What is up, Daddy, gang?

It is your founding father, Alex Cooper, with Call Her Daddy.

Lucy Hale, welcome to Call Her Daddy.

Thank you.

I am so happy that I'm finally meeting you.

This is happening.

We're here.

We're here.

I was just saying your room is exactly how I thought it would make me feel. Cozy. This is so great. Thank you for. Cozy. You also just told me that your mom is a fan of Call her Daddy so I'm immediately like bow down Mama Hale. Hi, Julie. Yeah, I was talking to her last night and she was just like, how's your jet like what What are you doing tomorrow? I was like, I'm actually doing a podcast. And she goes, which one? It's like, call her daddy. She goes, I love call her daddy. I was like, mom. She knows, she knows all the cool things. She actually like keeps me young. I love that for you. And I love that for me because a mother liking the show is the highest compliment. So hello, Julie, you're doing so many things right.

I want to go back to the beginning because I feel like, obviously, we've seen you on television, but maybe there are people that are like, where are you from? I don't know you. So you are you, Lucy? Let's get into it. I'm still figuring it out. Yeah. So obviously you moved to L.A. super young, but you grew up in Memphis, Tennessee.

I did.

Can you talk to me aboutA. super young, but you grew up in Memphis, Tennessee.

I did.

Can you talk to me about, like, what were you like as a child?

I lived in Tennessee so I was 15 and kind of split a lot of my time with my mom who is in Memphis and my dad who lived in Mississippi.

Very simple upbringing, like two hardworking parents.

My dad's a farmer.

My mom was a nurse.

I was a very sensitive child.

I still consider myself a sensitive gal, which I now view is like a good thing.

But growing up, you know, I was having, I just felt like very emotional and very kind of

misunderstood, which is I think why I wanted to become an entertainer because I felt like,

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