Are We Healing or Enabling?! with Zack Wickham

Balancing Act with Kristen Doute and Luke Broderick

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Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Episode 177. This week on Balancing Act, Kristen is joined by bestie, Zack Wickham, to talk all about their friendship — and what you don’t see on The Valley. They share how they met, their first impressions, the early VPR days, and how their bond grew behind the scenes. Zack opens up about moving to LA and finding his chosen family, while Kristen reveals her favorite things about him. They also talk skincare secrets, surprising fun facts, and clear up misconceptions about their friendship. Plus, listener questions and a rapid-fire round to wrap it all up. Sponsors: Arey: For a limited time, our listeners get 15% off at Arey by using code KRISTEN at Arey.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another episode of a balancing act. Today's guess is the incomparable, Zach Wickham.
0:18.7	Yes, my best friend, my emotional support human, by far.
0:23.2	Confident.
0:24.3	What are some other adjectives?
0:25.5	Probably the only person who knows where all of my metaphorical bodies are buried.
0:30.8	Metaphorical and otherwise and funniest friend that you would ever have.
0:35.5	You actually are my funniest friend.
0:37.1	I know.
0:37.9	Thank you. I'm trying to think who would even be mad You actually are my funniest friend. I know. Thank you.
0:55.2	I'm trying to think who would even be mad at me. The only person that would be mad at me for saying that is my sister, but I said friend, not sibling. Yeah. So she can't get mad technically. Yeah. Because she would kill me too. That's true. She would kill both of us. Well, I'm so excited you're here. So excited. This studio is beautiful. I know. I love it. We're on video. It only took you 20 years of me begging you to go to the studio.
1:03.7	I know. And having you on, I was like, we cannot just do our voices. Like, on the valley, your face is everything.
1:14.3	I wish it wasn't sometimes. You're all over Instagram. It fills my heart with so much joy
1:20.4	that people outside of our circle get to experience your expressions. It's been a thing my entire
1:27.4	life where it's just so natural.
1:30.1	And I think, especially in the beginning, people didn't realize that that is just how my
1:34.4	face is.
1:35.3	And I think they think that I was acting or I was like hamming it up for the cam.
1:39.5	But really, it's just like, I'm sorry, that is me and my face at all times.
1:44.1	Okay. So I wasn't going to do this right away. But since you said, like, I'm sorry, that is me and my face at all times. Okay.
1:44.4	So I wasn't going to do this right away, but since you said, like, this has been you always, I text, I'm just going to start with it. I text your mom. Oh, my God. Why did you text my mom? This morning. Just wanted to get like a little something, something from Mama Robin. Oh, my God. I'm dead. First of all, I text your mom and said, like, I said,
2:03.5	I'm having our favorite person on the podcast today, like, you know, et cetera, et cetera. Like,
2:09.2	was he super sensitive? Was he always like this? Like from your POV, like, what's, give me a little
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