12-26-25 - Brady's New Mustache Makes Him Look Like An Old School Detective - 2015 - BO

Summary

Holmberg's Morning Sickness – December 26, 2025: "Brady’s New Mustache Makes Him Look Like An Old School Detective"

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Main Theme Overview

This episode is a lighthearted, banter-filled installment centered on Brady's new mustache and his hilarious resemblance to TV detectives and the iconic NFL coach Andy Reid. The gang teases Brady about his typecasting potential, riffs on classic cop tropes, and spins off into playful discussions about everything from acting in skits for ESPN, the pitfalls of online dating scams, and comfort food. With John Holmberg leading the crew of Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Doug Hopkins, and others, the tone is irreverent, quick-witted, and packed with classic morning radio energy.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

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1. Brady’s Mustache Transformation & New Character Roles

Timestamps: 01:16 – 09:17

• Brady reveals his new mustache, prompting immediate ribbing from the team.

  • John jokes Brady "looks like old-school Andy Reid" and that the mustache alone transforms him into different stock characters.
  • Brady playfully resigns to the typecasting:

    “I got over that in fourth grade when I was asked to play Santa by adults.” (02:29, Brady)

• Discussion about growing into typecast roles from a young age.

  • John: “I'm gonna get typecast. You were typecast at 9?”
  • The group jokes about how the simplest props (like glasses or a mustache) instantly make you the spitting image of famous figures, especially Andy Reid for Brady.

• Acting Plans for ESPN Skit

  • The guys (especially John and Brady) discuss filming a secret ESPN NFL Countdown bit featuring Brady as Andy Reid, complete with plans for a salad-building scene that takes a gross turn:

    “Let’s have him just constantly build the salad. And then Brady just puts a fork in a stick of butter and eats the butter.” (05:16, John)

  • They joke about what food-related antics Brady will be forced into for comedy’s sake.

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2. Mustache as Instant Detective/Cop Persona

Timestamps: 06:54 – 13:38

• Brady’s mustache immediately makes him look like a TV detective or classic “cop.”

  • John: “You do have the look of a police officer, you know?” (06:54)
  • The group paints a picture of Brady as a veteran detective, referencing Dennis Franz and classic cop stereotypes (plaid shirt, badge, worn-out shoes, etc.).

• Improvised TV cop scenarios:

  • They riff off each other with faux-dialogue, cop clichés, and time-worn detective tropes:
    • “You're a frustrated detective. You've been on a case for a long time.” (07:26, John)
    • “This is your biggest case. And you're probably gonna end up dead.” (08:46, John)
    • “I got five more years and I'm done.” (08:42, Brady-as-detective)

• They jokingly consider trying out the ‘cop’ look at a local sandwich shop to see if they get free food.

• Brady’s wife Ronnie is mostly unfazed by the mustache.

  • John: “Does Ronnie like the mustache by itself?”
  • Brady: “She didn't really say much. She doesn't look at you anymore. She doesn't care.” (13:47-13:52)

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3. Jokes About Creating Other Sketch Characters

Timestamps: 10:48 – 12:21

• Boy band manager bit:
  • John quips that Brady could be a sketchy boy band manager with the mustache – “creepy” enough for a “Dateline” episode.
    • “With this mustache, become a manager of a young boy band. Very creepy. And end up on trial for touching one of them.” (10:48, John)
    • The gang riffs on classic pervy manager stereotypes.
    • Brady: “Quit jacking around. We got a show on Akron tonight.” (10:59)
    • John: “Someday someone’s gonna figure out you fingered one of the kids in the boy band. And that's why you're always a little bit on edge and sweaty.” (11:12)

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4. Satirical Take on FHA Loan Rates and the “American Dream”

Timestamps: 09:55 – 10:48

• Brady announces the Wake Up Song and notes that FHA mortgage insurance rates are going down.
  • John quickly goes into a sarcastic bit about the U.S. making “irresponsible loans” again:
    • “Absolutely no historical evidence that this can go wrong. Let's lower interest rates again. Make it easier for folks to get a home loan. The American dream is alive again. And I'm fracking that.” (10:09, John)

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5. Online Dating Catfish Story & Public Service Advice

Timestamps: 16:10 – 20:35

• Female host recounts a news story where a woman is catfished by a wanted fugitive.

