Mormon and Closeted (w/ Bridger Winegar)
Why Won't You Date Me? with Nicole Byer
Headgum & Nicole Byer
4.9 • 16K Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Writer Bridger Winegar (host of I Said No Gifts!) joins Nicole to discuss his experience being closeted to himself until the age of 26, being raised Mormon, and the thrill of setting people up on dates. Nicole reads some nasty messages she's received from the Bahamas.
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| 0:00.0 | Why won't you date me? |
| 0:10.0 | Why won't you date me? |
| 0:12.0 | Why won't you date me? |
| 0:14.0 | Please, tell me why! |
| 0:18.0 | Oh, baby, welcome back to another episode of Why Won't You Date Me? |
| 0:27.0 | A podcast from Enocle Buyers Exploring Love and Reloshing Ships, |
| 0:33.0 | Even though I've never been in line. |
| 0:36.0 | My guest today is a hilarious writer whose credits include Jimmy Kimmel Live, |
| 0:43.0 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, corporate and black Monday. |
| 0:48.0 | Ooh, you know they're the hosts of the popular podcast. |
| 0:52.0 | I said no gifts, which is a show that I was on. |
| 0:56.0 | I was on a one time. |
| 0:58.0 | It was lovely. |
| 0:59.0 | I liked it. |
| 1:00.0 | It's Bridger Winner! |
| 1:03.0 | Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby! |
| 1:08.0 | Bridger, how are you? |
| 1:12.0 | Listen, it's bad. |
| 1:14.0 | It rained here in LA. |
| 1:16.0 | I said earlier before we started recording the houses here made out of marshmallow fluff. |
| 1:21.0 | And once water touches it, they melt away. |
| 1:24.0 | And it's like you don't have a... |
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