You’re Not On Dancing With The Stars Are You?

Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It out NOW: https://sites.prh.com/phoebe-bermans-gonna-lose-it SUBSCRIBE TO THE BNC CHANNEL: https://bit.ly/45Pspyl Ad Free & Bonus Episodes: https://bit.ly/3OZxwpr This week, Connor is in LA and he is here to DANCE! They talk about his experience going through Dancing With The Stars rehearsals, having fun and being earnest on live tv, and preparing to be shirt off. Plus, they answer some of your submissions and give advice. Join our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5356639204457124/ If you're between 18 and 24, check out Prime for Young Adults and start earning cash back on the purchases you're already making. Prime for Young Adults is only available for 18–24-year-olds. Terms apply. Thanks to Article for sponsoring this podcast! Article is offering our listeners $50 off your first purchase of $100 or more. To claim, visit https://www.article.com/discount/bnc and the discount will be automatically applied at checkout. Join for free at https://rakuten.com or download the Rakuten app to start saving money today Find the fall pieces you’ll reach for most at Quince. Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to https://Quince.com/bandc. Get free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada and the UK, too. Get 40% off select Lola Blankets products at Lolablankets.com by using code BNC at checkout. Experience the world’s #1 blanket with Lola Blankets. B+C IG: https://www.instagram.com/bncmap/ B+C Twitter: https://twitter.com/bncmap TMG Studios YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tinymeatgang TMG Studios IG: https://www.instagram.com/realtmgstudios/ TMG Studios Twitter: https://twitter.com/realtmgstudios BROOKE https://www.instagram.com/brookeaverick https://twitter.com/ladyefron https://www.tiktok.com/@ladyefron CONNOR https://www.instagram.com/fibula/ https://twitter.com/fibulaa https://www.tiktok.com/@fibulaa Hosted by Brooke Averick & Connor Wood, Created by TMG Studios, Brooke Averick & Connor Wood, and Produced by TMG Studios, Brooke Averick & Connor Wood. Chapters: 0:00 Passing Down To Our Kin 3:08 Sorry I’m So Stupid 6:20 Papa’s On DWTS! 8:15 Dancing With Rylee 10:15 Being Earnest On Live TV 15:10 Meeting The Other Contestants 16:05 Amazon Prime 17:30 Article 19:18 Manifesting The Mirrorball 21:18 Breaking The News To Suesue 33:54 Pushing P 35:05 Connor’s Hidden Move 36:19 Rakuten 37:20 Quince 38:59 Lola Blankets 41:13 Fib Gets Ripped 43:29 Personality Rebrand 47:45 Connor’s First Dance 49:12 Roommate Advice 55:20 Throuple Advice 56:35 Cheating Boyfriend Advice 1:04:20 Age Gap Advice 1:07:20 Fart Sniffer Advice 1:12:55 See You In Bonus!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Speaker names marked ? are inferred from speaking time and the show’s known hosts — they are not voice-verified.

• 0:02Speaker 00

  Fall never arrives all at once. First the air, then the light. And slowly, the things you love begin to find each other. A jacket meets a dress. A hoodie slips beneath a blazer. An old cap finds a new scarf. Because you don't simply step into the season. You create it, layer by layer. Until it finally feels like fall. Find fall your way at Ross.

• 0:54Connor Wood?

  I guess when you, when you, when we have sponsors like Quince that come in. And I have my Quince sweaters, you know, like, that's something that like, I'll, every time I wear it, someone compliments me. I want to keep it forever. It's so comfy. I want more of them, you know, but I don't, you know, I don't need more sweaters. That I'll have for a long time until someone kind of pries it from my cold, dead hands. I'll have that Quince sweater.

• 1:16Brooke Averick?

  Are you not, are you done with that?

• 1:18Connor Wood?

  No, I've moved on.

• 1:19Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 1:19Connor Wood?

  That will like, I'm thinking about like, all the stuff that I still pull out of my parents closet. I'm like, this is sick. You know, like my dad's old, like Lacoste sweater. Or, and then there's like hole, kind of holes in it and stuff. And he's like, I've had that since like, we lived in Hawaii, like when I was in the military. And I'm like, that is so cool, even though my mom is an anti-horder. She like gets rid of memorabilia.

• 1:43Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 1:43Connor Wood?

  Things from my childhood. I have to say, why are you throwing away a picture of me, you know?

• 1:50Connor Wood?

  Will we have things to pass down to our kin?

• 1:55Brooke Averick?

  I was about to say, do you see a bunch of little fibbies one day wearing Quince?

• 1:59Connor Wood?

  I would hope so. Unfortunately, I have a surplus of no vibe checks on Saturdays merch that no one bought. So that's what they'll be wearing.

• 2:06Brooke Averick?

  Oh, that's cute. I don't have anything like, I wish I owned like a precious piece. I don't have anything precious to pass down.

• 2:16Connor Wood?

  You know what's weird is to you, it's not going to be precious. It's going to be a-

• 2:19Brooke Averick?

  It's like a Ralph Lauren sweater.

• 2:21Connor Wood?

  Yeah. Or Lacoste, like my dad. What's so weird is the sweater that I was talking about is just a crew neck gray feathered crew neck. Which like, I'm just like, that is so cool. And he's like, yeah, I don't give a shit about that. But like, to me, I'm like, that's precious. To him, it was probably like an expensive Lacoste sweater.

• 2:34Brooke Averick?

  Right.

• 2:34Connor Wood?

  So to you, it'll be a brand new piece. That's, that's good quality, maybe, maybe vintage.

• 2:40Brooke Averick?

  Right.

• 2:41Connor Wood?

  That's already-

• 2:41Brooke Averick?

  That's what I'm saying. I have very few good quality things, which I want to change.

• 2:46Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 2:46Brooke Averick?

  And I'm gonna change once I get that organizing service.

• 2:49Connor Wood?

  Yes.

• 2:50Brooke Averick?

  And I'm gonna just say, throw out everything like fast fashion vibes.

• 2:53Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 2:54Brooke Averick?

  Cause I'm doing capsule. I'm transitioning to capsule.

• 2:56Connor Wood?

  Brooke.

• 2:57Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 2:57Connor Wood?

  Applaud. Applauding you right now in my heart.

• 3:01Brooke Averick?

  Thanks.

• 3:01Connor Wood?

  These pants are linen. And I'm, for audio, I'm quotation marking in the air. Because these, if you were to light a match near me, would catch flame.

• 3:11Brooke Averick?

  I can't do pants like that and real linen, because they're, it's just so wrink, they get so wrinkly.

• 3:16Connor Wood?

  Yeah, I think it's part of the, you know, I say it's part of the look and then I'll get something dry cleaned, which I've just started really leaning into dry cleaning.

• 3:21Brooke Averick?

  Sure.

• 3:22Connor Wood?

  And then I'm like, oh, wait, they weren't supposed to look like they'd been balled up in my glove compartment.

• 3:26Brooke Averick?

  Right. No, I, I don't, it doesn't look good on me. I think that some people look good in wrinkled clothes. Um, but not me. Speaking of don't say that, I have something to say.

• 3:37Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 3:38Brooke Averick?

  Um, you know the song Edge of the Earth by The Beaches?

• 3:43Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 3:44Brooke Averick?

  One of my favorite songs on this planet. I've become obsessed with it since it was an off-campus. And I've been listening to it every day on repeat for months and months and months. This morning, I got my shit rocked when I learned that it, this was not Jack Antonoff's band.

• 4:00Connor Wood?

  Bleachers.

• 4:01Brooke Averick?

  And Jack Antonoff is not the lead vocalist. It's an amazing group of lesbians.

• 4:06Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 4:07Brooke Averick?

  I had, the whole time, I thought Jack Antonoff was singing.

• 4:10Connor Wood?

  That can be fun.

• 4:11Brooke Averick?

  No, I really prefer it this way.

• 4:14Connor Wood?

  No, it can be fun to find out.

• 4:15Brooke Averick?

  Yes, I so much prefer-

• 4:17Connor Wood?

  Find out someone you didn't know is a lesbian is now a lesbian.

• 4:20Brooke Averick?

  I so much prefer the transition to lesbian, from Jack Antonoff to lesbian.

• 4:24Connor Wood?

  Imagine you think you're walking into a room to sit with Jack Antonoff and it's a group of five lesbians. Would you not be like, score?

• 4:30Brooke Averick?

  Yay!

• 4:31Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 4:31Brooke Averick?

  I won. So now I get to listen to this song through a completely new lens. It's like rediscovering my favorite song. And so I'm really happy about that.

• 4:39Connor Wood?

  Brooke, that's awesome.

• 4:40Brooke Averick?

  And then I was thinking about how I was like, oh, I'm so stupid. And that's something I recently said on a plane to a flight attendant. I was in the wrong seat and she let me know. And I said, oh, sorry, I'm very stupid. Cause that's just what came out.

• 4:55Connor Wood?

  I like when you say that, even though like other people are like, don't say that about yourself.

• 4:58Brooke Averick?

  Cause I don't mean it. Like, I'm just like, sorry. I'm, you know, just like joking. She got down on, knelt, got down on eye level.

• 5:06Connor Wood?

  She knelt?

• 5:07Brooke Averick?

  She knelt. Got down eye level. She goes, I don't, I don't want to hear you ever say that again about my beautiful friend. And I said, I'm sorry, I won't. And she goes, I want to hear you say it right now. I'm smart. It was literally like the help. Like, I'm smart and I'm beautiful. And I had to say, I'm smart, I'm beautiful, in front of my whole row. Yeah, it was pretty damn humiliating. So I'm gonna stop saying I'm very stupid.

• 5:27Connor Wood?

  I, like, do what you have to do. I think it's so funny.

• 5:31Brooke Averick?

  I like it personally, but I'm not gonna, I'm gonna stop saying it in public.

• 5:36Connor Wood?

  It is, I mean, there are, I mean, that's incre, I just saw this TikTok of this woman that, there was a young woman, I think it must be an influencer. She was doing her like routine and she was in first class. She had one of those like nice rooms, like at the front. Yeah, the pod. And she's like, do your makeup. And a flight attendant came up like off-camera and was like, I have to share something with you. Part of my job is, I receive messages and I deliver these messages. And it was like very cosmic.

• 6:06Connor Wood?

  And some people are put on earth to, and I think at that point, she was like, let me change this young woman's life. Moving here forward, unfortunately, like for me, she just ruined a really funny joke that you do. But like, I know she meant well.

• 6:17Brooke Averick?

  No, I have a, that was like, that was fine. It was, it was what it was. But like, I, I struggle with nothing more than like when I'm making a joke and some, and people are like, I'm really sorry that happened to you. Or something like that. Like, that is just like, not what I wanted.

• 6:35Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 6:35Brooke Averick?

  You know?

• 6:36Connor Wood?

  You find out really quickly though.

• 6:38Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, it's good to, I mean, it's good to know what you can and can't say to others.

• 6:41Connor Wood?

  Yes, like I have a gun in my purse.

• 6:43Brooke Averick?

  Exactly.

• 6:44Connor Wood?

  Okay, okay, shifting gears, yeah.

• 6:47Brooke Averick?

  Um, you're not on Dancing with the Stars, are you?

• 6:51Connor Wood?

  Brooke.

• 6:52Brooke Averick?

  What?

• 6:55Brooke Averick?

  What? I'm sorry, what?

• 6:57Connor Wood?

  No, it's fine. Yeah.

• 7:02Connor Wood?

  How cool is that?

• 7:05Brooke Averick?

  I mean, just like, like, can you, can you like, what?

• 7:13Connor Wood?

  I know, I know.

• 7:14Brooke Averick?

  Can you take us back to the beginning?

• 7:17Connor Wood?

  What's the beginning?

• 7:17Brooke Averick?

  Like, I guess just like, how you found out, like, like, how does it happen? Like, we have really, like, a cool opportunity to have the inside scoop here. Like, do you apply for it?

• 7:30Connor Wood?

  I don't want to get in trouble on what I can't, no.

• 7:31Brooke Averick?

  Well, we can always cut anything.

• 7:33Connor Wood?

  Yeah. That's the thing I think people don't get is that there's no, there's no tryouts.

• 7:37Brooke Averick?

  Sure.

• 7:37Connor Wood?

  You don't submit a tape. You are, you were invited to come on and, and that's also the thing is like-

• 7:44Brooke Averick?

  Like POV, what was your reaction when you were invited to come on Dancing with the Stars? Was it an email?

• 7:48Connor Wood?

  No, it was, it was a phone call. And that came up last after discussing like, a bunch of logistics. And then I was like, this seems like stuff that you would discuss if you were receiving an invitation. And then at the end, I was like, alright, thanks for the call.

• 8:02Brooke Averick?

  Wait, what do you mean?

• 8:03Connor Wood?

  It was like-

• 8:04Brooke Averick?

  Like it had already been in the talks.

• 8:06Connor Wood?

  Yeah, we were, I mean, we were chatting about travel and, and scheduling and things. And then, huh. You know, cause if you remember right, I was signing a new lease in New York.

• 8:17Brooke Averick?

  I remember, yeah.

• 8:18Connor Wood?

  And now I live in LA again.

• 8:20Brooke Averick?

