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4 Dec 2025 · 20m

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90s Nostalgia Road Trips, Crouchy’s ‘Unexpected’ Teammate & Is Stranger Things Actually Overrated?

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  • Hosts: Abbey Clancy, Peter Crouch, and Ross
  • Theme: Exploring complex relationships, offering advice, and discussing personal dilemmas in a humorous manner.
  • Lighthearted banter among the hosts sets the tone for the episode.
  • Discussion initiates with the "Mo-vember moustache debate," with Abbey complimenting Peter's moustache.

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0:00I just imagine like a cool teenager goth. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh my God, you've lost his attention. You flying low anyway. Oh my. No, that's... Apparently Pete's s*** you can see in a lot of the pictures. Pete. And finally Ross. I can't believe she's writing in saying that. Ask me anything. Hello and welcome to the Therapy Crouch. Ask us anything with me, Avi Clancy. Me, Peter Crouch. Hey guys. And Ross, sorry, I'm itching my Tash. It's getting a bit wiry. Maybe we're getting towards the end of the month. What are we thinking? Are we going to keep it or what? I'd like to see how far we go. No offence you, Peter, but I think you look actually a little bit better with the Tash.

0:48Do you? More refined. I think it's added a bit to you. I think he looks... 1920s, 30s. An old army colonel. An old army colonel. I'll take that. Sorry. Has KFC changed its name? No, I don't think so. Are you sure? Not that I've seen, was this going to be a joke? No, it's not. It's not a joke. I saw it. Or was it a dream? You said that to me. Can we have a fact check, guys? It's like a Jif-Zif situation. Do you know what? It's a Jif-Zif. It's a Marathon Snickers. Yeah. It's a Smarties, it's Opal Fruit Starburst. It's not. It is. Is it really? No, it's not. It is. I don't find out about this. They're new advert.

1:31KFC has changed its name No it hasn't Before This is before But it wasn't The company officially swapped Kentucky Fried Chicken For KFC Ah But this was in This was in 2025 But what you've seen Is something different Maybe I was dreaming about it No because I saw it as well Bizarrely How did you see it? Fake news You'd be much in the same GIFs But it's not It's not Kentucky Fried Chicken How do I send a GIF? What's a GIF? I was trying to send a Miss You gift to Lizzie. Fucking impossible to find them on the phone. Yeah, it is where that's. What's a gift? It's under the sink, love. Change this name from GIF.

2:11For no power reason. Something you would despise your thing, love. Yeah, see? It's called Hawkins fried chicken now. No, it's not. It can't actually be called that. Oh, piss. Oh, strange. They're doing a big thing. Who the hell's Hawkins? I don't know. You can see why you thought they'd change your name but it's a gimmick it's got everyone talking Yeah it's got everyone talking It's got us talking you know on the most successful podcast in the UK What's KFC's new name? I want to listen to that guy from Traitors' podcast They want to get they want to eliminate the word fried Becky James So that's why they've gone they went to KFC But it's still Hawkins fried chicken Yeah but it's Hawkins that's a whole new ad Who the fuck is Hawkins?

2:57it's a town apparently Stranger Things Stranger Things is one of those cool cool shows that's passed me by yeah agreed yeah yeah I'm like Breaking Bad I watch Breaking Bad but I've got friends who didn't watch Breaking Bad and they're like do you know what the moment's gone I'm like I'm not allowed to stop watching it oh no Breaking Bad's fantastic fantastic I loved it oh it's a cracker yeah but like Stranger Things you know like I just imagine like a cool teenager goth come over to me and go oh my god you've not seen Stranger Things it's like euphoria oh my god that was good the soundtrack to euphoria was phenomenal it's Stu's observation it's Stu's observation exactly like euphoria the same thing he's not seen euphoria he can't be cool he can't be cool my dad said there's a new one called something cherry poppy cherry or something and it's all it's based in Surrey it's like I couldn't work out from him if it was a real documentary or it was a TV show, like a drama.

4:01But my dad said, I'm sure that was... I'm sure that was you. But yeah, there's a few of them out there, you know what I mean? If you're not on board, you're not in the cool kid club. I want to just watch nice things. I could only watch nice things before bed. That's why I'm a celeb, it's perfect. and I'm still on I'm only up to 2016 on The Real Housewives of New York I'm the same with Atlanta to be fair we had to take a pause because it was affecting our mental health so I'm running it we had to start watching other stuff he goes oh not these again with who is this? bloody Ramona he's 60 though oh I can't have them she is 60 doesn't she look great?

