MORGAN: Our Relationship Q&A: First Impressions, A Public Life & Future Plans

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The Bobby Bones Show – "MORGAN: Our Relationship Q&A: First Impressions, A Public Life & Future Plans"

Podcast: The Bobby Bones Show
Host: Morgan (with co-host Mr. B - her boyfriend)
Date: October 12, 2025
Episode Type: Relationship Q&A
Guests: Mr. B ("Brayden")
Theme: The couple answers listener questions, gets candid about life together, public scrutiny, quirks, and their future.

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Episode Overview

This episode features Morgan and her boyfriend, Brayden (aka "Mr. B"), in a lighthearted, yet vulnerable Q&A session based on listener questions. Listeners get inside their relationship—covering first impressions, handling public attention, merging lives, values, and future plans. Their warm banter and humor punctuate discussions of love, boundaries, and honest reflections on what makes their connection unique.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Listener Shout-outs & Warmth

• Morgan opens by reading supportive and loving messages from fans who are rooting for her and Brayden.
• A notable trend: Listeners expressing protectiveness over Morgan and gratitude to Brayden for making her happy.
  • [03:13] Morgan: “All I keep getting is ‘so happy for you’, ‘thanks for making Morgan smile.’”
  • [04:06] Mr. B: “I've gotten a lot of those… I know my place.”

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2. Navigating a Public Relationship

• Public Eye Concerns:
  • Morgan discusses her initial protectiveness (not revealing Brayden’s identity) to shield him from potential internet negativity.
  • Brayden admits he started as "Batman, living in the shadows," deliberately avoiding making his presence obvious out of respect for Morgan’s boundaries.
    • [05:22] Mr. B: “I was trying to be Batman… living in the shadows. I was just trying to be respectful of you.”
• Reaction to Criticism:
  • They both acknowledge negative comments and segments on The Bobby Bones Show but choose to stay focused on their real-life connection.
    • [06:30] Mr. B: “The real relationship is between you and I. When we’re watching a movie or going on a walk with Remy… the rest is just noise.”
    • [08:59] Mr. B: “I understand there’s gonna be bits about me on the show… once they get to know me, they’ll see I deeply care about you.”

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3. Relationship “Soft Launches” & Quirks

• Social Media “Soft Launch”:
  • The infamous “back picture” was their first public hint, with Morgan joking about showcasing Brayden’s cooking and “sexy back.”
    • [10:15] Mr. B: “Back is always the third workout of the week. I isolate it by itself. Just back.”
• Workout & Wellness:
  • Morgan and Brayden share their routines—he adapts his workouts to include more walks and hot yoga with Morgan, reflecting their support for each other's wellness goals.

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4. Pets, Fostering & Future Adoption

• Pet Dynamic:
  • The couple balances the needs of their pets, Remy and Hazel (with health considerations), and have fostered together.
  • [13:24] Mr. B: “We did get a feel what it was like… maybe we can foster again, but right now, not so much.”
• Parenting, Stress & Teamwork:
  • Handling a reactive dog taught them about teamwork and stress management early on.

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5. First Impressions & Core Memories

• Initial Attraction & Funny Stories:
  • Brayden’s core memory: Meeting Morgan, finding her “the most adorable thing” and later, watching her eat mozzarella sticks.
    • [14:35] Mr. B: “You turned around and instantly I thought you were the most adorable thing I’d ever seen… and then when you devoured those mozzarella sticks, that was alarming.”
  • Morgan’s memory: Their two-stepping and “movie-like” moment at the bar.
    • [16:47] Morgan: “It really felt like a fairy tale… nobody ever dances with me!”
• First Date Moments:
  • Playful anecdotes about eating giant sushi pieces and instant camaraderie over silly photos.

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6. Fame, Privacy, and IRL vs. Public Persona

• Brayden avoids “falling in love with the idea of” Morgan—he deliberately did not listen to her show or follow socials at first.
  • [24:34] Mr. B: “At the base of it, I fell in love with you. I didn’t fall in love with this idea of you.”
  • Notable quote:
    [26:14] Morgan: “You convinced me on the first date. Actually, the first time we met.”

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7. Shared Nerdiness and Growing Together

• Both reveal they’re “nerds” at heart; Marvel, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Lord of the Rings are recurring themes.
  • [27:37] Mr. B: “That shocked me… I just didn’t think you’d be so fired up about Jedis that quickly.”
  • [28:57] Morgan: “We nerded out together, and that was very fun.”

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8. What Makes Them Click: Personality Traits and Relationship Health

• Mutual Admiration:
  • Morgan describes Mr. B as “kind, authentic, big-hearted, a hard worker, dedicated, loyal, and trustworthy.”
    • Playful moment: Morgan admits her “quirk” is trying to poke his butt and sabotage his yawning.
  • [30:49] Mr. B: “Oh my god, It’s like there’s a target.”
  • Nighttime “zoomies” and wrestling bouts show their playful dynamic.
• Mr. B’s Admiration for Morgan:
  • He loves her enthusiasm for life, her productivity, and her ability to balance fun with getting things done.
  • Credits her with helping him learn better communication and emotional openness.
  • [36:06] Mr. B: “I’ve never communicated the way that we communicate… it just feels so good.”

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9. On Emotional Growth and Baggage

• Handling Past Trauma:
  • Morgan explains how Brayden helps her feel safe and supported as she navigates relationship fears from past experiences.
  • [38:42] Morgan: “You handle me like I’m bubble wrapped in a little package… You say, ‘hey, it’s safe to come out.’”
  • Brayden sees creating a safe space as his priority.
• Boundaries & Individuality:
  • They prioritize maintaining their own identities and friendships, along with merging social circles.
  • [60:27] Morgan: “Blending our two lives together, not me abandoning everything… has been really healthy for both of us.”

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10. Lifestyle: Food, Family, and Football

• Diet and Cooking:
  • Brayden adapted to vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free meals, enjoys cooking routines together.
  • [40:37] Morgan: “We’re pretty good chefs together in the kitchen.”
• Sports & Steelers Fandom:
  • Deep dive into Brayden’s lifelong Steelers fan identity and favorite jerseys, influenced by family legacy.
  • Morgan participates via “sports bribes.”
  • [44:51] Mr. B: “What’s your favorite thing to say?”
    [44:53] Morgan: “Big third down. Big third down!”
• His Work:
  • Career evolution from special education to managing sales in the golf car industry; passion for working in inclusive environments.
  • [48:48] Mr. B: “It was a new and fun way to learn a new skill… now the sales manager, work in the golf car industry.”

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11. Future Plans: Moving In, Marriage, Kids, and Tattoos

• Moving In Together:

  • They've discussed it and see it as a next step; Brayden jokes he was “ready on the day we met.”
    • [52:26] Mr. B: “I was ready on March 29, which is the day we met.”

• Kids & Marriage:

  • Candid about the uncertainty; want marriage, less certain about children, agree it should be a “heck yes or heck no” decision.
    • [55:23] Mr. B: “In order to have kids, you shouldn’t have questions… Right now in our lives, I don’t think it is either way.”

• Notable Tattoos:

  • Mr. B shares the meaning behind two key tattoos:
    • “The only disability in life is a bad attitude,” with a Special Olympics logo made out of puzzle pieces, each chosen by participants in his adult program.
    • “Nova” on his leg, memorializing his late dog and their bond.
    • [56:43] Mr. B: “It’s cool to have everyone I've worked with in my tattoo… Nova will always be. Nova was my Remy.”

