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The Strawberry Letter, heard on The Steve Harvey Morning Show, Tuesday, September 9th, 2025. Subject: "They're Not Really Related"

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 1 (00:23):
Subject They're not really related, okay, Dear Steven Shirley. My
husband and I have been together for five years and
married for three years. I have a son by my
ex husband, and my husband has a son by an
ex girlfriend. Our blended family works perfectly because the boys
are very close.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
In age, so they're best friends.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
My stepson's mom is cool, but I've made it a
point to keep her at a distance because my mother
in law told me she can be very messy at times.
She also warned me to keep an eye on my
husband's cousin, Mallory, because she's a bad fluence on my
husband and we'll have him hanging out at all, hanging
out all of the time. When I met my husband,

(01:06):
he was out with his cousin, Mallory. They were inseparable,
and she has a son around our son's age, so
they all play together. She's a beautiful woman with her
own business, so I've wondered why she's still single. After
we got married, Mallory stopped coming around as much, and
my husband said she was dating someone new and didn't

(01:27):
want him to meet the guys. That was four years ago.
Now she stopped coming over all together. My husband's ex
girlfriend called me one day to ask if Mallory and
I had a problem with each other. I told her
no and asked why. She said, there's a rumor that
Mallory's three year old son is my husband's child. I

(01:48):
thought Mallory was his cousin, but his ex said they're
not related at all. I called my mother in law
to ask her, and she jokingly, jokingly said they're kissing
cousin and probably used to mess around.

Speaker 3 (02:03):
It started to.

Speaker 1 (02:04):
Make sense because Mallory said she was too sick to
come to our wedding and she never calls my phone.
She always calls my husband and they talk privately a lot. Boy,
What's I stupid? If this is true? How do I
find out all the truth without fighting them.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
Hmmm.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
I don't know how you're going to do it without
fighting them.

Speaker 2 (02:25):
Because it seems pretty clear what this is.

Speaker 1 (02:28):
And so much for the perfect, blended family that you
thought you had, because this is a mess, and you
already know that if you ask him, he's certainly going
to lie about it. He hasn't told you until this point.
If you listen to the show on a regular basis,
you know the lives will be flying out of your
husband's mouth before you can even get the questions out. Okay,

(02:50):
there's also the matter of exactly what truth do you
want to know?

Speaker 2 (02:54):
Do you want to know if they're really cousins? Are
the exes?

Speaker 1 (02:57):
And the big question, of course, is your husband Mallory's
baby daddy. You got to look at the facts. When
you met your husband, he was with Mallory. They were inseparable.
Those are your words. Your mother in law told you
to keep an eye on her because she's a bad
influence on your husband.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
I don't really know what that means, but your.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
Mother in law also said that Mallory and your husband
probably messed around and they're kissing cousins. Okay, that could
produce a child if they messed around and then his
ex said they're not related at all. After you guys married,
miss Mallory stopped coming around and now only talks to
your husband in private.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
Something is off.

Speaker 1 (03:38):
Okay, you gotta admit that something is off, and this
sounds bad. It should be fairly easy to get a
DNA a test to see who is the child's father.
But what is your gut telling you? That's what I
got to ask you. What is your gut telling you?
Because my gut is leaning toward Mallory is not his
cousin like they said, and your husband is the father.

Speaker 2 (04:00):
That's what my good is telling me.

Speaker 3 (04:01):
Steve, Wow, I wasn't expecting this.

Speaker 4 (04:06):
I'm going to admit I'm a big throwed off, you know,
a little bit of Oh really okay. Now, normally I
would prepare a lie for this guy, but this may
be not the time for the lie. Well, instead of lying, no,

(04:30):
this is a time for reveal. See, there's a difference.
You gotta know when to lie and you got to
know when to reveal.

Speaker 3 (04:40):
So let me walk you through what I'm saying.

Speaker 4 (04:42):
You've been married for five years, three years, knowing this
guy for five you got a son by your ex husband,
and your husband has a son by an ex girlfriend.
Our blended family works together perfectly because the boys are
very close in age. Let's keep that in mind. We're
gonna need disinformation right here. Put a star next to that.

(05:04):
So they're best friends. My stepson's mom is cool, but
I made it a point to keep her at a
distance because my mother in law told me she could
be very messy at times. Okay, let's keep that in
mind because that's gonna come back. She also wanted me
to keep all my husband's cousin Mallory because she's a
bad influence on my husband, only have him hanging out

(05:26):
all the time I met my husband, he was out
with his cousin Malory.

Speaker 3 (05:30):
They were inseparable.

Speaker 4 (05:32):
He has a son around our She has a son
around our son's.

Speaker 3 (05:36):
Age, so they all play together.

Speaker 4 (05:39):
She's a beautiful woman with her own business, so I
wondered why she was still single. After we got married,
Mallory stopped coming around as much, and my husband said
she was dating someone new and didn't want him.

Speaker 3 (05:51):
To meet the guy.

Speaker 4 (05:54):
Okay, that's an interesting comment and signs don't know why
don't want you to meet the new guy. You know,
you'all friends and cousin. You would think you want your
cousin's opinion. That was four years ago. Now she just
stopped coming over all together. My husband's AS girlfriend called
me one day. Your husband's AS girlfriend called you. Then

(06:17):
your mother in law tell you to watch her call
she messy?

Speaker 2 (06:20):
She sure did.

Speaker 4 (06:22):
She told you to watch his ex girlfriend because she
is messy.

Speaker 3 (06:26):
Here' she go.

Speaker 4 (06:27):
She called you and ask if Malorie and I had
a problem with each other?

