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Miranda Lambert
Hello.
Bunny
I'm so happy to have you here.
Miranda Lambert
Thanks for having me in your new, pretty studio.
Bunny
I know. Did it scare you when it came in here?
Unknown
When you came in here?
You do?
Awesome.
Miranda Lambert
It looks like you. Aw.
Bunny
I appreciate that so much. What have you been up to? You're like, in and out of Nashville all the time. You guys just got back from Europe, correct?
Miranda Lambert
Yeah, we went to Italy. It was awesome. It was like, the first time I've ever been to Europe without work. It's like, I've never, like, just gone to Europe for fun. Yeah, I mean, which works out. Usually when we're, like, touring over there, you just stay for fun and make it a trip. But my manager, Marion had a big birthday, so we went to celebrate her in Italy and ate all the pasta and took a brain break. It was nice.
Bunny
That's amazing. I don't know how to take a break without working either. So to be able to disconnect and like, go to another country and just vibe out is like, I think to.
Miranda Lambert
Go into the other country is the ticket because the time zone is so, like all of everybody here is asleep till like your 5 o'clock. And then my 5 o'clock, I'm already drinking wine, so I'm like, well, can't answer you. Sorry.
Bunny
Catch me tomorrow.
Miranda Lambert
Yeah, exactly. So it was great. We just got back, but we have record coming out, so it's like we had a busy year and then just took that two week gap of like, reset before the rest.
Bunny
Yeah, absolutely. Where did you guys go?
Miranda Lambert
We went to Lake Como, which I'd never been to. It's beautiful.
Bunny
And that's in Italy. Correct. Okay.
Miranda Lambert
And then it's like an hour from Florence. And then we went to Florence and then we went to Tuscany. Like in the hills of Tuscany.
Bunny
That's so romantic, so peaceful.
Miranda Lambert
And like, they just do life better.
Bunny
Yeah.
Miranda Lambert
Do they just are. It's just everything slowed down? Like, it's not. We're just chaotic Americans chasing all of our dreams and doing everything fast, you know?
Bunny
Yeah.
Miranda Lambert
Which. I love that part about home. And I miss it. When I'm like, somewhere really quiet like that. I'm like, it's fun for a few days. I'm like, okay, where's all the action? Is it hardness?
Bunny
Is it hard for you to relax? Because I know, like, whenever my husband and I go on vacation too, like, with the first two days, we'll be like, oh, this is great. And then the third day, we're like, all right, we'll get back on the phones or we'll like, start posting. It's just so hard to break from that.
Miranda Lambert
I think it takes like three days to really, like, get in to, like, or more sometimes just to calm down, you know, I mean, so two weeks, we were. We kind of took just two weeks off. And so it was like a little panicky. But then once you settle into it, it's like, you really need to do it. You just don't know you need to until you get the chance, you know?
Bunny
Yeah. I think that's been my biggest lesson this year, is learning how to relax and not pile on so much. Because I'm. I'm. I think you're a lot like me too. We just go, go, go. We're just like trained to go.
Miranda Lambert
Yes.
Bunny
And this year I've been trying to teach myself to just kind of relax a little bit. Do you feel like that's how it's been for you this year or.
Miranda Lambert
Yeah, for sure. I mean I've reached a pretty high level of burnout last summer and I didn't realize what it was until I was like, I think this is what they call burnout like just from just not taking a break or like a long enough one, you know, just a couple of days at a time just wasn't enough for like the amount of busyness. And so I, I just feel like we have to learn the balance. It's really hard when you're so driven to like relax into doing nothing and. But if you don't recharge, it's like then you're only operating at 50 anyway.
Bunny
Absolutely.
Miranda Lambert
You know, like the recharging so important. It's just hard to do.
Bunny
It is. And I mean you've been in the industry what, 24 years. Yeah. That's a long time. So for you to just have reached burnout last year, you're a savage. Like you are an animal.
Miranda Lambert
Well, I think it's like. And it wasn't like the like burnout where I'm like I'm quitting forever. It was just like one of those moments.
Bunny
Right.
Miranda Lambert
I've had those over the years and honestly a lot of it for musicians as know cuz you're on tour is August like when you're doing summer tours like I think y'all did last year we start.
Bunny
Yeah, we started earlier last year. Yeah.
Miranda Lambert
And so by the time August comes, you're like have been hot all year. You're playing outside, you're just like, August is usually like the. Everyone's like, I don't want to tour anymore. It's like yes you do. It's just August, like right. It's just what we do in August. But. And then you take a break and you're like, okay, I'm ready again. But yeah, it's. I don't know, I just think I'm starting to learn a better how to balance like actually living your life. Because as a creative, if you don't let go live your life, there's nothing to write about. There's nothing to like, there's no fuel. You know what I mean? If you just constantly are going to the next goal, it's like not sitting in the success either of what you've already done, you know?
Bunny
Absolutely. And I think it. That also comes with age too because I'm actually four years older than you and when I hit 40, I. My life was like, I've got to change something because I lived in chaos for so long and I feel like from 40 to like 44. You kind of like, learn to start stopping and smelling the roses, and it's like you almost kind of like, can taste life, if that makes sense. Like, before, it's like you're just kind of going through the motions. And then it's like once you reach a certain age, you kind of get to a point where you're just like, wait, I enjoy doing this, or I. You know, like, you love doing your dog thing and, like, you know, stuff like that. Like, you start to, like, the little things you start to enjoy and appreciate a little bit more. Can we go back to your parents? Because I heard a really cute story that your parents took you on a stakeout when you were like, 3 years old.
Miranda Lambert
My parents were private investigators.
Bunny
Yes.
Miranda Lambert
My dad was a police officer and my mom was a PI and my dad. My mom talked my dad into being her partner. So they were Lambert and Lambert. I'm like, real clever guys. Like, do better. I'm a songwriter. That's not acceptable.
Bunny
It's like alpha and omega. Exactly.
Miranda Lambert
They were. So they had a PI for my whole childhood. And they mostly did divorce and child custody, which is where I think I got a lot of my early songs, because I'm like 17. Writing divorce songs.
Unknown
It's like, yeah.
Miranda Lambert
You know what I mean?
Bunny
You had so much, you know, products. Yeah. Material.
Miranda Lambert
So. But yeah, my mom took me on my first job. Her. She had a job that was, like, going to. I think it was Padre island, which is like.
Bunny
Yeah, yeah.
Miranda Lambert
And she needed. She had to be. Make friends with this, like, lady and her three year old. So she was like, well, perfect. I have a three year old. And so she's like, brings me on. That was my first plane ride. And, like, I guess we got the. I guess the person they were working for won the case because I became best friends with this three year old. And my mom, like, knew all the dirt on this lady. So it was. I mean, all my whole life. One time I was. I think I was in high school. I had to be in high school, and I was a cheerleader, and my mom took me on a job where I had to put my cheerleading uniform on and pretend to sell cookies for the cheerleading squad.
Bunny
Yeah.
Miranda Lambert
And she was like, when you get in their house, ask to use their bathroom when they're getting their money out, and then when you get in there, see if there's any liquor because they're not supposed to be drinking. I'm like, I'm 15.
Bunny
Like, you're like, mom, I know.
Miranda Lambert
I'm like, I Should be at cheer practice right now. She's like, no, this is what we're doing. So, like, it just was normal for us.
Bunny
Yeah.
Miranda Lambert
And when I tell people all that, they're like, it's so interesting because it was. But she would pick me and Luke up from school and her, like, tinted window, shady Suburban.
Bunny
And, like, we would not the shady Suburban. Yeah.
Miranda Lambert
And she'd be like, here's your coloring books and a snack. We're gonna be staking out for about five hours.
Bunny
Could you get anything past your parents?
Miranda Lambert
Oh, absolutely not.
Bunny
Yeah. I would think having PIs as par, there's nothing you could do.
Miranda Lambert
No. I tried to sneak out one time to go to, like, a bonfire party because we live in bfe, Texas. Like, that's what you do.
Bunny
I went to a pasture party one time.
Miranda Lambert
Same thing.
Bunny
Okay.
Miranda Lambert
And my mom was there. What? I was like, well, that's that. There goes that.
Bunny
I wanted to circle back to you and Brendan. How did you guys meet? Take me on this journey with your love story. Because I know the world is so curious about you guys, and I've got to see you guys in person, and I think it's adorable. I feel like you guys are like yin and yang and just kind of, like, balance each other.
Miranda Lambert
We really are. We're really. We're really best friends, honestly. And it's, you know, a girl from Lindale, Texas, and a guy from Staten Island, New York. Like, just happenstance that we even crossed paths. We met in the city. Brennan was a cop, and I was doing Good Morning America, and we kind of crossed paths, and we met up at. After our show. I was there with Pistol Annie's my gal band.
Bunny
I love the Pistol Annie.
Miranda Lambert
And we were doing a song called I Got My Name Changed Back from Love it when I had to change my name back from when I got divorced, which takes a very long time. And so we wrote a song about it, and we were doing it on the show and on the. On Good Morning America, and we just crossed paths. And he came to the show, and.
Bunny
When you guys crossed paths, did. Did you check him out?
Miranda Lambert
Like, well, my friend Angelina, my band mate, she was eight months pregnant, and she was wearing giant heels. She was towering over everyone, and she was, like, standing there, like, frustrated because she's like. And heels pregnant on the street in New York. And she was looking around, she was like, oh, there's a cop over there. And he's hot. Hot cop, everyone. Hot cop. Like. Like tapping us on the shoulders. And we're like, yeah, he's cute. But it's eight in the morning. We've been up doing glam since 3:30.
Bunny
I can't be bothered. Okay.
Miranda Lambert
That's my look in the back of my eyelids right now. Because we had a show that night and my security invited him. They kind of knew some of the same people. So my security team invited him to the show and we gave him one ticket. No plus one.
Bunny
I love that. And he still came.
Miranda Lambert
He came by himself and we met up after the show. I didn't even see him before the show. We met up after and just kind of hung out and talked. And I didn't really know there wasn't like an agenda really. It was just like, hey, nice to meet you. I was wearing like a Waylon Jennings T shirt. He's like in his.
Bunny
You look hot gold cross.
Miranda Lambert
Like, I'm like, this is gonna be weird. But he was super cool and we talked and then we just kept in touch and we wrote each other literal letters.
Bunny
Like, like old school.
Miranda Lambert
And that's sweet. It is.
Bunny
It's like, that's actually really romantic.
Miranda Lambert
I was like, do you want to be pen pals? He was like, like rat letters with a pen. And I was like, yeah, he's eight years younger. So that was like, really mind blowing.
Bunny
Yeah, Jay's five years younger than me.
Miranda Lambert
Yeah. It's like. Yeah. Sometimes people actually write things on paper and put them in an envelope and send them.
Bunny
Yeah.
Miranda Lambert
Not all texting. And so we just hit it off. Like, we're just very. We're very different, but we come from the same background. Like, it's from law enforcement and first responder family. All his family's cops and firemen and so is mine. And so that just felt like homey. Like, that felt like we came from the same cut from the same cloth. Even though we're from like New York and Texas.
Bunny
Yankee and Southerner.
Miranda Lambert
Exactly, exactly. But also, I feel like we have the same mentality from both of those places. Like, super sweet, but, like, don't mess with us. And if you don't like us, we really don't care.