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12. Relationship Advice & Big Declarations

• Advice for Listeners:
  • [63:08] Mr. B: “Listen to your partner and care about what they’re talking about. Care about their wants and needs. Listening does wonders.”
• Is Morgan "The One"?
  • [63:25] Mr. B: “Absolutely, 100%. She is the one for me. I am so in love. It’s crazy. Oh gosh, I want to shout it from the rooftops.”
  • [63:35] Morgan: “I love you too.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “I was trying to be Batman living in the shadows.”—Mr. B, [05:22]
• “I wanted to shout from the rooftops that I love you, but can’t really do that with who you are on social media.”—Mr. B, [05:47]
• “You just let me be a nerd.”—Morgan, [28:11]
• “It’s like there’s a target. Just a heat seeking missile… at the weirdest times, emptying the dishwasher and it's like, whoa.”—Mr. B, [30:49]
• “I’ve never communicated the way that we communicate… it just feels so good that we don't, because we've had a few tiffs and we communicate and… then it's done. That's a totally new concept for me.”—Mr. B, [36:06]
• “You handle me like I’m bubble wrapped in a little package. And you gently untie the bow and you say, ‘hey, it's safe to come out.’”—Morgan, [38:42]
• “She is the one for me. I am so in love. It is crazy. Oh gosh, I want to shout it from the rooftops.”—Mr. B, [63:25]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Timestamp | Topic/Quote | |-----------|-------------| | 03:13–04:35 | Listener shout-outs and warm wishes | | 05:14–08:17 | Navigating public eye, criticism, and privacy | | 10:15 | First social media "soft launch" & workouts | | 13:00–14:22 | Fostering pets & teamwork under stress | | 14:35–19:50 | First impressions, core memories, funny stories | | 24:02–26:14 | Falling in love with the real person vs. persona | | 27:37–28:57 | Bonding over nerdy fandoms | | 30:49–32:44 | Playful quirks: poking, zoomies, wrestling | | 36:02–39:11 | Emotional support, communication, feeling safe | | 40:37–45:10 | Diet, cooking, football fandom, Steelers heritage | | 48:44–50:33 | Brayden’s work in special education/golf car sales | | 52:26–53:52 | Moving in, travel goals, keeping privacy | | 54:48–56:34 | Plans for marriage/kids, personal boundaries | | 56:43–59:10 | Tattoos and stories about Nova, his late dog | | 60:26–62:38 | Maintaining friendships and individuality | | 63:08–63:35 | Relationship advice and declarations of love |

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Final Thoughts

This episode strikes a perfect blend of fun and depth, as Morgan and Brayden provide an honest portrait of their partnership—playful, quirky, and vulnerable. Listeners witness a couple that values communication, protects each other, and builds a strong foundation while remaining true to themselves. Their advice and candor make the episode both relatable and inspiring for anyone navigating love in the spotlight or blending two lives together.

Highly recommended for fans seeking insight into fostering healthy, joyous, and supportive relationships.

Transcript

[Morgan]

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[Maggie Freeling]

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[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

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[Maggie Freeling]

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[Morgan]

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[Ed Helms]

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[Morgan]

I didn't know that.

[Ed Helms]

The bar back is like, is that.

[Morgan]

You and I turn around and it's.

[Ed Helms]

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[Morgan]

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[Maggie Freeling]

Take this personally with Morgan Gman.

[Morgan]

As one of my best friends wrote in the questions for this week's episodes, spill it all. That came from Ally.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Oh, thanks Ali.

[Morgan]

She please spill it all. Which she knows everything, so it's funny she wrote that. But my boyfriend is back for round two.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Hello. Hi. How are you?

[Morgan]

Thanks for coming on again.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Oh, you're, you're welcome.

[Morgan]

Technically, we're recording this at the same time, so there's not a lot of magic here. But two separate episodes. This time's a little bit different though, so if you missed it last week we talked all about our love story and Brayden. Yes, we shared his name. You have an identity, he has a name. You're real.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I'm a real boy.

[Morgan]

We shared all of that last week's episode and talked about his story. We talked about how we met and just our kind of favorite moments in our relationship and that one very important question that everybody's been asking. Did he like my dog coming on vacation as much as I did?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yes.

[Morgan]

So all that's over there if you missed it. But this one, we're going to answer a bunch of listener questions because this is a fun way to get to know each other throughout via listeners. But I always start out with some shout outs. So we've got Eek. Exciting. Can't wait to listen to this episode. E. So exciting. I got a lot of eeks. I'm so excited. Oh, great. Now a new favorite. And shout out to you guys. You guys are writing your names and stuff, but honestly, I was typing so fast because there's so many I forgot, but that one was from Michelle and Apple Valley.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yay.

[Morgan]

I'm so happy for you. No question. Just yay. I just want to know everything. Just want to say, happy for you, Morgan. You deserve it. So happy for you. There's a lot of love in here. Y' all are perfect. Just be the best version of yourselves, which I think we are. Yeah. Do you feel that way?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

You better not hurt her in any way. She is amazing.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I've gotten a lot of those.

[Morgan]

Are you gonna.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I know my place.

[Morgan]

Are you gonna hurt me?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Absolutely not. Jeez.

[Morgan]

I absolutely love seeing you two in love and so happy. So happy for both of you. Just a million thanks for making our girl so happy. Thanks for making our girl smile. Just a shout for his confidence, even with all the haters. Nice. Please thank him for treasuring you and being good to and for you.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

That's sweet. Yeah.

[Morgan]

Are those also sweet?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yeah. I love reading that. Nice comments. And obviously, I've known you for this long, but a lot of the listeners have known you for far longer. And so the appreciation they have of your happiness and your smile and just knowing what you've gone through and they get to see this different side of you, like, because I only know the side I know. Right. So it's really cool to see the other side, and people love you for it, which is really cool.

[Morgan]

Well, now they're starting to love you. Does that feel weird?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

No. Not me.

[Morgan]

Yeah, you. Okay. You ready for some questions?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Oh, yeah.

[Morgan]

How is it navigating the public eye and maintaining your relationship? Take it away, Ms. Debbie.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I don't really. Nothing has really changed where I think at first, I was really afraid to, like, comment on your social media because I know that we're trying to keep it separate. So I was trying to be Batman secrets. I was trying to be Batman living In the shadows. So I was just trying to be respectful of you because I know you have to navigate stuff differently. I wanted to shout from the rooftops that I love you, but, like, can't really do that with who you are on social media right off the bat. Didn't want to embarrass you. Okay, dad. And so, I don't know, like, it's as far as public eye. You're in the public eye. I just get to celebrate you. So it's easy for me. I get to be the one clapping.

[Morgan]

Yeah, but what about when our relationship gets made fun of or things happen on the Bobby Bones show or there's negative comments? How do you feel about all of that?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

The real relationship is between you and I. When we're watching a movie or going on a date or going on a walk with Remy, People want to make fun of the happiness that we have, then that's fine. People are bored, right? Like, they're going to sit behind keyboards and say stuff. And that's fine. That's probably something. I'm going to have a skill. I'm going to have to learn to let it just kind of roll off. But I've been preparing myself for it. I guess it's just going to be part of who we are and part of our relationship, and let's make it fun and exciting instead of being worried about it. It's going to be okay.

