Bad Dates with Jameela Jamil - Trafficked At The Goggle Launch (w/ Jessi Cruickshank, Jena Friedman, and George Civeris)

Episode Date: December 30, 2024

On a new episode of Bad Dates, host Joel Kim Booster welcomes comedians Jessi Cruickshank, Jena Friedman, and George Civeris to discuss their most iconic dating fiascos. Jessi finally bags a full 10, but this comes with a creeping realization, Jena is dating someone with the keys to the city but it all goes wrong over Thanksgiving break, and George’s date somehow ended up at this party, and he is kissing EVERYONE. 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.Tickets for our live show 1/25/25 at SF Sketchfest HERE: https://sched.co/1rbPt Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual, Fire Island, Loot Season 2Jessi Cruickshank: @jessicruickshank on Insta, special MiniVan Money, podcast Phone A Friend with Jessi CruickshankJena Friedman: @jenafriedman on socialsGeorge Civeris: @georgeciveris on socials Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts to listen to ad-free new episodes.

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Oh, hello, and welcome to another episode of Bad Dates. I am your host, Joel Kim Booster, and this is a podcast where we get into the nitty gritty of everything surrounding a bad date. What makes a date bad anyways? Well, we're going to find out today with a panel of incredible comedians that I'm so excited to have on the show. But before we do that, we are going to dive in with a little bit of listener advice from you, the people at home. Today we have a letter from Becky,

incredible name, iconic name, Bad Gates. I had been texting with a former co-worker about getting a drink. I hadn't seen him in about a year. We met at a bar and I got there first. I think he's late, but he texts me that he's already there. Then I realize the guy with the bleach blonde hair is him. He used to have dark hair and now he looks like Ryan Gosling in Barbie. Then comes the real surprise. His face is swollen and he basically can't open his mouth. He says he just had a full mouth surgery on his gums to pull them back over his teeth. Even though it was painful for him to talk, somehow we are having a good time. I'm actually into it until he starts weeping,

slowly at first, then full water works. He says he didn't take his pain medication because it makes him sleepy, but he really wanted to see me. We called it a night and now he wants to go out again. He says he will still have chipmunk cheeks for a while. I'm really torn. Is this psycho

behavior or super romantic? Have any advice? Well, I think there's a middle ground here, actually, Becky. I think that there's a world where it can both be a little psycho and also super romantic. And I don't think and this liminal space is sort of where a lot of dates live. And I think the impulse to try to categorize it in one side or the other is your mistake. Listen, I think the impulse to try to categorize it in one side or the other is your mistake. Listen, I think the fact that you still had a good time with this man, despite the craziness of his appearance and his post-surgery face and inability to regulate pain is a really good sign. He's coming to you as a four. And you know, I think you should probably wait though

until he's back at least at an eight before you see him again. I think it's very sweet that he wants to see you again. It's a good sign that he wants to see you again. I think a lot of people, when they feel that the other person wants them, your initial reaction is to say, no, I don't want this anymore,

but resist that. Because if you like this guy, you still had a good time with him. I think the fact that he is willing to risk his own health and pain for you is actually really sweet and a good sign. But I'm not the only person weighing in on this issue. Today, I have, as previously mentioned, a whole panel of incredible comedians and friends even, I would say, that are going to jump in now and also give you some advice. We're going to start at the top with a new friend, a new friend, someone that this podcast has brought into my life that I'm very excited to have on today. She's a comedian, a podcaster.

Her stand-up special, Minivan Money, is streaming on Veepz.com. Please welcome to Bad Dates, Jessi Cruikshank. Hello, Jessi. Hello. I mean, the fact that you just called me a new friend, this is it for me. This is it. I mean, listen, you show up on the podcast,

you're a friend for life. For life. We are blood now, okay? Speaking of blood. Mm, yeah. This next comedian, also a dear friend, we go way back. She's a writer, a comedian with credits on Letterman and The Daily Show and a goddamn Oscar nominee. Please clap, clap in your car, clap alone in your room, clap wherever you are for Jenna Friedman.

Hello Jenna. Hi Joel. How are you doing? How are you doing? I'm good. I'm better than last time we hung out, which was February of 2020. It does feel like we only see each other. I think we've seen each other before then, but that was the last time we were traveling together.

Maybe, but also, we really only interact when the world is truly at a flexion point of terror. Speaking of a flexion point of terror, this last guest, another sister, another dear friend, another person who I've appeared on their incredible podcast, Stradio Lab, many times. I'm a huge fan of them and their work. They're a writer, they're a comedian.

