Morgan Stewart McGraw: Boobs and Loubs (FBF)
Morgan Stewart discusses her fashion philosophy, two marriages, parenting experience, and her transition away from reality TV. She shares insights on style basics, relationship dynamics with her current husband Jordan McGraw, and her upcoming pilot show exploring different facets of her personality.
Summary
Morgan Stewart joins Alex Cooper on Call Her Daddy to discuss her career evolution and personal life. She explains her approach to fashion, emphasizing classic basics like white and black t-shirts, jeans, and blazers over trendy pieces, and advocates for thoughtful wardrobe investment. When discussing her outfit selection, she details her process of ensuring she wears everything she buys at least once, even if it doesn't work well.
On relationships, Morgan discusses her two marriages. Her first marriage resulted from an unplanned pregnancy after one night of unprotected sex while drunk on her birthday—she took a pregnancy test four weeks later and decided she was confident enough with the person to have a child. She subsequently married but eventually divorced. Her current husband is Jordan McGraw, son of Dr. Phil. They dated 10-12 years ago, broke up, but reconnected and have now been together since 2020, marrying in December 2022. She emphasizes that their relationship is balanced, with him being calm and introverted while she's extroverted, and they think similarly about 90% of things.
Regarding weddings, Morgan advocates for smaller ceremonies focused on the couple rather than large events designed to please parents and extended networks. She had approximately 150 people at her first wedding and found a smaller COVID wedding with Jordan much more enjoyable and memorable. She advises against feeling pressured to have bridesmaids and suggests keeping ceremonies brief.
On her career, Morgan reflects on her experience on Rich Kids of Beverly Hills, acknowledging she was playing a version of herself rather than a pure character, and noting she was less happy, more aggressive, and more insecure at that time. She discusses E! ending her shows (Nightly Pop, Daily Pop, and Necessary Realness), which she learned about through a psychic prediction the previous year. While emotional about the ending, she felt it was time to move on after six years of intense work schedules.
Morgan shares her celebrity hall pass as John Mayer and discusses her husband's preference for quieter celebrity crushes. She recounts memorable celebrity encounters, including meeting Rihanna over Zoom while seven-and-a-half months pregnant, and George Clooney, noting that larger celebrities tend to be nicer because they're more secure and don't need validation.
On social media trends, she expresses frustration with TikTok dances and the performative nature of modern Instagram photography, advocating for a return to genuine smiling at cameras. She discusses her current projects, including working on a pilot for a show that will showcase different layers of her personality—the empathetic, generous side alongside other facets—rather than pure reality television. She attributes her personal growth to therapy and work over the past four years, understanding why she previously operated in certain ways and actively changing those patterns.
About this episode
Morgan Stewart McGraw joins Call Her Daddy to give us the advice we all need to hear. Morgan hits us with some hard fashion truths … say goodbye to your cut-out dresses, wedges, and even your beloved ankle boots. She opens up about her marriage to musician Jordan McGraw, and discusses how the two found their way back to each other after almost ten years apart. Morgan shares what it’s like to have Dr. Phil as a father-in-law and whether or not it’s too much living in the same city as your parents and in-laws. The pair discuss everything from weddings and the end of bridesmaids as we know it, to celebrity hall passes, to befriending strangers when drunk, and more.
Key Insights
- Morgan experienced an unplanned pregnancy four weeks after one instance of unprotected sex while intoxicated, and made the immediate decision to have the child because she felt confident with the father figure.
- Morgan argues that large weddings primarily serve parental social needs rather than the couple's, and she found her smaller intimate wedding far more memorable and enjoyable than her larger first wedding.
- Morgan claims that bigger celebrities tend to be nicer because they've already achieved success and don't need validation, contrasting with less successful people who may be insecure.
- Morgan contends that you cannot genuinely be friends with an ex if you were truly in love with them, as the ability to separate easily suggests the romantic connection wasn't deep enough to warrant the breakup.
- Morgan states she was a less happy, more aggressive, and more insecure version of herself during her reality TV years, and attributes her personal evolution to therapy work over the past four years.
- Morgan observed that her current husband reads situations well and can talk her off emotional ledges, while she struggles with validating his feelings and prefers charging through problems rather than sitting in emotional moments.
- Morgan believes investing in higher-priced, quality clothing items that last five years is better than constantly replenishing a wardrobe with trend-driven pieces.
- Morgan claims that modern Instagram and TikTok photography norms of looking away from the camera and pretending not to be photographed are performative and ineffective compared to genuine smiling directly at the camera.
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