The Bobby Bones Show - Mike D’s Movie Passion Origin, Having Kids, & Romantic Dates

Episode Date: July 19, 2025

Morgan and Mike D answer listener questions! Listener shoutouts to start, then Mike D answers questions all about the movies like his origin story, snacks at the theater, go-to movie, and his podcast. Also, he shares some information about him and his wife Kelsey having kids, meeting her on a dating app, and their favorite things to do together.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It is time for listener Q&A. Mike D is joining me. What's up? I love questions. Yeah? They're always about movies and I have to like cipher through to find other ones that aren't just about movies. That's why I love the questions. Do you like them to be all about movies?

There's so much more to you than just movies. This is what I know the most about, what I feel the most comfortable with. That's fair, but it's good to get out your comfort zone and you do have many other talents and skills. So shout out from Sierra from St. Louis. She loves us in the show and loves that you have a microphone now. Oh, yeah. Do you love that you also have a microphone now? Yeah, because I used to have to jump over and hop on lunchboxes,

and it was always really awkward, and then I'd be like, it sounded like I'd be out of breath because I had to go over there, my headphones are getting stuck, so it's a lot easier just to press a button now. I'd be like, here I am. Hello. All right, getting into some questions. Bree in Georgia, she wants to know, have you always been so passionate about movies?

If so, how did it start? I don't think I've always been this passionate. And my, where I really developed a love for movies was probably in 2007, and that was whenever you could still get Netflix through the mail. And my brother and I got the cheapest possible plan you could get. And we would rent one, mail it back, and then immediately get another one. So there was like a summer where I just spent all this time just watching so many movies, like all these classics that I'd heard about, but had never seen. Now suddenly they were all available to me. So I think that's where I kind of developed my passion just for loving them.

And it wasn't until probably 2015 where I started to like review movies. And that became like, oh, like, this is one I want to do all the time. When did you start the podcast? I started the podcast in 2019. So I've been doing it a while now. And I still remember the first ever movie review I did. It was like on Snapchat. I reviewed Batman versus Superman.

And then that was before I even moved here to be on the show. And Bobby was like, hey, send me that audio and we'll play it on the radio show. And that was like my first ever real review. And it just started for me, like, sitting in my car reviewing things on Snapchat. Isn't that funny how it, like, starts somewhere, but also cool to see how far it's grown? Yeah. A whole podcast about it that's been going for six years. Yeah.

That's literally all I would do. I would go to the theater, walk to my car, and then just record, like, a 15-second review. And that's how it all built. Are you still on Snapchat? Do you still post reviews there? No. Okay. I get on it every once in a while because that's, like, where some of my family only posts to.

so I'll go and see what they're up to. Do you purchase any snacks at the movies? If so, what? She loves hearing Kelsey on your podcast. This is from Kathy in Tennessee. I personally did not purchase any snacks there because it's hard to find anything vegan. I don't even get a drink there. So sometimes only because it's dietary restrictions for me, I'll take in a snack.

But my wife is all popcorn and big drink. Could you make movie popcorn vegan without the butter? You could, but there it's kind of all has butter. Yeah, too dicey. I don't even know that it's all like real butter. It's probably like some butter product. So it'd probably not even be real dairy. But I've never really liked popcorn, which is weird, being such a big fan of movies.

Always because it always gets stuck in your teeth. And I feel like I could eat a giant bag of popcorn and never get full. I'm just like chasing this like this hunger with it because it just nothing changes. You just keep eating and you keep getting hungry. It is true. It's very unfilling and you just kind of keep going for it. It's very addicting. Like you just keep reaching your hand in.

It's like a bag of chips. Yeah. You just keep going for it. My go-to, though, is because when I had braces, I couldn't even eat popcorn with braces. Yeah. They recommended me popcorners, which is essentially like popcorn but in chip form. And that I like, just because it has a better crunch and doesn't get stuck in your teeth. So do you bring popcorners to the movie?

