The HoneyDew with Ryan Sickler - Gareth Reynolds - GarethDew

Episode Date: July 24, 2023

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Sold this iguana. I had an iguana, and then I bought a smaller one. And we named it Izzy because it was the fastest thing I've ever seen in my life. It was nonstop, where is he, where is he, where is he? And then this guy comes. Did it have a cage? Okay. We had a cage? Okay.

We had a terrarium. Yeah. We're white trash that a friend built. Okay. I said cage, so I'm even trashier. Well, it was part cage. Wood frame. Uh-huh.

Okay. All plexiglass. Uh-huh. The top area cage, chicken wire. Sure. You know. Yeah. Industry standard.

Black light for night, white light for day. Okay. It's the black light that they sell at the store. To see where it ejaculated and, right. For nocturnal living. Yeah, for nocturnal emissions. Yeah, emissions. And then, you know, just a branch, you know, with a glass level. Yeah, yeah. And then food in the

bottom and stuff. Yeah. And it had a cage he built so he could slide it out and change the poop and everything. Sure. So we just had this. You mean put in fresh poop. Right. Yeah, right. We had this thing in there. And it had a cage he built so he could slide it out and change the poop and everything. You mean put in fresh poop. Yeah, right. We had this thing in there. And I'm moving and I just put it for free. I'm not trying to sell it. This guy comes to get it. And he's in love with

it. You could make a show about who shows up for a free iguana. It would be like a To Catch a Predator cast. Take a sit, cast. Too free. Take a sit, Darren. This is where it gets weird.

You just made me remember this. I'm not even kidding. This happened. So I'm, you know, whatever. I'm in my mid-20s, early 20s. So he's like, you might help me carry this thing out. I was like, no problem. And we put it.

He puts it on his roof. Okay, this whole. It's six foot. Right. Straps it all down. His girlfriend's sitting in the car in the passenger seat. Nice. They're a white couple.

They seem nice enough. He seemed like a clean-cut college kid or maybe just out of college. And he keeps, like, peeking around. We're at the back of the trunk now putting whatever else in. He keeps peeking around. And the girl's sitting in the car. And, you know hi and i say how you doing whatever and um he's like i want to see something he gives me to want to see something a stranger and i'm seeing him peek around there because i'm standing on that side i'm like what he's like let me show you something

he takes this little photo album out under this blanket in the trunk, and it's just all the chicks he's fucking and cheating on his girlfriend or wife with or whatever she is. He's just showing me. He's like, look at this one right here. This one's down at Glen Burnie. I'm like, what the fuck? We need an iguana room. This guy loved the iPhone.

Because this is like, you know what I mean? I was like, there you go. Keep swiping. Keep swiping. That is exactly what it was. I mean? This is like, there you go. Keep swiping. Keep swiping. That is exactly what I want. When you hit the baseball cards, I'm done. That's exactly what I want. Just one of those little, you know, pocket flip ones.

Yeah, yeah. I'm like, what the fuck? Yeah. Anyway, good to have you here. It's a case logic for pussy. Good to have you here. Yeah, good to be here. Before we get started, please plug, promote everything Gareth Reynolds.

All right, well, I got a stand-up special and a crowd work special, both which you can go watch on the All Things Comedy YouTube page. The crowd work special is called Gare Riffs, Volume 1. My special is called England, Weed, and the Rest. You can go to my website if you like, garethreynolds.com. Click the special link. You can go to my website if you like garethreynolds.com. Click the special link. You can find both those. Also, my tour dates

are on there and I'll be everywhere and then probably not sure where I'll be when this comes out. So go to garethreynolds.com for that stuff

and listen to The Dollop. It's my podcast. And also your other podcast. The Past Times. Yeah. Yeah. You know the name of it.

The Past Times. Yeah, The Past Times. I was on it. Have I been on it yet? Has it been released? You've been on it. Has Past Times. Yeah. Yeah. You know the name of it. The Past Times. Yeah, The Past Times. I was on it. Have I been on it yet? Has it been released? I don't know. You've been on it. Hasn't been released.

Once you get the name right, we'll put it out. Yeah. You keep calling it Times Past. Times Past. The Past. All right, listen. Let's just get into this today because you know what this show is. By the way, if you haven't seen Gareth's first episode, or last episode, I should say.

Only episode. Okay. Yeah, see, now you're being very delicate. I can't remember. Yeah, but you don't want to be like, yeah, I understand. You're about to get vulnerable, so try to be delicate. Even on my podcast, people are like, you don't remember when that guy ate his friend?

I'm like, hey, there's been a lot of episodes. But you're being delicate now because you undervalued my crab feast. So now you're like, yeah, the last time you were here, there's only been one. It was more about, less about undervaluing your crab feast and more about seeing the sensitivity within that that I wanted. I didn't come, I'm not an iguana in a white trash cage right now. I'm not here to be toyed with.

Okay? Well said. But afterwards, come to the trunk of my car. I got something to show you. I got something to show you. It's the 90s. It was the 90s, but I didn't know cell phone or he would have been like yeah yeah yeah it would have been yeah and a file called cat videos yeah yeah she doesn't check cat videos um so you have a story yeah and

you say if not this is exclusive this is exclusive all, let's do it. Yeah, I've never, I actually, the last time I was here, I said to you, I was like, I do have one. That I am, I've just always been really hesitant to talk about for a number of reasons. One is that it is a bit of a whopper. So the other is that, well well let's just get into it so okay so the dollop my podcast starts before that i you know like you or anyone was really trying to i was trying to you know get ahead and stand up and just nobody really gave a shit. So I really kind of fell into like writing. I just started writing. I was writing on shows and was very lucky,

but was still like, I want to perform. But that I kind of was like, I guess that's not going to happen or whatever. It's going to take forever. And then the dollop hits. And then I'm like, all of a sudden, it kind of warped my mind because, you know, in like the standup world, like, you know, you go clubs, you know, theaters eventually.

Hopefully. Hopefully. Yeah. And the dollop just kind of was like theaters quickly. So I real quick was just from like, oh, I probably won't be performing to like, oh, wow, I'm like doing theaters. doing theaters and so much came out of that like where i was so kind of overstimulated and gratified by that experience that you know fully was taking advantage was partying was like you know we would sell our own merch like after shows for the first couple years and like you know i would be like i would meet women after the show,

like selling merch and go get drinks and like hook up. And that was just like, and then, you know, you're getting like, I was getting like female attention on a level where I was like, I did not, you know, well, you know what it's like when random women are like, hey, I like you. And you're like, you've got the wrong gentleman. I don't know what it's like. Yeah, you do.

I don't. Stop it. I'm telling you, let me tell you something. Let me take you to my car after this. This is a true story. I've never hooked up on the road. That's crazy. Never.

Not one time. But that's because you don't want to. Exactly. Yeah. Well, it's not that I don't have an urge, but also I think two things mostly. All right? Number one, I don't want a road baby. Sure.

You know what I mean? Yeah. I don't want some kid I can't have or be with. You couldn't handle an iguana. Right. Two road baby. Sure. You know what I mean? I don't want some kid I can't have or be with. You couldn't handle an iguana. Right. Two of them. You know what I mean? I bit off more than I can chew.

STDs. Sure. Always freak me the fuck out. Sure. Always. Yeah. So I also am worried about being robbed. Those are my top three.

