Reaching Legacy Status

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• 0:01Speaker 00

  Into the wild. The Cartier Panther encounters a shimmering crocodile, a lonely lovebird, a breathless zebra, and a restless tiger.

• 0:15Speaker 01

  Welcome to the 50th Hunger Games. Witness the beginning of the revolution.

• 0:20Speaker 02

  Hey Mitch, you've been trying to take down these games from the start.

• 0:22Speaker 01

  Filmed for IMAX.

• 0:24Speaker 02

  Make them remember you.

• 0:27Speaker 01

  The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, November 20th, rated PG-13.

• 0:38Brooke Averick?

  Can I ask you a genuine question?

• 0:40Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 0:41Brooke Averick?

  Where do we even begin?

• 0:44Connor Wood?

  How do we, as us, right?

• 0:47Brooke Averick?

  Yep.

• 0:48Connor Wood?

  Where do we find ourselves? How do we find ourselves here, right? And so, once, once we get there, how do we go?

• 0:56Brooke Averick?

  Well, here's what I'm talking about. Since we last spoke, a little over a week ago.

• 1:01Connor Wood?

  About a week ago, week ago.

• 1:03Brooke Averick?

  Both of our lives have changed drastically.

• 1:05Connor Wood?

  Mm-hmm.

• 1:07Brooke Averick?

  And I wonder where to begin.

• 1:09Connor Wood?

  I feel like you do. I feel like, although you do wonder.

• 1:13Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 1:14Connor Wood?

  This is a girl who knows what she wants.

• 1:17Brooke Averick?

  Do we start with tens? Or maybe we start with your budding relationship with Jennifer Lawrence?

• 1:27Connor Wood?

  I wouldn't say that.

• 1:27Brooke Averick?

  Maybe we start with the fact that Lee is coming back?

• 1:29Connor Wood?

  Mm-hmm.

• 1:30Brooke Averick?

  There's so many avenues that we can start with. I think you should just pick one.

• 1:35Connor Wood?

  Well, I feel like I should acknowledge the balloon touching my, the back of my head. The back of my prosthetic head.

• 1:40Brooke Averick?

  I think that, I think that's a good place to start.

• 1:58Connor Wood?

  What a, what a, what a night it was.

• 2:00Brooke Averick?

  Whoa.

• 2:02Connor Wood?

  We saw you touching the ballroom floor on Tuesday. You were front and center. What an amazing.

• 2:10Brooke Averick?

  I was front row. Did you have any say in that?

• 2:13Connor Wood?

  No.

• 2:13Brooke Averick?

  I really loved being front row. Thank you for having me.

• 2:17Connor Wood?

  I'm so excited you were there. It was, it was, that was a fun night.

• 2:20Brooke Averick?

  What a night. I wish they would film like, they don't have to show it on TV or anything, but I wish they would film our reactions just so you could see. How your family reacted.

• 2:31Connor Wood?

  Yeah, I wish you guys were mic'd up too. Maybe just for personal usage?

• 2:34Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 2:35Connor Wood?

  Like a little GoPro?

• 2:35Brooke Averick?

  Maybe, they're, they're pretty like lax with phone usage. Like they say, like, put your phones away. But I don't think anyone gets in trouble. Maybe I'll vlog.

• 2:45Connor Wood?

  That would be nice.

• 2:45Brooke Averick?

  Maybe I'll vlog next week.

• 2:47Connor Wood?

  I think that that, that's in high demand from right here. That's going platinum in my Keltley.

• 2:51Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, I'm gonna vlog with Pete and Tony. I'm really enjoying spending time with your parents.

• 2:56Connor Wood?

  Yeah, you are. You guys are having so much fun down there.

• 2:58Brooke Averick?

  I really am loving them. Your dad runs the ballroom, by the way.

• 3:02Connor Wood?

  What do you mean?

• 3:04Brooke Averick?

  I mean, everyone's coming up to him asking for pictures. Meredith from The Office.

• 3:08Connor Wood?

  Kate Flannery.

• 3:08Brooke Averick?

  Kate Flannery. She's always there. She was on the show.

• 3:11Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 3:11Brooke Averick?

  Right? I mean, her and Pete are like joined at the frickin' hip. She, she keeps asking him for selfies. It's amazing.

• 3:20Connor Wood?

  We took a selfie before the show. So, she's such an angel, by the way.

• 3:24Brooke Averick?

  She's an angel. And like, I would not be surprised if you, you'll be seeing her at Thanksgiving.

• 3:29Connor Wood?

  Really?

• 3:29Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 3:30Connor Wood?

  Did she come up several times to Pete?

• 3:32Brooke Averick?

  Yes.

• 3:33Connor Wood?

  My dad?

• 3:33Brooke Averick?

  Yes.

• 3:35Connor Wood?

  Kate came up to my dad several times?

• 3:36Brooke Averick?

  Like, I'm not, is he like, it was, it's amazing. Like, that's her brother.

• 3:43Brooke Averick?

  Your aunt is Meredith from The Office.

• 3:46Connor Wood?

  Auntie Care, Kate.

• 3:48Brooke Averick?

  Yes.

• 3:48Connor Wood?

  I almost said Care-ith.

• 3:49Brooke Averick?

  Yeah. Auntie Kate. I was like getting nervous. I was like trying to introduce myself, but I was like getting nervous. But it's like, Pete's dear friend.

• 3:59Connor Wood?

  That is so sweet.

• 4:00Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, it's really, and just like, he is just, I see where you get your like, friendliness and charm.

• 4:09Connor Wood?

  Well, what's so funny is that like, he, when he was on the grounds last week for dedication night, dedication night, he was, he, he, there were moments where he was.

• 4:23Brooke Averick?

  We didn't even get to talk about dedication night.

• 4:25Connor Wood?

  Did we not? Oh no, because we pre-recorded that, right?

• 4:27Brooke Averick?

  We pre-recorded.

• 4:28Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 4:28Brooke Averick?

  I mean, you've had two, you've had your two breakthrough dances since we last sat in these pieces.

• 4:35Connor Wood?

  Two really wonderful dances.

• 4:37Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 4:37Connor Wood?

  Two really wonderful nights. Um, but he had, he was walking around the entire, like, there was a lot of time that I wasn't with him because we get pulled in a bunch of meetings and things like pre-show stuff, rehearsal. And so, he was on his own. But he was like, I'm fine, don't worry about me. He, by the end of the day, right before the show, he's introducing me to people. He had golf plans with one of the security guys.

• 4:59Brooke Averick?

  It's, it's actually amazing to watch.

• 5:01Connor Wood?

  And I took a step back, I go, podcasting is genetic.

• 5:06Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 5:07Connor Wood?

  My dad gave me the podcasting gene. We can talk to anybody.

• 5:11Brooke Averick?

  It's, it's really amazing to like, it's so crazy because this is my first time really getting to know your parents after five years of, or six years of knowing you so well. So, it's like such, it's so heartwarming to see like, oh, this is why Connor is the way he is. You know, it's really sweet. And I've really loved spending time with them on the floor.

• 5:32Connor Wood?

  I love that.

• 5:33Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, and I obviously like seeing you too and stuff. But, I mean, you are just adored by your family, friends, and the masses. Everyone is so proud of you. 10, 10, and 8 from Shirley is an 11.

• 5:47Connor Wood?

  Yeah, that's an 11.

• 5:48Brooke Averick?

  Is an 11. And, I mean, we can just round up Bruno's 9. I'm not sure what that was about. I love it though. Um, I genuinely, no, I genuinely love the judges.

• 5:59Connor Wood?

  Me too.

• 6:00Brooke Averick?

  I genuinely love the judges. And I'm not just saying that. And now I kind of get it, like, God, it feels so good now.

• 6:07Connor Wood?

  Yeah. I still like, anytime you say 10, I'm like, wait, I got a 10?

• 6:12Brooke Averick?

  Did you think that was gonna happen? First of all, like, did you know how good that dance was? Like, before you did it?

• 6:17Connor Wood?

  What was weird to me, and like, I know, I've obviously read everybody's comments. Like, a lot of people feel the contemporary is kind of like, we lucked out contemporary for Halloween. Like, Riley's really smart, you guys. Like, we didn't, it wasn't luck of the draw. Yes, Shirley Ballas was there. And yes, she's queen of being a little bit more strict on, on form and structure. And those things are harder in Latin ballroom. And even just like a, like a Viennese Waltz that I did last week. I'm sure that that way I would have gotten a different score from her last week. Yeah, it was an amazing thing to have a contemporary.

• 6:55Connor Wood?

  We didn't miss a beat though, to be frank. Like, I, you, you watched that. It was a proper contemporary. It was the storyline that Riley.

• 7:02Brooke Averick?

  Proper contemporary. Did you ever think he'd be speaking like this?

• 7:04Connor Wood?

  No.

• 7:05Brooke Averick?

  It's amazing.

• 7:06Connor Wood?

  No. And it was just, like, I'm, that, the reason why I wasn't expecting tens is because I've, I've expected higher scores in the past and been really disappointed. But can I tell you mindset, mindset shift for me?

• 7:21Brooke Averick?

