I Didn't Know This Would Be Our Last Conversation | My Dad On the Podcast

Summary

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Dumb Blonde Podcast: "I Didn't Know This Would Be Our Last Conversation | My Dad On the Podcast"

Host: Bunnie XO
Guest: Bill (Bunnie’s Dad)
Date: April 12, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this deeply personal and often hilarious episode, Bunnie XO finally sits down with her father, Bill, for a long-awaited conversation. With her trademark wit and raw authenticity, Bunnie delves into her unconventional childhood, her father’s journey as a single dad and musician, family history, trauma, and what it really means to heal. The episode is a candid exchange that oscillates between humor, nostalgia, and moments of genuine vulnerability, inviting listeners into the heart of their unique father-daughter bond.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Father-Daughter Relationship

• Long-Awaited Appearance

  • Bunnie jokes about how Bill avoided appearing on the podcast for two years before finally relenting just to “stop asking” ([03:52]).
  • Both acknowledge the rarity and specialness of their dynamic: “Dads don’t raise daughters like that on their own. They really don’t.” — Bunnie ([23:21])

• Growing Up With Bill

  • Bunnie candidly recounts a chaotic, loving childhood with her dad as her primary caregiver after her mother left ([22:18-23:47]).
  • Bill shares that despite difficulties, having children was his proudest achievement: “Proudest moment. I think having children is your proudest moment.” ([13:18])

2. A Wild and Blended Upbringing

• Family Structure

  • Bunnie details her blended family, highlighting her older half-brother, herself as the “golden child,” her younger half-sister, and another older sister from her mom’s side ([07:04-07:43]).

• Tales of Trouble

  • Childhood stories abound:
    • Getting suspended in kindergarten for standing up for her dad’s honor ([07:53-08:10]).
    • Shoving a rock up her nose and involving the landlord instead of telling her parents ([17:24-17:48]).
    • Sneaking out at night despite her dad’s creative prevention methods (bells, doors off hinges, screwed-shut windows) ([28:28-29:29]).
    • Parties in Las Vegas, defiant independence, and being “hell on wheels” ([29:34-29:54]).

• Bunnie’s Headstrong Nature

  • Bunnie’s tenacious, energetic attitude shaped both childhood chaos and adult ambition.
  • [Memorable quote:]
    • “If there was trouble, I found it.” — Bunnie ([35:13])

3. Single Fatherhood, Music, and Life Lessons

• Life as a Musician & Dad

  • Bill describes balancing fatherhood and his music career, saying he eventually “settled down, actually married the woman” and got a “real job” ([15:29-16:07]).
  • Their household was full of music—band practice, home studios, church performances ([16:07-16:46]).

• Blunt Honesty & Comedy

  • The episode is rich with mutual teasing, quick comebacks, and family in-jokes (e.g., “I was going to name my children Salad and Crouton” — Bunnie, [24:05]).

• Bunnie on Her Mom

  • Candid about her biological mother:
    • "...she ran off with your organ player" ([22:18-22:23]).
    • Bill was awarded custody after sharing this story in court.
    • Bunnie didn’t meet her biological mother face-to-face until age 35 ([27:48-27:53]).

4. Difficulties, Regrets, and Growth

• On Regret

  • Bill: “I really have no, no regrets. I would probably, probably do everything over again.” ([12:55])

• Parental Challenges

  • Hardest part of raising girls?
    • “Because they don’t have a very good choice of men sometimes…” — Bill ([32:10-32:12])
    • This leads to a conversation about unhealthy relationships and learning to heal childhood trauma ([25:47-26:51]).

• Leaving Home

  • Bunnie left home young, a decision that was heartbreaking for Bill, who recalls waiting for her when the family moved states—but she never showed up:
    • “...the saddest day in my life was when... you never showed up. And we had to leave without you. ...But that’s what you wanted.” — Bill ([40:00-41:04])
  • Bunnie frames her independence as central to her identity, not a rejection of her family ([41:59]).

5. Reflections on Success, Family, and Healing

• Bunnie’s Path

  • Bill expresses pride in Bunnie’s last 6–7 years of growth:
    • “You’ve gone in the totally best direction in your life...” — Bill ([25:13])

• Brand and Public Persona

  • Bill doesn’t watch Bunnie’s work but isn’t surprised by any of her success:
    • “I, you know, I...I’m never surprised. ...I’m glad you’re doing well.” ([31:30-31:47])

• Musical Influences

  • Bill’s favorite bands: Boston, Chicago, Doobie Brothers, Billy Ocean ([38:43-39:31]).
  • Bunnie shares fond memories of their jam sessions and music playing a big role in her upbringing ([39:05-39:26]).

