Call Her Daddy - Plotting My Summer Threesome (REVISIT)

Episode Date: July 6, 2022

Alex welcomes her best friend, and soulmate since the second grade...Laren, in this revisit! The girls discuss their lifelong friendship and give a huge announcement (boyfriend?!?). Plus Alex shares a behind-the-scenes look at the latest Call Her Daddy episode of Lottie Moss, and calls out nasty internet trolls. Big Al and Laren discuss the latest season of ‘Selling Sunset’ on Netflix and finish the show by answering questions from listeners live! 

What is up, Daddy Gang? It is your founding father, Alex Cooper, with Call Her Daddy. Oh my God. I mean, thank God. My favorite day of the goddamn week, Wednesday. Hello, Daddy Gang. It is your father, Alex Cooper. I am currently in London, which is very fun. And I am taking this week off from releasing a new Call Her Daddy episode, but have no fear because I would never neglect you guys completely. You know what I mean? I'm a giving father. I'm not an absent father. You can count on me. So basically this year I started this thing called after hours with alex cooper and I go live on the spotify live app Every other wednesday, we are pausing currently for um summer But I have recorded a couple of them and I wanted to re-release in case you guys missed it

So this episode is my first spotify live show that I did for after hours And I talk about my life. I talk about recapping the episode that I recorded that week. I talk about pop culture. I answer live daddy gang questions. We interact, we hang out. Okay, very fun slumber party vibes. So I want you guys to listen to this. It's a very fun episode. And I will be back next week. I'm going to do like a solo. I feel like I kind of need to like give a life update, catch up with you guys. Yeah. So guys, I will be back next week. Enjoy this episode of After Hours and also After Hours will be returning July 27th. So every other Wednesday I will be going live. If you didn't know that,

tune the fuck in, bitches. Okay. Enjoy. Love you. much for listening. But did you know that After Hours is a live show? Yes, that is right. These episodes are from Spotify Live. So next time, instead of listening after the fact, you can be there when the next big thing goes down. And because it's live, you never know what's going to happen or who is going to show up. You can tune in right on this page every time I go live. But what's better than tuning in live? You being a part of the live experience. You guys can chat with me live. If you have a question for me, if you want advice, if you have a comment on what I've been saying, you have an opinion, you can join the live conversation on the Spotify live app.

All you have to do is follow the link in the episode description to download and then be sure to follow after hours. So you're notified every time we go live. You never know what's going to happen on after hours with Alex Cooper. Hello. Oh my God. We're fucking back, baby. I'm going to wait for some more daddy gang to get into the chat. Oh my God. Guys, also, just so you know, keep messaging me because I'm just staring at the comments. I'm screaming. I love you. Hi, Haley. Hi, Alexandra. Hi, Danika. Hi, Kylie. I could, I'm literally going to like faint from how many, oh my God, guys. Okay. I'm going to wait for more people to get in the chat. As you guys can see, though, we have a little guest. We have a little guest. You can see the bubble. You can see her. It's a picture of a dog and this beautiful woman.

You guys know who's here. Introducing today, guys, first of all, welcome back to After Hours with Alex Cooper. I'm so happy that you guys are enjoying this. This is our second live session. Today, I decided, you know what? We need to get a little comfy cozy. We need to hang out with my best friend, my second grade soulmate, the love of my fucking life, Lauren. Hey, big sexy. Lauren, I just fell off of my chair and toppled over with my phone. Okay, I'm fine. Hi, Lauren, how are you doing, sweetie? I'm good. I listened to your last live and I heard you say like,

oh, I'm nervous. And I was like, what? Alex Cooper nervous? And like, oh, now I feel it. Dude, I don't know why, but like doing live shit is really nerve wracking. But I will say I have like a different level of comfort obviously because you're like my fucking friend for forever that I'm like let's just pretend we're talking and nobody's here except for the daddy gang you and me everything's gonna be fine also I don't know why it's nerve-wracking so daddy gang just send uh Lauren some like love in the comments because this is really scary for some reason it only gets scary for the first like five minutes and then everything is fine and then we're cruising down the highway. Classic. Okay. So Lauren, let's kind of give

people a little bit of backstory. Just if everyone is new here, you may not know. Well, you may not even know who I am. Maybe you just are in the Spotify live app and you're like, who is this bitch? And you just stumbled in here. So my name is Alex Cooper. I'm the host of Call Her Daddy. And I am accompanied today by my beautiful, lovely best friend from childhood, Lauren McMullen. Lauren and I met in second grade, also, which is such a specific grade. I feel like people think we're always like lying about it. Second grade, Lauren moved from the South up to good old Pennsylvania. And she moved and she was in my second grade homeroom class. I will never forget. I walk in the first day of school. I sit down. I see this girl with a huge bow on her head. And I was like, this, this is my best friend. As touching as that story was, I'm not going to steal. I wasn't going to steal your show, your stage, your own show stage. But yeah, but you know, I got to make a slight adjustment. We actually met first on the soccer field and then homeroom. Oh, oh my God. We, I completely forgot that we, we had summer

soccer and we met and we were like, oh, you're really good at soccer. You're really good at soccer. You're really cool. You're really cool. Okay. Let's be friends. And then we met Michael Bergen, Chase Nicolosi. We were really into the boys together in second grade, already laying down the groundwork. Lauren dated both of them. Not at the same time. Yeah, second grade, Lauren's already fucking slaying. Okay, so that is... Lauren and I have known each other for quite some time. Let's also just set the scene for Daddy Gang because I know you guys obviously can't see us. Lauren, what are you drinking tonight? What are you wearing? What color underwear? What does your hair look like? Tell me everything. So creepy. I'm in the classic uniform. I'm in the vintage uniform,

the like the periwinkle sweatsuit, the I am unwell, where it says like New York established. What does it even say? Oh my God. That's so long ago. I sometimes, it's okay. 2018. Yeah. So you're wearing the OG I am unwell outfit. What are you drinking? I'm having a glass of red wine. I'm normally a pinot cab type of girl, but I'm a little fancy right now for your show. I'm drinking a Bordeaux. Oh my God, you bougie bitch. I'm currently drinking. Well, guess what I'm drinking? Tequila on the rocks. Yes. You know, you got to take the edge off. When you go on Spotify live, you never know what's going to happen. I need to get a little tipsy so I can say some things that maybe I'll regret in the morning. So this is my second live show.

I hope you guys are enjoying it. Again, I don't know why I get nervous, but I'm happy you're here, Lauren. I know. Yeah, your last live show, I was like nervous for you. I was like, oh my gosh, like what if no one shows up? Like I got to be there. I got to be shouting around in the comments. You did not need me there.

I couldn't even find my own comments within the comments. The comment section was popping off. But it's 9 p.m. here, so it's later. So I was actually listening to your show at my boyfriend's in the living room. And I was with him and his roommates. And I was trying to be sneaky and not rude. So I put an AirPod in one of my ears and then put my hair in front of it. So no one really knew what I was like with him and his roommates and like I was trying to be sneaky and like not rude so I put an airpod in like one of my ears and then like put my hair in front of it so like no one really knew what I was up to but I was there the whole time Lauren Lauren what look at

the comment section I love how you just so casually announced you have a fucking boyfriend no one knows this and Lauren's like I have a boyfriend I guess you just came in and you're just like you know what we're 30 seconds into the live. Let's drop a motherfucking bomb here on Call Her Daddy tonight. Well, after hours. Lauren is a boyfriend. Yes. Yeah. Guys, I have a boyfriend.

