The Bobby Bones Show - FRI PT 1: Bobby's Wife Got Revenge On Him + Ella Langley On What Percent Of Online Drama Was True + Top 15 Most Famous People

Episode Date: July 11, 2025

Bobby was helping a listener who was reluctant to let her husband use her toothbrush. Then we got into passive aggressive things that Bobby does when in an argument with his wife. We find out a time she got revenge on him after he made her mad. Amy tries to see how many of the Top 15 most famous people in America can she name. We play Easy Trivia where only Eddie has points on the board. Can anyone catch him today? Plus, in Fun Fact Friday why a famous breakfast food had to change its name. Ella Langley stops by after landing her 2nd No. 1 song, how her parents feel about her success, why she confides in Miranda Lambert, and what percentage of the things written about her online recently have been true.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's that a woman looks more attractive when she's next to at least two other women. She's better looking than when she has alone because guys see groups and automatic that they're hotter. Oh, really? It's like if there's a poster of a bunch of cheerleaders. You see them all together, you're like, dang, look that group of hot cheerleaders. But then you individually go through them and you're like... But you just have to, like, be with your girlfriends. Y'all don't have to be, like, cheering or anything.

I don't think you have to be cheering now. Cool, cool. I just saw an article on it today. Yeah. I never really thought about it, but it's true. Like, if you see, like, the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders and you see the whole poster, you're like, dang. They're also half-clothed.

But then you go through each one individually, and you're like, I think I was just giving them credit. Yeah. That's a guy thing. All right. You never heard of it? Never, ever. So we just have to be three or more. Yeah.

And we're hotter. Got it. Yeah, I think there are rules, though, too, right, lunchbox? There are rules. Like, I mean, if you're all. All right, that's enough. All right. That's enough.

I'm saying if you all have like crooked noses, it's going to be kind of obvious. Like you have to be... Crooked nose rule. Forget about that rule. Yes, that's the exception. Okay, but y'all have heard of this. The cheerleader effect? Yes, absolutely.

Right, guys? I mean, it's a thing, yeah. Like when you go to Walmart back in the day and they had the picture and you'd be like, oh my gosh, those cowboy cheerleaders are so smoking hot. And then you would sit there and look at him individually and just break it down and like, oh, that one's not that hot. Like, oh, what is she doing in the picture? Yeah, I heard that when Bobby said that.

Oh, I'm saying, you're talking about the echo that just happened? with the exact same reference did everything about it. He didn't see at Walmart. He did. Thank you. All right, we got to start here. Easy trivia.

Amy, country music. What country duo sang boot scoot and boogie? Brooks and that. What the? Did she just glitch? Oh, another one. Brooks and done. Easy trivia.

Easy trivia. Who is out? Me. Just making sure. Abby, what country star is known for before? he cheats and Jesus take the wheel? Carrie Underwood. Correct.

Morgan, what legendary country singer was nicknamed the Man in Black? Johnny Cash. Correct. Eddie, who sang the dance in friends in low places? That's Garth Brooks. Correct. Amy's the champ. She's wearing the tiara.

Eddie has two points this season. On the way to five, nobody else has scored. Oh, there we go. Look at that. If you miss it, you'll hear this sound. You've been boned. The category is animals. Amy, what animal in easy trivia has black and white stripes?

Zebra. Correct. Abby, what marine animal has eight arms? Octopus. Correct. Morgan, what large bird is known for its inability to fly in fast running? An ostrich. Correct.

Eddie, what pet rodent is known for running in a wheel? Hamster. Correct. The category is the 90s. Amy, what boy band released? I want it that way in 1999. Backstreet boys. Correct. Abby, what popular sitcom featured Ross, Rachel, and Monica?

Friends. Correct. Morgan, what was the name of the handheld digital pet that became a craze in the late 90s? At Tomicacci. Correct. Good job. What movie featuring, I'm the King of the World, became the highest grossing film of the decade, Eddie? Titanic.

I'm the King of the World. Famous dead band members. John Lennon was a member of what band Amy? The Beatles. Correct. Freddie Mercury was a member of what band, Abby? Queen. Correct.

Kurt Cobain, Morgan was a member of what band? Kurt Cobain. What band was he part of? I can see him. He had long hair. Rough, rough end. Five seconds? Kurt Cobain was a member of what band?

I can, it's out of the tip of it. my tongue, but I'm not going to get it. The stones, rolling stones. Nervon. You've been bow. I actually said the stones, though. As soon as you said it, I knew, I knew it. Nirvana. Okay. Morgan's out.

Eddie, Jim Morrison was a member of what band? The Doors. Correct. Wow. That pause stresses me out. Only three people remain. The category is, careful. This answer could get you in trouble.

Oh. Amy, what's the common nickname for a man named Richard? Dick. Dick is correct. Abby, what do you call a barrier constructed across a river to hold water bag? A dam. Correct. Eddie, what's the term for a small bird known for its bright colors and long tail?

Small bird. Known for as what? Bright colors and long tail. The category is, careful, this answer could get you in trouble. Ah, that's a peacock. You've been bull. Is it just a... It's a cockatoo.

Damn, that was fun, though. That was fun. I'm okay with that. I'm all right. Oh, that was funny. Amy and Abby, you guys are up. The answer starts with R. What's a classic symbol of love that's also a flower?

A rose. Correct. Abby. What's the capital city of Italy known for its ancient ruins? Like to call us him? Rome. Correct. Famous blondes.

What blonde pop star starred in crossroads and sang baby one more time? Brittany Spears? Correct. Abby, what actress and model is known for her role in Baywatch and her iconic red swimsuit? Famous blondes. What actress and model is known for her role in Baywatch and her iconic red swimsuit? Not car. Why am I thinking Carmen Electric?

She was married. Dang it. Five seconds? Is it Carmen Elektra? No. You've been Bowen. Who is it? What is it? Pam Anderson.

Gosh, dang it. I watched that documentary and everything. Careful. Careful. Careful. What? Yes. Amy, congratulations. Hello, Bobby Bones.

My husband and I recently took a road trip, and after a long day's drive. We were getting ready for bed, and he realized he forgot to pack his toothbrush. He wanted to use my toothbrush, but I was very grossed out, and I made him use his finger. My question is, Bobby, would you let your wife use your toothbrush? Was I wrong to make him use his finger? Signed, grossed out wife. I would never use another person's toothbrush.

I would use my finger seven days a week, morning and night, before I would use anyone else's toothbrush. There is something so intimate about something going into your, your teeth and all the food you've eaten into the same very intimate spots where that has gone into intimate? Yeah, it gets no more intimate than between your teeth. Oh, like in there, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. That's, I think that's the most intimate part of the body. I don't think so. No, I do. Okay. I would never use another person's toothbrush. Therefore, I would never want another person using mine. But he's obviously okay with it. Right. And my wife claims to have used mine before in a pinch, I would knock it out of her hand if she were doing it and I were near her. I'd be like, what are you doing? I've never seen her do it.

