COFFEE CONVOS w/ Kail Lowry & Lindsie Chrisley
Episode: "Diddy Disappointment, Sickness Goes Around & a Spoiled Baby"
Release Date: December 18, 2025

Episode Overview

In this lively episode, Kail and Lindsie catch up on family updates, commiserate over kids’ illnesses, riff on pop culture (including a rant about the recent Diddy docuseries), navigate modern motherhood challenges, and deliver their signature mix of blunt advice and reality-TV humor. They also dish on food favorites, fast food inflation, and family car buying strategies, closing with an audience advice letter about “spoiled” babies and in-law boundary struggles.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

Childhood Food Nostalgia and Fast Food Inflation (00:50–06:00, 40:17–42:13)

• Lindsie reminisces about her fondness for Hardee’s biscuits and compares regional fast food favorites, bringing up Hardee’s, Bojangles, Raising Canes, and Popeyes.
• Kail describes her meh reaction to Raising Canes.
• The hostesses dive into the “Grinch Meal” at McDonald’s and marvel at how fast food for two can cost $30 now (“There are certain restaurants I can go to and spend less on a country little dinner than I would be spending for a Big Mac and a 10 piece nugget.” — Lindsie, 41:18).
• Cost comparison: feeding Kail’s family at Chick-fil-A or McDonald’s can be $120 for 7–8 people.

Housework, Vacuums & Decluttering (04:53–06:09)

• Both Kail and Lindsie share their “chose violence” mindsets tackling deep house cleaning.
• Lindsie debates selling her Dysons because her cleaner prefers Sharks.

Sickness Going Around: Navigating Parenting in Flu & Virus Season (06:11–13:08)

• Kail recounts her kids (Lincoln, Lux, Creed) having flu A, and her militant disinfecting to protect the twins and Rio.
• Kail contemplates keeping her kids out of daycare due to hand, foot, and mouth disease, seeking Lindsie’s advice.
• Both recall traumatic experiences with hand, foot, and mouth and the confusion with molluscum contagiosum.
• “Hand, foot, and mouth has given me PTSD… I mean, the infection and sores all over—like, I have PTSD.” — Kail, 08:54
• Lindsie echoes the struggle to know when kids are truly better: “On roughly day three I thought I was on the mend… A couple hours later, it was like I got it all over again.” (12:41)

Pop Culture & TV Rants (16:47–25:43)

• Lindsie recommends “The Perfect Couple” on Netflix; Kail’s “unpopular opinion” is that the Diddy docuseries was underwhelming and missed all the deep, controversial rumors (no details on JLo, Jay-Z, parties, or trafficking allegations).
• “Everything that was in [the Diddy doc], we already knew. We knew what a shitty person he was… My unpopular opinion is that you could get the cliff notes on TikTok…” — Kail, 17:57
• Discussion on the power moves and pettiness of 50 Cent, who got the rights to the Diddy footage partly to make sure Diddy could watch it in prison.
• Ja Rule and 50 Cent pettiness: “Ja Rule… maybe shut the fuck up.” — Kail, 25:54

Kids, School & Homework (26:19–29:06)

• Lindsie laments her son’s “the grades haven’t updated” excuses; Kail admits to accidentally ruining Lincoln’s reading assignment grade (“I got him a 60. So that was definitely… I don’t even know how I fucked that up so bad.” — Kail, 28:09).
• School “all of the above” jokes and relatable parent–teacher moves.

Co-parenting, Exes & Boundaries (31:03–34:19)

• Lindsie narrates drama with ex-husband Will and their son Jackson—losing phone privileges, holiday parade/pub crawl confusion, and a rake-wielding standoff.

Parenting Approaches: Food Waste, Cooking, and Co-sleeping (34:32–40:40)

• Kail institutes a new Lowry household rule: kids who don’t eat their food must feed it to the pigs, or eat it for the next meal, to limit food waste (35:02).
• Kail is in her “cooking era,” making chicken cutlets, baked ziti, and homemade mac and cheese—seeking flavor perfection and recipe advice from Lindsie.
• Lindsie and Kail float the idea of doing cooking competition videos for Coffee Convos fans.

