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  Guys, I was on my flight from wherever to wherever and I was trying to watch something in my show on Peacock. Below Deck was not available because I didn't have wifi. But I was tempted because, because there was something downloaded on my iPad from my wife. Her favorite show.

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  Her favorite show, that makes sense.

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  Which is?

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  Say it.

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  This week, a hot new bombshell enters the villa.

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  Biggest show in the world.

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  In the whole world.

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  You guys were.

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  1.94 billion minutes, minutes viewed.

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  Ingested.

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  Ingested.

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  In hours, that's, but no one watches hours of television.

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  Let's get a calculator out, Kevin, you're good with math, you went to school. 1.94 billion minutes viewed is how many years?

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  Thirty years?

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  How many years?

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  Let's find out. Minutes into years.

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  You can do it, no calculator.

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  That's 34 million hours divided by 24. So that would be 34 divided by 24, so that'd be 1.6 million days. And so then 365, that would actually put us at like.

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  You're close, you're almost there. I know the answer.

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  385 million years.

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  Incorrect.

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  It's about 3,881 years.

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  I was, I was off by a zero, 381, 385.

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  A whole zero, which adds.

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  But come on, that's, tell me you could do that math. That was pretty close.

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  Exactly.

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  In my head, that was pretty damn close.

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  I was close enough.

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  There was a math test question on my daughter's test and it said, what do you feel the answer should be? I said, no, this is math, there's a, there's a correct or a wrong answer.

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  Well, not necessarily. Kevin, what's your favorite clip?

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  I'm a mommy.

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  Before we introduce, I guess, oh, I love that one, I've seen that one.

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  I love it. So good.

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  He's like, like a mommy? She's like.

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  My favorite, because it went quite viral on TikTok was, oh, nice, my, my, my, my perfect date. That's like, right.

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  I have seen that. Well, our guest is the host of this show.

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  So exciting, so many questions I have for her.

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  Lots of questions about how she's finding the journey on the show, but also her, her journey before that. She's an incredible resume with some things we have to get into. Please welcome our very special.

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  My dream date.

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  Cute.

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  Cute. And he knows that. He knows that.

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  Our very special guest today on the pod.

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  This week, a hot new bombshell enters the villa.

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  Please welcome our guest, Ari Madix.

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  Yes, welcome. To the Jonas podcast.

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  Thanks, guys.

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  So many people in this room right now.

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  Yeah.

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  It sounds like it.

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  How are you and where are you?

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  I'm good, I'm at my house in LA.

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  Nice, address?

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  Yeah, and social security number.

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  Well, we're very happy to have you on.

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  MapQuest directions.

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  Congrats on everything. We watched the finale in Italy, so I didn't follow the full season, but I would, I kind of watched over people's shoulders because super fans were on a, on a vacation, I was on a vacation with them. But the finale had me like, I was like, I'm going to bed and the finale started like, no, I'm not going to bed. This is, this is juicy. You're fully in. This is, this is too good.

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  You're locked in at that point.

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  And we were locked in. How has that whole experience been for you? That being a part of a show like that and the success and obviously the fan base is just.

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  Massive.

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  Massive.

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  We were talking about the numbers before you came on, so 1.94 billion minutes viewed basically makes it one of, if not the biggest show on television globally.

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  Casually.

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  Casual.

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  No big deal.

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  And Joe mentioned, you know, watching from people's shoulders, but also there's, there's the people that are diehard fans. There are those that consume all this on, on social media and on TikTok and X and, you know, Instagram after the fact. There's so much reach of this show and you've been hosting now since 2024, correct?

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  Yes, since season six.

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  Incredible. And, and just to see, you know, the growth even from then to now, it's got to be pretty gratifying. Cause you're really kind of, you're the voice of the show and you get to take people on this journey. Tell us about not just the experience on, on being on the show, but also what that global impact has felt like these last couple of years.

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  It's so cool. It's so amazing to, sometimes I think season six, it really blew up. And we were, we're in Fiji, so we're very disconnected from what's going on at home. And of course I'm on TikTok all the time and I'd be scrolling and I, we would ask each other, you know, is this just our algorithm? Because, you know, we're in it.

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  Right.

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  And the algorithm knows that this is our thing. And then we realized after getting the numbers back that it was just huge. And that season seven, same thing, even bigger, season eight, even bigger, which is really crazy to think. Cause you, you almost feel like how, how much bigger could it possibly get? But it's so cool because it feels like this online, like this community of people. And everyone's watching and tuning in every day. And they're making these hilarious memes and edits and they're all so invested. And then, you know, you'll be scrolling on TikTok and you'll see all these groups of people are going live and breaking down everything in the episode.

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  And it's really, really cool to be a fly on the wall and just see how people are responding to everything. And it's really kind of a, a nice pat on the back to see that response. Because the people who make this show are working so hard all the time. And it's, it's lovely to see them kind of the fruits of their labors, so to speak.

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  Well, speaking of that, your first primetime Emmy nomination.

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  Congratulations. Hey.

