
Mickey Guyton, Zach Noe Towers, & Shane Douglas join Jeff Lewis in Los Angeles.
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Mickey Guyton
When you're Jeff Lewis, the drama never stops.
Zach Noe Towers
I don't need therapy. I don't need a prayer service. I need the fucking facts. Get to the point. She shut me down.
Mickey Guyton
I know.
Zach Noe Towers
She's like, I don't want this toxic man near me.
Jeff Lewis
See, you're a nice person.
Zach Noe Towers
Don't tell anyone.
Jeff Lewis
Well, nobody thinks it, so it doesn't matter.
Mickey Guyton
Jeff Lewis has issues.
Zach Noe Towers
Hey, welcome to Jeff Lewis has issues. In today's episode, Mickey Guyton and Zach Noe Towers join the show. We talk about TikTok advice, Shane's patience and employee write ups. Does everyone know who Mickey is?
Jeff Lewis
Yes. Black like me. Oh, you know that song, it's so funny. It's like it will make me tear up and I'm like, obviously white like me. You know what I mean?
Mickey Guyton
It's okay.
Jeff Lewis
But also like the whole being different on the playground, I think gay boys can relate to that. Absolutely. Black girls were some of my first best friends in elementary school. And so that song is like, really?
Mickey Guyton
Let's be your best friend.
Jeff Lewis
Let's do it. She's already so fucking funny. You have to ask her what she was craving when she was pregnant.
Zach Noe Towers
We'll get there.
Mickey Guyton
But first.
Zach Noe Towers
So you are a Grammy nominated artist. So you're a performer, but you also write.
Mickey Guyton
Yes, I do.
Zach Noe Towers
And you were the first black female performer to perform at the Grammys and be nominated for a Grammy in the country section, correct?
Mickey Guyton
Yes, in the country category.
Zach Noe Towers
The sector. Country. Sector.
Mickey Guyton
Oh, yes.
Zach Noe Towers
Okay.
Mickey Guyton
And then Beyonce came in and was like, bitch, it's mine.
Zach Noe Towers
You're very cute in person.
Mickey Guyton
Thank you.
Jeff Lewis
But your photos are clearly.
Mickey Guyton
Clearly.
Zach Noe Towers
No, it's not that. It's just that I felt like I thought you were older, but then when I see you in, you look. I mean, this is good. You look better in person than you do in your photos.
Mickey Guyton
That's a color of that. A lot of people say that. Yeah.
Zach Noe Towers
I mean, you look like a baby.
Mickey Guyton
Thank you.
Zach Noe Towers
But you're not.
Mickey Guyton
Yes. I'M not.
Shane
You're a grownup.
Mickey Guyton
I'm a grownup. Yes.
Zach Noe Towers
Now you have a baby.
Mickey Guyton
I do have a baby. He's four.
Zach Noe Towers
He's the cutest thing you've ever seen.
Mickey Guyton
Grayson is really, really cute. He is, he is.
Zach Noe Towers
But we were talking about Reddit and how people sometimes will come for you and they'll. They'll try to hurt you by saying things about your kid.
Mickey Guyton
Yes.
Zach Noe Towers
And that is very upsetting because then if they feel like they get a rise out of you, then they'll continue. Yes, But I think even the Reddit trolls, they will. They sometimes know when they cross the line.
Mickey Guyton
Yes.
Zach Noe Towers
So what I have found is when anybody says anything about your kid, other people will attack.
Mickey Guyton
Yes, absolutely.
Zach Noe Towers
So you kind of don't have to do anything.
Mickey Guyton
And it's like when they did attack my kid, it was like, you know what? Look at him, he is not ugly. My kid is actually really, really, really cute. So it was just like, whatever.
Zach Noe Towers
And your husband's real tall?
Mickey Guyton
Yes, he is. He's 64 and he's a lawyer.
Shane
Does he have a brother?
Mickey Guyton
He does, but he is not. I love you, Jared, if you're listening. But no.
Zach Noe Towers
Do you get along with your in laws?
Mickey Guyton
Well, my husband's dad died, so I.
Jeff Lewis
So yes, that one, yes.
Mickey Guyton
In spirit, yes.
Zach Noe Towers
Okay. And then what about. Is his mom alive?
Mickey Guyton
His mom is alive. Is complicated. It's. No, I do not get along with her.
Zach Noe Towers
Okay, that was. Okay.
Jeff Lewis
Not as complicated as he thinks he is.
Zach Noe Towers
Now his brothers and sisters.
Mickey Guyton
He has one brother and like.
Zach Noe Towers
And you like him?
Mickey Guyton
I do. I love him. I love Jared. Sounds great. I do, I really, really do. He's just wild and on the loose.
Zach Noe Towers
Do you have siblings?
Mickey Guyton
I do. I have two sisters and a brother.
Zach Noe Towers
And you get along with them?
Mickey Guyton
I do. Very much so.
Zach Noe Towers
Okay, that's good.
Mickey Guyton
And all my in laws. No, I'm the oldest girl and I have an older brother.
Jared
Oh.
Shane
Shout out to the second born. We are.
Mickey Guyton
It's like we did the shit in itself. It. For sure. Like we just like.
Shane
But it makes us stronger.
Mickey Guyton
It does make us stronger. It builds character to be that person, that middle child.
Zach Noe Towers
Mickey, you don't know this, but a lot of times, like if Jameson, if you're making a phone call, customer service, whatever. He gets confused for a woman. So talk a little bit just so.
Jared
She knows this is the sound of my telephone voice and your regular voice.
Mickey Guyton
I would know. Exactly.
Zach Noe Towers
But no, no, because you're looking at.
Jared
Him and I'm so masculine.
Zach Noe Towers
But.
Jared
But the way I look.
Jeff Lewis
It's not that.
Zach Noe Towers
Now Zach also gets used.
