First Date Follow Up - The Jubal Show - Avery & Rider: The Unicorn Selfie That Ended a Perfect First Date 🦄💔

Episode Date: May 7, 2026

Avery thought she found the perfect guy after an unforgettable biking date filled with laughs, smoothies, and instant chemistry… until he suddenly ghosted her. Now she’s finding out the shocking reason why — and it all may trace back to one unexpected photo, a squirrel meltdown, and a personality clash nobody saw coming. This hilarious and awkward First Date Follow Up from The Jubal Show is packed with dating drama, ghosting confessions, cringe-worthy moments, and one of the wildest post-date arguments ever. Ever been ghosted after what you thought was an amazing date? Do you REALLY want that Second Date? The Jubal Show has your back! On First Date Follow Up, we track down the person who disappeared to get the real reason why. Awkward, hilarious, and sometimes downright shocking—First Date Follow Up delivers the truth, whether you want to hear it or not. Will there be a second date or just secondhand embarrassment? Subscribe to The Jubal Show's First Date Follow Up and find out! ➡︎ Get on The Jubal Show with your story - https://thejubalshow.com This is just a tiny piece of The Jubal Show. You can find every podcast we have, including the full show every weekday right here…➡︎ https://thejubalshow.com/podcasts The Jubal Show is everywhere, and also these places: Website ➡︎ https://thejubalshow.com  Instagram ➡︎ https://instagram.com/thejubalshow  X/Twitter ➡︎ https://twitter.com/thejubalshow  Tiktok ➡︎ https://www.tiktok.com/@the.jubal.show Facebook ➡︎ https://facebook.com/thejubalshow  YouTube ➡︎ https://www.youtube.com/@JubalFresh Support the show: https://the-jubal-show.beehiiv.com/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. Another podcast from some SNL, late-night comedy guy, not quite. Unhumor me with Robert Smygel and friends. Me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier. This week, my guest, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer, Streeter Seidel, help an a cappella band with their between songs banter. Where does your group perform?

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Listen to stuff to blow your mind on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. First date of follow-up. Avery is on the phone today for our first date follow-up, and she's getting ghosted by a guy named Ryder, so in a few minutes, we'll call him and see if he'll tell us why he's ghosting her and maybe get her another date. But first, Avery, how long has it been since you heard from Ryder? Yeah, so it's been about, oh gosh, it's, it's been about two weeks since I've heard from him.

We went on this really lovely date where we went biking, like actual biking. And we went to the park and down the trail. And I was trying to play it cool. I was having a good time, but I've got to be honest, y'all, I haven't ridden a bike as eighth grade PE so I definitely fell

white are you okay oh yeah I'm good I'm good it may have even been three times but um

but Ryder was so sweet he was a total gentleman he helped me up and he laughed with me he laughed with me not at me and so I thought he was super

charming and that it was going well, writer is annoyingly attractive and confident but not hockey at the same time. And when I spoke, he just, he listened. I, like, he actually listened to me, talk about everything, including my really weird little pottery side hustle that I have. I love how excited we get when somebody listens to us. It's always nice to somebody listens to.

You know that. We hear that a lot on these first date followups and I mean, I get it. But it's just, it's the simple things, really, that get us hooked. I know. I agree. And he just made me feel really cool. Did anything else happen? Yeah, guys, I don't know.

But I, the one thing I could think of is that there was this one moment where I panicked when a squirrel ran across the path. And I don't, I don't mean like a little panic. I full-blown, freak to the F out. It was not my best moment, but I tried to play it off. And so I screamed at the squirrel and we're like, not today, little demon. Oh, he laughed. He almost, like, he laughed. He seemed like he wasn't weirded out, you know, almost seemed like he was taking the joke with me.

And, you know, he didn't seem like, oh, my gosh, this is a full-grown adult woman. and having a meltdown over a squirrel on the bike path. So like it was a real meltdown, not just like a, ah. Yeah, I was not expecting that squirrel. Okay. Okay. So you think maybe that's what might be the reason that you are getting ghosted is just the reaction to the little demon squirrel?

Hey, that's got to be it because nothing else happened. Everything else went so beautifully. I can't think of anything else that would have thrown it off. Well, okay. He fell off the bike also. Avery is on the phone and she's getting ghosted by a dude named Ryder. So we're about to call him and see if he will tell us why he's ghosting her and maybe get her a second date if she still wants one. But first, Avery, remind us about your date real quick before we call him.

Sure. So about two weeks ago, I had the most wonderful date with a guy named Ryder. We went biking on a bike trail and it was so much fun, but it was my first time biking in many, many years. So I did fall a few times, but he helped me back up. And other than that, we got smoothied and we had a really great time with a lot of great talking. And I have not heard from him since. The only thing that I can think of that might have scared him off is when we were biking, a silly little squirrel ran out in front of me, and I freaked out because I don't like rodents.

But that's all I can think of. I texted him the next day, and I thanked him for a great day. and I sent him a picture of me smiling with a smoothie a few days later to be like, oh, look, we did smoothies. But I have gotten nothing back from him, so I'd love to see what he says. All right. Are you ready for us to call him? Let's do it.

Okay, here we go. Hi, man. Speak to Ryder, please. Yeah, this is he. Hey, Ryder. How are you? This is The Jubal Show. It's a radio show.