Yes, I do. I get my Ziploc bag and I'll put popcorners in there and then eat them during the movie. Is that the only snack you'll bring in or is that? I'll also take a, depending on what time the movie is, I'll take a cold brew with me. So I have a can of cold brew and my bag of popcorners. All right, sneaky Mike. What is your favorite go-to movie to watch if you have anything just to not like new movies or anything? Just go-to movie that you'll throw on the TV.

This is from Max in Massachusetts. Of all time, it is probably Twister, but right now I'm re-watching all of the Transformers movies. Oh, fun. And they're just so, I forgot how good. good they were. And speaking back to 2007, that's when the first one came out. And they just feel like a really good time in my life. Like, rewatching all those movies, I'm reminded of how 2000s they felt and how cutting edge they were of just combining CGI that hadn't been used before, where they look real. It's like, very like, you can like see the metal on them, all the big explosions. I see some things that don't

age quite as well. But those movies just take me back to a really specific time in my life. And I just find those movies comforting. Even though they're all kind of the same, like the formula for each of them is kind of the same, I just love them. You know, whenever a Transformers movie is on TV, I will automatically put it on. It's like an easy, I love having it on. I love those movies, and I don't think they deserve a lot of the hate that they get. That's what I remember even watching the second one and people hating that one, even if

you look at the reviews for that one, they're so low. The second one is really good, too. They're all, the third one, you lose Megan Fox. It's a little like, it's kind of feel the downhillness. But even in that, I still enjoy them. But to me, Transformers wasn't about Megan Fox or Shyalabuff. It was about the freaking Transformers. Yeah.

I was focused on, I loved Bumblebee. And every time I saw Bumblebee, I got excited. That was who I was drawn to. So when everybody would get hate for like the actors and I'm like, who are you paying attention to do? It's about the Transformers. And shout out my guy, Josh Jamal. Yeah.

I forgot how big of a part he was in those movies. More so in the third one. Yeah, he definitely, like, grew over it. But that was where his, fame for him, for actually me, was save a day with Tad Hamilton, which is an old school rom-com that I loved, such a good movie.

But I feel like that's where his fame kind of really took off. I think at the same time he was also married to Fergie. So it might have all been at the same time. But, yeah, those are great movies. And the last one, the newest one about all the animals, the beasts or something, was fantastic. And that's kind of like where you're saying, that gets a little bit away from the human element and focuses more on just the Transformers. So I kind of think that's where they're going.

Yeah. But I can't wait until I get to the actual Bumblebee movie because that one kind of like re just made me love them again. Because that one, aside from like the original one, is probably the best one. It's really good. And Haley Steinfeld is a great actor. I love her stuff. And it was fun to watch her with Bumblebee too. Are we thinking of the same one?

Yeah. Okay. Have you seen sinners? No, but I saw it on 18. via max now so i need to go watch it she that's a different character for her boy okay i i mean i love michael b jordan so that's why it's on my list how is your podcast going speaking of any exciting guests coming up it's going really good i feel like with all the big summer movies it's my favorite time to do it right now but also what i find it's the worst when it comes to people reviewing my

reviews because i'm at a point right now where i could go on and hate it's a movie and I get the amount of hate that people who love that movie, but I've never reviewed a movie that I love that now I get hate for, which is a new thing where it's like, I really can't win because either I love a movie that everybody hates and people call me an idiot or I love a movie and people that people didn't like it. It's like, you're also stupid. It's just really hard. Yeah, honestly, though, the internet is a pretty dicey place right now, what I'm noticing,

just picking up on. like we're a little bit more intense than we've ever been with leaving comments and saying things like out of pocket or just nasty things for the reaction or I feel like it's and maybe I could be wrong on that but what I'm seeing at least in the trend is you just have a lot more nastiness coming out through comments in general and so I don't know if it's because of you loving or disliking a movie as much as people are just getting a little bit more spicier in their responses and commenting more maybe. Especially on YouTube.

YouTube is probably the worst for me, just because that's a place where people not only rip apart what I say, but also like my physical attributes. And I'm like, those are hard for me to take. Oh, yeah. It's, well, you're talking about movies and all of a sudden they're throwing something. You're like, bro, what?

