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Welcome back to Sunday Sports Club. This is Isaac Groeschel here. You know, you guys call me Isaac Cooch. I am the host today. Usually my wife is doing a beautiful intro where she's like, sports told by a woman, and then she introduces me jokingly and is like, Isaac Kuch. But today it's just me. I'm. I'm here and I'm excited. And the reason I'm excited is because usually at this point in the season when you talk about NFL, it's off season, there's not much juice. But not only do we have NFL juice, we have life juice, because we literally just had a kid, which is crazy, which we're going to talk about, but it's just kind of a interesting time right now. I also want to talk about the Vrabel Rossini situation. If you guys have not been watching, essentially, there's a head coach in the NFL who was having an affair with the NFL reporter. The pictures came out. It was this whole thing, but it's really juicy. And I want to talk about, like, just infidelity in the NFL coaches. Their schedule is. There's their schedules and, like, how that leads to infidelity. We're just gonna get into it because, honestly, it's pretty juicy. Okay, so let's just start right now with. Let's start with the Life Update. We'll. We'll start and end the episode with Life Update. We just gave birth to our beautiful daughter, Pepper Joe. We already have one other daughter, Scotty. So now the gang has. We have two girls, which is the most unbelievable thing. What's really interesting about this birthday is the first time around, my wife had a C section, and it really, like, Scotty was just breached the entire time. There's not much we could do about it. And then she had the C section. And it was a wild experience for anybody who hasn't had a C section. For the guys listening who haven't seen anything, C sections are so incredibly underplayed. Like, it's violent. Like, I remember sitting in the room there. Yeah, there's a lot of tugging. They're yanking the baby out. Ally's whole body's shaking. Whatever. We don't need to get into details. Point is C section, round one. One of Ali's biggest goals in pregnancy and just being a mom was have a vbac. And our doctor was really adamant about also supporting her and doing whatever. Whatever she can do to have a vbac. And, yeah, we went into this birth and she fully had a VBAC and crushed it. It was a crazy experience just to get a little bit into the nitty gritty. Ally's water broke at 11:45 on Sunday. It was funny. Like, she was literally leaking, like, a lot of water. And she was like, I don't know if my water broke. I'm like, I don't. Well, she was like, I might have peed on myself. I'm like, I don't know. When somebody just casually pees on themselves and then just, like, doesn't know, it's like, maybe that I pe on myself. I was like, you definitely would know if you peed on yourself. So went into the hospital. And just so you guys know, because it was a VBAC for her, the minute she had signs of labor, our OB GYN was like, come in. This is not like a hangout at home labor at home situation. Like, if you have signs of labor, come in. So I went into the hospital, they did a test. The test came back as that was not amniotic fluid, or however you say it, meaning her water didn't break, which was mind blowing, because I'm like, she's leaking a lot of fluid. I'm still not convinced that was an accurate test. But the point is, what that led to is us staying at the hospital because ended up coming out that it was her water stayed there, ended up giving birth the next morning to our daughter, Pepper Jo. And the whole process was crazy. Like, Ally crushed it, basically. We got to the hospital, they started pitocin probably, like, four hours after we got there. She didn't get the epidural until essentially the next day at, like, 12 in the morning. And then the baby came out at 7:45. It's the craziest thing. She labored all night, continued to get dilated, woke up in the morning. I mean, I say wake up. She slept, like, 30 minutes. I slept, like, two hours, woke up in the morning, and they were like, you're 10 centimeters dilated. That was at 6:45. The baby was out at 7:45. I mean, it was the craziest thing in the world. Ally 1 in or at 6:45. They were like, all right, we're gonna start some, like, practice pushes in about 15 minutes. She started practice pushes at, like, 7:15. And they were like, hey, we might need to call in the emergency doctor, because I don't think your ob GYN is gonna make it. He ended up getting there in time. Literally the first contraction that she did when he was in there, they Were like, push, push, push. Literally in a 15 second period and the baby just popped out. It's the craziest thing I've ever watched. I watched the entire thing. One thing I will say, the craziest thing that I saw, other than like, literally the act of a child coming out, was they were like, hey, dad, do you want to come see the baby's head, like in alley? And I. I was like, of course I want to see. It went around and like, the visual of just a baby inside of somebody's body is crazy. And I'm not saying that like it's gross or like, you know, the Brad's and Chads, you're like, dude, you can't unsee it. That's not what I'm saying. I'm just saying, like, from a physiological standpoint, from a human perspective, it's just like a crazy visual to see the baby. Also, Pepper had a lot of hair. So then you're looking in there and you're like, what's going on? This thing's just in there. You don't know what they look like. You just see a baby. Oh, my God. It's crazy. So that was two weeks ago and everything's been smooth. As smooth as it can be with a newborn. I'm gonna pause right now because we'll talk about some other stuff. And then at the end of the episode, I'll talk about what it's been like, you know, like postpartum and whatnot. But that's a little bit of the birth story. Ali, again, absolutely crushed it. I. I haven't, like, the respect that I have for Ali going through that. Incredible. And it, like, it's not like I didn't have respect for Ali before, but I just think there's some added juice when you see your wife give birth. Like, that is an intense thing for somebody to go through. So it's just incredible that I got to watch it. So proud of her. She had the VBAC of her dreams. I'm sure we'll do another episode together where we go more in depth on the V back process, because you guys should hear it from her perspective. But just absolutely incredible.
