A Nightly Pop Reunion with Hunter March & Nina Parker

Summary

The Morgan Stewart Show

Episode: A Nightly Pop Reunion with Hunter March & Nina Parker

Date: June 10, 2026

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Episode Overview

Morgan Stewart reunites with her former Nightly Pop co-hosts, Hunter March and Nina Parker, for an energetic, honest, and deeply nostalgic roundtable. The trio reminisce about the highs and lows of working together, the behind-the-scenes chaos and culture at E! Network, the abrupt cancellation of their beloved show, and where life has taken each of them since. Warmth, wit, and vulnerability flow freely as they share life lessons on relationships, careers, individuality, and “growing up” amid Hollywood’s absurdity.

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Main Discussion Highlights

1. The “Nightly Pop” Reunion: Nostalgia and Chemistry

• Natural Reconnection: The group marvels at how easily and quickly their reunion came together, reflecting on their “family” dynamics despite dysfunction.

  • Nina Parker: “Family...dysfunctional or not, we still family.” (02:10)

• Ongoing Fan Love: Even years after cancellation, fans continue to DM them about Nightly Pop’s unique chemistry.

  • Nina Parker: “I get messages weekly still about Nightly Pop. It’s crazy.” (03:26)
  • Morgan Stewart: “It is… I get it all the time.” (03:39)

2. Personal Updates & Relationship Talk

• Hunter’s Engagement & Wedding Planning: Hunter shares he’s been engaged for about five months, debating between a dream wedding and a “backyard thing,” and learning about extravagant costs.

  • Hunter March: “A wedding at Sunstone Villa would be like minimum $100,000... all the way up to $200, $250,000 depending...” (04:53)
  • Morgan Stewart’s Advice: “Do the backyard thing... It's a waste of money and you're gonna have more fun with less people there.” (04:24)

• Nina on Moving Forward from a Toxic Relationship: Nina opens up about the pressure she felt as a Black woman in the industry to settle down, staying in a draining relationship that eventually taught her the importance of leaving and reclaiming her power.

  • Nina Parker: "There was just like, fuck that... I actually don’t have to deal with this shit." (08:19)

3. The Evolution of Nightly Pop & E! Network Culture

• Show Origins & Casting Stories: Morgan and Nina recall testing with multiple co-hosts and how Hunter eventually landed the job—despite showing up with food poisoning for his audition.

  • Hunter March (about his sick audition): “I get there, I’m, like, sitting in the chair shaking… having a full physical breakdown.” (27:38)
  • Nina Parker: “We did debate it for a second—like, is he going to show up? But he was really sick.” (30:02)

• Day-to-Day Grind: Long hours, double tapings, and burnout; moving sets and juggling multiple projects contributed to eventual fatigue.

  • Nina Parker: “It turned into a lot, because then, like, award season… there were three months where, like, you weren't getting a day off.” (31:18)

• Fighting for Innovation: Hunter explains his push to modernize with digital content—YouTube, TikTok—while facing network resistance.

  • Nina Parker: “That’s really where we started to see the downward spiral of entertainment TV... every time we tried to do anything that was forward thinking or include digital, we always got resistance.” (11:12)

4. Show Mismanagement and Cancellation

• Chronic Undervaluing: The hosts were never “made to feel like this show was successful,” despite audience loyalty.

  • Morgan Stewart: “We were never made to feel like you guys have something really special. And this show is really good.” (13:09)
  • Nina Parker: “They didn’t even invite us to the People Choice Awards… Our own award show.” (13:27)

• Industry Backwardness and Power Dynamics: The trio discuss contractual pressures, manipulative management, and the pitfalls of celebrity-worshiping entertainment journalism.

  • Hunter March (on pushing back against contracts): "I told my agent... I don't want to do junkets at carpets. I hate junkets and carpets." (14:13)

5. The End: How Nightly Pop Was Canceled

• Hunter’s Absurd Cancellation Story: Hunter learned the show was canceled—via his agent—while recovering, still high from anesthesia, after serious back surgery.

  • Hunter March: “They canceled Nightly Pop this morning with a full embargoed article… means they had known about it for most likely a week or weeks… unbeknownst to us.” (36:19)
  • Nina Parker: “[We had] a ten minute heads up that our show was getting canceled before the world knew.” (37:19)

• Social Media Response: Hunter posts a loopy, heartfelt video—mid-recovery—that quickly becomes the viral face of Nightly Pop’s demise.

  • Hunter March, impersonating himself under anesthesia: “Surgery was really tough. But one thing that kept me going… was the idea... to get back to my job and make people laugh on Nightly Pop... Nevermind. Just found out Nightly Pop was canceled.” (44:40-45:03)

• Aftermath & Reflections: They describe the emotional toll, lack of respect from the network, and contrast with more supportive experiences since.

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Life and Careers After Nightly Pop

Nina Parker

• Launched and ran the popular Nina Parker Collection with Macy’s until tariffs forced a pause.
• Now hosts the TBS show “Friday Night Vibes” and is active in live speaking, social media brand deals, and her own production company.
• On healing post-E!: “Being free from that really allowed us all to grow in a beautiful way.” (51:31)

Hunter March

• Started Poppy Studios, now employing 20 people and producing highly successful Gen Z viral video content.
• Hosts the Netflix show “Best Guest Live.”
• Recently got engaged and appreciates the growth and self-discovery the past few years provided.
• On post-cancellation struggle: “I was so sad… and had to pull myself out of a real funk… started focusing on myself, on the growth that I needed to do.” (56:01)

Morgan Stewart

• Running her own clothing line and hosting The Morgan Stewart Show podcast.
• On Nightly Pop’s end: “Thank God Nightly Pop ended... I didn’t even realize how bad I had felt until months later and years later.” (59:32)
• Processing grief after her father’s death and the hormonal aftermath of having children; she now feels this podcast is her true “resurgence.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

“I just realized the power I had over my own peace… fuck that. I actually don’t have to deal with this shit.”
—Nina Parker (08:19)

"You could take me off the show, but I think you should have people saying what they want to say — all of these arbitrary rules are just inhibiting real conversation, real people, and real potential."
—Hunter March (17:49)

"Talent still kind of rises to the top... there’s a skill set that you learn from TV that really keeps you."
—Nina Parker (21:35)

“We were never made to feel like this show was successful ever.”
—Morgan Stewart (13:09)

“They canceled Nightly Pop this morning with a full embargoed article... means they had known about it for most likely a week or weeks… unbeknownst to us.”
—Hunter March (36:19)

“You need a tight bite… people come and go, but there’s something to say for people who are skilled at doing their job. It’s gonna save everybody’s time.”
—Nina Parker (44:02)

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Key Timestamps

• 00:45 – Morgan welcomes Nina and Hunter, reliving Nightly Pop memories
• 03:26 – Ongoing fan messages and podcast’s enduring popularity
• 04:53 – Hunter’s wedding planning woes and unsolicited advice
• 08:19 – Nina’s candid story of leaving a toxic relationship, industry pressure
• 11:55 – Hunter’s push for innovation meets E! Network resistance
• 13:27 – Not invited to their own network’s People’s Choice Awards
• 27:34 – Hunter’s legendary food poisoning audition
• 30:01 – Morgan & Nina almost veto Hunter due to his sick audition
• 36:19 – How Hunter found out about Nightly Pop’s cancellation in the hospital
• 44:40-45:03 – Hunter’s viral “cancellation” Instagram story (impersonation)
• 49:41 – Nina’s career since: fashion line, new show, speaking, production
• 54:47 – Hunter’s post-Nightly Pop journey: Poppy Studios, growth, engagement
• 59:15 – Morgan discusses her own transition, clothing line, podcast, grief

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Tone and Style Notes

• Spirited, irreverent, and candid; warmth and affection peppered with snarky humor
• Heavy on mutual teasing, self-deprecation, and affection for each other and their audience
• Honest about both emotionally tough moments and the industry’s absurdity

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Episode Takeaway

This episode is a masterclass in the art of looking back with humor and growth. The Nightly Pop trio offer a rare, no-holds-barred peek behind the pop culture machine, blending laughs with the bittersweet reality of change. Their stories illustrate how resilience, adaptability, and friendship can transform even the messiest endings into new beginnings.

Transcript

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[Hunter March]

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[Morgan Stewart]

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[Nina Parker]

Hunty. Hunty. Hunty.

[Hunter March]

Hello, Hunty.

[Nina Parker]

Do people still call you Hunty?

[Morgan Stewart]

No one called you Hunty but us, we call you.

[Hunter March]

No one really calls me Hunty.

[Nina Parker]

But like Lonnie.

[Hunter March]

Yeah. When I last talked to Loni four years ago, she might have referred to me as Hunter. Hunty.

[Morgan Stewart]

Also, can I tell you, I just want you guys to know, meaning the audience, this came together so naturally. We had been talking about you guys coming on for a few months and then, no different from back then. I'm extremely disorganized and chaotic. And I was like, we got to get it done. We got to get it done. I texted you guys last Thursday. Nina was drunk in Miami doing Hunter was. I don't even want to know.

[Hunter March]

Sober on the west side.

[Morgan Stewart]

Sober on the west side. And I was like, can you please make Wednesday work? And they both showed up. It was one text message and we're all back together.

[Nina Parker]

Family dysfunctional or not, we still Family.

[Morgan Stewart]

I know. Honestly, it makes me trenches. I, I. Yesterday I was like, my daughter's graduating Kinder.

[Nina Parker]

God.

[Morgan Stewart]

I know. Also, you're, like, graduating, bitch. You're just finishing, Right?

[Nina Parker]

Well, did you finish school?

[Hunter March]

I'm. I'm thinking about it. I don't know if I want to keep going. Wait, your daughter graduated kindergarten?

