Vault: NKOTB Donnie and Jordan in Studio

Summary

The Bert Show: Vault — NKOTB Donnie and Jordan In Studio (May 20, 2026)

Episode Overview

In this lively and candid episode, The Bert Show welcomes special in-studio guests Donnie Wahlberg and Jordan Knight of New Kids on the Block (NKOTB). The discussion revolves around their famously passionate fanbase, the evolution of fan-artist engagement, social media's impact, and both members’ current Atlanta projects. The episode also features a surprise call-in from Kim Zolciak of Real Housewives of Atlanta, resulting in playful banter and behind-the-scenes insights. True to The Bert Show's easygoing tone, the episode is full of humor, nostalgia, and genuine connection.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. NKOTB’s Hardcore Fanbase & Fan Interactions

• Fan Loyalty and Territory
  • Donnie recounts fans being territorial over which New Kid they're "attached" to and how it leads to playful competition and camaraderie.
    • Quote: “It’s an equal opportunity fan base … It’s all New Kids, all in the family.” — Donnie Wahlberg [02:13]
• Global Fandom
  • The show highlights that NKOTB fans reach globally, with calls and emails coming in from Australia, Germany, and Kuwait.
    • Quote: “By the time we’re done here, we’ll get calls from Australia and Germany. I got an email this morning from somebody in Kuwait.”— Jeff Dollar [03:00]
• Comparison to the Grateful Dead
  • Donnie makes an insightful analogy: “We’ve evolved into more like a younger version of the Grateful Dead with our fans… it’s an experience, a culture.” [03:19]

2. The Evolution of Fan Engagement

• From Shell-Shock to Enjoyment
  • Jordan Knight reflects on how he engages with fans now compared to NKOTB’s early years:
    • Quote: “Personally, I have a lot more fun with the fans now than I did before… Before, I was very young and almost shell-shocked.” — Jordan Knight [04:33]
• The Social Media Era
  • Both Donnie and Jordan credit Twitter with deepening their connection to fans, making stars accessible through real-time interactions.
    • Donnie shares a formative story: “I met a baseball player when I was younger...he drove right past me…I always made a mental note, if I ever became famous, I would try to never do that. And Twitter is, like, the way to really do that.” [05:04]
  • They both mention actively participating and responding to fans online, enhancing the two-way relationship.
  • Donnie illustrates how fan demand (e.g., for a new song) can drive and shape their actions instantly via social media. [06:15]

3. The “Hotlanta” Controversy: Local References & Celebrity Faux Pas

• The “Hotlanta” Saga
  • A playful exchange arises regarding the appropriateness of “Hotlanta,” with the hosts explaining that locals don’t use the term—sparking a social media storm when Jordan used it in a tweet. [06:35–09:07]
    • Memorable moment: “I got off the plane and baggage claims. Whatever you do, man, you don't call us Hotlanta.” — Donnie Wahlberg [08:53]
  • The hosts and guests compare it to an embarrassing high school yearbook: It was cool then, but not now.

4. Atlanta Events & Current Projects

• Donnie’s Party at Life Nightclub
  • Donnie’s main Atlanta event is a party at Life Nightclub, emphasizing that it’s more about connecting with fans and having fun than promoting music. [09:22]
    • Donnie plans to perform his song and dance, particularly to “Tardy for the Party,” the Real Housewives’ hit. [10:05]
    • He jokes about his love for reality TV: “I love that show. It's like Tool Academy and Real Housewives of Atlanta, man. That's it.” [10:19]
• Jordan’s Recording Sessions & ‘Jordan Idol’
  • Jordan is in town recording new music and hosting “Jordan Idol,” an event where fans can sing and potentially work with him in the studio—designed to further connect with supporters. [11:01]
    • “...It's like they get up and compete just like American Idol. And the lucky fan gets to work in the studio with me.” — Jordan Knight [11:01]
• Timeline for New Music
  • Jordan shares that the music he's working on might be released between January and April of the next year. [18:30]

