Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Awkward Tuesday: Stepmom Thirst Trap

Episode Date: July 15, 2025

One of our listeners is freaking out over what his new stepmom just posted online...He says it has potential to ruin their entire family dynamic UNLESS he can convince her to take it down. That's why he's come to us for help in a brand new Awkward Tuesday Phone Call!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Just open the free I Heart app and search I Heart Women's Sports to listen now. Ooh, today gets a little spicy. Hey, it's Brooke and Jeffery in the morning. Welcome to the second day. Watch out, Alexis, she doesn't like spice. True, I like today's though. Oh.

Actually, it was a little messy today. Wait a minute, messy spice. I like spice. True. I like today's though. Uh-oh. Actually, it was a little messy today. Wait a minute. It was messy. Messy spice. I like that. And on Tuesdays, we do do the awkward Tuesday phone call. And you know what? In honor of it, why don't you just

share with us in the comments the most embarrassing thing your family member has posted on social media? It'll make our listener feel better. I think it really will. Oh, boy. Freaking out. And we love reading the comments. We love living in the comments.

What do you see, Alexis? Sean Andrews said, found you on TikTok, and I've been listening to you ever since. I even recommended you to my boss. And she loves you. Oh, phew. Well, you better give him a raise.

Yeah. He really deserves one. He's got good taste. Well, he could have got himself fired. That was risky. I know. 50-50 there. No lie. All right, he's really listening. He's got good taste. Well, he could have got himself fired. That was risky. I know. 50-50 there.

No, I'm not lying. All right, let's get your awkward Tuesday started right now. Parents never post anything embarrassing on social media, right, Alexis? No, I love every photo my mom takes where she looks better than me in it. In fact, go to my mom's Facebook page right now and you'll see nothing but wholesome, non-politically motivated 14 paragraph rants about how happy she is with the state of the world.

She just loves this country. She sure does. But one of our listeners is freaking out over what his new stepmom just put up online. Uh oh. And according to him, it's not just concerning, but it has potential to literally ruin their entire family's dynamic.

Unless he can convince her to maybe take it down. You're gonna hear why it's so controversial while we attempt to give our best advice in your brand new Awkward Tuesday phone call right after this. It's awkward. It's Tuesday. It's awkward Tuesday phone call. Awkward family dynamics isn't a new concept.

No families have been making things weird with each other for centuries. Yeah, like in the 1500s when King Henry the eighth was literally beheading his exes while his children argued over who got the bigger turkey leg at the wake. So yeah, nothing new there. But in the modern digital age, we've unlocked brand new ways to make things uncomfortable with your family, which brings us to today's call.

One of our listeners, Peter, has reached out because he's facing a particularly distressing issue with a member of his own household and he needs our help with it. So Peter, welcome to the show. Hey guys, how you doing? Sounds like better than you. Ouch. Well, I mean.

Sucks to be you, Peter. Nothing like having to call a radio station for family drama. It must be serious We're here to support you despite the tone of how we started this segment But tell us what's going on in your family life that made you reach out. Here's the deal my My parents separated about eight years ago. That's fine. I think they're better off separated But yeah last year my dad was telling us that he started dating somebody, which was kind of shocking. I mean, he's he's older. Dads usually are older. Yeah.

No, I mean, I mean, like post 60. Right. That was the first shocking thing. But then the second shocking thing was we finally meet this woman. And it turns out that she is my age Are you in your 20s or your 30s? I'm 25 years younger than my father Or is it just awkward to call her mom yeah Where a lot of things tell us we're speculating a lot. Tell us where your head is at I mean

When I met her I thought I mean she's obviously my dad seems really happy with her which is great That's most important thing, but it was just it is really weird that they ended up. I mean they got married and they got married Yeah that they ended up, I mean they got married and- What? They got married? Oh! Oh! Okay. That is mom now. When you like what you like. Well it's interesting you guys make that joke because she makes those jokes about how she's my mom now and all that kind of thing

and that just really makes me uncomfortable. Oh. Oh yeah. Oh. If you're not in on the joke then it's not funny. Yeah, she's trying to like lean in and be funny probably because she's a little uncomfortable too. Yeah. Right? Like.

Yeah, I mean it's just, I didn't really get to know her that much before they got married either but he's a grown man too. Yeah I mean I didn't really get to know her that much before they got married either but he's a grown man he can do what he wants. Yeah. But anyway we fast-forward to recently and one of my friends he sends me a text saying hey have you seen your stepmom's Instagram post? No. This is not good. Why? It's not like an apple pie that she just baked, I'm assuming. What is he talking about? Her latest photo is a thirst trap. Oh. What's wrong with that?

