Full Show PT 2: Friday, July 17 [Vault]

Summary

The Bert Show – Full Show PT 2: Friday, July 17 [Vault]

Date: July 17, 2026

Episode Overview

In this episode, The Bert Show delves into a variety of personal and listener-driven topics, keeping the signature lively tone and group banter flowing. The first half focuses on quitting smoking and the resulting impact on relationships, while the second dives into a dramatic real-life love triangle ("The Not So Psycho Sue/Fiji/Tool Saga") that has riveted listeners via email, Twitter, and call-ins. The episode also features a candid roundtable on attitudes towards taxes in the U.S., exploring fairness, civic responsibility, and the complexities many Americans feel around this annual ritual.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Quitting Smoking – Successes, Struggles & Relationship Impacts

[04:00 – 14:41]

• Co-host Jen shares her ongoing struggle with quitting smoking, describing her use of hypnosis to start her journey but admitting to occasional slip-ups, especially in social situations with alcohol.
  • Quote: “99% of my life is completely smoke free.” – Jen [05:03]
• The crew discusses what defines a "non-smoker" and supports Jen's progress, even with relapses.
  • Katie recounts quitting cold turkey after 25 years but acknowledges it’s not easy for everyone.
• Bert opens up about his wife’s struggle to quit smoking and how it affects their relationship:
  • Quote: “I love my wife and I like my wife to be around for a really long time for my kids… I don’t like kissing a smoker.” – Bert [08:09]
• The segment moves into the health consequences of smoking and witnessing the tangible harm among loved ones (parents on oxygen), resulting in an almost unanimous harsh stance against smoking in 2026:
  • Quote: “If you’re smoking now, you’re just stupid. I mean, you know, a death sentence.” – Bert [11:46]
• Panel agrees that the knowledge is now too widespread to ignore, and that quitting (for health, family, or self-respect) is non-negotiable—even if compassion for the struggle remains.

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2. Attitudes Toward Taxes in America

[16:55 – 27:15]

• With Tax Day arriving, Bert expresses an unusually positive attitude:
  • Quote: “I don’t mind paying taxes. ... If you want something top shelf, you gotta pay for that. … There is no better country in the world.” – Bert [17:44]
• The team unpacks the fairness of the tax system, especially as related to marriage equality and partnership benefits.
  • Melissa points out the frustration of not being able to file jointly with her partner Katie, noting how this impacts refunds and owed taxes.
  • Quote: “I’m happy to pay my taxes, but one of the things that frustrates me ... is you want my money for the military, but you won’t let me serve in the military...” – Melissa [21:45]
• The conversation broadens to who pays taxes, concerns about tax evasion, undocumented workers, and high-profile celebrity-tax-dodgers (e.g., Wesley Snipes, Pamela Anderson).
• Callers weigh in with supportive, pragmatic views:
  • Quote: “If we don’t put our money in, we’re not going to get anything out. … We’re all a part of this country, and we need to do our part to help out.” – Caller Whitney [23:14]
• The segment balances frustration with the system and a shared sense of civic duty and gratitude for the benefits taxes provide.

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3. The Not So Psycho Sue/Fiji/Tool Drama – A Real-life Relationship Soap Opera

[29:31 – 56:57]

Background Recap

• Not So Psycho Sue intervened in an impending wedding, revealing that the groom ("Tool") was cheating on the bride ("Fiji") with her.
• The bride cancelled the wedding and left for a “honeymoon” in Fiji, while Sue and Fiji became unlikely friends, bonded by shared betrayal.

Development and Fallout

• Upon returning, Fiji begins reconciling with Tool, thanks to his continued manipulations and promises.
  • Quote: “We’re going to counseling and I feel bad for turning my back on Sue, but I have to follow my heart.” – Fiji via Tweet [39:01]
• Fiji shifts from gratitude towards Sue to antagonism, turning mean-spirited on social media, and publicly shaming Sue for weight gain and “ruining” her life.
  • Quote: “I just feel bad because she gained so much weight since Thanksgiving. She will be huge by the next one.” – Fiji [51:30]
• The hosts and listeners rally around Sue, urging her not to take Fiji's harsh words to heart and recognizing Fiji’s return to Tool as a classic cycle of relationship manipulation.
  • Quote: “They deserve each other and it’s going to be fine. … She’s digging her own grave.” – Melissa [45:51]
• Callers share personal stories of being manipulated or returning to toxic relationships, commiserate with Sue, and encourage her to move on.
• Not So Psycho Sue details receiving online harassment from listeners on social media, but reveals she has support from friends and family.
• The show closes the drama by assuring Sue she has acted with honesty and courage, while Fiji and Tool—despite being together—are “creating their own misery.”

Memorable Moments

• Bert draws a parallel to the movie "Mean Girls" as Fiji’s behavior escalates:
  • Quote: “This is where I almost started to believe again that this is fake because I didn’t think people were this mean.” – Bert [51:30]
• Not So Psycho Sue is left bruised by the fallout but shows resolve:
  • Quote: “We just need to not talk anymore... It’s over.” – Not So Psycho Sue [57:34]
• Empathetic listeners and hosts underscore the lessons of self-worth, the need for boundaries, and the reality of toxic cycles in relationships.

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• “99% of my life is completely smoke free.” – Jen [05:03]
• “If you’re smoking now, you’re just stupid. I mean, you know, a death sentence.” – Bert [11:46]
• “I don’t mind paying taxes. ... If you want something top shelf, you gotta pay for that. … There is no better country in the world.” – Bert [17:44]
• “If we don’t put our money in, we’re not going to get anything out. … We’re all a part of this country, and we need to do our part to help out.” – Caller Whitney [23:14]
• “She helped us see what our issues are. But I love him.” – Fiji [47:05]
• “I just feel bad because she gained so much weight since Thanksgiving. She will be huge by the next one.” – Fiji [51:30]
• “We just need to not talk anymore... It’s over.” – Not So Psycho Sue [57:34]

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Segment Timestamps

• [04:00 – 14:41] – Quitting smoking: struggles, support, and relationship impacts
• [16:55 – 27:15] – Attitudes towards taxes, tax system fairness, and civic duty
• [29:31 – 56:57] – The unfolding of the Not So Psycho Sue/Fiji/Tool relationship drama (including audience calls and tweets)
• [44:01, 45:03, 52:42] – Callers offer Sue support and perspective on moving forward

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Episode Tone and Language

• Conversational, honest, and often humorous, balancing support with sharp comedic observations.
• Willingness to broach vulnerable and serious issues, while maintaining an upbeat group dynamic.
• Use of frank, sometimes harsh language—especially regarding smoking and the tools/people involved in the central drama. The cast doesn’t shy away from calling out "mean girl" behavior or tough relationship truths.

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Takeaway for Listeners

• Quitting smoking is a complex journey, but support and real talk matter—progress over perfection.
• Tax Day ignites a range of emotions, but the show highlights a pragmatic, participatory view of civic responsibility.
• The “Not So Psycho Sue/Fiji/Tool” saga is a cautionary tale about toxic relationships and misplaced loyalty, illustrating the importance of self-respect, support networks, and knowing when to walk away.
• Above all, the Bert Show brings it all together with candor, heart, and plenty of laughs—even when untangling life's messiest moments.