Audience Letter: “Spoiled” Babies and In-Law Dynamics (49:04–61:11)

Major Advice Segment

• A listener writes in about her mother-in-law waking the baby, wanting to hold her, and calling the newborn “spoiled.”
• Kail’s stance: “You cannot spoil a baby. It’s human nature to want to be held by your mother… Stop saying that, you cannot spoil a baby in that way.” (50:42)
• Lindsie and Kail both stress that family should respect boundaries; anecdotes about their own experiences with grandparent expectations.
• Discussion of older-generation mindsets, traditional shoe choices for babies, and differences in parenting/medical advice across generations.

Humorous Tangent: Mattress Store Fiasco (63:36–68:17)

• A fan foul-play story: making out and accidentally breaking a mattress in a Mattress Firm, followed by an epic fart in front of the salesperson.
• Kail’s fun mattress recommendations: “The two most comfortable beds in my house are Lincoln and Lux’s and they came from Amazon.” (66:30)

Parenting, Generational Change & Medical Anecdotes (58:27–62:21)

• More stories about baby shoes, old-school logic, and a laugh about whiskey as a doctor-recommended remedy for children.

Car Buying Advice & Teen Driving (70:30–73:11)

• Kail plans to buy a reliable, value-retaining car for her teen son, following Lindsie’s suggestion and discussing her purchase logic for “new” unused cars from prior model years.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Everything that was in the docu series… we already knew… My unpopular opinion is you could get the cliff notes on TikTok.” – Kail, 17:57
• “Hand, foot, and mouth has given me PTSD… I mean the infection and sores all over—like, I have PTSD.” – Kail, 08:54
• “You cannot spoil a baby. It’s human nature to want to be held by your mother.” – Kail, 50:42
• “He looked at me and said, ‘You’ve made three meals. Relax.’” – Kail, on Lincoln’s reaction to her new cooking skills, 36:14
• “Not buying the mattress is wild work, after all that!” – Lindsie, 65:11

Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:50–06:00 — Food nostalgia, Hardee’s vs Bojangles, vacuums, deep cleaning
• 06:11–13:08 — Flu panic, virus season, cleaning routines, sick kid strategies, hand foot & mouth
• 16:47–25:43 — TV recs (“Perfect Couple,” Diddy docuseries hot takes), 50 Cent/Ja Rule drama
• 26:19–29:06 — Kids making excuses about grades, parent–teacher chats
• 31:03–34:19 — Co-parenting, phone confiscation, family drama
• 35:02–40:40 — Food waste, new family rules, Kail’s cooking journey
• 49:04–61:11 — Listener advice: in-law oversteps, “spoiled baby” myth, holding boundaries
• 63:36–68:17 — Mattress Firm “foul play” story, mattress brand recs
• 70:30–73:11 — Buying a first car for a teen, car dealer logic

Tone and Style

True to Kail and Lindsie’s style, the episode is blunt, meandering, and full of real-life anecdotes, zings, and authentic vulnerability mixed with plenty of humor about motherhood, relationships, and pop culture fails. Listeners get equal parts practical advice, nostalgia, and comic relief.

Summary

“Diddy Disappointment, Sickness Goes Around & a Spoiled Baby” is a quintessential Coffee Convos episode—listeners are dropped into a swirl of mom chaos (sick kids, viral scares), sharp takes on pop culture, and the raw struggle to find balance amid messy realities. Kail and Lindsie are at their best giving each other, and their audience, practical support, a dose of snark, and the reminder that “you can’t spoil a baby,” no matter what grandma says. The show’s mix of uproarious stories (like the Mattress Firm debacle), real parenting dilemmas, and honest friendship makes it a perfect catch-up for fans and newcomers alike.