-We're back with Sue Bird
and Megan Rapinoe. You guys,
I'm so happy to have you here. I'm so happy.
You have your own podcast. This started on Instagram Live
during the pandemic. -Yes. -And whose idea was it first
to start recording you guys having conversations? -I think that
might have been yours, yeah. -I was like, "They want to hear
from us, right? I know what the people need
in a global pandemic. These guys."
-"People are really sad. I think I should go
talk to them." -I think we should
talk to them. -I don't want them
to talk to me. I want them to listen to me
talking. -With a lot of lemonade. -Yeah, yeah, lot of lemonade. -And how do you -- Was it natural right away? Are you learning about the
best way to talk to one another when people are going to
hear it later? -Yeah, we're actually -- I think
we're better right now in the live setting. So it was IG Live, then
turned into some live events. We did them at the Women's Final
Four, All-Star game for WNBA, that kind of thing. And now that we're doing
the podcast in studio where you can actually take
your time, we're like, "How do you do this?"
-Yeah. -It's very --
It's so much different. -It's funny, right? It goes back to what
you were saying about attention. Like, if you can plan
the special day, then you get in your head. But as athletes, you probably
are, like, a lot looser when it's just about instinct
in the moment. -Totally. Yeah, I find the, like,
performance of the live, I was like,
"Oh, this feels natural." I'm like doing jumping jacks
before and like getting ready. And then we're in the studio
and I'm like, "Well, what do we do now?" -What do you mean
you can do it over? You can do it over? -She's like, "It's the next
thing on the outline." I was like, "Oh, that's right. Got it. And moving on."
Yeah, my segues are bad. -Oh, you're bad at segues? -Mine are decent,
but I feel like I'm saying, "And here's a good segue."
You're not supposed to do that. So I got to work on that.
-We're learning. -Don't tell them
what you're doing. -Yeah. We're learning. -It's like a basketball player
who goes, "Dribble, dribble, dribble." You don't have to say it.
-Yeah. -You guys are very open
about your opinions on things and your relationship. You guys bicker.
That's an actual segment. Bicker of the week.
-Bicker of the week. -And do you find
that that's healthy when you are done bickering? Do you feel like either of you has come to the other one's
point of view? [ Laughter ] -I don't know about that. -Yeah. Is that the point?
-No, I guess -- I mean, obviously your
outlook on what bickering is is different than mine. -Yeah. We do
a little bit of both, but it's kind of --
you know, there's some things you've been in a relationship
with someone for a long time that, like, they're
not going to change and it drives you nuts and,
like, you just got to let it go and there's some stuff
I need her to just let go. I'm not ever changing this thing
so that -- But then, you know,
some bickers happen. -Yeah.
-Bickers happen. -Do you feel like you have --
because there's sometimes I'll say to my wife, like, "Why
can't you just let stuff go?" And she's like, "Do you know
how many things I've let go?" -Yeah.
[ Laughter ] -She's like, "I literally have already
let go nine things today. I'm sorry I had to mention
the [bleep] 10th one." -Yes. That's it.
-Gotcha. -Exactly.
-So do you feel like you're -- Who's more forgiving? -Ohhh.
-Me. -But I already forgave
nine things. -Yeah. Maybe.
-Yeah. Probably you. Yeah. -But you guys, so you also have --
you have people call in and "Are you a Megan or a Sue?" Explain this segment
of the show. -It's just like the various
ways in which we do things, like how early
do you get to the airport? What's your packing style? What are you like
getting dressed, going to dinner? Are you a reservations person? Just all these,
like, little, kind of like, relationship idiosyncrasies. -I will say certainly, having heard your take
on packing, I will say that you, Sue, are an Alexi,
my wife, and I'm very much a you, Megan. I do not plan ahead
for the entire trip when I pack. -It's tough when you get there. -I can't even understand it. -No, look -- Yeah.
-It's so stressful. -Yeah. You'll be, like, showered,
chilling in the robe, like, relaxed, because your
outfit's already picked out, and I'm like, "Aaah!
There's nothing in here!" The bag was 80 pounds.
"There's nothing in here!" And you're, like,
getting dressed. -Yeah. When my wife lets me pack,
it's like three pairs of underwear
and a wrench. -Yeah.
[ Laughter ] -Figure it out.
-Good. -All right, so I have one. So then basically, though,
I can give you a thing and you'll tell me
whose side you're on? If you're a Seth or an Alexi? Okay, this is a little unfair, because I feel
like I'm picking one that's maybe making me
look a little better. -Okay.
