Hiring a Zoom Stripper (w/ Liza Treyger)
Why Won't You Date Me? with Nicole Byer
Headgum & Nicole Byer
4.9 • 16K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Comedian and friend Liza Treyger (Night Owl, host of That's Messed Up) returns to the podcast! She shares her sobering experience hiring a Zoom stripper for a bachelorette party, how Heated Rivalry changed her life, and the struggle of making friends easily while her dating life remains in the dumps. Liza tells the story about how she got scammed by a stylist while making her Netflix special, her goal to quit weed for a relationship, and why she believes it's an actual safety hazard to date a man who isn't completely obsessed with you.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a headgum podcast. |
| 0:05.8 | During pandemic, we did a Zoom Bachelorette. |
| 0:09.4 | We got a Zoom stripper. |
| 0:10.3 | Whatever. |
| 0:10.6 | Times were weird. |
| 0:11.8 | So the guy is like... |
| 0:13.1 | A Zoom stripper. |
| 0:14.0 | So he's stripping in the kitchen, right? |
| 0:15.8 | And it's like weird. |
| 0:16.5 | You could see his trash can. |
| 0:17.9 | It's like uncomfortable. |
| 0:18.9 | But he's doing a good job. |
| 0:20.1 | But eventually he goes, oh, I'll take a shot with you guys. I think my roommate has some vodka. And it's like, you didn't have to say it was your roommate's vodka. You know what I mean? Like, why are you doing this? Like, you're a stripper. We're paying you. You just ruined the fantasy. No, we loved it. I mean, |
| 0:38.0 | it's like, great. I love that it's your roommate's vodka you're taking for your strip Zoom. No, it's terrible, but the idea of being that honest when it's like, just, we would have believed it's your vodka. Yeah. Like, why can't you let us think it's yours? Because he's too honest. It's just like the treadmills in the background. |
| 0:53.9 | It's just like it's too real. |
| 0:56.4 | The nice man in my life once planned Because he's too honest. It's just like the treadmills in the background. It's just like it's too real. |
| 0:56.4 | The nice man in my life once planned a surprise trip for us to add a while. |
| 1:01.2 | And it was unbelievable. |
| 1:02.9 | He booked a stay on Airbnb and found this absolute dream of an A-frame cabin |
| 1:06.9 | tucked right into the snowy mountains. |
| 1:09.2 | It was gorgeous and sat on this massive private property, |
| 1:12.6 | which meant my dog Clyde also had a fun vacation roaming the woods all by himself. Then we finally |
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