Bunny
Yeah.
Miranda Lambert
You know, and so our attitude sort of like, they aligned. And he's someone in my life that is not a yes person. I don't believe in surrounding yourself with yes people at all. And I don't do that. I mean, my friends and family and my management team and everyone in my life is like truth tellers. And they don't. I don't. I don't think it's healthy mentally.
Bunny
It keeps you Honest.
Miranda Lambert
It sure does. I don't like that. That. You know, I just don't think it's healthy for people to surround themselves with people that are disagreeable or not in it for the right reasons or something.
Bunny
You know, I wouldn't want that anyways. I want somebody to be like, no, you're up right now, or, you could do this better, or, you know, 100%.
Miranda Lambert
I think it's important. And Brendan's just very honest. I mean, he's a harsh New Yorker, and I like that because he just tells it like it is. He doesn't sugarcoat. He doesn't. He calls me on my. And I want someone like that in my life, but he's also super supportive.
Bunny
It's also essential to growth. You know, you're never gonna grow if somebody's just letting you do something.
Miranda Lambert
No. And Jay seem that way. Like, you really balance each other. Like, when I've been around y'all together and just even seeing from afar, I just feel like it's really. It's genuine and it's honest.
Bunny
Yeah.
Miranda Lambert
You know?
Bunny
Well, it's like you said, we're best friends. Him and I have been through so much, and it's like, half of it's not pretty. And, you know, I talk about it on my podcast all the time. Like, we've been through some, and there's nothing that that man could do that I would ever just never, you know, want to work through with him.
Miranda Lambert
Yeah.
Bunny
Like, I just love him. That's my person. And I feel like that's how you and Brendan are, too.
Miranda Lambert
It is. I told him, like, I'm. I'm. I'm a ninja for you. Like, I will fight through anything with you, and I feel like that's so important. And I think, you know, going through other relationships, you learn through those things, and you learn what's important, and you learn about communication.
Bunny
Yes.
Miranda Lambert
And what you did do and what you didn't do. And so I think, you know, I came into this marriage with such a. A strong sense of, like, what I want and what I want to be for someone, and a partner that I want to be and the partner that I need him to be.
Bunny
Yeah.
Miranda Lambert
And, you know, voicing that, number one, and communicating all of the things right away, not. Not harboring resentment or not telling them right away is, like, something that's so important to us.
Bunny
It's important in any relationship, because too many relationships harbor resentment, and then that just creates distance. And when you have distance in a relationship, that's when people drift Apart.
Miranda Lambert
Yeah, for sure. And also when you have distance physically, like Brennan's back in New York a lot and I'm on the road and it's like, you, you can't have distance emotionally and physically. That's not gonna work.
Bunny
No. Jay and I have a two week rule where, like, we don't go more than two weeks without seeing each other. We've been, we've had that rule since we first got together and we've stuck by it. There's been a couple times where I've had to like go over two and a half weeks because our schedules have been busy. But as soon as, you know, I can, I get straight to him. And I think it's important it is.
Miranda Lambert
To really reconnect, you know?
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Jelly Roll
Was y'all looking up Richard Gere in the gerbil butt story?
Bunny
Yes. Yes, we were.
Jelly Roll
Is that what was happening on Ask Tell Confess this week? As I just seen the TV pull up, I was like, all right, are we. Are we recording? Are we recording? Yeah, we're up. Good. Yeah. Cause I want. I got. I got two. First of all, in true disconnected from life fashion. I didn't know this was a real thing. This has been a rumor since 98. What Richard Gere put. They would talk about him putting a gerbil up his ass since the 90s.
Bunny
You didn't. You've never heard that rumor?
Jelly Roll
Never in my life, dude. This part. This article was published on March 28, 1998.
Bunny
We were just talking about this on Ask How Confess because they were talking about people that. Things that people find in other people's butts. And like, nurses have had X rays and found. And they.
Jelly Roll
Do they have an X ray of a gerbil in somebody's butt?
Bunny
Yes.
Jelly Roll
No way. Just the skeleton of a gerbil, obviously, right?
Bunny
Yeah. No, not a skeleton. Like they're alive.
Jelly Roll
Yeah, but I'm saying an X ray would show the skeleton, right?
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
Pull it up.
Bunny
No way.
Unknown
Bottom left hand corner. I'm pretty sure.
Jelly Roll
Look, look, look. This one right here. Hold on. With the. The lime green dildo stuck in there. It looks like the pelvis is holding it. You know what I'm saying?
Unknown
You see what I'm saying?
Jelly Roll
It looks like the pelvis is two little hands holding it.
Bunny
What is that, though? Like a. You know, one of those recorders.
Jelly Roll
I know, I know. What that is? No, that's a.
Bunny
That's a d. A dill vibrator. I can't see because of the angle of the tv. Yeah. So anyways, Jelly Roll, welcome.
Jelly Roll
Yeah, look at the. Look, Somebody had a whole. The whole wrench in their. Look at.
Bunny
First of all, how are you so horny that you put a wrench in your. I don't understand that.
Jelly Roll
No, that's not horny.
Unknown
That's not left.
Jelly Roll
That's sick. That's not horny. That's.
Bunny
How can you lube up a wrench and get excited like there's nothing.
Jelly Roll
Oh, God. That thing is all the way from the tailbone. Jesus.
Bunny
What was the.
Jelly Roll
Was in there? Trying to fix something that's.
Bunny
Hold the vagina open because it's pliers. Oh, my God. That would be horrific.
Jelly Roll
Nasty. Nasty.
Bunny
Anyways, Jelly Roll, it's funny.
Jelly Roll
Hello, Gerbling ass.
Bunny
Hey, nice of you to join us. Thank you for being here.
Jelly Roll
Hello, my beautiful people.
Bunny
I'm, like, trying to get his damn attention over here.
Jelly Roll
Well, like, you got gerbils getting pushed in people's ass on the TV screen on the podcast, but it's crazy.
Bunny
You walked mid recording. We were recording something before you came in, but it's so nice to finally get you on the podcast.
Jelly Roll
I'm glad to be on the pod. I'm glad that we started talking about gerbils and butts.
Bunny
I mean, would it be your wife's podcast?
Jelly Roll
What a dumb blonde way to start it.
Bunny
Talking about some weird shit. Happy to see you here. That was Theophon too busy or was Joe. Joe Rogan too busy or.
Jelly Roll
No, no, no. I just. I owed you one.
Bunny
I missed you being on the couch.
Jelly Roll
I missed you.
Bunny
You haven't got to be in the new studio either, so it's really cool to get in.
Jelly Roll
I've been in it, but I haven't got to pot in it.
Bunny
It. Yeah.
Jelly Roll
Yeah. So it was really cool.
Bunny
I love it.
Jelly Roll
Really? Really. Such a cool setup, man.
Unknown
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
And I love the screen. Such a whole new vibe.
Bunny
Yep. Yep. We incorporate that into the pod now and into the Askel confesses and stuff.
Jelly Roll
Hey.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
I like it. We're a growing production company over here at Dumb Blonde headquarters, baby. I seen another podcast set up in the next room.
Bunny
That's for propaganda. Yeah. Yeah. We have. We have multiple sets in here.
Jelly Roll
I like it. I like it a lot.
Bunny
Soon to have a closet built here, too.
Jelly Roll
Good build it.
Bunny
Because I don't have a closet at home that fits everything, and I just build it.
Jelly Roll
I'm glad you're being more honest with people. You would just say, I don't have a closet at home, and people would believe you were robbed of a closet at home.
Bunny
You were trying to offer me your closet the other day.
Jelly Roll
I had. I was offering you space. I was like, hey, you got some over here.
Bunny
But also, people don't realize maybe. And I know this might be a little bit personal for you, and if you want to cut it out, we can. But, you know, you were doing that tour under kind of extreme duress. You had fucking a root canal in the middle of it. You had an infection going on in your jaw.
Jelly Roll
Like, I was on antibiotics for 70 of the 90 days of that tour.
Bunny
My husband literally went to the or to the dentist, to the oral surgeon, had surgery on his mouth, pulled up, walked in and walked on that stage. Like, I couldn't believe my mouth was still numb.
Jelly Roll
I did the first three songs feeling like I had slobber coming off my face.
Bunny
I know, I know. And I'm just like. And you know, as your wife, it's like you just want to cuddle you. Because it's just like.
Jelly Roll
Like, that was Lexington.
Bunny
Yeah. No, it was rough. So I don't think people understand, like, you were really dealing with, like, a severe situation going on in your mouth and still showing up.
Jelly Roll
It's still there. I still got to go get the cyst removed this month. Yeah, I still got to get a dime sized cyst removed out of the middle of my teeth. Yeah, yeah. No, it was. I was telling somebody. It's weird. Spiritually was the best tour of my life. Performance wise. It was the best tour of my Life. Like, the 90 minutes we were on stage, I think we connected in a way I've never connected from the stage. Overall, the every. Physically, even though I lost £100. Worst tour of my career. I mean, I heard it. I mean, I don't know what. I had a stomach. I thought, we're gonna have to cancel the first five shows because I thought I'd have to get a gallbladder removed.
Bunny
Oh, he was in so much pain. And I just remember, like, you had. He spent the opening day of the show in Utah. You were in the hospital.
Jelly Roll
Yeah.
Bunny
Getting tests ran because we thought you were having, like, appendicitis. And, like, we didn't know what it was.
Jelly Roll
I hadn't ate for a week and just could not.
Bunny
Yeah, it was horrible.
Jelly Roll
And then. But I got through. The good news was all that kind of pushed me further into the health journey. Like, these were all little guides. And I was already on the health journey. But these were all little things, like, started now, even now. I thought about this today because I was gonna ask you if you wanna go get some of our favorite sushi. Because I weighed in today, you know, and I'm like, my cheat night is sushi.
Bunny
Oh, how do you think I feel when I get my blood work back? And I'm like, I haven't had sugar in two years, and my blood work's still wonky. My cheat days are literally eating a piece of, like, breaded chicken. You know, like, it's like we. We really have been making healthy decisions. And especially you this year, like, I'm so proud of you. To lose £100 naturally. I would like to let everybody know that it's naturally. No Ozempic, no shots, no nothing. You have regulated your hormones. You have done the work. You. Before each show, you were boxing mitts, you had played basketball. Yep, I feel like a bum.
Jelly Roll
I've been home three weeks and I've worked out four times. I worked out five times a week.
Bunny
On tour and still has lost weight, though. Still losing weight. But he's doing it naturally and, like, he's putting in the work. And that's why I don't want anybody to ever take that from you. Like, you know how I am. I'm very defensive of my husband. But.
Jelly Roll
And listen, we're not against Ozempic or any of that stuff.
Bunny
I wish I had a doctor I've.
Jelly Roll
Talked to for it. They said it helps. I just. I was afraid of it. You know what I mean? I just. I was afraid of it. So here's the truth about it. Its biggest side effects is acid reflux. And I have a. I had a horrible stomach issue this year. And, dude, I'm just. As a singer, few things scare me more than acid reflux. Like, you'll watch me get up out of a bed, I'll burp and wake up panicked and go take something for it, you know, because that stuff will just trip the vocal cords. Puking and that are the two things that are, like, the worst for your vocal cords besides screaming or something on a cold voice, you know? So it's like I was petrified because everybody I talked to, it gave some sort of a stomach thing to. And I just could not afford any acid reflux. So I want to be very clear that not I've done it naturally, but it wasn't out of stubbornness or trying to prove a point. If it helps, you, go get it. But for Me, I was just petrified of the side effects of it.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
You know, I'm in such a good. Such a weird place now. I'm getting an antibiotic today. My wife gave me pneumonia and.
