Bad Dates with Jameela Jamil - Husfriend (w/ Sarah Tiana, Adam Rippon, and Chinedu Unaka)

Episode Date: July 28, 2025

On a new episode of Bad Dates, host Joel Kim Booster welcomes Sarah Tiana, Adam Rippon, and Chinedu Unaka to discuss their most iconic dating fiascos. Sarah’s romcom ending crumbles under interrogation, Adam declines some good advice because he’s already put in the work, and Chinedu’s date inserts herself into a public private moment. If you’ve had a bad date you’d like to tell us about, our number is 984-265-3283, and our email is [e-mail], we can’t wait to hear all about it! Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for video clips. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for video clips.Merch available at SiriusXMStore.com/BadDates. Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual, Fire Island, Loot Season 2Sarah Tiana: @SarahTiana on socialsAdam Rippon: @adaripp on Insta, Intrusive Thoughts podcastChinedu Unaka: @chineduunaka on socials, new comedy special LOL Live on Hulu Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Bad Dates ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

Smart. Less. Neon. Straight people need a different word than partner. What could it be? Let's workshop this for a second. Can we come up with that right now? Husband.

Husband? I like that. Husband. Husband. Partner works for me in like a business setting, like a business casual setting. So formal. Yeah. What about taking out the ER?

Just put partner. Partner? Partner? Yeah, at the A. Partner? Yeah, like a southern. Love a little dialect work. Well, we didn't find it today, you guys.

Bye. Bye. Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of Bad Dates. I am your host, Joel Kim Booster, and this is a podcast. If you're just joining us for the very first time, the premise is right there in the name, people. It's about bad dates. It's about bad first dates, second dates, third dates, relationships, marriages, even it spans the test of time. We talk about it all in here. It could just be a bad hookup to a one night stand counts as a date. Otherwise, what would I be doing here as your host?

Joining me today, we have an incredible panel of guests that I'm very excited about if you're watching from home and you notice that I'm standing, it is because I pulled my back and I want to intimidate the guests who are sitting, but I am standing. So first up, joining me today, very, very funny comedian, actress, writer of The Roast of Tom Brady.

She co-hosts the podcast Women's Sports Now. One of my favorite people to watch on stage is Sarah Tiala. Hello, Sarah. Hello, Joel. Welcome, welcome. co-hosts the podcast Women Sports Now. One of my favorite people to watch on stage is Sarah Tiala. Hello Sarah. Hello Joel. Welcome, welcome. We also have, oh my goodness, Olympic royalty in the room, a national champion, an Olympic medal winner,

figure skater who now hosts the podcast Intrusive Thoughts. It's Adam Rippon, hello. How are you? I'm doing, you know how I'm doing. I'm deeply in pain. But it's only gonna make me funnier, I hope. It will, and you look great, so. Thank you, thank you.

We're good to him. And finally, we welcome a comedian, writer, and actor who has appeared on Abbott Elementary and Netflix. His new LOL Live Comedy Special is streaming now on Hulu. It's Chinadu Yunaka. Hey, how you doing? Thank you, and please, I've heard this about you. If I mispronounce your first name, do not let it slide.

Slap me across the face. It's okay, I mispronounce it honestly. The formal pronunciation is Chinadu, but I grew up saying Chinadu. Oh, okay. So you're the problem. Yeah, for sure. Exactly.

Chinadu. I love to hear that. So before we dive into your stories though, just as a little bit of a nice breaker, I have the question, we have surveyed a bunch of relationship experts and they have come up with 150 questions that you're supposed to ask on a first date

in order to get to know your partner a little bit better. And today's question, I've adjusted it a little bit more to make it a little bit more chaotic and fun, but what is the television show that if you watched without your partner, if you have one, you would be sleeping on the couch. You'd be in trouble or vice versa. What's the show that they could watch without you

that would get them in a lot of trouble? Bad Dates. Sarah, we'll start with you. Probably White Lotus. White Lotus. Yeah, cause you can't skip ahead. And like you're, yeah. And it's like, if you're waiting to watch the episode,

cause you want to watch all this stuff, read all this stuff online. But you're also waiting to, you know, to read any of this stuff online to figure out what the imagery was. What is the, what is the sort of statute of limitations though for like, if they're on a business trip, you don't have, especially with a show like White Lotus,

you just don't have time to wait. Like you, what is the, what is the length of time you're willing to wait before it's okay to watch it without your partner? It's never okay. Yeah. Yeah. She's just never okay. She is monogamous when it comes to her media diet.

Yes. Adam, same question. I think for us, and I know that this is like a tough one, but I think it's Love Island. That's so hard though It's every day Being in a relationship is every day too It can be hard because it's like 60 hours of your life But is very no skips and things move kind of at a glacial pace, but also like so fast in love Island, too

That's true, but it's our non-negotiable. We have to, we can't miss Islanders together. And is there any, is there any leeway? Like I was asking Sarah, like if you were, you know, out, you know, in Paris commentating on, or sorry, Stanford, as you told me earlier, if you are commentating on the Olympic, the Paris Olympics from Stanford. I think we have sort of like a don't ask, don't tell policy

when it comes to if we watch episodes of Love Island. We'll act surprised, but we know that we both need to like be on the same page. Does that make sense? This is very straight woman coded, gay guy coded. Completely. Yeah, what happens in the shadows. This is my first year watching Love Island this year.

