Vault: Do You Have A Celebrity Soulmate? Listeners Confess Theirs

Summary

The Bert Show: "Vault: Do You Have A Celebrity Soulmate? Listeners Confess Theirs"

Date: March 17, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this engaging and humor-filled episode, The Bert Show team asks listeners: "Do you have a celebrity soulmate?" Fans call in to confess which celebrities they believe are their destined soulmates—if only they could get past the bodyguards, assistants, or, in some cases, the boundary of fiction itself. The hosts—true to form—mix empathy, curiosity, and comedic banter as listeners share earnest, quirky, and sometimes downright hilarious tales of celebrity “meant-to-be’s.” The episode delves into the psychology and culture behind celebrity crushes, and explores the fine line between fan admiration and soulmate fantasies.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. What Makes Someone Believe a Celebrity is Their Soulmate?

• The instinctive feeling that a star “gets” the listener, even without direct interaction.
• Listeners describe feeling seen, noticed, or destined for a celeb based on performances, interviews, or shared glances at concerts.
• The team teases apart why people develop these deep connections to public figures.

Notable Quote:

Host (01:14): "If you really believe there's a celebrity that you see that could be your soulmate, the only thing getting in the way is you can't get around their security people because they just won't let you get."

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2. Listener Confessions: Celebrity Soulmates Revealed

Amy & Prince

• Amy’s Story: Since childhood, Amy has believed Prince is her soulmate, feeling a spiritual connection during his concerts. She admits to writing letters as a tween, but never since.
• Host’s Response: The hosts jokingly advise against using the word “soulmate” in fan letters to avoid FBI attention.
• Humor Highlight:
  • Co-host 1 (02:14): "Especially if it's in those magazine letters that are glued onto the page."
  • Co-host 2 (02:18): “You want your name on a folder at the FBI headquarters.”

Trish (Voice Disguised) & Travis McCoy (Gym Class Heroes)

• Trish’s Story: Trish claims she's met Travis McCoy multiple times at shows and feels a fate-driven connection, though she’s never confessed her feelings to him directly.
• Host Insight: The host questions why, despite repeated encounters, Trish still holds onto this “soulmate” belief—suggesting the intrigue is partly the celebrity’s unattainability.
• Host (03:35): “He’s been in front of you three different times, and it hasn’t happened yet. So why do you continue to think he’s your soulmate?”
• Trish (03:53): “Well, because…He’s busy. He’s a celebrity. I don’t want to press him... But I just know we have a connection.”

Tim & Reese Witherspoon

• Tim’s Story: Tim sees Reese Witherspoon on TV and feels she’s his soulmate, swooning over her smile and “falling into a fantasy.” Tim mourns when another celebrity enters her life.
• Host Banter: The hosts lightheartedly mock the “love triangle” with Jake Gyllenhaal, poking fun at celebrity drama.
• Meme Moment:
  • Host (05:01): “Jake Gyllenho came along. Ruined the whole damn thing for you.”

Chandler Bing (Not Matthew Perry)

• Tara’s Story: Tara confesses that her soulmate isn’t even real—it’s the character Chandler Bing from “Friends,” not Matthew Perry himself. She expresses a desire to find her “perfect Chandler Bing someday.”
• Hosts’ Reactions: The hosts gently rib Tara for seeking a relationship with a fictional character and muse on the distinction between actor and role.
• Tara (05:53): “Well. And that's what makes it so difficult. I guess I'll be searching forever for my soulmate.”
• Host (06:10): "You realize that's crazy, right?"

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3. The Line Between Attraction and “Soulmate”-hood

• The team draws a distinction between basic attraction and the soulmate fantasy. The conversation drifts between empathy for listeners’ sincerity and tongue-in-cheek jabs at the implausibility (or creepiness) of the letters and confessions.
• Co-host 1 (02:26): “Do you want the fed’s attention? Well, just do that.”
• They muse on how pop culture encourages these fantasies, and the difference between admiring a celebrity and believing you’re “meant to be.”