I think also she just says it to get under my skin because I've never seen her do it. I am on the team of never share a toothbrush. But I think this is a couple by couple situation. Amy? Yeah. So I think he can use it. If he wants to, that's on him, but I'm going to have to get another one. Like you can, Like if they were going to bed. But then she has to sacrifice her toothbrush. No, no. They can go to the drugstore. So she gets to use it first.

Yes. But what if it's an electric toothbrush with only one head? Get a new head. Oh, easier something done. Okay. So she gets to use it and then he can use it. And then in the morning or whatever, you get a new one. So generally, are you okay with using someone else's toothbrush?

Would you? No, I would not. Me either. I think that's our answer. We wouldn't. Eddie? The other day I picked up the toothbrush and it was wet. And I was like, why would that be wet?

I haven't used it today. My wife's like, oh, I'm so sorry I had to use it. And I gagged. It was disgusting. I would never let anyone use my toothbrush. And it was electric. Do it away. You didn't throw the whole toothbrush away?

The head. The head. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Why not I just give it to her? Does she have the same electric toothbrush? She does. Why not just give her the head that she just used? It was contaminated, dude.

But it was her contamination. Two people have used it. It's trash. Lunchbox? You guys are idiots. You have relations with these people. The most intimate parts are the mouth. and you put your mouth in her mouth.

Not as deep as the toothbrush goes. I mean, I do not understand. My tongue does not go between her teeth. It does not get into her gums. Are you kidding me? You don't tongue your wife and get like on her teeth? Okay, okay, okay, okay. I am so confused by this.

You share spit when you're making out and doing your thing and you're worried about a little toothbrush that has cleaner on it that cleans those teeth. What's cleaner? Tooth Face. That's what toothpaste is. It kills the job. germs.

No, it doesn't? Oh my God. Doesn't it? That's what it's there for. A little bit. It's not like it's alcohol. Mine says it kills 99% of the bacteria. You can't put it on like a surface.

All right, Bobby, you make a good point. Can they use the toothbrush and then you douse it in alcohol or hydrant peroxide or something? Possibly. Or I douse myself if I realize they've done it. And then is it usable again? I need to text my wife. Like, hello, good morning. Hey, be honest.

Have you ever used my toothbrush? Like I know you said you have. But have you ever used my toothbrush for real? Like when I'm not looking. All right, thanks a way. This answer could hurt. Yeah. But I think even if she didn't and she were getting under my skin,

she would say again that she did it just to stay under my skin. Three of us say no. I think you're okay to be grossed out. This is a couple by couple situation, obviously. But if both of you aren't on the same page, you're not on the same page. No using each other's toothbrush if one of you says no. That's so gross. It's so gross.

Why not use each other's toilet paper after you're done? Right. I mean, share it. Yeah, hey, why not? Also, what you don't know. Not true. Can't hurt you. That's true.

Absolutely untrue. No, no, no. If you don't know that someone has used your toothbrush. What if they have? You never know. You never know. Then you get sick and you don't know how. But you said it can't hurt you.

Okay. Okay. Got her. I'm just saying. We're all gagging. That's how we feel about that. That's how we feel about that. All right, close it up.

Hey, I just heard from my wife. We were just talking about toothbrushes and, if you think it's gross to use your partner's toothbrush or they to use yours, right? So she just texted me. And she had told me before, I'm going to use your toothbrush if not around because she knows I think it's so gross. And so I sent her a message. I said, hey, good morning. Be honest, do you ever use my toothbrush?

She goes, once years ago, and it was to clean my ring because you made me mad. Oh, that's worse. No, the crevices of a diamond is probably, the inside of her teeth is probably worse to Bobby than the. the, no way. That's straight dirt, dude. I'm the public

and all the germs and oh. She washes her hands. She takes a shower. It's not like, or mold. When you're doing it with a toothbrush, you're just doing it to get it really shiny.

I have something to say. What? That's gross. Are you getting a divorce? Because of that. So I will do things like if my wife and I are in a fight, I won't say anything, but I will change the background on my phone.

It is usually her, but when we get into a fight, some may call it passive aggressive, and some others would agree with it. I change it to an Arkansas Razorike Football Helmet. There we go. And so you guys are like, that's so passive aggressive. I can't believe you do that. Which is stupid. What do you think this is? And I'm not even hating on her for it.

That's her doing her version of that to me. She did it when I wasn't around. She used it. Can you say again exactly what she said? Maybe once years ago to clean my ring because you made me mad. Okay, it's the same thing. All I'm saying is she's no better than me when it comes to stuff like this. And was she ever going to tell you?

Yeah, that's kind of like that. I think she did and I just interpreted it. She used my toothbrush. Right. In her mouth. So it doesn't matter. It does a bit. But all I'm doing is comparing this to the passive aggressiveness when you guys got on me for changing the background on my phone.

This is that. Wow, yeah. Y'all play dirty. Her and I are the same. That's why you're married. So stop putting her on a pedestal. We both deserve to be on the ground. I don't know they all are the same, but yeah.

Now, what does that mean? I think that you are more immature. Later. In emotionally or in fighting. This is stuff you've admitted to us in here. I'm not in mood to hear it right now, though. How many times have you changed the lock screen? Ever?

Yeah, yeah. Because she's only done this once. Years ago, she said. But toothbrush is huge. Interesting question. I would say three times a year. Oh, man. Let me ask you this.

I wonder what you did. And did you deserve it to have your free scrubbed? Amy wonders what I did and did I deserve it. Because I can see that in the heat of the moment. Because she says I'm immature with emotions. Gosh. And a loser. And that's not what I said.

Kind of, guys. That's not what I said. And we're not meant to be married because we're not the same. That's not. Okay. Right. Don't say that. The bubble's up.

We may get a live response here. Okay. Okay. All right, we got three dots. The bubbles up. She's either thinking or she's writing. What could you have done? I know, right?

But I could see that. Stop saying that. Why do you keep going? I can see that really helping, like, with whatever you're mad at. Just be like, I'm scrubbing his, my diamond with his toothbrush. I'll show him. And then she watched you brush your teeth with it. I don't know if she, like, head behind the corner and watched her anything.

Let's play a voice. I still have three dots up, so I'll play a voicemail. Wow, she's typing a lot. Or. Thinking how to say it. Yeah, she probably knows I'm on the air and I'm going to say whatever she says. Because usually she doesn't hold back. All right, give me a voice on number one.

I was listening to Eddie contemplating eating 70 hot dogs in 24 hours. That's absurd. I have a proposal. The person in last place in this year's contest only ate 20 hot dogs. I think Eddie can easily put down 20 dogs in 10 minutes. It's not a 10-minute deal, the 24-hour deal. I think that's where people are getting confused on this. They're like, how can Eddie do it if Joey Chestnut barely did it?

Next week, I think next week. Whatever you want. Or the week after, one of the two weeks. Eddie will attempt to eat 70 hot dogs in 24 hours. I mean, you can try 20 dogs in 10 minutes, but you'll never be able to do that. Those are professional eaters. 20 dogs in 10 minutes now. And you have to soak it.