Bunny
Son of a.
Jelly Roll
That's how it happened. That's how it happened. And I'm getting an antibiotic.
Bunny
You like how he snuck it in there really fast? He was like, that's for mentioning the kiss.
Jelly Roll
You remember when you got me pneumonia.
Bunny
Let me just tell you what my husband hit me with today, okay? I'm laying in bed, just my husband. It's the cutest thing. Now that he's home, he waits for me to wake up, and then the minute I open my eyes, he comes in the room like a little boy on Christmas and just unloads his morning on me. And I never want to change it. Like, I love it. It's the sweetest thing ever. And in his unloading this morning, he was like, what if I'm being called to ministry? And I was like, okay, hold on. I was like, hold on a second here. I'm like, I married a fucking rapper, okay? I've dealt with you moving to country. I was like, please, Lord. And from country to whatever else, acting, whatever you want to do. But I asked you this years ago. I said, please, if you are going to become one of these huge pastors that preaches at megachurches, please let me get my affairs in order. Okay? Because that is going to be a huge, huge jump for me.
Jelly Roll
No, no.
Bunny
I'll be like, I will be the real life Mary Magdalene at that point. You know, like, it's just crazy.
Jelly Roll
No, no, no. I think we'll end up serving God in a bigger purpose one day, but it's not now.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
Right now we're a gateway to God, like a gateway drug to Christianity.
Unknown
I like that. I like that.
Jelly Roll
Yeah. You come to a jelly roll show, next thing you know, you're at, like, you know, Nate Bargotti show.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
And next thing you know, you're at a cast and crowns concert. You know what I'm saying? You never know. Dud. Like a gateway, you know what I mean?
Bunny
It's definitely a gateway for spirituality, which. That's one thing. The reason why you resonate with people so much is you're not religious, you're spiritual, and that's huge. And people, you know, people who are, you know, hardcore Christians, no shame or disrespect towards you, but sometimes their approach is a little harsh, for sure. And with you, it's more of, like, how Dr. Dre coached you in the studio, that's how you are with people. Getting them to see their faith and see that there's something more to believe in.
Jelly Roll
Yeah. It's just. To me, it even starts back to, like, the basic principles of, like, the 12 steps. Like, they immediately are like, we don't care what the higher power is, but you got to get out of the ego and narcissist of yourself.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
Like, you can't count on yourself to get you out of this hole. Like, you gonna. You're gonna have to lean on something outside of your own understanding. This is a far back in time as it goes. You know, the Buddhist believing, the. Having the. The right mind. You know what I mean? Being able to see more clearly and being more in tune with their inner spirit, and. You know what I mean? Like, because at the end of the day, man, I'm all right. I'm a dumb songwriter. Right. You know, all that other. You know, I talk a good game, but at the end of the day, I'm an idiot that, you know, writes melodies.
Tanya Trotter
Right.
Jelly Roll
You know what I mean?
Bunny
Very smart man.
Jelly Roll
That's what. That's what I do. I'm a dumb songwriter. Don't listen to me.
Bunny
Let me talk about your birthday.
Jelly Roll
Best birthday ever.
Bunny
Big four zero, baby water. Get out of. Get out of my studio. Tell me about it. Like, so they.
Jelly Roll
Did y'all surprise me with the roast of jelly roll.
Bunny
Hold on. Let's tell the truth here. Yeah, Kels.
Jelly Roll
Kel surprised me. Well, you set the surprise up, and Kel's ruined it.
Bunny
Kels ruined it. I called him. I was like, you are so fire, dude. I said, first of all, it is so hard to keep something away from my husband because we're just so close that we just tell each other everything. And we're the worst at surprising each other with anything. And I. We finally made it to, like, up to, like, the day before his birthday. He had no right. Day before, he had no idea. Everything was fine. Like, we were. It was going off without a hitch. And Kels calls him, is like, so they're doing a roast for your birthday? And then my husband calls me. He's like, so I know you guys are doing a roast. And I'm like, how do you. And he tried to do it so calmly and, like, just put it in there. And I'm, like, talking to him, and I'm like, yeah. So, yeah. Wait, how do you know we're doing a roast? Like, what are you. Like, who fucking told you? But, yes, you ended up getting a roast for your birthday.
Jelly Roll
It was so awesome.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
I was one. I was so overwhelmed with who all y'all got to show up for me. Like, when I pulled up there and I knew you were doing a roast, I was like, so the easiest way to say, this is Bert Kreischer, Mark Norman, Jay Okerson, Whitney Cummins, Tony Hinchcliffe, Adam Ray are all at this road.
Bunny
Busting with the boys, for sure.
Jelly Roll
But I'm talking about. I'm starting with just the comedian.
Bunny
Yeah. Yeah.
Jelly Roll
If you would have got any one of those six comedians to come, I would have been blown away. Like, it would have blew my mind that Tony Hinchcliffe flew out for my birthday in the middle of the week. Like, it would have blew my mind that Burke came from Los Angeles, California, to Nashville, Tennessee, on a Wednesday to tell jokes about me for my birthday.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
Then I show up, and all six of them are there. Like, I walk into the room, and I see Bert. I'm like, holy Bert. And then in that moment, it hits me. I was like. And I look over Burt's shoulder, and I think I seen Chris Porter. And I was like, Zach Myers. And I was like. And then I looked to the left, and I seen Whitney Cummins. And that was crazy, because you know how much I love Whitney and how much you love Whitney, and I don't have a relationship with Whitney. You do, which is even cooler.
Bunny
Whitney just, like, Fresh Grace introduced us.
Jelly Roll
Even cooler. Like, the fact Whitney would show up just on some. Like, I know who these people are. I know they're good people. People, you know?
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
And then I see Tony Hinchcliffe, and I was like, there's no way. And, like, just for perspective, Whitney Cummins. Let me finish this and explain it, like, this way. But then I. I hear Bert go, I'll wait till you see what Mark Norman's got. And I was like, mark Norman's here. He's like, oh, yeah. And then Jay Okerson walks in, and I'm like, dude, you know how much I love Legion of Skanks, one of my favorite podcasts. Like, these are like. Like, these are my friends. But also the stuff that I actually consume. Like, this is the stuff I listen to.
Bunny
Like, but you also go out of your way. Like, you go to Skank Fest every year. Like, you are a huge comedian fan, for sure.
Jelly Roll
I'm a huge fan of the. Yeah. I show up. I love the stuff. It's. It's what I love. So I'm looking. I'm like, this Is crazy. And then, of course, I see way Taylor and Will, the busing with the boys are there, and I'm like, yo, this John Crist is here. And I'm just looking. I'm like, big David Lucas walks in. I'm like, what the Is going on right now? Like, these are like. And I was telling you this because I'm sure you knew it when you did it by design. You and John Manili and John Craig, but you couldn't have picked the. Like, you picked the. The roasters. Like, Whitney's a roaster.
Bunny
Oh, no. I know.
Jelly Roll
Tony's a roaster.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
You know what I mean? Like, David Lucas is a roaster.
Bunny
Yeah. That's what they do.
Jelly Roll
These are. These dudes coming. They're.
Bunny
They're.
Jelly Roll
They're gonna spray.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
This is real. You know what I mean? It's like, I was just blown away, man. And then that. That's just what was happening on the stage. Who showed up out there? And I love that nobody knows who showed up because there's no proof of it.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
There was no phones.
Bunny
Yes. That was the highlight of the night.
Jelly Roll
From True was that it didn't turn into a big meet and greet or. You know what I mean? Like, even with. Internally, like, we actually partied and hung out all night.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
The roast was awesome. You know what else was great about it? It wasn't too long. Sometimes those things are too long.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
It wasn't too redundant. It was perfectly timed out. Everybody had a great moment. I cried laughing in a way I haven't laughed ever, probably.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
And then we went out to Kid Rock's bar and sung. And then we went. Broke into my bar and checked it out. You know what I mean?
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
Hoping I'm in trouble for that, but, you know, it's just. That's. That's where we ended up at. It was just. It truly was the coolest thing ever. Man, I couldn't thank y'all enough. I was blown away by just who all showed up, how cool. Everybody was just.
Bunny
Baby, everybody loves you. And John Manili and Jonathan really did a lot, dude.
Jelly Roll
I mean, I'm telling you, dude, Titan Players.
Unknown
I mean, it was Josh Adam Myers opening it.
Jelly Roll
Josh Adam Myers, the goddamn Comedy Jam starting it with the. What did Jelly Roll do when he was young? You saw him talking, and he listed every bad thing I could have done.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
And blamed me for every crisis in American history. It was so awesome. I was like. And, you know, even his band, like, touring with them dudes and getting to.
Bunny
See them and, like, I miss them on tour. I did.
Jelly Roll
Their energy was so pure. I gotta bring Josh back out. I was gonna do Canada, but it just wasn't in the budget. Yeah, dude, it was cool. It was the best night ever, man. I genuinely was just in every way. I could be blown away, man.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
It was so cool. Only regret I have is I didn't get to say hi to everybody.
Bunny
Yeah. But there were so many people. You deserve to have a night where you don't have to say hi to anybody and just be there for you.
Jelly Roll
And I'm. That's glad that everybody was cool with that, because I was a little worried about that. And I'd call John finally, because, you know, me and you had talked. I'd call Bunny specifically and said, hey, baby, I love you, but I don't want to do a birthday party for my 40th. I don't like birthday parties at all. I don't dig them. I don't. I just don't like them. I don't. Because it becomes. It's a me thing. And it's like, I live in a me world. Like, I already have to fight that of, like, everything being about us. Like, when we went to our niece's wedding, I went there with one goal, to only take a picture with my niece.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
Not because I didn't want to take a picture with everybody, but I didn't want anything about her big day to be about anything but her.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
You know what I mean? It's like, I just always want to be conscious of that. So I didn't want to have a big me fest for my birthday, but it was the best me fest ever. It was the best me fest ever. It was so cool.
Bunny
And it was also funny how you needed it.
Jelly Roll
It was also funny because me and Tony are. Me and Burt are really friend. Me and Bert are really, really friends.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
Me and Tony are really, really friends. Me and Adam are like. Me and Tony have got so close. I mean, that is my boy. Boy.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
You know, and we've had some of the coolest moments with each other where we would just be dicking around and say, we're gonna do this. We're gonna do this. Like, manifesting wild, dreamy scenarios to each other down at a bar in a comedy club.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
And they've come true.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jelly Roll
When Tony's like, I'm gonna do a arena. And I'm like, dude, when you do an arena, I'll come sing the national anthem. He's like, all right. He does his first arena, I show up and sing the national anthem. Like, you know, it's been so cool to see these kind of moments. And one night we were drinking and Tony said, your next big birthday, I'm gonna roast you. And he did it. You know what I mean? And this was pre arena kill Tony, you know what I'm saying? And like, he didn't back to. I'm sorry I keep talking about it, but you're fine. You had multiple arena acts in there on a Wednesday night that flew commercial to tell jokes for me. Multiple theater acts, like Real deal, full blown 2, 3, 5,000 person theaters everywhere in America, multiple nights in a row. Whitney's huge, Adam raised. Adam Ray's Dr. Phil is huge. Like, just looking at who all was there, just from that perspective, I was like, if we just. If you had to pay these people their rate, this is a five million dollar stage.
