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Not This Again with Bobbi Althoff

Episode: Teddy Swims "Lil Wayne changed my life"
Date: December 10, 2025
Host: Bobbi Althoff
Guest: Teddy Swims (Jayton Dimmesdale)

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into the candid, offbeat, and revealing conversation between host Bobbi Althoff and singer-songwriter Teddy Swims. With characteristic awkward humor, Bobbi explores Teddy's rise to fame, personal history, self-perceptions, relationships, new fatherhood, music industry experiences, and internet culture—sprinkled with tangents about body image, strange DMs, tattoos, family, and social anxieties. The result is a vibrant, very human portrait of Teddy Swims, whose authenticity and self-deprecation match Bobbi’s signature style.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

Origins: From Street Singing to Stardom

[04:14 – 05:36]

• Social Media Beginnings:
  Teddy started by uploading covers to YouTube in 2019 and singing "everywhere," including with buskers on the street:

  “We would just find buskers and… roll up on them and say what’s up and sing.” (Teddy, 05:17)

• Defining “Busker”:
  Bobbi confesses she’d never heard the term; Teddy explains it’s a person who performs music in public places for tips.

The Teddy Swims Name

[06:31 – 08:49]

• Real Name: Jayton Dimmesdale.
• Nickname Origin: Called “Teddy” as a child because:

  “I was like a little fat kid. It just kind of stuck.” (Teddy, 06:55)

• SWIMS Meaning:
  Teddy jokes about the SWIMS acronym—both “Someone Who Isn’t Me Sometimes” and “Someone Who I Massage Sexually,” poking fun at his indecisiveness about its real meaning:

  “Originally, this started as like a rap project… and then it just stuck as Teddy Swims.” (Teddy, 08:14)

Economic Realities and Upbringing

[10:46 – 13:56]

• Financial Status:
  Teddy doesn’t consider himself rich despite his success, noting the expenses and responsibilities that grow with fame.
• Humble Beginnings:
  Describes growing up without money, boiling water for baths:

  “My dad spent a lot of time fighting for lights and water… he’s the best human being in the world.” (Teddy, 12:29)

Body Image, Confidence, and Appearance

[17:19 – 24:57]

• Acne and Beards:
  Teddy’s never had acne, but jokes that his beard is like makeup for men. He discusses rumors about baldness—denies any hair transplant; he grew his hair by choice and even has head tattoos.
• Ratings and Confidence:
  Teddy rates himself a confident “10” on superficial looks:

  “Yeah. I’m cool.” (Teddy, 23:24)
  Bobbi pokes fun at the double standard, saying women often rate themselves much lower.

• Tattoos:
  Teddy is ~90% covered in tattoos, including eyelid ink, inspired by Lil Wayne:

  “I’m a huge Lil Wayne fan and Carter 3 changed my life… I gotta get my eyelids tattooed.” (Teddy, 21:56)

Lil Wayne’s Impact

[21:54 – 22:28]

• Direct Inspiration:
  Teddy shares that Lil Wayne’s Carter 3 album and “fear of God” eyelid tattoos motivated his own eyelid tattoos, marking a key moment in his artistic development.

Family, Fatherhood, and Partnership

[25:32 – 29:07]

• Love Life:
  Teddy’s been with his girlfriend for about a year and a half; their relationship moved rapidly, and they’re now parents to a 3-month-old son.
• Home Birth Story:
  Praises his partner for delivering their baby at home:

  “She’s a fucking superhero. We bought a house in Nashville and she did this thing, man, it was so amazing.” (Teddy, 27:52)

• Reflections on Parenthood:
  Expresses deep love for his child and stress typical for new parents; he admits to crying daily about his son.

Thoughts on Internet Culture & Hate Comments

[32:11 – 33:12]

• Teddy's Internet Nicknames:
  Recites a list of fat jokes and celebrity comparisons (e.g., “Jake Paul let himself go,” “Snack Miller,” “Toast Malone”), finding them more amusing than hurtful.
• Bobbi on Her Haters:
  Notes she gets racist, angry hate comments, mostly from a very specific demographic.

Personal Insecurities and Social Anxiety

[45:03 – 46:24]

• Teddy’s Insecurities:
  He feels socially awkward and tends to overthink, sometimes feeling out of place.

  “Sometimes I just overthink things a little much… I feel like I don’t belong sometimes.” (Teddy, 45:49)
  He also grew up insecure about his body, particularly his weight and moles, but now has embraced them as part of who he is.

Celebrity Encounters: Justin Bieber

[34:50 – 38:30]

• Quirky DMs:
  Shares a bizarre Instagram DM “hand video” from Justin Bieber, which sparked a running joke of Teddy sending similar hand videos back (unanswered).

  “So now every time I see little hand videos, I just send it… he just leaves me on scene. But he started it!” (Teddy, 36:50)

Marriage, Kay Jewelers, and Brand Collabs

[30:09 – 32:00]

• Proposal Plans:
  Discusses future engagement; jokes about asking jewelry sponsors for a ring.
• Brand Collaborations:
  Reveals collaboration with Kay Jewelers on modern pieces, pushing against the brand’s “for old ladies” stereotype.

Parenting Styles: Co-Sleeping and Breastfeeding

[39:48 – 44:34]

• Co-Sleeping:
  Defends co-sleeping with his infant, noting natural parenting choices and critiquing external judgment:

  “I love my baby… I’m close sleeping with my son. I’m sorry, man. Y’all can… you don’t like it, lump it, buddy.” (Teddy, 41:54)

• Extended Breastfeeding:
  Supports “weird” parenting habits like extended breastfeeding; jokes about “co-nursing.”

Light-Hearted Tangents & Fun Moments

[17:19 – 44:34, various]

• Face, Beard, and Bangs:
  Bobbi and Teddy muse about physical features, hair, and “bangs regret.”
• Tattoo Meanings:
  Eyelid and facial tattoos, inspired by Lil Wayne and Nelly (with the face Band-Aid).
• Breast Milk Taste Tests:
  Bobbi asks if Teddy's tried his partner’s breast milk (“Yeah, totally. It’s actually quite sweet.” [Teddy, 44:25]).