  • The team mocks the story, noting the sheer number of red flags:
    • “She met a guy named Bob Scotto, Rob Scotto...a quick Google would have uncovered that the New York Department of Corrections had him as the most wanted fugitive.” (16:54, Female Host)
  • John and the crew keep up the satire:
    • “If you see a guy on a state's most wanted list, red flag.” (19:58, John)
  • They joke about the woman’s refusal to be identified, imagining a graphic: “Vanessa Thompson, dumbass idiot.”

• Brady and John offer tongue-in-cheek ‘advice’ for online dating:

  • John: “If you haven't met the person, they don't get a gift this year.” (20:29)
  • The group keeps it lively, mocking both the scammer and the scammee.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

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• Brady on Typecasting (02:29):

  “I got over that in fourth grade when I was asked to play Santa by adults.”

• John on Rapid Transformation (02:10):

  “Is it disturbing to you that you are Andy Reid with just a mustache?”

• Joking about the Acting Skit (05:16):

  “Let’s have him just constantly build the salad. And then Brady just puts a fork in a stick of butter and eats the butter.”

• TV Cop Parody (08:42):

  “This is your biggest case. And you're probably gonna end up dead.” — John

• Boy Band Manager Parody (10:48):

  “With this mustache, become a manager of a young boy band. Very creepy. And end up on trial for touching one of them.” — John

• Commenting on Online Dating Red Flags (19:58):

  “If you see a guy on a state's most wanted list, red flag.” — John

• Brady’s Wife’s Reaction to Mustache (13:47):

  “She didn't really say much. She doesn't look at you anymore. She doesn't care.” — Brady

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Timestamps | |-----------------------------------------|--------------| | Brady’s mustache & Andy Reid bit | 01:16–06:48 | | TV cop/detective impersonations | 06:54–09:17 | | Mortgage satire & Wake Up Song | 09:55–10:48 | | Boy band manager and sketch talk | 10:48–12:21 | | Cop shirt & wardrobe banter | 12:21–13:38 | | Wife reaction & “typecast” jokes | 13:38–14:08 | | Online dating scam segment | 16:10–20:35 |

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Overall Tone & Style

The episode features relentless sarcasm, classic morning radio riffing, goofy role-play, and pop culture references. Brady takes center stage as the mustachioed man-of-many-caricatures, with John driving the tempo and jokes. There’s a warmth and camaraderie that makes the jabs affectionate, and even the public service moment about online scams is delivered with wit, cynicism, and playfulness.

For anyone who missed the live show: The crew uses Brady’s mustache as a springboard for comedic sketches, cultural satire, and nostalgia ("TV cop" and "Santa" references). The highlight is their ability to spin a single visual gag into a series of jokes and storylines, making for a fun, rapid-fire morning show that mixes personal roast with pop culture commentary.

Transcript

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[John Holmberg]

You're listening to the best of Holmberg's Morning Sickness. The Nettie Akupd.

[Brady]

Brady's recreating his life story with that mustache over there.

[John Holmberg]

Brady's grown a mustache. You can't say why.

[Female Host]

Oh my God.

[John Holmberg]

You can't say well yet. But Brace got a. Brady's got a thing to do.

[Brady]

He's a. He's a whole new person.

[John Holmberg]

He's a whole new Brady.

[Valley Chevy Dealer Announcer]

Kirby have a play coming up and.

[John Holmberg]

Yes, he's kind of in a play. Oh, yeah, we'll. We'll say later, but let's just say this Shakespeare, Brady and I will be part of the ESPN thing on Sunday. That's going to be part of the NFL Countdown Sunday morning. Andy Reid, Mike McCarthy picked fat coaches and you're going to nail one eventually. Let me just go through with this. Kind of a ginger, a little bit overweight. Not saying, just saying. And pop a hat on that. You've guessed who it is already.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Match game.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, it's a dead ringer.

[Female Host]

Does that make you feel okay that.