6. Family Quirks & Light Moments

• Bill’s Hair Secrets
  • Playful discussion of his supposed mullet and his use of a “Robo cut”/Flowbee for at-home haircuts ([36:44-38:16]).
  • On age and not having gray hair: “Well, being 45, staying that way my whole life, it seems, I just don’t have any.” — Bill ([42:30])
• Celebrity Crushes
  • Bill’s old crush was Sophia Loren, but “now, I don’t have any.” ([42:56-43:22])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Parenting Alone:
  • “I was raised by a single dad. That’s the coolest story I could ever tell people.” — Bunnie ([23:31])
• On Rebellion:
  • “I was always in trouble. It started at knee high to a tadpole...” — Bunnie ([09:53])
• On Music’s Role:
  • “We always had a studio in our house. I literally grew up with a studio...” — Bunnie ([16:17])
• On Growth and Healing:
  • “You either perpetually be a victim, or you change what’s going on, you know? And I had to change what was going on, because that situation was a f***ing nightmare.” — Bunnie ([25:53])
• On Love and Family Pain:
  • “[Leaving home] was like leaving your child in another state. But that’s what you wanted.” — Bill ([41:04])
• On Parental Pride:
  • “I think you guys are a great couple... Jason D. Ford... He’s got the biggest heart.” — Bill ([35:36-36:13])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:40 – Bill’s introduction; father-daughter banter
• 04:51 – Family structure and Bunnie’s lineage
• 07:53 – Tales of childhood trouble
• 13:18 – Bill’s proudest moment (having children)
• 15:29 – Managing music career and fatherhood
• 17:24 – Rock-up-the-nose story and childhood antics
• 22:18 – Mother’s absence and Bill gaining custody
• 25:13 – Bunnie’s personal growth and healing journey
• 28:28 – Escapades sneaking out as a teen
• 31:14 – Bill’s view on Bunnie’s brand and public life
• 32:10 – Challenges of raising daughters and watching them in relationships
• 38:43 – Favorite rock band and shared musical memories
• 40:00 – Emotional recollection of Bunnie leaving home

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Tone & Language

The conversation rides a wave of candid humor, irreverent honesty, and heartfelt reflection, sprinkled with Bunnie’s signature sass and quick banter, balanced by Bill’s laid-back, direct approach. The language stays true to Bunnie’s raw and relatable style, filled with laughter, vulnerability, and a few choice curses for emphasis.

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Listener Takeaways

• The episode is a celebration of messy, beautiful, unconventional families.
• Healing and growth are recurring themes, as both Bunnie and Bill reflect on mistakes and the importance of learning from experience.
• There’s a rare, powerful depiction of a father raising a daughter single-handedly, emphasizing the impact of parental love and resilience.
• Moments of levity and nostalgia are intertwined with hard truths and healing, making this episode a touching tribute to family bonds.

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Transcript

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[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

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[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

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[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

What's up, you sexy?

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah, baby. We got Bill in the house. What is up, daddy? How are you?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Oh, I'm doing great.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Are you just thrilled to be here?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

I'm just so thrilled.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

You know I've been asking you for two years to do my podcast, right?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Right.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

And you've told me no all the way up until now. I think you just finally were like, you know what? I'm gonna do it so she stops fucking asking me. So you're in Nashville? Yeah. You came out for Daddy Roll's Cavern shows, right? For Halloween. You're gonna spend Halloween with the fam.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

It's a great thing.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I'm excited. Well, I'm glad to have you here finally.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, I love being here.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

You ready to dive into some of these questions that everybody was asking?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, they're not too tough.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah, they're not tough at all. Let's see.

[Podcast Host (Ad Voice)]

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[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

And these are painless. Dad, I only do about half hour podcasts, so you don't gotta. You don't got to worry about it. A lot of people said I look like you, which I thought was a compliment because you have aged like fine wine.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, at 45,

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

that's. How do you. How do you keep this physique at 45, Doug?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, I already told you that you hadn't agreed to try it out.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

My dad takes these drops called MMS drops, and he swears by them. And I've taken them and they make me feel like I drank bleach. But, you know, whatever works for him. I'm all for it. Let's see, somebody wanted to know, did you live through Woodstock?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Actually, I did

