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Unknown Speaker
I want you to ask yourself right now, how am I actually doing? Because it's a question that we rarely ask ourselves. All of May is actually Mental Health Awareness Month and on the Psychology of your twenties we are taking a vulnerable look at why mental health is so hard to talk about. Prepare for our conversations to go deep.
Tamara Judge
I spent the majority of my teenage years and my twenties just feeling absolutely terrified. I had a panic attack on a conference call.
Teddy Mellencamp
Knowing that she had six months to live. I was no longer pretending that this was my best friend.
Unknown Speaker
So this Mental Health Awareness Month, take that extra bit of care of your well being. Listen to the psychology of your 20s on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
Tamara Judge
Two T's in a pod with Teddy Mellencamp and Tamara Judge.
Unknown Speaker
Hi, guys. Welcome to another episode of two T's in a Pod with Teddy Mellencamp and Dolores Catania. Hi. Hold on. What are all these hearts and things in the background? What's going on?
Tamara Judge
I. My son just sent them to me because I had a heart ablation yesterday.
Unknown Speaker
Oh, my gosh. How are you feeling?
Tamara Judge
Like, how do you feel? Like, okay, good. We're together. Feeling like.
Unknown Speaker
Feeling like. Not as much as probably Jax feels like. But I cannot. Even so, I've never done a recap with Dolores before. This is our first time together. We've done.
Tamara Judge
But it's not our first time together. We can talk some shit.
Unknown Speaker
We can really talk some shit. But before we even get into that one, I'm thinking about you. I hope that you feel better for those listeners that we have. How did you know that you needed to go in and get ablation?
Tamara Judge
So my heart was beating out of my chest. You know, sometimes you feel like you have, like, a flutter. Feels like a butterfly, then it goes away. Well, it started to come more frequent and more frequently. And then I got a pain from the middle of my chest to my shoulder when I was driving one day, and I was like, that's not right. So anyway, it wouldn't go away. And I decided to go to a cardiologist, and he said, you're an afib. So afib is atrial fibri. Fibrillation, or however you say it. And, you know, you're a walking stroke. You can have a stroke, so so many people just ignore that. So I'm telling everybody, if you get those flutters in your chest, go see a doctor. So then yesterday, I had to go to the hospital, and they went through my groin, which is really sore right now, and into my heart. And they kind of shock your heart.
Unknown Speaker
And cauterize it, and then they're like, wake up, heart. We're doing it this way. Is that what it is? Yeah.
Tamara Judge
Okay.
Unknown Speaker
But you feel okay? And is there any recovery to it, or. It's just, take it easy.
Tamara Judge
Take it easy for, like, a week. But, yeah. Yeah, but, you know, like, yourself. Okay, I'm not. I'm no Teddy Mellencamp.
Unknown Speaker
Oh, my God, stop.
Tamara Judge
I cursed you out. Like, you had just gone home, and you're at the gym, on the treadmill, sweating it out, and I'm like, I gotta go to the gym. Like, look at her. And I'm like, up 20 pounds.
Unknown Speaker
Okay, 20 me. Me, too. Steroids are not my friend. So all the dudes that take Steroids. I can't even tell you how you function in life because it made me so like grumpy and agitated and gain weight, like in places I would never want to gain weight.
Tamara Judge
I did swear at you when I was walking into the gym because I fucking hate it. I hate going to the gym.
Unknown Speaker
You were there.
Tamara Judge
Cause of you.
Unknown Speaker
Well, good, good. Because I say to my friend that always bitches about going to the gym, but she has like a training goal coming up. I'm like, listen, do you know what I would do to be able to walk into the gym every day and be able to work out? And something that I wanted to also kind of talk about when everybody's like, oh, Teddi, you're so strong. You're this. You went out, you didn't wear a wig. You looked like. You just are so fierce. I wanna say, like, there's good days and there's bad days and like we really have to. And I'm sure the same went with you when you were deciding to go get your heart checked. Like, yeah, that night was a good night. I felt like absolute donkey the next day.
Tamara Judge
Like, so you do a lot and then it catches up to you the next day. Like you feel good, right?
Unknown Speaker
Yeah.
Tamara Judge
And then the next day you pay for it.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. And I think that's something that's okay. It's okay to be able to. You know, everyone thinks that you're gonna get sick or you're gonna have a procedure and then everything stops. But then we don't talk about the mental health aspect where like then depression will sink in, you will feel normal.
Tamara Judge
Yeah.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. So I think that that happens no matter what you're grieving or what kind of pain you're in. Whether it's physical pain or in this case, whatever Jack's is going through and Brittany and all the shit shows. Like, I mean, shit. It is a frickin shit show. So the first question that I have as we get in to the valley is, would you rather. Who would you rather, Jax or Jesse?
Tamara Judge
Oh, Jax. I mean, I, you know, he's just a bigger guy, but you know, neither one. To be honest.
Unknown Speaker
I would say you have to pick. You know, then it's.
Tamara Judge
Jax is like, is it a statically or just not a bad looking guy?
Unknown Speaker
Okay, so what do you do? One is who would you rather have sex with? And to who would you rather be married to?
Tamara Judge
How can I have. What are you asking me to pick shit for?
Unknown Speaker
Because sometimes we pick shit. Sometimes this is reality.
Tamara Judge
So you're going to I am only doing this because it's you that I'm going to give you this answer. You are going to get me today, aren't you, you fuck?
Unknown Speaker
Yes. Obviously.
Tamara Judge
You know, you're lucky I miss you.
Unknown Speaker
Good. This is, you know, you really lean. I really lean into it. People are liking me right now. I'm like, oh, now, I always liked you.
Tamara Judge
You know that. Who would I rather be married to? Definitely Jesse. I can handle Jesse. Jax is a cracked egg. You cannot handle that guy. You cannot reason with that guy. He's a fucking disaster.
Unknown Speaker
But you want to bone down with him.
Tamara Judge
Well, that's just like a bone. But Jesse, Jesse, I can handle, like, as a man, because I'm probably more of a man than him, that I could probably, like, manhandle him.
