have had friends before where it's really hardier

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<v Speaker 2>on the engagement train, and once you are on that road,

0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:24.399
<v Speaker 2>that roller coaster of you're engaged and you're starting to

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<v Speaker 2>play in a wedding and everybody's asking you when the

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<v Speaker 2>wedding is and how things are going. If you are

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<v Speaker 2>having issues in your relationship, it can be really difficult

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<v Speaker 2>to recognize that and pause because of this forward momentum

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<v Speaker 2>you have and because you don't want to disappoint people

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<v Speaker 2>and you've made this commitment and you don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>be embarrassed and get out of this. So I've had

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<v Speaker 2>that happen to friends, and then I've had friends who

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<v Speaker 2>have realized, you know what, I shouldn't go down this road.

0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:54.960
<v Speaker 2>I should not take that extra step and get married.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not ready for that. This isn't right. And I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know anyone who's regrets I did that. So if

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<v Speaker 2>this was the decision that they needed to come to,

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<v Speaker 2>and I just really commend them because I think it

0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:12.480
<v Speaker 2>takes an extra amount of bravery when you have not

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<v Speaker 2>just gotten engaged, but publicly announced your engagement. And again

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<v Speaker 2>they've handled it really really gracefully in the press. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I know that they're both going through a really rough time,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think that we just want to send them

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<v Speaker 2>our support.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, hopefully they will continue this grace and that that

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<v Speaker 1>mutual statement was wonderful and I'm glad to see. I

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<v Speaker 1>would expect nothing less from either one of them. Jason's

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<v Speaker 1>a gentleman, love Caitlin, and you know, I think inevitably

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<v Speaker 1>people go, oh, what side are you on? I'm on

0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:47.920
<v Speaker 1>team Jason and Caitlyn. I love them both. I wish

0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:50.040
<v Speaker 1>them both well, and I know they are both struggling

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<v Speaker 1>through this and so it's not easy, and we both

0:18:53.720 --> 0:18:56.040
<v Speaker 1>will be there for them. And you brought up a

0:18:56.080 --> 0:18:58.919
<v Speaker 1>really good point because I was thinking about us and

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<v Speaker 1>our marriage, our upcoming wedding, and people have asked us

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<v Speaker 1>for the last couple of years when you're getting married,

0:19:06.560 --> 0:19:09.520
<v Speaker 1>what's the date? What's going on? And it's such a

0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:13.359
<v Speaker 1>point of pride and excitement for me right now. Hopefully

0:19:13.359 --> 0:19:16.760
<v Speaker 1>it is for you too. But I was thinking immediately

0:19:16.760 --> 0:19:18.720
<v Speaker 1>about Jason and Caitlin once I heard this news of

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<v Speaker 1>the opposite would be true if every day people are

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<v Speaker 1>asking you, when are you guys gonna get married? What's

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<v Speaker 1>going on. You know, we can't wait, and if you

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<v Speaker 1>know behind the scenes things are not going well, what

0:19:32.040 --> 0:19:35.879
<v Speaker 1>A just exacerbates the cut, right It just it's pouring

0:19:35.960 --> 0:19:37.879
<v Speaker 1>salt in the wound day after day after day and

0:19:37.920 --> 0:19:40.639
<v Speaker 1>just makes it that much harder. And it's one of

0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:43.840
<v Speaker 1>the pitfalls of being public and opening your life up

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<v Speaker 1>the way we all have. But anyway, I love them

0:19:47.359 --> 0:19:48.720
<v Speaker 1>and we wish them the very best.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a reminder, you know, of like that, these stories,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, they're painful, they affect real people. I

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<v Speaker 2>was completely blown away this week when I saw the

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<v Speaker 2>headline about Sandra Bullock's longtime partner dying, Brian Randall dead

0:20:07.200 --> 0:20:11.040
<v Speaker 2>at fifty seven after a private three year battle with

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<v Speaker 2>the horrible disease ALS. And I was completely blown away,

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<v Speaker 2>a because the news was shocking and sad and tragic, horrible.

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<v Speaker 2>But then I remembered that only a few days before,

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<v Speaker 2>I had seen a headline in US Weekly, and that

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<v Speaker 2>headline was Sandra Bullock and Brian Randall on the Rocks

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<v Speaker 2>having cooling off period while living apart. A source told

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<v Speaker 2>US Weekly, I have it here. The chances of reconciliation

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<v Speaker 2>are a long shot. According to the insider who adds

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<v Speaker 2>that Bullock fifty nine and Randall fifty seven have been

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<v Speaker 2>cordial amid their on off romance and that they hit

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<v Speaker 2>a bump in fall twenty twenty two. So say it's

0:20:54.720 --> 0:20:57.160
<v Speaker 2>on a Monday. US Weekly runs the headline that Sandra

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<v Speaker 2>Bullock and Brian Randall are cooling off and in an

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<v Speaker 2>on off relationship, and a few days later, the true

0:21:03.880 --> 0:21:08.159
<v Speaker 2>news is revealed that he has died. And I was

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<v Speaker 2>thinking to myself, as a member of the media, my

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<v Speaker 2>guess of what went on behind the scenes here is

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<v Speaker 2>maybe you know, someone said, God, we haven't seen them

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<v Speaker 2>out together in a while, maybe there's rumors of a breakup,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you get an insider who says they know

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<v Speaker 2>what's going on, but probably obviously doesn't really know what's

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<v Speaker 2>going on, or you know, I know that in some cases,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not accusing US Weekly of this, but some really

0:21:34.000 --> 0:21:39.479
<v Speaker 2>tabloidy publications will truly just make up, just fabricate source quotes,

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<v Speaker 2>And this was a case to me of just a

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<v Speaker 2>reminder that you cannot believe everything you read.

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<v Speaker 1>He was, especially when they posted that he was on

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<v Speaker 1>his deathbed.

0:21:49.520 --> 0:21:52.000
<v Speaker 2>When they posted that Sandra Bullock and Brian Randall were

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<v Speaker 2>in a cooling off period and in an on off relationship.