[John Holmberg]

All it took was. It's like I told Chuck Powell once when he did Lou Holtz and all he did was put glasses on. I'm like, I don't know if that's good for a dude who's like 39 years old. You're that close to being Lou Holtz. You look just like him with the glasses. Is it disturbing to you that you are Andy Reed with just a mustache?

[Female Host]

I.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

I got over that in fourth grade when I was asked to play Santa by adults.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

No.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, yeah.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

By the teacher.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Yes.

[John Holmberg]

Play Santa for the kids.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

For the. Yeah. School play.

[Valley Chevy Dealer Announcer]

Oh, Got over it. So it was a problem.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Well, no, it never was a problem. I guess I'm used to it.

[John Holmberg]

So at age 9, you said no going back now.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

I'm not fighting this life.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

This is great.

[John Holmberg]

I'm gonna get typecast. You were typecast at 9?

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Pretty much.

[John Holmberg]

And no effort to get out of it. That's fine.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

All those. There's effort.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Female Host]

Not.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Not to get out of what?

[John Holmberg]

When you embrace the beautiful man, like, oh, the. The so am I. Oh, the Santa thing would have made me in fourth grade say, oh, that's enough of that. I'm not gonna be saying every year. This is awful. Kids are gonna make.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

No, because I never really. It wasn't. I make it sound worse than it is.

[John Holmberg]

I would have worried that the other kids would have constantly made me. Never had a problem that you knew of. Because you do have the glasses.

[Brady]

Yeah, I want to see.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, the rose colored glasses. Yeah, he's got his rose color glasses on all the time. You were the one who looked past Chunk until just about a month ago. So maybe there was some stuff and it just, you know, you became Teflon to bad things. Yeah, but If I read 6, 3, though we're not sitting down. That's true.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

So you won't know his height. If we put a table in front of him. It's.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

William Wallace was also over 6 foot.

[John Holmberg]

Are you playing him today too?

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[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

I thought mel gibson is 5, 7, 5, 8.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, this is your comparison?

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Well, he's making that point of all.

[Brady]

That William Wallace was over 6 foot.

[John Holmberg]

I don't think he was. It was like when no one was. The six feet would have been Yao Ming. I think I will say Scottish people will say he's over six feet because they want him to be a giant.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

But I bet he was about 5.

[John Holmberg]

I bet she was about 5, 8.

[Valley Chevy Dealer Announcer]

She didn't have the great standards of measurement back then.

[Doug Hopkins]

Yeah, you're two. These sticks are Wallace. So Wallace, that's nine feet, give or take 10ft. We'll say six because it sounds ridiculous otherwise.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

He's well over five cubits.

[John Holmberg]

Who knows how big he was. I'm not sure that's the comparison you go with when somebody says Andy Reid and you were different heights. Oh, Mel Gibson's finest roll.

[Brady]

I'm figure out why Andy Reid would appear on the show. Because they're out of the playoff.

[John Holmberg]

That's exactly right. All right, so you got a few coaches who have something to do now. Got some things that they can finally start. Enjoy. Let's just say there's going to be butter and barbecue sauce involved in Andy Reid's part.

[Female Host]

That's.

[Brady]

That's good casting that.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. I will say this, and this won't be in it, but my suggestion for when we're kind of. Frank asked me and he said you were going to do the Andy Reid thing. And he's like, you're going to have a salad in front of you. The things we were putting on that salad got ridiculous. And I'm like, let's have him just constantly build the salad. And then Brady just puts a fork and a stick of butter and eats the butter. Oh, that's nasty. So that might be a later take today.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

I thought building a salad and then taking shots of Ready Whip.

[John Holmberg]

Maybe as you're making. There'll be some other things going on, but should be fun to see what we forced down your throat today.

[Brady]

Oh, filming's today.

[Female Host]

Yeah.

[Brady]

Top secret location.

[John Holmberg]

Top secret location. Top secret script. Top secret. I don't know why Frank's always gonna do this.

[Female Host]

You can't say anything.

[John Holmberg]

ESPN gets really nervous. Somebody's gonna let the cat out of the bag. He's gonna care. I mean, I'm not gonna give away. You're not going to give away all this?

