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Host - Burt
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Leah
How did I not know Rack has Adidas?
Host - Burt
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Host - Burt
All right, let's recap for some of you guys. Leah and her story. We were all pretty intrigued by this on Friday. Previously on the Birch Show.
Leah
It's my first date in 25 years. I was married for 15 years. I got diagnosed with cancer and I left the doctors that day. And my husband and I had gone in separate cars. I went home and he never came home. I didn't know where he was all weekend. And on Monday morning, I called and he had quit his job. And my son is a football player for the school. And I just kind of randomly met this man at the football game and we struck up conversations this week. He said, we've kind of hung out and all that, but let's go on a real date.
Host - Burt
Okay? So that was Leah from Friday. I mean, imagine that you're driving home thinking you're going to see your husband after you get the.
Melissa
Well, you're upset and you need his support. And he wasn't there and never showed up again.
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Host - Burt
Leah, we didn't get to get into this with you on Friday, but at what point did you realize, okay, this. This man is not coming home?
Jeff
He just didn't run by Publix real quick for some chicken salad?
Leah
Maybe within two hours. I'm like, something's gone wrong, you know? And I'm calling cell phone, no one's answering.
Jeff
Do you call the cops at any point and go, oh, my God, he must have run off the road or
Host - Burt
there had to been a wreck on Saturday.
Leah
I called every hospice I could think of, but he had kind of freaked out the first time. There was a disconnect. So I thought, okay, he's dealing. He's trying to deal with this. You know, when I found out on Monday that he had quit his job and someone knew where he was and I went and talked to him, he was like, no, I've got to have a new life. You're selfish. If you don't let me go, I've only got maybe six months to meet someone, get married, and have them ready to take care of our children. Just cruel stuff, you know, I'm so sorry. Like, I hung in there with you one time. I mean, it's really not fair to ask me to do it again. You know, just things like that.
Host - Burt
You were leaving the doctor's office the day that you found out your cancer came back when he bailed.
Leah
Yes. He never came home that day.
Host - Burt
Wow.
Leah
So cruel forever, really. He never, he never really came back ever.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Do you think that that's what helped you beat it is because you knew you had to be there for your kids?
Leah
Absolutely. Because, I mean, he filed for divorce immediately. We were divorced very quickly. Two weeks later, he said he was getting married to this 19 year old girl. And I said, I survived because that 19 year old bimbo and that, that crazy man were not going to raise my children.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Good for you.
Host - Burt
How old was he at the time?
Leah
39.
Host - Burt
And he was married to a 19 year old?
Leah
Yeah.
Melissa
Okay, but enough about the bad stuff about the past. Enough about the past.
Host - Burt
Yeah. So now we fast forward and obviously that takes a while to get over and you've got other focuses in your life.
Leah
Right? So the last 10 years, surviving, going back to school, and just kind of establishing a life for me and my kid.
Host - Burt
All right? And you and this guy have seen each other through little league games, baseball games and all that. You sat shoulder to shoulder and he made the move and said, you know what? This is the weekend. You and I need to do something a little bit more than just go and watch a baseball game. We need to go out and have some dinner or something.
Leah
Yeah.
Host - Burt
So how are you feeling about it going? You must have been so nervous. So much anxiety.
Leah
I was very nervous and very excited just to do something fun after, you know, I've enjoyed my life. I'm not saying that, but just to do something fun, you know, just for me and something I wasn't working hard at and planning and just something, you know, fun after all these years.
Host - Burt
Sure. So he sets the date up. Was he gonna come and get you? Were you guys gonna meet somewhere?
Leah
We were going on Friday night to our son's high school baseball game. It Was a tournament. So then Saturday morning, no guys had to be dropped off at the bus, like three hours for the game. So he was gonna drop his son off at the bus, come over. We were gonna have breakfast, go to those two games on Saturday, and then go home and go out on a date.
Host - Burt
Okay.
Leah
And things didn't go well?
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Oh, no.
Melissa
What happened?
Leah
All this time? I've known him since last August. You know, I'm sensitive to somebody not being like a man, like, being a wimp about things. And I. I've seen him interact with his kids and his friends and my son and my friends. And I never had a glimpse of any kind of wimpiness at all until Friday night. Got a glimpse of the trouble. Then we went to the game, no problem. Afterwards, people were going to go to this little pizza place in town. Usually, you know, I drive, and maybe he's there, some other people there, but I actually rode with him. And on the way there, his son's cell phone rings. And I hear him saying where we're going, and I heard him say my name. Ms. Leah. Oh, Mom, Ms. Leah. Dad's friend. So I didn't think anything about it, but we go to the restaurant. We go to this little buffet line and get salad and sit down, and we're eating, we're talking, and this woman walks up, oh, no. And I saw the look on his face, like, oh. And she sets this huge shopping bag down on the table, like, in between me and him, big, tall shopping bags. He says, what are you doing? She goes Christmas shopping, just out and about. It's April. But anyway, she introduces herself as his ex wife. And I'm just kind of like, well, okay, hello, nice to meet you. But she just keeps standing there and talking. And I'm like, okay, I'm finished my salad. I'm going back over to the. Get away from this. There were four of us sitting at a table for six. So there were two empty chairs down at the end of the table. So I get up and I go back through the line, and I come back and she has moved my jacket and my purse and my plate into the table, and she's sitting in my spot. And I look at him, and he just kind of has this blank look on his face. My son's 18 years old. He's a senior in high school. He leans over me and goes, mom, what the. You know what's going on here? And I said, I have no idea. He said, well, I'm gonna go outside or I'm gonna punch the guy. In the nose. And I'm like, okay, I'll meet you out there in a minute. So he goes outside. I go outside. I'm calling every friend I know. Like, I'm so mad that I don't have my own car, so I can't get out of there. But. And then I think, oh, my baseball bag is in his car. Well, it wasn't a few minutes. None of my friends are answering. He comes out, and so I ride with him back to the school.
