The Edge Breakfast - TRUTH BOOTH: a 16 year old secret...

Episode Date: July 21, 2025

This is a podcast from Rover. The Truth Booth. If you've got a burning secret that you have been sitting on for some time and you are desperate to clear your conscience, get in the Truth Booth and tell us what you've done. Oh, she's on the line now, guys. Rebecca, welcome to the Truth Booth. Good morning.

You are disguised, so your identity will remain anonymous, which is very important to you, which excites me, because it means it's a very good secret. Yeah, because we don't know what the secret is. We don't know what we're doing inside the Truth Booth, babe. Only you know. That's why we're all talking funny. It's like a library.

You have to sort of talk a little bit quieter. Yeah, you've got to respect the truth. So, Rebecca, where do we start? First of all, are you feeling a bit nervous? Because this is a secret you've held onto for a very long time. How do you feel about telling us? Yeah, it's definitely nerve-racking. It's something I've held onto for a while,

but I kind of feel safe in this place. In that case, it's probably something I need to let go of. It might be a bit of a release for you. Yeah. Yeah, take it away. Yeah. Ha ha ha. So I had a boyfriend that I'd been with for two years.

And after we broke up, I fell in love with someone very quickly. But I have kept the details of who that person was, a secret for the last 16 years. Wow. 16 year old secret. And is this new person still your partner? No.

So how long did you date the second boyfriend for? Probably about 18 months. And at the time, who knew that the two of you were dating? Absolutely nobody. Was it just sex or was it like a relationship would you say? Yeah, no, it was definitely more emotional than a sexual relationship actually Yeah A lot of people when they move on don't feel like they have to talk to their ex about who they're dating now don't feel like they have to talk to their ex about who they're dating now. So the secret must be a real bombshell to the ex because otherwise who cares?

Yeah, it's got something to do with the ex. So you've got a partner now, a current partner, do they know? Yep. Um, yes. When I started dating them I kind of just put everything on the table, all my, you know, all my mistakes and... Would you consider this a mistake the the kind of secret relationship? Not really, but I guess at the time and over you know since then it's kind of something I have been ashamed of and what was your new partner's reaction when you told them Not really that great.

He did judge me quite a bit. Oh my god, this is too deep. Are we ready to find out what the information was? That just absolutely blew up the situation and was the reason you had to keep it all quiet for 16 years? Rebecca, drop the truth box. Drop it like it's hot, baby. Tell us. Drop it, drop it like it's hot baby, tell us.

Okay, so the person was my ex-boyfriend's father. Your new boyfriend was the father of your ex-boyfriend. Correct. How did it happen? Okay, can we gather our thoughts? I'm like, floored by this. And come back with the multitude of questions that we have to work out how you can go from someone's ex to potentially being their stepmother.

Oh, that's nice. She had the calf, and now she's been having the old bull. So many more questions for you, Rebecca. We'll take a break, and we'll come back with the answers next. Wow. Rebecca has just dropped an absolute bomb. If you've just tuned in,

she was with a guy for a couple of years and they broke up. Then she started dating another guy. Turns out she had to keep it all a secret, not just from her ex, but from everyone involved. Because why why Rebecca? Because it was my ex's father. Now how does this just I'm remembering all my ex's dads and I'm trying to imagine a world which I was like hey Kev how you going Kev? They're both called Kev actually. Oh my god. Yeah not quite my type though. So how did it start, Rebecca? What was the initiation of like the relationship

between you and your ex's dad? When my ex and I were together, like I never thought of him in that way. But I think after we broke up, yeah, his dad started hanging out with us. Like he was sort of like a family friend too. And you know, he had parties and stuff like that. Family friend kinda makes it worse.

Does that mean your friends, your parents are friends with him? Yeah, yeah. What was the age gap between you? He was 30 years my senior. Oh my goodness mate, fuck. Is he married still to the ex's mum? No. Okay, so there's no affairs happening here.

So back to Ash's question, the moment where you go from, hey, that's just my ex's dad to, hey, that's my ex's dad. Yeah, you know, we'd be in groups and at parties and things and we just sort of naturally started gravitating to each other and kind of found that we got along and we had a lot of fun together. So that's sort of how it started. Wow.

And was there any similarities in their physical? Love making. No. Like in their, like, like. I know what you mean. What I'm saying is. I'm going to make a bigger one. No, like were they similar?

Like, could you see a familiar similarity? Oh my god. Um, yes. Oh, that's so crazy. Wow. Dad must have been bitter, otherwise it wouldn't have been... you wouldn't have hung around very long. Or experienced. Um, no comment.

Oh, thank you. So how has it been a secret for 16 years? I don't know. I think because he's still a family friend and he's one of my siblings' bosses. Like it's just, we just had an agreement that it was just gonna be, you know, what it was and it didn't, you know, no one really needed to know about it.

Does the son know? No. So the only people that know are you, the guy and your partner? Yeah, and maybe two of my friends that I told, you know, that I didn't know back then, so. Well, you said the son didn't know. Until now, because he joins us on the line.

No, he's joking. I'm just joking, I'm just joking. Imagine that! Imagine! Wow. Was it worth it? I imagine the anxiety of keeping a secret for that long, was the stint with the old man worth it

Yeah, I mean nice. Yeah, like we had fun and I don't really yeah, I mean we're still actually good friends now So it's kind of like it's almost like it never happened like it did but we just gone back to friends Just like a beautiful dream. Yeah, that's amazing And you're not hurting anyone babe. Nothing you did was illegal, nothing was really immoral, consenting adults, it's absolutely fine. You had a great time, but man it's a great story Rebecca. Yeah it was fun, definitely fun. I don't know if I would do that now but... You've lived out a lot of people's fantasy in a way a way I don't have sex with your dad. Oh, well, you know

I mean a lot of moms I think a lot of men probably Would have some sort of a fetish for their girlfriend or the ex's mom. That's hot right? Yeah, I guess Wow, hey, thanks for I love that You've been sitting on a secret for 16 years, a handful of people know and you trust us with it in the truth booth. And now the rest of the nation. Thank you so much. Yeah, great.

Good on you, babe. Do you feel better? No shame, no shame. For anyone else who's sitting on a secret that is humming and hurrying about sharing it with us, do you feel better? Yeah, definitely. Good, thank you.

But actually, who had the biggest... No. Yeah, definitely. Good, there you go. But actually, who had the biggest ****? No? Okay, alright, thanks, Rebecca. Thank you, guys.