Okay. Those are, listen. Well, you're going to like this story. I'm in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and you want to go back to where or me to go to your place. Next thing I know, bing, bang, boom, two guys come in all near around the corner. You're all splitting the money three ways. That's my mindset about things in life. So that's a very smart way of approaching it.

I did not have that way of approaching it listen in 20 years i've never done that on the road oh dude i i mean especially women when i like when i date girlfriends they don't believe it at all and i'm like i'm telling you it's not happened well okay so so there are literally like you know there were there are just like women like, you know, there were, there were just like women, like just, you know, popping in my DMS, just like, you know, aggressive. And I, I, while I don't think I ever had that, I didn't have a small modicum of that issue. I just all of a sudden was like, oh shit, like I could hook up with this girl. I could hook up with that girl. So I start talking to this one woman through DMS on Instagram and, um, we go back and forth and she's whatever nice and you know sending me like animal videos and shit like that and so that's pretty good for me and um so i'm

like yeah let's get a drink you know i'd go now i really wouldn't go out with like a lot of women can i just stop you there for a second is this a local lady okay this is not a woman you've met at a show or you're planning to meet a show okay all right but when i went so i go and at the time i'm working on um arrested development which the hours are nuts you wrote on that yeah oh hell yeah dude yeah so and the hours are totally nuts so you do kind of you are kind of like sacrificing your social life for that show um to some extent you know and and they were very nice they let me like go off and do shows and stuff like that but that wasn't like free time it was like my schedule was pretty pretty crammed and um so i go meet her

for a drink and um you know we start talking and um she is very like know, she knows the podcast and she lives part time in Vegas and, you know, is talking a lot about like her exes and she seems to have dated a number of people who are like this is going to maybe be a hookup and um and i'm not even sure if we're gonna hook up um but i live close to where we go and get a drink and as she's driving me back i wasn't and this kind of sounds dickish but i'm just being honest like i wasn't thinking like oh we're go hook up. I was kind of thinking, like, ride home, and we'll see what happens. But she was excited, and she was excited to meet my cat, which has happened before, where I'm like, my cat has, like, become arguably a bigger draw than me,

not even just on the road, but also, you know, like, with that. And so I'm kind of like, okay, whatever. So we go up to my place, we have a couple more drinks. Anyway, we end up hooking up, and she meets my my cat and he's so down to earth and i meet her cat oh yeah we met i met her cat and um and so i'm very clear up front like i do not want anything serious i don't have time for anything serious but but we're starting to hook up you know whatever how old is she she's maybe five six years younger than me up, you know, whatever. How old is she? She's maybe five, six years younger than me. Okay.

So, you know, she's 20. No, but she's a little younger than me. And so that's going on, but then I'm still also getting, you know, DMs from random women. And there's this one woman on Twitter who I start messaging with. And she's like a makeup artist who

lives in burbank and um and we start messaging and it gets very sexual very quickly and um i'm sure this is probably her first time doing something obviously yeah yeah this is good you're gonna feel like all your fears are unwarranted after this. And so it gets sexual very quick. I have no idea what you're about to say. I can't wait. So the one that I'd gone out with, she told me that she had worked like, you know, in like the, shall I say, sex industry lightly.

Like it kind of been like a dominatrix type person for a couple of years back there, whatever. That doesn't bother me. I did the naughty show with Sam Tripoli. Like I was like, that's fine where i'm at industry standard that's right yeah and um and so she gets sexual very quickly and she's like talking about like right away sex and all this stuff and and it starts off okay and then right away i'm like this is like a lot early and then she reveals that she's married but it's an open relationship and i'm like i don't feel very comfortable with that and um and then she's like telling me stuff about how she went to a sex club and she's like i got dp'd last night and i'm like last night yeah and i'm

and i'm like a camera operator uh but but so i'm like right away i'm like that's one too many for me hours ago yeah like yeah fresh you mean hours ago so I'm like no so I'm like no to that which two by the way there's one available which two yeah she was like do you want to see my book

she was like here you go I'll flip through that I was like I really so okay so right so i'm like turned off by that situation but and then i'm still sort of seeing um michelle is the one who i was like i've been going out with and um so i'm still sort of seeing michelle and then the one on on twitter is this woman named angela and she's like, she one day is like, I just realized we have someone in common in our lives. And I'm like, who?

She's taking days to get back. I'm going, who is it? And she's like, I've worked with Michelle. I'm a makeup artist. Michelle's modeled for stuff. Like, I know her. And I'm like, oh. And she's like, I saw her at a party,

and we just got to talking, and I told her that you and I were flirting, and I'm like, well, Jesus Christ. So again, I'm not oh and she's like I saw her at a party and we just got to talking and I told her that you and I were flirting and I'm like well Jesus Christ so again I'm not like dating Michelle but I feel like when I see her next yes yeah she's been inside my place I've been inside her place and I've never seen her home right and uh and so so I like kind of contextualize it when I'm when I'm talking to her I'm like oh yeah you yeah, you know. And she's like, no, it's cool. You can do whatever. And I'm like, yeah, I know, but I'm not flirting with her. Like she told me she got DP'd and she is, you know. And then along the way, she's like, I'm pregnant, but that doesn't matter. Like stuff like, and I'm just going, I'm not like, this is just crazy. So whatever, this goes on for a while. And then, um, she keeps messaging me.

Angela keeps messaging me and I keep kind of ignoring it. And then Michelle, like I said, lives part-time in Vegas. So then there's the Vegas shooting. Right. And, um,

and Michelle, I go to bed early because of arrested development. Not because I was arrested. Uh, and I go to, and I go to bed early and I wake up and she's like, Hey, I'm like at the Mandalay Bay,

all this stuff. There's been a shooting, all this shit then like i write she was at the well i write back i don't hear anything so i'm like what the fuck you know and um angela messages me and she goes have you heard from michelle like we're trying to find her like i'm talking to her ex because she had a kid she's like i'm talking to her ex about whatever and i'm like no i haven't so i i give her my number i go here's my number because i'm not gonna be able to check my phone i go message me if you know like text message me if there's any update and i'm worried all day and then eventually michelle texts me and she's like i'm okay i was you know i got like trampled like so many people were running like i got a concussion

i my phone broke all this shit so i'm like holy, holy shit, you know? But now I've given Angela my number, right? So Michelle continues to be, like, very helpful. Like, I'm going to Australia and, you know, it's just, like, a good presence and all that stuff. And so I go to Australia to tour. And, okay, so part of it as well is that there had been, like, a Facebook group started just about me. Like whatever.

Like a fan page. Like a female fan page, essentially, right? Wow. Yeah, it was like two members, but still counts. It does. Somebody had to go through. And I started it. I should point out, I'm the one who started it.

But that counts. Yeah. So I'm the administrator of this site. So I'm in Australia, and Michelle's like, oh, yeah, I noticed this fan site or whatever. And I really didn't know about it, and I was like, you know, do whatever. I don't give a shit. And so, like I said, Michelle has a kid. When I'm leaving Australia, a couple of things happen. One is that Angela is really putting the pressure

on me to meet up with her. She's now texting me like all the time. When are we going to meet up? This is bullshit. Why are you meeting up with Michelle? Like she's like, I'm way hotter, all this stuff. And I'm just like ignoring it for the most part. Every now and then just being like,

you know, relax, whatever, leave me alone. And... Does she know that the, what's the other girl's name again? Michelle. That her relationship is open and stuff? Is that why she worried? Well, Michelle, so Michelle's the Instagram girl who I went out with. Right. Angela's the Twitter girl. She knows, yeah.