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  That's gotta feel pretty gratifying and exciting for you and obviously the entire team kind of on board it. But tell us about that, when you got the news, where were you, what were you doing?

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  I was dead asleep in my hotel room in Fiji. And my room phone started ringing and I don't know about you guys, but I, A, I'm afraid of the phone in general. I'm a texter, please, when someone calls, I immediately assume something very bad has happened.

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  Yes, agreed.

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  Yeah, and so it wasn't even my cell phone, it's the sound of a landline.

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  Oh, that's, that means something's been wrong. Business.

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  Exactly.

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  It's either something's wrong or it's an Emmy nomination. It's gotta be one of those two things. Yeah.

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  Yeah, and I was, I was definitely somewhere in the middle of REM sleep because I was so scared. And I walked over and I answered the phone in a stupor and it was my team and they had called the hotel. And then said, can you please connect us to this room? And the hotel people were like, you're crazy, it's four o'clock in the morning. This, this is absolutely, you're out of your mind. And they had to convince them that I would actually want the call. So yeah, so then it was an amazing phone call to get, because I think over here in the States, it was obviously a much different time of day.

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  Yeah.

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  Yeah.

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  So they couldn't reach you on your phone because it's on do not disturb when you sleep?

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  Yes, all the time.

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  Okay.

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  Nice.

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  Do not disturb.

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  That is very smart. I'm trying to work towards the do not disturb. Or even Joe, you've started keeping the other room, is that, is that right?

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  Keeping the do not disturb in the other room?

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  Yeah, no, the phone itself.

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  I, I know.

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  Okay.

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  Where'd you hear that? You told me that like two weeks ago. Maybe I did that one time. I do, I'm, I'm a user of do not disturb now. The do not disturb thing doesn't work though, because all of you guys are on VIP. So you text and I get it anyway. So like, what's the point? I didn't put you on that, but I have. Oh, got it. You have to like, you have to, you either have to go all in or not. But I have, I have two kids and, and they are, they go to school in London. So I, when I'm asleep here in the States, they wake up hours earlier. But so like, it's kind of like keeping one eye open. But congratulations to you, that is so exciting. It's huge. So you film in Fiji.

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  Thank you.

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  I gotta hear about the Fiji setup. Yeah, I want to know about the compound, because it's, it's, it looks so elaborate, but at the same time, I'm so curious how like the inner workings of it all happen.

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  And just so you know, all right, no, no one actually watches this podcast, so you can talk about whatever you want.

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  Yeah.

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  I can give all the secrets.

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  Yes.

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  Yeah.

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  Was it actually luxurious or was it a grind?

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  Only 100, only 198 billion people. Just one less than yours.

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  Just nothing, yeah.

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  Yeah, the compound, are, are you in the compound? Are you, you obviously said hotel room, so you're not necessarily within the confines.

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  And by the way, sorry, sorry, you have your phone, which, right, the other, they don't have their phones.

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  Oh, yes. I am the one person that is both on the show and with a phone.

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  Love.

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  That's exciting.

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  Yeah, it's nice. Have any of you guys been to Fiji at all?

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  No, never.

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  Always wanted to go.

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  No, I love their water.

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  Yeah, it's amazing water for sure. And it's obviously a lot cheaper over there because it's it's right there.

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  Yeah.

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  Yeah, Fiji is is really, really beautiful. Obviously, we joke that I sleep in soul ties. And we've made this joke so many times that people online really believe it. And so when an islander goes to sleep in soul ties, they're like, but then where does Ariana go? I'm like, well, she goes to the hideaway.

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  The hideaway. Yeah, hideaway.

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  Yeah. But yeah, the compound is really amazing. It actually used to be, it used to be a resort that the best way I can describe the vibe of it is like Dirty Dancing.

• 11:46Speaker 01

  Oh, wow. How so?

• 11:47Speaker 05

  So, yeah, so it's about where I stay, like where the hotels are, it's about a 45 minute drive.

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  Got it.

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  And then you go over to the compound and you come in and all the different departments are there. So you have, as you pull in, you'll see the art department is building a challenge. And down past that is all the post team is in there, you know, editing away. Then there's a control room that's there. There's catering, which does all of our food. No, it literally could be its own show because there's like hundreds of people there.

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  I'm sure.

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  All making this all happen all at the same time.

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  Which is so much harder for the for the crew and for the staff, which is awesome.

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  Yeah, it's one of those, it's, I think, the rare thing of a show that is being filmed, edited and airing in real time.

• 12:39Speaker 01

  Yeah, that's fascinating. And you're there the entire run of it, correct?

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  Yeah, I stay out there. There's always an offer like, oh, you know, you have a few days off this week. Do you want to fly home? And I just think like, I don't know, an 11 hour flight to then turn around and come back. Yeah, so I just stay.

• 12:56Speaker 01

  Like, it's not the nicest location to stay in either, right?

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  Yeah, exactly.

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  I guess I'll stay. So how long do you, how long do you pretty much stay on on site in Fiji? Like, how many months or weeks are you there?