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

at 45.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

In other words, they saw me yesterday and they looked and they said he must have been through Woodstock.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Now you guys know where I get my smart ass mouth from?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Over here. Yes, I did. But did I go there? No, it was in upstate New York and I lived on the island.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah, let's talk about that. So, dad, you're from New York. A lot of people don't know that.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

I was born in Queens.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Kew Gardens. Yeah, Kew Gardens, Queens. And then from there you went to where?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, I went to school in New Jersey. Yeah, at Pennington Prep School.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yep.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

So I was in New Jersey for a while. And then of course, after I graduated, I went to Texas and pretty much never left until we went to Las Vegas.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Las Vegas. Everybody wants to know how you met my mom.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Oh, you're biological.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah, unfortunately. That mess of a woman.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, that's been a while back.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

It's like I don't remember.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, she was. Let me think here. I don't know exactly how it met. I don't know. It's been a while. Yeah, but she was a dancer.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah, my mom was a stripper. Just like. Like daughter, like mother, like daughter.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

And maybe we met there.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

You met in the old titty bar, the old clam shaker. So after you moved to Texas and you met my mom, then you had me, which was the highlight of your life. Actually, I have an older brother. A lot of people don't know that. I have an older half brother named Billy. So you had Billy and then you had the golden child, which was me.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Right, right.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

And then after me, you had Ashley, my little sister, my half sister. And then I also have an older sister from my mom. So there's four of us. We're all half right or fucking blended family. Let me tell you what we try to do.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah, just blend everything just blended out.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Just fucking perfectly blended. How much trouble did Bunny get into as a child?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Which time?

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I think I got suspended in kindergarten. Right. For ripping a boy's shirt off. He was talking about you.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

What did he say?

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

He said your dad's an or something like that. So I ripped his shirt off, I threw him up against it. I forget his name. I think his name was Kyle.

[Podcast Host (Ad Voice)]

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[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I can't remember.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah, you've always had your way with being. You know, nobody's gonna tell you how to do it. And if somebody got smart at the wrong time, you let Them know.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Would you say that I've inherited my attitude from Volvo?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, you loved your Volvo. I would put her on a plane and she would pick you up, you know, I mean, you go from Texas to Albuquerque, Texas to. Well, from East Texas all the way to West Texas to El Paso and spent a week with my mom. And she really enjoyed that. She was a tough woman.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

My Volvo was this 4 foot 11 Brazilian woman who was 5 foot 2.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Okay, grandma. Her mom was 411 or 11.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I don't know where I get my height from because everybody in my family is short. Fucking. Yeah. So my Volvo was my dad's mom and she was this mean, mean, mean Brazilian woman. But she was so nice to me, like she loved me. She was never mean to me.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, that's what I'm saying. She. Yeah, she's you.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

You say mean, but all right, spicy.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

She. Yeah, she was just direct.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I mean, hello, I get it, honestly, right?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

You were just like her.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah, no, for sure. But she was. She was so sweet to me and was always so good to me. I have nothing but fond memories of her. I think she's one of my guardian angels. For sure.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

So to answer the question, I was always in trouble. It started at knee high to a tadpole and then just from there went on.

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[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Green. I didn't know that that couch color green or like olive green?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Any green. I like green.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Oh that's cool. I never knew that. Yeah, I never knew that about my pops. You learn something new every day. What is your biggest regret and your proudest moment in life?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Biggest regret?

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

He's like your mother.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Oh, I don't know.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I'm kidding. Everybody knows I'm a smart ass whenever I say stuff.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

No, I really have no, no regrets. I would probably, probably do everything over again.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

That's exactly what I say. Same way I tell everybody that. I'm like, you don't live in regrets. You just either like it or you don't. You learn from what you, you know,

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

you try to learn.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah. And if you don't, you do it

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

twice and you keep doing it.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

What's your proudest moment in your life?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Proudest moment. I think having children is your proudest moment.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I'm never out kids ever. I think having Chachi was my proudest moment. When did you first realize that Bunny was going to be a bright star?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, I always knew you were a star.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I mean, he thought I was going to Be a star in juvenile hall.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah, well, after that, when they let you out. But no, you never were.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I mean, I went a couple times. I went one time and you and my. My stepmom wouldn't pick me up. Remember that? You guys made me stay the night in juvenile hall.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Oh, well, that was just a suggestion by the police. Maybe she should stay there for a night. I see how it is. Maybe she won't want to go back.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I never went back.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