Lauren, look at the chat. Can you see the chat? Everyone is freaking out. Okay. This is, okay. So to OG Daddy Gingers that have been with us forever, this is a huge fucking deal, Lauren, because literally the last they heard from you, you were like going through the fucking breakup with your ex-boyfriend. You were kind of trying to figure out how to be single, how to do single life. And then you just

fucking come back from the fucking dead. And you're like, oh, by the way, so I was with my boyfriend. I was listening to After Hours. I'm like, slow your fucking roll, sweetie. Way to drop a bomb. I would just like to say as your best friend, I am so fucking proud of you because you are so happy and we don't need to get into it. Obviously, we don't need to say as your best friend, I am so fucking proud of you because you are so happy. And we don't need to get into it, obviously. We don't need to, like, exploit your life tonight. But I've never seen you happier, and I'm so happy for you. And he seems like a really great guy. Thank you.

Thank you. Well, you've met him. Well, kind of met him. You met him on FaceTime. Oh, that's actually a hilarious story. While we were in Cabo, we were having, like, a drinking drinking pool day and we get back from the pool back to the house. And I'm like, oh, I'm going to FaceTime my boyfriend. And we're drunk and I FaceTime him.

And I have no idea that you're standing directly behind me, butt ass naked, lotioning your entire body. So you met him and you were naked. And like I'm quite literally like bending over to get like the lotion on my ankles, daddy gang. And Lauren's like, look, like this is Alex. And like, I'm hammered. So I'm like, Hey, like not thinking like, Oh, I'm naked. I am. I'm naked. And your boyfriend was so cute. He was like, Oh, Lauren, Lauren, she's naked. Like he's the one that brought it up. I would just like to say what a gentleman. I love how he was like, Oh my God, I don't want to see her naked which you know hurts me a little bit like come on Like I could show you a titter. No, i'm just kidding. But I I would say i'm not trying to

Like what i'm not trying to steal your boyfriend. I'm so happy for you. And yes, I did meet him while I was naked But that's also like so appropriate for the two of us Like of course, that's how I fucking met your boyfriend over facTime naked. Oh, I wouldn't have it happen any other way. I'm currently like looking at the comments and the amount of Richard comments. Oh my gosh, wait, can I make a confession right now? And you legitimately have no idea what I'm about to say. Wait, yeah, what? I texted Richard today.

Wait, why? Because I'm going to Vegas for a bachelorette in October. And I was like, Richard, like go into Vegas with the girls for a bachelorette. Like see you there. But do not worry. I will not cheat on my boyfriend with Richard. You know, if you're going to cheat on him with someone, I'm just kidding. I'm like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Honestly, that's so funny because I love Richard, guys. But we will confirm Lauren is not dating Richard. I think, you know, wait, guys, no, no, I'm not dating Richard. We're not dating Richard, although we still love Richard. Shout out, Richard. I think, you know, no, no, I'm not dating Richard. We're not dating Richard, although we still love Richard. Shout out, Richard. I'm actually really happy for you too, Lauren, because I don't know anyone in the comments. Has anyone ever been a third wheel before in their life? Because Lauren was quite literally at one point becoming a professional third wheel. You were doing the third wheel so hard that I wasn't sure if you were going to ever

escape the third wheel because you were like becoming the best third wheel. It was like, no, like two, like two good, like couples wouldn't want to hang out alone. And they just invite me because I was such a good third wheel. Probably not that extreme, but like, let me do it. Dude, people in the comments are like, oh my God, I take a third wheel trip all the time. I'm a third wheel. Okay. We see you guys. And there's nothing wrong with being a third wheel. If anything, it teaches you humility. It teaches you to be humble. And it just teaches you that like, you know what? Sometimes in life, you're not going to, you're going to be the odd number and that's okay, but you're not anymore. No, we can do like

a double date. Dude. I was thinking a double date. We should also do like a couple's trip. That reminds me of Vegas. When we literally went Vegas, guys. Like we went to Vegas for my birthday last year and almost every single person on the trip was coupled up. And then there was Lauren. You were such a fucking good champ about that though. I was like, damn, only Lauren could be like, yeah, I'll take Vegas with a bunch of like six other fucking couples. Let's go. Literally six couples and me in Vegas. It's all right, Lauren. We love you. So, okay, daddy gang, listen, today is Wednesday. What an amazing, amazing day of the week, right? Even better because call her daddy drops episodes on Wednesday. So I hope you guys watched and listened to the episode.

I had Lottie Moss on the episode this week. Did you guys watch it? I'm reading the comments. Everyone be nice. Oh, Maddie said, of course we did. We love Lottie. Guys, this is why I love Lottie. Great energy, only positive vibes. So I'm trying to do a little bit more behind the scenes on this after hour show to give you guys an idea of how the episodes go. And so when I sat down with Lottie, I'm going to admit that it's really fun to have people on the show because I will admit I really had no idea like what to expect with Lottie. You know, you look at people's social media, right? And you immediately can't help but like lightly judge. And I'm like, Lottie looks

like a really hot chick. She's got like amazing photos. She's on OnlyFans. She's like, seems really cool. But like, you don't get the idea of someone's personality, right? And so I remember when she showed up to the dad pad, if none of you know what the dad pad is, it's the Call Her Daddy headquarters where we film the episodes. I was quite literally stunned by her energy. She's one of those people that walks into a room and lights up the room. She's so charismatic. She's likable. She's outgoing. She can take a joke, which, you know, I love someone that can take a joke. She's witty. She's punny. I literally sound like I'm in love with her. I quite literally am, but no, the vibe was great. And I just hope that you guys could feel that through the episode. I just, I don't know. There's something really cool about podcasting where I love my job that I get to meet people

that I see online and kind of get to like know them. And these are things you just really can't pick up on social media. Also a reminder, like don't judge someone by their social media. You really don't know them through Instagram. So shout out to Lottie. You are amazing. And I really appreciate anyone that always comes on and can get vulnerable because guys, I mean, it's not easy. Like, I mean, Lauren, you've been on a couple episodes of Call Her Daddy, but like, I think people may think it's kind of easy. Like, yeah, it's not easy. Like I mean lauren you've been on a couple episodes of color daddy But like I think people may think it's kind of easy like yeah Let's just talk like it's hard to get vulnerable and like talk about like intimate details of your fucking life And you would know lauren you've been so open on color daddy before

Yeah, for sure Like every time we record we like put the microphone down and like was that shit? Like did I say anything meaningful there? Like literally also, what did I just say? I feel like when you're recording you like blackout and you're like, Whoa, like I'm back, dude. You literally kind of like for tonight, we will wake up tomorrow and be like, did we shit the bed? Like, was that fun? Like, do people even, were we speaking English? Like what was happening? So I will say, thank you guys for being supportive. And also I would say, thank you guys so much for being like nice to the guests. I always see you guys in the comment section, trying to hype them up. Like

sometimes there's really mean trolls that are just mean. And like, I will admit, I actually went off on someone. Then I like took my comment back because I was like, Alex, calm down. But I got mad because someone basically was commenting, like trying to be mean to Lottie being like, who is she? Like, who is this? Like, and like, that's so mean. Cause first of all, Google is your friend. Um, don't be a dumb bitch. Like Google don't? Like, and like, that's so mean. Cause first of all, Google is your friend. Um, don't be a dumb bitch. Like Google don't look ignorant, but like, I just want people to know, like, it's less for me. You guys can shit on me all day, but like when there's a guest coming on and they're opening up and being vulnerable, I really appreciate you guys in after hours.