  I like that.

• 8:21Connor Wood?

  Yeah, no, it's fun. Like you make a plan and who's laughing?

• 8:24Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, but you're, you're bi-coastal now, technically.

• 8:26Connor Wood?

  Yeah, fully.

• 8:27Brooke Averick?

  Fully.

• 8:27Connor Wood?

  I mean, I fully live here though, in LA. Yeah, in Deaf. I know. Yeah, in Deaf. I think it will be quite a while.

• 8:36Brooke Averick?

  I hope so.

• 8:36Connor Wood?

  I think it will be for the foreseeable future.

• 8:38Brooke Averick?

  I hope so.

• 8:38Connor Wood?

  Based on the experiences I'm having in rehearsals.

• 8:42Brooke Averick?

  Say more.

• 8:43Connor Wood?

  We're just really crushing it.

• 8:46Brooke Averick?

  Can you say who your partner is?

• 8:47Connor Wood?

  Yeah, Riley is my partner. Riley Arnold, the coolest girl in the world. Obviously, like, like I was, I was hoping it would be her. I like, I like everybody, but like, she's just so cool and so, so sweet and so nice. Yeah, it's so fun. We have so much fun that I like, actually, we have to dial it back. And I have to be like, okay, I need to stop doing jokes when we're gonna be like half an inch from each other's face.

• 9:08Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, y'all, you kind of have to get like sensual with it.

• 9:12Connor Wood?

  You just have, you're, it's just part of the dance to be like really stoic and close.

• 9:19Connor Wood?

  There was one time where she was like, I have to take a break, I'm sorry. And I was like, what? She was like, you're breathing like this.

• 9:25Connor Wood?

  And I was like, yeah, I'm exhausted. We're like, really like-

• 9:28Brooke Averick?

  How many hours a day are you, are you hitting rehearsal?

• 9:31Connor Wood?

  Three.

• 9:32Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 9:33Connor Wood?

  Three, four.

• 9:34Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, I guess like truly after that, it's like my, I can't do anything else.

• 9:38Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 9:39Brooke Averick?

  Do you feel yourself getting stronger physically?

• 9:41Connor Wood?

  Oh, not yet.

• 9:43Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 9:44Connor Wood?

  But, um, we're getting, like, I mean, she's already got it obviously, but like, I'm getting better, which is cool. I haven't like, I think since college, truly since college, consistency in like learning and getting better at something has not been, I guess like stand-up. I don't know if I was getting, I don't know if I'm getting better though. Like it's kind of been-

• 10:03Brooke Averick?

  I'm sorry, I like, I'm looking at you and I'm like, you're on Dancing with the Stars. I'm like, I can't, it's like, it's feeling really insane. It's, it's insane.

• 10:11Connor Wood?

  No, and, and-

• 10:12Brooke Averick?

  Do you realize that makes you a star by definition?

• 10:16Connor Wood?

  Yeah, yeah.

• 10:17Brooke Averick?

  You are a star.

• 10:18Connor Wood?

  No, no, hang on, I know, like-

• 10:21Brooke Averick?

  This is cra- this is insane Connor.

• 10:24Connor Wood?

  I would consider-

• 10:26Brooke Averick?

  Like, my co-host is a star. I can't get into Allo Gym. My co-host is a star. I can't get on Raya. Like, you're a star.

• 10:34Connor Wood?

  Okay, no. I'm a wild- I was a wild card addition.

• 10:38Brooke Averick?

  Doesn't mean you're a wild star.

• 10:39Connor Wood?

  Which I like, which I like. Cause I can- they have a lot to lose with me coming on. I have nothing to lose. I'm- Brooke, you remember last week I was like, I put a reminder on my phone to lean in and everything? When you guys see this, just know, I'm in my- I'm in my- I'm in my mind leaning into this full speed ahead. I am doing every part of this and I'm not holding back, so.

• 11:01Brooke Averick?

  I think having you was the smartest decision that they could have made and I'll tell you why.

• 11:06Connor Wood?

  Yeah, please.

• 11:07Brooke Averick?

  Well, one, you're gonna be incredible and like a fan favorite. And two, the BNC community-

• 11:13Connor Wood?

  Yeah, will ride at dawn.

• 11:15Brooke Averick?

  Well-

• 11:15Connor Wood?

  Briefly before.

• 11:16Brooke Averick?

  Like, no one's- no one else's community is that engaged. Like, every single listener that we have will be voting.

• 11:24Connor Wood?

  I know, yeah.

• 11:25Brooke Averick?

  So like, that's so- that's so much engagement. Like, they really went ahead and looked at the engagement here of our family. And there- it's gonna- I think it will really work out.

• 11:36Connor Wood?

  I hope so. Can you tell? I got really nervous when you brought it up. My butt is clenching.

• 11:40Brooke Averick?

  Your clench?

• 11:41Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 11:41Brooke Averick?

  I- like, how are you feeling about like, the live TV aspect of it?

• 11:45Connor Wood?

  That I feel fine about because of stand-up. It's so weird. Like, the audience part doesn't freak me out. The TV is kind of like Object Permanence where like, I will see the camera. I don't see everyone in their houses, you know?

• 11:55Brooke Averick?

  You don't- I can speak from my two-minute experience on the Today Show. Like, it doesn't- you don't make the connection. It just feels like doing a podcast. Like, you don't make the connection and it's being blasted out.

• 12:06Connor Wood?

  I have nothing to do. And obviously, they make the show look really good. So like, I've been listening to our song over and over again. I'm getting all the beats down in my head. Driving here, I only- it was a 30-minute drive here. I'd listen to it every- the whole way. Over- I'd start it over as soon as I get to the end. So I'm getting every single beat like ingrained in my brain. And then going to the dance as we go here. Like, my whole life right now is dancing with the stars.

• 12:30Brooke Averick?

  You are- life is dance.

• 12:31Connor Wood?

  I moved to LA to dance.

• 12:33Brooke Averick?

  You're- do you- like, I'm sorry, like, I can't- I have been like so floored about this Connor.

• 12:40Connor Wood?

  I know.

• 12:40Brooke Averick?

  And I'm very excited to tell- to tell my family.

• 12:44Connor Wood?

  I am too. I am too. I'm nervous though. I just truly need everyone to know like, how much I'm putting into this.

• 12:51Brooke Averick?

  What are you most nervous for?

• 12:54Connor Wood?

  Just like stand-up, I'm nervous to miss a step and have it affect like domino effect the rest of the dance, but we have-

• 13:02Brooke Averick?

  Riley won't let that happen.

• 13:04Connor Wood?

  No, she leads, which is so cool. And we're getting- we're getting to the point now where it's like more about, you know, like, I mean, I don't know how much I can share. But it's like, really putting the details into the dance. Yeah, the oomph. But it's great. It's so, so fun. And it's been like so rewarding already to see. Cause the expectations, you get this. Like, you start with like so much in front of you that you're like, how will this ever come to fruition?

• 13:31Brooke Averick?

  Totally.

• 13:32Connor Wood?

  And then the next day, when so much has come to fruition, you're like-

• 13:35Brooke Averick?

  It's hard to imagine the-

• 13:37Connor Wood?

  My next- you keep moving the goalposts for yourself, you know?

• 13:40Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 13:40Connor Wood?

  So it's good. The- I'm very excited. I'm like not nervous about skill level and performance anymore because that was my biggest fear. But we have gotten there and Riley's such a good coach that like, I feel so fine now.

• 13:54Brooke Averick?

  I never for one second questioned skill level. Like, I know that you can dance. I have always said that you can move your body.

• 14:02Connor Wood?

  It's so- the point of this whole thing is to have fun. I want everyone to know I am having so much fun.

• 14:08Brooke Averick?

  I also think it will be really fun, like, for people to see you be serious. Like, you can't be like-

• 14:13Connor Wood?

  No.

• 14:14Brooke Averick?

  You're not gonna be cracking jokes up there. Like, you will have a like-

• 14:18Connor Wood?

  Stoic.

• 14:18Brooke Averick?

  Like, a serious stoic face.

• 14:20Connor Wood?

  It's very-

• 14:21Brooke Averick?

  Like, you will be taking- you're gonna be serious for the first time broadcasted.

• 14:25Connor Wood?

  I know. It's earnest.

• 14:27Brooke Averick?

  It's gonna be very earnest.

• 14:28Connor Wood?

  It was requested of-

• 14:29Brooke Averick?

  And vulnerable.

• 14:30Connor Wood?

  It was requested of me.

• 14:31Brooke Averick?

  To be earnest?

• 14:32Connor Wood?

  Very early on. No, from my team, a team that we share. Try to be earnest. You know, cause like, it's very easy for me to slip into like-

• 14:40Brooke Averick?

  It is.

• 14:41Connor Wood?

  Oh, like self-deprecate. Like, I'm so stupid.

• 14:43Brooke Averick?

  Hey, listen man, I get it.

• 14:44Connor Wood?

  I'm so stupid.

• 14:45Brooke Averick?

  You're talking to someone who's very, very stupid. I get it.

• 14:47Connor Wood?

  We're both very stupid. And so, one thing I've never had an issue with is like memorization and hitting-

• 14:54Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 14:56Connor Wood?

  Brooke, you know what? Hit me like a ton of bricks on like this first or second day.

• 15:04Connor Wood?

  My lack of theater kid-isms that I have in my body, which like, it's crazy that not having the experience of a theater kid, which like, immediately once you are released from the grip of high school and your small town, like, that becomes a really important skill depending on where you go. I don't-

• 15:24Brooke Averick?

  I was gonna say, if you could go back in time, would you be a theater kid?

• 15:27Connor Wood?

  100%. I tried early and then Texas, I played football.

• 15:31Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 15:32Connor Wood?

  Where did that get me?

• 15:34Brooke Averick?

  That sucks that you felt that you had to do that.

• 15:36Connor Wood?

  I know. Anyways, I do- I'm fighting an uphill battle because of my performance. But luckily, stand-up came to me.

• 15:45Brooke Averick?

  Yep.

• 15:46Connor Wood?

  But like, it's really great. And the other contestants-

• 15:48Brooke Averick?

  I was gonna say, have you met them yet?

• 15:49Connor Wood?

  I've met everybody. I'm not kidding when I say that like, could have been me, cause I was shoving my foot in the door. I'm hugging every single person on set. I'm seeing Jackson hug, Jenna hug, Tyler Cameron and I hanging out. Going to lunch, talking. He's getting me all my protein goals, my like macros.

• 16:09Brooke Averick?

  I didn't know you were doing protein goals and macros with Tyler Cameron.

• 16:12Connor Wood?

  Yes, Ciara and I talking about where- when are- what time are you going in? What time are you practicing?

• 16:16Brooke Averick?

  That's your family.

• 16:17Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 16:18Brooke Averick?

  Do you feel like you have like a clique?

• 16:20Connor Wood?

  No, everybody's like so supportive and cool. As are French, my new best friend.

• 16:26Brooke Averick?

  I mean, that's your brother.

• 16:28Connor Wood?

  It's great. Everyone's just been so cool and so kind. It sucks that I'm gonna have to like, kill them all, you know? I feel like everyone I meet lately is trying to be smarter with money, myself included. Cash back here, coupons and points there. But why does it take so much effort? We all just wanna make our money work a little harder.

• 16:46Brooke Averick?

  I totally agree Connor. I love a good deal, but if I actually have to hunt for one or go out of my way to activate a coupon, I've already checked out.

• 16:54Connor Wood?

  Yeah, well Brooke, I think I found one you'll actually like. Prime for Young Adults. It's actually pretty genius. It's a Prime membership for 18 to 24-year-olds that actually makes Prime feel like it's built for you.

• 17:05Brooke Averick?

  Alright, you've got my attention Connor, but what's the catch?

• 17:09Connor Wood?

  What if I told you there isn't one? I'm talking about 5% cash back on eligible purchases in categories like beauty, apparel, electronics, PCs, and health and personal care.

• 17:18Brooke Averick?

  You're telling me this whole time I could have been getting rewarded for the purchases I already make? And with no catch?

• 17:24Connor Wood?

  Exactly. You're not changing your shopping habits. You just get rewarded for them. And the best part? The cash back is automatic. No coupons, no activation, no extra steps.

• 17:34Brooke Averick?

  Now that's the kind of reward I can get behind. No extra work, just getting rewarded for the life I'm already living. Talking about Prime for Young Adults, 5% cash back, 100% made for you.

• 17:45Connor Wood?

  I'm talking about that. If you're between 18 and 24, check out Prime for Young Adults and start earning cash back on the purchases you're already making. Prime for Young Adults is only available for 18 to 24-year-olds. Terms apply. Okay, I have to- I have to stop right here. Stop in the name of love. I have to thank a sponsor of today's episode, Article. I've been really trying to make my space in my new apartment feel more put together. There's a number of ways you can do this. And at my old place here, and I figured out right when I was like kind of on my close friends being like, can someone take this armoire?

• 18:16Brooke Averick?

  Right.

• 18:17Connor Wood?

  This cheapo armoire, which actually was not worth the resale. If someone could pick it up, I was very, very happy because it was cheap and it felt cheap. And I wanted pieces in my adult life that feel elevated but lived in, and that's what led me to Article.

