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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, Mojo in the morning show, today's my anniversary.
I got to I got to shout out my wife,
who has stuck with me through many many years. I
don't even know how many years we've been married, to
be honest with you, it's been that long. I've pulled
the calculator out just to know.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
How many is it?
Speaker 3 (00:17):
Do you know? Know?
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Well, Joe just turned thirty. My son just turned thirty,
and he was conceived probably on our honeymoon. I think
I'm thirty one now, wow, so I think I'm thirty one.
We can we get some applause.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
That's an incredible, incredible feat.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Seriously amazing. Yes, it's amazing.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
With the year that Chelse and I have had, with
the incredible highs of celebrating, you know, Chelsea turn in
fifty and then the announcement of the Hall of Fame,
and then Chelsea and her cancer, it's been a wild year.
And I got to be honest with you. If you
(00:57):
ask me what we're going to do tonight, you know what.
We're going to door dash bingo. Well, actually we're either
gonna door dash or we're gonna run up. She she
The problem is we we use and abuse the restaurants
that are in our area. And last night she set
up at Lake's Bar by our house in eight So
I guess we won't be going there tonight.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
I'm like, damn it, that's where we were going to
go for our anniversary.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
You know how you do that, You kind of like
have your like staples that you're either carry out from
or you eat at.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
So, but did you do gifts or cards or what
are you going to do?
Speaker 1 (01:29):
I left her a card this morning, So I did
leave her a card. We do not do gifts. We
stopped doing that probably, I don't know, ten years ago.
We stopped doing gifts because of this was our thing.
We would each buy each other something and we knew
that that was not what the other person wanted and
were we both live under the belief that if we
wanted to go get something, we're just gonna go get something.
(01:50):
And anything that I give for her it doesn't work.
She likes handmade stuff like so I, you know, have
made her cards in the past, or I have tried
to do some like that, and and I'd be quite
honest with you, I'm not very creative. So I'm not
that Chelsea has this as a belief, and I actually
I'm going to make a post for her, and I
(02:10):
might do.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
It in a second.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
I don't even know, if you know, if Beyonca post
or something she hates the it's our anniversary, and I'm
going to make a post here when her thing is
roll over and tell me that all the stuff that
you're going to make a post about and her belief is.
I don't want you to find an old bad picture
of me or a new bad picture of me and
(02:32):
make a post of that. When it's just something that
you and I should share with each other. You don't
have to tell the world about it. And honestly, I
have to tell the world about it because I got to.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Be honest with you.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
I'm not the greatest guy in the world, and sometimes
it makes me feel good to get some likes. So
I try to tell her. I would try to say
to her, he would listen, Chelsea. If I don't tell
the listeners how much I love you, they don't understand it.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
So I've got to be able to tell them. I
think you should go home put on some genuine pony.
You think so, then you should get a restriction, you know, Strawberry.
If I did that she would kick you right out
of that.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
She would ask me if I took some of the
drugs from my friend John Tallenger and shout out tell
she would be like, she would be like, Okay, what
what did you just do?
Speaker 2 (03:19):
That might be different in fun though, you never know
a surprise or no.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
So I I'm one of those people that when it
comes to things, I usually try to do at least
a little something. So I'm going to try to do
something for her today. But I'm not gonna lie to
you guys. And this is, you know something very There
are certain years that you remember, you know what I mean?
Like there are truly like there were the anniversaries where
(03:43):
I will tell you that I can't even believe we
even said happy anniversary to each other. I don't even
know if we did because they were such bad anniversaries.
Like I would say twenty nineteen was probably one of
those years. In twenty eighteen and twenty seventeen and twenty six,
like it was kind of like that time. You go
through those times where you go through it really And
this is just a shout out to anybody that's in
a relationship right now, and your relationship is incredibly high,
(04:08):
you're in the highest right now, or your relationship is solo,
or you feel like.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
You're in the Mndane Mundanes.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
You're going to go through cyclical, cyclical times in your relationship,
but every cycle turns itself around if you don't give
up on that. And I will say this, it was
something that and this was literally something that my therapist
said to me in the time that we were going
to get a divorce. And I actually had already hired
(04:37):
an attorney and try to keep that from Chelsea, but
he said to me, he goes, you spend more time
focusing on what you're going to do in your seven
o'clock hour on your radio show, then you focus on
what you're going to do in the seven years that
you are with your wife. And his thing was, if
you are going to make something work, you've got to
(04:59):
put effort into it. And if you're not going to
put that effort into it, it's not going to work.