But I'll get like straight on like full paragraphs that like these completely detailed things. And I'm like, man, this is intense. Mm-hmm. Yeah, sometimes I'll type out a whole response. I'm like, never mind. And I just delete it. I'm like, ignore it, Morgan.

And then I like walk away. And sometimes I'll come back with something hilarious. It'll be like a one-liner. Or I'll just have left it and I won't go back to it. Yeah, I'm pretty good to throw in the grenade where it's like, here's my response. I'm going to comment it and never look back at it again. I'm like, I'm going to deal with that and then step away. My boyfriend has started saying, you just need a respond.

Sounds like you need some sleep. Just like leave it at that. He's like, it's like a disc. But, like, you know, you're not being mean. You're just like, you woke up on the wrong side today. Usually I find the easiest way just to agree with them. Like, you're right. I am an idiot.

Thank you. Yeah, but that gives them too much power, right? But then they're like, wait a minute. I'm like on the other side. I'm like, no, stand up for yourself. Okay, we're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back. There's two golden rules that any man should live by.

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from the Black Effect Network on the I'd Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Kaylee from Nevada, D wants to know, do Mike D and his wife want to have kids one day? Yes, we do. And I think it's seeing probably videos on TikTok of cute moments that make us want to. And then it's seeing the opposite side of that,

is seeing people have really hard situations with kids being crazy that make us not want to. It's like go up, blah, blah, never mind, down. We're back down. Yeah, I'd say we're probably have been talking about it more openly than we have before, just because we kind of feel like we're closer to our timeline that we set. Probably like three or four years ago, we'd be like here in like five or seven or six years. So now we're on like the maybe two years out mark. So I think once you get to that mark, it starts to feel a little bit more real. Yeah. And as you get closer, is there a part of you

that's like, maybe I don't? I think everybody has that. Yeah. Just because I think we have both valued our independence for a long time and we enjoy sleeping in on the weekends. We enjoy being able to book a trip and go pretty easily. And I think within another year, we've had, we're probably get to that point where we've had our feel with that. Because I can kind of start to feel that a little bit because I think with us it's like sometimes you have everything go right and you don't want to mess up like your routine and you're like fun and us just being together. But I think it's also like me turning 34 recently and being like on the like 40 being so close to me now. It's like I guess this is the time to start thinking about that. And also I'm well into the age of people having

kids not on accident, which was always the thing growing up. Like back to when I was like in seventh or eighth grade, like the county I lived in had like the highest teen pregnancy rate. So it was a weird transition to go from like people telling you that they're going to have a kid to feeling like, oh man, that's rough to being like now excited for them. And that's kind of been our world for the last, you know, three to four years. My wife's best friend has a kid who's almost a year old. So I think that's all kind of like factoring into our decision. But I think it's the fact that we haven't let outside pressures influence our decision. Like not our parents telling us, not somebody else we've had our own timeline that we've stuck to that I know when we do

finally decide to that it will feel right. Well, that was a good answer. I'm really excited for you guys. New chapters are beginning, but also just on your own time. Yeah. Which is a safe and secure feeling. The only weird thought I've had recently, which is a weird dark thought just because that's where my brain goes, is I start to think about like once you have kids, I feel like that's your timeline ending, which is a weird thing because I just think about like my parents, like whenever they had me, like my life started and their entire like kind of world changed. And I feel like there's this weird thing I can't explain where it kind of feels like you're closing out a chapter of you as a human and suddenly the person you create is like spreading out and creating a whole new timeline.

I just think about like my relationship with my parents how they're still a part of my life but it's is weird. It's a weird thought. No, I could see that because I think a lot of people unfortunately their identity becomes their children and I think some people love that. I think some people hate that depends on who you are and how you feel but I do think more often than not when you have kids, it becomes a center focus and everything about yourself and things before kind of gets pushed to the side unless you determine a different path. So I think there's a way that you still can have your timeline. It's just a matter of how you choose to parent, how you choose to involve your kids in things and what that looks like. But I do think there's a reality for a lot of people

where it does create this new timeline. And that's just what you're on until you kind of choose otherwise. I could see it. I guess I get into the thing of like once you have kids and I get into that like that life or death situation, if you could only save one in a situation like, are you going to save your wife or you're going to save your kid? Okay, well that's dark. Which becomes more like important here. We went really dark, Mike. But which one do you go with?