I can't do that. I haven't trained for that. Well, you haven't trained for the other thing you're doing either. No, no, but I do like hot dogs. And up for grab, $700. Let's not forget that. Yeah. all she replied was because I said

this is my wife. I said Amy wonders what I did and did I deserve it because she says I'm immature with emotions and a loser and my wife replied yeah I was definitely back in those days oh before you had some growth I got three more dots guys oh it's still coming yeah like you think you're down in the bathroom there's no more and you start to walk you like oh wait a minute

if she if she gives the next 10 seconds I'll read it let's go oh here we go I'm sure I've told her. I can't, I can remind her privately. I just texted her in all caps. I did not call Bobby a loser. She said, oh no.

She told you. Oh, no. She goes, I'm okay if you did. Yeah, I know. Okay. You guys good? What is going on? Amy and I are my wife and I?

Exactly. Everybody's good. Everybody's good. Exactly. I just said. Everybody's good. Everybody's good. It's time for the good news.

With lunchbox. Stay home there's not been good. There's a woman that went shopping at a vintage store. She's looking. She finds a jacket she loves. Tries it on. It's like, this is perfect. Goes up to the counter, pays $4 for it.

Goes home, looking through it. And what's this in the stitching? There's a secret pocket. Let me look in that secret pocket. $400 in cold hard cash. I don't think I would take that back. If it were $4,000, I would. Oh.

Whoa. If it were 400, I don't think I would. So what did she do? She kept it. And she put it on Reddit saying, look what I got. What a steal. I mean, yeah, that's really exciting. So tell me something good as she kept the money.

I thought it was going to be she gave it back. And it was like a lucky day. See, I feel like that would just be a lucky day. Right. She paid $4. And the $20 bills were all 20 years or older. So, I mean, it'd been in there for a long time. They're probably dead.

Yeah. For sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 400. I don't think I'm taking it back to the shop. it's a selfish thing. No, no, and I don't even know how you would even track the person down. Exactly. You wouldn't. You would just do it to get it off your conscience, honestly. Or you would go, I bought this jacket. I love it. Does anyone want to tell me who's jacket this used to be?

And then, even then that's tough because someone just want a free jacket and lie. Right. I know that something like that should weigh on you. It should be like, wow, this is a gift. You guys, I'm going to hell. Just for thinking that. You already. Yeah, I know. Yes. Yeah, I don't think I'll take it back either. So I think I would just consider. that a $10 bill in the pocket. Because that is a good day, huh? Yeah. That's a great day.

Awesome. You find like a 10 or a 20 in your pocket? That's the best. That ain't happened to me in ages. I don't know why I'm so down today. I found $30 in my journal the other day. How old was that? Your journal?

Yeah. That's a weird place to find cats. I know. That's why it was extra fun. Why did you put it in there to begin with? I don't remember. It must have been that I... Is that your bookmark?

Scrooge McDuck? Well, I rotate. about four or five journals. Yeah. I think that's the headline. Amy's got five journals. A lot to write about. I think that's common for people with ADHD.

Lots of journals because we always love a new journal. And then I rotate and it's like whatever one's near than I'll journal in that one that day. And I grabbed one the other day and I opened it up. And there was like 30 bucks, like a 20 and a 10. And I was like, what up? It must have just been near me.

And I stuck it in there and like probably took it up to my room and was going to do something with it. And then forgot. And what a life she lives. Wow. You can only imagine. I can only imagine. All right, good story there.

That is what it's all about. That was tell me something good. Friday. When Eggos were invented in 1953, they were called froffles, which stood for frozen waffles. Oh, that makes sense. That's a good name. But people started calling them Eggos because the taste kind of tasted like eggs. So within two years, they just changed the name to Eggos.

I guess they kind of do taste like eggs, not that I think about it. They have the color kind of of an egg. But I'm sure that taste was different back then, too. Back in black and white days. And it works to... It probably tastes like black and white. Right. And it works with Lego MyEgo, because you can't do that with Lego Mike.

Well, they didn't make up Lego my Ego. They didn't try Lego my Frofell. Amy, you're up. Okay, Lego my ego. All right, so a study showed that octopuses punch other fish just for fun. If you get into like a punching competition with an octopus, you'd probably lose. Yeah, he has eight arms. Yeah.

They use their arms to deliver quick jabs, leaving unsuspecting fish momentarily stunned. Scientists believe this behavior could be a way to assert dominance, express annoyance, or just for the fun of it. Octopuses are like fifth grade boys. Yeah. Frogging each other in the shoulder to show dominance. And then fish are like, man, where'd that come from? There were only 25 episodes of the original Scooby-Doo, which debuted on CBS in 19. So they did the whole thing, 25 episodes.

They never made any more until 1978. So nine years from season one to season two. And since then, they've done reboots and spinoffs. But it's the longest ever of a one to two with the same series. Wow. Lunchbox. When bees find a good food source, how do they let the other bees know, you ask? So they go back to the hive and they do what's called the waggle dance.

And they spin in like a semi-circle. and how many times they do it tells you how far away that plant is. That's crazy. Is it? Go ahead? I mean, that's my way, right?

I think because we're associating it with an actual dance. It's their method of communication, physical movement. I know. Because they probably don't talk. No, they do a waggle dance. That is their version of talking.

Yeah. It's like the Lombata. I just, I don't know that's fascinating to me. They go and they know and they're like, oh, I need to turn eight times because it's eight clicks away.

Right. How do they measure? like making a certain amount of sounds though I know. Yeah. It's cool. So just communication in general. Can we celebrate the fact that lunch rocks brought a normal fun fact? That's true. It wasn't sexual. Then they chop off their wieners.

It wasn't about urine. The violent femmes, they were a band back in the day. Amy, they had a song that was like, it was called Blister in the Sun. Would you pull that music down, right, so I can sing it? It's, um, how's it go? Let me come out. Like a blister in the sun. Thank you. Let me go on.

So Wendy's used their song. Blister and the Sun in an ad in 2007, and the members that were still together got in a huge fight about it. One sued the other because they didn't want it in the ad and they broke up because of that song. Whoa. Let me go on. That was a bad discussion. Yeah. One of them just wanted to get paid.

Morgan. So your jaw and teeth could easily bite off your own pinky, but your brain stops you from doing it. Because it hurts? Yeah, because you don't want to hurt yourself. Thankfully. Do you know why we feel pain so we don't die? Meaning we could not feel pain. Our nerves protect us because if we don't feel the pain,

we can continue to push through things and it could kill us. And you imagine it like you're... You don't think that's cool? You think a bee doing a dance is cool? Well, I guess because I've lived that. I understand pain. I know it. Like, I didn't know bees go and then they wiggle and they do a little turn.

I just feel like that's crazy. I know pain. Yes, the stove is hot. Hot. Why is it hot? To give me information. so that I don't leave my hand there and then take away all my skin.

Yeah. Like we developed pain to keep us alive longer. It's pretty cool. Like we picked to have pain. We only survived because of pain. That's also cool. I've just known that for a long time.

