The following podcast is a Dear Media production.

Hi y'all. This is houseguess, and I am your host, Kenzie Elizabeth. Think a Gen Z,

wannabe Martha Stewart, meets Dolly Parton, trying to live in a Nancy Myers movie in her 20s.

We talk all about life, relationships, navigating your 20s, closing at the bars, or waking up at 5 a.m.

Depending on our vibe that week.

Ultimately, living our best lives and figuring it out along the way.

So, coming out, sometimes I have guests on who do really cool things, some of my best friends, or it's just me in my house that I spend way too much time in.

So let's get into the show. Hi, house guest.

Welcome back to my home and happy new year. I cannot believe it is already 2026. Y'all are in for a

treat today because we have the greatest person on earth, my boyfriend Charlie, on the show. Now, this man has

no social media. He has a separate

app for the flashlight app. Like, he doesn't understand that that's built in on your phone now. He still has Shazam. He shazammed a song last night when we were at dinner instead of just using Siri. He is, there's not a single trace of him online. I mean, he doesn't know how to use Apple pay. He doesn't like save card information online. Like he is so off the grid. So there's

been a lot of questions naturally about him. And he's coming on the show to answer them today. I hope you guys enjoy. This is a very full circle episode because I've been talking about how I've been needing to date. I said, you know, I'm going to make dating into a hobby. And then I did the whole dating challenge, which we will get into shortly. I've recap this on the YouTube channel. There's a full video, actually, if you guys are interested in how we met, I accidentally, like, documented the experience. So I didn't film him because I'm not insane. I didn't think I was actually going to find love. So I thought this was good content to have. And now I have our whole, like, first dates chronicled online. So I hope you guys enjoy this episode. And let's welcome Charlie on to the show. It's just like awkward welcoming you onto a podcast. Like, this feels crazy. Like, welcome to house guest Charlie Palmer. This just feels a little insane. Thank you. I got one question. What should I do in my hands? Oh, my God. And also, where do my feet go? I'm glad to put him right here on the ground and put my hands down. I'm glad you go out of the way. That is my least favorite. Yeah, I do it every time. Every time. Like, even on FaceTime or whatever. But yeah. You don't. Every time.

Anytime someone's like taking a photo of us and it's like he thinks it's so funny.

It's hilarious. I like bad jokes. You look so handsome today though. Thank you. Even though your joke is not funny. Yeah. Thank you.

I'm so happy that you're on the podcast. Did you think like like, let's say it's New Year's Day of 2026?

New Year's Day of 2025.

Is this how you pictured your New Year's Day of 2026?

Yes.

On a podcast?

No, I did not.

But I'm excited either way.

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