Awkward Tuesday: Dark Side of the Costume Contest

Summary

Podcast Summary: Brooke and Jeffrey – Second Date Update

Episode: Awkward Tuesday: Dark Side of the Costume Contest
Date: October 28, 2025
Host: iHeartPodcasts

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Main Theme / Purpose

In this special Halloween-themed Awkward Tuesday episode, the Brooke and Jeffrey team helps listener Darius navigate a tricky situation involving friendship, costumes, and money. After lending his creative Darth Vader T-Rex costume to his friend Sharice for a Halloween contest—which she (or rather, her cousin) won—Darius feels he deserves a share of the $500 prize. The episode explores the awkwardness of mixing money with friendship, especially when unexpected twists come into play.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Darius’s Halloween Dilemma

• Darius, a self-proclaimed Halloween enthusiast, explains (05:49) how he created a unique costume: an inflatable T-Rex decked out as Darth Vader.
• Unable to attend a downtown Halloween party due to illness, he lends his costume to his friend Sharice so she won’t go without one.
• The costume wins Sharice (or so it seems) the $500 prize in the event’s contest (08:29).

2. Should the Winnings Be Split?

• Darius expresses discomfort with the situation: Sharice never offers to share the winnings despite using his costume (09:10).
• The hosts chime in with sympathy and opinions ("Friends and money is so tricky. It really is." – Brooke, 10:29).
• Darius is unsure how to address the issue without seeming petty, hoping for a fair split (10:21).

3. Advice from the Hosts

• Brooke suggests Darius use the “wild assumption” technique: act as if splitting is already decided, focusing on how they’ll each spend “their half” (13:04).
  • "How are you going to spend your half? This is what I plan to do with my half of the winnings." – Brooke (13:04)
• Jose proposes tugging on Sharice's sympathy by mentioning financial hardship, possibly combined with a sickly cough (13:36).
  • “Maybe cough, like, make it sound more pathetic.” – Brooke (13:43)

4. The Awkward Phone Call

• Darius blends the techniques, congratulating Sharice and immediately implying he plans to use "his half" to pay rent (14:49).
• Sharice laughs it off ("That's hilarious. That's funny. Yeah." – Sharice, 15:05) and later resists the topic (15:28).
• Darius gently presses, explaining he feels their friendship means the win was a team effort (16:08).

5. The Plot Twist: The Cousin Reveal

• Sharice reveals that she also caught Darius’s sickness and ended up lending the costume to her cousin, who actually won the contest (17:14).
  • “I had to let my cousin go in the costume, and she's actually the person that won, so we split the money.” – Sharice (17:21)
• Darius is stunned to learn his costume was ‘sublet’ to someone else, and the winnings already divided (17:40).

6. Debate & Resolution Attempts

• The hosts press Sharice about whether Darius’ effort creating the costume should count for something (18:31).
  • "Darius is the one who put all the effort into putting the costume together, coming up with the idea, buying all the supplies." – Jeffrey (18:31)
• Sharice remains firm, noting there was no prior agreement and the money is already spent (19:05; 18:24).
• Brooke argues that the fairest outcome is that both Sharice and the cousin owe Darius a cut (20:12).
  • "Honestly, though, I think you owe Darius 125. And I think your cousin also owes Darius 125." – Brooke (20:12)
• Sharice offers Darius a partially used $50 Home Depot gift card as consolation (20:39), which Darius accepts (21:01), noting it’s better than nothing.