Bunny
Yeah. No. And they all showed up because they love you, baby. And you give. You give to them too. And they, It's. It goes back to what we said about, like, the. The UFC thing. The comedians are the same way. They are literally, like, they're. They're brash, they're tacky, they're rude on stage, but in real life, they're loyal, they're loving, and they love you. And that's why they showed up, baby.
Jelly Roll
They. I'm so blessed that in the middle of the country music explosion and the comedy explosion, I got to thread both needles in that.
Bunny
Bringing worlds together.
Jelly Roll
Yeah, man. And it's. I truly have more comedian friends than I do musicians.
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Tanya Trotter
Oh you have no idea.
Unknown
Happy to.
Tanya Trotter
I've been waiting to get on this.
Bunny
You.
Tanya Trotter
You interviewed my favorite person of all time and she didn't even know. And people who know me would probably not believe who I'm going to say.
Unknown
Who, who, who?
Bunny
Renee Graziano. Oh, she is the best human in the world. I was like, she would love you guys. I gotta introduce you guys. She has a podcast. I'm gonna hook you guys up with her.
Tanya Trotter
I'm in love with her. I'm like, I don't care.
Unknown
Wait a minute now you Say I'm in love three times.
Bunny
I know. I was just about to say, you're.
Unknown
About to see how we got our name.
Bunny
I heard you have a thing for older women. Because Tanya's older than you. Correct.
Tanya Trotter
Yeah.
Bunny
And your hall pass, I heard, was Martha Stewart.
Tanya Trotter
Oh, I have many hall passes.
Unknown
Yes, he does.
Tanya Trotter
I mean, you don't want to go there.
Bunny
Let's open it up. Let's open it up.
Unknown
I have a short list. He has a long list.
Tanya Trotter
That's right.
Unknown
Yeah.
Bunny
All right, Tanya, who are your hall passes? And then we'll get into his.
Unknown
Well, I have one guy. He's the guy who was the lead in Tutors.
Bunny
I don't know.
Unknown
John Rhimes.
Bunny
Tom. Tom Rhymes.
Unknown
John Rhymes.
Tanya Trotter
Give it a goo.
Bunny
I need a goo.
Unknown
I think his name is Reese. Is it John Reese? Whatever it is.
Tanya Trotter
You ever seen August Rush? That movie, August Rush?
Bunny
No.
Tanya Trotter
Yeah. Okay.
Unknown
I'm trying to think.
Tanya Trotter
What else?
Unknown
Johnny Depp.
Bunny
Oh, of course.
Unknown
Jade, my guy.
Bunny
Jade's up. I mean, 21 Jump Street. Donny Depp. You can't even touch it.
Unknown
I know, right?
Tanya Trotter
Johnny Depp's my opinion.
Unknown
No, no, no.
Bunny
I actually love Pirates of the Caribbean. Johnny Depp, too, because he has makeup on.
Unknown
I love. He's dark, you know, it has to have that dark energy. And then I like Idris. Idris is my guy.
Bunny
I don't know who Idris is.
Tanya Trotter
Elba.
Unknown
Idris. Elba.
Bunny
I need to see both. I need to see both of her.
Unknown
British man.
Bunny
I love it. And does he have that dark mystique, too?
Unknown
He does.
Bunny
Do you think because you're such a light and like an. You almost gave me, like, an empathic.
Unknown
I am. Yep. I'm an empath.
Bunny
Yeah. Because I'm drawn to dark men, too. My husband, believe it or not, when we first got together, was very. He's always been very light, but he. He had so many demons that he was battling, and I was like. Like, let me fix you.
Unknown
That's. Michael is a dark. He's. He's a Pisces, so.
Bunny
Oh, he's very.
Unknown
Everything's very emotional. He likes to keep everything dark. He doesn't like the lights on. I'm like, what is this? We need to have light. I like everything.
Tanya Trotter
I'm wearing light colors.
Jelly Roll
Yeah, he is.
Unknown
You.
Bunny
I. I actually like this. It compliments everything.
Unknown
They look good.
Tanya Trotter
I'm trying my. I'm trying to do my thing.
Bunny
Yeah. You guys look so good together. I'm actually a Pisces Venus, so I love my. My Love language is of a Pisces, so I get it. We are very deep escapists.
Tanya Trotter
Come on. There's nothing wrong with that.
Unknown
Highly emotional.
Tanya Trotter
Yes, but we're very romantic.
Unknown
Yeah, very romantic.
Bunny
We're like hopeless romantics, too.
Unknown
Yes. And I'm a Libra, so, you know, we're the. We're the sign of love, you know, everything.
Bunny
Love, love, love and balance.
Unknown
And the balance.
Bunny
You keep him balanced. Oh.
Tanya Trotter
Oh, you keep me balanced.
Unknown
I do. You know I do.
Tanya Trotter
It's gonna be a long podcast.
Unknown
Say that I don't.
Bunny
Listen, I watched your TED Talk.
Unknown
Okay.
Bunny
She keeps you balanced, sir.
Tanya Trotter
Okay.
Bunny
Don't try to backtrack. That's it.
Tanya Trotter
That's it.
Unknown
She has footage.
Bunny
So take me on the first date. I've never heard you guys talk about your first date.
Unknown
Oh, my God.
Tanya Trotter
Wait a minute.
Bunny
I need to hear about this.
Tanya Trotter
Okay. Yeah, her birthday is September 30th. Yeah, she DC is throwing her like this.
Unknown
I love big parties.
Tanya Trotter
Oh, my God.
Unknown
So when I do have a party, it's like a thousand people I don't know there. Yeah, I tell everybody, bring a hundred people that you know to the party.
Bunny
So it's like my kind of girl.
Unknown
It's like so many people at this party. Party.
Tanya Trotter
But we're talking up until this point. So I'm. I'm like.
Bunny
You guys haven't seen each other?
Tanya Trotter
No, we. We. We. We, like, on the phone. Yeah, Doing the thing long. I'm like, romance on the phone.
Unknown
Yeah, romance.
Tanya Trotter
So I'm like. I think. I think she's starting to dig on me. Like, okay. I think. I think. So I tell her straight up. Hey, before her party, I'm like, don't fall for me. I'm not a catch. Because I know her story. We know each other's story. I'm like, I have nothing going on in my life. I don't have a car. I'm sleeping from couch to couch. And I got two little girls that I haven't told her about just yet. So I'm like, don't fall for me. I'm not. And I feel you're starting to dig on me. And I just tell her my story. I'm like, listen, I'm nothing, and I got nothing. And I was like, I know I'm supposed to be something in life, and I don't know how to get there, but I know how to love. I said, and that's not enough, so don't fall for me.
Unknown
But that was what I was looking for.
Bunny
That is enough.
Unknown
That was more than enough because I had the things, you know, I had the liars and the things and all that stuff that comes with it. And I was like, I never had anyone be honest with me.
Tanya Trotter
Yeah.
Unknown
And so his honesty, I was like, I could. That's what made me fall in love with him. Because he was. I could tell he was honest. By the time I really knew who I was and all that stuff, I was like. I felt him. You know what I mean?
Tanya Trotter
I was connected with, but I hadn't been honest.
Unknown
Yeah.
Tanya Trotter
To anyone.
Bunny
Yeah.
Tanya Trotter
So again, when I. When I said earlier about the being trained to lie, I was trained to lie about what I like how I feel. You know, my first marriage, you know, we were. We were friends first and we should have never crossed that line, but I was trained to lie. So she was the first person I wanted, I was desperate to tell the truth to. I was like, here we go. I'm not the dude. I'm not what. Whatever it is you're building in your head, I'm gonna save you the drama. No, it's not me. And Tonya then says, okay, I heard what you said. Now let me tell you what I see. She's like, I see a king. You just need the right kind of queen in your life.
Bunny
That's right, baby.
Tanya Trotter
And I'm looking at her and she's looking at me and I'm like.
Unknown
He starts crying, I'm about to pee out the eyes. He starts, here goes. Here goes.
Tanya Trotter
I was like, I'm done. And so she then tells me, here's.
Unknown
Where it gets the first date.
Tanya Trotter
She says, I'm having a birthday party, I want you there. The limp. What? She says, the limo picks me up at. So now I'm like, here come that Hollywood shit. I mean like, I'm keeping in the buck with you. I'm like, no, we've never had this pop up limo. And I'm really like low key. Like I don't do shit like time and say. I am like, he does a western, Westerns.
Unknown
He does movies in me. That's it. Well, no food. He can cook his tail off. I'll tell you about that later, buddy.
Tanya Trotter
Oh, oh. I ain't gonna tell you about my plot to get jelly. Me and him do a duo and he be Jelly Roll and I be belly roll. And then that's it, baby. The hottest duo ever, you know? And we just singing.
Bunny
Husband loves you. He will probably do whatever you want. Okay?
Tanya Trotter
And I've already started, cuz every performance we've done so Far outside I sing and play with a hot dog in my hand.
Bunny
Yeah.
Unknown
He's like this.
Tanya Trotter
But I digress. Twilight later. Yeah, but I just was like, okay, you know what she doing that Hollywood. I knew it. And I saw, I was like, nah, I'm not going to come. So she sends her, she has her assistant call me and was like, you need to be at the house. You could ride in limo. I was like, I'm not Hollywood. I don't do the flash. Nah. So then she hits her back and was like, well, tell him he can use my car and he can drive himself there. Now I'm insulted because I'm like, I.
Unknown
Know you don't have that dude when you get there.
Tanya Trotter
I'm like, wait a minute.
Bunny
There's no making you happy, Michael.
Unknown
No.
Tanya Trotter
Because I'm like this, I never like, I'm one of those Latin knows, I'm one of those guys. I'm not a scrub. So I'm like, I'm not about to show up and drive your car. Like hell no.
Bunny
So I was like, but I won't get in the limo. I'm just gonna walk in.
Tanya Trotter
Yeah, well then the next call I get is her. So she's like, hey. I was like, hey. I'm like, try to play it.
Unknown
I'm off.
Enough.
Tanya Trotter
She was like, the limo leaves at 7, you need to be here at 6:30. Okay, bye.
Bunny
Bye. Aw, hang out. I love that. Mama was like, look, chop chop.
Tanya Trotter
And we ain't dating or nothing. So I show up. Cause I'm like, okay, now you didn't like son me. So I'm gonna show up now. And me and my homeboy, Chris, Chris New day. So we pop up, he drives me there, I'm like, I need your wheels. So we show up and we do the DC party and everything. And then she says, I'm having an after party at the place I'm staying at.
Unknown
Karaoke. Cause you gotta have a party after a party.
Bunny
We love karaoke.
Tanya Trotter
So we get back to the house and she's like, you want to go with me? I need to go get ice for the party. So this was perfect for me because I got her a gift. So I know that her favorite artist is Aretha Franklin.
Bunny
Yes.
