September 14, 2026 • 5 mins
Stacey tells her mom she’s been skipping school and plans to drop out with just one semester left, sending her over the edge.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Elvis Duran phone tap.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
What's today's phone tap, Oliver?
Speaker 3 (00:03):
Well, Stacey emailed and says, I'd like to call my mom,
tell her that I'm not allowed back in school because
I have excessive absence. My mom's going to flip out
because I have only one more semester until I graduate.
And she asks me every day, sometimes 15 times a day,
if I went to school. So we're calling her mom now.
We're going to make her upset.
Speaker 4 (00:21):
Hello?
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Hi, Stacy, please.
Speaker 4 (00:23):
This is not Stacy.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Oh, this isn't? Who is this?
Speaker 4 (00:25):
This is her mother. How can I help you?
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Yeah, hi. My name is Linda Vassar. I'm calling from Spangorth.
Is she around?
Speaker 4 (00:34):
No, she's not. I can help you. She's not. What
can I help you with?
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Okay, we're just going through our records and calling people
who haven't been showing up for school and just trying
to figure out why they haven't been.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
No, she's been there. She goes at night now. She
did her whole program tonight.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Yeah, I know that, but she hasn't been here since
last semester.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Well, then I have to get a ticket with her
because when she leaves my house and says she's going
to school, that's where I think she's going, so I
don't know. But you have her cell phone?
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Do you want me to three-way her in so you
can talk to her as well?
Speaker 4 (00:59):
Sure, if you can do that.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Okay, yeah. Can you hold a second?
Speaker 4 (01:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Okay, hold on.
Speaker 4 (01:04):
Stacy, are you there? Yeah, I'm here.
Speaker 5 (01:05):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
Okay, Mom. What? I have to admit something to you. What?
Speaker 5 (01:23):
The past three nights, me and Christina have been going out.
We haven't been going to school.
Speaker 4 (01:27):
Okay. You know what? Now, I am done with this, okay?
Because you made us go crazy with this nighttime thing.
Speaker 5 (01:32):
It's better, Mommy. If they throw me out of school, whatever.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
I'll just work at a.
Speaker 5 (01:36):
Bar at night or something like that. Excuse me.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
You have been lying to me, number one. That's the
first place. Number two, what do you think you're doing?
You went to all this trouble. Mommy, I don't need
a degree.
Speaker 5 (01:46):
I don't need a degree. I don't need a certificate.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
I'll be fine. You can do anything, okay? I'll be fine.
Why are you lying to me? Why would you lie
to me? Why would you not go to school with her?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Okay, that girl is no longer going to live in
my house.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
What's it going to be? Two little liars together?
Speaker 5 (02:00):
No, listen, listen. I swear, I'll go get a job
at like a bar. They make really good money, bartenders.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
And I'm pretty, too, so I make even more money.
Excuse me.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
I'm not paying $ 30, 000 for a bartending job.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Ma, come on.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Are we nuts here today?
Speaker 4 (02:14):
Excuse me.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
Why do I need a degree?
Speaker 4 (02:16):
Come on. Excuse me. You are going to go for
a certificate until you.
Speaker 5 (02:20):
I'll live, Mommy. I'll depend on my husband, my boyfriend,
for the rest of my life.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Are you nuts? Come on. Are you in drugs? No.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Why would I be on the phone?
Speaker 4 (02:29):
You're going to depend on your husband for the rest
of your life.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
What is this?
Speaker 4 (02:32):
This is a misindependent girl.
Speaker 5 (02:33):
It doesn't matter.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
It doesn't matter. Excuse me. Shut up. Right now I'm
at work. I cannot scream. Listen to me. Number one,
you're in severe, severe trouble. Can you lie to your
father and me for the last two nights? Okay, make
a fool out of me.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Maybe ask him questions about school.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
You're carrying on everything else, and you haven't been there. Okay,
who are you hurting here?
Speaker 2 (02:52):
You're going through.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
All this trouble.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
I don't need a degree. Tell me why I need
a degree.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
Shut up. I've been signed by myself.
Speaker 5 (02:59):
I'll work at a bar.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Are you done?
Speaker 5 (03:01):
I'll get a full-time job during the day.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Excuse me.
Speaker 5 (03:04):
I just won't put education on my resume.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
And I'm not having a $ 30, 000 loan on my shoulders
for you to bartend.
Speaker 5 (03:11):
Mommy, you make a lot of money bartending. Have you
ever done it? No.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Excuse me.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Forget it. The idea is forget it. I'm 21. I'm
21 years old. I can do what I want.