I started watching it and I was like, oh my gosh, all these people are so ugly. And then I realized after like two episodes, I was watching the UK version. Wow. The UK is, it's incredible. It's like an incredible way to start because like you see people and you walk in,

you go, they got to be at least 45 and then they announce I'm 22. You go, that's insanity. It's a confluence of factors. I mean, it is a small gene pool country, first of all. And they keep mixing the same genes. And exactly, and it's a translucent country. So the sun, it really hits them hard

in a way that it doesn't here. And I will say though, the American version, the plastic surgery on that version is giving, is also aging some of those folks in a wild, loud way. It's wild. Incredible. Chittidoo, same question. Are you in a relationship right now?

Yeah, yeah. You are, you are. So you also can speak to this. What is the show that would have you sleeping on the couch? We have a first season rule. So as long as we watch the first season together, after that, we're both busy. Open season. It's all good.

It's all good. But Poker Face right now, we're big on that. And it's kind of like a procedural. Yeah, it's an episodic show. So you cannot, we both agree, we have to watch them together because it starts over every time. Yeah.

Natasha Leone is where the line is. Yeah, because she was breaking the rule anyway after the first season. So I say, just wait for me first season and then feel free to continue on. That is a beautiful compromise. First season is a great idea. Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

Then you have, and then, cause then you can watch it separately and still be able to come together and talk about it sort of with the requisite context necessary. Really genius. Yeah, wow. Look at us learning from a straight man. Exactly.

How to handle a relationship. Never in a million years. Never in a million years would I have guessed. And turning now to our very first storyteller of the day, the very funny Sarah Tiana. Now, Sarah, can you give me a little bit of context for where you're at relationship wise now? Are you in love? Are you, have you been in love? Are you wifed up? What's the sitch? What's the haps? I'm in love. We have been together for nine and a half years. Woo! Wow. We are not married because he's never with anyone else. I'm happily-

Do you want to be married? Yes. Okay. Interesting. Honestly, I don't even think I really want the paperwork. I just want to like, I don't want to have to say boyfriend at my age. It is weird, but you know what's worse is fiance.

I fucking hate the word fiance. It's so- It's pretentious. It really is. And it's like- It's too French. Yes, exactly. That's the last thing I need in my life is more French. I just don't want it. But like, it's also like partner feels wrong in its own way.

When I say partner as a standup, then people go, oh, and as a sports fan, they're like, oh, so it's a woman. And I'm like, it's not. My partner and I, we have a five year old son together. And they're like, oh, you adopted him. Beautiful child. No, I had it. You know, he impregnated me. You know, like, and they're like, oh, you adopted him. I'm like, no, I had it. You know, he impregnated me, you know, like,

it's just like, it would just make it less complicated to just say husband. We do need to come up with a term for straight people to use that isn't partner, because it is cultural appropriation. You have a kid, you have a human that you've made with this man as well. Yeah, I think, well, that was also part of the reason

that we weren't married, because I was like, we can get married anytime. We can only have a human that you've made with this man as well. Yeah, I think, well, that was also part of the reason that we weren't married, because I was like, we can get married anytime, we can only have a baby as a wife. Oh, TikTok. You know, as a woman at like a certain time. So that was more of the priority. And so we decided to do that. And I guess I just thought that it would come about

pretty quickly and now that our son is five. I mean, okay. Okay. Well. come about pretty quickly and now the arson is five. I'm like, okay, well. So where in your timeline does this story take place? This is before, actually it was shortly before I met my guy, your boyfriend. So this really sets you up for, this sets you up to be ready, this primed you for.

It definitely did. ago, basically. This set you up to be ready. It just primed you for- It definitely did. Yeah, okay. Yes, and it, you know, I, this is, my story is about a one night stand. And, you know, I think as comedians, we're on the road a lot, you know, and I was, you know, in North Carolina, as you are, you know, I'm back in the South,

back in my home, you know. We went to a line dancing bar after my show and, you know, having a great time because line dancing, it's midnight. Which part of North Carolina is this, if you can say? I think it's Greenville. Greenville, okay. I think it's Greenville,

well, maybe it's South Carolina, I can't remember. There's one in both. Okay. So it's one of the Greenville's. Yeah, for sure. 50-50 shot. Yeah, yes. It's so weird how North Carolina and South Carolina

have the same cities' names. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Not all of them, but there is a lot of the same. There's a Charleston in both, too, isn't there? Yeah, which is very confusing. There's a Beaufort in North Carolina and a Beaufort in South Carolina, and they're spelled the same.

You know what I mean? It's like. They weren't thinking very hard. They ran out of ideas. Not a lot of originality coming out of the states. There are some Unaka mountains in North Carolina. Really? My last thing for some reason.

