E1056 Ask Nick - My Dad Lies About Me Online
The Viall Files
Nick Viall
4 • 24.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
Our first caller is dealing with a dad who shows up online but not in real life. Our second caller is in love with a loser. And, our third caller is questioning how much compromise is too much.
"You deserve to be happy. You deserve, if you're in a relationship, to be treated with respect."
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Timestamps:
(00:00) - Intro
(00:30) - Caller One
(36:17) - Caller Two
(54:40) - Caller Three
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| 0:00.0 | So I fell in love with my ex and we have like the most chemistry. |
| 0:04.7 | Like I love him. |
| 0:06.0 | I ended up losing a parent suddenly. |
| 0:09.8 | And then that's okay. |
| 0:11.0 | After that, I found out he cheated on me like a couple weeks after. |
| 0:15.4 | Okay. |
| 0:15.8 | So, I mean, listen. |
| 0:19.5 | You're crazy. |
| 0:30.9 | Yeah. How's it going. Hey, Nick, it's going good. |
| 0:32.5 | My name's Rachel. |
| 0:33.5 | I'm 30, and my dad uses me for social media content. |
| 0:37.0 | What do you mean by that? |
| 0:38.4 | And how is it a problem and how can I help? |
| 0:41.6 | So my dad and I've always had a bit of a rough relationship. |
| 0:45.4 | It was like really on a high last year. |
| 0:47.7 | We were doing really well. |
| 0:49.1 | I got married. |
| 0:50.1 | And then he sort of stopped speaking to me. |
| 0:52.5 | But he continues to post about me on social media as if we have this great relationship, |
| 0:57.7 | despite me not seeing him in a year. |
| 0:59.6 | So how do we make our relationship the best it can be? |
| 1:05.0 | Sort of whatever that looks like. |
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