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• On self-acceptance:
  “Yeah. I’m cool.” (Teddy on rating himself, 23:24)
• On celebrity inspiration:
  “Carter 3 changed my life… I gotta get my eyelids tattooed.” (Teddy on Lil Wayne, 21:56)
• On co-sleeping controversy:
  “If somebody’s baby’s happy and healthy… I need to hear it from the guy who killed his baby.” (Teddy, 41:39)
• On Justin Bieber’s “hand video” DM:
  “[Justin] sent me this weird hand video… so every now and then, I see some weird hand video and I just send him them. He just leaves me on read. But he started it!” (Teddy, 36:50)
• On growing up poor:
  “Spent a lot of time fighting for lights and water… he’s the best human being in the world.” (Teddy about his father, 12:29)

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• [04:14] – Origins and street singing
• [06:31] – Meaning and origin of the name “Teddy Swims”
• [10:46] – Financial realities and upbringing
• [17:19] – Appearance, beards, body image
• [21:54] – Tattoos inspired by Lil Wayne
• [25:32] – Relationship, becoming a parent, home birth
• [32:11] – “Fat guy” internet jokes; reading hateful vs. amusing comments
• [34:50] – Story about weird DMs from Justin Bieber
• [39:48] – Parenting styles: co-sleeping and opinions about it
• [45:03] – Insecurities, social anxiety, body image
• [47:44] – Fake names and signing autographs for resellers
• [49:23] – Wrap up and closing remarks

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Tone and Style

• Bobbi Althoff’s signature deadpan, self-deprecating humor, peppered with abrupt, unexpected questions and playful jabs.
• Teddy Swims is open, warm, humorous, and sincere—unfiltered but reflective, with moments of accidental profundity.
• The tone is irreverent, candid, and at times, absurd—never shying from awkwardness or sincerity.

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For Listeners: Why This Episode Stands Out

This episode highlights not only Teddy Swims’ musical journey and creative influences but also offers a rare, intimate look at his values, humor, and struggles. Bobbi’s unique interviewing style creates space for both laughter and honesty about friendship, self-worth, family, and the realities of online and public life. The show's best moments come from their unscripted, genuine exchanges—the very "awkward conversations you won’t find anywhere else.”

Transcript

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[B]

Something's got a hold on me lately.

[C]

And.

[B]

I don't want to lose control. Okay.

Yeah, and. One second. Hi, guys. Welcome to not this Again. I'm here today with. Okay, now you can come out. Yeah, just had to say that first. Thank you so much for coming.

[C]

Yeah, I'm happy to be here.

[B]

Do you know how to work a microphone? I don't.

[C]

Yeah, I got it.

[B]

Thank you so much. Did you get me a beer?

[C]

I'll take one.

[B]

You have beers here?

[C]

It's. There's somebody's. I just saw them in the fridge, and I've been drinking, so.

[B]

Interesting. Well, I want a beer. That's. That's a great offer. Morgan, you don't even drink alcohol.

[C]

Yeah, there was a six pack of Peronis in there, and I was like.

[B]

I don't even drink beer. But it's like, why? Morgan's the best.

[C]

You are the best, Morgan. Thank you, sir.

[B]

Morgan, I've never. This is so unlike me to, like. Why? I don't know.

[C]

Yeah, there's a couple.

[B]

You're making it look like. Cool. Oh, that's disgusting. Okay.

[C]

I'm gonna put that.

Prime on the other hand.

[B]

That tastes good, but this right here.

Is really good. Okay.

Well, Teddy, it's nice to sit down with you. I feel like I followed you for a long time.

[C]

Yeah, we've. We've. We've been. You know, I have.

[B]

I followed you. I feel like I followed you before. I had a podcast even.

[C]

Yeah. Because I. I think I. I had messaged you months ago or something. I was like, years ago. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I'm like, you're. You're the best.

[B]

I. I appreciate that. I remember seeing your videos of you just on the street singing.

[C]

We. We try to sing everywhere, you know, try to.

[B]

Is that how you started for real?

[C]

I started on YouTube doing a bunch of covers back in 2019, and then, you know, I guess led to where it is now.

[B]

What, did the street singing blow you up or what? Did.

[C]

Yeah, a lot of that. Did a lot of covers online. Did. And then. And then singing on the streets. That really kind of helped with, like, lose control. Kind of going crazy. We would just find buskers and.

[B]

What's a busker?

[C]

You know, like, people just sing on the streets. They just set up, like, a microphone.

[B]

And you would find them.

[C]

Yeah, they'd be, like, all over the Internet, you know.

[B]

You didn't bring your own?

[C]

No, well, we. We'd, like, find somebody on, like, let's say there's this tik tock busker in London, you know, and. Sorry, let's go find out.

[B]

Busker is the person who.

[C]

Yes, a busker is a person that would go out there and. And busk, I suppose. And then. Yeah, and then we just roll up on them and say what's up? And sing the song. And then, you know, every once in a while, you happen to be walking through the street and somebody is just busking and you're like, hey, cool, you're singing my song. How weird.

[B]

I've never heard that word before.

[C]

Yeah, it is kind of a funky word. I agree.

[B]

Do you think everyone knows this term?

[C]

I guess I just, like, assume that people know what busking is. But.

[B]

Matt, have you heard this word? Really? I think it's just me and my sister who are stupid then.

[C]

No, I wouldn't say you stupid by any means.

[B]

We have to be because it's word. The only two related people were the only two people.

[C]

Where does the word come from itself?

[B]

Stupid?

[C]

No, bus.

[B]

Oh, busking. I don't know, but apparently everyone knew it, so I'll have to get to my next question.

[C]

Okay.

You don't like any of those?

[B]

Not really.

Well, she wants to know where your name came from.

[C]

Well, I've been called Teddy for a long time. And swims is.

[B]

What is your real name?

[C]

Her real name is jayton.

[B]

That's very different from Teddy. Swims Jayton. What?

[C]

Dimmesdale.

[B]

Why have you been called teddy?

[C]

Well, I think jayton was just hard for, like, old ladies in church. Why?

[B]

Why? Okay.

[C]

And they were just Jamie, Jason, j. J.

[B]

You know, Teddy.

[C]

I just got called Teddy because I was like a little fat kid. This kind of how it stuck. And then swims was like.

[B]

Were you. You were. You were a fat kid?

[C]

Yeah, I'm still a fat kid.

