Brooke Breaks You Up: High School Drama

Summary

Podcast Summary: Brooke & Jeffrey – Second Date Update

Episode Title: Brooke Breaks You Up: High School Drama
Podcast: Brooke and Jeffrey
Release Date: July 23, 2026
Main Theme:
This episode’s main theme centers on the messy entanglements of rekindled high school romances and navigating relationship anxiety before a milestone class reunion. “Brooke Breaks You Up” puts co-host Brooke in the hot seat, as listener Pete asks for help breaking up with his girlfriend Jess – unless Brooke’s “magic” can clear up suspicions of infidelity first. The episode is packed with candid, comedic commentary from the hosts and reveals just how tangled modern relationships (and breakups) can get, especially when old flames and Facebook are involved.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Setup: Old High School Drama Returns

• Pete reaches out to the show seeking Brooke’s help to possibly break up with his girlfriend, Jess.
• The couple reconnected after 15 years at their high school reunion invite, bonding over Facebook messages while both were still in other relationships.
  • Quote [08:02], Pete: “We start, like, sneaking out to meet each other.”
• Pete admits their rekindling was “exciting, but messy”—they eventually left their partners and moved in together.
  • Quote [08:30], Pete: “It was just—just really good for a while. It was like, new and exciting and, you know, we were back together after like 15 years. It was… it was exciting.”

2. The Current Dilemma: Jealousy and Suspicion Brewing

• Pete is anxious about Jess reconnecting with another old high school boyfriend, Donnie, via the 20-year reunion Facebook group.
  • He finds Jess’s Facebook chats with Donnie flirty and is troubled she recently met him for coffee—the same way Pete and Jess reignited their own romance.
    • Quote [10:46], Pete: “She had coffee with him recently, just like we did.”
• Pete wonders if history is repeating itself and if Jess may be cheating.
  • Quote [11:11], Brooke: “Why haven’t you just talked to her about this? Why do you want to immediately go to breaking up?”
  • Quote [11:16], Pete: “Maybe Brooke, you can get it out of her. Like, you do your magic and if she didn’t cheat on me, then maybe just play it off like it’s a prank call or something…”

3. Brooke’s Reluctant Intervention

• The hosts debate the ethics (and awkwardness) of intervening. Brooke reluctantly agrees to make the call to Jess, seeking the truth.
  • Quote [14:18], Brooke: “As soon as I do this, this will be great. Then I’ll be back to my only fan being my mom.”
• Pete reveals Jess is a big fan of the show, hoping her admiration for Brooke will yield honest answers.

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The Breakup Call: Tension, Flirting, and Clarifications

4. Brooke Calls Jess & the “Investigation” (14:55–19:44)

• Brooke introduces herself, and Jess is starstruck and confused to be on air.
  • Quote [15:27], Jess: “This is crazy. This is—I’ve always wanted this to happen.”
• Brooke deliberately steers the conversation toward the reunion and asks if Jess is reconnecting with anyone special or meeting “for coffee.”
• Jess is coy but insists she’s just chatting with classmates and “doesn’t take it too seriously.”
• Pete can’t take the suspense and jumps in, confronting Jess about her chats and the flirty nature of her interactions with Donnie.

Notable Quotes & Moments:

• Brooke [17:00]: “Hey, how about your boyfriend? Are you going to the reunion with your boyfriend?”
• Jess [17:10]: “Well, I mean, I guess I’m going to have to talk with Pete before the reunion, and I don’t know.”
• Brooke [17:35]: “Because I’m terrible at this, Pete. Brooke was never gonna get there.”

5. The Reveal: Sharing Photos and Defining “Flirting”

• Pete discloses he saw Jess send Donnie photos of herself.
  • Pete [18:08]: “I know that you sent him pics, as well, of yourself.”
• Jess explains these were “before and after” weight-loss photos, not intended to be sexual—she’s “proud” and “not ashamed.”
  • Jess [18:31]: “I told him I lost a lot of weight in the last five years, and so I just showed him my before-and-afters. It’s not that big of a deal.”
• Brooke points out that Jess described their interactions as “flirting.”
  • Jess [19:13]: “Like, look, he’s an old boyfriend. It’s innocent flirting…Babe, we are good.”
  • Brooke [19:19]: “You just called it flirting.”
• Jess maintains she isn’t interested in Donnie romantically. Pete decides to believe her, and the couple agree to move forward together.
  • Pete [19:58]: “Honestly, I believe her. Like, if she says she doesn’t have feelings for Donnie, I believe her.”
  • Jess [20:04]: "He knows me, Brooke. Like, you don’t know me like that. So he—I’m…Thank you for believing me, and I’m glad that we can move on."