  Please.

• 7:22Connor Wood?

  Was, I felt so good about this dance that I came to terms with going home. And I was like, I'm okay with that.

• 7:28Brooke Averick?

  I've still won.

• 7:29Connor Wood?

  Yeah, I won, week one, I already won.

• 7:32Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 7:33Connor Wood?

  But it was life or death for me all these weeks going out there. I'm like, this is life or death. When I came to terms, I'm like, I'm not fighting for my life out there. This is a good dance. I'm good at this.

• 7:40Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 7:41Connor Wood?

  Riley taught me really well. I'm, I'm, I really like, think this is special and people are really gonna like this. I go, oh, I did win. I already got a 10, in my head. Of course, I do that and I come to terms with that. And it's our, obviously, best dance, best score dance. But, my God, what a feeling that was. I wasn't, still wasn't expecting a 10. And when they were giving feedback, I'm Pavlov dog trained to wait for the but.

• 8:08Brooke Averick?

  Yep.

• 8:10Connor Wood?

  You know, so I'm.

• 8:10Brooke Averick?

  You're waiting for the beat to drop.

• 8:11Connor Wood?

  Just like, thank you, thank you, thank you. And then when there wasn't a but at the end of the feedback, that's when I would get excited.

• 8:17Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 8:18Connor Wood?

  When their comment would end, go to the next one, I'm like.

• 8:20Brooke Averick?

  When their comment would end, yeah.

• 8:21Connor Wood?

  Yeah, that's why, oh my God. So that was awesome.

• 8:24Brooke Averick?

  Carrie Anne called you the king of contemporary.

• 8:25Connor Wood?

  Yeah, what wasn't on camera is that I fell to my knees when she said that. And I.

• 8:33Connor Wood?

  Really regret falling to my knees. It's like stand up and look at them in the air.

• 8:38Brooke Averick?

  I don't think, I think that the longer that the show goes on, the more people are like not able to control their reactions. Like people are having really emotional reactions on camera.

• 8:50Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 8:50Brooke Averick?

  You know, and it's, you know, it's a joy to watch everyone feel that deeply.

• 8:54Connor Wood?

  That was fun. That was a really fun one.

• 8:56Brooke Averick?

  So, I mean, I was just so stoked to be there.

• 8:59Connor Wood?

  Oh, thanks.

• 9:00Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, it was awesome.

• 9:01Connor Wood?

  Nice to be barefoot.

• 9:01Brooke Averick?

  We couldn't see you because that was the only, you were the only dance we couldn't see.

• 9:05Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 9:06Brooke Averick?

  Because of the way that the cameras were set up. So

• 9:11Brooke Averick?

  we were like, oh, fabulous. And then when I went home and got to watch it, it was like, oh, oh, holy shit. Hi, holy shit. Like, it was so good, Connor.

• 9:24Connor Wood?

  Thank you.

• 9:24Brooke Averick?

  The way that you cleared the couch with that jump, I would think you've been doing gymnastics since you could walk.

• 9:32Connor Wood?

  Yeah, well, I had to practice that one million times this week. The jump. The jump is, for whatever reason, been like really polarizing for people online.

• 9:45Connor Wood?

  But it was something that took a lot of practice and it is like, it's like a trained dance jump that's usually assisted by your pro, a butterfly. But this one was called something else. And can I look it up?

• 9:57Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, I would love you to. Do you think like if I said, like, do the lift with me, you could do it?

• 10:04Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 10:05Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 10:07Connor Wood?

  For sure. Just one second.

• 10:10Brooke Averick?

  Maybe there's a TikTok in our future.

• 10:12Connor Wood?

  Called...

• 10:13Brooke Averick?

  I want to be lifted. I'm so little. Don't you think?

• 10:19Connor Wood?

  You are tiny. Too tiny to see.

• 10:21Brooke Averick?

  What did you say?

• 10:22Connor Wood?

  Hang on, just give me one second.

• 10:23Brooke Averick?

  Okay. How, how does Riley choreograph that? Like where, like does she, I just, I would be so curious to know her process. Like, does she see it in her head first? Or what? Like, how choreo- choreographing, choreographing a dance to me is like the most foreign concept. Like, I can't even imagine how someone would begin to start to think about doing that.

• 10:46Connor Wood?

  Her brain works in a different way. She's a genius. This was like the coolest, I want to talk about it. Give me like two seconds to look up this word. Hmm, whatever. It starts with a J. It sounds like jute rug, but it's not. But anyways, that, the jump over the couch was like, essentially, I was like, Riley, what if you jumped over the couch? Because we were having trouble figuring out how she would get behind the couch without just like running, because it was very fast the time. And with the camera work, there were parts when the camera's over here and that was your opportunity to get around and be in a different place once they had a wide shot. And, and she was like, oh my God, you're doing that. You're gonna do that jump. That's when I learned how much my feet sweat.

• 11:27Brooke Averick?

  The jeté.

• 11:29Connor Wood?

  So yeah, that was that, pointing my toe, when you point your toes and it's stretched like that and you're not flexible, like I'm not flexible, you can't breathe out of your lungs. So I was really scared I was gonna eat shit on the other side of that couch. And then it just worked. And I was like, oh my gosh. Because that was the hardest I pointed my toes even out of practice. Because I was like, I'm just gonna send it on this one. And if I eat shit, I'll just make it part of the thing.

• 11:50Brooke Averick?

  Mm-hmm, do somersault or something.

• 11:52Connor Wood?

  But it worked. And I was like so stoked and that a lot of people obviously really liked the jump. Some people are like, I read one comment, fuck his jump.

• 12:04Brooke Averick?

  We...

• 12:05Connor Wood?

  As if I had jumped onto her family.

• 12:09Brooke Averick?

  I...

• 12:10Connor Wood?

  Fuck his jump.

• 12:12Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 12:12Connor Wood?

  What? How does a jump, how does a jump make you feel malice? I really worry for you. I really worry for you. And I want, if a jump is making you feel that way, girl, build community.

• 12:32Brooke Averick?

  Girl, build community.

• 12:33Connor Wood?

  I want you to, I want you to find and seek out community and friends to help you out of this dark, dark time in your life. To type that out and press yes. Actually, yeah, fuck that jump.

• 12:48Brooke Averick?

  Um, yeah, I think that you, especially about both of us, you know, we've been tested. The online community has been testing us in ways that I didn't know human beings could be tested. The, in ways, human beings evolutionarily haven't, are not supposed to be tested. This is not God's plan.

• 13:08Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 13:08Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 13:09Connor Wood?

  Something shifted.

• 13:10Brooke Averick?

  This is not God's plan.

• 13:11Connor Wood?

  Culturally, outside of God's original plan, which, you know, he must...

• 13:15Brooke Averick?

  So God had shifted.

• 13:16Connor Wood?

  God had shifted, but ultimately, this is all part of his plan and our plan makes him, what?

• 13:22Brooke Averick?

  Laugh.

• 13:22Connor Wood?

  Laugh. Right? What had shifted, and a shift I've noticed online, is that we have gone from being spectators to being experts. Everyone's an expert. You know what I mean?

• 13:37Brooke Averick?

  It's just like, everyone has something to say.

• 13:41Connor Wood?

  His, this dance, this move is bad, send them home. Not like, and it goes, it's across everything. Like, it's always worst case scenario and everyone's very polarized. It's not like, it's not like constructive interactions between two people, right?

• 13:58Brooke Averick?

  Right.

• 13:58Connor Wood?

  And everyone feels, I don't know if it's entitlement, but it's something very, very strange.

• 14:03Brooke Averick?

  Entitlement's a good word. It's hard to know that there's just like so many abnormal people out there. And it's like, where are you?

• 14:10Connor Wood?

  Well, they're...

• 14:11Brooke Averick?

  Where do you live? Are you walking among us? There's so many.

• 14:15Connor Wood?

  I know.

• 14:15Brooke Averick?

  There's, it's, it's hundreds and hundreds. And I don't, I don't have a good concept of numbers, but like it's, could it be millions? Like, I don't, it's, it's millions. Like...

• 14:24Connor Wood?

  I think it's easily millions. Yeah.

• 14:27Brooke Averick?

  Like, am I passing them on the street?

• 14:29Connor Wood?

  Oh, for sure. I do think most of them are probably...

• 14:32Brooke Averick?

  Do you think that they present typical in their, in their...

• 14:35Connor Wood?

  Yeah, I do think that phones, then this is not new information, phone, between phones and synthetic weed, we are creating a new state of mind that is not, and not been around before.

• 14:50Brooke Averick?

  But I'm...

• 14:50Connor Wood?

  Synthetic weed. Did I say that?

• 14:52Brooke Averick?

  Yes.

• 14:53Connor Wood?

  We are creating, for lack of a better word, people that see a reality that does not exist. And they themselves...

• 15:03Brooke Averick?

  I'm on my phone 100% of the time with my synthetic weed.

• 15:06Connor Wood?

  You have a really good community, Brooke, and people around you that you, you talk to before you press send.

• 15:11Brooke Averick?

  You know what? You're right.

• 15:13Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 15:13Brooke Averick?

