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CHEERS! with Avery Woods

not so little | kendall vertes

CHEERS! with Avery Woods

Avery Woods

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.42.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Avery sits down with the former Dance Moms star Kendall Vertes following the announcement of her new Unwell podcast Not So Little. They take a trip down memory lane talking about growing up on camera, the reality of 12-hour shoot days, and why the “mean girl” label misrepresented who Kendall is.

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0:00.0

Hi, welcome to Cheers. I'm your host, Avery Woods.

0:14.6

Hi, Kendall.

0:15.7

I'm so happy you're here.

0:17.8

I can't believe I'm sitting next to you right now.

0:19.6

No, no, no.

0:20.2

You're like my adopted child. I feel I'm obsessed with you're here. I can't believe I'm sitting next to you right now. No, no, no. You're like my adopted child. I feel I'm obsessed with you. We've gotten to know each other so well because I feel like we're always at these events together. And your mother. And you're my, well, I can't even say that because you're like taking shots with me. I was the same. You're my daughter. You're the cool aunt. It's I just love

0:39.0

your journey and like where you are and what's coming up. Welcome to Unwell by the way. Thank you. So happy to be here. I'm going to my unwelled today. Yeah, I know and I feel bad. Usually I'm like reping my sweat. Maybe you're a Mumu. It's okay. I dressed up in Mumu for you. Thank you. I love the effort.

0:56.8

Okay, so we have a lot going on.

0:59.3

You are officially with Unwell, part of the Unwell fam.

1:00.3

How are you feeling?

1:05.2

I mean, I never thought in a million years I'd even have fun stories to tell on a podcast, let alone working with the most famous podcast network.

1:08.5

This is definitely a pinch me moment for sure. And I feel like I, since I just

1:14.1

graduated college, I'm like living Hannah Montana. Like I was just in the farmlands of Virginia.

1:19.8

And now I'm in California like shooting my first episode for my podcast. It's honestly so crazy.

1:25.1

But here we are.

1:26.6

Congratulations on everything. And also graduating college. Thank you. That's a huge deal. What did you study? I studied political science and pre-law. See, that's so hard. Why? Because you said, I'm going to challenge myself. I really did. My mom, honestly, was the whole reason why I went to college. I wanted

1:45.2

to move back out here and just like, I don't know, fuck around, be an influencer. This is where you do it. Like, LA is the place to do it. And she was like, no, you need to go to college. You need to get a degree. you'll thank me later.

1:56.5

It's four years of your life that you'll never get back.

1:58.6

And I, to this day, am so happy.

2:01.6

She made me realize that because she's right.

2:04.2

I met my best friend. four years of your life that you'll never get back. And I, to this day, am so happy. She made me

2:02.5

realize that because she's right. I met my best friends. I figured out a lot about myself.

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