Please give it up for George Severus, everybody. Hello, my dear Joel. How are you? I'm doing so well. I'm doing so, so well. Um, feeling great about the state of the world right now as I was just discussing with Jenna. And it feels so good to have all three of you with me close to my heart today, George. Um, listen, what do you think about this situation

that we have introduced to the listeners up top? What do you think? Is this guy a psycho? Is he a romantic? Is it too much? I wanna... I need more about what kind of surgery it was. Yes. Because I think we breezed past it. It was a surgery to take his gums and put them over his teeth. Yeah.

He has hyperactive gums. He had full mouth surgery on his gums to pull them back over his teeth. Which I've never heard of this surgery. No, I certainly think that's made up. But I would I feel like the way I would have played it is maybe like taking a silly photo, sent it as proof that something's wrong and been like, whoopsies, like, and then maybe made a little joke even.

Let's say, you know, whoopsies got into an accident. Yeah, I'm especially interested to hear from the cis women on the Zoom right now, but like, doesn't, wouldn't that make you feel good? Like, this guy's clearly not in it just for the sex, like he's interested. It's almost scarier, bringing it for the emotions. You said that he's a four right now

because he maybe looks like a chipmunk or whatever, but he's like at a nine emotionally, which is a very scary time to meet someone. You want to meet, especially like a cis man when they're like at a three emotionally, they're not looking for anything, they're not looking for anything they're not like trying to suck your energy yeah Jesse what do you think I also I'm with George in that I want more information about the surgery is it a cosmetic

procedure or a medical procedure and this is important because I think it tells us a lot about the person who is sitting there with newly blonde, ken hair, the potential cosmetic removal of the gums. What are we going through in our life to change? If this is indeed like a cosmetic sort of like, what are we going through that we're changing our appearance to this degree since the last time you saw this person? That's the red flag for me. So I am I am hearing from the booth that it is a surgery to repair receding gums, which raises a whole new set of questions for me, which I'm not sure what

receding gums are. And it's also well, they're receding. Why would you have extra tissue if they're receding already? And then if it's not cosmetic, is it hereditary? Is his family just like really, really gummy people? You know, I don't know if that's if you're shallow, but if you're trying to like have kids with this. Yeah, you don't want to marry into a gummy family. You don't know how that's going to turn out. Ted Bundy used to wear a cast to endear himself to women.

Maybe this guy is a serial killer. He's got the vulnerable shtick. Bad Dates Now it is time to jive in with your guys' bad dates stories. I'm so excited. And Jesse, we're going to start with you today. I'm so excited. And Jesse, we're gonna start with you today. I am so excited to hear what you have brought. After college, I got this job at MTV Canada.

I was a host on like this big launch of MTV in Canada. And they had like the hot girl and the cool girl. And then I was clearly hired as the funny girl. But even so, I was like, this is it. This is my moment. I'm on TV now. I got professional makeup on like hot stars are coming through the building and I'm going to take one home. And it was the 2000s,

like mid to late 2000s, and like the celebrities did go home with the girls. Like to use a late 2000s MTV term, they were DTF. They were fucking, like John Mayer went home with a colleague, I feel like. That tracks, that up. I think he's sort of still doing that. Does this track, there was like this rumor that Adam Lambert had hooked up with one of my male colleagues

when he passed through the building. I mean, good for him. And thank God. And thank God. Right? Like, please, you're in Canada. No one knows. Why not?

I remember like a pre-problematic Kanye West performed on our show and walked right past me and went up to like my hot co-host and was like, I have a limo waiting outside, hop in there. Well, and listen, we should all say for the listeners at home, podcasting is not a visual medium, but Jessi, you are very attractive. Donny. Let's be clear, let's be real clear here. Thank you so much.

But am I the girl that Kanye West and John Mayer goes for? Absolutely. Well, if we're grading on late 2000s MTV VJ standards, I see where you're coming from, but you are still a hot woman. Thank you so much. Let's be clear. Let me tell you, I really, and I, and I try,

I thought, I was like, I tried really hard. I remember Hanson came to the building and I got to interview them and I was like, all you other bitches better fall back because they're mine. And like even Ike Hanson, the oldest Hanson was like, no, thank you, I'm good. I think it's very much because they're Christian.

You know they have like 15 kids between the three of them. You are mentioning a lot of people with kind of very specific types. I would say Kanye, like if I, you were like, oh, do you think I'm Kanye's type? I was thinking like, if I told you yes I do, would that be a compliment or an insult to you?