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Let's get into the NFL draft because this is a sports show and as Ali would say, sports told by a woman. But today it's not told by a woman, it's sold by a man. So the biggest, one of the biggest things other than the super bowl happened in the last couple weeks, which is the NFL Draft. The NFL draft is crazy because basically every team goes into it. There's seven rounds. Every team gets between like six to 10 picks. And you just kind of build your team for the next year. A team only has 53 spots in their active roster. And if you draft 10 guys, I mean, that's 20% of your roster right there in the draft. So that shows you how important it is. Basically, like the first overall pick is probably. We'd have to look it up. Probably gonna make like 30 to 40 million dollars. I was a seventh round pick. My contract was two and a half million dollars for four years. So that shows you kind of the range of money that people are making. But I think for this, I want to talk about, like, what happens when you get drafted. Because look, we could go through draft picks and be like, oh, Fernanda Mendoza went first overall. Look great. I think a lot of people listening, like, those names don't really mean anything until the season starts. So we're not going to go into the nitty gritty. What I think is juicy is like, what's next for these guys? Like all these guys who are young, they're 21 years old, 22 years old, are now in the NFL. What does it look like. So essentially what happens for the majority of guys in the next two weeks following the draft, they are all going to show up to their teams. When they get to their teams, they enter essentially summer training. I'm going to try to make this not boring. I'll be quick. Summer training. When they get there, they have a rookie only like, training camp, which is a few days, and then they get thrown into the fire with all the older guys. It's one of the craziest things that you go through. Like, for me, going through that rookie minicamp was awful. I was chronically stressed. I was freaking out. I mean, all of a sudden I'm this seventh round draft pick who now has to go prove themselves. My teammates are 35 years old. I'm like, what? I. You could be my father and you're just like in the fire. It's one of the total, one of the toughest things that you go through. And what's really interesting is before that, when you're going through the draft, you have no clue where you're going to go. You don't know where you're going to live. You don't know anything. So for all these guys, literally, let's say they had a fly out the day after the draft, 24 hours prior to flying out. They literally had no clue where they were going to. Let to tell you a little bit about my story. I was a seventh round draft pick, like I said. And once the draft is over, once the seventh round, seven rounds are over, then teams can just like sign you, but you're not drafted. They could cut you the next day. Like, they don't care about you a ton when you're undrafted. So I was in the last round of the draft. I was like, you know what? Forget it. I'm not going to get drafted. So teams already started calling me, saying, hey, if you don't get drafted, we'd like to sign you. So I had fully committed to going to the Chicago Bears. Like, I was like, I'm going to go play for the Bears as an undrafted free agent. All good. It is what it is. And then 20 minutes after that call, the Chargers called me and they were like, hey, we want to sign you. And then a week later, I was in California. I had never been to California. Well, I had been to California because I played there when I was at Notre Dame, but I hadn't spent time in California, didn't know anything about it, and you just up and have to move there. So that's just like a little idea of how it is. I want to rewind a little bit though, because we got to get back into this draft story situation. For me, I'm describing it really fast. Like, oh, like I didn't think I was going to get drafted. It was chaos. I had a whole draft party. I thought I was going to go like fourth round. And then literally all these people are there. Fat Joe randomly came to the suite. It was a whole thing. I was signed with Jay Z's agency. And so Jay Z had a club in New York that they just like gave me a room at. And so it was just like, what is going on? And then, you know, the toughest part is when you expect to get drafted higher than you do and all these people are there. You're just sitting around looking at people. Like, everybody's looking at you. Every single pick, they're looking at you. And they're like, how's he gonna feel? What's he gonna. And that's like, I was feeling the pressure of that and then ended up getting drafted and it was like such a fun celebration and everybody was pumped. So