[Morgan Stewart]

No, sorry, I fucked it up already. She's graduating her preschool, so tomorrow she's graduating.

[Nina Parker]

Okay, that feels a little better because

[Morgan Stewart]

I was like, kindergarten. No, she's five years old. We'll talk about kindergarten. It was crazy. So she's. I'm, like, kind of in a more emotional state because I'm like, we're all getting back together. It's nostalgic. And then I looked up the show. I thought the show ended in 2023 for some reason.

[Nina Parker]

Oh, 22.

[Morgan Stewart]

That was a long fudgeing time ago, guys.

[Nina Parker]

So crazy. I feel like after the pandemic, time moved, like, so fast because it feels like two, three years ago. It doesn't feel like it's been so long.

[Morgan Stewart]

Well, how many is that now? How long? It was 20.

[Nina Parker]

22.

[Hunter March]

22 is, like 100 years ago. Yeah, like a hundred. I was telling Morgan, but I showed somebody. Every once in a while, I'll show someone clips from Nightly Pop. I'll be like, I want to scroll back.

[Morgan Stewart]

Oh, you're like my glory days, literally.

[Nina Parker]

Yeah.

[Hunter March]

Like, check out how funny this moment is where I tell Nina to ask the question that Seth wants her to ask.

[Nina Parker]

Oh, my God, that clip.

[Hunter March]

Yeah.

[Nina Parker]

Still lives rent free in my head. It's so good. So good.

[Morgan Stewart]

It is so good.

[Nina Parker]

No, we had good chemistry. We were all. I think we were a little ahead of our time. Honestly, I've been a part of a lot of shows, and I feel like Nightly Pop is the one where people. I get messages weekly still about Nightly Pop. It's crazy.

[Morgan Stewart]

It is.

[Nina Parker]

I don't know you guys do, but I do.

[Morgan Stewart]

No, I get it all the time. Do you get messages?

[Hunter March]

I don't really get messages. Ever since I got a fiance, I stopped getting messages.

[Morgan Stewart]

How is that for you? Is that tough for you?

[Nina Parker]

Congratulations.

[Hunter March]

Thank you so much.

[Morgan Stewart]

Do you have a wedding date first?

[Hunter March]

No.

[Morgan Stewart]

Okay.

[Hunter March]

But we got engaged, like, whatever. It was five months ago, so it's not that.

[Morgan Stewart]

Okay.

[Hunter March]

But we've also been waiting. I have, like, projects that I'm doing right now that dictate whether we have a really nice wedding or we're gonna do a backyard wedding. So kind of waiting to find out. We're All. All the chips fall.

[Nina Parker]

Are you guys living together already?

[Hunter March]

We've been living. Yeah.

[Nina Parker]

Okay. It's been a while.

[Hunter March]

We moved in like four months into dating.

[Nina Parker]

Oh, I love it.

[Hunter March]

You knew.

[Nina Parker]

You knew.

[Hunter March]

I knew.

[Morgan Stewart]

She's also so pretty, but pretty for real. Like there's not many people are pretty

[Nina Parker]

for real coming from you.

[Morgan Stewart]

Okay, wait, no. First, my unsolicited advice about wedding. Do the backyard thing. Anyway, I told someone that last night. It's a waste of money and you're gonna have more fun with less people there.

[Hunter March]

Tell her.

[Morgan Stewart]

Does she want a big wedding?

[Hunter March]

She doesn't want a big one at first. She found something called Sunstone Villa in Napa.

[Morgan Stewart]

Like, can we pull that up? I want to see Sunstone Villa.

[Hunter March]

It's so beautiful. And I think neither of us really had a good idea of how much weddings cost. I knew they were expensive only by anecdote.

[Nina Parker]

What do they cost? Like 100k?

[Hunter March]

A wedding at Sunstone Villa would be like minimum 100,000. It would be like all the way up to 200, 250,000 depending on.

[Nina Parker]

Minimum 100,000.

[Hunter March]

Yeah.

[Nina Parker]

And that's not including her dress.

[Hunter March]

And your apparently dress is not included, which I not sure if I agree with that since it's not going to be used for the after party. It's just the wed. Should be just a wedding cost. But yeah, so I'm learning a lot of that stuff. But I think I'm trying to be like, hey, whatever we don't spend on the wedding.

[Nina Parker]

It's stunning. Oh, it looks like you're in Italy.

[Morgan Stewart]

It's gorgeous.

[Nina Parker]

So it's stunning.

[Hunter March]

Okay, so I hope she doesn't listen to this podcast. Cause we're not doing that. You guys are literally fucking me right now.

[Nina Parker]

You could also do an Olive Garden and make it look like that's Disney or something.

[Hunter March]

By the way. That's what I told her. I said we get catering's included. We can do the Olive Garden.

[Nina Parker]

Sally. I'll be there with bells on.

[Morgan Stewart]

Me too. I won't. But.

[Hunter March]

But yeah. So we're. We're. We're planning it right now though.

[Nina Parker]

And I.

[Hunter March]

You know, again, I feel so lucky. Cause I think you guys got to see me in my dating phase, which.

[Morgan Stewart]

Yeah, well, was it dating? Was it dating?

[Nina Parker]

Remember when you dated?

[Morgan Stewart]

Okay, I got a Hunter.

[Nina Parker]

Hunter was such a hot boy and she was following me. So I was posting nightly pop. So she found Hunter through my page. And she was like, oh, he's cute. And I was like, shoot your shot, bitch. And she did. And he reciprocated.

[Hunter March]

The story is so funny.

[Nina Parker]

This is years ago. This is years ago.

[Hunter March]

This is like, two, three weeks ago. So I. No, we. The story is so funny, too, because she set up a date and she was doing. We have to bleep so much of these, like, specifics out.

[Nina Parker]

It was the best.

[Hunter March]

It was the best. And every guy was looking at me like, who the fuck is this guy? And I was, like, introducing myself.

[Nina Parker]

And then she comes, and then she posted him on her Instagram. She posted a picture of them.

[Morgan Stewart]

I love that we're talking about a time that I literally don't even. Why did we talk about that on the show enough?

[Nina Parker]

I don't think we ever talked about on the show.

[Hunter March]

I don't think we ever talked about it on the show, but she is one of the sweetest people I've ever met. You did say that. She's.

[Morgan Stewart]

So how long did this go on?

[Hunter March]

We only went on that one date, but we talked. Like, Nina and I had been chatting about it. When we were chatting this up, I

[Nina Parker]

was like, you got to do it for the plot and then tell me everything.

[Morgan Stewart]

Wait, that. 100%. But why did you not go out again?

[Nina Parker]

She lives in Atlanta or, like, often.

[Hunter March]

It didn't really make sense, but it was fun. She was really, really, really kind. And I had the best time.

[Nina Parker]

He. He came back and was like, she's the sweetest girl. Like, she's like a sweetheart.

[Hunter March]

Heart. Heart of gold.

[Morgan Stewart]

You had the best time because you were saying you were not single. I mean, you were the most.

[Nina Parker]

You were single. When I started. I wasn't single.

[Hunter March]

Say the name of the guy that you.

[Nina Parker]

Wait, let's go back that out.

[Morgan Stewart]

What? No, that was. I didn't say no, but I was. I'm going to say I was really proud. We were both proud of you because there was a period with that relationship where we did not know if we were going to see you leave that relationship through the duration of the show. I appreciate you guys, and you did. And we had a lot of time left on the show. When you.

[Nina Parker]

Halfway through, I think. I think we were probably together the first two years. Years and a half. Two years. And it was, like, draining me completely because it was. I think I would tell you guys, like, stuff, and you would be like, what is happening? He was.

[Morgan Stewart]

Tell us.

[Nina Parker]

He was awful. Hello. He was a cheater. Like, he was awful. But we were in it. We were living together. We had a dog. And so I just was kind of. And I was. You Know, I think I was also at the age where I was in my 30s, and everybody was kind of like, you're a black woman in this industry. You need to have a relationship and settle down. So I think I was trying to. I was. Cause he, you know, he was willing to get married. And I think I was just really trying to make it work because I was supposed to.

[Morgan Stewart]

I didn't know you had that pressure.

[Nina Parker]

Yeah, for sure. And people were just like, you know, you're getting older and your eggs are getting older and, you know, he's into it. People know him. Like, you should just make it work. And there was that. Like, okay. Like, maybe I should just focus on this because my career's going good and I just need the things. And I think that's really a life lesson I learned. There was just like, fuck that. Like, you know, and I just really didn't realize the power I had over my own pe. Like, I could just leave. Like, I can just. I actually don't have to deal with this shit. I don't have. Because I would. You know, at the time, we were all doing multiple things. We were doing Live from E. Nightly Pop, Daily Pop. And then I was also doing Dating. No Filter. And I remember working, like 12 hour days.

[Morgan Stewart]

You were still doing reunions then, too?

[Nina Parker]

No, and reunions from Love and hip hop. Like, I was busting my ass.

[Morgan Stewart]

Yeah.

[Nina Parker]

And I would come. I remember, like, driving home and ordering, you know, food for doordash, because he'd be like, I'm hungry. And I was just, like, blacking out because I was so tired. And I'd come home and he'd be playing video games, and I was just like, I'm ready to set this shit on fire.

[Morgan Stewart]

I remember that time.

[Nina Parker]

I remember it was dark. It was a dark time.

[Morgan Stewart]

It really was. And I feel like that was. We started. What year did we start Nightly Pop? I don't remember.

[Nina Parker]

29. Was it 2018? 2018, I think.

[Hunter March]

I don't know.

[Nina Parker]

October 29, 2019. Oh, okay. 2019.

[Morgan Stewart]

October 29. Scorpio. Not Libra. Scorpio, baby. And then it went.

[Hunter March]

That explains it.

[Morgan Stewart]

That explains it. And then it went all the way to September 2022.