Jeff Lewis
I also get ma'am. Yes, you get ma'am all the time. I'm like, who am I doing with Zachary Towers? All right, ma'am, what can we do for you today? No, I'm like, my name is Zach.
Zach Noe Towers
There's someone else to add to the club.
Shane
Yeah.
Zach Noe Towers
Shaney.
Mickey Guyton
Hey.
Zach Noe Towers
Yay. We piled into a car, and there were several people, right? So the guy was driving, and Shane asked a question, and he said, yes, ma'am. Stop.
Shane
You can see me in your mirror. I'm right here.
Mickey Guyton
I don't get it. I really think I would know.
Zach Noe Towers
No, it's because you're. You see them, but I don't.
Mickey Guyton
Like, I can always tell when I'm talking to, like, a gay man on the phone because I love gay stuff.
Jeff Lewis
That could be fair.
Zach Noe Towers
What do you think of these gay choirs?
Mickey Guyton
I love it all. Listen, like, I look like I love the gays. I do. I feel like I should be 100%. I would love that.
Jeff Lewis
Does the gay men's chorus ever have, like, a female, like, pop culture?
Jared
All the time.
Jeff Lewis
There you go.
Jared
I swear to God, my boyfriend's in the gay men's chorus.
Mickey Guyton
See, that's beautiful. I swear in my other life, I was a gay man. There you go.
Zach Noe Towers
Please don't ask her. Don't obligate her to do the gay man's chorus.
Jared
I'm not asking anything.
Zach Noe Towers
Okay. If you were thinking that.
Shane
But it's not to come.
Mickey Guyton
I would love to.
Jared
They just had their spring concert, and their next one is the summer, and the theme is It'll Come to Me by Time. I'm done with the sentence. But it didn't.
Mickey Guyton
Oh, that's all right.
Zach Noe Towers
Here's the thing, though. You said that you got your start in the church choir.
Mickey Guyton
Oh, yeah.
Zach Noe Towers
Okay. I would imagine that they include people that have talent. Right. So with the gay chorus, it's more about their looks, how they look in a Speedo, are they hung? And it's.
Mickey Guyton
It's important.
Zach Noe Towers
It's different qualifications than the church choir, I would imagine.
Mickey Guyton
Very different. Very different.
Shane
The church isn't necessarily talent. It's like, if you feel the spirit, you know, then, like, you're included.
Mickey Guyton
Yes.
Zach Noe Towers
All right.
Shane
So I'm no good.
Zach Noe Towers
Did you get discovered? Or, like, how did you get here?
Mickey Guyton
So how did I get here? So, you know, I loved music, and it's something that was a huge passion of mine. So once I graduated from high school, I actually moved. I looked on the map to try to see where I thought music could work for me. Nashville just did not seem at the time an opportunity. So I moved to la and I wanted to get away from the South. You know, being a church kid, I. My parents were deacon and deaconess. Like, I've had enough church for everybody in this room and then some. And, you know, the church trauma and the guilt and all of that. So I just wanted to get away from that and come to la. And I befriended a woman named Jessica Bendinger who wrote Bring it on and Stick It. And she became one of my really good friends.
Zach Noe Towers
Bring it on. The movie.
Mickey Guyton
The movie.
Zach Noe Towers
That's one of my faves.
Mickey Guyton
One of my faves. It's such a movie. Like, it really, really is. And I was. She was. She wrote this book and was asking me to do demos for the book. And she was like, mickey, does people tell you that you sound like Carrie Underwood and you sing country music? I was like, well, I love country music. Like, I grew up on country music. Like, that's something I always loved, but I never thought I would ever have the opportunity to do that. And one thing led to another where I met this guy named Julian Raymond, who introduced me to a manager. And I was off to Nashville and I was like, peace out, Louisiana. And now I'm back.
Zach Noe Towers
How long did that take?
Mickey Guyton
Because long time. I moved to Nashville in, like,2012.
Zach Noe Towers
But how long had you been in LA?
Mickey Guyton
I've been in LA about five years. I was out here for going to school.
Zach Noe Towers
And you're from. You're from Texas?
Mickey Guyton
Waco, Texas. Like Joanna Gaines. Waco, Texas.
Zach Noe Towers
You ever been to the Roundup?
Mickey Guyton
I have not been to the Roundup. I have not been to the Roundup.
Zach Noe Towers
I know, because you say you love the gays, but I have not.
Mickey Guyton
Well, when I moved, I wasn't allowed to go to that kind of stuff.
Zach Noe Towers
Oh, yeah. Well, you would have a great time.
Mickey Guyton
I 100% would.
Zach Noe Towers
They've got three different rooms. They got all things going on.
Mickey Guyton
They got all karaoke.
Zach Noe Towers
They got karaoke. They got line dancing, they have drag shows.
Shane
She's too good to do karaoke, though. You have.
Mickey Guyton
I actually love karaoke. My go to is Britney Spears.
Shane
Okay, I'll allow it.
Mickey Guyton
Sometimes I can do, like, a Britney Spears impersonation.
Zach Noe Towers
Could you imagine if she got up and did karaoke?
Shane
I would not go after her.
Zach Noe Towers
Nobody would go after you?
Mickey Guyton
No. The thing is with karaoke is, like, you're not supposed to be serious. Like, it's supposed to be. You're supposed to sound bad. You're not supposed to go up.
Jeff Lewis
There's the professional singer in the room.
Mickey Guyton
I'm seeing Britney Spears. It's a real thing.
Jared
I really.
Zach Noe Towers
Yeah, and I'm sure you're terrible.
Mickey Guyton
No, no, she's not bad. Brittany. Brittany, if you're listening, shout out Brit.
Zach Noe Towers
All right, so you're in la and you go to. Did you go to Santa Monica Junior College?
Mickey Guyton
I did go to Santa Monica College. I did.
Zach Noe Towers
And you studied music.