5. Outrageous Fan Moments & Inside Jokes

• How Fans Get Attention
  • Donnie insists fans always find creative ways to stand out, often referencing obscure facts or inside jokes from decades ago—like “Jordan likes ketchup on his eggs.” [13:24]
    • Quote: “A fan shows up 20 years later with a sign that says, ‘Jordan, I got ketchup for your eggs.’ It’s funny.” — Donnie Wahlberg [14:19]

6. Surprise Call from Kim Zolciak & Reality TV Banter

• Donnie’s Real Housewives Fandom
  • Donnie enthusiastically shares his love for Kim’s song and her role on Real Housewives, expressing affection for both Kim and Nene. [14:48, 10:34]
• Kim on Drinking on the Show
  • Kim describes how she would hide wine in a Starbucks cup while filming:
    • “They gave me so much heat for drinking wine. I decided I was just going to buy a Starbucks cup every day and put wine in it, and then they think it's coffee. It didn't work because the girls told on me, but I tried.” — Kim Zolciak [15:43]
• Reality TV Insight
  • Donnie praises the self-starting nature of Real Housewives cast members:
    • “A lot of the women on that show…they just will themselves to do whatever they want… The producers are usually like two steps ahead, but the producers look like they’re three steps behind on this show.” [16:04]

7. Candid Moments & Logistics

• Travel Exhaustion
  • Donnie jokes about being so tired from his flight that he nearly slept on the floor under his bandmates’ feet. [18:53]
• Limited Leisure Time
  • The pair clarify that despite appearances, their schedules in Atlanta are packed and leave little time for leisure or sightseeing. [18:21]

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• On Fan Territory:
  “There’s a real relationship between the band and the fans.” — Donnie Wahlberg [03:55]
• On Twitter & Accessibility:
  “Just with a simple typing of one word, I can touch someone over and over again throughout the course of the day.” — Donnie Wahlberg [05:04]
• On Fan Creativity:
  “A fan shows up 20 years later with a sign that says, ‘Jordan, I got ketchup for your eggs.’ It’s funny.” — Donnie Wahlberg [14:19]
• “Hotlanta” Backlash:
  “I got off the plane and baggage claim: ‘Whatever you do, man, you don’t call us Hotlanta.’” — Donnie Wahlberg [08:53]
• On Reality TV:
  “I admire all them…they just will themselves to do whatever they want. … It’s almost like they move faster than the show’s producers.” — Donnie Wahlberg [16:04]
• Kim Zolciak on Filming:
  “I decided that I was just gonna buy a Starbucks cup every day and put wine in it, and then they think it’s coffee… but, you know, I tried.” — Kim Zolciak [15:43]

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Important Timestamps

• [01:31] — Donnie & Jordan’s arrival, fan stories start
• [03:19] — Donnie’s Grateful Dead analogy
• [05:04] — Story about why Donnie values fan interaction
• [06:35–09:07] — “Hotlanta” debate and Twitter power
• [09:22] — Donnie’s Atlanta party plans
• [11:01] — Jordan explains “Jordan Idol” event
• [13:24] — Stories about memorable fans and inside jokes
• [14:38] — Kim Zolciak phones in
• [15:43] — Kim shares wine-in-Starbucks-cup story
• [16:04] — Donnie on the entrepreneurial spirit of Real Housewives
• [18:21] — Jordan and Donnie’s work-packed schedule in Atlanta
• [18:53] — Donnie’s “Red eye” travel woes

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Conclusion

This episode showcases the enduring bond between NKOTB and their fiercely loyal fanbase, with Donnie Wahlberg and Jordan Knight revealing how their interactions have evolved in the age of social media. Candid, funny, and insightful, the conversation is elevated by the inclusion of local culture (the “Hotlanta” debate), inside jokes, and the unfiltered presence of Real Housewives’ Kim Zolciak. Whether you’re a lifelong New Kids fan, reality TV aficionado, or just someone seeking a light, engaging listen about celebrity-fan dynamics and pop culture, this episode delivers a healthy dose of both nostalgia and realness.