No relation? No, and Unaka high school too. What? Yeah, it borders Tennessee and North Carolina. Spelled the same way. Huh? I'm hoping you know. Yeah.

Yeah, no, I haven't. Okay, we'll talk about, no, I do not know. She barely knows what state she was in for this story. 10 years ago and she doesn't remember. Where I had this run in. And so anyway, you know, lion dancing, trying to catch up alcohol wise, because everyone's way ahead of me. Of course. Meet a guy and I'm like, well, he's cute, you know,

kiss him, make it out. And then I'm like, well, I'm leaving really early the next morning, so if I bring him back to my hotel, like I can just like sneak out the next morning and like say, bye bye, nice to meet you. You leave him in the hotel. Yeah, what is he gonna do? Right, he's gonna get picked out.

Room service, porn. There's no room service at the hotel. Yeah. So, you know, he's cute guy or whatever. And I'm like, all right, like I know I can just leave the next morning and like, it'll just be like a really fun night and I'm out, whatever. And so that's what happens.

I bring him back, it doesn't really go well because we're both way too hammered. That will happen. And so the very next morning, I, it's like really go well because we're both way too hammered. That will happen. And so the very next morning, I have the first flight out, so I have to leave at 5 a.m. or whatever, pack up, go to the airport, and I'm going through airport security,

and I see him running down the sidewalk to the door, and I'm like, okay. So like so many things are going through my head. Yeah. Right. So this is pre, this is post 9-11 obviously. Post 9-11. Yes, thank you.

Post 9-11. So the airports are as we know them to be at this point. Yes. Security hubs. Yeah, security is there, TSA, taking my shoes off or whatever. So you're like, is he mad at me? Is he crazy?

Is he catching a flight as well? And he was lying to me about even living there. Is he a pilot? Is he going to propose? That's pretty much what I was thinking. None of these options great for you, I have to say. I said propose. The proposal was pretty good, yeah.

I was like, well. Well, that would be a first and like, what a moment, right? I was like, I didn't even think the sex was good enough for him to like want to propose, right? And so, but I was like, all right, maybe it's just like that moment and whatever. And so I did what I think any girl would do, which was just ignore it and act like it wasn't happening.

And so, and then, you know, I go through the metal detector and the TSA guard is like, this man says he needs to speak to you. Oh, I don't like that. And I was like, oh, I'm like, what? You know, and he like comes up to me and I'm like, you know, what's, what's, what's he going to say?

You know, is he going to confess something? By the way, the TSA agent should have stopped it there. I mean, that's sort of what they're there for. Well, I guess I could have been like, no, I don't want to talk to him. And then like that's sort of what they're there for. Well, I guess I could have been like, no, I don't wanna talk to him and then like left because he was still on the other side. And then I'm like, oh, I gotta go back through security. You know what I mean?

I would never, I wouldn't do that for my partner now. My full on fiance, I would not go back through security. Well, it was 5 a.m. so there was nobody in line. So it's not like it was gonna be a huge deal or whatever. It's a small airport too, right? It's a small airport. So it wasn't, you know. And I'm like just kind of bracing myself for like,

what's he gonna say or ask me or confess, you know, or whatever. And he goes, did you steal my wallet? Wow! He could have called you. I didn't give him my number. And also like, she could lie. He's gotta confront her in person.

He's gotta give her a pat down. He was literally five minutes behind, which means I went out the door, and then he woke up and went from zero to stole my wallet. He was at the show, right? Yeah, no, no. He was just at the line dancing. He was at the line dancing.

Line dancing. Line dancing. Oh, so he knew. I mean, got you, got you. I don't think he really knew too much about me. And I hate to ask this, Sarah, but did you steal his wallet? How much money was in his wallet?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There wasn't enough for food at the... No. No, I'm just kidding. But like, when you're thinking, oh, this is my love actually romantic comedy moment,

like your brain cannot rewind that quick, like he's like, did you steal my watch? And I'm like, I can't even process that. He's not asking you, he's accusing you, cause at that point he's like, oh wait, you don't show up to the airport. He's like, I'm like, I just go, what? And he's like, open your bag.

Whoa. And I'm like, at this point I'm like, I'm so tired. I'm still probably drunk, right? Yeah, yeah. And I'm like, did I maybe put it in there? Like when I was like just packing up or whatever. So I just like unzip it and he's like going through it. And I'm just like,

I can't believe he didn't wanna marry me. And he's like standing there while he's like rifling through my stuff. And then I finally snapped out of it. And I was like, dude, I didn't take your wallet. You know what I mean? Like, I know you don't know a lot about me, but I'm doing okay.

Like I know we don't know a lot about me, but I'm doing okay. I know we don't know each other, but I don't need $14 in a which which card. You know what I mean? I don't know your situation and you don't know mine. But it was almost completed. You almost had 10 punches. And that was really greenish at that time.

Yes. And so then finally he just gives it, because obviously it's not in there. You know what I mean? But he literally, I'm like, this guy thinks I'm a prostitute. I'm like, I'm not even wearing anything sexy. I'm at a line dancing bar.