Transcript

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[Bert (Host)]

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[Katie]

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[Bert (Host)]

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[Katie]

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[Jen]

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[Not So Psycho Sue]

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[Bert (Host)]

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[Melissa]

Sorry, dude.

[Bert (Host)]

Natalie, it's the first time you've heard that commercial.

[Katie]

I've heard it before, but I was looking through the commercial log. I'm like, what the world? I thought it was something that I was supposed to plug in there. I was like, where did that come come from?

[Bert (Host)]

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[Jeff]

Right.

[Melissa]

Has it been. Is. I want to say maybe a little longer than that, because haven't they done one since then?

[Jeff]

It's not. It's. What's that furniture district. It's not South Carolina, it's North Carolina, where all the furniture stores are manufacturers,

[Not So Psycho Sue]

isn't it Hickory, North Carolina?

[Jeff]

Yeah, that part of town. And they did it almost as a joke, but then the people really ran it because it gets so much attention,

[Bert (Host)]

because it went viral, it got so many hits that they just decided to run it.

[Katie]

Yeah, I heard it before as a joke, but, you know, I have to manage the commercials, make sure that

[Caller 1]

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[Commercial Voice]

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[Bert (Host)]

Good morning, Burt show listener. Patrick, how are you today, ma'?

[Katie]

Am? I'm good. How are y' all doing?

[Bert (Host)]

Doing well. Let's go around the room. Wendy, how are you doing?

[Not So Psycho Sue]

I'm doing good. Just ready for the pollen particles to get out of every orifice of my body.

[Bert (Host)]

That's a pretty picture. What is the pollen count today supposed

[Not So Psycho Sue]

to be too high?

[Jeff]

I'll tell you exactly what it is. Hold, please.

[Bert (Host)]

Hold on while jeffipedia takes a look for you. All right, so as he's looking when he's doing okay. Melissa, how are you?

[Melissa]

I'm doing good.

[Jeff]

It's low. It's 1440.

[Bert (Host)]

Oh, okay, then I should be feeling

[Not So Psycho Sue]

a lot better today.

[Jeff]

2563 yesterday, but now it's 1440. So we're good.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

We're getting down there.

[Bert (Host)]

Jen, how are you?

[Jen]

Good. Really good, Jeff?

[Bert (Host)]

I'm doing fine. That's a longer answer than you wanted, but what's up?

[Katie]

Hey, y' all having too much fun? I was just curious of how Gina's doing on her not smoking and the name of her hypnotist that she went to.

[Bert (Host)]

Well, we may want to do those in reverse order.

[Jen]

No, no, no. I'm doing well. I can't say that I have been flawless or perfect, but I went and saw a hypnotist named Shawn Wheeler. Hypno. His. His Twitter name is IPNowHeel. And then what is his. It's PureHypnosis.com is his website. And it definitely kick started the process for me. Like, made it more about a life decision and all that kind of stuff, and kind of took it outside of the everyday addiction that you feel. But have I been perfect and flawless? Absolutely not. I fell off on vacation, had a few on vacation, but didn't smoke for A long time when I came back and then one, two, I think like two different nights when I have been out having lots of drinks with friends, I have slipped up. But I haven't been smoking in my everyday life like since. So I have had some slip ups. But I've been able to for the most part that 99% of my life is completely smoke free.

[Bert (Host)]

So you don't consider yourself a non smoker anymore?

[Jeff]

A smoker either?

[Katie]

Yes, I quit three and a half years ago, but I have a friend

[Commercial Voice]

who's trying to quit.

[Katie]

He's using the. And every time he takes it off, he says he needs a cigarette.

[Jen]

Yeah, it's about his mindset too. And that patch keeps you addicted to the nicotine, you know, so you still, you still will need it if you continue with the patch for a long period of time. I think it's a great way to get you out of the habit part. And I think any way to help you stop is a great way. Whatever it is that you need to use it, whether it's those prescription medications that a lot of people have had success on that a lot of people read that book, the Easy Way to Quit Smoking. I can't remember the name of the author, but it's been around since the 70s or 80s. Tons of people have had success on that. The gums, the patch, whatever it is that takes you to do it, you just gotta do it. To me also, if you, I mean this sounds awful to say, but if you hear stories of or see pictures of people who have emphysema from a lifetime of smoking, like that will change your mind. It will completely change your mind to me. And so yeah, no, I have not been perfect and I think it may be something that I struggle with for a lot of my life, but as far as now, I would consider myself a non smoker. Even though I've slipped up, is that okay to do?

[Katie]

I smoked for about 25 years and then I put it down and just walked away from them. But that was easy for me. I understand. Not everybody can do that. She says, I was just, you know, I'm trying to help my friend quit smoking. He needs to.

[Jeff]

So how long does she have to go not smoking at all before she's a non smoker?

[Bert (Host)]

Jeff was asking under our breath. Jen said that she considers herself a non smoker now. And this is a pretty hot button with me right now because I see my wife's going through the same. Well, she's. My wife has decided not to become a non smoker. Right now she stopped and then started and stopped and then started and now she's just, she's smoking quite a bit now. And Jen's smoking only when you go out?

[Jen]

No, it's been a couple of slip ups. Like every time I go out I don't smoke. But it's definitely been here and there.

[Bert (Host)]

Yeah, I'd consider you a non smoker

[Jen]

at that point then, but it's not every time. Like every time I have a drink or whatever, but I have definitely screwed up.

[Melissa]

Well, I commend your focus through whatever he was doing while he called us. I don't know if the loud call or is it just me.

[Bert (Host)]

It sounded like he was on a cash register.

[Melissa]

Yeah, I don't know what the hell he was moving the pallets that he was knocking against the phone. But anyway, I commend your.

[Jeff]

I mean I know you're a non smoker but do you have a cigarette now? Because I could really use one.

[Jen]

No, I don't, I don't. That's the good news. Like I don't have any, I don't have lighters, I don't have matches, I don't have any of that kind of stuff and been one of those annoying people that bum one.

[Jeff]

Give me one of your airline bottles of liquor then.

[Bert (Host)]

Yes, Stacey. And I, I'm not, I still don't know how to handle this with my wife. I really don't. I just know that she's smoking and she has been smoking and she's not ready to quit. But it hits me on so many different levels, so many different levels that I just don't know where to start with her. Like, I know she's not ready to quit smoking and I don't want to be a nag and stay on it. But also, I mean I'm in this relationship also and I love my wife and I like my wife to be around for a really long time for my kids. That's the deep part of it. The superficial part is I, I don't like kissing a smoker. I don't like when my wife walks by that I can smell cigarette smoke on her. I hate when my wife walks in the house and I want to put a kiss on her that as I'm approaching I can smell cigarettes. It really, really affects me. I don't want to be a pushy dude, but we're all in this together, you know.