Speaker 5 (03:21):
I don't know why you're overreacting.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
I'm overreacting.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
You lied to me. I can't trust you because this
is a huge, massive lie you told me.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
I'm not going to school anymore.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
I know that because I just threw you out.
Speaker 5 (03:33):
Ever again, nowhere else either.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
You don't have to go anywhere.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
What I'm trying to say is I have $ 30, 000 that
you don't seem to care about.
Speaker 5 (03:40):
Mommy, it's okay. Just pay it off.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
How do I pay it off, Stacey? How?
Speaker 5 (03:44):
It's not that much money.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Are you crazy?
Speaker 4 (03:46):
You're the girl who's always level-headed.
Speaker 5 (03:48):
It's not a big deal.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
You haven't seen how you have hurt me.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
It doesn't matter that they mean a thing to you.
Speaker 5 (03:52):
I can't talk to you about anything because you're crazy.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
So it's easier to lie to me.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Yes. It's easier to lie to me and tell me
every night.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
It's much easier to lie to you. It's much easier.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
This is not my daughter.
Speaker 5 (04:02):
I'm sorry. You're really overreacting about this.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
I'm overreacting. Well, you know what?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
We'll use the $ 30, 000 loan.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
Under your name. Let's see how you overreact because I'm
not paying it.
Speaker 5 (04:11):
Mommy, it's just not. I told you. School is not
for me.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
It's really not for you.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
That's fine.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
All you had to do was tell me that a
month ago. But it's that every night. So, honey, how
was school today? Oh, it was good. I have to
dress up when I go. You lied and you kept
the lie going. That's what hurts me more than anything.
Speaker 5 (04:27):
Why don't you want me to, like, bartend or something?
Speaker 4 (04:30):
I am not talking about this.
Speaker 5 (04:31):
I can work in a club. I can dance in
a club or something like that.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
I'll be going home. I'll be safe. I can't believe
you're talking like this, okay?
Speaker 5 (04:39):
I can be a stripper.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
You're talking stupid.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
That's always an option.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
This is not my daughter. Hey, Ma.
Speaker 5 (04:47):
What?
Speaker 1 (04:47):
You've just been phone tapped.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
What?
Speaker 1 (04:50):
This is Danielle Manero. You've just been phone tapped.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
The Elvis Duran phone tap.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
This phone tap was prerecorded with permission granted by all participants.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
The Elvis Duran phone tap. Only on Elvis Duran and
the Morning Show.
The Elvis Duran phone tap.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
What's today's phone tap, Oliver?
Speaker 3 (00:03):
Well, Stacey emailed and says, I'd like to call my mom,
tell her that I'm not allowed back in school because
I have excessive absence. My mom's going to flip out
because I have only one more semester until I graduate.
And she asks me every day, sometimes 15 times a day,
if I went to school. So we're calling her mom now.
We're going to make her upset.
Speaker 4 (00:21):
Hello?
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Hi, Stacy, please.
Speaker 4 (00:23):
This is not Stacy.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Oh, this isn't? Who is this?
Speaker 4 (00:25):
This is her mother. How can I help you?
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Yeah, hi. My name is Linda Vassar. I'm calling from Spangorth.
Is she around?
Speaker 4 (00:34):
No, she's not. I can help you. She's not. What
can I help you with?
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Okay, we're just going through our records and calling people
who haven't been showing up for school and just trying
to figure out why they haven't been.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
No, she's been there. She goes at night now. She
did her whole program tonight.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Yeah, I know that, but she hasn't been here since
last semester.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Well, then I have to get a ticket with her
because when she leaves my house and says she's going
to school, that's where I think she's going, so I
don't know. But you have her cell phone?
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Do you want me to three-way her in so you
can talk to her as well?
Speaker 4 (00:59):
Sure, if you can do that.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Okay, yeah. Can you hold a second?
Speaker 4 (01:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Okay, hold on.
Speaker 4 (01:04):
Stacy, are you there? Yeah, I'm here.
Speaker 5 (01:05):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
Okay, Mom. What? I have to admit something to you. What?
Speaker 5 (01:23):
The past three nights, me and Christina have been going out.
We haven't been going to school.
Speaker 4 (01:27):
Okay. You know what? Now, I am done with this, okay?
Because you made us go crazy with this nighttime thing.
Speaker 5 (01:32):
It's better, Mommy. If they throw me out of school, whatever.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
I'll just work at a.
Speaker 5 (01:36):
Bar at night or something like that. Excuse me.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
You have been lying to me, number one. That's the
first place. Number two, what do you think you're doing?
You went to all this trouble. Mommy, I don't need
a degree.