Speaker 2 (06:36):
Who is hu?

Speaker 1 (06:39):
Hang on, hang on, We'll have part two of your
response coming up at twenty three minutes after the hour.
Today's strawberry letters subject they're not really related.

Speaker 2 (06:48):
Okay, we'll get back into it right after this.

Speaker 1 (06:52):
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All right, come on, Steve, let's recap today. It's strawberry letter.
The subject is they're not really related, just.

Speaker 3 (07:36):
Woman being married. Uh three years, been knowing this guy five.

Speaker 4 (07:41):
She got a son from a previous husband, He got
a son from previous girlfriends. They both the same age.
They got a blended family. They play together all the time.
Fast forward, the mother gets in and tells her beware
of his.

Speaker 3 (07:55):
Former girlfriend because she can be messy.

Speaker 4 (07:58):
Then the mother in law told or her beware of
Mallory because she can be getting him into trouble and
be a bad influence on him.

Speaker 3 (08:08):
So every woman in his life had been a bad decision. Damn.

Speaker 4 (08:18):
Now they were in separate, because when you met them,
he was with Mallory. They were in separate and everything.
And now she's beautiful, got her own business, and you
wonder why she was still single. Well after we got married,
Mallory stopped coming around as much, as my husband said.
She was dating someone new and didn't want him meet
the guy. If when your cousins, you want your other
cousin's opinion, especially if y'all close red flag. That was

(08:42):
four years ago. Now she stopped coming over altogether. My
husband said, girlfriend called me one day to ask you,
Mallory and I had a problem with each other. Now,
why does he have to call you you? Let me
tell you why she called you, because your mam in
law told you she was messing, and here she come
four years. Took her four years to call you and

(09:05):
ask did you and Malory have a problem to each other?

Speaker 3 (09:08):
I told her.

Speaker 4 (09:09):
Now she said, well, why you ain't got no problem
with him? She said, there's a rumor that Matory's three
year old son is your husband's child. I thought Mallory
was his cousin. Well, now let's deal with this right now.

(09:29):
If Mallory was his cousin, you don't have to worry
about it.

Speaker 3 (09:34):
He lies. All you need to do is watch that
boy close.

Speaker 4 (09:41):
Now, three boys that's playing now is your little boy
from your ex husband. Is your husband's little boy from
his ex girlfriend? And now is Mallory's little boy. If
Mallory e your husband's cousin, you would know that by

(10:05):
watching the boy. You know what, because the little boy
ain't gonna be quite right now. I'm just telling you
he ain't like the rest of the boy. He ain't
gonna be a climb on stuff. You know, he ain't
gonna do little boy stuff. Now, if these cousins have
gotten together, I'm telling you right now, he fought your

(10:29):
howled at the little boy right now, three three years old.

Speaker 3 (10:34):
He ain't said nothing nothing.

Speaker 4 (10:39):
He's still crawling.

Speaker 3 (10:43):
He ain't said nothing.

Speaker 2 (10:45):
I cannot with he's still.

Speaker 3 (10:47):
Crawling at three three you can walk and.

Speaker 4 (10:53):
One can't say water before wah wah that that he
I'm just telling you, if this was MATTERI couz just
watch the boy.

Speaker 3 (11:07):
Man, how big is his head? Are you?

Speaker 2 (11:12):
Come on? Come on, you move on from this.

Speaker 4 (11:16):
No, this is how you do these letters. Okay, now
we'll get back to the boy. But right now, but
his ex said they're not related at all. Once again,
it would be in the boy if they were related. Now,
obviously this boy's normal. He ain't doing nothing nothing that

(11:38):
inbread people do. I'm from West Virginia. I've seen a
couple of people that stayed up the road. What can happen.

Speaker 3 (11:50):
Down there?

Speaker 4 (11:50):
Just thirteen years old, they're walking down the street just
peeing on himself. If you don't pull up on the
side of the road and just do your business on
the side of what's you walking?

Speaker 3 (12:00):
Peing on yourself for Herbert?

Speaker 4 (12:03):
He got a helmet on. Yeah, all right, I'm gonna
tell you. If he's fifteen and still got training with
he just ain't gonna get it. I'm just telling you,
he just ain't gonna get it. It's equilibrium. It's never
gonna kick it. Equilibrium, it's never gonna kick in. He

(12:26):
all he rides, he's still here, fifteen, got them training.
He still ride to the side like this. He's still
ride to the side like this. Back to be hollering
for no reason.

Speaker 3 (12:39):
Just the MoMA come over your house.

Speaker 4 (12:45):
And if he get thirsty, if he take his helmet
off and put the water in the helmet to drink it,
we deal.

Speaker 3 (12:51):
We're dealing with some issues now. I'm just trying to
tell you.

Speaker 4 (12:54):
Anyway, he called your mother in law of ass because
she jokingly said they're kissing cousins.

Speaker 3 (12:59):
Probably used to mess around.

Speaker 4 (13:00):
Started to make sense because Mallory said she was too
sick to come to our wed and she never caused
my phone. She always calls my husband and they talk privately.

Speaker 3 (13:09):
A lot. Boy, was I stupid if this is true. No,
you're not. No, you're not.

Speaker 4 (13:12):
It wasn't stupid at all. Nobody knew and there's no
way to do. And obviously it's not in the boy
because the boy's normal. Thank God for that. So no,
they're not cousins. Now to find out all the truth
without fighting, Why you gotta fight them? Just gather them together.
I'll tell you what you can fix all this, Just
ask the boy.

Speaker 2 (13:32):
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