Mickey Guyton
It was so nice there. That's a beautiful campus.
Zach Noe Towers
I know. I'm hoping my daughter will get in.
Mickey Guyton
I believe she will.
Zach Noe Towers
I don't know. It's questionable.
Mickey Guyton
Yeah. So I was actually going to school for business. Like, that's really what I was.
Zach Noe Towers
Wow. Smart.
Mickey Guyton
I'm smart. That's right.
Zach Noe Towers
Shane, did you hear that?
Shane
I mean, I'm impressed.
Mickey Guyton
You should be.
Jared
Do you.
Jeff Lewis
Are you good at the business stuff, though? Like, you're an artist?
Mickey Guyton
Yeah. As time has gone on, like, I can be if I need to.
Jeff Lewis
But you don't.
Mickey Guyton
No. Like, answering emails and stuff like that. It's just really. It's not why.
Jeff Lewis
It's not why you're put on the surf.
Mickey Guyton
No, it's not. Now, if you want me to be your cheerleader and help you out and open doors for people, I got you. Like, I'm a connector. That's something I really love to do. I love to, like, help other people and other artists in the industry with all the connections that I've made. Like, that's something I love, actually love doing.
Zach Noe Towers
I'm sorry if I'm staring at you. You are so pretty. Isn't she pretty?
Mickey Guyton
Thank you. Gorgeous. Thank you.
Zach Noe Towers
I just keep staring. Sorry.
Mickey Guyton
I'm gonna have to look really ugly in my pictures.
Zach Noe Towers
I need to consciously look away.
Mickey Guyton
Is that what you're saying?
Zach Noe Towers
No, your pictures aren't bad. You just look so good in person.
Mickey Guyton
Thank you. I appreciate it.
Zach Noe Towers
But I have to keep, like. You know how you stare too long. It's weird.
Jeff Lewis
You can look at me as a palette cleanser.
Zach Noe Towers
All right, so then how do you support yourself when you're out here?
Mickey Guyton
So out here in LA?
Zach Noe Towers
Yeah. @ Santa Monica Junior College.
Mickey Guyton
I worked two jobs at the time, so I worked in a retail store and I also.
Zach Noe Towers
Which one?
Mickey Guyton
It's not here anymore. Bibi. I used to work there. Oh, yeah. And I used to work at this cigar club. It was like this All Men's only cigar club that was.
Jeff Lewis
Did you get harassed within an inch of your life?
Mickey Guyton
Oh, my God. And, like, the thing is, like, I look back now, like, the times that I was like. Like the sexual harassment was, like, really, really bad. And, like, I didn't know that it was. That I. That it was.
Jeff Lewis
Well, what are you doing working in a cigar store?
Mickey Guyton
Yeah, but I wasn't like, one of. I was not some girl that was like, hey, yeah, hey, old man, give me your money. That was not me. I was like, literally, I would work my one job, go to school, and then come back and work from 6 to midnight. And I would have my laptop and my notebooks and I would be studying. Yeah.
Zach Noe Towers
While you're at work.
Mickey Guyton
While I was at work.
Zach Noe Towers
Wow.
Mickey Guyton
Yeah.
Zach Noe Towers
And you did that for how long?
Mickey Guyton
I did that. Oh, my God, for like, four years.
Zach Noe Towers
And then you found a sugar daddy?
Mickey Guyton
My baby daddy. He. But he was not my sugar daddy at the time. We were both really piss poor, but.
Jeff Lewis
Yeah.
Zach Noe Towers
How did you guys meet?
Mickey Guyton
So he is my ex best friend's stepbrother.
Jeff Lewis
Ex best friend's.
Zach Noe Towers
Why is it an ex best friend? What happened?
Mickey Guyton
Horrendous person.
Zach Noe Towers
What'd she do? Bitch.
Mickey Guyton
She 100% is. And if she's listening, that is fine. She just was a narcissist. And, you know, I'm someone that, you know, I'm not a confrontational person. And I think she took advantage of that. And she tried to get in the way of, like, my marriage to my husband. That's her brother. It's weird. Weird shit.
Jeff Lewis
Does she like her stepbrother, your husband?
Mickey Guyton
I don't think so. I think she was just jealous of our relationship.
Zach Noe Towers
She didn't want you to be happy. Cause she wasn't.
Mickey Guyton
You know what I mean? Yeah. And I think that was the course of our whole friendship. And I was able to see it finally.
Zach Noe Towers
And I was like, no, she was jealous. Something. I get all of my inspirational quotes from TikTok. And there was.
Mickey Guyton
There's some good.
Jeff Lewis
It's a good place.
Zach Noe Towers
Well, Oprah said. I mean, I saw one with Oprah, and she's like, you can't be friends.
Jeff Lewis
Oprah, the famous Tiktoker.
Zach Noe Towers
She is a famous Tiktoker. I see her a lot on TikTok, and she was saying, you can't be friends with some. Someone who's even a little jealous of you. A little jealous of you.
Mickey Guyton
No, you can't.
Zach Noe Towers
I get a lot of, you know, some great information from Matthew McConaughey, Oprah, Sharon Stone, Joey Zauzig. All the greats.
Mickey Guyton
All the greats.
Zach Noe Towers
I learned a lot. Speaking of Joey Zauzig, so you don't know this, Mickey, but we're putting on this big convention. It's called Chump Con. And do you know what a chump is?
Mickey Guyton
I don't.
Zach Noe Towers
Okay. A chump is basically a listener or a co host here. It's a term of endearment. So we're doing Chump Con and I've got 19 chumps appearing, scheduled to appear, and they're all being paid. They're all being paid ten grand for the weekend. So when everybody signed their contracts, I issued a 50% payment. Did you get your payment, Zach?
Mickey Guyton
I did.
Zach Noe Towers
You know why you got your payment? Because you immediately. You immediately sent us your wiring instructions.
