RHAP: We Know Survivor - 2026 Zaddy Calendar Reveal

Episode Date: August 21, 2025

Rob Cesternino welcomes Brice Izyah to the podcast for the official 2026 Zaddy calendar unveiling.

Hey everybody, what's going on? Rob Cesternino, back with you for a huge milestone of the year. Today is the day that we learn about who is going to be in the 2026 Zaddy calendar, one of the most coveted achievements in all of reality. TV. And I'm so thrilled to be here with the man who brings them all together for the marking of another year. Here he is. It's the baby boy, Bryce Isaiah. Robert. Yes. Bryce, how are you? I am satisfied. I am really well. I'm feeling like I want to enjoy more of my summer. I feel like the summer is just going by. Survivor ended and now season.

49 is here, so it is crazy. You really always mark like the passage of the seasons when in my like many years of talking to you like sometimes it's the winter and you're like saying it's officially the summer, you're starting the summer

earlier. Sometimes the summer is over but you're not letting it go, you're extending it. Well, I mean I at this phase in my life. What is it? You don't want to put the heat on until a certain time you don't put the air conditioning on at a certain point.

Robert both. Both. Both. I don't put the air conditioner on until July and my heat doesn't go on until December. Yeah. So it's really the fall in the spring is really you got to like extend that. Yes. But we've been lucky

we've had a heat wave in July but the weather has drastically dropped in Philadelphia. It's been like 70s. It's like almost cold in the morning times. So I'm loving It's my houses. My windows are open. It's great. My electric bill is down. I'm wonderful. Okay. All right. Well, that's great to hear. How has your summer been?

It's been wonderful. It's been chill. Yes. It's been, you know, not having to travel every week, me being able to just be a social worker and go to people's homes and just do my job. It's really been rewarding. And also just hard at work at putting the calendars together. They have their own unique challenges each year. You're putting the calendar together literally and figuratively because I know we're right on the heels of another big tour for Survivor 49. Who, Robert, yes, yes, yes, yes. Bryce and Wynn, 49 is coming soon. And this is our biggest tour yet.

We'll be hitting 11 cities. It is an undertaking. So, yes, doing that with Wendell always has its challenges. So 11 cities, and I'm just like, you know, looking out into the future, are you going to go on tour for, what, 14 weeks for Survivor 50? Are you going to be every single week, 14 in a row? Well, I have to wait and see, but I think that is maybe what the baby boys will be doing. It will be our temp season, our temp tour.

And so we could retire Just the 10th tour Just you're not going to retire I think 50 is a good mark for me I've contemplated you know just Moving on So you just like you say Just like you say with this

I'm not going to show my address Every year like you know what This is the last one I'm gonna not do the next daddy calendar And here we come back year after year Yeah But I mean 50 is my Every time I think I'm out, they pull me back in.

We got to see, Robert. I don't know. Sometimes you've got to pass the torch. So I, you know, we'll see what the car told. You're going to pass the torch to who? Who's going to take over the tour? Is Wendell still going to do it with somebody else? We'll have to see, Robert.

Okay. All right. We'll see. The James Jones and Wendtour is coming. to a city near you for Survivor 51? Get ready. Okay. All right.

Well, very excited to get into all this. I know you stay busy still. You're watching Amazing Race Seasons this summer. Yeah, it's been exciting. Rewatching Amazing Race Season 15 with Brooke. We just actually concluded episode 11 with the winners. Shane and Megan, that was so much fun. I just, you know, the old Amazing Race, like the old

Survivor is it's like the Wild Wild West. It's so crazy. And super excited for a new season of Big Brother, you know. I know you guys are covered. Big Brother Amazing Race. Big Brother Amazing Race. And as we say.

Yes. So, yeah. Are you excited that they brought the Big Brother people onto the Amazing Race or you want pure amazing race? I will want pure amazing race. However, being as though like

50 people, of the cast is actually, like, my friends, I am excited to see how it all plays out. So this does make me excited just to see, like, you know, people that I know on an actual amazing race. How about Australian Survivor versus the World? You watching that? I have been. I've seen the first episode.

Okay. I'm tuned in a little bit. And so I'm excited. I mean, Ceres on there. Poverty's on there. Tony. So it's like, how can I not watch it? It's shaping up to be a really good season.

I don't know what that Rob was doing. Yes. Okay. Did Rob Benthelay ever grace the Zaddy calendar? He did not. Yes. We need like a Wikipedia of everybody that had been. Wait, what was the first year of the daddy calendar?

It's like, I, 2020, I think. I think it was earlier than that. So I think we, you might be right. So it might be 2019. Because I feel like the first time we did it was like 2017. All right. So the Purple Pants Pock has started 2019 famously, right? Yes.

So I don't know. Maybe it was like you were, it was going to be going into the year 2020 and you had the calendar for 2020. Correct. So I stand corrected. I think you might be right about that. But it's just. But we had been talking about it even prior to 2020. Correct.

Yes. Because we, I think when we used to podcast, it used to be like, who's this? the Zaddy as so the evolution of the Zaddy calendar. Evolution of the Zaddy calendar. Okay. So believe it or not, we can't believe we're talking about 2026, right, but I say that every year.

And 2025 going into 20206 is going to be here. So it's crazy. It's the best time to you know, see what the Zadis are giving out here. Yeah. You had said before that you said that, listen, all

I care about is the 2028 calendar. I don't even know what you were talking about. Like, Bryce, it's 2020. We're going into 2026. I don't even know what I'm... I don't know what I meant, Robert. Okay.

All right. So anything you want to set up before I open? Of course, Bryce sends to everyone. He packs the calendars himself and puts so much care into every little aspect. The spoke calendar you get. But, yes.

Anything you want to set up about this year's edition? So it's a labor of love, as always. And, you know, a zaddy is just a person that is, we appreciate, we celebrate, sees everyone for who they see everyone is. And so this year was a bit complicated, right? Because I don't really, you know, have to ask so much. It's more people reach out to me. And so it's always exciting.