[Morgan]

I agree with you. A big part for me, especially early on when we were dating, is I would always ask him. I'm like, are you okay with this if I share this in my show prep? Are you okay if I talk about this? Or how do you feel about these posts? And every single time, it was just like, you just. Do you. I'm good. Like, I'm fine. Whatever you want to do. You were so confident from the very beginning, and I think you have a lot of confidence in yourself in general, which is why a lot of that is okay and doesn't seem to bother you. But there's also a protective layer for me, which is I'll get into a little bit later of, like, why I didn't share his identity for a while is just I very much mama bear the people that are in my life. And it's not that I didn't want to share you right away and share in the excitement of everything that was happening because it was so exciting and just so, like, holy crap, is this real? But it was a protectiveness also. Like, I already started to deeply care about you, and I went into the protective mode of, okay, I have to protect this person from this place and space that he's not familiar with yet. And that was very much some of the beginning of our relationship.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

And I really appreciated that, for sure. But at the same time, I think it. My instant love for you outweighed what I could imagine. People would call me names or, you know, whatever like that. I just didn't care, you know, and so you were protecting me, and I appreciate that. But it's. We have something real here, and I don't need validation from anyone else.

[Morgan]

I'm a little school girl. How do you feel about all the radio conversation happening about you both? It's also in the same kind of question of how do you handle criticism from the guys about you on the Bobby Buncho?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I don't know. I haven't met the guys. So it's like. And I understand there's gonna be bits about me on the show, and that's totally fine. I think once they get to know me that they're gonna realize that I'm just a guy and I deeply care about you. And so, no, that doesn't bother me. I don't listen to the show every day, so usually it's whatever you tell me. So maybe there's bits that have been going on that I don't even know about.

[Morgan]

About the hair gel.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Right.

[Morgan]

You know, about the taking Remy on vacation and just in general getting criticized that you are. You work out, so. And you wear hair gel, which is a comparison to my ex boyfriends for some reason. Yeah, but beyond maybe the working out and having muscles, there isn't much comparison in my eyes.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Okay. I like that. I like that.

[Morgan]

That's my hot take is what I keep trying to say.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Nobody's listening to me, but at the same time, they're like, they're allowed to have fun with it. So run with it if that's what the people want to do.

[Morgan]

Don't say that. We're not allowing them to run with it.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Run with that. Scratch that.

[Morgan]

Speaking of muscles, what is your back routine?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

The back picture. That's when everything really. Yeah, that was like the first.

[Morgan]

That was a soft launch.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Look at my breakfast that he made me. And also he has a sexy back.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Well, let's see. So back is always the third workout of the week. I isolate it by itself. So it's just back.

[Morgan]

I used to very focused on those back muscles.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yeah. Used to do back and biceps together, but now only do back, legs, chest, back, or the first three of the Week. And I don't really have a routine. I just do whatever I want to do.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Which lately has been going on walks with me because as of right now, I'm trying to calm my nervous system and the whole detox and cleanse I'm doing. And this sweet man has been getting up and going on walks with me before work because I can't quite work out right now while I'm trying to get my body to chill the F out.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

And it's good for me because your body needs balance. Where I was weightlifting six days a week, every week.

[Morgan]

And we were together for the beginning portion of our relationship, we would go work out together.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

But then, like, you introduced me to hot yoga and. Yeah, we're going on more walks and we're going to start playing more volleyball together here soon, right? Yes. There's different ways to work out. I just. When you're single and you have all the time in the world, going to the gym and working out and just kind of putting your headphones in and turning the world off is pretty nice. But I don't want to turn my world off anymore, which is just kind of a crazy thing. So.

[Morgan]

How many one liners are you gonna have that make me, like, giggle?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I wasn't made it for that.

[Morgan]

I know you were. When do you consider adopting a pet together? Jessica asked this question.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Well, we have a very specific schedule with Remy and Hazel right now, so. Sweet. REM cannot be stressed. So introducing another animal into the family would not be good on her nervous system right now. Hazel is also. I don't think introducing any more stress to Hazel would help her kidneys anymore. And so I think adoption will come down the road, but we'll get there when we get there, you know, and it's not in the realm of possibilities. Soon.

[Morgan]

Yeah. But hopefully not for like, 30 years.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Exactly. I was thinking 45, but 30 is good.

[Morgan]

Perfect.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

I'm glad we're on the same page. And we are at a kind of a halt. He fostered with me when I was taking care of the first foster. When we had first met Roscoe, he was over here a bunch helping me take care of him because he was a very special case and I really needed two tackling, which I was ready to tackle by myself. But he came along and him and Roscoe loved each other, so that was a cool moment.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

We did get a feel what it was like. And, you know, maybe we can foster again sometime, but right now, not so much.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yeah. Yeah. And Roscoe is fun because he Loved us. But he also had small things about him where he would turn on me quickly.

[Maggie Freeling]

Yeah.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

And so it was learning how to handle situations like that and together and staying calm with a dog who is. Could get angry at the drop of a.

[Morgan]

Very reactive. Yeah.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yeah. And so that was a really cool learning experience for us, kind of parenting a new dog in a new relationship, and you learn a lot about someone pretty quickly in that situation. So that was.

[Morgan]

How do you handle chaos and stress? It was kind of like, here you go. And we did. We managed it really well. And Roscoe now has a awesome new mom, and he's been doing really well.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

So a boy, Roscoe.

[Morgan]

I know you loved him, so maybe one day we'll start fostering again. It just kind of really depends how me and Hazel keep doing. Okay. What is your first core memory of Morgan?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I mean, the first core memory would be you turning around, because I thought Holly was introducing me to someone behind your guys's group for some reason, like, I thought she was bringing me over. And you turned around and, like, instantly I thought you were the most adorable thing I'd ever seen in my life. And you turned around and you looked at her and, like, shook your head. And then we met eyes, and it was just like that first moment, and there was something about you looking up at me that was just, like, made it even cuter because I was so small. Just itty bitty. And there was that. And then later that night, when you devoured those mozzarella sticks, that was alarming. It's a core memory.

[Morgan]

That's so rude. You loved when I ate those mozzarella.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

No, it was really fun. You were pumped up about those moth sticks.

[Morgan]

Yeah. You learned very quickly that I also love cheese as much as I love dogs.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yeah. Yeah. And specifically pimento cheese. I think I said the words pimento cheese five times total in the past 10 years. And then since I've met you, it was like, 10 times a day every day.

[Morgan]

You want to tell them pimento cheese story where that, like, really happened? Do you remember this? At the brewery?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Oh, when you ordered the. When we got the pretzels, not when we did.

[Morgan]

You don't remember this? So we were sitting there, and we were having a drink, and, oh, yeah.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

The people sitting next to us got it.

[Morgan]

Yeah, they got pretzels or pimento cheese. And I just looked over, and I was like, dog, that has pimento cheese. And you just. I think this is, like, our fourth. And you were just like, okay, pimento cheese.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Someone kid. This girl Some pimento cheese.

[Morgan]

And before I knew it, that all came out of my body. I think I. It was my internal thought coming out, and instead it was an external thought. And you learned this girl loves pimento cheese.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

There you go. I love it.