Because it's like the one, like your partner is the person who's been there with you through everything. Does suddenly that relationship become more important or as soon as you have kids, it's all. kid. That's the part I can't. I think how you figure out the answer to this is talking to your wife and saying like, how do you feel? Because I think as long as you guys are in alignment with what that looks like, that's where it matters, right? Like how does this stack up? And maybe that conversation happens before you have kids and it happens after. Say like have our feelings and thoughts changed. I think that's an important conversation to have. Not that you ever want to be in a position of that.

But I do think it's important to be in alignment. So if you ever are in a situation, you're both prepared. And I know that's a dark scenario, but I think the root of the answer there is kind of what I'm talking about as far as like timelines and the way just life changes. I think it all kind of roots to that. Like which one do you pick between the two? And I would love to give you an answer. But I can't. One, because I haven't had that experience yet.

And two, because I think that's so much. individualized into your experience and with your partner. I think it's all a matter of the conversation you have with your wife, genuinely, is where you're going to find that answer, which is a weird conversation to have. But if you actually want an answer, that's where it's going to be. Yeah, and I guess you don't really know until you have the kid and then I feel like a switch kind of goes off and then you figure it out.

Yeah. That's why I say, have the conversation before and then have it after. See how you guys change. It would be a cool intro perspective. situation. Were you still in Texas when you matched with your wife Kelsey on the dating apps, Julie, in Kansas? I was here, but I was traveling to Texas a lot at the time. That was probably in a period of my life where I probably spent more time on the road than I did in Nashville. So that's why I was. Do you think a dating app in a state that I didn't live in? Because I was like, I'm here so much. I come back not only for work a lot,

but also because my family was still there. So we matched first and she did not swipe on. me. And then I came back again and then we, that time she did swipe on me. Invisible string theory. It's weird. Invisible string theory. If you don't know what I'm talking about, look it up. What have been some of your favorite dates or moments with your wife? This is Sadie from Ohio. She's our last question. For dates, our first date ever was at Matt Selle Rancho in Austin. And then we recreated that on our one year anniversary and it was total monsoon. in Austin, but we were so dead set on going there to recreate that first debt that we made it happen anyway. We're like, we probably should have not gone, bailed on the idea.

But I think there's always been a connection to that restaurant just because that's where we first met. She was three minutes late, which I still give her crap to until this day. She was like secretly sick going into that day. She like took a bunch of just cough medicine to get through it. Hey, that infvisible string theory is holding strong right now. But it all kind of roots back to that restaurant. So whenever we're in Austin, we try to go back. Oh, that's a cool memory. And I just an attachment.

And I swore that I kept the receipt to that first date. And I could never find it again because I wanted at some point to give it back to her, like, as an anniversary gift. Yeah. And I can never find it. Because at that time, I would have to keep a lot of receipts for work. So I'd always throw them in my backpack and I had the zipper. And then I could never find the receipt again? I was like, could I call the restaurant and tell them the exact time and date I was there and have them print me a receipt.

potentially. I mean, they are systems and everything technically is logged. I just don't know how far it goes back. Either that or I could just fake a receipt. Yeah. I feel like because it's always one of those situations where you put something special somewhere. Really, you're like, I will never forget this place. And I put it here on purpose. And then you forget the place. Yeah, I do that. And so it is probably somewhere and you probably put it somewhere and you just can't remember the special place. Yeah. And I think that backpack guy had is long gone, so it could be gone forever. No. Okay, Mike, well, thanks for joining me and answering all the listener questions. Thank you for having me.

And tell the people where they can find you, hear you in the podcast, all that good stuff. Movie Mike's Movie Podcasts, new episodes every single Monday, wherever you get your podcast. And I'm at Mike D. Strel on everything. There he is. And make sure you go listen to Part 1 this weekend because I think you'll really love it. We just have a fun conversation. We're going to talk to Mike all about his No More braces and vacation and all that good stuff. So go check it out. Bye, everybody. Later.

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