Jeff Lewis
Oh, yeah.
Zach Noe Towers
And so as of about a week ago, we had reached out to Joey for his wiring instructions. He said that you can talk to my team. So we reached out to his team and we went from person A to person B. And then they started asking questions like, what were the payment terms? When you know, fine, okay, we answered. But just give us the wiring information so we could send the money. We followed up again for the third time last week. Was that like Wednesday the 25th? Okay. So then I said, we're not going to ask again. If you don't want to get paid, we won't pay you, but I'm not going to keep chasing you down for your wiring instructions. It's now been seven days. No wiring instructions. If someone wants to give you money, Mickey.
Mickey Guyton
Oh, I'm signing up right away.
Zach Noe Towers
You're going to get my wiring instructions.
Jeff Lewis
My email literally just had two rows of numbers and thank you. Yeah, that was it.
Shane
It's in my signature. Just my account number.
Zach Noe Towers
I just find it so insane that no one has sent us the wiring instructions. So he hasn't been paid. And then Shane asked me yesterday, what, you want me to follow up?
Mickey Guyton
I'm like, no, no, that is wild to me. Like, give me that 10 grand. Like, I'll be a chump.
Shane
Yeah, you are a good answer.
Jeff Lewis
You're becoming one right now.
Mickey Guyton
Am I becoming a chump?
Zach Noe Towers
Yeah, you're a chump.
Mickey Guyton
Oh, my God, that's so exciting.
Zach Noe Towers
You're a chump. Pretty chum, Gordon.
Mickey Guyton
Thank you.
Zach Noe Towers
So I'm gonna look at Zach.
Mickey Guyton
Nice.
Zach Noe Towers
Shane, I do wanna give you credit where credit is due. I drag a lot of these people on the daily and I do criticize their work performances. But I've actually started to pay a little bit more attention to what Shane does. I can't believe your patience dealing with A chumps B. Just in the wild. Just out in. In the world. I have so much insulation on purpose, which I'm sure you do.
Mickey Guyton
It's good for you, which I'm sure you do.
Zach Noe Towers
So I'm insulated from all this shit. But I just. I watch him now. And I'm listening. I don't know how you don't lose it. Just scheduling a car service takes 15 minutes.
Shane
I could see how for you that's quite a ride. Because for Jeff, it's a one sentence. Hey, schedule a car service for Tuesday for Da, Da, Da. He didn't know. No, it's a nine minute phone call with this company and that. But I was. But he was so impressed. And I was like, jeff, don't you know what I do every day? I deal with you and all of these people? Like, I'm just like, you know, I do. I am a patient person. Now.
Mickey Guyton
When's your birthday?
Shane
January 5th.
Zach Noe Towers
He's so patient. Alexis is your. She's your PR team. Part of your PR team. And I'm sure she does a lot of this bullshit. You don't seem like a kind of person. You seem like me, where you would lose your shit. Not. I mean, you seem like, you know, somewhat of a nice woman, but I feel like. But I feel like you would lose your shit. I mean, it's. It's crazy because in life, like, sometimes people are so slow, right?
Mickey Guyton
Why is that?
Zach Noe Towers
And it's really frustrating. So the car service lady was so beyond slow. She just Talk slow and then. What's the name? Okay, this. Could you spell that, please? Okay, well, just to confirm, I'm like, oh, shit.
Shane
I'm like, it's Ty. T. Y. That's it.
Zach Noe Towers
Shane, I don't know how you don't hang up on people.
Shane
Yeah, no, you would not have. You would not have completed that call.
Mickey Guyton
Why does it take so long to book a car?
Shane
She was usually like, it's a. It's a four or five minute call. This person, it was nine minutes. She was exceptionally slow. And everything was repeated and everything was wrong and everything had to be redone. It was. It was.
Jeff Lewis
Maybe she's part of Joey's team.
Zach Noe Towers
Arnold Armstrong now. Annie, sweetie, I gotta call you out. Cause I figured out something on Friday, so I was out of town. I was in Dallas at the roundup Thursday night. Thank you very much. And also my son, he did an amazing performance. Karaoke. You'd be impressed with him, but he's like Madonna, where he doesn't necessarily. Like, she's talented, but sometimes, you know, there's certain performance artists that they have these really amazing, amazing voices. I feel like Madonna. It's everything. Like, it's showmanship.
Mickey Guyton
It is.
Zach Noe Towers
He's more showmanship.
Mickey Guyton
That's. That's a vibe.
Zach Noe Towers
Yeah, it is a vibe.
Shane
It's a vibe.
Jeff Lewis
It's a path. For sure.
Mickey Guyton
It is a huge path.
Jeff Lewis
Yeah.
Zach Noe Towers
Okay. So sorry, I got deviated from this, Mickey. So Annie orders lunch often.
Mickey Guyton
Okay.
Zach Noe Towers
And as you know, here in la, you guys, you were having Subway for breakfast, which I smelled so good.
Mickey Guyton
It's so good.
Zach Noe Towers
Yeah. The. Alexis was eating her foot long from last night. That looked delicious. You just got all the toppings, didn't you? Did you get avocado?
Jeff Lewis
Yeah.
Zach Noe Towers
So good.
Shane
Oh, she's fun. For the avocado.
Zach Noe Towers
So Annie orders our lunch. And the thing about it is that, you know, there's different franchises with different locations, and I try to choose the ones that's closest to the house. So when was the one you ordered? A few weeks ago, Annie?
Annie
I ordered. I think it was California Chicken Cafe off Melrose instead of south or instead of Beverly.
Zach Noe Towers
Is that the one where we had to drive to Westwood?
Shane
It was. Yes. That's what you're thinking of, but it was from. It was like Hancock park, and they had to go pick it up from over there.