And so sometimes the calendar is full and people are reaching out. But this year, I had an issue because... What? Two people wanted to be on the cover. And it was... Wow. I didn't know what to do. And I had felt really bad because one person really went all out and had a whole

production and created an amazing cover. Presentation. Presentation, just the setup, like just the, like, I was, I was like, I was like, I was like, oh my God. Yeah. And then the cover that I went with, there was just no way I could not go with it, uh, because it's what a zaddy is. It's the essence of a zaddy.

So it was a really tough decision to make. It was probably the toughest that I've had to make in this zaddy calendar. LOR, yeah, that I've had to do. But it is a good thing. Ultimately, I really do feel like I went with the right choice. And I think when we reveal, we will know why. But just an honorable mention to the almost cover. Okay.

And, you know, we'll see if my friend contract is renewed because for most of the calendars, when Deasy does make an appearance, and that's if the friend contract is renewed. And if the friend contract isn't renewed, he's not in the calendar. Wait, was it, Wendell was one of the people that wanted to be the cover? No, but just historically, Wendell always just, you know, that's my best friend. So I'll be put him in a kid. Right. Yes.

But, you know, last year, we went with Derek Frazier. Yes. So the friend contract was not renewed. And so we'll have to see if the friend contract is renewed for 2026. Okay. I'm going to open it. Okay. Oh, okay.

Now, I can't imagine the, because to me, it seems a little. audacious that somebody is like, hey, not only am I going to be in the Zaddy calendar, I'm going to be your cover man on the, and not one but two people said this to you. Yeah, I mean, I love it because, first of all, they're fighting over you, you have daddy's fighting over you. Bryce, pick me, pick me. Pick me to be the cover. Sounds like a dream.

I like to be it. So it works. But everything kind of works out. And in the end, when I actually got it and something. all it. I was like very, very, very happy with the cover. So it is, again, a labor of love putting all of this together, doing all of this. And so I'm always so excited to be here. Okay. To, you know, reveal. All right. So I'm opening it up. The, uh, so this is like, this is like two factor authorization. So I've, uh, now I've opened the, the first envelope and now there's

another. It's sealed again. Yes. Okay. Just to make sure. Just, you know. No glitter is going to come out. I might need a scissor. This is like tamper-proof packaging. You got to be careful. You know, people be stealing the packages. You've got to make sure. Yeah, you've got to watch out from your postal worker

if they're trying to get their hands on the Zaddy calendar. Because I get it early. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Okay. Yeah, he does. All right. So, oh, it's a postcard.

Yes, okay. Let me read this. Let me read this later. Okay, all right So I can see through the packaging I did have a guess Of who might be the person on the cover And

Oh no, I was not I was wrong on my guess I knew the other person Who did you think? Well, maybe that person will show up in other pages So maybe I'll say All right, so Price doesn't want me to show you And the picture because

Listen, you got a... You can show the cover, right? Okay, let me show the cover, and let me go, I'll go, let me go make... Okay, I've got here, King Solomon, Saul, in the vest. How about that? And he's doing like a deadlift and smoking a cigar. If that's not a zaddy, I don't know what is. Yes.

So Saul made a big pitch to you I am Mr. 2026 He absolutely did Well first of all I feel like we were all there The night he got voted out And that next episode When the jury came out

And Saul bust out in that vest I feel like my comments were flooded Like Zaddy Zaddy! Zaddy! And so it was It was destined to be And so when I finally approached Saul, Saul, I said, I mean, I'll do it, but I got to be the cover.

So I said, okay, let's make it happen. Yeah, okay. And good on Saul. Now, the smoking the cigar while working out, though, it's like a little bit of a contradiction. I mean, Zaddies do what they want. Have we ever had a Zaddy smoking before? I don't think so.

I mean, last year we had a Zaddy holding a bottle of champagne. Yes. The props continue to. Who was it last week? It was Austin? It was Austin last year. Okay. My man, my man, my man.

All right. So congratulations to Zaddy. Would you say, is this Zaddy of the year, Saul? I mean, I guess. And also, he recently on his Instagram revealed that he and his wife are expecting. He literally is a zaddy to be. He will be a zaddy. Yes, Zaddy to be. It only is right.

Okay. Are you ready to look at January? Yes. Okay. All right. So let me go ahead. And so I am going to, I am not going to show the picture, but I'm going to talk about these people.

And this is somebody who I'm not super familiar with their work. Now, but two things, Robert, though, you know, I'll, you can show three. So, however, three, whatever, whatever one moves you the most. Okay. All right. Well, I think I'm going to hold off and tell me, tell me about Mr. January, Yerney, Heichael. You know, I cover Amazing Race. Yes.

And so he was on Amazing Race two seasons ago, and I really loved his relationship, Jeremy and Jeremy, the brothers on Amazing Race, and they looked like zaddies. And so they were like, I want to be on the calendar. And we have to make it happen. And then, you know, the challenge came out. And I was like, oh, my God, what a better time. But Jeremy is the nicest person ever. I feel like he's a soft soul.

And it's got a great physique. Great physique. Okay. So let me tell you about Jeremy. Jeremy appears to be like in, is this like, like, he's against some sort of like a rock face. Almost like it's, it's not a waterfall, but it's a mossy rock face. Like a great place to hide the hidden immunity idol is where Jeremy stands. And he is shirtless.

He's tatted up, got some interesting ink, has almost like a Game of Thrones dragon. I might have to ask war dog, which dragon that is. And he appears to have been recently. in the water because it appears as though his hair and his trunks are damp. I feel like that the swim trunks appear to be almost like maybe like a slight, a size too small, I might say. A size to right. A size too right.

Yeah. Yeah, an image that really evokes maybe Chris Underwood. Robert! I mean, it definitely does. It definitely is given, like, when you jump in the pool and you jump out and everything just sticks on you. And it jumped into a very warm pool, it seems like. The pool is warm now, okay?

That's all I'm going to say. And listen, the times that we are going through right now when we start a new year in 2026, I feel like this is the type of energy that we need to go in with. Something to warm you up, something to make you feel comfortable. Yeah. He's got a necklace on.

Looks like it could almost be a fake hidden immunity idol. Yeah. Well, I have to ask Adam to tell if this is real or not. But yeah, I just, and he does really give like Game of Thrones. Like I really feel like, or House of Dragons. I feel like. Yes, I can see that. For sure.