[Hunter March]

Mm, crazy. And then after you ended that, you had yourself a little white boy summer.

[Morgan Stewart]

Did you. Wait, what happened? Let's go back into that.

[Nina Parker]

And then I wanna talk about, you know what? You deserve to get your lick back.

[Morgan Stewart]

Who was that? Is that the white boy I know?

[Nina Parker]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Morgan Stewart]

Was that a summer?

[Nina Parker]

And I deserve it. Cause I Put him on blast.

[Morgan Stewart]

But was that a summer?

[Hunter March]

Oh, no, no. It was longer than a summer.

[Morgan Stewart]

Was it?

[Hunter March]

It was longer than a summer, yeah. And I would hear the stories and I'd be like, that's you. We have to talk about it on the show. And she would go, no, no, no. And then I said, okay, as long as you never bring up my pass. I'll never bring up your pass.

[Nina Parker]

And then guess what happened? I gotta take the L. Cause I just blasted him.

[Morgan Stewart]

But I think we brought it up a few times.

[Nina Parker]

No, we never did.

[Morgan Stewart]

Never once.

[Nina Parker]

We were all really good about respecting. If somebody was like, we would joke. But if somebody was like, do not mention it, we were good about that.

[Morgan Stewart]

I'm trying to think. I mean, obviously I remember we started upstairs, so we started on the 30th floor at E. They had the 30th floor where they did like nightly pop, daily pop. Everything was on the same set. And then how far into nightly pop?

[Nina Parker]

Maybe like a year.

[Morgan Stewart]

And then we moved downstairs.

[Hunter March]

Was it a year and a half? It was pretty quick. It was pretty quick, yeah.

[Nina Parker]

Remember when we had to tape two shows in one day? Remember when we used to have to Thursdays change our clothes? And it was so ridiculous.

[Morgan Stewart]

Wasn't that just you and I? You didn't have to do that much, right?

[Hunter March]

I had to change clothes. Yeah. But it was. It was because we were shooting like a Thursday and a Friday show and they wanted. It was. Nothing about.

[Nina Parker]

It made no sense.

[Hunter March]

Nothing about the way that show was run made any sense. And when you said, like, we were ahead of our time, we weren't. We were at a perfect time. Everything else was just so Bass.

[Nina Parker]

Yes.

[Hunter March]

Like, it was so backwards.

[Nina Parker]

Yeah. And you've always had that forward thinking because you, you started in YouTube, so you always kind of had, I will say to give Hunter a lot of credit, like, he always had, like, where people are now. Hunter. Hunter's mentality would be like, hey, we need to be doing this. And I think eventually he was just like it. Like, they're not gonna listen, so I'll just ride the wave. But like, they're not. That's really where we started to see the down word spiral of entertainment tv. Because we saw that they were so stuck because every time we tried to do anything that was forward thinking or include digital, we always got resistance. And it was really like a telltale sign of where the industry was going to go. And you really were like, advocate for like YouTube and really trying to get us in a place. And they Just didn't want to do it.

[Morgan Stewart]

Even TikTok. I feel like you were at the forefront of TikTok. TikTok had started when we were at the tail end of nightly pop, right?

[Hunter March]

Like, yeah, I think somewhere in the nightly pop world, and it just every. Everything was such a battle for things that made so much sense.

[Nina Parker]

Finally. I think we just all were like. I think we had to get into just like. Unfortunately, I think it was so hard to fight against it. We got tired because we had real life stuff going on and we all had multiple projects. And I think we were like, if they're not gonna get on board, we'll just do our own thing. I started my clothing line. Like, we all just kind of were like, we're tired of fighting this machine. Because they just didn't want to listen. And it was stuff that was easy. Like, it wasn't hard to do because we had the ideas already. It was literally just the action that they would just be like, nah, we don't want to do that, because it had never been done. And instead of being like, oh, yeah, let's be innovative, they just wanted to kind of follow the status quo. And ultimately was the demise of all

[Morgan Stewart]

the live shows 100%. I think also our staff was so burnt out with all the shit that they were doing. They were constantly being told no. So they were like, don't even bring us stuff because we're not gonna be able to get this through. And I think, like, the potato was just passed to, like, person to the next. Right? Like, they had no clue about really what to do. But we, like, brought our A game. I feel like every fucking day. And had such a good show. To your point, when we first started, like, the messages I get and the impact, like, we were never made to feel like this show was successful totally ever. It was always, like, on the precipice or if we get this or da da. But then what? Sometimes we would have crazy retention from the show before us. But we were never, like, made to feel like you guys have something really special. And this show is really good.

[Nina Parker]

They didn't even invite us to the People Choice Awards.

[Morgan Stewart]

No.

[Nina Parker]

I said, we can't get up. We can't get a seat at our own. At our own award show. Like, I always think, like, when I. When I look at bigger networks, you know, like a CBS or whatever, they'll bring. They'll bring somebody from, you know, cbs. Ghost is presenting. You're like, who is this person presenting? But they gonna put them on stage. They're gonna highlight their own shows. And it was always so weird that, like they wouldn't use people from nightly pop, Daily Pop, E News, at their own award show.

[Morgan Stewart]

Yep.

[Nina Parker]

Unless it was working the carpet. But like we should have been involved because this is our home network. Like, you know, you don't want to. They treated us like we was doing the ballet.

[Morgan Stewart]

No, no.

[Hunter March]

Yeah. Also carpets.

[Morgan Stewart]

So true.

[Hunter March]

The worst, the funkiest. Junkets. Junkets.

[Nina Parker]

Oh my gosh. Junkets.

[Hunter March]

The worst.

[Nina Parker]

Did you do junkets? Have the worst thing invented I'd ever

[Hunter March]

think about it when I signed my contract. I don't know, I think I might have told you guys this over time, but like when I signed my contract, I told my agent I was like, I don't want to do junkets at carpets. I hate junkets and carpets. And then E was like, you have to do the main ones Oscars, Emmy's, like, you should be excited about it. And I was like, cause so many

[Nina Parker]

people do want to do it. Yeah.

[Hunter March]

And I was like, fine, I'll do that. But as long as it's like nightly pop. And then they started going, hunter, if you want to keep this job, this is their game. You have to do the junkets just like everybody else. And I said 100%, let me reread my contract and make sure that I'm not imagining that I signed something that said I didn't have to because I'm not going to.

[Nina Parker]

And again, that was forward thinking because now with like the Gen Z, they're very much like, look at the contract. But back then it was like, fucking Gen Z. You do what we say or we're gonna ice you out and get you out of the network. Like back then it wasn't, it was really frowned upon to like, just, if I'm just sticking to the contract. They felt like you weren't doing enough and they, you know, you could get blacklisted like that.

[Morgan Stewart]

It was so manipulative.

[Nina Parker]

It was a daring thing to do. You were going against this network who's basically pushing you to do things that aren't in your parameters. And most people just did it. I know I did for many, many years. And I think now is a time where it's like you can't really get away with that shit. Like people will put you on blast or do a TikTok story, whatever, and just really highlight how awful it is. And they're scared of that now. But back then there wasn't really. People weren't doing like, you know, story time. So.

[Morgan Stewart]

Oh my God, Story time.

[Hunter March]

You know, they weren't afraid you would be great.

[Morgan Stewart]

I wouldn't even. I don't even remember enough to do it. But wait, you did one junket. Do you remember? We watched it back when we did that when we were at the W. We were at the W. And it was after Oscars. I wore the bow tie. You did a junket before that for

[Hunter March]

Oscars and Vanity Fair. I did the Vanity Fair red carpet and we did like, the Miley Cyrus interview and the.

[Nina Parker]

Which was really great. He was good at it.

[Morgan Stewart]

But didn't they say after, like, you could never do that again? Something was inappropriate or something. It was hilarious.

[Hunter March]

One thing that happened was Jeff Goldblum and I were having such a good time. And I said something like, I don't know. We were being so playful and he loved it. And then they said, you have to treat them with reverence. And I said, oh, my God. Yeah, that's what the audience wants to have less of a connection with these people. Like, everything that they wanted to do was to create this. Like, they were like, oh, news and media is now at everyone's fingertips on social media, which was ultimately the demise of most, like, news network, especially in pop culture. But it was like, oh, it's all at the fingertips. Nightly pop was the cure for that. And that we had an opinion, which is what you could not get on social media at your fingertips. Like, you get other people's opinions, but if you wanted, like a curated, really specific opinion from these three hosts, you had to go to nightly pop.

[Morgan Stewart]

Wasn't that the whole point of that show? Like, isn't that why they created it? They needed that sort of late night snark. And then I remember we would get notes weekly of like, okay, it's too crass. It's too crass. Which we did tend to go there. But, like, it was Morgan.

[Hunter March]

But I also. Here, this is again, this is some of the stuff that, like, so bothered me. This is so specific. But they were like, hunter, can you stop saying things about your dick or things about my dick? And I was like. Because they were like, when you talk about your dick because of the length, it eats too much of the shot. Oh, my God.

[Morgan Stewart]

This is. This is where we are.

[Hunter March]

They're like, as soon as you start counting inches, we're into an hour long show now. And so, no, they said, you can't curse because it's hard for us to cut it out. And I said, are there a bunch of six year olds doing the cutting or are they Professional editors who can mute something. I know how to edit. I know what they're doing. And they fought me on it.

[Nina Parker]

Fought me on it.

[Hunter March]

And then I went to the editors, and I was like, hey, do you guys have any trouble? And then I went back to the. And I was like, hey, just so you guys know, Hunter would go to the source.

[Morgan Stewart]

He was a problem.

[Nina Parker]

Hunter, you really should have been on Real Housewives. Cause he had receipts. He was like, I'll go to the editors.