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Epilogue – Hosts’ Reactions & Listener Feedback

6. Hosts’ Commentary and Listener Texts (22:12–23:23)

• The hosts joke about modern relationship boundaries and how “weight loss” photos can be explained away, much to Brooke’s skepticism.
  • Brooke [22:24]: “Okay, it is not true love. She’s sending pics to other dudes. That’s the true love you want to be in?”
  • Jeffrey [22:47]: “As long as you preface it with ‘it’s about my weight loss journey.’”
• Suggestions from the audience include renaming the segment to “Brooke Judges and Shames You for Finding True Love.”

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Notable Quotes & Moments by Timestamp

• [08:02] Pete: “We start, like, sneaking out to meet each other.”
• [08:30] Pete: “It was just really good for a while. It was like, new and exciting…”
• [10:46] Pete: “She had coffee with him recently, just like we did.”
• [11:11] Brooke: “Why haven’t you just talked to her about this? Why are you wanting to just immediately go to breaking up with her?”
• [15:27] Jess: “This is crazy. This is—I’ve always wanted this to happen.”
• [18:08] Pete: “I know that you sent him pics, as well, of yourself.”
• [18:31] Jess: “I just showed him my before and afters. It’s not that big of a deal.”
• [19:13] Jess: “Like, look, he’s an old boyfriend. It’s innocent flirting… Babe, we are good.”
• [19:58] Pete: “Honestly, I believe her. Like, if she says… I believe her.”

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Conclusion & Takeaways

• Brooke reluctantly mediates a high-drama, high-comedy scenario testing boundaries of trust, jealousy, and fidelity.
• Despite suspicions and evidence of “innocent flirting,” the couple decide to stay together.
• The hosts close with witty banter on relationship modernity—addressing trust in the age of social media and the gray areas between “flirty” and “unfaithful.”
• Ultimately, “Brooke Breaks You Up” lives up to its reputation for messy stories, awkward truths, and heavy entertainment value—though this time, love (somehow) wins out.

Transcript

[Jeffrey]

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[Brooke]

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[Jeffrey]

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[Brooke]

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[Jeffrey]

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[Brooke]

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[Jeffrey]

Well, I thought you were all going

[Pete]

to write a song.

[Brooke]

I remember you thinking that. Listen to Podlandia AO rewatch on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. This is Chelsea Handler from Dear Chelsea. Every week the news gets worse, the

[Jess]

world gets crazier, and Yamanika is here

[Jeffrey]

to tell whoever's responsible, you're the do you know, I just found out who Sydney Sweeney was.

[Brooke]

If he got a bunch of women,

[Jeffrey]

then I should have a bunch of men do better or do less so I don't have to do so much.

[Brooke]

I'm Yamanika and I'm out. Listen to youo're the Problem with Yamanika on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Jeffrey]

I'm Nick Turturro. You probably know me from NYPD Blue, the Longest Yard, or Spike Lee's blackkklansman And on my new podcast, delivering happiness with Nick Turturro, I deliver pizza to a new guest. I've share slice with everyone from Seth Rollins. What are you doing?

[Pete]

My belt.

[Jeffrey]

To Bill Burr.

[Brooke]

I don't think I've ever met somebody

[Jeffrey]

so exactly out of their mind as I am. And now we even have more great guests coming up, including the great John Turturro. It's called happiness, Delivering happiness and many, many more. Open your free iHeartradio app search delivering happiness with Nick Turturro and listen.

[Brooke]

Now, do we have to do today's podcast? We do, Brooke. We do. And you know, I'm gonna cut you off and say who's gonna be happy about it? Brooke is named Montanasaurus.

[Pete]

Okay. Wow.

[Brooke]

They said this was the world cup of segments. Never stop breaking people up.

[Jess]

Brooke.