Which one did you have sex with again? Michelle. All right. And so she knows Angela's crazy. She's like, yeah, she's wild. Like I've known her for, you know, a few years in this world. So when I land, Michelle's texting me. Angela's like got a new gear.

She's fucking losing her mind. She's posting these pictures of me that I didn't want to tell you were out there, but it's like nude modeling that I did. And, you know, they're out there. I did it under a different name. She found them and she's posting them tagging you and being like, you know, Gareth, what sleeps with this girl. And this is his kind of girl and just stuff where I'm like looking on Twitter and I'm going, holy shit, what the fuck, you know? And,? And as well as she tells me directly, Angela, that she posted in that Facebook group that I was the father of her kid, Michelle's kid. What?

And this picture. And I'm like, what the fuck are you doing? And it's all to leverage me to go out with her. And I'm just like, I'm not going to go out with you. Does it work? Well, obviously. I'm married. Yeah. And I and i'm just like no fucking leave me alone you know like fuck off and so michelle and i are talking about it how it's out of control and she's like i blocked her you should block her and so i just block her number you know and i'm like all right whatever which i've never done before um so i blocked her number and i was like okay whatever i asked her to take that picture down from that facebook group but it was like stressing

me out obviously um especially the twitter stuff, seeing all these posts. Well, let me, I'm not super intelligent. Is it slander? What is it when you're falsely claiming that someone's the father? Yeah. Is it slander? I can't remember. I think it is slander versus libel.

Is it slander? Is that slander? Yes. Yeah. So it is. And I'm like, I'm flagging it, trying to get Twitter to take it down, all this shit. Michelle, meanwhile, is like, I feel really bad that I didn't tell you about this. I'm like, I don't give a shit, you know. But then about three hours later, I mean, I just landed like from that like space flight. Yeah. And a few hours later, she texts, Angela texts me again from a different number. She's like, why did you block me? All this stuff. And I'm just like, what the fuck? So I just block that one, right? I'm like, she's using her friend's number or whatever.

Or her husband's. Or husband's, yeah. Or, you know, one of the DP guys. There's a lot of options for where she can get a phone. So I block that. Then like later, there's another text from another number. And I'm just like, what the fuck is going on? And Michelle's like, same happening to me,

texting me from random numbers. We both just keep blocking them. And what's the messages that are going to Michelle? Just, I mean, like stuff that's just like, you're such a slut. Like you, you like- Anger, just like, I'm posting these pictures. All because she got you and-

Yeah, all because I like, I think I was like, we'll get a drink and then we didn't. Right. And so it's all, it's like, it's nonstop too, right? So then, like I said, I'm working on Arrested and she is just like blowing up my phone. She's calling me from random numbers, nonstop. I block the number, doesn't matter, new number.

Texting me from random numbers, block that, doesn't matter, new number. Never ending numbers. Middle of the Doesn't matter. New number. Never ending numbers. Middle of the night texts. Hey, hi. What are you up to? Are you up?

Oh, hey, I just found a picture of you on the naughty show. I'm going to post it and say that it's this and that. And she's like posting all this stuff on my Twitter and shit. So I'm like, it's like a full time job of me being like trying to get this shit down from my Twitter, stressing out, feeling like people are seeing this. And again, this is like right when like I'm feeling like some momentum and I'm just going, this person is just not, I mean, like a full time fucking job, which I have. So it's hard for me. So I would sit there and I have my phone like there and I'd be like working and then just

see my phone light up. And you know, when you can tell that it's not a name, it's a number. And I just see a number and I'd be like, son of a bitch. And it would be like, you know, 20, 30 text calls a day. And the same thing's happening to Michelle. And she's like, what you should do is because she's a, Angela's a makeup artist. She's like, you should tell someone at the studio you're working with, or at least threaten her that you're going to have her name put on like a blacklist

so that she doesn't work. And so I do that. I'm like, you know, if you keep doing this shit, I'm going to do this, get you put on this list. And she backs off for a minute, but then comes right back, keeps doing it. I would get a few days of silence, and I'd be like, maybe.

It's interrupting my sleep. And it's like, when we meet up, it's all we're talking about. Like, cause we're kind of getting a little closer because of this situation, you know? But it's all we're talking about. It's all strategy. And I feel like such a deep level of shame

that maybe- Because I have invited this person into my world and it was, to what you were saying before, it was so careless. It was like such a- But just saying, well, I want to have a drink. Yeah, but it was like, and she's posting screenshots of our conversation. Oof. Where I said, she goes, have you ever done anything crazy?

And I said, I slept with a dominatrix a few nights ago or something like that. She's posting that going, this is what kind of dirtbag this guy is. And then still hitting you up. Hey, what are you doing? It's all, yeah. We need to get a drink. When are we getting a drink? Yeah, when will you get a drink?

If you get a drink with me, this will stop, you know? And I don't know necessarily. It was just so, it just kind of like blew my brain out. And I really was unable to kind of get my footing back underneath me i was working i was so distracted she was trying to like log into my twitter she was trying to like there were and little things trying to log into yeah you know when you get the verification yeah so i'm getting

the verification code over and over again i'm going what the fuck? And I don't really necessarily know. I mean, I just felt really embarrassed by it. I felt like I was careless and my world was kind of being blown up by it. and on and every time i block a number there's a new one and then i'm in san diego for a weekend of shows and i um i give the club angela's picture i'm like do not let this person in you know now can i ask you this this is going on for a while at this point yeah this is probably like she doesn't show up at any of your local shows or you're not doing many because you're working so much partially that and when i did do a show she showed up and had like taken a picture of me on stage. But didn't approach you. Didn't approach me. Just posted it later so you knew she was there.

Yeah. Oof. Yeah. So now you've given this club her photo. So I'm like, don't let this person in. And we're at that level. We're at that level. Yeah.

And so one of the people that I let in is like my buddy from high school who's like a tech guy. And, you know, like, you know, whatever works in online advertising is one of my best friends. And he'm going to pitch that she dates this guy I know who's on this Showtime show, Gigolos, which I'd never heard of. But it's like, whatever, like cut dudes with big dongs. And like us. And so she's like, she does all that, right? And she's basically like, she went for it.

She's into him. They talked on the phone. And I'm like, fucking beautiful. Hallelujah. Or alleluia. Sometimes I add the H. Is there an H? I go with the H.

Thank you. And that's what the Jesus H. Christ is for. Interesting. Thank you. And so then Angela texts me. She me she goes hey she sends me a picture this dude like naked she's like this is the new guy i'm going with he's way more sexual you're kind of a cold fish and i'm just like what the fuck so so she's and she like because that blocked her number she's like hey it's angela like this is the dude or whatever how many numbers dude

endless hundreds how many how do you do that at the end. How many? How do you do that? At the end of the day, thousands. How do you do that? So it's from this, it was from this company called TextNow in Canada. We eventually found out. And it's basically like a number generator. And there's ways to do it now too. And it's just like-

Off your same phone, you can generate, generate. Yeah, generate endless. Text from endless numbers, endless. I mean, you think about spam calling and shit like that it's like that that technology but now it's being utilized for like total harassment right and my buddy figured it out and so anytime i'd be getting a message you know sometimes i'd be like hey this is gavin newsom and i'm like that could be her my buddy be like no that's gavin news or it's supposed to be gavin news um so so i'm very like, we know that, right. But anyway, she's like, I'm going to leave you alone. I'm going with this guy.