0:21:55.320 --> 0:21:57.960
<v Speaker 2>He was in the last days of his life, he

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<v Speaker 2>was dying and he had hidden this private battle with als.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's so hard. I mean, I was an entertainment

0:22:05.680 --> 0:22:10.280
<v Speaker 2>journalist and I always tried to report things out and

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<v Speaker 2>to not go with rumors, and to fight against people,

0:22:15.400 --> 0:22:17.760
<v Speaker 2>even in my own office, who wanted to run something

0:22:17.760 --> 0:22:20.159
<v Speaker 2>that I didn't think we should run. But you know,

0:22:20.200 --> 0:22:24.400
<v Speaker 2>it's hard, I mean, especially I think of red carpets.

0:22:24.640 --> 0:22:27.760
<v Speaker 2>There were, for sure times when I asked people questions

0:22:27.800 --> 0:22:30.560
<v Speaker 2>that my boss has wanted me to ask. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>looking back, I didn't know what somebody was going through privately.

0:22:34.359 --> 0:22:36.720
<v Speaker 2>So having been on the other side of it, I

0:22:36.760 --> 0:22:40.920
<v Speaker 2>have a different empathy for it now. And empathy is

0:22:40.960 --> 0:22:42.240
<v Speaker 2>the word, humanity is the word.

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<v Speaker 1>And you're right, you don't know what people are going through.

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<v Speaker 1>And I saw, you know, as soon as Jason and

0:22:47.160 --> 0:22:50.800
<v Speaker 1>Caitlin mentioned and posted that they were breaking up, the

0:22:51.080 --> 0:22:55.000
<v Speaker 1>inevitable picture shows up online. That picture that if you've

0:22:55.000 --> 0:22:57.760
<v Speaker 1>been through a public divorce, you've had this. I've had

0:22:57.760 --> 0:23:00.560
<v Speaker 1>it with my ex wife, and that is picture of

0:23:00.560 --> 0:23:03.800
<v Speaker 1>you and your significant other with the proverbial torn page

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<v Speaker 1>down the middle, and.

0:23:06.600 --> 0:23:08.200
<v Speaker 2>You know, like they've literally created it.

0:23:08.440 --> 0:23:10.840
<v Speaker 1>They've created the graphic of the torn page between you,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's like, it's so it's laughable if it wasn't

0:23:14.560 --> 0:23:17.520
<v Speaker 1>so sad. And you and I went through that when

0:23:17.560 --> 0:23:21.160
<v Speaker 1>we were going through the craziness with Bacher Batzorette. Stuff

0:23:21.280 --> 0:23:25.640
<v Speaker 1>of sources said, insiders say, and a lot of times,

0:23:25.680 --> 0:23:27.719
<v Speaker 1>like you said, they will just make things up because

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<v Speaker 1>what they really want is for you to rebut that

0:23:31.000 --> 0:23:33.159
<v Speaker 1>and then that creates a story. So the people that

0:23:33.240 --> 0:23:37.320
<v Speaker 1>started the story will then take what you said and

0:23:37.359 --> 0:23:40.560
<v Speaker 1>write another story. And now this story has legs, and

0:23:40.600 --> 0:23:43.520
<v Speaker 1>so it just keeps going and going. And I think

0:23:43.520 --> 0:23:47.800
<v Speaker 1>the Sandra Bullock story is a great testament to how

0:23:47.920 --> 0:23:51.359
<v Speaker 1>sad it can be sometimes that that was wild. I

0:23:51.359 --> 0:23:52.280
<v Speaker 1>can't believe they did that.

0:23:52.640 --> 0:23:55.159
<v Speaker 2>Well, let's talk about somebody who is putting it all

0:23:55.200 --> 0:23:59.320
<v Speaker 2>out there herself on the record via her music, Kelly Clarkson,

0:24:00.240 --> 0:24:06.000
<v Speaker 2>She has this is my instinct, My gut instinct is

0:24:06.000 --> 0:24:08.000
<v Speaker 2>that I love it. But I wanted to talk to

0:24:08.000 --> 0:24:10.960
<v Speaker 2>you about it because you've been through a very public

0:24:11.000 --> 0:24:15.399
<v Speaker 2>breakup obviously. Kelly Clarkson went through a public divorce, and

0:24:15.440 --> 0:24:19.480
<v Speaker 2>she has now started changing the lyrics to her past

0:24:19.560 --> 0:24:23.640
<v Speaker 2>songs to reflect on her divorce. And the latest one

0:24:23.760 --> 0:24:27.240
<v Speaker 2>is the song Piece by Piece. The song was about

0:24:27.440 --> 0:24:30.600
<v Speaker 2>her ex husband, Brandon Blackstock. It was about how Kelly's

0:24:30.640 --> 0:24:34.000
<v Speaker 2>own father had disappointed her in her childhood and Brandon

0:24:34.040 --> 0:24:36.240
<v Speaker 2>had showed her what a real man could be. But

0:24:36.320 --> 0:24:38.560
<v Speaker 2>now they've split up, and.

0:24:38.440 --> 0:24:41.679
<v Speaker 1>So the literal tune has changed.

0:24:41.760 --> 0:24:45.600
<v Speaker 2>Yes, so one part of the song that she changed

0:24:45.880 --> 0:24:49.040
<v Speaker 2>was she had sang in the past, he never walks away,

0:24:49.200 --> 0:24:51.480
<v Speaker 2>he never asks for money. He takes care of me.

0:24:51.640 --> 0:24:54.600
<v Speaker 2>He loves me. She's now changed it to I just

0:24:54.720 --> 0:24:57.520
<v Speaker 2>walk away when they ask for money. I take care

0:24:57.560 --> 0:25:00.800
<v Speaker 2>of me because I love me. Here's what I love

0:25:00.840 --> 0:25:04.760
<v Speaker 2>about it. She has changed the lyrics in a way

0:25:04.800 --> 0:25:10.520
<v Speaker 2>that is reflecting her own independence, reflecting her confidence in

0:25:10.560 --> 0:25:16.960
<v Speaker 2>her self. And look, look, I'm not for bashing your

0:25:16.960 --> 0:25:20.200
<v Speaker 2>ex in public. But also I was singing in this case.

0:25:20.760 --> 0:25:24.199
<v Speaker 2>How can she keep singing this song when she is

0:25:24.280 --> 0:25:33.280
<v Speaker 2>going through a heartbreaking, monetarily painful, devastating divorce right now?