4:41do you watch this? I do and I had to let me tell you because I feel the exact same way about my mental health because that puts it on right before bed and i've got i'm barely listening to it but i've got screeching fucking new york yeah like women in my ear before bed that's not that's not a nice way to go to sleep do you know i saw um a fabulous documentary that i want to say advertised um it was about a young soldier who was in afghanistan i think yeah no he's got ptsd yeah understandably so he went to live in like the jungle and which is one of the most dangerous places to live on earth and he's like rewilding the it looks like a little leopard I don't know what it is but it looks phenomenal it's called wild cat wild cat but he met he's met a woman that he's met a girl was rehoming basically like animals that are struggling in the jungle but he said like after being having spent his time in the army like he just didn't want to live and he was so unhappy and then he's gone here.

5:47Like, we should watch that tonight actually. Really interesting, yeah. I mean, I've not seen it yet but the advert looks great. I started because of the, well, because of the Housewives chat as well, we started watching, we're trying to watch new things that are a bit more interesting and vibey. We saw The Beast Within Me. Have you seen, have you heard that? The Woman Out of Homeland. Did you ever watch Homeland? Oh yeah, I saw that advertised. Brilliant. Two episodes in, one of the best things I've seen. Claire Daines. You love that. Well, listen, is there anything you're watching at the moment?

6:13Get it into us. we'll review it we'll have a look at it that's what we've got done for the new year film review episodes yeah talk about film reviews we had a kid at school right and he was only 12 remember for Barry Norman yeah is his name Barry Norman he used to do the used to do the film reviews is that a break from the norm no he used to do film night or whatever Jonathan Ross did it in the end oh he used to review films oh I love Jonathan Ross why did you call him Barry Norman is that me called Richard Dimbleby like David Dimble this age like being called he's very he was a 70 year old man why did you call him Barry Norman absolute rigor for Barry Norman he had the same it's that haircut he had that haircut you know like the sideies that one yes Barry Norman Lego heads you know that the sideies one it's got good head of hair yeah you know like look look see that haircut there look see that haircut you can see that was the style you can see why he got it it's the big big long over the ear sideies we haven't done one ask us anything yet go on then ask me ask away sister alright no chin and no bum I spoke for you TBR and Clance what's TBR gee the Bob Ross how do you get that and I get no chin and no arm how did I get name before Abbey I keep having deja vu if you've got to drive from Brighton to Edinburgh and you're allowed one radio station and one podcast not your own what are you picking good question the rest is history what you've never listened to that once no I know but I want to you're going to now that'd be a good it's digestible history as well I would say so I'm quite into history but I would say for a someone who's not into it it's listable I am into it no no no for someone who's not like super tuned up it's not like too date heavy or fact heavy it's kind of like it's good I would definitely recommend it podcast wise I'd pick quickly Kevin it is 90s football nostalgia oh really I didn't even hear that in a fun entertaining manner when have you ever heard about that don't know anything about me do you and I'd go absolute 90s as well so there's a common theme there I don't know if you I don't know if you should stick to 90s or you should do it if I go 90s with the podcast if you did a smooth I was doing smooth for me the thing is if it's an hour journey like that's a long time it's like six hours oh it's an eight hour journey oh magic oh my but the only thing is magic repeat is a thing isn't it after like four hours in repeat but it's absolute 90s you don't get any of that absolute no repeat yeah says it on the tin do you know what those good capital extra reloaded if you get the J-Lo and the jar rule and the the reloaded you get a little bit of Keith Sweat yeah I was on YouTube the other day and typed in Usher burn gonna let it burn deep down you know that one and then they just put on that type of vibe for like two hours every single song Remind Me Of A Girl and all that Confessions you remind me of a girl when you hear do do do do do do you're like oh crank this we're meant to come out and we have them staying in and just listening to YouTube for hours but history does that as well sometimes and then it must be the ass like that I'm like oh or if you hear or if you hear do do do do Am I like Eddie?

