Vault: The Bert Show Got National Attention for That Interview.

Summary

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The Bert Show: "Vault: The Bert Show Got National Attention for That Interview"

Episode Date: May 11, 2026
Main Theme:
This episode revisits the time The Bert Show gained national media attention for their exclusive interview with exotic dancer Nicole Forrester, who alleged an affair with actor Josh Duhamel. The crew reflects on the widespread coverage, their reactions, and the spectacle of morning radio intersecting with celebrity scandal.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Listener Reaction to Going Viral (00:46–02:23)

• Callers Respond:
  The show takes live calls from listeners reacting to the viral “stink eye” moment displayed by co-host Jen Hobby during the original interview with Nicole Forrester, the dancer at the center of the Josh Duhamel scandal.
  • Memorable Moment: Aura calls in to say,

    “Seeing Jen in the background with those stink eyes, it was freaking hilarious. I mean, see it burn into that lady's skull. Like, lady, you are crazy. I don't believe you. I'm ready to tot you out of this chair.” (00:59, Aura, Listener)

  • The cast laughs over the now-famous facial expression and credits their videographer, Rhett, for capturing the moment so perfectly.

2. National Media Highlights the Interview (02:26–09:37)

• The Bert Show on 'The Daily 10'
  The hosts discuss being featured on E!’s The Daily 10 as part of the coverage on the scandal, with their segment making the Top 10 list.

  • Notable Quote:

    “They saved you guys to the last. You were the best.” (02:54, Aura, Listener)

• Billy Bush & Access Hollywood Segment
  They replay and react to Access Hollywood’s coverage, where Billy Bush highlights the details of Nicole Forrester’s allegations and credits The Bert Show for the original interview.

  • Josh Duhamel’s Denial:

    “Josh Duhamel's camp has told Access that he categorically denies having sex with Nicole and that the story is, quote, ridiculous and hurtful.” (05:10, Billy Bush)

  • The cast jokes about the impressive use of “categorically,” with Bert saying,

    “I want to categorically deny something. I've denied things. But categorically is pretty impressive.” (05:19, Bert)

• Extra, Entertainment Tonight, and Other Coverage
  The team is amazed by how widely their interview is being replayed and credited by big entertainment news shows like Extra and Entertainment Tonight, with their station ID prominently featured on-screen.

  • Notable Quote on Perception Change:

    “It's not just a local radio station in Atlanta.” (06:27, Nicole Forrester)
    “Yeah, we worked that out in advance this time.” (06:31, Bert)

  • The group discusses how previous coverage erroneously placed the dancer in New Jersey, marveling at the power of media misattribution.

3. The Nicole Forrester Interview’s Details in the Spotlight (03:34–09:30)

• Multiple TV clips replay Forrester’s account:

  • Her alleged tryst with Josh Duhamel after meeting at Atlanta’s Tattletale Gentlemen’s Club.
  • Forrester’s claim that Josh referred to himself as “JD,” and only revealed his identity after a few hours.
  • She asserts she passed a lie detector test regarding the affair and notes receiving payment for interviews.
  • Fergie (Duhamel’s wife at the time) is described as hurt but publicly dismissive of the claims.

• Notable segment replays include:

  “We did hook up. We had lots of sex and we had a really, really good time. And then the next morning when I left, you know, he kissed me on my cheek. Really sweet guy.” (03:47, Nicole Forrester)
  “According to Nicole, Josh didn't reveal his real [name] until that night after, like being there like a couple hours. Okay, I'm gonna give you my first name, Josh. And then a few more hours he gave me D'.” (08:40, Nicole Forrester, via Entertainment Tonight)

4. The Aftermath: Fame Mixed with Infamy (09:37–11:25)

• Feelings on the Type of Publicity Gained:
  The cast debates their feelings about being the center of such tawdry national attention. Jeff reminisces about prior, “nicer” national coverage, wishing this wasn’t so “scuzzy” and “slimy.”

  • Reflections:

    “It's a sordid thing to get credit for.” (10:03, Bert)
    “It's a scuzzy, slimy thing.” (10:19, Jeff)

  • Jeff recalls being proud of earlier publicity, like their Nick Lachey interview, compared with this scandal-driven coverage.

• Audience Engagement: Local to National:
  The hosts joke about new-found fame and how it’ll impact their interaction with listeners and public appearances.

  • Notable Banter:

    “Do we talk to just regular listeners?...Do we do appearances? Do we go in public?” (09:52, Bert)
    “You don't talk to people, and you don't go into public. You already act that way, so why would this be any different?” (09:57, Jen Hobby)

• Interest in the Story's Truth:
  Jen points out that ongoing debate over Nicole Forrester’s credibility and public fascination with celebrity couples (Josh Duhamel & Fergie) keeps the story alive.