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  I'm there for for eight weeks. So I'm there a little bit before the show starts. And then I'm usually there like a couple of days after to get all my stuff together and and usually try to have one last hurrah.

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  Now, from like the start of a season, do you ever have a gut feeling like these two are gonna be, they're gonna make it? Or they're gonna, they're gonna, you're gonna see it through? Or is it just, you never know?

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  Honestly, I feel like every time I've thought that, I've been wrong.

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  I was wondering if the crew was placing bets or there's like also a casino at this.

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  Oh, my God.

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  Can you bet on Love Island on Kalshi?

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  The people are doing it.

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  You can bet.

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  No crew member, I'm on a show now and we had a production meeting and they had to remind me because it's a live show. They said, hey, I just, we have to do this for legalities. The producer sat us down and said, they weren't saying you can't, but they're like, please don't bet on things like Kalshi. You can't. No. When we're.

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  I thought about it. I was like, I do know what happens about a day in advance.

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  True. My God. You can just make some phone calls. And you do have your phone. I, we do not condone. Like we said, no one watches this podcast.

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  We do not condone.

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  You can say anything you want to do. It's fine. This is Nick Jonas. This is Kevin Jonas. And Joe Jonas from Hey Jonas. This episode is brought to you by State Farm. You know that feeling when something fits just right? Your go to jeans, your perfectly customized coffee order, a playlist that somehow knows exactly what song you need next? Personalization makes a difference and your insurance should be no different. State Farm can help personalize coverage that fits your life and your budget because your insurance coverage should feel right for you. Lucky good neighbor, State Farm is there. Hey Jonas is brought to you by Almond Breeze. It's time for some questions from the producers. All right. Who started drinking Almond Breeze almond milk first? Actually, I think that was you, Nick. I think it was. Yeah, you're like, you know, guys, I tried this almond breeze in my coffee today. Changed the game for me.

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  All right, who's the most likely to finish the last carton of almond breeze and not replace it? That's Kevin. Kevin, of course. Yeah. That's someone else's job. Take it, Kev. What's the most random place you drank almond breeze? The last time I visited the Empire State Building. Ah, that's a random place for sure. I've noticed you guys really like almond breeze almond milk. Who has the most specific way of drinking it? Ooh. Ooh, Kevin's, you know what I found very interesting is how you will drink a carton to yourself. Yeah, just strap it down. And he usually does it before show. Yeah, just really getting myself going. He needs it on stage. Okay, last question. Why do you guys like almond breeze so much? Well, it just tastes great. Yeah. It's a great alternative. It is great. It's simply because it's really good. True. Try almond breeze. Trust us, it's really good. You've probably heard that good things come in threes.

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  No, I've never heard that. Kevin. Yeah, you have. You've got bacon, lettuce, tomato, rock, paper, scissors. Joe, Nick, Kevin. Yeah, and that is a good one. Or because it's cold season, Kleenex lotion tissues. There's no three in Kleenex tissues. That's where you're wrong, Kev, my friend. Listen, Kleenex lotion tissues have three in one skin-loving benefits. It protects hands, soothes and moisturizes your skin. I never realized you were so into skincare, Joe. Come on, who doesn't love to moisturize? You've got a good point. Oh, and don't forget to tell them about the three thick layers made with coconut oil and aloe. Wow, good things really do come in threes. For whatever happens next, grab Kleenex. Okay, so let's, let's back it up one degree here. So this is obviously not your first venture into reality TV to

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  Totally. Uh, this world. Um, coming off of Dancing with Stars, where you you placed third, which is incredible.

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  Thanks.

• 16:40Speaker 01

  Looks so difficult. Um, I would, I would fail, be out in the first week or two. That experience, coming out of that, was, was it soon after or around that time that you got this call to come in and be the host for Love Island?

• 16:53Speaker 05

  Dancing with the Stars, I did 2023, oh, right after I had done two guest spots, two guest hosting spots on season five and on season one of Love Island Games. And then I had Dancing with the Stars and then it was actually during my first Broadway run in Chicago. It was around like January or February when I think I was in the, I had to go into the stage manager's office, maybe mid show to get a quick call because this, this had come through and, you know, for me, as a Love Island fan, it's kind of my dream job.

• 17:36Speaker 05

  So, um, that was a really, really cool call to get.

• 17:39Speaker 01

  And you're also getting another call in like a very intense setting. Yeah.

• 17:44Speaker 05

  Yes.

• 17:44Speaker 01

  During a show. Your team only likes to frighten you.

• 17:47Speaker 05

  They, they. No, they really, they like, they like to keep me scared.

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  They give you a call in the right. Good news. That's good, though.

• 17:53Speaker 05

  Yeah, they love to give me a text that says, hey, can you call me?

• 17:58Speaker 01

  Oh, no, no, no, can't have that. That's the worst.

• 18:00Speaker 05

  Yeah, no, I said, you guys gotta stop.