Like. I don't have enough areola showing today. Right, right. Yeah. Yeah. So this is kind of where I was at. I like really couldn't get anyone. And then MTV sends me to cover a snowboarding tournament,

which is like hot journalism on MTV in 2007. So I'm in my, it's at my hometown of Vancouver. I'm in my Burton snowboarding ensemble. And the man who's doing the commentary for the half pipe is literally the hottest man I've ever seen in my life. He is the man that I grew up loving. He is like tanned and blonde, blue eyes. He's the Nick Carter of the snowboarding community.

He's like definitely wearing a flat brimmed Vulcan hat and like a wrap around Arnett sunglass. And I'm in love. Thank you, Joel. Like I have found the love of my life. This is a hard 10 and I'm, I, I love him. So at the after party that night, he's there and he approaches me. And I can't believe he's talking to me and he's cool and he's funny and he's

like a little older than me. And we really click. And I mentioned to him that I'm going to stay with my mom in Vancouver for the weekend. And he said, Oh, I have this big event tomorrow in Vancouver. Do you wanna be my date? What kind of big events is a commentator of snowboarding going to in Vancouver? Oh, I'm so glad you asked. Oh, you have him in of the snowies?

No. It was a literal launch party for goggles. It was like a spy goggle brand launch party. I'll never forget, because I was like, what do you wear to a goggle launch party? Yeah, that's a tough one. It's real tough. I obviously said yes.

The next day he picks me up at my mom's house, I'm like my child at home, and he pulls up in like a, I was like a topless jeep, like Wrangler or Cherokee with like Oakley stickers on it. Like it was my dream man. I'm moist. He brings flowers to my mother who I feel is like, also becomes moist.

She's like, who is this man? She pulls me aside and my own mother is like also becomes moist. She's like, who is this man? She pulls me aside and my own mother is like, Jesse, he's gorgeous. He looks like Brad Pitt. And I was like, I know. And then she says- Not for the funny one. Not for the funny one.

Yeah, she literally goes, are you sure he's not taking advantage of you? Do you know where he's taking you? Or like even my mom was like, this guy should not be. Your mom thought you were being trafficked because he was too hot. Yes, thank you, yes. Wow, trafficked at the goggle launch.

That's a memoir right there. Ha ha ha. Title of F. Maybe. So on the way to our goggles party, he takes me for dinner. I mean, he's lovely. Unfortunately, he orders a salad with dressing on the side.

Mm. Okay. Oh, it's giving bleached hair a little bit. You know what I mean? Yeah. A little bit. I mean, that's judgmental, but I was like, okay, I had ordered a large pasta and you just want a more robust order from a man, but I was fine with that.

We get to the party instantly. First person who sees him, oh, before we go, he says to me, like, just so you know, I've been away from, like, snowboarding for a few years, so I haven't seen a lot of these people in a while. I'm a little nervous. And I was like, no, no, it's fine. It'll be fun. First person who sees him as we're walking in says like,

oh my God, I haven't seen you in years. You look amazing. We go into the party. Another person is like, bro, you look incredible. Whoa. And as we're moving through the party, another person is like, bro, you look incredible, whoa. And as we're moving through the party, almost everyone is complimenting him on how good he looks. And at first I'm like, yeah, I know, he's really hot.

And then it starts to become odd until finally, this like bro comes over to him and he's a little drunk and he says, dude, what did you drop? Like 150, 200 pounds? And I instantly realized that this very hot, objectively hot man was almost 300 pounds for most of his adult life. And he recently lost weight.

And that doesn't bother me, that's fine. No, look. He had no idea how attractive he was upon returning to society. Yeah that would tuck me up. Right? That was like a devastating realization for me because I knew the moment he realizes that he is a 10, he is going to go for a 10 and leave this like freckly, I'll give myself an eight,

but he will leave me high and dry. And so we stuck it out for a couple of months. I like, he was, he was cool. He was great. He had a personality. He was the full package. And then he did exactly that. He called one day to tell me he had met someone

and it turned out she was a literal billabong model. Oh, my God. Like the woman who's on the billboard in like modeling like the small bottoms with like a rash guard. That model. And they ended up dating for a very long time and that was the first and last time I ever dated a 10. Wow.

