Twots Take BravoCon 2025 (Nurse Mel)

Summary

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Two Ts In A Pod with Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge

Episode: Twots Take BravoCon 2025 (Nurse Mel)
Date: November 14, 2025
Hosts: Teddi Mellencamp, Tamra Judge
Guest: Nurse Mel
Live from: BravoCon, Las Vegas

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Episode Overview

In this lively and informative episode of Two Ts In A Pod, co-hosts Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge broadcast live from BravoCon in Las Vegas, bringing a special twist: guest co-host Alexis Bellino and their featured guest, Nurse Mel. The conversation spans Nurse Mel’s first BravoCon experience, her background as a nurse and entrepreneur, the popularity and misconceptions around weight loss drugs like Ozempic, and her personal journey post-divorce. Lighthearted banter blends with practical health insights, making for an engaging listen packed with stories and nutritional real talk.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Nurse Mel’s BravoCon First-Timer Experience

• Arrival & Chaos:
  • Nurse Mel arrived late and didn’t get to experience much before the interview; she mentions, “My hotel's water main broke, so no shower, no coffee, no food.” (01:26)
  • She humorously recounts doing her own makeup in the dark and turns down the offered salami platter:

    "Have you met me? I'm not going to eat salami." (01:37, Nurse Mel)

2. Nutrition Philosophy & Food Toxins

• Salami and Processed Foods:
  • Nurse Mel dives into why she avoids certain foods, warning about pork and processed meats due to what she’s seen in microbiology:

    "They all have worms. I'll never eat pork, but besides that, it's cured. It's so salty. It's not great in any form." (02:10, Nurse Mel)

• General Diet Approach:
  • Mel emphasizes eating “whole food from the earth,” mainly proteins and vegetables, and clarifies she’s not vegan:

    “I eat all protein... except pork.” (02:52, Nurse Mel)

3. Career Journey & Business Ethos

• From Divorce to Entrepreneur:
  • Mel discusses leaving her marriage to a functional medicine doctor and establishing her own practice:

    “We left Texas to escape his parents because they were ruining our marriage. They followed us out to Malibu. I said, I'm leaving, and started my own practice, basically.” (03:17, Nurse Mel)

  • She’s been independently running her business for six years. (03:45)
• Focus on Health, Not Just Aesthetics:
  • While she offers aesthetic treatments, her passion is improving how people feel through wellness and weight loss.

4. Weight Loss Medications: Expertise and Cautions

• Early Adoption of GLP-1s:
  • Nurse Mel was prescribing GLP-1 medications (such as Ozempic) before they became widely known:

    “I was using the GLP1s before Ozempic was a word, before it came out.” (03:57, Nurse Mel)

• GLP-1s Clarified:
  • GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro are described:

    “Ozempic is the same as a GLP-1… it’s a GLP-1 agonist.” (04:30, Nurse Mel)

• Patient Base & Applications:
  • She works with a range of clients, from extreme weight loss to small amounts:

    “I have people that lose hundreds of pounds and I'll let people lose two pounds.” (05:25, Nurse Mel)

• Safe vs. Unsafe Use:
  • Nurse Mel emphasizes individual tailored dosing and ongoing dietary monitoring to avoid adverse effects:

    “I dose everyone based on how they're reacting... I watch their diet every week... But people just take in huge doses... they're not being monitored and they're gonna end up worse…” (05:42, Nurse Mel)

• Nutrition Guidance:
  • Instead of strict diets, she assesses food diaries and educates on insulin management:

    “I do not put them on a diet... Slowly I change their habits so that they don't spike their insulin.” (06:26, Nurse Mel)

5. Addressing Ozempic Myths and Risks

• Stomach Issues:
  • Risks emerge mainly from overdosing or improper monitoring:

    “If you overdose yourself, you can slow down the motility of your gut... if you're being monitored by someone that knows what they're doing, that's not gonna happen.” (07:06, Nurse Mel)

• Key Advice for Would-Be Users:
  • Main warning is to use reputable, licensed sources for weight loss medications:

    “They demonize compounding pharmacies. There's absolutely nothing wrong with them. But there's also people selling black peptides, black GLP-1s on the street... you have to source it with somebody that has a license, somebody that has something on the line.” (08:01, Nurse Mel)