Zach Noe Towers
So I said to Annie, like, you know, everybody makes mistakes, and, you know, just next time, make sure you get the right. The right restaurant, which is the one close to our house. And people get very hangry at my house if you're not eating by 12:30. So on Friday, apparently you ordered from. Was it the Ghost?
Shane
Ghost Sando. No, Thursday. Go. Sando.
Zach Noe Towers
Ghost Sando.
Annie
Oh, yeah.
Zach Noe Towers
Do you know that you didn't order from the one on Melrose?
Annie
Is there one on Melrose?
Zach Noe Towers
You order from the one in Burbank.
Mickey Guyton
Oh, my God.
Jeff Lewis
Oh, that's a. That's a soggy sandwich right there.
Annie
How do I do that?
Zach Noe Towers
I don't know, Annie, because they should.
Annie
Be saved in the app. So I just go, la, la, la. Order.
Zach Noe Towers
So I called up Aurora because we noticed the receipt said Burbank. I'm like, why is she ordering food from Burbank? Burbank? You know, because you're from LA. It's what, 35 minutes, 40 minutes from your house?
Jeff Lewis
It can be.
Mickey Guyton
I mean, or worse, depending on the traffic. Yeah.
Zach Noe Towers
So I called Aurora, who's my housekeeper, and I said, hey, what time to lunch? Get there on. On Thursday. And she goes, Jeff, so late 11 15. What? I said, that's Because I said that's because Annie ordered it from Burbank, and she said, next time, I'm just gonna order from Nicaragua. That's where she's from.
Annie
I thought she was my friend.
Mickey Guyton
Clearly not.
Zach Noe Towers
So, Annie, this has happened twice now that we know of, so she knows of. So I don't know if you should be ordering lunch anymore.
Annie
Honestly. Please take it off my plate. I don't like that. I like candy.
Mickey Guyton
The pressure.
Zach Noe Towers
Yeah. Do you have these kind of people in your office?
Mickey Guyton
You know, sometimes it's me. I can really relate to you on that. Like, I'm with you on that. Like, I will, definitely. Especially for my husband. I'm very independent, by the way. If anybody doesn't know, like, I'm not a patient person. And so, like, that phone call that you were on would have drove me out of my mind. So, like, I'm just like, I'll just do it. I'll just do it. I'll just order. And I'm not necessarily paying attention. I'm like, you know, two hours later, I'm like, where is my freaking postmates? And then I realized I ordered from Nicaragua, so.
Jared
Right.
Zach Noe Towers
Or Burbank.
Mickey Guyton
I don't know what.
Zach Noe Towers
I don't know what's further.
Jeff Lewis
Or we should start ordering at, like, 10am from whatever.
Annie
But we don't know. Shane and Jeff never tell us if they're coming home for lunch until literally, like, 11:30. And then we find out we have to order. Then we got to get everyone's order.
Shane
It's not because on Thursday we were in Dallas. So you could have ordered a. You could have ordered.
Jeff Lewis
You could have ordered from Dallas.
Zach Noe Towers
Yeah.
Annie
Okay.
Mickey Guyton
Well, whatever.
Zach Noe Towers
Now you were on American Idol.
Mickey Guyton
I did.
Zach Noe Towers
Season 7. David Archuleta was here last week.
Mickey Guyton
Oh, my God. Yeah.
Zach Noe Towers
He was a runner up, correct?
Mickey Guyton
Yes. I would do it over that.
Zach Noe Towers
So you didn't make it, obviously.
Mickey Guyton
No, I did not.
Zach Noe Towers
But it's crazy because you have the most amazing voice.
Mickey Guyton
You know, it was a terrible experience for me, honestly. You know, shows like that, like, they're beautiful, but they're very. They're looking for a very specific thing, and they're was. You know, it's casting, but you're hot.
Zach Noe Towers
Why wouldn't they want you on?
Mickey Guyton
Maybe I wasn't that hot back in the day.
Zach Noe Towers
Oh, do we have pictures of her?
Mickey Guyton
And I didn't have story. I didn't have to be hot with.
Jeff Lewis
Like, a mom who had one leg. And like.
Mickey Guyton
Yeah, like, I needed to have someone like, oh, you don't Have a family. Like, I didn't. I was just like.
Zach Noe Towers
I married this Paul. Handsome attorney.
Mickey Guyton
Exactly, Exactly. I didn't have any of that at the time. I was just like. I just wasn't sick. So I. It was. It was really, really, really hard.
Zach Noe Towers
So in order.
Mickey Guyton
Aw, we're looking at a picture. Did y'all need to just bring up this American Idol trauma for me?
Zach Noe Towers
Okay. So once again, hotter in person.
Jeff Lewis
Well, you look much younger now.
Mickey Guyton
I was like, yeah.
Zach Noe Towers
Why do you look so young now?
Mickey Guyton
I don't know. I don't know.
Zach Noe Towers
Oh, it's one of those. I haven't done a thing.
Jeff Lewis
A lot of water.
Mickey Guyton
Like, a lot of water. I did do a facial this morning. Morning.
Zach Noe Towers
Okay.
Jeff Lewis
So did Jeff. Probably.
Mickey Guyton
Yeah, yesterday.
Zach Noe Towers
You asshole. Anyway, what were we talking about? American Idol.
Shane
American.
Mickey Guyton
Yes.
Zach Noe Towers
All right. So how far did you get?
Mickey Guyton
I got top 50. Nice.
Zach Noe Towers
Okay.
Mickey Guyton
Yeah, I got far, but it just. The whole experience just, you know, I just didn't enjoy myself.
Jeff Lewis
Well, meanwhile, also with those things, like, sometimes they have the top, like, 20 already selected when they go into it, you know, like, people have reached out and made deals with stuff to, like, secure spots, you know, it's all very.
Mickey Guyton
I mean, who knows? Like, you know, I just. I don't know. But they. They had their things, so I.
Zach Noe Towers
You're too confident. You were too confident. You need to go in there.
