Second Date Update: Karaoke Cryer

Summary

Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update – "Karaoke Cryer"

Episode Date: November 7, 2025
Podcast: Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Host: iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

In this episode, the hosts help Charlie, a listener who found himself ghosted after a memorable karaoke night and an emotional dinner date with Janine. The show’s signature segment, "Second Date Update," takes an entertaining—and surprisingly revealing—turn as they uncover the real reason behind Janine’s odd and emotional behavior, with both humor and candid moments from the entire cast.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Setting the Scene: Karaoke Night Gone Awry

• Charlie’s Initial Contact (03:34):
  • Charlie joined a karaoke night, somewhat reluctantly, and attempted Queen’s "Bohemian Rhapsody," not realizing how difficult it would be.
  • Charlie: “I knew all the words, but I guess I didn’t realize the vocal aptitude that it required.” (05:26)
  • After his performance, Janine (the subject of the update) approached him, complimented his singing and revealed Queen was her favorite band.
  • She impressed further by delivering a powerful song herself, prompting Charlie to ask her out for drinks, which led to them setting an official date.

2. The Official First Date: Emotional Rollercoaster

• Charlie's Recap (07:24):
  • During dinner, Janine cried three separate times: once mentioning her sister, then her dog, and finally, over the mere suggestion of dessert.
  • Charlie: “Her sister’s totally healthy, her dog’s totally healthy, and that makes her cry?” (08:16)
  • Hosts speculate if Janine is going through something personal, or if she’s just very emotionally open.

3. Hosts’ Take: Sympathy and Suspicion

• The cast debates whether crying is just part of Janine's nature or a sign of something deeper.
• Brooke (08:16): “Crying isn’t always about being sad or upset. Sometimes it’s about, like, just a really deep feeling.”
• The suggestion of dessert causing tears adds a comedic layer to the mystery.

4. The Call to Janine: Truth Revealed

• Contacting Janine (12:29):

  • The hosts phone Janine, introducing themselves in their usual upbeat tone.
  • Initially, Janine is defensive and seems annoyed the hosts are calling about Charlie.

• The Turn (14:38):

  • Janine abruptly reveals she cries on purpose to get free things from men:

    • “Guys are just super easy to be manipulated. All I have to do is tear up and I’ll get a free drink or food.” (14:38)
    • She admits to faking tears multiple times during the date to get additional drinks and food.

  • Charlie (16:00): “Hey guys, I’m right here. I’m listening.”

  • Janine: “Why would I stick around if he’s not gonna buy me any more drinks?” (15:45)

5. Awkward Fallout and Confrontation

• Charlie realizes he was being used, expressing disappointment:
  • Charlie: “She’s just a child. This is like—” (17:13)
• Janine is unapologetic, escalating the exchange:
  • “I’m not just using him. I’m using all the guys... I got $500 off a car the other day!” (18:04, 18:16)
• Brooke and Jeffrey try to process the revelation, with Brooke calling out Janine for making other women look bad:
  • Brooke: “She’s making all the other women that actually cry look bad.” (16:13)

6. Memorable Quotes & Reactions

• Janine (17:54): "Yeah, I’m not just using him. I’m using all the guys."
• Brooke (16:41): “That’s what my kids do. They try to cry so I’ll buy them something, and I say no, cry all you want. I’m not buying you that.”
• Jeffrey (21:14): “Crying isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s a tool of manipulation.”

7. Reflection and Wrap-up

• After Janine hangs up, the hosts reflect on being duped, sharing admissions of their own real (not faked) crying experiences.
• Brooke, candidly: “No, I’ve really cried... But I still got the freaking ticket.” (20:46)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Opening Banter & Setting Up the Call: 02:49–03:34
• Charlie Shares Karaoke Story: 03:34–06:22
• Charlie Recounts Emotional Dinner: 07:24–09:04
• Hosts Speculate on Janine’s Behavior: 09:14–10:01
• Prepping to Call Janine: 10:13–12:29
• Janine Joins the Call: 12:29–14:02
• Janine Reveals Manipulation Tactic: 14:38–15:01
• Confrontation and Fallout: 16:00–18:22
• Janine Boasts About Manipulation: 18:04–18:22
• Post-Call Reflection: 19:02–21:15

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Notable Moments

Janine's Unexpected Honesty

“I mean, if it gets me a free Uber, or drink, food, whatever, it works.”
— Janine (14:57)

