Vault: Her priest is making comments on her Twitter

Summary

The Bert Show: “Vault: Her priest is making comments on her Twitter”

Episode Date: July 6, 2026
Main Cast: Bert Show Team (Bert, Kristin, Abby, Cassie, Tommy), Joanna Rodriguez

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into Joanna Rodriguez’s dilemma: her Catholic priest—crucial to her upcoming Florida wedding—is following her on Twitter and routinely commenting on her tweets. What starts as an awkward story quickly widens into a relatable conversation about social media boundaries, generational divides, and the discomfort of having authority figures monitoring your online life. The segment is full of the trademark Bert Show humor and real-talk camaraderie.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Joanna’s Wedding Planning Challenge

• Joanna shares her excitement about choosing St. Augustine, Florida for her wedding because of family history and a "beautiful cathedral" (01:20).
• The catch: Church policy requires you to secure a priest to book the venue.
  • “So when we got engaged, the first thing…let’s do St. Augustine. You know, we go there every year for vacation.” – Joanna (01:29)
  • She’s been searching for a priest, leading her to Father Tim via an agency (01:54).

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2. When Your Priest Follows You on Social Media

• After speaking to Joanna, Father Tim finds her on Twitter and begins actively commenting on her posts:

  • “He’s found me on Twitter and he’s been reading my tweets and he comments on almost every single tweet.” – Joanna (01:54)
  • This makes Joanna feel compelled to “be really careful as to what I’m saying on there” (02:19).

• Example: Joanna tweeted about living with her fiancé before marriage, and Father Tim emailed her unsolicited advice:

  • “‘Should Jason and I live together when he moves to Atlanta?’ And he emailed me and said, 'I suggest you two don’t live together before you get married.' ” – Joanna (02:25)

• The team jokes about the intrusive nature:

  • “He can tell you what he thinks when you ask. But for him to kind of be the shadow over…the Catholic shadow.” – Co-host (02:49)
  • “Don’t block Jesus.” – Co-host (03:37)

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3. Social Media Privacy and Unwanted Attention

• Joanna wonders if she can block or hide from Father Tim without creating drama or jeopardizing her wedding plans:

  • “I’m wondering if he’s following me and I can somehow block him without him knowing that I’ve blocked him.” – Joanna (03:31)
  • “You can’t mess with Jesus. Don’t block Jesus.” – Co-host (03:37)

• Conversation broadens to family members (moms, grandmas) using Facebook and the awkwardness of having relatives and elders watch your online behavior (04:18).

  • “Now the fastest-growing segment on Facebook is like women 45 and 50 to like 70. My mom.” – Host (Birch Show) (04:15)
  • “You really got to sort of filter and monitor yourself on what you’re putting up there.” – Co-host (04:30)

• Joanna discusses the added tension of family online:

  • “Jason’s grandparents are on Facebook, and I won’t accept them as my friends.” (04:40)

• The group riffs on generational naivety about social boundaries online:

  • “There’s a responsibility of the elder not to get in your business after a certain time.” – Co-host (04:45)
  • “They don’t realize why you wouldn’t want them to be your friend.” – Co-host (04:51)

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4. Power Dynamics & Consequences

• The hosts highlight the leverage priests (and by analogy, elders) have in these situations:

  • “It seems to me that you guys need Father Tim more than Father Tim needs you, though.” – Co-host (05:24)
  • “He knows he’s in a power position.” – Host (Birch Show) (05:30)
  • Unfriending or blocking could endanger Joanna's wedding plans: “I can’t unconfirm him because then I lose my slot in this church for a year.” – Joanna (05:37)

• The group jokes about creating a secret Twitter:

  • “Would it be a really big deal if you started a different account…like the real Joanna Rodriguez?” – Co-host (05:51)

• Practical suggestions arise:

  • “You can lock a Twitter account." – Co-host (06:09)

• But the underlying unease remains:

  • “If he finds out about it, he’s gonna be angry, instant rejection right there.” – Co-host (06:14)
  • “That’s creepy.” – Co-host (06:37)
  • “It is kind of creepy.” – Joanna (06:38)

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5. Broader Reflections on Digital Generations