0:25:33.320 --> 0:25:35.479
<v Speaker 2>How that song is one of her biggest hits. Her

0:25:35.480 --> 0:25:38.920
<v Speaker 2>fans want to hear it and I can't imagine being

0:25:38.960 --> 0:25:41.040
<v Speaker 2>in her position. You've got to sing this song that

0:25:41.240 --> 0:25:43.119
<v Speaker 2>was praising your ex husband and.

0:25:43.480 --> 0:25:45.639
<v Speaker 1>Now you're getting half the money.

0:25:45.880 --> 0:25:47.240
<v Speaker 2>Well no, I mean, and now she's in such a

0:25:47.280 --> 0:25:51.080
<v Speaker 2>different place, Like imagine if she hadn't changed the lyrics,

0:25:51.520 --> 0:25:54.199
<v Speaker 2>continuing to sing his praises when she's going through what

0:25:54.200 --> 0:25:57.199
<v Speaker 2>she's going through. So I understand why she needed to

0:25:57.240 --> 0:25:58.359
<v Speaker 2>adjust the lyrics a little.

0:25:58.400 --> 0:26:00.000
<v Speaker 1>And you're right, it's kind of that curse because it's

0:26:00.119 --> 0:26:02.760
<v Speaker 1>such a big hitch song that you can't just cut

0:26:02.760 --> 0:26:04.520
<v Speaker 1>it out of your set list. People will be disappointed

0:26:04.600 --> 0:26:06.040
<v Speaker 1>if you don't have that in your settles.

0:26:06.160 --> 0:26:07.600
<v Speaker 2>What do you think should she have.

0:26:07.800 --> 0:26:09.600
<v Speaker 1>Get just get rid of the get rid of the song?

0:26:09.720 --> 0:26:10.720
<v Speaker 2>Oh you do think she should?

0:26:10.920 --> 0:26:13.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know I heard. I saw it was in

0:26:14.040 --> 0:26:16.280
<v Speaker 1>Vegas and I saw some video of her and she

0:26:16.400 --> 0:26:20.560
<v Speaker 1>really it was aggressive the way she kind of went

0:26:20.600 --> 0:26:23.080
<v Speaker 1>after him, and I know she's It's wonderful she has

0:26:23.119 --> 0:26:26.520
<v Speaker 1>this avenue to express her feelings in emotion. I found

0:26:26.560 --> 0:26:29.960
<v Speaker 1>it kind of funny too. Her interesting, I guess, not funny,

0:26:29.960 --> 0:26:33.760
<v Speaker 1>And just to hear her lamenting the fact that this

0:26:33.800 --> 0:26:35.800
<v Speaker 1>guy's getting so much money that she has to pay

0:26:35.800 --> 0:26:38.240
<v Speaker 1>her ex, and I'm like, welcome to the you know,

0:26:38.320 --> 0:26:41.000
<v Speaker 1>welcome to the club. It's like every you know, every

0:26:41.040 --> 0:26:43.760
<v Speaker 1>marriage has one side that's you know, probably going to

0:26:43.800 --> 0:26:44.600
<v Speaker 1>give more than the other.

0:26:44.840 --> 0:26:46.879
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well she did. She also had changed the lyrics

0:26:46.880 --> 0:26:49.480
<v Speaker 2>maybe you're referring to. She did the song A B,

0:26:49.640 --> 0:26:51.960
<v Speaker 2>C D E f U and that was not one

0:26:52.000 --> 0:26:55.480
<v Speaker 2>of her songs, but she changed the lyrics to the song.

0:26:56.440 --> 0:26:58.400
<v Speaker 2>I mean, first of all, she's singing F you yes,

0:26:59.160 --> 0:27:02.080
<v Speaker 2>and she said F you and your dad and the

0:27:02.119 --> 0:27:04.919
<v Speaker 2>fact that you got half and my broken heart turned

0:27:04.960 --> 0:27:08.480
<v Speaker 2>that into art F you and your view from the

0:27:08.600 --> 0:27:14.119
<v Speaker 2>Valley I bought too. Yeah, so that is Yeah, that

0:27:14.200 --> 0:27:15.640
<v Speaker 2>song she didn't have to have on her set list.

0:27:15.640 --> 0:27:16.119
<v Speaker 1>She brought it in.

0:27:16.240 --> 0:27:19.880
<v Speaker 2>So that bothered you a little.

0:27:19.720 --> 0:27:22.280
<v Speaker 1>Bit, did It's just that seemed a little public and

0:27:22.320 --> 0:27:24.320
<v Speaker 1>a little but I mean, the crowd went crazy and

0:27:24.320 --> 0:27:27.840
<v Speaker 1>they supported her, and I get the showmanship of it all.

0:27:27.880 --> 0:27:30.439
<v Speaker 1>But I'm like, I don't know, just not my style.

0:27:30.840 --> 0:27:35.520
<v Speaker 2>And but I've had this discussion with friends before who

0:27:35.520 --> 0:27:38.240
<v Speaker 2>are going through divorces about when the woman has to

0:27:38.240 --> 0:27:41.399
<v Speaker 2>pay something, and it's it is interesting. I'm not saying,

0:27:42.320 --> 0:27:46.959
<v Speaker 2>you know, I guess It's just interesting because like, I

0:27:47.000 --> 0:27:49.560
<v Speaker 2>had a friend and she's so shocked she's going to

0:27:49.640 --> 0:27:54.840
<v Speaker 2>have to give her ex husband some child custody payments.

0:27:55.000 --> 0:27:59.520
<v Speaker 2>And I'm like, I mean, babe, you if you were

0:27:59.560 --> 0:28:01.800
<v Speaker 2>a guy, you would have to. This is just the

0:28:01.800 --> 0:28:04.719
<v Speaker 2>way to be both ways, right, And you know, California

0:28:04.800 --> 0:28:06.640
<v Speaker 2>is a very fifty to fifty state when it comes

0:28:06.720 --> 0:28:11.440
<v Speaker 2>to splits and custody and you're making more than him,

0:28:11.480 --> 0:28:13.480
<v Speaker 2>and you're going to have to do it, and it

0:28:13.520 --> 0:28:17.040
<v Speaker 2>is painful no matter which whether you're a man or

0:28:17.080 --> 0:28:22.639
<v Speaker 2>a woman. But I don't think there's anything unusual that

0:28:22.720 --> 0:28:24.880
<v Speaker 2>Kelly's gone through here. She had more money and she's

0:28:24.880 --> 0:28:25.840
<v Speaker 2>got to give him some money.

