Hi, I'm Kate. And I'm Lori. We've always thought that the most compelling story

strikes the perfect balance between an honest look at the mess of life and the humor that can be found in the mess.

To be perfectly honest, we don't really know how to live life without both the humor and the authenticity.

Our podcast might be a little bit of whiplash at times. We can spin from hard, We don't really know how to live life without both the humor and the authenticity.

Our podcast might be a little bit of whiplash at times.

We can spin from hard and deep to humor and laughing on a dime.

The hard will be really hard and the truths we share are the ugliest of humanity.

We don't intend to make it seem like it's all fine or to pretty up the pain.

But we also know that the joy we found is all the more profound because of the pain. So we hope you can stick with us through the ugly

because there will also be joy and hope and humor. Welcome to the ugly truth about the girl

next door. Hey, Kate again. We wanted to add just a little note to this episode. Literally in the time between recording this episode earlier today and editing before posting, an update on the bills punter Matt Ariza was released. We're pleased to say that the Buffalo Bills have decided to officially

release him, removing him from the team. We still stand by the things that we said about the

assault that happened almost a year ago and that while this young girl did everything right,

went to the police, filed a police report, had the rape kit done, all of the things that this

guy is still walking around free.

But we're really thankful to the Buffalo Bills and to their management for doing the right

thing here.

So we just wanted to get that update out there to our listeners.

Thank you all again so much for listening and for the support.

Stay tuned.

Hi, welcome back to our podcast, The Ugly Truth about the Girl Next Door. I'm Kate.

And I am Lori. Yay. And we're back, finally.

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