again, long story short, ended up with the Chargers and that's just how quick it goes. And one other thing I'll say about the draft that's really interesting. Everybody watches the draft and they see the guys like on the phone while their pick is coming in. So that's like pre recorded. So like then like the. For the production, they show that. So what happens is a team will call you before they're on the clock, right? Like let's say it's the first pick or. Excuse me, that's not a good example. Let's say it's the fifth pick, right? And the year you're the Falcons and you have the fifth pick and the jets have the fourth pick. Rock with me here. When the jets are at the end of their pick and they've already picked their guy, the Falcons might call their next draft pick and say, hey, we're going to draft you when it's our turn. So then that guy already knows he's getting drafted. Everything's chill. And so then that's what they're showing on tv. There's. They're showing the guy going, oh, I got the Atlanta number. Okay, let me answer. And he's getting drafted. And then his name pops up on the screen. So 99% of guys, they already see, or, excuse me, they already know where they're going to get drafted before they see their name. Most guys don't find out where they're going by looking on tv. It's just interesting because they do a really good job with the production and make you feel like it's in real time, but it's not. But it's. It's great. I mean, this is like the new age, you know, so many things happen. Teams trade. There were trades. So a team, they could be on the clock and they could be like, hey, we're actually going to give this pick to the jets and we're going to go take a later pick. So so many things can happen. And it really sets up and frames the next, you know, nine months of the off season and regular season. But in the midst of all that, the Patriots head coach, Mike Vrabel. So this is, this is really juicy, so stick with me. So there's three days of the draft. Mike Vrabel was not present with the Patriots for the third day of the draft because he went and spent time with his family. And you might be like, oh, that's so sweet. He went and spent time with his family. It was because he got caught having an affair and he had a sacrifice a day to go spend with his family. So this situation started because pictures came out of Mike Vrabel and Rossini. I think that's how you pronounce her name. The reporter at a hotel in Arizona. They were found at this hotel after. There's an owner. There's. Every year there's like a conference. It's an owners and head coaches conference. They all go, there's. And then after this, it was in Arizona. After this, he went to like two hours north of where it was of Phoenix and got a hotel room and stayed at this hotel, this resort with Rossini. So Mike Vrabel and Rossini, they were both at the owners and GMs and head coaches conference together and then went up there together. They have NFL reporters at these conferences because guys are doing interviews, coaches are doing interviews. Very normal. But those photos came out. Mike Vrabel and Rossini both came out and they were like, you guys are crazy. You act like two adults can't have an interaction. Mind you, these photos are fully them, like interlocking hands. Nobody else is there. It's clearly just the two of them. And it's sketchy, but fine. They come out immediately after, deny everything. And then it's. This is where like, they're like, yeah, the devil works fast, but tick tock works faster. Like people were coming out of the woodworks with photos. There's photos from 2020. There's exchanges of interactions there's interview. They have interviews of Rossini dogging on her husband. They've got all this information. It all comes out, keeps coming out, keeps coming out. And then essentially they both. They don't come clean, but they like apologize for their actions. And it's super interesting and sketchy because, like, you know, people make mistakes. That's fine. But like, as a head coach in the NFL, you have no time at home. Like, a lot of the coaches that coach me had literal beds in their offices because they would work until 1am at night and they would be back at the office at 6am the next morning. Like, you're not going home. You don't see your family. And then also keep in mind, the season goes from the end of July. This is like the true season goes from the end of July until January. End of January. So that's gone. Erase that. And then there's a couple months off. But during those months off, they have the draft, they have all star games, they're traveling, they're in the office every day. So when I say off, they're all from the season. But, like, they still have to. They have to come into the office every single day and work. And then the guys come in in like April. So from April to June, everybody's in a facility. So you have a full day schedule, you're grinding. And they have like four weeks off max. And when I say off, that's truly off, where you're just with your family. So Vrabel finishes this conference and he can go home and spend time with his family because he only has like 40 days a year to spend with his family. And he decides to go to a resort with Rossini. That's why it's sketchy. It's sketchy because not only is he cheating on his wife, but it's like, dude, you're sacrificing valuable time with your family to go hang out with this woman. It doesn't. It doesn't make sense to me. So the issue with these coaches, though, is a lot of these coaches, they're so incredibly busy. They have no time at home. They're always on the road. And without labeling anybody, it just creates a very