CHEERS! with Avery Woods

Episode: i don’t trust men | Becca Moore
Date: September 1, 2025
Guest: Becca Moore
Host: Avery Woods

Episode Overview

In this candid and humorous episode, Avery Woods welcomes TikTok creator and podcast host Becca Moore for a glass of wine and raw conversation. Centered on Becca's internet persona, social media drama, romantic relationships, and her journey of self-discovery as a bisexual woman, the discussion is an open book on friendship rifts, trust issues, vulnerability online, and the evolving landscape of dating and content creation.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Social Media Drama, Friendship Lore

• Becca & Brooke Schofield “War”:
  • Becca recounts a public falling out with fellow creator Brooke Schofield after backing out of their planned podcast, leading to public drama and years-long tension.
  • Insights into how “online lore” can blow personal misunderstandings out of proportion:
    • “I built her up to be, like, my enemy for so long, and then … that was funny. … It’s fun to have, like, an arch nemesis, like, for lore reasons, but at the end of the day, it’s like, whatever.” (03:58)
  • The two reconciled recently at a hair event after Becca explained the real reason was “boy drama” and agency obligations.
• Other “Nemeses” and Internet Feuds:
  • Becca’s humorous tale of an invented feud with “Food God” (Jonathan Cheban):
    • “I just started a random war with him one day, and then he got mad, and he, like, blocked me on every platform.” (04:53)
    • She calls herself “Kardashian-adjacent” for the spectacle.

2. Navigating Online Personas

• Hot & Funny Online?
  • Avery observes, “Hot girls don’t want to be funny … they just want that aesthetic hotness. Why can’t we be both?” (06:01)
  • Becca notes her serious content gets little traction, so she leans into humor, sarcasm, and playing with stereotypes.
  • Discussion of how Becca’s TikTok persona differs from her podcast self:
    • “My podcast is where I’m like crying on my pod all the time. … It’s really vulnerable about my real life.” (13:53)

3. TikTok Fame Origins & Creatorship

• From Sorority Blogs to LA:
  • Becca grew up in suburban Ohio, felt “poor compared to my friends,” and saw $30k/year as “set for life.” (09:19)
  • Her start: writing for “Total Frat Move,” then moving to LA for content opportunities.
• Breakout TikTok Content:
  • Gained traction with videos rating DMs from men and running “loyalty tests”—DMing boyfriends to check if they’d cheat (“they would, like, pay me … $5”) (07:31).
  • This led to disillusionment and trust issues:
    • “I don’t trust men very much. … I don’t believe that any man is loyal right now.” (07:39, 08:00)

4. Relationship Vulnerability and Sexuality

• Coming Out & First Girlfriend (14:11, 14:48):
  • Moved by meeting a “tomboy, kind of lesbian girl,” Becca explores her attraction to women and decides, “Oh my God, I like her so I must be bi. For real, for real.” (15:24)
• Public Relationship & Breakup:
  • The relationship and its end were both public—including a breakup announced on Becca’s podcast:
    • “We like, broke up on the podcast. … I regret doing that, like, so much.” (19:22, 20:46)
    • Becca reflects on how she wasn’t truthful or sensitive enough:
      • “I wasn’t being sensitive to a topic that is so triggering for so many queer women … I feel like it did more harm than good.” (20:46)
• Processing Heartbreak, Growth, and Red Flags:
  • She shares the unique heartbreak and confusion of her “baby gay” relationship with someone more experienced.
  • “When you date someone that has, like, way more relationship experience with women, it feels … like, for me, it was huge.” (27:13)
• Post-Breakup Realizations:
  • “I felt discarded … but now I’m like, thank you for doing that because I wouldn’t have started … acting classes. … I have so many more friendships. … I just felt unmotivated [while dating].” (31:30)

5. Self-Reflection & Online Authenticity

• On Being Perceived & Mental Health:
  • Fearlessness online partially came from Covid’s nihilism:
    • “I thought the world was ending. … You have to get rid of your ego and put yourself in a position to be perceived.” (33:33)
  • Therapy has been an anchor:
    • “It’s not my job to fine-tune myself to every person I meet. … I can be perceived and not liked and be okay with that.” (34:35)
• Advice on Social Media as a Career:
  • Credit to mentors for showing social media could be a career (Connor Wood/Fibula).
  • “You have to be really mentally strong. … If you want to sign up for the journey of a lifetime … it could destroy some people.” (36:33)

6. Dating After Heartbreak & Trust Issues

• Post-Breakup Dating—Men & Women:
  • “I just can't find the connection with men again after that.” (39:08)
  • Retelling a particularly egocentric date:
    • “He didn’t ask me a single question … I don’t even know if he knew my name.” (39:44)
• Lingering Distrust in Men:
  • Becca admits still feeling jaded and distrustful after seeing how men respond to basic loyalty “tests”:
    • “These people, they would be in the same profile picture together. … I’m a random girl!” (43:32)