  Because actually, earlier today, almost even an hour ago, I was about to press send on something.

• 15:18Connor Wood?

  Yeah, I remember that.

• 15:19Brooke Averick?

  And my friend Connor said, let's, let's pause.

• 15:23Connor Wood?

  Yeah, let's cool down.

• 15:24Brooke Averick?

  Yeah. So maybe it is community. You're so right.

• 15:27Connor Wood?

  Which reminds me...

• 15:27Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, I had gotten worked. I'm at a, I'm at a point. I've hit a point.

• 15:32Connor Wood?

  Yeah. Which reminds me, thank you guys for the patience in this delayed episode. There's a lot going on. We are over the moon to get to still record during this hectic season of our lives. But...

• 15:44Brooke Averick?

  I just want to say, like, if I was doing what you're doing...

• 15:47Connor Wood?

  We appreciate the support.

• 15:48Brooke Averick?

  If I was doing what you're doing, I don't, I would, I don't think I'd be recording, sadly. Like, I just wouldn't have the, the strength and the stamina. So thank you for, you know, every week you show up, you dance your heart out, and then you show up here and you give it 100%. And thank you for that, Connor.

• 16:08Connor Wood?

  Thank you. Thank you for the patience and flexibility. That's to everyone here in the studio for our shifting, ever-changing schedules.

• 16:15Brooke Averick?

  It happens. Totally happens.

• 16:16Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 16:17Brooke Averick?

  We're just glad that you're here.

• 16:18Connor Wood?

  Thank everyone for the support, as always. Why is this feeling like such like a, when we go...

• 16:25Brooke Averick?

  Because it's kind of crazy.

• 16:27Connor Wood?

  Yeah, it is totally feeling like graduation day.

• 16:29Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 16:30Connor Wood?

  But...

• 16:31Brooke Averick?

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• 17:03Connor Wood?

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• 17:23Brooke Averick?

  I was recently checking out some of the fashion shows on Whatnot and came across a seller who had a bunch of vintage free people pieces. I ended up finding this really cute jacket that was originally over a hundred dollars. And guess how much I got it for?

• 17:36Connor Wood?

  Out of 100?

• 17:37Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 17:39Connor Wood?

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• 17:41Brooke Averick?

  Think...

• 17:42Connor Wood?

  Forty?

• 17:43Brooke Averick?

  Just around 40.

• 17:43Connor Wood?

  You got it for $40?

• 17:45Brooke Averick?

  Exactly. Yes. I also love that you get to see the personality behind the sellers. It's so much more interactive than just scrolling through a regular shopping website. Whether you're looking for something specific or just want to browse and see what you find, it's such a fun way to shop.

• 17:58Connor Wood?

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• 18:21Brooke Averick?

  Mm-hmm.

• 18:22Connor Wood?

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• 18:28Brooke Averick?

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• 19:04Brooke Averick?

  So Frankenstein.

• 19:05Connor Wood?

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• 19:59Connor Wood?

  Interesting. With the star in my purse.

• 20:03Brooke Averick?

  With the star in your purse.

• 20:04Connor Wood?

  Wow.

• 20:05Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, so we're all really proud of you and, you know, thanks for just giving everything 100% all the time.

• 20:11Connor Wood?

  Thank you.

• 20:12Brooke Averick?

  Even through exhaustion.

• 20:13Connor Wood?

  Armchair expert. I just understood that.

• 20:17Brooke Averick?

  I don't get it.

• 20:17Connor Wood?

  Armchair expert. People are sitting in their couch with opinions. They're armchair experts.

• 20:23Brooke Averick?

  Oh, is that what it is?

• 20:25Connor Wood?

  It totally is that.

• 20:27Brooke Averick?

  Interesting.

• 20:28Connor Wood?

  Yeah, wow.

• 20:28Brooke Averick?

  It's like keyboard warrior, but armchair expert?

• 20:31Connor Wood?

  Yes.

• 20:32Brooke Averick?

  I have to itch my... Do we address the costumes or no?

• 20:35Connor Wood?

  Oh, did we not?

• 20:36Brooke Averick?

  No. It's fine not to. I have to itch my nose.

• 20:38Connor Wood?

  Okay. We never have addressed costumes.

• 20:41Brooke Averick?

  No, I don't think we need to start now. It's like in my nostrils. It's this itch.

• 20:45Connor Wood?

  Right.

• 20:47Connor Wood?

  Yeah, you're allowed to do that.

• 20:49Brooke Averick?

  I know that. I know that.

• 20:51Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 20:52Brooke Averick?

  Hell if I know that. So, anything you can tell us for next week?

• 20:56Connor Wood?

  I think so, yeah. We are doing a waltz.

• 20:59Brooke Averick?

  Didn't you already do a waltz?

• 21:01Connor Wood?

  We did a Viennese Waltz.

• 21:02Brooke Averick?

  So, what's the big... What's the difference?

• 21:05Connor Wood?

  Viennese Waltz is faster.

• 21:07Brooke Averick?

  I like when you slow it down.

• 21:08Connor Wood?

  Yeah, this is a slower dance, but it's gorgeous.

• 21:11Brooke Averick?

  I always think of the Amssia to Bar Mitzvah saying, "Now, we're gonna slow things down." Yeah.

• 21:16Connor Wood?

  Yeah, it's really gorgeous. It is to the film Tangled, or from the film Tangled, which is amazing. I've got some... I will be stepping into the role of Flynn Rider for the evening.

• 21:29Brooke Averick?

  Freaking awesome, by the way.

• 21:31Connor Wood?

  Yeah, thank you. I mean, my shoes that I have to fill are from our Kent, Milo.

• 21:37Brooke Averick?

  Well, we haven't seen his Flynn yet, so technically, your debut Flynn is before.

• 21:42Connor Wood?

  I'm soft launching his Flynn.

• 21:42Brooke Averick?

  Yeah. You're waltzing so he can... Who knows? We don't know yet. We don't know what he might do yet.

• 21:49Connor Wood?

  I know what he will do.

• 21:50Brooke Averick?

  I'm really excited. Yeah. It's... I love... I love... Flynn is like one of the hottest Disney princes, I'll say that.

• 22:00Connor Wood?

  I watched the film again. I did a refresher last night. Just an amazing film.

• 22:05Brooke Averick?

  Fabulous.

• 22:05Connor Wood?

  Disney did their big one with Tangled, kind of.

• 22:07Brooke Averick?

  Tangled is really good. I feel like that's the most recent, like... Whoa. I mean, there's Frozen, but that's kind of different.

• 22:14Connor Wood?

  Yeah. I want to say, just like I was thinking last night, I'm sitting there watching it. The way that if the people of the Tangled universe, if they had phones, like, there would be a huge community of people, like, speaking up and standing up for Mother Gothel. Like, there would be Mother Gothel stands right now. That's the world if that was today.

• 22:36Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, like, Trump vibes.

• 22:39Connor Wood?

  Oh, my god.

• 22:40Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 22:40Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 22:43Connor Wood?

  I just, like, I was watching that, and I was like, you know, she's inherently unwell and evil.

• 22:48Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 22:49Connor Wood?

  And in all of these movies, and then in today's day and age, there would be

• 22:56Connor Wood?

  evil stepmom sympathizers, you know? Well, I'm a stepmom, and I... And these kids exhaust me all day. What, I can't... I can't ask them to do chore? You know, like, that's what that would be.

• 23:08Brooke Averick?

  Do chore?

• 23:08Connor Wood?

  Do chore?

• 23:09Brooke Averick?

  Have you heard of the book Lady Tremaine?

• 23:11Connor Wood?

  No!

• 23:12Brooke Averick?

  I don't know much about it, but I know it's like, it's a really popular book, and it's told through the evil stepmother's perspective. And apparently, you come away from it being like, "Hell, yeah."

• 23:22Connor Wood?

  Fuck those kids.

• 23:23Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, I get it. So, it's interesting.

• 23:27Connor Wood?

  Yeah, it's... Yeah. Well, I got there independently, but that is cool.

• 23:31Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 23:31Connor Wood?

  I'm not gonna...

• 23:33Brooke Averick?

  I know. You won't be reading that. Yeah, but...

• 23:37Connor Wood?

  Well, I feel like that was a little bit therapeutic and cathartic.

• 23:40Brooke Averick?

  Yeah. Could you say anything about your group dance?

• 23:42Connor Wood?

  I don't know.

• 23:43Brooke Averick?

  This is... You had... This is what you were practicing all day yesterday.

• 23:46Connor Wood?

  Right. So, well, yesterday, also for context, this is kind of just cool information to know. Like, we finished the show at... And there was like a mid-season party hosted by Julian and Alfonso afterwards. So, I got home around midnight, and then practice was at 9:00 AM for group practice. We filmed kind of like some of the package for the show, and then I had rehearsal solo for our other dance from 4:00 to 8:00 PM. So, that's just like, it's two dance week. So, our group dance is so awesome. It's so awesome. People will die.

• 24:24Brooke Averick?

  I'm so... I personally will die? Oh, my god.

• 24:28Connor Wood?