[Jen]

That was a huge reason behind me stopping smoking too because my boyfriend does not smoke and I don't want to smell like it. Around him tastes like it. Like. Like I felt gross being around him as a non smoker. I just didn't want. I just didn't want it around him at all. So when we first started dating or whatever, I mean, I would go, you know, like long date days and not smoking. Like in the back of my mind being like, hey, when are we going crazy? When I have one? You know? And then I thought, that's stupid. Like, I'm really enjoying myself here. Like, I don't want to wish I was somewhere else because I really want to be right here, you know? And I think that, you know, when you're smoking, I think the hardest. The hardest part about it is you're always. A lot of brain space is taken up by wishing you were somewhere else smoking. Because you can't smoke inside. You can't smoke in a lot of, like, parking decks anymore. You can't smoke, you know, I mean, you're like banned to the dumpster area of most buildings. If you're gonna smoke. You can't smoke in restaurants or bars except for the vortex and you. But you know what I'm saying? Like, you know, you have to sort of really have a lot of your time of your day thought about, do I have enough in my. For me, it was, do I have enough left in the pack to make it through the day? You know, can I go out tonight or do I need to stop at the gas station? Get them. Do I have a lighter in my purse? Where is the lighter in my purse? You know, where are the matches? Are they out yet? You know, you know, oh, I should go talk to my friend so and so down the hall. Cause they smoke and I should go have a lunch break with them. Like, there's so many different thoughts throughout your whole day consumed with it that when that's gone, it's really frees you up. Like, it really frees up your body.

[Jeff]

You're really doing a good self or something that Stacy can't do.

[Bert (Host)]

Well, I know she can.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

She can.

[Jen]

When I first met Stacy, she didn't smoke, right.

[Bert (Host)]

Yeah. And now for years. And I also. There's. There's a part of me also that sort of feels like she was. There was. There were stages. There was non smoking, then it became just smoking while she was drinking. Then it became regular smoking. Then it became. Then she was smoking, but she was never smoking in front of me. And now she's smoking in front of me, which pisses me off.

[Melissa]

When did that start?

[Bert (Host)]

A couple of weeks ago. She invited me out on the patio. They had some people over the house, and there she was, just lighting up. Like, has totally forgotten how much it bugs me. And then it happened the other day also, and I hate everything about it. Everything about it. Hey, Blythe. Good morning. You're on Q100.

[Caller 1]

Hey, good morning, Burt Show.

[Bert (Host)]

Good morning.

[Caller 1]

I was just gonna say my mother is hauling around oxygen from, you know, a lifetime of smoking, and she's miserable to be around.

[Bert (Host)]

Yeah, my dad has emphysema so bad now he can't. He can't walk 100ft without hitting some oxygen.

[Caller 1]

That's how my mom is. Except she has it 24 7.

[Bert (Host)]

Well, I see. My thing with that is that our parents didn't know any better. They were ignorant. Like, they didn't know how bad cigarette smoking was, so they were going for it. Now they have to. Obviously, they got the repercussions. Personally, I know this sounds harsh. Harsh language right here. I think if you're smoking now, you're just stupid. I mean, you know, a death sentence

[Caller 1]

is the stupidest thing anyone can do.

[Bert (Host)]

It is a death sentence. And, you know, and gosh, this sounds so hard. The words are coming out of my mouth. But I'm getting passionate about it now. It's not fair. I mean, you're killing yourself in front of your kids. If you have kids and you're smoking, you're doing a tremendous disservice for everybody in your family.

[Caller 1]

Amen.

[Melissa]

You know, I think that for a lot of people. For a lot of people. And I don't know if it's human nature or whatever it is, but this whole. In the future, 20 years from now, you know, like, when you're thinking. When you're warning people about the end of their life and how the end of their life is coming, and this is with food and with cigarettes and with drinking and with everything, I think it's hard for people to think, oh, I know I should be the perfect weight, and I know I should be exercising, and I know I should, but it's so hard to do it. And I think it's the same mentality with smoking. But I do know that smoking will kill you. And the other ones might kill you. You know, it might kill you to have that candy bar. It might kill you to have that drink. It will kill you to have that cigarette.

[Jen]

I heard a couple of friends the other day who saw, like, a very pregnant girl go outside and smoke a cigarette.

[Jeff]

Oh, no. I used to work with a girl who would drink and smoke at, like, I Mean big, big belly. Pregnant. I don't know if she's seven. When, when does the belly. You know how the belly gets.

[Melissa]

Don't look at me.

[Jen]

I don't know where you can tell where.

[Melissa]

It's like a pooch.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

She started like three months, six months.

[Jeff]

Not a. Like the bell.

[Commercial Voice]

Huge.

[Jeff]

That's like what, six, seven and a half, eight months? Something like that.

[Bert (Host)]

Well, you remember that virtual listener we had on years ago that was smoking while she was pregnant. And she said, you know, my parents smoked when they were pregnant with me. I'm fine. My grandparents smoked. And she said, go ahead, go online and find real concrete research that shows something happens to your infant when you smoke during pregnancy. And we had a couple of people researching it and the evidence wasn't so black and white.

[Jeff]

I know. Unfortunately, the thought is why would you

[Jen]

do anything that could put.

[Jeff]

If the chance is 1/10 of 1%, why. Why would you do it? You know, it's only nine months.

[Bert (Host)]

I understand it's hard to do, but

[Jen]

it's hard to quit. It really is.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

I know.

[Melissa]

Yeah. It just. But yeah, I mean, I, I'm a former smoker. I mean, I was stupid too. I. It's just. But it's, you know, it'll kill you. It will kill you. It will kill you.

[Jen]

It will.

[Melissa]

And from the. From now to.

[Jeff]

You're so negative.

[Melissa]

Yeah, I know.

[Bert (Host)]

God, Melissa, I can't be more positive about people killing.

[Melissa]

God, Melissa, why do you have to be so opinionated all the time? Your opinions, blah, blah, blah. But it's just.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

It will.

[Melissa]

I mean, there's a reason why the doctors ask you if you're a smoker, because you will. Even, even now with me, with Jen, you know, people who had smoked when we're 80, you know, God willing, will live to be 80. It'll still be part of our record and the doctor's concern for us.

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[Bert (Host)]

So today is is tax day. And I know, man, people hate this day. Giving your hard earned money away. You hate it, right? You circled it on your calendar for months and months and months. I was talking to some friends over the weekend about it, you know, and you know, it's pretty much the typical stories that we're probably going to go through right here. You know, I'm working so hard, you know, I look at the statistics and I mean I'm giving all of my money to the government up until like March 15th. You know, I think statistics show that and I have a different take on it and I know I'm gonna sound a little Hannity esque here.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Okay.

[Bert (Host)]

I actually, I don't mind paying taxes. I really don't mind paying taxes. And here's my thinking on the whole thing.

[Melissa]

That's not very Hannity, I was gonna say. That's not, that's not a Republican theory.

[Bert (Host)]

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[Melissa]

Okay.