[Brooke]

Oh, my God. Yeah, it's another Brooke breaks you up. It's brand new and I was definitely not prepared for what I needed to do today. Yeah, extra twist that got added into this one. God, why did he just dump her on his own? Okay, you're gonna hear it. It starts right now.

[Jeffrey]

For most people, your old high school drama should end once you grad.

[Brooke]

Well, yeah, yeah, it should.

[Jeffrey]

Unless you're me and you're still furious at the drama teacher for casting you as bear number five in the Nutcracker.

[Brooke]

I'm sorry, I didn't even know that's what I'm saying.

[Jeffrey]

Are there bears in that place?

[Brooke]

Especially about five of them?

[Jeffrey]

I didn't think so. But one of our listeners has some old high school drama that's bubbling back up to the surface because his 20 year reunion is about to happen and there's only one person on this show who he thinks can come to his rescue.

[Brooke]

Bear number five.

[Jeffrey]

It's not bear number five. It's somebody else. And you're going to find out right after this. Every time we do this segment, Brooke says those famous three words. Oh, God, no. Yeah, it's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. So you're in luck if you're listening because it's time for Brooke breaks you up.

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Brooke is smiling with joy because it's a fun little thing that we do from time to time here when we receive emails from listeners and they say, hey, I've got some dead weight in my apartment. It's the person I'm dating and I don't want to be with them anymore. But I also don't feel like telling them that myself because I'm not brave enough.

[Brooke]

So I would Have Brooke do it for me.

[Jeffrey]

That's right. Can you unleash Brooke's fury onto my significant other and tell them that it's over?

[Brooke]

I took that off, Okay? I just had a moment there. I'm back in.

[Jeffrey]

No, keep channeling that energy. That's exactly, exactly what we need here, Brooke. Because while on the outside, she has said that she despises doing this. I've heard from good sources that when Brooke goes home at night, she high fives her children and kisses her husband right on the mouth, saying, another great day in radio. I just ended a relationship. And, Brooke, I know you might think I think less of you for it.

[Brooke]

Oh, I don't really care what you think of me. Yes.

[Jeffrey]

I don't. Brooke, I appreciate you. I appreciate all the people who get down into the gutters and do the dirty work for us. And today we have a listener named Pete who's requesting Brooks expertise. Pete, welcome to the show, my man.

[Pete]

Hey, thank you for having me.

[Brooke]

Can you please tell me it's a boyfriend I'm dumping? Because I'm really much better at dumping men than I am at women. I'm just saying I have more experience doing it. I've been there. They cry less, which is helpful. I mean, not. Not healthy, but helpful.

[Pete]

I could tell you that, but I'd be l. Oh.

[Jeffrey]

So who do you want to break up with today?

[Pete]

So I think I should break up with my girlfriend Jess.

[Brooke]

Why do you only think you're not sure? We need to know going into this, Pete.

[Pete]

Well, can I give you just some

[Jeffrey]

backstory, Brooke, do you want any backstory? Just want to get right to the dumping.

[Brooke]

No, I want backstory. Of course. What's wrong with Jess? What's going on?

[Pete]

Okay, so two years ago, her and I were both with other people.

[Brooke]

Okay.

[Jeffrey]

Okay. In relationships?

[Brooke]

Yeah. You're in.

[Pete]

Yeah. And then it had been a very long time since I'd seen her.

[Brooke]

How did you know her from before?

[Pete]

We used to date in high school.

[Brooke]

Oh, you're an old high school boyfriend.

[Jeffrey]

So it wasn't just your friend in high school you actually, like, kissed? Yeah.

[Pete]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Brooke, why did you scoff at old high school relationship?

[Brooke]

Just because my old high school boyfriend makes me, you know, I agree on that, but sure. Well, obviously not if he wants to dump her.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, well, I'm sure Pete is not the same as your exes back in high school.

[Brooke]

Maybe.

[Jeffrey]

What was your high school relationship relationship like?

[Pete]

Oh, it was great. Like, we. I mean, we broke up because we went to college, you know, we just moved away. Yeah, but we reconnected on Facebook. I think I, like, sent her a happy birthday message. She was like, oh, my God, I haven't seen you in all these years. How are you?