[Morgan]

You don't remember that moment? I think my first core memory was us really two stepping, I think, was the moment, which was so. It was so cute. It was that whole just kind of middle there where we were at the bar. We both admitted we didn't remember each other's first names from our introduction. And then it was like, let's two step. I was like, oh, he can also dance. I like this. Nobody ever dances with me. I felt very much like this feels like a movie and I'm just living my best life. Okay. And it kind of felt like a fairy tale. And just that whole moment. But that was where it started for me because I really think up until then, I was still annoyed with my friends that I was like, we were supposed to have a girls night, and you guys brought this man into the picture. I didn't know.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I gotta babysit him all night. Yeah.

[Morgan]

And then the dancing happened and the conversation, like, kept flowing, and that was really where I was like, oh, okay. He's more than just cute. Dang it. All right, first impression, I feel like, is that the same as for first core memory for you? Okay, what about the first impression on the first date when we actually went on a date together?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

So I'd say on the first date, you were. You have a very professional sense about you. And we had gone from, like, this fun, loving first meeting and then our conversation. We did get deep in that first conversation on the phone, but you seemed very professional. And then the sushi came. Remember the sushi piece? And this sushi piece was like, I.

[Morgan]

Was putting my best foot forward. Okay.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

It was like, that big. And you're like, there's no way I can fit this in my mouth. I just took out my phone and I was like, please try.

[Morgan]

And I have a little mouth.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I'm just little. You just. You shoved that in your mouth and you laughed so hard. And it was like you went from this professional, and you were like, you were dressed very nice, and then you shoved this piece of sushi in your mouth. And it was like, from that point on, we were just, like, being goofy and taking pictures together. And we, like, learned that we both really enjoy taking videos and pictures and documenting things. Especially as a guy, I don't find that annoying. We'll take 4 billion photos to get the right angle. I think I turned that sushi plate around and took 19 photos of it. Trying to get the white lights in the background.

[Morgan]

Yeah. You want to talk about best ever influencer boyfriend?

[Ed Helms]

This guy right here.

[Morgan]

I didn't even have to train him. He came like that.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Ready made. That's an aspect of life that I love. I love documenting that. And so we learned that we both like doing that. It was really fun and we just got to enjoy each other's company while being goofballs.

[Morgan]

It was. And honestly, my first impression was like, dang, this guy listens to me. This is nice. He listened to me with the sunflowers. You listened to me that I was vegetarian. So you picked a restaurant that we. And you ate vegetarian with me. I was just very impressed with you as a human being, honestly.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Well, thank you.

[Morgan]

Yeah. I was like, this is a good human.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

That's how my mom, dad made me and just came out this way.

[Morgan]

Okay. Yeah. Life didn't have any impact whatsoever.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Okay.

[Morgan]

All I know is what I've been told and that to have truth is a whole lie.

[Maggie Freeling]

For almost a decade, the murder of an 18 year old girl from a small town in Graves County, Kentucky went unsolved until a local homemaker, a journalist, and a handful of girls came forward with a story.

[Morgan]

I'm telling you, we know Quincy killed her.

[Maggie Freeling]

We know a story that law enforcement used to convict six people and that got the citizen investigator on national tv.

[Morgan]

Through sheer persistence and nerve, this Kentucky housewife helped give justice to Jessica Curran.

[Maggie Freeling]

My name is Maggie Freeling. I'm a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist producer, and I wouldn't be here if the truth were that easy to find.

[Ed Helms]

I did not know her and I did not kill her or rape or.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Burn or any of that other stuff that y' all said.

[Ed Helms]

They literally made me say that I took a match and struck and threw it on her. They made me say that I poured gas on her.

[Maggie Freeling]

From Lava for good. This is Graves County, a show about just how far our legal system will go in order to find someone to blame.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

America, y' all better wake the hell up. Bad things happens to good people and small towns.

[Maggie Freeling]

Listen to Graves county in the Bone Valley feed on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And to binge the entire season ad free. Subscribe to Lava for Good plus on Apple Podcasts.

[Ed Helms]

Run a business and not thinking about radio? Think again, because more people are listening to the radio on Iheart today than they were 20 years ago. And only iHeart broadcast radio connects with more Americans than TV, digital, social, any other media. Even twice as many teens than TikTok. And that reach means everything. Just think about the universal marketing formula. The number of consumers who hear your message times the response rate equals the results. Now let's get those results growing for your business. Radio's here now more than ever. And iheart's leading the way. Think radio can help your business. Think Iheard. Streaming, podcasting, and radio where the reach is real. Let us show [e-mail] that's iheartadvertising.com or call 844-844. Iheart one more time. Just call 844-844-Iheart and get radio working for you. I'm Jonathan Goldstein, and on the new season of Heavyweight. I help a centenarian mend a broken heart.

[Morgan]

How can a one.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Woman fall in love again?

[Ed Helms]

And I help a man atone for an armed robbery he committed at 14 years old. And so I pointed the gun at him and said, this isn't a joke. And he got down. And I remember feeling kind of a surge of like, okay, this is power. Plus, my old friend Gregor and his brother tried to solve my problems through hypnotism.

[Morgan]

We could give you a whole brand.

[Ed Helms]

New thing where you're, like, super charming all the time.

[Morgan]

Being more able to look people in.

[Ed Helms]

The eye, not always hide behind a microphone.

[Morgan]

Microphone.

[Ed Helms]

Listen to heavyweight on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Morgan]

What does it. I actually laughed out loud writing this question. What does it feel like to be dating a famous celebrity like Morgan? Which, mind you, I'm not. I'm not.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Okay.

[Morgan]

I'm not a famous celebrity.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

It's so cute that you say that. I'm not like, but you are.

[Morgan]

But okay, public figure, sure. I'm not a famous celebrity anyways. Please answer the question. I literally wrote LMAO next to the question.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I wrote it down. Veronica had a very funny joke today. So, like, I. I think it's fun because I know and not that you're any different. Like, when you're doing famous people stuff versus just it's you and I. Like, you're the same person, but I feel like I get the behind the scenes and, like, I get all the real and then the nitty gritty, and I think it's really cool. And I've had friends from high school reach out and be like, oh, my gosh, you're IRL guy, you know, and so, like, Moments like that are definitely cool. I'm not gonna lie. That's a cool aspect of it. But at the base of it, I fell in love with you. I didn't fall in love with this idea of you, and I think that's really special. And I was very intentional about that. When we first started dating, I was not gonna start listening to the Bobby Bones show. I wasn't. I didn't listen to your podcast. I didn't snoop on your Instagram. I really made it intentional to just get to know you, and I thought that maybe would be different than what you had in the past. I wasn't sure, but I already had such strong feelings for you so early that it was like, I want to do everything I can to try to convince her to want to keep going on dates with me.

[Morgan]

You convinced me on the first date. What are you talking about? But I mean, you convinced me actually the first time we met, and then the phone call and then the first day, and then it was like, okay, well, I guess I'm hanging out with this guy for what he thinks is the rest of our lives.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Let's go. Sign me up twice.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Okay. I feel weird now. What surprised you most about Morgan? I'm so happy for you. All.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

The. I would say the big surprise was right after we got to Lakeside Lounge.