  I think that I can share that because it's Thursday.

• 24:31Brooke Averick?

  I'm sure Andy blasted it out.

• 24:33Connor Wood?

  Can I say... Okay, I'm just gonna say it.

• 24:38Connor Wood?

  We... First of all, my team.

• 24:40Brooke Averick?

  Is my wig falling off?

• 24:41Connor Wood?

  No.

• 24:42Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 24:43Connor Wood?

  Is it heavy?

• 24:44Brooke Averick?

  Oh, absolutely.

• 24:47Brooke Averick?

  Am I hunched?

• 24:48Connor Wood?

  No, you're not hunched. You've never not... You've never been less hunched.

• 24:53Brooke Averick?

  Oh.

• 24:55Connor Wood?

  Me, however, man, can a guy hunch.

• 24:57Brooke Averick?

  Yeah. No, I mean, I'm a hunched person in general.

• 25:00Connor Wood?

  Don't call yourself that. Don't say that about my friend.

• 25:02Brooke Averick?

  I can call myself a hunched person.

• 25:04Connor Wood?

  You can't call yourself a hunched person, and don't do that in front of me.

• 25:07Brooke Averick?

  Do not do that in front of me.

• 25:08Connor Wood?

  Girl, pick this up. You drop this.

• 25:11Brooke Averick?

  I couldn't fit a crown on my head. I don't...

• 25:14Connor Wood?

  You can.

• 25:15Brooke Averick?

  That would... Could you say...

• 25:20Brooke Averick?

  Does that fit? That's actually like...

• 25:22Connor Wood?

  Pick your hunched head up, queen. You dropped this.

• 25:24Brooke Averick?

  The princess in the pea. Like, this is actually... The weight of this crown is on it. Like, I can't bear it on my neck.

• 25:32Brooke Averick?

  Thank you. My mom got you this massive mirror ball, by the way.

• 25:36Connor Wood?

  No, she didn't.

• 25:37Brooke Averick?

  She is the queen of buying crap. So, like, just like, random stuff will show up at my door every week, and I'm like...

• 25:45Connor Wood?

  Your pillowcase-sized package of wasabi peas.

• 25:48Brooke Averick?

  Exactly. Just like, everything. And I'm like, "I... My mom, I love you so much." Her love language is gift-giving. But like, I don't have room for like, this thousand-pound teddy bear. Like, I just like, it's just like stuff. So, she's like, "Send me Connor's address. I have something to send him." I say, "How about you send it to me first?" "How about you send it to me first?" So, you would have had this mirror bottle just kind of bring from...

• 26:13Connor Wood?

  That's fabulous.

• 26:13Brooke Averick?

  Bring from New York and LA and back and stuff. So, I think we can keep it here. I think we can keep it here and have it.

• 26:21Connor Wood?

  That's true. Another thing for... Another tchotchke.

• 26:23Brooke Averick?

  Yeah. So, that's good.

• 26:24Connor Wood?

  That's awesome. Thank you, my mom.

• 26:26Brooke Averick?

  Thanks, my mom.

• 26:27Connor Wood?

  Oh, the group dance.

• 26:29Brooke Averick?

  Sorry.

• 26:29Connor Wood?

  How do we go... Oh, hunch. I've got a hunch. This dance is gonna be amazing.

• 26:34Brooke Averick?

  Say the name. Say what you're using to.

• 26:36Connor Wood?

  Well, first of all, my group, Ezra Freck, Harry Shum.

• 26:41Brooke Averick?

  Still haven't met him.

• 26:42Connor Wood?

  Oh, you will.

• 26:43Brooke Averick?

  I hope so. And Harry.

• 26:45Connor Wood?

  Yeah. Ezra Freck.

• 26:46Brooke Averick?

  I have not met anyone, actually, I don't think, as it turns out.

• 26:49Connor Wood?

  Well, you do... You leave pretty quick after the show.

• 26:52Brooke Averick?

  Am I not supposed to?

• 26:53Connor Wood?

  Well, we just do press for a little bit, and then that's when everybody kind of talks after.

• 26:56Brooke Averick?

  Should I stay?

• 26:57Connor Wood?

  You could if you want to meet people.

• 26:59Brooke Averick?

  I'll stay next week.

• 27:00Connor Wood?

  Okay. So, it's Ezra Freck, Harry Shum, Jenna Dewan, and Julianne Hough. It's a Fritz Bernays.

• 27:09Brooke Averick?

  That's the definition. Look up Fritz Bernays in the dictionary. You'll see an image of Connor Wood, Ezra Freck, Jenna Dewan, and Harry Shum, led by Julianne Hough.

• 27:18Connor Wood?

  It's so fun. I'm so over the moon. If you don't know what the group dancing entails, basically, we do our group dance. We get a score, and it's added to our score. And typically, historically, the losing team... Someone goes home from the losing team. Historically speaking.

• 27:36Brooke Averick?

  I would say we've reached the point now where anyone that goes home will hurt my heart pretty greatly.

• 27:42Connor Wood?

  Same.

• 27:43Brooke Averick?

  So, I don't love that.

• 27:46Connor Wood?

  Yeah. Yeah.

• 27:48Brooke Averick?

  It's to the point, it's like, it's more than a show now. It's... Like, I see how people get really like... Totally emotional about this. Like, when Tyler got emotional, I was like, "I really get... Like, I get that." Like, I'm not taking any Tyler slander. Like, I get why he was so upset. Like, it's devastating.

• 28:09Connor Wood?

  Yeah. Yeah, I mean, you're putting so much in. This is really seriously like, all I think about.

• 28:17Brooke Averick?

  I know. It's all I think about. So, I can't even imagine being on the show.

• 28:22Connor Wood?

  No.

• 28:23Brooke Averick?

  Yeah. Dance is life.

• 28:25Connor Wood?

  Dance is life.

• 28:26Brooke Averick?

  Dance is life.

• 28:27Connor Wood?

  Me on my way to dance, be like...

• 28:29Brooke Averick?

  Yeah. Any other dancing stuff?

• 28:33Connor Wood?

  No.

• 28:34Brooke Averick?

  Are you sure?

• 28:35Connor Wood?

  No. We have a... It's... It will be a lovely, beautiful dance. I'm already excited. Really did want to get to Disney Night. Like, that was my goal.

• 28:43Brooke Averick?

  What's... Are you allowed to tell us like, what's next? Like, what's after Disney Night? Do you know? Or you're not allowed to tell us?

• 28:51Brooke Averick?

  I think you can. I think it's public info, or no?

• 28:54Connor Wood?

  Yeah, the themes are public info, but I don't remember. Izzy, do you remember what it?

• 28:58Speaker 05

  And I'm looking it up.

• 29:00Connor Wood?

  Let me see.

• 29:06Brooke Averick?

  Also, did you know that people are comparing your Halloween dance to Milo and Whitney's Halloween dance, which is one of the most iconic Dancing with the Stars performances of all time?

• 29:16Connor Wood?

  I love that dance.

• 29:17Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 29:18Connor Wood?

  Oh.

• 29:19Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 29:19Connor Wood?

  Next is Grammy night?

• 29:22Brooke Averick?

  Wait, we didn't talk about Cynthia Erivo.

• 29:25Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 29:25Brooke Averick?

  Oh, we didn't even talk about Shirley. Okay, Cynthia Erivo guest judging is legitimately insane. I can't believe she'll be talking to you like eye to eye, like saying your name, like, or like, that's nuts to me. I also kind of fucked with Shirley Ballas.

• 29:41Connor Wood?

  Me too. Heavily.

• 29:42Brooke Averick?

  Like, pretty heavily. I thought her feedback, like, was really, really, like, detailed, even if it was, like, not what you would want to be receiving. Like, I would, that, like, is actually helpful feedback, especially when she brought out the shoes.

• 29:55Connor Wood?

  Right.

• 29:56Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, I wonder what Cynthia, I wonder what Cynthia Syle will be like.

• 29:59Connor Wood?

  Probably really, really eloquent and, like, beautiful and almost poetic.

• 30:05Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, I can't believe, I like, I can't believe this bullshit. Like, this is just...

• 30:10Connor Wood?

  I mean, it's the best show on television.

• 30:11Brooke Averick?

  It's the best show on television.

• 30:13Connor Wood?

  No one's...

• 30:13Brooke Averick?

  You're on the best show on television.

• 30:15Connor Wood?

  Baby.

• 30:16Brooke Averick?

  Baby, you're on the best show.

• 30:18Connor Wood?

  It feels that way.

• 30:19Brooke Averick?

  On, I'm sorry, national television.

• 30:22Connor Wood?

  It feels that way. I don't think that it will, like, this week was the first week. I was standing on the stage during the show and I go, "I'm on Dancing with the Stars." It was very surreal thing. And I was looking at you guys in the crowd, like, "And they're here?"

• 30:35Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 30:36Connor Wood?

  I seriously feel like, you know, when they say that right when you die, you get, like, overwhelming levels of, like, DMT, I think it, or is it, do you, does your brain release DMT, or is that like a really serious chemical drug?

• 30:54Brooke Averick?

  Well, that's, that's a drug. Oxytocin?