• 18:01Speaker 01

  And also, I think one of a very exciting like accomplishment and it's so cool because we are massive sandwich fans. Do you have a sandwich spot in Los Angeles?

• 18:12Speaker 05

  Yes.

• 18:13Speaker 01

  Please take us through, how did that start? But also, we should let you know, we are currently in Dallas, Texas. But we do have your sandwiches here. We flew them in this morning. Flew them in and we made sure they were preserved perfectly so we can try your sandwiches. Yeah, we got a whole smorgasbord of sandwiches. Of your sandwiches here. We looked at the menu and there's no Ariana on the menu.

• 18:33Speaker 05

  Not yet.

• 18:35Speaker 01

  Well, first of all, I have a bit of a bone to pick with you. Smells so good. Okay. And that is that I have dreamed of opening a sandwich shop for my entire life. We grew up in New Jersey, which is known for good delis, mozzarella, you know, all the Italians. And the cheeses. And, and my first ever job was, it's probably illegal, but the guy that owned it was a family friend. He let me stock the shelves with chips. When he was three years old. When I was like three or four. I was a six. But I've never actually taken it seriously when I, when I found out that you have this, this sandwich shop in LA. Uh, Something About Her, it's called. Go check it out. Yeah.

• 19:09Speaker 05

  Yes, please.

• 19:09Speaker 01

  I was very, I was very jealous and so I'm excited to try one of these. But give us the backstory. First of all, where are you from and is that an influence on your desire to have a sandwich shop or not?

• 19:21Speaker 05

  I'm from Florida and my mom is probably the best cook slash sandwich maker I've ever met. And I think that my love for eating sandwiches is definitely something that motivated me to be a part of this business. One of my dear, dear friends, Katie Maloney, had this dream and she really wanted to make it happen. And I, I thought, wow, we're so aligned in our vision for what this could be. And so I was really excited to jump in and do it with her. And we've had such a blast. I mean, listen, I totally support your sandwich shop journey.

• 20:00Speaker 01

  I do too. Thank you. You really need to do. Your sandwich shop is incredible. The food is amazing. I think I just had like a BLTF.

• 20:05Speaker 05

  I can't believe you guys have that in Texas.

• 20:07Speaker 01

  Oh, yeah. They're, they're really good. So I think it's like debris and, and it's like peach or pear or something.

• 20:12Speaker 05

  Yeah, yeah, yeah.

• 20:13Speaker 01

  Very good. You should keep doing this. This is very good. I appreciate your support of my sandwich shop journey. Do you have a name? I do. I'm between two. I'd like, I'd like your opinion because you're a successful sandwich shop owner and I'm not. The two options are as follows. Uh, St. Nick's. That worked. That works.

• 20:33Speaker 00

  Or Big Nicks.

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  Thank you, Joe.

• 20:37Speaker 01

  I like that.

• 20:39Speaker 05

  Not something about him.

• 20:41Speaker 00

  Oh, the sequel to.

• 20:42Speaker 05

  Across the street rivalry begins.

• 20:45Speaker 01

  It could be like a, like an offshoot.

• 20:48Speaker 00

  This sounds like the setup of a.

• 20:50Speaker 03

  New bombshell enters the villa.

• 20:52Speaker 00

  This sounds like something about him. Listen, the logline to a fantastic.

• 20:57Speaker 01

  Rom com.

• 20:58Speaker 00

  Rom com starring, starring.

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  Nick Jonas and Ariana Madix.

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  Could be. I see it.

• 21:04Speaker 01

  I see that.

• 21:05Speaker 05

  Genius.

• 21:05Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 21:06Speaker 00

  Now, speaking of your acting, Broadway.

• 21:08Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 21:09Speaker 00

  Incredible.

• 21:09Speaker 01

  Well, she's nominated for the Emmy now, which she'll win. And then when she does that, then she gets her Tony and now we're halfway there.

• 21:16Speaker 05

  So halfway there to the EGOT.

• 21:18Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 21:20Speaker 00

  My, my journey started on Broadway as a kid and Joe did Broadway shows as a kid. And it's, it's a big love of ours as a family, musical theater.

• 21:28Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 21:29Speaker 00

  Chicago, I mean, classic.

• 21:31Speaker 01

  Iconic.

• 21:32Speaker 05

  Yes.

• 21:33Speaker 00

  And, and an important show in the sort of the history of, of the Broadway as a whole. What an incredible journey that must've been. Eight shows a week though is a grind. You did musical theater in college, obviously, and I'm sure you have a deep love for it. But, but actually doing it, what was your experience like? And, and what's the next role you want to do?

• 21:53Speaker 05

  Oh my gosh. Any and all the roles, please. It's so much fun. It's, it is a grind. It does become a bit of a different thing. But it's one of those, what was it, Taylor Swift or somebody who said something like,

• 22:09Speaker 05

  you know, it's hard, but it's not hard at the same time because you love it. And every night I feel like when you hear the orchestra playing, you just get this surge of energy. And there's just, there's nothing like it. And the eight shows a week, I mean, it becomes, it is your whole life. And one thing that I definitely struggled with is when people, you know, when other things would come in and they would want me to do other little, you know, jobs and things throughout the run. I was, I was trying to, it's, you have to be so focused. You can't, there's nothing outside of just doing that show eight days a week. But at the same time, it's kind of the best place to be in, which I'm sure, you know, you guys love it.