[Bert (Host)]

Um, I've done a certain. I've done a good amount of traveling, so I've seen some. Most of the parts of the world, right? Or at least some parts of the world. And obviously living here, I can make some pretty good comparisons. And whenever I get home, I really do realize that this country runs in such a different place than other countries. The organization of the United States, the government stability of the US Just the way I really do believe in my heart and of hearts, we are lucky to be living in this country, man. There is no better country in the world. And I really do believe that. And I kind of feel like whenever you want something top shelf, you gotta pay for that. You want a Ketel Wand, the best vodka, you are gonna pay extra for that. If you want Gucci, you want Prada, if you want the best products, you're gonna pay a little extra, more money for that. And I really do, in my heart of hearts. And this is where I feel like the whole Hannity thing coming in, I feel like this is what we pay for in this country. We have so many freedoms here that they don't have in the rest of the world that if you just watch the news from time to time and you see how some women are treated in the rest of the world, you see how kids are treated in the rest of the world. You know, we were talking about kids slavery and stuff like that. This country's the best, man. This is it right here. So when tax season rolls around, I don't get bothered by it. Now I also will say to argue the other side, I'm not exactly sure how much I'm paying. Cause Stacey does all of that. I know what percentile I'm in, but I've never written the check. And maybe if I did, I would feel differently. But I feel like if you want something top shelf, you gotta pay for it. And on tax day for me, I'm cool with it.

[Jen]

Isn't most of the political debate the divide on what taxes are spent on, I think, and how much we're taxed and how we're taxed and that sort of thing. So kinda, I think there's like kinda two different.

[Melissa]

Well, but I mean, there's, you know, I mean, this is getting politics, but just briefly, like Bush had done some tax breaks for corporations and for rich people. That's about to expire. So I do believe that, yeah, the biggest debate is actually the money we spend on what it's spent on. But I do think, where does that money go?

[Jen]

Does it Go to military? Does it go to education? Does it go to healthcare? Does it go to, you know that. That's a lot of the political debate, but how much were taxed is also

[Commercial Voice]

part of it, right?

[Melissa]

Yeah, but when you brought Hannity, the only reason I brought the Republican thing up is because, I mean, Republicans fought for some tax breaks. So I don't know if the Republicans are all about paying taxes, but, I mean, I have no problem paying taxes either because I feel like it's the rent in the country. Like, I'm paying my rent. You know, I live in the country. I'm paying my rent. I live in my home. I have to pay a payment for that. So, you know, I just. And I agree with you. I think I. There's nowhere else I'd rather be. I have no problem paying taxes. And I'm happy to because, you know, the thing is, I have the baby syndrome. I have the little sister syndrome to where anything I do that's an adult makes me feel like I feel excited about it because as a kid, you're. I'm serious. As the baby, you're made to feel like. Like you're the baby. So there's a part of me that still, even, you know, even at 40, I'm like, you know what? I'm paying taxes.

[Bert (Host)]

That's cool.

[Commercial Voice]

Cool.

[Bert (Host)]

Bring on the census, too. That'll really make my day.

[Melissa]

But the only thing that bothered me, you know, I was more passionate about it earlier this week, and I've kind of watered it down because I don't have anything in front of me. But basically, the one thing, though, that does irritate me about tax season is the fact that Katie and I can't get married. And that would allow us a tax break. One of the, you know, we don't file our taxes together. And it just a case in which she and a friend of her, hers, you know, Katie ended up owing and her friend ended up getting a refund simply because her friend was married. You know, and it's just that was

[Jen]

the only difference in what they.

[Melissa]

Only difference in what they were filing. And so it just was, you know, it kind of brought it home where she. She came home. It's like, you know what, it just. Just irritates me that we live the same life and do the same things. And at the end of the day, but on.

[Jen]

On the box, she has to check

[Melissa]

single and I have to. And she has to write the check.

[Bert (Host)]

Do you have any kind of anger that you're in a country that doesn't provide you the same freedoms. Yeah. And you have to write a check for that.

[Melissa]

Absolutely. Well, I mean, again, I'm happy to pay my taxes, but one of the things that frustrates me when you talk about spending is, okay, you want my money for the military, you want me to help provide for the military, but you won't let me serve in the military. You know, there are little things that at the back of my mind, just irritated the hell out of me, you know, like, if you want me to be completely fully honest and excited about my taxes, then give me the same, you know, pay me back. Give me the same products that everybody else in this room is provided. You know, you don't charge me less taxes for your taxes, but in business, that would be bad business, you know?

[Bert (Host)]

You have any problem stroking that check every year?

[Jen]

No, I don't, because I tend to agree with you. I think that we're provided with so much more security in our country than anywhere else. And I haven't done quite as much travel as you, but been to a couple different third world countries and have lots of friends who travel the world. And I've told you all about my friend who's in Kenya right now, and she and her cousin don't go out after dark because there's so many carjackings there. And Jeff and I were talking about it yesterday. A lot of times people tell you when you travel to Africa have cash on you because if they try to carjack you, you can pay them not to carjack you. Look, take my money and don't carjack me.

[Commercial Voice]

Which is true.

[Jeff]

Which is bad economics, because the car could definitely go for more than 100 bucks.

[Jen]

It's less bother. So they'll go, oh, okay. And guess what? We don't have to worry about that. You know, our safety and security is a huge part of what allows us to live the freedom and live the lives that we do. So if tax is what takes care of that, then I'm fine with it.

[Bert (Host)]

Here is Whitney. Good morning. You're on Q100.

[Caller 1]

Good morning, Y'.

[Katie]

All.

[Caller 1]

Yeah, I just want to say I'm so glad you guys are brushing this topic this morning because it's been very frustrating for me, too, because I agree with you guys and Bert. The same thing happens to me every time I say that. People look at me like I'm the craziest person on earth. But it's true. If we don't put our money in, we're not going to get anything out. So it's really frustrating when you hear people complaining, I don't want to pay my taxes. I don't want to pay my taxes. And then turn around in the same sentence and say, but I want education to get better and I want to keep our roads nice. And, you know, they want all these infrastructure things to be put into place, but they don't want to pay for that. And that's not how it works. If you want it to get fixed, it's got to come from somewhere. And unfortunately or fortunately, in my opinion, that's from our pockets. We're all a part of this country, and we need to do our part

[Melissa]

to help out and then furthering that. That's why I get frustrated. People say, I don't. I'm not going to vote, you know, because you can't complain because the legislatures are the ones, they're the ones that spend the money. So if you're mad about, you know,

[Jen]

everything, where it's getting, where it's been

[Melissa]

getting spent, but then you didn't go out and vote, then you just, I, to me, can't complain.

[Bert (Host)]

Hey, Becky, good morning. You're on The Birch Show. Q100. Talking taxes.

[Caller 1]

Absolutely. I, I don't necessarily. I agree with you guys to a certain degree. I necessarily don't have a problem paying taxes. My concern comes from people who do not pay their taxes, who don't file, and also illegal immigrants who don't file, who obviously do not pay taxes because there's no, there's no possibility of them being able to because they're paid cash money. They're, you know, living the low. You know, basically being paid under the table and hiding out and not paying taxes, which if everybody paid taxes, the government would have much more money than, you know, the United States. I feel like that would be so much safer. We would have more things and everything would be so much better.