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4. Thoughts on Celebrities as Soulmates & Fan Culture

• Reflections on the allure of celebrities—why people attach to folks they've never truly met, and the comfort (or delusion) in holding onto a soulmate fantasy.
• The humor grows when the team floats the idea of engineering an in-studio soulmate meeting between Trish and Travis McCoy—“Let the forces collide!” (05:17)

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Memorable Moments & Quotes (with Timestamps)

• Amy on Prince (01:34): "I've seen him in concert like, a million times, and every time I feel like, you know, he's looking at me, but he just has yet to pull me out of the audience.”
• Co-host 2 on FBI files (02:18): “You want your name on a folder at the FBI headquarters.”
• Trish about Travis McCoy (03:19): “No, we have. I've met him three or four times… It's just. Oh, man.”
• Tim on Reese (04:36): “Her smile, her eyes. I mean, you could just fall into a, you know, fantasy.”
• Host joking with Tim (05:01): “Jake Gyllenho came along. Ruined the whole damn thing for you.”
• Tara on Chandler Bing (05:53): "Well. And that's what makes it so difficult. I guess I'll be searching forever for my soulmate."
• Host to Tara (06:10): "You realize that's crazy, right?"

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Notable Ideas & Recurring Themes

• Soulmate vs. Fantasy: The episode thoughtfully and humorously examines how people blur the lines between love, fantasy, and pure admiration.
• Pop Culture’s Influence: Discussion touches on how media and celebrity culture fuel the soulmate mythos.
• Empathy and Laughter: While poking fun, the hosts are empathetic, acknowledging the human desire for connection—even if it’s with the unreachable and unreal.

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Conclusion

This episode of The Bert Show serves up a signature blend of warmth, wit, and realness as both listeners and hosts expose their quirkiest soulmate fantasies. It’s a playful yet thoughtful look at why we connect so deeply to celebrities, with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments and friendly teasing along the way.

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Transcript

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[Howie Mandel]

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[Host]

Games the bird show. All right. If you really believe there's a celebrity that you see that could be your soulmate, the only thing that is getting in the way is you can't get around their security people because they just won't let you get.

[Co-host 1]

Or their assistants don't write you back. Now I got sad. I told you this would be a sad topic.

[Host]

Good morning, Amy. What celebrity do you really think is your soulmate?

[Caller]

Prince. And I bought this since I was, like, 11 years old.

[Announcer]

Okay.

[Host]

Prince is your soulmate?

[Caller]

Yeah. And I've seen him in concert like, a million times, and every time I feel like, you know, he's looking at me, but he just has yet to pull me out of the audience.

[Co-host 2]

He just hasn't pulled you out yet. Yeah, it'll happen.

[Host]

Does he. Does he say things in interviews that you say, oh, that's he's me.

[Caller]

Oh, yes, exactly.

[Co-host 2]

Have you ever thought about writing him or approaching him or.

[Caller]

I think when I was, like, 12, I probably wrote him a lot of letters, but not since then. But I still think it.

[Host]

I could tell you right now, an adult fan letter that goes to a celebrity that says, you are my soulmate instantly gets tagged.

[Howie Mandel]

Yes.

[Host]

Yes.

[Co-host 1]

Especially if it's in those magazine letters that are glued onto the page.

[Co-host 2]

Yeah. You want your name on a folder at the FBI headquarters.

[Host]

Use the word soulmate in a fan letter.

[Co-host 1]

Do you want the fed's attention? Well, just do that.

[Host]

You don't even have to send two. Just one. Just one.

[Co-host 1]

One's enough. When I was a little kid, I desperately wanted Michael Jackson to be My babysitter. Then this is when Thriller came out.

[Host]

No. And looking back, you know that's a bad idea, right?

[Co-host 2]

Interestingly enough, Michael Jackson really wanted to be your brother's babysitter.

[Co-host 1]

Aw, dude.

[Host]

Trish, we're gonna put you on the voice disguiser. What celebrity are you a soulmate with? They just don't know it yet.

[Caller 2]

Travis McCoy from gym class Heroes.

[Co-host 2]

Travis from Gym Class Heroes?

[Caller 2]

Yes. Oh, my God.

[Host]

Well, there's a reason why it just didn't work out with him and Katy Perry. Right? Because he's waiting for you.