Unknown Speaker
So I almost just sped up my soda, which, by the way, I didn't drink sodas until after I was in the hospital. Now it's like a pound. Diet Cokes. Addicted. Well, I think, you know, we. We weren't able to go into some of the past episodes, but, you know, we'll just. We'll talk about episode three right now. It starts out, Janet's husband, Jason, comes over to Brittany's house. Jason helped drive Jax to rehab and get checked in. He says Jax is having a hard time separating being mad at Brittany from getting help from. For himself. So this is the part that I find a little bit odd. Why be mad at Brittany when you're trying to get help for yourself at this point? When you're trying to get help, get help.
Tamara Judge
Well, I can tell you. Because he's not humbled yet. Okay.
Unknown Speaker
Because he hasn't hit rock bottom.
Tamara Judge
No. I have dealt with addiction in my family. And on the way to bringing that person to rehab, I was gonna punch her in the face because I said, you're not here. She was cocky. She was cocky. And we brought her there and she was on the phone and she was. And I said, you didn't come here to have fun. So when you. Unless you're going there loathing and hating yourself, he is not starting off on the right foot. You need to hit rock bottom.
Unknown Speaker
I agree with you. And especially the other day, I don't know all the backstory to this, but he was recently on an Instagram Live, and who knows what he was talking about? Cause I only saw a screen grab, but he was on Instagram Live. And then you see his publicist, the one he was allegedly having an affair with. Say, get off the live.
Tamara Judge
Oh, wait, is he still. How's he doing that from rehab? You need to be humbled, however that is. And that's people, places, things. You strip yourself from everything and break yourself down, and then you come up to being a person from scratch.
Unknown Speaker
But I also don't think he wants to be sober. He may not want to get to the point where he's blowing lines and breaking his furniture, but I don't think he's interested in sobriety. I think. And I do. Do you think he's interested in not hooking up with chicks anymore?
Tamara Judge
Well, I think that's part of his addiction. Right. So it's all about discipline and getting rid of that whole past life. Like, you have to. You can never be around it again. You can't even take a sip of a beer. It's over. It is over.
Unknown Speaker
It's all or nothing, right?
Tamara Judge
Yes. And it's.
Unknown Speaker
And I think that's what gets confusing here in California, because there's all this California sober discussion where it's like, well, I'm not doing coke anymore, but I can still drink alcohol. No, but I would assume.
Tamara Judge
Not in my.
Unknown Speaker
Assume that if you're drinking alcohol, the next step is I'm gonna be drunk and I'm gonna want coke. If I was a trigger addict.
Tamara Judge
Well, it's a trigger, right?
Unknown Speaker
Yeah.
Tamara Judge
So you start that. And that's.
Unknown Speaker
And I'm not saying that that doesn't. That makes him a terrible person. I'm just saying that may mean he's not ready and he's doing. And he keeps saying, I'm doing it for my son, but then do it or be doing yourself too.
Tamara Judge
Well, I mean, I believe in doing things for your kids. Like, I believe in finding the strength to do something in your love for your children. It has gotten me from the depths of how, like, having to be strong for the people I love, like, that'll do it, Teddy. And you know that.
Unknown Speaker
I know.
Tamara Judge
You know, who knows better than you? You know, you fight every day. And he has to want it, though.
Unknown Speaker
But he has to want it. And he has to also know that life not doing it is going to be significantly better than the life he's living right now. And I don't think he believes that.
Tamara Judge
Well, you have to have something to work with. So I haven't been able to sleep, and I happen to turn on Bravo the other day, and what was on but their wedding?
Unknown Speaker
Oh, I never saw that.
Tamara Judge
I saw the wedding. It just. It was on, and it was so weird to watch everybody so young, and you see those memes on Instagram. Like, you know, they say, like, oh, 20 minutes from now, she didn't know she'd hear the worst news of her life. Like, it's somebody. And I was like, thinking with each person, like, Ariana and Tom, like, oh, you know, five years from now, she will know that he's gonna be sleeping with Raquel, who's in the room next to them. Or, you know, or Sheena is gonna be married with the kid. And what was it? Lala. Kent was. Lala was there with no neck. What's his name?
Unknown Speaker
Randall. But he couldn't be filmed. I mean, I can't even remember. But, yeah, Randall was. He was filmed. Oh, yeah. One. He was there.
Tamara Judge
She was, like, crying when she. When Britney was dancing with her father.
Unknown Speaker
So it, like, he reminds me of the guy from 90 Day Fiance.
Tamara Judge
Big Ed. Big Ed. Big Ed's bro. No, but Randall don't come for me. I'm sorry. I'm kidding.
Unknown Speaker
So you're not kidding. You're so full of shit. You're not kidding. You just don't want him to come for you because he's scared.
Tamara Judge
Yeah.
Unknown Speaker
We don't need to fight people. Not on TV anymore. We'll stick to people solely on television. Okay, but do you think that Brittany is in the wrong at all for any of this stuff? I know you're. As. You're watching the wedding. Like, you don't think that she knew this shit was coming. He cheated. Cheated on her like, a bajillion times.
Tamara Judge
Before he cheated on her. He got. He drank. He did. She was in love. Young and dumb. She was in love. I. I've. I don't judge anybody for that. Doesn't make it. Just because she's a student, it doesn't make it okay for him to keep doing it.
Unknown Speaker
Right.
Tamara Judge
You know what I mean? Like, don't fucking run the girl into the ground. She's crazy about you. But I always look at people, where they. How they grew up, their relationship and things. We're affected by our childhoods, as you know, so there was a part of me that felt. I have. I do feel bad for Jax because I know. I don't think he ever really had a chance. He's not close with his family. He brought. He brought the father's ashes to the wedding, and that's the only family he had there. Yeah, his mom, like, his sister was there, but they don't really talk now. Like, I looked into all this.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah.
Tamara Judge
You got me crazy with this podcast that you good.
Unknown Speaker
It makes you psycho. And also You. You don't really know this because people don't signif, like, hate you to, like, another level. But, like, theirs was probably, like, six years where I was so hated online. And it really kind of started, like, getting to me mentally.
Tamara Judge
If you don't look, though, there's no.
Unknown Speaker
Such thing as not looking. When you work in the business and you keep doing it like, it's. There's no such thing. Don't let it bother you. Let it.