I know it's like all a good community here. Like daddy gang, it really helps when you guys are in the comment section, hyping the guests up because it makes them feel more confident and want to be able to be like, yes, I would love to come on Call Our Daddy again, or I would love to go on whatever show they want to go on. So thank you to everyone in the comments that's nice to people because that actually can truly affect people's days. I've had guests leave interviews and message me and been like, oh my God, the Daddy Gang was so nice to me. That that was the best experience. Like quite literally, they're talking about you guys, like not even me. They're like, well, fuck you, bitch. But your, your daddy gang, they're fucking hype. So I just wanted to say it really goes a long way. Um, so thank you guys for

being so nice to Lottie and all the other guests. You guys give such positive vibes and I love you. Okay. I'm like crying. Yeah. Cheers to that. Have a drink, raise your glass. Oh my God. I'm going to just chug this and get so drunk and start spilling. It's, I don't know why, but this podcasting is so fun, but doing this after hours thing is really fun. Cause you get to like, actually, like I'm reading all your comments. Okay. I see Carrie said, I'm pouring myself a drink. Um, I see all you guys in the comment section. Like it's cool to interact. Okay. So Lauren, you listened to the Lottie episode. Tell me, what did you think? What was your favorite part? What were you vibing with? Um, obviously I've listened to every single episode so far in the single father

era would not miss one. I was dying laughing at the threesome bit. Um, like one great advice. Like if you guys haven't listened, go listen. Cause they get Lottie gives some great advice on like how to approach a threesome and like what not to do and what to do. But I was dying when she was telling the story because I could visualize the way she was telling it, her standing in the corner alone in a fetal position, chain smoking a cig crying. Cause the threesome went so bad. Like sadly I could envision that being me. Like I don't even smoke cigs, but somehow that would still be me if I tried to have a threesome. Dude, it's so dark. Like to think about quite literally being in a threesome with your fucking boyfriend and you're like, he's kind of, he, I don't even think my boyfriend has put my dick in

me yet. Like his dick in yet. Like he's literally fucking this other girl and I'm not even involved in the sex. Like I'm just a bystander. We agreed this wasn't a cuckolding situation. This is a threesome. I'm supposed to be the second or the first i'm not the third babe and all of a sudden he's just like fucking hurts like what is going on so i love that lottie also i think it's like take someone very confident to like admit to like quote unquote embarrassing shit like that i loved that she was like i was in the corner sobbing i always think about threesomes like Let's have a little conversation, Lauren. Okay. Well, let me have another sip of my drink. Let's get into this.

You're like, Alex, I'm pretty sure my mom is listening to this live. Oh my God. I know she's listening. She literally sent me a picture of her trying to download the app. And she was like, I think I got it. I'm going to stay a week past my bedtime tonight, Lair. My mom literally calls me Lair also. I want to be so clear.

Both of our mothers are listening to this live right now. And I could see my mom thinking somehow, like I bet she like exited out because she's like, are they going to see me? Like, no, mom, no one can see you in the chat. But daddy gang, let's give the parents a little shout out. We're going to now talk about threesomes. They're like now. Okay. So I was thinking about threesomes and I'm interested to know like your ideal threesome because I kind of have an idea recently for mine. So why don't I go first? I'll lube you up a little bit here.

Okay. Lay it on me. Daddy gang. First of all, in the comments, I would love to know yes or no. Have you ever had a threesome? And while you're writing that, I am now going to, there's a lot. Oh, wow. This is a lot of no's and a lot of yes.

Oh my God. Whoa. Okay. A lot of people are saying no. A lot of people are saying yes. Great. We have a nice little, we've everyone's kind of got a yes or no answer. So let me tell you my personal idea of a perfect threesome. I don't know where this came to me, possibly in a dream and tell me this isn't the hottest fucking idea. My ideal threesome is to find the third while I'm like traveling abroad. Is abroad though like a college thing? Is that like studying abroad? Guys, I'm going back to college. No, it's like while I'm traveling to a different country, I picture my boyfriend and I are out.

We're in Italy. We're in France. We're in Spain. And we are at the bar and we just start vibing with a woman or a man, whoever. And we immediately start flirting. And it's such like they don't know who I am. They don't know the show. They don't know who my boyfriend is. We don't know them. They don't know us. And we start hitting it off at the bar. And it ends up being basically the feeling of a one night stand, but with me and my boyfriend

with this person. And we go back. The only thing obviously to worry about is STDs. We would wear a condom. Shocker guys. I don't wear a condom with my boyfriend. Guys, let's just, I just want to be so clear. Wear condoms. But yeah, I mean, obviously you would have to do that for a threesome, but I feel like just like being in like, imagine like I'm in Rome. We find someone at the bar. We go home. We fuck. It's a good threesome.

We never see that person again. That's kind of hot. That's what everyone in the comments was saying. Like ideal situation because you know you will never see them again. No accidental run-ins. No weird like, do we text them again? There's also something so, like, just fun about the concept and such a good story to take with you. And also just, like, I feel like, listen, threesomes can get messy.

And so I just feel like that is, like, something that could really ensure, like, it's more of, like, an – it's almost like an excursion you did on your vacation, right? You went on the boat. You went on the cheese tour. And then you fuck some random person from the bar for a good threesome. And now we go back to the United States in peace. So Big Al's basically announcing she will be having a threesome this summer because she's going abroad this summer. I actually am. Guys, I'm going to Europe this summer. So I will let you know how the threesome goes. My boyfriend has no idea about this. He's going to be listening to this. I'd be like, wow, this is such a nice treat. Oh my God.

Thanks, Alex. Jesus Christ. Also, hopefully his mom doesn't listen. Okay, Lauren, it's your turn. Just talk to me through your like concept of a threesome. I've also never had one. I would want it to be like spontaneous and in the moment. Like I would, it feels like so cringe to me, like imagining like me and like my boyfriend,

who still feels weird to say the word, like waiting for someone to like knock on the door and be like, hi, I'm here for the threesome. Like, no, like that sounds horrible. Like I, like I might just steal yours. Like Europe sounds nice. I'm going to Europe in three weeks. Okay. Europe.