She's in her twenties, yo. She's feeling good about herself. Well, I mean, that's fine. If she wasn't married, you're a 60-something-year-old man. What? So like, if you're married, you can't post pretty pictures of yourself. And if your dad doesn't care, why do you care?

That's the thing is he's like not on social media. I don't even think he knows. I mean, this is something that a single girl in her 20s would be doing. A single girl would be doing is to get attention from other men. I think you need to grow up and understand that wives can also post hot photos. I don't think he's saying that the wife isn't allowed to post a hot photo. He's saying that his father might have an issue

with her doing it. But you don't know that she's already showed him the pic or that he's approved of it or any, like, not even approved, is the word. It's also like, listen, I have a hot mom. Me too. And sometimes people are just hot and they can't stop themselves from being hot, you know?

Yeah. Look, and I understand that she is an attractive woman. I'm not saying that she can't be proud from being hot, you know? Yeah. And I understand that she is an attractive woman. I'm not saying that she can't be proud of being attractive. It's just, maybe I'm not explaining this well enough. These photos are like bordering on inappropriate. I mean, it's not quite OnlyFans level, but it's close. Okay. Got it.

It's especially for someone who's in a brand new marriage with an older man to like immediately turn around and start posting photos that a bunch of other guys are liking without the new husband knowing Could cause an issue in the family new marriage. I think more than anything It's probably uncomfy that you find your stepmom hot. Yeah Look, I didn't say hot. I said attractive You could say she's and your guy friends follow her and send you the pics of her Yeah, I didn't say hot I said attractive Your guy friends follow her and send you the pics of her that's weird. I just don't want to hear words like smell I don't want to hear these Are you hearing the word smell?

Stepmom Well clearly this is something that's bothering you and you're worried that it would affect your dad. So what are you hoping to do with your awkward Tuesday phone call here? I don't want to cause drama. I want to be really respectful and encourage her politely to maybe either take it down or tone it down because I don't think she understands that it can be uncomfortable for other people, not just me, like the whole family.

I think Alexis brought up a good point. You may call and she's like, like oh I showed it to him and he said I can post it and this call is never gonna hit the air. We're not even gonna hit the air. Yeah we're never gonna air this. We don't need his permission anyways. Okay. Well I mean it makes him uncomfortable no matter what the dad says I mean that's the thing. Sure, if the dad's comfortable then he's just got to stay uncomfortable. I mean it's their relationship. We need to give you advice on how to Respectfully have the conversation with your new stepmom that her thirst trap photos might be making people in the family feel uncomfortable I mean like you said, I don't think it's just me, but I really am looking out for my father

I don't think that he would appreciate it. I really don't think he knows about it Okay, we'll find out when we come back We'll give you our advice and let you call your hot Smith mom and we'll let you make your awkward Tuesday phone call Say that to your mom coming up right after this Yeah step mom sure we coming up right after this. Not mom. Not, yeah, not mom. Okay, yeah, step mom, sure. We'll do it after this. It's awkward. It's Tuesday.

It's awkward Tuesday phone call. Well, this is a new one for us for sure. One of our listeners, Peter, told us about an interesting family dynamic that he's dealing with where his dad got remarried last year to a woman 25 years younger, about the same age as Peter himself, which obviously that's a little bit uncomfortable, he said. But he's managing. The really weird part though, just came up when Peter's buddies sent him texts and photos of his new stepmom's Instagram.

Dude, that's so ruthless. It's because she's posting some salacious photos of herself on there. What a word. And Peter is worried about two things. One, his dad is not on social media and probably doesn't know that his new young wife is doing this.

So he's trying to protect his father and his father's feelings and two besides his dad What would the rest of their family think about this because it could cause family drama and his new stepmom might not Realize the impact that it has so Peter just feels uncomfortable everybody does So Peter he doesn't want to sound judgemental or rude about this He just wants to politely bring it up to his new stepmom and how does he do it respectfully? Brooke go ahead you have the one we gotta stop calling him her his stepmom I know technically that's true, but it's not like she's a mother figure in his life

What's a better term for her that you would feel? His dad's new hot wife for her that you would feel appropriate with. His dad's new hot wife. Wow, that's so much better. Peter, are you comfortable with calling that your dad's new hot wife? I'll stick to calling her Alyssa, thank you. Oh, Alyssa. Okay. But Brooke, what's your advice?

I think the way you need to approach this is Alyssa obviously loves your father. And anyone who loves someone wants to be accepted by that person's family Of course, so I think you take it as the angle as like hey Just a heads up. I'm getting a lot of crap about this photo from my buddies. It's very attractive You look great, but I just want to let you know that maybe my family wouldn't be as cool as I am With it, you know what I mean? I love the photos.

I think you look sexy. But the rest of my family, they're not as cool as me. I forwarded it to 10 people. You don't need to go that far, but just go the angle of, like, you're trying to be a little protective of her. Yeah, like, blame the grandma or something, not you. OK. That's actually pretty good advice.