So I sent it to my two buddies who I've been talking to about this and a female friend of mine just laughing, just like, this is nuts, you know? And my buddies are laughing, but the female friend of mine is like, she spelled her name differently in the text. She's like, when she said, hey, this is Angela. Like, I've just, so you know, I've changed that name, which is always a good sign. Fair enough. In a story when you're changing names. And I'm like, you're burying the lead.

I'm like, that doesn't matter. It's, who gives a shit? She goes, as a woman, I would never misspell my own. She's like, would you misspell your name? And I'm like, no, but whatever, you know? And then my own she's like would you misspell your name and i'm like no but whatever you know and then they she's like are you sure that michelle is an angela and i'm like wait yeah i'm like i'm 100 michelle is like fight club type shit are we talking about right now so i'm like there's no way so i might because my tech buddy we talked about that and he'd gone through the twitter of angela and he's like he's like it's not he's like it's a real user

it's but you'd never ever seen angela in person no ah she'd come to stuff she texted me non-stop but no it was just harassment so we start talking about it and we start going, that could be possible. And then... Hold on. When does it hit you where you're like, all right, Michelle could be Angela? I still think no way because Michelle is so helpful and also going through all this same stuff and pictures of her being posted that she doesn't want out there. And we're all, we're both being tagged in this stuff.

Like, it's nonstop. So I'm like, there's no way. So they're like, ask for a picture of Michelle and Angela together. And the picture of Michelle, these ones that she didn't want released, they were actually her? Yeah. You could definitely tell. Yes. Okay.

And they're compromising. They're like. But I mean, they weren't Photoshopped or. Okay. They're her. They're totally her and um and so i'm like hey my friends are just for shits and giggles asking you know because you've you've known her for years do you have any pictures of you two together and she goes yeah of course i do she's like i'll send you one tonight after your show like okay great um after the show she's like i'm my hard drive's all fucked up like i will get some

they're just old pictures whatever i'm like okay so uh the next day i'm like starting to get real anxious and she's still going like i'm finding some whatever whatever. After my show, my buddy's like, call me. And I'm like, okay. And I mean, performing under the duress of this,

I'm like, what's going on? Because you don't know if she's going to show up. You don't know anything. I'm not sure what's going on anymore. Right. And my buddy goes, call me. And I call him.

And he's like, where are you? And I'm like, in the mall where the club is. And he goes, sit down. And I'm like, oh boy. So sit is. And he goes, sit down. And I'm like, oh boy.

So sit down. And he goes, Michelle is Angela. No. He goes, I'm going to send you a link to a website devoted to Michelle. And I need you to just go through and read about it and then call me back. And I'm like, okay. And he sends me this link. it and then call me back. And I'm like, okay. And he sends me this link and it's like dozens of people talking about how Michelle is like Satan. She tries to ruin men. She tries to ruin their

lives. She, all she does is constant harassment. She does it through various angles, but she sets up fake people. She does all this stuff. When these things are getting posted about me on Twitter, my DMs are like blowing up with people like, have you seen this? This woman is saying this about you. Like, I thought you were a good guy. Like, whatever. All this stuff's coming in. And when I'm reading this site about her, there's so much stuff. It's loaded with horrible things about her. This person who I'm like, she's my hero, my helper. You've had sex with her. Yeah.

And I mean, we don't need to keep coming back to that. I feel like you're really hung up on her. She met your cat. Yes, she met my cat. I mean, enough. Is that better for you? Well, he should have judged her. Animals are supposed to have an innate ability.

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You gotta be a real piece of shit to be banned from Florida. Buddy, you're talking about the state where people hold up liquor stores with alligators. Yeah. And that state's like, nah. They're killing their own kids down there. It's like not being allowed into a bar rescue bar. Pre-save.

Being like, yay. Banned from Florida. Fromida our america within america she can't go to because she like filed a fake missing persons report and kept it going for days what wasted police funds all this shit um crazy shit like that, right? Also, these little things she was telling me before, like who the father of her child was and the name. Did you ever see, God, yeah, so that's, all this is there's no kid and all that's even, did you ever see a child or husband photo from Angela?

No. Okay, so she didn't make up a whole family because that'd be crazy. No. Yeah, okay. make up a whole family. Cause that'd be, that'd be crazy. No. Yeah. Okay. But, but there were lots of, I mean, again, my buddy was like, this is a real person, you know, cause we had talked about it, but, but so now I'm like in this mall in San Diego and I'm like, holy fuck, what the fuck am I going to do? Um, meanwhile, she's like, Hey, I found a picture. And she sends me a picture of her with someone who's not Angela. She's like, she's like hey I found a picture and she sends me a picture of her with someone who's not Angela she's like she's had

a lot of work done since then and I'm like you know like she had like a face swap like she had like the face off Nicholas like she swapped her face she's like she touched a vase during a lightning storm her face became a

different head what like insulting but I just go oh okay She grew four inches in her 30s. Her face became a different head. What? Like, insulting. But I just go, oh, okay. Yeah, okay, I'm good. I was worried for a minute, but there you and her for sure are on a boat. How often are you seeing Michelle physically during this time?

Not a lot. And how long is this time? Six months? What are we talking about? We're probably at about three months right now. Three months, all right. And I'm seeing her probably once a month. A month?

I probably went out with her like seven times. And a lot of it was, like I said, I mean, it's not the best light to be reflected in, but it was like,

I'd be like, I'm gonna be done with work at 11.30. She'd be like, I'll meet you at 11.30. I'd be like, fine, you know. It was really all I had time for. So with work at 1130. She'd be like, I'll meet you at 1130. I'd be like, fine. It was really all I had time for.

So I was like, okay. But yeah, so for the amount of time, I was talking to her a lot more. You never went to her place? No, no. I wonder how telling that would have been. There's a lot of stuff you'll find in retrospect that's quite telling. There's a lot of courses. Of find in retrospect that's quite telling. There's a lot of courses.

Of course. Of course. Of course. Next time, hit me up. I'll be like, Garrett, listen, man, you're going to get robbed. You're going to get mugged. Fight Club is a great cop because I'm in a parking lot drinking a beer and then dropping it to myself. It's literally what is happening.

You know what I mean? I'm just in a basement beating myself and people like what and i'm like what are y'all looking at um so now i'm like what the yeah because now you gotta get we gotta address it and get the fuck out of here we gotta figure it out i think partially because i'm so rattled i am trying trying to not, you fucking lie. I'm trying to Homer Simpson into the bushes. Yeah, but also this is a unstable person and going hard and aggressive may be the wrong move.

Even though you want to be like, what the fuck? Yeah. It made me, a lot of things I'm about to say made me, you know, and I'm not trying to like gender this issue, but when I think about like women in situations of abuse or, you know, where there is like sexual advance, any of that stuff that come out 20 years later or they don't pursue a charge and dudes are always like, well, why the fuck didn't she mention it like the day after? This situation makes me so understanding to that.

Again, not trying to say what I went through is like abuse. Fair enough. But there's this level of like- This is abuse though. It is. But it's not like, I'm just not trying to be like, women, I'm a victim. You know what I mean?