I'm like, not there. It's so crazy to be that drunk and not immediately go to the bar. Like to not go to, I left it at this bar, like where I got blackout drunk, not this, you know. Yeah, like did you wake up, you saw me sneak out. I definitely, I think I'm pretty sure I said goodbye. I wouldn't have just been like,

like quietly like, you know, like tiptoeing. I mean, I was tiptoeing so he could still sleep. Yeah, but if you're gonna take the wallet, it is smart to say goodbye though, you know? Oh, okay. Perfect timing. It's like a Coldplay concert situation where like, don't act guilty.

Yeah, I thought it was at the bar. You had to cross your fingers first. Right, exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I just was like, It's like a Coldplay concert situation, where you don't act guilty. You have to cross your nose first. Exactly. No, I just was like... So I mean, he literally went from zero to prostitute so fast. But he didn't give it a good look if he was five minutes behind you.

He did like a pat in the pockets and pop in the taxi. And so I guess he did have my number because when I got on the plane, he texted me and he was like, I found it. It was in my truck. And I was like, what a morning. My question for you, Sarah, before we get to the takeaway is what about you gives spoof?

I think that's what also I was upset about because I was like, there's literally nothing about me that looks like wallet stealing worthy unless Oh, what does that person look like Sarah? Yeah? What race are they specifically? Yeah, yes, be good I know I guess I'm giving I mean it was Maybe it is maybe I did give off

these wallet stealing vibes. I'm like, I just steal jokes, I don't steal. But yeah, so anyway, that was quite the wake up call. And like, that was definitely the last one night stand up. Cause I also wasn't someone that actually did that a lot. You know, I'm pretty, I'm a prude, you know me. Like I can count people on both hands, you know what I mean? I'm a 10, it's exactly 10, I think.

Just barely double digits. Yes, barely. Yeah. Scraping it. So, you know what I mean? I wouldn't count the wall again. I was actually really proud of myself. Yeah.

Finally you were a bad girl, but then you gave too much bad girl. And that's exactly why the universe punished me and so now I learn my lesson. Speaking of learning lessons though, what would you say is the big takeaway, the big lesson you learned after this situation that you've taken with you on into your successful nine year long relationship?

I guess, be a little bit more picky. Yes, choose wisely. Choose wisely. Choose wisely, yeah. um more picky yes choose wisely choose wisely choose wisely yeah a universally good rule to have just generally speaking you know when you meet someone at midnight and the bar closes at two and within two hours you've decided to rob him Bad Dates.

Bad Dates. Adam Rapon, you were just telling us about the instant marriage location in Encino, California. So I take it you are a married man. I am a married man. You are a taken fella. How long has it been? I think it's been like three years, three or four years. Three or four years, okay.

And are you like, how did you meet? Was it a green card marriage for you? So I actually met my husband on Tinder when I was at a competition in Finland. Oh. And so we matched on Tinder and messaged a few times. We never met. And then we just like stayed in touch. I don't know why I was staying in touch with this guy. Is he in Finland?

He's Finnish. Oh, he's Finnish. Great. I love that term. I love Finnish. Isn't it so fun? Yeah. So we stayed in touch. And now you're Finnish. Yes, exactly. That's why I love it.

So we stayed in touch and then we finally met up a few months later. He was like, I have friends in LA that I'm going to go meet. He did not. I was going to say that is a full lie. No, a fucking person. But he came out and we just hit it off right away. Where does your story take place in your timeline? My story takes place about 10 years ago as well. It seems like 10 years ago was a tough time.

Lots of time to reflect. Yeah. A little bit more than 10 years ago even. So I'll like paint the picture. I had just moved to, I'd lived in California. I lived in Lake Arrowhead for the first years that I like lived here. And then I moved to LA.

And when I moved to LA, I went, okay, it's time. I have to get a boyfriend. This is ridiculous. Yeah. And so, you know, talk. You weren't finding one in Lake Arrowhead. That's for sure. No, no, no, no, no.

So I said, okay, it's time. So I started dating this one guy who was in dental school. And then like one day he told me that like, he thinks that I was like brushing too hard. And then my gums were starting to like resist. So for my mental health, I had to cut that one off. I couldn't do a dentist and I couldn't do a dermatologist. It just, it would make me feel,

it would make me think about it too. Like every time, every time I do a dentist and I couldn't do a dermatologist. It just, it would make me feel, it would make me think about it too. Like every time, every time I meet a dentist, I immediately go, oh my God, so nice to meet you. So pretty. What about orthodontist though? Like I love- Or like a dietician. Dietician, yeah.

But I feel like orthodontist isn't as much about like your gum health. He's just like, you could be, this could be straighter. The mechanics. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, totally. I could do that. So did not work out with the dental students.

So I'm like, okay, I've really got to put like wheels to the ground. Which by the way, he was a student. So how the fuck does he know ultimately? Exactly. Yeah, exactly. Get a degree first, bitch, and then talk to me about my bleeding gums.