I mean, it is a fun fact, but I've lived that. Like, I don't, I never knew bees did little dances. You ever seen bees life? Jerry Seinfeld? Oh, that's a movie. Oh, the bee movie.

Is that what it is? Yeah. You're thinking of a bug's life and you make some of a bee movie. There's a bee movie. Bugs life. Both insect movies. But like, that's the clab we didn't know we needed.

But also, if you needed a bite off your pinky to like live. Yes, I could. You could, you could bypass. No use. No use. Like if it was like, yeah, like say you got. I think the adrenaline allows you to bypass many things physically. It gives you extra strength.

It allows you to fight through pain. Why do you think people can keep playing or running when they're a broken leg whenever they're running from something? Adrenaline. The same thing that if you, thank you. He's switching like six seconds. I like it. Yeah.

Because, yeah, I feel like I saw that in the TV show or a movie, like, is like, bite your pinky off. I'm going to shoot you. Oh, that was song. You had to watch one of those song movies. Yeah. Okay, thank you. I had to watch one of them. I had to watch 10.

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I don't know. You meet the, like, the president? You think Canada has a president? You think China has a president? Those law crusette. God, I love that thing. I use it all the time. I wrap it in a blanket and sing to it at night.

It's like the old Polish saying, not my monkeys, not my circus. Yep. It was a good one. I like that. It is an actual Polish saying. Yeah. It is an actual thing. Better version of Play Stupid Games win stupid prizes.

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If you're watching the latest season of the Real Housewives of Atlanta, you already know there's a lot to break down. Gorsha accusing Kelly of sleeping with a merry man. They holding Kay Michelle back from fighting Drew. Pinky has financial issues. I like the bougie style of Housewives show. I think it looks like to be interesting. On the podcast, Reality with the King, I, Carlos King, recap the biggest moments from your favorite reality shows, including the Real Housewives franchise, the drama, the alliances, and the team everybody's talking about. As an executive producer in reality television, I'm not just watching it. I understand the game.

As somebody who creates shows, I'll even say this. At the end of the day, when people are at home, they want entertainment. To hear this and more, live. Listen to Reality with the King on the IHard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Maybe I'm going to ask you who are the most famous people in America right now, straight up. The reason I bring this up is because Morgan brought in, and we did it on the podcast. She said Josh Dumol was in Minnesota. She saw him. She was like, it's an A-List actor.

We debated if he's A-List. I think at one point he was, but we'd give him solid B-plus. Like, we didn't get mad at her for it. But I would say right now, probably not A-List. So I have the most recognizable, most famous Americans right now. And here is the criteria. Globally influential, massive followings, cultural relevance, brand power. So think household names, not just famous on the internet.

Okay. So how many can you name? Let's go. Kim Kardashian. Kim Kardashian at number six, you're still alive. You get three strikes. So like, gosh, any Kardashian? Let me think.

The Rock. The Rock is at number four. Taylor Swift. Number one. Taylor Swift. Now again, A-list celebrities in America. Chad Michael Murray doesn't make the list. Because Morgan thought he was an A-lister last time.

We were appreciative that Josh Dumas was elevated from Chad Michael Murray. Go ahead. Beyonce? Yeah, too. Good job. Taylor Swift? one, Beyonce, two. The Rock is at four. So you're still missing three. And again, I'm going to tell you who's not on the list, just to make sure we're on the same page. Rinaldo is not on the list.

Because he's not American. Right. So way more famous than some of these people, like a messy, but we're talking America household names. Are we going? All of these are like either artists or actors or something. Just famous people in America. Household names. You hold a picture on the street. These faces are going to be recognized more than anybody else. Okay, Donald Trump. Gotta be, right? He's not on the list, but there's no way he's not on the list. Yeah, there's no way. Yeah, there's no one.

So, I'm going to go and not buzz you on that one, because I think he's one of the most famous people in the world. But maybe because he's a politician, I don't know. Yeah. Not on the list, but no X on that one. I think they missed that one. Go ahead. Angelina Jolie.

Just one strike. Go ahead. Okay. Tom Hanks. Strike two. She had a rough pass. You've only got four of them. Okay.

The 15. I know. I'm still... I guess my expectations for you were so much higher. Oh. The people that I've said make sense. Go ahead. But we didn't give you an X for Donald Trump because I think that was an easy one that they missed.

Go ahead. Well, now I feel flustered after I guess Trump. Because I'm like, would everybody know of like, now I'm picturing holding up signs. What about, I guess if Kim Kardashian was on there, what about... Kylie Jenner? Correct, number 10. Okay. So we have Taylor Swift, Beyonce, The Rock, Kim Kardashian, and Kylie Jenner.

Selina Gomez? Correct at number nine. She's back on. She's back on track. Uh-oh. Selena Gomez. By the way, a new season of only murders in the building. What is this?

Four? Or five? I don't know. That's a comfort show for us. Yeah, I like that. If we don't die to watch it, we're not just, we can't wait for a new episode. But if there's a couple, we'll watch them both and we like them. Denzel Washington?

No. Too old, right? You got to think, too, we've gotten a lot older. That's right. Really struggle. You ended up with one, two, three, four, five, five. You missed one, two, you missed number three. Sports.

Where did your mind go with sports? Oh, Tom Brady. Correct. Yeah. Okay. Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Tom Brady, and the Rock. Number five in music. Justin Bieber.

Justin Bieber did make the list, but he is not at five. Bieber was at 11. At five in music, I think older than Bieber, but hip-hop. Oh, Bieber's also Canadian. Yeah, but you can be foreign and be famous here. Okay. Think hip-hop? Oh, Jay-Z?

You're getting old again. Oh, wow, Kendrick. Lamar? Oh, hold on. Drake. Oh, you're champagne poppy. You can't just say something And you get all your cred-bop

Now you got it Yeah I get it Okay From the bottom I know he's from Canada too But I get it He's famous Beauty with Kendrick

Rihanna's at 7 Rihanna Yeah Okay What actor There's an actor Here on the list I think it's the first actor

The Rock was in there Yeah But I guess Timothy Shalemi Yeah he's an actor But I think Wrestler first still Yeah

No Not the most famous What actor He's a superhero Oh, oh, oh, you know. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

John Sina. No. Oh, okay. The other one. No. Ryan Reynolds. Oh. The other one?

The other one. Ryan Reynolds at 8, Selena Gomez at 9. Kylie Jenner at 10. Beaver at 11. There's four left here. 12, 13, 14, and 15. Lunchbox, who do we miss? Man, that's tough.

One of them just jumped in the list in the last year or so. and they're celebrity. See, my mind, it's not a celebrity, it's Jeff Bezos because he's everywhere. That's all, there's, every new cycle you look at, Jeff Bezos is on there. Did not make the top 15.

Eddie? If Bezos isn't on there, then Elon Musk isn't on there. I mean, and Trump wasn't on there. And Trump wasn't on there. Are these guys celebrities? Just give me, yeah, Elon. No. So Ariana Grande at 12. Still.

Amy, you have two out of the last. through your American sports stars. Can you name the sports stars? Go ahead. LeBron James. Correct. Okay. She was dribbling.