Transcript

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[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

The parking lot was starting to get full already with women that wanted to meet Donnie Wahlberg. I gotta meet him. He's my destiny. And Jordan Knight as well, in studio this morning. How are you guys?

[Jordan Knight]

Very well.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

The first girl who greeted me came running up with a Jordan Knight T shirt.

[Jordan Knight]

Oh, oh, oh, check this out. Somebody had a box of Dunkin donuts and I went and grabbed a donut out of the box and they go, that's Donnie's.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

No. Has that been happening to you guys over like 20 something years now where fans get locked on to one of you? It's like they call dibs on you.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

It's, it's like, it's like they share you know what I mean? It's like.

[Show Co-host or Producer]

No, they're very territorial.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

They are.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

No, they're territorial. Like, if me and Jordan walk downstairs and the girl with the Jordan T shirt runs over to me, then one of the girls with a Donny T shirt might say, hey, back off. But they. They. It's an equal opportunity fan base, believe me. It's like, I did a show last week in Canada and the half the crowd had on Joe McIntyre T shirts. It's, you know, it's. It's all new kids, first and foremost. You know what I mean? We all may have other fans outside of it, whatever, from different things, solo projects or acting or whatever, but, you know, it's all. It's all new kids, all in the family. It's all in the family, always.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

I know we say this every time you guys are in, but seriously, you have. And I'm going. I'm racking my brain trying to sort of dismiss this theory, but I really do believe you guys have the most hardcore fans.

[Kim Zolciak]

Really?

[Show Co-host or Producer]

Out of anybody.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Yeah, out of anybody that we ever have in here. It's you guys. I mean, it's calls. I'm sure by the time we're done here, we'll get calls from Australia and Germany. I got an email this morning from somebody in Kuwait.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

You guys are worldwide today, for sure.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

For sure. I mean, you can track that kind of thing. And your fans are just so hardcore, man.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

Yeah, I think we've evolved into more like a younger version of the Grateful Dead or something with our fans. I mean, that in the best of ways, you know, it's like the Grateful Dead eventually. I mean, I think they have one hit record in history, but we've had a few more. But. But they, you know, their fans were very loyal, and it was. It was an experience, you know, for the fans and the band together. There was a. It was a sort of a culture. And I certainly don't want to compare us loosely to the Grateful Dead, but I think we sort of have a similar thing going with our fans where there's a real relationship between the band and the fans.

[Show Co-host or Producer]

It's just. Minus the mushrooms in the parking lot.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Yeah, maybe he's got the glasses on. We can't tell with the sunglasses on. Do you think, as a general statement, that bands today don't go out of their way to make that connection with fans the way that you guys have for 20 something years?

[Jordan Knight]

Maybe some younger groups, maybe that have just acquired, you know, just fresh on the scene, they might take it for granted. I Mean, we've done it for so long. We've been away, and we came back, so we don't take it for granted. You know, we treat our fans really well.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Did you take it for granted back in the day?

[Kim Zolciak]

Not actually.

[Jordan Knight]

Not so much. But personally, I have a lot more fun with the fans now than I did before. Before, it was just, like, I was very young and almost shell shocked.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Mm.

[Jordan Knight]

So now I'm just, like, a lot more relaxed with it, and I have a lot of fun.

[Show Contributor or Producer]

Plus, there's different ways to engage with them. Like, y' all are both actively engaged with them.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

Crack. Computer crack. AKA Twitter.