-So that happen. -So when I watch TV in bed,
I will put in ear pods. My wife will just watch
on her iPhone full volume. So, like, I'm in bed,
like, trying to do anything, listening to a show that I haven't watched
and don't know what's going on. And it's real loud. Have I editorialized too much
or is this -- -I think we get it.
No, by all means. -Well, Sue has been rewatching
"Game of Thrones" at night. -Can't recommend it enough. -You know what a [bleep]
hellscape that is. Audio -- Audioly?
Auditorily and visually. And I'm like --
-But what are you -- -She was trying to get into it. -I also haven't seen it.
-Okay, gotcha. -But I'm kind of trying
to get it into it. But then we're watching it
at night and I'm like... -Yeah. -But then I'm kind of into it. -There's been a lot
of conversation about, like, what kind of show you can watch
at night. Like, it kind of can't be
stressful, it can't be violent. -But then sometimes I'll be,
like, falling asleep and then sex will come on. And I'm like,
"What's going on over here?" And then I'm always like,
"Is it gay?" -I'll be like --
-"It's not?" [ Laughter ]
I'm over it. -Literally.
-Literally. -I'm like,
"It's 'Game of Thrones.'" -Yeah.
-So "Game of Thrones," not only is it not gay sex,
it's like brother-sister sex. -Yeah.
-Yeah. -We found something worse
than straight sex. [ Laughter ]
-Wow. -You're like, "There's
something worse?" Yeah.
-Yeah. -All right.
Here's another one. So wait I'm --
So you guys are -- -We didn't answer.
-Wait, but what's your -- -Kind of in the middle. -In the middle?
-Yeah. So Megan -- But Megan has, like,
a hearing thing. -I'm sensitive to --
-She's got "sensitive hearing." -Okay.
-I'm like, "What?" -What's that?
-I feel like -- Can I say...
-She has diagnosed herself. -...That I'm glad Sue did that. Because I would like
to start doing that, too, because I feel like there's
a lot of sensitivities in my house as well. [ Laughter ] -I'm like simultaneously
a wrecking ball and also, like, very sensitive to light, very sensitive to things
that are loud, very sensitive to certain things
at certain times. -Yeah.
-What can I do? -But then I'm like -- Yeah.
-But it's all self-diagnosed. -You're like sensitive -- -She was lactose intolerant
for the first year of our relationship. -And then she, like,
got on a real milk kick? -Debunked. Debunked. -You're like, "I actually think
this milk's pretty good." -Yeah.
-I love this -- Here's one. All right. Well, the best is I really --
I'm very heavy footed and so, Alexi -- and again,
people have mentioned it before. My wife is not the first one
to make this observation. But then
the best thing happened, because our third
is a little girl, and she's like the light
of my wife's life, and she has exactly
the same feet as me. And, like, just this little girl
clomping through, because then I'm like,
"Yeah, covering fire, baby." -Whoo! Coming through. -So Alexi would say that I,
when I go to the bathroom at night, we have one floorboard
that creaks. And her argument is, it's crazy that I haven't
learned which one it is. You're saying
she would creak it every time? -That is 100%
what Megan would do. -Every time. -Go out of your way to creak it or just forget every time
where the creak is? -Literally forget every time. -I literally forget every time. -It's crazy.
-Every time she would. -Yeah.
-So let's say, you know, one of us
will have early mornings, right? So when it's my early morning, let's say the alarm's going
off at 5:30, I'll, like, tiptoe. I'll go in the closet. I'll use the flashlight
on my phone. You know, I'm keeping it chill. This one doesn't wake up
obviously. When it's her turn, when it's
your wake up, go ahead. Give them a --
-Oh, everybody's up. -Give them a taste. -We're up. We're up. The door accidentally
slammed. The light accidentally
went on. -And your alarm's just
really loud gay sex. [ Laughter ]
-Yeah, basically. Exactly. I was like, "We're up, babe.
We're up." -"Here we go!" -Whoo!
Got a morning call. Yeah.
No, you're like -- I don't even understand
how quiet. You wake up at like 5:28
before the alarm. How does that --
you like know to -- -I'm working on that in therapy. -Yeah. Sometimes I wake up
and I'm like... -Let yourself go to 5:30, Sue.
You deserve it. -Yeah. -You have a lot
of accomplishment. You deserve going
till the alarm. What a joy it is
to talk to you both. The podcast is a joy
to listen to you both, but having you here in person
is just the best. Thank you so much
for being here. -Thank you.
-Thank you. -Megan Rapinoe,
Sue Bird, new episodes of "A Touch More"
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