Tamara Judge
You let it bother you. But if you don't look, you don't see.
Unknown Speaker
How do you think Jax could not look? Like, I think he's also. Every time he fucks up, he's hated even more. And so, like, sometimes when you're really hated, you go double down and you.
Tamara Judge
Do even more fun. He's not affected, Teddy. I don't think he's not affected.
Unknown Speaker
I don't think he realizes he's an asshole.
Tamara Judge
No, you're. Well, you're right.
Unknown Speaker
Like, you were on Traders with him. Like, do you think he thinks he's a raging narcissist? Allegedly.
Tamara Judge
No. No, he. Listen, Tom was like a puppy that shits on the floor, and then he gets hit, and he doesn't know why he. Why does everyone hate me? I just sit on the floor, but he's like, I'm the most hated man. I cannot be a traitor. Like, the whole world hates me. But it didn't phase him. It didn't, Teddy. It didn't, like, penetrate.
Unknown Speaker
And I feel like Jax would lean into it and be like, I want to be the traitor. I want to do this. Like, I want to be the biggest asshole. But either way, we get through this.
Tamara Judge
He's a broken.
Unknown Speaker
He's broken.
Tamara Judge
You can't fix that. There's. There's a thing I saw on Instagram one time. Be careful picking up broken glass, like shard glass, because you cut yourself.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. So I think they both kind of know, but at this time, we're probably, like, eight years in 10 years, in 12 years. And who knows? Into their relationship, then Janet and Michelle, which, honestly, Michelle could push me right over the edge. Every single time that she comes on the screen, I'm like, I know that I was notoriously boring, but I'm like, listen here. I'm in recovery, and I don't need to watch you. I'm tired. And then she comes on, and I'm like, I need whatever it's called, toothpicks to hold my eyelids open. She starts to talk, and I'm like, no, I can't I can't. She is where my joy goes to die.
Tamara Judge
I'm dead. I mean, like, she was cry. I mean, she was crying the other day because I know we have to get.
Unknown Speaker
But we have to get to that.
Tamara Judge
But I'm sorry. I'm just so excited.
Unknown Speaker
I know. We're so excited. But then we get the. The other thing is, they're talking about the rehab thing. Then Kristen and Luke come to the house, and then Luke, as if he wasn't enough already, becomes completely unfuckable because he outs the boy group.
Tamara Judge
I'm sorry, is that boy group or a circle jerk? It's like a big fucking wank fest on that.
Unknown Speaker
This.
Tamara Judge
Oh, they think they're so cool that they have this, like, group text.
Unknown Speaker
Like, join the fucking club. We all have group texts and nothing stays inside the group text.
Tamara Judge
They saw the group text between me and my friends, the pictures, the memes that go up.
Unknown Speaker
But if my group texts with Tamara, if one of the additional people, who I'm not going to say because I don't want them to get dms was than sharing it on television, I would be fricking furious. I mean, I know you guys are saying Danny brought it up on camera first, but to me, it came out as. As what's his name? As Luke telling it.
Tamara Judge
I'm blaming Danny. He knows. He's no amateur. He's not an amateur. He knows what he was doing. What was he thinking?
Unknown Speaker
You.
Tamara Judge
Did he get bottle brain? Diaper brain? You had a fucking house with the three kids under three. Three kids. I have three kids under three.
Unknown Speaker
And I'm like. And how much are you doing at this point? And like, listen, do you live in Valencia yet or not? Because I don't want to hear about it unless you are.
Tamara Judge
I don't know where Valencia is, but I can tell you that he's in the house too much.
Unknown Speaker
I can tell you that he needs to be out doing more things. If he's reading through the Santa Clarita, she finally.
Tamara Judge
She finally folded and went there. He wanted to go there and then whatever. But anyway, boy chat. Boy chat. So he tells this dweeb.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah, first of all, if.
Tamara Judge
If they did. If some guy was a rat like that in New Jersey. Oh, boy, you.
Unknown Speaker
That's what I'm saying.
Tamara Judge
Teddy, listen to me. If that happened here, oh, my God.
Unknown Speaker
It'S no Santa Clarita there in Jersey.
Tamara Judge
No.
Unknown Speaker
You get your ass kicked.
Tamara Judge
That is. That is. But I think both of them would.
Unknown Speaker
Get their ass kicked.
Tamara Judge
They would both. They would both get when he.
Unknown Speaker
I think Luke was upset that he didn't. Wasn't on the group chat and that's why he shared it. And then I think that.
Tamara Judge
Why did he say he shared it? Did he ever say why he shared it?
Unknown Speaker
Luke, how quickly you went from hating the LA drama last season to be the bone collector this season. I love how this. This is already written up. Bone collector. Like, Kristen has definitely taught him well.
Tamara Judge
So listen, you know, let's go back to the wedding. They say Kristen has like a golden vagina. She breaks one heart after another. Well, lala was like. Because at the wedding there was some guy crying to her with a beard.
Unknown Speaker
Oh, yeah. He turned out to be an asshole, too.
Tamara Judge
Yeah. So she was like. She was like breaking his little heart at the wedding. And he came to the wedding to be with her and she was ignoring him and she was just annoyed he was there. So then Lala's like, look at him crying in the corner. She's got like a golden vagina. This is what she does to these guys.
Unknown Speaker
And I want to be clear. I love Kristen. Like, I think Kristen's a necessity on the show. In person, she's really cool and nice. Where some of these people I've met in person and I'm like, I could do or do without you like being around me. But I like Kristen.
Tamara Judge
You know what I know about Kristen? That Ariana called her when Tom stabbed. When Tom did to her. Like, she broke up. Tom and Ariana broke up Kristen and Tom. Correct.
Unknown Speaker
Ariana. Yeah.
Tamara Judge
And then when it. When Tom broke up with. See what the fuck you got me going on here?
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. We're deep down the rabbit hole and we have to stay focused.
Tamara Judge
Ariana was just. Wait, was just at. At Kristen's baby shower. Ariana went to Kristen and Kristen embraced her when Tom broke her heart. That's why when you're saying you like Kristen, I'm saying that said a lot.