No.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I was like this. I am too wild to be behind a cage. There's. I remember I stared out the window all night. It's like in one of those movies, you know, that you see where the. The girls crying out the window of the jail cell. Like, I really. It resonated with me. Tough. So we moved to Vegas in 85, right?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

86.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yep, 86. Growing up, you know, I always tell everybody the story of my life. Like, literally, we grew up with you playing with your band in the house. I would fall asleep with you guys practicing across the hallway. Like, we lived, like, a rock star lifestyle. And then we. I turned 12, and all of a sudden we were super Christian, which is fine. I love Jesus. But that's true, right? That. That. That is what happened.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, we. Yeah, we went to church quite a bit. Every time the door was open, we were there.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah. No, but I tell everybody I went to church Sunday morning, Sunday night, Wednesday night, church camps. I mean, you name it, I was there.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

That's right.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yes. So a lot of people want to know what it was like having a daughter on your own, being a single father and being a musician. How did you juggle that?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, I was a musician way, way before you came. And once you were born, that was. You know, I had settled down, actually married the woman.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Which one?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Ms. Vanessa. Be nice.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I am being nice. I love her. I talk to her every three months.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah, we had actually. Well, I had quit doing that and got a real job, but I was a musician for quite a while before you were ever thought of. But from that time on, it was get a job, get a check.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah, but you still played. Whenever I was growing up with Michelle, you always had, like, band practice and stuff over at the house. We always had a studio in our house, too.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I literally grew up with a studio in my house. Like, and Jay always wonders. He's like, why don't you ever come to the studio with me? I'm like, because I grew up with one of these in my house. Like, I know how it works. It doesn't fascinate me.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah, we did that a lot, but it was. I. During that time, I didn't play in a band, you know, actually, for. For money and stuff. Yeah, just in the. In the house kind of thing. At church? Yeah, the church, man.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah, for a while.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

But, I mean, so I played a lot until I had my first job. And. And. And then you were the second child.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

The golden child.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

The golden child, yes. One of the golden children.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

My dad's so politically correct. He knows that his other kids might listen to this. Was your daughter a handful to raise?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

I wouldn't say that. I mean, everybody is. Is different.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Dad, I was hell on wheels.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, that's what I'm trying to say. You were different.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

One of the fondest memories. Well, I don't know if it's fond, but one of. One of my first. Well, I have a ton of first memories, but I shoved a rock up my nose, and I made our landlord get it out. Like, I just.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

She wanted to see what would happen if I shove this rock up my nose. She found out it didn't come out.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah. So I had to go to my. I didn't want to go tell my parents because I didn't want to get in trouble. So I went to the landlord's house and was like, yo, I got a rock up my nose. Can you help me? And she helped me get it out. Yeah. That was one of my memories. Whenever we. I mean, I was always doing something. Like, Michelle, my stepmom, would tell me, you can't go to the pool without me. And I'd be like, okay, yeah, whatever. And she went and took a nap one day, and I climbed the entire fence. Fence to get into that pool. And when she found me, I was in the pool swimming by myself without floaties. Like, this is how headstrong I was as a kid. Like, you think I'm headstrong now? Memes. I was like this as a child. I've learned how to wrangle it now and make it constructive. Where as a child, it was super destructive. Like, I was like, what do you have those pictures My dad brought pictures. I'm scared to see these.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, I wanted to show one of them that we had taught you. Let's see here.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Oh, man.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

This is gonna really age me when you guys see the tent on these.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

These are like, those pictures that you have the. You know, with the old.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah, yeah, that's me.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

This is you.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Look at that widow's peak. Where'd that come from?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

How do I Do this.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

It just any camera.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

We were. We taught you to drink at an early age.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I mean, now you guys wonder why I'm so. I've been drinking since the womb. I remember I used to sneak Michelle's wine that she would leave out.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah, you did.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah, you did. Yeah.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

But at an early age, she was doing. Doing her thing.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

This is fucking awesome.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

She used to travel a lot.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I still do now. Do you see? Yeah. When I get ready to leave town. Look at that. I gotta go. Literally, gotta go. I told Jay today. I was like, you know, it's starting to get winter out, so this is the time that your wife leaves town all the time.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

And he's like, oh, and of course, you loved animals.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Horsey. Oh, I love horsey. See, I know how to ride. I've been riding since I was a kid. People are like, you're not a country girl. I'm like, I am. No, I'm just kidding. I'm a city girl.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Country. Let's see here.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

What else we got up in that?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Else?

