Reality Gays with Mattie and Poodle · Audacy, Matt Marr and Jake Anthony

Interview with Elise of Before the 90 Days

April 8, 2026·28 min·2 clips

Elise reveals her first fiancé died hiding things from her — and now she sees the same secrecy patterns in Josh from Before the 90 Days.

Elyse Benson comes in already beloved. The hosts greet her like returning pod family, all affection and noisy shorthand, then shove straight into the mess. The yacht-broker bit lands first. One host calls the job title suspiciously vague, then admits that, fine, yes, it can be real. Nat becomes the sore spot. The conversation turns from a pile-on into Elyse trying to figure out where her anger actually belonged. She does not fully let herself off the hook. She says her frustration hit Nat when it should have gone more directly at Josh, because the whole setup already felt bent out of shape. That is the turn. Under the jokes, Elyse sounds like someone replaying the arrival scene and still hearing warning bells. The airport pickup still stings. She had flown around the world, got greeted through Joshua's buddy energy, and then had to process another woman in the housing picture. The hosts grab that contradiction fast. If Nat was only a friend, the rental arrangement made everything feel stranger, not cleaner. Chris also hangs over the room. A screener-only scene apparently showed Chris and Joshua in an oddly intimate soapy moment, and the hosts clearly want the missing context. TLC gets a little side-eye. The interview works because nobody pretends the edited show gave viewers neat answers. By the end, it softens again. Elyse drops her Instagram, gets teased for nearly offering too much information, and leaves with the hosts cheering on her chaos.

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A loose, funny guest spot that turns reality TV friction into a lively hangout.

Reality Gays gives Elyse Benson a loose, funny guest spot that keeps coming back to the tension around Josh and Nat. The hosts let her steer the chaos while still pushing on the parts that felt off, and Elyse answers with a mix of defensiveness and delight that keeps the…

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For when you want Elyse Benson explaining reality-TV chaos with zero chill.

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