0:28:25.880 --> 0:28:28.120
<v Speaker 1>The only thing that struck me is I always think,

0:28:29.000 --> 0:28:32.360
<v Speaker 1>do you have kids? Yes, the answer is yes. Are

0:28:32.400 --> 0:28:36.240
<v Speaker 1>they going to hear this at some point and understand yes?

0:28:36.520 --> 0:28:39.320
<v Speaker 1>And so that's the only thing that always drives me

0:28:39.440 --> 0:28:42.800
<v Speaker 1>is would I say something publicly knowing full well that

0:28:42.880 --> 0:28:44.800
<v Speaker 1>my kids are someday going to hear that and it

0:28:44.880 --> 0:28:49.720
<v Speaker 1>will shine a big certain light on me and their

0:28:49.760 --> 0:28:52.960
<v Speaker 1>father or their wife or whatever their mom. So that's

0:28:53.120 --> 0:29:06.160
<v Speaker 1>the only thing that kind of stuck with me. Can

0:29:06.200 --> 0:29:08.880
<v Speaker 1>we talk about some better music news.

0:29:09.680 --> 0:29:11.120
<v Speaker 2>Please be about Taylor Swift.

0:29:11.800 --> 0:29:15.680
<v Speaker 1>Everything is about Taylor Swift. The world is about Taylor Swift.

0:29:15.880 --> 0:29:18.760
<v Speaker 1>I put something out on social media the other day

0:29:18.760 --> 0:29:21.360
<v Speaker 1>that do you even live in Los Angeles if you're

0:29:21.400 --> 0:29:24.960
<v Speaker 1>not posting from the Taylor Swift concert this week?

0:29:25.040 --> 0:29:27.560
<v Speaker 2>I had a little fomo. Everybody was there and.

0:29:27.600 --> 0:29:32.200
<v Speaker 1>I everybody so far she did what seven shows? I

0:29:32.280 --> 0:29:35.760
<v Speaker 1>believe she had previously had the record of selling out

0:29:35.800 --> 0:29:37.800
<v Speaker 1>the Staples Center that's where the Lakers play down town.

0:29:37.880 --> 0:29:40.160
<v Speaker 1>She had sold the most nights out, and then she

0:29:40.240 --> 0:29:44.000
<v Speaker 1>did like six or seven nights at Sofi Stadium. This is,

0:29:44.720 --> 0:29:46.840
<v Speaker 1>by the way, you're gonna love this because this is

0:29:46.840 --> 0:29:49.160
<v Speaker 1>such a Lauren thing to post. I saw this one

0:29:49.160 --> 0:29:52.320
<v Speaker 1>thing on social media and this girl had posted a

0:29:52.320 --> 0:29:55.040
<v Speaker 1>picture of she was close to the top row of

0:29:55.040 --> 0:29:57.760
<v Speaker 1>the stadium. She's like, you know, what's not surprising is

0:29:57.840 --> 0:30:00.640
<v Speaker 1>not that all these people are Taylor Swift fans. I'm

0:30:00.680 --> 0:30:02.880
<v Speaker 1>shocked there's this many people that would go to a

0:30:02.880 --> 0:30:05.720
<v Speaker 1>football game because it was in a football stadium.

0:30:06.560 --> 0:30:08.360
<v Speaker 2>How many people fit in so far?

0:30:08.920 --> 0:30:11.400
<v Speaker 1>Gosh, I'd probably say, if you fill the floor, I

0:30:11.400 --> 0:30:15.120
<v Speaker 1>would have to guess it's upwards of sixty to eighty

0:30:15.240 --> 0:30:16.880
<v Speaker 1>thousand people in those.

0:30:17.120 --> 0:30:19.200
<v Speaker 2>Oh good call, babe. I just looked it up. Seventy

0:30:19.840 --> 0:30:20.520
<v Speaker 2>thousand people.

0:30:20.560 --> 0:30:22.360
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And I don't know depending on where her stage

0:30:22.360 --> 0:30:24.120
<v Speaker 1>and how much the stage cuts off that they can't

0:30:24.160 --> 0:30:27.120
<v Speaker 1>fill the back behind it. But she has absolutely crushed it.

0:30:27.160 --> 0:30:32.280
<v Speaker 1>And we've talked a lot about this tour, but when

0:30:32.280 --> 0:30:36.080
<v Speaker 1>you think about the impact she's having socially, someone brought

0:30:36.120 --> 0:30:40.040
<v Speaker 1>up the question of how big is this? And Billy Joel,

0:30:40.600 --> 0:30:45.720
<v Speaker 1>who is absolute icon legend and has really spanned the decades.

0:30:45.760 --> 0:30:47.800
<v Speaker 1>He's an older man, so he was around for all

0:30:47.840 --> 0:30:50.680
<v Speaker 1>the quote unquote legends back in the day. He said,

0:30:50.720 --> 0:30:54.960
<v Speaker 1>the only thing he can compare this to is Beatlemania.

0:30:55.080 --> 0:30:58.280
<v Speaker 1>The Beatles the greatest rock and roll band of all time,

0:30:58.560 --> 0:31:02.920
<v Speaker 1>bar none. And that's the level he's putting Taylor Swift on.

0:31:03.080 --> 0:31:05.239
<v Speaker 1>And I can't argue against that.

0:31:05.600 --> 0:31:07.520
<v Speaker 2>I don't want to argue against it. I mean she

0:31:08.720 --> 0:31:12.040
<v Speaker 2>first of all, well, I don't know with Beatlemania, was

0:31:12.080 --> 0:31:15.280
<v Speaker 2>that right when they first started? Was it throughout?

0:31:15.480 --> 0:31:18.280
<v Speaker 1>Could say it was during the British invasion when they

0:31:18.600 --> 0:31:20.360
<v Speaker 1>it was when they came over to the States, they

0:31:20.400 --> 0:31:21.680
<v Speaker 1>did the Ed Sullivan Show.