Hi, Ryder. I'm Nina. Hi, and I'm Victoria. Oh, hello. What's up? How are you? And my name's Jubal, by the way. Have you ever listened to The Jubal Show? Um, I think I have heard the show before, yeah. Okay. Well, we're calling you today because one of our listeners actually emailed us about you. Oh, wait. Is this about Avery? Oh, you knew right away. Yeah. Well, we do a segment called the first date follow-up on our show. Maybe you already knew that, I guess, where if you go somebody and they don't know, why they can email us to get you on the phone and ask.

So yes, it is about Avery. Oh. Do you have a second to tell us why you're ghosting her? Yeah, I mean, I figured this might come up eventually. Oh, really? What happened? I mean, she's beautiful, like, dropped that gorgeous. But she sent me this photo, and it was her in, like, unicorn underwear,

holding a smoothie and doing this weak face. I just don't, I don't know. It was really bizarre. I mean, I opened it during lunch at work, and I almost choked on my tortilla chips. So you didn't like it? You really painted the picture writer. It was like she was trying to be,

it was like a six-year-old trying to be sexy. That's what it felt like. It was creepy. It was creepy. Yeah, a little bit like too, I don't know. It's not often you hear a dude say that with getting a picture like that. Never, actually. Was it the unicorns that made it that way, or was it the whole thing?

It was the whole thing, but yeah, the unicorns really pushed it over the edge. Okay. All right, so that's the reason you're ghosting her is. She creeped you out with trying to send you a sexy picture. Yeah, and there was some other stuff, too. It's like, so she called her bed the snuggle headquarters. You don't like that? That's kind of cute.

Like elementary school. I mean, she was also like sniffing her smoothie and being like, Mmm, yummy, sippy, I love it. Okay, baby talkie. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Writer, thank you for being honest with us and tell us why you're ghosting her.

Now I'll let you know that she's actually on the phone listing and wants to talk to you. Maybe in baby talk, I don't know. Are you at snuggle headquarters? Wait. So you didn't like the unicorns? For real? Like, those are sexy. Hey, Avery.

Hi. Oh, my God. I'm sorry. I didn't realize that being playful is like a deal breaker now. I mean, it's not that you're being playful. It's just like, I don't know. Like, I barely knew you. And all of a sudden I'm looking at you at like Lisa Frank Laundre

holding a smoothie. I mean, he kind of treated it like it was a mic drop moment or something. I don't know. It was weird. I was dropping a mic, a mic of joy and love and body positivity. And I mean, come on, that could have been yours. I mean, look, you are totally a vibe and you're very beautiful. I just don't think I'm like your vibe.

You know, I live in the real world. You seem to live in like a glitter dimension where like squirrels call full met, like these meltdowns and smoothies have feelings. I don't know. It's weird. Oh my gosh. Okay. Well, I should have mentioned that I have a fear of rodents and squirrels are basically rodents because I just, I know I was a little bit dramatic, but it freaked me out, okay? And I don't know what you're talking about. Smoothie is definitely a feeling. What does that mean? Well, you clearly don't have feelings or have any understanding of fun in life. I didn't realize you were this serious. It's such a bummer.

What does that mean? Well, he said earlier that squirrels cause meltdowns and smoothies don't have feelings and I was just saying, whatever I do. I don't know. It's a little much for me. It just feels like I'm dealing with like elementary school. No, no. Whoa.

Writers, what would you like for a woman to send to you? You know, just a perfect portrait and business casual, like totally covered? I don't know. Maybe like regular lingerie without like unicorns and glitter. It's tough. I don't know. Okay. Well, I guess I'll just find somebody who doesn't have emotional panic when they see sparkles.

What? Well, Ryder, would you like another date with Avery? We'll pay for it. No, no, I think I'm good. She's one of a kind, but I think we live on different planets. Well, that's totally fine. You can have fun with a woman who likes to role play. Like, they're in business meetings or church or court or something boring, like you.

Wow. Look, you can tell this movie I said sorry. Oh, my gosh. Well, you're the one who's going to be sorry when you're bored and you're wishing for unicorns or you're wishing for something fun and sparkly because your next date is with a girl that's totally beige. Laughing. Another podcast from some SNL late-night comedy guy, not quite. Unhumor me with Robert Smygel and friends.

Me and hilarious guests from Bob Oden. Kirk to David Letterman help make you funnier. This week, my guest, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer, Streeter Seidel, help an a cappella band with their between songs banter. Where does your group perform? We do some retirement homes. Those people are starving for banter. Listen to humor me with Robert Smigel and friends on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or

wherever you get your podcasts. Imagine an Olympics where doping is not only legal, but encouraged. It's the enhanced games. Some call it grotesque. say it's unleashing human potential. Either way, the podcast's Superhuman documented it all, embedded in the games and with the athletes for a full year. Within probably 10 days, I'd put on 10 pounds.

I was having trouble stopping the muscle growth. Listen to Superhuman on the I-Hard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. My mother-in-law spent years sabotaging our relationship until Karma made her pay for it. All right, Sophia, tell me about how we started this story. She moved in for two weeks, lasted five days, left a mess, and then pressed her ear against their bedroom door and burst in screaming.

When kicked out to a hotel, she called her son-in-law's workplace, pretending his partner had been rushed to the hospital by ambulance. She faked a medical emergency. And spoiler, that was just the beginning. To find out how it ends, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, this is Robert from the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast. Joe and I are both lifelong Star Wars fan,

so we're celebrating May the 4th with a brand new week of fun, thought-provoking Star Wars-related episodes. Join us as we tackle science and culture topics from a galaxy far, far away, such as the biology of tauntons and wampas on the ice planet hot, or the practicality and corporate business sense

of the Sith rule of two. Listen to stuff to blow your mind on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an IHeart podcast. Guaranteed human.