[Hunter March]

I used to get in trouble, but. But here's the thing. They could never get that mad because nothing I did was in the pursuit of benefiting myself. It was all. Everything I fought for was for the show. Never ego. It was always like, I want the show to be better. You could take me off the show. But I think you should have people saying, like, what they want to say, like, it doesn't matter. All of these arbitrary rules are just inhibiting real conversation, real people, and real potential.

[Morgan Stewart]

The show could have really skyrocketed and been something and even turned into a digital show.

[Nina Parker]

Agreed.

[Morgan Stewart]

As the network kind of died down. So I do really see what the message is. Like, fuck. It's always just so mismanaged. But I guess E Has mismanaged themselves into a place where they're basically oblivious.

[Nina Parker]

And I think, like, they also didn't want to piss off celebrities. And I just think that's such a poor. To be a slave to celebrities is such a poor position to be in because they're always gonna choose themselves. So, like, one of the. You know, one of the things. I mean, they are. It's true, you know, and one of the things I enjoyed when I worked at TMZ when I first got my start, is that I really started in such an unprogressive way that it shaped how I thought about the rest. I. If I would have started it like an ET or in, you know, the insider or extra, I would have been more uniformed. I just would have fell into the stat. I went in there and, you know, to his credit, even though I think, you know, he's an evil genius, Harvey Levin would be like, I don't give a. About a. About a publicist. I don't care. Is it true? Ask him for a statement. We're putting it up. We're not going to be slaves to these people. He also was like, we're not covering weddings. We're not covering engagements. Like, we're not doing the fluff. We're going to do the real stuff. And, like, we're not going to. We're not going to back down. And what I noticed after a year or two is even though they would fight, they we didn't have to be beholden to them because we weren't covering red carpets. So if you didn't like me, who gives a shit? I'm not coming anyway. You know what you can do? You can just get the house crew coverage and cover it anyway.

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[Nina Parker]

No.

[Morgan Stewart]

There's so many different types of celebrities and I feel I don't know how you guys feel coming back into this space. Doing the podcast, doing the clothing line, doing sort of my own social media. I feel like there is so much more competition than there was when we were on tv.

[Nina Parker]

Yeah.

[Morgan Stewart]

There's more people being good at what we were doing than at that time.

[Nina Parker]

Yeah. But you know what? I think like talent still kind of rises to the top. So I think like, okay, good, you know, okay. I just, I think people come in and they get opportunities. But, like, you know, I still think there's a skill set that, like, you learn from TV that really keeps you, like, how you operate on social media, because there's so many people who I think are talented, but when they are doing an interview or how they respond to comments can really kill their momentum because they don't know how to talk to people. And I think the one thing we learned being there is, like, we really learned, like, what to give and what not to give or what to respond to because we would get inundated with so much. And you do get trained on, like, I'm not gonna give this my energy or this is my time to read this person. But it really shapes, like, your. Your professionalism. And what a lot of people are lacking, even when they go viral, is they get kind of put from the frying pan into the fire and they don't know how to handle all these moving pieces. And even if it's a big platform, they're still kind of like, you know, I realize so many people are very green. They're not refined because they're just like, it's. And it is overwhelming. And it is just something you learn with skill and with time. And the only way that you get that longevity is to build your relationships. Like, that's what's gonna keep you alive. And if you burn in everything, as soon as you come in, you burn. You.

[Morgan Stewart]

You in and out in two years, 100%. It's so true. Like, if you're. We have, like, actual skills, right?

[Hunter March]

Are you asking?

[Morgan Stewart]

Yeah. Like, for me, like, I need you to.

[Nina Parker]

I need you to own that.

[Hunter March]

You do.

[Morgan Stewart]

I do. I know. I need. I needed you today.

[Nina Parker]

That's why I need you to own that. Look, look at.

[Morgan Stewart]

I know. I.

[Hunter March]

Look at that.

[Morgan Stewart]

Look at my name.

[Hunter March]

Helvetica.

[Nina Parker]

New font.

[Hunter March]

They really went all out on the logo, huh? Who put that together? Are there design awards?

[Morgan Stewart]

The whole. Everyone's, like, crashing and burning wait. But every.

[Hunter March]

Not a single different level of kerning, huh? Just all the same. No bold guys.

[Nina Parker]

Then you want a bold change? My next show.

[Morgan Stewart]

I hate him so fucking much.

[Hunter March]

White and black. Huh? White and black. No voice.

[Morgan Stewart]

And usually there's a picture of me showing out of a picture.

[Nina Parker]

I'm annoying.

[Morgan Stewart]

You're so annoying.

[Hunter March]

No, that's good. I actually like it. I like it because it's understated. It's just a giant Morgan Stewart show.

[Nina Parker]

Do not listen to him. Do not listen to him.

[Hunter March]

That was actually the issue with Nightly Pop is I felt like I didn't like the title.

[Morgan Stewart]

That I can't stand it.

[Hunter March]

You get it.

[Morgan Stewart]

Nightly Pop was bad. Okay, wait. First of all, I have to have some direction because people are gonna want to know about you guys individually. So first and foremost, I do just want to touch base on. I want you to explain to the audience how Nightly Pop ended and for you specifically, and then we can move on to you guys presently, because I just. The way the show start. Well, no, actually how it started. Nina and I were cast.

[Nina Parker]

You first. You first.

[Morgan Stewart]

You first.

[Nina Parker]

No, you. Cause you asked me to do it.

[Morgan Stewart]

You're right.

[Nina Parker]

Yeah.

[Morgan Stewart]

Okay. And then we couldn't find our third for a while.

[Nina Parker]

Yeah, we tested with like. I was like, why is Frankie Grande in me?

[Morgan Stewart]

No, no.

[Nina Parker]

What's happening?

[Hunter March]

Oh, yeah, I rem.

[Nina Parker]

We tested with like. We tested with a lot of people. Yeah, a lot of people. Kurt Loder, I think.

[Morgan Stewart]

Nope.

[Nina Parker]

Was it Kurt Loder?

[Morgan Stewart]

Nina, come on.

[Nina Parker]

It was somebody from mtv.

[Morgan Stewart]

Kurt Loder. Chris.

[Nina Parker]

It was one of the old school, like, MTV News guys.

[Hunter March]

I saw him on it. Yeah, I saw him there for one of the test days.

[Nina Parker]

It was like a lot of different guys, but Hunter stood out.

[Morgan Stewart]

Well, do you remember the first? Tell us what happened. So Hunter tests with us the first day. Nina and I had been testing with different people for like, what, two months?

[Nina Parker]

No, not that long. A couple weeks.

[Morgan Stewart]

Okay, guys, I have no time frame. So you show up.

[Hunter March]

I got a call from my agent. My agent was like, hey, E News is doing a show. I said, I'm okay. Thank you so much. And genuinely, she was like, no, they're offering you the pilot. So worst comes worse. Just do the pilot, you'll make five grand, and then you don't have to

[Nina Parker]

ever do it again. It was so digital. Like, he was really kind of anti tv. He was like, eh, Well, I was anti. I loved tv.

[Hunter March]

I loved that I was on Netflix and stuff. And I loved that I had all the stuff I had going. But I also was so. I felt so like, immortal a little bit when it came to, like, jobs. Cause I'd been working non stop since I was 18 years old. So, like, in my mind, TV was not hard.

[Morgan Stewart]

I was like, immortal word. We went with.

[Nina Parker]

He came very like, white man. I'm gonna do everything. I'm killing it. And I'm like, you bow to me, lady.

[Hunter March]

I kept wearing, like, bow to me, lady.

[Morgan Stewart]

Yeah, sorry.

[Hunter March]

Like me, lady.

[Nina Parker]

I don't know.

[Hunter March]

But I'll get back to that because that was sh. For me at some point. And Post nightly pop.

[Nina Parker]

You were very cocky in the beginning. It was fun to watch.

[Hunter March]

But it wasn't.

[Nina Parker]

I wasn't.

[Hunter March]

Again. I wasn't derail.

[Morgan Stewart]

How did the. You coming? We need to know this part because Nina and I were like, this boy is not gonna make it with us.

[Hunter March]

She said, you just go do the pilot. I said, okay, when is it? She's like, whatever, this week or Thursday. So Wednesday night, I go on a date. I wake up. Of course she's in the bed with me, and all of a sudden, I am, like, throwing up horrendously. And so I, like, get back into bed. And then as soon as I see her stir a little, I go, oh, are you awake? She'd probably head out. It was like 4:30am I was like, eh, getting kind of late, huh?

[Morgan Stewart]

I love that you have some bitch sleepover the night before this pilot. Like, not.

[Nina Parker]

Okay.

[Morgan Stewart]

Come on.

[Nina Parker]

Have a good night's sleep.

[Hunter March]

I did. That was prep.

[Nina Parker]

You had to stay calm.

[Hunter March]

That was prep. I had to relax. So she.

[Nina Parker]

You were unserious.

[Hunter March]

I was unserious. Serious xm. So she. She. She left, and I called my agent. I'm like, hey, I have, like. Like, seriously, like, one of the worst food. I can't keep it down for more than, like, five minutes at a time right now.

[Morgan Stewart]

Oh, man.

[Hunter March]

And she's like, you have to go. Like, if you don't go, you will never work for, like, any affiliate of NBC again because you're a no show on a pilot day. That's, like, so horrific. And she wasn't wrong. Like, that is, like, real. You are costing them probably 50 to $100,000 at a minimum.

[Morgan Stewart]

Did they even have that much?

[Nina Parker]

It was the audition for the pilot, though, right?

[Hunter March]

No, no, it was.

[Nina Parker]

Was it the actual. Did you get it already?

[Hunter March]

It was like, hey, no, no, it was the pilot for, like, hey, if the show goes, it'll go. You might not be on it, but, like, this. This was getting paid for us to, like, put something into the world for them to see.