0:31:21.560 --> 0:31:23.320
<v Speaker 2>So in the beginning. Yeah, because what I want to

0:31:23.480 --> 0:31:27.320
<v Speaker 2>point out here is Taylor Swift is fifteen, sixteen, seventeen

0:31:27.360 --> 0:31:30.000
<v Speaker 2>years into her career at this point, and so that's

0:31:30.040 --> 0:31:31.720
<v Speaker 2>what really impresses me is.

0:31:31.640 --> 0:31:34.520
<v Speaker 1>That she's just hitting her stride now, which is crazy

0:31:34.520 --> 0:31:34.880
<v Speaker 1>to think.

0:31:35.280 --> 0:31:37.360
<v Speaker 2>Well, I don't think she's just hitting her stride, but

0:31:37.440 --> 0:31:41.040
<v Speaker 2>I think that she's this stride is unlike anything else,

0:31:41.160 --> 0:31:46.400
<v Speaker 2>she has continued to grow her career. Most people have

0:31:46.440 --> 0:31:48.240
<v Speaker 2>peaks and valleys.

0:31:48.000 --> 0:31:51.480
<v Speaker 1>Or the one off album, or you change your style,

0:31:51.880 --> 0:31:52.600
<v Speaker 1>or maybe.

0:31:52.320 --> 0:31:55.080
<v Speaker 2>You're really big as a teen idol and you continue

0:31:55.080 --> 0:31:59.120
<v Speaker 2>playing those hits, but you don't necessarily keep growing your career.

0:31:59.160 --> 0:32:02.000
<v Speaker 2>It's very odd. The old saying is it's not that

0:32:02.080 --> 0:32:05.160
<v Speaker 2>hard to get famous, it is really hard to stay famous.

0:32:05.240 --> 0:32:09.960
<v Speaker 2>And the fact that she is continuing to get bigger

0:32:10.120 --> 0:32:13.800
<v Speaker 2>and better every single year. When she was doing these

0:32:13.800 --> 0:32:17.440
<v Speaker 2>shows in La, I saw the La Times said that

0:32:17.600 --> 0:32:21.600
<v Speaker 2>by the numbers her shows would become the most tiktoked

0:32:21.680 --> 0:32:28.320
<v Speaker 2>place in the world. She is expected to have sales

0:32:28.360 --> 0:32:32.240
<v Speaker 2>reaching one point four billion dollars or more by the

0:32:32.360 --> 0:32:35.200
<v Speaker 2>end of her full Eras World tour in twenty twenty four,

0:32:35.600 --> 0:32:39.360
<v Speaker 2>which would exceed Elton John's record of nine hundred and

0:32:39.400 --> 0:32:43.520
<v Speaker 2>thirty nine million dollars with his multi year farewell tour.

0:32:44.360 --> 0:32:48.120
<v Speaker 2>So that's Elton John decades in doing his big farewell tour.

0:32:48.280 --> 0:32:50.640
<v Speaker 2>Taylor Swift is still thirty three years old and doing

0:32:50.920 --> 0:32:53.560
<v Speaker 2>a tour and she's gonna seemingly set the record.

0:32:54.040 --> 0:32:55.880
<v Speaker 1>And if you saw the videos back in the day

0:32:56.520 --> 0:33:00.800
<v Speaker 1>of Elvis concerts, of the Beatles concerts, you saw the

0:33:00.840 --> 0:33:05.360
<v Speaker 1>manic crying and the screaming and these these were also

0:33:05.520 --> 0:33:08.280
<v Speaker 1>heart throbs. And this is what I find interesting if

0:33:08.280 --> 0:33:11.080
<v Speaker 1>you talk about how incredible a woman is doing this,

0:33:11.720 --> 0:33:16.560
<v Speaker 1>is that she's not the heart throb, but you're getting

0:33:16.600 --> 0:33:22.160
<v Speaker 1>the same emotion. You see the videos from these young ladies, girls, mom,

0:33:22.320 --> 0:33:24.719
<v Speaker 1>they're bawling their eyes out. We had a friend who

0:33:24.800 --> 0:33:27.200
<v Speaker 1>took her daughter to So Far. She sent us the video.

0:33:28.040 --> 0:33:31.920
<v Speaker 1>Her daughter was in tears, I mean beside herself with emotion.

0:33:32.640 --> 0:33:35.000
<v Speaker 1>And our daughter Taylor, when I was taking her to

0:33:35.000 --> 0:33:37.760
<v Speaker 1>school the other day, we were listening to Taylor Swift.

0:33:37.800 --> 0:33:40.640
<v Speaker 1>Of course in the car. She goes, I would give anything,

0:33:40.680 --> 0:33:43.560
<v Speaker 1>I would pay anything to go see this concert one

0:33:43.600 --> 0:33:44.080
<v Speaker 1>more time.

0:33:44.640 --> 0:33:46.719
<v Speaker 2>It was so many told us she cried. We got

0:33:46.760 --> 0:33:48.560
<v Speaker 2>her the tickets for her birthday and she cried when

0:33:48.600 --> 0:33:49.480
<v Speaker 2>she went in Dallas.

0:33:49.600 --> 0:33:54.400
<v Speaker 1>So who has moved? What artist has moved millions and

0:33:54.440 --> 0:33:57.680
<v Speaker 1>millions of people like this and been so successful. I

0:33:58.040 --> 0:34:01.560
<v Speaker 1>don't know if you can bring one up. I don't

0:34:01.560 --> 0:34:03.800
<v Speaker 1>know if the Beatles are even comparable anymore. It is,

0:34:04.000 --> 0:34:06.680
<v Speaker 1>and that's well, She's scary to say because that is

0:34:06.840 --> 0:34:10.160
<v Speaker 1>such a crazy bar that we're talking about.

0:34:10.400 --> 0:34:17.520
<v Speaker 2>She's been a brilliant combination of talent, emotional connection and marketing.