7. The Hosts’ Reflection

• The team reflects on how friendship and finances rarely mix well, especially when expectations aren't explicitly set (23:06).
  • “When that's the problem, it's difficult for us to tackle.” – Jeffrey (23:06)
• They agree the outcome, though imperfect, might have been for the best, given the cousin's intimidating reputation (23:17).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Darius (on his costume):
  "Darth Vader T-Rex outfit mixed together…with a lightsaber and a Darth Vader hat." (07:13)
• Jose:
  "At least split in half or a nice dinner." (08:49)
• Darius (on splitting):
  “I do totally agree with it. And when she won, we both were very happy…but she didn't offer me anything.” (08:52)
• Brooke:
  “Friends and money is so tricky. It really is.” (10:29)
• Brooke (on tactics):
  "I want you to just make the call with the wild assumption that you already have it…This is what I plan to do with my half of the winnings." (13:04)
• Sharice (revealing the twist):
  “I actually got sick because of you, so I had to let my cousin go in the costume, and she's actually the person that won, so we split the money.” (17:21)
• Brooke (proposal for fairness):
  "I think you owe Darius 125. And I think your cousin also owes Darius 125." (20:12)
• Sharice (final offer):
  "I have a $50 Home Depot gift card. That's the best I can do." (20:39)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Darius introduces his Halloween predicament: 05:49 – 08:29
• Darius discusses Sharice not offering to split winnings: 08:44 – 10:10
• Host advice session: 12:47 – 14:18
• Awkward phone call with Sharice: 14:31 – 21:04
  • Darius confronts Sharice: 14:49 – 15:56
  • Sharice reveals cousin won the contest: 17:14 – 17:40
  • Debate about fairness and splitting: 18:12 – 20:39
  • $50 Home Depot gift card offer: 20:39 – 21:01
• Hosts reflect and wrap up the call: 23:00 – 23:49

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Overall Tone

The episode keeps its classic playful, comedic tone, with the hosts riffing on Halloween, the awkwardness of financial discussions among friends, and the surprise twists in Darius’s story. Both hosts and callers engage in clever banter and supportive humor, with a throughline of empathy for Darius’s awkward position—even if the resolution is a bit underwhelming.

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Summary

This Halloween Awkward Tuesday showcases just how complicated costume contests and cash can make friendships. Darius’s joke-turned-awkward request for half the prize money unfolds into a web of germs, cousins, and unexpected cash grabs. The hosts offer both creative and manipulative strategies, resulting in a memorable, laugh-out-loud confrontation that concludes with a compromise—albeit one involving a used Home Depot gift card rather than a cash payout. It’s a quintessential dose of Brooke and Jeffrey: real human dilemmas, ridiculous solutions, and a reminder of just how unpredictable holiday mishaps with friends can be.

Transcript

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[Brooke]

See mintmobile.com oh, it's that special time of year where you get a Halloween Awkward Tuesday phone call right here. Yes. I love it. We dive deep into this holiday. It's Brooke and Jeffrey and this is your second date update podcast. So thanks for being here. Yes. And that's coming up in just a second. But first, what's on the text board comments? Hannah, Victoria said I'm about to go on a first date and I'm listening to this beforehand.

[Jose]

Oh no.

[Brooke]

Dd advice from Brooke and Jeffrey gonna get me through with some prayer hands. Oh, man, girl.

[Jose]

Is that a bad wait?

[Darius]

I don't know.

[Jose]

Would that help your date? If you listen to bad?

[Brooke]

It would lower your standards, but also.

[Jose]

It'S in your head. It's going to suck.

[Brooke]

Yeah, or it lowers your expectations that anything good is good. You know what I mean? Like those small things. I don't know. Let us know. We need an update from that commenter after the date. Yeah, it was from a few days ago. So Hannah, get back on here and you tell us how it went. Okay.

[Jose]

I like that. I also now want to know, do you listen to second updates after a bad day?

[Darius]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

Yeah. Well, it makes you feel better. Misery loves company.

[Jose]

This is a good thing.

[Brooke]

All right. But right now, it's Awkward Tuesday, so here we go.

[Jeffrey]

For years on this show, one Halloween costume has caused more drama than any other.

[Jose]

Oh, I think I know what it is.

[Jeffrey]

It was about 12 years ago when I showed up in an extremely realistic gladiator outfit. And Brooke was blushing for sure.

[Brooke]

Dude, I swear. Like, you were wearing nothing at the office.

[Jose]

Yeah, it was literally.