Unknown Speaker
Of people, they like Kristen because people keep going back to her. So people want to talk shit about her on the show, but either way, then we get into this conversation where Michelle. Was Michelle seeing Aaron last summer or was it just happening, you know, like recently?
Tamara Judge
I think they were seeing each other and I don't give a fuck. He wasn't nice to her. He. He treated her. He was arrogant.
Unknown Speaker
Who Jesse was.
Tamara Judge
Jesse was mean to her. From what she says now, I'm just getting new to the relationship.
Unknown Speaker
We believe her.
Tamara Judge
Yeah.
Unknown Speaker
I mean, I don't think Jesse's a great guy, but I also think that Michelle knows exactly how to push buttons, but either way they're compatible.
Tamara Judge
They were not compatible that is. And anyway, I hope the honey guy was worth it because now he hates her. She don't care that he hates her.
Unknown Speaker
Oh my God.
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Unknown Speaker
Then Jesse says Michelle admits to cheating on him if it wasn't with Aaron.
Tamara Judge
Admits? Yeah, she admitted it. I didn't see that.
Unknown Speaker
Yes, this is at the beginning. Jesse says that she admitted it. This happened last year after the season. But then if it wasn't with Aaron, then she cheated twice.
Tamara Judge
Jesse said I think she's lying. I think she cheated with Aaron but she tried to cover up because Aaron's in the picture now. So she just wanted to admit to it. But not to her daughter saying I.
Unknown Speaker
Love you to Aaron on last week's episode or two weeks episode ago showed me that he's been in the life for a pretty long time. Yeah, I mean I don't know any men my kids would say I love you to other than their dad after two months of dating like that seems banana trees.
Tamara Judge
Here's the thing. Banana trees. Jesse's a good dad. Jesse seems like a good dad. He seems very attentive to her, the baby. But then she was saying he doesn't.
Unknown Speaker
Pay child support that actually shocked me. But also, I think Kristen and Jesse using each other to create chaos is a little bit of, like, what I needed on this show.
Tamara Judge
Oh, listen, it wasn't to be teamed up. It wasn't predictable. And you know what? They're thick as thieves, those two.
Unknown Speaker
They are, because they know, you know what? They need us. Then Nia and Kristen go to a fertility acupuncturist. Kristen and Luke are still trying to get pregnant. They had pregnancy loss last year. Nia says she got pregnant after two months of fertility acupuncture. Nia wanting to have more babies while still being in the apartment is absurd. Like, if I was the acupuncturist, I'd be like, no.
Tamara Judge
She should just slow down for a minute for her body's sake. It's a lot on your body. She had twins and shut it up, like.
Unknown Speaker
But I think she's concerned on once. She what? I think she's very. And I. I have been this way, too, so I understand. I think she wants to have all the kids she wants to have right away so then she can get in the best shape of her life and blah, blah, blah. But I think what happens then is sometimes we mistake, and I am at fault of this. We mistake some of our sadness or unhappiness as exhaustion when we have little kids versus I need to deal with some other things in my life, which I think is going to play out throughout the rest of the season.
Tamara Judge
Well, that's very telling. But see, it's been so long since I've had little ones. You still have little ones. It's been so long that I don't remember any of that.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. So for me, like, we, you know, we got to a point where racing from activity to activity, Mommy and me, this. Blah, blah, blah, blah. And you're so booked up that at the end of the night, when sometimes you're emotional, you're like, well, I did do 65 million things today, so maybe that's why. Or Maybe I did 65 million things today because I didn't want to address certain things that were going on that I needed to handle.
Tamara Judge
Well, I think that is. That goes for across the board in life. I didn't stop for probably 20 years, Teddy. I just went and went and went and didn't sit down and just cluttered my life with nonsensical busyness and too many people. And it's only recent that I did calm down and stop that.
Unknown Speaker
Well, you didn't have a choice. Your show's no longer Being filmed.
Tamara Judge
That's true actually yeah.
Unknown Speaker
Fired. But then we get back to the group chat, the boys chat and Jax. Jax, this was your first mistake. Do not organize a group chat of. I have four people in my group chat and it annoys me. And I have like 20 group chats. But Jax organized a group chat of 20 guys with where they have locker room. This is not a term I know I knew or could use but locker room chat. And Jesse asked the chat how Michelle is affording her place when she hasn't made commission in two years. Then he says he has evidence that she's sleeping with a billionaire for fifteen hundred dollars a night. Who is it? This is my phone number.
Tamara Judge
I was just gonna say listen, she should. It's for the full night. Is that 1500? She should get more.
Unknown Speaker
Do you have to stay all night? I mean we get more for a paid post on stories.
Tamara Judge
Say that's a. That's. That's a 22nd story says you got to up your game. I mean do you just let him look at it? Do you have to do something for that? I mean I want to understand going very far.
Unknown Speaker
But my guess is that when. When Jesse was sending these kind of text messages that then Daniel then brought to Luke is maybe when he was still on the drinking some nights and then he would just be shit talking. You know some people shit talk and they don't actually mean what they're saying.
Tamara Judge
Listen, how many times really care if it's. But huh.
Unknown Speaker
Do you. I don't think he really thinks that she's been sleeping with a billionaire for fifteen hundred dollars a night.
Tamara Judge
Well if. If so he hates her so fucking much he's going to bring it out. So I thought when she. So now they're at Dave and Buster's and Britney tells her also would you.
Unknown Speaker
Want your adult birthday at Dave and Buster's?
Tamara Judge
No. That was like not for me.
Unknown Speaker
But before we even get Dave and Buster's they were talking about how they think that Danny can't handle his alcohol. Listen, we need people that can handle their alcohol but also still be inappropriate on this show. So we got to figure out a happy medium.
Tamara Judge
But Danny's been in some trouble while he's drinking. He gets a little handsy.
Unknown Speaker
A little handsy?
Tamara Judge
Surprised. I was very surprised to hear that.
Unknown Speaker
I know he goes to the church. I go to Danny.
Tamara Judge
Danny drink from the well at the church.
Unknown Speaker
You better be good. Go to confession, Danny. And you're with like the most beautiful. This goes to show that if you're going to be handsy and do inappropriate things. It doesn't matter how beautiful your significant other is. You're just. That's maybe who you are or who you're not.