So you're basically destined for the failure of this. So
I know some relationships should not be together obviously, you know,
any relationship that deals with any kind of emotional or
physical abuse. Yeah, but we never have had that. And
(05:21):
we're together, and it was wild.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Last night.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
We were laying in bed and ChEls was a little drunk,
and I'll be honest with you, I just got to
hold her because we can't do anything because of her
surgery and stuff. And I literally felt like it was
honestly one of the greatest moments that we've ever had
in the thirty one years, if we were.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
Together intimacy that people confused intimacy and they think intimacy
is sex and that's not always true.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Those moments mean so much well.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
And also Chelse poured out to me how she was
failing and she wasn't feeling great, like you know, she's
been struggling a little bit, and she just wanted me
to hear her. And I finally figured out this. I
finally figured out that I don't have to solve her problems.
I finally figured out I just have to hear what
she's saying and let her know that I'm hearing her.
What's the key to get to thirty one? Honestly, there
(06:13):
is no key. I think the key is the key
to get to thirty one is don't don't keep We
remember all the bad stuff, we don't ever celebrate the
good stuff, and I think sometimes we need to celebrate that.
And I think, honestly, the key is, like I just said,
put effort into to you know your partner.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
So how much have you changed as a husband in
thirty one years? I changed, And I think in the
last year I've grown up.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
I think I've grown up a lot. I'm still a
horrible listener and not a guy that lives in the
moment and a person who probably lives too much by
my you know, my phone and everything like that, and
I'm not at present as I should be. But I
think I've learned that if I could do it all
over again, I'd changed that. And instead of focusing on
(07:05):
what I wish, I would have changed, just change so
really quick.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
So when we were out Friday and Chelsea don't get
mad at me for telling him this, but when we
were talking, Mojo was snoozing Chelsea. She was drinking, as
was I and everyone else. But she told me multiple
times like this, I love this man. Like she told
me multiple times, I love this man. This is one
(07:30):
of the kindest men you will ever meet. Like she
had so many good things to say about you, which
I knew she loved you. But you know sometimes when
you hear on the radio, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Can I be honest with you, Anna, I told her
to say that to you. No, No, I always try
to make it a joke. Honestly, I know she does.
And a lot you don't realize. And you've gone through
you know, both of you guys have gone through. All
of us have gone through stuff. But relationship wise, you know,
the heart chips and stuff. You don't realize how much
(08:03):
that is actually God's lesson to help you get to
you know, the better, better moments in your life. You
know what I mean, Every failure has made that success
so much sweeter, you know, So just don't give up,
because I'm going to tell you this that we we tried,
(08:24):
and we tried numerous times to give up, and I
wouldn't be there for her in a time when I
think she needed the most. So Chelsea, this is your
anniversary gift to a post.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Are you kidding me? That was beautiful? Courtney?
Speaker 6 (08:39):
Hi, Hi, good morning, happy anniversary, and Chelsea, congrats for
putting up with him for so long.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Yes, thank you.
Speaker 6 (08:47):
I just want to say I'm I got married when
I was very young. I'm thirty two, and we just
celebrated our ten year anniversary, and I appreciate you guys
sharing the good and the bad. And I know it
hasn't been all the time that you've been sharing that,
but it's so nice to see someone who's been married
for so long and not paint it as a perfect
picture and just say that it's not easy and there
(09:10):
are hard times, but if you keep pushing through it,
then it will get better and put in the work,
and it's nice to see you not paint a picture
that it's just this like perfect thing, and we as
listeners really appreciate that all you guys do that.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Thank you, Thank you so much for that.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
For that, Courtney, I appreciate you and thank you for
recognizing us. I love the fact that the listeners have
had an opportunity to hear the true side of Chelsea too.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
What's going on, Stephanie crime out Joe.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
I just want to say congrats on your anniversary. I
just finished my first year of marriage. We've been together
for thirteen and I just want to say thank you
for giving me hope about those cycles because it could
be so hard.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
It is so hard, so thirteen years together, you guys
finally got married after thirteen, the Lucky thirteen.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
And how has the first year been?