Host - Burt
Well, what was his explanation about this? Like, what?
Caller or Guest
He didn't.
Leah
He didn't say a word in the car. So when we. We got back and he walked me over to my car, I said, look, that was bizarre. I feel like I was in some kind of weird soap opera. Like, you cannot let that happen again. Like, you have to set boundaries with her or something. I said, because that made me feel really weird. And it was like, you didn't stand up for anything. And he was like, oh, okay. I'm so sorry. I didn't want to, you know, her to cause a scene in a restaurant. I didn't know what she was up to, what was going on.
Host - Burt
Red flag. Yeah, big time. Red flag right there. You're not going to see this guy again, are you?
Leah
No.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Good.
Melissa
Okay. Yeah.
Leah
We did have plans for Saturday. To my house on Saturday morning. I was going to fix breakfast. He comes to the door, and when I open the door, I see this woman pull in my driveway. No way.
Melissa
Not. Is she following him?
Leah
She steps out of the car and she goes, where are we? I was following you to the game. Well, it's like three hours before the game is going to start.
Melissa
Get rid of him.
Leah
So I said, whoa. Handle this. So he goes out there and he talks to her, and he comes in and he says, she's just gonna sit in the cul de sac and fall, right?
Host - Burt
You've got to be making this up.
Jeff
Are you kidding? Did you show? You didn't go to that movie? Obsessed.
Melissa
Give me a break.
Leah
I really felt like I was in some bizarre soap opera the whole time.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Yeah.
Leah
We go to the game, and she sits right beside us. Everything I ask him, she answers his questions. And I keep looking at him like, are you gonna do something? You know? Well, I finally had enough, and I got up and moved away from the two of them, and I sat with one of my friends. And in the second game, my son slid into home, had a collision with a catcher and hurt his ankle. The coach said, I think you need to take him to the hospital. And have it checked out. So I walk over to him, and I'm like, I'm sorry, but we have to go. Like, I'm supposed to take him to the hospital.
Melissa
I'm gonna interrupt you for a second. Why on earth? The night before when you said that. I cannot believe I don't my own car. Did you end up going to the game with this guy?
Leah
I know.
Jeff
You could have got a ride home with the lunatic and the cul de sac.
Leah
I know she knows where he lives. So he leans forward and he starts, like, packing our stuff up, like, we're gonna go. And she says, you cannot leave me here. I don't know where I am, and I won't know how to get home. And he kind of slouched back onto the bleachers like he was gonna stay, and. And that was just it.
Host - Burt
What a mess. Just.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
So what did you do? How'd you get out of there?
Leah
The friend I had gone to sat with, she had already stood up. And she just, like, took you off and took me.
Host - Burt
Wow. So he gets zero. I mean, that's done, right? No more chances.
Leah
So the date never happened.
Melissa
Of course, I was not gonna go
Leah
out with him after.
Host - Burt
I'm shocked.
Melissa
She gave him Saturday.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
What a wimp.
Leah
Yeah.
Host - Burt
Wow.
Leah
And you know, I gave him that chance. Like, you need to talk to her and you need to handle this.
Melissa
Oh, well, you're better off because that's a huge red flag. Even if she wasn't in the situation. You got an idea of how he handles situations? Yeah.
Leah
Right. Right. Wimpiness is not something I'm gonna put up with. Like, I have done and been through too much. I don't need that.
Host - Burt
Yeah.
Jeff
I'm blown away about the drive. Her following him over to your house and then camping out. Yeah.
Leah
Now that crazy woman knows where I live.
Host - Burt
Yeah. I'm so sorry that that's the first way you have to come out of this thing in 25 years.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Disappointing.
Host - Burt
The good news is he so low for you that the next eight can't be that bad.
Melissa
Yeah, true.
Host - Burt
All right, Leah, thanks for sharing with us. We appreciate it. Sorry it didn't work out that well.
Jeff
Sucks.
Leah
All right, thank you, guys.
Host - Burt
All right, bye. Bye.
Leah
What a crazy woman.
Host - Burt
There must still something be. Something's going on still between. Yes, he's a doormat and the ex wife. They must still be dabbling in something for her to be acting like that.
Jeff
The Birch Show.
Host - Burt
All right, so let's backtrack here a little bit. April Fool's Day. I feel About April Fool's Day. The same way Jeff dollar feels about Halloween.
Jeff
I just. For whatever reason, Halloween bugs me. So I don't pretend it's not hard, but that's okay. But I appreciate Melissa's, you know, passion for it. But for me, I just don't. I don't know why.
Host - Burt
I don't know.
Jeff
I just have never gotten into Halloween. I think I've only been to one Jack, Hugh, lantern. I think I've only been to one in the eight that we've done.
Host - Burt
Just not into it. Don't feel like engaging it.
Jeff
Just hook kids up. You come to my door and knock, you get candy.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
I'd say you always appreciate how it allows women to be whorish. Yes, Yes.