• 22:54Speaker 05

  I mean, I just was watching the show, Nick, that you just did. What?

• 23:02Speaker 00

  Last five years.

• 23:03Speaker 05

  Oh my gosh. Yes. Thank you. I love that show. So congrats. That's like literally one of my favorite shows.

• 23:10Speaker 00

  Same. Yeah. And it was a grind. I mean, I loved going back and doing it. My co-star was amazing, but.

• 23:15Speaker 05

  Yes.

• 23:16Speaker 01

  The sacrifices that you have to take.

• 23:17Speaker 00

  Yeah. You're kind of landlocked. You really can't.

• 23:20Speaker 01

  Like you said, Ariana, like getting calls and you're, of course, your team's calling you mid show. And they're saying, hey, we got this nice opportunity or payday here. Do you want to, you know? You'd have to leave early, but it's like, there's, there's something amazing to put yourself through that challenge. I remember we had long conversations, me and Nick about this when he was in last five years, because there was,

• 23:42Speaker 01

  even just to fill up a venue size like that for avid theater lovers or people that just are walking around New York City. And they're seeing, they're like, maybe we should just get dinner instead. That, that happens. And so to people that go and show up, it's incredible. So obviously shout out to the theater fans or new fans out there. But I think it's, it's, it's, it can be a grind, but I think the reward of like putting yourself to something through that physically and emotionally, each night having to put on that mindset is like hats off to you. To my favorite question to ask someone that loves musical theater. What is your favorite Broadway show? So what's your favorite Broadway show?

• 24:19Speaker 05

  I have such a big place in my heart for once on this island.

• 24:24Speaker 01

  Okay.

• 24:25Speaker 05

  It was a show I first became familiar with in high school. Yeah. And then I went and saw it when it was in the round in New York a few years ago. And it still remains to be one of my favorite shows.

• 24:36Speaker 00

  I didn't get the chance to see that production, but it looked incredible. There's a clip going viral right now, actually of Zendaya in a production of Once Upon a Time in the Island way back.

• 24:44Speaker 05

  Wait, was she like little baby T moon?

• 24:46Speaker 00

  Mm hmm. I think so. Yeah.

• 24:47Speaker 01

  That's cool.

• 24:48Speaker 00

  Have you guys heard of Zendaya?

• 24:50Speaker 01

  She's having a big summer.

• 24:51Speaker 00

  She goes by her own name. Zendaya.

• 24:53Speaker 01

  Big summer, I think that she's having.

• 24:54Speaker 00

  Big summer. Yeah. Okay.

• 24:57Speaker 01

  I have some fan questions from one of our friends and one of our very good friends. And I think you know her, but Tanya Rad has written us in and she needs to get some questions off her chest here. On a scale of one to 10, how shocked were you by the Nick and Orlandia split news?

• 25:13Speaker 05

  Nick and Orlandia. Yeah. I love both of them as individuals and I loved them as a couple. I think every, listen, people break up and that's just the nature of life, right? And I think that everything that, I mean, they haven't really talked a lot about it. So it's hard to know how either of them really is feeling right now, but I, you know, I just hope that they're okay and that they're both doing well.

• 25:37Speaker 01

  Got it.

• 25:37Speaker 05

  And they both continue to just kill it.

• 25:39Speaker 00

  Well said. My wife is a massive fan of the show. Didn't have a chance to say it before. We said it before you came on, but she's a massive fan. It's her favorite show on TV.

• 25:47Speaker 05

  No way.

• 25:47Speaker 00

  And we got the chance, we were on the red carpet for the Golden Globes. It was, I'm not exaggerating. It was at least a hundred plus, 102 degrees inside this like thing that they built because they were expecting it to be cold in LA during that time in January, February, whatever it was. But it was so hot. And anyway, Landria was right behind us in the line to go on the red carpet. And Priyanka freaked out, was very excited and, and she was very nice and lovely conversation. So shout out Landria for being so kind to big fans here in the Chopper Jones household.

• 26:22Speaker 05

  Amazing. I love her.

• 26:24Speaker 00

  Okay. Next question.

• 26:26Speaker 01

  Yeah. What do you got? Well, this one's from Tanya as well, which I think is pretty hilarious. Does it annoy you that you have to bring Andy Cohen along to co-host the Love Island reunions? Because you can totally handle it by your own, she says 100%. So does that annoy you? You know, we all know Andy. We love him.

• 26:42Speaker 05

  We love him. I appreciate her saying that, that I could do it myself. I definitely appreciate that. But I have such a fun time doing it with Andy. So it does not annoy me. And I also feel like it's nice to have, I don't know. I just think we bounce off of each other really well.

• 26:58Speaker 01

  You do a great job.