[Jeffrey]

Look how big she's smiling as she says.

[Brooke]

It was so uncomfortable.

[Jeffrey]

Still, she brings it up in work emails to this day.

[Jose]

Dude, he had six packs too. You had a whole six pack?

[Ryan Seacrest]

Sure did.

[Jeffrey]

But after today's call, I think the ogling may finally be over. Cuz a new costume is causing major drama between a listener and his close friend.

[Jose]

Not as much as yours, J. Well, actually more.

[Brooke]

It has not caused drama. He was just inappropriate in the workplace.

[Jeffrey]

Those are your words, bro. But he has nowhere else to turn. You're going to hear why this one outfit has become so controversial. In a very special Halloween themed awkward Tuesday phone call right after this. It's awkward.

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[Jeffrey]

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[Brooke]

I like that, Jeff. That's a good tagline for Halloween.

[Jeffrey]

Well, that's what brings our listener Darius to the show this morning. Apparently, some Halloween drama has sprung up in his personal life, so he's ringing our doorbell, asking for help. And maybe a bite of Brook's Almond Joy. We'll find out.

[Brooke]

No, but, Darius, not enough.

[Jeffrey]

Welcome to the show, man.

[Darius]

Hey, thank you for having me.

[Brooke]

Don't come looking for my candy, Darius.

[Jose]

I think Brook's the only one that loves an Almond Joy. And we'll still fight for them.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

So good.

[Jeffrey]

I don't know if, Darius, your drama involves candy at all, but tell us what made you reach out to the show for an awkward Tuesday phone call?

[Darius]

Well, I have a problem, Right? I'm a. I'm a big Halloween guy.

[Brooke]

Okay.

[Pandora Ad Voice]

All right.

[Jeffrey]

Okay.

[Brooke]

Like, you love to dress up. You like to decorate your house. Like, what does that mean to you?

[Darius]

All types of activities, like dressing up, going to parties, just enjoying the spooky things, trying to come up with new ideas for different costumes.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Okay.

[Brooke]

You love a creative costume. Me, too.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah. Let's go. Hanging outside of elementary schools and scaring kids on their way out just to be part of the.

[Brooke]

That's.

[Jeffrey]

He's into all sorts of Halloween activities, right? That's what you said, Darius.

[Darius]

No, no, I don't. I stay away from the school.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, so maybe you're not as big into Halloween as you said you were, but that's okay.

[Brooke]

He's an adult.

[Jose]

Listen to him.

[Brooke]

An adult festivities type of guy.

[Jeffrey]

That's fine.

[Darius]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

Okay.

[Jeffrey]

Teach their own. But where does a drama come into your life right now?

[Darius]

Well, during this past weekend, I was really sick and I missed a Halloween party downtown. Oh, man.

[Jeffrey]

This was the weekend to do it. Like, the biggest weekend of the year.

[Jose]

It does suck that October, like, Halloween falls and, like, flu season, everyone gets sick after the summ. It always happens.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

Especially if you put a lot of time into your costume. Yeah. Was your sexy costume just gone to waste then?

[Darius]

Well, it didn't really go to waste. I'm gonna get to that. But they had a big Halloween costume contest, and the prize was $500.

[Jose]

Wow.

[Darius]

And I thought I was really going to win because the outfit I had was a very unique outfit. It was the Darth Vader T. Rex outfit mixed together.

[Jeffrey]

Darth Vader T. Rex. What is.

[Darius]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

What does that look like? I'm trying to imagine it.

[Brooke]

Is there a pun I'm missing in this?

[Darius]

No, no, no pun. But if you look at it, like the inflatable T. Rex outfit.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah.

[Darius]

With a lightsaber and a Darth Vader hat.

[Brooke]

Okay, okay, okay.

[Jeffrey]

You're going for the humor aspect of it. It's just really funny looking.

[Brooke]

So wait, you didn't get to wear it, though, because you were sick.

[Darius]

Right, right, I was a little sick. So my friend Sharice, I said, hey, take it, Try this on, go down to the party and have fun.