Jeff
I definitely appreciate looking at the picture gallery from Big Wicked. If I was a single dude, there'd be no place I would not be the weekend of Halloween other than our party. And I appreciate Melissa's passion for it. And I.
Melissa
My passion for it is different than Jeff's. You know, that whole comment is something I'm not.
Host - Burt
It's not so much April Fool's Day that I have a problem with. It's April Fool's Day on morning shows that I have the real problem with because the jokes. I've been doing this quite a while, and I've never really. I mean, in the amount of time I've been doing this, I've heard maybe one or two total that were good. And the rest of them are just so stupid. And I just think the audience is smarter than that, and they're just so dumb. Like, a couple of years ago, somebody one morning show was playing the sounds of, like, cats underneath them talking on the air and during the commercial so people would think there was a cat in the car. Stupid. We all listened to it. We all came in here the next day, and we're like, that show so
Jeff
stupid because they executed it poorly.
Host - Burt
Well, for seven years now, these guys have wanted to do something, and I've been strong on it. No, no, no, no, no. Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb. So finally I was beat down and I said, okay, let's go ahead. I'm going to prove my point to you guys this year. And last year, it was suggested that we take Hayden to a tattoo parlor.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Your son?
Host - Burt
My son Hayden is six. He's six now. He was five last year. Take him to a tattoo parlor. We'll have some makeup artists come on in. They'll put a fake tattoo on his arm. We'll go to a psycho tattoo or whatever, and we'll pretend we're putting a tattoo on him and we'll put the pictures up on the website and people will call and they will complain left and right. How could you do this to your 5 year old? And it's inhumane. Take the child away. And I thought there is nobody in our listening audience that will buy that for one second. We're going to spend all morning long talking about it and nobody. We will not get one call. So let's not do it. So I fought him off last year and we're in our post show meeting and they're beating me down, and they're beating me down. So finally I think to myself, I said, all right, let's prove this point. This is going to be the year. So I say, fine, let's go. Bethany comes over and she puts the same tattoo that I have on my arm. She fakes one on my six year old's arms.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Hayden, you have their initials, your kids initials on your arm.
Host - Burt
Hlw we all have the same initial. Then I go up to psycho tattoo with Hayden and my wife Stacy and Hollis and Hayden sits in the tattooer's chair. He brings the tattoo gun out. There's no needle attached or anything. But we pretend to mock this tattoo on Stacey, on Hayden's arm.
Melissa
And Hayden's acting skills, like Bird has been bragging about this for a long time. But those pictures, I mean, when I first saw that one picture of his fear that, I mean, brilliant, like you were even concerned.
Host - Burt
Yeah. He was so good at it that as soon as we were done, I called Tracy and I started to waver a little bit. I started thinking maybe somebody will buy it because Hayden. And this is all based on Hayden.
Leah
A.
Host - Burt
The tattoo came out so real and Hayden is sitting in this chair and you can. He's acting and you could see the fear in his eyes.
Melissa
And he can make himself cry.
Host - Burt
And he can make himself cry too. This is why the kid wants to get into acting. Right?
Jeff
He should.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
He's so good at it.
Jeff
You need to get him into acting right now. Like he needs to be on a soap opera.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Or seriously, didn't you say, like Hayden, there's no need to be scared? And he was like, what, dad, I'm in character. Isn't this what you wanted me to do?
Host - Burt
Well, because this is the progression of things. The first couple of seconds he's in the chair, he was fine. Right. And then they brought the tattoo gun out and that's a pretty intimidating looking thing. So there's about 10 seconds there where he's like, what's going on here? What are you guys doing? And he's nervous for about 10 seconds. And that's when I'm. I'm taking all the pictures. And then he bought into it, and then he started acting so well, I'm like, hayden, why are you freaking out? You know, there's no needle in there. Nothing's gonna happen to you. And he stops and he goes, you told me to act. And I said, okay. And then he went, switched it right back on.
Melissa
Love it.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
He was in character.
Host - Burt
Totally in character. Didn't break character, right? Beautiful paintings.
Jeff
If you hadn't told me what a good act, told us what a good actor he was, I would have thought that you told him that he was really getting a tattoo in order to freak him out. And then you're like, look, dude, we're not gonna turn the needle on.
Host - Burt
Which you couldn't do to a kid. You just couldn't do that to me. You couldn't do that to anybody.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
In theory, Jeff could, but Jeff could.
Host - Burt
That's why he's not having kids yet. But you can't do that if you're
Jeff
trying to pull off an April Fool's Day joke, then sacrifice your kid.
Host - Burt
So the pictures came out so good, I post them on Facebook, and immediately I start to get instant. And by the way, the goal here, the agreement that we had made in the post show meeting, this is a really important part of this whole thing, is I said to these guys, we won't get one phone call from anybody. Believes that the Burt's Big Adventure guy has the capability of bringing his six year old to a tattoo parlor and actually getting a tattoo. We won't get one call, y'.
Leah
All.
Host - Burt
Not one.
Melissa
And we said all it takes is one call. And I said, we said there would definitely be somebody that will call. Believe this and be mad at you.
Jeff
Now, keep in mind that it was
Melissa
a phone call is what the bet pay. I mean, pretty much it was kind of a bet payoff on whether we were gonna do April Fool's again or not.
Host - Burt
I think we were just trying to prove to each other that is it a good idea or a bad idea?
Melissa
And so the phone call was the key.
Jeff
The discussion that we would have is you are listening to the same radio station, and if I'm about to put you in this category, I apologize if it makes you feel silly, but you're listening to the same radio station who receives calls every time they air a president or a presidential candidate cussing during a televised news conference claiming that by watching the show on cable on high definition, you will hear the profanity.
