This is Me

All right, guys, big, big day here on the Hey Jonas podcast. Yes, because tomorrow we will be premiering on Disney Plus and Hulu. And we're going to have the cast of Camp Rock 3 on the pod to usher in this next generation of campers. You got one more? And Joe has gone nonverbal and will only be using his... I'm Shane Gray for crying out loud. Yes. It's almost been a year since we were on set filming. I know. It's crazy how fast it all moves. It moves very quickly. And it was almost 18 years ago when we started this whole thing. Pretty nuts. 19, I think. Wow. 19, actually, Kevin. 19 years. My favorite Camp Rock memory from back in the day had to be when we got to set. I think it was, you know, seven or eight in the morning. And we just hear this, Camp Rock. And I'm like, what is happening? Because it wasn't scripted. That iconic moment with the stomp clap thing. It wasn't scripted. It was like, we should do this. This was really cool. What is this? And we basically refused to do the thing. And so we're just in the back. That's why you had your drumsticks, which ended up making it kind of iconic. Yeah. I don't think I'm in it. Oh, I'm in it. Yeah, I'm in it. You're in it. For sure. You're leading the charge. You're actually the lead of the movie, Joe. I don't know if you know that. Yeah, you were there. I just wanted to hear you say it. You were number one on the call sheet. I just wanted to hear you say it. No, I was number two. Demi's number one. Oh, it's Demi's movie. It's Demi's movie. It's Mitchie's movie. My most memorable, I mean, there's many memories. But something that comes to mind is I had to jump in a freezing lake, even though it's summertime. Oh, your life was so hard. You know. Actually. I had to jump in a freezing lake. But then also, I don't know why it became a theme. There was an uncle, or my uncle. Uncle Brown. He wakes me up with, he wakes me up. Cold water. And he, yeah. And he decided to get the coldest water. Ironically. He didn't need to do the cold. We didn't actually need to do it. We needed cold water. It was freezing. And this film as well. We may or may not throw you in water. Oh, yeah, that's right. Oh, yeah. There's a theme going on here. There is a theme. But, you know, I think it was my first introduction of what people in the acting community love to call crafty. And that's where there's a collection of delicious snacks. Shout out Marissa Machado, who does our hair and makeup. She and I love Reese's Pieces. And I would go and just devour as many Reese's Pieces. And I remember there was one night where we were filming. I think it was Camp Rock 2. It was the final jam against Camp Star. And it was our first, really one of our first experiences of shooting at nights. And I just remember me, Nick, and Demi. That was delusional. Me, Nick, and Demi, like having just, this is probably before we were drinking coffee. It was just sugar. There's lots of sugar. What about it? To stay awake through the night. Yeah. They poured water on me that night. And because I guess I came from the lake and you could see how cold it was because it was just like steaming off my body. Yes, I do remember this. Oh, the things we do. So many memories. We're going to hear about even more memories with the new campers. Camp Rock 3 cast. We have an incredible group. Oh, yes. Stars of the movie that'll be joining us as well as some good stories that we'll share. And some of the OG cast too. And some of the OG cast. One other really exciting thing that we have going on tomorrow is this incredible partnership with Hyundai. Yes. Hope on Wheels. Where we're actually going to have three amazing guests who are warriors. And Hyundai's done an incredible job donating a portion from every purchase to this incredible initiative. $100 million raised. That supports researchers, doctors, families, and children living with cancer. What a great organization. And battling cancer. And so. Really beautiful thing they're doing. Huge to have them with us and to get to spotlight those guests. And of course, Camp Rock 3 cast. That's right. It's going to be a blast. So make sure to check out the Hey Jonas podcast wherever you. Podcast. And watch us on Disney Plus and Hulu. It's time for voicemails. You guys started without me. I'm giving myself insulin. I apologize. Just one sec. This episode is sponsored by Type 1 diabetes. By the disease. Well, this episode brought to you by an autoimmune disease. Awareness. It's an awareness episode. This is an awareness episode. Let's get into voicemails, shall we? Hey, this is Annie from Chicago. I've had three ankle surgeries in the span of two years. And since recovery, I've been trying to go back to the gym. I'm scared to go back to the gym after being out for a while and just self-conscious about it. But I was wondering, what's the most embarrassing gym moment you guys have ever had? Hoping maybe it'll make me feel a little bit better about myself. Well, happy that you're hopefully feeling better enough to go to the gym. So that means you're feeling kind of better. So three surgeries is a lot. Kind of curious what happened. But yeah, I want to know. She's not, it's a voicemail. So it also sounded like she was on the phone underneath a sheet, like in her bed, telling him the story. That did sound, or she's in the gym building up the confidence. Maybe. Well, the most embarrassing thing that's happened at the gym. Gym, it's a very specific place for an embarrassing story. Yeah. I've eaten ---- on the treadmill. You know, like classic, you know? Oh yeah. Like full down, like flip out. