Maks and Jan DWTS Drama, Jen Affleck Eliminated, and Love Is Blind Weddings Recap

Morgan's Pop Talks

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4.8 • 901 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Pop 3:The Golden Bachelor is officially flopping — ratings for Mel Owens’ season have dropped to less than half of Gerry Turner’s, with producers reportedly “embarrassed” and blaming a miscast lead. Meanwhile, over in Netflix land, Love Is Blind success story Amber “AD” Smith and Ollie Sutherland tied the knot after meeting on Perfect Match season 3. And The Kardashians returned this week, with Kim finally opening up about Kanye, health scares, and major stress while Khloé carries the show and Kourtney… would rather be anywhere else. Deep Dive: DWTS Drama The Dancing with the Stars fandom is heated this week. Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas got in trouble by ABC for promoting an unauthorized giveaway to the Halloween show. Meanwhile, Maks Chmerkovskiy stirred the pot by saying pro dancer Jan “has no business being on DWTS.” Val came to his brother’s defense but also said Jan did better his first season than Val did in his own debut. Jan took the high road, saying, “Whoever is trying to stay relevant by spreading hate, that’s not the way.” Final Thoughts: Love Is Blind Weddings None of the final couples end up getting married and there are major questions looming ahead of the reunion. Like, does Sparkle Megan have a secret baby!? *Shop MPT Merch* ► https://shop.hurrdatmedia.com/collections/morgans-pop-talks *Listen to the podcast* ► https://hurrdatmedia.com/network/show/morgans-pop-talks/ *Join my Patreon* for exclusive minisodes each week! ► http://www.patreon.com/morganspoptalks for exclusive minisodes each week! *Subscribe to my weekly newsletter* for reminders, important links, and additional surprises! ► https://www.morganptalks.com/ *About Morgan's Pop Talks* Welcome to Morgan's Pop Talks – your weekly VIP pass into the world of reality TV and pop culture! I'm Morgan, your pop culture bestie, here to dish out all the drama, the twists, and the must-know headlines. Each week, we kick things off with The Pop 3, breaking down the top three stories you can't miss. Then, we dive headfirst into The Deep Dive, where we leave no stone unturned – think juicy timelines, episode breakdowns, and all the drama dissected. Plus, I've got exclusive interviews with your favorite reality stars from The Bachelor franchise, Bravo, Dancing with the Stars, and beyond! Whether you're here for the tea or just love the thrill of reality TV, Morgan's Pop Talks is your new go-to! GEAR WE USE TO MAKE PODCASTS: https://amzn.to/4dg7uZF SOFTWARE WE USE TO MAKE PODCASTS: https://hurrdatmedia.com/our-gear/ This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome into another episode of Morgan's Pop Talks, bringing down the latest in reality TV
0:15.4	and pop culture back from a little break, took a family vacate down to Southwest Florida. Oh, gosh. If you're from
0:25.1	Northeast Ohio, you love Southwest Florida, especially in the last week of October. It was so
0:33.8	good. Just get out there in the sun, lay on a beach chair, wash the salt out of my hair,
0:40.4	except I didn't actually wash my hair the entire time that I was there because you're on vacation,
0:44.0	right? You come back with a healthy glow. Oh, is there anything better? No. There's really
0:51.2	nothing better. And, you know, it was a big family trip. Me, my parents, my husband,
0:56.0	obviously, my sister, brother-in-law, my two nieces. So it was a full house. And let me tell you,
1:03.0	I, this is how I know that I'm getting old. I don't want to say that I was about to say
1:07.9	because I like family vacations. I've always liked family vacations.
1:11.5	Like, don't get twisted. But, you know, when you're all under one roof, sometimes it can be a lot. And in your early 20s, you're just like, oh, I just want to go do my own thing. Now as I'm going to older, I just want to spend as much time with my family as I possibly can. I literally moved one street away from my mom and dad, moving into this new
1:28.5	house, which was not the plan, by the way, in the city that I grew up in. And if you would have told
1:33.9	me, because I kind of bounced around, you know, to the city out there and then like moves a little
1:39.2	bit out to the suburbs and I'm way back. I am like suburbia, baby, all the way. If you would have told me three years ago,
1:47.4	even, that I would be moving back to the hometown that I was raised up and I would have been like,
1:52.2	are you nuts? Have you lost it? Absolutely not. Absolutely not. This is like a farming community,
1:59.9	which, no disrespect to the farming community,
2:01.7	but I just like to be near a fancy, bougie coffee shop at all times. Like I need it as an IV
2:08.5	on most days. But now that I'm here, I love it. I love it so much. I love being one street
2:15.9	away from my parents. I love going on vacations with my
2:19.9	parents, with my sister, with their nieces. Is it chaos? Absa freaking lootly. Am I over-stimulated
2:27.0	100% of the time? But I wouldn't have it any other way. And that's how I know I'm getting
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