[B]

Well, I don't. Is that offensive? I don't think I'm allowed to agree with you even.

[C]

I don't want to appreciate that.

[B]

I don't agree with you. You're very. You're. You are a teddy bear.

[C]

That's. That's where it kind of. That's where it came from. Yeah. Not. Not. It wasn't anybody calling me fat, but.

[B]

No, they're just called you Teddy.

[C]

Yeah, that thing. Yeah, we're more like it. Yeah.

[B]

And then. And then. Do you swim a lot?

[C]

No, I'm not much of swimmer, but I.

[B]

Okay. So Teddy does not swim for the record.

[C]

No, I. I can. I can. Like. I. I mean, I'm not gonna drown in there.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

Let's. I can paddle around, probably. But SWIMS is an acronym. I like to switch it up sometimes. Say it's someone who I massage sexually.

[B]

Someone who you what? Oh, my God. I didn't realize that was.

[C]

It stands for Someone who isn't me.

[B]

Sometimes, which is Someone who is what?

[C]

Someone who isn't me sometimes.

[B]

Someone who is in me sometimes.

[C]

Someone who isn't me.

[B]

Oh. Someone who isn't me sometimes.

[C]

Who is in me sometimes. Crazy.

[B]

Okay. Someone who isn't me sometimes Isn't me. Okay. I don't get it.

[C]

Yeah. Well, originally, this started out as, like, a rap project, and then I was going on my first tour back in March of 2019, and I was just going by Swim, which is Someone who isn't me. And I found on, like, a forum, you know, like, what people would say, like, kind of like asking for a friend. Like, Someone who isn't Me did this, like, swim did this and this, and then somehow got an S put on it, and it was like a unit, and then it just stuck as Teddy Swims. And then it just stuck. And here we are.

[B]

Wow.

[C]

It's a little colluded.

[B]

I feel like I got dumber listening to that. It just didn't make any sense. Someone who isn't. I'm still stuck on it. Someone who isn't me sometimes. And what does that mean? Because it's so many words. Someone who isn't me. So it's like, you. You're not me. I've just gotten further clarification about what swim means, and apparently it's like, if you're on a drug.

And for example. And this is not my example. Swim took heroin three hours ago. It's like, someone.

Do you think that we should legalize drugs?

[C]

You know, I don't. I don't. I don't know. Like, I don't know if I would say. I don't know if I'd take a political stance on drugs.

[B]

I'll do it for you. I do. But I don't actually have any reason to believe that either.

[C]

But I think. I think to. I think it would be better to, you know, get things like fentanyl off the streets.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And regulate those things and, like, make sure people are safe and have a place to go. And, you know, I. I don't think. I think maybe the decriminalization might be, like a. Yeah. Better play than, like.

[B]

I just don't think it should be.

I think I'm looking this new show of mine to just be as political as possible. And just give all my opinions so that I can get. Just. Just canceled. I think we should decriminalize all. All drugs, though.

[C]

Okay. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah, I. Actually.

[C]

I'd appreciate that.

[B]

I. You know, because then. Because why. Why are they crimped? Is there. Did anybody really do research when they came up to that idea to criminalize them? I mean, I'm sure there's worse problems than.

[C]

I think there's a. You know, I think.

[B]

Yeah, that's okay. The 17 came out today, so maybe I'll get it after that.

Yeah. Well.

We don't have to talk about your drug use anymore. Let's figure out what else. Would you consider yourself rich.

Right now?

[C]

No, not. Not in, like.

[B]

Like financially rich?

[C]

Yeah. Not financially rich. I wouldn't say I'm financially rich. I mean, I feel like I'm, like, doing well. Yeah. I feel like I'm doing well, but everything costs so much. Like, you know, I would say, like, it's so weird because $20 still kind of means what $20 does, you know? Like, I, like, was. Was bad off for a really long time in my life, and so I'm. I'm doing well, and I can take care of my family and. And I. I feel like I'm. Yeah. Well off. But I don't know if rich is the word because, you know, the bigger this thing goes, the more heads and mouths to feed and the more things that go into this and now, like, you know, it just. It's. I'm. I mean, like, I think. I think, you know, here's. Here's the thing. I think, like, it takes building credit to, like, get people to let you borrow money, but if you have money, you can't just buy things straight out. You have to, like, borrow money to show that you have money. You know what I mean? So you're just, like, the more money you have, the more debt you should be in. Kind of weird, like, set up like that. You know what I mean? So I'm. I'm doing well, and I'm not, like, I guess, in, like, debt I can't pay, but there's more debt for every dollar you make. You know what I mean? It's this. It's. I don't feel like I'm. I don't feel like I'm loaded by any means. Like, I can't just go, like. Like, buy a bunch of cars, you know? Yeah, I'm doing well. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. Have you always. You haven't always been doing well, though?

[C]

No, I've been doing bad for a Long time.

[B]

How long?

[C]

Most of my life. We weren't doing really well.

[B]

Who's we?

[C]

Me and my family. You and my dad. And we. We, like, he spent. Spent a lot of time, like, fighting for lights and water and, you know, and boiling water on the stove and taking baths and.

[B]

Really?

[C]

And. Yeah, just me and my little brothers. I used to. We used to have to, like, kind of boil water and give them baths and breaking down on the side of the road and like, you know, just fighting for it.

[B]

But I feel like I took cold showers, but I'd never boiled water and put that in the bath. It's. It's a good idea.

[C]

Yeah, you have to. I mean, I couldn't put like a 4 year old in the. In the cold shower, you know, I mean, I guess you could.

[B]

True. I mean, I didn't get poor until I was like, seven, so we skipped out on the, like, early years of being poor, I guess.

[C]

My dad was great, though. You know, there would be days, like, on the weekend, I'd have my friends over and he's like, I don't know how we're gonna make it. But look, I'll go and get you guys some snacks and some sodas and, you know, and. And we would. We'd figured out, you know, he's the best.

[B]

Is he proud of you?

[C]

Yeah, man. I just talked to him earlier. It's his birthday today, so I love him. He's the best human being in the world, really. He is. He's a great person.

[B]

That's great. I'm glad. Your dad is amazing.

[C]

Yeah, a lot. A lot of people don't have a father or a good father, you know? Yeah, I'm grateful.