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. The whole thing. And you just, that's when you. Wow. What a loser. You have to make the choice of either getting back on the treadmill or walking away and never going back to that gym again. So which one did you do? Well, of course I got back in my car and I never went back because that's the right thing to do. I've got one. I kind of agree with you on that one. I was in Hawaii and I was shooting the first Jumanji. Nice. And Kevin Hart invited me to come work out with him and his trainer and his two boys that are with him, part of his team. And he's like, we're going to get up at 6am or whatever it was, 5am before we go to work. And I was like, all right. And I'm thinking to myself, you know, I'm at the time I'm 22 or 23. You got this. You know, Kevin's 10 to 15 years older than me, I think. And so I should be able to handle myself in the gym with Kevin and his guys. And the first thing they do is they're like, all right, 12 minutes sprint on the treadmill. And I'm like, all right. And so we're starting to sprint about seven minutes in. I'm like, this is really intense, full out sprint. And I'm thinking, all right, the rest of the workout is going to be chill because we just got the heart rate up. Now we're just going to lift or whatever. Then they're like, all right, we're going to swing on these things to like jump to the next, you know, handlebar. I'm like, what is happening? And they're doing chin-ups as they do it. This was the most intense workout I've ever done. And about halfway through, he was like, you good? Because he could see that I was like about to throw up. And I was like, yeah, I'm totally fine. And then I think he saw like blood in the water. It was like, let's go even harder. So then it got even more intense. We're doing bear crawls. He was trying to prove a point. Yeah. He was trying to be like this young kid. I'm going to show him what's going on. And he did. He, he, he broke me. Did you throw up? I got back to the hotel room and I threw up. Oh, it took everything I had to be like, I'm not throwing up in front of Kevin Hart. Wow. And then, uh, yeah, I'd never worked out with him again. I wouldn't either. I definitely worked out hard with a new trainer one time and absolutely puked mid workout. I was just like, nope, too much, too much. And that was that. Never worked out with him again. Yeah. Well, shout out Kevin Hart. He's a beast. He's like next level fit. Okay. Let's hear another one, shall we? Hey guys, my name is Amanda. And I have a question, I guess, for all of you. So I have a guy friend who we've been going with each other. We both have expressed that we like each other, but he knows that I'm a Christian and he does not have a faith. He's not a religious person. And so he doesn't think that we should date because we might not be compatible long-term, but we're pretty compatible in pretty much every other way. So I guess I would just ask for any advice or input that you guys might have from your own experiences there or just what you would recommend for someone in that situation. Thanks. I think I missed it. Did she say that he is not religious or she's not religious? And he's the one who's saying we may not be compatible, which usually I would think would be kind of the other way around. Yeah, I'm shocked. It's really interesting. Well, I mean, he might just be like, I don't see myself changing the way I feel about Christianity. And so I hope that doesn't bother you down the road because that might be important for her. But it sounds like she's like, I'm down, he's not down It kind of feels like he's pointing the finger saying, it's you, not me. A little bit of that. It kind of feels like maybe there's just a conversation that should happen to say, hey, is it important to you that the person that you date is a person that practices the same religion as you? And if the answer is for her, for Amanda, she says it doesn't matter to me, then he should be like, all right, cool. Then we connect in every other way. Yeah. As long as your expectation is not that I have to practice in the same way he may not want to go with her to church on Sundays. And as long as she's cool with that, I mean, I think everything should just be the question is like, will this become a, yeah, you need to have this conversation because the next step is then people have resentment because, oh, I thought it was going to change him or change her. And like, that's not changing people. Can't be changing people. Can't do that. Unchangeable. Well, I think there's, you know what to do. You just gotta be like, yo, don't bother me. If you're not going to be Christian with me, but if that's something you decide one day, so be it. Totally. Okay, next one. That was, I think that was solid advice there. Hey, this is Chelsea. I am a pediatric nurse and I take care of kiddos recently diagnosed with type one diabetes. I've heard over the years a little of Nick's journey, but was wondering if there were any tips or education you received in the beginning or even later on that was a game changer that I could pass on to my patients. Also teaching their siblings with what's going on. A lot of kiddos have never heard of diabetes. So Kevin, Joe, are there anything that helped you guys understand more what was going on? Any tips or tricks are appreciated. Thanks. Okay, my advice for you, Chelsea, by the way, thank you for being a nurse. Yeah, what you do, go off Chelsea. It's incredible. It's not advice. The thing I learned about 10 years into my diagnosis, I was diagnosed at 13. So through my teens and my early twenties, I took great pride in doing it all on my own and just kind of dealing with it and not letting it slow me down or affect my day-to-day life. Part of that was also because I did feel this enormous burden of what has become sort of meme culture, which is unfortunate. And I'm not saying that it's woe is me because that's not the position that I'm taking. But just that I'm aware