difficult environment for marriages and relationships. I'll leave it at that. It's just very challenging when you're spending most of your time in the office and then on the road and then the off season hits and you're traveling, all these all star games and the draft and yada, yada, yada, and there's reporters like, it just is not a good situation for a relationship. Again, take, take from that what you want to, but it's not great. Players, you know, there's all these, the, the bad ideas that people have about players. Players have the season and mind you, during the season, like you go, there's rules, like you still have a life, you go home, you have off days, you have days where you're done at noon. Like it's totally different. So you have more time at home and then you have a full offseason, you have four months off where nobody can tell you what to do. You're with your family, you're with your wife. It's just a totally different set up. Coaches, I really think they are put in situations that are really challenging as far as like, you know, being by themselves, having to constantly be working, constantly be on the road. And it just again, is not a great situation for relationships. I not a great situation for variables.
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These days I have been spending my time laying in bed, binge watching whatever I can on tv, whether that be a TV show, movies, you name it, I am trying to watch it because, you know, I'm just trying to soak in all the newborn cuddles as much as I can. And I want to take a second to talk about Running Point Season two. So from executive producer Mindy Kaling, star Kate Hudson and an all star cast returned to Netflix April 23 for a new season of the hilarious basketball comedy Running Point. Season two promises more hilarity and higher stakes as Isla Gordon. Which is Kate Hudson is determined to prove her leadership of Los Angeles Waves is permanent rather than a surprise temporary fix following last year's team scandal. However, she remains unaware that her brother Cam is secretly maneuvering behind the scenes to reclaim his former job as head of the sports empire. To survive family power plays and intense board scrutiny, Isla must rip up her old playbook and create a new game plan to stay on top. The roster grows this season with star studded guest appearances from Ray Romano, Max Greenfield and a ton of cameos like Octavia Spencer, Nicole Richie, Scott Speedman and Lisa Ryna. So if you guys are anything like me and you're looking for your next season to binge watch, watch Running Point Season 2 only on Netflix April 23rd. I've been doing a little spring reset with my closet lately, focusing more on quality over quantity and just kind of building a wardrobe of pieces that are well made, versatile and easy to reach for every day. Especially heading into postpartum. I'm like, I don't want getting Dressed every single day to be hard. But I still want to wear good quality pie and that's why I keep coming back to Quince. The fabrics feel elevated, the fits are thoughtful and the pricing actually makes sense. So if you guys are new to Quince, Quince makes beautiful everyday pieces using premium materials like 100% European linen, organic cotton and super soft denim with style starting around $50. Their spring pieces are lightweight, breathable and effortless. The kind of things that you throw on and instantly look and feel very put together. And that same focus on materials carries over into their accessor. So like their leather bags, which are made from 100 hand woven Italian leather and honestly look way more expensive than they actually are. Quince works directly with ethical factories and cuts out the middleman so that you're paying for quality and not the brand markup. So if you're anything like me and you're trying to refresh your wardrobe, maybe elevate a few of your key pieces, definitely try Quince. Head over to Quince. You can refresh your spring wardrobe with quince. Go to quince.com Sunday for free shipping and 365 day return returns. Now available in Canada too. Go to Q U I n c e.com Sunday for free shipping and 365 day returns. Quince.com Sunday you might be asking now,
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what do they fire and do they move on? Racini was permanently removed from whatever I think she was working for NFL Network. Permanently removed from that. I don't know what the future of her career is. Also here's what else is crazy. I didn't even mention this. Other reporters came out when Racini got caught and they were like, it's about time. I'm like, wow, she must have been up to no good and talking about it. So I don't know that she'll work again in in any capacity with NFL commentating or broadcasting or anything. Vrabel, I don't necessarily know if he's going to be affected. Look, their team just went to the Super Bowl. If he can manage to not have this be a distraction and they can win games, nobody's gonna care. I don't think that's right, but I don't know. Is it the team's responsibility to mix his personal life with, with like him keeping his job? I don't know. I don't know. He wasn't messing with somebody on facility on like the team's grounds. He wasn't messing with an employee of the team. It's too consensual. Adult. Clearly not. Okay, we know that. That's not the point. The point is, I don't know if the Patriots really have to do anything. I don't think they will. And we'll see if it's a distraction. Their team just went to the Super Bowl. We'll see what will happen. I think he's going to get back in the lab. Everybody's going to know what happened. He's going to talk about it. There