[Bert (Host)]

We're going to try to talk to some of these people later on that are refusing to pay taxes and have refused to pay taxes for years because there is a certain amount of people in this country that try to get by as long as they can. I just don't agree with what's going on. I don't agree with what Barack Obama's doing. I am just not paying taxes this year.

[Jen]

What was that celebrity we won't put

[Bert (Host)]

you on the Voice,

[Jeff]

Wesley Snipes.

[Jen]

Oh, I was trying to. I was trying to remember which celebrity it was, but, yeah, he didn't pay for years.

[Jeff]

Are they gonna call us from prison?

[Bert (Host)]

It sounds like Pamela Anderson has decided not to pay. Also, they'll give it.

[Melissa]

Eventually, you're gonna have to pay.

[Bert (Host)]

She met you now they're gonna get you later.

[Jeff]

Just been trying to distract Larry King from her nipple covers that he was asking about.

[Bert (Host)]

Here is Holly. Go ahead. You're on Q100.

[Caller 1]

Hi. Nice to be on the show.

[Bert (Host)]

Thanks for calling.

[Caller 1]

One of the things I want, there was a statement that you pay more taxes when you file single as opposed to filing as a married couple. And I've run the numbers both ways. I've run the numbers where my husband and I pay together and as single because I have turbotax and I can do it online and I mean, I can run the numbers on my computer. And what I found was that we pay $10,000 more in taxes because we're married.

[Bert (Host)]

So you're gonna. Are you gonna divorce him?

[Caller 1]

We do have that discussion, and it's a humorous discussion.

[Bert (Host)]

You gotta let him go, man. He's costing you $10,000. I don't know that he's worth it.

[Melissa]

That's not a good investment.

[Jen]

You know what I could get for $10,000?

[Bert (Host)]

Looking at your spouse a little different today.

[Melissa]

Why were your friends mad at you? Just quickly.

[Bert (Host)]

I think it was more like the whole. The tone in the room was like, man, taxes. I'm paying for this and I'm paying for that. And I'm like, why are you bitching about it, dude?

[Katie]

Look where.

[Bert (Host)]

Look where we are right now and look at everything that we have. What are you complaining about? And I think I was the only one in the room with that attitude. So it felt like.

[Melissa]

Really?

[Commercial Announcer]

Yeah.

[Bert (Host)]

The group was turned into a minority for sure.

[Melissa]

Yeah. People who don't pay their taxes. And I'm not going to turn in my senses and I'm not going to do that. Damn it, get on my nerves.

[Bert (Host)]

And don't tell me you're leaving the country unless you're really leaving the country. You can only make that threat so many times.

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is the Birch Show.

[Bert (Host)]

Okay, Psycho sue, let's take a big breath. Collective breath here. Not so Psycho sue is in studio this morning and thanks for coming in because I know at first you didn't want to come in today. Yeah, it's been a crappy 24 hours for you.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

It's been a crappy two. Yeah. Three days.

[Bert (Host)]

Three days since Fiji got back from the honeymoon destination. Has it been crappy?

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Yeah.

[Bert (Host)]

All right, Jen, I'm putting this in your hands.

[Jeff]

Okay,

[Bert (Host)]

I just started listening or I've been. Or I've been listening every other day and I'm not exactly sure who. Not so Psycho sue and tool in Fiji is. So who are these people?

[Jen]

Okay, well, as succinctly as possible and realize I'm leaving out a lot of details. Sue called us up when we did. Are you stepping into Psycho this weekend? And she called and said, I've got a plan. I am going to a wedding and I'm going to tell the bride that the groom has been messing around with me the entire time. He's been playing both of us.

[Bert (Host)]

And she was gonna go after the wedding, after it was all done.

[Jen]

She was gonna go on Saturday. Right. Uh, she heard from a groomsman and decided Friday would be a better plan because then she wouldn't be taking out her anger on the bride. She'd be taking it out on the groom, and the bride would have a choice. So, sure enough, she meets with the. The bride and the bride's family, and the wedding doesn't happen because everything's is exposed. The groom is exposed for two timing, both of them, telling them both different things, telling both families different. So he has been busted. So the wedding gets canceled.

[Bert (Host)]

And again, there was a family intervention there. Just to add here, there was a family intervention where everybody's in the same house together.

[Jen]

His mom, his grandma, bride's mom, and sister and family. And sue was there as well. So the bride and sue hug each other. They actually become friends. And so the bride takes off on her honeymoon and goes to Fiji without ever getting married. So weddings canceled and off. Bride goes to Fiji. And then we start to hear from the groom that the groom is coming back to sue saying, I really want to be with you now. And then at the same time, he's contacting the bride and Fiji, sending her faxes, like, let's all go to counseling. Let's work it out together. Um, then he starts pulling some really psycho stuff on sue, like going to her house and taking back her dog that he had gotten for her over a year ago, doing all kinds of things to try to get attention. And then sue came in studio with us and said, basically, it's all said and done. She had gotten the dog back, but basically that he was a tool and she wasn't going to see him anymore, and neither was the bride.

[Bert (Host)]

That's a lot to take in right there. One really key piece that I think we need to start to establish here is that through all this dysfunction, not so psycho sue and Fiji has really started to, like, form this bond together, because Tool's been playing them both. So, I mean, she writes. And I'm gonna read some of these. That you guys have started to become close.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Yeah.

[Melissa]

Or so you thought.

[Jeff]

Yeah, Whatever she wrote. Yeah.

[Bert (Host)]

I mean, I saw the tweets between the two of you guys while she was in Fiji and stuff like that. And you guys have sort of like. She even said that she's got a new friend out of this whole whole thing. So up until this point, you got a new Friendship starting to form. Both women realize what's going on, and none of them want anything to do with Tool.

[Melissa]

And as we.

[Bert (Host)]

The last time we had not so psycho sued. That's where we left it all off.

[Melissa]

And then last we talked on the show, we were like, okay, we'll feed when she gets back into town. She's coming in studio, and we're gonna talk to her in studio too, and everything's gonna be fine. Happy ending.

[Jen]

There you go.

[Bert (Host)]

Okay. And I think that's a really key point here too, that Fiji wanted to come on and talk about this guy also. And I want to read some tweets from her that she sent me from Fiji.

[Melissa]

Okay.

[Bert (Host)]

This is the first one I got from her because I don't know who she is. And then she sends me her first tweet introducing herself to me. I'm the bride for the Psycho situation. Sue told me, you want us to come on? And I'm going to Fiji for my honeymoon, but I'm willing to come on when I get back. Okay. Another tweet from her. We listened to Sue's update, and I'm drinking one for the Burt show. Thanks for making her do this. And I can't wait to talk another tweet from her. If I send you an email with the facts that he sent me at the hotel in Fiji, would you want to read it on air? I want everyone to know what an expletive with an A and a hole he truly is.

[Jeff]

What can you give me? What expletive?

[Jen]

What was that exactly?

[Bert (Host)]

And Sue, I'm still trying not to reveal everybody's name. And sue does not deserve her dog being taken away from her. She's the best owner, and I know that because Tool has said it so many times. And she's honestly the sweetest girl ever and does not deserve any of this. These are all her words.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Mm.