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Notable Quotes and Moments

• “Seeing Jen in the background with those stink eyes... it was freaking hilarious.” (00:59, Aura, Listener)
• “Stink eyes. That's a great name.” (02:02, Jen Hobby)
• “Fergie and husband Josh Duhamel are a cover couple for all the wrong reasons, embroiled in a cheating scandal...” (03:37, Billy Bush, Access Hollywood)
• “I want to categorically deny something. I've denied things. But categorically is pretty impressive.” (05:19, Bert)
• “It's not just a local radio station in Atlanta.” (06:27, Nicole Forrester)
• “I just wish we had gotten national publicity for something else. You know what I mean?...I was, like, super proud of [the Nick Lachey coverage]...I think this thing is, like, bleh.” (10:31, Jeff)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:46 – Listener Aura calls, discusses the viral “stink eye” reaction.
• 03:34 – Billy Bush/Access Hollywood segment: Nicole Forrester’s allegations detailed.
• 05:30 – Extra, Entertainment Tonight, and TV shows echo the story and credit The Bert Show.
• 09:37 – The cast reflects on the nature of the publicity and compares it to past national attention.

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Tone and Atmosphere

• Light, playful, and self-deprecating. The cast mixes laughter with candidness about the discomfort of being recognized nationwide for coverage of such a salacious story.
• The episode is filled with behind-the-scenes banter and in-jokes, celebrating their viral moment while poking fun at themselves and the celebrity culture machine.

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Summary

This episode provides a lively, behind-the-scenes look at how a local radio show’s tabloid interview can explode into national headlines. The Bert Show team reacts with humor, humility, and a touch of exasperation to their newfound fame—earned through the spectacle of reality colliding with celebrity scandal—while listeners join in to celebrate and tease them for their moments of viral infamy.

Transcript

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[Bert]

Hey, Aura. Welcome to the show.

[Jen Hobby]

Hi, how are you?

[Nicole Forrester]

Hi.

[Jeff]

How do you say your name?

[Caller 1 (Aura)]

Aura. Like the ghetto R. R. R. Cool.

[Nicole Forrester]

I like that.

[Bert]

Good to talk to you. What can we do for you?

[Caller 1 (Aura)]

I just wanted to make a. Seeing you guys talking about the stripper and Josh and all of that and seeing Jen in the background with those stink eyes, it was freaking hilarious. I mean, see it burn into that lady's skull. Like, lady, you are crazy. I don't believe you. I'm ready to tot you out of this chair. Oh, my gosh. It was just too funny.

[Jeff]

Yeah, I haven't seen any of it yet, so. Yeah. Yeah, I was out last night and missed all the coverage, but was definitely getting some text messages about it.

[Bert]

Well, the look on your face was clearly the highlight of most people because I was in my office at the house all day yesterday, so I didn't watch any of the coverage. I was just trying to get a whole bunch of random stuff done. But I had my Twitter screen open, and when they started running them, the tweets started coming in like, hey, just saw Q100 on whatever. And I just blah, blah, blah, and. And then they started coming in. Jen Hobby was the best part of that with her stink eyes, which came up a lot.

[Jen Hobby]

Stink eyes.

[Jeff]

That's great.

[Jen Hobby]

That's a great name.

[Bert]

I like that phrase.

[Jeff]

Stink eyes. Okay.

[Jen Hobby]

And Rhett had no idea, our videographer, how priceless a shot he was getting because it was just the best angle in the studio to get our guest. And Jen happened to be behind her in the shot, and it was just

[Jeff]

scowling apparently the whole time.

[Nicole Forrester]

Stink eyes. Rhett did a great job on that video.

[Jeff]

He did.

[Nicole Forrester]

Good for him.

[Bert]

Hey, Heather. Welcome to the show.

[Caller 1 (Aura)]

Good morning.

[Jen Hobby]

Good morning.

[Caller 1 (Aura)]

Hey. I was Calling to let you guys know that I was watching the Daily 10 on E. Last night and you guys were number 10.

[Jen Hobby]

Oh, nice.

[Caller 1 (Aura)]

Yeah, they, they showed, you know, they were talking about obviously like the Nicole Sullivan scandal and all that stuff. And they were like, yeah, she was on the Burt show on Q100 in Atlanta. And then it showed the video and you know, it showed Jen and Jeff and Bert. And up in the left hand corner it said Bert show Q100 Atlanta.

[Bert]

That's awesome.

[Caller 1 (Aura)]

Yeah, so they saved you guys to the last. You were the best.

[Bert]

Oh, 10 is the best.

[Caller 1 (Aura)]

Well, I don't know. Oh, I'm just trying to feel that.

[Jen Hobby]

Not on my scales.