[Morgan]

And you could also entire relationship. You don't have to focus the first night if you don't want to.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Okay, well, I'll go first first night and then whole relationship first night at Lakeside Lounge. The moment that we both learned that we love to nerd out, where we talked about Marvel and we talked about Harry Potter and we talked about Star Wars. That was not something that I thought was going to be next in our conversation. It's so funny because I had conversations with my little sister about what I wanted my next partner to look like. And that was one of the things that we had talked about. And I was like, I'm nerdy in some ways, and I want my next partner to be nerdy in those ways too. And so that was. But that shocked me just from the couple hours I had gotten to know you. I just didn't think that you'd be so fired up about Jedis that quickly. So that was very exciting.

[Morgan]

You mean Grogu? You mean grogu. You mean you want to talk about Yoda? You mean you want to talk about Harry Potterium Levios?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yes.

[Morgan]

We are weird together. We're incredibly weird together, actually. Yeah, we nerded out together. And that was Very fun.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

But that's a really special part of our relationship, ties into that vacation that we went on down to Florida. Like, we can just be two nerds and talk about Harry Potter all day and not think twice.

[Morgan]

And I don't have to hide any of it away. It's very nice. Yeah, you let me be a nerd. It was really funny, too, when you mentioned that you're like, I'm pretty nerdy. I was like, yeah, I'm really nerdy. And you're like, okay, what you thought I was gonna be like, I don't even know what you expected me to say, but I was like, well, like, I go to the movie premieres of Marvel and I'm really big on Star wars. And also. And I just kept listing them down. I was like, I should probably stop talking.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

But then there's room to grow because, like, I love Lord of the Rings. You're not really crazy about that.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I wasn't really raised in a Star wars house. Like, I'm fine with it. So it's like we're going through Star wars and then we'll eventually go through Lord of the Rings.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Sadly.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I thought we talked about this.

[Morgan]

No, I am excited. I'm excited to. To see why you love it and finally give it a chance again after I didn't. So I am. I love that part of our relationship.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

You're going to love the Hobbit. You're probably going to sleep through Lord of the Rings, and that's okay.

[Morgan]

Okay. And you'll accept that? Yeah. Okay, good. What is he like as a person? Mr. B is kind. He's big hearted, he's authentic. He's a very hard worker. He's dedicated to his people. He's very fiercely loyal. He is. That would have been a really good quality on the first time we did the interview. I love that one. He's trustworthy and I can always count on him. There's never a moment where I can't. And I'm now getting to the point where anything good or bad that happens to me or even every little thing, if I got to finally eat cheese, I think I would call him and tell him. It's like you have become my best friend and I just love doing everything with you because you also have this adventurous side to you. You can chill with me on the couch and most of the time pass out, but most of the time also hang out with me when you're not passed out and you're always up for trying new things and you see the World very kindly and very bright. And. And yeah, I don't know. There's just. There's really not a lot of things that I don't like about you. I could tell you one thing he doesn't like about me, though. And it's that I like to try and poke his butt all the time.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Oh, my God. It's like there's a target. Just a heat seeking missile. And it's just at the weirdest times of emptying the dishwasher and it's like, whoa.

[Morgan]

Or very early on in our relationship, I would stick my finger in his mouth when he yawned. He hated that.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

You still do that. You just did that.

[Morgan]

I've tried to be a little bit more sneaky about it. So now you unsuspecting.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

And now I yawn like this so you can't get in there.

[Morgan]

So, you know, I'm not all rainbows and sunshine, but he is. He's truly. He doesn't do any of those things to me.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

You enjoy being a goofy menace. Like, you do. Like, you just like it.

[Morgan]

I do. You want to talk about my nighttime zoomies?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Oh, gosh. And it's like you have to tell them what happens. I can feel them coming on. Oh, my gosh. There will be nights where we're getting settled in for the night, and all of a sudden it's like, jump on top, standing over me, just like ready to go. And we full out wrestled the other night because you had so much energy. I was like, I gotta get this out of her.

[Morgan]

I'm like a dog. You have to get my energy out. And then it was like a WWE wrestling match in the living room.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

And then I finally got you in a lock and you, like, pouted about it. You're like, mad. And then two seconds later, you jump right back on me. Oh, my gosh. And it's like blowing raspberries on my neck and just full, full blown energy blast. Like 11:30 at night. She's like, oh, I have to get up so early tomorrow. Boom, Zoomies, let's go.

[Morgan]

I don't know why. I've never had those before in my life. It's only with you.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Good.

[Morgan]

I think I just really like hanging out with you and I don't want the night to end.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yeah, Zoomies.

[Morgan]

Okay, so I had to deflect. I was saying too many nice things.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

There we go. Felt weird.

[Morgan]

What are some things that you love about Morgan and favorite things about her besides her weird quirks?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I think my favorite things about you is it's Just how you do life, how you look at life. There's always, I think before we were together, I spent a lot of time like either doing something or resting. And you are so good at filling all of your time with productive things, plus resting a little bit to like watch movies and stuff like that. But like our Saturdays are hot. Yoga, going to the farmer's market, like getting stuff done, going to the store, food prepping, like so you're so on it. And I just, I think that you fill your time with the stuff that brings you joy and I love doing all those things. And that's been something different that I've learned in our relationship of not just laying around on a Saturday morning, it's getting stuff done. You feel so good at 2 o' clock in the afternoon when you have all your stuff done. So that's something that I really love. We love different kinds of music and that's something that's really fun that we also love a lot of the same music. But you've introduced me to new artists that I didn't even know their name. And now I'm like putting their record on when we're cleaning. That's been really exciting, the nature of your work. We get to go to a lot of really fun events and that's all new and shiny and bright to me. And I know it's just another event that you're going to, but it's all new for me and so that's really exciting. And then down to the emotional level, I've never been. Something I love about our relationship is I've never been cared for. I'm cared for with you. I know that you have my back. I know that I can count on you for anything. I know I can talk to you about anything. I've never communicated the way that we communicate and it just feels so good that we don't because we've had a few tiffs and we communicate and it's like we hold each other's hands and it's like, let's figure this out together and then it's done. And that's a totally new concept for me because I. I shut down, right? Like I go inward, I'm not a yeller or if I get upset, it doesn't come out, it goes inward and I shut down. And with you, you don't let me shut down. And you are such a good communicator that you're teaching me how to communicate. And that's a skill of a high level relationship. And I love that.

[Morgan]

Did you just call us a high level relationship.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

We are a high level relationship.

[Morgan]

Thank you for saying all those nice things.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I don't even remember the question. I just started. I know.