[B]

I'm grateful that you have a good father. Thank you.

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Have you ever struggled with acne?

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Not much, no. I didn't have bad acne, really coming up, but.

[B]

Actually.

[C]

I didn't have that bad. I had some blackheads, I guess, you know, coming up, but yeah, not bad acne.

[B]

Really Must be nice. Yeah.

[C]

Do you have bad acne?

[B]

You tell.

[C]

No. You look great.

[B]

Thank you. I feel like people think I have good skin.

That question just ended up in the middle. I don't know what her ordering was of this. It's deep and then it's, and then it's not deep and then it's. Yeah. I just need to know, you know, did you have acne? I, I.

I'm jealous of you. But you're a man and men always have it nice and easy. Not always. I don't want to get, not these days.

[C]

I really, I really gotta, I really gotta wash my face and moisturize these days, you know, or what happens, I just get dry, you know, everything.

[B]

Well, yeah, you know, that's just you just now. Have you ever shaved your face?

[C]

Yeah, I mean, in my life. Yeah.

[B]

Are you ugly without your beard?

[C]

You know, I, I don't know. It's been a long time since I've been without a beard, but I don't think I'm ugly. But I think I, you know, what do they say, like a beard to men is like makeup for some ladies, you know what I mean? So I think I would look less attractive probably.

[B]

But yeah, I feel like a beard is deceptive. I wish that I could cover that much of my face.

[C]

It gives me a little bit of a, like if I shape it right, you know, after, right after a cut, I feel like I have a bone structure, you know?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Which is quite nice.

[B]

It's makeup.

[C]

Yeah. Really?

[B]

Yeah. Would you get a hair transplant?

[C]

I don't need a hair transplant if you needed one. No, I've been, I was bald for a really, I just now started growing my little hair, but.

[B]

Oh my gosh. Yeah, you do have a little bit of hair there.

[C]

Yeah, I've been bald forever, but I just.

[B]

And you're bald by choice too?

[C]

Yeah, yeah. Tattoos in my head. So it was, yeah, it was, it was a choice thing for sure. It was not a like, yeah, like I've been trying to beat the balding allegations. It was, there was this tick tock I saw not too long ago where somebody said three things or Teddy Swims did to hide his impending baldness. And I was so hurt by that, for some reason, I was like, I mean, I buck it. I'm growing my hair out. But they could still say whatever they want, so I don't know why.

[B]

Now we can address the rumor Teddy Swims is not bald.

[C]

I'm not bald.

[B]

He can grow hair. And he didn't undergo a hair transplant.

[C]

I did not.

[B]

As far as I know of.

[C]

That's what I swear.

[B]

Or on your beard, have you had one?

[C]

You just always had a lot for my beard.

[B]

You can do that. Do you know that it's actually just pubes? No, I think that's what they use. I think that's what they use, Teddy.

[C]

Is it?

[B]

Yeah. No, I'm serious. They use a lot for eyebrows. Do they? No, they use leg hair. I got confused.

[C]

It just pubes for your eyebrows?

[B]

Yeah. They don't use.

[C]

It come out a little curlier.

[B]

No. I see tick tock of girls who have eyebrow transplants and the hair grows so fast they have to cut it every day.

[C]

Oh, wait, so they actually take like the ability to grow legs on the eyebrows?

[B]

They take the hairs out of your legs and put it on your eyebrows.

[C]

But it still grows like leg hair like that?

[B]

Yes, because it doesn't change the speed of. They should put leg hair on head hair because why do. Why does my leg hair grow so fast but the hair on my head is so slow? I don't want bangs anymore. If I could just switch that.

[C]

Yeah, smart.

[B]

Do you know I have bangs?

[C]

Not currently.

[B]

What do you think about bangs on women?

[C]

I think bangs are cool, man.

[B]

Really?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. Every time I get them, I always regret them the next day. Yeah, I'm not.

[C]

And there's no going back, is it? You know?

[B]

No, it's there. You can go back in a year. In a year you can go back and have no bangs and. And then you can. It's so far away that once it grows back, you're like, maybe I would look cute with bangs again. So you try it again and then you're like, well, no, I think I.

[C]

Might try a bang.

[B]

You already kind of have one, Teddy.

[C]

Yeah, but I mean, just like, you know, the longer hair, but the bang don't do that. The bang.

[B]

You know, you have a lot of tattoos.

[C]

I do.

[B]

How many have you counted recently?

[C]

No, I could probably tell you that my body is probably somewhere from 85 to 90% cover, though. Pretty, pretty covered overall. So I wouldn't Be able to tell you, like, what's the.

[B]

The eyelid, eyeshadow one?

[C]

They say tough love.

[B]

Tough love. Did that hurt?

[C]

No. It's quite a weird one, though, because, like, you know, you feel like, how the needle, like, bounces. You feel your eyeball just going like that. It makes you a little irritated. But when I. When I was growing up, I'm huge Lil Wayne fan and he had the fear of God, you know, on his stuff. And I just, like, Carter 3 changed my life when I was like, in the 8th, 9th grade. So I was like, I gotta. I gotta get my eyelids tattooed. So it was just to be cool, like Lil Wayne, to be honest.

[B]

Do you have a Band Aid on your face as well?

[C]

Yeah, I do.

[B]

What was that about?

[C]

We were on a tour and everybody on the tour kind of like we. It was just a long one and we all got hurt. Somebody broke their leg and I, like, fractured my ankle and it was just a long one and so we all just got Band Aids on your.

[B]

All of you. On your faces?

[C]

No, no, just me.

[B]

Committed to it.

[C]

Sent a little bit. And it's also cool because, you know, like.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Country Grammar. Nelly, too, you know.

[B]

Huh?

[C]

You know Nelly?

[B]

Like Country Grammar Nelly.

[C]

Yeah, Country Grammar, the album. Like, Nelly. Nelly used to have, like, the Band Aid on his face back in the day.

90S.

[B]

Never heard of him.

[C]

Oh, yeah. It's probably before your time.

[B]

Yeah, probably must be.

On a scale from 1 to 10, what would you rate yourself?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Really?

[C]

Yeah, I'm cool.

[B]

That's crazy. Not. Not because I don't think you're a 10.

[C]

I like me very.

