Podbit · 2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer
Bert didn't know who Sabrina Carpenter was despite her headlining Coachella. The conversation spirals into how generational entertainment windows make it impossible to share cultural reference points with people even a decade younger.
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Bert sets the scene: influencer Noah Beck's teacher sister, a 29-year-old named Hailey, was having an affair with a 17-year-old student at her school. Feidelberg found the leaked texts on the bus and started reading them aloud, and now Bert is performing them live with Tom on the podcast. The texts are extraordinary — the teenager controls the entire dynamic, tells Hailey when he's available, sends her Ariana Grande lyrics with the caption 'this is my song to you,' and calls her his 'sugar mama.' He refers to her old yearbook photo as 'a beluga.' Tom and Bert alternate roles in the reading, with Bert playing Hailey, frequently breaking character in disbelief [1] — Bert Kreischer "Influencer Noah Beck's teacher sister was reportedly sleeping with a 17-year-old student and the texts are jaw-dropping. The kid tells her …" 29:30 . The overriding takeaway: Bert is stunned he still can't talk to his own wife with this level of confidence.
Influencer Noah Beck's teacher sister was reportedly sleeping with a 17-year-old student and the texts are jaw-dropping. The kid tells her when he's available, sends her song lyrics, and calls her his 'sugar mama.' Bert and Tom's live read-through is genuinely unhinged.
The hosts read leaked texts between influencer Noah Beck's teacher sister Hailey and a 17-year-old male student she was having an affair with while employed at his school.
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