• Conversation moves to the idea that the adult and parental social media invasion is universal:
  • “Your Facebook life is [totally different] than your real life that your mom knows.” – Host (Birch Show) (06:39)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “He’s found me on Twitter and…comments on almost every single tweet.” – Joanna (01:54)
• “Don’t block Jesus.” – Co-host (03:37)
• “He knows he’s in a power position.” – Host (Birch Show) (05:30)
• “If he finds out about it, he’s gonna be Angry, instant rejection right there.” – Co-host (06:14)
• “That’s creepy.” – Co-host (06:37)
• "Your Facebook life is [totally different] than your real life that your mom knows.” – Host (Birch Show) (06:39)

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Important Timestamps

• 01:05–01:54: Joanna explains wedding destination and how Father Tim finds her online
• 02:19–03:13: Tweeted dilemmas and priest’s direct interference
• 03:31–03:37: How to block/finesse the priest’s presence
• 04:18–04:51: Generational shift on Facebook—parents and grandparents invading digital space
• 05:24–05:37: Power dynamics of needing the priest more than he needs you
• 05:51–06:11: Locked accounts and secret Twitter talk
• 06:37–06:39: Conclusion on creepiness and digital generational clash

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Final Thoughts

This episode balances hilarity with genuine modern anxiety about privacy and boundaries online, especially when authority figures and older generations enter social spaces once reserved for friends. Joanna’s awkward yet relatable predicament sparks a lively, self-aware group therapy session for anyone who's ever hesitated before posting, knowing who might be watching.

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Transcript

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[Host (Birch Show)]

This is the Birch Show. Joanna's problem on Twitter.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

Yeah. So, you know, Jason and I are getting married and one of the issues I was having was finding a priest because we're getting married in Florida and we want to get married in this beautiful Catholic church. And I don't know of any priests in Florida, so I had to go through this.

[Co-host or Friend 1]

Why Florida?

[Joanna Rodriguez]

Well, because both of our families vacationed in St. Augustine growing up, and we, and I always wanted to get married in this cathedral that's in the historic part.

[Co-host or Friend 2]

It's a beautiful area.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

And so when we got engaged, the first thing he said is, you know, let's do St. Augustine. You know, we go there every year for vacation. I was like, that's perfect because I always wanted to get married in this cathedral there. Well, the next step is finding a priest because you can't book the church until you find a priest. So I had to go through this company to find the guy that would marry us.

[Co-host or Friend 2]

Pick a priest.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

Yes, exactly. That's a new website. Well, Father Tim called me. We talked on the phone. He asked me what I did for a living. I told him I worked for the Burt Show. He looked me up and. And now that we have this beautiful new website with our Twitter feeds, he's found me on Twitter and he's been reading my tweets and he comments on almost every single tweet.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Really?

[Co-host or Friend 2]

It's weird.

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Weirding.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

Me out. Because now I have to be really careful as to what I'm saying on there.

[Co-host or Friend 1]

You gotta. Yeah. Censor the tweets now.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

Exactly. Well, the first one he commented on was when we were having that discussion on whether or not Jason and I should live together. And I wrote on one of my tweets was, should Jason and I live together when he moves to Atlanta? And he emailed me and said, I suggest you two don't live together before you get married.

[Co-host or Friend 3]

Really?

[Joanna Rodriguez]

Oh, my God.

[Co-host or Friend 1]

Well, he's a Catholic priest. He can tell you what he thinks,

[Joanna Rodriguez]

you know, and then the second one

[Co-host or Friend 2]

was when you ask, he can tell you what he thinks when you ask. But for him to kind of be the shadow over, you know, the Catholic shadow.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

Yes.

[Co-host or Friend 3]

Now, how does the whole, like, pre canon thing work? Like, don't you guys have to hang out with this dude for an entire weekend? And then he either blesses the whole marriage or says, look, it's probably not gonna work.

[Co-host or Friend 1]

Right.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

Well, we discussed that. We do have to get with him a weekend. We're gonna wait until Jason gets to Atlanta.

[Host (Birch Show)]

Can't you just do it and do that pre canon stuff on Twitter? 140 characters sort of doing it now?

[Joanna Rodriguez]

Yeah, yeah, exactly. He's already giving me advice on whether or not I should be living with Jason or not.