[Morgan]

You were yapping. I liked it, though. I love you being a yapper. You're talking about me like. It's like one of those memes where you just see when he talks about me and I'm just sitting there with my eyes, little hearts in them. That was me as you were just talking. Okay. And I think he kind of just answered that in that it was Morgan's had bad luck with guys. What makes you different in a loving way, of course. I'm pretty sure you just answered that in a whole lot of ways. So it was. How did I know he was different from the rest? And I mean, gosh, just a lot of quality traits. But he doesn't give himself enough credit here. But he has the emotional intelligence down to an art. He shows exactly how he's feeling, the support that he provides people. He makes you feel calm. He's genuinely like this calming presence. There's never been a part of me that didn't want to be around you because it's so peaceful. It's so calm. It's. I want you around all the time because it feels safe, it feels secure, and it's consistent. It's loyal. There is no chaos. You think of something that's so calm and peaceful. I was like, oh, well, that's not fun fun. And I'm like, no, no, no. This relationship is so much fun. And it's so much fun because of also how peaceful and calm it is because we can have fun, because we can enjoy each other without chaos, and we really get to enjoy each other's company. And honestly, a lot of that is just not stuff I've ever known. And he's dealt with a lot of my relationship baggage that comes out just in spurts. Because I'll make comments and he'll say like, hey, look at me. That's not happening. I'll be like, well, please, you know, don't leave me. And he's like, I'm not leaving. And he just sets me down, and it's like he has to walk this young Morgan back who learned just so many bad things of people. And you, in the gentlest way I can say this, you handle me very well. You handle me like I'm bubble wrapped in a little package. And you gently untie the bow and you say, hey, it's safe to come out. That's how you treat Me when I'm scared and when I'm not sure how to respond to a situation, and when, you know, things that from my past come up and I don't feel secure in whatever's happening, you just know how to handle all of that really well. So I love how you say that I'm the one who has all this emotional intelligence. Because you do.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

That was a really nice compliment. You feeling safe is the number one thing that I could ask for. Right. Like, I want to take care of you. I want you to feel safe. I want you to be open with me. I want all of those things. And I feel like I've been pretty intentional of trying to create a safe place because I know that your past relationships haven't been a safe place, and I'm going to be that for you.

[Morgan]

You are that for me. Okay. How do you deal with different diets? Has he tried new foods because of you being a vegetarian? We did hit on this a little bit last episode, but you want to quickly touch on this.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yeah. I mean, it's nice because I've done so many diets. I've done keto. I've done a carb free diet. I've done only meat diets. I've been pescatarian. So I've played around with how to eat differently. And so now with you, and now we're getting into vegetarian, gluten free, dairy free. I'm definitely eating different things, but I'm learning from Kara how to create delicious meals and, like, truly cook, not just throw stuff together. When I was a vegetarian, it was like a bunch of veggies and saute them up, and that was lunch. But this is a quarter of a teaspoon of nutmeg and this and. And you got to roast that for five minutes. And that's a style of cooking that I haven't put that much care into those types of meals. And so it's really. It's fun, and we really enjoy cooking together. So that's another. We'll make a few meals at the beginning of the week and eat those throughout the week. It's fun and I like it.

[Morgan]

We're pretty good chefs together in the.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Kitchen, and we eat good too. It's tasty stuff. We always rank them. Where does this rank? Yeah.

[Morgan]

And the Marry Me chickpeas are a very top contender. The best one so far. Where are you from? I'm curious, because you're a Steelers fan.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yes. So, gosh. Born in Maryland, moved to Colorado when I was really young, then moved to Florida. And then moved up here. But my mom is from Pittsburgh, and my entire mom's side of the family is black and gold Christmas trees and babies are wrapped in terrible towels. And it was always a really fun part of getting together with family. And my grandma, until the day she passed, she had her little Steelers purse and she had her black Nikes that had gold swooshes on them. And she'd wear Steelers earrings to church on Sunday. And it was just this. Steelers football in Pittsburgh was just. If you lived in Pittsburgh, you love the Steelers. They grew up with it. And my dad, he worked in Washington, D.C. so he's always been a Washington fan. And when I was a kid, they kind of gave me the choice of, hey, do you want to be a Steelers fan or do you want to be a Washington fan? And I like the terrible towels, and I like the black and gold Christmas trees, and I like Jerome Bettis and. And I just attach to them. And so it's an ode to buy to my mom's family, really.

[Morgan]

And your grandma, you talk about your grandma a lot when you reference dealers.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yep. The terrible towel I have, I have lots of terrible towels, but the yellow one I have is hers. And that was one of the most special pieces that I got from her when she passed, was her terrible talent.

[Morgan]

I didn't know that one was hers.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

That's Memes.

[Morgan]

That's so sweet. I love that. Okay. Also, do you have more than just your Watt jersey? My 14 year old says if you're a real fan, you have to.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yes. So I have. My favorite jersey is my Shazier jersey, which you probably don't know. Ryan Shazier was a linebacker for the Steelers. Incredible. Looked like he was going to be a Hall of Fame linebacker. And he made a routine tackle one week and broke his back. And he was paralyzed. And so purchasing one of his jerseys, half the profits go to helping kids who have gone through the same thing. So I got a Shazier jersey because of that. And also he can't get traded because he doesn't play anymore. So I knew that he wasn't going to go to a different team. I have a TJ Watt jersey. I have a Najee Harris jersey. Jersey. So sorry to hear about his acl. Oh, I feel so bad for him. And I have a Mean Joe Green jersey. I have a Joey Porter jersey. I have a. I have a Bettis jersey. That's my other one.

[Morgan]

If we ever live together, I have a feeling there has to be like a closet of just Steelers stuff or closet.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

A room A room.

[Morgan]

I'm gonna have to find a bigger place or something. I don't know.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I have a Steelers American flag. I have a Steelers, just a regular flag. I was wearing the American flag, Steelers flag around my neck when I met Franco Harris, who is hall of Fame running back. I was walking into a game in Pittsburgh and he was walking from the players lot into the building, and I was about 10 steps in between where they go. And I happened to be walking next to him and I took a picture with him and he said, I like your cape.

[Morgan]

So you little cape, you got to keep that. You kept that?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Okay. Are the sports bribes working? So in case you've missed it, he has been bribing me with food to watch the Steelers games with him. And yes, I do believe that they are working. I think I enjoy hanging out with you on Sundays and watching you do something that you love, which is being very involved with the game. And just your whole story of being involved in the Steelers is all also really cool too. So I love everything about it so far. I don't know that I'm quite a sports fan, but I do know what's going on on the field and I love saying, big third down.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I was gonna say, what's your favorite thing to say?

[Morgan]

Big third down, Big third down. And then yelling at him like, why'd you do that? Just lots of anxiety. I do think they are working. All I know is what I've been told, and that's a half truth is a whole lie.

[Maggie Freeling]

For almost a decade, the murder of an 18 year old girl from a small town in Graves County, Kentucky went unsolved until a local homemaker, a journalist, and a handful of girls came forward with a story.

[Morgan]

I'm telling you, we know Quincy killed her.

[Maggie Freeling]

We know a story that law enforcement used to convict six people and that got the citizen investigator on national tv.

[Morgan]

Through sheer persistence and nerve, this Kentucky housewife helped give justice to Jessica Curran.

[Maggie Freeling]

My name is Maggie Freeling. I'm a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist producer, and I wouldn't be here if the truth were that easy to find.

[Ed Helms]

I did not know her and I did not kill her or rape or.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Burn or any of that other stuff that y' all said.

[Ed Helms]

They literally made me say that I took a match and struck and threw it on her. They made me say that I poured gas on her.

[Maggie Freeling]

From lava for good. This is Graves County, a show about just how far our legal system will go in order to find someone to blame.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

America, y' all better wake the hell up. Bad things happens to good people and small towns.

[Maggie Freeling]

Listen to Graves county in the Bone Valley feed on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And to binge the entire season ad free, subscribe to Lava for Good plus on Apple Podcasts.