[Bert (Host)]

This is. This is. This is gonna get crazy in a couple minutes. Cause these are all her words. I feel like it's my fault. Sorry. I'm a few drinks in and I heard everything online, and I feel so bad that she lost her puppy. Then I sent her a tweet, I think saying, hey, go ahead and send that fax to Tracy and me, and, yeah, sure, I'll read it. Then she sends one back, saying, I sent it to Tracy just now along with a little thing about the whole situation. I hope you can read it for me and we can talk more Monday or Tuesday. So she was ready to come in studio as soon as she got Back. She was eager, says, I sent it to both of you guys and he is truly unreal. You have no idea, exclamation point. Then we exchange a couple more tweets and she says, but everything happens for a reason. And I gained a new girlfriend out of it, as weird as it sounds. So now we're establishing that this bond and these two girls are starting to get along with each other. Okay.

[Jen]

Kind of the happy ending part, because then the groom gets what he deserves, the women know what's going on, move on.

[Bert (Host)]

So at one point she tweets also that people are making her so mad she is telling the truth too much to be a lie. I swear on my family, she says, okay, so those are the pertinent tweets

[Melissa]

that the whole situation was truthful.

[Bert (Host)]

Yeah. Because, I mean, it is a little unbelievable. Like, if sue didn't show up in studio with us a couple of days ago and wasn't here today, based on everything I saw yesterday, I would have said the whole thing was made up because it's becoming so unbelievable and it's getting so mean that I like the girl. The movie. Mean Girls to me is simply a movie. People don't treat each other.

[Jen]

Why, why, why, why, why? Tell me. Like, I know it's like the movie, but why?

[Jeff]

Okay, put a sock in your narrative there.

[Bert (Host)]

We got a lot of ground to cover. This is gonna take us a while. I'm gonna warn you right now, Jen

[Jeff]

was about to call you an expletive with an A.

[Bert (Host)]

Alright, so everything between the two you guys up until this point is fine. So at what point does she. Is it when she's in Fiji that she starts to feel a little bit differently about your relationship with her?

[Not So Psycho Sue]

I don't know.

[Bert (Host)]

You don't know?

[Not So Psycho Sue]

She doesn't talk to me at all.

[Bert (Host)]

Okay.

[Jen]

Since she's been back.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

We talked when she got back. And then we found out that he slept with my best friend and my bake in my sorority. And I think she told you about that. And then the day after.

[Jen]

Not the girl that came in with you the other day? No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[Melissa]

I wasn't about to say.

[Bert (Host)]

But he targets somebody in her circle and he sleeps with her. Right. And in a girl's world, in a woman's world, that's an important person in your life.

[Melissa]

And recently.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

And the worst part is, she's married and she just had a kid. Yeah, she had a kid.

[Bert (Host)]

Okay, so he sleeps with her. Right.

[Jeff]

When did this happen?

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Over the week. He sent an email to you guys. I heard it on the air where he said he hooked up with someone, and then he told me that it was my best friend.

[Bert (Host)]

Remember, his email to us said, hey, tell both those psycho girls that I've moved on, and I found something better. In fact, I found something better on Friday night. Well, that Friday night was her big from her sorority.

[Jen]

Now, why do we believe him?

[Not So Psycho Sue]

She admitted it to me.

[Commercial Voice]

She did?

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Yeah.

[Melissa]

Wow.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Okay.

[Katie]

Wow.

[Bert (Host)]

All right. So then I get this email from Tool which sparks everything that happens yesterday, and the email reads like this. It says, bert show. Fiji asked me to email you guys because last night we went to dinner and talked things out and are going to therapy to work through our issues. What the. She understands that I have made mistakes and that I am dating other people right now because she decided to call off the wedding.

[Jen]

It's her fault.

[Bert (Host)]

But we do want to be married and have a life together. Fiji and I love each other, and we always have. Relationships I have had with other people have been big mistakes. We both know we are meant to be with each other, and we are getting married in the fall. The fact that I was dating someone else for two dates is not Atlanta's business. And Fiji regrets telling everyone that. I'm sorry to ruin your perfect storyline, but what we have is real and not some made for radio drama. Okay, so that one comes in, and I don't believe this dude at all, because all we know from everybody is how much of a manipulator he is.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Right?

[Bert (Host)]

So I tweet Fiji and I say, look, I just got this email. Are you guys back together? And her first tweet back to me is there is more to it. We're going to counseling, and I feel bad for turning my back on sue, but I have to follow my heart.

[Jen]

Oh, geez.

[Bert (Host)]

Okay, that's where the first of 15 tweets come in. And they're gonna get progressively uglier and uglier and uglier throughout the day.

[Jen]

So he has somehow convinced her that it was only a mistake what he did. He's sorry for his mistake, and she needs to forgive him and them get back together. So he's manipulated the bride back into

[Bert (Host)]

a relationship somehow, some way, either as soon as she got back from Fiji or he was calling her. He turned her around. Do you know when it happened?

[Not So Psycho Sue]

No, I didn't even know they were going out to eat or anything.

[Bert (Host)]

So now they're back together, and they're strong, and they're a couple. Okay. Hey, T.C.

[Katie]

how's it going, okay, man, you know what? All I can say is if Fiji is going to go back with the toolbox, God bless her and her simple soul, you know, after all of this and she goes back to hell, you know, what can you say? You just throw your hands up, turn and walk away, right?

[Melissa]

Yeah, I'm gonna wait till Katie and I saw all these tweets last night. So when we get through it all. Katie and I had a big discussion about it.

[Jeff]

We and we the important stuff in

[Melissa]

our lives and we have a where it's fine. It's gonna. It's end up going to be because

[Bert (Host)]

of the karma train which we'll get into all of these tweets here that happened yesterday because it went from okay, I'm getting back with tool to really being mean to not so psycho Sue. I mean really mean stuff. I'm so bummed that this girl is really what she's turned out to be. Okay, so I'll read the tweets for you guys and you won't believe it, man. This girl that was begging to be on the radio, that was so happy that she had the wedding broken up, that she wasn't gonna be married to this guy. The girl that found a brand new friend totally turns her back on. Sue here. Totally.

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[Bert (Host)]

birdshow all right, so we continue with the not so Psycho Su Fiji Tool storyline. And if you haven't been listening for the last 15 minutes, that that's just. That's just too damn bad. We can't recap the whole thing. But as we sit right now, Fiji and Tool are back together again. And sue has been feeling that Fiji in a couple of seconds here, I'm gonna prove to you, is just turning her back on sue now. Also, when did you find out that the two of them were getting back together with each other?

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Five minutes before Tracy called me to tell me that he had emailed you guys.

[Bert (Host)]

And who told you that they were getting back together?

[Not So Psycho Sue]

The same groomsmen who convinced me to go to the rehearsal.

[Bert (Host)]

So is this Groomsman and Tool? Are they still friends or no? Yeah, I wouldn't think. All right, before I get to the tweets, here are some people calling up that are rallying around you. Good morning, Q100.

[Caller 1]

Hey, I just wanted to tell sue to keep her head up and don't let that jerk control her and what he says shouldn't matter to her. And there's somebody out there that will love her for who she is and take her.