Mickey Guyton
Like, I don't know if I was.
Zach Noe Towers
Confident, beaten down, playing victim.
Mickey Guyton
Yeah. I needed to go crawling on my.
Zach Noe Towers
Knees where they felt sorry for you.
Mickey Guyton
The tears and I just didn't do.
Zach Noe Towers
Probably come from a nice family.
Mickey Guyton
I have a great family.
Zach Noe Towers
See, that doesn't work.
Mickey Guyton
That doesn't work. Like a drug addict, fat father or something.
Zach Noe Towers
Why are you looking at me? David Archuleta. What. What was his story?
Shane
He was just like, this cute. Yeah. In. Like, in the church, literally in the closet. Just like, cute family.
Mickey Guyton
Like, it's out now, right?
Shane
Yeah.
Mickey Guyton
Yeah.
Zach Noe Towers
I don't want to rub it in, but he want a car. You want a car?
Mickey Guyton
A car?
Zach Noe Towers
What are you talking about? He got a Ford Escape. He still has it.
Jeff Lewis
You have to pay taxes.
Mickey Guyton
Stop it.
Zach Noe Towers
He still has it.
Mickey Guyton
Stop it. I don't remember what. You got a car.
Zach Noe Towers
What you get.
Shane
Why are you trying to rub it in?
Mickey Guyton
Jack is.
Zach Noe Towers
You got nothing.
Mickey Guyton
You didn't get paid nothing.
Zach Noe Towers
You get a gift bag.
Mickey Guyton
Nothing but trauma, like, that whole experience was just not awesome.
Zach Noe Towers
Wow. You. You think you should have gone further?
Mickey Guyton
No, I don't think that at all.
Zach Noe Towers
Like, I. Oh, you think you should have Won.
Mickey Guyton
No, no, I don't think that either. I just think, you know, everything's supposed to be the way it was, and I accept it. Like, I wasn't one of those people. Like, I should have done this, or there was some conspiracy theorists. Like, there's just other people they thought were more interesting.
Jared
In case people are wondering, the winner that year was David Cook.
Mickey Guyton
Yeah.
Zach Noe Towers
And then David Archulet was the runner up. Yeah, but he got a car for being a runner up.
Shane
That's who always got a Ford.
Mickey Guyton
Like, all he got was a car.
Shane
Yeah.
Zach Noe Towers
Are you serious? That's a lot a car.
Shane
It's a lot more than you got.
Mickey Guyton
Yeah, that's.
Jeff Lewis
Oh, my God. That's true.
Zach Noe Towers
We should give her a Skechers gift card.
Mickey Guyton
But all that work and all you get is a car. Like, that was a lot of freaking work.
Zach Noe Towers
I'm sure he got more than that.
Shane
You got exposure.
Mickey Guyton
Yeah, that's true.
Zach Noe Towers
I don't know. Well, I agree with you. Like, I think as you. You seem pretty evolved. You understand that later, later in life, where we try to control everything to happen when we want it to happen, and then we realize that it's all supposed to come when it's supposed to come, and the timing wasn't right and you weren't ready, for whatever reason, the universe didn't think you were ready to be famous.
Mickey Guyton
Clearly not. So here I am.
Zach Noe Towers
Sorry. But now they do.
Jeff Lewis
You're kind of the Simon of this show.
Zach Noe Towers
Of this show.
Shane
Yeah.
Zach Noe Towers
Thank you. Laurel in Los Angeles, line one. Oh, hi, Laura. Whoa.
Laurel
Hello. Finally. Finally. Can you hear me?
Zach Noe Towers
Oh, I'm sorry, Laurel, Finally. Have I been. Did I leave you on hold for too long? Can you roll up the windows in that car? Are your windows down?
Jeff Lewis
Are you in a Jet Ski? No.
Laurel
I'm driving. I'm on the five. I'm driving home months and. Jeffrey, why are you dragging all your staff? Why are you doing that? You have been in a bad mood for quite a while.
Zach Noe Towers
I'm not in a bad mood. I'm not in a bad mood, Laurel. I just have very little tolerance and patience. Like I said, I'm no longer running a daycare center. I'm not interested in running a preschool. I'm just. I have no tolerance, and I'm setting boundaries, and I am. I'm sticking to these boundaries, and I'm enforcing these boundaries, and nobody likes that. Which, by the way, I learned from Sharon Stone. You know what she said?
Mickey Guyton
What did she say?
Zach Noe Towers
She said, the second I started setting boundaries, I lost friends. And my circle shrunk. Shrunk, shrunk, shrunk. My circle is shrinking, probably for the better, because I set boundaries. So I'm. I'm sorry if I'm coming off as an. I just want people to do their jobs.
Jeff Lewis
That's all the problem is. Oh, go on.
Zach Noe Towers
Go ahead, Laurel.
Laurel
Okay, wait. Okay, look. First of all, I want to give a shout out to Jameson. Jameson. I went to the concert on Sunday. Love it. My director is my. My director is in it, and his partner is in it. And Jeff, these guys are very talented. They excel.
Zach Noe Towers
I'll take your word for it.
Laurel
Gorgeous.
Mickey Guyton
Yeah, they're gorgeous.
Laurel
It sounds absolutely gorgeous. And they have.
Zach Noe Towers
Are you hard of hearing, Laurel?
Laurel
This is a lot of work.
Jeff Lewis
Yeah. Were you on the five when you were listening to them? Wait, Jeff, this is the problem with your staff. You have hired a bunch of hot 20 somethings.
Shane
Thank you.
Jeff Lewis
You need trolls in their 50s.
Mickey Guyton
Everybody is really beautiful here. I will say it's really nice.
Zach Noe Towers
I don't know. I don't understand why I can't have both. Why can't I have competent people that are attractive?
Jeff Lewis
Because hot people aren't supposed to be.