• 30:56Connor Wood?

  It, like, makes, you go through, like, a, a very...

• 31:01Brooke Averick?

  Clarity, like, like post nut clarity?

• 31:03Connor Wood?

  No, like, you go through your life and you experience, like, you have, like, genuine out of body.

• 31:08Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 31:08Connor Wood?

  That feels like I could be dead.

• 31:10Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 31:10Connor Wood?

  And also, so much good stuff is happening to me recently that I genuinely feel it. And it's so good that I feel like, it feels like I'm on, you know, when you take a, a dog to the beach and then you give it a cheeseburger and an ice cream cone because you're about to put it down?

• 31:29Brooke Averick?

  Yeah. That's what you feel like. Well, the good news is that, like, I think you're here to stay.

• 31:35Connor Wood?

  Praying.

• 31:38Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 31:39Connor Wood?

  Okay, so...

• 31:40Brooke Averick?

  Oh, yeah, loss of oxygen and consciousness within 15 to 20 of heart stopping. All right.

• 31:45Connor Wood?

  So, loss of oxygen and consciousness, what is, what was the question that we typed out?

• 31:48Brooke Averick?

  [laughing]

• 31:49Connor Wood?

  Sorry, I forgot what we were doing.

• 31:51Brooke Averick?

  Your cerebral cortex.

• 31:51Connor Wood?

  Oh, "Right when you die, the cerebral cortex loses its oxygen supply and shuts down consciousness within 15 to 20 seconds, followed by a brief surge of coordinated electrical brain activity. Gamma waves studied using blah, blah, blah have recorded a sudden coordinated spike in high-frequency gamma right around the time of death. Memory and life recall, these gamma waves are typically tied to high-level cognitive functions, memory, retrieval, and dreamlike states. Researchers suggest this activity may trigger a final rapid replay of memories or mimic near-death experiences." Wow, wow, wow, I'm gonna remember my entire tango dance on my time of death.

• 32:29Brooke Averick?

  Oh, I bet. This is, it's fun to live through something where you know that at the end of your life, like, that's the moment you'll come back to.

• 32:37Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 32:38Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 32:39Connor Wood?

  Mama mia. What moment will you come back to specifically?

• 32:42Brooke Averick?

  Well, I've actually, like, what you were saying, like, I feel like, like, this is kind of drama.

• 32:48Connor Wood?

  Okay.

• 32:49Brooke Averick?

  But in the, it's like, hard to, like, it's been hard for me to, like, feel genuine happiness recently because there's just, like, so much good that it's almost, like, numbing.

• 32:58Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 32:58Brooke Averick?

  But I feel like recently, like, with you on Dancing with the Stars, I've been have, like, you on Dancing with the Stars, a new Acotar, I've got my Murdoku, Glee is coming, like, I've been feeling, I've felt genuine, like, happiness and I'm, like, I feel, like, so content.

• 33:14Connor Wood?

  Wow.

• 33:15Brooke Averick?

  With just, like, all these, like, amazing, it's like, the little things, like, obviously, you being on Dancing with the Stars is a bigger thing, but, like, just like my treasures, like, I've been feeling really, like, genuine happiness, like, in this time period.

• 33:27Connor Wood?

  Brooke, that's like a massive, massive milestone.

• 33:31Brooke Averick?

  Thanks. And then, like, yeah, I've just been feeling happy, which is like weird.

• 33:36Connor Wood?

  Holy, this girl really blew up.

• 33:37Brooke Averick?

  I know, she blew down.

• 33:39Connor Wood?

  Really let herself go.

• 33:40Brooke Averick?

  Okay, what are we talking, what do you want to talk about next?

• 33:42Connor Wood?

  Well, I guess we should do, this will be the exclusive Jennifer Lawrence debrief situation, and I, I know people can beat, the horse can die, right? You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it die. I am actively trying to kill this horse, okay? It needs to, like, the way that Jennifer Lawrence is truly, like, a subtle legend, you know, like, she wouldn't, she would not want me to continue ma, Jennifer Lawrence leaves a comment, I go, "Boo-boo, do you mind making that merch?" That is not, that is not how I, how I get her in, into my corner, you know?

• 34:24Brooke Averick?

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• 34:39Connor Wood?

  The jeans?

• 34:40Brooke Averick?

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• 34:47Connor Wood?

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• 35:09Brooke Averick?

  I had said bags.

• 35:10Connor Wood?

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• 35:22Brooke Averick?

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• 35:42Connor Wood?

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• 36:04Brooke Averick?

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• 36:23Connor Wood?

  I made the right decision in, in the moment, and I thought it would blow over, but it turns out every social media manager on the planet is deciding to use the sound. We have reached I Have Purse level legacy status. Like, I don't know, every time I open my phone, it's this, it's, and it's massive entities are using the sound, and I'm like...

• 36:45Brooke Averick?

  Like NFL vibes?

• 36:46Connor Wood?

  NFL.

• 36:47Brooke Averick?

  This is NFL, yeah.

• 36:47Connor Wood?

  NFL. Every team on the planet. And then, like, PGA Tour. It's just crazy.

• 36:55Brooke Averick?

  Can I ask?

• 36:56Connor Wood?

  And people are being the smoothie and 8th Avenue for Halloween and being me, like, being nonchalant. I also want to walk you the mindset of me in my smoothie shop on 8th Avenue, but, by the way, it's very, it's way too specific to not have happened. I know she's a funny woman. This is, the funniest thing that she did in this moment was tell the truth. 100%, we had crossed paths, which is a very, that feels very special to me. But if I'm going to the smoothie shop, that means I'm on my way to the gym, and that means I'm about to kill myself. So, I'm not really looking around and trying to chat with anyone. I'm trying to, to keep myself motivated, but I have, I'm definitely dissociating when I'm getting my smoothie because I'm about to go, got an itch.

• 37:41Brooke Averick?

  Can I ask, like, did she delete the comment?

• 37:46Connor Wood?

  No, the, the, for whatever reason, it glitched and you can only see it if it's, if you go to the account, scroll, and then you seek that video out, and it pops up.

• 37:58Brooke Averick?

  No, I know, I don't see, I can't see it.

• 37:59Connor Wood?

  If it's in a DM or if it's been sent to you, I think that you have to type in the thing. It's like, it's like a bug because I asked the, I think it was BuzzFeed, if it had been deleted on their end, and they said, "No, we can see it." So, I don't really know.

• 38:15Brooke Averick?

  Interesting, I can't see it. Did Jen block me? Oh, no, my landlord.

• 38:19Connor Wood?

  Congratulations to Jen on her hair care company, by the way.

• 38:23Brooke Averick?

  By the way, like, what an awesome time to have a viral moment.

• 38:26Connor Wood?

  I know. Yeah. That was, like, genuinely divine intervention. Thank you. The way that God's plan is, is making me laugh with joy.

• 38:40Brooke Averick?

  That's pretty damn cool.

• 38:42Connor Wood?

  Yeah, that is cool.

• 38:42Brooke Averick?

  Like Jennifer Lawrence, like...

• 38:44Connor Wood?

  She's got, she literally has to just be like, "Oh, my gosh, shut up."

• 38:48Brooke Averick?

  It's, not only did she engage with you, like, she engaged with you based off of the prior knowledge that she had of you. That's pretty insane. Also, think about how many, like, mega, mega celebrities know who you are and, like, like you. Like...

• 39:09Connor Wood?

  I haven't heard anything.

• 39:11Brooke Averick?

  But, because, like, Nathan, not, Nathan Fielder's really not a good example, but, like, Andrew Garfield's not, like, posting about Dancing with the Stars, but, like, he's probably watching.

• 39:21Connor Wood?

  He'll probably watch with Cynthia on next week.

• 39:23Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 39:23Connor Wood?

  Maybe. Or lie that he did.

• 39:25Brooke Averick?

  Like, he loves reality TV.

• 39:28Connor Wood?

  Yeah, he does.

• 39:29Brooke Averick?

  So...

• 39:31Connor Wood?

  Well, Jennifer went on, um, Call Her Daddy and was like, Alex asked, "Have you ever, what's the weirdest interaction you had with a fan?" And she's like, "Well, people in New York aren't, you know, there's, no dorks come up and are like, 'I'm your biggest fan.'" I'm like, "I'll be a dork."

• 39:49Brooke Averick?

  You don't have to because, like, if you go up to her, it'll be like, "Hey, good to see you."

• 39:53Connor Wood?

  Yeah, we would have something to talk about. How crazy is that?

• 39:55Brooke Averick?

  It's not like a fan interaction. It's like two, like, friends catching up.

• 40:01Connor Wood?

  Yeah, I will say, I have a...

• 40:05Connor Wood?

  Tentatively, I have a really fun.

• 40:07Brooke Averick?

  Why are you stroking your sock like you're, it's like a cat and you're like an evil person?

• 40:11Connor Wood?

  Well, my, my shoes are really thin, so I'm rubbing my foot through my shoe.

• 40:14Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 40:15Connor Wood?

  And it's calming me down.

• 40:16Brooke Averick?

  Got it. You stressed?