• 18:31Brooke Averick?

  I had been looking into getting a new bed, cause my cat scratched up my current one.

• 18:36Connor Wood?

  Yes, yes, yes.

• 18:36Brooke Averick?

  And Article had so many options that felt modern but still really timeless. It's the kind of furniture that makes your space look even more intentional without feeling overdone. Everything is designed to mix and match easily, so you don't have to stress about whether things will go together. And the whole process is really simple. Ordering is straightforward and delivery is designed to be easy and convenient, which makes a big difference when you're buying larger pieces like a bed.

• 19:00Connor Wood?

  You can tell a lot of care goes into each piece. Everything feels sturdy, well-crafted, and dotfully designed, from the materials to the finishes. It's the kind of furniture that's made to last, not just look good for a short time. That's why I've been buying furniture for like, for a short time.

• 19:15Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 19:17Connor Wood?

  It'll make your face smile. And it'll make your face feel instantly more cohesive without having to overthink it.

• 19:24Brooke Averick?

  Can't be face.

• 19:25Connor Wood?

  I did both. It will make your face smile and it'll make your face feel instantly more cohesive.

• 19:29Brooke Averick?

  I thought I only heard face.

• 19:30Connor Wood?

  I did both. It will make your face smile.

• 19:32Brooke Averick?

  Perfect.

• 19:33Connor Wood?

  Article is offering our listeners $50 off your first purchase of $100 or more. To claim, visit article.com/BNC and the discount will be automatically applied at checkout. That's article.com/BNC for 50 bucks off your first purchase of $100 or more.

• 19:47Brooke Averick?

  Do you see yourself making it-

• 19:48Connor Wood?

  I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding.

• 19:50Brooke Averick?

  Do you see yourself making it to the top 5?

• 19:52Connor Wood?

  Yes.

• 19:53Brooke Averick?

  Oh my god Connor.

• 19:55Connor Wood?

  I know.

• 19:56Brooke Averick?

  Wow.

• 19:57Connor Wood?

  I know. That was not a reality until-

• 20:02Brooke Averick?

  Do you- and is this based off of what you think you can bring in terms of personality or skill level? You can- I think you can say that in this space. Like, I think it's important to say that.

• 20:13Connor Wood?

  Okay.

• 20:13Brooke Averick?

  Cause look how far it's gotten us.

• 20:15Connor Wood?

  Oh yeah, I do.

• 20:16Brooke Averick?

  To manifest.

• 20:18Connor Wood?

  I know. It's scary, cause that'll be really funny to like, look back at.

• 20:23Brooke Averick?

  Like, eliminated night one. Do you see myself making it to the top 5?

• 20:28Connor Wood?

  Top 5 of the first act.

• 20:30Brooke Averick?

  I'm so proud. I'm so- like, you should be so proud and excited. This is the coolest thing like in the world. Like, and it like, this is the coolest thing that's ever happened to me. Like, this happening to you. Like, it is just-

• 20:42Connor Wood?

  What's weird is like, this happened and then like, it took me like one full week of rehearsals to be like-

• 20:50Connor Wood?

  Oh my god, wait, there was no like onboarding, there's no, you go first day right into, you're rehearsing the dance. So like, there's no, there was no like packet you get with like a lanyard that's like, here's your, you're on Dancing with the Stars, like here's, when you, you know, it's just like you are in and the cameras are on and they're rolling, or you're mic'd up and you go and you start, you start dancing. And like, so it took a second for it to be like, "Oh, we're doing this and this is the, this is not Hot Ones Junior."

• 21:19Brooke Averick?

  Right.

• 21:20Connor Wood?

  You know, where like I went and did Hot Ones and I was hungover and like my eyes were swollen.

• 21:23Brooke Averick?

  From Hot Ones Junior to Dancing with the Stars.

• 21:25Connor Wood?

  Hot Ones Junior, you know, this is like, this is not like, this is like the real one, you know, so that freaks me out. When I looked, I was looking in the studio and I was like, "That says Dancing with the Stars," like this is the TV show, Dancing with the Stars.

• 21:40Brooke Averick?

  I'm so, like, I just like, I'm freaked out.

• 21:44Connor Wood?

  I know, I'm very freaked out as well.

• 21:46Brooke Averick?

  I'm just so excited. Who, is your family gonna come? Like what's,

• 21:49Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 21:50Brooke Averick?

  Are they gonna like live here?

• 21:51Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 21:51Brooke Averick?

  What, like where?

• 21:53Connor Wood?

  I don't, I don't really know, I really think there is,

• 21:55Brooke Averick?

  Blow up their spot.

• 21:56Connor Wood?

  They're assuming they're gonna live with me, which is confusing, because I'm in a one bedroom.

• 22:00Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 22:00Connor Wood?

  But they will bring Max, so that will be nice.

• 22:03Brooke Averick?

  And I will finally meet your family.

• 22:04Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 22:05Brooke Averick?

  Who I've never met, which is insane.

• 22:07Connor Wood?

  That is so bizarre. Because they, you know, like, both of our families, I've met your family several times, I've stayed at your house. But like, my parents are like, "Brooke, tell Brooke blah blah blah blah blah," like, "What does Brooke think?" blah blah, Brooke, Brooke, Brooke, and I'm like, "Oh, it's weird when you bring up that they haven't met."

• 22:22Brooke Averick?

  It's, it's so crazy.

• 22:24Connor Wood?

  Well, yeah, you will, you'll meet them and you'll come to shows.

• 22:26Brooke Averick?

  I'll meet them in the ballroom.

• 22:27Connor Wood?

  You'll meet them in the ballroom.

• 22:28Brooke Averick?

  Can you believe, last year when we were watching Dill behind that pole, and now you're, you're gonna be on,

• 22:36Connor Wood?

  Behind that pole, on the other side of that pole?

• 22:37Brooke Averick?

  On the other side of that pole, on the floor, and I'm going to be in the friends and family section.

• 22:44Connor Wood?

  Oh, I'm gonna queef, this sucks.

• 22:46Brooke Averick?

  No, it's amazing. I'm just, I'm so, like,

• 22:49Connor Wood?

  Queef?

• 22:50Brooke Averick?

  I really, like, I wasn't this excited when I like got my book deal, like truly, I'm being, like, as much as that was an amazing thing, like,

• 22:58Connor Wood?

  I mean, thank you for bringing that up, what a weird year, what a crazy year we're having.

• 23:02Brooke Averick?

  So, this is just like, I can't pro,

• 23:05Connor Wood?

  In a hell of a year.

• 23:07Brooke Averick?

  Can we call Susu?

• 23:09Connor Wood?

  You really wanna call Susu?

• 23:10Brooke Averick?

  I do. I think that she'll like die.

• 23:12Connor Wood?

  Okay.

• 23:13Brooke Averick?

  Is that fine to do?

• 23:14Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 23:14Brooke Averick?

  I don't think she'll answer.

• 23:15Connor Wood?

  She didn't see TV yesterday?

• 23:18Brooke Averick?

  No, she did not see the TV yesterday because she, I don't think she has cable, but she's gonna have to get it.

• 23:27Speaker 03

  Brooke?

• 23:28Brooke Averick?

  Seuss?

• 23:29Speaker 03

  Hi, love.

• 23:31Brooke Averick?

  Hi, my love.

• 23:33Speaker 03

  Hi sweetheart, how are you?

• 23:35Brooke Averick?

  Good, I have something so fun to tell you.

• 23:37Speaker 03

  Tell me.

• 23:38Brooke Averick?

  Here, I'm passing you to Connor, because it's really his, his news.

• 23:41Connor Wood?

  My hair. Hi, Shushu.

• 23:45Speaker 03

  Hi precious, how are you?

• 23:46Connor Wood?

  How are you darling?

• 23:48Speaker 03

  I'm good sweetheart, I, I, are you well? Are you doing well?

• 23:52Connor Wood?

  I'm doing okay, I've been dancing a lot.

• 23:56Speaker 03

  Oh yeah? Where?

• 23:57Connor Wood?

  In the studio for Dancing with the Stars.

• 24:02Speaker 03

  Excuse me?

• 24:04Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 24:04Speaker 03

  Are you serious?

• 24:05Connor Wood?

  Yeah, I got it, I landed Dancing with the Stars.

• 24:11Speaker 03

  Oh my god, are you, are you putting me on?

• 24:13Connor Wood?

  No, I'm not putting you on, I'm putting you off even, maybe.

• 24:17Speaker 03

  I can't.

• 24:20Speaker 03

  Connor?

• 24:21Connor Wood?

  Yes.

• 24:21Speaker 03

  That is freaking unbelievable.

• 24:26Connor Wood?

  I know, you have to, you have to come to a show, or, or at least we have to get you locked into the chan, some, the channel.

• 24:34Speaker 03

  Wait a second, when is this going to be, um, on?

• 24:37Connor Wood?

  September 14th.

• 24:40Speaker 03

  I'm putting it on my calendar, I, I, how did this happen?

• 24:43Connor Wood?

  God, I don't know.

• 24:46Speaker 03

  Wait, did you go for an audition?

• 24:47Connor Wood?

  There was no auditions, no, they reached out.

• 24:52Connor Wood?

  I know.

• 24:54Speaker 03

  Connor, that's like, I can't.

• 24:59Brooke Averick?

  Isn't that insane?

• 25:01Speaker 03

  No, you guys are, are over the top, I can't, there's, like, there's no fucking words to, to tell you.

• 25:12Connor Wood?

  I mean,

• 25:14Speaker 03

  Connor, I can't, I really can't.

• 25:17Connor Wood?

  Thank you.

• 25:18Speaker 03

  Connor, I can't wait to see you.

• 25:21Connor Wood?

  I know.

• 25:22Speaker 03

  Are you kidding me guys?

• 25:23Connor Wood?

  No, no, no, no, I'm not. I'll send you the, I'll send you the pictures.

• 25:27Speaker 03

  I'm dying here, I can't even.

• 25:30Connor Wood?

  Oh, it will be so fun.

• 25:32Speaker 03

  Oh my god, you'll do so well too, you better win that thing.

• 25:37Connor Wood?

  Oh, I'm gonna shake my, my freaking butt off.

• 25:41Speaker 03

  So they just reached out to you to do it?

• 25:44Connor Wood?

  Yes, I planted some seeds, but other than that, I think it was just an act of God, no doubt.

• 25:53Speaker 03

  Connor.

• 25:54Connor Wood?

  I know.

• 25:55Speaker 03

  I can't, oh my god, your family must be beside themselves.

• 25:59Connor Wood?

  Oh yeah, my mom almost crashed her car.

• 26:04Speaker 03

  Oh my god, well that is like the best freaking news.

• 26:08Connor Wood?

  Oh, okay, we'll have to have you, you have to make the trip out here at some point.

• 26:13Speaker 03

  Oh my god, that, I don't think that's happening.

• 26:15Brooke Averick?

  You gotta get Bob to drive you.

• 26:18Connor Wood?

  Bob will drive.

• 26:19Speaker 03

  Bob, across country, are you kidding?

• 26:22Connor Wood?

  You'll just have to, you'll take a long nap, one long nap and you'll be here.

• 26:27Speaker 03

  How many hours is it really, to drive across the country?

• 26:30Connor Wood?

  I think it's probably 27 hours.

• 26:33Brooke Averick?

  That's not bad.

• 26:34Connor Wood?

  Which like, if you take like the right pill, that's one long nap.

• 26:37Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 26:40Speaker 03

  Oh my god, I don't have the right drugs, um,

• 26:44Connor Wood?

  Between Brooke and I.

• 26:45Speaker 03

  Where are you guys?

• 26:47Connor Wood?

  We're in LA, we're in Hollywood.

• 26:51Speaker 03

  Oh, your home?

• 26:51Connor Wood?

  Mm-hmm.

• 26:53Speaker 03

  Okay, uh, Connor, like I'm having trouble believing this.

• 26:58Connor Wood?

  I'm gonna send you photos.

• 27:01Speaker 03

  Send me photos, I need to see, and I, I, I am just so over the moon for you, and my darling, Brooke.

• 27:11Connor Wood?

  Me too, I feel the same way.

• 27:13Speaker 03

  I just love you both so much. Oh, I love you so much, and good luck, and you know I'm gonna be watching.

• 27:21Connor Wood?

  I know, thank you Shushu, I love you.

• 27:24Speaker 03

  Oh, I love you too Connor, and Brooke, I love you so much.

• 27:27Brooke Averick?

  Love you.

• 27:29Speaker 03

  Okay, I love you, we were just talking about you yesterday, me and my mom.

• 27:33Brooke Averick?

  Aw, love you guys.

• 27:37Speaker 03

  Ah, Connor, this is,

• 27:40Brooke Averick?

  This has been my reaction, like, it's like, it's just crazy.

• 27:44Speaker 03

  It's like hard to believe, really.

• 27:47Brooke Averick?

  I know.

• 27:47Connor Wood?

  Oh, I know it.

• 27:48Speaker 03

  He's on, on national,

• 27:51Brooke Averick?

  He's,

• 27:51Speaker 03

  TV?

• 27:52Brooke Averick?

  He's on, he's hitting the nations, yeah.