Like, me too. Yeah. You know? Like, I'm just saying. Clip that curse. Do not clip that. Clip that. That's terrible.

Gareth Reynolds running for Senate. Women, me too. Yeah. But because A, you're ashamed, and B, you're like, I don't want to fucking, I'm not trying to go back and rip the cobra's head off. Well, let's also go to C. I'm just trying to get out of the jungle. This is insane. Insane.

Insane. Insane. The fact that, you know, what's the Ace Ventura? Lois is Einhorn or whatever. Yeah, Einhorn is Finkel. Einhorn is Finkel. I'm having my Einhorn is Finkel. You are having an Einhorn is Finkel. Einhorn is Finkel. I'm having my Einhorn is Finkel.

You are having an Einhorn is Finkel right now. And all the little, like your mind is blown in this telling. This is like, I'm like,

I can't process. Yeah, because you got to go step by step to undo all this now. It's the full time job of this. You still got to go perform?

You're still on your weekend? Doing shows. Slept in my car one of the days because I was like, I don't know. I told her which hotel I was in. Like, I mean, it's just like rattled me. And okay, so now I know, right? So I'm basically. Your friend is your enemy.

I'm trying to Homer Simpson into the bushes. I'm going, hey, this whole thing's rattling me. Meanwhile, I'm calling the cops. I'm calling, hey, this whole thing's rattling me. Meanwhile, I'm calling the cops. I'm calling a lawyer. And my friend ends up putting me in touch with a lawyer who's not in any way associated with this type of law. But she's awesome. And she's going, here's the reality.

You know, as I'm going through the stuff that you're showing me, she goes, Michelle, as Michelle, has not made a threat to you. She's been nice. She's been sweet. She's been helpful. Angela, from her thousand different numbers, has been harassing you. You have a case against Angela, who's not real. Your issue is proving that Michelle is Angela. And she's like, and that's a lot harder than you might think that it is. I go to the cops. The cops are like, so the problem is this woman is trying to fuck you a lot. And I'm like, yeah. That sounds like the cops. Yeah.

And I'm like, yeah, officer. And he's like, I think a lot of guys would really like that problem. And I'm like, bro. Oh, my. Take this down to what's wrong with you. Yeah. Yeah. Like, literally made me be like, bro, oh my. Take this down to what's on. Yeah, yeah. Literally made me be like, oh my God.

So I'm like, okay, not copy. The lawyer is like, you've got to be able to prove that it's her, which is possible. But for now, I'm just trying to get away. So I start telling Michelle stuff like, oh yeah. Oh, also, I go through those DMs that I'm getting every time she posts stuff. And I'm going, stuff like, oh yeah, you know, oh, also I go through those DMs that I'm getting every time she posts stuff and I'm going, that's her, that's her, that. So she's heightening my stress by being like, hey, I saw this tweet. Hey, I saw this thing. Hey, all this stuff. And I'm like, oh, a hundred people have seen this. Well, no, she's created a hundred,

you know, sock puppet accounts and stuff that now now again i recognize so easily but at the time i was just like nobody do this it's crazy it's not an existence if you're doing this and um so i'm like yeah i'm kind of going through i'm like i'm a little too stressed out and i'm talking to a shrink and the shrink is basically like i should probably just try to back off from this whole situation she's like oh great who's your shrink i'm actually looking for a shrink i'm like nah i don't think we should say the same thing my friends are getting um text messages now from these numbers she got my friend's numbers she's texting my friends being like hey this is gareth this is my new phone number hey you know whatever my friends are getting calls from random

numbers my friends are getting calls from my number at 3 a.m., which I was like, how can you do that? You can do that. Just spoofing my number, fucking friends three, four in the morning. Why are you calling me? You woke my kid up. All the, I'm just going, it's not me. But again, I'm so embarrassed. Now, even more so, because now I'm like,

well, the one Feinhorn is, you know, Einhorn is Finkel. So I'm trying to, and it's going on and on. I'm trying to just get away from it. It's not stopping. It's going crazy. But I still have Michelle being like, cause I haven't told her, hey, are you okay? Like the day that she posts a bunch of stuff about me

on Twitter again. Hey, did, has Angela posted anything about you lately? Nah, I'm good. You know, but I'm like, you fucking lunatic. You crazy. Like you're, and she's like totally getting off on the ability to be like, stress him out. Is he okay?

Um, so as I'm backing away, this is nuts. As I'm backing away, I am i am um it's still happening and then my friend is like you know probably a week later like hey there's something else i gotta tell you and it's he's found her escort profile escort yes so she's an escort in vegas and um he's like it's active so i'm I'm like at Arrested Development. I have to go into Mitch Hurwitz's office. And I'm just like, hey, buddy. You know, and he's like running this show.

He's like stressed. Yeah, yeah, what's going on? And I'm like, I need to go down the street to get STD tests because I ended up sleeping with this woman who's a sex worker and I wasn't protected all the time. And he was like, OK, take a lunch. Whenever you need to take lunch, buddy, go down there, get the full gambit,

you know, somehow I'm like, good Lord, clean. And I'll never forget the way they ran me through the clean results. It was like,

are you ready for your results? And I was like, I mean, I get, all right, blah, blah, blah,

clean, blah, blah, blah, negative, blah, blah, And I'm like,

Jesus Christ, I keep expecting to be like, AIDS, you got it. And I'm like, ah, but she's be like AIDS you got it and I'm like ah but she's just just in a way

where I would have a note now here's what you do have yeah you're sitting down you know all that like what my buddy did

when he did the you're sitting down you Homer Simpson did in the wrong bush amigo yeah you did um and then like

I took a yoga class and this this woman in yoga class like somehow like recognized, like, recognized me, and we started talking. And so I'm like, all right, well, I'm going to take her out. And I'm like, still, this is like, I'm kind of, I'm probably about five months in at this point. And how much, at this point of the five months, how much is Rachel still hitting you up? Angela? I mean, Angela still hitting you up? Angela? I mean Angela still hitting you up. Don't Rachel me. Sorry. We'll get

to her. Alright. Often. Still. Yes. So Michelle still doing the Rachel thing all this time. Angela. I'm sorry. They're all made up names anyway. They are. But yes. Yes. Still. Still aggressively hitting you with Angela stuff. Not as aggressive.

But it's almost like I'll be like six days. But not letting it go. Six days without it and I'm starting to go, still. Still aggressively hitting you with Angela stuff. Not as aggressive, but it's almost like I'll be like six days- But not letting it go. Six days without it, and I'm starting to go, maybe, maybe. And then it's like back, maybe, maybe. But during that six days, you're hearing from Michelle. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, Michelle is trying to have a normal relationship.

Have you seen Michelle since you found this out? No, because the attorney I talked to was like you cannot meet up with michelle again because michelle had a history first of all has a fucking record second of all banned from florida bro i mean come on we're talking liquor store alligator she and has a record and and some of it is like abuse claims and and she's like what's gonna happen is because michelle's like i want to give you this gift. If we're not going to talk, I want to give you this gift. You're pushing for this gift. I'm going, no. She's like, you meet up with her. She fucking does fight club herself, says, hey, you fucking hit her. So I'm like, nope, nope, nope. So I'm just skirting, skirting, skirting, like not going to meet up with you. And it's awkward. And it's it's awkward and it's it's making angela fucking worse you know because angela's

the alter ego so angela's in more of an attack mode and um it's straight up jekyll and hyde shit nuts is nuts and so um so this this woman in yoga class so so we go out right and after we go out i follow her on instagram the next day that later that day she texts me and she goes look dude if you have a girlfriend, you can just fucking tell me. Don't take someone out when you have a girlfriend. Sends me a screenshot of a random number and it's just like, hey, this is Gareth's girlfriend.