  • Highlights sepsis and other dangers from street drugs mixed in dirty environments:

    “I met somebody that was actually mixing it in his basement and he's selling it like gangbusters.” (08:22, Nurse Mel)

6. Personal Life & Closing Banter

• Dating Life:
  • Tamra closes with “Are you dating anyone now?”, to which Mel candidly muses:

    “I feel like I need some... I'm in an alone space. I need some alone time.” (09:01, Nurse Mel)

  • Tamra predicts love may appear unexpectedly:

    “I feel like that's when somebody finds you. I feel like right when you are like, I'm done. I'm not dating for a while. That's when Prince charming shows up.” (09:10, Tamra Judge)

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Memorable Quotes

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote | |-----------|--------------|-------| | 01:37 | Nurse Mel | "Have you met me? I'm not going to eat salami." | | 02:10 | Nurse Mel | "They all have worms. I'll never eat pork, but besides that, it's cured. It's so salty. It's not great in any form." | | 03:17 | Nurse Mel | "We left Texas to escape his parents because they were ruining our marriage. They followed us out to Malibu..." | | 03:57 | Nurse Mel | "I was using the GLP1s before Ozempic was a word, before it came out." | | 05:25 | Nurse Mel | “I have people that lose hundreds of pounds and I'll let people lose two pounds.” | | 07:06 | Nurse Mel | "If you overdose yourself, you can slow down the motility of your gut..." | | 08:01 | Nurse Mel | “They demonize compounding pharmacies. There's absolutely nothing wrong with them. But there's also people selling black peptides, black GLP-1s on the street...” | | 09:01 | Nurse Mel | "I feel like I need some... I'm in an alone space. I need some alone time." |

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Notable Segments & Timestamps

• [00:46] – Nurse Mel describes her (chaotic) BravoCon arrival.
• [01:26] – Hotel issues (“did my makeup in the dark”).
• [02:10] – Microbiology horror story about pork.
• [03:17] – Reason for divorce and move to Malibu; new business.
• [03:57] – Early adoption of GLP-1 weight loss drugs.
• [05:25] – Flexibility in her patient approach to weight loss.
• [06:26] – How she changes clients' habits (no rigid diets).
• [07:06] – Addressing gut motility and Ozempic risks.
• [08:01] – Importance of legitimate sources for medications.
• [09:01] – Closing with Nurse Mel’s personal update on dating.

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Tone & Style

The episode is energetic, candid, and sprinkled with humor—true to Housewives style. Teddi and Tamra’s banter draws personal stories and medical “tea” from Nurse Mel, balancing practical wellness advice with reality TV spirit. There’s real talk about health without sugarcoating, and a warm camaraderie throughout the interview.

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For Listeners Who Missed It

This episode is a must for Bravo and reality TV fans curious about celebrity wellness trends, practical health tips, and behind-the-scenes stories from BravoCon. Nurse Mel delivers straight shooters on weight loss drugs, nutrition, and self-care—with a side of wit. If you’re considering Ozempic or GLP-1 medications (or just want to hear who really eats salami at BravoCon), don’t skip this one.

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Transcript

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This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.

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Two T's in a pod with Teddi Mellencamp and Tamara Judge.

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Hi, it's Teddi Mellencamp and Tamara Judge.

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Welcome back to Two T's in a Pod live from BravoCon in Las Vegas.

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It's such a fun, busy weekend, and we want to make sure you get as many episodes as possible.

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See?

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So we have a special guest co host for you.

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Alexis Bellino is here. Take it away, Alexis. Well, hello, Nurse Mel. Oh, I have so much to ask you.

[A]

Hi, Alexis.

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Are you ready?

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Yes.

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Okay. We are so excited to have you here right now. Okay. It's your first BravoCon.

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Yes.

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Okay, what are your thoughts? I love getting a newbie, because I haven't. I don't think I've interviewed one newbie this entire time, so I'm so excited to hear. First of all, when did you land last night?

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Late.

[B]

Okay, so you didn't really do anything last night. You just went back and.

[A]

Okay, no.

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Okay, so it's only your first day. So am I your first interview?

[A]

You are. Ooh.