And I just love Amazing Race. I'm a newcomer to Amazing Race. And so I, you know, I always like to show my love to my. amazing race family. So why not start the year off with some amazing race in the challenge? He's a new threat, Jeremy? He's a new threat. And I mean, if anybody's watching the season, he's doing pretty good.

So I'm happy because our amazing race people on the challenge, sometimes they get obliterated, especially in the challenge USA, because they were always like the smallest in number. So exciting to see someone like Jeremy out here and start in our 2020. What about Jeremy? They didn't want Jeremy on the challenge. They said, we only want Jeremy? I think, I don't know.

Mm-hmm. What does Jeremy look like? Jeremy looks like, Jeremy? Are they identical twins? They aren't identical. I don't even know if they're twins. They're just brothers. I think Jeremy is older, but Jeremy, they look just the light.

Jeremy just got shorter hair. But Jeremy also recently just cut his hair. So he's got like a shortcut now. Yeah, Jeremy and Jeremy. Okay. Now, okay, so I'm looking on the Amazing Race Wiki and they say they're Liam and Jeremy. Okay. Yeah. That's what I meant. Wait.

His brother's name is Liam and you call him Jeremy? You thought that the brothers are named Jeremy and Jeremy? Yes. And mind you, Liam's number and my phone is saved as Jeremy. But listen. I know them by faith So I know Do they go by Jeremy and Jeremy

Now I remember Now I remember who these guys are But you know Sometimes I'm like Bad with names And so whatever name On my mind sticks at the time It's you know

I just always say But yeah Okay Jeremy and Jerry Well his brother Will always be Jeremy to me Yeah That's how

That's how it is for me And especially at the of their amazing race season. It was hard for me to like remember their names. Yes. But not they faces. Okay. All right. It's coming back to me now. Okay. Hey, chat. It took you all like 10 minutes to figure out what the hell was going on. So don't just laugh at Bryce. You two all, you guys were all like, oh yeah, yeah, Jeremy and Jeremy, sure, from the amazing race. It was something. I knew it was something, but like, I was like, I was like, I was Like, maybe it's not Jeremy, because that's how I remember to say Jeremy's name, right?

Because it's like Jeremy, but it's... Yes. Okay. All right. Well, happy January, too. Okay. Not true fact check. I'm screaming. Okay.

All right. Let's go to February. Let's find out. Did Wendell return to February? February is going to be a big month. It's going to be presumably the start of Survivor. 50. Let's see what happens in

February 2026 and guess who's back? Wendell is back. Both Big Wen and Little Wen. Yes. Big win and Little Win are back.

The friendship contract has been renewed so we are good for 2026. You went a year with no friendship contract? We We went a year just winging it. Just friends with benefits. No contract. No contract.

Now the contract's back in. Okay. All right. So congratulations to Wendell and you even call him, though, the first merge boot on the calendar. It's very important. Facts matter. And that's how he did on Winners at War. So I think it's very important for him never to forget how he.

formed. Yes. He's important. Okay, here he is, and he's getting some water balloons thrown in him by, they call him Little Wen, but he's turning more and more into Big Wen.

He is more and more. That's a little man. He is more coordinated than me. He is better at basketball than me. He loves sports, and he's got an arm on him. He can aim pretty well. So,

definitely in his future, some type of sports. Would he hit you with a water balloon. Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. It was a little water balloon day we did and that's all he wanted to do was throw water balloons. So I had to run. Yeah. Okay. Did he get you? Oh, yes. But the problem was he would

throw him and then they were like pop in his hand. So yeah. And you know what the worst part is with the water balloons is that then you got to go pick up like All the, like, shrapnel. That's Wendell. And it was on this front yard. He loves his front yard. He just got an irrigation system.

It's going to mess up the irrigation system. So why are we throwing balloons in the front yard? Yeah, it's a great question. We can't be on the lawn because it's the irrigation system. Well, why put the irrigation system in a lawn? Because you need to water it. Yeah. What's an irrigation system?

Is that like in ground sprinklers? Yes. Yes. So water the grass. So what are you? order the grass for so it can look nice so you can't walk on the grass I mean could you just

water the grass with water balloons well that that is true get like a catapult get enough of them boom grass is watered you're multitasking you're being a great dad and

doing the gardening so y'all don't have an irrigation system at the new castle no we do not if you want to know more about like how the lawn is being taken care of, I can find out when Nicole comes home and find out

what's going on with that. I'll talk to, I'll talk to her and see what's, what's happening. You don't water the grass? Listen, I got to, like, I'm paying the water bill up here, okay? What happens with how the grass gets watered? I don't know.

I don't know what's going on. We do not have it in ground sprinklers. Okay. Yeah. So maybe we have water balloons. I don't know. I'm sure Dominic is going to be the one throw in, though. Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Okay. Are you ready to talk about March? I am. March happens to be one of my favorite months in this calendar. Okay. All right. Let's see. Let's go to March.

And in March, oh, look at this. Okay, this is interesting. Maybe this might be one that we show Okay This is Your friend and mine Baby Andy Is here in March

He's Mr. March He's wearing an apron And He's wearing Appears to be shirtless We don't know what else It's from he's from the waist up And

He's fixing dinner and he has a pot a bowl full of spaghetti. Is this is he cooking up a new Operation Italy? I think he might be. Yes. So a great job and a great picture of Andy.

If I may, I'd love to critique this is not a very appetizing pot of spaghetti that baby Andy has cooked up it is Andy it is baby Andy so

I think it's tracked he's cooked about four pounds of spaghetti and there there might be it's either a plain or like the no sauce whatsoever to speak of he's on a diet okay no sauce diet no it's no sauce okay he got uh what you call it uh but you got to take tombs acid reflux

acid reflux okay so it's you know yeah okay i use one of my three here okay and uh okay here we go here's uh here's andy in the kitchen and here he is cooking up uh so much pasta It's overflowing. Yeah. And the one thing that I love that's special about having Andy in this calendar is that before Andy was on Survivor,

he was my friend. He had attended everyone of like our Bryce and When in Boston and in Chicago. And before, maybe it was like two seasons when Andy was like almost on Survivor and then I believe he got cut

and we had talked. And I was just telling him like, Sometimes this happens, right? Like, they know who you are. You're still a great person. Like, you still have everything that they want. You just have to kind of sort of be patient. And I remember, like, talking to him on the phone that day.