[Show Contributor or Producer]

Yeah, you guys are all over Twitter and talking back and forth, and it's like you write back to somebody and you've made their world.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

Well, it's really an amazing thing. I mean, I used to tell a story of I met a baseball player when I was younger. Well, I didn't meet him. He drove right past me, and. And I was kind of heartbroken, and I didn't think. I was probably 10 years old, 11 years old at the time. I didn't think I'd ever really be famous. But I always made a mental note, if I ever became famous, I would try to never do that. And Twitter is, like, the way to really do that. It's like, I mean, just with a simple typing of one word, I can touch someone over and over again throughout the course of the day. And Jordan does it hardcore. And a lot of the guys in the group are really engaged in it, and I think it's. It's an amazing way to communicate with fans. It's an amazing way to network and to stay dialed in. And look, I mean, both of us are here probably today because of Twitter. I mean, we've had so much fun with it since the tour ended. During the tour, but since it ended, we've stayed so engaged with the fans through Twitter, and, like, we get feedback from them, and, you know, they want to see someone. If Jordan's in a town. I mean, Jordan's whole thing he's doing here sort of evolved, you know, having fun with the fans. I mean, he can tell it better than I can, but, you know, you know, I'm observing it through Twitter, like, wow. You know, it's like.

[Jordan Knight]

It's.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

You know, it's like. I mean, I went in the studio and recorded a song sort of for fun, and I was tweeting about it, and the fans were like, we want to hear that song now. And I was like, okay. And then it's like, I'll play it for you in two weeks, you know? And it's like, then the countdown begins. And it's like, it's. It's all really just through communicating with the fans. I mean, that's why we're both here today. It's amazing.

[Show Contributor or Producer]

Let's talk about the downside of that, because let's say a radio station decided they didn't like the word hot Lanta.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Oh, Jordan, here we go. It's uncomfortable.

[Show Contributor or Producer]

And let's say one person. Let's say one person who is coming into that radio station, Jordan, use the word hotlanta in a tweet.

[Jordan Knight]

I didn't know. I had no idea.

[Show Contributor or Producer]

No, it's not. And then let's say that the newspaper heard me read your tweet on the air and said, jeff Dollar called out Jordan Knight.

[Jordan Knight]

Right, right, right.

[Show Contributor or Producer]

And then let's say Jordan tweets that to his followers.

[Jordan Knight]

I only just. I retweeted the article.

[Show Contributor or Producer]

Dude, they didn't burn my house down.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

I didn't even.

[Show Contributor or Producer]

All I read was your tweet. And all of a sudden, people are

[Donnie Wahlberg]

like, hey, we got Jeff Dollar, the biggest ass in Atlanta.

[Jordan Knight]

You just opened up a discussion. That's all you did.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

That's all you did.

[Jordan Knight]

And I asked around, and I was in the studio two nights ago after the article, and I. I said, there's a bunch of guys in the studio. And I said, yo, can I say, like, hotlanta? And they were all like, no,

[Donnie Wahlberg]

it's corny.

[Jordan Knight]

Don't say it. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I said, all right, I won't say

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

it'd be a little.

[Jordan Knight]

But everybody outside of Atlantic, they. They use it freely.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

And that's where we can use you. Right? That's where we can use you and your celebrity.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

Here's what we're asking.

[Jordan Knight]

Not hot here.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Not today, for sure.

[Jordan Knight]

But. But so what. What do you call it?

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Yeah. Or the A. Anything but hot. Lana, here's. And. And you brought up a great point, because here's our point is that here in Atlanta, we don't refer to ourselves as Hotlanta. Like, you don't refer to yourself.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

They did that. Most. A lot of did refer themselves back

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

in the day for sure.

[Show Co-host or Producer]

Right now it's Atlas.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

It's kind of like. That's actually like 20 years old.

[Show Co-host or Producer]

Right. From Outcast.

[Show Contributor or Producer]

Right.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

But here's the thing. It's like. It's kind of like a high school yearbook. You know what I mean? It's kind of like, you know, I mean, You. You guys named yourselves Hotlanta, and now you don't want it anymore. It's.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Don't fight us on that.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

We'll help you. We'll help you. You know, I mean, I've already tweeted I heard rumors about the. The war going on here.