I gotta say, Jessi, like, this is not like necessarily, this is an unusual story for us because no one is necessarily the villain in this story, I would say. Like, a lot of our bad dates that we cover on this podcast, there is a clear hero and villain to the story. And it does sound like maybe the villain of this story is simply...

society talks. The mirror, yeah. Yes. Yes. I mean, I think it's like very traumatic for him to be in his situation, and maybe that might cause him to act out. So I don't know if that would be the guy that I would want to I think my teeth into is not the right phrase.

When you were introducing me as like bloody or something I think I just became a vampire. And next, Jenna, we are turning to you now. And I know you're in a happy relationship now. Yes. Happily married. I am. The pandemic really domesticated me. Yes, I was like kind of a rando. And then well, I started dating my husband, Trump became president and I was like, it's time. I dated everybody. I've dated everybody. And then Trump became president. I was like, it's time. I literally went online. I was like, you with the dog. And he was like the nicest guy.

And we also had a mutual friend who was like,'s great and he had been married before and then his ex-wife lovely woman still alive which is like a tip for ladies dating hetero men if they were married before and their ex is still breathing. He's a keeper. It's scary out there. I work in true crime. So yeah, he's wonderful. This story I'm about to tell, I've never told it and I'm going to try to tell it and like

have it be anonymous. I don't know if that's possible. I just started working at Letterman. It was like my first real comedy job. It was a lot of work. I was like, I just need to focus on my work, you know, and be taken seriously. And then I met this guy. I didn't realize like I never I wasn't like a fan of his work. He's in he's in he's in a boy band. I wasn't like a fan. I wasn't I didn't really know about his band. But I met him, we hit it off. We kind of hung out. Like, my friend was with me and she's like,

gave him my number. Okay. This man was in a band. You had no idea about him, he had no idea about you. With me? He had seen me do comedy actually a year before. Then we ended up meeting at this after-party, and my friend gave him my number, and we hung out the next night.

Because he just had keys to the city, and every night we hung out the next night and because he's like was in this he just kind of had keys to The city and every night we hung out which was like every night. He also maybe had a substance abuse problem At the time it was just so much fun And also I forgot to say like my rock bottom in New York was a year prior to that I was smoking pot in the basement about of the Barry poetry club I taught I wrote about this in my book its whole story but I was with Jim and Jeannie gaffigan. And the reason I name dropped them is because I fainted from smoking pot and I broke three teeth. And Jeannie was like, you're going

to, I've had this happen before, you're going to want to deal with this now. So she called her dentist and was like, Jim has to be on TV tomorrow morning. The dentist saw me at 2 a.m., partially fixed my teeth. For the next two years I was having, so I know some gum stuff. Where are you? Hello. You know how gums work?

You're in the lead. Yeah, and anyway, I was given a prescription for Vicodin that I never took because my dad's a doctor and works with pain stuff, and he's like, don't fuck the Vicodin. And so it was just in my cabinet. So this guy that I was seeing, he was like, you have Vicodin? And I was like pain stuff. He's like, don't fuck the Vicodin. Yeah. And so it was just in my cabinet. So this guy that I was seeing, he's like, you have Vicodin?

And I was like, yeah. And so he was like taking it and then it was so loving and affectionate. And I was like in New York when you're single for like a decade in New York, you're like love anorexic. And all of a sudden, this like really fun, cool guy is just kind of like so love you with me.

But it was definitely the Vicodin. And so it was like the Vicodin and so it was like two months of just like hanging out every day he would like call me and like we'd be out all night I never I don't like do drugs but he knows friends did and then I'd be like up for work I was like so tired he'd want to it just was like a lot and I I I'd never like dated a narcissist before the language of love bombing like it wasn't really in the vernacular. The idea of dating narcissists

wasn't really in the vernacular. I don't know. I just, it really was like kind of swept off my feet. And he one time, when I auditioned for this really cool gig, he got me a huge bouquet of flowers and stood outside of my apartment, like the say it, like John Keysack and say anything.

I was just like, it was kind of nuts. And so it felt- I just wanna jump in and say like, that is a dream. That is a dream. To have a man who's like so quote unquote, supported. No, no, again, I work in true crime. That it's like actually clinically, it's like love bombing. They do that to kind of control you.

And I didn't- But it's also the sort of thing that like you only realize how bad it is after the fact. It's hard to- Oh yeah. It messes me up. My current husband, I call him my ex-boyfriend because it's cooler to say that. Sorry.