[Brooke]

Oh, that's nice. You let your friend wear the costume. That's an inflatable dino. You can't see yourself anyways, right?

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, it's like, it's good for all genders.

[Brooke]

Yeah, right.

[Darius]

And she didn't have a costume anyway, so it was like I was helping her out.

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[Jose]

Oh, that's actually clutch then.

[Brooke]

She is gonna get so much male attention.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, yeah.

[Brooke]

Playful T. Rex, Darth Vader outfit.

[Jeffrey]

Dinosaurs, Star Wars. I mean, all the BO Are going to be into that.

[Jose]

Look at the tail on that one.

[Brooke]

That's a hot bad boy, too.

[Jeffrey]

Damn right. So did. So you sent her in your costume. Did you hear about how it went?

[Darius]

Yeah. Yes, I did. I heard how it went, and it went well. She actually won the costume contest. Yeah. Honestly. Yes. You really won? And she. And the grand prize was like 500. Yeah.

[Pandora Ad Voice]

Wow.

[Jeffrey]

Well, you get to. You should probably get some of that money since it is your costume that she borrowed. Right.

[Jose]

At least split in half or a nice dinner.

[Darius]

And I agree with that statement, what you said. I do totally agree with it. And when she won, we both were very happy that she won, you understand? But she didn't offer me anything.

[Brooke]

What?

[Jeffrey]

What?

[Jose]

Anything, like, at all.

[Brooke]

She's like, wow, I won 500 on the costume you made.

[Jose]

Awesome. I didn't have six.

[Brooke]

Sorry.

[Jeffrey]

No.

[Darius]

Right. She didn't split the winnings or anything. And I really don't know how to approach her about it because I'm like, I don't want to sound petty, like, in a sense, like, hey, I made that costume that you want.

[Brooke]

Totally. And those costumes aren't cheap. You know, the inflatable T. Rex and then whatever you had to do to, like, the helmet. I'm sure you made it yourself at the lightsaber.

[Jose]

But, you know, sometimes being good friends, like, you don't know, like, she honestly brighten, think twice.

[Brooke]

You guys know, that's just celebrate.

[Jose]

You hug and then you're like, I'll see you later.

[Brooke]

It's just logic. Being a good friend is.

[Jose]

That's why. Maybe he says something and she's like, oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh, you're right. I sold you. Give you some money.

[Jeffrey]

Like, what did you say when you talked to her? Like, how did that conversation go when she said that?

[Sharice]

She went.

[Darius]

I was like, oh, great. I'm happy for you and everything, but I never brought up the subject of money.

[Brooke]

Oh. Oh.

[Darius]

I kind of, like, left it there for her to say anything.

[Jeffrey]

Okay. You were afraid because she looks like a giant T. Rex with the lightsaber and you don't want something bad.

[Jose]

Yeah, I mean, that's an even worse T. Rex.

[Jeffrey]

Totally.

[Darius]

Yeah. I don't want to see that bad side.

[Pandora Ad Voice]

Right.

[Brooke]

Is that. Is that what you're wanting our help with, is to ask for part of the money? All the money? What do you want to do?

[Darius]

I mean, I don't. I don't want all of it of money, but I can definitely use, like, at least 250.

[Brooke]

Okay.

[Jose]

Fair and square.

[Brooke]

Friends and money is so tricky. It really is.

[Jose]

Oh, my gosh. I absolutely hate it.

[Jeffrey]

That's going to be our job to figure out how to have that conversation while keeping the friendship still copacetic.

[Darius]

Yeah.

[Jose]

In worst case, Brooke, will you give him 250? You're his friend. Say no. That's a friend still, bro.

[Jeffrey]

Right. So you need advice to call Sharice and convince her to give you at least part of the winnings for the costume contest that she won while wearing your outfit that she made.

[Jose]

Seems pretty simple.

[Jeffrey]

Seems like a fair ass.

[Brooke]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Darius]

And I know you guys find creative ways to come up with stuff, so I kind of need you guys to do this.