Tanya Trotter
And so I found like this in cvs. I found like the greatest history there for five bucks. Had all the right songs on it. So I was like, good. And then I also wrote her a song, recorded it at my boy Chris New Day's, and, and I, I, I got it for her and I Was like, I'm going to give you my gift now. So we're in the car and I gave her to Aretha Franklin thing, and she's like, wigging out. And then I. I put in the CD and I play her the song, and she's listening to it. And I'm used to, like, you know, women love male singers. So I'm like, oh, I'm about to wrap it up. She's like, oh, that's so sweet. Come on, let's go get the ice. I was like, what the. Like, did you just. On my gift, like, in my head, I'm like, oh, my God. I'm nothing.
Unknown
I told you I was nothing.
Bunny
Tanya's a gangster. One thing I've learned about Tanya, she's.
Tanya Trotter
A G. Straight up G. As if that wasn't bad. I. I get ready to leave this party and I tell my. My. My guy. I was like, yo, I think I'm gonna let her know how I feel. So we're driving, and he's like, bruh, that's Tonya Blunt, bro. You've got nothing. Everything. He's like, don't do it.
Bunny
I hate her. Yeah.
Tanya Trotter
He's like, bro, don't do it, bro. Like, we. In fact, the reason why we were kicking is because she wanted me to write music for her and her brother and be the producer and they was gonna pay me and all this stuff. So my friend, who was my partner at the time, like, we do music together. He's like, bruh, this is just a payday. Like, chill, man. Like. So I'm like, no, I'm about to tell her, bro. So we're texting me and her, and she says, michael, you left your sweater. What else will you leave? Because I'm always leaving things at her house. So she's like, laughing, and so I was like, I'm gonna do it, bro. He's like, don't do it. I was like, it's about to go down. So I take that. What else am I gonna leave? My heart. Oh, and you know what she said back?
Unknown
I was, no, no, no.
Tanya Trotter
Do you know what she said back? Not a damn peep.
Bunny
I didn't.
Unknown
No. But it was because I was drunk. I've been drinking all night, and my phone died. So when I got up, shit.
Tanya Trotter
When I tell you not the phone.
Bunny
Dying at the wrong time, it was like 12:00am My butthole is puckered for you.
Tanya Trotter
When I tell you all night, I was texting her back, like, I'm so sorry.
Unknown
I was.
Tanya Trotter
I read the room Wrong. I'm like. I was like, I'm sorry, Ms. Blunt. I didn't call her Ms. Blunt.
Unknown
I was like, ma'am, because.
Tanya Trotter
I'm sorry. I was like, I read the room wrong. I was like.
Bunny
And your friends over there like, told you.
Tanya Trotter
He's like, you sucking idiot. He was like, you just lost our job, bro. I'm like. He was like. He was like, yo, you can't sleep on my couch tonight, bro. Bro, you got. I was like, dude, all night. I did not sleep texting her.
Jelly Roll
Yeah, he did.
Tanya Trotter
All night. Do you know when I finally heard from Tanya was 12:00pm the next day.
Unknown
That's when I got up.
Bunny
You poor baby. What? What did you think of the song that he wrote you?
Unknown
I love the song. It was called the Beauty in youn. It was so sweet. It was really.
Bunny
And you just probably weren't used to receiving love that way, so you didn't know how to react.
Unknown
Yeah, I didn't know how to receive it. You know, I just. It was beautiful, and it was thoughtful. And for him to even think about getting, like, the Aretha Franklin CD and writing his own song, I was like, this is.
Tanya Trotter
But October 1, 2010. That next day was the first date.
Unknown
That was our first date. So it was like a 48 hour.
Tanya Trotter
And she calls me from a whole nother phone, so I don't know it's her. And I was like, this phone keeps calling me. And so I answer.
Unknown
I'm, like, blowing him up.
Tanya Trotter
And she's laughing.
Unknown
She was like, oh, hi.
Tanya Trotter
And I'm like, hello?
Bunny
She's like, that was my next question. How did you feel when you read that text message?
Unknown
I was laughing. I was like, oh, my God. It's like 20 messages. That's what I said when I answered the phone. Like, oh, my God. How you, like, call me 20 times? What's wrong?
Bunny
I'm like, way to humble the man. Okay. I knew from that point on, she keeps you humble. Oh, my word.
Tanya Trotter
We go to our first date at this Thai restaurant in Tyson's corner.
Unknown
Yeah, I asked him to go to Thomas to a restaurant.
Bunny
Were you ready? Were you ready for love with him? Or were you more kind of just scared?
Tanya Trotter
Oh, yeah, go ahead and tell the story.
Unknown
I wasn't ready for love.
Tanya Trotter
I wasn't ready for.
Unknown
I was ready to have sex.
Bunny
I mean.
Unknown
I mean, I had done the whole, you know, I'm gonna wait. I'm in church. I'm a church girl. I'm like, I'm ready. Let's go.
Bunny
She's like, dick me down, baby.
Unknown
Get it. Not him. Not this guy right here.
Bunny
Lover boy. He's a lover boy.
Unknown
Oh, he was not a lover boy. Then he was like, I'm waiting. Oh, I wanna. This is.
Tanya Trotter
My mama told me.
Bunny
This is amazing.
Unknown
He's like, I'm waiting. I don't want to have sex because it's gonna mess things up.
Bunny
I'm like, that was like my husband. My husband tried not to have sex with me.
Unknown
No, the first one.
Bunny
It's because you guys. It's because you guys saw something more in us.
Unknown
That's true.
Bunny
Like, I was ready to just hump and send him on his way.
Unknown
Yeah.
Bunny
Yeah. And literally my husband made me sit down. Not sit down, lay down in bed with him the night that we decided to have sex and make a five year plan him. A five year plan. Nothing puts you in the.
Unknown
This guy, this guy. This guy.
Tanya Trotter
Don't tell her.
Bunny
Please, please do. Don't tell me. No, you.
Unknown
You. You have the. You have the pleasure of saying this around.
Tanya Trotter
I am worse. I did not know he did that. Oh, my God.
Bunny
Yeah, he did.
Tanya Trotter
I told her. I said, my mother said, y.
Bunny
He did.
Unknown
His mother.
Tanya Trotter
I said, my mother said the same. Complicates things.
Unknown
And he sits me down before. I'm like, trying to, you know, get.
Tanya Trotter
It out, you know, like someone's trying.
Unknown
To do it with him. And he's like, stop, stop.
Bunny
That's what my husband did.
Unknown
I'm like, dude, no.
Tanya Trotter
I smacked her hand. I was like, no. I said, and no, here's the worst.
Unknown
Let's go back. So let's go back. So after this movie happens, I come back.
Tanya Trotter
Well, you didn't tell her we went to the movies.
Unknown
We went to the movies October 1st.
Tanya Trotter
And then went to the movies October 1st first, 2010.
Unknown
Went and got Tiffany and then went to the movies. And we left the movie early because it was terrible.
Miranda Lambert
Horrible.
Tanya Trotter
We don't even know what movie.
Unknown
I don't even remember.
Bunny
Probably Nacho Libre. I walked out of it.
Unknown
It was horrible. So I get to the house, I go upstairs and put on my nice little lingerie.
Tanya Trotter
No. I tell you, I said, I have a movie that at home where I'm staying. I said, you want to watch a real movie? I want to get this movie. Because at the house she was staying at, there was a movie theater in the basement. So I was like, we're going to go get some popcorn, get some grape juice, and we're gonna watch this movie that I have. I'm not gonna tell you what it is. I said, it's a real movie. Let's go.
Unknown
And I'm like, this is perfect. So I go upstairs, I get smell goods on, and I get ready.
Bunny
I love that you did the lingerie, too. Cause I did, too.
Unknown
Oh, yeah. I was ready. I was so ready. And I come downstairs, I'm like, you know, he likes Doris Day. So I'm. You know, I'm giving. Giving it. And I'm in my lingerie. And he stands up in front of the tv like this. There's a television. And he stands up in front of it. He was like, like, all cool points are going to love. He's like, you're going to love this movie. And I'm giving him the eye, and I'm, like, getting moist, and, you know, I'm ready to tear him up, right? And he. He's. The TV comes on, and he starts, that's my face. And I'm like this. I'm like this. I'm watching this happen. And then this man walks on the scene in the screen, and It's Cecil B. DeMille. And he starts giving a oratory, whatever this is.
Tanya Trotter
Speech about the movie.
Unknown
Speech about the movie. So the whole time I'm looking, I'm like, okay. And Michael's smiling just like this. He's so happy.
Tanya Trotter
And I'm reciting everything because I want to show her I know the whole movie.
Bunny
Yeah.
Unknown
So he starts every. When the guy's talking, he's talking, and it comes up and it says, the Ten Commandments.
Bunny
Oh, my goodness.
Tanya Trotter
Charlton Hester, John, listen, that movie has so many, many Yule Brenner, Charlton Heston and Baxter. Who's another hall pass if she was alive.
Unknown
Oh, but I'm in lingerie.
Bunny
The Ten Commandments. In your mind, you were like, this is gonna really get her going.
Tanya Trotter
Yeah, because she's so. She was the most fashionable person I ever met in colors. And I thought of all the women in that movie with all the colors and fashion.
Unknown
He told me all this. So I went and got dressed. He was like, you're gonna love it. It's your kind of movie. The women are beautiful, the clothes.
Bunny
Everything is great.
Unknown
So I let.
Tanya Trotter
It's my favorite movie.
Unknown
It's his favorite movie all the time. So it comes up, we get in the middle.
Bunny
Millions of people are about to know. So it is so this.
Unknown
So by this. By this time, I'm like, okay, how do I get out of this?
Bunny
Oh, no.
Tanya Trotter
And Moses comes standing up, reciting the entire.
Unknown
And he burst into tears. Oh, I'M like, what is happening? He's crying because Moses is rolling down the line.
Bunny
He's like, this is the part.
Unknown
And I'm like, no. So I said, I'll be back. I go upstairs.
Tanya Trotter
When we pause it. Oh, no.
Bunny
I was like, no, no, please keep going.
Unknown
We've been two hours now.
Tanya Trotter
The movie's three and a half hours long.
Bunny
He didn't try to make a movie on you. This whole time he's just putting on the.
Unknown
He's standing up.
Tanya Trotter
He's standing, smashing that popcorn.
Unknown
He's standing up for two hours watching the movie, saying. And I'm just sitting there. I'm like, I'm trying to be nice. Like, this is going to stop at any moment.
Bunny
Were you scared?
Tanya Trotter
No, I.
Bunny
You just really couldn't read the room.
Tanya Trotter
I'm a nerd. I mean, like, I, I, I am horrible. Like my, my father. It's so bad. When my, my father and mother heard this story, my dad looked at me. He was like, like, where did I go wrong with you? I was like, I just. I don't know. I wanted to show her this movie. And it gets worse. Because when it was over, I looked at her, I was like, all right. The next film I have.
Bunny
Oh, my God. A three and a half hour film.
Unknown
I'm trying to feed him grapes.
Tanya Trotter
The grape story ever told about Jesus.
Unknown
I'm doing everything. I'm trying to feed him grapes. I'm doing. I'm like, this is.
Tanya Trotter
I take the grape out of her hand.
Unknown
You take the grape out of my hand and eats the grape. I'm like, am I here? What am I?
Bunny
He is so uncultured over here. He's like, no.
Tanya Trotter
And then the next day is the first day we ever did it.
Unknown
Yeah. I waited 24 hours.