[Jen]

Absolutely.

[Bert (Host)]

Thanks for calling. Here's Tiffany. Good Morning. You're on Q100.

[Caller 1]

Hey, good morning. Love you guys.

[Jeff]

Thank you.

[Caller 1]

I wanted to call to tell not so Psycho Sue. Don't feel defeated. The whole purpose of the plan has already been accomplished. You never was going into the plan to gain a friend, so I think that was just an added bonus. But the fact that Fiji was on this emotional high after she found out all the news, it kind of made like the. This pretend bond between you guys. She was never your friend. So now that she's vulnerable and she realizes she's not as strong as you, she's, you know, of course, falling back into the typical, you know, she's going back with tools. So don't feel defeated about it. I think they belong together. And she'll find out later on that she made the biggest mistake of her life.

[Melissa]

Yeah, well, I mean, what Katie and I. Katie and I feel like you've served your purpose, because the thing is that we're not. Nobody's commented on the fact of the intervention. If you do something stupid in your relationship and if you are the stupid person in your relationship and you do it privately and it's just between you and the person you're dating, then that's one thing. But the whole family now knows. The whole family was involved. And the fact that she is going back to him and they plan on getting married, guess whose support they don't have? They don't have the family support. I mean, according to the intervention that you were telling us about. So Katie and I are like, they deserve each other and it's going to be fine. And they're going to create their own misery because sister and mom and grandma, dad and dad, they're not in on this. You know, like, they're not into this. And so she's going back even after all that, then, then she's. She's digging her own grave.

[Bert (Host)]

Did the former groom give you any kind of insight? Like, if the family is supporting this, like they're cool with it or not?

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Like, I haven't talked to the groom. Her family's not supportive of it at all.

[Melissa]

So that's that. Yeah. So then that she's gonna have a hard time and she's gonna be miserable. Yeah, perfect. Let her be.

[Bert (Host)]

All right, so let's go through some of these, these tweets from yesterday. Okay. Because now Fiji is going to start showing her character. Because up until this point, I mean, we got a bond forming between sue and Fiji. And up until this point, Fiji sees this tool for really what he is, and she's ready to come on the radio and she's ready to go off on the dude also. Alright, so after I get that email from Tool saying that they're back together, I didn't believe it. I'm like, no way, dude, you're tool. And I've seen the way manipulating everybody. So I'm gonna go right to Fiji. So my tweet to her says, just got an Email from Tool saying you guys are back together. Counseling can't be true, right? And that she writes back, there is more to it. We are going to counseling. And I feel bad for turning my back on sue, but I have to follow my heart. She also, in another tweet, says, they had their chance and I'm glad she pointed things out to me and I will always be grateful for that. But I love him.

[Jen]

Oh, geez.

[Bert (Host)]

Even though he has a lot to change and he knows that.

[Melissa]

Even though he has a lot to

[Jeff]

change and he knows that the visual of Jen hobby right now. Cause she's. I don't know, what is that?

[Jen]

She's got my entertainment weekend.

[Jeff]

She's got some tabloid that's like filled with celebrity pictures and she's listening to you while flipping through it. And she goes, oh, geez. She gets to the page like the old woman at the, you know, at

[Jen]

the, at the nail salon.

[Jeff]

Yeah, at the nail salon. Who's just waiting for her nails to dry. Oh, come on, Come on. Gossiping.

[Bert (Host)]

Alright, so those are three tweets that sort of ran onto each other. So I write back because I'm still not believing what I'm reading here, right? So I tweet back, so you guys are back together. And she writes, we are not back together. We are going to counseling and taking steps towards solving our issues.

[Jen]

And the issue is that you're with an idiot.

[Melissa]

They're solving those, Jen. Well, it sounds like they. I don't know, sounds like they both are.

[Bert (Host)]

So at this point I'm. I'm sort of retweeting what she's writing also. And there's like this soap opera going online right now on Twitter, on, you know, on my account. And people are starting to question the whole thing. And frankly, I'm starting to question it also. It just seems too unbelievable, right? So I write, you're making this up, right? She writes back, why would I make this up? This is not our problem. That someone else brought a whole city into our relationship. Leave us alone. She writes. So I respond back, I guess you don't remember emailing us, sending us a copy of his fax and telling me, you want to come in studio? She writes, I made a huge mistake when I did that, but I'm not the crazy one who came to you in the first place.

[Melissa]

Oh, calling crazy again.

[Bert (Host)]

Okay, so I responded back in capital letters. Now sue is crazy again. She says she is crazy because she got the whole city in on it. It should have just been between the three of us. And I wrote back last week. You were thanking her, right? And she writes back, and I'm still thanking her because she helped us see what our issues are.

[Melissa]

Oh, Lord.

[Katie]

Come on.

[Melissa]

She got manipulated.

[Jen]

Crazy. I wonder if she's hearing this back, realizing how stupid she sounds.

[Melissa]

Of course not. She's probably. Yeah, no.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Okay.

[Jeff]

No.

[Bert (Host)]

Why don't you let her talk for herself? She writes she wanted to go on your show. Why don't you just call her her real name? And I wrote, same reason I haven't said your name. Protection. She tweets. And for everyone saying I have self esteem issues. And I'm jealous I did not gain 20 pounds since the breakup. Pathetic. So did you put some weight on after the. After the breakup?

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Yeah.

[Bert (Host)]

So that's what she's referring to.

[Jen]

That's just rude. Just rude.

[Bert (Host)]

And at some point, you know, we were tweeting back and forth with each other, and I just said, you know, I'm done.

[Melissa]

And that's rude. You can tell when a woman who is so into a guy is all she's doing is regurgitating something that he's told her, you know, because that sounds like something Tool said and that she's just. She's just, you know, repeating it.

[Caller 1]

She.

[Jen]

Well, as soon as somebody feels attacked, they're gonna lash out with like, whatever stupid thing they possibly can. So that's like. Yeah. She's like, I'm just gonna be mean. Cause you're attacking me.

[Bert (Host)]

Hey, Nicole, good morning. You're on Q100.

[Caller 1]

Good morning, bird show.

[Jeff]

Hello.

[Katie]

I've been listening to this since last week.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Mm.

[Caller 1]

And I thought my own personal life had a lot of drama, but I don't feel as bad now. But seriously, so you're gonna look back at this about 15 years from now and just laugh?

[Melissa]

Yes, absolutely.

[Caller 1]

Girl, she's got her own issues. And this guy, he does too. So just let them just have their

[Katie]

issues together and just move on. It's just not worth it.

[Bert (Host)]

Now, let me read you just. The email that I got, might have been sent last night, might have been sent this morning, says, I really believe all of you need to grow up.

[Katie]

Really?

[Melissa]

Isn't that what Tool told us? Yeah.

[Bert (Host)]

Again, mimicking, I do not care what was sent to you guys. We're going to start with a clean plate and move forward. Sue knew what she was doing when she showed up at my rehearsal dinner, and that was to ruin my day and make the day about her. She most likely wants Tool back and will do anything to get attention from him. I'M not jealous of her at all. I just feel bad because she gained so much weight since Thanksgiving. What a little ass.

