The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Why "The Let Them Theory" is Terrible Advice For Women, Plus Celebs and the Dangers of Ozempic
25 Apr 2025
Maureen Callahan unloads on the massively-successful "The Let Them Theory" and Mel Robbins, how the premise is terrible and ridiculous, the self-defeating philosophy at the center of it, Robbins' lack of self-awareness, and the overall self-help genre aimed at women. Plus, the irresponsible way celebrities like Oprah talk about Ozempic, and the dangerous side effects. And Maureen's brother "Bill From Brooklyn" joins to talk about Ben Affleck's hall of fame tabloid history and his grumpiest moments with J. Lo, bizarre Diddy media coverage, Rosie O'Donnell's Trump-related issues, and more.
Full Episode
Welcome to The Nerve. I'm Maureen Callahan. This is our second show. You can probably still hear a little bit in my voice. The nerves are still a little bit there, but I promise you they are actually transitioning into genuine excitement. We have an incredible show lined up for you today. And again, I just want to thank everybody who has been kind enough
to send me emails and DMs encouraging me and reacting to the first show and telling them how much they really enjoyed it. It couldn't have gone better from our end either. And I'm so happy that we are back so quickly for you. We've got great topics today. One, we're going to talk about Ozempic.
We're going to have a real conversation about Ozempic, not the conversation that you're probably overhearing like in tabloid media or among anybody you know who's on it. We're going to talk about what it really does to you and why it's so accessible and pervasive. And is it worth it? I'll bet you can guess, but we're going to do a deep dive on that. Also,
My brother, Bill, who I call Bill from Brooklyn for the purposes of this show, is going to make his debut, his media debut. And I think you're going to love him as much as I do. We're going to talk Ben Affleck and more celebrity gossip. But we begin today with actually the biggest podcast in the country, according to Apple charts. If you are on Instagram,
At any point in any given day, this woman has clogged up your feed like no other, I am sure. Her name is Mel Robbins. She has a book out. It's called The Let Them Theory. We're going to take this thing apart. If you've already spent money on it, I would request a refund. Uh, and the hugely popular theory that she's been selling, um, on multiple platforms though, these many months.
Uh, so if you haven't had an introduction to her, oh, by the way, before we even get into that, I have an update for you from the last show. And it is a Jon Hamm update because apparently he did not love what we had to say about him. Surprise, surprise.
so in the wake of that segment the daily mail where i call them twice a week reached out to john ham and they called so a young reporter called john ham's cell phone directly now who among you answers an unidentified number on your cell phone Jon Hamm does, proving my point that I don't think he's very bright.
He picks up the phone and the Daily Mail reporter asks if he cares to comment on our explosive blow by blow, no pun intended, of his savage, what I believe to be a near fatal beating of a fraternity pledge when he was in college.
john ham tells the daily mail he was offended to have been contacted by a lowly reporter who are you calling the professionally handsome john ham in the middle of the day um so he says to the reporter i think you should call my rep who are you this is inappropriate it's a very odd choice for you to call me i'd say it's a very odd choice to like beat someone so severely they nearly lose a kidney but
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