[Show Contributor or Producer]

High school yearbook. Go back and look at your freshman high school picture and tell me if you would wear that outfit out in public today. That's the idea.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

Exactly. No, no, I can. I mean, I just. I didn't think it was that severe of a. Of an issue for you guys down here. I got off the plane and baggage claims. Whatever you do, man, you don't call us Hotlanta.

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[Donnie Wahlberg]

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[Show Contributor or Producer]

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[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

It's Donnie Wahlberg and Jordan Knight in studio with the Burch show this morning. All right, Donnie, let's talk about the reason why you are here in Atlanta this weekend.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

Yeah,

[Show Contributor or Producer]

I'm.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

I'm throwing a party. So I'm not even gonna. I'm not gonna say any Atlanta reference when I say the word party. I'm throwing a party tonight. I don't even know where's the party.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

It's at Life nightclub on Cheshire Bridge Road.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

Sorry, Life nightclub. I'm in half a coma. I just got off the airplane and I'm hurting. Okay, but it's at Life nightclub. And, yeah, I'd like to say, you know, I'm here, you know, promoting my song, but the reality is I'm here to hang out with a ton of fans and have a great time. I mean, I'm going to perform and sing and I. I mean, sing my song, which is kind of weird to even say, but. But I'm sorry, guys.

[Show Co-host or Producer]

And didn't you also say you're going to do tardy for the party?

[Donnie Wahlberg]

No, I'm going to dance. I told you I wouldn't bring it up. And you just brought it up.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

You're going to dance to Tardy for the party tonight?

[Donnie Wahlberg]

I'm going to. I always dance to Tardy for the party.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Do you really?

[Donnie Wahlberg]

I love that show. It's like Tool Academy and Real Housewives of Atlanta, man. That's it. And yeah, you know, Kim from.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Kim from Real Housewives is on with us all the time. She's gonna be so stoked when she hears that.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

Yeah, that shows. Great. So I like Nene, though. Sorry.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

One of them just got the boot, right? Charades, you know, she's not gonna be on the show anymore. Well, are you bummed about that? Is that gonna send you in a funk Today?

[Donnie Wahlberg]

No, no, I'm a nene. I'm a nene girl.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Tweet that. So and Jordan, you are here for a separate reason?

[Jordan Knight]

Yeah.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

This weekend?

[Jordan Knight]

Yep. Oh, well, I'm down here recording some music. And in every city that I've been recording, I'm doing an event called Jordan Idol. So it's. It's another way to connect with the fans. And it's like they get up and compete just like American Idol. And the lucky fan gets to work in the studio with me.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Right on.

[Kim Zolciak]

Oh, that's great. Are you gonna be one of the judges?

[Jordan Knight]

No, no, no. The guys I'm working with, Brian Michael Cox and his. And his cousin Kendrick, they're coming down. They're Grammy award winning producers, so. Well, that's for the serious singers that come down. They'll. They'll judge them. There's no judgment on the fans, really.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

So it's like no stress.

[Jordan Knight]

No stress.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

No one's gonna rip on you.

[Jordan Knight]

Like, so the fans, it's more like karaoke. Okay, so, yeah.

[Show Co-host or Producer]

At this stage in the game, can any fan do anything original to get y' all's attention or have you seen it all?

[Donnie Wahlberg]

Um, I. I think they can. I mean, you know, it just depends. I mean, I think someone can get your attention in any moment, doing any production particular thing. Your eyes caught my attention when I walked in the room. In fact, dude, it's taken you.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

It's taken you 12 minutes. I'm surprised. I know.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

I told you I'm a little tired from the flight.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

I mean, last time you were in here, it took you 12 seconds.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

I know, I know. I'm off.