But when we were first dating, he wanted to pick me up from the airport and I was like, that's a grandiose gesture. No, and he's never picked me up from the airport since because I was so afraid of the narcissistic gestures. Anyway, I was just feeling like it was a little too much. It was every day for like two months we were hanging out. And so Thanksgiving comes around, I was like, I'm going to go home for Thanksgiving and see my family.

I lived in New Jersey. So I go home for the weekend. And then I come back and he's like, let's get dinner. And so I go out with him for dinner and three of his friends are there and they're all acting really weird. Like they're all in on something I don't quite know. I can't really feel it out. And then after dinner, he's like,

I have to tell you something. And I was like, what? He's like, when you were gone, I hooked up with someone. And I was like, okay. Like he wasn't my boyfriend because you can't put that expectation on like musicians. But there was no one else we were seeing in that time. And so he was like, they work on a show that you met,

you know them, I think you know them. And I was like, oh, okay. And then I off the podcast, I'll tell you who I thought it was, which is really funny because I thought it was this guy. Patreon exclusive. Patreon exclusive. Patreon exclusive. But then he said who it was. The person it was is just this person I just love so much. Then I was like, okay, that's weird that he told me that like, I don't we it wasn't like we broke up. But so then the next day, I'm not Letterman and we get

the New York Post, I never read the New York Post. But I was reading it because we were writing like all these monologue jokes. And you kind of like the New York Post has like really silly dumb stories that you can write jokes to. And I opened it up to page six. And I saw a headline of the two of them like making out huh at the after party to this like we're supposed to go it's a whole thing but then they became like this like cool like approval matrix couple and I just like watched it all happen and there's more to the story but like I think it's

it's really just like the idea idea of when somebody you care for leaves you for someone you care for more. Just like this is the pain of that. Like I just like, I wanted to be her, I love her. And it was fine, it just wasn't, I think it was such a crazy experience just seeing them, like everyone being so happy about this couple that I think I just lost 10 pounds and never gained it back until I had my baby.

We are ending things out with again uh dear friend, George Severus, what is your bad date story? I remember something that happened in college that I think will be semi-entertaining. So this was, you know, I went to college before Grindr for any Gen Zers listening at home. It was difficult to find gay men to go on dates with That were not also on campus. So at some point, I don't remember how I met this person

But I met someone who was like around my age But he had dropped out of college and was now in real estate which I at the time was like wow He has street smarts. Like this is someone who is someone who really is doing it for themselves. What am I doing going to classes and learning about computer science and literature and not making any money? You could be learning about mortgages. Exactly, which I still don't really know a lot about.

And so he, I can't remember how we met, but we went out to dinner off campus, which was like a huge deal. So I was like, wow, this is basically pretty woman. Which part of the country is campus, if you don't mind me asking? This is in California. This is in California.

And so we went to a restaurant and he made a real show. Again, this is someone who was like 21 years old. He made a real show of like ordering all the most expensive things and getting the steak and getting, steak and getting and making sure I knew he was paying for everything and blah blah and I was like wow he must be so rich from all the real estate as a 21 year old. Exactly.

So and there were he started he would ask icebreaker questions and I would answer them and then he would not he would not like yes and what I was saying he would just move on to the next question it would be very much like what are your hobbies and I would answer them and then he would not, he would not like yes and what I was saying, he would just move on to the next question. It would be very much like, what are your hobbies? And I would answer and he'd be like, what's your favorite movie? And it would be just like that for like a full hour honestly. Very love on the spectrum. Yes, your words.

And so I was like, I very quickly became clear that this was, something was off and I was like, okay, I mean, I'm gonna write out this date He's not doing anything bad to me. And then I'll just sort of go home So we like I don't even think we kissed I or maybe we did but I don't remember but we'd certainly did not do anything And I was like, all right time to go home It was a Friday or Saturday night and there was a party on campus at the LGBT co-op

And so I said I have to blow off some steam after my mediocre date. So I went to the party, I'm like, whatever, dancing with friends. Suddenly I turn around and he is in the room. This man that did not go to our college has no way of knowing that there was a party there. Was not in the gay co-op scene. No, not in the student scene even.

He's famously a realtor. And so, and by the way, the college he had dropped out of was not the college I was going to, not that that matters, but it's like, it's a very big, it's like very random that he would be at this other college's party. He would not have heard about this party or anything. Exactly.

