So my producer Rebecca went on a date this past weekend, she went out with a guy and they met up

with some of the guys friends at a different event. And she had an extremely funny, well, I find

it funny at least, interaction with one of her date friends. He asked her, the date's friend

asked her what she did for a living and she said, oh, I work in conservative media. And the guy

immediately starts spouting off his favorite conservative media personalities. He goes, oh, I love

Ben Shapiro. I listen to Charlie Kirk. And then he says, Liz Wheeler's okay. And he didn't know,

by the way, that my producer Rebecca works with me. He just volunteered that. And so she said,

oh, why is Liz Wheeler just okay? Tell me what you don't like. And he names three things that

he didn't like, which I thought would be fun to share with you. His first concern was that I

preach traditional values, family centric principles. And yet, I'm not a sad home mom. I work and

I don't stay home with my children. And I'd like to respond to that by saying, actually, I do

stay home with my daughter. I don't have child care. My husband's a medical provider who works longer

shifts on fewer days. And so he and I do the child care together. We actually are very family

centric. My child does not go to daycare. I don't have a nanny. I am with her 90% of the day,

except when I'm filming here usually after she goes to bed or while she's napping or before she

wakes up. So just just a little tidbit of information. And the reason I'm addressing this is

actually a lot of people ask me this question. So his second concern was that I preach traditional

values and family centric principles. But I did not take my husband's last name. And the answer

to that is, well, first of all, I was famous before I married my husband. So my name recognition

is my brand, Liz Wheeler is the name that people recognize that they associate with me. So

there would have been some kind of brand sacrifice had I changed my name. But that's not actually

the reason why I don't publicly use my husband's last name. I do legally use my husband's last name.

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