PHILLIP PHILLIPS (on Current State of Reality TV, American Idol, Masked Singer & John Mayer)

BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

David Yontef

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🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Phillip Phillips steps Behind The Rope. Fresh off his stint as Pugcasso on Fox’s The Masked Singer, Phillip is here to mention it all. Phillip talks winning American Idol, John Mayer, Bruce Springsteen, “Home” at the Olympics, fame, new music and oh, so very much more! @phillphill @behindvelvetrope @davidyontef BONUS & AD FREE EPISODES Available at - www.patreon.com/behindthevelvetrope BROUGHT TO YOU BY: SUPER - super.com/credit (See How Super+ Can Help You Boost Your Credit Score) ADVERTISING INQUIRIES - Please contact David@advertising-execs.com MERCH Available at - https://www.teepublic.com/stores/behind-the-velvet-rope?ref_id=13198 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:11.0	Plus, every single day, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, you can listen to this episode or any of our other episodes at the same time, ad free over on Patreon. Hey everyone. This is David. Welcome back behind the velvet rope. Let's just get right into it today because we are joined by the one, the only Philip Phillips. Philip Phillips, welcome. How are you? Or should I just say
1:17.9	Picasso was in the house today? Yeah, what's going on? You're doing okay? I am doing well. You know,
1:24.3	what was this experience on the Masked Singer like for you?
1:30.1	Oh, man, it was a long days.
1:37.1	A lot of jokes with, like, people behind the scenes, crew, you know, and whatnot.
1:40.5	I was taking it not serious at all.
1:45.6	And I think that's what made it, you know, made it go easy. And like, it was like,
1:54.1	I would just go into it. I didn't practice really, even though I changed several of the songs up.
2:00.4	I just was like, hey, I want to do it this way. I said, great. And then it would be time to go up there and sing
2:01.1	and I would have to remind myself of how I was changing it. And then just pray I didn't screw up.
2:07.2	And luckily, I don't think I did. Who knows? Well, you got very far on the competition, so I don't
2:14.6	think you screwed up. You weren't taking it serious. Like, I mean, but you are a singer, you know, this isn't your first time on a reality show singing competition. Like, did you think you were going to get far in this competition? Because this is what you do for a living. Not at all. I was trying to get cut as soon as possible. I was, you know, I was, I live in Georgia, and this was filmed in, in L.A.
2:38.0	And, uh, long ways away from home.
2:40.2	I got two kids now.
2:41.7	And, uh, first song went great.
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