Speaker 5 (01:46):
I don't need a degree. I don't need a certificate.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
I'll be fine. You can do anything, okay? I'll be fine.
Why are you lying to me? Why would you lie
to me? Why would you not go to school with her?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Okay, that girl is no longer going to live in
my house.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
What's it going to be? Two little liars together?
Speaker 5 (02:00):
No, listen, listen. I swear, I'll go get a job
at like a bar. They make really good money, bartenders.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
And I'm pretty, too, so I make even more money.
Excuse me.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
I'm not paying $ 30, 000 for a bartending job.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Ma, come on.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Are we nuts here today?
Speaker 4 (02:14):
Excuse me.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
Why do I need a degree?
Speaker 4 (02:16):
Come on. Excuse me. You are going to go for
a certificate until you.
Speaker 5 (02:20):
I'll live, Mommy. I'll depend on my husband, my boyfriend,
for the rest of my life.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Are you nuts? Come on. Are you in drugs? No.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Why would I be on the phone?
Speaker 4 (02:29):
You're going to depend on your husband for the rest
of your life.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
What is this?
Speaker 4 (02:32):
This is a misindependent girl.
Speaker 5 (02:33):
It doesn't matter.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
It doesn't matter. Excuse me. Shut up. Right now I'm
at work. I cannot scream. Listen to me. Number one,
you're in severe, severe trouble. Can you lie to your
father and me for the last two nights? Okay, make
a fool out of me.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Maybe ask him questions about school.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
You're carrying on everything else, and you haven't been there. Okay,
who are you hurting here?
Speaker 2 (02:52):
You're going through.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
All this trouble.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
I don't need a degree. Tell me why I need
a degree.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
Shut up. I've been signed by myself.
Speaker 5 (02:59):
I'll work at a bar.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Are you done?
Speaker 5 (03:01):
I'll get a full-time job during the day.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Excuse me.
Speaker 5 (03:04):
I just won't put education on my resume.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
And I'm not having a $ 30, 000 loan on my shoulders
for you to bartend.
Speaker 5 (03:11):
Mommy, you make a lot of money bartending. Have you
ever done it? No.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Excuse me.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Forget it. The idea is forget it. I'm 21. I'm
21 years old. I can do what I want.
Speaker 5 (03:21):
I don't know why you're overreacting.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
I'm overreacting.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
You lied to me. I can't trust you because this
is a huge, massive lie you told me.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
I'm not going to school anymore.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
I know that because I just threw you out.
Speaker 5 (03:33):
Ever again, nowhere else either.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
You don't have to go anywhere.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
What I'm trying to say is I have $ 30, 000 that
you don't seem to care about.
Speaker 5 (03:40):
Mommy, it's okay. Just pay it off.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
How do I pay it off, Stacey? How?
Speaker 5 (03:44):
It's not that much money.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Are you crazy?
Speaker 4 (03:46):
You're the girl who's always level-headed.
Speaker 5 (03:48):
It's not a big deal.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
You haven't seen how you have hurt me.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
It doesn't matter that they mean a thing to you.
Speaker 5 (03:52):
I can't talk to you about anything because you're crazy.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
So it's easier to lie to me.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Yes. It's easier to lie to me and tell me
every night.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
It's much easier to lie to you. It's much easier.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
This is not my daughter.
Speaker 5 (04:02):
I'm sorry. You're really overreacting about this.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
I'm overreacting. Well, you know what?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
We'll use the $ 30, 000 loan.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
Under your name. Let's see how you overreact because I'm
not paying it.
Speaker 5 (04:11):
Mommy, it's just not. I told you. School is not
for me.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
It's really not for you.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
That's fine.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
All you had to do was tell me that a
month ago. But it's that every night. So, honey, how
was school today? Oh, it was good. I have to
dress up when I go. You lied and you kept
the lie going. That's what hurts me more than anything.
Speaker 5 (04:27):
Why don't you want me to, like, bartend or something?
Speaker 4 (04:30):
I am not talking about this.
Speaker 5 (04:31):
I can work in a club. I can dance in
a club or something like that.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
I'll be going home. I'll be safe. I can't believe
you're talking like this, okay?
Speaker 5 (04:39):
I can be a stripper.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
You're talking stupid.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
That's always an option.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
This is not my daughter. Hey, Ma.
Speaker 5 (04:47):
What?
Speaker 1 (04:47):
You've just been phone tapped.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
What?
Speaker 1 (04:50):
This is Danielle Manero. You've just been phone tapped.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
The Elvis Duran phone tap.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
This phone tap was prerecorded with permission granted by all participants.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
The Elvis Duran phone tap. Only on Elvis Duran and
the Morning Show.
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