Tamara Judge
My friend's husband used to cheat on her with a 400 pound woman with no teeth. And she would wear the velvet.
Unknown Speaker
Maybe she was gonna boost jobs though.
Tamara Judge
No, I mean, three strands. She had like three strands of hair, all messy and no teeth. Summer teeth. And she was £400.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. I mean, he loved her.
Tamara Judge
He cheated. He left my friend for her.
Unknown Speaker
But also, I want to see the scene where I. Like Alex Baskin. Let us know. I want to see the scene because they have the actual footage of Jasmine and her girlfriend confronting Danny, but they only showed us a flashback of that.
Tamara Judge
Now, did Jasmine and her girlfriend confront Danny because he was inappropriate with Jasmine as well?
Unknown Speaker
So what we found out on the after show regarding this whole Danny being touchy feely, which I'm not sure this story helps Danny at all, but it's that Jasmine brought up him being touchy feely with her on camera because he hadn't apologized to Jasmine's girlfriend. But the problem was Danny thought he was handsy with Michelle.
Tamara Judge
He was that drunk?
Unknown Speaker
He was that drunk. He didn't even know whose hands he was.
Tamara Judge
Oh, I get it now. I was so confused. Thank you.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. So apparently he doesn't know who he was handsy with. But of course, then that means he's going to share text messages that he, like, take Danny off the group chat if you don't want it shared because he's loose lips drunk.
Tamara Judge
Well, was he drunk when he was watching the kids and he was on the couch and he told the vagina?
Unknown Speaker
No, I hope not.
Tamara Judge
Was he? I mean, he knew what he was doing then.
Unknown Speaker
I don't know. My guess is Danny potentially really wants to be on this show and he doesn't know how to, like, cause the trauma, so he just says stuff that's unnecessary. Yeah, I know. But then those are the ones you.
Tamara Judge
Got to watch out for, Teddy.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah, but then Janet decides she wants to throw her birthday party at Dave and Buster's, by the way, in Northridge. Been there, had a child's birthday there. Like, I'm an adult Dave and it doesn't matter if you're in la. You do know, and you know that I'm confused. Which adult wants to have a Dave? Do you want a Dave and Buster's birthday?
Tamara Judge
No, I don't want to go there. For a kid even. I don't want to Go anywhere near there. I'm done with those things. I've been done with those things for over 20 years.
Unknown Speaker
Also was like, why did she have to carry two beers at one time? Drink all the beers you want. It's your birthday. We haven't seen you be like loose lips, Danny. But why do you need to hold two? Like, there's a million people to get you a drink around.
Tamara Judge
You know, all I could think of when I was watching that whole thing, I spent $30,000 on a finale party here. Okay? I hired actors. I got whiskey float people flown in from Ireland. I had Irish flowers. They don't even.
Unknown Speaker
I don't even remember seeing any of this. So that's. I remember you just sitting at the table.
Tamara Judge
I had my. My garage turned into a casino with our faces on coins that they never showed. And then I had, like, Irish cooks make it. You know, when we did, like, the. The fight where everybody was fighting in this. In this room right here.
Unknown Speaker
But that's the only thing I remember is that room. So you could have just done that and removed the heart.
Tamara Judge
And I'm thinking to myself, dave and busters and beer. Get the out of here. The. And we're canceled. Yeah, yeah.
Unknown Speaker
No, because this shows that. This show is not about the lifestyle. It's about the drama. And. But she has the party. Then she's kind of bossy about the Dave and bossers. And listen, I'm a bossy person, so I get it. But, like, she wants everybody else to Dave and buster the way she. Dave and Busters.
Tamara Judge
And I'm like, there's a process. And she went over it. First you come in. First she goes to the present room where you can get your tickets.
Unknown Speaker
No, hold on. First you must wear a romper and a fanny pack. Which I was like, that's gonna be a pain. If you have to pee, you have to pull it to the side. Or you have to decide if you're gonna take a fanny pack.
Tamara Judge
1. I hope I don't get invited to Bravo Con and I meet none of these people. I've never had beef with anybody before until you pulled me into this. I just can't help myself.
Unknown Speaker
I know, but like, what? Also, like, this isn't a kids party. Why are you in rompers and fanny packs? I own all these things, but I make a choice when to wear them. And the choice 21 double fister.
Tamara Judge
What else would you wear there?
Unknown Speaker
Jammies? This, what I have on.
Tamara Judge
Listen, she was. Go ahead. I mean, I'm here for it.
Unknown Speaker
But then but then, as if there's not enough going on with figuring out what their goals were, which was to get enough fucking tickets, one to win something you could probably buy for four bucks. Brittany tells Michelle what Jesse has been saying about her. They bring Daniel over to ask what.
Tamara Judge
Jesse was saying, and he shit himself.
Unknown Speaker
He did. He. I actually brought a diaper bastard. That day.
Tamara Judge
She had her diaper bag because the trail is shit. He's like.
Unknown Speaker
He's like. You could tell. He's like looking in the side of.
Tamara Judge
His eye, and that's the first that she hears. You could. Like, his wife looks at him like, you. Some.
Unknown Speaker
Nia is like, I will honestly remove your ball sack tonight.
Tamara Judge
Just get away. He's like, well, you said it. She's. No, she goes, well, you said it. You said it. You said it on camera. Or you. You know, you said it, so you know it has to be.
Unknown Speaker
And, you know, she probably said that she. You know, she probably was like, you said it on camera, you idiot.
Tamara Judge
Well, she said it. He didn't tell her. He didn't?
Unknown Speaker
No, because he doesn't remember. Dolores, why was he drinking? I don't know. Were you having a double fist or beers? I'm sharing. But then Michelle. The amount of Michelle crying over this was confused.
Tamara Judge
I thought she was gonna laugh. See, I played it all wrong. She should have started laughing.
Unknown Speaker
She's like, 1500 a night or.
Tamara Judge
Honey, I get way more than that. But punkin, I would have had so much fun with that. But, like, it was a delayed reaction cry. Like, it was almost a fake cry.
Unknown Speaker
Honestly, do you think she went and did this with some soap in her eyes to get the tears out?