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

How old's that Ziploc bag?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

I don't know where we got this.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Oh, man.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Dad, this is the one that actually, I was saving it in.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

You know, you brought. You brought a lot of pictures. Don't make me get sentimental on my podcast. I have a reputation.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

If you loved her first dog.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Oh, dog. I've always. Look at. I'm literally true to who I was ever since I was a kid. Dude.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Oh, and you. You sent this picture to your. Your grandma V. Oh, and it says two years old. Andrea.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

That's me.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

That's her name. Well, y.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Everybody go Google that. You're not. You won't find anything.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Here's her favorite cat.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Oh, I hate cats. That has changed. I'm like, you. You're allergic to cats. I can't handle it.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, you like this one? Yeah, I don't remember that.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I thought it was a dog,

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

But I thought I'd bring you these.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Oh, that's sweet, Dad. I love you for that. That's really sweet.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

When you were getting a little bit bigger.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Oh, my God, look at that bowl. Haircut. Who did that?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Put the bowl over the head?

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Nobody believes me that I Brazilian either. I tell everybody I'm Brazilian and white trash. I. Let me tell you the funniest story. I thought I was Brazilian and Italian my whole life. My dad comes to visit me.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

I'm not Italian. I thought that too.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah. My dad comes to visit me, like, four years ago, and somebody was telling me, like, what Are you? Exactly. And I was like Brazilian and Italian. And he got. My dad goes, well, I go. I looked at him, I go, my whole life is a lie. And he was like, well, you know, are Brazilian. You are not Italian. I was like, oh, my God. So now I just tell everybody I'm Brazilian and white. Let's see, what else? What's your favorite memory of Baby Bunny?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Baby Bunny used to dance for me. No, I raised. I raised you. Well, your mom kind of hung out till about one year old, didn't she?

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Leave me on somebody's doorstep and like while you were in the hospital when she ran off with your organ player.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yes. Well, yeah.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

There's no nice way to put it.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah, she's. She's a strange one. Yeah, she is.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

And she literally ran off with my dad's organ player.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

That went over well in the courtroom because I got full custody of you.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yep.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

So it was funny because were in the courtroom and they always give the wife the child.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Always.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

And they were just about to do it and I jumped up and I said, no, there's no way that you can do this. And I told them that story and then it was all over after that.

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[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I could have had. I would have ended up like fucking Christina if I would have lived with my mom. I'm so happy that you did that for me. And I can't thank you enough.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Right. And that. Yeah.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Cuz you didn't have to. Dads don't raise daughters like that on their own. They really don't. And that's like the coolest story that I could ever tell people is that I was raised by a single dad.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah. And that it was. Yeah. Very true story. But that's how it happened. Yeah, I just thought about that.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

But I love you and thank you for that. I really appreciate it.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

But you used to dance for me.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

And. Oh, hey, dad, watch this.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah. You know, I think I was always. I always tried to make you happy, like as a kid, because I always wanted to be like your comedic relief. That was like the relationship you and I always had was. I just would say the fucking weirdest shit to make you laugh. Salad and crouton, stuff like that. Like all the time.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

She was going to name her children salad and crouton. Who would come up with that?

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Salad is French for salad, so. I'm just kidding. I just made that up. Was Bunny your favorite child? Yes. I answered for him. No, I'm just kidding. I'm kidding. We don't do the whole we don't do the favorite. Yeah, we don't do the favorites because I am the favorite.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

You just. You don't really have favorite children.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

What are you most proud of Bunny for?

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[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Hey, everyone, check out this guy and his bird. What is this, your first date?

[Announcer/Comedian]

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[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah, the bird looks out of your league anyways.

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[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Liberty. Liberty. Liberty.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, I'm very proud that in the last six or seven years, you've gone in the totally best direction in your life, because you've gone astray in different times.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

And then probably came back a little bit. Who knows? But I think the last six or seven years. Right. About that, you've been growing well in your own.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

After that abusive relationship that I went

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

through, I didn't want to bring that up.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Oh, no, I talk about it. I'm very. I don't say names. Let's not say names, because he doesn't ever deserve clout. But after that abusive relationship, I kind of had to look within myself and was like, all right, there's something really wrong with me if I'm attracting humans like this. So I've literally sat out, set out on a spiritual journey for the past six, seven years of doing nothing but healing childhood trauma. And that I, you know, have been through. And that's you. You either go one, you either perpetually be a victim, or you change what's going on, you know? And I had to change what was going on, because that situation was a fucking nightmare. And I never wanted to go through that or put my family or anybody that loves me through that ever again, you know? So, you know, and then Jay coming into my life, we both forced each other to kind of level up, so we just grew together. It's been a nice little grow sesh.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Really good thing.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

It's been a nice little grow.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

And it's not like you all started at the top, you know?