Hosts' Comedic Reactions

“No one turns down flan!”
— Brooke (15:44)

Charlie’s Disappointment

“I can't believe I fell for that. I really thought she was going through something. I mean, you guys did too, right?”
— Charlie (19:02)

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Tone and Atmosphere

• Playful & Sarcastic: The hosts maintain their trademark humor through a balance of empathy and teasing, even when the story takes a surprisingly cynical turn.
• Candid: Both the guest and the hosts share openly—sometimes uncomfortably so, as Janine brazenly admits to manipulating men, and the hosts try to reckon with both her honesty and cynicism.
• Sympathetic to the Listener: Although initially supportive of Janine’s vulnerability, the mood shifts as her motives are laid bare.

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Conclusion

“Karaoke Cryer” is a rollercoaster of secondhand embarrassment, darkly comic revelations, and awkward sincerity, with an ending that leaves both the cast and listener perplexed and amused. As always, the episode exposes the often messy, entertaining truths behind modern dating and the pitfalls of emotional games—while delivering plenty of laughs for everyone but poor Charlie.

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For more “Second Date Updates” and the full show, find Brooke and Jeffrey wherever you get your podcasts.

Transcript

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Oof. Did we find a villain today? Hey, it's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning and I think it's gonna be hard. We're gonna be hard pressed to find someone who's a fan of this woman. You'll understand why in just a second because we' to our brand new second date podcast. But first, we always love to start with your comments.

Yes, Hope, Faith Joy said.

Oh, that's fun.

Love the show.

I listen at work. I then have to relive the show.

When I report back to my husband who refuses to listen. He's an insta reels over TikTok kind of person. I should just be a part of the show at this point. I'm already so involved.

There we are. There we are. Well, tell your husband to at least in the very least follow our socials. BrookeandJeffery.

And then on insta where he's.

Yeah, then he can get a little bit of that second date hit on those. All right, let's go. Second date update. Brand new, starts right now.

[Jeffrey]

Second date update is singing. Okay. On a first date or during a first meetup?

[Brooke]

Are you asking for yourself because you've always wanted to live inside a musical, Jeff?

[Jeffrey]

I mean, I do my song of the week here all the time, so I fully support that idea. But if I'm some rando going out with Alexis or Brooke, probably would not recommend a duet with them.

[Brooke]

You don't need to hate on our singing. Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

You're so both vocally talented.

[Brooke]

Thank you.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, the men would just be so intimidated by the raw music.

[Brooke]

And art is more about effort than actual raw talent.

And if you turn it loud enough, I sound better.

Like that's the problem.

[Jeffrey]

Exactly.

[Brooke]

Do you want us to sing right now?

[Jeffrey]

No, I don't want. I don't want the listeners to be intimidated by you. But I only bring it up. Exactly. Sure. I bring it up, though, because one of our listeners apparently was singing during his first meetup.

[Brooke]

I hope it was karaoke.

[Jeffrey]

Well, let's find out. His name is Charlie. Charlie. Welcome to the show.

[Janine]

Hello.

[Charlie]

How you doing?

[Brooke]

Why did you come in? Not singing? Hello.

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Sorry.

[Jeffrey]

I just want to give him a little taste of.

[Brooke]

That's what we wanted.

[Charlie]

Yeah, I'm not much of a karaoke person at all.

[Jeffrey]

I. I thought you were a big singer. I take my solo back. It says in the email here that you sang during your first meetup.

[Charlie]

Well, I did. Not knowing what. I guess what I was exactly getting into.

[Jeffrey]

Okay. We put way too much pressure on him coming into this, so.

[Brooke]

Starting to make sense.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, it's gonna be a musical. Yeah.

[Brooke]

I'm guessing it's someone you met online, right, that set up a date?

[Charlie]

Well, no, not. Not at all, actually. I was just at karaoke, and I signed up for Bohemian Rhapsody.

[Brooke]

What?

[Doug]

Nice.

[Brooke]

You don't like.

You are a singer.

[Ryan Seacrest]

I don't get it.

[Brooke]

You don't like singing and you do a Queen song? Yeah, like, that is a big song.

[Jeffrey]

It's a big stret.

[Charlie]

Yeah, I knew the song, so I knew all the words, but I guess I didn't realize the vocal aptitude that it required.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

It is one thing when you hear a song on the radio and you're like, oh, yeah, I could do this. And then you're up on stage actually under the lights, needing to do it.