What was that a shoot? I thought that was shot. She dribbled and then yelled LeBron. Drivel, dribble, dribble, shut. That was my, you know, it was. Are you missing? Feeling time. It's another sport, another athlete.

So I would think, like, older than LeBron would be Michael Jordan. He's not older than LeBron. He's younger. Shut up. Michael Jordan is younger than LeBron. You're being old though right now. No, whoever you're trying to guess.

No, we're not saying Michael Jordan. No, we're saying the person. Okay, so he's younger than LeBron? Yeah. Oh, oh, Steph Curry. No. Oh, okay. Oh, oh, Travis Kelsey.

Correct. Yeah. That's crazy. Yeah, because he's dating number one. Jamer, yeah. And then number 15 on the list is... No, no, no, give me a hint. Who just made it?

She is an actor. Okay. That's a hint. The only one in one hint, I gave you the area. Oh, go for it, Morgan. You know it? What do you think, Morgan? Sydney, sweetie.

No. Good yes, though. Good one. I like her. Founding a creepy way. Then I need another hint, please. She was in a franchise. She just...

Like multiple sequels to a movie. Jessica Alba? No. Sindia. No. Megan Fox. She has a big film career. She's also been in...

like independent movies, one that was really, I won't say big, but that won her award when she started. Jennifer Lawrence? Yes. Ah, yeah. Winners Bone, right? Catness. And she was in Hunger Games, yeah. Yeah. There you go. I do think they missed on like an Elon.

Trump for sure. Bezos. Elon more than Bezos, though. I think so? Now. Yes. Yeah. And Amy went Jay Z over Drake.

Well, because Beyonce was on the list. Yeah. Okay. I know, I'm not saying Jay Z's not famous. How do you feel like you did? Give yourself a grade. B? Oh, no way. You think I do better?

No. It's time for the good news. With Bobby. Swanville, Minnesota, population 328. Graduating high school isn't just a milestone. It is a community celebration. This is from K-A-R-E-11. For the past 30 years, every single high school senior

has walked off the graduation stage with a scholarship. Think about that. Every senior. I don't think they're giving away participation scholarships. I think it's just a culture. they make sure that every kid graduates. Throughout the year, the people of Swanville raise money for the graduating seniors, bake sales, bingo nights, chili cookoffs, and they have a group called the Swanville Dollars for Scholars. It started with $166 that they would give each student way back in

the day. Now it's like $2,500, up to $8,000 per graduating senior. It's like NIAL money for you. Wow. You graduate, here's a check. And they raise money by doing things, like I said, bingo night, chili cook off. My class would be bigger than the rest and I'd get less. I already know. I don't work. But, you know, it's really awesome what the town does. I graduated with, I forget now.

My whole school was 666 kids, which is funny. Now, that's kindergarten through 12th grade. Oh. Because we were on one hill. Our mascot was the Red Devils, the Mountain Pine Red Devils. That's not funny. They put in the newspaper, our whole school was 666 kids. You tell me somebody at the newspaper wasn't playing a joke.

Well, but did you know, was that really the? Was that the real number, though? Yeah, did you go count? Yeah. I didn't believe it. But they made us take our mural down. We had this really cool devil mural. Because we're the red devils.

Duke has the blue devils. They were like... Blue devil isn't as scary as red. Just saying. Red's awesome. What do you have against red? Red devil seems scarier than blue devil. Colors is just light hitting whatever the things made up.

I know that. I'm just saying blue doesn't seem as scary. The newspaper made us take our mural down. I felt because everyone's like, it's a satanic school in the mirror. So then it was this real big smiley devil. That's not scary. We were the smiley devils? We were the red devils.

So you still the red devils? Yeah, we still are. Okay, good. Yeah, we don't do woke culture in Mount Fine. Got it. Yeah, I know. But anyway, I thought that town was awesome, so I wanted to shout them out. Small town doing really cool things for the students.

That's what it's all about. That was tell me something good. Now time for the morning corny. The morning corny. What's the best thing to say to a slow chef? What? Chop, chop. That was the morning corny.

The Bad Guys 2 is coming out August 1st. You can get tickets now. Morgan, did you see the Bad Guys won? Yeah, I did. I feel like animated movies just kind of make me feel like a kid again. So every time I throw one on, they make me laugh. And this one, I did laugh out loud because it's a bunch of animals and they're bad guys. Oh, that's what the bad guys, too.

But they're animals. You know who's in it? Show favorite, Craig Robinson. Hey! That might be the last thing he does, though. Yep. Good news, man. If you listen to the podcast, both Eddie and Lunchbox, for some reason, are obsessed

with Craig Robinson. Yeah. And he's in this, so you guys should go watch the bad guys, too. Because he's quitting comedy, but he's not telling us what he's doing until July 23rd. Now it's like he's, uh, it's some commercial. Yes, we got God. Yeah, yeah. The Bad Guys are back in the baddest comedy of the summer.

DreamWorks, Animations, The Bad Guys, too. It's bold, wildly entertaining. It's a new chapter for the crew you know and love. Get tickets now for DreamWork. Animations, the Bad Guys 2 in theaters August 1st, rated PG. Craig's Mr. Shark. Yeah, Mr. Shark is a bad bad guy. Are they, like, funny bad?

Yeah. It's entertaining. They're not like Robin Banks and stuff. Oh, no, they're doing bad things, but it's funny. They're animals. You're watching animals. It's not real. It's not real, bones.

I know, I know. It's animated. It's like... For fun. You know? Yeah. People go to the movies for fun to escape reality. Yes, that's it.

Yeah. I went to the movies a couple times. Yeah? Mm-hmm. I was thinking about going to watch 28 years later, the zombie movie? What number is that in the three, right? Because there's 28 days. I hate scary movies.

I love zombie movies. But zombies are kind of scary sometimes. Yeah, but that's a virus. This one's about a virus. So we may go watch that one. Is it all jump scares Mike or no? No. You'll love it.

My wife love it? Oh, I don't know. Does she need to see 28 days and 28 weeks? This one almost stands on its own. Because I made her watch Top Gun and she was like, I haven't seen the first one. She was like I'll watch it anyway. And then I feel like she didn't get a lot of the references, but they do show flashbacks. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

But also, I only watched Top Gun like five years ago. And I think I watched an airplane and didn't really. So I didn't even get some of the references either. But Top Gun, I think was held within itself too. Yeah. Although I didn't think it was that good. Did your wife like it? I was pretty good.

I loved it. Huh? If your wife like it? That was okay. I think we gave it like three and a half out of five. I don't remember the review I gave it, but yeah. I think it was built up so much. It couldn't have lived up to the hype because all you guys were like,

it's a greatest movie. When it came out, it was awesome. Yeah, yeah. Here we go. On the Bobby Bones show now. Ella Langley. Ellie, good to see you. Thanks for coming in.