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Okay. Have you. Does it feel weird? Have you ran into any other Bravo lebrities? Cause they do put us all in the same hotel. Like, just.

[A]

Just Camille's assistant, Kimber. Okay, that's it.

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Okay, so you. I can't. This is such a boring question then. Cause I don't really get any juice from you. Cause you just got here, you woke up, you got hair and makeup, and you came to see, so I did my own hair.

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My hotel's water main broke, so no shower, no coffee, no food.

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Oh, are you.

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Did my makeup in the dark.

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We have salami and cheese out there. Are you hungry?

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Oh, I can't wait.

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I'm so sad.

[A]

Have you met me? I'm not going to eat salami.

[B]

Oh, I haven't. Oh, good point. I didn't think about that. Well, some nurses eat salami, I think.

[A]

Well, that's kind of. My specialty is food and toxins.

[B]

Well, let's. Okay, perfect. I wasn't even. I wasn't ready to go here yet. I wanted to, but. 20 more questions, but let's go, because you just. You just teed it up. Okay, so tell me, what is that? Is your passion is the food and the toxins? So how bad is salami? Because I have one child who adores it.

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Well, I had a pretty gnarly microbiology class where I had to slice pork underneath the microscope. They all have worms. I'll never eat pork, but besides that, it's cured. It's so salty. It's not great in any form. Dang it. It was ultra processed.

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I'm literally hungry. And I was gonna go out and have a cracker on a salon. Now I'm not.

[A]

Oh, then you're top it with a cracker.

[B]

Okay, now what about the cracker?

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It's pure sugar. It turns into sugar. It's a. It's a processed food.

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What do you eat before we get into your. Your amazing business? Because now I feel like you eat nothing.

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Well, I. I eat whole food from the earth. All protein, vegetables, of course. I eat bad sometimes.

[B]

So you're a vegan?

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No, I'm not.

[B]

So you'll eat chicken or.

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I eat all protein.

[B]

All protein. Except pork.

[A]

Except pork.

[B]

Okay. Okay. So tell me, you are a nurse, and I know you're out of a divorce, but I want to ask, first of all, what age? Like, how long have you been nursing?

[A]

Oh, since I was 22.

[B]

Okay. And then you just recently divorced. Please tell the audience about that a little quick. I know you don't want to get too into it, but give me a. It's fine. Yeah.

[A]

So I was married to a functional medicine doctor. We kind of went back to school together. So I learned everything that he learned and helped him in his business. Then we left Texas to escape his parents because they were ruining our marriage. They followed us out to Malibu. I said, I'm leaving, and started my own practice, basically. That's. That's the short version.

[B]

Wow. So this is how many. How many months or years is this new business?

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Oh, six years on my own.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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And so tell real quick Phyllis in on exactly what this business is, because then I have a few more questions about the business.

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Okay. Well, when I was in Dallas, I had an aesthetic practice, but that's not my passion. I do all that. The Botox, the lasers, all the things. But my passion really is making people feel better and live better. So I'm very into weight loss. I kind of got well known for it because I was using the GLP1s before Ozempic was a word, before it came out.

[B]

I think you might need to let the listeners know what a GOP one is.

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Yeah, so GLP1 is like Ozempic and Wagavi Mounjaro.

[B]

So Ozempic is the same as a GOP one.

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That is a GLP one.

[B]

Oh, it is? Okay.

[A]

Yeah, it's a GLP one agonist.

[B]

And you. So you did use that, or you just. You. You do give that to your patients? I mean, you personally use it.

[A]

I give it to everyone. And. And I use it. I use it for inflammation. Wow. But why. Why I was bringing that up is because that's how it became well known. Like, I got a bunch of celebrities ready for roles, made them be really, really skinny, and got them back to health. And so I'm kind of well known for that.

[B]

Okay, so when you say celebrities, is it mostly men or women?

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It's both.

[B]

So you don't have like a 40% more than like women, 60% men kind of thing?

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Oh, yeah, it's probably 70% women.

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Okay.

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But actor wise, it's pretty.

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Are these women or. And the smaller amount of men, are they super overweight or are they like me? Where we could just take off a couple, like just a couple shots to take off a little bit of the flab.