[Nina Parker]

Wow.

[Morgan Stewart]

They didn't even do that for Kurt Loder.

[Hunter March]

Yeah, well, so. So then I. I'm like, fine, I'll go in. I get an Uber. I throw up twice on the way.

[Morgan Stewart]

No.

[Hunter March]

And they call you guys and say, hunter has really bad food poisoning.

[Nina Parker]

We were pissed.

[Morgan Stewart]

Furious.

[Hunter March]

And so I get there, and I'm, like, sitting in the chair shaking, and my body was like. I was having, like, a full physical, like, breakdown. And they were like, we're gonna get going so quick. I was like, Listen, I think we can talk about it on the show.

[Morgan Stewart]

No, no, no, I can't do the gag. I can't do the gag. I'll kill myself.

[Hunter March]

I think we could talk about it on the show and I'll make a joke out of it. Like, guys, I've got food poisons. They're like, honestly, if that helps do it. We think it could be fun.

[Morgan Stewart]

If that helps. It is funny. Idiots. Sorry.

[Hunter March]

Then I go downstairs and they're like, it'll just be like 10 minutes, 4 hours go by of them, like, setting up, setting up to the point where I'm now on the floor and it's hard for me to breathe because, like, I've dehydrated so much that my body's going into. Of panic attack. And so at some point I go to, like, the P.A. that's with me. I go, hey, call my mom. And my mom. My mom. My mom comes and picks me up and she takes me away, and I don't do the pilot. And Jen, who was our EP at the time, which, by the way, I know we've talked a lot of bad stuff. I don't feel like it was anyone's fault, specifically Jen, Seth, and a bunch of people we were working with. I feel like the network had its own systemic problems. I want to say that.

[Morgan Stewart]

Yes.

[Hunter March]

But I will say Jen was like, don't worry, we'll shoot it next week when you're better. We're so sorry you feel bad. And then my agent tells me that the next day I'm feeling better. And my agent calls me and goes, hey, we're gonna have you back. They're gonna have you back next week. You're gonna test against 15 guys now. And I was like, fuck, whatever, I don't care.

[Morgan Stewart]

But I remember vividly walking down the hallway, I think you were with me. I remember seeing you on that first room to the left. If you come out, come in from outside. And you were on the sofa and you were in a V neck T shirt. And I remember you were laying there. Were you not walking with me?

[Nina Parker]

I don't think so. I don't think it was me, but I. A little harder because I was like, he needs to fucking, like, suck it up.

[Morgan Stewart]

I was furious publicly. But, like, when I remember that moment,

[Nina Parker]

I remember being a little hard. Like, I think we were both like,

[Morgan Stewart]

let's get this guy.

[Nina Parker]

You know, we're women. You know, like, we. Okay, yeah, I'm bleeding. I'm doing. I do this every month. Buckle up, buttercup. Take some Tums and some Advil and get your shit together. Are you okay? Yeah.

[Hunter March]

When I went to the doctor, he was like, it's just food poisoning. Your vagina's not bleeding. You're being a pussy. And so I was gonna go back, but you guys were done for the day. And so I did go to the hospital. They did give me a bunch of fluids and they were like, this is pretty bad.

[Morgan Stewart]

Oh, my God.

[Nina Parker]

It was bad. It was bad. I think we found out later how bad it was. And I think, like, we did have the conversation. I don't know if you ever know this, but we. Jen did call us and was like, do you wanna move forward with him

[Morgan Stewart]

or do you want to remember that?

[Nina Parker]

Scrap him. And I think we were like. I think we were like, no. Like, we did debate it for a second. Like, is he going to show up? Is this going to be like poisoning every day? Is this real? Because there are people who. It's like, it's not real. But I think she, like, no, he's really sick. He was really sick. And then we were like, all right, like, what can you. What can you do?

[Morgan Stewart]

Like, did we cancel the day or did we do something with someone else?

[Hunter March]

You canceled the day. And then the next week I did come back and I saw all 12 guys, like, lined up. It was like the Will Mar Fuji was in there. Like a bunch of people who. And the guy from MTV that you mentioned, I don't know his name because he's before my. I think I was before I was born, but.

[Nina Parker]

Oh, God, I hate you so much.

[Morgan Stewart]

I don't even know who he is. I need to just mentioned it. So I'm like, pretending.

[Nina Parker]

No, I kind of. MTV wrestler.

[Hunter March]

He's a white guy, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway, so then I. We did it. We had a great time. And then they were like, hey, you got the thing. And then it was like, you know, one day a week. And it became two days a week. And then it became four. Four or five days a week. Whatever it ended up being.

[Nina Parker]

It was like seven days a week. 24, seven.

[Morgan Stewart]

How long did it turn into four day. When did it turn into four days? Like, how soon into.

[Nina Parker]

I think it took, like, seconds. Didn't take the second season for it to turn into four.

[Hunter March]

I think it was pretty quick. Cause I could.

[Nina Parker]

It was nice, though.

[Morgan Stewart]

Were there seasons?

[Nina Parker]

We had Fridays off.

[Morgan Stewart]

Did we have a break ever?

[Nina Parker]

It was a lot. We was working a lot.

[Hunter March]

A lot.

[Nina Parker]

It turned into a lot because then, like, award season. Cause they had me on every award season.

[Morgan Stewart]

That was crazy.

[Nina Parker]

And you.

[Morgan Stewart]

When.

[Nina Parker]

For three months, it was like we would do the show every day, but then rehearsals for Award Seasons were on Saturdays, and then the show was Sunday, and then we'd have to be back for Nightly Pop at like, six in the morning. The next day after the award show, like, we were. There were three months where, like, you weren't getting a day off.

[Morgan Stewart]

Tell us. Tell the audience the story of how. How you found out Nightly Pop got canceled.

[Hunter March]

Well, we.

[Morgan Stewart]

I remember you called me.

[Nina Parker]

You called me.

[Morgan Stewart]

I did not have. This will make sense once you tell the story. I did not have my phone for the first time in my entire life. I had, like, nine missed calls from Nina and like, three from Justin Sylvester. And I thought something had happened to Hunter. What was going on when Nightly Pop got canceled?

[Hunter March]

I'd been having back issues for a long time. And I told.

[Morgan Stewart]

Oh, my Jesus, there's your face.

[Hunter March]

That's me. I told Jen and you know, everybody that I needed to tell her, like, hey, it's honestly really hard for me to sit down in these, like, junk badasses.

[Nina Parker]

You were wearing Hunter a brace for. Everybody knows Hunter was wearing a brace. Like, he. If he moved funny, he'd be like, my back. Like, there were. It was a very well known issue with me that Hunter had really bad back issues for years. Yeah.

[Morgan Stewart]

How are you fucking all those people?

[Nina Parker]

That's how he did it, girl.

[Morgan Stewart]

Literally, it was like every night he

[Nina Parker]

was in his face.

[Hunter March]

Yeah, it was a lot of ass in my face.

[Morgan Stewart]

Is your cousin gonna be mad at us? I feel so bad. We just keep going back. Okay.

[Nina Parker]

He's moved on.

[Hunter March]

Yeah. Yeah. She is gonna realize that I wasn't a vir. Sorry to blow your pot up. It's okay. So then she. I was having sex. I tell the execs. I'm like, hey, it's really hard for me to do junkets and red carpets. Cause, like, I genuinely can't stand. Especially in a suit where I can't wear my brace because the pants, like, it was a lot of little things that were just really frustrating for me. Like, I was living in pain. It wasn't comfortable. And they were like, you just don't want to do the junkets. And I was like, I mean, he

[Nina Parker]

did it, but that really. But he really did help me.

[Hunter March]

I really didn't want to do the junkets. And I was like, thank you, God, for this spine injury, because I did get out of it for a little while. But then they just still didn't believe me, they wanted me to do more and blah, blah, blah. And then finally I went into the office and I was like, hey, just so you know, on this date, which I think was maybe June or something. August. Yeah. So probably in, like, June. I told them. I was like, hey, in August, I'm getting my back surgery. I'm getting a disc replaced.

[Morgan Stewart]

Oh, man.

[Hunter March]

And so it's, like, full, you know, you go under. They.

[Morgan Stewart]

You were scared. It was scary.

[Hunter March]

I was scared. Again, a little immortal where I was like. I don't think I was as scared as I needed to be. I wasn't as scared as I should have been.

[Morgan Stewart]

He was shaking.

[Nina Parker]

What do you mean? You kind of disassociate? Yes.

[Morgan Stewart]

You were nervous.

[Nina Parker]

And she was like, oh, not a big deal.

[Morgan Stewart]

I think we shot, like, two days before something. Like, it was.

[Hunter March]

We shot, like, probably the day before. The day before. Yeah. And so they go in through the front. They move your organs to the side, they scrape out the disc, and then they put a fake disc in. So it is a serious, like, surgery. Absolutely.

[Morgan Stewart]

What do you mean, go in through the front? I didn't know that.

[Hunter March]

I have, like, a minor C section surgery. You wanna see it?

[Morgan Stewart]

Yeah, yeah. Nina does. I guess I'll watch.

[Hunter March]

So I only need to lift up the bottom, but I'll lift up a little more.

[Nina Parker]

Oh, wow.

[Morgan Stewart]

Wait. They went in through the front.

[Nina Parker]

This is a significant scar.

[Hunter March]

It's a significant scar. So then. But also the abs. But also the abs. I just don't wanna. You guys got that? So I go to surgery, and on the morning of the surgery, again, my mom dropped me off. How apropos.

[Morgan Stewart]

We love ourselves a nice lady.

[Nina Parker]

He's such a little mama's boy. It's the cutest thing ever.