[Show Co-host or Producer]

I think Jen was getting a little hurt there.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

I'm thinking about those Dunkin Donuts downstairs in the Waffle House after that, but.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

And you know, now, by the way, just as a side note, she's totally and completely, by every definition, single. Now. When's the last time you were.

[Show Co-host or Producer]

And Jeff, like to announce this to everyone.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

She was. I'm just saying.

[Show Co-host or Producer]

Celebrity softball games, you name it. They like to announce this now.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

I'm just saying.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

That's all. I'm not saying.

[Show Contributor or Producer]

And her inhibitions adjust significantly after two glasses of wine.

[Show Co-host or Producer]

Now that is true.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Just happen to have a bottle of pinot on you right now?

[Donnie Wahlberg]

No, but I have some. A distiller and some Dunkin Donuts.

[Show Contributor or Producer]

Coffee.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

I think you can make it into moonshine if you're curious. Throw a few donuts.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

It's a really good question, though. I mean, you guys have been doing this for so long. Like, if a fan really wants to get your attention now, like, when's the last time a woman did something so outrageous that you're like, that's somebody I will never forget.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

I don't know. I'm not big on the outrageous stories, but I think they do it every day. I mean, like, I identified about eight people outside from either having met them before and remembering them or from Twitter, whatever. I mean, it's. You know, the one thing about our fans is they have. Most of them have a very great sense of humor, and they. They're very good at finding ways to get our attention. You know, they. They. Whether it's a sign that's, you know, funny, or they'll find some obscure thing that, like, Jordan said In an interview 20 years ago, you know, and they'll put it on a sign and, you know, and. And you're in an arena full of 20,000 people, and you just look at the sign and it's like, one of us will see it. You know, it's like Jordan's had a quote before that said he liked ketchup on his eggs, you know, and it became this funny line amongst the group, like, jordan likes ketchup. Like, it's a real important detail. And then a fan shows up 20 years later with sign that says, jordan, I got ketchup for your eggs. It's like, it's funny. I mean, it's funny.

[Jordan Knight]

Inside joke.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

Yeah, they just get it.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Donnie Wahlberg and Jordan Knight in studio and Kim Zolciak from Real Housewives now

[Jordan Knight]

on the phone, huh? For real, huh?

[Donnie Wahlberg]

Oh, man. I told you I was girl.

[Jordan Knight]

You.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Hey, Kim.

[Kim Zolciak]

Good morning. How are you?

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Good, how are you?

[Kim Zolciak]

I'm fantastic.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

So Donnie Wahlberg just told us that he's a big Real Housewives fan.

[Kim Zolciak]

That's fantastic. I wish I was in town. I'd come out tonight.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

I love your record too. I know. You could come singing and I would lip sync it with you.

[Kim Zolciak]

I would. I would have some fun. But I'm heading out to lip. We wouldn't be lip syncing now. Come on.

[Show Contributor or Producer]

No, you wouldn't.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

I would.

[Kim Zolciak]

Oh, you would. No, I'd like you to sing it. I want to hear what you can do.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Yeah, so would I. I'd like to hear that.

[Kim Zolciak]

Yeah.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

I love that record, I think.

[Kim Zolciak]

Thank you. You know what? It turned out really, really great. I'm actually really excited. I'm actually going to the AMA Awards. That's where I'm headed to today. Wow. Very excited. Yeah.

[Jordan Knight]

Good for you.

[Kim Zolciak]

So It's a. It's a fun song. It's kind of catchy. I'm kind of over, and I'm ready to do some new stuff.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

I love it.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Is there anything that she's ever done on the show where you're like, man, if I ever had a chance to tell her that she shouldn't have done this. Here's your chance.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

No, not really. No. I think I just get a kick out of all of them. Yeah.

[Show Contributor or Producer]

Are you volunteering?

[Show Co-host or Producer]

That's actually Kim, because she's so excited to be talking to Don Jordan.