And I was like, but when it happens, you want a calendar. Like, no questions asks. And so I just love, like, a full circle moment in that the moment when Andy's kind of calling me to reveal that, like, he got cut. And I'm like, there's light at the end of the tunnel, Andy. Like, you have what it takes. you're going to be on, like I could see it. And I'm going to promise you that you're going to be on a calendar when it happens. And so fast forward to him having a great season for him, Operation Italy, for it just, I just love everything about it.

And so we had to complete it with having him on the Zaddy calendar. Yeah, that's so nice. It came full circle for Andy. And, you know, he may not have sauce on the pasta, but he brought the sauce when he was on Survivor, for sure. Absolutely. Somebody said you make your own sauce. You make your own sauce. Okay.

Becky. Easy. Easy. Yes. But he looks great. Like, I like, I just, it's so Andy. Okay. I did notice.

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Andy's Andy's apron says, Mama Mia. That's a spicy meatball in March. Okay. All right. So we had back-to-back survivors.

I kind of feel like that probably, I don't think April will be a survivor. Let's see. Oh, no. It is. Oh. Okay. Interesting.

So I do love when people are taking photos for the Zaddy calendar. I think that those historically have been my favorite pictures that you've gotten for this where it's like, okay, I'm going to do something that is going to show off my personality like Andy just did something that's like a little bit of a wink as opposed to, you know, hey, this is just a picture of me that I had. Here you go, Bryce. Here it is for the calendar.

And so this is another one other one. I'm going to assume this is one that's taken for the calendar. And here we have another friend of the pod. Sam Phelan is here. And he is in a white, they call these an A shirt. Oh. Mm-hmm. White tank top.

Okay. You know. A shirt. They really call them A shirt? I think it's called a shirt. If you buy them, I think it's called. I mean, I know people used to use other terms for them, but I just thought to take off. Yeah, that's what I'm not going to say that.

Yeah. I didn't know it was an A shirt. Okay. I'm learning something new. Yeah. Listen, that other, you know, the other, save that for somewhere else. what they what they used to call them yeah

but we got my man my man Sam Sam and he's and he's wearing that some maybe shorts can't really can't really tell here then he's holding up like a Costco

industrial size bottle of Elmer's glue and also a hot glue gun in the other hand and it says glue guy that's the glue guy he puts it all together

okay well his season Sam you should have been drinking the glue but that's a bad influence you don't want to have that because then you know you'd have like all the parental groups coming for you like hey Bryce my teenager

bought the Zaddy calendar and Saul is smoking a cigar and Sam Phil he's drinking glue and he's pasta looks and my kids are gluten free yeah Sam's not he's he's not gluten free

oh not at all but I loved this photo and like you said like when people bring their creativity I love it reminds me of two years ago when Robert himself was on the Zaddy calendar and you were a construction worker.

You know, you really leaned into it. So I wanted to. I wanted to make it special. We appreciate it. But Sam, I love Sam. And I remember when his season aired and I was like, you know, maybe around the Issa look time.

Like I was unsure of what to get from a Sam. Yeah. And I just have to say that in like the survivor community, when you connect with people sure you connect with a lot of people but there are some people that like you just connect with and I

anytime I'm around Sam we are just giggling and cracking up like he is just the funniest person ever like it's just so hard to describe his personality because he's just again one of these people that we don't communicate normally like we just it's just

taking shots at each other joking and like Sam is just literally the funniest person ever. So I just, I love Sam and it's an honor to have him grace the 2026 Zaddy Count. Yeah, really fun photo and really some great picks so far. Yeah, I mean, I want to say, and let me just, outside of, let me just do a little perimeter, because that actually is a good, outside of maybe one or two photos, I think these are all curated. for the Zaddy calendar. Yes. Okay.

Let me go to May. All right. May 2026 when we'll crown the winner of Survivor 50. It is okay. Talk to us about Matt Klotz is here. Big Brother 25's own

beloved Matt Klotz. I mean, Matt. is an interesting one here. Yes. Because Big Brother, I know, like, you know, after his season, he was in some hot water with talking about some of his people from season,

but, like, yes. And, wow, Matt was on Big Brother. You know, he was eating a lot. You know, he put on some Big Brother weight. And then when he got out of the house. Yeah, like, he was like, he was eating, okay? Matt put on a good 25,000. People were body shaming him.

They had like, here's him when he walked into the house and here's him now. And we had him now. And Matt is another good friend of the show. And, uh, why, how did you become close friends with Matt Klotz? So again, I support the people when he got off. I reached out to him and he reached back. And, uh, he's going to a couple of Oz's house of house, house, chop of Ozza's

Big Brother tour and so I got to meet him there and Matt is just funny like I just certain people get my humor certain people get my like and I also was just kind of fan girl and over Matt because I never heard that Matt is funny yeah yeah

like a hundred days on the live feeds I never heard one person ever say he's funny Robert I'm just telling you what I've heard so yes and another thing Matt is tall I didn't realize

how like Okay I could see that When I first met Matt Like Matt is tall And Matt is like Yeah

wide Like not wide But he's just like built Like I just I was Yeah This is not Matt

Hardeman from Big Brother 26 This is Matt Klotz From Big Brother 25 Chad The Olympian Yeah

Swimmer. Came in second, went to the end with JAG. Who was the other mat they thought? There was a mat that was on Big Brother 26. Oh, okay. Yeah. So, Matt Klotz, now he is holding up a surfboard, and he appears to maybe not be wearing any clothes behind the surfboard.

Oh. Pretty big surfboard. board, if you ask me. It is a big surfboard, yes. And he appears to be you know, maybe maybe his pants are loose. Maybe they're not on.

I mean, when you surf, you have like that surf suit on and when you get out the water, sometimes you take the surf. Okay, so he was wearing like a wetsuit. Have you ever gone surfing? Does boogie board count. No. Okay. No. Okay. Do you have any desire to go? Yes. Yes. I do. Have you ever going paddle boarding? Not paddle boarding. Have you ever gone boogie boarding? Boogie boarding, yes.