[Ed Helms]

Run a business and not thinking about radio? Think again. Because more people are listening to the radio and iHeart today than they were 20 years ago. And only iHeart broadcast radio connects with more Americans than TV, TV, digital, social, any other media, even twice as many teens than TikTok. And that reach means everything. Just think about the universal marketing formula. The number of consumers who hear your message times the response rate equals the results. Now let's get those results growing for your business. Radio's here now more than ever, and iheart's leading the way. Think radio can help your business. Think iheard streaming, podcasting, and radio where the reach is real. Let us show [e-mail] that's iheartadvertising.com or call 844-844. Iheart one more time. Just call 844-844-Iheart and get radio working for you. I'm Jonathan Goldstein, and on the new season of Heavyweight, I help a centenarian mend a broken heart.

[Morgan]

How can a one woman fall in love again?

[Ed Helms]

And I help a man atone for an armed robbery he committed at 14 years old. And so I pointed the gun at him and said, this isn't a joke. And he got down. And I remember feeling kind of a surge of like, okay, this is power. Plus, my old friend Gregor and his brother tried to solve my problems through hypnotism.

[Morgan]

We could give you a whole brand new thing where you're like, super charming.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

All the time, being more able to.

[Morgan]

Look people in the eye, not always.

[Ed Helms]

Hide behind a microphone.

[Morgan]

Microphone.

[Ed Helms]

Listen to heavyweight on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Morgan]

Next question. What do you do for work? What industry? He seems very calm.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

It's funny because I went to school to be a special education teacher. So in Colorado, I ran a day program for adults with special needs. I moved down to Florida. I ran a coffee shop that employed adults on the autism spectrum. When I moved up here, I unexpectedly got a job in a field that I had no experience whatsoever. But it was kind of a new and fun way to learn a new skill. So I'm now the sales manager. I work in the golf car industry. And fun fact, they are golf cars, not golf carts, which Morgan And I have talked about a lot. I have a lot of fun tricking out golf carts and working with golf courses. And I have a lot of fun with it. And I got to learn sales in an environment where I wasn't pressured to sell. And the company that I work for is awesome and I love it and I get to golf a lot and I'm terrible at golf, but I love getting out there and whacking some balls into the woods. It's one of my favorite things to do. So.

[Morgan]

Yeah, you've been trying to get me to golf ever since we met. Has yet to happen yet. Not intentionally. It just. We haven't had time.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

We. We need to go to topgolf. I have that gift card. We need to go and.

[Morgan]

And get me to go do some golfing. I was pretty good at topgolf. When we did, we went for a charity event. I was pretty good that time. But we need to go out for an actual date night there. And.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yeah, you were smoking them that night. Just. Just yet.

[Morgan]

Top golf. Real golf course. No, that's okay. But I'll be really good at driving the golf cars for you.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yes, exactly. Golf cars.

[Morgan]

What has been your favorite date? He has planned and vice versa if you have planned any or favorite adventure together.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

My favorite date is one that's yet to come.

[Morgan]

What? This is one of the surprises you have planned and you just haven't told me for my birthday.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yep. So we'll have to. We'll have to do an update episode on. On your birthday celebrations. That date is going to be so good.

[Morgan]

Oh, I think my favorite date so far. It was an unintentioned date, but like also an adventure. It was when we. A combination of Grand Marais trying to catch the northern lights and then also watching the sunrise.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yes. That was. That was a wild like eight hours.

[Morgan]

It very much was. And I made him get up very early to go try and catch the northern lights, but it didn't happen. So after that happened at 1am Two hours later, I was waking him up because we wanted to watch the sunrise on the beach in Grand Marais. And we didn't get hardly any sleep. We were also driving that day down to Iowa. So it was just a long day. But I loved everything about that 24 hours.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Our whole road trip was like just music and travel and adventure and Remy and pictures and totally different places going from Chicago to the. What were they? The Spanish mines in Iowa. And it was just like we were all over the place. That was. If you call that a date.

[Morgan]

The whole road trip.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yeah. That was awesome.

[Morgan]

Have you talked about moving in? Yes, very much so. Lots of conversations about that.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I was ready on March 29, which.

[Morgan]

Is the day that we met.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

You're just ready to move in with a stranger.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yeah. Oh, I like her. I want to move in with her.

[Morgan]

Yes. I want to do life. I want to do things with her. We have very much had this conversation, and things are going great. So all signs pointing to, yes, I.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Want to do sleepovers with you.

[Morgan]

Yeah, that'd be fun. I think the animals would also love to have you for sleepovers. Also, side note, if you are hearing purring in the background, it is not Mr. B or I. It is Hazel. She's joined us for now. Does the boyfriend have plans to visit every state as well? Because that's one of my goals.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I went through and I did a little map of states that I had gone to, and you definitely have a lot more checked off. But I think we could. I don't have the super desire to hit all of them, but I definitely want to hit the states that we both haven't been to. And if there's any other things that you just can't live without, we would definitely do that, too. So I'll hit as many states as we need to talk about.

[Morgan]

He loves to travel and he likes doing adventures, but I have, like, specific goals and checklists and bucket lists, and he's just like, where shall we go? What should we do? It's very much.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

We work really well that way.

[Morgan]

We do. I like it, too. Why did you keep his identity a secret? Well, because I had to protect him. There's crappy people out there on the Internet. I also work on a show where we give each other crap for everything all the time. So there's just a lot of it where I just. It was a protectiveness of me of not wanting to expose him to the not so great parts of my job, which is mean people on the Internet and people judging your life who don't even know you. And I just really felt this protectiveness to take care of our relationship and also just allow us to have a relationship without any outside factors for as long as I possibly could until I got to a point where it was all bubbling up inside of me. I was like, I want to talk about this guy and I want to talk about our relationship. Hence why the podcast happened. But I tried really long to. To withstand that as much as possible just for the sake of privacy and for protectiveness.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Thanks, babe.

[Morgan]

Mama bear. When Is he proposing?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I was ready on March 29th.

[Morgan]

Okay. All right. I don't know, guys.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I don't know.

[Morgan]

Do you both want to get married and have kids? Both want to get married? We've had lots of conversations about kids, both on the same page about it, where we're like, yes. Also, no. We could go either way. And a lot. Just a lot of conversations about that, really. But we're pretty much on the same level of. There's just a big question mark there.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yeah. I think in order to have kids, you shouldn't have questions to be the best parents you can be. And I understand things happen and life happens, but if you're planning, there shouldn't be a question. It should. I always say it should be a heck yes or a heck no. And right now in our lives, I don't think it is either way.

[Morgan]

We both. We both admitted that we've never been in relationships where we felt that we could be comfortable to have the conversation of even having kids or feeling like we were gonna marry someone that was gonna be the right partner for that situation. So we're both also just navigating something super new right now, and that's interesting for both of us, I think. So we're trying to understand what that looks like. And I think both of us had kind of put in the back of our minds, like, okay, maybe we. We won't ever have kids. And then we meet each other, and it's like, I. Especially my sister having a baby, I was like, okay, maybe I do. There's just more questions than answers right now, and that's kind of where that sits. But definitely both of us want to get married.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

On a mountaintop somewhere.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yes, please.

