Adopted from Russia, Leaving Mormonism, & Dealing w/ Hate Comments w/ Maddie Henderson & Matt Scharff

The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby

Matt & Abby

Society & Culture

4.8 • 16.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 101 minutes

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0:00.0	Inspired by jet engine silences.
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0:28.5	Ashjet, powerful, compact purification, that's quiet.
0:31.6	The Mormon culture I was raised in.
0:33.4	I was at the point where I'm like, I just need to get out.
0:34.8	We just moved in together.
0:36.0	What did your mom think? Well, she wasn't for it.
0:55.0	Maddie Henderson and Matt Sharf are a famous TikTok couple that recently announced they're pregnant with their first baby. We've been doing Pull and Pray for like three or four years. Gotta be careful with that one. And it started to kind of get in my mind, I'm like, are we just really good at pulling and praying? It's just a weird thing to say. It sure is, right? Matt is best known for his famous golf channel, Good Good, but most people don't know that he was adopted from an orphanage in Russia when he was only about five years old. Matt went to the baby orphanage. And in the big kid orphanage, you kind of had to fight for what you want. The baby orphanage, the cuter you are, the more the love and attention you get. When you read comments, are you reading positive stuff?
1:12.0	No, I read the negative stuff, the more the love and attention you get. When you read comments, are you reading positive stuff?
1:11.9	No, I read the negative stuff, Matt,
1:13.0	that fucking ruins my life.
1:14.8	Sarcasm does not read online.
1:16.8	No, it's horrible.
1:17.2	It's just because he's himself.
1:18.5	They just don't like him.
1:23.6	What's up, dudes?
1:26.1	And welcome back to the unplanned podcast, baby. Yeah, today we have the honor of talking to Matt and Maddie, which your names go together so well. You go see that a lot. Matt and Maddie. People are like, it's so easy a member, and I'm like, I guess. How are you guys feeling? I mean, you have a baby on the way. You just got married less than a year ago.
2:01.9	A lot of big life changes happening for you guys. We got married almost three years ago. Wait, what? Wait, wait, wait. Wait, wait. Wait, why did I have it in my notes that it was literally like last year? It was 2023. You know, I do post about it like, like, I'll do like, It's been a year, it's been two years, and it was like wedding pictures.
2:03.6	Because people have thought that.
2:04.3	Wow. Sure. about it like I'll do like it's been a year it's been two years and it was like wedding pictures
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