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

You started way down here, Both of you. I mean, both doing, you know, what you do. And. And look at it now. It's just blossoming.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yep. No, it's crazy. It's, like, taken off. It's just insane. How do you think Bunny would have turned out had you and her mom stayed together. I would have been. Let me tell you. I would have probably been 10 times crazier than I already was. My older sister's a nut job, and she grew up with her, so. Well, partially grew up with her. So I don't think that.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, you're. Yeah. Your biological mom was. It was only one year there.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

And the one year before.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yep.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

That was about it.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I didn't officially meet my real mom, my biological mom, until I was 35.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Right, right.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

That's when I met her face to face for the first time. I've still only seen her twice in my life.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

And I told you you needed to meet her, and, you know, you just never wanted to, but. And you. I don't know, I think you talked to her on the phone a few times.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah, I mean, I. Listen, I love Vanessa because when I was going through a really dark depression, she didn't judge me. Anytime I had. When I had my Xanax problem, she never judged me. She was always there for me. You know, I love her for that, but I also love her from afar because you can't get too close to somebody who isn't in reality. So what's the craziest thing you caught Bunny doing in her younger days?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Going out the window in the middle of the night. And.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Let me. Hold on, let me paint a picture for you guys really quick. I was always sneaking out. I was always in trouble. So. So they put bells on the front door. Like sleigh bells on the front door. So anytime you come in and out, it'd be like, cling, cling, cling. Like, I mean, it sounded like a wind chime every time you walked through the door.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

That was actually symphony sleigh bells, the kind they actually used in a symphony where you hear the Christmas and it has, like, big, gigantic bells. You know, It's a real thing.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

No. And they were laughing out of. And then they took my door off the hinges and then they nailed. Screwed my window shut. But they didn't realize that when you screw a window shut, you can unscrew the window shut. And I had to go. I was ready. I had. Listen, man, I had to do. I was popular in high school, you know?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah, you must have been.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I had people to places to go, people to see. So one night I snuck out and I went out, partied, had fun, whatever. Come back home, climb into bed. Old Bill is in bed waiting on me. I got my ass kicked. It was fucked up.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

But you left out a part.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

No.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Oh, God. Okay, so so this went on. I don't know, it seemed to me like it was every night. Once you figured out how to do this. I wouldn't even go to bed till like midnight. And about 3 o' clock in the morning, the phone's right next to me. That's when they had landlines. And three o' clock phone would ring. Hello, this is the Las Vegas Police Department. Your daughter is here. Will you please come pick her up?

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Oh, man.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Okay, I'll be right over. Well, because you have to. I can't like, leave you there.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

You know, anything or then I get in trouble too, so. But she would actually sneak out the window and God knows what she did after that. I'm sure she's partying with her friends. Well, Las Vegas, come on. Yeah.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

That's all we did when we were kids was just party. We had a blast. My childhood was actually really cool. I mean, besides all the I put myself through. It was a cool childhood. Yeah.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

You know, it's a good place.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

How do, Bill, how do you feel about how Bunny has made a brand out of her simply being her?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, I don't really watch it.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Thanks, dad. Most dads are like, I'm her number one fan. Well, he's like, no, I know you.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

I, you know, I. Like I said, I'm never surprised. I mean, you, you don't surprise me with things that you do. So sometimes I just don't want to be surprised, you know, And I'm glad you're doing well.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

That's real.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

And I'm gonna get more involved, I'm sure.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Oh, I don't care, dad. You know, it doesn't bother me. I actually would prefer if you don't watch because there's a lot of weird shit that happens. Let's see. Let's see. What was the hardest thing you had to do or that you realized as a par.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Raised girls.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Oh.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Because they don't have a very good choice of men sometimes. And you've already spoken about that. And when that happens, it's. It's a rough thing for the dad and for the. For you and for anybody else who's involved. Yeah, you mean hard to watch. You know, and it's, you know, raise

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

them right so that they don't attract those kind of men.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

You would think, right? I mean, it. That doesn't. It's like these guys nowadays. I'm sure there's some, you know, there's. There's some good ones out there, you know, but you gotta dig and find them. But there's a lot of them that are.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I had to get mine, and I had to find mine in Nashville.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

There you go.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yep.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