Host - Burt
And we always get calls.
Melissa
People can't always believe it.
Jeff
We've gotten calls from news journalists, writers of newspapers.
Melissa
Sorry about that. But you did call this up and
Jeff
fought us on the fact that that probably wasn't real.
Melissa
So of course we're gonna get a phone call about Hayden's tattoo.
Host - Burt
And I was saying just one.
Melissa
We definitely were gon.
Host - Burt
Do we get one call on it? Then we can continue to do April Fool's Day jokes. So I started to get a little nervous because I posted the pictures on Facebook and immediately I start to get instant messages from irate listeners. How could you do that to your son? And I even. I even tried helping the bit because I wrote. I didn't write back to them saying it was an April Fool's Day joke. I wrote back in these instant messages saying, what's the big deal? He just wants to be like, daddy or geez, why is everybody so upset thinking that they might call the next day on the show? So we come in here, and all morning long, we're waiting for the one call from one irate listener.
Leah
Yes.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Melissa and I were looking at each other going, please call somebody.
Melissa
Call somebody.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
And I was like. I was even like, should I have a friend of mine call?
Melissa
And I'm like, yes.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
I'm like, I can get one of them.
Host - Burt
I walked out of here feeling great about things yesterday. It's 10 o'. Clock. I proved my point. I don't have to come on and gloat today or anything like that. It's done. April Fool's Day jokes are stupid. Our listeners are smarter than that. There will be no April Fool's Day jokes ever on the bird show. So I wish the story ended there. And I could say that absolutely nobody bought it because I drive home at about noon yesterday, and as soon as I get into the garage, the babysitter runs out. And she meets me in the garage with a panicked look on her face. And I said, what's up? And she said, you're not going to believe what's happening in the house right now. I said, what's going on? She said, defax is here. I swear to you.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Now you are kidding.
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Host - Burt
My first thought is, this is. This is a setup by Jeff. I said, there's no way. There's no. And this. I. This is kind of a common theme. When anything really strange happens to me in my life, my first thought is always Jeff's behind it.
Jeff
Dude, I mean, Vegas. Well, I'm on the other side of the country.
Host - Burt
I'll tell you why. I started to think that you are behind it. So I'm like, are you kidding? She's like, yes. And they are serious. So I gingerly walk into the house, and sure enough, there's a defects worker.
Melissa
You're kidding that.
Host - Burt
In my living room talking to my babysitter. Now, Hayden is in school at this point, so she has Hollis in one hand, and she's talking to this defects worker who wants to check out Hollis. Also, Stacey's out of the house. Nobody had called her yet. I just got there. The defects worker, I'm assuming, was there maybe five minutes. So nobody had called Stacey yet. So I get in there, and this guy is serious. He's like, we got a complaint to the governor's office yesterday. They didn't call defects themselves. They called the governor's office. Now, normally, what the governor does is he gives them the or his office gives them the direct line number to defects. But the worker told me that this person that called to complain was so concerned is a person of such power that the governor's office moved on it quickly. It usually takes you three years. Swear. Everything I'm telling you right now, I swear to you on Hayden's fake tattoo is the truth. So they push the file and the case forward. It takes two or three weeks for a defects worker to get to your house. But because this, and I don't know who it is, he wouldn't tell me. This person called the governor's office. They immediately sent them to my house.
Jeff
So it's obviously either an elected official or someone.
Melissa
Is this serious? Are you serious?
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
A public official?
Host - Burt
If this is an April Fool's Day joke, then it is on me and my family at this point, because everything I am reciting to you is the absolute truth so far.
Melissa
I was thinking that.
Host - Burt
I mean, I got Burt's tweet, and
Melissa
I was like, I bet you I know who came to the house yesterday afternoon. That's what I thought all day yesterday. I didn't even think about that because you sent that tweet out, and I didn't even think that was connected to that at all.
Host - Burt
What was your tweet, Stacey? I just wrote. And I wrote this on Facebook also. I wrote not entirely shocked by who just showed up, who just knocked at my door. So now the defects worker is there, and he's really serious about it. And he said once they got the call, they all went around my Facebook page and they were Looking at it, and they couldn't tell if it was real or not. They're looking at Hayden's face and he's doing such a good acting job that they were like, I guess we gotta go out there. It doesn't make any sense to us, but we gotta go on out to the house. So he does. He comes out yesterday. Hayden's not there, but he's checking Hollis out left and right. And he's asking me questions and he's asking the babysitter all sorts of questions. And because Hayden is not there, he leaves. And he's actually at my house right now, again, right this second. Oh, before Hayden goes to school at 8 o'. Clock. Hayden and my wife right now at this very second are talking to a defects worker.
Melissa
Oh, no.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
So are you mad at us for making.
Host - Burt
No, I'm not mad.
Jeff
Then it worked.
Host - Burt
No, now.
Jeff
Dude, our April Fool's Day joke got us a call to Sonny's office. It's the best April Fool's Day joke.
Host - Burt
Now here's where else I thought, yeah, it's really freaky now in such a
Melissa
world of distrust because of April Fools that I'm sitting here just like. Really?
Host - Burt
Yeah. Up until last night when I went to sleep, I recited one word or one sentence to Stacey probably a dozen times. I want you to swear on your family that this is not an April Fool's Day joke that you're in on. And she said, no, absolutely not. And she was freaked out about it last night. And I gotta tell you, when I knew defects was coming this morning. I haven't cleaned my office in four weeks. It is. It is clean. Because I figured they were gonna go through every room and every office and the family is freaks.