• 27:57Brooke Averick?

  It's crazy.

• 27:58Speaker 03

  It's so crazy, does my mom know?

• 28:01Brooke Averick?

  No, you're the first, you're the first in our family.

• 28:05Speaker 03

  Well, I'm honored, believe me.

• 28:06Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 28:07Connor Wood?

  Bless her heart.

• 28:08Speaker 03

  I love you guys so much, you're just so, you're so amazing together, your, your work and, and, I just, I just can't.

• 28:18Brooke Averick?

  We love you.

• 28:20Speaker 03

  Well, I love you both, and, and I'll be watching, and Connor, you're gonna take it.

• 28:25Connor Wood?

  Come on, knock on wood for me.

• 28:27Speaker 03

  I am, you're gonna take it, I know it.

• 28:30Brooke Averick?

  Take that trophy.

• 28:32Connor Wood?

  I sure hope so, mirror ball.

• 28:33Speaker 03

  You made my day, thanks for telling.

• 28:36Connor Wood?

  Uh-huh.

• 28:37Brooke Averick?

  Love you.

• 28:38Connor Wood?

  Love you Shushu.

• 28:40Brooke Averick?

  Bye.

• 28:41Connor Wood?

  Bye.

• 28:44Connor Wood?

  Sweet girl, she's so sweet.

• 28:46Brooke Averick?

  I mean, like, it really is just like unbelievable.

• 28:49Connor Wood?

  What do you think she does when she hangs up the phone? Do you ever think about that?

• 28:52Brooke Averick?

  I think like, I, I'm being honest right now, I think she's probably sobbing.

• 28:57Connor Wood?

  Yeah. Like you hang up the phone and then,

• 29:04Connor Wood?

  on, like next, next thing to do, next activity?

• 29:08Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 29:08Connor Wood?

  I will never, Susu to me exists in the memory of us going to get food.

• 29:13Brooke Averick?

  That's my favorite.

• 29:15Connor Wood?

  Brooke and Izzy are at Susu's house, or we're at Mama and Papa's house. So Susu'd come over, she's like, "I'm gonna go get something to eat," and I was like, "I'm pretty hungry," and she was going to a health food store. And I was like, "I would like to go to a health food, health food store," because Susu is the picture of health.

• 29:30Brooke Averick?

  Right.

• 29:30Connor Wood?

  Just like, and that's how I wanna look.

• 29:33Brooke Averick?

  Right.

• 29:34Connor Wood?

  So I'm like, "I'm gonna go wherever she eats." We had like,

• 29:37Brooke Averick?

  Susu's gonna, I think Susu's 80.

• 29:41Connor Wood?

  What?

• 29:41Brooke Averick?

  No, she's just, she might be 79.

• 29:45Connor Wood?

  Really?

• 29:45Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 29:47Connor Wood?

  Wow, my,

• 29:47Brooke Averick?

  I think 80.

• 29:48Connor Wood?

  My grandma having 15 plus years on your, your great aunt is very crazy to me.

• 29:54Brooke Averick?

  Well, Mama and Papa are not 80, my mom is like 76.

• 29:59Connor Wood?

  Oh my god, my grandma is 20 years older than your grandma, how is that possible?

• 30:02Brooke Averick?

  Because they had my mom when they were 18.

• 30:05Connor Wood?

  Oh, okay, so Mimi is the same age as your, as Mama and Papa?

• 30:10Brooke Averick?

  How old's Mimi?

• 30:12Connor Wood?

  75?

• 30:12Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 30:13Connor Wood?

  76?

• 30:14Brooke Averick?

  Exactly.

• 30:14Connor Wood?

  She had my mom at 16.

• 30:15Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, that's perfect.

• 30:16Connor Wood?

  Bless her heart.

• 30:17Brooke Averick?

  Bless her heart.

• 30:18Connor Wood?

  Yeah, I was like, did I tell you that story about, like, we were like, why is mom's middle name and it's, or like, my aunt's middle name like Jones? It's like a last name, she's like, "I was 16, I don't know."

• 30:28Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 30:29Connor Wood?

  Like, that's facts.

• 30:31Brooke Averick?

  Very valid.

• 30:31Connor Wood?

  Like, think about what you were going through at 16, and then like, you want a middle name, I don't, carpet, like, I don't know.

• 30:36Brooke Averick?

  That's wild.

• 30:37Connor Wood?

  Who cares?

• 30:37Brooke Averick?

  16.

• 30:39Connor Wood?

  Think about the stuff you did at 16, and like, having, having it affect someone else's.

• 30:42Brooke Averick?

  Honestly, I think I would have been a better mom when I was 16 than now. I'm being genuine, like, I could like look after myself then. Now, I'm just like, something drops on the floor, okay, it'll, it'll be there for a very, very, very long time.

• 30:55Connor Wood?

  Brooke?

• 30:56Brooke Averick?

  Anyway, continue.

• 30:57Connor Wood?

  The cathartic feeling of picking up like, oh, hair tie that's been on the ground in your kitchen, like, we're kind of underneath where the cabinet goes like this? Like next to the floorboard? Wait, what's it called? Not the floorboard, the thing that like kind of, the thing on the side of the wall there, that like kind of, that white part.

• 31:17Brooke Averick?

  A white, oh, I don't know what that's called.

• 31:19Connor Wood?

  Crown molding on the ground?

• 31:21Brooke Averick?

  The molding?

• 31:21Connor Wood?

  Oh, the molding?

• 31:22Brooke Averick?

  Sure.

• 31:22Connor Wood?

  My parents made such a huge fuss about like, "We need to clean the molding tomorrow," I'm like, "Okay."

• 31:29Brooke Averick?

  Uh, yeah, I don't,

• 31:29Connor Wood?

  Why don't we clean the molding now?

• 31:30Brooke Averick?

  I don't pay any attention to the molding, my molding's really dirty.

• 31:33Connor Wood?

  You have molding?

• 31:34Brooke Averick?

  Yes, it's so dirty.

• 31:35Connor Wood?

  Wow, rich.

• 31:35Brooke Averick?

  With wet cat food.

• 31:36Connor Wood?

  Generational wealth, you have molding?

• 31:38Brooke Averick?

  I think, yeah, my apartment, it's really old.

• 31:43Connor Wood?

  Pardon.

• 31:44Brooke Averick?

  Do you want to keep going with the health food story you're gonna call it?

• 31:46Connor Wood?

  Yes, the health food story. So Susu's going, she has this massive truck. Like huge, massive, huge beast of a truck.

• 31:55Brooke Averick?

  Was this when she was doing the G-Wagon or was it, yeah?

• 31:58Connor Wood?

  It's a G-Wagon, but it is like lifted, like it's like the most absurd. Like Scott Disick would drive this. It's like the biggest and

• 32:06Brooke Averick?

  I'm obsessed.

• 32:07Connor Wood?

  Susu is the size of a can. She's this big.

• 32:11Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 32:11Connor Wood?

  And I'm like, don't even know how her feet hit the pedals. She's going and she's going, we're pulling out of a cul-de-sac. She's going 140 miles an hour. I'm like, oh, and I was quiet and I was white knuckling the door handle. And like, I'm just like, I do have to let go on my God because like I do trust Susu. I think that she was blood sugar zero.

• 32:32Brooke Averick?

  She was blood sugar zero.

• 32:33Connor Wood?

  And like needed to get to the grocery store. So like we got there by the grace of God. I almost was like, do you want me to drive? Cause I'm scared.

• 32:40Brooke Averick?

  Sure.

• 32:41Connor Wood?

  Luckily the grocery store is like 10, five minutes away, six minutes away. And we get there and like, we're waiting in, we waited in this long line to order, I think a sandwich. Some sort of like salad sandwich line. And it's at the front of the grocery store and there's a huge line of people like it's, I think it's 1pm. So people are like off work getting lunch and she wait, I had this, I had, you can see the menu while you're in line.

• 33:04Brooke Averick?

  Right.

• 33:04Connor Wood?

  So I'd like decided what I want. And she gets there and she was like, oh, I have not looked at the menu. There's 19 people behind us. Like, and she's looking at the menu. Hmm. Well, I hmm, no. Three minutes at least, like I'm 60 seconds, 120 seconds and I'm going, sorry, you can go in front of us. And she's like, no, I'm about to do it. Like, don't let them skip us. Cause I'm about to put my order in. They're done with my order. My order's sitting at the cash register. And finally, three minutes in, she goes, I'm gonna get something else.

• 33:36Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 33:37Connor Wood?

  I was like, oh, she leaves. I lose her in the grocery store. She's gone, gone, gone. She comes back. She's got bean dip and a fork. Like she's gonna eat the bean dip as her meal.

• 33:46Brooke Averick?

  I think she was pant, like genuinely probably panicking.

• 33:48Connor Wood?

  I know. I was trying to help her. I was like, let me get whatever you need.

• 33:51Brooke Averick?

  Yeah. She also like her, like what she eats, like doesn't necessarily make sense to like what anyone else would put in their body.

• 34:00Connor Wood?

  I am fascinated by the human body and what other people, like what different people put in their body all day. And how like resilient the body is to be able to just be like, this will do, this is fine.

• 34:09Brooke Averick?

  I'm not sure how she fuels, how she gets fuel, but she's, hey, she's fueled regardless. So.

• 34:16Connor Wood?

  That woman is pushing.

• 34:17Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 34:18Connor Wood?

  Pushing P.

• 34:19Brooke Averick?

  Yeah. So anyway, lover did S.

• 34:23Connor Wood?

  What did pushing P mean?

• 34:25Brooke Averick?

  I've never heard that.

• 34:25Connor Wood?

  Yeah. Pushing P, pushing P, pushing P, comma, pushing P.

• 34:30Brooke Averick?

  I've never heard that.

• 34:31Connor Wood?

  Period. What does pushing P mean? Pushing P or pushing P is a slang term that means acting with integrity. Okay, cool. Acting with integrity, staying true to yourself and displaying success like a true player.

• 34:46Brooke Averick?

  Player, P for player.

• 34:47Connor Wood?

  I'm pushing P.

• 34:48Brooke Averick?

  Yeah. I like that.

• 34:50Connor Wood?

  Yeah. I'm leaning in and I'm pushing P.

• 34:52Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 34:53Connor Wood?

  Brooke.

• 34:53Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 34:54Connor Wood?

  Lean in and push P today.

• 34:56Brooke Averick?

  You will lean in and push P for the next, how many months if you make it to the top?

• 35:02Connor Wood?

  I believe it goes into December.

• 35:04Brooke Averick?

  Into December?

• 35:05Connor Wood?

  Yes. I'm in, I'm gonna get an LA driver's license, not California, LA.

• 35:10Brooke Averick?

  Are there LA driver's licenses?

• 35:12Connor Wood?

  No.

• 35:12Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 35:13Connor Wood?

  What?

• 35:14Brooke Averick?

  Sorry, I'm very stupid.

• 35:16Connor Wood?

  You are very, we're both very stupid.

• 35:17Brooke Averick?

  Sorry, I'm very, very stupid. I got confused. You said it so convincingly.

• 35:21Connor Wood?

  I know.

• 35:21Brooke Averick?

  Is there anything else dancing we need to cover?

• 35:27Connor Wood?

  No, I mean, I'm pretty sore, like my whole body's pretty sore.

• 35:33Brooke Averick?

  I wonder if you'll get doms.

• 35:37Connor Wood?

  Sure. I'll probably get doms. I

• 35:38Brooke Averick?

  If you get doms, you will not be able to dance.

• 35:40Connor Wood?

  I wouldn't know the difference.

• 35:41Brooke Averick?

  No, you would. That's what I'm saying. I would never put doms on anyone, but

• 35:48Connor Wood?

  There's a secret, there's a secret move I have up my sleeve that like I displayed jokingly. And there's potential it might be added to our dance.

• 36:00Brooke Averick?

  You displayed jokingly?

• 36:01Connor Wood?

  I displayed jokingly and

• 36:04Brooke Averick?

  Is it like hammy?

• 36:06Connor Wood?

  Apparently it was, it was very skillful.

• 36:09Brooke Averick?

  It was very skillful.

• 36:10Connor Wood?

  Yeah. And it's something that I've been able to do since I was a child.

• 36:13Brooke Averick?

  Is it like worm vibe?

• 36:15Connor Wood?

  No. Um, I won't, that's all I'll say. Cause I don't know if we'll add it.

• 36:20Brooke Averick?

  Will we know it when we see it? It's added?

• 36:22Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 36:22Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 36:22Connor Wood?

  Yeah, you will. Um, but no, there's nothing

• 36:25Brooke Averick?

  I want to ask something.

• 36:26Connor Wood?

  Okay.

• 36:27Brooke Averick?

  Are you gonna have to go shirt off?

• 36:29Connor Wood?

  Not yet.

• 36:29Brooke Averick?

  But eventually?

• 36:30Connor Wood?

  I don't know. It hasn't been added.

• 36:32Brooke Averick?

  It's a possibility.

• 36:33Connor Wood?

  I don't know anything about like the, the technique for having shirt off besides it being like a pop moment.

• 36:37Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 36:38Connor Wood?

  But like, I think that I will be able to, I will be able to hold my own without having to show my tits.