Tamara Judge
Like, it was so delayed. Number one, she wasn't, like, really surprised, and she just started, but. But then she went off on him and she was like, this is where we started to talk about. She's like, well, he doesn't pay child support. Oh.
Unknown Speaker
Then we finally get to the goods.
Tamara Judge
Then we get to the show.
Unknown Speaker
We needed to know.
Tamara Judge
But I broke the seal.
Unknown Speaker
But he did break the seal. But I also don't know if I believe her that he doesn't. This is the problem. I know Jesse, and you guys are gonna say Teddy's biased, and yes, I am biased. But, like, I think about the two people I'd rather hang out. If I was in a room with Jesse and I was in a room with Michelle, I would gravitate towards Jesse. Not because I'm a hosed beast, but because he seems like more fun.
Tamara Judge
Okay. All right.
Unknown Speaker
So Maybe I'm biased, but I don't know that I. Because she originally made it out like he had her move out of the place. But no, she had already done that. That wasn't a decision Jesse made like they could. A lot of what we're hearing is double sided from both things.
Tamara Judge
Yeah. So it's, it's very tumultuous. They are. They fucking hate each other.
Unknown Speaker
They hate each other. They hate. And she should have just made a joke about it and then I wish.
Tamara Judge
She should have laughed. But. But how could she come out and say he's not being her if he really isn't?
Unknown Speaker
Because who's gonna check? What are we gonna do? Am I gonna zip over the LA courthouse after this and check?
Tamara Judge
Okay, don't worry, the fans will do it, not you.
Unknown Speaker
Someone let us know. Because I'm believing Jesse, but maybe he's not paying child support because they're not that part of court yet. Are they fully divorced?
Tamara Judge
No, they're not divorced yet.
Unknown Speaker
Well, that's why there's nothing set in stone. I doubt they went to a mediation.
Tamara Judge
But there's something called pende lite where he has to give her money to live. There has to be. Oh, not in California.
Unknown Speaker
Not in California. You might even be in like one of those fault states. Like, I don't even know what Jersey does, but like out and like.
Tamara Judge
No, it's no fault here. It's no fault.
Unknown Speaker
It's no fault. Like, who knows? But we don't. I don't. As far as I know, you keep everything the same. So if they had separate finances, then it would stay as separate finances until they complete either their mediation or their court.
Tamara Judge
Well, you know, here's the other thing. Like when they see. So if she has no money, is she banging somebody for money? Because I don't know if the honey guy is the honey guy fitting the bill. If the honey's expensive.
Unknown Speaker
I have more hair on the front of my head than the honey guy.
Tamara Judge
No, wait, listen, Michelle, I have no problem with anything you do. God bless. I really.
Unknown Speaker
Listen, I. Dolores is coming over after this and we're going to start my only fan. So I can just start bringing that.
Tamara Judge
There's nothing wrong with that. Michelle. Don't let anybody shame you for how you make a living ever. And I'm not saying that you do it in any way, but maybe, you know, her boyfriend's giving her money. Do they live together?
Unknown Speaker
No, they live together. They live together. The daughter says, I love you. Who knows? But I think after court, maybe he's.
Tamara Judge
Paying the fucking bill. Duh.
Unknown Speaker
But either way, Jesse is saying he was making a joke on the boys chat.
Tamara Judge
That shouldn't sound like a joke when you say when you follow it with I have proof.
Unknown Speaker
Oh. As she sips the spindrift. The fact that I just remembered the word spindrift. But like I forget when my birthday is.
Tamara Judge
I just gotta say, no, listen, it should have never been repeated. How about that? You shouldn't have said it in the group chat. Jesse, it's still the mother of your kids. And if you're not paying the bills, why do you care as long as they're getting paid? That's number one. Number two, it shouldn't have been repeated.
Unknown Speaker
It shouldn't repeat it. And also number three, if we are going to keep this group chat working, please add me and Dolores because we'd like to be in on the crumbs.
Tamara Judge
Yeah, we'll teach you how to be men.
Unknown Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
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Unknown Speaker
So then, as if Michelle couldn't bug me more, now she's decided as a second seasoner to go around and try and do a poll with some like lifetimers to kick Jesse out of the house that he's betting pain for.
Tamara Judge
Just don't go or stay at the hotel. He invited her there. What about when Kristen says, listen, if she's making some money on the side, she can afford her own hotel room. There's no.
Unknown Speaker
So did she really think she's that close with everybody? I guarantee she's one of those people that the second they're done filming, she's not like besties with every single woman on that show. Do you think, Teddi?
Tamara Judge
I think that she was put up to that.
Unknown Speaker
Well, I know that that is very forbidden in the world of housewives. Maybe not for the Valley, but we do have the same producer. They never want to have to deal with filming at two different locations. So unless she ends up agreeing to it and she's true.
Tamara Judge
You're right.
Unknown Speaker
You're so hard to never want that. But meanwhile, you know, Jasmine, Kristen and Nia think it's weird since Jesse is renting the house they don't want him to be. I love that that's the wor vanished. I'm like are we on traders? But then Brittany and Janet vote for Jesse to stay in a hotel. They were so excited to win their prize. I don't think they were focusing on what the hell Michelle was saying. I would have just tuned Michelle out to and she's like, yeah, sure, whatever. Anyways, keep it moving.
Tamara Judge
No, because they, they were like mad about what he had said. And Britney's going through whatever Jax did to her. So she's pro woman now. She's like all girl. I'm, I am woman. I'm going to stick with the girls.
Unknown Speaker
You know, we were. But then in the confessional, Michelle says Jesse is by far worse than Jax and that what she is going through.
Tamara Judge
Jesse, Michelle said that Michelle says that.
Unknown Speaker
Worse than Jax and she's going through worse things than Brittany. I'm like, I actually don't think so because we just saw what Brittany's going through and I don't like any of it.
Tamara Judge
No, no, it's, it's what Britney's been going through since the day she was with him.
Unknown Speaker
The day let him stick it in the first time.
Tamara Judge
Yes. He has dragged her through the mud. He has dragged every woman on that show through the mud and you know she wasn't going to change him and she wasn't going to be any different but she was in it for the long haul and she stuck it out and it damn near fucking killed her. Like that will take a toll on you.