Yeah, come on. So I then take to, you know, Facebook and I'm gonna go, I'm gonna see who I have mutual friends with. Like I gotta work this out. Like I was on a truly like mission. Gotta find a boyfriend. So I find somebody who I have a lot of mutual friends with

and I sent a message of like very casually like, we have a lot of mutual friends. Like blah, blah, blah. And so I start messaging with this guy. He of like very casually like, we have a lot of mutual friends. Like blah, blah, blah. And so I start messaging with this guy. He's like very cute. And I reach out to my friends who were mutual friends with and I'm like, what do you think of this guy? And they're like, I would not.

And so I obviously did not listen to that advice. No, never. At all. I went, no, I have to see this. You've already gone through the trouble of sifting through randos on Facebook to find him. No trouble. Right. This is my past.

Oh yeah. It was my job. And so there were like signs from the universe. So like I know on this podcast, it's like a wide net. So it's I'm going to tell a few series of like unfortunate events. So the first one was like one of the times first times he came over to my place. I you know, obviously did not care about my gum health if I was brushing so hard.

But I did care about my body health and it was like, I'll drink water. Which, you know, 10 years ago, carrying a Hydro Flask was like revolution. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And I'm a revolutionist. Yeah, yeah. He has a bomb.

Is it? Yeah. It's how I announced it. What's in that Stanley cup? Yes. It's dangerous. announced taking out the water bottle. What's in that Stanley cup? It's dangerous. And so I, we were sitting on the couch and I had like a little sip of my water and I did what like the world's greatest scientists

wouldn't be able to do if they all gathered together in one room is I took that bottle and I found the one specific pressure point of this like glass coffee table. And I just lightly put it down and the whole thing completely shattered, like gunshots. Like it was, I've never seen any-

You found the flaw in the diamond. Yes, 100%. You couldn't replicate this, like if you tried. That's crazy. Lightly, a tap, the slight tap of the tin. Well, you cared so much about your body. You had no idea how much strength you had in your forearm. if you tried. Yeah. That's crazy. Lightly, a tap. Tap. The slight tap of the tin. Well, you cared so much about your body. You had no idea how much strength you had in your forearms.

Truly. I'm sure if we see the footage, it's like me like holding it down. And so I had like a candle on this like glass table and like it shatters, like the wax goes everywhere. And so I'm thinking, you know, okay, I can take care of this and I'll show him that I have initiative.

Like this is, I'll make lemonade out of glass. Exactly. And so I learned how to, in this moment, like get wax out of a carpet. Okay. In real time. Put a wet towel and then an iron. Iron.

Well, you've done exactly what I've done. This is wax paper too. This is mom court, yeah. She has a flat. So I went, okay, yeah. How do you think I get men to hotels? Okay. So I'm like, okay, that could happen to anyone.

Like I said, not even the greatest scientists in the world would have been able to figure this one out. So I, at this time also, to paint a picture of what I look like visually, it's young 20s. I have a head filled with like sun in which is will give you the most beautiful Patina yeah, and it's a patina. Yeah, we are halfway through the Obama era right now. I can sense it Yes, and so I I bought a car when I Moved to California and I was like so proud to have this car. Did a sign and drive at Volkswagen.

Truly incredible. And I thought like sign and drive meant like you sign, you drive. But like I had to pay for like the title and the tax and everything. So I had like maybe $2,000 in my bank account. It costs $1,995, left that dealership with $5 a night. Oh, living on the edge.

Oh, yeah. But I liked this car. And at the time I'm dating this guy, I have gotten into two parking lot accidents. One, I crashed into a garage, it happens. And a second, I was in a coffee bean parking lot. I wasn't doing anything, but a guy backed up and then smashed into my car. So it was a bit banged up at the time, I'll be honest.

So that's the car that I'm driving. I hope I've painted a clear picture. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're abnormally strong and you have a destroyed car. Yes, and I don't have peripheral vision. Just a cracking into things. And so we are gonna go out to dinner and we went out to dinner somewhere here like in Hollywood.

I don't remember exactly, but we're gonna take, I'm like, I'll drive. So we get into my Volkswagen, we park on the street, we go to dinner and we come back and I can't find the car anywhere. I can't find it anywhere. It's so dark out, I can't find it. And I know exactly where I parked it.

And I keep walking by and all of a sudden I like see my car, but all the hubcaps were pulled off. I thought hubcaps were like a thing from movies. Like I didn't realize they were real. And I didn't realize that people stole them. I felt like such a crazy Insane insane. They know they I never see people Losing hubcaps. Yeah

Darker yeah, and so but yeah, I didn't even know they came off. Yeah And so I was learning so much Just take the tire yeah, it does seem like while you're there. You might as well. Right. What can you get for these? A hundred bucks a fucking pop. Really?

Oh yeah. Each one? Each one. I should go in the hubcaps business. I was just about to say, wallets, hubcaps. Yeah. So I'm like, oh my God, this is my car. They must've stolen the hubcaps.

And my boyfriend at the time said the most comforting thing and he said, you know what? At least we took your car, because my car's nice. Oh my gosh. That's rude. Rude, okay, that's insane. And I felt like that was sort of the- That's an inside voice sort of like clock to have for sure.