Hi. You like just start dating your boyfriend. You're, um, you're not allowed to have a threesome. No, no. Okay. That's the other concept. I think time, like I would not be just having a threesome, like within a few months of dating, like it needs to be like months and years and years and years and years and years. I agree with you. Actually, an interesting concept is I have this theory where I feel like a really good time to have a threesome is before you make it like official official. So they're truly almost like you're still not fully committed to each other. And so it's like a fun thing you experience pre fully becoming like committed, committed. And then I think on the

other half, it's when you're like deep, deep into your relationship where the trust is so strong. People in the comments are entering early and people are like, wait, Lauren has a fucking boyfriend. Dude, this is so funny. No one fucking expected it. We just you just like dropped it on them like a bomb. Everyone's like, can you casually not skip? Guys, at the beginning of the episode, Lauren kind of slipped up and accidentally admitted

she does have a boyfriend. We can explain. This is why you don't come late to class, ladies and gentlemen. You miss important things like this. Do you want to at least tell them how long you guys have been dating for? We've been dating for a few months. We met New Year's Eve on a trip we were both on. So it wasn't like I was really looking for a boyfriend. Wait, I'm sorry to interject, but this is how, this is how cute is this guys. Lauren had texted me like a photo and he was in the photo back in new year's Eve. And it was like, so like, she obviously didn't know. She was like, this guy's kind of cute, but like, didn't think anything of it. And so it's so cute for me to like, remember that moment of you just

taking a casual picture and now look what it's turned into. Okay. Keep going. Sorry. I just get so excited for you. No, it's I've, I can talk about it all day, but I'm not. And then we came back and we were like, should we go on a date? Like, I don't know. And now here we are. Oh my God. Everyone in the DM or in the messages, Lauren is saying he needs a code name. Oh my gosh. Oh God. We're going to have to think about it. We can't come up with it now. Cause we're going to have to figure out like what you're comfortable sharing. And then those stories will obviously will come up with a code name. So anyways, Lauren is happy. You guys are going to Italy for a wedding. Okay. Bougie. I know. I know. So excited for you. Have you ever been to Italy? Yeah, I did. I did a little like backpacking trip after I graduated. So I've been to Italy,

but happy to go back. I forgot um okay so moving on guys I hope you guys are excited for Lauren let's give claps for Lauren I mean finding a boyfriend I love how we're literally talking as if like you could never she could never find a man this poor poor girl finally landed it got like no I did it guys I did it so no oh my god everyone's clapping for you okay so we're gonna move on to pop culture this week, guys. We're going to kind of cruise through this because I feel like there's not much happening in media except for, you know, a couple like staple things going on. So number one. Oh, I already saw it.

Rachel, I see you in the DMs. Why am I calling it DMs? It's a fucking chat. Selling Sunset is back. And I am so fucking pissed. Okay. I am pissed. I am riled up. I am aggravated. I'm annoyed. This season was trash, fully trash. Nothing happened. Nothing fucking happened. Nothing happened. And to anyone that doesn't know what Selling Sunset is, it's quite literally just a show about all these women that work at this real estate company in Los Angeles, and they sell these luxury homes.

And part of the show is so exciting because you get to watch these beautiful homes. And then the other part is a bunch of drama. And I feel like in the past seasons, at least some stuff happened. But this season was so anticlimactic, and I won't take too long because people haven't watched it or you don't watch it. I'm seeing you guys in the comments. But just to give a quick little overview of my thoughts, past seasons were fun. This season felt like a filler season. All the drama was like roll over from past seasons. And the entire season, quite literally, is about Christine and Christine Quinn, if you guys have seen her on social media.

And all the girls, basically the social media and all the girls, basically the whole concept is all the girls hate her and that's the entire season. And it's weird because of course, Christine in the past has done shit in past seasons that we've seen her do. But what was happening this season was so weird because she did nothing this season, nothing. She didn't do anything, but we, the whole premise was all the girls hate her and she's the villain. What I will say overall is that I think it's really interesting. I think we need to always keep in mind with reality TV. I know Lauren's going to fall asleep because she doesn't watch reality TV. I'm like, I'm sorry.

I have nothing to contribute over here. I'll meet you on the back end of this and I'll be drunk. You'll be drunk. You're getting hammered. I think Christine has obviously, every one of those girls has done shady shit to each other. Christina has done some wild shit, but this season it was like very anticlimactic. And then I think Chris shell was dating the guy that ran the agency. It's interesting. I'm not going to say my opinion fully, but I will say my boyfriend who is a movie producer walked into the room while I was watching it. Mr. Sexy Zoom Man Shout Out. And he literally saw

Chrishell and Jason, the boss, kissing. And he was like, oh, that's a fake relationship. And I was like, what? He was like, the body language. Every time that guy is kissing her, she's wincing. She's so uncomfortable. And she quickly pulls away as fast as possible. She can barely take the kiss. It's so fucking fake. And so I'm not saying that the relationship in total was fake, but I do have a feeling that the relationship had to be dragged out for the show purposes. And it was very obvious to me that Chrishell was repulsed by Jason. I'm just going to get annihilated on the internet for this, but I don't give a fuck. Cause I truly dude, you can tell when someone's into someone Chrishell could barely, it was two second kisses,

never saw tongue, never saw like nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. Okay. Anyways. Also, I will say if everyone saw the fake phone calls, I'm sorry, I'm talking to Insler. If you haven't watched it, this isn't fun, but okay. Oh my God. Why are some of these memes so funny? Okay. So moving on, moving on. Yes. He's a movie producer. I'm giving you guys little. Well, wait, would you ever have, I can make one contribution. I can ask a question. Yeah, I know nothing else. Would you ever have Christine on the show? You've been like loving the controversial guests lately. And apparently you're saying she's a villain. Lauren, just calling me out here tonight. Yeah. You even breathe controversy. I do. Um, you know what? Like, I mean, daddy gang, you write in the chat, but why not have Christine on? Why don't I just go out to her and see? Because I think the part is, if she truly is a compulsive liar, then let's have her on the show because come on, baby, I'd love to fucking talk to you. And if she's not, and we actually get to see the side of her, that's like, Hey, what reality

television show doesn't have a designated villain name it. I would love to know. So you also, we also want to kind of know, like, is this a character she's playing up or is this truly who she is? I don't know. Maybe. Yeah. Maybe I will have her on what the fuck who cares. Also summer episodes. I'm going to basically be doing summer series episodes guys and we're just going to be like having like just like more chill episodes and see like guests like i would maybe not normally have on so let's do it okay maybe maybe i'll have them all on maybe i'll have them all on and do my own fucking reunion how about that okay um lauren let's move on what have you gladly not that i i can listen to you talk all day, but I have no idea what's going on with reality television. And I love that about you. Okay. So let's talk about... First of all,

I wanted to actually... I love how Daddy Gang... You guys are going to just be a part of this for a minute, but Lauren and I quite literally were waiting to catch up quickly this week on live because we were like, let's just save it for the after hours so Lauren what have you been up to this weekend I know you're like deep in wedding season uh dress shopping yeah it sounds like you're getting married wait no no no no it's a lot getting so much happening I have a boyfriend I'm getting married next week you heard it here first wait wait literally people in the chat are like wait what no Lauren is not wedding dress shopping for herself she's going for a colored dress because she will be attending weddings this season um it's interesting too because I feel like last season like last

summer I had so many fucking weddings and now this summer you have all the weddings I feel like that's how it goes okay so how is the wedding dress shopping going? I told you not to get the ones that you had. Yeah. Was it last week? We were on Zoom. We prefer Zoom over FaceTime. It's so weird. It's hands-free. The screen sharing option, I can screen share you my shopping cart and like, what do you think? Totally. But I gave you a little fashion show and you said, no, no, no, no, no. So back to the drawing board, I did find one dress this past weekend, but like wedding dress shopping, not for myself, daddy gang, not for a white dress for a attendee of a wedding. Well, I think that's also the point I told you, which is like, guys, everyone listening, even if it's not a wedding

that you're attending, you can re-wear an outfit. And I think that sometimes, especially for women, we're like made to feel like, oh God, you're wearing the same dress again. If I look fucking good in it, yeah, I'm going to wear it every fucking night. Shut the fuck up. I feel like people are so bitchy about that shit. If I find a good pair of jeans that fit my fucking ass right you best believe I will be wearing them out to every date every dinner like fuck right off and so I think we're in our own head sometimes so I told Lauren like your two weddings that you're going to wear the same dress if you find one you love wear the same dress and I was also like big Al you went to a lot of weddings last season want