Zach Noe Towers
You hired someone attractive?
Mickey Guyton
I did.
Zach Noe Towers
Yeah. And I'm sure you had a choice. And I'm sure you had a choice of hiring a troll. And you hired the hot.
Mickey Guyton
The best one for the job, and.
Zach Noe Towers
You hired the cute one.
Mickey Guyton
You know I did. She just so happened to be cute, competent, and hot.
Zach Noe Towers
I think what people want to know is what happened with Keen. So Keon got. I spoke to my attorney. My attorney wrote up Kean for all the infractions last week. He received it, he reviewed it, he signed it, and he was. He was. I will say he is extremely remorseful. He did try to reach out to me over the weekend a couple of times. I said, look, let's just move on. You know, we're just gonna forget. Even though I'm not.
Jeff Lewis
Yeah, you're not gonna forget.
Zach Noe Towers
Never gonna forget me.
Jeff Lewis
Frame the write up. It's like on your office.
Zach Noe Towers
I do like write ups. I do like write ups. I don't know what it is. I had fun with it.
Mickey Guyton
It was like writing your name on the board when you were a little kid.
Jeff Lewis
The only thing hotter than Mickey. A write up.
Mickey Guyton
Right.
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Zach Noe Towers
You were saying that the gay chorus professor is coming up? Because we've decided we're gonna go.
Jared
Okay, great. I'd love you to be there.
Zach Noe Towers
Can we go backstage?
Jared
That's not a thing that happens.
Zach Noe Towers
Why? How do we meet all the cute guys?
Jared
You can meet them afterwards. They all come out after and you can say hi to all of them and they get to see their cheering crowds. It's very sweet.
Zach Noe Towers
And then is there like an after party or something?
Jared
I guess they get together.
Jeff Lewis
The biggest circle jerk you've ever seen.
Jared
Probably for some of them, you know.
Shane
Sunday, June 22nd at 3:30.
Jared
Yeah. And it's right here on Wilshire. You'll love it. And what did I say it's called?
Shane
Dancing Queen.
Jared
Dancing.
Shane
Dancing Queen at the Saban Theater. It couldn't be more convenient.
Jared
Yeah, it's gonna be right.
Zach Noe Towers
Oh, it's right there.
Jared
Right on.
Jeff Lewis
Literally.
Zach Noe Towers
I could walk across the street.
Shane
Literally.
Jeff Lewis
Is there an intermission at these things?
Jared
There is. So it's like about 2 minutes and 15 minutes.
Jeff Lewis
He doesn't do the whole.
Zach Noe Towers
Yeah, you're right.
Laurel
Excuse me.
Jared
2 hours, 15 minutes too long for you? But it's music.
Mickey Guyton
So it's your first half.
Jared
It's all music.
Jeff Lewis
Or second half. I bet they're gonna be the second half.
Jared
Yeah, but it's all like quick. It's not like they're not like giving monologues or anything.
Zach Noe Towers
It's just me. Is it family friendly or is it like pride? Because that can be a little risque.
Jared
It is designed to be family friendly. I think some families would say some of the men sometimes in the dance numbers, because they'll have some guys dancing, sometimes they are dress a little risque. So some families in some parts of the country maybe not qualify.
Mickey Guyton
He said some parts of the country. Yeah.
Jared
But in la, it's family.
Zach Noe Towers
Would you ever go to that, Mickey?
Mickey Guyton
Absolutely. I would love, love to go to that. 100% something I'd love to do.
Zach Noe Towers
I got a question for you.
Mickey Guyton
Yes.
Zach Noe Towers
So if your husband wasn't some big shot attorney, and let's just say that he is a musician like you, a performer, and he is in the gay. Look, if he was gay. But he's not gay. Right if he was in a choir.
Jeff Lewis
These are a lot of what if.
Jared
A lot of ifs to get to.
Jeff Lewis
Maybe you're thinking of a different person.
Zach Noe Towers
And then you're. Now you go to the performance and you realize that your husband's solo comes on. And then he kisses his co star or co lead, but he doesn't tell you. And you just kind of find that out when you're. When you're watching it. How do you respond to that?
Mickey Guyton
I'm he.
Jared
Okay, I'm gonna chime in. You're a gay man. You're me. You're me. And my boyfriend was. Had a duet. And so at the end they just.
Mickey Guyton
Okay, that's context. That's context. That's different.
Zach Noe Towers
Like, see, why do you need to kiss someone in choir?
Jared
There was no tongue. It was a short.
Zach Noe Towers
Did you ever do that? Church choir?
Mickey Guyton
I'll tell you why. But so, like, my husband, first of all, is very, very supportive. When we were dating, he used to go with me to Gay Pride here in West Hollywood, and he would wear purple pants and hold the flag. Like, he's so, so supportive. And so I got offered to do like some show or some movie. I didn't end up doing it. And it was like. I don't know, it was like a three week. I had to film for three weeks. And like, they said, well, you're gonna have to kill. Kiss your co star. So I called my husband and I was like. I said, baby, like, they want me to. To kiss my co star. And he was like, well, how much are they going to pay you? And I said, well, they're going to pay me $250,000. He's like, well, for $250,000, you better pucker up.
Shane
So.
Zach Noe Towers
Okay, that's a really good point. How much did they pay from.
Jared
He pays to be part of it. It's something.
Zach Noe Towers
Oh, so he paid to kiss the guy.
Jared
He pays dues. Yeah.
Jeff Lewis
Gay for, huh?
Jared
Exactly.
Zach Noe Towers
What is her. What are his dues?
Jared
I don't know what they are, but it's like, that's how it's designed. Yeah.
Zach Noe Towers
I didn't tell you. It was Frank's idea to kiss at the end.
Jared
It is sweet. And he's such a great singer and I was very proud.
Zach Noe Towers
I thought you were gonna say great kisser.