Thanks for having me. So, personal story. The song just went number one for you, which is awesome, weren't for the wind. And song's amazing. And you wrote the song with Joy Beth, Taylor, and Johnny Closson. Johnny Claussen was my waiter forever And he was really good And so when I was touring doing stand-up

I brought him up to perform And so you wrote this with him How do you guys know each other? This is awesome It's like watching like all my kids grow up So me and Johnny met actually In Key West Two years ago

And yeah we're actually in a relationship For a little bit Really? Yeah I have no idea what's happening We were. And now we're not, but we're still a really good friend. We're not now, but we're still really good friends.

How about that? We wrote this song, me, him and Joy Beth wrote it. And yeah. Congratulations. But yeah, we were together whenever you were doing all that stuff with him. And it was cool to watch. I had no idea. I literally didn't literally end it to, no, I didn't know that.

Oh, look at you guys. And does this feel different because it's just you on the song? Well, yeah. Like, it's your number one, it's just you. Like if anyone's like, wow. it was a duet like now that it's you do you feel like more confident i mean i think it's just a different thing you know i mean whenever yeah i mean the whole you look like you love me i would think was anomaly in itself um so this song feels a little more like yeah if you can do it again once is

all right but if you can do it again especially second one being by yourself it feels a little more yeah what instrument did you learn first as a kid guitar no piano i started taking piano lessons young really young and i was so young i was like trying to to learn it by ear and the teacher was getting aggravated with me so they told me I was too young and then I never went back and that's like one of the biggest regrets of my life that you didn't stick with piano did your parents put you in piano my grandma did and was she a piano player my grandpa was um but my grandma grew up singing in church so just always thought it was really important to learn and still literally one of the biggest regrets I can only play a little bit by ear but guitar so really the first one I learned is

guitar at what age did you get your first guitar I started playing my grandpas right after he passed away. I was like 14, 13, 14, maybe. Yeah. When did it become, hey, I think I'm going to do music in some way? What age? My whole life. Oh, so you always knew. Were you a kid singer, like in church? Yeah. I sang everywhere all the time. I had a cousin that worked at the dentist that made me get up and sing after my appointments. I just always wanted to do it. I always had a passion for it. What was kind of the trigger that moved you to Nashville? Was it when I turned this age or was there something in your life that just, it's like, I have to do it now? I was. I was going to school at Auburn and I was playing right out of high school I found a band and um or I was just

playing acoustic bars anywhere that would let me in covers four hours I mean literally all over Alabama started moving in Florida and Georgia and I felt like I kind of reached the point where I was playing the cover gig scene so much that I'm getting my chops in playing live but I want to learn how to write songs so two years into going to school at Auburn I dropped out and moved here and lived with three guys just me and my dad loved that um um and my dad loved that um and I'm How did you meet these roommates? Through music, all of them. Two of them were artists,

and the other one was managing one of the artists. And yeah, we just all moved from Alabama. I lived in a house. It was like a frat house for the first two years. I lived here. And what did you do to make money that first year? Did you have odd jobs as well? No, that's not one job I've ever had.

I've only done this to make money. I did work at this weird trampoline park once in high school. What was your job there? Just... Yeah, I don't know, getting yelled at by people. I'm pretty sure. But yeah, no, this is the only way I've ever paid my bills. What cover do you think you've played the most in your life? Here for the party, Gretchen Wilson. I've been playing that song, so I was 18 years old.

Did you do the thing here on Broadway? Does it just play covers? I think I only did that once, and I filled in for somebody. But it's a different thing. Broadway here is a much different thing than covers anywhere else. I don't know why. It's just, I think, because it's so saturated with so many people doing it down here that the base pays a little lower. And so I was just kind of, and I was doing it also to try to like, I don't know, figure out how to book different gigs and how to do that outside of just Nashville. So I would wake up every Monday and then just message, Facebook message places.

And I mean, the amount of DMs or emails I've gotten back over the years where it's like, yes, we would love to have you come play here. And I send it in like 2017 or something. It's like, yeah. So you, as you go out as an artist. and you're making money just, what did you say, 2019? Is that when you moved here you said? Yeah, 2019.

So are you playing originals? Are you, like, how are you doing music at first? Like, what do you do? Oh, it covers. And then some originals. And then slowly it's like kind of changes, you know, whenever. My first tour, like as an artist was with Randy Houser. And I think I was playing.

I had to get a lot of originals for that. But I think I was still playing a lot more covers, just because, you know, people are like, what are these songs? And I had one song out. So I'm trying to entertain, but also push myself as an artist. So it's like I started out with mostly covers and then kind of overtime would add in originals as I got them. Does the last couple years feel crazy?

Or have you been so in it that it doesn't feel that crazy because it's just every day now? Both, I think. It feels insane all the time. It's like I was thinking about it over here. I was listening to, what's the Carrie and Miranda song? love me for my... Good girl, gone,

is that the one of the... Yeah. Yeah, some of the girls doing bad stuff. I can't... Something bad. That's it. Something bad. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I was listening to that, and I was thinking, like, there was this little radio outside the pool that I always went to as a kid, and I just remember listening, and always on country there. And I was like, wow, like, I'm, like, getting to be the next generation

of what I was watching women do at this time. And so it feels surreal constantly to, like, sometimes I'll think about stuff like that and be like, whoa, I'm actually like, I'm kind of doing something now. Like this is actually happening. And then also it's my head's so down that I'm still so focused. I feel like I'm just getting started that I don't know if I am always, like I get surprised a lot, I guess.

There's still like I'm playing headline shows. I'm like, I hope people show up, you know. And then I walk out there and it's been slammed every time. So it's just, yeah, it's surreal. I feel like the nuance of an artist has paid attention to so much now, meaning a live show, even three to five years ago, you just go on stage and kill. kill it, people would record it, but now they're zooming in on every little thing every artist does. And that can be used strategically or it can be accidental where people can read things in.

Do you feel that now that you can't do anything without it being documented and shown because they're looking for anything that you do? Yes. Even if you have like a stank face. Yeah. People are going to be like, well, she's just not. I usually do. Yeah.

Well, back in the, like three years ago, you could go and do a live show and that's kind of where the pressure was off. You could just perform and not have to worry about like the idiosyncrasies. but now all of that has to be like paid attention to because it's all recorded all the time. Well, I think what's so hard about that too is, you know, everything's so perfect that you see now. Like every picture has been edited. Every song has auto-tune not only on vocals but most of the instruments. You know, everything's so perfect presented to you that live music is almost like, oh, God, that sounds like a live vocal.

And like people are getting less and less familiar with what a live vocal sound like. I mean, a lot of artists are still, I mean, running tune on a lot of. vocal out front and that's something that I'm never going to do I don't want to do that which means they basically have a live auto tune yeah yeah their voices being processed and they're being auto tuned live yeah and um like I had an artist come out of me last last year something and he was like yeah he's like got a great show he's like well one day when you start running tune and things on your show I was like I'm not going to do that he was like yes you will everyone does that you're going to do that. I was like, no, I'm not. And I think it's just something to be like just being honest out there.