[Brooke]

Without the words singing with you.

[Doug]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

It sounds like maybe you bit off more than you could chew with that song.

[Charlie]

Yeah. And it's, like, seven minutes long.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Wow.

[Brooke]

Did you at least have friends with you to make fun of you?

I was gonna say to get a.

Good video of this.

[Charlie]

Yeah, they. They really tore me apart.

[Brooke]

Okay.

[Jeffrey]

You know, Charlie, we are doing a second date update, so although Jeffrey has.

[Brooke]

Been wanting to do karaoke reviews for years.

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

I've been petitioning to get rid of these stupid second dates so that we can just singing only. But I guess what we should probably get to is the person that you met. I'm assuming it happened there.

[Charlie]

Yeah. Yeah. So after I just, like, ruined this song and totally embarrassed myself, Jan came up to me and introduced herself and told me that Queen is her favorite band. And I did an all right job. And.

[Brooke]

That's sweet.

[Jeffrey]

Little pity party for you. That's nice.

[Charlie]

And then she went up and did her song, and she just, like, blew it away. It was just, like, amazing. Oh, wow. So after she was done, I congratulated her and asked her if I could buy her a drink. And she said, well, yes, but you have to ask me out first.

[Brooke]

Okay. She's the karaoke queen.

[Jeffrey]

So did you do it, or did you say no? No, thanks?

[Charlie]

No, absolutely. Yeah, I asked her out.

[Jeffrey]

Good. Seize the moment.

[Brooke]

So you have one drink, and then you guys go on a date another time. Or was it the same night?

[Charlie]

Yeah, we had a couple drinks that night, hung out, and then we decided to meet up. I think it was, like, two or three days later.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, so that's your official date. How did that go?

[Janine]

Wow.

[Charlie]

That was completely different. It's just such a different person. We had, you know, started off conversating over din, and she cried three different times throughout the night.

[Jeffrey]

Why?

[Brooke]

Was there, like, some. I cry over everything. Like, literally, it's really hard for me. It, like, really impedes on my social life sometimes because I don't want to cry over everything.

[Jeffrey]

And yet you still do it.

[Brooke]

I know it's out of my control. It's like, my emotional reaction. It's, like, blushing for me.

[Jeffrey]

Do you know what, like, started the crying?

[Charlie]

We were talking about her sister, and she started crying. I asked, is everything okay? Is her sister all right health wise? She said yes. And then the second time, she started crying about her dog, and I asked if her dog was okay, and she said, yeah, her dog's okay. But I just couldn't understand why she was so upset.

[Jeffrey]

So her sister's totally healthy, her dog's totally healthy, and that makes her cry.

[Brooke]

But crying isn't always about being sad or upset. Sometimes it's about, like, just a really deep feeling. Like, maybe she has a deep feeling of love and gratitude towards these things she's going through it and everything that day. Maybe.

[Charlie]

Yeah. But then the third time she cried was. Was over dessert.

[Brooke]

I mean, that totally makes sense.

[Charlie]

Over a flan.

[Brooke]

Was it good?

[Jeffrey]

Because I've cried over some. Were you eating dessert or what was happening?

[Charlie]

No, no, I. I said, let's change the environment. Let's go out and maybe get some dessert somewhere else.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, okay.

[Brooke]

And that made her cry.

[Jeffrey]

Just the suggestion of dessert made her cry.

[Janine]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

Did you get her the flan? Because girlfriend needs some dessert.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, she sounds like she didn't even want it.

[Brooke]

She needs it. Trust me. I've been where she is.

[Jeffrey]

You eat this cake whether you want to or not.

[Brooke]

Take it to go.

You'll feel better.

[Charlie]

Yeah, I'm just totally confused there. This great interaction that we had when I met her, and this night just went totally off the rails. She was crying about everything.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, Charlie, I know it's probably hard, but if you had to guess, like, is there any thought in your mind about what maybe caused her to be so emotional that night?

[Charlie]

If I had to guess, maybe she's just going through something really personal and she didn't want to open up about it to me.

[Brooke]

Yeah, so let's call her on the radio and ask her about it.

[Doug]

Tell us.

[Charlie]

Or, you know, it was just a full moon that night, and people act weird on that night.

[Jeffrey]

I'D like to say some people cry over good things. I cry watching soldiers from home videos. And I cry on cute stuff. So maybe she was, like, thinking about a really good thing.