[Brooke]

I do hear once you hit a certain age, everybody messages everybody. Happy birthday on Facebook. No, I don't think they're that bad. I think that's more my mom.

[Jeffrey]

You just miss interacting with people in general. So, anybody.

[Brooke]

Okay, at this point, you two are still in relationships when you're messaging on Facebook, right?

[Pete]

Correct. Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Okay.

[Jess]

Okay.

[Pete]

But next thing I know, we're having coffee.

[Brooke]

Oh, good.

[Jeffrey]

My.

[Brooke]

Are we telling our significant other that we're meeting up with our ex girlfriend from high school to have coffee?

[Pete]

No.

[Jeffrey]

No, but it feels a little.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Yes, but it's just coffee.

[Pete]

Well, at that point, it was just coffee. But then we're saying, like, wow, this is way more fun than hanging out with our boring relationship chemistry.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, okay. The sparks rekindling.

[Pete]

Yeah. We start, like, sneaking out to meet each other.

[Brooke]

Oh, I thought you were gonna say. So we broke up with our significant others and started dating.

[Jeffrey]

Yes. That is the responsible thing to do. This is the fun thing to do.

[Pete]

Yeah. And, you know, I got a new apartment. She moved in.

[Jeffrey]

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

[Brooke]

Wait. Are you still moved in?

[Pete]

Just did.

[Brooke]

She moved in while you were still in a relationship with someone else?

[Pete]

Well, I mean, like.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, my God. So you had an affair?

[Pete]

It was just. It was really good for a while. It was like, new and exciting and, you know, we were back together after, like, 15 years. It was like, just really. It was exciting.

[Jeffrey]

Are you saying you want Brooke to break up with your current girlfriend? Which.

[Brooke]

Which girlfriend? Jeff.

[Jeffrey]

And tell her that you're going to be moving in with your ex from high school?

[Brooke]

You mean the ex that's already living with him?

[Pete]

That was a long time ago. That was years ago.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, okay, so that breakup already happened.

[Brooke]

Okay, so you're just establishing that the relationship you started with Jess. Not clean.

[Jess]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

But very hot. Romantic. I bet.

[Pete]

Thank you. Yeah. That was just the backstory.

[Jeffrey]

Okay.

[Brooke]

Okay.

[Jeffrey]

That's how you and Jess came to be.

[Brooke]

And now we're only dating Jess. Is that true?

[Pete]

That is correct.

[Jeffrey]

Okay.

[Brooke]

Okay. Until his middle school girlfriend showed up. I mean, which is pretty boring to Pete.

[Jess]

Right?

[Jeffrey]

Okay, so that already happened. Where are you now?

[Pete]

This is the thing. Fast forward. Just, like a few months ago, we both got messages saying that there was going to be our 20th high school reunion.

[Brooke]

Oh.

[Pete]

And I'm thinking how cool is, like, everyone's gonna see us and say, like, my God, those two are still together.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, that's true.

[Pete]

And we'd say, like, we were always meant to be with each other.

[Brooke]

Okay, you really love Jess.

[Jeffrey]

Well, then why do you want to break up with her? What is happening? Well, I'm assuming you do now. I'm not sure what's going on.

[Pete]

Well, okay, because of this reunion. They started this new Facebook group for it, and now she's been talking to another guy she used to date in high school.

[Brooke]

Oh, yeah. You know, every relation ends like it begins. My knows what they say.

[Jeffrey]

Did you know this other guy that she dated?

[Pete]

Oh, yeah. I have a nickname for him was Donnie.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, we'll have to bleep that one.

[Brooke]

I'm not going to use that nickname, my man.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, you weren't a fan.

[Pete]

No. Like, sometimes I'll come home from work and she'll be chatting with him on Facebook like it's open on her iPad.

[Brooke]

Yeah. Okay, so she doesn't even care that you see. Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah. What's their conversations like?

[Pete]

He's being really flirty and she's not, like, shutting it down.

[Brooke]

Yeah, not so now.

[Pete]

Well, and then this is the other thing. It turns out she had coffee with him recently just like we did.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, my God.

[Brooke]

That's her game.

[Jeffrey]

The story's just repeating itself with another guy now.

[Brooke]

It always does that.