It's insane. And so the next day we went to like AutoZone and I was like, I'll just get hubcaps here, who cares? So like I got the hubcaps, they're like $20 for a pack of four. And at the time, like having to drive to Torrance often, there's like a rink that I used to skate up in Torrance. And I get off the 405 on Western Avenue and there was always this one pothole that every time I hit the two hubcaps on the fall right off.

Just hits them to kiss it. And I had it down to a science where it was like, I could always park into the Toyota corporate building and like walk, bump, blah, blah, like walk over, pick up the hubcaps and put them back on, which I did every time. And so this was my sign from the universe of it's like cut this guy out.

And so like- Wait, wait, I'm still, this is not A to B to C for me at all. So the hubcaps- Is it not? Well, he said the one shitty thing about your shitty car. And then you were then reminded of that comment so often because the hubcaps kept falling off.

Yes, and this was sort of like the final straw. There have been, there was like so many different things of just like, he was just, he was a complete nightmare. Like my friends were absolutely correct. They were like, yeah, he's insane. I was like, why didn't you tell me? They're like, you wouldn't listen at all. And I went, okay.

So I was like, okay, we got it, end it. And so, you know, when I ended with him, he's like sobbing, crying. I'm like, it's not that sad. How long were you guys together? Less than a year. Yeah. Which when you're in your 20s.

That's a long time. It's a long time. Gay in your 20s? Grading on that curve? That's like a four year long relationship. 100%. Completely. That's 5% of his life. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. And so he's like sobbing, crying, and he's getting really emotional. Like he was just like all over the place. And I was like, I think that when he's like, you know, really head deep into the pill, I'm gonna just get out of here.

So I got out of there. And there was like one last thing that like, we cut our losses, it's like over. A few months later He reaches out to one of my friends and he's like I he lived in an apartment in Hollywood and he's like I left my Artificial Christmas tree at Adam's apartment first of all forget it get it at Michael's Tree at the Grove It's not sentimental. No, your grandmother's. Cut down a tree at the Grove. Exactly, yes. What bump is it?

It's not even, it's Christmas in July. No, you're just being annoying. He wants to see you again. He wants to see my broke car with the no hubcaps. Me on Western Avenue, putting them back on. And so I did decide that in this moment, this is where I really became who I am today, the true like fully developed monster.

And I, and this is like 2014, like Instagram didn't even have video. And I decided that, I mean, yeah. Yeah, crazy times. How do you survive? And so I decided this is like the, I'm gonna finally stick it to him. So I recorded to like a video of me packing up

the Christmas tree, putting it into the car, driving it to the like salvation army, dropping it off, and then driving home all set to the Christmas classic, have yourself a merry little Christmas. And I sent him the video and the address and I said, it's there if you want it. Whoa. That's fair though, give him the address.

That's one of the best things I've ever done in my life. This is diabolical what you just said. And so did he ever reach out? Did he get the tree? I don't think he got the tree. I don't think he ever- He got the message. Oh, for sure.

Definitely did. And you edited it on think he got the message. Oh, for sure. Definitely did. And you edited it on iMovie too. Oh, yeah. I still have the video. That's the word. You're kidding. I literally, the thing is you did such a great job of building up what a nasty, nasty character is

because he said the one nasty thing about your car. But this is so crazy. I love when someone comes in and ultimately is the villain of the story that they're telling. And that's what I wanted to paint this picture of. So you're the bad guy. Yes, I'm the bad date. It's really honestly impressive not only that you thought to do this,

but you also thought to record it. So somewhere out there, there is a recording of celebrated Olympic figure skater, Adam Rippon, returning or sending a tree to Salvation Army that he technically did not own. Right. No, if you see the video, and I have it, it looks like it's a heartwarming tale of someone donating a tree to family and need. That's it. Yeah.

It looks like a beautiful video. And I say Merry Christmas to all the workers there. Wow. I'm gonna, as soon as we hit stop on this recording, we will be watching the video. Adam, is there anything that you learned that you took away from this scenario that you have taken with you now

into your very successful marriage. I think the most important thing I learned is that I just didn't need to be brushing so hard. And I think that was the biggest takeaway from everything. If you hadn't been brushing too hard, you'd still be with the student dentist. You would be making six sick Hollywood dentist money. They would be filling each other's cavities. They would be filling each other's cavities.

They would be filling each other's cavities. Wow, she's working blue. She's working blue, ladies and gentlemen. No, that's not what I meant. I thought she was approved, but she is not at all. Bad dates. Bad dates. Finally, last but not least, Chinadu, you knock, what is your current situation? You told me you have a lady.

Yeah, I have a lady. How long have you guys been together? A little over five years. Little over five years. Beautiful, beautiful time. And what, are you you married or you just, you're not? You're sort of like Sarah's boyfriend, just sort of- Dragging your feet. Yeah, dragging your feet. It's not there yet, it's not there yet.

Heavy shoes. Heavy shoes. Lead shoes. Okay, wonderful. And so where in your timeline does your story take place? ["Summer of College"] So around like the same age, like around 20, so I was like towards the end of college, it was like the summer of college.