of the fact that some people who are not as educated, not as informed on type 1 diabetes, think that it is not a serious condition. To be clear, if treated with insulin management, with glucose readings, either on a meter, a finger prick meter, or a CGM, if you don't have those tools and you're not taking care of type 1 diabetes, it's categorized as an autoimmune, which means that at any point in time, it can become a very serious and potentially fatal disease. As I was learning how to deal with it, taking all this on myself to be independent, I was also kind of dealing with this thing that was really discouraging, that there was a dismissal of this thing, which also makes it, frankly, very difficult to raise money for programs to create access and affordability, to create better life programs for young people living with diabetes who want to learn because people don't think it's serious. And if it's properly managed, it isn't that serious. It's not going to become fatal. But if it's not, if there are places in the world that don't have that access, it can be fatal. It can be a really, really tough thing. So all that to be said, what I learned was that I have to take it on myself, be as responsible as I can be, but not get discouraged when there's going to be a day where my glucose is higher than I'd like it to be. And that's just a part of living with it. As your body changes, as you get older, certain things that never affected your glucose are suddenly going to. And there's a long list of things that have done that for me as I've gotten older. So I had to start to rely on my community, my friends, my family, my wife, to support me in my journey and take some of that pressure off. Because if I try to do it on myself, it's going to have a greater mental and emotional impact than I ever realized when I was young. And it's going to just make the day in day out process of living with the disease that much harder. So if there's any sort of summary in there, it would be to say for your young patients, encourage them to lean on their friends, their family, their circle of trust, because that's what will help them through those tough moments where there's the emotional hurdle and also the physical, which is completely out of your control. Well said. Great. Now tell us what your advice would be guys. You know, I kind of wrote that for Nick to read. So it kind of covers it. I will say that we did something recently where we had a person come in that was a doctor and somebody that also has type 1 and they walked us through pretty much everything about diabetes, in layman's terms for us, and also showed us different devices and showed us certain pens, glucose pens, and how to use them in case of emergency and what are the signs and how to speak to somebody that has diabetes and communicate and when to check in with them and their blood sugar is low. They all, correct me if I'm wrong, Nick, this is what we learned. This is my test. And how to kind of have that conversation of checking in with your friend if what is their low number to the point where they feel like, hey, you can check in on me. If it's at a certain number, like I'm fine. I'll handle it. But if it goes lower, just I got, I need help. But it was really educational. It was really great. And yeah, so. And I think it was cool because we obviously have been around you, Nick, now for how many years is it actually? November will be 21 years. Wow, 21 years. We have been, you know, beside you while you've been dealing with this disease. And it's still great to be reeducated and have a tune up on our education to make sure that we're prepared. And I was trying to give you props earlier because I was just saying the amount of things you have to deal with on a daily basis. I think something that she, the incredible person that we were working with mentioned was like every step you take, Nick is taking infinite number more steps every time that they do anything in their day. Like it's 20 to 30 more decisions every day with every single decision. And I think that really rang true to me. I was like, wow, not even thinking, okay, I'm going to eat this. I'm going to work out on stage. I'm going to go for a swim. I'm going to do whatever it may be. Those quick little decisions you make in your daily life are so much more compounded having type one diabetes. And I think that really stayed with me. Nice, we move on. Hi, I want to know if you have any recommendation for a friend that is having an affair with a married man. I know it's very horrible to say it like that, but well, the situation, she just got divorced. So I think her first thing to do was having an affair with this man. And she's having a great time, but I don't know, I don't think it's a good idea. Could you tell me something? Any recommendation to her? Recommendation, stop. But is this, I'm confused. I think she knows this friend very, very well. Almost like the back of her hand. Well, perhaps she might be this person. Well, I was trying to be subtle. Can you make me a birdhouse or something? Sorry, I just want to back it up here. Her friend is having an affair. With a married man. She just got the friend, her friend just got divorced. And then now she's having an affair. Now she's having a quote, great time. Well, any advice? I mean, I think we can't give her advice. She's going to make up her own mind about the situation. But I think your advice to her being her friend is probably, I don't know, you need to have, you should probably not do this. You should probably just sit her down and be like, hey, I care about you. This affects way more people than just you. You might need to realize that. Also, the married man has a ton of responsibility in this. Let's not overlook that. Yeah, absolutely, of course. But I think