[Bert]

One question too many. $So just go with it. Yesterday afternoon or morning later in the show, rather, we talked to Billy Bush who is with Access Hollywood, and he came on the show and talked to us for a while and got some details from us and also said that we should watch Access Hollywood tomorrow night because they are definitely running with the story and, and would be including some of the world famous Jen Hobby stink eye video footage in that story. So this is from Access Hollywood last night.

[Jeff]

And now to Billy for Fergie and Josh versus the stripper.

[Billy Bush]

It's an exotic dancer. Nancy.

[Bert]

Thank you.

[Billy Bush]

Fergie and husband Josh Duhamel are a cover couple for all the wrong reasons, embroiled in a cheating scandal. And today we have the Southern dancer taking center stage.

[Nicole Forrester]

We did hook up. We had lots of sex and we had a really, really good time. And then the next morning when I left, you know, he kissed me on my cheek. Really sweet guy.

[Billy Bush]

Nicole Forester lets loose on Q100's the Burt show in Atlanta on how her alleged infamous affair with Josh Duhamel went down. According to her, beginning with the night Josh hung out at the Tattletale Gentlemen's Club where she's an exotic dancer stripper.

[Nicole Forrester]

He came in and I went and immediately sat with him. Cause I'm a very aggressive person when I'm trying to make my money. I sat down with him and he was like, you're hot. I was like, you're absolutely gorgeous.

[Billy Bush]

Nicole told Access that she never wanted to go public with her alleged affair with Josh, but that the National Enquirer came calling. According to her, Josh bragged about their tryst while working on Set of Life as We Know it in Atlanta.

[Nicole Forrester]

He had actually said that he had banged a hot blonde stripper at Tattletales.

[Billy Bush]

And he mentioned Tattletales?

[Nicole Forrester]

Yeah, he. Yeah. How else would they know where I was at. Right.

[Billy Bush]

You know, some are gonna say, I bet you called.

[Nicole Forrester]

I swear to God, on the souls of my children

[Billy Bush]

today. Radar Online rev what they claim is a copy of a polygraph test that Nicole took which says that Nicole was non deceptive, truthful when answering the question. Did you have intercourse with Josh? Important to note, Nicole tells us she has hired an agent and continues to take money for interviews. Josh Duhamel's camp has told Access that he categorically denies having sex with Nicole and that the story is, quote, ridiculous and hurtful.

[Bert]

I want to categorically deny something. I've denied things. But categorically is pretty impressive. Extra also covered our exclusive interview with Nicole Forrester.

[News Reporter]

Okay, I'm in the newsroom right now, and there's a whole new twist on this Josh Duhamel Fergie stripper thing.

[Bert]

Just Mario Lopez.

[VRBO Announcer]

It's unbelievable. Josh and Fergie presenting a united front, having dinner in Atlanta.

[Jeff]

Well, what's the big deal with that?

[VRBO Announcer]

Well, the big deal is they chose the restaurant right next to the hotel where the stripper and the Cole Forester. As the whole thing went down, Fergie apparently even asked to sit in the middle of the restaurant where all the action is. I mean, I guess she wanted everyone to see him together. And I do have an interesting piece of tape. The stripper talking for the first time on the Burt Show, Q100 in Atlanta.

[Nicole Forrester]

He came in, and I went and immediately sat with him because I'm a very aggressive, you know, person when I'm trying to make my money. He was like, you're hot. I was like, you're absolutely gorgeous.

[VRBO Announcer]

Of course, Josh's people are denying the entire scandal, saying that this was all about one thing. A woman getting paid by the tabloids.

[Bert]

That was. That's Mario Lopez, right?

[Nicole Forrester]

I think so.

[Jeff]

It sounded like it.

[Jen Hobby]

I'm just. I'm shocked that we. I mean, work show on Q100 in Atlanta.

[Bert]

I know.

[Jeff]

I'm surprised at how much credit.

[Nicole Forrester]

It's not just a local radio station in Atlanta.

[Bert]

Yeah.

[Jen Hobby]

Which is usually what they say.

[Bert]

Yeah, we worked that out in advance this time.

[Jeff]

Oh, really?

[Bert]

Oh, yes.

[Jeff]

Good for you.

[Bert]

We've learned that lesson. A local radio station somewhere in the Southeast, a Northern hemisphere radio station.

[Jeff]

You know, when they first were talking about this story on E. I guess when it first broke last week, before she came in studio with us, they were saying it was a stripper in New Jersey.

[Bert]

Really?

[Jeff]

Oh, really? Like on the Daily 10 or the. You know, whatever.

[Bert]

I could see that.

[Jeff]

So don't insult New Jersey like that.

[Nicole Forrester]

The oh, they have marketing people that

[Jen Hobby]

work at stink events. And then I'm gonna call you DJ Stink Guy from now on in Entertainment Tonight.