• 36:44Brooke Averick?

  You feel ready for it if, if it comes to shirt off?

• 36:47Connor Wood?

  Not yet. Can I take a second to thank a sponsor of today's episode?

• 36:51Brooke Averick?

  Can.

• 36:51Connor Wood?

  Rakuten. It's one of my favorites. With Rakuten, you earn cash back and rewards on almost everything you buy. It's a smart no brainer way to save money and feel rewarded when you shop. Rakuten partners with all your favorite brands across so many categories to name a few. It's fashion, beauty, travel, concert tickets, electronics, restaurants, and more.

• 37:09Brooke Averick?

  You can redeem your cash back your way. Check, PayPal, Bill points, or redeem instantly in the form of a gift card from one of your favorite stores. Earn rewards at places like Sephora, Ticketmaster, and Urban Outfitters. Or eligible American Express card members can choose to earn membership rewards points instead of cash back. Terms and conditions apply.

• 37:30Connor Wood?

  Right. Maximize your savings by stacking cash back on top of other deals like store sales and coupons. It's super easy and free. You just need an email to sign up. Join for free at rakuten.com or download the Rakuten app to start saving money today. Guess who's in town? It's a sponsor of today's episode, Quince. I feel like the best things I own are always the pieces that I don't even have to think about. That's like a blanket statement about my entire life, but the things I know look good. They're comfortable. I can throw them on over and over without getting sick of them. That's exactly what I love about Quince. That's why I need it to get cooler out so I can throw my Quince back on. They make elevated everyday essentials. They're actually, they actually feel like they're meant to live in your closet for years.

• 38:09Brooke Averick?

  Quince uses premium materials like Mongolian cashmere, organic cotton, and washable silk. But everything still feels really wearable and easy to style. Their 100% Mongolian cashmere sweaters start at just $50 and they also have premium stretch denim, leather bags, and shoes, and really pretty 14 karat gold jewelry. One of my personal favorites is their Mongolian cashmere crew neck sweater. I feel like I'm constantly

• 38:33Connor Wood?

  What do you think makes it Mongolian?

• 38:34Brooke Averick?

  I, it must be from Mongolia.

• 38:37Connor Wood?

  Oh.

• 38:38Brooke Averick?

  I feel like I'm constantly reaching for it because it's one of those pieces that makes an outfit look a little bit more put together without me actually having to try too hard.

• 38:45Connor Wood?

  Right. The cooler part is to me, from an economical standpoint, is that Quince is able to price everything 50, 80% less than similar brands because they work directly with factories to cut out the middleman. You're paying for the quality of the materials instead of a huge brand markup, right? So it goes way beyond clothes. They also have hotel quality bedding and bath, kitchen essentials, and furniture. So I feel like every time I go on their site, I end up finding something I want.

• 39:10Brooke Averick?

  Find the fall pieces you'll reach for most at Quince. Download the Quince app for app exclusive offers or go to quince.com/BNC. Get free shipping on your order and 365 day returns. Now available in Canada and the UK too. That's Q U I N C E dot com slash B and C.

• 39:28Connor Wood?

  Hi guys. I hope everyone's sitting down here in a cozy type of way because I have to thank a sponsor of today's episode. Lola Blankets. This is my family. Wedding season always comes around and I never know what to get people. In fact, good reminder, I owe a couple of people wedding presents. Half the registry is already purchased and everything else feels like another kitchen gadget that's just gonna end up in a cabinet. But a Lola blanket is a gift people actually use every single day.

• 39:50Brooke Averick?

  I have one in my living room and every single person who comes over ends up asking about it. They'll sit down, feel it for two seconds and immediately go, wait, where did you get this? It's honestly become one of those things where I know exactly what I'm bringing to the next wedding because everyone has the exact same reaction. Yup. The one I picked has a really neutral color that works with basically any home. So it feels like such a safe gift without feeling boring. It actually makes the space look pretty put together.

• 40:17Connor Wood?

  Yeah. I mean, I got that jean from my mom where like, I can only have the action pieces that are like tan, white, brown. On the other hand, Hunter got the tiger print that's on his couch. Do you really? There's like a star one and a tiger print one.

• 40:31Brooke Averick?

  Mine are blue and green, which are like neutrals of the colors, Paige.

• 40:35Connor Wood?

  Neutrals of

• 40:36Brooke Averick?

  Neutrals of color.

• 40:37Connor Wood?

  Of your home.

• 40:38Brooke Averick?

  Yeah. You know, I like color.

• 40:40Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 40:41Brooke Averick?

  But they're like pastel.

• 40:43Connor Wood?

  I would like to see them.

• 40:44Brooke Averick?

  Okay, come over.

• 40:44Connor Wood?

  I will say that I was on someone's close friends the other day and like an influencer that works with Lola and on their close friend. They're like, there is genuinely nothing in the world like being on my couch with my Lola blanket wrapped around me. And I was like, this is like, you should put that on your real story. You could probably get some work. But the quality, that goes without saying, it's unreal. It's made with this incredibly soft luxury faux fur and it has a signature little bit of stretch to it. You have to feel it to understand. But it's machine washable. It doesn't shed. It doesn't pill. It's made to last.

• 41:12Brooke Averick?

  True.

• 41:13Connor Wood?

  Whether you're there watching movies together, hosting friends, or hanging out on the couch after work. It's one of those gifts that becomes part of their daily life.

• 41:19Brooke Averick?

  It also has over 20,000 five star reviews. So clearly we're not the only ones obsessed with it. For a limited time, our listeners can get 40% off select Lola blanket products with code B and C at checkout. Just head to LolaBlankets.com and use code B and C to get 40% off your order. After you purchase, they'll ask where you heard about them. Please support our show and let them know we sent you. Wrap yourself in luxury with Lola Blankets. You're gonna get so fit. You already are, but you're, it's gonna be crazy.

• 41:47Connor Wood?

  It's been six weeks since you looked at me.

• 41:51Brooke Averick?

  It's been six weeks since you looked at me? What does that mean?

• 41:57Connor Wood?

  It's a song.

• 41:58Brooke Averick?

  Is it?

• 41:59Connor Wood?

  It's been, is that the song?

• 42:02Brooke Averick?

  I've never heard that. I thought you were genuine.

• 42:04Connor Wood?

  No, it's been six weeks since you looked. Wait, can we check what song that is? It's been

• 42:15Brooke Averick?

  Are you feeling more fit or less fit since the last time I saw you?

• 42:18Connor Wood?

  Yeah. I go to the gym still when I get back from rehearsals.

• 42:21Brooke Averick?

  Are you kidding?

• 42:22Connor Wood?

  No.

• 42:22Brooke Averick?

  There's no need for that.

• 42:23Connor Wood?

  I, you guys don't understand that I canceled every other thing outside of what we'd already committed to before this.

• 42:32Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 42:32Connor Wood?

  Everything has been, except for calls and meetings and stuff that like I can do between.

• 42:37Brooke Averick?

  Canceled. Cleared. You've cleared.

• 42:39Connor Wood?

  For me to put my whole body into this competition and I'm gonna do that. It has only been one week since you looked at me, not six weeks. Okay. Bare naked ladies.

• 42:51Brooke Averick?

  It's been, so it's one week?

• 42:52Connor Wood?

  One week since you looked at me.

• 42:55Brooke Averick?

  Wow.

• 42:56Connor Wood?

  You've not heard this?

• 42:57Brooke Averick?

  No, but I could not do Dancing with the Stars because I would not agree to be in a leotard.

• 43:04Connor Wood?

  You don't have to be in a leotard. They're all in gowns and dresses.

• 43:07Brooke Averick?

  No, they should, or they should, a lot of them are in like ice dancers, like kind of like leotard with their thighs out.

• 43:13Connor Wood?

  You can.

• 43:14Brooke Averick?

  I'm not doing thighs out.

• 43:15Connor Wood?

  You can do whatever you feel, like you call the shots.

• 43:18Brooke Averick?

  I could be in a gown, but it always, it obviously flips up always. Like, I don't want that part of my body out.

• 43:30Connor Wood?

  You get to call the shot. I don't, I don't.

• 43:32Brooke Averick?

  No, but you know, when like, if you're in a gown, like you're always getting dipped and flown around and like, I'm sure I'd be tossed and turned. Like, I don't want any of that on TV.

• 43:46Brooke Averick?

  You know what I mean?

• 43:46Connor Wood?

  Yeah, the same reason I'm like, I'm, I'm leaving my shirt on for now. I don't see the need to take my.

• 43:51Brooke Averick?

  I'm excited for shirt off tonight.

• 43:54Connor Wood?

  Hopefully it's at the end. Um, I'm scared I'm gonna have, like, high school level nightmares about this.

• 44:03Brooke Averick?

  You might.

• 44:04Connor Wood?

  For like the rest of my life.

• 44:05Brooke Averick?

  You might, and that's fine.

• 44:07Connor Wood?

  I'm already kinda like.

• 44:07Brooke Averick?

  This is something that will like stay with you for the rest of your life.

• 44:10Connor Wood?

  Yeah, it's boot camp.

• 44:11Brooke Averick?

  It's like, when you look back on your life, it'll be like, that's when I was on Dancing with the Stars.

• 44:17Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 44:17Brooke Averick?

  Did you, did you watch Dancing with the Stars as a kid?

• 44:20Connor Wood?

  Hmm.

• 44:20Brooke Averick?

  Like that, like, imagine going back and being like, you're going to be on that.

• 44:25Connor Wood?

  I can't. Yeah, we watched it like growing up.

• 44:27Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 44:28Connor Wood?

  Cause that was when, and this is crazy, like, I'm sure there are people listening to this podcast that will be like, what do you mean? But it was just on in my house when I'd get home from school, like soccer practice, like, I'd get home and dancing, it was Dancing with the Stars night and there was no Netflix or anything. It was just like, you turn the channel and it's on. And then you go pee during commercial. I jump over the back of the couch, run to pee. It's back on. Run back, jump over the couch, sit.

• 44:53Brooke Averick?

  Who was the first celebrity to win Dancing with the Stars? The first star?

• 44:57Connor Wood?

  Good one.

• 45:00Brooke Averick?

  I'm a, I'm a little bit nervous that like people

• 45:06Brooke Averick?

  will listen to this podcast from finding you on Dancing with the Stars.

• 45:10Connor Wood?

  Yeah, so that's why I'm, I'm implementing a couple of changes moving forward. So.

• 45:14Brooke Averick?

  On the pod?

• 45:15Connor Wood?

  No, just, I'm gonna, I have a whole deck I made.

• 45:19Brooke Averick?

  Personality rebrand?

• 45:20Connor Wood?

  No, no, no, not personality rebrand. This is true, this is me, I'm pushing pee. And what else? Oh, I'm leaning in. This is true, this is me, I'm leaning in, I'm pushing pee.

• 45:31Brooke Averick?

  That sounds like this is real, this is me, I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.

• 45:35Connor Wood?

  Yeah, I changed it.

• 45:35Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 45:36Connor Wood?

  Just like I'm gonna be changing some, some things around here. I don't know.

• 45:40Brooke Averick?

  Let me know.

• 45:40Connor Wood?

  Yeah, I'm going to. I've already, yeah, I emailed you.

• 45:43Brooke Averick?

  Okay, let me know because I'm, I'm scared that it's gonna be like a lot of like people who.

• 45:50Connor Wood?

  Won't really understand the gun in my purse.

• 45:52Brooke Averick?

  Totally.

• 45:53Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 45:54Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, so.

• 45:57Brooke Averick?

  That'll be interesting, something to think about.

• 45:58Connor Wood?

  We will survive. We will be okay.

• 46:01Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 46:02Connor Wood?

  And if anything else, we won't. And then like, I'll see you like at some point.

• 46:07Brooke Averick?

  Right. Wow.

• 46:10Connor Wood?

  Down the road.

• 46:11Brooke Averick?

  Kelly Monaco. I don't think I know Kelly Monaco, but she was the first star to win Dancing with the Stars.

• 46:18Connor Wood?

  She's known from General Hospital. Did you ever watch General Hospital?

• 46:21Brooke Averick?

  No.

• 46:21Connor Wood?

  Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, Kelly.

• 46:24Brooke Averick?

  Okay, who was the second star to win Dancing with the Stars?

• 46:31Brooke Averick?

  Drew Lachey.

• 46:32Connor Wood?

  Oh, yeah.

• 46:32Brooke Averick?

  I remember that.

• 46:35Brooke Averick?

  But sometimes like Drew, like, no, I guess Drew wouldn't be a good example of like having an advantage, but like some of the stars, I'm like, you have such a clear advantage, like Charli D'Amelio, like, you're a dancer.

• 46:48Connor Wood?

  Yeah, that's why it's about more than, you know, it's like, it's like a 360.

• 46:52Brooke Averick?

  It's a 360. It's like who has what it takes to be the next American Idol. Like, it's more than just.

• 46:56Connor Wood?

  Growth.

• 46:56Brooke Averick?

  Growth and.

• 46:58Connor Wood?

  Charm.

• 46:58Brooke Averick?

  You think you're gonna grow as a person?

• 47:00Connor Wood?

  I hope I grow in height.