Jeff
How do you know the defects worker is real?
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
I feel bad now.
Host - Burt
He brought the badge. So I saw the badge and. Are you joking with me?
Jeff
No.
Host - Burt
You are, aren't you?
Jeff
No, I'm not. I'm just wondering how you know that
Melissa
he's got that look on your face.
Host - Burt
He does.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
He does that joke. You do.
Host - Burt
Because it would be a really bad joke at this point. Stacy would be really pissed.
Jeff
I'm not. Is she on the warm line? I'm not. I swear to God I'm not. I'm just wondering how you knew the defects worker was real.
Host - Burt
I mean, he had the badge and we've made a copy of the badge and we have it up online right now@q100atlanta.com and we took the dude's face and his name.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Are you really behind It.
Jeff
No.
Leah
If.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Dude, sure.
Jeff
Swear to God.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Okay.
Melissa
Because it almost makes me mad that defects would be that fast on you when there's plenty of homes that defects needs to be in.
Host - Burt
There's a whole bunch of things that just don't make sense to me in this whole story, which is why I still even now believe that's like an April Fool's Day joke.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Huh?
Host - Burt
And I thought, even so weird. I mean, I'm doing every scenario in my head. Like, if Jeff was behind this and he told you guys about it, I know that you guys would stand up and you'd say, there's no way that we could. Can do that. It would be too stressful. Stacey would be a mess. There's no way.
Melissa
So I thought, seriously.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
And that's.
Melissa
It doesn't make any sense because the governor's office has a lot more to worry about than. I don't know, whatever.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Well, but I think.
Host - Burt
I don't put it really on the. And I'm thinking in my head also, the governor's been in this studio five times. He knows about Burt's big adventure. Everybody in his office knows also. So a lot of it's just not making sense.
Melissa
I mean, I'm not putting it on the governor's office because you have to respond to whatever, but it just sounds weird. It just sounds. It still doesn't sound real to me.
Host - Burt
And all I could think of is, even if it was a joke, they couldn't send a real defects worker out to my house. Because if it ever got out that it was a joke, people would be like, you're spending our tax money on joking a radio guy.
Melissa
Right?
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Right.
Host - Burt
So if it's a joke, I don't believe the governor's office is behind it at all.
Jeff
Now, that would be bragging rights. If I could get Governor Sonny Perdue to help me out with an April Fool's Day prank using the. Using government agencies.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
It's like, it went too well.
Host - Burt
It went. It went too well for one person. For some really naive, high powered person.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Like, I don't know, like, if everyone actually has, like, a permanent record. But is this something that goes on some permanent.
Host - Burt
No, it doesn't. That was one of my first questions I asked him yesterday. I'm like, so is this. Are we stuck here? Like, if somebody else wants to prank me, are we flagged? And he said, no. There's a division where they just send a defects worker out to your house, and if they find nothing, then you go into, like, the dismissed file. It's never Ever red flagged or anything like that.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
But I would hate that if that were the case.
Melissa
Now, let me.
Host - Burt
You know how many times I spanked my kid in six years? Twice.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Right.
Melissa
Let me ask you.
Host - Burt
Even then I had 48 hours of complete guilty pang.
Jeff
Because normally you just burn him with a cigarette.
Melissa
Right? But that.
Host - Burt
No jokes.
Melissa
Since that listener. Since that listener used the phone to call the governor's office. Doesn't that still qualify?
Jeff
Yes.
Melissa
Is the fact that we won this whole.
Jeff
Melissa, this is the best April Fool's radio joke.
Melissa
I still, I mean, I don't believe the defects.
Host - Burt
Then Stacy's on the warm line right now. And I firmly believe when I pick her up, she's gonna go, dude, I was just messing with you. Cause I still. Everything's just not making sense to me.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
But she swore on her family last night so that she wasn't joking.
Host - Burt
She swore on Hayden Hollis and her mother, everybody.
Melissa
But if her toes are crossed, it doesn't count.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Did you have your fingers crossed?
Host - Burt
Hey, baby.
Leah
Hi.
Host - Burt
Are they there right now?
Leah
No.
Host - Burt
Was he there this morning and left already?
Leah
Yeah.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Was it a joke?
Caller or Guest
No. Whoever did, it's not funny.
Host - Burt
Yeah, I don't know that somebody did it as a joke or somebody like that was listening, was really serious that really thought that we might do that to Hayden.
Caller or Guest
Well, whoever it was is.
They have serious issues.
Leah
Well, they.
Jeff
It's fair.
Host - Burt
I think it's fair if they really
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
thought by the initial joke, I mean,
Host - Burt
Hayden was so good. I mean, he really was and the makeup was so good that this could have happened out of genuine concern. And if that's the case, then I can't put it on anybody. I'll tell you who the person, I'm kicking myself in the ass. Cause I've said for seven years we don't do these. And the one time I say yes, this is how it ends up. So I'm busting my own ass for not following my gut.
Jeff
Dude, this is a legendary story. Like every radio station does a amusement park at intersection two roads are unparalleled.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Ha ha ha.
Jeff
That's funny. And everything the next day, oh, there's crickets running behind all of the signs. Ah, that's funny. You had the governor's office involved in your April Fool's Day job.