• 40:18Connor Wood?

  No, well, yeah. I have a really fun collaboration piece coming up soon.

• 40:25Brooke Averick?

  With who?

• 40:28Connor Wood?

  I don't know. It's really funny.

• 40:30Brooke Averick?

  Do I know about it?

• 40:31Connor Wood?

  No.

• 40:32Brooke Averick?

  Are you gonna surprise me or will you, will you tell me?

• 40:33Connor Wood?

  I'll tell you.

• 40:34Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 40:34Connor Wood?

  Yes, it would have been, it, it, it has been like an, a movie.

• 40:40Brooke Averick?

  It really has. Life, life imitates art.

• 40:44Connor Wood?

  I'm checking all my.

• 40:45Brooke Averick?

  I was in New York.

• 40:47Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 40:47Brooke Averick?

  Last week, which was really hard because it's like fall.

• 40:53Connor Wood?

  Why is that really hard? That's amazing.

• 40:55Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, but then I had to leave and I don't live like on these.

• 40:58Connor Wood?

  I know, you were texting me like, I can wrap my head around it. I will say fall in New York is a lot like spring in New York. I never had seasons. Did you? Like, I, I realized I grew up in Texas, moved to California. That's the two places that I remember living, you know? New York is my first time experiencing seasons. The winter, it was the worst winter ever last year. I could not have been more in heaven. Bundle my fat ass up and head to the coffee shop. Yeah, sign me up.

• 41:30Brooke Averick?

  Oh, I don't feel that way about winter, but like fall has always been my favorite.

• 41:33Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 41:34Brooke Averick?

  And I haven't experienced a true fall in like five years. And so being there was really tough, especially because I was doing so many like bookish activities. So I was like going in bookstores and cute stuff stores and it was fall and.

• 41:51Connor Wood?

  Skirting around and having.

• 41:52Brooke Averick?

  Skirting around in my puffer.

• 41:54Connor Wood?

  Having a schedule in New York, it's work and then you have some time to kill in between. You are Kate Hudson in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Like, I work at a fashion magazine. I'm an editor. I wanna write about politics.

• 42:07Brooke Averick?

  Your life is just the most romantic thing.

• 42:09Connor Wood?

  Makes me write about trousers.

• 42:14Connor Wood?

  Oh, it's a dream.

• 42:16Brooke Averick?

  Completely. But anyway, I had a few meet and greets and I met some of our fans.

• 42:21Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 42:21Brooke Averick?

  And there was this one girl who was like, hey, Connor blocked me like a few years ago and we've heard of her because this is the girl that you blocked from the Brooke and Connor account for saying something and then she tried to get unblocked through Salt Hank. You remember that?

• 42:41Connor Wood?

  Yes.

• 42:42Brooke Averick?

  Anyway, I, she wrote a really long letter.

• 42:46Connor Wood?

  Okay.

• 42:46Brooke Averick?

  A plea to get unblocked. I'm gonna read it to you and it's up to you. It's completely up to you if you wanna unblock her or not.

• 42:55Connor Wood?

  I like, I mean, like, I don't block willy nilly like.

• 43:00Brooke Averick?

  She, she did something bad. It's in the letter.

• 43:03Connor Wood?

  Oh, well, okay. If, if we're able, if she's able to acknowledge and not make an excuse for what she said, when we have said time and time again,

• 43:12Connor Wood?

  we are not open to constructive criticism or feedback of any kind outside of positive. Like zero, you guys.

• 43:22Brooke Averick?

  Do you want me to read it to you?

• 43:24Connor Wood?

  What? Yeah.

• 43:26Brooke Averick?

  It's a big typed out letter.

• 43:27Connor Wood?

  Holy.

• 43:29Brooke Averick?

  She's, she's taking accountability.

• 43:31Connor Wood?

  Okay.

• 43:31Brooke Averick?

  So it's, and then it will be up to you to decide if she gets unblocked from the BNC account. Hi Brooke, I'm writing to you because one, I'm a huge fan and two, this is an attempt to get myself unblocked from the BNC Insta page. I was blocked pre-DWTS and here's what happened. Back in March or April of 2024, Connor posted a question box on the BNC Insta and I said something like, no question, but you look bad. Which reflecting.

• 43:58Connor Wood?

  Go to hell. Sorry, holy freaking airball.

• 44:01Brooke Averick?

  Reflecting sounds so mean.

• 44:03Connor Wood?

  Right!

• 44:03Brooke Averick?

  I just took my parasocial relationship too damn far.

• 44:07Connor Wood?

  That's not parasocial.

• 44:09Brooke Averick?

  Well, this is, she said, this is how my friends and I speak to each other and I thought he knew my heart. That's the, that's a key sentence because we don't know your heart. Cause we don't know you, right?

• 44:19Connor Wood?

  You look bad? In what way was I supposed, oh wait, that must be how she talks to her friends.

• 44:26Brooke Averick?

  Right. I think that's a key thing that people are missing is that we don't, we don't know. That that's a compliment. We don't know that you saying you look bad.

• 44:39Connor Wood?

  I do admire this Brooke. I wanna say the open letter to us to explain makes me want to unfortunately leave her where she is. Like this is, this is freaking me out worse. There's no justification for you look bad. Someone who

• 44:56Connor Wood?

  really doesn't need to hear that, you know, ever.

• 44:59Brooke Averick?

  I'm gonna keep reading and you can decide at the end if she, I told her, I told her this. I said, that's bad. And I will leave it up to Connor to decide if you are getting unblocked.

• 45:10Connor Wood?

  Do we have her at?

• 45:11Brooke Averick?

  I have her at.

• 45:12Connor Wood?

  Okay.

• 45:12Brooke Averick?

  A few days later, I couldn't find the BNC Instagram and thought maybe the mainframe was hacked. I looked on my other account and still couldn't find it. Listened to the pod, I listened to the next pod and he said something like, yeah, a girl said I look bad, so I immediately blocked her. I mean, my God, I was shocked, but I was.

• 45:28Connor Wood?

  You were what?

• 45:29Brooke Averick?

  I was also cracking up.

• 45:31Connor Wood?

  You were shocked?

• 45:33Brooke Averick?

  And also cracking up.

• 45:35Connor Wood?

  Okay, I'm so sorry. Like I, I'm going, by the way, my, I'm being tugged back and forth.

• 45:42Connor Wood?

  Like I was shocked and saddened and cracking up?

• 45:48Connor Wood?

  I'm so sorry. I, I, I want, I want to unblock. I don't wanna block.

• 45:55Brooke Averick?

  You said something earlier that was really wise. Like everyone should act like the person that you're talking to or about, we'll see this.

• 46:01Connor Wood?

  We'll see it.

• 46:03Brooke Averick?

  So.

• 46:04Connor Wood?

  No, I'm so sorry, young lady. You'll, you'll remain in the brig unfortunately.

• 46:09Brooke Averick?

  Damn.

• 46:10Connor Wood?

  I, I didn't even like, sorry, like.

• 46:13Brooke Averick?

  I don't think there was any part of you that considered unblocking.

• 46:15Connor Wood?

  I didn't like the tone of the spoken, the, the written letter. Like, I'm so, I'm not sorry. I'm not sorry. That is like, that's gonna be. You know what I really admired? I know that there was a time when, like when you and I lived with Jack and Sally Darr. Jack would be on that freaking shared TikTok account of ours, blocking people,

• 46:43Connor Wood?

  proactively blocking people that said anything negative, even slightly about any of us. That's what I see so that we wouldn't see it, you know?

• 46:51Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, it was really actually very sweet.

• 46:52Connor Wood?

  And that was a very tough time physically in my life in terms of looks.

• 46:57Brooke Averick?

  For few people, for a few people.

• 46:59Connor Wood?

  Yeah, so I, I like that. He was really like, kind of taking a lot of heat off of my.

• 47:05Brooke Averick?

  I was referring to myself, by the way.

• 47:08Brooke Averick?

  And I don't, I think you look.

• 47:09Connor Wood?

  No, we were going through, Brooke, that photo of us at the bus stop.

• 47:11Brooke Averick?

  I don't wanna talk about the photo of us at the bus stop, but.

• 47:19Brooke Averick?

  I am at a, I'm, I'm at the point of, sometimes I, I am, I am blocking people at this point. Cause it's like, I'm choosing to like be vulnerable online and share stuff and my life and like if, if you're coming at me with like anger and negativity and just being mean to me or my friend, it's like, go.

• 47:41Brooke Averick?

  Not doing that. So I, I'm, I'm so pro-blocking right now and I think there's been a lot of people to block, which is sad.

• 47:48Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 47:49Brooke Averick?

  But it's also so hard because I guess it's just like the more eyes, it's like the more negativity, but in the same vein, it's like also the most like amount of kindness and.

• 48:00Connor Wood?

  Yeah, no, it is. That doesn't get unrecognized, by the way.

• 48:03Brooke Averick?

  So it's just hard not to like hear the, the negativity.

• 48:06Connor Wood?

  Muddy the waters. Yeah.