Like sometimes I'm going to forget some lyrics and there's sometimes like my voice is pitchier than others. I'm out of breath or, you know, but that's just a live show. That's coming to a show where we're, I'm running around on stage performing a song, you know, and we're standing still or I'm emotional or there's wind or who knows. But this, that's kind of the, what's fun about seeing an artist live is you get the imperfections. You get to see them as who, who they are as an artist not just, here's perfect. Being an artist and touring means there's not as much time to be here and create and write. Have you had to be very deliberate about writing or are you just writing less?

Very deliberate about writing and writing less. It's hard to balance because there's so many hats that you have to wear to do this. And I think I'm just having to take advantage of the times that I am able to write. and really be in writing mode. It's hard for me to do both when I'm trying to write songs. I really want to be a songwriter and have all day to do that. And let me take a couple hours here and write a song here and then let me go radio here and then let me go play a show.

That's kind of hard for me. And I really want to give every aspect of this what it deserves. So yeah, I'm writing a little bit less. But at this point, I'm not shooting in the dark as much anymore. So I'm not having to write 100 songs to get 10 that I like. you know, this, I mean, pretty much every song I'm writing, not every song. And there's a couple, I'm like, well, you know what I mean? Not my favorite.

But I mean, at this point, you know, I'm shooting for, I'm not going to finish a song that I think is poo poo. And you kind of have people, too, that you know, right well with you. Like, a lot of that trial and error, like, you know who's good and you know who you're good with. And so a lot of those rooms you get into already with the comfortability as well if you're writing songs, right? Yeah, yeah. I mean, I'm writing with people that I know I'm getting songs with. and there's some new writers and stuff that I'm bringing in, but with how much I'm touring, it's hard.

I'm struggling trying to get my writers in that I know that I write well with. Also, like, I enjoy sitting in a room. I want to enjoy sitting in there, and at least if we don't get a song, I like, at least I got to hang out with a whole bunch of people that I love. How difficult is it to go from when you're living in Alabama and if you're writing songs, you're doing it by yourself because there's not really a songwriting culture,

unless you come to this culture and you learn co-writing. That's usually, like, a baptism when people come to Nashville like, oh, people write with other people. How weird is that when you have to first start writing with other people and like sharing really intimate stuff? You know, I think that that's kind of how I started to learn to write. You know, I wrote some and I would try to write, but I'm good with collaborative things. I get in my own head a lot. So for me, it's a little bit easier just to like have somebody else in the room that's like, oh yeah, that line is not weird or it is, you know. And so I think it's a great way for people who want to start

learning how to write is to co-write. You know, you learn how other people do it and kind of see their methods. And I've just learned so much through writing with writers that I respect and getting to know how they, what their process looks like. But yeah, I mean, there's a difference. Like, that's a difference though. Like that's so stupid. I wish you wouldn't have said that. Oh, yeah. I mean, but I think that's just what you have to submit to when you go into write. I say at least one dub thing a minute, I'm pretty sure. Like, that's just me as a human being. Because you want to write songs that are personal, but that means you have to sit in a room with somebody you may not know and share very personal things in order to get to that place.

Yeah, they know way too much about me. Yeah, yeah. It's almost like therapy with somebody who wasn't trained. And I can't keep it in. Like I got to, my right, my songs are really personal. You know, I write from experience. I have a hard time not understanding a story. Like, I at least need to, like, see it in my head. I kind of write a music video at the same time I'm writing a song in the way where I'm like watching a movie. But yeah, it's people have to understand where I'm coming from and if I would say that or the language that I'm using and it's a very specific group. Some of my friends will record a song and they're like, dang, I wish I wouldn't recorded it in a certain key because now it's harder to sing live. Do you ever do that

with honesty in a song where you're like, man, now that I've written it and we've recorded and I have to go sing it. Now I have to be asked about it all the time. Yeah. Like it's not a regret, but it's like this is going to be a little more difficult because I wrote this, I mean it, but now I have to go and like answer questions and sing it publicly. And there's a whole different element to a song that you probably don't think about when you're just writing it and recording it, especially at first. Yeah, because writing for me is more of a therapeutic thing. You know, when I'm in the room, I'm not thinking necessarily about how I'm going to release

a song or I'm just kind of writing the best song of the day at that point and trying to write to the best way we can write that title, the way we're writing the song. And honesty for me is, like I said, how I'm going to do it. And so, yeah, after we get done with the song, I'm like, dang, that kind of hits close to home. Or some songs will kind of hit close to home. And then something happens later on where I relate to it so much more after I wrote it. Like, that's happened a lot to me where I'm like, this song is good and I'm afraid that I'm going to relate to it at some point. And always, I always do by the time I put it out.

I'm like, oh. Like manifests. It manifests somehow for me. And I've talked to some other artists that say the same thing. And Girl Are You're Taking Home was one that was in the moment. I mean, afterwards, that song is so personal. And it's one that is always an interesting one for me to sing. But what is so cool about that is with being honest in that way,

I think that's what's relatable to fans. There's no fluff. There's no, like, let me figure out how to make me look a certain light in this song or in this way where it's just like, no, I'm just going to write it how it happened and what it is. and I think that it goes to show that humans are a little more alike than we like to think. What do your parents think of your success? They're just, they're so excited. I think they're baffled all the time.

Like I said, this is the only thing I've ever wanted to do is the only thing I've talked about everyoneing to do. They've known that. I think my dad's always been a little more like, once this thing is going to start working out kind of vibes. But still, like, they've always just believed in me and pushed me. And so now for them to like come to shows and to see what's happening and to get to go home and, you know, treat them to things and start taking care of my family. And that way, I think they're just always baffled. And we come from a very small, humble town. Well, that leads to my next question.

What's been the best part about the success? And even, like, what's the best part about fame? I don't know the best part about fame yet. I think I'm still figuring that out. I think what's cool is to have a voice. And so the things that I care about and do want to talk about, at least have an audience to listen, you know. And then also the same thing with releasing music. You know, people are there listening.

But also getting to take care of my friends and family in that way. Best part about fame when I got a bit of it doing TV with all the free clothes. It was the best part. Yeah. It's funny how when you start making little money, people gave you things for free. Yeah. And then you're like so poor. And you're like, nah.

You're going to need at least 10,000 more followers. Whenever I had money and started to do well, I was like, have all these brand name clothes and keep them. So I just gave them to all my friends. him and Eddie wears all the stuff all the time. That to me was like my favorite part about having success was about my mama mama trailer and two acres of land and then I got free clothes. Yeah. Yeah, my dad, there's this, he's just so excited about all the little things.

He's starting to dream about stuff now and he's like, what about this tractor? And I'm like, hey now, don't get too excited, you know, but he'll get excited. His Christmas list gets a little bigger. No, he's during his service very long. He's like, well, okay. I can retire. Who will you call if you need a device? depends on the situation.

What if it's about the next direction of the next album, an artist, who would you call? Miranda. Lambert. And why Miranda? Because she has a pretty good insight on what this next record is.