But, I mean, it's almost like they read the book on how to be narcissist. You know, whatever you want to call. But, I mean, to be abusive and stuff to women and try to have them under thumb instead of just, you know, why, you know, I. I don't get it. But it seems like they just. There's a book on it somewhere that they've read. I mean, because they couldn't have all just naturally done this.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Unless they were raised by somebody like. Like that, I guess.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Oh, yeah, for sure. Genetics, too. Mental illness, all that all plays into it. What does a perfect life look like, Bill?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Perfect life. I don't think there's a perfect life here.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

No, but we just have to make the best of it.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yep. For sure.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Do what we think is right. Right and right for others.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah, I agree. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. What's the worst thing Bunny's ever done as a child?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

The worst thing?

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yes.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

I don't know. You weren't. You know, you weren't a bad child at all. You were.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I was very rambunctious and tenacious. Well, you're my kindergarten teacher. Put that on my report card. She's very tenacious. That was my first big word I learned. I was like, what the Fuck is tenacious at 5? Looking it up in the dictionary.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, you've always had a lot of energy, and I'm glad now you're using it for your benefit.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I used to get so hyphy that I would jump up, run, and run straight into walls. Yeah.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah. There was a time. Well, of course, that was my fault. We were over a friend's house, Mark.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

And Was that the people whose makeup I got into?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Probably.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

We went. My dad took me over to his boss's house one time for a nice dinner.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Oh, Gary.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Oh, is that who it was? Gary?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

And I got into his wife's makeup and smeared it all over the bathroom because I.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

You were just little. I mean, it was. We were all raising kids at that time.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

And I used, like, her nice towels to try to wipe up all the makeup and shit. I was always in trouble, dude. I'm telling you, I literally. I don't know what the Was wrong with me, but I. If there was trouble, I found it.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

I think trouble found you.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah. No, I agree. I couldn't agree more. How do you feel about Bunny and Jelly?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Oh, I think you guys are great couple.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah. And how do you feel about Jason D. Ford?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

He's a great person. I mean, that guy's got a heart, you know, that is. He loves all of his, you know, the people that, you know, Baby support his. His songs and his music and. But he loves everybody around.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

I've never seen him say a bad word about anybody ever.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

It's not his style.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

It's not his style. And he's. But he's just got the biggest heart.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

That's what he has his wife for. I'm so protective over him. I'm just like, yeah, you are.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

But I think you all make a great couple.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah. He said you love you some Jason D. Ford is what you're saying.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

That's right.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

What was the hardest thing to watch Bunny go through? Did we answer that already?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Okay, hold on. Let's see. We'll do a couple more, and then we'll wrap this up, because I know you are not thrilled about doing this. What is Bill's inspiration for his hair?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

My hair?

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yes. Somebody noticed it. They said, what's the inspiration for the hair, Bill? Love it.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, I like everybody calling my hair a mullet.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Oh, God. He's got his Morgan Wallen going on.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

I have never. I don't know where everybody came gets that mullet.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Well, it's because it's. You got business in the front, party in the back.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

I don't look like that guy on. What was the name of that Joe.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Exotic.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah, Joe. Whatever his name.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah, we got a few of those in here, too.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Now, that's a mullet. That's a mullet.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

He's coming on the podcast. It's because you got the little fringes in the front, dad. Well, but you got to push those back. Well, no Fringies.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

They pull.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Hey, man, at least you got hair.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

You want to. Just a little bald spot there.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Why don't you do the bowl cut that you did to me on your hairdo? Just stick a bowl on there.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, I do use Robo cut.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Oh, my. What is that?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

It's like with a bowl cut.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

You cut your own hair?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Why?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Because when anybody else does it, it's terrible.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

That's a Virgo. My dad's a Virgo. Oh, he is a perfectionist. Yeah.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Oh, I have one of these things you hook up to the vacuum cleaner.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Is it a Flowbeam?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, it's. Yes, like this. It's called a Robo cut.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

My dad uses a Flowbee.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

I've always used one. Because every time I get a haircut, they cut it way too short or they cut it weird, and it's all different. Yeah, I can't. I can't do that.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

All right, well, you learn something new about your folks every day. I gotta, you know, now I gotta get you on film cutting your hair one of these times.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Oh, no problem.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

That'll be awesome. We'll do it. That'll be. That'll go viral on Tick Tock. That'll be hilarious. How do you feel about your daughter's success? I think we answered that in a

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

different way, of course. I think it's great.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