You ever like catch the wave like not a little late and you get. Molly walked? Yeah. Oh my God. People don't talk about that enough. No, it's scary. You don't know what's up or down. You don't know what's up or No, super dangerous sometimes. Yeah, there are some times at Jones Beach where, you know, I got my ass handed to me. I got clotsed by the wave. It's, uh, boogie boards can be dangerous. But surfing makes me a little nervous because one of the things that growing up,

uh, we used to have a short house day on Cape May. My best friend of the time, his name was Ben Gavin. And I never forget. It was like a fourth grade and we had boogie boards like I'm the youngest of four and so Ben came with us down the shore and he brought a skimmer and that was like this the new rage and you know what a skimmer is where you like throw it. I know what it is for the pool. I know like when you got like, you know, hey, is there a bunch of leaves in my pool. Get the skimmer. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6. Mm-hmm.

3, 2, 1. I'm not, you never heard of the skimmer. It's like a boogie board. It's shaped like it, but it's like flat and almost wood. And so you, at the shoreline, you throw it. And then you run and you ride it. What's kind of like, you've never heard of a skimmer? No.

Chad, have you all heard of the skimmer? I'm the only one, I'm the only one who doesn't know about this. I was array. And I still see them. So that's what makes me nervous about surfing is that life. It took me a little while to get to skimmers. So I don't know. I might have to stick with paddleboarding. And you still go skimming?

I have. I actually went this summer, but it wasn't my skimmer with some kids at the thing. I was like, oh, let me see this. Took an L, Robert. Okay. Be careful. Yes. You know, that you're a young man, but, you know, I don't want to see anything happen to you.

A young man, but an old soul, Robert. This is a, this is a skimmer? Yes. Well, kind of, that's kind of big, but like, yeah. Big skimmer. Okay. All right. Let's go to June.

Okay. June 2026, as a new summer will be here. And Bryce will be saying like, do I put the air conditioning on yet? No. I'm going to wait. No. I'm going to wait until June. of 2026 and yes June is always a very special month for me and I definitely think

yes political climate that we are in and like you know the LGBT Q plus community is under attack and so I definitely think that representation is always important and so June is always a month for me that I do take really great in having and I think that that I'm really proud of this month that we are coming up on. And I'm even more proud of the Zaddy that we have. And so I just think that it's really important. Okay. June is very tough.

So who will get the honor of representing the month of June in the Zaddy calendar? And it is teeny. Oh, wow. A curveball. Yes. Teeny, chill. Okay. Yes.

But it's given no. chill up in here. Tini is a friend of the show. Sure. Amazing. And in my opinion, outspoken. I like just and also teeny mom

I love. Yes. Yes. I met her also. Yeah. Tini mom is, that's my girl. Yeah. And so super excited to have Tini represent for the month of June.

And Tini is serving out up in here. Yeah, Tini looks like a getting ready for maybe a boxing match. I can't read what the, what is the shorts say? Is it like upside down? I'm trying to read what does it say. Bourbon. I don't know what the, what the shorts say. I don't know if there's a message there also.

I don't know. I don't know. But Teeny is like, like, right? Teeny's getting ready to like get into a, like, is going to punch you in the face. You're getting ready. I don't, they might have saw Sam or something. Don't mess with me. Tini is wearing trunks and that's it.

That's it. Okay. Tini looks great and I love it. Mm-hmm. And I'm proud. And that's, that's my friend. And that's June. And so I think it's a great month.

That's a great month. Great representation for the month of June. And do you get like, like, do you just get a picture in? Do you get like the scenes that here's what I'm thinking, Bryce? So normally what people like, say Andy, Andy and I had to workshop the photo. You know, and I love that. Same with like Sam, but Sam, but someone like, Teeny, Teeny was like, I got you.

Say less. That's what we say in Philly. Tilly says, say less. I said, oh. And most of the time people give me, like, options because sometimes I got to work with what I got. Tini said, one and done. Teeny said here.

And I said, ah, so it was great. And I trusted Tini's vision. So I think there's certain, some people will get to it. There's some people that you, you got to take. You got to work with them. And other people, they understand, they know, and Tini is definitely one of them. Okay.

Second half of the year starts off with July. Maybe Bryce is going to put the air conditioning on now by July. And, of course, it's July 4th, 2026. Probably going to be big celebration in your neck of the woods as what it's going to be the 250th anniversary of America. Oh. I don't know if they have a word for that. It's not the bicentennial and change. Oh.

That sounds like a celebration. It could be a celebration. Let's see. Who are you celebrating with? It's Kyland. Okay. Here's Kyland. And Kyland also is going to be a part of an amazing race season that will be over by the time we get to July of 2026.

But it has not happened for us in the real time yet. And here he is at the beach. And he's splashing. I hate getting splashed. it depends i don't mind getting splashed but if i haven't submerged my whole body into the water yet don't splash me don't splash me and this is a constant with my kids like hey don't splash me okay and then i was like oh i forgot i forgot we you know that you don't want to be splashed do you

when you go into the water do you it's cold it's cold yeah I have I do struggle with that yes

I just submerge in you gotta just jump in yeah just got to get it over with do you do ice baths I have done it in the past I have not done it recently

it's a lot of work to set it up but if you just you don't just put it in a freezer put what in the freezer the ice bag when I was doing it I was like filling up like a million

like plastic like containers and just freezing them and freezing them but then I had to lug like you know 15 things and then my wife was not having it she was like oh this is so annoying why are you doing this I was like

so I would do do it while she was sleeping. Because there's a lot of stuff I do when she, you know, it's like I don't want, I don't want any judgment. So I just do stuff when she's sleeping. And so I would go and then like fill up the water and sometimes like I would like fill the bathtub like at night time before bed. So then she wouldn't even realize because she's not like super observant about things.

If you like like, you know, she pays attention to what she pays attention to. I'm like, okay, if I could just like sneak and fill up the water like at nighttime, then in the morning while she's sleeping, I could go get all the stuff for the ice, then take the ice bath and then take all of the stuff out of the bath and then put it back into the freezer before she wakes up. That sound like a lot. How about you, you just do the ice bath in the wintertime? Just put the tub outside, fill the water off. Put the tub outside. You don't, wait, so you would do an ice bath in the house? Yeah.