And I mean, come on. It's Miranda Lambert. What she's done with her career. She kept it going, continuously keeps it going. The songs are always there. Every one of her records

hit after. hit after hit. I mean, proof is in the pudding, really. And even when she did more of an independent thing, and it wasn't like a traditional radio hits, like the songs were next level good. Yeah, and I think she's just always done what she's wanted to do. Yeah. I think that she's unapologetically herself and she just does what in her gut is the right thing to do. She does right by people, and that's all I'm trying to do. It's just, you know, at the end of the day, even if the decision that I made didn't go the way that I wanted to. At least I did it in the way that I thought was right.

It's been cool, too, to see kind of your influence, because we had Caitlin Batson, and she's awesome. And a lot of people were introduced to her from your TikTok, but now you have the ability to shine lights on people. Yeah, that's another cool part about fame. That is, I will say that. Yeah. That's been really cool.

Being able to see people that move you and get your audience to pay attention to them. Yeah. Yeah, that's super cool. Yeah, she's awesome. No, there's so many girls that... She shouted you out too when she was in here. She was like, if it wasn't for all, I like... I watched that, yeah.

And she texted me that, and I said, you're the one that wrote the song. That's your song. All I did was one video that has nothing to do. I mean, it was because of the whole other thing. But obviously that song is like, it's great. And she's great. And that's why that moment happened.

Yeah. But it is really cool to be able to bring these women on tour with me and give other people the opportunity that I was, I've been given and continue to get, given. Amy, anything for Ella? Yeah, I want to circle back to something you said just for clarity on. So you said you used to Facebook message or email like all these bars back in the day.

Like, oh, come play there. Were you saying that emails you sent or DMs you sent back in 2017? Like now that you've had success, they're finally replying to you now? I don't try to go in my DMs now. I try to say out there as much as I can. But mainly like a couple years ago. But yeah, probably, I mean, if I went in there to look at some of the emails now, maybe. Yeah, okay.

I thought that's what you're saying that, like, you heard from some of them. It's like, oh, that's interesting. They're like, oh, my gosh, this L.O. Lainly girl that reached out to us years ago. Yeah, well, over the years, like, back when I was living in Alabama, when I would send those messages. And then when I moved here, like, when I started to tour and, like, a little bit started to happen, you know. They finally. They finally were like, hey, you want to come play this bar? And then at year two.

Yes, actually, I do. When you're at Auburn, like your parents, were they okay with you? you leaving college halfway through? They didn't have much of a choice. They should know that with me. But like I said, my dad, when I was like, I'm moving with three guys and I'm going to do this. And he was like, what?

What are you going to do? But my mom was absolutely, she helped me move. Oh, okay. Yeah. No, they've always believed that this is what I was supposed to do. They've just never questioned it, even though my dad's like, hey, I miss you, you love me. Come on. Every once in a while.

Like, come to a show and see me, dad. Yeah. Did your dad call you after the tattoo on Instagram? Which one? Any of them. Did he ever see any? Yeah, it's mad about every one of them. Because that's where he would see probably them most would be Instagram.

Because he's not seeing you a lot. You live in a different city. Yeah. What's funny too is my dad's seeing the drama stuff on Facebook and stuff. You know, like anything really him watch. He's like, come on, this ain't, I'm like, Dad. You know that that's not true. Stop reading Facebook comments.

Please God. Can you stop reading? He's like, sorry. I just don't know what to do. But yeah, he calls me about, he's giving up. I think on the tattoo thing. Just let you go. He's going to get a tractor.

Yeah, he's going to get a tractor. What was the first one you ever showed him? Did you ever hide any from him? No, no. I'm not a good liar. I'm a terrible liar. And I knew that he was going to find it anyways. The first one was this little double cleft.

I couldn't even read music. So I had to look up what this was when I got it. But I was like, music, I'll get that. And I think I got it like three. three months out of high school. And I went home for Thanksgiving and then me and my dad were having a great day. We went to church. I was wearing a long sleeve.

I remember it was kind of cold outside and he took me. We were riding down this dirt road. He was showing me like where my grandparents, grandparents used to live something, one of those kind of days. And it slipped down and he saw it. That was bad. I just started laughing. I didn't know what to do.

I thought maybe at 18 years old he was going to give me a whooping. Did they call you Ella as a kid? Yeah. Was Ella always your name? Because I'm assuming that's short for something. Elizabeth. Got it. But it was always Ella?

Yeah. That's awesome. Well, final question. I don't even need a real answer here. But when you say he would see like the drama stuff online, like what's the percentage of that that was true? Just give me a number. 10. At the very least, I mean the very most.

I mean, I think that. A lot of fan fiction? Yeah. I mean, yeah. I mean, I think that people get more worked up than we do. I agree. Yeah, I agree. All right. Ella, congratulations on the number one, second one.

Thank you. Yeah, I hope you're super proud of it. You're still out with Morgan. Are you doing shows Morgan still a few? That's a pretty significant way to go, hello. You're doing your own headlining stuff now as well, but I'm like, that's a pretty cool introduction to a lot of people. Very cool.

Yeah, this is, we did, we were first of four last year, first of three this year. And his band is so cool. He's, they're, my band and his band are kind of friends and they've been so cool. to us and him and he's been really nice and given some great advice on some of this stuff so yeah well you guys follow Ella at Ella Langley Music congratulations

and what's uh have you next singled it yet I know you put up the song with Hardy but have you guys next singled it yet like said what it is is that the next single okay I don't even care if you say it now I just wondered if I missed something no we haven't said yet all right all right Ella good to see you thank you anything else no I just want her whole outfit me too

me too I wish we could come up with that. I mean, you may have this. Like, when you see people, you just kind of want to, I wish you could just like double tap them. And then like everything just to shoot to your phone. Like Milesaurus's closet, hand him on the fan's closet. Yes.

Is that a thing? Is that a thing? Yeah, it's a thing. Yeah. Or you just like tap it and then all this. Or if I walk by you, I can just like scan you with my phone. And then you actually can. I think that you can do that on Google images actually.

Oh, you can. Yeah. Okay. I'll take your picture before you go. All right. All right. All right. There's shit.

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I don't know if I'd call a police on that. I don't either. I'd be like, that's funny. Yeah, right. I'd probably just TikTok it. I'd be like, UPS really going, like quickly deliver. Like the trash man, you got one guy riding in the bag. Yeah, it's good. All right.

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If he does it every day, like once a day. Right. Yeah. So that's a lot of money. And I'm just like, am I cool with that? Or do I just give him props for finding a, you know, trick? If you found a trick, I think you would use the trick. I think you're jealous that someone is getting away with something.

Not that you want to get away with it, but I think someone getting away with something and you not getting to get away with something bothers you. Does a little bit. Like I like to be the one that gets away with. things. And it has a paper license plate, so I'm like, I wonder if that's even real, or does he do that just in case there's cameras? They don't know who he is. You know what? I'm on team call the cops. Really? Yeah. I think lunchbox call the cops. I want lunchbox to call the cops. Yeah, yeah, good idea.

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You yeah If you see him doing it Why don't you honk you on hey buddy Hold on hold on hold on It's not my building But justice You like to see justice In America for all

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