0:34:18.719 --> 0:34:22.239
<v Speaker 2>And you know, sometimes I think she keeps really good

0:34:22.280 --> 0:34:24.560
<v Speaker 2>people on her team. She's worked with the same publicist,

0:34:25.040 --> 0:34:29.040
<v Speaker 2>Tree Payne for years and years and they really have

0:34:29.160 --> 0:34:32.680
<v Speaker 2>built this brand and know what the brand is. And

0:34:33.320 --> 0:34:38.000
<v Speaker 2>that brand continues to reach young people too. So she's

0:34:38.040 --> 0:34:40.799
<v Speaker 2>continued to like she hasn't just come up with the

0:34:40.800 --> 0:34:43.480
<v Speaker 2>young people when she was young. I still see twelve

0:34:43.520 --> 0:34:46.920
<v Speaker 2>thirteen year old girls screaming at Taylor Swift concerts. And

0:34:48.200 --> 0:34:51.520
<v Speaker 2>she has also been so smart about making her tours

0:34:51.840 --> 0:34:55.160
<v Speaker 2>an event. This isn't just I'm going on tour, I'm

0:34:55.160 --> 0:34:58.120
<v Speaker 2>singing my songs. You know, She's branded this as the

0:34:58.200 --> 0:35:02.839
<v Speaker 2>Eras Tour and that has created like the friendship bracelets

0:35:02.920 --> 0:35:05.040
<v Speaker 2>and dressing up to go to the tour.

0:35:05.239 --> 0:35:07.880
<v Speaker 1>And she's done the pick your album.

0:35:08.239 --> 0:35:12.920
<v Speaker 2>Yes, she's done two surprise songs at each show, so.

0:35:12.800 --> 0:35:14.720
<v Speaker 1>She's very newsworthy. That was brilliant.

0:35:14.800 --> 0:35:17.359
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, remember on her last big tour she had

0:35:17.360 --> 0:35:20.680
<v Speaker 2>the surprise guests. So on each tour over the years,

0:35:20.719 --> 0:35:23.640
<v Speaker 2>she's thought, how can I continue to make the news

0:35:23.680 --> 0:35:24.400
<v Speaker 2>with each show?

0:35:24.600 --> 0:35:27.839
<v Speaker 1>And I'm not saying that she is credited with coming

0:35:27.880 --> 0:35:29.920
<v Speaker 1>up with all these ideas, but what I love about

0:35:29.920 --> 0:35:32.279
<v Speaker 1>her is she is the boss. She is CEO, she

0:35:32.440 --> 0:35:34.479
<v Speaker 1>is the chairman, she is the captain of the ship.

0:35:34.560 --> 0:35:38.680
<v Speaker 1>She runs her business and obviously runs it like a boss.

0:35:38.680 --> 0:35:40.799
<v Speaker 1>And then there was this other headline that came out

0:35:40.880 --> 0:35:42.960
<v Speaker 1>last week about her, as if we don't love t

0:35:43.120 --> 0:35:47.400
<v Speaker 1>Swift enough, that she gave a five million dollar bonus

0:35:47.440 --> 0:35:52.960
<v Speaker 1>to her truck drivers. Obviously massive sets, massive stages for

0:35:53.040 --> 0:35:57.960
<v Speaker 1>this tour and trucks upon trucks, and this amounted to

0:35:58.120 --> 0:36:02.400
<v Speaker 1>I think five truck drivers getting what was it, no,

0:36:02.480 --> 0:36:06.359
<v Speaker 1>fifty truck drivers getting one hundred thousand dollars bonuses. So

0:36:06.400 --> 0:36:10.040
<v Speaker 1>she donated five million dollars to her crew and to

0:36:10.080 --> 0:36:12.640
<v Speaker 1>the guys you know, driving the trucks and moving these

0:36:12.640 --> 0:36:15.279
<v Speaker 1>stages around and again just goes to show, you know,

0:36:15.520 --> 0:36:17.279
<v Speaker 1>and I know you're like, look, it's a drop in

0:36:17.320 --> 0:36:20.239
<v Speaker 1>the bucket, it's a rounding air. She's making, you know,

0:36:20.280 --> 0:36:22.359
<v Speaker 1>a billion dollars off this. She didn't have to do it.

0:36:22.560 --> 0:36:24.840
<v Speaker 1>These people are already getting paid. It's their job. But

0:36:24.920 --> 0:36:25.359
<v Speaker 1>she did it.

0:36:25.400 --> 0:36:27.279
<v Speaker 2>By the way, not everybody does it. There's a lot

0:36:27.280 --> 0:36:29.920
<v Speaker 2>of rich people, a lot of rich men out in

0:36:29.920 --> 0:36:33.840
<v Speaker 2>the world who don't do stuff like that, who just

0:36:33.880 --> 0:36:34.560
<v Speaker 2>take take takes.

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<v Speaker 1>So good on you, Taylor Swift. And speaking of Taylor,

0:36:38.920 --> 0:36:42.840
<v Speaker 1>before we go this week, there was quite an emotional

0:36:42.920 --> 0:36:46.360
<v Speaker 1>journey that I just took again. Our daughter Taylor just

0:36:46.360 --> 0:36:48.440
<v Speaker 1>went back to school. And I posted something online the

0:36:48.440 --> 0:36:50.480
<v Speaker 1>other day of just, you know, sitting there. I was

0:36:51.640 --> 0:36:54.080
<v Speaker 1>just packing up her cars. We're about to drive north

0:36:54.160 --> 0:36:57.080
<v Speaker 1>up to TCU and I was just sitting there looking

0:36:57.120 --> 0:36:58.960
<v Speaker 1>and it hit me. I was in the garage by myself,

0:36:59.000 --> 0:37:01.239
<v Speaker 1>and I got a little tear. I'm getting teary eyed

0:37:01.239 --> 0:37:06.240
<v Speaker 1>again talking about it. Just the taking your kids to school,

0:37:06.800 --> 0:37:11.160
<v Speaker 1>and I remember vividly doing this in elementary school. I

0:37:11.200 --> 0:37:15.080
<v Speaker 1>remember junior high and the first high school and you know,

0:37:15.160 --> 0:37:17.160
<v Speaker 1>the first trip with Joshua up to college and now

0:37:17.160 --> 0:37:21.000
<v Speaker 1>Taylor at college, and this was a little different because

0:37:21.280 --> 0:37:23.320
<v Speaker 1>you know, she now has a car. She's a sophomore

0:37:23.320 --> 0:37:26.400
<v Speaker 1>in college and she drove me. I went with her,