Rob You got to buy Like you just buy the You can buy the ice baths Like what buy like the thing From like the store Yeah Like you can

They have kind of like The deflatable ones Or like the tub ones Yeah And then just pull it up Put in your backyard Why do you do that Do you do them?

I do Yeah So and I just leave it outside In the wintertime But I only really do it Because I don't have Change the water And like

I mean Do you do you? I just, I cover it. You go, you go in the winter and you just cut your cover. Yeah. Because it's just, and I like when it's like actually cold and you kind of have to like break, not kind of cold, but you have to like break the first layer of the ice to get in. Wow, that's, yeah.

Yeah, I thought about like putting it like in my garage. I thought about doing that. But, you know, Nicole would not be having that. That's the problem. Like when you, one of the things that and, you know, that like there's some things that are good about being married, but then there's a bunch of stuff that, you know, you want to do, and your spouse is like, no, you're not doing that. Like, well, but

I want to. Like, well, I said I don't like that. It's a compromise, Robert, you got to, you got to meet the compromise. So, all right, but back to Kylan, who's on the beach. Do you know where he is?

Aruba. Mm-hmm. Aruba. Nice. And the water. Yeah, he's splashing away. He's got a I feel like that if you had your druthers, I think I'd, you might say maybe this Kylin bathing suit might be a little too long. It is above the knee, but I definitely, yeah, it's above the knee for sure, but it could

be, it's not hoochie daddy. It's definitely not who she daddy. It could be a little shorter, but you know, we appreciate the young lad for gracing our cover. Kyland is the young lad now? I mean, compared to you. To me? Yeah.

Wow. This podcast is over. There's only seven months in the year this year. Good night, everybody. But I do love Kyland. And I really hope when the challenge he comes back. Because I really feel like he has what it takes to win. And he's been so close to winning the challenge.

that like I really want to see that for how closely do you follow the challenge depends on the season right like the challenge USA I was all in I'll say this any season with Corey from team mom is on I'm all locked in okay Corey ain't on this season so I'm not really that locked in but I am rooting for Jeremy some other people do you call him Corey from team mom? Yes. Yes.

Okay. All right. Do you know what that is? No. So he's a, he was on team mom and then he does the challenge. I would say it's like Corey Wattenberger.

Cory Wartonberger was on teen mom and is on the challenge? Yes. I feel like I would have heard that. But that, well maybe Yeah, Corey Wharton.

Okay. I just added a burger. Yes. Okay. All right. I'm going to move on. I'm going to go to August. There's people from teen mom on the challenge? Yes, Robert. But like he wasn't like, yeah, like he was that dad on team mom and like the original OGs of team mom. And the teen moms said, no, no. Okay. All right.

Let's go back to We have an Amazing Race Team and this is like a stage photo is this AI This is incredible This is not AI This is a real photo This is what it could have been my cover

Yeah Okay Tell me about the Amazing Race team That is Jeff and Pops They were on last season And just seeing a father's son team on Amazing Race I really loved Jeff and Pops

Are they lumberjacks? They are lumberjacks That's what they do for a living Yeah And so Pops is I want to say in his 50s But his body is like one of like a 21 year old Pops is in great shape I love their relationship

They're just super cool I love Jeff He's amazing And they bodies look great Yeah How'd they do As they might have been like eighth out but it was just the funniest thing they weren't skimming or

boogie boarding but it was like one of those electric surfboards was a challenge and jeff did the got in the ocean what is sneakers uh and socks what is you doing jeff i had no idea what he was doing but they are just really great people and and jeff was like we love to be on the calendar we going to get you a cover photo. And I really feel like this photo is just really amazing that they got. You know, I think I have to share the photo because it's just that one of the most incredible photos I think you've ever had for the Zaddy calendar for Jeff and Pops. And so here I'll use my number, my number two show and tell pass to show you what's going

here with so uh for jeff and pops that there's just so much going on here first off it's like this is like a beautiful picture like this should be hanging it in the louvre and they've like cut down these trees but the sky is beautiful and like the equipment in the background is like perfectly uh set up they must have had like some kind of did annie leibowitz take this picture Jeff got the most premier photographer in St. Louis, because he's from the Lou. Like, he phased Tommy while he was on the set, like, just showing me the whole production of, like, when I'd say Jeff and Pops did the damn thing for this photo, like, I was like, oh, my God. And so I was torn between Jeff and Pops, or do I go with my guy?

So it was a really hard decision I think you made the right decision And I think that with all due respect to Jeff and Pops I think Saul is going to sell more calendars With all due respect to Jeff and Pops Once I peeped with Saul that that was the vest I said oh Yeah

You gotta go with it But I really appreciated Jeff and Pops for just there Taking the time and it's just It's such a beautiful photo And I just love it Not to mention a biceps triceps and abs and I just, it's zaddy worthy.

Okay. We're now past a whole calendar year ahead of where we are now. So that's September 2026. In September 2026, we'll be getting ready for Nicole's birthday, planning another party, and getting ready for everything coming in September of 2026. And of course, here he is, the milkman, David Kinney. Who, David, David, David. What to say about David?

David is a special soul. We appreciate him. But to get this photo was a labor of love. Yeah, why would happen? Because I thought that when you told me that there was somebody that said to you, Bryce, I need to be on the calendar cover this year. I would have bet a lot that that person was going to be David.

I don't know. David's interesting. It's, you know, he wanted to be on it. He didn't want to be on it. He didn't know what his ad he was. He had to kind of figure out. We had to go back and forth. And then we had to figure out the photo.

I mean, it was just a lot with David in the best possible way. But he was able to get us. he's flying high he's a pilot yeah he drinks a lot of milk yeah I think he did a good job

okay so it was just a lot of back and forth over whether or not he was going to appear in the calendar yes and then

days like I don't have anybody to take the photo of me it's like okay I was like have you ever heard of a tripod mm-hmm we got him a tripod and then like just the weather wasn't great and so it was just uh it was just a lot

yeah i mean it's a good photo i mean he's with the plane i like that he's incorporated you know something about himself he's holding the milk yes very very happy to get the photo of david yes for september 26 okay how about you you uh drink chocolate milk you do a milk milk guy you know giving lactose intolerant

so not really like I don't drink a lot of milk however if I have cereal I will absolutely like drink the milk after the cereal yeah Nicole doesn't put any milk on the cereal

does she do water no water do you know people to do water on cereal? I do well maybe they didn't they had milk but I was just like oh, that's how you eating it?

