151. Teen Mom Talk With Liz Bentley
Nostalgia & Now
Kelli Williams
4.8 • 660 Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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This week Kelli is joined by Liz Bentley, a true Teen Mom historian and the host of Liz Explains! The two dive into the cultural impact of Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant, what made them so invested in the franchise to begin with, and how reality television changed once the cameras never stopped rolling. From iconic moments and unforgettable storylines to the darker conversations surrounding MTV, fame, and exploitation, this episode covers it all.
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| 0:00.0 | You're going to dance like it's 2005. |
| 0:03.8 | Come on get up. |
| 0:05.5 | You guys, welcome to be a host, |
| 0:07.3 | and now, the biggest fan in the crowd. |
| 0:11.1 | Uh-huh. |
| 0:12.7 | Uh-huh. |
| 0:14.0 | It's the good bitch. |
| 0:16.6 | You guys, welcome to another episode of nostalgia and now. |
| 0:19.6 | As always, it's your host, Kelly Williams, |
| 0:21.3 | and I am so excited for this next guest. You know her for feathers in her hair, but she has |
| 0:26.4 | retired the feathers. Now she explains internet culture and celebrity gossip. Host of Liz |
| 0:32.0 | explains, Liz Bentley. Thank you so much for coming on. Hi, Kelly. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited. I'm so excited too. And thank you for coming out of teen mom retirement because I know it's been a while since you've put those feathers in your hair. I will say I've been getting like kale and hobby. Actually, I've been in kale podcast content that I've been like, here's the thing. Cale's the gift of the gab. Whether you like it or not, whether you want to admit it or not, Kail is highly successful at her podcast for a reason. I don't need to watch any episode all the way through. I don't need to ever listen. But like a clip, I'm rocking. I'm rocking with a clip. The ones with Elijah, I was locked in. That Ike guy, the new guy. And then the ones with Javi about custody. I was like, I'm sorry. I love it. Like I can't kale being like, it's really hard. It's just really hard that I just do this hobby. Like, is it, girl? I know. Is it hard? |
| 1:31.5 | I looked on Instagram the other day. I can't believe she has four million followers. |
| 1:36.3 | Because she's really successful. And she's really good at podcasting. She probably makes so much |
| 1:42.7 | money on Patreon. She put that Elijah thing behind that wall. Girl, She probably makes so much money on Patreon. She put that Elijah |
| 1:44.2 | thing behind that wall. Girl, she probably made so much money that month. Good for her. Good for her. |
| 1:50.9 | I mean, she's already, she's already sold her whole life. Like, what's she going to do? Stop now? |
| 1:56.3 | Now. Right. Exactly. Well, I have a little teen mom this or that for you as we get this started. Okay. I'm excited. |
| 2:06.9 | Would you rather be baby Sophia's show for for the day or babysit the girls's? |
| 2:15.6 | The girls is for sure. Yeah, the girls is. Would you rather a Chelsea red haircut or a Leah scrunchy wet look? |
| 2:28.5 | Chelsea Red. I like, there's a version of me that has Chelsea red hair. |
| 2:35.5 | Like, so funny. |
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