[Announcer]

Thank you.

[Caller 2]

Finally, someone said it.

[Host]

It's destiny.

[Caller 2]

I've met him actually, like three or four times at the shows and everything like that. It's just. I don't know. We just have a connection. I just know it.

[Host]

You've never met him, but you have this connection?

[Caller 2]

No, we have. I've met him three or four times.

[Host]

Oh, you did? I thought you said you went to the show.

[Caller 2]

No. Yeah, I've met him at shows, at meet and greets. I've met him several times, and it's just. Oh, man.

[Co-host 2]

Have you ever told him that?

[Caller 2]

No, never. I don't want to freak him out.

[Host]

Well, let me ask you this. I think in most cases, when we take these calls, it's going to be from listeners that think that celebrities are their soulmates, but they can't get to the celebrity because they're unreachable. He's been in front of you three different times, and it hasn't happened yet. So why do you continue to think he's your soulmate?

[Caller 2]

Well, because it's just. He's busy. He's a celebrity. I don't want to press him. No, I just. I don't know, like, when I'm. When. When I met him. We don't have a lot of time.

[Host]

It's just.

[Caller 2]

It's a rushing kind of thing. He has to do other people. But when. But the reason. I don't know. I just feel like. Like we just would have this connection. And I've seen him in interviews, and he just. Like, we just seem like we'd be so perfect.

[Host]

He's for you. Okay. All right. Good morning, Tim. You're on Q100.

[Announcer]

Hi.

[Caller 2]

Hey.

[Caller]

How's it going?

[Host]

Okay. How are you now? You know we're not just talking about somebody you're attracted to?

[Howie Mandel]

Yeah.

[Announcer]

Soulmate.

[Caller]

I see Reese Witherspoon all the time on tv, and I just like, oh, my God, I could totally be my soulmate.

[Announcer]

Okay.

[Co-host 1]

Really? What is it about Her?

[Caller]

Well, I mean, her smile, her eyes. I mean, you could just fall into a, you know, fantasy.

[Host]

You have fallen in love with Reese Witherspoon.

[Caller]

Oh, man. Then Jake Gyllenhoo come along.

[Host]

Ruined the whole damn thing for you.

[Announcer]

Awesome.

[Caller 2]

There's your promo, Lindell.

[Co-host 1]

I love it.

[Host]

Jake Gyllenho came along.

[Co-host 1]

You know what we should do? If we ever have that Travis McCoy guy from gym class Heroes in studio, we should bring her up here and see if it happens.

[Co-host 2]

But she can never admit. Because if they're truly soulmates.

[Co-host 1]

Right.

[Host]

She would just have to be in studio sitting down.

[Co-host 1]

Sitting. And we'll see if there's a connection.

[Host]

We'll let forces collide. Right there.

[Co-host 1]

Absolutely.

[Host]

Others were. Alessandro Navalo, actor in Junebug.

[Co-host 2]

I'm not sure who that is.

[Co-host 1]

As a soulmate, it's probably Alejandro. Can't you do it in that voice?

[Host]

Alejandro.

[Co-host 1]

There you go.

[Host]

It's been posted as Alessandro and Chandler Bing. Not Matthew Perry, his character. Oh, wow. That one I gotta take. Hey, Tara. Good morning.

[Caller]

Good morning.

[Announcer]

Hi.

[Host]

It's not Matthew Perry we're talking about.

[Caller]

No, no, not at all. It's Chandler Bing.

[Co-host 1]

He doesn't exist.

[Caller]

Well. And that's what makes it so difficult. I guess I'll be searching forever for my soulmate.

[Host]

Why do you gotta complicate things there, Wendy?

[Caller]

I know. It's like, it's not hard enough, right? But. No, he's just awesome. I wanna find my perfect Chandler Bing someday.

[Caller 2]

But I don't know.

[Co-host 1]

You realize that's crazy, right?

[Caller]

Yeah, I guess so. But I'm wondering, maybe Matthew Perry is a bit like Chandler.

[Host]

I think this goes under the category of maybe I should have put myself on the voice Disguiser. The Birch Show.

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