• 48:08Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, but we'll, we'll get better because we have to, but I will say like, I think, I think definitely both of us are, have been struggling with that. And I'm being earnest and honest, but it's not an easy. I can't imagine it's much worse for you. So sending, sending love and healing to you.

• 48:27Connor Wood?

  Well, I've cussed a lot on this podcast. Like I, I hope that

• 48:31Connor Wood?

  you guys don't think of me differently. It's the costume.

• 48:33Brooke Averick?

  I, I honestly do think of you a little differently.

• 48:44Connor Wood?

  You look like a different person.

• 48:46Brooke Averick?

  I wish I whitened my teeth.

• 48:48Connor Wood?

  They look white.

• 48:49Brooke Averick?

  Really?

• 48:49Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 48:52Connor Wood?

  I think so.

• 48:54Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 48:57Brooke Averick?

  Do you not feel like it's insane that there's going to be a Glee reboot? And do you think that you'll watch the first Glee?

• 49:04Connor Wood?

  I want to say, can I say something about Glee, actually?

• 49:06Brooke Averick?

  I've been begging you to say something about Glee for six years.

• 49:10Connor Wood?

  I will say, because of the reboot, there's been a lot of clips coming across my desk. Glee is really funny.

• 49:18Brooke Averick?

  Glee is hysterical. Glee has like lived in that time where The Office did, where like, it was super not PC.

• 49:24Connor Wood?

  No, and that's what is turning me on a little bit. I'm like, oh, whoa.

• 49:28Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 49:29Connor Wood?

  Because that was one of those things where if you're offensive to everybody, you're offensive to no one. You know, as they covered, they covered everybody. And I'm like, oh, wow.

• 49:36Brooke Averick?

  They, they didn't miss a beat.

• 49:37Connor Wood?

  They didn't.

• 49:38Brooke Averick?

  No, I think you, you would genuinely.

• 49:39Connor Wood?

  Jane Lynch, by the way.

• 49:41Brooke Averick?

  Jane, Sue Sylvester is one of the most iconic TV characters of all time. And a lot of the, even like the numbers are like, so many of them are like ironic, like cringe, like funny.

• 49:53Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 49:54Brooke Averick?

  Like, I mean, some are just completely freaking breathtaking. And like, maybe you won't like be as compelled by those. But some are like funny ironic, like, like thong song. Like, like you, I think you, it might be worth a try.

• 50:08Connor Wood?

  I, I like, I have so much trouble when scenes are cut because of songs that I know, you know? But I know that you love that.

• 50:15Brooke Averick?

  What do you mean?

• 50:16Connor Wood?

  Like, in musicals, I'm like, oh, I wish I could go back to the plot now.

• 50:21Brooke Averick?

  Yeah. I mean, you can go on your phone during the musical numbers if you need to.

• 50:25Connor Wood?

  That's true, and I do. I don't get off my phone.

• 50:27Brooke Averick?

  The thing is that they do so many oldies that like, it's songs that you'll like.

• 50:30Connor Wood?

  Yeah, that's true.

• 50:31Brooke Averick?

  The, what I'm worried about now. I mean, I think we all have to go into this reboot with realistic expectations that like, it's, we will never get the first three seasons of Glee again. Even the seasons four, five, six are not the first three seasons of Glee. Like, we need to have realistic expectations.

• 50:50Connor Wood?

  Ew.

• 50:50Brooke Averick?

  What?

• 50:51Connor Wood?

  You said four, five, six, and my heart dropped, because now numbers are scores to me.

• 50:55Brooke Averick?

  Oh, I'm sorry, sweetheart. I won't say numbers in front of you again.

• 50:58Connor Wood?

  That's okay.

• 50:58Brooke Averick?

  Um, but,

• 51:02Brooke Averick?

  yeah, I'm also thinking of like all of the things that Glee ended before. Like, Glee and Hamilton did not exist in the same world. Glee and Dear Evan Hansen did not exist in the same world. Glee and Chapel Rohn, Glee and Olivia Rodrigo, Glee and The Greatest Showman.

• 51:17Connor Wood?

  You think they're gonna throw some big dogs in there?

• 51:18Brooke Averick?

  There is going to be, there is so much material that exists

• 51:26Brooke Averick?

  that did not exist in the time that Glee was first made. It's just, it's really, it, it has potential to, to be good if.

• 51:34Connor Wood?

  If what has been happening every, to every single reboot doesn't happen.

• 51:38Brooke Averick?

  Exactly. I just don't know.

• 51:40Connor Wood?

  I wonder if people writing these shows and casting for these reboots are like, what if we made this good?

• 51:46Brooke Averick?

  I don't, like, I just wonder, I don't know, Connor.

• 51:50Connor Wood?

  Sequels are going to shit, reboots are going to shit. And it's, I think it's because they're trying to be too finger on the pulse.

• 51:58Brooke Averick?

  Like woke mob?

• 51:59Connor Wood?

  Not woke mob, just like finger on the pulse. Like, everything doesn't need to be, the way trends are set

• 52:06Connor Wood?

  is by taking your own path that you are like, trust, you know, like, they don't need to adhere to, to putting someone who's timely in. Like, Chapel Rohn would be really good. That's, that's a good example of like an exception I think I would make.

• 52:22Brooke Averick?

  It sucks because like.

• 52:23Connor Wood?

  Is it in current day?

• 52:24Brooke Averick?

  Glee?

• 52:26Connor Wood?

  Is this reboot gonna be in current day?

• 52:27Brooke Averick?

  I would imagine.

• 52:28Connor Wood?

  Was that in current day when it came out? So what are they gonna do? You're old now?

• 52:33Brooke Averick?

  I don't know.

• 52:34Connor Wood?

  The beach that makes you old?

• 52:35Brooke Averick?

  Well, that's what, that was the problem with the original Glee too, is that the, like, Rachel, Michelle, and everyone graduated. So in season four, they went off to New York. And that's when I was like, I can't, I don't, I'm not watching anymore.

• 52:45Connor Wood?

  I'm only interested in the high school.

• 52:46Brooke Averick?

  I'm only interested in my family in the choir room. And so I don't know what they're, I don't know what they're gonna do now. Like, maybe

• 52:53Connor Wood?

  They'll be teachers?

• 52:54Brooke Averick?

  We'll go back and be a teacher. Exactly.

• 52:55Connor Wood?

  Like Victorious?

• 52:57Brooke Averick?

  Yeah. And so, we'll see. But I think we really need to manage our expectations. I agree. I also like, hope we don't see a lot of like, random like influencers. Except for I have to be in the video, I'm supposed to be in the video. I have to be in, in this, I don't care. I will sweep the damn floors. I'll be a janitor in the background of the choir room.

• 53:18Connor Wood?

  You would be phenomenal in the Glee reboot.

• 53:21Brooke Averick?

  Like, I, I'm, I'm gonna come in, in a few weeks prior, or a few weeks from now. And I'm gonna audition. I'm gonna print a script. I'm gonna give you lines to read. I will have mine prepared.

• 53:38Brooke Averick?

  And I'm going to audition for the Glee reboot. And I, I have, I have to. I think it would be a huge missed opportunity if I didn't. I'm gonna, I'm gonna take advantage of the viewers that you're bringing in, get a lot of eyes on it. I want as many eyes as possible. I want to get this in front of Ryan Murphy. I'm supposed to be in the video.

• 53:56Connor Wood?

  Yeah, I like that, I like that you, you are speaking that in.

• 53:59Brooke Averick?

  Thanks. Like, I, I will do, I will play a dead, like, I will do anything. Like, this, this show was my life, truly.

• 54:07Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 54:08Brooke Averick?

  So.

• 54:09Connor Wood?

  Sing for me, Paolo.

• 54:10Brooke Averick?

  Sing for me, Paolo. Yeah. It's the most important thing.

• 54:14Connor Wood?

  That's awesome. That's gonna be so fun.

• 54:15Brooke Averick?

  Yeah. I'm really excited about that, even though I don't know if it will be any good.

• 54:23Connor Wood?

  There's too much at stake.

• 54:25Brooke Averick?

  I, I think they will, I, my thing is like, they did already kind of ruin the show. Is it, so it's like.

• 54:30Connor Wood?

  What do you mean, how?

• 54:31Brooke Averick?

  With the four, seasons four, five, and six were pretty bad. And so, and I say this with like, this is my favorite show. It's fine. You can say that about your favorite show.

• 54:42Brooke Averick?

  So, it's like, the stakes are pretty low.

• 54:49Connor Wood?

  I don't know.

• 54:50Brooke Averick?

  Like, it's not like they would be bringing it back and ruining a show that ended on a perfect note.

• 54:54Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 54:54Brooke Averick?

  Like, they, it went so downhill. So it's like, if you keep going downhill, like, fine, you're already, it was already happening. But like, there's room to go up, too.

• 55:04Connor Wood?

  I like that.

• 55:04Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 55:05Connor Wood?

  What about Girls?

• 55:07Brooke Averick?

  Oh, my God, we didn't even talk about the Girls reboot. I have faith in the Girls reboot.

• 55:11Connor Wood?

  I think we did.

• 55:12Brooke Averick?