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It's both. I have people that lose hundreds of pounds and I'll let people lose two pounds.

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So you don't think that this ozempic type medication or drug is unhealthy for a period of time?

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I think it's unhealthy if you do it incorrectly, which is wildly what happens.

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What does that mean?

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So I dose everyone based on how they're reacting the week before, weekly. And I watch their diet. I go over their diet every week, make sure they're eating protein, not losing muscle. But it's so prevalent now. People just take in huge doses. They're not being monitored and they're gonna. And they're gonna end up worse and they won't be able to come off well.

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And I've heard, okay, this is so fascinating to me, and we don't have enough time for this. So I've got to like, I've got to choose my questions. I feel like I could talk to you for an hour about this and really ask things that I'm dying to know right now. But I need to try to keep it condensed. So if. When you watch their diet, does that mean you put them on a diet plan? Like no bread, no crackers, no salami?

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So no, I do not put them on a diet. Cause it's not realistic. I have them fill out a food diary and slowly I change their habits.

[B]

Got it.

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So that they don't spike their insulin. That's really what I'm going for, not spiking insulin. We don't count calories. We have enough protein. We don't spike insulin.

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Do they get to have a piece of bread?

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No.

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So you're basically on a protein and vegetable and Starch diet, like a potato kind of thing?

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Pretty much.

[B]

I mean, this is good for me to know because, you know, it's probably changed my meal tonight that I order. Yeah, but I'm not going to go on Zimpic, people. I'm scared. I'm kind of scared of it. So is the rumor true that this does cause stomach issues in the long run?

[A]

So again, if you overdose yourself, you can slow down the motility of your gut, but that can happen with diabetics, even without it, and that's really the high risk population that that happens to.

[B]

Right.

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But again, if you're being monitored by someone that knows what they're doing, that's not gonna happen.

[B]

Wow. Okay, so I just. There's. So I have like five questions. Oh, I'm getting the warning right now. I've got like five questions, so I've gotta pick. Okay, what? Tell me one thing then, since I have so many that I want to know. What is something that me being a newbie, learning about this, what is something that you think is the most important thing that you're going to tell people? Listening to this podcast right now, thinking about if they want to do Ozempic, if they don't want to do it, what is the one piece of information that is either misunderstood or that is the most important to know?

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Whew. That's a big one.

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I know. That's my problem is I'm sitting here trying to do the interviewer and I'm like. I'm like, wait, I've got a long question. I've got a lot of questions to ask you.

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First of all, they demonize compounding pharmacies. There's absolutely nothing wrong with them. But there's also people selling black peptides, black GLP ones on the street that don't even come from a pharmacy. You have can harm you.

[B]

Can't those harm you, Lul.

[A]

I've seen some crazy things happening. They put it like, what all kinds of things in it.

[B]

What have you seen?

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Just really bad sepsis because they're dirty.

[B]

They're not.

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They're not compounded underneath a sterile hood. So it's just coming from China. I met somebody that was actually mixing it in his basement and he's selling it like gangbusters. So you have to source it with somebody that has a license, somebody that has something on the line.

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So get it in America. Everyone, please, just get it in America.

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Yeah. Don't get it in Mexico.

[B]

Get it from Nurse Mel.

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Yeah.

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Okay, last question, because I'm getting the word. Are you dating anyone now? Cause you're just out of a divorce. This is. I'm sorry, I have to know.

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This is what we're ending on. Yes.

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Cause we just went through a lot of medical stuff. Let's give them something fun and. Are you dating anyone?

[A]

All the men in my life. Please turn the channel off. I feel like I need some. I'm in an alone space. I need some alone time.

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I love that answer. And you know what? I feel like that's when somebody finds you. I feel like right when you are like, I'm done. I'm not dating for a while. That's when Prince charming shows up.

[A]

By the way, I'm not looking.

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And I wasn't either. And here I am, married.

[A]

Congratulations, by the way.

[B]

Thank you so much. Oh, my gosh. I have so much. I need another interview with you. Please, team, can we set up another one? I need a lot more information from nurse Mel. I can't take it. I've got. I've got to go because we've got another. She's got places to go and people to see and things to do. So. Okay. Thank you so much.

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Thank you.

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