I know that you went out with him or I know that you guys are talking. You should stop. And I'm just like, I don't even have the words to be like. It's not a girlfriend, I have a stalk stalker I have an Einhorn and Finkel who fuck you know I'm like okay godspeed but it's like that

continuing that sort of shit it's like that all the time other friends of mine anyone I couldn't follow anyone on fucking Instagram cause she was going at me and it's yeah just going on like that for ages and ages. Again, still hundreds of texts, calls. Hundreds?

Then I'm arrested. Wait, one second. When Angela calls, she never leaves a voicemail? No. Not once. No, and you call back and it's like, it's like some, know i'm going that's text now and these are in the middle of the night so in the middle of the night i'd like

hit my phone and be like oh good nothing or i'd go oh my god six texts and then i'd be up so i'm not sleeping i'm not eating i'm fucking drinking white wine like a like a housewife like a real housewife i'm like i am like friends of mine would just be like hey here's a six pack of trader joe wine i'd be like that's nice to see anyone ever did for me you know as i was like emaciated yet bloated at the same time and then um michelle's like she's looking for your home address now keep in mind michelle's been to my place so she knows my home address and angela's not fucking real but this is like i'm like there's an escalation here and then she goes she knows it she figured it out sends me a screenshot he lives here you know in in wherever i live is she posting that no but she's just saying to her now i know where he lives so i race home from i go to mitch

again mitch hurwitz had arrested and i just go hey so now this start uh-huh okay yeah go go you know like my updates to him or he's like i probably shouldn't have invited this guy um get home fucking think that there's gonna be some fucked up shit going on and um nothing i put like a fucking dresser in front of my door i sleep with a knife by my bed i end up getting an airbnb for like 10 days and again I know it's all bullshit, but I'm still like, I don't know. And during that 10 days, is Michelle still hitting you up? Yeah. Yes. Are you okay? Where are you? Are you talking on the phone?

I'm just trying to keep it as little contact as possible, but in as okay a place as... I still feel like you think I'm both of these people. No, no, no. I don't, I don't. Oh, she would say things like that. Yes, and I go, no, no, no,

because I'm, again, I'm just my, I'm just trying to Homer Simpson into the fucking bush. And so if someone doesn't know that reference, they're gonna be like, the hell is, who is this man? What is this man talking about? But I'm just trying to sneak out on this shit. And then it stops over

the holidays it stops she takes like she stops like december nothing for like whatever two months i'm like this is fucking amazing i think it's done i'm sleeping again i'm like eating properly i'm even like starting to work out a little bit i mean i saw a picture of myself on arrested development when i was doing this shit and I was like, Jesus Christ. Like wine, big wine should not have that photo because that's slander. So, and then it starts again. Starts up again.

Right after the holidays. Right after the holidays, starts up again, texts. It's, hey, my girlfriend got a text from your number. You better leave us the fuck alone. You know, like a new angle. So I know she's orchestrating it, but I'm like, she's shifting tactics. So then I do get a fucking lawyer. And the lawyer basically is like, here's what you got to do.

You got to go through everything and build a case. I'm friends with someone who works in law loosely. So you got to do you got to go through everything and build a case i'm friends with someone who works in in law loosely take this yes so we got to we go through everything and we build this fucking case like where it's just every text filing it under what it is what laws are being broken all that stuff and and the lawyer is expensive as shit, as you know. And I never experienced really a situation where a lawyer's like, oh, for sure. And then you're like, that email was $500? Like, I didn't know.

I had heard that they were bloodsuckers. You're paying on the quarter hour. Yeah. For an email, though. Minimum quarter hour. I mean, I'm just like, why did I reply? Okay, cool. You know, they're like, thanks.

I'm like, that was a $250 thanks. So as I'm building this case, I'm going through this stuff and I'm like missing shit. I'm like, oh, she took pictures of my friend's house. And oh, she like, I just stopped checking them eventually just because, but the threatening nature of this is escalating and stepping up, you know, and, and as I'm going through it,

it's fucking traumatic and I'm, I'm building this case and we're going to go for a restraining order. But what you need to do is prove the fucking metadata. You need to prove that it came from this place where she lives. You need to get a fucking PI to go where she lives. And that person needs to monitor it and be able to connect the metadata. Meaning what? Like it pinged off this cell tower by her home?

Basically, you can specifically say it came from this fucking location. Okay. Right? Because we know so much. Shouldn't they be able to ping the phone too, like specifically this device? Yeah, but that's like, I mean, think about when Apple was like, wouldn't like, I can't remember what the case was. That's right wouldn't give their info you're not you're not able to get into that

shit like i could do it i still could prove it it just would cost so much fucking probably a quarter of a million dollars and then when i'm writing on arrested too um someone explains this situation to another person i work with and she she goes, this happened to my friend. And my buddy goes, same sort of situation. She goes, same person. No. So she's done this. She's done it to so many dudes in the business, and like tons of them.

What's her number? Well, that's hard to answer, honestly. Get a scroll. And so, and she's like- Yeah, well, that's hard to answer, honestly. Get a scroll. And so, and she's like- So you're telling someone this, and then they say this happened? My buddy is, because I'm not there. He's like, Garrett's not here today because of this.

He can't get out of bed because he's like fucking losing his mind. And then she says, this happened to my friend. And he goes, same situation, no, same person. This person did it, except this guy fucking lost his mind and like deleted his social media and then there's an other people she another person was like oh she made up a fake pregnancy with this guy she said she was pregnant she um

was like i'm gonna go get the abortion wouldn't go get it turned Turned out she wasn't pregnant. So after the Christmas break part, I had to stop smoking weed. You know when you're unhappy you can't smoke weed? You know what's so funny? Yes. Whenever my worst times, I smoke weed. Marijuana helps me focus. Yes. And when I'm in bad times and I smoke, it helps me focus on the wrong shit. The panic. And when I'm in bad times and I smoke, it helps me focus on the wrong shit. The panic, the anxiety, the future tripping, the spiraling. I can't either.

When I'm at my lowest, mm-mm. And that's what happened to me. Like, I was the happiest fucking stoner who ever stoned. And then it was just like, I would take- Should I ruin weed for you? Dude, completely. But then after the two-month break, I'm like, I think I can smoke weed. And I don't know how this timed out.

I think she just got lucky. But literally the first day I smoked weed, it was NFL Sunday. I was in my bed. I was like, fuck it, I'll take a couple hits. I had a couple rips watching the Falcons game and I get a text from the random number and it goes, I hear you got someone pregnant.

And I had been counting the days to when i would be clear of that threat and it was like coming up to it which is why i was like i can smoke some weed and then i was like fuck but i was also at the point now where i was like i don't believe anything so i let it go but she was still trying every angle she could to make me be like like and i played out the baby part in my head, like with my friends, I'd war gamed it. You know,

I was like, I'm gonna fucking, I'm gonna fight for full custody is what I'm going to do. And my friends were like, who is this man? Right. And I was like, I'm,

you can't have a fucking kid living with this fucking person, you know, while she's in like a bedroom, like playing Sims with comedians from like Vegas. Yeah. You know, with with their emotions. So I war-gamed it out and then eventually stopped hearing about it. And I'm like, well, I think it's fucking fake.