So Peter, lock that in. Jose, what do you think? So you got to think from her perspective, right? right on Instagram every person in the world every guy is just telling her she's gorgeous Her girlfriends in her life tell her she slays and she's pretty So you may be the first person that brings up that this is a little inappropriate and you just need to be cautious about it Oh, okay I mean, I can't imagine that I'm the first person to tell her that maybe she should I can't imagine I bet that's actually true. I

Am going to imagine that that is actually true, but you need you need to consider that as a possibility This might be the first time she's ever got any different feedback on these photos Yeah, it's something to be wary of for sure. Yeah. We'll just keep that in mind and we'll back away and let you make your awkward call. Thank you. All right, man. Here we go. Hello?

Hi, Alyssa. It's Peter. How are you doing? Oh, I didn't realize it was you. I thought I saved you on my phone, but I didn't recognize the number. What's up? Oh, yeah. Yeah, this is a new phone number. It's okay. You can save this one in. But I wanted to call because, I mean, this is a little awkward for me to say, but one

of my friends, he's a little awkward for me to say, but one of my friends brought something up to me recently. Okay. Yeah, they saw a photo that you posted on Instagram recently and they told me I should take a look at it because it was, I don't know. Um, Hey, Peter, sorry, sorry. Can you hold on a second? I just got to take something out of the oven.

Oh, you're really cooked. All right. Sorry. Sorry. I'm here. Okay. So what, what happened? What's with your friend?

Yeah. So, um, this is kind of uncomfortable for me to talk about, probably with you especially, but my friend thought that your photos might be a little problematic is the right word, but what do you mean? What, what photos? Yeah. You're married to my dad now and those types of photos might be viewed as inappropriate. Inappropriate how? Oh, I don't want to get into the specifics about it. I just, God, this is, oh my God. All right.

Well, you called me to complain about them. So something in particular that you find wrong with them. So just tell me. Look, it's not just me. I'm also trying to look out for you and for my dad. Just like you're my family now. And I mean, I'm not going to call you my mom. You do that, but you shouldn't be posting thirst trap photos for everyone to see.

Hold on. You think those are thirst trap photos? I mean, you're, you're, you're barely wearing anything in those photos. Do you want to see a thirst trap photo? I mean, I can send you a third trap photo? I know I can send you a third photo. No, I don't. I don't want to see anything that I've seen enough. I don't need to see worse.

Those are tame compared to like what I was posting online two years ago. Okay. Okay. Okay. To hear that. Um, I just, I think about how maybe my dad would feel cause he is not on social media or anything and if he was to find out that his young pretty wife was putting pictures of

herself like that online, I don't think he would appreciate it. I think you'd feel weird about it and like you're looking for other men still. Wow. Okay. Clearly, you don't know your father like at all. I Think I know him pretty well I knew him long before you did actually so Peter he's the one who took those photos He told me to post them online Gotta get the right angle too. You need some assistance with that.

I love Alyssa. Oh my god. Wait, who are all these people? What is happening? Yeah, These People Alyssa is a radio show called Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning, a show that you're on right now. And you handled that so well. Yeah.

What? Like this was a radio call? Peter, what are you doing? Yeah, this is a segment we do called awkward Tuesday phone call Peter reached out to us because He didn't know the right way to have this conversation with you that the photos that you posted online Might make his dad and some other people in his family feel a little bit uncomfortable We keep saying that but really it's just making Peter uncomfortable What's happening Peter doesn't know how obviously anyone else feels including his father

Yeah, that's the one that told her to do it Peter your thoughts on what you just heard I can't imagine that he would do that. Maybe if they were private like for you and him I can't imagine you say yeah put it out for the world Maybe your dad's just your dad's a confident man obviously, you know He doesn't understand social media. So he's like sure posted. I don't know Your dad's a confident man obviously, you know Yeah, he definitely knows social media like obviously he looks at my social media with me and we're laughing at the comments He's fully aware. I can't imagine that he was my father's an accountant. He's a pragmatic man. That means you have a side to him, bro. My hot mother is an accountant, and she will tell you,

accounting can be very sexy. A lot of repressed emotions there then to come out. Now your dad is in his second stage of life. He's exploring a whole new side of himself, it sounds like. Yeah, he's a theater. He's into photography now. Cool. He's always wanted to do photography, and so I'm helping him out. It's like a passion project.

You're like a hot sunset to him. That's awesome. You're his muse. I mean that's really what it is. Good for you, Alyssa. I mean good for you that you look young now and you look attractive now and you can do that and be you. This is clearly a lot for Peter to process.

