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Hey, I do part two. It's your celebrity mentor, Kelly, Ben Simone. And today I've got my great producer and friend Heather Mundy to join me because I've got some big news to share with you.

I've been nothing but honest since I joined the podcast and that's the only way we heal and grow

by sharing our own truth. So today I need to talk through it for you and for me. Hi Heather. I love

you. Hi. I love you. What's going on? Well, first of all, happy New Year, right? This is, you know, one of our first episodes of the new year. So, happy New Year to anybody that's listening. But even though 2026 has just started, I know a lot of things have changed. So what's happened? So I went through a breakup

over the holiday. My applications are now open. I closed them before the holidays and now I

open them. Well, let's rewind. Yeah. Let's talk a little bit about what happened because I think from a listener's perspective,

right, we were all really excited when you announced that you had a boyfriend and you

seemed really excited about it.

So kind of tell me, was this a long time coming or was this like something happened over

the holidays and this decision was made? So I did have a breakup over the holidays and this is not

something that just happened, but I am a tourist and I have a lot of bandwidth and then sometimes I just snap.

And I had some health issues last year and I was going through a lot of things personally.

And it really made me see what I wanted in my romantic life and like how I wanted to navigate that and move forward into 2026.

So be a little bit more specific for me.

What does that mean?

Was this person not showing up for you?

Were they not by your bedside when you were needing, you know, some nursing or aid?

Like what kind of, I guess, try to try to break it down and be a little bit more specific for me as to like what went into this decision?

They did not show up when I really, really needed them. No.

Not it.

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