[Jeffrey]

This could still be, like, his intent at first. It's an old high school friend. What if that's her mindset? Jose, I can't reach you, but I would pat you on the head right now and say, oh, you poor boy. I don't think someone's gotta say it. What if, like.

[Brooke]

But he read the method messages. That's what's hard.

[Jeffrey]

And it's hard.

[Brooke]

Why haven't you just talked to her about this? Why are you wanting to just immediately go to breaking up with her?

[Pete]

Well, I guess this is the thing. Maybe Brooke, you can get it out of her. Like, you do your magic and if she didn't cheat on me, then maybe just played off like it's a prank call. I don't know, information. Then it's okay.

[Brooke]

So I'll end it with, this is Brooke. We're doing a phone tap on you.

[Jeffrey]

Your boyfriend thought it'd be really funny to accuse you of cheating.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

[Brooke]

I can't wait to see what your magic is Brooke that he's talking about.

[Jeffrey]

That's the thing we don't actually have. Do you have any actual Proof that anything besides the conversations on Facebook is going on.

[Pete]

It's the coffee and the flirty, and that is just making me nervous.

[Brooke]

And it's the coffee and the flirty and the history.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah. You know, we'll take a break, we'll let Brooke compose herself, and then when we come back, Brooke is gonna call your current but former ex girlfriend now current again.

[Brooke]

Don't make it so messy, Jeff.

[Jeffrey]

Jess. And break you up.

[Brooke]

That is. That is if she's cheating.

[Jeffrey]

Unless she's not cheating and she'll call it a prank.

[Brooke]

Yeah, this is a good title. I like this title.

[Jeffrey]

Best segment ever. We'll do it right after this. Hold on. History repeats itself on a special edition of Brooke breaks you up. Oh, boy.

[Brooke]

Because this is messy is cuz. That's the messy part.

[Jeffrey]

It's. Yeah, it's a little tricky because a few years ago, our listener Pete got back together with his old high school crush. Thanks to Facebook.

[Brooke]

Yeah, and it wasn't on the up and up. He was still dating someone, she was still dating someone. They were secretly dating each other.

[Jeffrey]

There was some hiccups. Yes. They were both technically in exclusive relationships at the time that this all happened. Things did get messy, but eventually worked its way out where now they live together. Yeah, at least for the moment. Because what happened recently? Their 20 year high school reunion announced it was coming up. And now his girlfriend is suddenly talking to a different guy that she used to date back in high school on Facebook again. And she's already met up with him for coffee.

[Brooke]

Oh, she already did meet up with coffee. I thought it was coming up. Okay.

[Pete]

Yeah, coffee happens. Okay.

[Brooke]

If she didn't tell you about it, you only know from the mess messages that you saw.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah. All of this is why Pete is asking Brooke to do a little digging and find out what's really going on between his girlfriend Jess and this new old guy named Donnie from high school.

[Brooke]

It's an old guy.

[Jeffrey]

You make him sound like he's Asian.

[Brooke]

If we find out that Jess is cheating or just what is our percentage here? We're 90 sure that Jess is cheating

[Jeffrey]

or thinking about it.

[Brooke]

Yeah. You want me to break up with her?

[Pete]

Yeah, I mean, I'm pushing more like 60, 40%. Also, I forgot to tell you that she loves you. Brooke. She loves the show.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, she listens.

[Pete]

Yeah, she listens. So that might be good for me.

[Jeffrey]

Well, it'd be good because maybe since she's familiar with you, she'd be more willing to open up and tell you about her feelings. Yeah, Come on, girl, sit on the tea.

[Brooke]

As soon as I do this, this will be great. Then I'll be back to my only fan being my mom.

[Jeffrey]

All right, so we're gonna dial your girlfriend, Jess. Brooke's gonna do her magic. Are you ready?

[Pete]

No, thank you.

[Jeffrey]

I was not asking you, Brooke. I was asking you.

[Brooke]

But I'm still gonna answer the question.

[Pete]

Jeff, thank you so much. I appreciate you.

[Jeffrey]

All right, you got this. I'm dialing Jess's number right now. Here we go.

[Jess]

Hello?

[Brooke]

Hey, is this Jesse?

[Jess]

Yes, who's this?