Speaker 6 (10:03):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (10:03):
So tough? It's it's been tough, definitely. I'd say it's
one of our lowest years.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Isn't that wild? And this is your newlywed year that
you guys are having together.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Well, yeah, but we don't give up, like you said,
we just I don't know why and I don't know how,
but we just don't give up. He doesn't give up.
I don't give up, and we want to We have
a five year old together, and you know, I want
to show them what true love can be an effort
and work. You know, it's not always easy.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
It's amazing because you would think it would be the opposite, right,
You think it would be your newlywed year that you
guys would be just in love more than ever. And
I can hear the pain in your voice. But I'm
going to tell you something. It's not about the first year.
It's going to be about the fifth year, and sixth
year and seventh year. You know it's going to be
about It's going to be about not even worried about
counting how many years you guys have been together.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
Thank you?
Speaker 4 (10:54):
And can I tell you something to and maybe don't
take it from me because I'm the divorced one on
the show now. But if there's something that I have
learned earned in all of the work that I've done
in relationships and on myself, true love doesn't necessarily mean
perfect love. It's how you go through conflict and resolve
conflict and work on yourselves so that you can come
(11:14):
to the relationship, you know, being the best version of
you that you can, and then help each other. So
don't think that you're feeling your five year old by
maybe it not being a great first year. You know,
you're showing him or her that that this is how
you know you, This is this is how real relationships are.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Yeah. Yeah, we're each other's biggest teachers. I've always said that. Yeah,
we're teaching each other a lot. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
What's his name, John?
Speaker 3 (11:42):
Well, John is my husband and realize my son, all.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Right, John John.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Stephanie's is a special woman and you know that, and
you just let her know how much she is special
to you, and don't give don't ever miss a day
of doing that.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
Thank you, appreciate you so much. Jehan Take care of yourself.
We love you.
All right, Mojo in the morning show, today's my anniversary.
I got to I got to shout out my wife,
who has stuck with me through many many years. I
don't even know how many years we've been married, to
be honest with you, it's been that long. I've pulled
the calculator out just to know.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
How many is it?
Speaker 3 (00:17):
Do you know? Know?
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Well, Joe just turned thirty. My son just turned thirty,
and he was conceived probably on our honeymoon. I think
I'm thirty one now, wow, so I think I'm thirty one.
We can we get some applause.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
That's an incredible, incredible feat.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Seriously amazing. Yes, it's amazing.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
With the year that Chelse and I have had, with
the incredible highs of celebrating, you know, Chelsea turn in
fifty and then the announcement of the Hall of Fame,
and then Chelsea and her cancer, it's been a wild year.
And I got to be honest with you. If you
(00:57):
ask me what we're going to do tonight, you know what.
We're going to door dash bingo. Well, actually we're either
gonna door dash or we're gonna run up. She she
The problem is we we use and abuse the restaurants
that are in our area. And last night she set
up at Lake's Bar by our house in eight So
I guess we won't be going there tonight.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
I'm like, damn it, that's where we were going to
go for our anniversary.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
You know how you do that, You kind of like
have your like staples that you're either carry out from
or you eat at.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
So, but did you do gifts or cards or what
are you going to do?
Speaker 1 (01:29):
I left her a card this morning, So I did
leave her a card. We do not do gifts. We
stopped doing that probably, I don't know, ten years ago.
We stopped doing gifts because of this was our thing.
We would each buy each other something and we knew
that that was not what the other person wanted and
were we both live under the belief that if we
wanted to go get something, we're just gonna go get something.
(01:50):
And anything that I give for her it doesn't work.
She likes handmade stuff like so I, you know, have
made her cards in the past, or I have tried
to do some like that, and and I'd be quite
honest with you, I'm not very creative. So I'm not
that Chelsea has this as a belief, and I actually
I'm going to make a post for her, and I
(02:10):
might do.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
It in a second.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
I don't even know, if you know, if Beyonca post
or something she hates the it's our anniversary, and I'm
going to make a post here when her thing is
roll over and tell me that all the stuff that
you're going to make a post about and her belief is.