9:48If you had my love and I gave you all my rest, would you learn to me? Yeah, tune. Tell me, baby. Nice. Okay, stick YouTube on us. Well, no, I think you've got to go for it. Like I say, I think that pod for me is a good one. Because I couldn't listen to like an XFM, the hold as much as i adore richard ashcroft he's one of my favorite artists of all times the songs that kind of compliment them i don't want to listen to them for eight hours it's because i i like him xfm them me and my dad listen when we drive radio x is cool now radio x i should say yeah johnny vaughan is very very good on that he's so clever johnny vaughan talk heavy as well that is very funny yeah it's almost like a podcast in itself yeah do you know what i mean which I like some people find him a bit much but I think he's fabulous Johnny Mourne it reminds me of that that shows class I was thinking about him this morning when we were in the car with the with the problem in our car at the moment Martin Top Taps it's please change the battery key the key battery we're like what what battery what key where does one find the battery for the car who even knows how to do that you know with these computers now on screen they come up like your tyre pressure low and it's a tiny bit low so you fuck that off battery on the key battery needs changing still drives though doesn't it we're just gonna use it until the car just is as if there is like a plug-in thing to charge your battery in the car petrol's low but I can still get there so I've got four or five things am I at the top of the eight or am I at the bottom of the eight but you need a bloody degree in brain surgery to sort the climate out in your car fucking climate I've got ice cold air blowing right up a crack and then the head 7 million degrees honestly like the I'm getting massage my bum's ice cold my head's 7 million degrees I just don't know how to fix it I remember years ago my dad had like a brand new car and I got my mum's car which wasn't brand new and I was like mum my dad's car's well better than this he had automatic windows she had my hand down and I went my dad's car does this my dad's car does that and I went my dad's car's got air con she had a Hyundai a white Hyundai I remember that no power steering I remember that as well because that's all I had for the first 10 years of my life it's got no power steering this me mum had guns like that on it and she was like my dad's got air con and she went so right and rolled the windows down on the rocket and fly over like that she went my dad's got assisted parking and she went stick your head behind and she was like that cool then really good alright let's move on babe do you want to do one okay so this feels like a pretty good place to take a quick break and hear from our sponsors and remember if you're enjoying this top class Crouchy Clance Tudor Bob Ross content don't forget to share it with your friends and family

12:42a very happy hello it's an honor to send the Crouch Clancy clan and Ross a very memorable holiday season I have a special case here I'm a solo parent to a gem of a daughter who is away at uni we are in NY Americans my husband of 10 years is retired a Royal Navy scouser he has children uk side who really get to see him due to his career and their controlling mother um she really lets them see their dad he's a seafarer and making the move to the us i cannot explain the guilt and heavy heart i have for the younger children it's never been our intent to make our home base in the us but after covid and the recent changes in both countries admissions it was my husband's overall decision we do have a uk home his eldest son maintains while he works and is away recently completed the proper green card process how do i ensure the kids keep their relationship with their dad without stepping on toes or over or overreaching did i mention how controlling the mother is love and laughs to all yeah i think they've made the decision that they think they have to it's not a hop skip and a jump is it america points so that that's going to be expensive they're gonna have to like schedule it we could go back to the the zoom games or the quizzes and talk you know plenty of ways I think you just got to keep in contact the phone has got to be your friend yeah you've got to zoom it because it's time difference as well I think with the America thing though the time difference is a lot more manageable than it is in like Australia for example where it's like 12 15 hours it's like 4 or 5 hours isn't it yeah and I think that their mother at home with them in the UK surely she'd want her kids to stay in contact with the dad you'd like to think you'd like to think so you would like to think so so i think they just need to work something out and but as you say yeah you phoned your friend in this one i make the effort to make the journey when you can you know school holidays things like that either pay for them to come up and visit you if you can or vice versa good afternoon peter lifelong lfc fan born and raised in the uk now raising my own kids in the usa crazy request my son liam turns 13 on november 26th and you are his number one striker on his ea sports 25 uh i have him uh watch youtube's review are you still on fifa yeah i am how far does it go back did you FIFA legends have we got like Bill Shankly and Kenny on there is it like a legends card so is every older player on there no just the legends so like you Bex yeah the golden generation let's say the golden generation yeah yeah so are you as old as they go yeah because a lot of the kids know me from Maradona you can play with Maradona and Pelle and stuff like that Pete that's fab yeah thanks babe you're a legend that is so cool yeah so a lot of the kids are like oh I'll play with you on YouTube can you get like a Michael Dawson or stuff like that or nah it's FIFA no for his 13th birthday he's asked you for a replica LFC jersey with your name on it who's asked me for it.

