Podcast Summary: Not Loveline

Episode: "WE'RE MOVING TO NY!? + TANA MET ADAM SANDLER!"

Hosts: Tana Mongeau & Trish Paytas (referred to as Meg in transcript; Trish’s stage name is clarified in context)
Date: November 17, 2025

Episode Overview

In this lively New York–themed episode of Not Loveline, Tana Mongeau and Trish Paytas catch up in NYC, reflecting on career highs, their evolving friendship, stage dreams, and the magic of the city. They share major updates: Trish’s Broadway run in Beetlejuice, Tana’s iconic Adam Sandler encounter, vintage-shopping escapades, luxury bag purchases, audience mobbing, and heartfelt moments that blend genuine gratitude with their signature unfiltered humor.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Life in New York – Adventures & Reflections

• The duo celebrates being together in NYC and how “lawless” and high-energy the city feels, with Tana remarking on the difference from LA’s more jaded attitude toward influencers.
• Both gush about the city’s food, shopping, and iconic sights, revealing a deep sense of gratitude for being able to travel and work.
  • Tana: “The New York girlies, they show up and they show out.” (11:33)
  • Trish: “It’s such a different vibe too...there’s just—I don’t know how to explain it.” (11:44)

Memorable NYC Moments:

• Attending Trish’s live Broadway performance (Beetlejuice), complete with a squad of nine friends taking up a whole theater row.

• Fan stories—Trish gets “mobbed” at Victoria’s Secret in Times Square and recounts being followed around the store by excited fans.

  “You might as well have been, like, with Mickey Mouse outside just being on me.” – Tana (29:22)

• Both talk about must-see tourist sights and how, despite years in NYC, Tana has never done them (“I’ve never been to the Statue of Liberty… or the Empire State” – 25:58).

2. Trish’s Broadway Era – Living Her Dream

• Trish expresses immense joy and humility about being in Beetlejuice, describing the thrill of performing, supportive crowds, and even the chaos when worlds collide—social media stardom meets Broadway tradition.

  • Tana: “You murdered it… how beautiful is it to also watch someone not only achieve their dream but succeed at it?” (10:36)
  • Trish: “It’s literally like, yeah, it’s my favorite thing… I would, like, 100% move here at least part time.” (11:16)

• Discussion of understudies and Broadway professionalism, with Tana in awe of the cast (“I don’t remember my Starbucks order!” – 9:53).

• Trish’s family and kids join her adventures, making the city feel even more special.

  • “We’ve been to the Museum of Natural History, Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Slime Museum, Museum of Ice Cream, American Girl—like, we have been.” – Trish (44:32)

3. Milestones, Shopping, and Dream Purchases

• Tana details buying her first Birkin in New York—a symbolic “made it” moment rooted in humble beginnings:
  • “It was such a, like, I made it moment… I’m able to have this, and I’m gonna have it forever, and my granddaughter’s gonna have it one day.” (17:34)
• The pair reminisce on shopping obsessions, vintage finds, and tackling “carrie bradshaw” moments:
  • “It would be so easy to have a shopping problem here—like, I understand Carrie Bradshaw intrinsically.” – Tana (50:04)

4. Tana Meets Adam Sandler

A highlight of the episode, with the emotional retelling of how Tana’s lifelong dream was realized:

• Tana, dressed in a “Big Daddy” t-shirt and blue snapback, gets front-row tickets to Adam Sandler’s Vegas show:

  • “SeatGeek gave me tickets and I get there and they’re just like, row A, row 1... I was in his pores, I was so close to Adam Sandler.” (34:36–35:39)

• Adam throws her a KitKat mid-show—a dramatic, hilarious fan-girl moment:

  “He threw a Kit Kat at me. That was my favorite part of the night. I have the KitKat. I’m putting it in a shadow box.” (36:24)

• After the show, Tana goes gambling in the same room as Adam—she wins $7,000, and when he leaves, she tells him "Love you Adam," and he replies, "Love you too."