Mickey Guyton
That's what I was saying. A lot different. Like, the context is a lot different.
Jared
He did a great job.
Zach Noe Towers
Don't think it's necessary.
Mickey Guyton
Heterosexual relationships. Like, girls are like, freaking crazy. I'm crazy. Like, if it were me and I didn't know.
Zach Noe Towers
Yep.
Mickey Guyton
I would same throw hands.
Zach Noe Towers
Why didn't you tell me you were kissing?
Mickey Guyton
You know what I mean?
Zach Noe Towers
Like, yeah, there would definitely be, like, a problem.
Mickey Guyton
Massive.
Zach Noe Towers
Okay, let me ask you this.
Mickey Guyton
I get it.
Jared
Thank you.
Zach Noe Towers
Hypothetically.
Mickey Guyton
Yes.
Jared
Your husband's gay. Your husband's sad.
Zach Noe Towers
No, hypothetically, your husband has some sort of like. Okay, let's just say your husband. You're right. The husband doesn't work.
Mickey Guyton
It doesn't.
Zach Noe Towers
All right, so let me just tell you hypothetically, if Jameson's boyfriend went to a gay choir weekend, okay. And it was nine minutes, It's a retreat. Nine minutes from his house. But he spent the night.
Jared
They all spend the night and they all camp out and they all party and dress up.
Mickey Guyton
I. I'd be fine. Like, honestly, I feel like if you.
Jared
Guys literally is stirring a pot, if.
Mickey Guyton
You'Re an insecure person and you've gone through, like, cheating trauma, which I have. Like, yeah, I would need, like, phone calls and stuff, but, like, at this point, y'all not happening. Y'all have, like, a very.
Zach Noe Towers
What are you doing after midnight that.
Mickey Guyton
You can't come home?
Jared
I hope he's. I hope he's drinking. I hope. I hope he's partying, hooting, hollering.
Mickey Guyton
You know what I mean? Nine minutes away. Like, come on.
Zach Noe Towers
I mentioned to Ty yesterday, and he's like, nope, that would not be happening.
Jared
No, he's with his friends. It's like.
Zach Noe Towers
I'm like. I asked him. I'm like, so it's nine minutes from my house. It's a gay retreat. This is what I talk about.
Mickey Guyton
It's a retreat, though. Like, you're supposed to stay.
Jared
You're supposed to bond.
Zach Noe Towers
You don't need to stay the night. I can shower at home. Thank you. And I can show up the next morning. I don't need to sleep in bunk beds.
Jared
You are a wet blanket. You are so lame.
Annie
Dude.
Zach Noe Towers
I'm getting a reaction, which is what I've been waiting for. Thanks for listening. If you want more of this, listen to Jeff Lewis live every weekday on SiriusXM as well as the Jeff Lewis Channel, exclusively on the SiriusXM app.
Podcast Summary: Jeff Lewis Has Issues Episode: Mickey Guyton & Zach Noe Towers: Write-Ups & Hypotheticals Release Date: April 9, 2025
In this vibrant episode of "Jeff Lewis Has Issues," host Jeff Lewis is joined by Grammy-nominated country artist Mickey Guyton and co-host Zach Noe Towers. The trio delves into a range of topics, from Mickey's illustrious career and personal experiences to workplace dynamics and humorous hypotheticals. With Jeff's unfiltered style and candid conversations, listeners are treated to an engaging and insightful discussion.
The episode kicks off with a brief, albeit humorous, exchange highlighting Jeff's notorious drama-filled personal life.
This sets the tone for the episode, emphasizing the candid and unapologetic nature of the conversations to follow.
Mickey Guyton shares her path in the music industry, providing listeners with an inspiring narrative of perseverance and passion.
Mickey recounts her early days in Los Angeles, her friendship with Jessica Bendinger (writer of Bring It On and Stick It), and her eventual move to Nashville in 2012 to pursue country music more earnestly.
Despite initial challenges, Mickey's dedication led her to become the first Black female performer nominated in the country category at the Grammys, a milestone she discusses with pride.
The conversation shifts to the challenges of dealing with online negativity, particularly on platforms like Reddit.
Mickey emphasizes resilience, noting that addressing negativity head-on often leads to further attacks, but maintaining confidence in herself and her family helps mitigate the impact.
A lighthearted segment explores the nuances of different types of choirs, particularly focusing on gay men's choruses versus traditional church choirs.
Mickey shares her love for music, including karaoke performances where she enjoys impersonating Britney Spears, adding a playful dynamic to the conversation.
The discussion takes a more serious turn as Zach Noe Towers addresses workplace issues, including employee write-ups and management challenges.
Jeff and Zach discuss the intricacies of managing a team, highlighting the importance of setting boundaries and the occasional necessity of disciplinary actions to maintain workplace harmony.
In keeping with the show's playful nature, the trio engages in hypothetical scenarios that spark laughter and reflect on personal relationships.
These playful musings allow the guests to explore "what if" situations, blending humor with genuine insights into relationship dynamics and personal boundaries.
Mickey delves deeper into her personal life, discussing her marriage, family interactions, and the challenges of maintaining independence.
Through these anecdotes, listeners gain a more intimate understanding of Mickey's experiences, both professionally and personally, highlighting her strength and resilience.
The episode concludes with a discussion about upcoming events, such as "Chump Con," and the dynamics of organizing and participating in community gatherings.
These segments showcase the show's engagement with its audience and the efforts to create inclusive and entertaining community events.
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Conclusion This episode of "Jeff Lewis Has Issues" offers a multifaceted look into Mickey Guyton's career and personal life, intertwined with Zach Noe Towers' humorous yet insightful commentary. From navigating the challenges of public scrutiny to celebrating musical passions and managing workplace dynamics, the conversation is both entertaining and enlightening. Jeff Lewis continues to deliver his trademark unfiltered style, making this episode a must-listen for fans and newcomers alike.
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