• 47:02Brooke Averick?

  But do you think you'll grow as a person?

• 47:03Connor Wood?

  Yes.

• 47:04Brooke Averick?

  You've got dancing shoes?

• 47:06Connor Wood?

  I have, yeah, I broke, so my, my first week of practice, I busted the heels out of both shoe. So, plural. I busted this, I had to get a new pair like five days in. And Riley was like, so now you understand when I say you should not be on your heels at all during this dance, that's what I meant. Like, the shoes aren't even built for you to be on your heels. You need to be on your toes the entire time. So you can like be, cause you're not ever stopping, you know, it's like flowing to the next thing.

• 47:36Brooke Averick?

  Wow.

• 47:36Connor Wood?

  The whole time. And then you can't like spin or like dip or anything if you're on your heels. It takes like an extra half second to like move forward.

• 47:44Brooke Averick?

  Can't believe you're on Dancing with the Stars.

• 47:47Connor Wood?

  Yay.

• 47:47Brooke Averick?

  Have they started like filming you?

• 47:48Connor Wood?

  You film every single day. I don't, I don't know how they go.

• 47:51Brooke Averick?

  So you've done like confessionals?

• 47:52Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 47:53Brooke Averick?

  Oh my God.

• 47:54Connor Wood?

  The confessionals are me being like, that's just awesome.

• 47:58Brooke Averick?

  So you've like talked about, you've been like, hey, like I'm Connor, like talked about your backstory, where you're from and whoa.

• 48:05Connor Wood?

  Yeah, it's gonna be really fun. I can't wait for people to see the.

• 48:08Brooke Averick?

  I, September 14th?

• 48:10Connor Wood?

  Yeah, or 15th. I don't remember.

• 48:12Brooke Averick?

  September 14th or 15th.

• 48:13Connor Wood?

  14th or 15th.

• 48:14Brooke Averick?

  September 14th. I like, I'm beside myself.

• 48:17Connor Wood?

  It's gonna be lit.

• 48:21Brooke Averick?

  September 15th.

• 48:21Connor Wood?

  September 15th, sorry.

• 48:23Brooke Averick?

  I'll text you soon. Uh, oh, it's two night event?

• 48:27Connor Wood?

  Yes.

• 48:27Brooke Averick?

  Are you doing two dances?

• 48:29Connor Wood?

  No, that's, uh, cause there's 16 dancers now.

• 48:31Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 48:32Connor Wood?

  So there's a lot of us, so they're splitting.

• 48:34Brooke Averick?

  Got it.

• 48:34Connor Wood?

  So there's gonna be two, which is very scary.

• 48:37Brooke Averick?

  Do you know which night you are?

• 48:38Connor Wood?

  I don't, yeah, but.

• 48:41Brooke Averick?

  Wow.

• 48:41Connor Wood?

  I will.

• 48:43Brooke Averick?

  I can't.

• 48:44Connor Wood?

  Maybe I do.

• 48:44Brooke Averick?

  I can't, like, like, this is just like, it's really just.

• 48:51Connor Wood?

  You're gonna die. You're gonna die. The cool part for me is like, I told him, when I say I'm leaning in, I told him, let's go over the top of costumes, let's go over the top of the dance. Like, anything you guys want me to do, I will do. I'm not holding back. Like, I don't have a body of work that would prohibit me or hold me back from leaning in full throttle. And I'm curious to see how that's received by people that don't know who I am.

• 49:14Brooke Averick?

  Throw yourself across the floor.

• 49:16Connor Wood?

  Yes, I'll do anything. I'll wear anything, I'll sing. I'm, I'm figuring out if I'm gonna take my shirt off.

• 49:23Brooke Averick?

  I'll do anything.

• 49:24Connor Wood?

  I'm leaving my top on.

• 49:25Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 49:26Connor Wood?

  Um, I don't know, that's, that's my skill set. That's what I'm bringing to it is that like I'm

• 49:31Brooke Averick?

  I'm down for anything.

• 49:32Connor Wood?

  And I'm, I'm a DAB, I'm a down ass bitch. Yeah.

• 49:34Brooke Averick?

  Wow.

• 49:35Connor Wood?

  So.

• 49:36Brooke Averick?

  This is amazing.

• 49:36Connor Wood?

  Dab here, I'm pushing pee, I'm true and I'm real and I'm me and I'm leaning in. Um, we should do, because we posted.

• 49:43Brooke Averick?

  Sure.

• 49:44Connor Wood?

  Some of the.

• 49:45Brooke Averick?

  Oh yeah, we asked for advice. I told you we were gonna spend most of the time talking about dancing.

• 49:49Connor Wood?

  All right, so last week, we have to do the advice we asked people to submit last week.

• 49:53Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

• 49:54Connor Wood?

  We asked people to ask advice. We don't ever do the advice thing.

• 49:58Brooke Averick?

  I know.

• 49:59Connor Wood?

  Cause I feel like we don't feel.

• 50:01Brooke Averick?

  Well, we're not qualified.

• 50:02Connor Wood?

  Qualified.

• 50:02Brooke Averick?

  To be giving it, but we can try.

• 50:04Connor Wood?

  But like, we'll, we'll add up, I think instead of us giving advice, we'll give an opinion on your situation.

• 50:09Brooke Averick?

  I like that.

• 50:10Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 50:11Brooke Averick?

  Do you wanna start with the voice memos you got or?

• 50:13Connor Wood?

  Yeah, we could try, so like I tried the voice memos because I thought that it'd be fun. And when you play the voice memos, when people submit them, you can like do other stuff while you listen to them.

• 50:22Connor Wood?

  So I'm gonna try that. But, oop.

• 50:28Connor Wood?

  Oh, I was listening to them on like 2X.

• 50:30Brooke Averick?

  That's fine.

• 50:31Connor Wood?

  Okay.

• 50:32Brooke Averick?

  People will appreciate 2X.

• 50:35Connor Wood?

  This is like a twofer.

• 50:37Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 50:38Connor Wood?

  So I'm gonna play the first one.

• 50:39Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 50:39Connor Wood?

  And then I'm gonna read the second one.

• 50:42Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 50:42Connor Wood?

  Okay.

• 50:43Speaker 04

  I need advice. Um, I have a guest room in my apartment and a friend of mine is about to end his lease and is looking for a new place, but doesn't yet know where he's going to go. And so part of me wants to invite him to stay in my guest room, but then I'm worried he's just gonna take that as an invitation to move in instead of continuing to look for a place. And I'd like to keep my guest room as a guest room. So what do I do? Do I invite him to stay for a little bit and say, yeah, you can stay, but only for a week? Do I just tell him to come over and then we figure it out as we go? What do I do?

• 51:06Connor Wood?

  So he has a guest room. It's open. What's weird about giving people an inch or giving a mouse a cookie or giving a moose a knuckle is that they will

• 51:18Connor Wood?

  take a mile depending on their character.

• 51:20Brooke Averick?

  It, I was gonna say it depends on the character. Like, if you know your friend will take the mile, I would not even offer it as an option personally.

• 51:27Connor Wood?

  Yeah, my, my thing now is like, I wanna be very clear with you. This is like, and you can joke, you can like deliver it jokingly. You can't live with me, just so you know, like, we can do max like two weeks.

• 51:39Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, and you could always pull the like, I love you so much, like I've never had a good experience like with a roommate.

• 51:46Connor Wood?

  You could also be like.

• 51:46Brooke Averick?

  Wouldn't want that to affect your friendship.

• 51:48Connor Wood?

  Want that? And then you could also be like, I love you so much that I wouldn't offer this to anyone else. I'm offering it to you on a short term basis and you have to leave at this point. I think if you just lay it all out there, you have to leave. And then a week, I'll be like, one week left, just heads up. I hope you have a place lined up.

• 52:03Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, I would also maybe say like, you'll, like to them, like you'll figure it out, like you won't, like you won't ever be homeless, like worse comes to worse, you can crash with me for a few days.

• 52:12Connor Wood?

  I'm saying that as someone.

• 52:14Brooke Averick?

  For a few days.

• 52:14Connor Wood?

  I'm saying that as someone who lease ended, fired from my job and Austin moved into Hunter's house for one year.

• 52:22Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 52:23Connor Wood?

  But he was like, like when I was leaving, he's like, oh no, when I was moving to LA, it's like very sad. He liked the company. And I guess he had a whole house, so like the, the bedroom that I was in.

• 52:34Connor Wood?

  Was not like that imposing on him and he was on like a different floor.

• 52:38Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 52:39Connor Wood?

  But my issue is the kitchen. Like I want to go use a kitchen and it be my kitchen and like I'm using the pans and like I'm in a rush. I leave and there's eggs still on the pan.

• 52:48Brooke Averick?

  You don't want a roommate. That's we need to like, that's completely fine and that doesn't make you.

• 52:51Connor Wood?

  I just realized I've done this twice.

• 52:53Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 52:53Connor Wood?

  Covid. I lived at Kinsey's Beach House.

• 52:55Brooke Averick?

  Oh, God, yeah.

• 52:56Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 52:56Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, you are that friend and I would say I'm, I would be in this person's position, in which case I would like offer it like as a, and I wouldn't even offer it. I would be like, you will be fine. Like you always, you'll figure it out. You always do. Worse comes to worse. You can always crash with me for a few days. I would say.

• 53:15Connor Wood?

  I know. Worse comes to worse has a different meanings for different folks, though. Worse comes to worse could be like, I just don't, I haven't found anything that I like really love yet. But you found a place?

• 53:26Brooke Averick?

  I would hope that your friend would understand worse comes to worse. Like that's worst case scenario. You could stay with me.

• 53:31Connor Wood?

  Like death in the family?

• 53:33Brooke Averick?

  If someone told me worse comes to worse, you can stay with me. I'd be like, got that part.

• 53:36Connor Wood?

  I'm leaving tomorrow. That's what I would do.

• 53:38Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 53:38Connor Wood?

  I also like open up, if I was the person, we haven't heard the other, the other person hasn't even like technically asked to stay with this.

• 53:45Brooke Averick?

  Right. I wouldn't offer. That's.

• 53:48Connor Wood?

  I would, you gotta offer.

• 53:50Brooke Averick?

  I wouldn't offer, but I would put it on the table like as, yeah, as like a backup.

• 53:57Brooke Averick?

  Cause I'm like, I don't think that, like obviously I would never in a million years let my friends be home. I would let my friends stay with me. But like, I'm just putting myself in the position of this person imagining like, I don't want a roommate. I think that's totally fine.

• 54:10Connor Wood?

  I, when you lived in LA and I didn't have a place that you were like, it is time for you to find a place.

• 54:13Brooke Averick?

  Yeah. Yeah.

• 54:15Connor Wood?

  It is time.

• 54:15Brooke Averick?

  It was.

• 54:15Connor Wood?

  Find an.

• 54:16Brooke Averick?

  And it was.

• 54:17Connor Wood?

  It was.

• 54:17Brooke Averick?

  It really was.

• 54:18Connor Wood?

  It was. I was about to buy you a new couch so that it was more comfy for me to sleep on. And then I was like, let me get an apartment.

• 54:24Brooke Averick?

  I can just buy a couch for my own apartment. Yeah.

• 54:26Connor Wood?

  Yeah, that was a crazy time. Wow, things can change.

• 54:30Brooke Averick?

  Things can change. Look at you now.

• 54:32Connor Wood?

  No, I mean.

• 54:33Brooke Averick?

  Bi-coastal.

• 54:34Connor Wood?

  Fully driving up from Orange County every Thursday to like hang out. What were we doing?

• 54:41Brooke Averick?

  Fucking around.

• 54:42Connor Wood?

  Disgusting.

• 54:42Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 54:43Connor Wood?

  Oh, that freaks me out.

• 54:44Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 54:44Connor Wood?

  Makes you very nervous.

• 54:45Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 54:47Connor Wood?

  I also want to say on the friends part, and anytime I'm asking someone for a favor, I'm like, you can, you can shoot me in the head if I'm, if I'm ever upsetting you.

• 54:54Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 54:54Connor Wood?

  And please say no. I'm begging you to please say no. Can I stay with you? That is the dumbest question in the world. Like, I know that's stupid. I know you hate me. I know you'd, you'd rather pass away or me pass away, but like, if I could stay with you. That's how you started. You do, you do, I'm the, I'm, I'm your mortal enemy, an enemy, and I get that, but could I?

• 55:16Brooke Averick?

  I don't, I think you just ask, can I stay with you? I don't.

• 55:19Connor Wood?

  I like setting it up like that.

• 55:20Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 55:20Connor Wood?

  So that they know that like, I'm very, very self-aware that like, this is an imposition to you.

• 55:26Connor Wood?

  And you, they hate me. They, you obviously hate me.

• 55:28Brooke Averick?

  Sure.

• 55:29Connor Wood?

  Anyways, here's the two for.

• 55:30Brooke Averick?

  So what, how do we like, in sum, I would not offer.

• 55:33Connor Wood?

  In sum, I would offer and be like, I don't have it in me to do this for anyone else. I'm doing it for you on a short-term basis. I love you to death.

• 55:41Brooke Averick?

  I would wait till I was asked explicitly, unfortunately.

• 55:45Connor Wood?

