Speaker
Morgan Absher
Appearances over time
6 episodes
Episodes
6
Podcasts
Quotes & moments
A wife publicly compared a model to Whoopi Goldberg at a bar after the model was told she looked like Zendaya, which the hosts flagged as potentially racially motivated.
A woman's partner interrupted her travel story five separate times to correct minor inaccuracies like exact mileage and timestamps, killing the vibe for everyone.
A woman found a hidden digital camera under the kitchen sink containing pairs of photos of her belongings — purse, keys, coat — with no explanation ever given.
A 24-year-old man with a PhD-track science career had never cooked an egg or done laundry because his stay-at-home mother did everything for all five men in the house.
Angela Giarratana had only 163 YouTube subscribers at time of recording, prompting Morgan to ask listeners to go subscribe.
A widower insisted on wearing his late wife's wedding ring on his left ring finger while seriously dating a new partner, refusing compromises like a different finger or necklace.
A person hid a secret room behind a bookcase from their live-in partner for 8 months, only revealing it when their partner joked they needed a new room.
Rather than learning life skills, the man-child boyfriend proposed paying 75% of rent so his girlfriend would handle all cooking, cleaning, and household management.
The controlling Canadian husband had never watched their three children alone for any length of time, yet refused to let his wife take a solo art trip to Italy.
After the trip, the best friend Matt messaged OP to say his wife was no longer welcome at their wedding and the couple was ending the friendship if the wife remained in the picture.
The Reddit OP described a daily 15–20 minute one-sided venting session to his fish as a decompression ritual after work, which his boyfriend became jealous of.
A Reddit commenter who was widowed at 25 and lost their partner and unborn child said it took years to stop telling people they were 'spoken for,' lending insight that the boyfriend may not be ready to date.
A 29-year-old woman maintained a private Instagram where she ranked her fiancé's family members in the order she hoped they would die, including his 14-year-old sister labeled 'school shooter energy.'
The boyfriend's ultimate 'compromise' was to hire a maid for his half of the chores rather than learn any life skills himself — a deal-breaker that ended the relationship.
The Reddit poster and his girlfriend had been together for 10 years since age 15, and known each other for 17 years, making the rejected proposal especially shocking.
A couples therapist assigned both partners an unsent letter exercise. The fiancé came home early, read his partner's letter addressed to his mother, declared it 'character assassination,' and demanded she apologize to his mom in person. Taylor's diagnosis: he went looking because he was ashamed of what he wrote about her.
A person built a secret room behind a flush-mount bookcase in their apartment before meeting their partner, then kept it secret for 8 months of cohabitation. When they finally revealed it, their fiancée was furious. Taylor's take: you should have never told her. Morgan's take: I'm scared there was a whole room I didn't know about.
A 23-year-old man found a pregnancy test at his parents' house, assumed it was his girlfriend's, and publicly confronted her at a New Year's party before proposing because he was 'stepping up.' The test was his mother's. Taylor clocked it immediately; Morgan's mind went straight to side chick.
Taylor Tomlinson described how years of jealousy and catastrophizing in relationships taught her to distinguish gut feelings — which feel calm and grounded — from anxiety, which feels like panic. She only got there after being wrong enough times, and sometimes devastatingly right.
Taylor Tomlinson worked through years of suspicion about an ex in therapy, convinced she was wrong to doubt him. Years later he told her he had been seeing sex workers the entire time. Her reaction: pure relief at being validated, not anger.
A husband locked his 6-months-pregnant wife outside for 25 minutes in the cold — while their toddler twins cried inside — to punish her for taking the kids out in the snow against his wishes. He opened the door smiling. Both Morgan and Taylor were alarmed, with Taylor wondering if he had a brain tumor.
A 31-year-old wife created fake Facebook and Instagram profiles in her husband's name, friended 30 of his exes and former flings, tried to dig up relationship dirt, then denied it, accused him of running the accounts, and deleted all evidence when caught. He's asking Reddit if it's time to leave.
Taylor Tomlinson explained that she was once deeply jealous and negative, jumping to conclusions in ways that destroyed relationships. She was wrong often enough that she actively tried to give people the benefit of the doubt — and being around a younger sibling who is generous and empathetic has helped rewire her default reactions.
Morgan Absher shared that fans regularly approach her at live shows to say Two Hot Takes helped them recognize patterns in their own bad relationships and leave. She also revealed she messages Reddit posters from her personal account and has sent strangers birthday cakes after being moved by their stories.
Taylor Tomlinson's position on the secret room story flipped entirely based on the poster's gender: if it's a woman, it's a charming childhood fantasy; if it's a man, it's suspicious practice for bigger lies. Morgan, meanwhile, was just creeped out either way.
A man surprised his escape-room-obsessed fiancée by having her 'kidnapped' and thrown into a moving van. She escaped into a Dave Buster's, dropped her phone, screamed at him to run, and the cops showed up within 2 minutes. He still didn't understand what he did wrong.
A man warned his wife that a serrated bread knife from her mother was dangerous, tried it himself and nearly cut himself, and told their kids not to use it. Five days later, his wife cut the tendon between her thumb and forefinger cutting a bagel and needed surgery. He did everything right — drove her to hospital, held her hand throughout — but she said she could 'feel his judgment.' Morgan and Angela call it projection.
A 24-year-old housewife who learned to cook her husband's cultural cuisine was called a whore, dead weight, and useless — triggered by a joke about dishes. Morgan flags the financial abuse angle: he holds all the money while dismissing her degree. Angela lands the verdict: get out, you haven't even hit your best years yet.
A man's boyfriend became jealous of the daily 15–20 minute venting session he had with his pet fish. When he tried switching to talking to his boyfriend instead, the boyfriend ignored him and watched TV. Morgan and Angela point out the obvious: wanting all the attention but none of the conversation is pure control.
A woman found a hidden camera stashed in a biscuit tin under her kitchen sink, containing pairs of photos of her stuff — keys, coat, purse — with no update ever posted. Taylor sees romantic obsession; Morgan sees a true crime doc waiting to happen. The darkest theory: he's photographing her things so he can move them for a guest and put them back in exactly the right spot.
Analysis
What they talk about
- Society & Culture 80%
- Comedy 6%
- Arts 6%
- True Crime 2%
- Government 2%
- Business 2%
- Health & Fitness 2%
Connections
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