[Brooke]

Okay. Hi, Jess, this is Brooke from Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning. First we wanted to call and say thank you for listening.

[Jess]

I'm sorry, what did you just say? Brooke?

[Brooke]

Yeah, yeah, it's me.

[Jeffrey]

No.

[Pete]

What?

[Brooke]

Oh, Jess.

[Jess]

No, no, no, no, no. This is. Wait, why am I on the. Am I on the radio right now?

[Brooke]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Welcome to the show. Jess, I'm so glad you're here with us.

[Jess]

This is crazy. This is. I've always wanted this to happen.

[Brooke]

Okay. What you wish for. Yeah. So, Jess, it gets a little bit crazier because we did have someone email us about you.

[Jess]

Okay.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Jess]

What did they say?

[Brooke]

Well, they said that you are very excited about your 20 year high school reunion coming up. Right?

[Jess]

Oh, yeah. How. Why did they say that? Okay, first.

[Brooke]

Okay, wait, just tell me, how are you feeling about it? Who are you you excited to see?

[Jess]

I don't. A lot of people I don't like. I did have a thing for, like the assistant principal back in the day. Yeah,

[Brooke]

Okay, I bet. Maybe more like your classmates. Like, is there any. Anybody you haven't seen in a long time or maybe someone that you're really excited about reconnecting with?

[Jess]

No. I mean, like, I dated a lot back then, but I was just like, having fun. So it's just. I think it'll be fun to reconnect. I don't. I don't take it too seriously.

[Brooke]

Ok. I mean, Facebook's a great way for people to reconnect. Is there anybody you've been talking to? Like, pre reunion?

[Jeffrey]

Nice.

[Jess]

No, I. I mean, I talk to a lot of people on Facebook. It's. I mean, everyone does, right?

[Brooke]

Like, how much you like coffee? Do you like coffee a lot?

[Jess]

I go out for coffee. Yeah. I mean, cool. Everyone goes out for coffee.

[Jeffrey]

Are you asking her out for coffee, bro?

[Brooke]

No, not really.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, okay. Are you asking her to be friends on Facebook?

[Brooke]

You guys, I've never figured out how to figure this stuff out.

[Jeffrey]

What about her boyfriend?

[Brooke]

Hey, how about Your boyfriend?

[Pete]

Huh?

[Brooke]

No, Jazz, honestly, his name. Are you going to the reunion with your boyfriend?

[Jess]

Oh, well, I mean, I guess I'm going to have to talk with Pete before the reunion, and I don't know. Yeah.

[Brooke]

Okay. Are you. I mean, that would be cute, right? For you two to show up together again. How is that going to feel to announce to everybody?

[Jess]

I mean, it'll be interesting, I'm sure. Just like him seeing all the people that, like, we haven't seen in a long time.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Pete]

Hey, babe. Surprise, it's me. I'm on the phone.

[Brooke]

Oh. Yet Because I'm terrible at this, Pete. Brooke was never gonna get there.

[Jess]

Why are you. What is going on? Like, are you guys joking? Like, why are you.

[Pete]

What are you doing?

[Jeffrey]

We're not joking. Yeah, we're laughing, but we're not joking. I'm not sure exactly what we're doing. Pete, why don't.

[Brooke]

Why don't you.

[Pete]

Okay.

[Jeffrey]

Talk to your girlfriend.

[Pete]

Yeah, I. I hit them up, and I got Brooke to try to find out. I know. I know you've been talking with Donnie, and I'm not going to say my nickname for him because we're on the radio.

[Brooke]

Oh, we're just gonna say it. You already said the nickname, like, twice, my man.

[Jeffrey]

Okay.

[Pete]

Anyway, Donnie and I didn't tell these guys this, but I. I know that you sent him pics, as well, of yourself.

[Brooke]

Why wouldn't you just let me break up with her?

[Jeffrey]

Brooke, hold on. This isn't about you. It's about them and the really hot pics that apparently she sent.

[Brooke]

What more proof did he need?

[Jess]

Yes.

[Jeffrey]

Wait, there. Yeah, man. Jess, there's pics.

[Jess]

Okay, and so

[Brooke]

what?

[Pete]

You just send pics of yourself to guys who aren't your boyfriend?