15:48So the request was if you could call my phone and leave him a message or something like that. I know it's a long shot but my kid thinks my kid thinks you're the man. I grew up on Fowler and Owen but I can't Fowler and Owen? I can't get him to enjoy them like he does you. He's also pretty good at football by the way. Is there any chance you can drop me a reply? All the best Anthony Dickinson. P.S. Sorry for hounding you. I've tried several emails. That's why you've got to include them. Liam I heard it's your birthday I'm very pleased to say happy birthday happy 13th birthday I heard you're watching some YouTube videos of me I like to hear it mate it's good to have a fan and great to see you so have a great birthday yeah and we would have rang you but your dad didn't leave his number I would have rang you can you imagine sending a message can you give me a call or leave me a message and no phone number so if you just say to your dad Liam that he's an absolute numpty if you're not leaving his phone number because we would have called you happy birthday mate happy birthday very good loyal listener and proud mum who recently discovered that showing her daughter old photos of Peter Crouch comes with surprises firstly I want to give a massive shine to my girls 16, 14 and 4 three stunning, kind, talented young ladies I've poured my whole heart into raising they're not just sisters they're best friends who'd go to war with each other and a huge thank you to them for making it possible for me to work towards a career they can be proud of.

17:21They've handled every change without a single moan. Then there's Lee, my gorgeous fiance, my soulmate and the hardest working man alive. He thinks he doesn't do enough, but he's the reason it all works. Enough. Plus I still fancy him, which is a bonus. He also coaches my daughter's team, the only girl's team in an all boys club and takes it very seriously. My 14-year-old is a solid centre-back who's gone seasons unbeaten and winning the league, but she'll quietly bag a hat-trick when they shove her up front. He's also had a couple of wins over a team coached by a certain ex-Premier League name, which he's not mentioning ever so subtly.

17:59Now for the mother-daughter bonding moment you never expected. I showed her old pics of Peter playing and Abby looking like the icon she is. And in every single photo of Peter, there was that optical illusion. the unexpected teammate we shut the phone and my daughter turned to me and said well I think we know why Abby fell in love with him what? we cried Google or use your imagination it comes with a parental advisory warning schlong? schlong who? Peter? yeah Peter apparently I had to Google and couldn't see anything to be honest apparently Pete's knob you can see in a lot of the pictures on that Pete and finally Ross I can't believe she's writing in saying this well you know it's all good Ross the genius holding it all together you're a crucial part I love hearing your laugh and sense of humour which signs through wishing you and your families the happiest of Christmases lovely what a nice message we'll try and get some pictures of Pete it was nice until she just wrote in saying she's been perving up my husband with her daughters she's only human though yeah your eyes aren't made the worst unlike Peter

19:13you flying low anyway I'm fine I'm joking yeah I'd be over the moon with that alright well that's that I suppose that is the end of the podcast session end of our session yeah are you ready for your session? I am yeah I've got a ride in this oh for fuck's sake darn foiled again okay remember please send in your TV recommendations because we'd like to cover it I don't look like Barry Norman but we will review them yeah really thank you good to watch don't you do we do yeah alright catch you next time

From the publisher

On this week’s Ask Me Anything episode of The Therapy Crouch, chaos arrives early as the gang spiral into a full-blown debate about moustaches and whether KFC has genuinely changed its name or if Abbey has dreamed it all up.


Abbey, Peter and Ross bounce through TV recommendations, misguided attempts at sending GIFs, and a rant about modern cars being so high-tech they may as well require a degree to switch the air-con on.


We hear from listeners with dilemmas stretching from long-distance parenting across the US and UK, to birthday surprises gone wrong, to the mother–daughter moment sparked by old photos of Peter that revealed… more than expected. There’s 90s nostalgia, Real Housewives burnout, documentary talk, and plenty of those unfiltered Agony Abs moments the listeners love.


If you’ve got a question, a confession, or simply a show you want them to binge—or avoid at all costs—send it in for next week’s session.


00:00 – Intro

00:38 – Mo-vember moustache debate

01:15 – The KFC/Hawkins confusion

02:28 – “How do you even send a gif?”

03:01 – Stranger Things vs Breaking Bad

03:41 – Euphoria soundtrack

04:03 – New TV recommendations

04:39 – Housewives affecting their mental health

05:11 – Wildcat documentary mention

06:05 – TV review plans

06:33 – School days: the kid called Barry Norman

07:33 – Road trip question: pick one podcast + one radio station

08:48 – 90s music nostalgia kicks off

10:02 – Radio vs podcast for long journeys

11:06 – Car battery, climate control & dashboard rant

12:12 – Power steering nostalgia

12:33 – Listener dilemma: kids in the UK & dad in the US

14:10 – Managing time zones + co-parenting advice

14:43 – Birthday request: Peter tries to leave a message

16:00 – They realise there was no phone number

16:39 – Mother–daughter story about “old Peter Crouch photos”

17:43 – The optical illusion ‘schlong’ moment

19:24 – Outro + TV recommendations request


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