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

No.

[Brady]

There's not, like, blogs written about the wacky skit, maybe.

[John Holmberg]

I certainly don't think that there's a word spoiler alert on anything when they.

[Brady]

Talk about going to scroll.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. But it is fun, so. But it is weird because he sent me a picture after he put the mustache together, and he looks just like Andy Reid in the glass. People are going to maybe confuse you.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

I have incredible range.

[Brady]

You've been preparing for this for a while and you had to grow the stash out.

[John Holmberg]

That is true. Well, you kind of had it.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

No, I had it. Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Shaved the bottom end off.

[Brady]

Nice.

[John Holmberg]

You do have the look of a police officer, you know?

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

You could have a kind of one of those shirts that tucks into pants that might fall down later in the day. They Just there's nothing really holding them there as you tuck them in and under your own self. And there's a badge and a gun.

[Valley Chevy Dealer Announcer]

Yeah.

[Brady]

You put on like a blue short sleeve dress shirt.

[Female Host]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

And a tie.

[Brady]

Yeah, a tie.

[John Holmberg]

You're not a cop cop. You're one of those detectives. Yeah. You're one of the. You're Dennis Franz. Basically. It's the same kind of look. The cheap short sleeve button up.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Yeah, yeah.

[Brady]

Oh, yeah. You can't wear the buckeye gear when you're doing this.

[John Holmberg]

I know it's Monday, but the. The mustache changes your authoritative face. You're. All of a sudden you're a frustrated detective. You've been on a case for a long time.

[Brady]

You're gonna keep it for a while.

[John Holmberg]

Where's my hoagie? You got this young partner that just doesn't listen anymore.

[Doug Hopkins]

You got IA up.

[John Holmberg]

I work alone. I got IA up my ass because of you.

[Brady]

That could be you. You need to dress up too.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, I'll dress up like a slick cop.

[Female Host]

We'll go to lunch. This kid.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

We could be Crockett and Chubbs.

[John Holmberg]

It works for me. I'll stop wearing socks.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Just dress all 80s.

[John Holmberg]

That won't look like two homeless gay guys. One of them's got a little bit.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

You're undercover, you look like.

[John Holmberg]

What's wrong with this two? These two idiots.

[Brady]

Take a picture of Brady.

[Doug Hopkins]

You just got to start talking with.

[John Holmberg]

A little bit of a New York accent or Chicago accent. All I'm looking for is a coffee.

[Doug Hopkins]

And a girl that doesn't break my balls.

[Female Host]

Hey, let's go over here.

[John Holmberg]

Chief, I just got a call on the radio. I got it. Yeah, we got to do this. We're gonna be cops. What about.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

So it's gotta be New York. Couldn't be like.

[John Holmberg]

Could be Chicago. New York. No, you got Chicago, Sheriff. No, no. You're not Old West. You're Modern Day Frustrated. 20 year on the job, detective.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

I got. I got five more years and I'm done.

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[Byron from MMP Guns]

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[Female Host]

Yeah.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

And.

[John Holmberg]

And this is your biggest case. And you're probably gonna end up dead.

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After you're Morgan Freeman in seven. You're checking out.

[John Holmberg]

This is it for me.

[Doug Hopkins]

I've been at this for 22 years.

[John Holmberg]

I don't need some hot shot youngster out of the academy telling me how things work. And the next thing you know, he's standing in front of you saving your bacon while you're taking ample bullets in the donut hole. I've never seen a more copy looking guy. Than you right now. I don't like the mustache.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

There's always a shot out of the episode where you're at the hot dog buggy.

[Doug Hopkins]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

I have to. I have to find you all the time. The car always pulls up to a hot dog cart and there's you. The window goes down.

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What?

[Doug Hopkins]

Get in.

[John Holmberg]

I got a lead.

[Doug Hopkins]

I just got the wiener.

[John Holmberg]

You're not eating in my car.

[Brett Vesely]

Jeez.

[John Holmberg]

You got one of those Reliant K cars? Just square box, Average Joe car.