[Brooke]

The end of Coco the movie every time.

[Jeffrey]

Or just a full moon werewolf situation. Crying at the moon. So we'll come back and hopefully get some answers from her when we do your second date update super emotional edition right after this.

[Charlie]

Okay, thank you.

[Jeffrey]

Second date update, Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. And if you're just joining us, our listener Charlie hung out with a woman named Janine on two separate occasions.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

And I tend to want to focus more on the first hangout. Singing and complimenting and high fiving each other at karaoke.

[Brooke]

Yeah, Sharing drinks together.

[Jeffrey]

That sounds fun. The second hangout, where he's sitting across a table from her while she bawls her eyes out for an hour and a half. I mean, fun. Yeah. No, not. Not as fun as the first time.

[Brooke]

It wasn't fun for her either, Jeff. Nobody had a good time at that dinner.

[Jeffrey]

Thing is, we don't know exactly what was going on. Not even Charlie. He doesn't know why the crying was happening. She seemed to be talking about a lot of different subjects, and the night ended with him suggesting that they go grab dessert together, and that resulted in immediate wailing. So I really don't know what we're gonna get here if she answers the phone. I just know that we probably need to be the opposite of how we normally do these calls and actually be super respectful.

[Janine]

Oh.

[Jeffrey]

What do you think about that strategy, Brooke?

[Brooke]

I think that we shouldn't bring up the crying. I do think that. What if it. I mean, I would assume it's something really personal happening in her life and it's none of our business.

[Jeffrey]

That's a good point. Fair. We'll just say you hung out with Charlie.

[Brooke]

Yeah, I mean, she spent a lot of time with him at the karaoke bar. And, like, there could be a very innocent reason she's not calling him back.

[Jeffrey]

Charlie, is that okay with you if we take that approach?

[Charlie]

Yeah, yeah, that's fine. I mean, but what we call her, I just. I want to express it. She has feelings. Most women that I date, they're not, like, open like this. I have the utmost respect for her. Maybe she was just having a bad day.

[Brooke]

You say if she has feelings, There's. Most women you date don't have feelings.

[Jeffrey]

They don't.

[Charlie]

They don't really open up like that.

[Brooke]

Oh, I see. You like the vulnerability. Okay.

[Charlie]

Yeah, I do.

[Brooke]

Okay.

[Jeffrey]

Charlie, do you promise us that you're not gonna join in and cry on this call too?

[Brooke]

I don't want him to make that promise. Cry if you need to, Charlie.

You should have two crying people on the phone.

[Janine]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

May three I'll join in. Jose's again. Make a big cry fest.

[Jeffrey]

Sure. People are going to keep want to listening to this. So here we go. Text in if you're also going to cry with us.

[Brooke]

It feels good. It really does. It feels good.

[Jeffrey]

I'm actually hoping she doesn't answer at this point.

[Brooke]

Let's see.

This never answers.

[Jeffrey]

Oh God. Here we go.

[Janine]

Hello?

[Jeffrey]

Hi, is this Janine?

[Janine]

Yes. Who's calling?

[Jeffrey]

Hey, Janine. This is a radio show calling. We're called Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Positive upbeat show.

[Charlie]

Hi, Janine.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Good morning.

[Janine]

Okay.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Hi.

[Jeffrey]

You ready to have a good time today, Janine?

[Brooke]

Okay. Why are you doing that? You're coming off like an infomercial salesman.

[Jeffrey]

I love those commercials. Those are great.

[Brooke]

They're awful. Hi, Jeanine. Welcome to the show. I hope you have a second for us.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, hope you have a second.

[Janine]

What is this?

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, this is a. This is a segment we do. It's called the Second date Update. And we try to help out our listeners if they've gone out with someone recently. We try to figure out if there's a reason why they're not wanting to do a second hang third.

[Brooke]

Really? In your case?

[Jeffrey]

Yeah.

[Janine]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[Jeffrey]

We're really just calling based about a guy that you hung out with recently. A guy named Charlie.

[Janine]

Who?

[Brooke]

Charlie.

[Jeffrey]

Charlie.

[Brooke]

He's the one that sang Bohemian Rhapsody at the karaoke bar.

[Janine]

Okay. Yeah, the karaoke dude. Yeah, I remember him.

[Ryan Seacrest]

That dude.