to ship some my way I'll try them on you know what that reminds me of what Us like borrowing each other's clothes. You know what story I'm about to tell? Oh my God. That's actually kind of a cute story. Okay. Not that we need to go full childhood mode, but everybody please listen to this story because Lauren and I love to share clothes, right? What's mine is yours. What's yours is mine, baby. But when we were younger, we took things to like quite literally a strange degree. so Lauren and I would share clothes but Lauren why don't you tell them like in what way we would share clothes we would call it closet swaps and we'd show up to each other's houses with empty suitcases and literally raid the other person's closet and like we wouldn't even like hang out I'd be like mom can you take me to Alex's

house so I can like raid her closet and she's's like, yeah, you have 15 minutes. And our moms would be like waiting at the front door, girls, five more minutes. It's like us like digging through each other's closets, throwing as much shit as we can on suitcases. Like that's kind of crazy. It was psychotic too, because we would be so invested. If I knew you had a school dance, I would like try to pull out like my hard tails that like I had the like purple color, you had the black color. We would like pick each other's outfits that we knew what was coming up. We were so invested in that. We should honestly do that again. Gladly. One of us will greatly benefit more than the other if we swap closets.

I don't know what you want in my closet, but you are more than welcome to it. Lauren, what are you talking about? I'm obsessed with your gap outfits. I love excuse me. I have graduated from gap and now I'm an avid Abercrombie shopper, but I think I probably shouldn't say that out loud because I know there's a documentary in Abercrombie's like, but, but the best jeans, like, dude, why am I laughing so hard thinking about how we used to pop our double polos with our double undershirts? Oh, the camis, the lace camis under the double polo, the jean skirt, the leg warmers, and the Uggs. Dude, we literally lived at Abercrombie. okay so daddy gang you know if you're close with a friend consider a closet swap and quite literally show up with an empty luggage bag and do your gut that's how you know you're good friends

you know how some people like gatekeep some of their good shit i am like lauren how many times have you taken something where i have a full tag on it? And you're like, are you sure? And I'm like, are you kidding me? Like, I can't wait to see you in this. You gave me your Gucci shoes. And I'm like, are you sure? You're like, oh my gosh, they look so much better on you. Green's just not my color. I'm like, you're literally wearing green right now. What are you saying? Well, they looked better on you and you found better outfits to wear them with. Anyways, we're having like too much of like a love fangirl. Daddy gang, we see you in the comments. We love you. The Johnny Depp and Amber thing, guys, I got to keep, I see you. I see you. I see you. I got to keep watching the trial.

But what I will say is I think my boyfriend is like concerned because every single night, all I'm doing is watching the seven hour YouTube videos of the trial. I will say also that I was like the woman that was testifying, that was the psychologist, the clinical also that I was like the woman that was testifying that was the psychologist the clinical psychologist I was sopping wet because the lingo in the psych terms that she was using I was like you are okay also the muffin man thing I will say that's kind of fucking hilarious anyways I don't want to it obviously is a very very sensitive case and I feel like we need to see how things play out and I don't want to speak too much on it. But I will say I thought that woman was amazing.

Okay, Lauren. What were we talking about before our Abercrombie train? Oh, you know what we were talking about? We were talking about weddings. I was thinking about this too. And Daddy Gang, I would love because I know there's probably mostly women in the chat. And so no one can get over the gap comment. Everyone's freaking out about the gap comment.

They're like, that I wore gap. Oh my gosh. The best basics ever. Like a great wardrobe starts with great basics, good pair of jeans and a good basic crew neck tee. Please tell me I'm wrong. I will fight you. I will debate that to the death. Sweetie. That's why I literally said, I will take your gap. I love the gap. Okay, guys. So let's talk for a little bit about weddings because I'm not getting married and Lauren's not getting married, but I did think it'd be interesting to have a quick conversation with you guys about weddings because I feel like as women, sometimes you either, okay, so you either grow up and you're the type of person that either was like, I can see my wedding.

Like as a little girl, you had a Pinterest board and you knew exactly what dress and what train you wanted and you knew the ring you wanted and you knew the size of your wedding and what food you wanted and each course and all the fucking things. And you even planned your wedding photos, quite literally. You're drawing them and sketching them. And then there are the girls that never even thought about their wedding. And I think I just want to normalize, first of all, both are fine, right? I think sometimes you're made out to feel like if you don't have the perfect wedding, then you're a loser. Or maybe if you do want that huge wedding, that you're over the top. And so let's first normalize, do whatever you want to fucking do. Lauren and I, though, the other day, we're talking about how we literally never envisioned our personal weddings.

I don't know. I just have never thought about if I would want a wedding. I don't think I would want a wedding. Lauren, what is your vibe with the wedding? I agree. I also was not the person growing up with a Pinterest board fantasizing weddings. I've been thinking about it a lot more because I'm attending so many. A lot of my friends are planning weddings.

And my biggest takeaway is how fucking expensive they are. Like I'm, I like the idea of a wedding. I just don't like the price tag of a wedding. Like I've learned recently that it's like tens of thousands of dollars for the food. Like I don't need to feed all my friends a gourmet meal, like bring your own food, BYOFof pack a little lunchbox little picnic basket situation i can also dj at myself we can cut a nice 10 20 grand off there like this is gonna be a diy wedding i am fucking sobbing lauren's like guys show up without a purse and just come with a lunchbox well the cute ones, like the little

picnic basket ones, not like, not like an ice chest vibe. Honestly, I have, I'm like literally crying. I have tears coming down my face. I actually love that you threw in there. I'll DJ my own wedding. Just cut the fucking cost, baby. You know what, Lauren, if you ever get married, let me be so clear. I am going to surprise you. I'm going to work with your wedding planner woman. And you're going to show up to your wedding and think you only have like a this, this and this. And all of a sudden you're going to walk in, there's gonna be like a full fucking ice sculpture. And you're like, wow, where'd that come from? Little things here and there. You'll not even know. I'm just going to just gonna add some touches um can i put in a note

small note i'm down for the ice sculpture vibe but instead of like an ice swan i'd prefer one of those ice luges where you pour the shot at the top and the shot goes down like and sloshes into your mouth and it's chilled so just just take a just take a mental note there please can you imagine like to this day now we have to do it you get married, I don't care how small or big there will be a nice luge and it will be from your friend, Big Al. Okay. So that's very fun. Okay.