• 26:59Speaker 05

  And I've known him for so long that I just, I don't know. I like having him there. It's nice.

• 27:04Speaker 00

  He's great.

• 27:05Speaker 05

  And he has great things to say, like great input too. So.

• 27:07Speaker 01

  He knows what he's talking about.

• 27:08Speaker 00

  He's great. And Andy, if you're watching, he's great at TV. He just gets it.

• 27:12Speaker 01

  He does stir in the pot too.

• 27:14Speaker 00

  It's just fun.

• 27:15Speaker 01

  He makes, he makes a spicy question, like so casual.

• 27:20Speaker 00

  Fun. And but yeah.

• 27:21Speaker 01

  It's great. Playful.

• 27:22Speaker 00

  Okay. This one's from Kendall. She says, do you watch The Valley and do you have any FOMO?

• 27:26Speaker 05

  I don't watch The Valley.

• 27:30Speaker 05

  So that's, that's about that.

• 27:32Speaker 01

  There you go.

• 27:32Speaker 05

  No FOMO.

• 27:33Speaker 00

  There you go. Yeah. Kendall.

• 27:36Speaker 05

  Yeah, Kendall.

• 27:36Speaker 00

  You got that, Kendall? She had no FOMO.

• 27:38Speaker 01

  She's in Fiji, living her best life. Take FOMO somewhere else.

• 27:42Speaker 05

  Yeah. I'm more of a Jomo person, a joy of missing out type person.

• 27:49Speaker 01

  I've never heard that and I think that's incredible.

• 27:52Speaker 00

  Oh my God, I'm gonna use that. Jomo. I feel that way sometimes.

• 27:57Speaker 05

  Yeah. It's like, you know.

• 27:58Speaker 00

  I'm a recovering FOMO person, but as I, as I get older, but as I get older, I prefer to just sit on my couch and, and have fun. You guys go do your thing. I'm good here. I'm good right here.

• 28:10Speaker 01

  I'm good.

• 28:11Speaker 00

  I have a question for you. This is another fan question. I have a question. You spend potentially around eight weeks a year in Fiji, one of the most beautiful places none of us have ever been. Where's a place in the world, if they change the location that you'd like to see?

• 28:26Speaker 01

  Ooh.

• 28:27Speaker 00

  Love Island go and, and you could work from for eight weeks.

• 28:30Speaker 05

  Ooh, okay. Part of me wants to say somewhere I've never been so that I can then be.

• 28:36Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 28:36Speaker 05

  Working, like paid to work somewhere I've never been.

• 28:39Speaker 01

  Totally.

• 28:40Speaker 05

  The other part of me wants to say somewhere I've been because I know that it's going to be great.

• 28:45Speaker 00

  You can give us both answers.

• 28:46Speaker 05

  Because there's the fear of the unknown there a little bit.

• 28:47Speaker 00

  Let's do both. Let's do both.

• 28:48Speaker 05

  So let's do both. I think it would be really fun to shoot somewhere in like tropical, like maybe like Puerto Vallarta would be cool.

• 28:58Speaker 00

  Nice.

• 28:58Speaker 01

  That's great. Beautiful. Mexico's awesome.

• 29:00Speaker 05

  And then somewhere I've never been, that would be really cool to shoot in would be Brazil.

• 29:05Speaker 01

  Oh, Brazil is tight.

• 29:07Speaker 00

  Great answer. And where's the last place on earth you'd want to shoot?

• 29:13Speaker 05

  Alaska.

• 29:14Speaker 00

  Alaska?

• 29:15Speaker 05

  I don't want to be cold.

• 29:15Speaker 01

  That'd be a tricky season.

• 29:18Speaker 05

  It would be tough.

• 29:19Speaker 00

  A lot more clothing on people.

• 29:22Speaker 05

  Yeah. Like fur bikinis maybe.

• 29:23Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 29:24Speaker 01

  Ooh.

• 29:25Speaker 05

  We'd make it work. Hot tubs.

• 29:26Speaker 01

  Bikinis.

• 29:27Speaker 05

  Bikinis.

• 29:28Speaker 00

  We have our, our bowl of questions here. And these are unrelated to anything in your life or career. These are just random questions that we'd like to.

• 29:39Speaker 01

  I know why. I thought you were gonna say they're, they're related to our career.

• 29:43Speaker 01

  You just gotta know the answer. They're, they're just the most random questions. Okay.

• 29:47Speaker 05

  Okay, cool. Ready?

• 29:48Speaker 00

  All Love Island related for some reason.

• 29:51Speaker 01

  Makes sense.

• 29:52Speaker 00

  Okay. Do you remember names easily or are you the type of person who forgets them five seconds after hearing them?

• 29:57Speaker 05

  Hmm. I'm one or the other. There will be people whose names, birthdays, phone numbers, I remember from now, right now, from 20, 30 years ago. And then there will be someone I've met maybe last week that it makes no sense for me to have forgotten their name, but I have to be reminded of what that person's name is. But if I meet and hang out with someone, I usually will remember their name.