[Brooke]

Okay? Okay. You want us to be on the creative side, not just blunt.

[Darius]

I like it because I don't want her to use the Jedi mind trick on us.

[Brooke]

Ah.

[Darius]

Okay.

[Brooke]

That's a good point.

[Jeffrey]

Well, we're all gonna have to conquer our fears when we give you some advice and help you to confront. Confront T. Rex Darth Vader herself when we come back with your Halloween themed Awkward Tuesday phone call right after this. Okay, hold on, man. It's awkward.

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It's Tuesday.

[Jeffrey]

It's Awkward Tuesday phone call. When dinos turn to the dark side, things get awkward. It's a Halloween themed Awkward Tuesday where one of our listeners is Darius needs help calling his friend Charisse because she borrowed his homemade Darth Vader T. Rex outfit for a costume contest. Just Last weekend, a contest she won, taking home first prize along with $500 cash money. So Darius thought, hey, that's awesome. But she hasn't offered to split the winnings with him, like a good friend probably should. Yeah, and that's why he needs our help on how to have that conversation delicately. Because mixing friendship and finances, that can be a little bit tricky. Especially when your friend is a prehistoric apex predator wielding a lightsaber. Yeah, tough position to be put in.

[Jose]

Maybe she doesn't know the concept of money.

[Jeffrey]

Right.

[Brooke]

Definitely not the father this time.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Oh, you know, I got it.

[Brooke]

He's a T. Rex. You can't.

[Jose]

That was a hot Star Wars Darth.

[Jeffrey]

Vader, the father of Luke. Deep cut. Okay, Darius, I don't hear you laughing at the joke.

[Darius]

It's all right. Pretty funny.

[Jose]

There we go.

[Jeffrey]

He'll give you a little credit. Maybe he's more interested in your advice, though. What advice do you have?

[Brooke]

I have good advice on this one, Darius. Okay. I don't want you to ask for the money. I don't want you to tell her she owes you. I want you to just make the call with the wild assumption that you already have it.

[Darius]

Right?

[Jose]

Already have the money?

[Brooke]

Yeah. You're like, oh, my God, I've been thinking about it. I am so excited about this. How are you going to spend your half? This is what I plan to do with my half of the winning.

[Jeffrey]

Right?

[Jose]

That's a good thing to say.

[Jeffrey]

Like, the agreement was implied. It doesn't even need to be said. What do you think about that, Darius?

[Darius]

I do like that a little bit. It's a little bit of Jedi mind trick going.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, there you go.

[Brooke]

It's very passive aggressive.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, so you hold on to that, Jose. What do you think?

[Jose]

Well, to really get her to care about the situation. Don't even bring up the costume, bro. I would mention you're short on rent this month.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, play on her. On her emotions, on her sympathy for you. I see what you're saying.

[Jose]

And as a friend, she'll probably just offer, like. Like, oh, my gosh, I can help you.

[Brooke]

Oh, and maybe he could cough like. Like, if he's still sick to make it sound more pathetic.

[Mario Lopez]

Oh, yes, sir.

[Jose]

There you go.

[Jeffrey]

And can you cry on command, too, Darius?

[Brooke]

That was a sob.

[Jeffrey]

That was too much. A little heavy, but, yeah, maybe dial it back a little bit. But you can always use it if you're really, really desperate.

[Jose]

You can always cry.

[Brooke]

Hey, and then maybe you'll get more.

[Pandora Ad Voice]

Than 250 if you say the rent.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, yeah, bump that up to it. Full G. Okay, so that's our advice for you, Darius. You can use however much you want to, but we're in your corner no matter what. I'm going to dial your friend Charisse and let you make this call. You feel ready?

[Darius]

I'm ready. All right, man.

[Jeffrey]

Good luck. Here we go.

[Darius]

Thank you.

[Sharice]

Hello?

[Darius]

Hey, Sharice. What's going on? My girl. How's everything?