So definitely don't want the, I agree with you, like the food and all of it. It's a lot of money. And I think you had mentioned to me the other day, like when you just get become an adult, there's things that you prioritize. Like you were saying, like, I'd love to buy a house. house i saw someone in the comments say i would prefer to go on a two month fucking honeymoon with that money like i kind of agree it's same same yeah okay so let's quickly though say what is your ideal wedding um cheap cheap fuck i love it you're like nope a cheap night with close friends and like i would like to

wear a dress okay i don't even care if i'm in like a rave setting i'll still wear a dress okay you need to describe though quickly before we move on you have been literally making your mother like lose hair no shout out kara i Kara. I love you. Not actually. You keep like threatening to your mother that you're going to elope. Oh my gosh. My mom will like call me because I keep saying like, oh my gosh, it's just so much easier. Like I could see myself having a Vegas wedding. Like, you know, like the answer might just be me getting married in Vegas. And like my mom will call me like every like week and be like, Hey Lauren, how you doing? And like, right before we hang up, she's like, just a reminder. Like, I want to let you know,

I would be so sad if you eloped. Dude, like what? I honestly would elope with you. What if we did like a combined little thing? The point is, is guys, weddings are not to be, well, they're going to be stress over, but I just want to normalize for anyone that doesn't want to have a wedding. Like, I don't even know if I want to get married. Um, and so it's okay. Especially as women, like you don't need to feel like you need to do something like that. Okay. We're moving on. Um, what are you doing this weekend? Um, Oh, I'm going to a concert on Saturday. I'm seeing disclosure, uh, daddy gang in the chat. the chat, give me that little pink heart. That feels like rave-y vibe if you also are a Disclosure fan.

I have literally no idea what Disclosure is. It's a DJ. But it's not like full rave. It's technically categorized as electronic music, not EDM. I love how different and similar we are. You could never pay me money to go. You know what I mean? Oh yeah. Was it last week? You told me I will never be at a concert unless my ticket has an assigned seat number on

it. Dude, that's like people were like, Alex, why didn't you go to Coachella? And I was like, do I get an assigned seat? Guys, I am, I like to be a little geriatric. I like to get my tickets stubbed. I actually want to be closer to the nosebleeds. I want a popcorn basket. I want a nice beer. I honestly would be okay with someone blocking my view. I'm the friend that if someone's sitting in front and they're like, oh, my view is blocked. This person's really tall. I'll be like, sweetie, switch seats with me. I am comfy, cozy, sitting down, relaxed, relaxed. The concept of an open concert to me gives me anxiety and I just can't do it. Like I just don't like, there's no exits options. Like it just stresses me out. So that's why I didn't go to fucking Coachella is because that's my nightmare. Well, I will be at a sold

out general admission show this weekend. So wish me luck. I'm going to be having nightmares for you. Like, I hope Lawrence. Okay. I'm going to text you. Yeah. Text me when you get home safe, please. Okay.

So it's 740. Oh my God. I hate how we only have 20 minutes left. I feel like we could talk for 19 hours. Okay. So we're going to transition to a little thing, a little thing, a little thing, a little thing. Do you guys know if you were to pick somewhere to go in Europe, you're classically, obviously, if you're part of the daddy gang, you're going to go where? Put it in the chat. We are going to a little place I like to go.

We're going to fucking France, bitches. And we are doing a little thing I like to call questions of the fucking week. Okay, we're doing questions of the week. I'm not going to lose my shit tonight. I've had a little too much tequila. Give me a minute. Maybe I'll go off. Okay, I wrote some of your questions down, Daddy Gang. I asked you guys to submit to the chat. So we are going to go through some. And Lauren, they asked if we would give them their advice. So please pitch in, you got some great brains on you, sweetie. We need your advice. Okay, the first question from Daddy Gang is, hi, Daddy, love you, and the pod's evolution has been amazing.

Thank you, I love you. Okay, my best friend and I are long distance, and it sucks. How do you and Lairin keep up a healthy and positive friendship through long distance? I've been feeling like it's really hard to stay connected with long distance best friends in my 20s. Everyone has moved, has different jobs, grad school, etc. going on. Love the pod and love your friendship. XOXO, daddy. That is such a incredible, stunning question, sweetie. And I love this question. The first thing I would say is, first of all, do not be hard on yourself. This is so fucking normal. I would say is, first of all, do not be hard on yourself. Like, this is so fucking normal.

I would say it would actually be concerning if you're like, I'm thriving. My friends in my 20s, it's like the easiest thing. Like, this is easier than college. I'm thriving, thriving. Like, that would be actually crazy because truly, it's an adjustment in your 20s. What do you think, Lauren? I was just going to say, like, yeah, thinking about like my close friendships, I think at least half of them are long distance. Totally.

Like I will say, though, it's really easy for long distance friendships to slip through the cracks because you need to make on both sides a conscious effort to maintain them. So, Lauren, do you have, and I'm kind of putting you on the spot, but do you have like a go-to bit of advice that you can think of? Because you're saying half of your friends are long distance. Like what do you do in order to try to keep that alive? I know it sounds like so simple, but pinning conversations in iMessage, like I have 12 conversations pinned and it reminds me like, oh, like this is someone I want to keep in contact and like kind of have a pulse on their life. Like have I checked in with them with them in the past like week or two? That's actually really smart because I feel like you may forget, but seeing them pinned up there,

you're like, oh fuck, like that person's name. Like I always do that with my friend Jackie. Like my other example is voice messages. I was telling you this earlier, like my friend Jackie and I are, we both have the same like crazy work schedules that by the end of the night, the last thing you want to do is like debrief the drama with your friend. You don't even want to fucking talk. You just want to like veg out, watch TV. It's like exhausting. And so what we started doing is we voice message each other and we have also made it so clear, like zero timeline, bitch. Like you respond when you want. And sometimes Jackie won't answer me for like two fucking days. And I like know like, she'll get back to me when she has time.

So I think those are two great examples, like pinning conversations, and then also voice messages, where you can like literally have a two fucking minute voice message. And then they can respond when they are ready. Yeah, and I think like everyone thinks that like the ideal long distance friendship is like once a week we have a one hour FaceTime date and we catch up and I know everything going on in your life, you know, everything going on mine. And like, that's just not realistic. Like if it happens, that's great. And I love those moments where like me and you can like find that rare time to have those hour long calls. But if we don't have them, like I know our friendship is fine. Totally. And I would also say one, it's going to always ebb and flow.

And lastly, I would finish with this. All you can really control, Daddy Gang, is yourself, right? You can put in effort. You can send the voice message. You can pin them and you can send them little things when you're thinking of them. And you can show how much you want to maintain that friendship. But you also have to recognize if that person is not matching your energy and is never, ever, ever putting in the effort, then that's also something to just look into and just know for yourself, engage boundaries wise, like how far are you

going and willing to go until you recognize like, hey, maybe I should pull back a little bit. Like I'm on my 17th text to her and she hasn't fucking answered. So maybe also just be self-aware enough to recognize like what is the balance of who's putting in what. Okay, moving on to the next one. Father, I would love some advice. What are some ways to step out of your comfort zone when your significant other is more affectionate than you? Help.