[Bert]

I don't think credited us like verbally. I don't think they said it. But I haven't seen the Entertainment Tonight coverage. But apparently our logo is very prominent in the screen and then along the bottom it says The Bird Show. Q100 Atlanta. But this is Entertainment Tonight. Mary Hart talked about Mary Hart, people.

[News Reporter]

Handsome Hollywood actor Josh Duhamel versus the stripper. Did he cheat on his wife? Fergie? The exotic dancer has taken to the airwaves to tell her very sordid story. But is she telling the truth about the Transformers star?

[Nicole Forrester]

I sat down with him and he was, you're hot. I was like, you're absolutely gorgeous.

[News Reporter]

She is the 34 year old mother of two some say is out to disgrace Transformers star Josh Duhamel, who is happily married to pop star Fergie. Now Radar Online has posted this radio interview of exotic dancer Nicole Forrester. Seizing her 15 minutes, he referred to

[Nicole Forrester]

himself as JD we had, which of course I didn't know what JD stood for.

[Bert]

Jeff Dahl.

[Nicole Forrester]

I guess it was Josh Duhamel. Well, anyway, so we had a couple of shots and I gave him a dance.

[News Reporter]

Here is the timeline. Nicole claims they met October 2nd at Tattletales, a strip bar in Atlanta where Josh was shooting the movie Life as We Know It.

[Nicole Forrester]

When he was leaving, he stayed for about 45 minutes to an hour. When he was leaving, he asked for my number. I was like, yeah, absolutely.

[News Reporter]

Then she says a week later on October 9, they hooked up at this St. Regis hotel in Atlanta.

[Nicole Forrester]

So anyway, we did hook up. We had lots of sex and we had a really, really good time.

[News Reporter]

According to Nicole, Josh didn't reveal his real until that night after, like being

[Nicole Forrester]

there like a couple hours. Okay, I'm gonna give you my first name, Josh. And then a few more hours he gave me d'.

[Jeff]

Amel.

[Nicole Forrester]

So I mean, it took him a little while to just kind of warm up to me to give me that information.

[News Reporter]

The morning after the alleged tryst, Nicole says Josh was a gentleman, making sure she returned home safe.

[Nicole Forrester]

He kissed me on my cheek. Really sweet guy. And then he actually called because I had to get a cab the next morning because somebody actually had dropped me off because I was drunk.

[News Reporter]

White Fergie was reportedly on the road with the Black Eyed Peas. People magazine on stand Friday has her reaction to the stunning rumors of an affair.

[Nicole Forrester]

A Friend of Fergie says that, of course, the rumors of cheating hurt her and she's disappointed by them. Fergie's rep issued a statement saying that the allegations are nonsense.

[News Reporter]

Radarhonline.com claims Nicole reportedly passed a lie detector test. But is she telling the truth?

[Jeff]

Wow, that was a long.

[Nicole Forrester]

Yeah.

[Jeff]

Wow, that's a really long piece. I couldn't believe I came home.

[Bert]

So we're going to have to talk about, like, how are we gonna handle people now? Like, do we talk to just regular listeners?

[Nicole Forrester]

How much are you charging for your autograph, Jeff?

[Bert]

Do we do appearances? Do we go in public?

[Jeff]

Well, absolutely.

[Jen Hobby]

You don't talk to people, and you don't go into public. You already act that way, so why would this be any different?

[Bert]

Oh, hi, kettle. So also on the COVID of Us Weekly and also on the COVID of People magazine. So we talked about this for a couple minutes yesterday. Like, it's a sordid thing to get credit for.

[Jeff]

It's a scuzzy, slimy thing.

[Bert]

But it's. I mean, that's what we do. I mean, the Lindsay Lohan, Michael Lohan stuff is sword and slimy. But you know what? If one of them were in town and wanted to come in and talk, we'd have to talk about it.

[Jeff]

I just wish we had gotten national publicity for something else. You know what I mean?

[Bert]

Right.

[Nicole Forrester]

Like, something happy.

[Jen Hobby]

Yeah.

[Jeff]

I mean, remember several years ago when Us Weekly covered the Nick Lachey interview that we had? And Nick Lachey was in the studio, and this is after he and Jessica Simpson had divorced, but he said the nicest things about her. He was like, I am still in love with. Or I still love Jessica. Not in love, but he said, I still love Jessica and all these things. Well, and then, you know, Melissa Carter's headphone and head was, like, on the COVID and there was, like, this whole big story, and it was like, a whole big thing, and it was like, it was a great way to get national attention because it was Nick Lachey saying that he still loved Jessica. So. But people, I was, like, super proud of, and I think I still have the copies of that and all this. I think this thing is, like, bleh.

[Jen Hobby]

Well, I think it's also a mystery for a lot of people because there's still not, you know, people are debating whether she's lying or not. So I think, you know, that's probably why people. People are so fascinated by this, and they love that couple, Josh Duhamel and Fergie.

[Bert]

So the Birch Show.