So it's munches on the cereal? Yes, dry cereal. So it's given like Cheerios or like the cereal with like the granola and the raisins. But those are cereals that people eat dry. Yeah. Most likely. Yeah.

She has some weird cereal that she only buys. Okay. So, yeah, can't get her to do it. And then she got one of my sons to that he is an anti, milk cereal guy also. My other son, he'll do the milk. It's nothing like some

fruity pebbles, cinnamon toast crunch. Yeah. I don't know what else. I don't like the chocolate. The cookies, the cookie crisp. Oh. No.

In theory, they sound good, but it's really not that good. Oh, what's the marshmallows? The Lucky Charms. Yeah. Oh, classic. All right. October.

Here is Mr. Kyle Frazier. Two-time Survivor Player 480 and Survivor 50.

Looking like a million bucks. Yeah. He appears to be in the subway? That is correct yes and he's wearing a suit but no shirt uh it's a great suit uh it appears to be like

coordinated to the tile in the subway i don't even know how they did this thinking ahead shout out to kyle's amazing and beautiful wife his photographer yeah that said Kyle going to be in it I got you Bryce yeah took care of it now I loved it I have to say something because that this is a big issue. Kyle is, I would say, man spreading a bit. And he's taking up what could be potentially two seats. If other people are in the subway station and maybe want to sit down, Kyle's man spreading might prevent that.

I feel like it was worth it for the, everybody else could sacrifice. for the Zaddy calendar? For the Zaddy calendar, I feel like it's worth it. And when you win a million dollars, you can mince bred. You can take up two seats, Kyle. Yes.

As long as you save a seat for Camilla. Yes. For October. A great month. Halloween. Yep. Yeah. Okay, let's talk about the month of November, the month we give thanks, and in the month of November,

and in the month of November, we have, oh, we go right from, from Kyle to Joe, Joe Vember. Was that what you were going for? Yes. Happy, Joe Vember. and Joe is in his fire equipment. Saving lives. It's hot out here, okay? You've got to hold them off.

And Zaddy Joe, I feel like we got to see him last season, and I feel like he's a Zad. He takes care of his family, and so it was just only right, you know, during the month that we are giving thanks, that, you know, we thank Joe. Thank Joe. He's wearing, uh,

just the full firefighter uniform. He's got the helmet on. He's got the jacket on. And he's a, maybe is he on a building? Is he, is he on a job? I mean, it looks like they might have finished the job. And this is a photo after the job. And he's like, quick, take this out of calendar picture real quick.

But maybe it's like a training situation because he doesn't, like, appear to be, like, I think that probably when you get out of the fire, you have like a lot. lot of like soot he looks pretty like clean shaving looks pretty clean to me he does I mean it is no shave November no no a lot of things November what else is no in November um no paying full price for everything that's going on sale for Black Friday Oh. Well, what about Cyber Monday? Cyber Monday, is that on the calendar?

It should be, though. So, all right. That's for November. For Jeff Probst and David Kinney, share a birthday. November 4th. Yes, okay. All right. Then, let's go to December.

last year of course I remember it well that you had Q he was canceling Christmas in December last year he canceled Christmas but he was selling houses selling houses okay this year

December is Hunter McKnight and he's is he building a house looks like he is they were playing high and seek and he stayed in that tree a long time.

You got to sit up in the tree too long. Yeah. He had to build himself a house. So here's Hunter and he he's like, I don't know, is he on a construction site? There's some house that's being built

and here he is sitting up across the top of where maybe the roof might be one day. The being, tis the season of giving. When Santa is going to come down your chimney,

maybe Hunter McKnight is going to come down out of your ceiling. wouldn't be opposed to that. We love Hunter. So. Come on in. Yeah. What was it like getting this photo from Hunter?

Easy, Peasy. Like, Hunter, again, I would have never guessed how much I love a Hunter. And I see why on his season, like Hunter is just the funniest person ever. Like I see why him and Tevin got along so well

because Hunter is just a Joker and he actually was like, I don't know if I'm a daddy. And I was like, I'm trying to tell you, you are. So like, let's make this happen. So it was relatively streamless. Hunter is a great person. It was able to, you know, deliver for our December Zaddy.

Okay. And now you always go above and beyond. and into can you believe I can't believe I'm going to say this on 2027 are we even going to still be here in 2020 because we haven't done a water cooler but you know the

the aliens are supposed to be coming the mothership is coming oh it's November I thought it was going to be here sooner than that but they go originally was for November but now who knows and they're going around the sun but we won't get into that now because you know I'm all locked in but Okay. Is it bad? Are you worried?

I mean, I don't know because... Is that why you're retiring the... The Bryson Wendor? Because we're going to be working in some kind of like alien camp? I don't know. They say they look like seven-foot African-Americans. So I don't know. Oh, so you're like, hey, let the future Zaddies come down.

Let them in. Beat me up. Yep. Okay. All right. Here we go. And in January, we've got the spoiler alert winner of Australian Survivor, Miles. And Miles is out in the woods and he's wearing some khaki pants and a green.

shirt, but he is wearing stilettos. Stilettos, heels, and, okay, how else do you hike in the woods, Robert? Okay, you grab your six-inch stilettos and your khaki pants. Yeah. So you have the representation of

the latest Australian Survivor winner. We do. Yes. Last year we were blessed. How did you land on Miles? You know what? I do ISA look with my good girlfriend, Shannon, and I really took an interest in Miles.