[Jess]

So. Okay, this is really hard out of context, but, like, I just. I told him I lost a lot of weight in the last five years, and so I just showed him my before and afters. It's not that big of a deal.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, they're topless, girl.

[Jess]

Okay, look, I'm proud. I'm not ashamed. Like, I look good. What's the big deal?

[Pete]

You show the pics to the assistant vice principal? Those as well?

[Brooke]

I don't think you want to ask that question.

[Jess]

Look, honestly, if I was friends with him on Facebook, maybe.

[Brooke]

Oh, okay. No, I'm.

[Pete]

Honestly, I just want clarification. I just need to know, are you interested in Donnie?

[Jess]

No. What?

[Pete]

You sure?

[Jess]

Crazy. I. Yes. Like, look, he's an old boyfriend. It's innocent flirting. Babe, we are good.

[Brooke]

You Just called it flirting.

[Jess]

I get that's what it sounds like, and it's hard to talk my way out of it, but I promise I have no feelings for him. I'm comfortable in my body.

[Jeffrey]

No, that's even worse.

[Brooke]

No, no, no, no, no, no. We're not gonna let you get away with that.

[Jeffrey]

They're in a happy relationship. She just said it, Brooke. Rogue, break up with her right now. You have the power.

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

Yes.

[Brooke]

This is how you started your relationship with Pete. This is how you're gonna start the relationship with Donnie. You're already sending him him pictures. You're already calling it flirting. Just break it off, girl. Move on to the next guy cleanly.

[Pete]

Honestly, I believe her. Like, if she says that she doesn't have feelings for Donnie, I believe her.

[Jess]

I mean, he knows me, Brooke. Like, you don't know me like that. So he. I'm. Thank you for believing me, and I'm glad that we can move on.

[Pete]

Thank you, babe. I got you.

[Jeffrey]

Look at that.

[Brooke]

Stayed together, broke up a happy couple.

[Jeffrey]

But her cold heart couldn't shatter the warmth of this loving relationship. Good luck, Jess and Pete. When you go, love wins once again.

[Pete]

Oh, man.

[Jeffrey]

Laughing right in front of you.

[Brooke]

Cutest couple at the reunion.

[Pete]

It's gonna happen.

[Jess]

Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

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[Jeffrey]

we've all been there. We've had seasons that have shaken everything.

[Brooke]

The question is, what remains when the ship shaking stops?

[Jeffrey]

Hi, I'm Gary Valenciano, and on my

[Brooke]

podcast Unshaken with Gary Vee, I sit

[Jeffrey]

down with amazing personalities and we talk

[Brooke]

about the seasons that nearly broke them, the lows that carried them to their highs. Listen to Unshaken with Gary Vee on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Jeffrey]

Brooke, the text board's blowing up right now at 78592.

[Brooke]

I bet it is.

[Jeffrey]

One person said maybe you should check. Change the title of this from Brooke breaks you up to Brooke judges and shames you for finding true love.

[Brooke]

Okay, it is not true love. She's sending pics to other dudes. That's the true love you want to be in.

[Jeffrey]

I felt like that was the best part of this. I'm just thankful that finally someone says it's okay. That if you're in a relationship you can send photos to other people. As long as you preface it with it's about my weight loss journey. Yeah.

[Brooke]

Even if they're tough guys.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, it's totally fine. It's a weight loss thing.

[Brooke]

Lose weight in your chest too. I mean, unfortunately.

[Jeffrey]

So when I lose weight, I'm going to send certain pics too.

[Brooke]

Cuz it's probably going to get smaller. Yeah, I mean, that's what they want is smaller pics.

[Jeffrey]

And when you take your clothes off, that's just more weight that you're shedding.

[Brooke]

That's a good point. I never weigh myself with clothes on.

[Jeffrey]

Yes.

[Brooke]

Which makes the doctor awkward.

[Jeffrey]

I'm happy that we have come to a happy conclusion here. That's what we've learned today.

[Brooke]

I don't know why divorce rates are so high. Doesn't make sense that if you need

[Jeffrey]

some help with your personal life life, you can always email the show if you need Brooke to break you up.

[Brooke]

Yeah, I'm glad you guys talked me out of this whole thing.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, email us. Find us on our podcast too at Brooke and Jeffrey.