[Hunter March]

Yeah. And so I get dropped off, and now I'm getting nervous. Cause you go into the hospital bed, you're not wearing anything but the gown. And you know, you're about to be put under, and it's cold. And I'm the only person there. Cause I. It's 4am it was cold. It was so cold. Like, it's also. You're cold because you're scared. You're cold because this was, like, two

[Nina Parker]

years post pandemic, so it's still very, like, kind of COVID y where they're, like, not letting as many people in. And, like, it's still, you know, in that, like, beginning stages, you were. People were just getting vaccinated. So it was still kind of, like a weird time where they weren't allowing guests and things like that.

[Morgan Stewart]

I think we went through the pandemic together also. Like, just every week. Okay.

[Hunter March]

But it was Beverly Hills. So I kept looking out the window like, Morgan. I was like, maybe I'll see her. That'll be nice. And then I. They start like, putting it, you know, the vein. They have to put a soft needle into your vein. That follows.

[Nina Parker]

We don't need the whole surgery. Just tell us, like, wait, why is soft needle, though?

[Morgan Stewart]

Not to backtrack. Sorry.

[Nina Parker]

Oh, God. So much sympathy. Okay, we get it.

[Morgan Stewart]

What does that mean, follow?

[Hunter March]

But the only reason I bring that up is because I asked the nurse if I was like, the biggest, strongest boy she's ever seen. And she said no. You're kind of like, you're. Honestly, this is hurting you more than it hurts most people. I said, I have small veins. And so when I woke, I go through the surgery. This is all part of it. Like, I really was flirting with the nurse.

[Morgan Stewart]

Was she cute?

[Hunter March]

She was cute. Oh my God. I was pretty awesome.

[Nina Parker]

You gave massager.

[Hunter March]

She was a working woman. She had somewhat of a medical degree.

[Nina Parker]

I don't know how thirsty he was. He was on the prowl back then all the time. All the time.

[Hunter March]

I was nervous. It was my comfort. Anyway, so I wake up from the surgery and I am like laying in bed. And you're really groggy. You don't know what's going on. And I get. One of the first things I remember is getting a call from my agent, Natasha, and she was like, hey, are you sitting down? I was like, I can't stand up.

[Nina Parker]

I'm laying down.

[Hunter March]

I'm laying down. I can't do any. I can't move. And she goes, okay, you're not gonna believe this, but they canceled Nightly pop this morning with a full embargoed article. And for people that don't know what that means, means that they had known about it for most likely a week or weeks. They had done all these really classy interviews that were like, unfortunately because of X, Y and Z. This is why it has to happen unbeknownst to us.

[Nina Parker]

So we're just working and living. And they had already done an article about us on deadline that we didn't know was pre written. And so just for Hunter's part, on our end, we got a call to get on like a group whatever, like whatever the calls were where everybody.

[Morgan Stewart]

Where Jen made everyone get on pain blast calls.

[Nina Parker]

They came at like 9:10. It was 9:10. I remember this. And it was like 9:10. They want everybody to get on this call. And then they told. By the time they told us, there were all these technical issues. By the time they told us, it was like 9:18. And the article was up at 9:20.

[Morgan Stewart]

No, shut the fuck up.

[Nina Parker]

So we had a 10 minute heads up that our show was getting canceled before the world knew. And we found out on this call. And they were basically like, yeah, like it's, you know, like it was very short and dismissive and they were like, anybody got any questions? And you're kind of like you're in shock. So, no, you don't have questions. You're just kind of like, what? And they're like, yeah, well you'll finish through. I think you'll tape till October. And that's the last thing you want. When, when a network lets you go, you want to go, you want to leave, go with opportunities you want. You don't want to keep going in there until like the morgue for, you know, a couple of months, mind you, because it's feel, it's you dead man walk.

[Morgan Stewart]

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[Nina Parker]

for E. It was doing, like, well enough for its time. So it was late night, you know. Yeah.

[Morgan Stewart]

And also, weren't we, like, always improving? Like, wasn't there a period of time where we were, like, doing well? I just don't.

[Nina Parker]

It was the momentum for it, for sure. But I think, like, ultimately, I really believe what the person told me about, like, they wanted to change direction.

[Hunter March]

The whole network was in a place of, like, fear. Everyone from the top, all the way down. And when you act out of a place of fear as opposed to a place of abundance, like an abundance of creativity.

[Nina Parker]

Oh, my goodness.

[Hunter March]

I saw Oprah was talking about it.

[Nina Parker]

Abraham Hicks in the house. Let's clip that.

[Morgan Stewart]

Let's clip that. That's going up. Yeah, that's a good question.

[Hunter March]

Who's Abraham Hicks?

[Morgan Stewart]

Back to abundance. Not operating from abundance.

[Hunter March]

Oh, yeah. So anyway, but when I had. I'll go back to the surgery because I woke up, I got the call, and I was, like, so high that I literally. She told me, and I went, really? Because I had not only. They do nerve blockers, so you can't feel any part of your body, and then, like, in your mid range. And then you're also on a lot of, like, whatever the drug. Like, I'm on Ativan and all this stuff to calm you down.

[Nina Parker]

It was messed up.

[Hunter March]

Yeah.

[Nina Parker]

This was messed up.

[Morgan Stewart]

Sickening.

[Hunter March]

And so then I'm like. She's like, are you okay? And I was like, yeah, that's fine.

[Morgan Stewart]

I can't feel anything.

[Hunter March]

We did it for 600 episodes or something.

[Morgan Stewart]

We did do 600 episodes, I think.

[Nina Parker]

More, maybe, right?

[Hunter March]

Yeah, it was like 650 or something like that.

[Nina Parker]

Yeah.

[Hunter March]

Yeah. So then I am in that moment, and Natasha, my agent, goes, whatever you do, don't post anything while you're High because I don't want you to post something you regret. And I was like, bitch, you don't gotta worry about nothing. And so then I hung up with her, and I said, you know what I should do?

[Nina Parker]

Wait, hold on.

[Morgan Stewart]

Was Natasha your agent at this time, too?

[Nina Parker]

She was, I think. Yeah. Yeah.

[Morgan Stewart]

Okay. Okay, keep going.

[Hunter March]

I was like, you know what? I would be good if I did a story. And so I posted. I got on Instagram, and I went, hey, guys, just want to let you know, I think that.

[Nina Parker]

Could we play it?

[Hunter March]

Oh, yeah, we could probably play it.

[Morgan Stewart]

Oh, my God. I don't even know if we got it like that.

[Nina Parker]

Sound. No.

[Hunter March]

Oh, probably with sound. We don't hear it in here.

[Nina Parker]

When I tell people, this industry will break your heart multiple times. This was one of the times they broke my heart the way that they did us. And I was really upset. So when Hunter did that, it felt like we had this thing, this bond that at least we had something where we could. There was other people who understood what this feeling felt like. Because also, we couldn't talk about it. We. You get disrespected, and then you get punished if you talk about it. So it's this really weird headspace that you're in that makes you very angry. And I get why people sometimes leave this industry, because you get raked over the coils, and you've really gotta, like, find that part in you to fight back in the way that you can. And Hunter did that for us.

[Morgan Stewart]

You really. I was gonna say it was so meant to be that you were high out of your fucking mind to post that story. My favorite part of what just occurred is this is the first time we've needed a live video to play, and it didn't work out. And Hunter turned around to the crew five times just now. Cause he's like, are we gonna get that clip? That's exactly how he was.

[Nina Parker]

He's a boss.

[Morgan Stewart]

He was like, it's a boss, baby.

[Hunter March]

Hello.

[Nina Parker]

Our baby boy grew up.

[Morgan Stewart]

He was like, what's going on?

[Hunter March]

Can you figure this out for us? Does Howard Stern still run this place?

[Nina Parker]

This is a CEO, baby.

[Hunter March]

They can't. And that's fine. And the whole reason the audio's not playing is because we want you guys to feel what it was like being on Nightly Pop. Things didn't really work. And that's okay. That's our point. That's what we're trying to say is that we're learning. This is a startup. What is SiriusXM?

[Morgan Stewart]

What do you guys can I tell you something, they're struggling. And I just also wanna say in this moment, I've done.

[Nina Parker]

Please don't take him seriously.

[Morgan Stewart]

I've just take him seriously. It is such a privilege and a pleasure to do this podcast with you guys, genuinely. Because when you talk to fucking proud you. They know. I mean, besides the fact that we're friends and we like each other, it is. I have had to sit here for an hour with people and I'm like, I'm gonna kill myself. I'm gonna kill myself.

[Nina Parker]

It's a blessing and a curse when you're a pro. And like now when I go into shows and stuff, and I'm like, they're like, let's do this. And I'm like, let's keep this. Let's do that. Let's move on. We can get this.

[Morgan Stewart]

Yes.

[Nina Parker]

You need a tight bite. You need this. Like, it is something. And that's why I say, like, people come and they go, and people deserve whatever platform they're being put on. But there's something to say for people who are skilled at doing their job. It's gonna save everybody's time.

[Morgan Stewart]

It really. You know what I mean?

[Hunter March]

By the way, I think this crew is great. I don't this a monitor that's not connected to the rest of the suit. So I would have actually been very impressed had audio come through.

[Morgan Stewart]

Well, what did you say? Why don't you tell us? Because I know you remember.

[Nina Parker]

Do it in the voice, though.

[Hunter March]

Yes, I'll do it in the voice. You know, this surgery was really tough. All right, refresh the page.

[Nina Parker]

Refresh the page.

[Hunter March]

Refresh the page better so that I can. Okay, here we go.

[Morgan Stewart]

Never missed a post.

[Hunter March]

Good.

[Nina Parker]

Good.

[Hunter March]

Surgery was really tough. But one thing that kept me going was the idea that I'm getting better so that I can, you know, get back to my job and make people laugh on Nightly Pop. Because that really means the world to me. Nevermind. Just found out Nightly Pop was canceled.