[Jeffrey]

Yes, the dude, yes. So we're trying to help Charlie figure out why you haven't met up again.

[Janine]

I don't really have much reason. I mean, I'm not really sure why it's yell's business.

[Brooke]

Well, it's not. I mean, Charlie asked us to call you like on his. On his behalf.

[Janine]

Okay. I don't know why he'd do that either.

[Brooke]

Okay. Because he likes you. Does that seem far fetched?

[Jeffrey]

You guys wouldn't hung out, right?

[Brooke]

I'm scared. Are you scared of her, Jeff?

[Jeffrey]

I don't know what to say. I don't want to.

[Brooke]

No, I think Charlie just really likes you.

[Janine]

Well, a lot of guys do. It's nothing new to me.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, okay.

[Brooke]

That must be nice. She's a good singer. It gets people's attention. That's true. Yeah.

[Ryan Seacrest]

That's true.

[Brooke]

We did hear your. He had a lot of nice things to say about you.

[Janine]

I mean, he doesn't really know me, and I don't know him.

[Jeffrey]

Are you mad? Really mad right now?

[Brooke]

So strange, because he was like. One thing that he really liked about you is how vulnerable you were. And I guess maybe it's just weird to have us call.

[Charlie]

Maybe that's it.

[Janine]

No, honestly, guys are just super easy to be manipulated. Like, guys in general. All I have to do is tear up and I'll get a free drink or food.

[Brooke]

What? Wait, you're manipulating men? That's, like, what you get off on.

[Jeffrey]

You fake cried?

[Janine]

I mean, if it gets me a free Uber. Or drink, food, whatever, it works.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, my. Oh, wait, I don't understand. What.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Because.

[Jeffrey]

Can I just tell her what we know? Yes, because we didn't want to bring this up to you because we thought it might trigger something, but Charlie mentioned that on your second hangout, you cried on multiple occasions, and he wasn't exactly sure what was causing it.

[Janine]

I mean, he bought me the one drink. Everything was fine. I cried again to, you know, get another, but he wouldn't buy another, so.

[Brooke]

He wouldn't. So then you cried a third time. Or a second time. I don't know what number we're at in the prize here.

[Janine]

Well, I mean, I had to try.

[Jeffrey]

Sure.

[Brooke]

Okay.

[Janine]

I'm sorry.

[Jeffrey]

I'm just trying to, like.

[Brooke]

But he mentions you turned down dessert.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, wait a minute.

[Brooke]

Free dessert?

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

No one turns on Flawn.

[Janine]

Why would I stick around if he's not gonna buy me any more drinks?

[Jeffrey]

Okay, so you were. You were specifically crying, trying to send the message to buy you a drink, and he wasn't picking up on that message.

[Brooke]

There's no message, Jeff. She's just manipulating him.

[Janine]

Yeah.

[Charlie]

Hey, guys, I'm right here. I'm listening.

[Brooke]

Good. I'm glad you heard all of that. Yeah, she doesn't know that yet. Who cares about her?

[Jeffrey]

Janine?

[Ryan Seacrest]

Wow.

[Jeffrey]

Brooke, come on. You said to be respectful about her and her emotions.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Right?

[Jeffrey]

Now you're coming off very rude.

[Brooke]

She's making all the other women that actually cry look bad. Oh, that's why you feel attacked.

[Jeffrey]

I don't. I don't think that you make women.

[Brooke]

Look bad because you're manipulating men for drinks. He would just buy you a drink without you crying.

[Jeffrey]

Just a normal lady.

[Charlie]

Wait, so, Janine, the reason why you cried is just so I would buy you stuff?

[Janine]

I mean. Yeah.

[Charlie]

Oh, my God.

[Brooke]

You're like. Honestly, that's Like a toddler.

[Jeffrey]

Seriously?

[Brooke]

That's what my kids do. They try to cry so they'll buy him something, and I say no, cry all you want. I'm not buying you that.

[Jeffrey]

Your emotions are getting the best of you right now. I think you need to take a break. Everyone needs to breathe. We're just trying to figure out what's going on between Janine and Charlotte.

[Brooke]

I think we already figured it out.

[Jeffrey]

Well, we need to let them talk to each other.

[Brooke]

Cry over there.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, Janine. I know, because Charlie has been listening this entire time. He does want to talk to you. Yes.

[Janine]

About what? I mean.