Unknown Speaker
Do I think that Jesse is anal retentive and type A and controlling? Probably. I'm also all those things. So I understand.
Tamara Judge
So you recognize it?
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. So I recognize the things. Do I think he says shit he probably regrets and unnecessary to say to the mother of his children 1 million percent.
Tamara Judge
You want the truth? I just don't think he likes her. I don't think he ever liked her. I don't think they like each other.
Unknown Speaker
I don't know if she ever liked him. I think the problem is he still, he was still in love with her.
Tamara Judge
And I don't know he didn't treat her like that because when she had the baby he would not help her. He never gave her compliments. He wasn't sweet to her and I just don't think that she's the woman for him. Maybe another woman could bring that out.
Unknown Speaker
I don't think so. I think if you're like that, like, there are.
Tamara Judge
You're like that.
Unknown Speaker
There's some.
Tamara Judge
Some guys are like that, that like.
Unknown Speaker
Like, let's trade off each night and I'll do the nights and when you have it, and there's some that aren't. And maybe he's not that way. But these are conversations you should have with which, granted, I probably didn't have the right conversation. So this is a psa. If you haven't had a kid and you're with somebody and you're thinking about having kids, start having these conversations now. Like, when we do have a child, are you going to be one that's going to do every other night?
Tamara Judge
Yeah, because a lot, you know, it.
Unknown Speaker
Depends if somebody's old school, not old school, what their situation is. But I don't imagine she went into having kids thinking that he was going to do half of the work.
Tamara Judge
You're right. No, you're right. You're always very smart. As long as I know you, you're very intuitive.
Unknown Speaker
Thank you.
Tamara Judge
But. But I think I don't. Well, I don't think you're an asshole. So anyway, listen, whenever you want, like we're gonna talk about me, you'd call me and go, you know, I gotta talk about this. Dolores.
Unknown Speaker
Dolores, you know, I gotta talk about you riding the fence.
Tamara Judge
Yeah. Yeah.
Unknown Speaker
Are you Javed?
Tamara Judge
Yeah. No. But, you know, why is it that everyone else could ride the fence? Paige. And Paige is friends with everyone.
Unknown Speaker
Because Paige is funnier than you, Erica.
Tamara Judge
I'm not saying she is know me that well, Erica. You don't know me.
Unknown Speaker
I would never in 1 million years go head to head with Dolores. I only say these things to her because I absolutely love her. And I know we have to finish with this episode because we have more recaps to do after this, but Dolores is like one of the real ones. I would say when we go down into the history of Housewives, the people that you can actually trust. Dolores is one of them. So even though we might make little comments towards one another, you are actually one of those people that I appreciate, I truly, truly trust and love.
Tamara Judge
That's the all I need.
Unknown Speaker
And I really appreciate that.
Tamara Judge
You can make fun of me all you want after that because that's all that matters.
Unknown Speaker
That's all you know, that's all that matters. And I feel the same. Like, make fun of me all you want, but as long as I know that like, deep down, you love me. I'm good. But deep down, we don't know what to do. So here's the thing.
Tamara Judge
I think with Michelle and Jesse, I just don't see a compatibility there. I don't think he was nice to her. I think she's crazy about the honey guy because he's talking sweet to her. Sweet like, honey.
Unknown Speaker
Do you think we'll ever learn Honey Guy's name? Because I can't.
Tamara Judge
Yeah, we will.
Unknown Speaker
Aaron. Aaron, Aaron. Only somebody put it in the chat. That's why I knew.
Tamara Judge
Okay, so, Aaron. So look what happened at Dave and Buster's. When she goes running over to him. She's like make believe upset. And she has to break it to him. And then he tells him that, to tell him. And then he said, she's like, yeah. He said, I'm sleeping with some billionaire for money. Now it's somebody I'm with. They're like, who the fuck is it? You fucking lying or like, you fucking.
Unknown Speaker
Probably right, but you've always been a slut.
Tamara Judge
Yeah, but what does Honey Guy do? You're stronger than that. Don't let him bother you, sweetheart. No wonder why she's crazy about him. Talks to her like she's a human.
Unknown Speaker
How dare he treat her like a human.
Tamara Judge
No wonder why she was putting her makeup on to go to Runyon Canyon by his honeybee farm. No wonder. I don't blame you, Michelle. Team Michelle Jesse, I like you, but you don't belong together.
Unknown Speaker
Listen, Jesse. But I saw Jess also. I want to clear something.
Tamara Judge
You can handle Jesse.
Unknown Speaker
I don't know that I need to be with another Jesse.
Tamara Judge
You made me say who I'd be with them.
Unknown Speaker
I think I need. I may need a honey guy, but.
Tamara Judge
You need a different. A honey guy, but a different type of guy. Different.
Unknown Speaker
A different type.
Tamara Judge
More. Type. More. Your type.
Unknown Speaker
More my. More my esthetic. But that. But the problem is I'm scared. I would walk all over that esthetic.
Tamara Judge
And you know, I mean that. You know. You know what you would. You know what Honey Guy would do when you start to get like that? He'd be like, okay. Hard if. No, he'd be like, okay. If you're having that kind of a day, it's okay. Come back to me later when you feel bad. Let's take. Yes. Let me give you your space. This is a pipe dream.
Unknown Speaker
Well, all right. Well, do you have any last questions for me, Dolores, before we close out this episode of Two Teas of Wait?
Tamara Judge
So, yeah, I do have a question for You. As a matter of fact, who would you choose between Danny, Jason, or Luke?
Unknown Speaker
Jason. One million percent. Why are we even talking about Jason? One, I would choose Jason to bone and to marry.
Tamara Judge
Really?
Unknown Speaker
He's a dub. Also, I'm not coming for your man. I don't want to have birthdays at the place, like. But Jason, I think, is the only doable option for me.
Tamara Judge
Really?
Unknown Speaker
For either you. Why? You're. You're leaning towards Danny and Luke. You don't. It doesn't seem.