Host - Burt
I know, but here's what you're missing. Like from the outside looking in, I'm sure you think it's funny, but when defects comes to your home and your flag for your kids, it really is a very, very serious thing. Like, I Can't find a lot of humor in it.
Jeff
Right. But now that it's all said and done and everything's fine.
Melissa
Well, let's talk to Stacy since she's on the phone. What happened this morning? Did they see that he did not have a tattoo? And was that enough or did they still interrogate you?
Caller or Guest
No, they didn't ask me any questions at all. I mean, he just came to the door and he was very, very nice. And I went to the door with Hayden because I knew, you know, why he was here. And pulled Hayden's shirt sleeve up so he could see his arm. And he said, no, doesn't look like there's any tattoo there. And he said, your daddy's pretty funny guy. And then, you know, that was about it. But he was really sweet to Hayden when he first got here. He was like, you know, like, I hear you're a celebrity and you did a funny joke. And so he was making him feel real comfortable. So he didn't really know, you know, what was going on. We just told him this was some guy that didn't believe daddy's joke and he had to come see for himself.
Host - Burt
And, you know, I took his name off of the badge and I took his face off the badge that's posted. Cuz I figured you guys wouldn't believe me. That's why I posted the defects badge. And I don't know what this guy's name is, but he was really, he was a really nice guy yesterday. I mean, he almost felt, he was almost apologizing for having, having to be.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Having to go, yeah, yeah.
Caller or Guest
So he, yeah, I mean, he did this morning too. He's like, I'm really sorry that y' all had to go through this or whatever. So, you know, I mean, it's legit and it's not funny at all. There's nothing funny about it. I'm never gonna laugh about it, you know, and somebody. It's just not funny.
Host - Burt
Well, I mean, I don't care if
Caller or Guest
they say it goes in a dismiss file or not. Defects came to our house for absolutely no reason for something totally ridiculous. And it just devastating.
Host - Burt
If you're angry, you can't be angry at the person that actually made the call because we don't know what their motivation was. If it was real, then I. That's a legit call. I think if you have anybody to be mad at, it's me for going along with it, you know.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Well, you guys all thought everybody would understand. It's a tough.
Leah
Come on.
Host - Burt
I mean, based on the care. Like who? It's just not possible. That's why I figured that's why we didn't get one call on it yesterday.
Jeff
I think it's a badge of honor for your kid, too. I'm bragging about that for the rest of my life. No, because you put 100.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Such a good actor.
Host - Burt
He did do a good job. If you do a great job.
Jeff
And you know what? I hope Hayden understands the power that he has now over you. He turns on those tears in a public place. Defects will be right back at your
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
house to Hollywood this summer. And get that kid starting acting in commercials immediately.
Host - Burt
Seriously, Right? He's got the academy award in his back pocket. All right, baby, I'm sorry about it this week.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Oh, my gosh. I'm so sorry that I'm shocked to that place.
Leah
Yeah.
Melissa
I'm so shocked.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
I can't. I can't believe it.
Host - Burt
Yeah, I bet I was. We were both really, really nervous last night. Like, we're looking around the house. Like, is there anything in the house right now that could, you know, somehow some way indicate to them that we're not good parents? I mean, when you got the threat. Yeah, it was absurd.
Caller or Guest
The whole thing is absurd.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Well, I mean, it was.
Leah
God, I like, freak out if he
Caller or Guest
has a hangnail, right?
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Yeah.
Caller or Guest
Like we would ever do anything, you know, to hurt him. I'm too soft.
Host - Burt
Yeah.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
And it was so believable. I mean, it was just that the pictures spoke for themselves.
Host - Burt
All right, honey, I'm gonna take some calls. I'll talk to you later. Bye.
Caller or Guest
Bye.
Jeff
I might go to morning show boot camp this year just to brag about this.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Seriously, this is radio success.
Jeff
This is the greatest April Fool's Day joke ever. The Birch show.
Melissa
Okay, I have some advice for parents. And my advice to you is, especially if you have multiple children, even though that Bert has already done this, but by naming your children, the same first initial might come to haunt them in the future. And let me tell you why. Because as you know, my name is Melissa. My sister's name is Melanie. They both start Mel, and they both will come one right after the other on your phone, on an email. And so if you are just thumbing through a text, you know, let's say we want to send a quick text. You might get it wrong, just like Katie Jo did the other day. So Katie Jo decided she's gonna send me a little lovey dovey message and let me know that she's coming home. Baby, for a little love. And I love you.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
No way.
Melissa
And send it to Melanie.
Host - Burt
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. How graphic was the text? Or was it just a flirty, flirty.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Send it to your sister.
Melissa
She sent it to my sister. Letting my sister know I'm on my way home, baby, for a little bit of lovin. I love you do be. And my sister wrote her back and said, wrong baby, but I love you too.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
That is awesome. So did she call you right away?
Melissa
She came in and it was the look on her face. She came in and looked at me and said, oh God. I just sent a text message to your sister.
Host - Burt
This one here. This has got to be pretty common if you miss text somebody.
Melissa
Yeah.
Host - Burt
Something really inappropriate because it just takes one letter. Like you said, one letter.
Melissa
Yes again, Emmy. L. Both last name Carter. It's gonna happen. And sure enough, it happened. So my sister. My sister had full knowledge of everything that was going on. You know, the other afternoon I told
Host - Burt
these guys a while back that Stacy and I were in Charleston, South Carolina for a weekend by ourselves and we ended up over at a Wild Wings. And we were getting our drink and getting our party on pretty good by ourselves without the kids and stuff like that. So I went to go text her brother, my brother in law, because he loves Wild Wings. That's where you can find him on Fridays and Saturdays. That's where he goes. So my text was something like, I know you're jealous. I'm at Wild Wings. And then I started to detail all the partying that we were doing and I accidentally sent it to her dad. Just one last one name off.