  Okay, I haven't read this other part, but I just liked the beginning.

• 55:47Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 55:48Connor Wood?

  This is from the same individual. Who has a really cool name, by the way, but I'm not, I can't. It's like too private. Do you want to hear it?

• 55:55Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 55:56Connor Wood?

  We'll have to bleep it.

• 55:59Brooke Averick?

  Uh huh. Oh, cool. I like that a lot.

• 56:02Connor Wood?

  Yeah, me too.

• 56:03Brooke Averick?

  It's like superhero.

• 56:05Connor Wood?

  My brother's ex-wife is now in a throuple.

• 56:07Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 56:08Connor Wood?

  When she apparently started seeing this guy when we, the split up, maybe much, wait, she apparently started seeing this guy when the split up maybe much sooner, knowing he was married. His wife found out and apparently was chilled with it, so they have their family time as a party of three. Sister ex-law, I'm like having trouble.

• 56:26Brooke Averick?

  I can't follow this right now.

• 56:29Connor Wood?

  Does however, have another boyfriend on the side who she lives with because who knows why he doesn't know about.

• 56:35Brooke Averick?

  This isn't gonna work for me right now.

• 56:37Connor Wood?

  I found out about this because my sister ex-law, someone spilled the beans to my mom who then told me and my brother, good luck to you and your family.

• 56:45Brooke Averick?

  Like genuinely like.

• 56:47Connor Wood?

  What are you talking about?

• 56:48Brooke Averick?

  Apologies. I'm not.

• 56:49Connor Wood?

  Or congratulations.

• 56:50Brooke Averick?

  Yeah. Are you responding?

• 56:52Connor Wood?

  Oh.

• 56:54Brooke Averick?

  Okay, I have some.

• 56:55Connor Wood?

  Okay, me too.

• 56:56Brooke Averick?

  Okay. Do you want me to, to give you one?

• 57:02Brooke Averick?

  There's so many. Okay. Boyfriend cheated on me with a sex worker. I'm, I'm changing some of the language here.

• 57:10Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 57:10Brooke Averick?

  Boyfriend cheated on me with a sex worker at a massage parlor. What do I do? This got me thinking, like, is it better or worse for the cheating to happen with the sex worker than it is to happen with an actual like emotional connection with someone? And then I think there are pros and cons each.

• 57:31Connor Wood?

  Like, yeah.

• 57:33Brooke Averick?

  Would you rather your person cheat on you with, like at a massage parlor, like kind of just like one and done?

• 57:38Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 57:38Brooke Averick?

  Or with somebody they had feelings?

• 57:39Connor Wood?

  I, uh, don't even know if I would call him a sus a sex worker because that's just like a bonus.

• 57:45Brooke Averick?

  This person used the language prostitute at a massage parlor.

• 57:49Connor Wood?

  So I don't think that they have happy endings for women at massage parlors, right? Like if you went to a massage parlor, you're like,

• 57:57Connor Wood?

  finish me off, like.

• 57:58Brooke Averick?

  I don't, I think this is her boyfriend.

• 58:00Connor Wood?

  I know. I'm just saying like, you can't relate to going to a massage parlor, which is like.

• 58:04Brooke Averick?

  Oh, no, I don't, I think it does happen, but I think it's probably a lot more rare and women are probably a lot less inclined.

• 58:12Connor Wood?

  Well, you're not gonna get a

• 58:15Connor Wood?

  boner while getting a massage.

• 58:17Brooke Averick?

  Right. I will, I won't ever get a massage because I don't like people touching.

• 58:21Connor Wood?

  I thought you were gonna be like, I won't ever get a boner.

• 58:23Brooke Averick?

  No.

• 58:24Connor Wood?

  You won't.

• 58:25Brooke Averick?

  But in my opinion.

• 58:29Brooke Averick?

  Hmm.

• 58:30Connor Wood?

  Hmm.

• 58:31Brooke Averick?

  I mean, wait, what was the question?

• 58:33Connor Wood?

  What was the end of that?

• 58:34Brooke Averick?

  What was, yeah, it's a really good question.

• 58:38Brooke Averick?

  Um.

• 58:41Connor Wood?

  Yeah, the emotional piece would be.

• 58:42Brooke Averick?

  What do I do?

• 58:43Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 58:43Brooke Averick?

  The question.

• 58:44Connor Wood?

  How do you know? How did, how does she know?

• 58:47Brooke Averick?

  I don't know. I don't have, I don't know. I wish we could call her.

• 58:49Connor Wood?

  Yeah, I want to know.

• 58:50Brooke Averick?

  But like, I'd almost rather you like cheat on me like because you have feelings for someone else and like this is over. Like, I would almost rather that than like, why the fuck would you even do this? Like, I'm not like, I'm not giving you what you need that much that you need to seek it out of the massage parlor. Like for what? I'd almost rather you like lose something for a reason. I'd almost rather someone do it for a reason than just cause.

• 59:14Connor Wood?

  I need to know how she found out.

• 59:17Brooke Averick?

  Like this almost feels worse.

• 59:19Connor Wood?

  Really?

• 59:20Brooke Averick?

  Not worse, but it's almost more like, what? It's almost more confusing because at least you have an answer of someone is like cheating on you because they have feelings for someone else. And for me, that's over. Right? It's very clear.

• 59:31Connor Wood?

  Really like?

• 59:32Brooke Averick?

  For this, it's like, why did you, why did you do that?

• 59:37Connor Wood?

  I have gotten massages where like the individual grabs my penis and I'm like, hang on, no, no, no.

• 59:42Brooke Averick?

  Actually?

• 59:42Connor Wood?

  Yes. I promise.

• 59:44Brooke Averick?

  Like the actual penis part of it?

• 59:46Connor Wood?

  My fuselage, yes.

• 59:49Brooke Averick?

  You've gotten massages and it's a woman massaging you where she grabs the shaft of your penis?

• 59:56Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 59:57Brooke Averick?

  And, and then what?

• 59:59Connor Wood?

  I am too like shy.

• 1:00:01Brooke Averick?

  You just let it happen?

• 1:00:02Connor Wood?

  No, no, no, no. I have never had this happen.

• 1:00:05Brooke Averick?

  Oh, you have not had this happen?

• 1:00:06Connor Wood?

  No, no, no. I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm there strictly like for me, it's a, we, I'm not.

• 1:00:10Brooke Averick?

  Did she grab your penis or not?

• 1:00:12Connor Wood?

  Yes, several times this has happened to me.

• 1:00:13Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 1:00:14Connor Wood?

  And it's like, no, no, no.

• 1:00:15Brooke Averick?

  I'm okay. You say I'm okay?

• 1:00:17Connor Wood?

  Yeah. I'm getting in and out of, like, I'm, I'm there for a massage.

• 1:00:21Brooke Averick?

  How do you move forward with the rest of the massage?

• 1:00:23Connor Wood?

  There's different levels of pleasure for me. If I'm in a massage, like.

• 1:00:26Brooke Averick?

  The levels of pleasure.

• 1:00:27Connor Wood?

  My levels of pleasure. This is like Dante's Inferno, but good.

• 1:00:30Brooke Averick?

  Walk us through the levels of pleasure.

• 1:00:32Connor Wood?

  My levels of pleasure is like, if I'm there for a massage, like I do, I do go in for painful massages because I'm like, I'm, I'm paying money. I want to have a result here. I'm not here to relax. If I was relaxing, I'd be on my couch watching Instagram reels. I'm in a massage, we're getting, we're making progress at the massage. I want this knot out of my back. I want some, my hip flexor, I want to work my hip flexor. I don't want a handjob.

• 1:00:53Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 1:00:53Connor Wood?

  If I wanted a handjob, I'd go elsewhere.

• 1:00:55Brooke Averick?

  Where would you go?

• 1:00:56Connor Wood?

  I don't know.

• 1:00:57Brooke Averick?

  Name the top five places you would go if you wanted a handjob.

• 1:01:00Connor Wood?

  Okay, my top five places to get a handjob in Cancun. Um, I, uh, just like it's just like.

• 1:01:08Brooke Averick?

  Century City.

• 1:01:09Connor Wood?

  It's just shifted, it's a shift of gears for me to go from like that to that. I would like to talk to, and I have a lot of friends that, well, not a lot, I don't have a lot of friends that go to massage.

• 1:01:17Brooke Averick?

  I have a fuck ton of friends that go to the, to massages for pleasure.

• 1:01:21Connor Wood?

  I've heard stories. You know, you know, one person that

• 1:01:23Brooke Averick?

  Who?

• 1:01:24Connor Wood?

  Received this.

• 1:01:25Brooke Averick?

  Who? Well, yes.

• 1:01:27Connor Wood?

  No.

• 1:01:28Brooke Averick?

  No.

• 1:01:29Connor Wood?

  Yes.

• 1:01:29Brooke Averick?

  That's on purpose?

• 1:01:33Brooke Averick?

  No. No.

• 1:01:35Connor Wood?

  Yes.

• 1:01:36Brooke Averick?

  No.

• 1:01:36Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 1:01:36Brooke Averick?

  No.

• 1:01:37Connor Wood?

  So people do, do do this and it, obviously that was beyond meaningless. It was like a, so like your question is like, would you seek out?

• 1:01:51Connor Wood?

  Sexual pleasure outside of the home because you're not getting enough? And I don't think it's like a not getting enough thing. I can't speak to that situation.

• 1:01:57Brooke Averick?

  What then? Like what could pot like that to me like not being able to understand the reason like that?

• 1:02:02Connor Wood?

  Cause guys are just horny. Like it's like a horny. I don't know. I don't think that there was like malintent, but obviously that was like not cool to do. I don't know. I just, I don't know. I don't know.

• 1:02:14Brooke Averick?

  So what's her question was what do I do?

• 1:02:16Connor Wood?

  What do I do?

• 1:02:17Brooke Averick?

  I'm so fit.

• 1:02:17Connor Wood?

  Like have him Venmo you $100. That's what I would do. But like if you love him, then like, I don't know. I don't know. I can't, I can't touch that. But like, he should pay you money for sure.

• 1:02:29Connor Wood?

  He should, he should.

• 1:02:30Brooke Averick?

  I would have to, I'm thinking.

• 1:02:33Connor Wood?

  It's not tit for tat.

• 1:02:33Brooke Averick?

  I'm thinking like, oh, he's a 10 butt.

• 1:02:35Connor Wood?

  He's a 10 butt? He went to the massage parlor and got a handjob?

• 1:02:37Brooke Averick?

  I don't, that's like really bad to me.

• 1:02:39Connor Wood?

  Yeah, it's like.

• 1:02:40Brooke Averick?

  I think I would have to say.

• 1:02:42Connor Wood?

  Sayonara?

• 1:02:43Brooke Averick?

  I do.

• 1:02:44Connor Wood?

  Really?

• 1:02:44Brooke Averick?

  I don't, it's like hard. I know it's very different when you're in the position of.

• 1:02:48Connor Wood?

  I'm also not vouching for the young man that got the handjob.

• 1:02:51Brooke Averick?

  We understand. I understand. This is what I'm worried about with Dancing with the Stars.

• 1:02:55Connor Wood?

  What?

• 1:02:55Brooke Averick?

  Like they're gonna come on and hear about handjobs in the parlor.

• 1:02:58Connor Wood?

  No, people do like this is like a trope and not a trope. It's something that happens in like freaking like, like freaking.

• 1:03:07Brooke Averick?

  It's a trope.

• 1:03:08Connor Wood?

  No, like what's a Vince Vaughn movie that I love?

• 1:03:10Brooke Averick?

  Couples Retreat.

• 1:03:11Connor Wood?

  Couples Retreat. Happens there. You know, like and he's like, I wanna get a handjob.

• 1:03:14Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 1:03:14Connor Wood?

  And like, he has that there and because he's, they're not having sex in their marriage. You know, he's like, I might as well just get a handjob here. Um, so like that's tough. That's truly like, I'm unhappy in my.

• 1:03:27Brooke Averick?

  Right. I would need to, I would have to get to the root. What do I do? Here's what you do. You get to the root.

• 1:03:35Connor Wood?

  I think.

• 1:03:35Brooke Averick?

  You have, I like that. I think that's the.

• 1:03:37Connor Wood?

  Here's the two, here's the, here's a double entendre.

• 1:03:39Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 1:03:40Connor Wood?

  The double edged sword. If you go and you say to the young man that you live with, are they like that? If they're serious, and you go, are you unhappy? Like, am I not? And then he's like, no, it's meaningless. And then he, he's gonna try to make you look crazy potentially. It'd be like, it's meaningless. Like, why would I?

• 1:03:58Brooke Averick?

  And if he tries that, then it's breakup.

• 1:03:59Connor Wood?

  Then it's breakup. Yeah.

• 1:04:00Brooke Averick?

  I think you need to have like the most serious conversation you've ever had in your life.

• 1:04:04Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 1:04:04Brooke Averick?

  And like, we need to get to the root of the parlor.

• 1:04:07Connor Wood?

  Disgusting pig.

• 1:04:08Brooke Averick?

  We need to get to the.

• 1:04:08Connor Wood?

  You had to go to Massage Envy for a handjob? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know what goes on.