He didn't understand the dynamics that were going going to follow her in stuff for a little bit Yeah, that might be a solution if it makes you feel more comfortable. I could maybe make my profile private You know basically you see your creepy friends can't look at it Wow that's a big compromise. It's unnecessary How she calls him is creepy Okay, that sucks for all of us, but Peter would that make you feel more comfortable I Feel more comfortable about it, and I think that would help the family if they were to Protective stepmom Yeah, and I'll make sure Peter we have another photo shoot scheduled for next weekend, so I'll make sure it's private by then.

Oh, wow. Do what you want. I don't need to hear about them, please. Peter supports you 100%, Alyssa. Even I wanna follow her. I know, we all do. I probably already do. Yeah.

Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. So what happened at Chappaquiddick? Well, it really depends on who you talk to. There are many versions of what happened in 1969 when a young Ted Kennedy drove a car into a pond. And left a woman behind to drown. There's a famous headline, I think, in the New York Daily News. It's, Teddy escapes, blonde drowns.

And in a strange way, right, that sort of tells you. The story really became about Ted's political future, Ted's political hopes. Will Ted become president? Chappaquiddick is a story of a tragic death and how the Kennedy machine took control. And he's not the only Kennedy to survive a scandal. The Kennedys have lived through disgrace, affairs, violence, you name it. So is there a curse? Every week we go behind the headlines and beyond the drama of America's royal family. Listen to United States of Kennedy's The Greatest Showman. of is full of wise people. Well, women said something like, no, 99.99% of war is diarrhea and 1% is glory. Those founding fathers were gossipy AF

and they loved to cut each other down. I'm Bob Crawford, host of American History Hotline, the show where you send us your questions about American history and I find the answers, including the nuggets of wisdom our history has to offer. you send us your questions about American history and I find the answers, including the nuggets of wisdom our history has to offer. Hamilton pauses and then he says, the greatest man that ever lived was Julius Caesar. And Jefferson writes in his diary, this proves that Hamilton is for a dictator based on corruption.

My favorite line was what Neil Armstrong said, it would have been harder to fake it than to do it Listen to American history hotline on the I heart radio app Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts Got a text in to seven eight five nine two it says I want to be in Peter stepmom's videos Can you pass my number on to her? It says I want to be in Peter stepmom's videos. Can you pass my number on to her? I think that's the exact opposite of what Peter's goal was entering his call But hey you snooze you lose Pete you were given the chance you declined now We're offering it up to our listeners Peter stepmom and Stacey's mom, you know, they're like one of the same. Oh, yeah Can we just say for the record that it's not anybody's place to say what any person should

or should not be posting of themselves online. Now you're gonna say it, Chad. I wanna say it for the record. But I'm glad you've come to that. It is, if the hot young moms wanna post photos of themselves, for God's sakes, do not stop them. Yeah, do it. What are you, crazy?

Let the hot moms post and the hot dads and the ugly moms and the ugly dad We need all those photos and we also need you to help us get content So if you're dealing with any awkwardness in your life email the show we can call that person and help you through it I also follow our socials. You're not going to find any hotness. No thirst traps there, but. Yeah. Just wait.

Abra and Jeffrey. The Girlfriends is back with a new season. And this time, I'm telling you the story of Kelly Harnett. Kelly spent over a decade in prison for a murder she says she didn't commit. As she fought for her freedom, she taught herself the law. He goes, oh, God,, her and that jailhouse lawyer. And became a beacon of hope for the women locked up alongside her.

You're supposed to have faith in God, but I had nothing but faith in her. I think I was put here to save souls by getting people out of prison. The Girlfriends, Jailhouse Lawyer. Listen on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. My Uncle Chris was a real character, a garbage truck driver from South Carolina who is now buried in Panama City alongside the founding families of Panama.

He also happens to be responsible for the craziest night of my life. Wild stories about adventure, romance, crime, history, and war intertwine as I share the tall tales and hard truths that have helped me understand Uncle Chris. Listen now to Uncle Chris on Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. I knew I wanted to obey and submit, but I didn't fully grasp for the rest of my life what that meant.

For My Heart Podcasts and Rococo Punch, this is The Turning, River Road. In the woods of Minnesota, a cult leader married himself to 10 girls and forced them into a secret life of abuse. But in 2014, the youngest escaped. Listen to The Turning, River Road on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Just like great shoes, great books take you places. Through unforgettable love stories and into conversations with characters you'll never

forget. I think any good romance, it gives me this feeling of like butterflies. I'm Danielle Robay and this is Bookmarked by Reese's Book Club, the new podcast from Hello Sunshine and iHeart Podcasts, where we dive into the stories that shape us on the page and off. Each week I'm joined by authors, celebs, book talk stars, and more for conversations that will make you laugh, cry, and add way too many books to your TBR pile.

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