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The Viall Files

E1072 Ask Nick - My Husband's Best Friend Made a Move on Me

The Viall Files

Nick Viall

Tv & Film, After Shows, Society & Culture, Relationships

3.8 • 26.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 129 minutes

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Summary

Our first caller wonders if she's intimidating or just totally oblivious.The second caller is grappling with broken trust after her fiancé lied about an addiction, with only four months until "I do." And our final caller needs tough advice to navigate messy friend-group drama.

"You just have to own who you are."

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Timestamps:
(00:00) - Intro
(01:31) - Caller One
(34:18) - Caller Two
(01:19:15) - Caller Three 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:02.8

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0:19.5

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0:23.3

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0:29.5

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0:36.6

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0:40.2

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0:45.0

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0:51.5

everybody we have a very exciting announcement for all the Ask Nick audience out

0:55.7

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1:03.0

culture and reality TV content that we're putting out there and just focus on all things,

1:08.7

relationship, dating, interpersonal relationships, and just

1:12.4

ask Nick content, just please give us a follow. It's Ask Nick Viol on Instagram and TikTok.

1:19.6

So give us a follow and enjoy. We'll be glad that you did. All right, let's get to our first caller,

1:26.1

but not before you go on and give us a follow.

1:31.7

How's it going?

1:33.0

Hi, my name is Melanie.

1:35.2

I'm 33, and I'm wondering, am I too intimidating or am I oblivious?

1:40.3

What do you mean by both, I guess?

1:43.7

Okay, so I give a little context of my question.

1:48.6

So I have been single for the past four years.

1:53.0

I came out of a long-term relationship.

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