So I was like, okay, something is off here, he's like following me, like he is literally, you know, followed me home or I said something, you know, whatever. And so I keep trying to avoid him, but for whatever reason, I don't think of leaving the party because I'm like, well, I still wanna have fun. So I keep getting more and more drunk,

but avoiding him and going to like a different corner of the room, depending on where he is. Suddenly I turn around and I see him making out with a different guy that I know. And I was like, oh, actually that's not a bad thing. It means that he's not here for me or whatever. You're free, Genie, I'm free. And for the next 25 minutes, I swear to God,

every time I turn around, he's making out with a different friend of mine. I'm not exaggerating when I say it could have been up to like eight people total. Wait, how dare you say that it was like hard and weird to find gay men to date on campus? It seems like there were a plethora of... Yes, there were a lot of gay guys on campus.

But then I was like, I don't want to date people I'm in. Yeah, you don't share with you. I want it to be like an adult. You know what I mean? So anyway, then I was like, okay, this is... And then people started talking, being like, who is this guy? Who knows him?

Who knows? Do you know him? Do you know him? And then I stupidly told the truth, I was like, oh yeah, we went on a date earlier. And that's why he's here. And so then everyone kept being like, George, your friend is being really weird. He just made out with like so and so.

And I was like, okay. And so then I was like, okay, I need to just leave. Did you tell him about the party? I think I may have. Okay. Like I think I, but I, But I put a tracking device on him. Surely didn't give him an address. Like I probably told him like, I'm going to have. Okay. Like I think I, but I, but I surely didn't give him an address. Like I probably told him like I'm going to a party later.

Yeah. So anyway, at some point I was like, I need to get out of here. So I straightly, I sneak out and as I'm leaving, I hear George and then I turn around and it's him. We have not talked since the date. Oh my God. And I swear to God, he yells, I love you. Woo!

That is love, I mean, he's acting like he loves me. I mean, it's kind of like, and so then I literally just like start running and like run to my dorm and go to sleep. You didn't respond at all to this declaration of love. I don't think I did. And did you ever speak to this man again? No, no, no.

And I don't think he was ever seen or heard of. I mean, there were a lot of people that like that week kept sort of referencing it to me as like a funny story, you know, of like, your friend was being so weird and people kept calling him my friend. Yeah, which is tough, which is really tough. You're forever associated with that man now. And then you've come to find out

he's been dead for 30 years. Yeah, I was thinking of that. He's a ghost. And he never followed up, he never texted, he never called. I actually don't remember his name. I mean, this was like. He's behind you right now.

Yeah. Yeah, he's like, babe, I'm home. No, yeah. Jason Oppenheim. Yeah, that's right. Okay, so George, I mean, what would you say is your sort of red flag takeaway lesson, new rule moving forward?

Well, I will say since that moment, I don't really trust people in real estate. Since that moment. Bad Dates. Okay, that was an incredible set of Bad Dates stories from all of our guests. And it looks like we're actually we've sort of come to the end, you guys, which is really sad, but really exciting for me because now I get to go around the table and ask you where our listeners can find you online. When you're not at the Gay Co-op, George, where can people find you? Yes, people can find me at George Severus, C-I-V-E-R-I-S on all platforms.

Incredible. Jennifer Inman, where can people find you? Same deal with social media. I put my show dates on Instagram and other platforms. And finally, Jesse Cruikshank, where can people find you? I am at Jesse Cruikshank on Instagram, at New Mom Who Dis on Instagram. My special is called Minivan Money. It's out right now on Veebs. And my podcast is Phone a Friend with Jazzy Cruikshank.

Incredible. Incredible all around. And Chris Kirkpatrick did appear on my podcast. So if you want to congratulate me for that, thank you so much. Well, that is huge. And I will be looking that episode up as soon as we get out of here. But that has been another episode of Bad Dates for you. I'm your host Joel Kim Booster. Please join us next week with a whole new set of Bad Dates stories. Bye bye. Bad Dates is a production of Smartless Media created by Robert Cohen. Executive producers

are Robert Cohen and Stuart Bailey. Produced, edited, and engineered by Devon Torrey Bryant. Produced by Anne Harris. Edited by Kyle McGrath. Associate producer is Maddie McCann. Social media producer is Tommy Galgana. Executive producers are Sean Hayes, Will Arnett, and Jason Bateman. Executive producers for Smartless Media are Richard Corson and Bernie Kaminsky.

Music by Cushi and Eben Schleder. If you've had a bad date or would like our advice on any dating issues, please tell us about it at baddatespod at gmail.com or call us at 984-265-3283. That's 984-265-3283. That's all for this week. We will be back for more Bad Dates. for bad dates.