will probably be some jokes about it, unfortunately, again. And, you know, their team will operate as usual, but tough situation there for Mike Vrabel. Let's move on, shall we? I think you guys get the point about Variable. It's just. It's. It's been what's been talked about. I mean, it's been everywhere. It's my whole for you page. Let's now just finish this episode with some thoughts on postpartum and how it's been. So, just to give some context, Ally, for her first postpartum with our daughter, Scotty really struggled. She really struggled. And part of that was just to paint the picture. Scotty was born December, whatever, like, beginning of December. You guys don't need to know her birthday. That doesn't matter. Born the beginning of December. I got released from the Raiders at the end of November. So Ali was 37 weeks. I got released. We're living in Vegas, and we decide to move back to California. So that's one move. Okay. And then we get to our house that they had started demolishing, essentially, and we told them, hey, stop, because we're moving back here. So we got back there, the power really wasn't working. There was no AC or heat. And in California in the winter, gets down to, like, 45, 40 at night. Like, it's cold. We didn't have any heat. We had space heaters all over the house. Just trying to, like, figure it out. We had extension cords going from, like, one area to the house to the other. So Scotty's born. That's our living situation. I mean, look, everybody's healthy. We're financially okay. So we made it work. But then we were like, okay, let's move to Texas while our house is getting renovated. But before we moved to Texas, we had to go back to Vegas and live there for a couple weeks for the Super Bowl. So, like, we had a move. We had to pack up all our stuff probably, like, six to eight weeks after Scotty was born. So that's the second move, and that's moving to go to Texas. I should just Restart this because that was complicated. Let me, let me explain this more concisely. So two weeks before Scotty was born, I got fired from the, from the Raiders. We were living in Vegas and we decided to move back home to California because our OB GYN was there. We really had only switched OB GYNs for a few months. We were like, let's just go home and figure out NFL later. Let's go home and have Scotty and figure it out. So we moved from Vegas to California two weeks before Scotty was born. Allie's 37 weeks pregnant. We're doing it anyways. Who cares? That's one move. Eight weeks after Scotty was born, we moved to Texas because our house was getting renovated. So we had to pack up everything in that house that we had accumulated for my whole NFL career from Vegas that we moved, packed it all up, shipped it to Texas, and then we went to Vegas for the super bowl that year for a couple weeks and then we moved to Texas. So that's two moves and about a three month window we get to Texas. It's absolutely awful. Ally's three months postpartum. She's not seeing anybody. We have no friends, we have no family. Literally we'd go to week and not have one conversation with anybody else other than ourselves. So we hit rock bottom there and we decided to move back to California. So that's a third move within the first six months of Scotty's life. Pack up all our stuff. That pack, packing and moving was super stressful. Move back to California, we move into a rental. During this time, our house is getting renovated. We can be there and be present during it. And then when Scott is about a year old, we decide to move again into our house permanently. So we had four moves within the first year of Scotty being born. So when you take all that, you think about all the stress that comes with moving and just life situations and loneliness, being in the middle of nowhere, making a poor life decision and regret, yada, yada, yada. And postpartum, like, things were not well at all. Things were not great. So Ali really struggled. She also was exclusively pumping, which, which for those who don't know, for the guys listening or the women that have not exclusively pumped, like, it's super challenging. I mean, ali was pumping 24 7. I swear all I heard was that the sound of that machine, like literally just 247 and you know, just storing the milk and like everything. It's just, it was really challenging. So like life situation wise, it was so much worse. Than where we are now. So fast forward three years. We now have Pepper. We have a community. Like, Ali, going into birth, had so many friends to talk to. I mean, we're in the hospital. We're letting people know. People are like, what do you need? And then Pepper comes home to a fully renovated house that has, that has heat and ac. I. The reason I say that is because our first house was getting demolished at the time that we moved back into it. There was no AC heat. It was like 40 degrees in California at night. We had space heaters everywhere. Now, that wasn't an issue. We went to the same obgyn the entire pregnancy. And then, of course, Ally didn't have a C section. The recovery for a C section is, is feels like six straight weeks. I didn't have to go through it, but I'm just telling you how she felt this. She had like four or five days of pain that was excruciating. We actually had to go back to the doctor and check on her, make sure everything was good. And then now it's been a couple weeks and she's feeling like she's pain free. So it's awesome. I mean, this has been night and day different, like, based on observation, right? Ally will come on and have an episode where she's talking about this, but based on observation, it doesn't. Your life circumstances don't