• 30:21Speaker 01

  So good.

• 30:22Speaker 00

  Yeah. This is Joe and this is Kevin.

• 30:25Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 30:26Speaker 05

  Okay. Got it. Got it. Got it. Cool.

• 30:27Speaker 01

  Easily confused.

• 30:29Speaker 00

  Thanks, Joe. Thanks for that.

• 30:30Speaker 01

  You're welcome.

• 30:31Speaker 00

  This is Nick Jonas.

• 30:32Speaker 01

  This is Kevin Jonas.

• 30:33Speaker 00

  And Joe Jonas from Hey Jonas. This episode is brought to you by State Farm.

• 30:37Speaker 01

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• 30:40Speaker 00

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• 30:42Speaker 01

  I was thinking more like a horror movie subscription, but sure.

• 30:45Speaker 00

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• 30:47Speaker 01

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• 30:54Speaker 00

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• 30:56Speaker 01

  You said it, not me. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. Hey, Jonas is brought to you by Almond Breeze. It's time for some questions from the producers.

• 31:03Speaker 00

  All right. Who started drinking Almond Breeze almond milk first?

• 31:06Speaker 01

  Actually, I think that was you, Nick.

• 31:07Speaker 00

  I think it was.

• 31:08Speaker 01

  Yeah, you're like, you know, guys, I tried this almond breeze in my coffee today.

• 31:12Speaker 00

  Changed the game for me. All right. Who's the most likely to finish the last carton of almond breeze and not replace it?

• 31:17Speaker 01

  That's Kevin.

• 31:18Speaker 00

  Kevin, of course.

• 31:19Speaker 01

  Yeah. That's someone else's job. Take it, Kev.

• 31:21Speaker 00

  What's the most random place you drank almond breeze?

• 31:24Speaker 01

  The last time I visited the Empire State Building.

• 31:26Speaker 00

  Ah, that's a random place for sure. I've noticed you guys really like almond breeze almond milk. Who has the most specific way of drinking it?

• 31:33Speaker 01

  Ooh. Ooh, um, Kevin's, you know what? So I found very interesting is how you will drink a carton to yourself. Yeah, just straight up the down. And he usually does it before show. Yeah, just really getting myself going.

• 31:45Speaker 00

  He needs it on stage. Okay, last question. Why do you guys like almond breeze so much?

• 31:49Speaker 01

  Oh, it just tastes great. It's a great alternative. It's simply because it's really good.

• 31:53Speaker 00

  True. Try almond breeze. Trust us. It's really good.

• 31:56Speaker 01

  Plans get crazy this time of year. Holiday shopping, family parties, seasonal activities. It never ends. All fun things, but everyone is running around like crazy. And you know what else is running? Your nose. It sure doesn't stop in this colder weather, and that is no fun.

• 32:10Speaker 00

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• 32:19Speaker 01

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• 32:25Speaker 00

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• 32:32Speaker 01

  Okay, Kev, please pull a question. This one's weird, but it's a good one. Um, how often do you wash your towels and sheets? I don't know if we're supposed to ask somebody that. I just picked this question. We can blame my heart for that. We can go to another one.

• 32:48Speaker 05

  No, I, listen, I wash my sheets, um, probably every two, like three days.

• 32:57Speaker 01

  Correct answer. Great answer. Correct answer. Correct.

• 33:04Speaker 05

  My towels, it depends on if I use how, like, it's about, it's usage, right? So, um.

• 33:10Speaker 01

  How bad the spray tan was, like, you know?

• 33:12Speaker 05

  That, see, that's definitely part of it.

• 33:15Speaker 01

  Kevin's in his spray tanning era. He's not just. I've had a spray tan and I know what it does to sheets and towels, so. He's had a spray tan, just one. It's a singular.

• 33:23Speaker 05

  It's scary.

• 33:23Speaker 01

  All right, last one. What's your go to fast food order? Oh, nice.

• 33:28Speaker 05

  Ooh, um, I like Taco Bell.

• 33:30Speaker 01

  Hell, yeah.

• 33:31Speaker 05

  And I.

• 33:32Speaker 01

  Love Taco Bell.

• 33:33Speaker 05

  Crunchwrap Supreme add jalapenos.

• 33:36Speaker 01

  Wow, we'd love it. We'd love it. You know what I was thinking about the other day? It's been a long time since I had this, but I was like, man, that was, that was a moment. I don't know if you guys remember the popcorn chicken that came in the literal popcorn thing at KFC. Remember that? Think about it every day. It was so good. Popcorn chicken.

• 33:54Speaker 05

  Oh, you like KFC over Popeyes?

• 33:57Speaker 01

  Oh, Popeyes. Popeyes, I think, wins for me, but now Raising Canes is raising its hand as well. Check out Raising Canes. This episode.

• 34:05Speaker 05

  Raising Canes is good.

• 34:07Speaker 01

  We also have a voicemail. We get voicemails that sometimes are from anonymous people. This one's from an anonymous user, so.