[Nina Parker]

I got my life from that. I got my fucking life.

[Morgan Stewart]

Oh, I don't remember it being that good. I don't remember it being that good.

[Nina Parker]

Somebody picked it up.

[Hunter March]

So Deadline posted the embargoed article. And then the next thing Deadline posted about Nightly Pop was host Hunter March finds out about. Finds out about cancellation during surgery. They were pissed and it was so funny. And they can't say anything. Cause, like, I was just having a good time.

[Nina Parker]

Yeah.

[Hunter March]

But then right after I posted that and I thought it was the funniest, I was like, I Fucking nailed that, bitch.

[Nina Parker]

You did.

[Hunter March]

And then right afterwards, I started crying, and the nurse walked in, and I was like, I'm not a big boy.

[Nina Parker]

The hot nurse.

[Hunter March]

The hot nurse walked in. And I genuinely was like. For some reason, I think everything hit me at once. Cause I was in. You have to lay down for hours after you're done with surgery, but then you have to walk out of the hospital.

[Commercial Narrator]

You have to walk.

[Hunter March]

Yeah, you have to walk out my surgery. And so what?

[Nina Parker]

So crazy.

[Hunter March]

And so. But she came in. She was like, are you okay? And I was like, I think so. And then I left. And again, I was still feeling so immortal. But again, I leave surgery. I'm now stuck in bed for, like, a month. You guys are doing the show without me, Which I'm like, so weird, but I'm so supportive. I'm like, you know, again, I don't really care about that. What? I. I'm bummed that I can't be a part of it. And then finally, I am good. We have, like, another month together.

[Nina Parker]

We were miserable by that, by the way. Like, Morgan and I, absolutely. We were like, okay. Like, it's like going through a breakup and still having to live with somebody. And it was like a really, you know, for going through what we went through to film for two months. We had this, like, really beautiful last show.

[Morgan Stewart]

Yes.

[Nina Parker]

And then what happened? The exec comes in. One of the execs comes in. Who knew who?

[Morgan Stewart]

She.

[Nina Parker]

I wouldn't say it was her decision to cancel the show because that came from higher up, but she knew what was going on and held it from us. And, you know, we blamed her. Like, we were just kinda, like. We felt like it was a dirty

[Hunter March]

move, but, like, there was so many poor decisions. And again, it's like, you can't really blame anybody. Everyone's got their own thing going on. They've got reasons for what they're doing that are sometimes completely out of their control. So, again, I don't even blame her or the person above her or the person above her. It's like. It is what it is. I think sometimes things are inevitable, but the way you handle yourself in those situations is what is fixable and what is. Again, my surgery is so absurd. It's like a fucking novel. Like, it's a comedic novel of absurdity that the show would be canceled. And I wake up and find out that. It's almost funny to me. But it is like. It is unfortunate that it was handled that way for other reasons. Like the fact that I couldn't be on the next month of shows after

[Morgan Stewart]

finding out it was horrific.

[Nina Parker]

It was just no care involved. Because it really wouldn't have cost them a penny if we were still gonna film till October.

[Morgan Stewart]

Right?

[Nina Parker]

They didn't need to announce it in August, knowing what Hunter was going through. But that's what I say about the level of respect and care that you give to people when you value your talent and when you don't. And being on other networks and being treated differently. When I moved over to Warner Brothers and I was doing a show, my recent show that I'm doing with tbs, the level of respect and care that I got, I felt like I was leaving an abusive relationship and going into one where people loved, like, a loving partner, you know, where they're like, we have these award shows. We just want you to come and be a guest, like, on us, like, you and a friend. And we'll send a car for you. We'll play paid for my hair and makeup. Just to be a guest. It was just hair and makeup, right? But it was just like, oh, like, this is what it's like to. It's not even extra for them. This is how they treat their talent. And at e, it just felt like they wanted us to be grateful that we were on camera. And, you know, the fact that Hunter was in this really serious surgery that everybody knew about and they just didn't care really spoke volumes about, like, that was really just, like, how we were treated overall. And it really was hurtful because we loved the show and we loved each other, and we were really trying to make it work. And if it goes away, cool. But, like, you're in a really serious surgery that could have went any kind of way, and they didn't even wait till you got out, hypothetically.

[Morgan Stewart]

I mean, obviously, thank God everything worked out, but, like, just that point that I hadn't even thought about, that if the surgery, God forbid, had not gone perfectly, what the fuck would they have done, right?

[Hunter March]

One of the biggest side effects of the surgery that I was getting, 100%. I'm not kidding, is that I wouldn't have been able to come out of my penis. I swear to God. There's my show.

[Morgan Stewart]

Now he's canceling my show.

[Hunter March]

There's a nerve.

[Morgan Stewart]

Got it.

[Nina Parker]

No, no. I'm not asking why. I'm saying you why.

[Hunter March]

Okay, you, this way. Because that is worse than death.

[Morgan Stewart]

When you said he is unserious, this is unserious, man. I'm getting notes. Sorry. We should wrap up.

[Nina Parker]

Plugs.

[Hunter March]

We need plugs.

[Morgan Stewart]

By the way, first of all, if you want plugs. But I do have to. People are gonna. People. I did get, like, five questions because I put it on my Instagram story, like, way where. Nina, we'll start with you. Since nightly pop, what have you been doing? What are you working on? What makes you happiest?

[Nina Parker]

Yeah. So I was working on Nina Parker collection since 2019.

[Morgan Stewart]

Yes.

[Nina Parker]

And so that was in Macy's up until, like. Thank you. It was so good up until the fall of last year. And then the tariffs kind of. It didn't kill it, but it put it on pause because this. It's a whole thing I won't get into, but basically working with a retailer, they do advanced buys, but you have to. And they do the advanced buys, but they didn't want to. The retailer didn't want to do advanced buys anymore with the tariff costs because, as you know, with fashion, everything is a year out. So they. It's just. You basically have to front it yourself. And if I was to front it myself, it would have been a couple million dollars.

[Morgan Stewart]

No.

[Hunter March]

No.

[Nina Parker]

So it's on poll.

[Hunter March]

No.

[Morgan Stewart]

Until.

[Nina Parker]

Until this administration changes some things.

[Morgan Stewart]

The tariffs are.

[Hunter March]

That makes me dislike. Trump the fact that Nina Parker collection is out.

[Nina Parker]

So it's, you know, it's. That was a challenge, you know, with the climate. But also I got another show on TBS called Friday Night Vibes with thank you, friend Kev on stage, who's a comedian.

[Morgan Stewart]

He's lovely.

[Nina Parker]

Yeah, he's.

[Morgan Stewart]

He seems genuinely lovely.

[Nina Parker]

Genuinely one of the. Him and his wife are, like, genuinely the nicest people I've ever met. Like, it makes me want to be a better person because they're just so wholesome. You ever met people who are just wholesome and you're like. Like, I.

[Morgan Stewart]

It's not. I need to pray more after we leave you. I have to pray that.

[Nina Parker]

And then I'm also doing, like. I really started doing a lot more, like live speaking and public speaking. And then I started monetizing my Instagram, so I use that for brand deals. And so it's kind of like a little trifecta. You know, I started my own production company.

[Morgan Stewart]

Oh, so you've done, like, 50 things. Okay. Got it.

[Nina Parker]

Got it. So, yeah, I'm pitching stuff and, you know, shows. It's. It's harder to make them, but it's, as Hunter knows, like, just kind of taking the reins and doing it yourself and saying, fuck it, I'm not gonna wait for it. Yes. Has been really empowering. So it's. It's you know, it's great. My hair's natural now.

[Morgan Stewart]

I love it.

[Nina Parker]

I'm free. I, like, shook out all the demons. And, you know, I want to say, like, E. Sometimes, like, would really breed toxicity, like, competition toxicity, kind of pit us and other talent against each other. And it was like we were really in this petri dish of, like, you know, pressure. And I think being free from that really allowed us all to grow in a beautiful way and really, like, kind of shake off that stuff. And I want to say, I feel like I have really good relationships, even if we don't talk all the time with a lot of people who kind of were in the trenches. And, you know, we really had something special. So it was really dope to be a part of that.

[Morgan Stewart]

The craziest thing that I forgot to almost tell you guys, I get a call yesterday, and you probably talked to her, and then we'll get into your perspective. You're back on E. No, but I was gonna say, would we all do a show together again like that? Oh, okay. No, don't. Don't rush.

[Nina Parker]

I would do something with you guys.

[Hunter March]

I actually would do something. I would do something with us three.

[Nina Parker]

I just had a flashback of E. Yeah.

[Morgan Stewart]

Yeah. Scary.

[Nina Parker]

I would do something with you guys, like, once a week.

[Morgan Stewart]

Okay. Okay.

[Nina Parker]

Not four, not every day, but once a week. Sure.

[Morgan Stewart]

We could get into that. I get out of the shower yesterday, and I have Annie Roberts calling.

[Nina Parker]

Oh.

[Morgan Stewart]

Who is the former head of casting at E. News. And for all of you who don't know. And you don't know. Cause he didn't work there. You got a call from Annie.

[Nina Parker]

Yeah. You answered.

[Morgan Stewart]

You answered. But it was highly stressful. Do we remember that? It was like. You were like, what the fuck?

[Nina Parker]

Because she was. It wasn't her. But she was the spokesperson for the network.

[Morgan Stewart]

Yeah. She was always calling about something you did. You fucked up. I got a lot of those.

[Hunter March]

She's the best.

[Morgan Stewart]

Yes.

[Hunter March]

I love her.

[Morgan Stewart]

And it was so. But it was of all. All the.

[Hunter March]

I actually really do.

[Morgan Stewart]

No, I love.

[Nina Parker]

Annie's great.

[Hunter March]

She's given me two jobs since then.