And last year we had Ferris, the winner. And so Ferris made the connection and said he should definitely pass the torch to Miles. Was Ferris in January last year? Ferris, I want to say, is like, and his month hasn't come. I think he's September. Yeah, I wasn't sure if you always went to an Australian, and Survivor person for the

bonus month. I think it was Max Dawson one time. Was Max Dawson? I think yeah, somebody else. Who is it? It's a moose from Big Brother Canada. Yeah. Was last year RIP Big Brother Canada? Yes. I like that it's

reserved for an international person. Yes. Max Dawson wasn't international. I'm saying that if I, if I made the zaddy calendar i would like i like to have like things in like okay this is like a little bit we always do it this way i mean yeah so the international spot and with the a u versus the world i mean it opens up to a lot yeah you can have the golden god is that david yes oh yeah you could have Tommy from Survivor

Finland. Oh. Oh. King George. Or Rob Bentelay. Oh, yeah. Rob. Yeah. So, yeah, a lot of different options. Bryce, you did it again another year. And Bryce is always in a bathtub

in the back of the Zaddy calendar. I love that it has the emergency phone numbers so that we can also, and there's any other Like, because a lot of times you got to write down all the phone numbers of everybody, you know. Yeah. If, if when the aliens come, you know where to grab to get your number to be safe. That's right. Okay. Now, whose bathtub is this? This is one of the bathtubs in Windows Hotel at the gas lamp. Oh.

In Old City, Philadelphia, which is, this is my favorite suite. It's the two-floor suite. And so, you know, I'm a bad. a crawfoot cast iron. So that's my happy place, my safe place. Yes. Okay. And there you go. That's Zaddy calendar 2026.

We did it again. We did it again. Yes. But Brice, I don't think you even told people how could people get the Zaddy calendar? Well, it is available now. You could just head to the link in my Instagram, Twitter, bio.

Click the 26. Bryce Isaiah. Zaddy calendar is available. So crazy to think that like, ah, it's out now. I feel like I've been working on this since April. So it's so crazy to just be like, it's available now, but.

Well, it seems like it must have been, you know, you talked about some of the issues, but you didn't say it all. Like, I think this is it, Robert. I think this is the last year. We're not doing this again. So it feels like that maybe

have you just like worked out the kinks on this thing? I just think 2026. Or worked in some of the kinks on this thing. 2026 was a good year. So, you know, I think it just means that 2026 will be an amazing year. The 26 calendar was a good, was the easy process. So that means the 2026 year is going to be good for everyone.

It's going to be prosperous and positive. Was that how 2025 was? Was it that 2025 was easy and then? 2025 was a bit rocky. Okay. And so that's, the calendar is kind of foreshadow. So I feel like good things will happen to us in 2026. So here's fingers crossed for 2027.

Okay. All right. What else is going on? Anything? We're going to talk about it's a look soon. Oh, I can't wait. I feel like this new cast of Survivor is, I did see the cast photo and it's delivering.

So I am super excited for that. And I believe Wendell and I will be dropping our dates for at Bryce and Wynn, 49, very, very soon. So you can stay on the lookout at for Bryce and Wend present. But yeah, so getting ready to hit the road with Wendy Z. Survivor News is coming back. The Pit Stop on the Purple Pants podcast, Amazing Race is coming back. How's Jack?

Jack is good. Jack is booked and busy. He just shot a commercial. He's casting for a love show. You, like, had a couple of people hit me up. Like, I saw Jack Post. Can you give him my number? So Jack's out here doing some,

great things in LA. He needs to clean his room. But, you know, other than that, he's doing some great things. Because, yeah, I'm that friend. By FaceTime, let me see that background. Let me, why you got clothes on the floor, Jack? So I try to, you know, help him out. Yeah. Okay. All right. Well, Bryce, great job going through everything. Of course, you can listen to Bryce almost every day of the week on the Purple Pants podcast. That is true. We are, you know, especially on the on season. So I'm very grateful, yes. Yeah, PPP. All right.

And then we've got a busy Thursday still. Big Brother Eviction is coming up. We have an all-time Big Brother podcast on Wednesday night when Taylor Hale was scheduled to be with us, but then Brendan, husband of Rachel, Brendan Villegis, popped in, and it was just a really, really great episode of the podcast on Wednesday night. So check out all that. Plus, I also spoke with Shannon about my thoughts on the first week of Australian Survivor versus the world. So you could check out all of that coverage as well.

And then Mike Bloom and I talked about to kickoff to Survivor 49, and we are dropping one interview a day with the Survivor 49 contestants. So you could hear Mike Bloom's first interview of the preseason with Joanne. Juan. Yes, maybe a future's addie. Oh, we'll see. definitely could be yes did a lot of hearts get broken this year Bryce where a lot of people said hey I want to be in the zaddy calendar and you have to tell them I'm sorry it's not happening this

year a couple uh James Jones has been texting me throughout this podcast and definitely a couple about the Zaddy calendar or about when I said that he was going to take over for you when you retire from the tour well he did text me uh Wendell and James 2027 and And he did say another year, no James Jones. So James Jones will be on the calendar. And, yeah, a couple of honorable mentions, you know, my good, good friend, Mitch don't miss. We got to get them on. I love Mitch.

But yeah, there are a couple of, but we've got 2027 to look forward to. So never stay never. Yeah. Maybe if here's my idea for you, take it or don't, okay? everybody who is like the honorable mentions okay the people that want to be in the calendar and then you say hey listen it's not going to work out you're not but maybe this is like shades of like i don't know if it was war dog or dr mike or who uh this was like the the issues from back in the voyage yes so you say hey listen on whatever date we're shooting the

honorable mention picture and if you want to go be in the honorable mention group photo okay and they're doing something maybe they're like a kick line like the rock hats or something like that and it's all the people that were

almost in the Zaddy calendar okay and they get a month or that we just take a photo it's one photo of all of them and that's a month okay okay I mean that's pretty good but you

they have to fly on their own dime to go to like hey we're taking the photo on this day in this city and if you can be there you can be in the you know close but no cigar unlike Saul photo

okay that's that that that is an idea yeah you don't like that No, I love it But close but no cigar No, I think that that could work You can call it whatever you want Like I'm trying to think what month would it be like the

Um Hmm January 2028 It could be the January It could be the you know The January 238 month Yeah Of 2027

Yeah whatever Whatever the upcoming year is going to be Think about it Okay All right Thank you everybody for joining us Take care Have a good one

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