• 34:13Speaker 00

  It means it's gonna be spicy.

• 34:14Speaker 01

  It's gonna be spicy. They don't want their.

• 34:15Speaker 05

  Scary.

• 34:16Speaker 01

  We give unsolicited advice that we're not technically. Should be giving. We, yeah, so, and you're with us on this now.

• 34:23Speaker 05

  Okay, great. I'm in it.

• 34:25Speaker 01

  Okay. Play it.

• 34:27Speaker 06

  Hello, I'm calling for some advice with my best friend. Um, she is dating a guy that I just don't love. He's not the worst person in the world, but I just, he just definitely is not the type of person that she has told me that she really wants to be with. And he is in a band, so you guys kind of have some knowledge of that. I feel like the only reason she likes him is because he's in a band and really.

• 34:55Speaker 01

  Just play about us.

• 34:57Speaker 06

  Things that's good about her, him, it's just about his music. Um, and not to say being in a band is bad, but there's really not much else he has going for him. And he's been with him about a year now and we're 27, so I think she feels like clock has ticked and I better just like find the person now and it'll be whoever it is. But I just wanted some advice on if, how and if me and my friend should bring up maybe if this isn't the right one. So, thank you.

• 35:30Speaker 01

  Ooh. This seems more like they're unhappy with the friend's relationship. They don't like the guy's music. So this guy always got going on for him.

• 35:37Speaker 05

  Yeah. What kind of music is it?

• 35:40Speaker 01

  Yeah, exactly. He's like, he's got this thing he really like is trying hard to like, you know, find as a career path. But that's not why she doesn't like him though. She doesn't like him because she's like, it doesn't seem like a good guy.

• 35:51Speaker 00

  Really famous musician.

• 35:53Speaker 01

  Do you think she would be? I hope it's like somebody really famous in a big band. And she's like, he just kind of sucks. Like she doesn't like the band at all.

• 36:01Speaker 05

  Yeah, it's like The Weeknd.

• 36:03Speaker 01

  It's the week. He thinks he's like, it's Bono. He says he has to go on tour. I don't know. I mean, I think if he, if she doesn't like him because she doesn't think he's a good person, you should not wait anytime. You should talk to your friend.

• 36:17Speaker 05

  I feel like that we're not getting a lot of reasons why she doesn't like him aside from that she said she doesn't think her friend wants to be with somebody in a band or something.

• 36:28Speaker 01

  Right. She said. And that he does not, doesn't have a lot going on for him other than being in the band, but I'm like, what if he's became super famous? Does she have the same conversation then? Cause then he's like doing really well. But then, see, that means more people are gonna hear this shitty music that she's making. Like, she obviously doesn't like his music. That's the only reason she doesn't like him.

• 36:47Speaker 05

  What if he's really nice?

• 36:50Speaker 01

  What if he's really nice? He just happens to be in a band.

• 36:52Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 36:53Speaker 01

  Controversial hot take, I'll throw in there as a maybe. Is that maybe?

• 36:57Speaker 00

  She got kicked out of the band.

• 36:58Speaker 01

  Maybe she's like feeling sort of friend jealous. That could be it too. She's, maybe her friend is actually really into this guy, spending more time with him. And she's just like, this sucks. Like, I'm losing my friend.

• 37:09Speaker 00

  And your friend's dating somebody who just has like a, he's like really passionate about, oh, our sign's falling.

• 37:15Speaker 05

  Oh, wow.

• 37:16Speaker 00

  It's a sign.

• 37:17Speaker 01

  The gods do not agree.

• 37:18Speaker 00

  Let her, let her be with the guy.

• 37:19Speaker 01

  Yeah, fine.

• 37:20Speaker 00

  Stay, stay with the guy. Don't say anything. Do not say anything.

• 37:28Speaker 01

  This is like obsession.

• 37:29Speaker 00

  Don't say anything.

• 37:30Speaker 01

  Yeah. I, I think that's probably a good place to leave.

• 37:34Speaker 00

  You know, this has been so much fun. Thank you for the delicious sandwiches.

• 37:37Speaker 05

  Thank you, guys.

• 37:38Speaker 00

  Thank you so much. And thanks for the great conversation. You're awesome. Congrats on your Emmy nomination.

• 37:43Speaker 05

  Thank you. Enjoy the sandwiches.

• 37:47Speaker 01

  And we are gonna love, we're gonna eat all of them right now. Our next episode's just us eating.

• 37:52Speaker 05

  See us in West Hollywood next time you guys are in town.

• 37:54Speaker 01

  Oh, you'll be seeing us across the street.

• 37:57Speaker 05

  At something about. The rival shop.

• 37:58Speaker 01

  Exactly. Dun, dun, dun.

• 38:00Speaker 00

  Spite shop across the street.

• 38:02Speaker 01

  Spite shot. Yeah. All right. Thank you so much for taking the time. Good luck with everything.

• 38:06Speaker 05

  Thanks, guys. Have a good day.

• 38:08Speaker 01

  You as well. Bye.

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