But again, I was like, if it isn't, let's fucking go. What was your conversation like with the lady at work who's like, this happened to my friend? Did you not talk to her friend? Did he get an attorney? I didn't talk to him. He was so fucked up. Really? Yeah, that he was like, I don't want her to know I'm around.

I don't want to talk to anyone about it. Holy shit. Yeah. He like stopped pursuing stuff for a while. Two L's or one? Two. Two. two uh so so and and what she said to me at work she goes she just needs to find another target but i but as i'm building this case i'm going the year two years yeah that's what i'm saying i'm

not gonna fucking wait i'm gonna go at it so as i'm building this case and stuff it just kind of is stopping again i'm about to file for restraining orders. I'm right there, but I hate my lawyer. And since then have found a lawyer who, again, is like, if we need to go, we can fucking go. Not cheap, and I know other people. So it's like you could get a few people on board with this shit. But as it's happening, it's just stopping and I'm kind of going through this and I'm just going, well, why am I going to pursue this if it's not happening anymore? Go through all that, have to go fucking see her in court, have to work on all this other shit. and so I just kind of like let it go and never said um hey I know you're both people never never that's why part of the reason why like but she stopped contacting how long has it been knock on wood well I had to make a lot of changes I had to change lots of stuff personal stuff stuff you don't want to change have to change like bank accounts have to change you had to change lots of stuff, personal stuff, stuff you don't want to change, have to change.

Bank accounts have to change. You had to do all that. Yeah, well, because part of the thing too is it's like you get a thing from AT&T that could be regular. Like, hey, you need your fucking account. Someone tried to hack your account. Well, it could just be some fucking dude in Ghana trying to fuck with you, you know what I mean?

But also, I'm like, could be her. And that is kind of what happened. So you're on hold and everything is just compounding. Your life is trying to put out fires. And so I had to make a lot of fucking changes. I have not had direct harassment since then, but I don't know. How long has it been?

This was probably about five years ago. Jesus. But I've never gone on record. And never showed up at a local show or she's never gone as far as to? then but i don't know how long has it been this was probably about five years ago jesus but i've never gone ever showed up at a local show or she's never gone as far as to no because what i realized eventually was this person has put herself into so much like legal jeopardy that she has to be really careful with what she does she cannot do that she cannot she cannot fuck up even though she did show up at your show and take a picture yes but as the other one but yes but that's when i was dating her you are going out i wasn't even dating i was just like you know going out with her but she did that as her all these i'm not i mean all the fight club stuff you're talking about like years later like the

vegas shooting like i'm like she wasn't a fucking vegas shooting god yeah i didn't even think of that that's how she got me to give her that number so that she knew that's how she had the number so then she knew she could fucking go crazy on me and not wonder how she got my number you know which eventually she probably would have done anyway because she's probably got like talk about war gaming i mean she's probably got like choose your own misadventure but but all that stuff you know two two years later i'd be like wait the fuck that's fucking bullshit you know she told me good use this is why i seem so fucking stupid because i was buying so much bullshit. She told me at one point that while I'm going through all this shit with her. She got Manti-taoed.

A little bit, a little bit. Well, I mean, again, like I was. By a person that wasn't a person by another real person. Here's the difference. I was like, leave me alone. I was not like, when can we meet up? I love you. I was like, fuck off.

Like I just wanted, I was ignoring her. I did believe her to be real for sure and again i'm like i now why wouldn't you though me now so different than that and i had friends at the time who were like what are you fucking simple like this is of course it is but i had like my friend who's like knows his shit was like not the same person. I had, it was just so savvy that I was like, can't be, crossed my mind for sure. But it just seemed so unbelievable as deep in as I was that I was just like, can't be, cannot be. And, and then so as, yeah. And then eventually, so, you know, I just was like so rattled that she's saying, I know the GM of the Packers.

And I'm like, huh? She's like, I can get you tickets to a Packer game. I'm like, really? Wow. I'm like, oh, she's helping me with her. And she's got me Packer tickets. And then I'm like, wait, she doesn't know the GM of the Pack. She was fucking, she's full of shit.

She just like went to StubHub. And she had. She went went to StubHub. And she had. She went on fucking StubHub. All this stuff I was able to eventually like, you know, prove as I built this case and stuff. But that's just basically where it ended. Where I basically was like, okay, whatever. And then a year later, touring in Australia again. And someone texts me and goes, this dude has been going out with your stalker.

And I'm like, oh my God, it's another comedian. And I'm like, oh. Do we know him? Do I know him? Yeah. Okay. And I'm like, oh my fucking God. And he's like, it's like Back to the Future.

Or you know what I mean? Where like Marty's like, dude, listen to your, he's like, buddy, I don't know who you are, but not me, I'm from this time. I'm saying to him, dude, she's, no, no, no, no, no. He's like, no, listen to your, he's like, buddy, I don't know who you are, but not me. I'm from this time. I'm saying to him, dude, she's no, no, no, no, no. He's like, no, no, she's not. I'm going, buddy, I went through this. She is that person and that person and that person and that he's going, dude, it's not.

She would have to be out of her mind to do that. I'm like, bad news. She's out of her fucking mind. And, and so as far as I know he that situation ended too and as far as i know it's like she's still out there still going you know probably still doing it um just a parasite who moves from host to host to host sometimes from people who actually do host you know like countdown shows and stuff because it's all industry related but um but yeah and like i have i have been like so hesitant to kind of like talk about it because it's like because it's gonna be out there again it's out there but it's a fucking doozy spelled D-E-W-Z-Y. We'll be right back.

Part of me makes me feel bad for her, though. She was an escort who gave it to you for free. That's the part you feel bad for? A little bit. But I want to know two questions so everybody can understand. This is 100% why I don't do this. Yes. Okay, listen, I'm not a virgin.

I'm not innocent. Yeah. But I've had a lot of writer-producer jobs over the years, and those are where I tended to date the ladies, not ever in comedy or randos on the road or anything like that. Was it worth it? Absolutely. Absolutely.

absolutely the amount of dudes who I know who are more famous than me who like do this all the time and I'm just going buddy stop cause you will I know it feels like a speed bump but man it is a fucking bed of nails

you do it is out there when you're out on the road now, are you much more cautious? Are you just handshaking them? They call me the Ryan Sickler of stand-up. You know, I'll hug the older ladies and stuff, but those young cute ones that come up, I'll give you a handshake and a salute. What I do is, this is what I do.

If I'm going to take someone home, I want to see the phone. If it's a flip phone, I'm like, what are you doing? You want to go get a drink? Also, if you just come up to me after a show and you want to bang me, I know there's something wrong with you. It is a red flag. I know there is. It is a red flag.

It's like when someone wants to run for president. You're like, probably shouldn't be president. Anyone who wants it shouldn't know. This is a mess right here. Yeah, this is a mess. You have a problem. Now I want to think this story and be like, nah. No.