[B]

I feel like, you know, a lot of men, when you ask them that, say a lot. They were. They always rate themselves a 10. But I feel like women don't write themselves a ton.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, I feel like if you. If you had asked me, like. Like when I'm like, alone some days. Maybe not, you know, like in my.

[B]

Bad days, you know, uglier when you're by yourself.

[C]

Well, I mean, you know, just on my bad days, I don't feel that way, but I've tried to, like.

I think feel that way is a good thing, you know?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Self love or whatever.

[B]

I'd rate myself a six.

[C]

No way.

[B]

And I think it's accurate. I've used. If the scale. It's like five is average.

Anything like a six is a. I think I'm a little above average, which is.

[C]

I wouldn't say that.

[B]

I wouldn't say that. I'm like, average. Like, I. I see some people and I'm like, oh, you're definitely below average. And I wouldn't say that about myself.

[C]

You're top tier dog.

[B]

I'm not. There's, like up here.

[C]

What is it? What is the scale? Like, what are. What are we?

[B]

Purely off of superficial things. Yeah.

[C]

I mean, if it was. If it was like. Yeah, I guess if I was like, just on my looks alone, I'm definitely nowhere close to it.

[B]

That's not. That's not nice, Teddy.

[C]

Don't say that. I think, I think. I think, you know, I think your attitude and stuff and you're like, no.

[B]

No, but this is a superficial skill.

[C]

Well, that makes you sexy, man. You know what I mean?

[B]

No, but it just looks. Looks alone. What would you rate yourself?

A ten? Let me tell you. Let me help you. A ten.

I don't know a man who's a ten.

[C]

Nice to meet you. I'm Teddy Swift.

[B]

I'm happy. Teddy thinks he's a 10. I know that I'm not above a 6, but I always love meeting people who are confident because I wish I could be. Are you married?

[C]

No, I'm not married.

[B]

Do you want to be married?

[C]

Yeah, sure.

[B]

Do you love your girlfriend?

[C]

I do. I love her very much. She's wonderful to.

[B]

Tell me about her a little bit.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, she's. She's an incredible person. You know, we. We've gone through a lot and how.

[B]

Long have you guys been together?

[C]

Going on like, I think about a year and a half or something.

[B]

That's it.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Really?

[C]

And we. We had. We got a three month old right now, so.

[B]

Oh, my gosh.

[C]

We had a.

[B]

Got pregnant fast.

[C]

Yeah, we had to. We had to go through it pretty quick.

[B]

That's. How quickly did you get pregnant?

[C]

After meeting each other, we met in like November of. I mean, we. We talked for a long time. Like, I knew who she was. Like, we were fans of each other for a while, but we met the day before Thanksgiving on 2023.

[B]

Oh. It's been almost two years, but that's.

[C]

When we met, you know, but we finally, like, kind of got a little serious in like February or March. Ish. Or something, man.

[B]

Okay. Then you got really serious a couple months after that.

[C]

Yeah, pretty much. Yeah. We were like, oh, okay.

[B]

You did the most serious.

[C]

Let's do it. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And now it's great. You know, we. We've had some ups and downs and. And we still do. And we're like, we're getting to know each other. Still, you know what I mean? But like she's live together.

[B]

Yeah, you kind of have to, right?

[C]

Yeah, pretty much if you want to see your son. I mean, there's so many more other reasons to obviously maybe to live together, but the, the.

[B]

You're together in this. Yeah, yeah.

[C]

She's a great partner, man. We're, we're. She's. She's down to do it and understands the lifestyle. She does the same thing, you know. She's also a singer, so.

[B]

Music too.

[C]

It's been, it's been like. It's great to have somebody that understands. For so long, I felt like I didn't want to date an artist, you know, But I now that I do, I'm like, why was I thinking that that would be a bad idea? Cuz some days it's like I'm still in the studio till 2 and I'd call her and she's like, oh, that's cool. I'm like also working, you know, like, I'll call you back. You're like. Yeah.

[B]

How old did you say your baby is?

[C]

He's three months almost.

[B]

Oh, he's a. Such a little baby.

[C]

Yeah, he's tiny.

[B]

That's crazy. Just three months ago you were in the hospital.

[C]

Well, she actually is a fucking superhero. We did a.

[B]

Mom, that's, that's even crazier.

[C]

Yeah, we, we bought a house in Nashville and she like did this thing, man.

[B]

It was, that's.

[C]

It was so amazing.

[B]

I wanted to do that at one point, but I'm too scared. And I really like epidurals, you know.

[C]

I, Yeah, I don't know. I can't, I can't weigh in on that. But I think there was a lot of. The beautiful thing about it, I think like she was a lot more in control, you know, like had got to set up the environment of our bedroom and had her sister and her mother and her in the midwives. And this was more in control of the entire environment rather than being pushed in anything. And I, I mean, I'm sure I don't, I don't know anything. I can't say anything about pregnancy or the, you know, birthing process or anything, but I, I feel like she felt a little more comfortable just having a little more control of the environment, you know, and, and did the whole process.

[B]

So were you there?

[C]

Yeah, it was wonderful.

[B]

That's crazy, Teddy.

[C]

It was such a crazy experience, man. It's like. Feels like you're like mushrooms, you know, you're just like, whoa. It was such a.

[B]

It's the best thing in the world. I wish I could have 100 children. So.

[C]

I do too. I, I, I would, I would have 100 children. But of course, like, she's doing all the heavy lifting and I'm just leaving it in. So, you know, it's just kind of.

[B]

It's disgusting, Teddy.

[C]

Sorry.

[B]

Yeah, it's actually so disgusting.

[C]

Please make sure we cut that out.

[B]

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[B]

Are you guys date your girlfriend or fiance?

[C]

Yeah, we're girlfriend, boyfriend, I guess.

[B]

When are you going to pop the question?

[C]

Oh, I will, I will. It's got to be like, you know, the timing and the planning and maybe when things slow down, you know, does.

[B]

She want to be surprised or. No, I'm talking, we need to talk details. Does she want to be surprised or how does she want it to happen?

[C]

Yeah, I'm sure she would, you know, but of course she's like, she's like, you know, like, when are you gonna like, what's up with it? Are we getting married?

[B]

How do you do it?

[C]

Well, I don't have a ring, you know.

[B]

Get one.