What is your favorite rock band?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Oh, my. Boston. I just love music the way it is. I mean, I like, you know, slow jazz all the way to, you know, rock and roll, like some country. But I don't have any. Just favorite bands. But Boston was one of the best.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah, I know that. Every time I hear More than a feeling, I always think about you, actually, when I hear, like, Doobie Brothers, too. Chicago.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah. I love. Oh, Chicago.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Love Chicago.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Billy Ocean.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Oh, yeah. We used to do Billy Ocean in the living room in Vegas.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah. Every night I had to sing back up. Beep, beep. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

We'd be playing and singing it.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yep. No, we definitely.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Ocean was good.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Rocked out. You know what? I think that's it, dad. Pretty much everybody just wants to know what a freaking nut bag I was as a child. Oh, wait, sorry. We have more questions. Hold on. I forgot. How did you feel when Bunny left home?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

That was. Well, it was. It wasn't like you left. Well, I guess he kind of left home, but she was living with another family. One of her best friends.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Taja.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah. And her mom. But it's kind of like over in trailer park, the. They have the. I mean, I could never do something like that. If Tasha would have come and stayed with us, I would have talked with Tasha's mom and said something and tried to work something out. Nobody ever said anything. You went over there, and I didn't know where you were, you know? Well, I kind of figured you were there. But the saddest day in my life was when we had sold the house in Las Vegas and we said, you know, once we had the trailers hooked up and the truck and all that stuff with everything in it, meet us here. If you want to come home with us, you can come home. And we waited and waited and waited at that time, and you never showed up. And we had to leave without you. And. And that was like leaving your Child in another state. But that's what you wanted.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

In my dad's defense, I left home because you and Michelle, like, argued all the time about money, which I think is another reason why I've been such a hustler, you know? And do you remember the one time when we were standing in the driveway and I was like, dad, you don't have to buy me school clothes. You know, I'll figure it out. I'll do it myself. And you're like, shut up. I have to take care of you till you're 18. You know, just whatever. We had that conversation, and I just didn't want to be a burden anymore, you know? Like, I just wanted to roll out because I just didn't want to deal with it. So it wasn't you. I was just such a headstrong kid that I wanted to be on my own. I wanted to do it myself. I love you. You look like you got a little tear in your eye.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Dad, you're only 15. You know, that time. Yeah, it was kind of, you know, something that nobody wants to go through.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah, for sure. But, I mean, we've gotten through it, and, you know, we're stronger than ever,

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

and we're back together again.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Yeah. Everything happens for a reason. I just. I've always wanted to do my own thing. Literally, that's exactly how I was as a child. I've just always wanted to do my own thing. So it didn't matter that me and Michelle didn't get along. I would have left anyways at an early age because I just was ready. I. I don't know. I literally left home and just never looked back. And it wasn't because I wanted to hurt anybody. It was just because I had shit to do, you know? And I was just ready to fucking do it. Bill, how do you not have any gray hair?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Well, being 45, Staying that way my whole life, it seems, I just don't have any.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I told my dad. My whole life has told people he's 45. And finally, I was like. The other day, I was like, dad, you can't say that anymore. I was like, you have a. Not. You got to at least move it up to 50. Okay, tell people you're 50. Who's your celebrity crush?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Celebrity crush.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

It was Sophia. What's her face, right? Sophia Loren.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Oh, boy. That's a. Yeah, that's an old crush.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I. I remember you. Yeah, I remember you had a crush on her.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah. Nobody even knows who that is.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I do.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

You do?

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Who's your celebrity crush now.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

I really don't.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

He's like, I don't even care.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah, I don't have any.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Did you. Did Bunny inherit her pimp skills naturally from you?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

I don't exactly know what pimp skills are, so I would probably say no.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

My dad's a smooth daddy. O, though. Oh. I think that's it. I think we'll go ahead and leave it at that and wrap it up and go eat dinner and just enjoy each other while you're here.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Sounds great. Yeah.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I love you, dad. Thank you so much for coming on the podcast. It was painless, right?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Yeah. No pain.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

It wasn't. It wasn't as crazy as you thought it was going to be?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

No.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Well, I love you so much and love you, too. I want you to come back on whenever you feel like it.

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Sure.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

I won't. I'll. I'll let you go another two years without coming on. How about that?

[Bill (Bunny's Dad)]

Okay.

[Bunny (Main Interviewee)]

Thank you guys so much for listening to another episode of Don Blonde. I will see you guys next week. Bye.