You know what happened to Gareth Reynolds? I'll tell them that story and scare them off they're like i'm i'm fucking dry now yeah i'm like yeah good dude it um and then the other thing is like dude when i'm going through the thick of this i'm like on tour a lot i was like i mean a part of me is like reticent to talk about how much it affected me because it is i'm sure gratifying for her in some way when she sees this or whatever. But I mean, I was not eating. I would have morning sickness. No joke. No joke, morning sickness.

I was the pregnant one. I would like wake up day of the show and I would be like dry heaving and just be like throwing up. Only time my brain kind of got away from it was when I was performing when i was doing shows when i was like doing the podcast but like you know i'd be at shows and i would be like before it like looking at my phone and my phone would be backstage i wouldn't think about it i'd have

like two hours like from doing the dollop or like an hour if i was doing stand-up to not fucking think about it she know your schedules dude and text so she knew you were on stage? No. So you'd come back? Well, she knew the day of shows. Angela would fucking blow me up. Starting a website about you. Hey, I just pitched you for an article because you're such a douchebag. And I sent them the DM messages you had with me. It is crazy. So what is that?

Split personality? Bipolar? What the hell is that? I really don't even know. I actually don't fully know what i do know is that it's i mean obviously it's sociopathic it's yeah there's a borderline personality disorder for sure but this is the sort of shit that like you know 20 fucking years ago if you were like this you either followed someone or you stalked them in a weird way. The internet and the laws that are in place as far as this shit goes are so inadequate.

And do you feel like they protect the stalker more? Absolutely. Yeah. Without question. I mean, there is this, you are able to do this shit with such ease. Again, I'm not saying like I'm a fucking genius in this situation by any stretch, but you should not be able to harass people from as many numbers as you fucking want, whether you fucking create fake people or not. Like you should just not be able to do that.

You should be held accountable for these things. When I went to the fucking cops and I'm like, this is who's doing this. They didn't even want to engage in the conversation about anything other than how she looked. And that's what I mean when like, I have like, I don't even want to say like empathy because I just, the way that we think of people and how they take trauma and compartmentalize it and how they have to wait to feel comfortable for it is totally misconstrued

and skewed. And I was never someone who was like, well, why is she coming out with the allegation 10 years later? But after this, I'm like, why would she come out with the allegation immediately? You are in such, and again, my version of this is different, but the paralyzation I felt throughout it was one where it was like, I couldn't fucking get out of bed some days with what was going on. I was fucking losing my mind, losing my mind over this shit. And again, this went on for just under a year. kind of ruined because of this and it's it's not as easy as me being like hey online harassment detective i'm filing a case against this person go do it no it's hey go get a private eye hey you got the private eye a lot of money dude crazy you think lawyers are expensive these fucking dudes are nuts and pay that guy now pay a lawyer now all that which to some extent again i have done a lot of that in the long run but um but it just

should not be that way you are able to do this these people are able to fucking harass the shit out of people and there's really very little you can do and it's like that level of how you feel when you're in the midst of it i think people really understate how that feels i don't think i handle it right at all i don't i don't know that there's a right way to handle something like this who the hell is gone i can't imagine many people but also you don't feel like you're not like opening a town it's almost like it's not real. Yeah. You know, like.

And you don't want to be like, look at what my fucking dick got me into. You know what I mean? You don't want to be like, everyone listen. Here's another problem my penis got me. You know, you're just like, you're hiding it. You're hiding it. You're fucking sheltering it. Like when my buddy at work told people that was going on, I was like, why the fuck did you do that? Because you just know people are looking at you different.

And they were. They were like trying to help me, but I'm like, I don't want to be looked at like that. And it was just like, it just changed me on a level that like, I'll never go back. Now, I think she still hits me up. I think

she still does stuff on Instagram. If you see another profile, you think it might be her. I know now what's bullshit. You know? Yeah, that's dangerous. It doesn't even matter if I know it's bullshit.

I don't engage in that world anymore. You can't. Yeah. It's like, you're. Internet, you're right. It's,

before when you were crazy, you had to put that crazy out there and somebody, or at least hide it long enough. You had to be like trash sniffing. Now you can, yeah, now you can just hide that craziness forever on in the digital world yes and then you look at this person's instagram and they're like it looks normal yes but then you're like good day at the pumpkin patch you're like you fucking psycho you texted me from 800 numbers that day you know

gareth reynolds first of all i'm glad you're okay. I'm not. Glad we have no STDs here. I do. Five. You're not listening. Something to cherish her forever. Yeah, they'll leave behind. The calling card. What a wild story. I've never heard anything like that.

Have you? No. I want to know who this is. We're done. I've never heard anything like that. Have you? No. I want to know who this is. We're done. I want to know who this is and who else she dated because I want people. I want to know. We got to look out for this lady. She's in our world.

I don't know right now how active she is. But I mean, you know, like I said, I mean, it's even if it's not just her. This is fucking out there. They're like the people she went for were people that she was fans of. She just like listen to my podcast or she watched this TV show and she liked this guy or whatever the fuck it was. It's it's that morphed into I want to control their life. Ruin it. Ruin their life. Yeah.

Ruin it. Yeah. But be able to like, you you know run an emotional symphony when i feel like conducting right and um and yeah i mean that's like if there's one thing that you can take from it it's just fucking don't be like gary be fucking smart be like gary bro just be like don't let your dick do your thinking no yeah. Yeah. No. It's no pun intended hard. No. No.

And it was hard. Damn, dude. Yeah. I told you I had a fucking doozy. You sure did have a doozy. Yeah. But I just like couldn't like, this was like the place where I'm like, because part of me is like, I should be doing standup on some of this, but I just have never told it.

You know? You do have to tell it i have to to some extent because it's like the craziest traumatic thing of and the other thing you know who was amazing during this time there were a few people who were amazing one of the people who ran the facebook group was amazing dave anthony just kept being like he just kept being like this is a person shouting in a closet. Because I would see the stuff going on my Twitter feed, and he'd be like, it's not as bad as you think.

That's why she had to amplify it with DMs. But Dave just kept being like, it's a crazy person shouting in a closet. So there you go. That's why, stay single. Stay short. Plug and promote everything again, please uh i'm looking to hook up with women on the road uh so slide in my dms whenever you're ready yeah if you're

mentally stable mentally unstable let's roll the dice that's what i'm after my new special roll the dice uh premieres on unsolved mysteries uh next thursday uh go check that out um also i'm actually now selling a very a chlamydia pill, which is unbelievable. Most of these things, you've got to go through a much stronger cycle of antibiotics. These things bang them out in two days. That's why it's called the round of applause.

Get that. Get that. Get that. Promo code Michelle, 1L, unless two if you're texting. No, go listen, I mean, listen to the dollop. I have another podcast

I'm starting with my buddy Jake Johnson called We're Here to Help, which if you go to my Instagram, there's an email where you can message problems. It's like an old-timey call-in show. And then my specials,

garethreynolds.com, click the special link. There's Gareth's, which is crowd work. There's England Weed and the Rest, which is pure stand-up little crowd work and then tour dates gareth reynolds.com and then and then the dollops on the road in august in the past times yeah go to go to dollop podcast.com we're on the road in august when this comes out and the past times you're not gonna acknowledge that i got it correct there for the release date bro you. You said it when I got it right. Who knows when this will come out.

As always, guys, thank you very much. Ryan Sickler on all social media, ryansickler.com. We'll talk to y'all next week. Thank you.