she's not friends with that guy. She's friends with her friend, who's the one that's the homewrecker in the situation. Sure, I think if she's asking advice for her friend, then I think, you know, she clearly has a dilemma of conscience, right? There's an understanding that this is inherently not something that they should be doing, right? Which is why they are asking for advice on what to do. Without judgment, because I'm not judging anybody, that sets the stage for the conversation, which is that they know morally they feel conflicted, okay? I'm being very careful how I navigate this because I don't want to step in any poop here. Now that we know that they feel morally conflicted, I would say to the friend, you should listen to that. And to your point, Joe, it is your decision to make. No one can influence you to a point or make you feel so bad that you make a decision and change the outcome. But listen to that inner voice that's saying, hey, if you're feeling conflicted, there's something there to listen to. And then in addition to that, I would say, she is not the only one who has engaged in this thing, which is potentially problematic. The man has responsibility too. He is the married party, she is divorced. There's a responsibility there. Yeah. Where's Judge Judy? Let's get her in here. Yeah. Give us a judgment. Yeah, I think that's, that seems like something. I think if you feel it, you should probably talk about it. Amen. It's great advice, Joe. Got anything, Kev? You kind of covered it. It's kind of, there's not much left to do there. No thoughts. Not one. Sure, it's, at this point, she's, I was trying to not be as coy as you, Nick, but yes, if it is in fact something she's dealing with, then I think she, like you said, Nick, there is definitely already a conflict and she needs to either make that resolved or have a conversation about where the future lies for the future decisions because the decisions so far are not ones that she feels probably 100% with. And this is her friend that she's not excited about. But we could be wrong. It could be a friend. And if it is a friend, I think be a friend, but tell them the real how you feel because sometimes they just need to hear the truth. Yes. Facts. Should we listen to more? We have one more. Sure. One more, one of us. I have been with my boyfriend for five years and we've lived together for three and I don't know how to tell him that I'm ready for the next step. But I don't think that he's ready. Anyway, I just don't know how much longer I should wait. And I don't know what to do because we're both happy and I do love him. But I just need us to be on the same path. So I'm hoping that you guys can hopefully help me out. And yeah, I love you all. Okay. My name is Emily, by the way. Bye. Thank you, Emily. You know, I didn't really, she wasn't particular on what the next step was, guys. It could be getting a dog. The assumption is marriage. That's an assumption. She didn't specify. Should we go with that as this conversation or should we go somewhere else, Joe? I'm just saying. Going to dinner. The next step, where should we have dinner? All right. Let's assume just for the sake of the argument, the next step is engagement and then a wedding. Totally. Right. I think at this point, the fact that she's here and saying, I'm ready for the next step, you're there then. That's the next step is you have to have the conversation or talk about it because she's already made her established decision that that's next. And if he's never going to get there, it's better to know now than waste another five years. If that's what you wanted out of a relationship. But it's tough because you know, they're happy. She doesn't want to mess up a bad thing. There's happy and then there's still wanting more. And from what she just said, I'm ready. She wants more. Start leaving hints around the house. I was going to say that a little rom-com game would be good. That's my advice. Because you know what? What do you have to lose? Treat it like a rom-com. Just be like, oh, wow. Susie just got the nicest ring. Look. And he'd be like, oh, that's nice. She's like, wow. Oh my gosh. That's crazy. I can't remember. I think, wow. I think she's a size eight ring. I'm a size nine. That's so crazy. And we wear it on the same finger. I was like, oh, drop subtle hints. Drop subtle hints. Like what size ring are you? I'm an eight. Yeah. Right? Right. That's subtle. Oh, wow. Wow. If we got married, like say, say we got married, like where would you want to get married? Yeah. Little subtle things like that. Oh yeah. Do you know, would we like honeymoon in like this place if we ever got married? I've never like, I've never thought about the honeymoon, but if you had to think about it. Yeah. Where would you want to? The honeymoon is like the less pressure because it's the fun thing after. So it's like, oh, you can play marry, ****, kill. Walk us through that. And I hope he says two out of three. With two of her friends. That could get really bad. Okay. I didn't suggest that. Now it got really interesting. You play marry, eff, kill with two of your friends and your boyfriend. That's horrible. Bad advice. Advice. Maybe just two random people. Just ask him the question. Hey, what do you see as the next step for us? I'd love to talk about it. Hey, what do you see as the next step for the rest of our lives? What are you doing? Why don't you propose? Yeah. There you go. You propose and then we'll see what happens. You say, here's how you say it. I got it. It's like a beautiful setting. Yeah. Sunset on the beach. Whatever his name is, let's go for the sake of this. Let's just call him Micah. Ricardo. If we were to play a game of marry, eff, kill. Would you marry me? Or would you ******* kill me? On that note. Great. Bye-bye.