[Morgan]

Preferably with mozzarella sticks and cheese. Tell us about his tattoo and why is it important to him?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Well, there's a couple that are important, so I have one on my shoulder that is for those of you watching. It says, the only disability in life is a bad attitude. And it has the Special Olympics logo made out of puzzle pieces. So again, with my degree in special education and working with the special needs population for as long as I've done it, I've literally done it since I was 12 years old. It's always been a part of me. It's always going to be a part of me. And I ended up getting this tattoo, and I was the program director of a pre vocational program in Denver, and I had all the participants at the program pick out a puzzle piece, and they would say, which one is theirs? And it's funny because I know that's Dan's, and I remember that's Matt's, and it's cool to have everyone I've worked with in my tattoo. And then I have another tattoo on my. On my leg. It says Nova, and Nova was my pitbull Dalmatian that I rescued, and she was the most ornery, beautiful Henri Henri girl that I had ever met. I loved her with all my heart. And she was diagnosed with lymphoma and so lost her to cancer, and that was one of the hardest things I've ever gone through. But I got the tattoo on my leg, and I say I did that so I can always go on walks with her. And so Nova will always be. Nova was my Remy, and so we get to connect a lot because we both had that special soul dog. And I just didn't get a lot of time with mine and just loved her to pieces when I could. And she would bark at the clouds and drive me crazy, and I just wish I could yell at her one more time for barking at the clouds. She was my everything, and so I have that tattoo.

[Morgan]

And I love when you share stories of her. It always. It's definitely hard knowing you now, and I wish I've said this before to you. I wish I could have met her, and I wish I could have met you with her, and it's probably the one thing that I wish I had prior to meeting you.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

You would have loved.

[Morgan]

I would have.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

She was a little sweetie pie.

[Morgan]

She was.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

She would come hang out when I was the program director at Stepping Stone, working with the people as special needs. She would come, and it's funny because she had so much energy, but she'd get around individual in a wheelchair, and she would just lightly put her paws up, and she would rest her chin on their legs and dogs know. And it was really cool to see that in action because she was wild. And then she'd get around my people, and she'd just. She'd chill out, and it was so fun to watch. Oh.

[Morgan]

So I love that so much. What are boundaries you guys have set in your relationship that you feel have truly helped strengthen you guys as a couple? I think something definitely that we've both done is I told him very early on how important my friendships were to me and maintaining a lot of the life that I had before him. And it was very much like blending our two lives together, not me abandoning everything of who I am and the things that I love. And both of us have really done a great job at that. Not only doing that, but supporting each other in doing that. Even though we love to spend all the possible time we can together, we try really hard to maintain a lot of those. And I think that's been really healthy for both of us.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

And it's. I think it's a lot easier because I love all of your friends that I've met and I feel like you feel the same way about my friends that you've met.

[Morgan]

And so, yeah, some of your friends are now my friends, but that's fine.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Yes, I did lose some friends too. They went to Team Morgan. And then we've kind of blended some of our groups, which is really cool.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Like when we'll see stories and friends are out on boats together and it's like, oh, that's so cool that they like each other's company enough that they go and hang out. That's really fun. But yeah, so keeping friendships and staying true to who you are, definitely something we focused on. I think we've been really great on communication and just in general. I mean, I touched on that earlier, but our communication style is just something I could have never dreamed of. And I think that's really important in our relationship. And part of that is being able to communicate your wants and needs and non negotiables and stuff like that. And I kind of had the same thing with staying true to myself and who I am. And I know a big thing has been football. And football means a lot more than just football to me. It's family, it's who I am. And it's something that I think has been suppressed in the past. And so being able to really just enjoy something that just brings me joy, nothing else. Like, it's just something that makes me happy. And you being open and. And even though I know you don't love football, but you'll sit there and, you know, you'll have the snacks with me and you'll commentate on the game.

[Morgan]

I also play Renegade for him when the game is not going well.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

There you go. Renegade is the Steelers pump up song during the third quarter. And so, yeah, playing Renegade is a big part of Sunday mornings. And it's just. It's fun to keep that piece of me. And keeping my friends is important too. I think it's maintaining who we both are while coming together and creating a life together. And that's something we've done really well.

[Morgan]

And owning both of our past stuff. Neither one of us had shied away from the things that we've gone through and the things that we feel and the baggage we're carrying with us, we just both owned it and ran head first into this, and that's where we are. I think it's very good. Okay, we're gonna end on the last one, mostly because the cameras are gonna die, so we gotta wrap up. So to answer this one quickly and we're gonna do another one. Thanks for making our morgue so happy. What's your advice for being a good partner?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I think we've heard it. It's listen to your partner and care about what they're talking about. Care about their wants and needs. Listening does wonders.

[Morgan]

Okay, and is Morgan the one?

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Absolutely, 100%. She is the one for me. I am so in love. It is crazy. Oh, gosh, I want to shout it from the rooftops.

[Morgan]

I love you too.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Love you, baby.

[Morgan]

Okay, bye, everybody.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Okay, bye.

[Morgan]

And that wraps up the boyfriend birthday series. Thank you guys for tuning in. Maybe this was your first time and if so, I'm so happy that you're here and you joined to listen and hopefully our story and us talking and letting you guys in a little bit more will put any suspicions to rest. He's a very special guy and I feel very lucky and very happy right now at this point in my life. So whether this is your first time tuning in or you've been listening to the show since it started, thanks for watching, listening or both. I know there was a few of you guys out there you can watch. Every single interview I've done is up on the YouTube page obgirlmorgan, and you can always follow the show Instagram at. Take this personally. Thank you guys for indulging me allowing my boyfriend to come on here, and for you guys being even just a little bit interested in our life together now. So I appreciate each and every one of you and Happy birthday to Mr. B. Happy birthday to myself. And we'll catch you guys next week. Well, I will. That's it for him for now. I think we can give him a little break now.

[Maggie Freeling]

The murder of an 18 year old girl in Graves County, Kentucky, went unsolved for years until a local housewife, a journalist, and a handful of girls came forward with a story.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

America, y' all better wake the hell up. Bad things happens to good people in small towns.

[Maggie Freeling]

Listen to Graves county on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts and to binge the entire season ad free. Subscribe to Lava for Good plus on Apple Podcasts.

[Morgan]

It's Anna Ortiz and I'm Markin Delicato. You might know us as Hilda and Justin from Ugly Betty. Welcome to our new podcast, Viva Betty. We're rewatching the series from start to finish and getting into all the fashions, the drama and the behind the scenes moments that you've never heard before.

[Ed Helms]

But you were still bartending.

[Morgan]

I didn't know that. The bar pack is like, is that you?

[Ed Helms]

And I turn around and it's a commercial for Betty. And I was like, I gotta go. I quit.

[Morgan]

Listen to Viva Betty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. In early 1988, federal agents raced to track down the gang they suspect of importing millions of dollars worth of heroin into New York from Asia.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

Had 30 agents ready to go with shotguns and rifles and you name it.

[Morgan]

Five, six white people pushed me in the car.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

I'm going, what the hell? Basically, your stay at home moms were picking up these large amounts of heroin.

[Morgan]

All you gotta do is receive the package.

[Ed Helms]

Don't have to open it, just accept it.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

She was very upset, crying.

[Ed Helms]

Once I saw the gun, I tried.

[Mr. B (Morgan's boyfriend)]

To take his hand and I saw the flash of light.

[Morgan]

Listen to the Chinatown sting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you get your podcasts.

[Ed Helms]

This is an iHeart podcast.