[Sharice]

Hey, Darius. Did you get a new phone, or this isn't your regular number?

[Darius]

No, this is my work phone number.

[Sharice]

Oh, okay. So what's up?

[Darius]

Yeah, well, first of all, congratulations on winning the prize. I was. I'm so excited. I'm so excited that I want to take my half and pay my rent with it.

[Jeffrey]

Kind of combined it all together.

[Sharice]

That's hilarious. That's funny. Yeah.

[Darius]

How's your week? What's going on?

[Brooke]

Oh.

[Sharice]

Well, I've just been working, so I think I'll probably just do a spa day. Honestly, it's a good day for it and get my nails done, so.

[Darius]

Yeah.

[Sharice]

How about you?

[Darius]

Oh, that's good. So with the earnings from the.

[Sharice]

From the costume, I mean, it definitely doesn't hurt. When did you start pocket watching?

[Darius]

Oh, well, I'm not pocket watching. I'm just. You know, listen, let's be honest. I made the. The costume, you wore the costume. And I think it should be nice of you to go half with me on it or break me off a little something. Even though I did say my rent was due.

[Sharice]

Darius, everybody's rent is due.

[Darius]

That is true. I think you know my situation a little bit better than most people. So that's why, you know, I'm coming to you, asking you nicely, you know, think about your boy. I thought I was your boy.

[Sharice]

You. You are my boy. And that is true. But we both know, Darius, when I put that costume on, it looked better on me. We do know that.

[Darius]

What are you talking about? It's a T. Rex costume. Nobody can really even see your body. Like, what's going on? That doesn't make sense to me.

[Sharice]

Everybody can see my tail in that. Okay, let's not be. Let's not even joke.

[Jeffrey]

What?

[Darius]

Okay. It's a lot of tell. I know that much. I do know that. But, yeah. No, seriously, though, I'm a little shocked that you're saying that because we won that contest together. That's how I look. That's obviously because we're friends, right?

[Sharice]

I hear you, Darius. I definitely understand where you're coming from, but if it Wasn't for me, the costume wouldn't have made it to the contest.

[Darius]

Okay, so what are you saying? You're not going to break me off a little bit of the earnings? I really kind of deserve that because I did work hard to make that costume. Yeah, I made the costume and you wore the costume, so that's in my mind's eye. That sounds like a 5050 kind of deal.

[Sharice]

Oh, well, Darius, I'm so sorry to tell you I can't give you that money.

[Brooke]

What?

[Darius]

Why?

[Sharice]

You can't.

[Darius]

Why can't you give me that money? Because it was. It was money that we wasn't expecting to win.

[Sharice]

I actually got sick because of you, so I had to let my cousin go in the costume, and she's actually the person that won, so we split the money.

[Darius]

Now, hold on, hold on. Wait a second. You subletted my costume to some random person?

[Sharice]

A random person? She is my cousin. You met her. The one you were trying to get her phone number. So now she's random. Let's not play, okay?

[Brooke]

Try to get her phone number, too.

[Sharice]

Oh, there's. Who are all these people in the background? I thought you said you were at work.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, he's at our work. A radio show called Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning.

[Darius]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah. You're on a segment called the Awkward Tuesday Phone Call right now. Darius reached out to our show for a little bit of help talking to you.

[Darius]

This is unbelievable. You rented my custom out to someone else and you split the earnings with them, right?

[Sharice]

It's unbelievable to me that you call me on the phone through the radio like, this is Judge Judy. I don't.

[Darius]

What?

[Sharice]

I mean, what are we doing?

[Jeffrey]

Wow.

[Jose]

Oh, man.

[Brooke]

So wait, you already split the money, so you only got 250 from the winning Charisse?

[Sharice]

I only got 250 and it's basically already spent.

[Brooke]

Oh, and then the cousin makes the most out of all of this.

[Jose]

That doesn't make sense.

[Jeffrey]

Charisse. That just feels wrong. Darius is the one who put all the effort into putting the costume together, coming up with the idea, buying all the supplies. Like, doesn't that, like, factor into your thought process at all?