Oh my God. I love this question because, okay, wow. Okay. So funny thing here, Lauren, this is actually such a great question for us because I remember back when I was going to do an episode, I asked you because we always just send shit to each other. I asked you like, oh my God, I'm taking my love language quiz. Can you take yours too? And we got the same exact results. Lauren and I took the love language quiz. Our number one love language was we do words of affirmation. And one of our lowest was physical touch. And so meanwhile, I know both of

our partners are, their tops are physical touch. So we can really relate there. Yeah. It's so easy for me to be verbally affectionate with you. Like I'm more verbally affectionate with you than like anyone. Like I'll text you, I'll text you like things like good morning, my sweet love. I hope you have a blessed day or I hope your day is filled with love, happiness, and all the Henry you could ever imagine. Yes, dude. We literally are always, sweetie. And we like, I just also realized like, I'm like about to go off on how we are affecting each other. And I'm realizing they're asking about romantic relationships. We're like, it's like when we go on vacation, when we went to Cabo with Kazi, she was like, Hey, do you guys want this room? Like Lauren, you can have this

room and Alex, you can have this room. And Lauren and I were like, is there a room we could have together? She's like, what is this with one bed, please? Quite literally. But what I will say for this is, so daddy gang, if you're, if he, what is going on in the chat? Everyone's like, don't text the ex. Don't text the ex. Something's going on with the, with the ex. Don't text the ex. The answer is always don't text the ex. Especially if you're under the influence, you've had a couple of cocktails, whoever in the chat is fucking dealing with this shit. Never text the ex. What I actually will say to you is this. How about wait till the morning? If you still want to text him in the morning, then text him. But I dare you to wait till the morning and see if you want to text him. Because a lot of times at night,

shit starts to go awry. Shit starts to get bad. And you're like, oh, should I text him? Do not fucking text him until you're in the right headspace. Also, what the fuck are you going to say to him? Play that through. Let's play the whole conversation through. That's my favorite. You're like, I miss you. And then he says that, what, you're going to get back together? No. Is he a cheater? No. Yeah. Go through. Okay. I don't know what's happening in this chat, but it's wild. Someone put my phone in the, okay, stop. No, he cheated. He bought. Okay. I don't know what's going on. Okay. Moving on. Oh, we didn't finish. The last thing I would say is this to someone that's struggling with, you're not as affectionate as your boyfriend. And then we're transitioning to live daddy game questions. But this is what I will say.

When I met my boyfriend, he was so much more like affectionate than me. And I'm not talking about like sex. Sex is completely different. When we're talking about physical touch, we're actually just talking about the day to day of holding hands and like putting your hand on someone's back or their thigh or like giving them a kiss when you see them. So what I will say is this, my boyfriend was so affectionate and it's so natural for him. And for me, I'm like this fucking ice queen. I'm like, I want to be that way. But for some reason, being really affectionate doesn't come naturally to me. So what I started to do, this is so fucking embarrassing, but I'll tell you guys quite literally when I would be on walks with my boyfriend in my head, I would be like, hold the hand, hold the hand, hold his fucking embarrassing, but I'll tell you guys quite literally when I would be on walks with my boyfriend in my head, I would be like, hold the hand, hold the hand, hold this fucking hand.

You little bitch, put your fucking hand down there and intertwine your motherfucking fingers, you stupid bitch. And it started to like pushing myself out of my comfort zone to hold my own boyfriend's fucking hand. Daddy gang. Yes, this is a thing. You get it though, right? It's like when something is not naturally innate to you, it feels a little off. And so once I started pushing myself to actually engage with those little things and put my hand on his thigh and kiss him, all those things immediately, randomly, it started to feel natural. So my advice ending that would be, daddy gang, when you are feeling at all like something you want to do but can't do, it's lightly edging into it and not putting pressure, but push yourself out of your comfort zone. That's what I would say. I was going to say bonjour, but I think that means goodbye,

not like applause. I'm just trying to keep up with the French vibe here. Wait, Lauren, you have to tell me quickly before we move on. You have to tell the story to the Daddy Gang of what you told me the other day when your boyfriend sat next to you. Oh my gosh. So like you just said, physical touch is low for me. Words of affirmation are high. Both of our partners, very high in the physical touch. I was sitting on the couch and he was folding laundry and he like paused and came and sat

next to me like really close where like our legs were touching. And I was like, what are you doing? And he was like, uh, like touching you like so we can like sit together and like be together for a moment I'm like oh yeah that's really nice like thank you I love that you're literally like what are you doing creep get away you're like oh wait that so that's your boyfriend and he's trying to physically like lightly connect and not fuck you like dude it's so but it's so real and i think again you have to remind yourself like for us i would say there's a lot of people that emotionally

have a hard time giving validation and giving affirmation so i think everyone has their shit that they're good at and i think just be easy on yourselves i think take the quiz also it's like really good to know like how you receive love and how your partner receives totally dude everyone keeps coming in late and it's like Lauren has a boyfriend. Like I guess everyone, Lauren has a boyfriend. Guys, show up on time. Come on. Oh my God.

We feel like we're the teachers. We're like, you're late to class, sweetie. So you missed the assignment. Yeah. We're not going back. Ask your classmates for notes. Guys, just so you know, these episodes will be uploaded like by tomorrow or Friday. So don't worry.

Okay. Now is my favorite, favorite time of the After Hours with Alex Cooper show. It is time to pull up two Daddy Gang members to ask a live motherfucking question.

So the first question we have is Nina. Hello, Nina? Oh my God, hello. Oh my God, I can't believe I'm perfect. Yes, bitch. Yes, let's go.

So much. Hi, Nina. Hi, Nina. How are you doing, Nina? Hi. Hi, Nina. Oh my God, I'm shaking. I'm so shook.

Don't be shaking. Look at the comments. The Daddy Gang is going ham for you already. You can do no wrong. You just ask your question. No stress. Okay. I hope the chat doesn't hate me.

This isn't like a very spicy question. I just really wanted to tell you how much I've been enjoying following your therapy journey. And to be totally honest, like you are literally the reason why I started going to therapy and like I'm obsessed with my therapist and it's going so well. And I just wanted to ask you, like, what are some of the, like the biggest lessons that you've learned since you started seeing your therapist? Okay. I'm going to start crying. First of all, Jesus Christ, give me a tissue. Nina, you're amazing. And I just want to say I'm so it's so cool to hear, you know, when you do a podcast, you never know like who you're going to reach. And so to hear that you have started therapy, I like congratulations, and I

wish you the best. And this is amazing. Interestingly enough, I will share mine, but Lauren, I want you to go first because Lauren and I have a lot of conversations about therapy. And recently I feel like Lauren, you've been like really making fucking headway in therapy, not to blow your spot up if you don't care, but like you've really been like really seeing larger picture shit for yourself. So do you want to start with your answer? Sure. Okay. So I'm trying to think how's the best way to phrase this. So I guess like the biggest thing I've learned recently in therapy is that avoiding things doesn't make them go away. And like that can mean a lot of different things, whether it be a difficult conversation I need to have with a friend or with my boyfriend,

not having the conversation doesn't get rid of the problem. And it probably makes it worse. And I think the even bigger thing for me and the thing that was even more difficult for me was learning that avoiding emotion doesn't make the problem go away either. It was really difficult for me to like be okay, like feeling sad with certain things in my life and like feeling that emotion. And like, I was like, Oh, like, I'm not going to feel sad. Like I'll push that away. Like it will eventually go away, but it was affecting me in so many ways underneath the surface that like, I wasn't even aware of. And like now after a year in therapy, which is wild to say, I know. Thank you. Um, I know that like, I'm confident in myself and my ability to like handle things head on and like avoidance isn't like my natural go to anymore.

So it's like a skill that I've developed. I want to just like mic drop for a minute because Nina, first of all, I hope that was like. I'm literally writing this down. I love you, Nina. I think Lauren, I just want to like close that out. Cause I don't even need to now tell you my answer because that was so beautifully said. I will say also Lauren being so close to you in your therapy journey and like you lightly sharing things with me, like it's so fucking incredible to know that that was something like you would always say to me, like, I really want to stop avoiding.