Bunny
Damn. Ruined the lingerie. The night ambiance.
Tanya Trotter
And she. And she. I will say I tried to fight her off. Then I was like, no.
Bunny
I was like, stop it.
Tanya Trotter
I was like, okay.
Unknown
All right.
Tanya Trotter
Keep going.
Unknown
I feel like it's.
Bunny
Never mind.
Jelly Roll
We're doing this.
Bunny
Hi, ladies.
Unknown
Hey.
Bunny
What are you guys doing?
Unknown
Barely awake. I'm not. I'm barely here, bro.
Bunny
I'm not alive. Me either.
Unknown
Okay.
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Bunny
Who puts that on their playlists?
Unknown
Bro, I was just trying to support a cause.
Bunny
Yeah. So the CMAs are yesterday and we are in studio day after filming this podcast because we just had so much fun stuff to talk about, and we didn't realize how dead to the world we were going to be.
Unknown
You.
Bunny
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's been rough. I. I literally slept until 3pm today.
Unknown
Same lucky.
Bunny
I'm a liar. I woke up at like, 12 and laid in bed till three. Oh, I wish Jay slept till three. Poor baby. He was so tired.
Unknown
I bet.
Bunny
And he has a show tonight. Y. Good Lord. He's on his way to Birmingham right now, baby.
Unknown
Birmingham.
I liked Birmingham last year when we. Or year before when we did it. It's a cute town.
Bunny
Yeah. Yeah, Birmingham's cool. So, yeah, the CMA's last.
Unknown
What are we doing?
Bunny
I don't know. He never does this normally. He's a co star. What are you doing, Cha. I think you just quit, Crunchy. Did you just quit on your mom? It's because I didn't put his Puerto Rican hair on him. Come here.
Unknown
Get your wig on.
Bunny
Come here, Chop.
Unknown
Just sitting there.
Bunny
Come on. I know you want it on. He's. He's crazy. He loves a good wig. I'm telling you, this dude right here, he loves to play a little dress up. It doesn't matter if it's a bow tie. It doesn't matter if it's a freaking sweater. Like, this dude loves clothes.
Unknown
Put the wig on him.
Bunny
Hold on. Here we go. Ready? Oh. Oh. Television, everybody. How pretty you feel. Oh, See, that's all he needed. That's all he needed to lay down. Oh, my goodness. So, yeah, the CMA last night, Daddy killed it with his performance with Brooks and done.
Unknown
I believe that was the best part of the night. Best part of the night. For sure.
Bunny
For sure.
Unknown
I bald my eyes out during that. And the Post Malone song. I'm on national tv sobbing. It is such a good song.
Bunny
Yep. Yeah. Now that.
Unknown
Oh, no.
Bunny
I was gonna say you're on there for sobbing. I'm on there for sprinting out of the frame. Did you post that clip yet? Yes, bro. Did it do it? Is it doing good?
Unknown
It's like 70, 000. Can we bring that up?
Bunny
Yeah, bring that clip up. That clip is so damn funny. So Haley was a seat filler for whenever Jay had to, like, go and get ready for, like, his performance or whatever. And they tell you that you're not. Like, they yell at you over the intercom. They're like, sit down. Have respect. Like, it was crazy last night the way that they were talking to us. No one yelled at me, thankfully. No. No, they Yell over the intercom before. Yeah. Oh, my.
Unknown
You were too late.
Bunny
Yeah. Hell is this girl? Yeah. For real. And so Jay came out at the very last minute because he had just got done performing, right? And his. He was up for an award. The next. Next, this clip right here. And here comes. And so here comes Jay. And Haley had to get out of his seat. And here goes Haley looking like a little mouth.
Unknown
Last second. You can see him walking out. He commented, and he said, it looks like we're in a wrestling match and.
Bunny
We'Re tag teaming each other in.
Unknown
Okay. Hey, let's go get the first aid kit. Back at the place, we walk a block. We get there, and I'm like, okay, I'm gonna wipe you. She goes, I just got a fresh spray tan. Could you just dab it?
I'm just.
Bunny
I was kind of more concerned about the spray tan.
Tanya Trotter
You were?
Unknown
Yeah, I was just dabbing strips. Blood.
Bunny
You know, when you get a good spray tan, it's just like, no, you're crazy about spray tans. I. I don't look at my spray tans the way you look at your spray tans. Let's talk about this, ladies. Okay? When I go to spray tan, I wake up, I'll shower. That's it. I don't even care if I shave. Nothing. I just shower. I spray tan. And then I leave it on for four hours and wash it off. This woman right here, her spray tan regimen takes two hours. She has to wash her hair. She has to shave her legs and her vagina.
Unknown
Full body.
Bunny
A full body shave. She has to moisturize. She has to loofah. Makes a tampa look better and last longer, bro. It's not how long. $20. Like the next day, she sleeps. If I. I wash mine off in four hours, which I have done before. It's gone. It's all gone. I can't sleep in a spray tan.
Unknown
Oh.
Bunny
I already feel and smell like I'm burnt. Like there's no way I'm doing that. Can't do it. So yeah, ladies, which one are you? Are you a Haley or a bunny? Whenever it comes to spray tanning or.
Unknown
Mimi that would never get a spray.
Bunny
Tan, cuz it looks all over me. Mimi got one. This is so funny. Tell them about what happened, Mimi.
Unknown
Okay, so first off, I don't get spray tan. Like, I don't care to be tan. I have enough color on my body. I don't need more. And I go. And bunny is so excited. She was like, we're getting Mimi's first spray tan. Let's go. And they're the machine. So I. I don't know anything about these. These. She walks in, she's like, all right, they're gonna, like, tell you to do these poses. And she's, like, showing me the poses and all this kind of stuff. And I, like, forgot to put the shower cap on my hair. So, like, it's about to start, and I was like. And I jump out of it. And now at this point, because I have bad memory, I have forgotten all the moves that bunny has just taught me. So I put the shower cap on super fast. I get in, and it's like, like, two, one. And then I'm, like, looking at the screen, trying to figure out the pose, and I, like. I'm too late at it. And, like, so it's already to the next pose. So it's, like, part way down, and I'm, like, moving. And it was very much like the Ross from Friends moment, because I'm pretty sure I don't even got much on my back at this point. So uneven, bro. The next, like, four hours, this tan is developing, and it just looks like someone shat on me. It was, like, speckles of tan everywhere, and I just looked awful.
Bunny
It was rough. It was like the time Bailey had that mustache when she got sprayed. It was so bad.
Unknown
Guys that don't. Don't spray down.
Bunny
I love that. I love that, though. The CMAs were awesome. But I think my highlight of the night was not even on camera. My husband comes and sits next to Mimi, and I looks like he saw a fucking ghost.
Unknown
White as can be.
Bunny
White as can be. And breathless. And I'm like, you okay? I look over at him, I go, baby, are you okay? And he goes. Like he has something in his hand, and he opens it up, and it's a black, beautiful, like, wooden rosary.
Unknown
Yeah.
Bunny
And I was like, oh, that's beautiful. Thinking, like, maybe a fan gave it to him or something like that. And he looks at me with these little puppy dog eyes, and he goes, goes, kevin James just gave me this. And me and Mimi were like, wait, what? I go, what? The first thing I did was I looked at. Hey, Mimi. I go tell Haley right now.
Unknown
And this had just started filming. I'm like, this at the scene. I'm like, this is not a drill. Kevin James is here.
Bunny
This is my father. Literally. I. Dude, literally, like, how obsessed. Like, we are all obsessed with Kevin James, but Haley is like, kevin James was Kevin James for Halloween. Yes. Do we have a video of Kevin of Haley's. Kevin James's fucking. Can we find one? I have a whole get. You want to get ready with me? No, no, no. Just. Let's get. Let's get full monty already. But, yeah, so, like, I look over at him, I'm like, are you fucking kidding me? Kevin James is here. He's like. He just appeared out of nowhere, literally. We run to the back next commercial break to try to find Kevin fucking James. James. This dude is nowhere to be found, and nobody even knows that.
Unknown
Everyone's like, what do you mean, Kevin James? We're like, kevin James.
Bunny
Nobody else saw him? No, he was nowhere else. Like, the ghost of Kevin James. Like, Kevin, where did you go?
Unknown
Where were you?
Bunny
Where were you, sir? You could never come to an award show again and not show up and fucking say hi.
Unknown
I tried to give it a goo to see if I could find red carpet pictures of him. Can't find those. I. On our walk out, you should have seen me. I probably look like a psychopath. I was staring everyone in their face as I walked. Trying to hold your dress? She's running through the hallways looking for Kevin James.
Bunny
She got her superhero run on. Yeah, I love that. Yeah. But so we never got to see Kevin James. Never got to meet him. Like, that's like meeting, like, Dolly, you know? Like, that is like, that's like meeting Jesus. Us. No, I wouldn't go that far. I wouldn't go that far. You guys know I don't do a lot of tiktokers anymore, but there's one girl that has always kind of had a special place in my heart, and I promised her, I think, about a year or two ago, I was like, whenever you're ready, hit me up, and I promise you can come on the podcast. And she hit me up a few weeks ago, and I was like, come on down, baby. Ms. Toxic Berry in the house, baby.
Unknown
Hi. I'm so happy to be here. You have no idea. Like. Like, I love you so much. I want to be just like you when I grow up. I'm not even kidding.
Bunny
I love you. That's such a compliment, you know, because I think that you're such a strong girl, and that's what I've always seen in you. And I've always, like, I get, like, between you and mj, and I know you and MJ had your beef in the past, but I feel like MJ's grown up a lot, especially this year. She's had to grow up a lot, and I've also had to watch you level up a lot too, you know, just physically, spiritually, mentally. Everything from the you go through, you literally pour your heart out online. And I mean, if people are on tick tock tick tock, they know who the you are. There's no way they can't know who you are, you know? And I just feel like you give so much of yourself online, and I just respect that because it really comes across authentically. You met Fly, and did you, like, fall in love with Fly when you first met him or did it, like, have to grow it.
Unknown
It had to grow. Like, I was hanging out with him for a little bit. We were just all hanging out, like, as friends. We had like a big friend group or whatever. And then we started to, like, like, be together. Like, it came kind of naturally. I mean, I liked. I had a crush on him or whatever. Like, a little later, after hanging out with him, I guess we. Whatever. But you asked, how does it. What is dating to him? Like, what do you like?
Bunny
Yeah, like, what is dating to Fly?
Unknown
Well, before he became, like, famous, he didn't have. So he was actually, like, he was way different before. Like, he was. Was nothing like he is now. It was a totally different version. Like, he's like, I don't know.
Bunny
Are you thankful that you got that version of him?
Unknown
Absolutely. That was. And that was the version of him I made a baby with. And that's. And if I didn't, I'm grateful for him because he gave me the. My biggest accomplishment. So if he did anything at all, it was giving me the most beautiful baby in the world. And without him, it wouldn't have her.
Miranda Lambert
So.
Bunny
Yeah. So you guys get into a relationship. How soon after that do you get pregnant?
Unknown
I got pregnant like, a couple years after that.
Bunny
Okay, when do you become toxic and when does he become fly? Because did you guys start building your platforms together?