Melissa
Just one name off.
Host - Burt
Brandon. Don. Don. Brandon. Just one name off.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Did Don respond?
Host - Burt
No, he never did. I think it's one of those things, like, I'm gonna pretend I didn't get it and. Why don't you pretend you didn't send it?
Melissa
Right, right.
Leah
That's terrible.
Host - Burt
Hey, Jessica. Good Morning. You're on Q100.
Leah
Good morning.
Host - Burt
Morning.
Leah
My boyfriend yesterday accidentally texted my mom telling her that we should get a hotel room this weekend and that we would have a lot of fun.
Jeff
Do we want to ask how old you are or is that gonna be really uncomfortable for us?
Leah
I'm 20.
Host - Burt
Okay.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
Cause you sound like you're about 15.
Host - Burt
Yeah, if you were said 13, I
Leah
get that so much.
Melissa
Did your mom write him back?
Leah
No, she just acted like she never got it. And he texted me, he's like, oh, sorry.
Host - Burt
And you're absolutely sure he accidentally sent that to your mom? Cause you may be on the voice disguiser. Come Monday morning.
Melissa
And she may be sending her picture in for our MILF mattress.
Host - Burt
Melissa, good morning. You're on Q100.
Leah
Good morning.
Host - Burt
Good morning.
Leah
Perhaps a year ago, I sent a text message to my friend Lindsey by mistake. She had been getting on my nerves all week long. Just ranting and raving, going crazy, being obnoxious. Just totally getting on my nerves. I meant this in that text message to my boyfriend. I sent it straight to her. She questioned it.
Caller or Guest
I completely lied. Told her that it was one of
Leah
my cousins that was staying with me for the week.
Host - Burt
So you never listed her by name? It was just sort of a, she's driving me absolutely crazy today.
Leah
No, I definitely said, lindsay's driving me absolutely crazy. But I made her believe that it was my cousin.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
You made up a cousin named Lindsay?
Leah
I don't have a cousin named Lindsay.
Jeff
And you have to remember that for as long as you're friends because how jacked up is it?
Host - Burt
A bit.
Jeff
How's your cousin Lindsay?
Caller or Guest
Who?
Host - Burt
Hey, Kelly. Good morning. You're on Q100.
Caller or Guest
Good morning. I had texted my cousin Jamie. You know how you get those texts
that are forwarded all the time and
they're really raunchy and nasty? Well, I had been sending her these texts for, like, the past month. And two days ago, I got a phone call from somebody named Jamie saying,
Leah
I don't know who you are, but
Caller or Guest
these texts are absolutely hilarious. Come to find out, it was a business associate.
Leah
And she went on to just tell me about all of the texts I've been sending her, because I'm like, I don't know you. I didn't send you anything. And she just. Oh, yeah, you sent me the one about Ms. Pac Man.
Caller or Guest
And you know how, you know, she
Leah
swallowed for 25 minutes ago.
Host - Burt
Good morning, Ashley. You're on Q100. Hi.
Leah
Hey, guys. Sent a text message to my boss when it was supposed to go to my boyfriend, and I had just started working, like, a week. A good little come home, can't wait to see you, want you to kiss me, blah, blah, blah. And got one back saying, are you sure you sent the sister the right person?
Caller or Guest
See you Monday morning.
Leah
Yeah, little awkward Monday morning.
Host - Burt
Yeah, these are. These are starting to heat up now. Chris, go ahead. You're on Q100.
Caller or Guest
I'm a chef. Okay. I was at work Friday night, and me and a guy that were working in the kitchen together were texting each other back and forth, and we were talking just the most horrible trash about a guy that was working in between us. I mean, and this was our. This is my boss, like, the main guy. And we're in the middle of sending these texts back and forth, and my boss leans over and taps me on his shoulder and turns around and goes, did you mean to send this to me? And I turned around and went, oh, my God, man. Like, no, I meant to send that to blah, blah, blah. I ended up spieling for about three or four minutes and got away with it. But I was on the edge of getting in a lot of trouble.
Host - Burt
These are turning from texts into pictures now. And this is. This is when the whole. Hey, Hope, good Morning. You're on Q100.
Leah
Yeah. My sister. I have a twin sister, and she sent me a picture of herself when
Caller or Guest
she was supposed to be sending it to her husband.
Jeff
Oopsie.
Host - Burt
It was a naked picture of herself.
Leah
Yeah.
Host - Burt
My eyes. I can't see my eyes.
Jeff
At least you sent it sister to sister, not sister to brother, because that would traumatize her. Imagine if your phone beeps, Jen, and you open it up and it's a naked picture of your brother with a note that says, like, this is waiting for you.
Host - Burt
Come and get it.
Caller or Guest
Come and get it.
Melissa
Stop. I'm gonna vomit.
Host - Burt
Hey, Tiffany, good Morning. You're on Q100.
Leah
Good morning.
Host - Burt
Hey.
Leah
How are y' all doing?
Host - Burt
Okay.
Leah
All right. I have a cousin who has a wife named Nina. And I had been with this guy for about three months, and I had taken a naked picture of him. Well, in my phone, I have Nina, then I have my grandmother, which is Nana. The picture to my Nana. She's like, are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? You need to go pray right now.