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And he's just.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

Seriously, I feel like I tweet and then he immediately, like, emails me about something, and I just don't know that

[Co-host or Friend 2]

would freak me out.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

I'm wondering if he's following me and I can somehow block him without him knowing that I've blocked him.

[Co-host or Friend 3]

You don't want to mess with that. You can't mess with Jesus. Don't block Jesus.

[Host (Birch Show)]

He can't block on. Well, this is. You're not the only one with this problem because there are. Now that Facebook, you know, started out. Facebook started out with colleges, you know, it started out, I think, at Harvard. Then it became an Ivy League thing, and then it became a college thing. And so it kind of spread from the 18 to 24 year olds. Then it's those people graduated, became 18 to 30 year old. Now the fastest growing segment on Facebook is like women 45 and 50 to like 70. My mom. And they're using it to keep in touch. And people's moms are on Facebook now.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

Families, aunts, uncles.

[Host (Birch Show)]

So it's weird.

[Co-host or Friend 1]

Grandmothers.

[Host (Birch Show)]

Now, if you had. Right now, if you had. Is your grandmother on Facebook? She is.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

It's really fun to see that they do have a Social life, it's kind of fun.

[Co-host or Friend 3]

Yeah, it's fun that way. But then you've really got to sort of filter and monitor yourself on what you're putting up there, and it's. It becomes. It's not real at that.

[Host (Birch Show)]

Nursing a hangover. Third week in a row. This sucks.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

Oh, can't tell Grandma that Jason's grandparents are on Facebook, and I won't accept them as my friends.

[Co-host or Friend 2]

Yeah, I think there's a responsibility of the elder not to get in your business after a certain time.

[Co-host or Friend 1]

They're kind of naive to it, though, and they. They don't realize why you wouldn't want them to be your friend.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

But it doesn't freak me out as much as my priest reading my tweets. Like, I'm, like, responding to them.

[Co-host or Friend 2]

I don't know. I just. Something about it just feels like, read the. Read them, but don't, like, immediately respond to every single one of them. That's just a little. A little too much. You know what? You're crowding me, Father. You're crowding me.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

Yeah, like, we haven't even met yet. I don't even know if I'm going

[Co-host or Friend 1]

to accept you as me Mother Tim,

[Co-host or Friend 2]

get off my back.

[Co-host or Friend 3]

Now would be a bad time to unfollow Jesus.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

Yeah, it probably would be. And I won't be posting this segment on our website either, because I don't want him to read to listen to this.

[Co-host or Friend 1]

Well, it seems to me that you guys need Father Tim more than Father Tim needs you, though.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

Exactly.

[Host (Birch Show)]

He knows he's in a power position.

[Co-host or Friend 1]

He does. Because, I mean, in order to get married in the Catholic Church you want to get married in, you got to have a Catholic priest.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

And we've already, like, confirmed as our priest. That's the only way we booked the church. You have to have your priest confirmed. So I can't unconfirm him because then I lose my slot in this church for a year. For a year.

[Co-host or Friend 3]

How many people do you have following you right now? Like, would it be a really big deal if you started a different account like the real Joanna Rodriguez?

[Host (Birch Show)]

Well, why can't he just follow her on that?

[Co-host or Friend 2]

Well, don't tell anybody to use it. Don't even use your real name and let your close friends know about it. And keep it locked.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

You can put it on private. Yeah, can I put it on private?

[Co-host or Friend 2]

You can lock a Twitter account. Yes.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

Okay, I'm gonna work on that. I need someone with some Twitter, but

[Co-host or Friend 3]

if he finds out about it, he's gonna be Angry, instant rejection right there.

[Co-host or Friend 2]

That's just.

[Co-host or Friend 1]

We.

[Co-host or Friend 2]

I just. I'm still. I think it's weird.

[Host (Birch Show)]

Can you imagine if he hopped on Facebook, then got on Jason's Facebook, then started networking with all your family sitting, and then got like a message like, hey, is that Burke guy gonna be at your wedding? Cause he seems to have a party problem.

[Co-host or Friend 2]

Has anybody ever had to put a restraining order out on a priest? Is that not cool? Nobody wants to try that.

[Co-host or Friend 1]

That's creepy.

[Joanna Rodriguez]

It is kind of creepy.

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