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[John Holmberg]

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[Brady]

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[Doug Hopkins]

That's right.

[John Holmberg]

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[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

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[John Holmberg]

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[Brady]

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[John Holmberg]

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[Brady]

Skindred.

[John Holmberg]

Pressure.

[Female Host]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Let's do a little.

[Brady]

Freddy's. Feeling the pressure.

[John Holmberg]

Feeling it.

[Female Host]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Brady's also could very easily, with this mustache, become a manager of a young boy band. Very creepy. And end up on trial for touching one of them. Yeah, this is a very. We gotta get to picture you on there, because it is.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Quit jacking around. We got a show on Akron tonight.

[Doug Hopkins]

Sweat.

[Brady]

I want to see a lot of sweat.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Oh, don't worry.

[John Holmberg]

Don't. That's commentary.

[Brady]

Guys with mustache, turn the lights on.

[John Holmberg]

Just get a little mist on his face. Because someday someone's gonna figure out you fingered one of the kids in the boy band. And that's why you're always, like, a little bit on edge and sweaty.

[Female Host]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Big pie plates under your light blue. But your sleeveless, you know that. Awful. What are those called? Dress shirts with short sleeves? Is that it? They call them shirt sleeves. That's what it is. The shirt sleeve shirt. I remember that because you can only buy them at, like, pennies and Sears for 11 bucks. You get nine and that ugly blue tie. We gotta get you dressed up as a cop and see if we can bust some kids. You have a gun?

[Brady]

No, I don't think you're allowed to do that.

[John Holmberg]

Totally allowed to do that.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Not on me, right?

[Doug Hopkins]

As long as you don't say you're a cop.

[John Holmberg]

You can carry a gun anywhere you want. All right, I'm gonna put my. I'll get a holster for you.

[Brady]

You don't think he'll be busted for impersonating an officer just with that mustache?

[John Holmberg]

That's what I want to see. What's going on, officer? Who do you think you're fooling, mister? I know you're talking about heads on the car. You're impersonating an officer beautifully. Just have a gun.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Maybe I'll just show up to the scene of something. Like an accident. You guys got this? You need any help?

[John Holmberg]

25 years on the. Oh, no, no.

[Female Host]

We've got it.

[Brett Vesely]

Thank you.

[Brady]

We should go to that sandwich shop down the street. Cops are in there all the time.

[Doug Hopkins]

Get some free stuff.

[Brady]

Yo, check it out.

[John Holmberg]

Do you have a button up, short sleeve shirt?

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Yeah. Oh, yeah, start. But it's gotta be plaid though. Plaid?

[Brady]

Yeah, plaid, yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Is this a bad Brady joke? Are you trying to make a joke? No. Do you have a short sleeve shirt or not? You have a plaid short sleeve button up shirt.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Yeah, I think it's. Well, it's not really plaid. It's stripes. It's too colorful.

[Brady]

No, cops wear that. Can't do that.

[John Holmberg]

No.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

It's usually white and like light blue or light blue. Yeah, I don't have that.

[John Holmberg]

That's where the pit stains turn dark blue. Gets better. All right, we're gonna get you one of those. You're keeping the mustache. And we're get free donuts and Fuddruckers from now on. Black racks? Yeah, Everyday Joe. Boston shoes. Those like 30 bucks. You get them at Marshalls, you got like nine pair. Your closet looks exactly the same on every rack.

[Female Host]

Heel is slightly worn.

[John Holmberg]

You are TV cop.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Sounds miserable.

[John Holmberg]

Great.

[Doug Hopkins]

I like it.

[John Holmberg]

Does Ronnie like the mustache by itself?

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

She's still cuffed to the bed.

[John Holmberg]

That's not happening. Does she or not?

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

I don't know. She didn't really say much.

[John Holmberg]

She doesn't look at you anymore. She doesn't care.

[Female Host]

She doesn't care.

[John Holmberg]

Excuse me, officer. I've gotta go to the bathroom. Grady, there's a cop in the house. And the firefighter comes out.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Once we got married, I say, you. You will always look down while I'm in the house.

[John Holmberg]

Your head will never be higher than mine. So she's crawling.