I don't want you to find an old bad picture
of me or a new bad picture of me and
(02:32):
make a post of that. When it's just something that
you and I should share with each other. You don't
have to tell the world about it. And honestly, I
have to tell the world about it because I got to.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Be honest with you.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
I'm not the greatest guy in the world, and sometimes
it makes me feel good to get some likes. So
I try to tell her. I would try to say
to her, he would listen, Chelsea. If I don't tell
the listeners how much I love you, they don't understand it.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
So I've got to be able to tell them. I
think you should go home put on some genuine pony.
You think so, then you should get a restriction, you know, Strawberry.
If I did that she would kick you right out
of that.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
She would ask me if I took some of the
drugs from my friend John Tallenger and shout out tell
she would be like, she would be like, Okay, what
what did you just do?
Speaker 2 (03:19):
That might be different in fun though, you never know
a surprise or no.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
So I I'm one of those people that when it
comes to things, I usually try to do at least
a little something. So I'm going to try to do
something for her today. But I'm not gonna lie to
you guys. And this is, you know something very There
are certain years that you remember, you know what I mean?
Like there are truly like there were the anniversaries where
(03:43):
I will tell you that I can't even believe we
even said happy anniversary to each other. I don't even
know if we did because they were such bad anniversaries.
Like I would say twenty nineteen was probably one of
those years. In twenty eighteen and twenty seventeen and twenty six,
like it was kind of like that time. You go
through those times where you go through it really And
this is just a shout out to anybody that's in
a relationship right now, and your relationship is incredibly high,
(04:08):
you're in the highest right now, or your relationship is solo,
or you feel like.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
You're in the Mndane Mundanes.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
You're going to go through cyclical, cyclical times in your relationship,
but every cycle turns itself around if you don't give
up on that. And I will say this, it was
something that and this was literally something that my therapist
said to me in the time that we were going
to get a divorce. And I actually had already hired
(04:37):
an attorney and try to keep that from Chelsea, but
he said to me, he goes, you spend more time
focusing on what you're going to do in your seven
o'clock hour on your radio show, then you focus on
what you're going to do in the seven years that
you are with your wife. And his thing was, if
you are going to make something work, you've got to
(04:59):
put effort into it. And if you're not going to
put that effort into it, it's not going to work.
So you're basically destined for the failure of this. So
I know some relationships should not be together obviously, you know,
any relationship that deals with any kind of emotional or
physical abuse. Yeah, but we never have had that. And
(05:21):
we're together, and it was wild.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Last night.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
We were laying in bed and ChEls was a little drunk,
and I'll be honest with you, I just got to
hold her because we can't do anything because of her
surgery and stuff. And I literally felt like it was
honestly one of the greatest moments that we've ever had
in the thirty one years, if we were.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
Together intimacy that people confused intimacy and they think intimacy
is sex and that's not always true.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Those moments mean so much well.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
And also Chelse poured out to me how she was
failing and she wasn't feeling great, like you know, she's
been struggling a little bit, and she just wanted me
to hear her. And I finally figured out this. I
finally figured out that I don't have to solve her problems.
I finally figured out I just have to hear what
she's saying and let her know that I'm hearing her.
What's the key to get to thirty one? Honestly, there
(06:13):
is no key. I think the key is the key
to get to thirty one is don't don't keep We
remember all the bad stuff, we don't ever celebrate the
good stuff, and I think sometimes we need to celebrate that.
And I think, honestly, the key is, like I just said,
put effort into to you know your partner.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
So how much have you changed as a husband in
thirty one years? I changed, And I think in the
last year I've grown up.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
I think I've grown up a lot. I'm still a
horrible listener and not a guy that lives in the
moment and a person who probably lives too much by
my you know, my phone and everything like that, and
I'm not at present as I should be. But I
think I've learned that if I could do it all
over again, I'd changed that. And instead of focusing on
(07:05):
what I wish, I would have changed, just change so
really quick.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
So when we were out Friday and Chelsea don't get
mad at me for telling him this, but when we
were talking, Mojo was snoozing Chelsea. She was drinking, as
was I and everyone else. But she told me multiple
times like this, I love this man. Like she told
me multiple times, I love this man. This is one
(07:30):
of the kindest men you will ever meet. Like she
had so many good things to say about you, which
I knew she loved you. But you know sometimes when
you hear on the radio, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Can I be honest with you, Anna, I told her
to say that to you. No, No, I always try
to make it a joke. Honestly, I know she does.