[Sharice]

He was sick. I mean, what was I supposed to do? He told me to take the costumes.

[Brooke]

I did the costume.

[Jeffrey]

Yes, but not all the profits from it.

[Brooke]

It's like, he's the producer, right? And you're the performer, and he wrote the music, and now he gets a cut.

[Jose]

Yeah, but you get all the credit, or the cousin gets all the credit.

[Sharice]

I would Totally agree with you. If there was some type of agreement, Judge Judy, but it was not.

[Brooke]

Oh, he should have talked about it. She just calling me Judge Judy now?

[Darius]

Do we have a signed contract? No. We're friends. So why would I have you sign the contract saying if you would have won that, you owe me part of this? Earnings?

[Brooke]

I don't think she meant it, actually, in writing. I think she just met a discussion.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, but true friends do make each other sign documents.

[Darius]

And I don't believe your cousin has my money. Our money, actually, because you subleted my outfit. And then on top of it, you lied to me by saying you know I look better than the outfit, and you didn't even wear the outfit.

[Sharice]

I did not lie. I tried it on. You saw me. And I do look better in it.

[Jose]

That's how she got it.

[Jeffrey]

Has that T. Rex Darth Vader energy going on. Fills it out.

[Brooke]

Yeah, but all those germs trapped up inside of it ruined her plan.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, feels like things are kind of canceling out with people getting each other sick, people winning each other contests. I don't even know who to side with in this scenario.

[Darius]

The person you need to side with is the one who's short on rent, and that's me.

[Brooke]

Okay?

[Darius]

Okay.

[Jose]

You're not really okay on rent, though, bro.

[Brooke]

Honestly, though, I think you owe Darius 125. And I think your cousin also owns Darius. 125. That would be half of the 250.

[Darius]

I don't want to mess with a cousin. She has a attitude. She's very mean.

[Brooke]

You're scared of her.

[Jeffrey]

She's more T. Rex than Cherise is. Okay. I mean Cherise. There has to be some sort of compromise we can reach here, because Darius is getting the complete short end of.

[Brooke]

The stick, and he paid for all that stuff to make the costume.

[Sharice]

I have a $50 Home Depot gift card. That's the best I can do.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, that's something. Darius. Yeah?

[Brooke]

Do you have any home improvement items?

[Darius]

Well, how much is left on it?

[Sharice]

Maybe, like, 40 bucks.

[Jeffrey]

Maybe your landlord will accept $40 in Home Depot credits.

[Darius]

Not what I wanted, but at least it's something.

[Brooke]

You actually sounded like Darth Vader right before.

[Jeffrey]

It's because he's sick. He's having breathing issues.

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[Brooke]

Obviously she combined it with other gift cards that she had, you know what I'm saying? And it was like the end of it.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, fine, I'll give her a little bit of grace.

[Brooke]

Come on dude. We did not do him justice.

[Jose]

But that's the thing.

[Jeffrey]

It's like with a lot of these calls that we do with friends and money, when that's the problem, it's difficult for us to tackle.

[Brooke]

Well, and who knew we were supposed to be calling the the cousin who sounds scary.

[Jeffrey]

I'm actually kind of glad that we don't have to do it because I'm scared just hearing about it.

[Brooke]

Maybe she actually won the costume contest because the person that was judging it was just frightened to not let her down.

[Jose]

Yeah, super scared.

[Jeffrey]

It's probably in his best interest to let them keep the costum costume at this point.

[Brooke]

At that point I think she deserves the money.

[Jeffrey]

Absolutely. So things worked out the way they did, but we will try. For you, if you're going through something with a friend or a family member. Reach out to our show. We'll do our best to make it worse.

[Brooke]

Yes, that's right.

[Jeffrey]

Or at least get you a partially used gift card to Home Depot.

[Brooke]

That's a promise that somehow expires.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, yeah, that's working. Jeffrey in the Morning hey, what's up?

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