[Female Host]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

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[John Holmberg]

Morning sickness.

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[Female Host]

I am laughing though because last night I watched the news store again. Be careful. It's that emotional time of year. There's a lot of emotion out there. There's, you know, family stuff gets to people and they go one way or the other. Loneliness, you know, the holidays are always known as the, the uptick in mental health issues, suicides. A lot of places that you know, start, start seeing the. A lot of hospital visits for people who are doing terrible things to themselves because they're just not happy at the holidays. They got no relationship, a bad relationship, something. And yesterday on the news I watched a lady who, who fell in love online once again and I'm the warnings we all shake our heads but it still keeps happening. Where are the people that will ever learn? So this is. This one had me actually laugh. I don't say the LOL too often but I actually laughed out at the tv. I was like she met a guy named Bob Scotto, Rob Scotto. And of course she doesn't want to be identified because it would be under near under her name. It would say, you know, like Vanessa Thompson, dumbass idiot says it was a quick relationship and he made me feel like we were going to be together forever. I really fell hard for him. I trusted who he said he was. No, no Google shot but a quick Google would have uncovered that the New York Department of Corrections had him as the most wanted fugitive. That's all you had to do is once. And she said I see so many red flags now that, that I obviously ignored. Yeah, that most wanted list is a fairly, I don't know Maroon Flag.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Love is blind.

[Female Host]

How is it though? But it's blind and it's also like hasn't touched the other person 1%. Well if love is blind, you have to like how about feel or hearing? You have to at least be in the same love should be in the.

[John Holmberg]

Same room as you.

[Female Host]

The cops in Scottsdale caught him. She said from July until now. Well, she got bilked out of $30,000 by this guy paid for various trips after he claimed he lost his credit card. I'll pay you back. From July until now, he's continued to promise to pay me back continuously. Stayed in touch with me on a daily basis. Yeah, you're an atm. I stay in touch with mine too. Telling me how Much he loves me.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Because if a guy wasn't gonna pay me back, he wouldn't call me every day.

[Female Host]

I'll tell you this, $30,000. I love you a little more than I did yesterday, especially if I've never met you and you hand me 30 grand. I'm starting to have some feelings about you too. And they're good. Today's the first time I felt a little bit of power in my life because the cops caught him. Police say that they got a tip from a New York investigator that this guy's. He had a felony warrant because you could Google search that too and you know, see that he was living here in Scottsdale they say started and he lived down the street, still wouldn't meet her. Police say they investigated and arrested him in a hotel lobby a little bit ago. He's, you know, he's probably staying at the Phoenician or the Global Ambassador or something like that on her. Get a few good nights in. It's 4, 4, 800 a night for the apartment suite at the Global Ambassador. It's a heavy tariff, but you get a nice little 4,000 square foot room. It's a, it's a house. It's a big house. Smoke show or cat lady, no picture. She won't be identified. She won't age and it won't say, Won't say anything. She doesn't want anybody. She don't want her neighbors to know. She doesn't to want. So evidently she does have friends or.

[Male Host with Mustache (possibly Brady)]

Her husband or that.

[Doug Hopkins]

But I don't think you call the.

[Female Host]

News if you've got a husband and say, got pilked out of 30 grand. And also, where's the husband? Like, where's that 30,000 anyway, she said it's not about getting even, it's about holding him accountable. And they said, any advice to anybody else going through something similar? Don't ignore the red flags. Yeah, ladies, big piece of advice I'm going to hand out to you. If you see a guy on a state's most wanted list, red flag.

[John Holmberg]

Red flag.

[Female Host]

I don't need to be a hurricane expert to know which flag means what.

[John Holmberg]

At this point, he's only on one state's most wanted.

[Female Host]

I can change him. She's this lady immediately then said she's gonna fly off and hang out outside the cell of Luigi Mangione. She's just, she's ready to find a man that she can manipulate and change. But yeah, as the holidays approach and money gets tight and you try to figure out, you know, who do I buy for who? If here's a here's a piece of Johnny advice. If you haven't met the person, they don't get a gift this year.

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[Female Host]

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[Doug Hopkins]

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