And a lot you don't realize. And you've gone through
you know, both of you guys have gone through. All
of us have gone through stuff. But relationship wise, you know,
the heart chips and stuff. You don't realize how much
(08:03):
that is actually God's lesson to help you get to
you know, the better, better moments in your life. You
know what I mean, Every failure has made that success
so much sweeter, you know, So just don't give up,
because I'm going to tell you this that we we tried,
(08:24):
and we tried numerous times to give up, and I
wouldn't be there for her in a time when I
think she needed the most. So Chelsea, this is your
anniversary gift to a post.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Are you kidding me? That was beautiful? Courtney?
Speaker 6 (08:39):
Hi, Hi, good morning, happy anniversary, and Chelsea, congrats for
putting up with him for so long.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Yes, thank you.
Speaker 6 (08:47):
I just want to say I'm I got married when
I was very young. I'm thirty two, and we just
celebrated our ten year anniversary, and I appreciate you guys
sharing the good and the bad. And I know it
hasn't been all the time that you've been sharing that,
but it's so nice to see someone who's been married
for so long and not paint it as a perfect
picture and just say that it's not easy and there
(09:10):
are hard times, but if you keep pushing through it,
then it will get better and put in the work,
and it's nice to see you not paint a picture
that it's just this like perfect thing, and we as
listeners really appreciate that all you guys do that.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Thank you, Thank you so much for that.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
For that, Courtney, I appreciate you and thank you for
recognizing us. I love the fact that the listeners have
had an opportunity to hear the true side of Chelsea too.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
What's going on, Stephanie crime out Joe.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
I just want to say congrats on your anniversary. I
just finished my first year of marriage. We've been together
for thirteen and I just want to say thank you
for giving me hope about those cycles because it could
be so hard.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
It is so hard, so thirteen years together, you guys
finally got married after thirteen, the Lucky thirteen.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
And how has the first year been?
Speaker 6 (10:03):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (10:03):
So tough? It's it's been tough, definitely. I'd say it's
one of our lowest years.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Isn't that wild? And this is your newlywed year that
you guys are having together.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Well, yeah, but we don't give up, like you said,
we just I don't know why and I don't know how,
but we just don't give up. He doesn't give up.
I don't give up, and we want to We have
a five year old together, and you know, I want
to show them what true love can be an effort
and work. You know, it's not always easy.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
It's amazing because you would think it would be the opposite, right,
You think it would be your newlywed year that you
guys would be just in love more than ever. And
I can hear the pain in your voice. But I'm
going to tell you something. It's not about the first year.
It's going to be about the fifth year, and sixth
year and seventh year. You know it's going to be
about It's going to be about not even worried about
counting how many years you guys have been together.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
Thank you?
Speaker 4 (10:54):
And can I tell you something to and maybe don't
take it from me because I'm the divorced one on
the show now. But if there's something that I have
learned earned in all of the work that I've done
in relationships and on myself, true love doesn't necessarily mean
perfect love. It's how you go through conflict and resolve
conflict and work on yourselves so that you can come
(11:14):
to the relationship, you know, being the best version of
you that you can, and then help each other. So
don't think that you're feeling your five year old by
maybe it not being a great first year. You know,
you're showing him or her that that this is how
you know you, This is this is how real relationships are.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Yeah. Yeah, we're each other's biggest teachers. I've always said that. Yeah,
we're teaching each other a lot. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
What's his name, John?
Speaker 3 (11:42):
Well, John is my husband and realize my son, all.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Right, John John.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Stephanie's is a special woman and you know that, and
you just let her know how much she is special
to you, and don't give don't ever miss a day
of doing that.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
Thank you, appreciate you so much. Jehan Take care of yourself.
We love you.
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It’s 1996 in rural North Carolina, and an oddball crew makes history when they pull off America’s third largest cash heist. But it’s all downhill from there. Join host Johnny Knoxville as he unspools a wild and woolly tale about a group of regular ‘ol folks who risked it all for a chance at a better life. CrimeLess: Hillbilly Heist answers the question: what would you do with 17.3 million dollars? The answer includes diamond rings, mansions, velvet Elvis paintings, plus a run for the border, murder-for-hire-plots, and FBI busts.
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