• 1:04:15Brooke Averick?

  Wait, can we look up if they give handjobs at Massage Envy?

• 1:04:17Connor Wood?

  I don't know what goes on.

• 1:04:17Brooke Averick?

  Because I have, I had a friend that went to Massage Envy every weekend.

• 1:04:24Connor Wood?

  Man or woman?

• 1:04:24Brooke Averick?

  Man.

• 1:04:25Connor Wood?

  Oh, okay. No Massage Envy does not offer handjobs or any other sexual services.

• 1:04:33Connor Wood?

  Why is Massage Envy so popular?

• 1:04:37Connor Wood?

  Anyways.

• 1:04:37Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 1:04:40Brooke Averick?

  I have one that I, yeah, I think you really need to get to the root. I have one that I wanted, I wanted to do. This one is an important conversation to have.

• 1:04:48Connor Wood?

  Okay.

• 1:04:49Brooke Averick?

  My 29 year old girl bestie is dating a 23 year old boy and I find it weird. Thoughts?

• 1:04:56Connor Wood?

  Sorry, say that again?

• 1:04:56Brooke Averick?

  My 29 year old girl bestie is dating a 23 year old boy and I find it weird. Thoughts?

• 1:05:02Connor Wood?

  29, 23.

• 1:05:03Brooke Averick?

  Girl, older. This is something I've been thinking a lot about recently as everyone like in the celebrity space is now younger than me. And also I've just found myself like being attracted to, to younger men. Like where's the line?

• 1:05:18Connor Wood?

  I don't think that's weird.

• 1:05:19Brooke Averick?

  23 and 29?

• 1:05:21Connor Wood?

  23. Girl.

• 1:05:23Brooke Averick?

  Older girl? For what? 23 is feeling really young. Let's, let's see. 24, does that feel better?

• 1:05:32Connor Wood?

  Yeah. I think any closer to the age would feel better. Yeah. But are you saying they both age? So 30 and 24 feels weird.

• 1:05:38Brooke Averick?

  Think about 30 and 24.

• 1:05:39Connor Wood?

  That feels weird.

• 1:05:41Brooke Averick?

  Let's think about 30 and 25.

• 1:05:43Connor Wood?

  Feels okay.

• 1:05:45Brooke Averick?

  So it's like, where's, how do you figure that out?

• 1:05:47Connor Wood?

  23 does feel young now that I've said 25.

• 1:05:49Brooke Averick?

  For 23, for whatever reason, I think if we start dating younger as 29, 30 year olds, whatever, I think we need to, I think they need to be 24. I think for whatever reason, 24, the roundness of the three is too young.

• 1:06:04Connor Wood?

  I agree.

• 1:06:05Brooke Averick?

  Like round baby face, like it's a round number. Round equals young. 24 sharper edges or sharper. I think you can do 29 and 24. And he might be 24 shortly while she's still 29. That's only a five year difference. You wouldn't blink if a man was doing that.

• 1:06:23Connor Wood?

  No, which is weird. Well.

• 1:06:24Brooke Averick?

  Actually, I think the answer is would you blink if a man was doing this? Would you blink if it was a 29 year old man and a 23 year old woman?

• 1:06:31Connor Wood?

  That's my first thing. I would have been like, no.

• 1:06:35Brooke Averick?

  I might blink.

• 1:06:37Connor Wood?

  You might?

• 1:06:37Brooke Averick?

  I might blink, but I would not blink at 24.

• 1:06:40Connor Wood?

  Right. Cause you're out of college. You could be, you know, like working in the same industry.

• 1:06:46Brooke Averick?

  I think when it, when we start with going much younger, I think we start at 24 for whatever reason.

• 1:06:54Connor Wood?

  I don't think that this is like an end it because the young man is 23.

• 1:06:58Brooke Averick?

  End it. I think, and I also think it's case by case.

• 1:07:00Connor Wood?

  Well, this is also the roommate asking about her friend, right?

• 1:07:03Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, she's just saying she finds it weird and it's like, is, what's the vibe on this? Like, am I? Who's this that you're listening to?

• 1:07:15Brooke Averick?

  For whatever reason, I'm saying like, it does feel weird and it's because of the roundness of the three that I'm agreeing with you.

• 1:07:21Connor Wood?

  Sure.

• 1:07:21Brooke Averick?

  But once he turns 24, it's completely fine. That's my thought.

• 1:07:27Connor Wood?

  I'm fine with it. I don't know.

• 1:07:28Brooke Averick?

  You're fine with 23 and 29?

• 1:07:29Connor Wood?

  Yeah. I mean, I don't know the intricacies of the relationship. If there's a power dynamic or something.

• 1:07:34Brooke Averick?

  Right now.

• 1:07:37Connor Wood?

  Okay.

• 1:07:37Brooke Averick?

  I think that's hot.

• 1:07:41Brooke Averick?

  What are you listening to?

• 1:07:42Connor Wood?

  Um, no, I just thought that was funny.

• 1:07:44Brooke Averick?

  Oh, thanks.

• 1:07:46Connor Wood?

  So this young moment woman, this young woman wrote in and said, advice and thoughts on this situation. Was on a dating app and he asked what I was looking for. This is what I said, and this is what he said he was looking for. He's very attractive and seems like my type.

• 1:08:04Connor Wood?

  Very classic. He's a 10 butt.

• 1:08:06Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 1:08:07Connor Wood?

  She said, hey, trustworthy, kind, emotionally intelligent and communicative are my top things. What are you looking for? He said, that's good. Someone smart, funny and loyal. I also like farts too, to be honest. So I want someone that'll let me sniff their farts. What are your thoughts?

• 1:08:22Brooke Averick?

  Like, no.

• 1:08:24Connor Wood?

  Just throwing that in there with funny, smart, loyal, and I'd like to sniff your farts.

• 1:08:28Brooke Averick?

  Like obviously like not like block. Like I don't think it's even a question for me.

• 1:08:34Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 1:08:35Brooke Averick?

  Cause like if he's trying to be funny, like that's not, that's pretty damn cringe. And if he's being genuine, like that's really hard to hear on the first hinge message.

• 1:08:45Connor Wood?

  Second.

• 1:08:46Brooke Averick?

  Second hinge message.

• 1:08:47Connor Wood?

  I have, um, I want you, try to play devil's advocate. I just like really wanna, I just wanna see where you go.

• 1:08:56Brooke Averick?

  I'm.

• 1:08:57Connor Wood?

  That is a real message, by the way, that we received from someone. I'm not like.

• 1:08:59Brooke Averick?

  Can you try and play devil's advocate?

• 1:09:00Connor Wood?

  I'm not like.

• 1:09:02Brooke Averick?

  Can I see it? Like in full?

• 1:09:09Brooke Averick?

  I honestly, it's seeming like someone took his phone. It seems like Tristan took his phone and said that.

• 1:09:17Connor Wood?

  Okay.

• 1:09:17Brooke Averick?

  Like it's that out of nowhere.

• 1:09:18Connor Wood?

  Earnestly, no, I mean, that's kind of like, hey, this is what I'm, I just wanna be honest is what I'm, and I'm obviously I'm in, I'm on your side here.

• 1:09:27Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 1:09:27Connor Wood?

  I just want to.

• 1:09:28Brooke Averick?

  You like the honesty?

• 1:09:29Connor Wood?

  I want you, no, no, no.

• 1:09:30Brooke Averick?

  As the devil's advocate, I'm saying.

• 1:09:31Connor Wood?

  Hear, no, you have to do devil's advocate.

• 1:09:33Brooke Averick?

  I can't, I like, I can't do devils for this. Like there is no devils. Unless you're into that. It seems like you are genuinely open, this person.

• 1:09:44Connor Wood?

  I thought you were talking about me.

• 1:09:45Brooke Averick?

  It seems like the person who submitted this, submitted this, if it's even a question, like they're like, what do I do? You know?

• 1:09:53Brooke Averick?

  So it might, it honestly might not bother her that much. In which case, if that doesn't bother you and he's a 10.

• 1:09:59Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 1:10:00Brooke Averick?

  Then sure. Cause like for me, it's like, I'm not even asking for advice on this. Cause it's like.

• 1:10:07Connor Wood?

  Yeah, yeah.

• 1:10:08Brooke Averick?

  But if this is something that you're actually like, huh? And he's a 10?

• 1:10:12Connor Wood?

  I have, I have two things that I wanna raise. One, there is some science behind like when you meet your match, like you are attracted to their BO. I don't know about farts. I don't know anything about farts, but like their BO. So like, it's not like he's, oh, this is gross. It's not like he's like up close and personal when it happens. It could be just like a Dutch oven situation that you both could share.

• 1:10:33Brooke Averick?

  So you're asking, you're saying she should ask for more information?

• 1:10:37Connor Wood?

  If you like him, yeah, like why, why?

• 1:10:43Connor Wood?

  Yeah. Like I'm at like, imagine you're in a relationship and you're like, we still don't fart in front of each other. That sounds horrible. Your stomach probably hurts. Imagine you find this person, it's like, date one, we are blowing off some steam. Date, date one, we went to Benihana's and the car ride home was very free.

• 1:11:02Brooke Averick?

  I, I could play devil's advocate here and say as someone with a bad stomach, like this could take a lot of anxiety away.

• 1:11:08Connor Wood?

  Yeah, sure. And he might not even have a bad, he's not asking you to reciprocate.

• 1:11:12Brooke Averick?

  I do.

• 1:11:12Connor Wood?

  Yeah, no, he's not asking reciprocation. He's saying, this is real. This is me. I'm pushing P.

• 1:11:18Brooke Averick?

  Like imagine if this was Tristan that received that DM. Cause like he's just like always shooting. So like that would be amazing for him.

• 1:11:26Connor Wood?

  What, does it bug you that this person is like sexually inclined by?

• 1:11:34Brooke Averick?

  I almost think the problem here for me is not that he is into farts. It's that he expressed that fairly immediately over him.

• 1:11:43Connor Wood?

  He's, well, I'm, now I'm doing devil's advocate. He's probably been

• 1:11:49Connor Wood?

  turned away after he's developed an emotional connection to people.

• 1:11:52Brooke Averick?

  Get this out like, and take me as I am or not. Take me or leave me.

• 1:11:56Connor Wood?

  Could be, you get pretty far in and I really like this person. Oh, I have this deep, dark secret that like, I can't get past myself, but this is truly something I'm interested in. And this is like a make or break for me. This is how I'm hap- so he probably just ripped the bandaid off. If you're not interested, next, next, next, next, X. This person has an open mind. Get under this fitted sheet with me.

• 1:12:17Brooke Averick?

  You seem really convinced that it's a Dutch oven situation and I worry that it's not that.

• 1:12:22Connor Wood?

  We, the thing is we won't know.

• 1:12:24Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 1:12:24Connor Wood?

  So.

• 1:12:25Brooke Averick?

  Okay. Well, I mean, I hope that helps.

• 1:12:27Connor Wood?

  Could be a hot box. Yeah. Okay. We're over on time and uh, thank you guys for listening. Like, sorry, we ended it that way. That is the advice that people that listen to this podcast send in. So it's not something that we made up. I appreciate the honesty because your profile pictures and names are attached to those things.

• 1:12:43Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 1:12:44Connor Wood?

  Um, please don't write in and tell me about something that like would implicate me into a felony, which happened several times for some reason. Like I appreciate that you guys feel safe. But like, now I'm a part of it. So just please don't do that. And then, um, a lot of people exploring

• 1:13:03Connor Wood?

  straight women exploring, um, gay stuff. So good luck to all those women as well. I have like six of those. We'll do those in the bonus.

• 1:13:09Brooke Averick?

  Okay. Yeah. We can do those in the bonus.

• 1:13:10Connor Wood?

  Um, and I.

• 1:13:12Brooke Averick?

  Plug, September 15th?

• 1:13:14Connor Wood?

  September 15th. Yeah. I would love if you guys watched it.

• 1:13:17Brooke Averick?

  Well, he'll see you on September 15th.

• 1:13:19Connor Wood?

  I'll be on my toes. Thank you guys so much for watching. Thanks for the support and we'll talk to you in the bonus.

• 1:13:24Brooke Averick?

  Yay. This week on Close Friends. Pussay.

• 1:13:32Brooke Averick?

  Ah, Pussay.

• 1:13:34Connor Wood?

  Oh, oh.

• 1:13:38Connor Wood?

  Oh, hell no. Hole?

• 1:13:40Brooke Averick?

  Hole?

• 1:13:41Connor Wood?

  Like the sack?

• 1:13:42Brooke Averick?

  I don't think sack or hole.

• 1:13:44Connor Wood?

  She bankrupted him.

• 1:13:46Brooke Averick?

  She didn't mean to. She didn't want that. She didn't want that.

• 1:13:48Connor Wood?

  Spin that shit. Sign up on TMGstudios.tv to watch a full bonus episode.

• 1:14:03Speaker 00

  Fall never arrives all at once. Burst the air, then the light. And slowly the things you love begin to find each other. A jacket meets a dress, a hoodie slips beneath a blazer, an old cap finds a new scarf. Because you don't simply step into the season. You create it layer by layer until it finally feels like fall. Find fall your way at Ross.