make postpartum a breeze, right? Like, you can still be feeling the effects of that and the hormone changes and everything, but it definitely makes things easier, like just having friends that are here. Also, luckily enough, all of Ali's friends literally are giving birth right now. It's the craziest thing in the world. There's this picture that they take. There was four of them, right? Four of the gals, all pregnant. And then one by one, the babies are popping out. It's unbelievable. I'm just so pumped for it. I'm pumped for her pump for the life situation and just thankful, you know, it took some time moving back here and being here consistently after my NFL career. It took some time to, like, get a community and get a. A situation that was consistent and fun. And I feel like Ali's finally found that. Biggest challenges so far have definitely been our oldest. You know, look, Scotty is a princess. Scotty's the best thing that's ever happened to us. I mean, to me, she's. She's my everything, but she's. She is the more challenging piece of this piece. You forget how little a newborn does. I mean, Pepper does nothing. She Literally eats Ali's boob and then goes to sleep and then poops and then rinse and repeat like, there's nothing. Scotty, on the other hand, obviously is having her whole world change. She's. She's dealing with the. We call big emotions. She's dealing with big emotions of, like, who is this person that's in my world? Why are you trying to get me to sleep through the night in my crib now? Like, what is she? It's been a whole debacle. But that's. That's been the most challenging thing is how to deal with that. And then also another thing that's been really challenging is the divide and conquer piece, because here's what happens. I made a video on this today. Like, when you're. When you're one on one coverage. Like, I've got Scotty, Ally's got Pepper. Ally is in the bedroom breastfeeding in her newborn bubble. I'm taking on Scotty. Both of us are getting to each other. At the end of the night, I'm thinking, God, I've been with a toddler all day. I'm exhausted. She's thinking, God, I've been with a newborn all day. I'm exhausted. And we're not seeing each other's perspectives. 100. That's challenging because both people feel lonely, but there's like, no light at the end of the tunnel. It's just kind of is what it is. And I think that's something that we're working through right now, trying to create spaces for. To be with each other and to, like, you know, spend time with each other. That's intentional, but it's tough because you're. You're one on one. I can only imagine what three kids feels like. And then I wanted to give this piece of advice for dads. Women. You can send this all to your. To your significant other. So dads in the hospital, when your wife is giving birth, one, love them how they want to be loved, support them how they want to be supported. Like, it's not your time to start freestyling and, you know, try new methods, figure out how they want to be supported in those moments of giving birth. And another thing, one of the biggest takeaways that I had was like, ally, when it was just us two and the nurses weren't in there, Allie would come to me and be like, dang, I'm kind of. I'm in pain. I feel like those pain meds weren't working. The nurses would come in and she wouldn't Say anything. My job is to communicate. You know, you don't want to be annoying to your wife and be like, over communicating and just being like a hound when the nurses come in. But if things are talked about between you and your wife and you can help with the communication and say, hey, I just wanted to ask you a quick question. Ali said she was still in pain. Are there any options? And then. And then your wife can decide what she wants to do. But I think being an advocate for them and just helping make sure all the information's properly communicated can be really important. That's it, guys. We're here at the end of the episode. This has been fun. Oh, I was gonna say this, too. We didn't even touch on the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. We could deep dive in that. I mean, look, we're in Orange County. We know half the people on the show. Oh, my God, it's just so juicy. It's so. I'm telling you right now, I'm gonna be sat. Next level. Sat. It's funny where I'm sitting right now. They literally filmed an episode. Like, could Thor Rock? Where they filmed an episode. It is juicy because, look, we. We've got the keys to the castle. We know, like, I know all the information, and it's just. It's gonna be really juicy to just watch how things unfold, watch just the perception of everything and just really be able to sit in our bed and eat popcorn and relax and not be a part of the drama and just watch it. So curious how they. How they do that. I'm also really curious how the franchise kind of flips things around. I feel like the comments have been really not great. I think a lot of people are like, what's going on? These people aren't Mormon. Yada, yada, yada. I'm just curious how then they portray it. Do they try to overcompensate with drama? Do they, you know, what is it going to look like? I cannot wait. I cannot wait. Okay. Appreciate you guys tuning in. That's it. Hopefully we'll get Ally back soon. We will. She's not going anywhere. She's actually in this. In this facility where I'm recording right now. She just is not on here. She's handling the baby. So appreciate you guys and excited that I could do this episode. Appreciate it. Thank you. It sounded so formal. Thank you. See you later. Nice to meet you. All right, bye.
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