0:37:26.400 --> 0:37:29.120
<v Speaker 1>but she drove me up to college and we moved

0:37:29.160 --> 0:37:33.120
<v Speaker 1>all her stuff in. And it is awesome to see because,

0:37:33.400 --> 0:37:34.799
<v Speaker 1>as I always say as a parent, if you do

0:37:34.840 --> 0:37:38.239
<v Speaker 1>your job right, your job is to set them free,

0:37:38.239 --> 0:37:40.480
<v Speaker 1>and they are independent, strong men and women and they

0:37:40.520 --> 0:37:42.680
<v Speaker 1>go off into the world and conquer it and forge

0:37:42.719 --> 0:37:45.000
<v Speaker 1>their own path. But that's also the gutting part of

0:37:45.040 --> 0:37:48.279
<v Speaker 1>it is that there wasn't this big emotional goodbye. There

0:37:48.320 --> 0:37:51.000
<v Speaker 1>wasn't the anxiety that we had last year. Remember obviously

0:37:51.000 --> 0:37:52.960
<v Speaker 1>her freshman year when she was like, hey, can you

0:37:52.960 --> 0:37:56.319
<v Speaker 1>guys kind of swing by and say hi before you leave?

0:37:56.480 --> 0:37:59.120
<v Speaker 1>And we did. There was none of that. She was

0:37:59.160 --> 0:38:02.440
<v Speaker 1>just like, you know, her girls there, she has the

0:38:02.520 --> 0:38:04.240
<v Speaker 1>lay of the land now and it was like bye,

0:38:04.360 --> 0:38:07.520
<v Speaker 1>thanks Cia, And part of that warmed my heart, but

0:38:07.600 --> 0:38:10.880
<v Speaker 1>part of it crushed me. But I have rarely gotten

0:38:10.920 --> 0:38:13.880
<v Speaker 1>a response like I did on social media with people

0:38:13.960 --> 0:38:18.280
<v Speaker 1>dming me of and it was the broadness of it

0:38:18.320 --> 0:38:20.600
<v Speaker 1>is what hit me. I'm just about to take my

0:38:20.840 --> 0:38:24.160
<v Speaker 1>kids to kindergarten. I'm just about to drop my son

0:38:24.239 --> 0:38:27.360
<v Speaker 1>or daughter at the University of Arkansas. Across the board,

0:38:27.920 --> 0:38:31.000
<v Speaker 1>everybody was talking about this. It really hit a tune

0:38:31.000 --> 0:38:33.319
<v Speaker 1>with everybody. And so it's just something that you and

0:38:33.400 --> 0:38:36.239
<v Speaker 1>I have been through now with both kids, taking them

0:38:36.280 --> 0:38:39.120
<v Speaker 1>to college, and wherever you are in this journey of

0:38:39.200 --> 0:38:42.480
<v Speaker 1>taking your kids to school. It's about that time we're

0:38:42.480 --> 0:38:44.800
<v Speaker 1>all heading back to school. And I know we also

0:38:45.200 --> 0:38:46.719
<v Speaker 1>enjoy that. I know there's a lot of parents out

0:38:46.760 --> 0:38:50.919
<v Speaker 1>there like thank God, because dealing with your kids during

0:38:50.920 --> 0:38:53.239
<v Speaker 1>the summer, trying to plan their lives and then live

0:38:53.280 --> 0:38:55.439
<v Speaker 1>your life is not easy. But at the same time,

0:38:55.480 --> 0:38:58.480
<v Speaker 1>I know we all have that little twinge in our heart.

0:38:59.000 --> 0:39:03.400
<v Speaker 2>I and I get the twins, I think, but they're happy,

0:39:03.560 --> 0:39:05.800
<v Speaker 2>They're good, and I would want that so much more

0:39:06.120 --> 0:39:08.319
<v Speaker 2>than them calling me telling me they wanted to come home.

0:39:08.719 --> 0:39:12.520
<v Speaker 2>So I feel so grateful for that. What is it

0:39:12.560 --> 0:39:16.200
<v Speaker 2>what makes it so hard that drop off moment? For me?

0:39:17.480 --> 0:39:20.160
<v Speaker 1>It's weird. I get emotional just talking about this. You

0:39:20.200 --> 0:39:24.160
<v Speaker 1>and I have talked about this this summer. I have

0:39:24.280 --> 0:39:27.759
<v Speaker 1>had such a special gift given to me late in

0:39:27.800 --> 0:39:32.280
<v Speaker 1>my career of this break honestly and leaving the Bachelor

0:39:32.320 --> 0:39:35.440
<v Speaker 1>bacherette when I was traveling around the world NonStop. The

0:39:35.480 --> 0:39:37.880
<v Speaker 1>sacrifice was I missed a lot of my kids. I

0:39:37.920 --> 0:39:42.640
<v Speaker 1>have been so in trenched with them the last couple

0:39:42.640 --> 0:39:46.480
<v Speaker 1>of years and enjoying them and just knowing that this

0:39:46.560 --> 0:39:50.200
<v Speaker 1>is the last summer that our son Joshua was going

0:39:50.239 --> 0:39:52.640
<v Speaker 1>to be around. He'll get it, you know, we're going

0:39:52.680 --> 0:39:53.960
<v Speaker 1>to see him, but it's like, this is the last

0:39:53.960 --> 0:39:56.360
<v Speaker 1>summer he's really going to live with us as a student.

0:39:56.840 --> 0:40:01.520
<v Speaker 1>He graduates this next May, and with Taylor we got

0:40:01.520 --> 0:40:05.000
<v Speaker 1>two more. That's it, and that windows closed for me.

0:40:05.040 --> 0:40:06.920
<v Speaker 1>And I felt it in high school when they were

0:40:06.960 --> 0:40:08.799
<v Speaker 1>going off to college, and now I'm really feeling it

0:40:08.840 --> 0:40:12.160
<v Speaker 1>in college where my babies are all grows up and

0:40:12.280 --> 0:40:14.920
<v Speaker 1>you know, they're taking flight, and I'm so excited to

0:40:14.920 --> 0:40:17.719
<v Speaker 1>see Joshua and he's talking about what job he might

0:40:17.760 --> 0:40:19.680
<v Speaker 1>get and taking that big leap, and I know he's

0:40:19.760 --> 0:40:21.680
<v Speaker 1>you know, he'll get his own place and move on,

0:40:22.400 --> 0:40:25.680
<v Speaker 1>and it just I don't know, man, When he goes

0:40:25.719 --> 0:40:27.560
<v Speaker 1>to get a little cereal in the morning, I'm like,

0:40:28.080 --> 0:40:29.839
<v Speaker 1>I just look at it and I remember him sitting

0:40:29.920 --> 0:40:33.239
<v Speaker 1>there in his high chair, and that stuff just kills you.