  Oh, okay. I kind of have faith in the Girls reboot.

• 55:15Connor Wood?

  I want to. That's, that's, that's, that's one that ended and it was like, whoa.

• 55:20Brooke Averick?

  Well, I didn't like the last season of Girls.

• 55:23Connor Wood?

  It was, uh,

• 55:26Connor Wood?

  heavy on the heart. It was like anxiety inducing.

• 55:28Brooke Averick?

  It was, yeah, I guess it was just like, it was really heavy and sad and like, maybe I have to re-watch it. But like, yeah, it was, it was just totally very different from the rest of the show. And I know some people really like it and some really don't. So, I would go back and, and re-watch that, for sure.

• 55:46Connor Wood?

  And then you had your new book come out.

• 55:48Brooke Averick?

  Thank you for saying that.

• 55:49Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 55:50Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, the new act itar's out. This is a fairly large deal.

• 55:53Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 55:53Brooke Averick?

  For the community.

• 55:54Connor Wood?

  And you, you started reading it?

• 55:57Brooke Averick?

  I'm a little over halfway through.

• 55:59Connor Wood?

  So the other books.

• 55:59Brooke Averick?

  Here, this is it. You wanna hold it?

• 56:01Connor Wood?

  Yeah, you were talking about, you, you should read those other books.

• 56:05Brooke Averick?

  So I was, I was embroiled in a controversy. Basically, A Court of Flundered Harmony. Yeah, thank you. Basically, there's a big debate online. Do you have, she has, Sarah has three series.

• 56:16Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 56:16Brooke Averick?

  There's Throne of Glass, there's Crescent City, and there's A Court of Thorns and Roses.

• 56:23Brooke Averick?

  There's, people are, there's a big debate online, and I'm trying not to give anything away. Do you have to read the other series to understand this new book?

• 56:36Connor Wood?

  Smells so good.

• 56:36Brooke Averick?

  Because there's some context that you might want

• 56:40Connor Wood?

  Right.

• 56:41Brooke Averick?

  in the other series for this book. And so many people are like, no, the context is given to you in this book. But I truly think you have to read all of her books

• 56:53Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 56:53Brooke Averick?

  to read this new act itar. And people are not liking that because one of her series, Crescent Cities, it's three books, and they're each like 900 pages. So it's like a fairly large commitment to just want to read this one. So people were getting so mad at me, Connor, in a way that like, I had just killed their families for saying that I would recommend reading another series. They were like, fuck you, I don't want to. Okay, you don't have to, my lovey. But that's my recommendation. Uh, some people disagree, so that's good. Um, I myself, I would be, if I did not read Crescent City, I think I would find myself feeling really confused and frustrated. Because I'm someone that likes to understand every detail of what I'm reading.

• 57:39Brooke Averick?

  And if I don't, I, I don't like that. But there's different kinds of readers out there that might not bother you. So, I don't know, I got like embroiled into a conflict that actually had me, uh, posting a video response. So I appreciate you.

• 57:54Connor Wood?

  Bean soup.

• 57:55Brooke Averick?

  It was a total bean soup situation. It was like people threatening my life because they don't want to read those other books.

• 58:03Brooke Averick?

  Don't.

• 58:06Brooke Averick?

  Don't. Yeah, so

• 58:10Brooke Averick?

  I'm, I'm having fun. Um, I'm having fun.

• 58:16Brooke Averick?

  With a chord of splintered harmony.

• 58:18Connor Wood?

  How was this entire episode like?

• 58:22Brooke Averick?

  Us being angry? I mean, you know, it's, it is so hard because every, like 99% of people are so amazing, probably. But the loud voices that we're hearing are the people that are, are giving us a hard time. So that's what's hard.

• 58:39Connor Wood?

  It's not hard. It's a blessing. Wait, it's a blessing.

• 58:43Brooke Averick?

  I know. It genuinely is, but like it does. I think it's fine to express that, you know, gets to, we're people too. We're people too. So it gets, it does get to a point. Like we're not just a thing on your phone.

• 58:55Brooke Averick?

  We're people.

• 58:57Brooke Averick?

  So I think that's-

• 58:58Connor Wood?

  We are people.

• 58:59Brooke Averick?

  That's hard.

• 59:00Connor Wood?

  Oh my gosh, speaking of we are people.

• 59:04Connor Wood?

  I was going into my building

• 59:08Connor Wood?

  this week, I can't remember when, and I was chatting with someone and I was like, the elevator was open. And there was someone holding the door for me and I was like, it's like, just go. And the door started to shut and right when it started to shut, I was just waiting for it to shut. The elevator to go so I could push it again, let the guy go. He sticks his arm through the elevator.

• 59:31Brooke Averick?

  You shouldn't do that.

• 59:34Connor Wood?

  You guys, the elevator just shut on his hand. And I'm like, oh, oh, oh, I'm pushing the button. The elevator's not opening and he, his hand's like this.

• 59:44Brooke Averick?

  That's really scary.

• 59:45Connor Wood?

  I was like, is it hurting? He was like, a little, yeah, a little, but like so not panicking at all. I'm, there's no one, obviously now by now everyone's gone. It's just me and this, this hand. It was like Wednesday, Wednesday Addams.

• 59:59Brooke Averick?

  Ugh.

• 59:59Connor Wood?

  And he didn't-

• 1:00:00Brooke Averick?

  I'm glad it didn't get severed.

• 1:00:01Connor Wood?

  The young man didn't seem to mind at all that his hand was about, he was about to lose a hand.

• 1:00:06Brooke Averick?

  Yeah.

• 1:00:07Connor Wood?

  I had to pull the door open. The young man.

• 1:00:11Brooke Averick?

  Is he okay?

• 1:00:12Connor Wood?

  Yeah, he's totally fine. Did not, was not phased at all, to the point where I was like,

• 1:00:20Connor Wood?

  what else has happened to you? You know? For you not to be fa- I, I thought I was about to see someone lose a hand in front of me. Cause I figured it would just go up, you know?

• 1:00:30Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, totally. I'm glad everyone's okay.

• 1:00:35Brooke Averick?

  And everything like that.

• 1:00:38Connor Wood?

  Well, I am gonna run because I have to go to practice.

• 1:00:43Brooke Averick?

  I don't know how you do it.

• 1:00:44Connor Wood?

  And the thing is, I'm gonna wear this to practice because there's no time. Cause we're gonna be very close on time, so. Been a blessing. If you see this on camera-

• 1:00:53Brooke Averick?

  Love you.

• 1:00:54Connor Wood?

  Dancing with the Stars, don't be, don't be surprised. Actually, this will come out first, but you see it on your TV.

• 1:01:02Connor Wood?

  So thankful for everybody. Thank you for everything.

• 1:01:04Brooke Averick?

  Are you staying for bonus?

• 1:01:05Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 1:01:06Brooke Averick?

  Oh, okay. I'll see you in bonus.

• 1:01:07Connor Wood?

  I'll be in bonus, yeah. But we gotta, we have to wrap this one up so I can pee and you know, let-

• 1:01:12Brooke Averick?

  Okay.

• 1:01:12Connor Wood?

  Let everything out.

• 1:01:13Brooke Averick?

  Yep. Flip it out and through.

• 1:01:15Connor Wood?

  Kind of push it out and through and-

• 1:01:17Brooke Averick?

  Yep. Don't forget to vote next week.

• 1:01:19Connor Wood?

  Double it and give it to the next person.

• 1:01:19Brooke Averick?

  I think it's really starting, like it's always important to vote. But like, oh, vote for, in the election as well.

• 1:01:25Connor Wood?

  Yeah.

• 1:01:25Brooke Averick?

  And but vote for Connor next week for Dancing with the Stars because-

• 1:01:29Connor Wood?

  Register to vote as well.

• 1:01:30Brooke Averick?

  Register, yeah. Do you, I want you to do a fuck ton of voting next week.

• 1:01:35Connor Wood?

  Yeah, this week is all about voting across the board.

• 1:01:37Brooke Averick?

  And if your life was, had like weekly themes, the theme of next week would be voting.

• 1:01:42Connor Wood?

  Mm-hmm.

• 1:01:43Brooke Averick?

  Um, we need, yeah, definitely start voting for Connor too.

• 1:01:46Connor Wood?

  Voting, voter, voter literacy.

• 1:01:48Brooke Averick?

  Yeah, voter literacy.

• 1:01:49Connor Wood?

  Type beat.

• 1:01:50Brooke Averick?

  Okay, love you. See you soon.

• 1:01:51Connor Wood?

  Thank you guys. Love you. Bye.

• 1:01:54Brooke Averick?

  This week on Close Friends.

• 1:01:56Connor Wood?

  I'm having a feeling this might be better than the main episode this week and that's okay.

• 1:02:00Brooke Averick?

  It is. It happens. Like these random really hot guys like showed up and I was like, would you mind me asking what y'all are doing here? And then it became clear once they started ripping their shirts off.

• 1:02:10Connor Wood?

  I am not affected by that at all.

• 1:02:13Brooke Averick?

  Good. You, that's a good quality. I'm, I'm a disgusting person.

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