Tamara Judge
No. I would punch Danny right in his face because he would have gotten me in trouble because he opened his big mouth. Don't get me in trouble with my friend for your big mouth, because that's what girls do. You're a girl now, and I don't want to have three kids under three.
Unknown Speaker
No.
Tamara Judge
And you shouldn't have let me do that, so go away.
Unknown Speaker
And I give Luke a hard time, but I feel like I don't really know Luke. And maybe Luke is very nervous, so maybe Luke needs to be the one pounding double fister so he.
Tamara Judge
You don't understand. Luke, in the end, might come through to be like, you don't know.
Unknown Speaker
We don't know. We don't know you, Luke.
Tamara Judge
He doesn't have it. He doesn't have an iPhone, so he's good.
Unknown Speaker
Oh, my gosh. Jason doesn't have an iPhone. Maybe I take back my original vote. I can't be with somebody that would ruin a group text or have a green text. Well, that's a big thing.
Tamara Judge
That's a prerequisite. We'll cross that bridge, Teddy.
Unknown Speaker
We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. But thanks, guys, for tuning into another episode. Yeah.
Tamara Judge
So we slaughtered this thing.
Unknown Speaker
We crushed it. I mean, we love to give ourselves props.
Tamara Judge
And on the heels of all of this, I want to tell the whole cast, you guys did a great job. You gave us a lot of content. Thank you. And we really do like you all.
Unknown Speaker
We really do. We love it. We appreciate you. We're just recapping a show that you guys actually made.
Tamara Judge
We're just recapping it. We're just talking about what you did. It's not like we made something up about you.
Unknown Speaker
No.
Tamara Judge
Remember that when you see us at BravoCon.
Unknown Speaker
Remember that when you want us all to be hugging like this.
Tamara Judge
Let's hug. Let's hug it out. Hug it out.
Unknown Speaker
All right, guys. Thanks for tuning in.
Tamara Judge
Bye.
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I want you to ask yourself right now, how am I actually doing? Because it's a question that we rarely ask ourselves. All of May is actually Mental Health Awareness Month and on the psychology of your 20 we are taking a vulnerable look at why mental health is so hard to talk about. Prepare for our conversations to go deep.
Tamara Judge
I spent the majority of my teenage years and my twenties just feeling absolutely terrified. I had a panic attack on a conference call.
Teddy Mellencamp
Knowing that she had six months to live. I was no longer pretending that this was my best friend.
Unknown Speaker
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Two Ts In A Pod with Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge
Episode: Lies in the “All Guys” Group Chat (The Valley Recap)
Release Date: May 1, 2025
Host/Authors: Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge
Producer: iHeartPodcasts
In this episode of Two Ts In A Pod, hosts Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge dive deep into the latest season of The Valley recap. Balancing personal anecdotes with sharp analysis, Teddi and Tamra dissect the intricate dynamics and dramatic twists that unfolded, offering listeners an engaging and insightful take on the show's most heated moments.
The episode kicks off with a heartfelt discussion on Mental Health Awareness Month, emphasizing the importance of self-reflection and mental well-being.
Tamra Judge [02:00]: "I spent the majority of my teenage years and my twenties just feeling absolutely terrified. I had a panic attack on a conference call."
Tamra shares her personal struggles with anxiety, setting a vulnerable tone for the episode.
Teddi Mellencamp [02:06]: "Knowing that she had six months to live. I was no longer pretending that this was my best friend."
Teddi touches upon the realization of mortality and its impact on relationships, highlighting the depth of their conversation.
Teddi and Tamra transition into their primary focus: a detailed recap of The Valley. They dissect key events, character developments, and interpersonal conflicts that drove the season's narrative.
Tamra opens up about her recent heart ablation procedure, providing a personal backdrop to the discussion.
A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to analyzing the controversies surrounding Jax and Jesse's group chats, addiction struggles, and their repercussions on personal relationships.
Tamra Judge [07:04]: "I can handle Jesse. Jax is a cracked egg. You cannot handle that guy. You cannot reason with that guy. He's a fucking disaster."
Tamra candidly expresses her disdain for Jax, underscoring the tension within the group.
Dolores Catania [15:13]: "I almost just sped up my soda, which, by the way, I didn't drink sodas until after I was in the hospital. Now it's like a pound. Diet Cokes. Addicted."
Dolores discusses her struggle with addiction, adding another layer to the conversation on mental health and personal battles.
The hosts offer in-depth evaluations of cast members' behaviors, motivations, and the authenticity of their actions within the show.
Tamra Judge [22:06]: "He treated her. He was arrogant."
Tamra critiques Jesse's treatment of Michelle, questioning the foundation of their relationship.
Dolores Catania [35:09]: "But I feel like that may mean he's not ready and he's doing. And he keeps saying, I'm doing it for my son, but then do it or be doing yourself too."
Dolores analyzes Jesse's purported motivations, challenging the sincerity of his actions.
Teddi and Tamra break down pivotal episodes, highlighting dramatic confrontations, emotional reveals, and strategic maneuvers by cast members.
Wedding Drama: The wedding episode serves as a focal point, with discussions on infidelity, emotional breakdowns, and strategic alliances.
Rehab and Sobriety: The duo delves into the struggles of maintaining sobriety, the challenges of rehab, and the impact on relationships.
Throughout the episode, Teddi and Tamra provide valuable insights into the complexities of reality TV dynamics, the blurred lines between personal and public personas, and the importance of genuine connections over manufactured drama.
Tamra Judge [45:28]: "If you haven't had a kid and you're with somebody and you're thinking about having kids, start having these conversations now."
Offering sage advice on relationship readiness and communication.
Dolores Catania [52:00]: "We really do like you all. We're just recapping a show that you guys actually made."
Closing the discussion with appreciation for the show's content, despite the controversies.
In this episode, Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge masterfully blend personal narratives with sharp critiques of The Valley. Their candid discussions on mental health, addiction, and relationship dynamics offer listeners a multifaceted perspective on reality TV drama. By intertwining their own experiences with the show's events, Teddi and Tamra create a relatable and thought-provoking narrative that resonates with both fans and casual listeners alike.
Listeners who want a deep dive into The Valley's latest season, combined with authentic conversations on mental health and personal growth, will find this episode both enlightening and entertaining.