[C]

Yeah, I probably could. I probably could hit up my pals over at K jewelers, tell them to send me one now.

[B]

There's so many jewelers. Watch. Who would love to help your no.

[C]

But they were kind of we're kind of deal with K so I had to. Oh they Everything would be A. Every kiss begins with K. Oh yeah.

[B]

Then I love K Jewelers.

[C]

I, I love you dudes.

[B]

I think that my.

[C]

They're really, they're really crushing it out here. They are all my stuff right here is K. Wow, they're really shining.

[B]

I don't have anything from K, so.

[C]

Really nice. I, I look, I, I can say some.

[B]

They would, they would love to say something to me.

[C]

They would love to Give you some jewelry. I'm sure.

[B]

I didn't even know they created, like, stylish things.

[C]

Yeah, they do. They're really cool. We've done a bunch of lines. We did like a Mother's Day one.

[B]

When I imagine Kay Jewelers, I imagine, like, old ladies walking in and shopping.

[C]

They do some. Really?

[B]

Are they trying to change that?

[C]

I had. Yeah, we did this one cool necklace for Mother's Day.

[B]

Oh, you're making necklaces with them now?

[C]

Yeah, we had this one. It's like a diamond necklace.

[B]

This is mind blowing to me.

[C]

Mom on it. It's so cool. I have to get you one of those.

[B]

This is more mind blowing than whatever you said those people are called on the side of the street.

[C]

Oscars.

[B]

Yeah, that K Jewelers isn't for, like, elderly people.

[C]

No, it's. They're. They're really fresh. I got blue. Get me. I'm okay.

[B]

K Jeweler. I don't think.

[C]

Kind of drippy.

[B]

No amount of marketing can convince me that K Jewelers is not for the elderly. But get. Get that bug. Teddy, do you read your comments?

[C]

I try. I try not to. And I. I mean, I don't. Like, the worst ones I get are just like, usually, like, usually like Jake Paul let himself go. You know, stuff like that. I get that all the time. Or like, Conor McGregor really got fat. Like, it's always those kind of things. And so they're kind of funny, if anything. Or you need the occasional Snack Miller. Or like Toast Malone. Just fat guy jokes. I get confused for Jelly roll all the time. Which is. Which is fine. It's an honor. So.

Action Bronson. You know the standard then.

[B]

You don't read your comments. You just know all of the nicknames.

[C]

Yes, I try not to. I try not to. But they're not so bad. It's not like they're like, yeah, kill yourself at anything like that. You know, it's just Modern jonesing.

[B]

You know, they're nicer.

[C]

Modern jonesing.

[B]

Those are good hate comments.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah, that's great. I'm jealous. I. I wish. I hope that your haters talk to my haters and get mine. Get more clever with their.

[C]

Yeah. What do they say? Really mean things like that? Just.

[B]

Mine are evil. Mine are racist. Very racist. Very mine. All of my haters look exactly like this. Each other. They all look the same. They're all. They're all in the military.

[C]

And I think, you know, this. This is like the worst part as I. I can imagine.

[B]

Like, they all love Jesus.

[C]

I bet they do they all have that?

[B]

And they're. Yeah, they're all. They're all.

[A]

It's.

[B]

I'm telling you, they all fit the same. The same thing. If you put them in a lineup, you couldn't tell them apart. They all are.

[C]

And those. Those guys just sit online and bash women all day.

[B]

I'm sure they do. They're like. They're all horrible.

[C]

I can't imagine that, like, the. The nastiness that comes with this. Like.

[B]

Would you rather be a man or a woman? Well, not that you're not a man, but if you got to choose again, if you got to be reborn, would you rather be born as a man or a woman?

[C]

I'm very. I'm very. I'm very happy to. To be external.

[B]

What does that mean?

[C]

You know, external. You know, like, I guess that was a weird way to say that.

[B]

What is wrong with you?

[C]

I'm very happy to be a man.

[B]

Who says that?

[C]

I don't know.

[B]

I've never heard anybody describe manhood like.

[C]

That, But I'm very happy to be a man.

[B]

Teddy has a weird way of saying things, and I don't know if I appreciate them, but I've never heard somebody describe being a man that way. And I didn't really quite catch that at first. You're performing at Coachella?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Are you excited?

[C]

Yeah, I'm really pumped about that one. We've been waiting on that for a long time.

[B]

And, I mean, that's exciting. Do you think that you'll meet Justin Bieber the day before?

[C]

I would like to. You know, I really like to. At one point, he had. He. He had sent me some weird. Like, I have to show you. He sent me some weird hand video on Instagram one time. Somebody doing something weird with their hands, and so every now and then I see some, like, weird hand video, and I just. I've sent him, like, probably four of them.

[B]

Just. Does he reply?

[C]

No, he just leaves me on red.

But I just. I was like, you started. You follow each other. Yeah.

[B]

So.

[C]

So hopefully, like, hopefully one day you'll be like, quit doing this.

I'll have to show up to you. They're so funny. Because his first guy's just, like, doing some, like, weird.

[B]

He sent it to you out of nowhere?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Really?

[C]

And I was like, why did you think I needed this? Can I show you?

[B]

But now you. But now you just send it to him.

[C]

Yeah, now I just sent him every hand video. Let me show you. It's so good.

[B]

What's the best relationship anybody could ever have.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And we've never spoken, but you've never talked before that. No, this is so. This is.

[C]

I. Even when he followed me was like, man, I love you. And he just liked it, you know? Look, look. He followed me and I said, I love you, bro. This is September 18th. And then he sent me this.

I'll show you. Can you see this?

[B]

Do you think it was an accident?

[C]

I don't know. So then I went back and I just kept sending him, I assume, like, some.

Teddy, and it's just like shadow puppet hand puppets.

[B]

Do you think it was an accident?

[C]

And then I s of this too.

So now every time I see little hand videos, I just sit do it, and he just leaves me on scene. He doesn't say.

But he started it, you know, so I'm like, one day, I hope. I hope that Coach La I can be like, so, what's up, dude? Like, what's with the heads? You know? Like, are we cool? Or like, I don't know.

[B]

Do you. Do you think it could have been an accident?

[C]

I just don't feel like. I mean, it's like, you know, like, just like.

[B]

Yeah, you're right, you're right. He had just gone out of it. Yeah.