And just like a little background, is this similar to you Joe? I don't know if you guys do this in your like culture, but Nigerians in America, like our parents would, they introduced us as cousins early. And then when we turned 18, they're like, oh well Chi Chi is not your cousin, Chi Chi is cute. They just want us to be like really close. Now, and by my culture, I assume you mean gay people. And we do do that. And Joel is my cousin.

Yeah, we're cousins. No, I've never actually heard of that. In fact, I actually though, for the first time, I was on Fire Island and I met this guy. I have a really good friend who's Nigerian, and I met this gentleman out there who was like, oh, I'm in Robbie's tribe. So I didn't know that it got that granular sometimes,

but he did not say that he was cousins with Robbie. Yeah, because once we're adults, we kind of know who's our cousin, who isn't. That must be very confusing. It's very confusing, especially if you're born in America, because you're introducing your American friends to these Nigerian people as your cousins, and all of a sudden, like, oh, well,

she's not actually my cousin. Now, and we can cut this in this, if this steps on the story in any way, but have you ever been in a situation where you were attracted to your cousin and weren't sure if it was okay to be attracted to your cousin? No, I would block myself from being attracted to any Nigerian that I knew before I was 18.

You know what I mean? That's so sad. Just because I assumed we were all related. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And so, my mom kept trying to get me to date this young lady that was Nigerian who I thought was my cousin. And then, so one summer I ran into her,

we weren't even close, but I just assumed we were related. Cause I was like, I like your brother and stuff. But I ran into her, we weren't like even close, but I just assumed we were related. I was like, I like your brother and stuff. But I ran into her one time like in the summer during college and you know, she was like, hey, how you doing? I'm good. She was like, hey, we should catch up. I'm like, sure. So she didn't hear.

See you at family dinner. Yeah, yeah. See you at Christmas. And my mom, you know, I told my mom, hey, I ran into, she's like, oh, you guys should go out like, nah, not really. And then she texts me, hey, my mom thinks we should go out. Let's just go out this and get her over it. I'm like, cool, whatever.

So I'm like, whatever you live. She's like, I'm in Long Beach. So I bet. So I find like a, I only have- Where were you at this point? I went to school in Santa Barbara. Oh, okay. So this is from out here?

Yeah, I was just home for summer. You're from out here? Yeah, yeah. I'm from LA though. Okay. Okay. And so, okay, cool. So I don't really have money, but I though. Okay. Okay. And so, I'm like, cool. So I don't really have money, but I found like a nice restaurant in Long Beach.

I'm like, let's go there. I give her time. I get there, you know, right on time. I'm just waiting there. She's not there yet. And she texts me, she's down the road. I'm like, cool, but it's an expensive restaurant. They keep asking me if I want something else.

I'm like, I only have $65 to spend in my head. So I'm like, no, I'm good with this water. Let me just wait for my friend, you know? And she finally gets there and we're talking, like for the first time, and everybody talked growing up. And she's like doing this voice, where it's like this overly sexy voice.

You can tell it's not her voice. She's like, yeah. So I'm gonna ask her questions. She's like. Where you have to do it. Yeah, she's like, yes, I think I'm studying sociology. I'm just like, you're on a date with Betty Boo right now. But also, her mom's not my auntie, but kind of my auntie.

So I'm just being nice, just trying to let her get through it. And she's not actually- There's two cousins talking. I'm just imagining Jamie Foxx and white chicks doing this sexy woman voice. I'm like, just talk regular. Hey. We're like, what's happening? It was so, and then she was talking very slow. And then she wasn't asking me questions back.

So in my head, oh, maybe she doesn't like me. This is fine. And so I'm just trying to get through the date and she doesn't touch her food. She's pretending like she's not hungry. But then when she finally, cause I, I, I used a lot of money. So I'm going to eat my food.

Yeah. No food waste. Yeah. I even asked her like, will we help you finish that? Yeah, I, I used a lot of money, so I'm going to eat my food. Yeah. No food waste. Yeah. At this table. I actually, like, will we help you finish that? Yeah. All yours too. I have to pay for it. Yeah. And she's like, no, I'm going to eat it.

And then she, like, tries it. And she was like, oh, the lasagna's cold. Like, well, you had to sit in there for 15 minutes. That's what I think in my head. Yeah. And she acts, she's like, it's a little cold. Can we warm it up? I'm like, what are you doing?

You know what I mean? Like, I don't come to places like this. And so we're sitting there. She gets it to go. And then she's like, so what are you gonna do next? Well, I have a place, I'm supposed to be some friends in like an hour, I'm gonna just hang around here until then. I was like, probably go across the street,

just get a drink. I wasn't like really inviting her, just kind of letting her know what I planned. She's like, let's go. I'm like, great. So we go to the bar across the street and we're on the patio and we're talking, or weirdly I'm talking and then she's listening.

And then out of nowhere through the doors, this couple burst outside and they're like screaming at each other. And you could tell the girl, hair's kind of messed up, like she was just in a fight. And I guess it was like some woman he used to date that was inside. Love.