[Morgan Stewart]

But the point is, is, like, out of. So the day before yesterday, I was on the phone with my agents. I like reworking my agents a bit. And I was like, these are my goals. This is what I want to happen with this podcast. Maybe something Netflix, Blah, blah, blah. The next day, out of. Had not spoken to me.

[Nina Parker]

You're the best manifestor I know.

[Morgan Stewart]

Had not spoken to Annie. She called me and I said, you're not gonna believe who I'm sitting down with tomorrow. And she's like, I can't believe it. But it was just funny because the energy was great.

[Nina Parker]

She offered you a new show?

[Morgan Stewart]

Absolutely not. You know what she wants me to do? Do you know who? Harry Jowsey.

[Nina Parker]

Yes, of course.

[Morgan Stewart]

So, Harry show coming? Yeah, Called Mary Harry. And they need a host for their reunion. I am quote, not their first choice. They're meeting a lot of people.

[Nina Parker]

She's.

[Morgan Stewart]

No, no, I want to quote her. I said, annie, am I your first choice? And now there are a lot of other blondes in the running. And she said, you're mine. They don't really know you yet. And so I have a meeting with them. But should I even do that? I don't know if I could do that.

[Nina Parker]

Yeah, do it. Reunion shows are fun, as you know. I mean, I almost lost my life a few times doing it.

[Morgan Stewart]

But you're really good at prompter. And I'm going to be like, no,

[Nina Parker]

but you're really not using a prompter. And it's only the intros and outros, and everything else is going to be like. It's really. It's everything else navigating.

[Hunter March]

Good luck.

[Morgan Stewart]

So I probably shouldn't go further, but,

[Nina Parker]

yeah, shout out to Annie, though. Like, it's. It's one thing to talk. You know, it's to talk about. I filmed a pilot with Netflix that I didn't end up getting, but, like, you know, Annie was a part of, like, pushing my name. So it's like what building those relationships is. You know, it may not always get you the job, but it definitely gets you.

[Hunter March]

Well, after this podcast, I don't think any of us are ever gonna work again. I think we, you know, we had our chance.

[Nina Parker]

Well, that's why they can't keep me off YouTube.

[Morgan Stewart]

No, I love YouTube. Hunter, what are you doing since NightlyPop? Well, what have you continued to do since you always worked?

[Hunter March]

Well, I wasn't. I will say, like, when Nightly Pop ended, right away, I was like, this is amazing. Finally, I'm, like, free to work on other things. I had not. Not worked since I was 18 years old in media. Like, I had had a show 100% of the time. It was awesomeness TV, and then it was Netflix and Game Show Network. And then E came and. And I. And again, no break. Not a single day was I not working. So I was like, this is going to be awesome. I can't wait. Then I went through a breakup, and I realized, oh, there's a writer's strike. Oh, and there's no. No one's. No one's working. Like, I've got to, like, live off my money. I got to save for a little while. I got one Netflix job, and that was a season that was great. Gave me a little thing. But, like, genuinely, I was so sad. And I had to, like, pull myself out of, like, a real funk. And I had a trainer that had reached out to me during Nightly Pop because him and his wife loved Nightly Pop. When I had my back surgery.

[Morgan Stewart]

Oh, my God.

[Hunter March]

And he was like, I'd love to help you for free. And I. I was like, I'm straight. Don't have to hit on me. I didn't realize he had a wife. I thought he was flirting with me. So I didn't respond to the dm. And then his wife reached out and was like, my husband, Chris, we love you on Nightly Pop. Can we help? And he started training me post and, like, post surgery, like, your body's really wrecked.

[Morgan Stewart]

Yeah.

[Hunter March]

And he not. Like, I told him one day, I was like, hey, man, I can't work out. Like, I just feel too bad. He goes, your body hurts. And I go, no, man. It's like my heart, like, my brain.

[Morgan Stewart]

Oh, my God, this is emotional. Are you kidding me?

[Hunter March]

No, I'm being serious. And then he sent me, like, the nicest, most sweetest text message I've ever received in my life. Like, completely shocked me.

[Nina Parker]

Sad.

[Morgan Stewart]

I'm getting a little choked up.

[Hunter March]

Okay, totally. Because I think, like, forever I'd been so happy that it was really hard for me to.

[Nina Parker]

Must be nice to never have any struggles in your life.

[Hunter March]

You gotta try it. But.

[Morgan Stewart]

But it is nice.

[Hunter March]

He sent me this beautiful text message, and he just helped me through such a hard time and then really focused on myself, like, on the growth that I needed to do.

[Nina Parker]

Wow.

[Morgan Stewart]

I did not know this in the midst.

[Nina Parker]

So mature of him.

[Hunter March]

In the midst of the growth, I started a company with my best friend called Poppy Studios, and I met my fiance and we started dating. And then quickly she became my fiance, like, as of six months ago. And the company that I run out, like, I put everything into the company. Like, I hadn't taken any money out. Me and my business partner, we just kept building, building, building. We still don't really take money out. But that's only because I got a Netflix show, Best Guest Live, which is like, I don't know, a godsend. It's like, for me, money wise, it covers everything and then some. And I Can focus on like everything I love doing.

[Nina Parker]

I love that.

[Hunter March]

And so poppies, we now have like 20 employees and we do.

[Nina Parker]

I really like the boss.

[Hunter March]

Yeah, me and, me and David Alvarez who is like my best friend, my business partner. I married him and his wife and he'll do mine.

[Nina Parker]

And you've seen Hunters, you've seen poppy studios on YouTube. If you go on YouTube, you've seen, seen videos from Poppy Studios.

[Hunter March]

Yeah, we do.

[Nina Parker]

They're very viral.

[Hunter March]

Yeah, we do like a hundred million. We do like 100 million views per month on average.

[Nina Parker]

No, I see them just on TikTok and I'm like, this is Hunter and he's not really front facing so you wouldn't like, sometimes Hunter pops in. But like there are people who I've learned about like that singing comedian. Like I've learned through Hunter's shows, like it does very well.

[Morgan Stewart]

Well, why don't we do something? Why haven't you done something with us?

[Hunter March]

It's all dating specific. So we've done.

[Morgan Stewart]

We can date.

[Nina Parker]

It's very Gen Z.

[Hunter March]

It's very Gen Z. A lot of. Let me. I'll have you on.

[Nina Parker]

Come and judge something. I would love to come on and be like a judge.

[Morgan Stewart]

Great, let's set that up immediately. I will say to end. I mean, I think for me, nightly pop. I was, I had all those kids, I had all that shit around me and I was like maybe a bit relieved that it was ending. But then months later I was like, oh, this is brutal.

[Nina Parker]

Yeah, it sinks in. And I like, I think for initially, because we were working so much, we were a little relieved because we were working a lot, everybody was tired and I think like then the holidays came because we stopped filming in October. I went away for my birthday and then the holidays came. So I think for me also it was like that January. I was like, damn, this is like weird. Oh man. Like I'm not, I'm not going up there every day and I'm not seeing these people. And like when you see people every day, you really take for granted like seeing them and then you realize it's been. And it was, it was. I. I went through a depression.

[Morgan Stewart]

Yeah, no, it was definitely a transition. But here we are, we come back together and it's just the same.

[Nina Parker]

But wait, I mean, I know this is your show but like you gotta say what you've been up to.

[Morgan Stewart]

What have I been up to? My God, lots and lots of things. I am doing my clothing line. Yes, it's going very well. I'm really happy with that. I've been doing this because I couldn't get a TV job, as you guys know, which I'm so happy about because I will say, and I've said that before, but I shot a pilot. They were like, yeah, no, sweetie.

[Nina Parker]

And then do they tell you, oh, like, shows aren't due.

[Morgan Stewart]

Yeah, it's not that we love you, we love you, but to be honest with you, I was. I was. I had such hormonal imbalance post those kids first. I mean, I thank God Nightly Pop ended because I didn't even realize how bad I had felt until months later and years later and everything that went down with my dad and everything because he was sick towards the end, remember? But it wasn't like at a point where it was like, crazy sick.

[Nina Parker]

You were very close to your dad.

[Morgan Stewart]

We were very close. And so I just needed that time. And now I just feel like this is sort of the resurgence since Nightly Pop, like, doing this. And I did Rich kids, I did E for five and a half years. People stopped me about this pod. I'm not even. I'm like, how do you even know about this podcast? Like, podcasts are crazy.

[Nina Parker]

Yeah.

[Morgan Stewart]

So. And it's like five people listening, but still I run into those five people

[Hunter March]

and they all go to the same air.

[Morgan Stewart]

I don't even go to ERROR one. My assistant does. So. Oh, my gosh. Anyway, I'm so happy you guys came on. I loved this time together. So please come back anytime you want. The Morgan Stewart show is produced by Sirius XM and me, Morgan Stewart. Our audio engineer is Brendan Burns, our videographer is Kim Cohen, and our video editor is Shannon Joy Rogers. Our executive producers are Cody Fisher and Adam Sachs. Siriusxm podcasts.

[Hunter March]

Do you love hair raising? Allegedly true stories about the paranormal? Then you should summon the podcast Scared to Death. It's the popular horror series with more than 60 million downloads to its name and is co hosted by me, Dan

[Morgan Stewart]

Cummins and me, Lindsay, co host and also Dan's wife. Each week on Scared to Death, we share bone chilling tales from old books and creepy corners of the web. And even some submitted by our listeners. All designed to make you want to sleep with the lights on.

[Hunter March]

Think you can handle the horror? Tune in to Scared to Death every Tuesday at the stroke of midnight to find out

[Morgan Stewart]

why have we asked our contractor we found on Angie.com to be our kids legal guardian? Because he took such good care when redoing our basement that we knew we could trust him to care for our kids all eight of them should something happen to us. Are you my dad now?

[Nina Parker]

No.

[Hunter March]

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