[Melissa]

Who's pathetic? Fiji?

[Bert (Host)]

Let me read the whole sentence here. Cause she's just. This is where I almost started to believe again that this is fake because I didn't think people were this mean. Like, this just happens in movies and stuff. I just feel bad because she gained so much weight since Thanksgiving. She will be huge by the next one.

[Jeff]

Oh, my God.

[Katie]

Oh, my God.

[Bert (Host)]

What the hell?

[Jeff]

That is an awesome line out of a John Hughes film.

[Bert (Host)]

That's just so mean, man.

[Melissa]

You're sitting right here, Jeff.

[Katie]

Well,

[Bert (Host)]

please leave us alone and let us be happy. After dinner last night, I finally saw what was going on. You guys are awful people to let someone ruin our relationship.

[Melissa]

They deserve each other. They deserve each other. My feeling is, you know what, Sue? Don't feel bad about this at all. They deserve each other because here, Fiji had the opportunity to leave. She had the opportunity for everybody in her life to show her what is going on and who she is about to marry. She had the choice. There was the fork in the road. Either you leave or you stay. And she's chosen to stay. So let her stay. Let them be together. Let them be miserable together. Let her. Because the thing is that Fiji doesn't understand is that when he cheats on her and when he, you know, he's going out behind her back and doing stuff behind her back and calling her fat and calling her these things, and then she has nobody to complain to.

[Commercial Announcer]

Right?

[Melissa]

Because everybody in her life is gonna be like, don't wanna hear it. You had your shot. So she's on her own. Let her be on her own. They deserve each other. I'm fine with that.

[Bert (Host)]

Do any of those words make sense to you or are you just too hurt right now to even relate?

[Not So Psycho Sue]

It makes. Been hearing it for the last day from all my friends and my family.

[Bert (Host)]

You got a good support system around you.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Can I do.

[Jen]

Can I get away from all of this? Like, how connected are you to these people? Can you completely cut them out of your life?

[Jeff]

Yeah, or start drinking.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

They don't really say. I mean, she's saying stuff to you guys. The people who have been attacking me the most. Are the listeners attacking you? Yeah, I got the listeners. A lot of people added me on Facebook, I guess. Cause you could find me through her Twitter.

[Bert (Host)]

Okay.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

And somehow a bunch of people added me. And I got a phone call and Tracy had called me right after the phone call. And I just Broke down because they were calling me a psycho and saying I needed to get an Academy Award for my performance and all that. And then a lot of my friends went on your fan page, I guess, were defending me.

[Bert (Host)]

Yeah. And I started to defend you yesterday also. I'm like, let me be clear here. Sue's done nothing wrong.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Yeah. And then on some. Some people on Twitter, you know, have been saying it's not true and stuff, and they don't know that it's me. They don't know who I am yet. But I think she's adding people on her Twitter now, accepting people, so you can figure it out through the conversations. So people have started adding me, too.

[Bert (Host)]

Yeah. And I understand what your listeners were. I understand this part that people are like, this is. This can't be true. I don't understand how people have been attacking you.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Yeah.

[Bert (Host)]

I'm sorry for that.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Oh, it's fine.

[Melissa]

Well, yeah, I don't know.

[Jen]

It's not like you going to the wedding. You didn't say anything that wasn't true. You just told her, here's the situation. Here's the information I have. Here's what he's been doing with both of us. You didn't say, don't get married. She's the one who decided not to have the wedding.

[Melissa]

And what adds legitimacy again is her family being on your. Her sister waiting on you and telling you, come in and let's talk about this. Because obviously Fiji's family is against it. So, I mean, yeah, fine, let him be. And this is like Antichrist drama, dating Antichrist. When we talk about that, this is what we're talking about. And so this is your dating Antichrist. At least you've gotten through it. And now you can move on to nice guys, because they are out there. Despite what the media shows, there are nice guys out there.

[Bert (Host)]

So very psycho. Fiji hits it, slaps us with one more insult this morning.

[Katie]

Right?

[Melissa]

Yeah, she tweeted this morning. Oh, no.

[Jen]

A lot of my co workers are Burt show listeners.

[Melissa]

The head of my grade called me in to talk about it.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Thanks so much.

[Melissa]

Psycho B. Oh, no. Just.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Yeah.

[Commercial Voice]

Wow.

[Melissa]

Really bad.

[Bert (Host)]

Sorry, Mean girl.

[Jen]

Really bad.

[Melissa]

But now we know what she does for a living.

[Bert (Host)]

Hey, Brittany. Good Morning. You're on Q100.

[Caller 1]

Yeah. Can I have the voice disguiser?

[Bert (Host)]

Oh, disguiser, Please. There you go.

[Katie]

Thank you. I wanted to tell CG to run for her life. Like, I don't know, is she listening this morning? But she needs to run and to sue. Just leave it be. Like, I was with a guy that manipulated me. And if his ex girlfriend would have told me not to get with him, that he is crazy, I would have totally done the same thing. And, you know, I was getting all the hate mail when I stayed with him after something way worse than just cheating. And I stayed with him almost two years after that. And that was the biggest mistake of my life. So I just wanted to tell you, sue, that. But don't worry about it. And, yeah, it hurts, but you're gonna get over it. And a better man will come into your life.

[Bert (Host)]

You believe that, right?

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Yeah.

[Bert (Host)]

Yeah, for sure.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Hopefully.

[Bert (Host)]

You should be thanking your lucky stars that you're not in a relationship with this guy. And it didn't progress to a point of, like, you marrying him.

[Jen]

Yeah.

[Melissa]

And it's over, you know, so you can move on cleanly. Your conscience can be clean.

[Caller 1]

Just.

[Melissa]

Yeah, go, you know.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Yeah.

[Bert (Host)]

And you're brave to come in this morning, so thanks for doing that, too, and giving us a closure on that.

[Melissa]

Yeah.

[Jen]

Thank you.

[Bert (Host)]

And I am absolutely sure she's gonna take more shots at you today. So just be prepared for it. It's not over for her yet. Cause now all of her friends are gonna tell her what they heard today on the radio. And she's gonna be more angry today. But the truth is, she has to take a look in the mirror today and realize how mean she's been.

[Melissa]

She won't. I mean, she had her chance to leave. She didn't leave. Let her.

[Bert (Host)]

And she could have handled, you know what. And she could have handled it with way more grace if she got back and handled it with some kind of grace and some sensitivity on your part. Like, called you up and said, look, I know this is gonna sound awful, but this is what I gotta follow my heart. None of this could have. All of this could have been avoided, but she decided to take the mean girl route on the whole thing.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Yeah. I mean, she could have called me. I don't want him back. It wouldn't have been anything like that. But she's. I haven't said anything mean about her, so there's no reason for her to say anything mean about me back today. We just need to not talk anymore.

[Bert (Host)]

Right? It's over.

[Not So Psycho Sue]

Yeah. Okay.

[Melissa]

All right.

[Katie]

All right.

[Jen]

Good luck.

[Melissa]

Good riddance to them

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