7. Dream Guests, Aspirations & Acting

• Podcasting:
  • “For the Girls” is temporarily on hiatus as Becca switches management/studios. She did all the producing and editing herself. (47:16)
• Dream Guests:
  • Ken Yurich (“Ken, please!”), Barack Obama (“That’s never gonna happen”), Duggar family members, John from Jon & Kate Plus 8, Amy Poehler (“I love women that make it in comedy”), Tina Fey.
• Acting Classes:
  • “Now that I’ve done acting classes, I really feel like I can do anything because of how humiliating it is. Like, you have to be okay with being humiliated. And it’s, like, fun.” (54:37)
  • Recently signed with WME agency; open to sitcoms, sketch comedy, or ensemble improv.
• Aspirations:
  • Describes herself as “a girls girl … finally the most authentic version I’ve ever been.” (32:44)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Social Media Nemeses (Food God):
  • “He blocked me on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube or something … just because I said if I was president I would put him on house arrest.” (05:14)
• Jaded by Running “Loyalty Tests”:
  • “Those honestly made me like, jaded from, like, dating men … I don’t think that any man is loyal right now.” (07:39)
• Discussing Coming Out:
  • “I knew I had so many other things to focus on … so I’m just going to ignore this.” (14:48)
• On Posting the Breakup Podcast:
  • “That isn’t real … I regret doing that so much every day.” (20:41)
  • “I look back and I’m like, oh my God … I was so naïve. Hashtag Kylie Jenner: This is my year of realizing things.” (22:55)
• Online Vulnerability:
  • “You do kind of have to get rid of your ego and … be perceived.” (33:33)
• On Internet Backlash:
  • “Some people will be like, oh, that was entertaining. And some people will be like, this girl is the stupidest girl I’ve ever experienced in my life. … That’s the internet though.” (34:15)
• Advice for “Baby Gays”:
  • “I would encourage a … baby gay … to find someone in the same level of experience. … It’s hard to navigate when I felt like I was just the underdog the entire time.” (27:03)
• Dating Men Again:
  • “It’s like, oh my God, you guys have not changed. … He didn’t ask me a single question. … I don’t even know if he knew my name.” (39:44)
• Why She Loves Amy Poehler:
  • “I love women that make it in comedy. I don’t want to be a comedian, but I like being a silly girl.” (53:32)
• On Acting:
  • “I really feel like I can do anything because of how humiliating it is. Like, you have to be okay with being humiliated. And it’s, like, fun.” (54:37)
• Sexuality Summed Up:
  • “I think I’m actually just gay right now. Like, girls only right now, today, I don’t know.” (39:13)

Timestamps for Key Segments

• Becca’s social media drama & friendship lore: 02:06 – 04:19
• Food God nemesis story: 04:25 – 05:39
• Online persona—hot vs funny girls: 06:01 – 06:59
• Origin stories—Ohio to LA, early TikTok: 08:43 – 12:42
• Loyalty test TikTok, trust issues: 07:14 – 08:00
• Coming out & first relationship with woman: 14:11 – 16:00
• Public breakup on podcast & aftermath: 19:22 – 22:49
• Advice for “baby gays”: 27:03 – 28:48
• Rebuilding trust & dating post-breakup: 39:08 – 39:44
• Social media mental health/mentors: 34:49 – 36:33
• Podcasting & dream guests: 47:16 – 49:43
• Acting, aspirations & authenticity: 54:01 – 56:13

Quickfire Segment Highlights

• Get Ready Hype Song: “Seven Rings” or “Sports Car” by Tate (58:10)
• Dream girls trip: Nashville or somewhere with cowboys (“That is my type of guy, unfortunately. Cowboy. … Why do you think I’m gay right now?”) (59:30)
• Celebrity crushes: Female – Billie Eilish type; Male – Andy Samberg (“I like a silly guy, mischievous men…”) (60:26, 60:55)
• Funniest/most random in bag: Mushrooms, accidentally (61:07)
• Best recent compliment: Friend reframed her being easy to “fall for sales pitches” as being a sweet trait (61:28)

Conclusion & Where to Find Becca

Becca wraps with gratitude, reflecting on her growth, healing, and excitement for new ventures.

• Find Becca:
  • TikTok & Instagram: @beccamoore
  • Podcast: For the Girls (“on hiatus, but catch up on old episodes!”) (62:31)

Summary prepared to reflect the humor, vulnerability, and energetic tone of both host and guest, offering listeners a full sense of Becca Moore’s internet journey, personal resilience, and very relatable dating woes.