[C]

Like, he would have to type me in, you know, to be like, I.

[B]

Want to know what was going on.

[C]

Yeah, he's like, teddy Swims needs to see this, you know? And so I was like, this is crazy. Just trying to be like, you know, a good friend, I guess.

You know, you don't, like, you don'. Reply to that or you don't be like, what the hell are you doing, bro?

[B]

He said, this is crazy. Dy.

[C]

I was trying to be cool, you know, like, what am I supposed to do? Like.

[B]

And then he just didn't reply to you?

[C]

Huh?

[B]

Didn't. Just didn't reply to you? No, I just.

[C]

I just kept sending him more hand videos.

[B]

When's the last time you sent him one?

[C]

I show you. What was that last one I just showed you? June 30th of 2023.

[B]

Oh, it's been a minute since you sent him one. Maybe you should send your own hand. That's.

[C]

Might as well never fresh out again. You never know.

[B]

Justin Bieber, if you somehow see this, we would love to know the story behind the hand, please. Maybe one day you guys can, like, shake hands or something together.

[C]

We could do a little.

[B]

A little thing. That's crazy. I. I love that. I love that you did that. I would love to meet Justin Bieber and Get the other side of Justin's story about this whole entire thing. I.

I, that's pretty cool. I've DM Justin and he's never replied, so he's one step further than I am. I hate when people cry. It makes me uncomfortable.

[C]

I think it's a good day to cry, you know? I think you cry a lot.

[B]

Oh, please never do that in front of me.

[C]

I love it.

[B]

I got so uncomfortable when people cry.

[C]

And it's so many things to cry about. There's so many good things to cry about. Especially, Especially. There's so many wonderful things in my life and, and hard things, and I.

[B]

Just can't, I feel like I don't know what to do when someone's crying. Like, I don't. I, I feel like I'm very empathetic until someone's crying and then I'm like, okay, that's an.

[C]

I cry more than my son, man. I do. I love him.

[B]

You cry about him. I love my kids so much, but.

[C]

I cry every day about him, man.

[B]

I don't cry. I just stress out. I don't, I don't sleep. I wake up every night.

Between midnight to 2am and I'm awake till like 5 or 6am just stressing. Do you do that?

[C]

Yeah, but like, it's an honor though, I guess, you know, to stress to just. Yeah, you know, I mean, to have like the life that you want and be like, this is a lot, you know, this is.

[B]

No, I stress because I'm like, want my kids to be healthy and happy and I just am a paranoid mother.

[C]

Yeah. I've been checking on his little breathing.

[B]

Oh, you don't have an outlet on him?

[C]

No, he sleeps in the bed with me still.

[B]

That's controversial, Teddy.

[C]

Why? It's not like he's like 19 or anything.

[B]

No.

That'S not what I meant.

[C]

And if he wanted to sleep with me at 19, he can. He just has to wear clothes.

[B]

That's not what I meant, Teddy. I meant people get really mad at people who co sleep.

[C]

Oh, man, I co sleep.

[B]

Yeah, I co slept too, but it's a forever, dude.

[C]

I still, I still. My dad's, My dad's in the bed. I still go lay down or maybe with my dude and just be like.

[B]

Oh, that's not weird. I, But I was. People love to say this about me, that I was a mommy influencer before I was a podcaster. And I guess, like, I really wasn't. I would sometimes post. I had a main page where I'd post Like, satire. Like, I would just do this character online, but then I had another one where I'd actually post real things, so I guess I kind of was. But the amount of opinions people have bothered me. But the biggest thing is people get really mad if you co. Sleep with your kids.

[C]

Weird. Wow.

[B]

Because it's like. Because you can die, Teddy. You could kill your baby.

[C]

No, I can't. I love my baby.

[B]

You could. I'd.

[C]

I'm so in tune with my baby and his little movements, man.

[B]

I think that I. My. What I've done with parenting since I've been a parent is just whatever feels natural. And it never felt natural for me to lock my kid into a room and let them cry it out. And that was something that so many people got so mad at me for not wanting to do was put my baby in a room. And.

[C]

Dude, did any of them have kids.

[B]

When they said that shit? It's like, no, they. People I knew who had raised children.

[C]

That killed their baby say that to me. That they killed their baby by that happening. Or, like, before. I, like, even entertain that. Like, if somebody's baby's happy and healthy and they're like, you can't sleep with your baby or you'll kill it. I need to hear it from the guy who killed his baby.

You know what I'm saying? I'm close. Sleeping with my son. I'm sorry, man. Y' all can. You don't like it? Lump it, buddy. Like, does your.

[B]

Does your wife.

[C]

Dude, fuck out of here. Tell me how to raise my son. I don't know. I think sleeping with your baby is perfectly fine. And I. I don't know what she meant by that being controversial. I think it shouldn't be controversial. You should be allowed to sleep in bed with your baby as long as you want.

[B]

Does your girlfriend breastfeed?

[C]

Yeah, she does. She did not take him off that titty at. Oh, man, that boy. That boy is fat, man.

[B]

I love that. I love. I love all the things that people think are weird, like extended breastfeeding and all of those things.

[C]

Yeah, you know, we. We. We're practically co nursing. You know what I'm saying?

[B]

What are you. What are you doing to help?

[C]

Just getting on the other side.

[B]

Oh, my God, Teddy.

[C]

I'm just playing. I'm just playing.

[B]

That is horrifying.

[C]

Right? I'm the left, he's on the right. Every once in a while, we switch it up. I'll even baby bird it to him.

I'm just playing. Playing. That's not Real. I'm just playing.

[B]

I. Wow.

Do you. I don't even know what I was going to ask anymore. That's crazy.

Have you tried your wife's breast milk?

[C]

Yeah, totally.

[B]

Like, like, from her?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Oh, my God. Really? I thought, I originally would never have thought to ask that, but then after restoring.

[C]

Yeah, why not? You know, I would.

[B]

You've tried it, like, from her.

[C]

I would. I would.

[B]

That's so interesting.

[C]

Totally. Yeah. I mean, why would you. I mean, I don't, I don't. It feels like for some reason it's, like, totally appropriate for you to ask me that, but if I asked if, if your baby daddy died, that doesn't feel appropriate for me to ask you. You know what I'm saying? So I don't know.