And they're screaming at each other and then the girl comes out like, what bitch, what, you wanna fight? Can I curse with her? Oh my God. Yeah, and she's like, what, what do you wanna do? Goose bumps all over my body, I love it. I love it.

And I'm picking my date under the table, I yell, yo, check this out. And she's already looking, but she's looking in a way that's not safe. She's just like staring. I'm like, yo, you're supposed to look, back to your tree. Yeah, exactly, exactly. Look, back to your tree, take, you know.

There's a protocol. Yeah, because after a while they might feel like you're. Yeah, what, you're supposed to look back to your drink. Look back to your drink. Take, you know? There's a protocol. Yeah, because after a while, they might feel like you're- Yeah, what do you look at? They're having a public moment, but it's private to them. You know what I mean? And they've already reached a point where they've popped off publicly. So it's truly like at this point,

what's another person into the mix? 100%. You know? And I feel for the guy, because he's trapped in there, he's just trying to get his girl to calm down, and they're yelling at each other, and she's just like looking. I'm like, yo, can you stop looking at them? And then they heard me say that, and the girl looks at me like, what you looking at? Can I curse?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, please. And she was like, oh my God, I'm just like, you guys are the ones screaming. And she was like, I'll beat your ass. I'm like, yo, we need to go. She was like, no, you will not. I said, you definitely need to go. And she's using her real voice. So she swapped to real voice. She's like, no, you will not.

I was like, well, obviously you can't fight because that's not her actual response. And she has other girlfriends that come outside. And so I just grab her hand. And we leave the back patio. I'm like, let's just go down the street. Then I realized I didn't pay, they still have my card. And so I called the phones, I, hey, can I get my ID?

I'm calling like the welcome guy, the greeter. And he was like, well, I'll have to like walk all the way over there and get your card. I'm like, yeah, how much, bro? It was like, it was like $10. I'm like, that's fine. Make sure you took the bar to there too. And so I get my car.

I like, he just come like two blocks, like just two businesses down. He comes out, he gives me my card. I'm like, where do you want me to drop you off at so you could get a safe Uber? So in case you run into them, she's like, maybe you can get me at the McDonald's. I leave at the McDonald's.

I wait for the Uber. And like a gentleman. Like a gentleman. Like a gentleman. And I call her, I call my mom later. She's like, how'd it go? I'm like, yeah, we decided just to kind of remain family. I guess, yeah. Just stay cousins.

Yeah, just stay cousins. Visually, I guess, yeah. Oh my gosh. It was treacherous, because I did not want to, yeah, I didn't want to have to protect somebody in that situation. Especially when it's all women. You can't even. Even if they're family?

No, exactly. What do you do? You let your cousin get beat up? Well, we're not really cousins, you know? What is the lesson you took away from this that you have now brought into your very successful five-year relationship? I think, yeah, just date for yourself

and don't try to make anybody else happy outside of that. Because I only really went on that to get my mom. To get your mom. To prove to my mom that I don't think this is gonna work. And trust me, I think Adam and I both know what the pressures of dating to make your parents happy feel like. And it doesn't turn out well for anyone.

Thank you so much, Shinadu, for that amazing story. And also we all learned something here today, which is that we all might be cousins. Um. Hopefully. Yeah. Fingers crossed. It's all family.

Or I'm from in Georgia. That's like allowed. Yeah. It's post 18, they're like, you should definitely get married. To your cousin. Yeah, to your cousin. Bad Dates.

Incredible. This has been such a fun ass episode. I'm so glad it was with you guys. Um, Sarah, where can the people find you? What are you doing these days? Oh my gosh. They'd like to support. Where am I? What am I doing these days? fun ass episode. I'm so glad it was with you guys. Sarah, where can the people find you? What are you doing these days? Oh my gosh. They'd like to support.

Where am I? What am I doing these days? I'm just like, I can't really, yeah, just follow me on Twitter and Instagram as long as it's not to my car or my hotel. Yeah, just follow me there. Sarah, Sarah with an H, Tiana with a Tiana. Love it, love it, love it. Adam Rippon, where can people find you?

What are you doing these days? You can find me on Instagram, it's Adderip, and you can listen to my podcast, Intrusive Thoughts. I love it, I love it. And finally, Chinatown Unaka, where can people find you? Fun to say. It really is. It's cool to say.

Like the mountains. Exactly, like the mountains. North Carolina mountains. What are you doing these days where can people find you? Yeah, you guys could check out my comedy special on Hulu called LOL Live with Shin and Do You Not Good? So yeah, check that out. It was really funny. It came out July 11th, produced by Heartbeat and LOL Network as well.

And outside of that, that's my Instagram as well. And I should have came up with a stage name. No, absolutely not. With a name that fun to say there's also only one of you there's so many Sarah there's a chin and do doing comedy in Texas believe it or no are you maybe you're related I was yeah maybe he's actually family all right that has been another episode of Bad Dates. Thank you guys so much for tuning in and listening. If you liked what you heard today, please give us a rating and review.

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