Unknown
He. He started building his platform before I did. Like, with the Instagram. Like, he started building his when he was. When I was pregnant. So him, Enzo and Red were all, like, doing Instagram live and stuff like that. But I didn't want to be in the scene. Like, I. I was just growing a baby. We were in, like, a trap house, and I was just tired of hearing him screaming on the live. I didn't even care to even be on social media at all.
Bunny
What was your guys's relationship like before social media? You just said you guys were living in a trap house. Was he, like, selling?
Unknown
No, he wasn't doing at all. Like, I. The reason that we were making Money to be able to pay the rent was because I. I was working on Snapchat. It was before only fans came on on like that it was a thing. And I was making money from a premium Snapchat, so I was able to bring a lot of money in from like hustling guys all day on my Snapchat. But our rent was really cheap, so, like it was easy to make like fifteen hundred dollars. And then there they had a check from their dad passing, but it stopped when they were like what, 19 or something? I don't know about that. But he. But the way that I became like my name Toxic Fairy. We were tripping on acid, right? Like, and I never did acid before. Like, this was a crazy ass trip. This was before I got pregnant, though. This was just my username. We were tripping on acid and I felt like a literal fairy. Like there was something and I had my crystals all over me and I just felt like a fairy. So I felt magical. But I was in such a toxic, dark place in my life. So I was still felt magical, but it was still like toxic at the same time. So that's how I made that too.
Bunny
I love that.
Unknown
Yeah, it was cool.
Bunny
It's kind of endearing.
Unknown
Yeah.
Bunny
So you. When you find. Take me on the journey of when you found out that you were pregnant.
Unknown
Okay. So me and Alex have been. Were like fighting like so bad all the time. It was horrible. We were always fighting.
Bunny
And he wasn't an island boy yet, right?
Unknown
No.
Bunny
Okay.
Unknown
And he. We had a really bad Percocet addiction at the time. Because, guys, he loves to blame this on me, but I think that he like, doesn't remember that we did Percocets the same day. It was introduced to us both at the same day. Because our whole relationship, we were not on that, like, at all. And then our friends came over. Well, they're my friends. This, like, I'm not gonna say their names, but these girls of mine came to my house and they had like, perks, like, and they gave it to both of us, like on a plate or whatever. They gave it to the both of us at the same day.
Miranda Lambert
They.
Unknown
And that's when we both got addicted to them. So, like.
Bunny
But were you guys dabbling in drugs before that?
Unknown
Like, no. Well, like I took like a Xanax here and there, but he. I don't even know. I don't think he was. I think he was doing Xanax when I would do Xanax. But we never were doing Perks. The perks is what made him an angry, crazy, batshit psychopath, whatever. So, like, he would even think that I'm, like, thinking a thought like that. I'm not thinking. Like, this one time, I was thinking a thought. Thought. Not thinking a thought, but he was like, I know what you're thinking. And then literally folded the mattress on top of me and was, like, freaking out. Like, like. And I'm like, I'm not thinking about anything. He's like, why'd you wipe your nose? Why did you scratch your head? I know what those gestures mean. Like, just losing his mind. So I would go to Miami and hang out with my friend Winter in Miami in her apartment to get away from him. But I guess, like, during that time, I was going back and forth from Miami and, like, being in an abusive relationship with him. I would, like, escape by getting an Uber to Miami. I guess I was pregnant, like, the first, like, while I was there, but I couldn't tell. But I felt nauseous and stuff like that. When I came home, we were falling out. Like, I wanted to leave the situation already.
Bunny
Was it physically abusive?
Unknown
Yeah, but we were both abusive to each other, if I'm going to be honest. But still, he. He would provoke me to be like that. I'm going to stick. I'm gonna defend myself, of course. But he. I found out I was pregnant after. I wanted to leave, you know, and then I went to the hospital and they just told me I was pregnant because I felt, like, sick. So I went there and they told me that. Scary. I was like, oh, and I'm not gonna get an abortion right now, so I'm just gonna keep.
Bunny
It was fly on board with you keeping the baby?
Unknown
Yeah. Yeah. But it was just like. Like the worst time ever to have a baby. But then it became the best time ever. And I'm really glad I had her.
Bunny
Take me on that journey. So you find out you're pregnant, you're trying to get out of this relationship, but you just found out you're pregnant. So do you feel kind of like you're stuck or do you want to. Do you feel like this might be, like, a saving grace for you guys?
Unknown
No, I didn't feel stuck. I literally was like, I'm for my baby. I'm gonna get out of this shitty apartment that we're in. You gotta go find a job, you gotta go to work, you gotta get your together. But I'm not paying these. I'm not about to do Snapchat Premium pregnant. Like, I'm gonna go to my Mom's house. I don't know what the you're gonna do, but you gotta figure it out. And you need to become a man, and you need to get your life together. And I'm gonna choose this baby over you. You have to get the. So then he had, like, this guy in North Carolina that liked him a lot, and his name was Chico. He's crazy, man.
Bunny
But if it was that liked him a lot. Like, yeah, like.
Unknown
Like he was like a groomer. Like, he was like a. An old guy that told him. Told the boys that they could, like, stay with him up in North Carolina and that he knows it. I don't know.
Bunny
Yeah, he's so cute. Is fly gay?
Unknown
No, he's not gay.
Bunny
Okay.
Unknown
He's like. He's gay for pay. Like, gay baiting. But I don't know. Maybe I don't think he is not. Maybe. I don't think he personally is, but it looks like him.
Miranda Lambert
It.
Unknown
But I don't think so.
Bunny
Yeah, there's just been too many situations with him and other men that just leave room for the imagination.
Unknown
I think since he made, like, a lot of money off of it, that's what he did it for, but I don't know. He says he's not.
Bunny
Did you ever sleep with Red?
Unknown
I hooked up with Red when I was. When before we had a baby. It was, like, around them when we were all in our friend group or whatever. He. We were sleeping at that. I wasn't dating Alex at the time. Like, we were just still all friends or whatever. And then he had, like, some girl. He was some girl and me, so he's, like, annoying. And I was sleeping over at Alex's house. This is bad, but I don't really care. I was sleeping over Alex's house, and they had, like, twin doors. Like, literally, you could walk into his room from his room. And I was like, I hate this kid. Like, he's a bu. Like about a bunch of girls. He doesn't take me serious. Whatever. So I was drunk, and I went into Frankie's room, and I was like, I'm gonna go lay in your brother's room because you keep snoring. I remember it vividly. I was like, you keep snoring. You're not waking up. You're not talking to me. And I'm gonna go sleep in Frankie's room because you're being loud, right? So I go and lay on Frank's bed, and I was like, do you have a blanket that I can use on the opposite side? And he's like, yeah. And he gives me a blanket. There's, like, a throw blanket and he gave to me. And I'm laying all the way on the edge of the bed. Right. Date. And he's, like, not doing anything, but then he grabs me, and then you start. Started to kiss me or whatever, but we didn't have sex. That's. It didn't work because he didn't. It's like. So did it work?
Bunny
Tile dysfunction at such a young age?
Unknown
Yeah, at such a young age. I'm not kidding. So, no, we did not. But we kissed. Yes.
Bunny
Gotcha.
Unknown
Everyone says we, but we didn't. Like.
Bunny
Well, I feel like it's kind of a thing for them, too, because I think MJ went through that, too, with them. It's like, a weird thing that the brothers have where they hook up with each other's girlfriends.
Unknown
Yeah.
Bunny
I don't know. It's just. It's fucking weird, right? But whatever.
Unknown
Didn't MJ say she, like, mistaked.
Bunny
Yeah.
Unknown
For his brother.
Bunny
Look at. MJ said that she thought that Red was Alex. I'm like, get the out of here. There's no.
Unknown
They don't even look that much alike.
Bunny
Yeah, not at all. I'm like, mj, I love you. Stop it right now.
Unknown
But that's definitely a rumor, though, like, when they're saying, oh, you fucked him. I did not fuck him. I literally didn't. I just gave you the whole rundown of how it happened. Like, we probably would have if it worked, but we didn't. So no.
Bunny
Gotcha. I appreciate the honesty. So going back to you, you told him, hey, you need to get the out of here. You need to grow up. You need to be a man. He went to some groomer's house in North Carolina. And you went to moms.
Unknown
Yes, I went to moms and grew the baby in peace. Okay. And he went to North Carolina and was in, like, a. A trailer park work with, like, rats and roaches. And he was living with some, like, guys who smoked meth. And I wanted him just get the. Away from me dealing, like, not being a man. Like, he needed to be a man. Like, he was. I'm not. I definitely chose Kali over him. And then. Yeah, so he went out there and was making money from, like, a vape shop or something, but he wasn't even talking to me. My whole pregnancy, he wouldn't talk to me. He's like, you made me come out here. You left me me.
Bunny
So he wasn't there for you when you were Pregnant?
Unknown
No. And he wasn't there when I had her either, so I gave her my last name. But then we got back together when she was like 2 months old. Got back together when she was like 2 months old. I moved out to North Carolina. He started making money on Instagram, like, Instagram Live. He was, like, having people send him for promos. So he was. Started to, like, pick up a hustle somehow. He's making good money. So he put us in an apartment. And I wanted to go home really bad. I wanted to come back to Florida really bad.
Bunny
Yeah, North Carolina and Florida are two different. Yeah.
Unknown
I was like, I can't be here. Like, we gotta go. So then we drove my little piece of Kia Optima broken down.
Bunny
She had a car, though.
Unknown
I know, but, like, at the time, it was, like, struggling to get back to Florida. It was horrible. It was hot.
Bunny
Baby.
Unknown
And we had a little baby. No, it was just, like, up the whole. And then we got home, and then we were bouncing back and forth from my mom's house to his mom's house until we, like, figured it out. And then they. We started to. To stay at Airbnbs. And then that's when that whole thing where they, like, got a viral Tick Tock was at an Airbnb that we stayed at. That's where everything.
Bunny
So they blew up when they got on Tick Tock. You guys kind of, like, all blew up as a family, I guess you could say, on Tick Tock from the Island Boy song. Was it I'm Island Boy? That the.
Unknown
Yeah.
Bunny
So you guys have this little baby. You guys are. Get this viral moment on Tick Tock. You've pretty much been in the trenches with this, man.
Unknown
Yeah, we made. We tried to make it work. Like, obviously when I went there, wasn't there my whole pregnancy, tried to make it work, came back home, and then when he blew up, that's. Yeah.
Bunny
Did he just change completely after he blew up? Like, can you take me down that road?
Unknown
Yeah, he. We. Well, what happened is crazy. We were together after he blew up, and then he started.
Bunny
I remember you guys being together. I think that's when I started following you.
Unknown
We were together, but then we got into a fight because it was real. I was getting really toxic because I was still suffering from postpartum depression with my baby. She was like, not even one yet or like, she's just turned one. Yeah. Around that time, she just turned one. And I was getting really pissed off that he was leaving and just not including me. I didn't feel included. At all. Like, I didn't have anyone to watch Kaliah at the time, too. Being like. Like, do the things that he was doing because I was breastfeeding, and I was just me and my baby. That was it. I didn't trust anyone at this time, anything like that. And he was just doing things. He went to his first show. He didn't invite me. He didn't want me to come. And his. I'm sure that his mom would have watched her that, like, so I could have gone for a few hours, but he was like, no, I don't want you to come. He would just go do a bunch of things and not include me. And that drove me crazy. I was like, why are you not including me? Whatever. So then we got in a really big fight, and then I posted his number on Instagram Live, and I was like, call this clown.