[B]

Never did he. Never. Would he be allowed to. Never. That's. No, but I did, I tried.

[C]

It's kind of freaky, you know what I mean?

[B]

That is so freaky. That is so freaky freaky of you, Teddy. I, again, don't even think that adults have, do anything like that Mommy King.

[C]

Thing, you know what I mean?

[B]

And you do that, I mean, often.

[C]

But we have tried it. Yeah. It's just like, it's, have you had.

[B]

It out of the cup?

[C]

No, just, just have it a day.

[B]

That's so amazing.

[C]

Oh, God. Okay.

[B]

Well, I, I, it's, it's not bad, huh?

[C]

No, it's actually quite sweet, you know.

[B]

Yeah. I wasn't expecting that, but I was like, that's why my kids were both hooked, because it's great.

[C]

It's got everything, you know, that he needs and.

[B]

Were you breastfed as a child?

[C]

You know, I, I, I, I, I don't remember personally, but.

[B]

You don't ask your mom. I could, I feel like you were breastfed as a baby.

[C]

I, I definitely feel, I feel, I feel like a titty baby.

[B]

For sure.

[C]

Yeah, I'm definitely breastfed these days.

[B]

What's your biggest insecurity?

[C]

I don't know, man.

That's hard. That's hard to say. I guess, like, sometimes.

Socially I, like, feel a little, like, awkward, you know, like booze.

[B]

You do?

[C]

Booze is helpful, you know?

[B]

Like, do you feel awkward socially?

[C]

Sometimes, yeah, but I are just, you know. But I don't know. I don't know if that's it.

[B]

You, you're insecure about how socially awkward you are. I wouldn't say you're socially awkward.

[C]

I say sometimes I feel, I feel like sometimes I just overthink things a little much, you know, and I Feel like I may be get.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Thank you too much. You know, I think too way too much about things, and I. And. And I feel like. Like I feel like I don't belong sometimes in places, you know?

[B]

But isn't that called something?

[C]

I don't know.

[B]

I was hoping you do. That's. Yeah, I don't know either.

[C]

For me, when I was a kid, I used to feel like. I used to feel bad about being chubby, but really, I love it now. You know, it's like, that's my. That's kind of me. And. And I used. I have. I have a lot of, like, moles right here. I used to be really insecure about those when I was young, but I don't really feel.

[B]

It's funny. As you grow up, the things that you were insecure about, you stopped.

[C]

You have to wear a high collar.

[B]

Really? I wanted a nose job for so long, and then I went on Accutane and my nose got smaller, and I was like, oh, do you know that happens?

[C]

No, I didn't.

[B]

You get a little, like, nose job if you go on Accutane. I used to think my nose was so embarrassing.

[C]

Whoa.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I used to think I had the smallest little ears, too.

[B]

I do.

[C]

I stretched them out so they'd be bigger.

[B]

See my ears?

[C]

Yeah, they're little ears.

[B]

I've. I. I've forever been told I have really little ears, but also my forehead. But I never grew out of that insecurity, so maybe that one. When I hit, like, 35 my. In my whole life, I really wanted my sister's name because, like, every one of my siblings got such basic names. And then I got bought and they gender typical names. Like, I have a brother named Chris, a brother named Daniel, a sister named Brittany, and a little sister named Lexi. And I was like, why did I get Bobby? Like, you just decided to, like, gamble on me and give me the weird name I couldn't have, So I wanted my sister's name. And it's funny because, like, and like, when I was in community college, I was like, I should just start telling people my name is Lexi. And then I was like, oh, too many people know me by this now. And then I let way more people know me by Bobby. And it's like, it's too late now. I can't come tomorrow and be like, you guys, I'm Lexi. But I do my fake name. Do you have a fake name you give? People ever know?

[C]

Yeah, Teddy Swims.

[B]

No Teddy. I guess you could just say, I guess you could Just say Jay and. Because people don't know you by that Jaden. Well, fudge, I get a new name.

[C]

Well, I. For. For my. I don't know if I. I guess it'll be fine. I could just change it. But for my hotels and my bookings and stuff, I. I go by you.

[B]

You change your name for your hotels? Yeah, cuz I never do. Cuz they upgrade my room.

[C]

People will come up and they'll be like a bunch of ebay to sign. And that's the only time where I.

[B]

What do you mean?

[C]

That's the only time where I say no to things, man. Because. Because they'll come. These people will come. Like they'll be standing inside your hotel with, with this like do 10 records. They'll have all these like poopy ass microphones and like a bunch of like pick guards and they'll have like 30 pictures of you printed out and they'll be like, want you to sign so they can just sell them.

[B]

Really? And like that's never happened to me, dude.

[C]

It's awful because then they'll sell. They'll sell. They sell these little microphones like these. They'll spend, you know, 50 bucks on a microphone and get you to sign it and flip it on eBay for 200 bucks. And then they want you to do like 30 of them. And I'm just like, you don't like me, you don't like my music, you don't care about my fans. And you're just like trying to exploit me and my fans and that just makes you a bad person in my opinion. And so now when I go to hotels or Atlanta airports, I go by.

[B]

It's so childish of you, but I expect nothing less. That's very childish, Teddy. I cannot wait for you to. I don't think men ever grow out of that type of humor, unfortunately. No, no, no. Well, you know what? Do you have anything else you want to say?

[C]

No, I've had a really great time.

[B]

You did?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I. I'm happy to hear that. I had a great time talking to you too. I hope you have so much fun with your baby. I hope he's sleeping. She. He.

[C]

Yeah, he.

[B]

I hope he's asleep when you get home because that's. It's really late. Is it late? What time is it? It feels really late.

[C]

Oh, it's only 9:14.

[B]

What time?

[C]

9:14.

[B]

That's so late. My bedtime is 9:30.

[C]

Yeah, he. Yeah, you said you wake up at like midnight, so it's definitely like.

[B]

Yeah, because you probably go to bed then. Yeah, yeah, no, I do go to sleep before midnight. I go to sleep at 8:30 to 9:30. Maybe I should go to bed later and then I won't wake up at midnight.

[C]

Oh, thanks for staying up past your bedtime.

[B]

You're welcome anytime. Goodbye.

[C]

Later.

I think it was a good time. I think I don't feel bad about anything that came out of my mouth.

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