[Kim Zolciak]

I'm very excited. I like the fact that he puts, you know, liquor in a coffee cup. That's what I do on the show. You know, they gave me so much heat for drinking wine. I decided that I was just going to buy a Starbucks cup every day and put wine in it, and then they think it's coffee. It didn't work because the girls told on me, but, you know, I tried.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

There have been relationships built on much less than that. I can tell you that right now.

[Kim Zolciak]

There you go.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

Yeah, I admire all them. A lot of the women on that joke, because they just will themselves to do whatever they want. You know what I mean? It's like, I'm gonna have a Bentley today. I'm gonna make a record.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Are there times?

[Donnie Wahlberg]

How are you gonna do that? Watch me. They just do whatever they want to do. They just get it done right. And it's almost like they move faster than the show's producers. Like, you know, the producers aren't setting this up. Like, they're just, like. They're just doing it. You know, the producers are usually, like, two steps ahead on the show like, that. The producers look like they're three steps behind on this show. Like, damn, this girl really made a record. Like, now what do we do?

[Kim Zolciak]

They made me do the actual song. I actually didn't even want to do the song. They actually made me do it, and

[Donnie Wahlberg]

I'm glad they did.

[Kim Zolciak]

So I have a lot to thank, you know, thank the producers for.

[Show Co-host or Producer]

What's up with Sheree not coming back?

[Kim Zolciak]

You know, I keep hearing that, and people keep texting me and asking me that. I actually don't believe that that's true.

[Show Co-host or Producer]

Oh, really?

[Kim Zolciak]

It's my understanding that. I mean, I can only really speak for myself, but it's my understanding that she is coming back and that, you know, there is going to be a third season, but. And we all were given the same letter.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

That seems sort of strange. Like, if one of my teammates in Here was rumored to be leaving the Birch Show. The first thing I would do is I pick up the phone and I'd call Jen and go, what's up?

[Donnie Wahlberg]

But that's because you're speaking to each other.

[Kim Zolciak]

There's a little bit of a. I mean, Shereen and I are cool. You know, I just haven't had the time to really call, but how many dogs do you have in the background? I'm more curious about your growling dogs somewhere when I'm talking to you guys.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Yeah. Where the hell are you calling us from?

[Jordan Knight]

A kennel?

[Kim Zolciak]

I mean, honestly, I'm taking my kids to school and they realize they don't have water bottles. I'm standing here in my pajamas in qt.

[Show Contributor or Producer]

Those are your children making that noise.

[Kim Zolciak]

You know what, Jeff? No.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Okay, we're gonna go because that's really annoying.

[Jordan Knight]

Oh, my God.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

We'll let you go. Enjoy the.

[Kim Zolciak]

Thanks, you guys. You guys have fun in atl.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

All right, babe. Not Hotlanta. Not Hotlanta.

[Jordan Knight]

She was correct with it.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

See how she made the proper reference?

[Donnie Wahlberg]

We're learning. We're learning.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

What else is going on while you're here in town? I know you guys got both projects that you're talking about, but do you get to go out and hang out outside of that stuff or you got to split as soon as your stuff's over?

[Jordan Knight]

Pretty much split. That's it.

[Show Contributor or Producer]

But you've been here since Wednesday in the studio, so people are gonna tweet you and ask. So answer it now. When's this stuff you're working on coming out?

[Jordan Knight]

I would say late January, February, March, April.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

Okay. And Donnie, Friday Night Life nightclub.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

That's tonight, right?

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

That is tonight. You really are out of it. Do you party last night?

[Donnie Wahlberg]

No, I was on a plane, so

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

it was just an all nighter.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

And that plane was no party, let me tell you. Yeah, yeah.

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

The over that overnight flight thing doesn't sit well with you.

[Donnie Wahlberg]

Yeah, Red eye. I slept on the floor in the aisle under Johnny's feet. It hurt,

[Show Host (Jeff Dollar)]

dude.

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