Bunny
I know when I see a good girl who can actually really do something with her life. And I really, truly believe that you and MJ are two girls that if you really set your minds to it, you both could conquer the world. And I hate to keep bringing MJ into it, but you guys, I know.
Unknown
That'S your friend, you know?
Bunny
And it's just, like, I really, genuinely feel like if you really put your mind to something toxic, you could do it. And you don't need these boys. You could do it without any of these boys. You could have the boss of any crew, but for some reason, you just keep dabbling in this Florida cesspool, and I'm just like, I can't wait.
Unknown
What did you call it? A cesspool.
Bunny
Florida cesspool. It's just toxic. It's just, like. Nothing is, like, good ever comes from it, you know?
Unknown
I just want to be treated right so bad.
Bunny
Where do you think that need for being, wanting love so badly from a man comes from?
Unknown
I don't know. Like, I mean, I've always had my dad, but, like, so. I don't know. I don't have daddy issues. My dad loves me, but was he, like, very affectionate or, like, really always? He was always working. I don't know. Maybe it's. I was always alone as a kid. Maybe that's what it is. My dad was awesome. He's always taking care of me. He's the best. Yeah, he's always. Maybe he was always, like, working, like, not home. Like, I literally lived in Illinois without my dad for, like, a year. When I was a kid, it was just me and my mom, and I was always. I don't know, maybe I've just always been alone and, you know, like, growing up. But he was, he loves me, my dad. So I don't have daddy issues. No. I don't know.
Bunny
Well, now that you a mopper on a break, what do you see yourself doing? Like, do you ever think that you're just gonna have like a single toxic era and just start running, baby? Because I'm ready for that.
Unknown
Yeah.
I swear, like, I think that's what's going on. Like, I think that's what's going on right now because we were so, like, up and. But we're like, like, I don't want to, like, cut him off, like, completely. Like, I want to be friends with him. And we were all like, we had like.
Bunny
You're talking about mop, right?
Unknown
Yeah. We had a friendship, like, before we got back together. So I wonder if, like, we could be friends and I could.
Bunny
You know, I think that'll come in time. I think when you've been with somebody and I don't know what kind of relationship you guys have, you don't seem like you really want to touch too much on it. And I don't want to push it. If you do want to talk about it, that's fine also, but. But I think when you, you're in such a passionate relationship with somebody, you have to give it time. You're not going to be able to just be friends off the rip. You guys are going to have to let some time go without talking to each other, engaging with each other, not going live with each other. I think it just hurts my heart to see you get disrespected online like that. You don't deserve that. Or to see you crying online like, that's, that's not good. You know, like, and it's one, you are, like I said, are such a beautiful girl and you have such a beautiful heart. But two, there's also, you know, know a lot of girls that look up to you and watching you just continually give your. And I'm not here to lecture you. I'm just here. No, I need to like, big sister, you. Like, watching you continually go out with these men that do nothing but treat you like the bare minimum, right? Isn't. You're. That's gonna hurt you in the long run. That's not gonna make you level up in any way. If anything is going to chip away at your self confidence. And I think you need to just spread your wings and fly, dude. Like, you really need to like, go into a cocoon and come Out a beautiful butterfly and love. Learn to love yourself without a penis.
Unknown
I love that. I love that you're 100% right. 100%. I think that's where I'm. I think that's where I'm headed. Like, I. I could feel it. Like, I feel good. Things about to turn 26 this month, and I just want to focus on myself. This whole year of being 26, I.
Bunny
Promise you, I spent my entire 20s and 30s, half of my 30s, chasing men, and it got me nowhere. It got me in a domestic violence relationship where I could have died in a couple of situations. It got me becoming a drug addict. I was addicted to pills, and cocaine was my favorite, and drinking. And. I mean, we look back at pictures from seven years ago, and I look 10 years older back then than I do now. And it's like. It's just crazy when you really just get rid of all the bullshit and you figure out, like, where is this coming from? Why am I attracted to this certain type of person, you know? When I got with my husband, he was not my type. Completely different human than I've ever been with. And it. He was the best thing that could have ever happened to me, you know? And when did you meet him? I Met Jay in 2015.
Unknown
Oh, I love, love that.
Bunny
Yeah, I met him in 2015, and then we ended up being together in 2016 after my abusive ex went to prison. And I just, you know, if it wasn't for my husband, you know, I would not be where I am today. And I am fine saying that, because he really made me want to level up and be a better woman. So if you have to have a penis around, find somebody who pushes you to be a better woman and doesn't try to bring you down.
Unknown
I want to attract that. Like, I want to want that to just come to me. I'm tired of chasing it. Like, I just want whatever is for me to just find me while I'm working on myself.
Bunny
I promise you it will come because I was exactly where you were. I was. I had just got out of an abusive relationship. I was tired. I was like, I don't care. I don't want to be with anybody. I just want to be me. And then here comes Jelly Roll, you know, and just sweeps me off my feet unexpectedly. And I think when you finally get really to that place, the universe will do it in a time that is your time, you know, and even if it takes months, just focus on yourself, because you literally have the world at your hands right now. You have an online presence where you have people's attention, that is not easy to do. People think that it's so easy to do and that it's like, oh, I can get online. I can make content. No, you can't. You have to be charismatic, and you have to have a certain thing about you, and you have that dude. And it's like, why not not quadruple that right now while you can. You know, you have the world that you're. The world is your oyster. And I'm done lecturing you.
Unknown
No, I love that I actually need to hear stuff like that because no one's telling me that I've been waiting.
Bunny
To get you here, because I'm just like, man, I just have been wanting to give you the biggest hug and just let you know, like, hey, there are people in the world that love you. And I know that it can be overshadowed by all the hate that's online, because trust me, I get it, too. But it's just like, you have to know that the love outweighs always the hate always.
Dumb Blonde Podcast – Season 8: Best Of (Part 2) Summary
Release Date: January 13, 2025
In the "Season 8: Best Of (Part 2)" episode of the Dumb Blonde podcast, host Bunnie XO brings together a vibrant mix of guests, including renowned country singer Miranda Lambert, hip-hop artist Jelly Roll, and social media personalities Tanya and Michael Trotter. The episode delves deep into personal stories, relationships, and the challenges of balancing fame with personal well-being. Here's a detailed breakdown of the key segments and notable moments from the episode.
Miranda Lambert joins Bunnie XO to discuss her recent experiences, personal growth, and her relationship dynamics.
European Escape and Burnout:
Miranda shares her first-ever leisure trip to Europe without work obligations, highlighting the importance of taking breaks to combat burnout. She states, "I just feel like we have to learn the balance. It's really hard when you're so driven to like relax into doing nothing" (06:56).
Family Background and Early Influences:
Delving into her upbringing, Miranda reveals that her parents were private investigators, which profoundly influenced her songwriting. "My mom took me on my first job... I think I got a lot of my early songs because I'm like 17, writing divorce songs" (10:11).
Relationship with Brendan:
Miranda emphasizes the significance of honesty and support in her marriage to Brendan. "He’s someone in my life that is not a yes person. I don't believe in surrounding yourself with yes people at all," she explains (15:00). Their relationship is built on mutual respect, open communication, and supporting each other's growth.
Lessons on Self-Care and Balance:
Reflecting on her journey, Miranda discusses overcoming burnout and the necessity of recharging. "I just feel like we have to learn the balance... If you don't recharge, it's like then you're only operating at 50 anyway" (06:56).
Jelly Roll brings his unique perspective to the podcast, sharing humorous anecdotes and personal challenges.
Richard Gere Gerbil Rumor Debunked:
Jelly Roll addresses age-old rumors about Richard Gere, joking, "This article was published on March 28, 1998... what Richard Gere put. They would talk about him putting a gerbil up his ass since the 90s" (20:36). The group humorously analyzes a dubious X-ray image, adding levity to the conversation.
Birthday Roast Story:
Jelly Roll recounts his surprise birthday roast, detailing the impressive lineup of comedians who attended. "I walk into the room, and I see Bert... I was like, holy Bert" (33:19). The event was filled with laughter, memorable performances, and heartfelt moments.
Health Challenges on Tour:
Sharing his struggles, Jelly Roll talks about performing with a severe tooth infection and undergoing surgery mid-tour. "I did the first three songs feeling like I had slobber coming off my face" (24:38). Despite the pain, he highlights the spiritual connection he felt during performances.
Tanya and Michael Trotter, also known as the Warren Treaty, discuss their relationship journey, personal growth, and navigating fame together.
Relationship Beginnings and Challenges:
Tanya narrates her tumultuous relationship with Michael, touching on issues like addiction and abusive behavior. "We were always fighting... He would provoke me to be like that" (77:20). Despite these challenges, they emphasize the importance of honesty and self-improvement.
Navigating Fame and Social Media:
The Trotters delve into how social media platforms like TikTok propelled their careers. "He started building his platform before I did... But I didn't want to be in the scene" (77:13). They discuss the impact of viral moments and maintaining authenticity amidst growing fame.
Advice on Self-Love and Avoiding Toxic Relationships:
Bunnie offers heartfelt advice to Tanya, urging her to prioritize self-love and seek healthier relationships. "When you finally get really to that place, the universe will do it in a time that is your time" (90:11). Tanya acknowledges the wisdom in Bunnie's words, expressing her desire to focus on personal growth.
Personal Growth and Future Aspirations:
Reflecting on their journey, Tanya shares her aspirations to focus on herself and her child, moving away from toxic relationships. "I think that's what's going on right now because we were so, like, up and... but we were trying to make it work" (89:38).
Throughout the episode, Bunnie XO engages in playful banter with her guests, sharing funny stories and engaging in spontaneous activities.
Life360 Promotion Interlude:
Bunnie discusses the benefits of the Life360 app for family safety, sharing personal anecdotes about tracking family members' locations. "Life360 has been a game changer for our family" (66:07).
Spray Tan Tales:
The group humorously exchanges their experiences with spray tans, highlighting the differences in their approaches. "This woman's spray tan regimen takes two hours... I can't sleep in a spray tan" (70:05).
CMAs Highlights:
Bunnie and her guests reminisce about their performances at the CMA Awards, sharing funny clips and backstage stories. "He is so blessed that in the middle of the country music explosion and the comedy explosion, I got to thread both needles in that" (40:21).
Miranda Lambert: "If you don't recharge, it's like then you're only operating at 50 anyway." (06:56)
Jelly Roll: "I've been home three weeks and I've worked out four times. I worked out five times a week." (27:12)
Tanya Trotter: "I am a nerd. I mean, I'm horrible. Like my father." (62:01)
Bunnie XO: "Don't try to backtrack. That's it." (45:58)
The "Season 8: Best Of (Part 2)" episode of the Dumb Blonde podcast offers a rich tapestry of personal insights, humorous exchanges, and heartfelt advice. From Miranda Lambert's candid discussions about burnout and family influences to Jelly Roll's entertaining anecdotes and Tanya and Michael Trotter's journey through relationship challenges, the episode encapsulates the essence of embracing life's ups and downs with humor and authenticity. Bunnie XO masterfully navigates each conversation, ensuring that listeners are both entertained and inspired to reflect on their own lives.
Note: Timestamps are indicative and correspond to the moments in the provided transcript.