[Jeffrey]

Charlie, now's your moment.

[Charlie]

Yeah, I mean, there's really nothing to say at this point. I mean, she's just a child. I mean, this is like.

[Janine]

No, this is ridiculous. To bring me on the radio like this. Like, what is wrong with you?

[Jeffrey]

I have a feeling he's not going to get another date from that. Yeah, I think we all know this is.

[Brooke]

I think he's mad, Jeff, for good reasons.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, he's trolling. He's not manipulating her back with his tears.

[Janine]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

Listen, Janine, do you feel so bad for him?

[Janine]

No. Why would I? I mean, it was a date. It's not like either of us had anything, like, serious going, and he was willing to buy it, so why wouldn't I?

[Brooke]

I mean, at any point, were you actually interested in him? Because it sounds like you're just using him to get stuff.

[Janine]

Yeah, I'm not just using him. I'm using all the guys.

[Jeffrey]

You've you figured out the key to Manipul is to shed a few tears, and then they'll do whatever you ask them for.

[Janine]

Yeah, like, I don't even have to be on a date with them. You know, they could be sitting next to me at a bar or something, and I just cry a little bit. Get something out of it.

[Charlie]

Everybody. Everybody's gonna think you're a basket case and you're a crazy lunatic.

[Janine]

Or people can just think I'm controlling my emotions in a smart way. I mean, I got 500 bucks off a car the other day.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, wow. Hey, that's a good deal. Actually, I need to steal that.

[Brooke]

I just feel like. Jeanine, I hear that you're angry at men and you just want to use them. Like, maybe you could channel that energy in a different way.

Go bigger.

Yeah. I don't know. Like, just be a good person.

[Jeffrey]

A nice boat would be nice.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Janine]

Honestly, I have an idea. Why don't y' all just shut the Up.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, it's hard for me to. I think that was directed towards you, Brooke.

[Brooke]

Yeah, I felt it.

[Jeffrey]

Okay.

[Janine]

I mean, no, it's all of y'. All. Every single one of you.

[Jeffrey]

Oh. Oh, wait. She just hung out.

[Charlie]

Good riddance.

[Brooke]

I thought for sure we were gonna get a date.

Yeah, I really liked.

[Jeffrey]

We offered to buy drinks.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Charlie]

I can't believe I fell for that. I really thought she was going through something. I mean, you guys did too, right?

[Jeffrey]

I mean, yeah, I know. The whole room kind of fell for it, but I didn't. I knew the entire time that she was full of it.

[Charlie]

Yeah. I mean, let's be respectful in this call.

[Brooke]

Remember that.

[Jeffrey]

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[Jeffrey]

Uh, Limu is that guy with the binoculars watching us?

[Doug]

Cut the camera. They see us.

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[Jeffrey]

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[Jeffrey]

You know, here's the question that we didn't ask. Has anybody in this room fake cried before?

[Ryan Seacrest]

Oh, yeah.

[Jeffrey]

I feel like someone here's definitely tried to cry to get out of a speeding ticket at least once. And if that's true, then we are no better than that woman on the phone. Girl, you faked it before, right?

[Brooke]

No, I've really cried. Yeah. Gotten pulled over. They really hit. But I still got the freaking ticket.

[Jeffrey]

So it wasn't convincing enough.

[Brooke]

Still cry? I mean. No, it was real, though.

[Jeffrey]

The officer was like, come on, man. Man, this is not gonna work. You're the 12th woman to try to manipulate me with the crime.

[Brooke]

Yeah, I'm actually really sad.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, I see tears But I still don't believe it. Yeah, I do like the idea though. Crying isn't a sign of weakness, it's a tool of manipulation. Frame crying into something positive.

[Brooke]

Oh my God.

[Jeffrey]

We can be manipulated into helping our listeners. If you send us an email with a bunch of crying emojis on it and I will feel obligated to take action.

[Brooke]

That's right.

[Jeffrey]

That action might be to drag your email right into the trash. Or it could be to help. You might as well reach out and find out.

[Brooke]

We could have just said the second part.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, we will try to help. Just email the show. We'll call that person who's not calling you back and go check out all of our second dates. Yeah, you find them online wherever you get your podcast at Brooke and Jeffrey.

[Brooke]

Okay, only 10 more presents to wrap. You're almost at the finish line.

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Uh, Limu is that guy with the binoculars watching us.

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Cut the camera. They see us.

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