0:40:34.040 --> 0:40:36.360
<v Speaker 1>It just it does. And I'm trying to keep it

0:40:36.400 --> 0:40:39.960
<v Speaker 1>together right now. But as I said in the video

0:40:40.000 --> 0:40:43.200
<v Speaker 1>that I posted, I don't know where these seasons are going,

0:40:43.239 --> 0:40:47.200
<v Speaker 1>but I just they're going so fast, and I'm just

0:40:47.320 --> 0:40:50.160
<v Speaker 1>I'm holding on for dear life.

0:40:50.960 --> 0:40:53.720
<v Speaker 2>It's also that if it feels like it went by fast,

0:40:53.760 --> 0:40:56.799
<v Speaker 2>that means it went well, yeah, which is a catch.

0:40:56.840 --> 0:41:00.120
<v Speaker 2>Twenty two. Well, you're such a great dad, and I'm

0:41:00.000 --> 0:41:03.880
<v Speaker 2>I'm always so in awe of the kids that you've raised,

0:41:03.960 --> 0:41:06.960
<v Speaker 2>the people you've raised, and I love it. I love

0:41:07.000 --> 0:41:11.640
<v Speaker 2>seeing you know that you're the dad who will be

0:41:11.719 --> 0:41:15.280
<v Speaker 2>at every movement and not miss any moment. And yeah,

0:41:15.400 --> 0:41:15.840
<v Speaker 2>the kids.

0:41:15.719 --> 0:41:17.560
<v Speaker 1>Are so lucky to and thank god you were there

0:41:17.600 --> 0:41:21.360
<v Speaker 1>because if Taylor had to go shopping with me for

0:41:21.440 --> 0:41:23.520
<v Speaker 1>all the sorority stuff and the preschool, it would have

0:41:23.520 --> 0:41:28.040
<v Speaker 1>been a nightmare. So and so it is awesome and

0:41:28.160 --> 0:41:32.440
<v Speaker 1>it is special to see and this talking to you

0:41:32.480 --> 0:41:35.600
<v Speaker 1>guys is always something that Lauren and I love. And Babe,

0:41:35.600 --> 0:41:37.560
<v Speaker 1>you did a great job. You did a great job

0:41:37.600 --> 0:41:38.160
<v Speaker 1>getting through this.

0:41:38.400 --> 0:41:40.719
<v Speaker 2>I this is horrifying. I'm so sorry for everyone. I

0:41:40.719 --> 0:41:42.960
<v Speaker 2>had to listen to my voice like this. Somebody told

0:41:43.000 --> 0:41:45.360
<v Speaker 2>me that I sounded like if you remember the Friends

0:41:45.440 --> 0:41:49.640
<v Speaker 2>episode when Phoebe is sick and she has what she

0:41:49.719 --> 0:41:52.560
<v Speaker 2>calls sexy flamah, and then actually she gets better and

0:41:52.600 --> 0:41:55.000
<v Speaker 2>she misses the sexy voice. So maybe I'll feel that way,

0:41:55.000 --> 0:41:56.600
<v Speaker 2>but I don't think so. I'm ready to talk again.

0:41:56.640 --> 0:41:58.040
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna I want you to leave me messages.

0:41:58.120 --> 0:41:58.600
<v Speaker 2>Oh my god.

0:41:58.760 --> 0:42:01.200
<v Speaker 1>But before I say goodbye, we also so did a

0:42:01.200 --> 0:42:05.080
<v Speaker 1>podcast last week. Go back and take a listen. Elsie.

0:42:05.239 --> 0:42:06.520
<v Speaker 1>You weren't a part of this, but I know you

0:42:06.560 --> 0:42:10.960
<v Speaker 1>listened to it. The doctor Mary Claire Haver, board certified

0:42:10.960 --> 0:42:15.640
<v Speaker 1>obg yn. We had this amazing discussion about menopause. And

0:42:15.760 --> 0:42:18.200
<v Speaker 1>I know people are like, wait, Chris, what are you

0:42:18.280 --> 0:42:21.319
<v Speaker 1>doing talking about menopause? But we spent about an hour

0:42:21.640 --> 0:42:26.200
<v Speaker 1>with doctor have and she went deep into menopause. I

0:42:26.239 --> 0:42:30.600
<v Speaker 1>think it was a fascinating discussion. I learned a tremendous

0:42:30.640 --> 0:42:34.480
<v Speaker 1>amount and what I found astonishing is just how little

0:42:34.920 --> 0:42:37.359
<v Speaker 1>a lot of women know about what their bodies are

0:42:37.400 --> 0:42:39.480
<v Speaker 1>going through or what they're about to go through with menopause.

0:42:39.520 --> 0:42:42.080
<v Speaker 1>So go back and have a listen to doctor Mary

0:42:42.080 --> 0:42:44.960
<v Speaker 1>Claire have. I think we will talk more and more

0:42:44.960 --> 0:42:47.200
<v Speaker 1>with her about this because it was definitely something that

0:42:47.239 --> 0:42:50.600
<v Speaker 1>you guys really responded to, and so when you love something,

0:42:50.880 --> 0:42:53.759
<v Speaker 1>definitely leave a comment. You can always find Elz at

0:42:53.840 --> 0:42:56.760
<v Speaker 1>Lauren z Ema on Instagram. I'm at Chris B. Harrison

0:42:56.840 --> 0:42:59.520
<v Speaker 1>of course at the Most Dramatic Pod Ever, because we

0:42:59.560 --> 0:43:01.440
<v Speaker 1>always love doing this and we love talking about the

0:43:01.480 --> 0:43:04.160
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0:43:04.200 --> 0:43:06.760
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