Melissa
You know what?
Leah
I'm so embarrassed. I still can't even hardly talk to her about it.
Melissa
I know, but the thing is, she kept those pictures.
Host - Burt
You know? She did. Come on.
Melissa
She kept those pictures.
Host - Burt
Now, what were you doing sending the naked picture of the boyfriend to another friend?
Leah
Because I wanted her to see how big he was.
Host - Burt
Well, hold on. I'm gonna do this.
Jeff
Well, that's gonna guarantee
Host - Burt
this is gonna take us into a totally different direction. And let's try to be as PC as we can. Are women sharing their pictures of their naked men with other women?
Leah
I've never done it.
Jeff
That means you're definitely not.
Guest - Possibly Melissa's friend or co-host
I've never shared it. I don't even have a camera phone. But I have seen them.
Leah
Yeah.
Host - Burt
So girlfriends of yours will show you pictures of their boyfriends naked?
Leah
Well, not so much if. Let's say this guy was hung like a horse so. I mean, you had to show it off.
Host - Burt
You're bragging more than anything else.
Jeff
Isn't it true that you're definitely not gonna marry the guy? Like, if the guy's not gonna.
Caller or Guest
He's a long gone.
Host - Burt
I got questions now. I've got questions about that that are gonna really scare guys.
Jeff
Jen doesn't have a. A camera phone, but she's actually done a pencil sketch.
Host - Burt
The Birch show.
Date: April 1, 2026
Main Cast: Bert (host), Kristin, Abby, Cassie, Tommy, Melissa, Jeff, Leah, Guests
This episode of The Bert Show kicks off April Fool’s Day with their trademark realness and humor. The main segments include a dramatic listener story about dating after trauma, a deep-dive into Bert’s own April Fool’s Day prank gone unexpectedly wrong, and a hilarious sequence of listener call-ins about texting and photo mishaps. The episode is energetic, candid, and layered with both sincere moments and belly-laughs, offering a full morning radio experience.
Timestamps: [01:01] – [11:24]
Leah on being left after cancer diagnosis:
“I got diagnosed with cancer and I left the doctors that day... I went home and he never came home.” [01:09]
Leah on her motivation:
“I survived because that 19 year old bimbo and that, that crazy man were not going to raise my children.” [03:12]
The disastrous date:
The ex-wife inserts herself at a post-game pizza outing and even sits in Leah’s chair.
“She has moved my jacket and my purse and my plate into the table, and she's sitting in my spot.” [06:47]
On the second day, ex-wife shows up at Leah’s house:
“I see this woman pull in my driveway. No way.” [08:27]
Leah’s realization:
“Wimpiness is not something I'm gonna put up with. Like, I have done and been through too much. I don't need that.” [10:56]
Timestamps: [11:47] – [31:47]
Bert’s skepticism of radio pranks:
“I have a problem with... April Fool’s Day on morning shows... the jokes... are just so stupid. I just think the audience is smarter than that.” [12:47]
The setup of the ordeal:
“The agreement... is I said to these guys, we won't get one phone call from anybody... The Bert's Big Adventure guy has the capability of bringing his six year old to a tattoo parlor and actually getting a tattoo. We won't get one call.” [14:47]
Hayden’s unexpected acting skills:
“Hayden is sitting in this chair... you could see the fear in his eyes.”
“You told me to act, and I said, okay. And then he went, switched it right back on.” [16:01]
Consequences: DEFACS involvement:
“You’re not going to believe what’s happening... DEFACS is here. I swear to you.” [19:57]
“We got a complaint to the governor’s office yesterday. ...This person that called to complain was so concerned, is a person of such power that the governor’s office moved on it quickly.” [20:30]
Bert’s reflection:
“When DEFACS comes to your home and your flagged for your kids, it really is a very, very serious thing. Like, I can't find a lot of humor in it.” [28:20]
Stacy (Bert’s wife) on DEFACS visit:
“He was really sweet to Hayden... Pulled Hayden’s shirt sleeve up so he could see his arm. And he said, 'No, doesn’t look like there’s any tattoo there.'” [28:41]
Team’s reaction:
Jeff: “I think it’s a badge of honor for your kid, too. I’m bragging about that for the rest of my life.” [30:27]
Timestamps: [31:47] – [40:22]
Melissa’s advice:
“By naming your children, the same first initial might come to haunt them in the future... She sent it to my sister. Letting my sister know I'm on my way home, baby, for a little bit of lovin.” [32:31]
Listener stories:
On sharing nudes:
Leah:
“I survived because that 19 year old bimbo and that, that crazy man were not going to raise my children.” [03:12]
Host – Burt:
“I have done and been through too much. I don't need that.” [10:56]
Stacy (Burt’s wife):
“He just came to the door and he was very, very nice... He said, 'No, doesn't look like there's any tattoo there.'” [28:41]
Jeff:
“I think it’s a badge of honor for your kid, too. I’m bragging about that for the rest of my life.” [30:27]
Melissa:
“She sent it to my sister. Letting my sister know I'm on my way home, baby, for a little bit of lovin.” [32:31]
April Fool’s prank escalating to a real DEFACS home visit because a listener filed a complaint via the Governor’s office—a radio stunt with real-life, unforeseen consequences, handled with transparency and a touch of disbelief by the whole cast.
This summary captures the episode’s structure, main conversations, and the Bert Show’s blend of “real and really funny.”