Like, why do I, the fact that you a year later are like, Oh, that's not something I even think about anymore. Avoidance is no longer a coping mechanism. It's so incredible to see you growing. And like, I could cry thinking about how much you've grown. And I know it's cool. Also, Daddy Yang, I will say, and Nina, finding someone, it's really important to find boundaries with therapy. But if you have a friend that's also in therapy, you don't even need to discuss your sessions. But Lauren and I have a really good balance of like checking in almost with, with also before we like made this boundary. Remember Lauren, we were like, Hey, it's really weird to be like, how was your therapy this week? Like, that's not appropriate to ask someone, especially if it was hard. And so Lauren and I

have this thing of like, Hey, checking on you. Like, cause when we know their therapy days, we'll usually text like the next day after therapy to each other, like checking on you, love you here. If you need to talk, cause you never know if someone's therapy session was like, I need an outlet and I need a friend to talk to about what I was just left with feeling with through my therapy session, or if they don't want to talk about it. So I would say also finding a friend that like, you kind of know is down to be there as your person to go to, to like continue to expand into things that you're thinking about through therapy. Lauren, you've been like my rock and I feel like we've kind of- Oh my gosh, I'm going to like cry right now. Dude, we're getting so deep. We're getting emotional. I love you though. And I just,

I understand like therapy is an investment and I can also, if you guys want, post more stuff on my social media. I know Lauren, when you had social media, you had a lot of resources that I can also post for you guys. If you need different like resources that are affordable for therapy. So love you guys. Okay. Oh my God. This is so sweet. We're so wholesome. Thank you so much. I'm literally like writing this down, taking notes. I, and I'm honestly, I just want to say thank you so much for being so genuinely open about this. Like it, it really changed my life going to therapy. So I just, I love want to say thank you so much for being so genuinely open about this. Like it, it really changed my life going to therapy.

So I just, I love you guys. And thank you so much. Nina, we love you. We love you, Nina. Good luck with everything. You deserve everything. Oh my God. I'm going to cry.

Okay. Why does like hearing the daddy gang's voice? I genuinely get me like emotional, right? I'm like tearing up. I'm like, oh my God. Okay. Okay. Okay.

Here we go. Okay. Last one. We are going to hear from. right I'm like tearing up I'm like oh my god okay okay okay here we go okay last one we are gonna hear from Jesse Jesse bring it home baby hello hello god hi daddy oh hi are we so nervous I cannot right now don't be nervous don't Don't be nervous. This is all fun. This is all family here. Everyone is on your team. We are all supportive. Okay. I'm unwell, but I didn't think I'd actually get a kick. So my question isn't as deep as therapy, but I still really need help. It's okay. Okay. Okay. So here's my little dilemma right now. I'm just super single and really deep in the dating app game and just

have been running into like the same issue on dates, basically like the awkward silence. I just, I feel like I can only have a conversation with a person I just met for like so long. And then I just run out of things to say. So like, what do I do if it gets awkward on the first date? Like, what do I say? You, first of all, I want to say thank you for being so honest, because this is a, such a good fucking question that I feel like people would not be as open to admit. And yet it's like quite literally the number one thing. Why do you get nervous to go on first dates? Most people don't think, oh, my first date is going to be a crazy person. It's normally like, is it going to be awkward? And so I think even you just acknowledging

like, hey, there's moments when things get like a little awkward. There's a difference between awkward also and like fully not vibing. Right. And I see people in the comments saying that that's totally true. But I think what you're saying is like, give yourself a little grace. Number one, you should expect a couple awkward silence moments like you don't know this person, right? And there's going to be a couple moments where like, and I'm not even saying like awkward, awkward. I'm just saying like, there's going to be a moment after you finish a great combo. You're not close enough to like, you know how when you get super close with someone with your friend, you can eat an entire meal and not say one fucking word. Like, bitch, I'm fucking downing my pasta. Get out of

my face. But you're in a situation where it's like, this is a new person. So what I would say is this, a couple of things are, I usually come up with a couple like go-to topics that I have before a first date that I know can in length be discussed. So whether it's like talking about college, talking about where you guys live, where have you lived, talk about family. My brother is like recently single. All the daddy gang girls are going to freak out. My brother's recently single and he's been going on a lot of first dates. And he quite literally was like, I'm having such success on my first dates because I'm asking questions. And I just think sometimes you just have to push yourself to go, listen, a first date, it's going to be a lot of surface level and you got to just acknowledge. And that's what it should be, right right really what you're trying to check is like do i

vibe with this person as long as you get the vibe there's going to be awkward moments first of all you can go to the bathroom twice in a date you can also people watch together and like also i think it's fun to acknowledge the moment hey we're on a first date. Do you do this often? Like I feel awkward as fuck. Like sometimes I like addressing the obvious Lauren. I also know you had mentioned when you were going on dates, you would always, what did you always say you would bring up? Oh, I would always talk about like new Orleans. Like have you been there? And if they've been there, like what were your favorite restaurants? What were your favorite places? Like, oh, if you haven't been there, like what's your favorite trip you've gone on? Like,

like let them talk about something. And like that literally gives you room to like breathe and like think about like, okay, like, yes. Well, I went to college. Yes. And so I think, listen, at the end of the day, Jesse times, all you can focus on is what you're giving. And if you are present, you're asking questions, you're interested, you're listening, and you're engaged. If the other person can match that same energy, then it should go okay. But if you feel like someone's really fucking awkward, I think that is a sign that you're not vibing because I think we can all agree. All of us in the chat, we have been on that date where it's like, have we known each other for 10

years? What the fuck? We can't shut up up so i think also gauge for yourself like maybe there's gonna be times that things are a little awkward and it means like hey we're not vibing but also i would say lastly be really kind to yourself first dates can be weird and sometimes don't write someone off after a first date right so just be chill is some, Oh, people are freaking out in the comments. Oh, the announce. Okay, guys, I can't. Um, we, we announced a lot tonight. Everyone's like, what is the announcement? What is the announcement? What is the announcement? I'm going to hold it. I'm going to hold it. But I, but I definitely, well, no, the announcement basically is, uh, Lauren has a boyfriend. I was like, wait, what's the

announcement? Why don't I know? Yeah. You're, boyfriend. Let's fucking go. But okay. Oh my God. We just ran out of time. Okay. Jessie, I love you. I hope that helped a little bit. Just be self-assured in yourself and don't doubt yourself when you are on these dates. Just stay true to yourself and try to not look at it as a first date. I think sometimes if you can go into it and be like, you know what? Fuck this. I'm on drinks with a girlfriend or a guy friend. Act that way and maybe it will loosen the energy. Yes, you're so right. I'm literally going to write down some questions now. I love you.

I'm obsessed with you. Thank you so much. I love you guys. I love you guys. Okay. I officially feel like after hours needs to be two fucking hours long because how does this go by so fast? Laryn, how are you feeling?

I love you. We're wrapping up. I just want to say, first of all, thank you guys so much for listening. Laryn, this was very fun to have you on. Yeah, this was great. This was our friend catch up for the week. I know. Oh my God. You have to send me your wedding dress options because I really can, I need to like be a part of that. And I will give you the yes or the no. I'm also going to send you some links because I saw some cute things on this website forward in my Teresa. Okay. Look at us like fully. I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah. Daddy gang.

I love you guys so, so much. I cannot thank you guys for tuning in to after hours. This is going to be about every other week that we do this on Wednesdays at seven o'clock Pacific standard time. And then 10 PM Eastern. I love you. I love you. I love you.

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