  “As he was walking out, I go, ‘Love you, Adam.’ And he goes, 'Love you, too,' and just like, walked away. I love him… It was, like, the best night of my life.” (39:17–40:41)

5. Manifestation, Mutual Uplift, and Friendship

• The episode is laced with gratitude, manifesting, and heartfelt support:
  • Tana: “If you have the chance to be friends with Trisha Paytas in this timeline… all of your dreams will just start coming true.” (31:34)
  • Trish describes collective manifesting and how friends and fans “speaking things into existence” for each other has real power. (42:52)
  • Both reflect on the healing, supportive nature of their friendship.

6. Living with Gratitude & Spirituality

• Tana shares her growing spirituality, feeling “called” to New York and recognizing signs of the universe; Trish agrees, sharing stories about healing her inner child, particularly through doing kid-friendly experiences in NYC.
  • “I’m here healing my inner child, like, forever.” – Tana (45:06)
  • “I have this weird feeling in New York specifically that, like, I lived here in a past life or like, that I'm meant to live here.” – Tana (43:04)

Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• On Broadway Crossover
  Tana: “Being in the crowd, it was chaos. It was pure chaos. But, like, it was so, like, iconic. I was like, I don’t know if I’ll ever do this again.” (6:54)
• On Birkin Purchase
  Tana: “Someone go tell me who, like, literally couldn’t afford a meal that one day… I want to tell her that, you know, and I know it’s a material item. It’s more the symbolism.” (18:04)
• On Meeting Adam Sandler
  Tana: “He goes, 'You want it?' And I said, yes. And then, like, I caught [the KitKat]... we spoke, we had an interaction. I answered his question. I caught it. I, like, fell to the ground. I was sobbing.” (37:27)
• Manifestation & Friendship
  Tana: “If you have the chance to be friends with Trisha Paytas in this timeline, you’ll become friends with her, and then all of your dreams will just start coming true.” (31:34)
  Trish: “When other people start, like, speaking into existence for you… it just creates a synergy in the universe.” (42:52)

Key Segment Timestamps

| Timestamp | Topic/Segment | |-----------|--------------| | 01:19 | Welcoming listeners to the NYC edition / Opening banter | | 06:29 | Trish’s Beetlejuice Broadway run—stories from backstage, audience chaos | | 10:36 | Tana’s praise of Trish’s performance, reflections on dreams | | 15:00 | Romanticizing New York—iconic NYC experiences and shopping | | 16:00 | Tana’s Birkin moment—emotional milestone and gratitude | | 25:58 | NYC tourism—confessions of never visiting key sights | | 29:16 | Getting mobbed at Victoria’s Secret—NYC celebrity moments | | 31:34 | Manifestation, universal timing, Trish’s impact on friends’ luck | | 34:36 | The Adam Sandler story—front-row, KitKat, fangirl chaos | | 36:24 | KitKat throw—Tana’s fan moment peak | | 39:17 | Post-show gambling, Adam Sandler interaction (“Love you, Adam”) | | 44:32 | Trish on family/kid adventures, making the most of NYC | | 45:06 | Healing inner child, doing classic NYC experiences | | 50:04 | Obsessed with shopping in NYC, Carrie Bradshaw persona | | 53:05 | Broadway talent, supporting each other’s dreams | | 54:17 | Closing affirmations, mutual support, gratitude |

Tone & Style

• Conversational, chaotic, and heartfelt: The episode is full of fast-paced banter, inside jokes, dramatic recaps, and genuine affection.
• Mutual hype/validation: Both elevate and affirm each other’s achievements, creating a sense of sisterhood and encouragement.
• Quirky and candid: Themes of vulnerability, spirituality, fangirling, and fame are explored with raw honesty and self-aware humor.

Final Takeaways

This NYC special captures Tana and Trish (Meg) at peak main-character energy—living their dreams, gushing over the city’s sparkle, sharing iconic celebrity run-ins, and finding meaning and magic in both little and life-changing moments. The episode is a love letter to Broadway, bag shopping, fandom, manifestation, and their dynamic as friends who help each other step into their “wildest dreams.”

Listeners are left with the unfiltered hope that no matter your beginnings, you can end up front row at your own dream show—KitKat in hand.