Daddy Tissues

About Daddy Tissues

What happens when a woman who has survived enough finally gets a microphone. Gina Sullivan is 40, divorced, raising three kids, and done pretending she's fine. Every week she gets brutally honest — and brutally funny — about divorce, dating after divorce, daddy issues, toxic relationships, gaslighting, co-parenting, and rebuilding your life when it didn't go the way you planned. No filters, no shame, no judgment. Just the truth that makes you say "oh my God, me too." Grab your coffee, your tequila, or your Ativan — and grab your Daddy Tissues. New episodes every Monday.

Publisher

Gina Sullivan

Category

comedy · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

14 Jun 2026

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

8 of 19 episodes have a transcript.

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   1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Permission Slip

   Gina shares her journey of breaking free from the "Good Little Girl" expectations and embracing her true self, offering listeners a permission slip to feel everything.

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   22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Black Sheep

   A few years ago I found an old camcorder in a box... there was my oldest, four years old, right after Christmas, in his little blue robe and slippers... I forgot his voice. I forgot what that little voice sounded like, and the second I heard it I missed it so much I couldn't breathe. And I have a five-year-old downstairs right now.This is Chapter 10. The years in the apartment while the box in my basement quietly filled up. A woman calling my kid's daycare to check whether I'd sent him in with a hat and gloves. Text messages that came in like novels with no chapters. A soccer game, a wedding I never got to, my aunt on the phone saying "Gina, he took him" — and me chasing them up to a door on a Philly street that got locked in my face while my son was on the other side of it. The day my kid told his principal the truth and I had to decide what to tell child services. The thing I said to his father afterward that I've regretted ever since. And then, because the universe has a sense of humor: Aspen. Down the shore. Telling me he and Boston are "just roommates." So I found her, and I told her everything, and she believed me — and then she never called. They got married. Coolio married the other woman too. Two for two. Because sometimes we know the truth. We just don't want to actually know it. I went from being the perfect one to the black sheep. And I spent the next twenty years trying to get my title back. Grab your daddy tissues. Till next time, my queens. 🖤 ⚠️ Contains strong language and discussion of family conflict, custody disputes, child welfare, and abusive relationship dynamics. 📖 Daddy Tissues is a true story told in order. Start at the beginning. Links to episodes👇🏻 New episodes every Monday. Grab your daddy tissues. Till next time, my queens. 🖤 Connect with Daddy Tissues: Follow along for more brutally honest conversations about dating, divorce, motherhood, daddy issues, toxic relationships, healing, self-worth, and all the emotional junk we somehow inherited without asking for it. 🎧 FOLLOW THE SHOW If Daddy Tissues has ever made you laugh, cry, or think holy shit, me too, hit FOLLOW so you don’t miss the next chapter. Everywhere: https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/listen (https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/listen) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033ygF97LFxvu3ZpHysLMb (https://open.spotify.com/show/033ygF97LFxvu3ZpHysLMb) Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daddy-tissues/id1896925409 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daddy-tissues/id1896925409) ⭐ LEAVE A REVIEW That helps more than you know. It tells the algorithm that this white trash right here is worth listening to. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daddy-tissues/id1896925409 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daddy-tissues/id1896925409) Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/daddy-tissues-6514529 (https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/daddy-tissues-6514529) 💸 THE SWEAR JAR Every “fuck” costs me a quarter. Bail me out here: https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/support (https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/support) 📱 SOCIALS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daddy.tissues.podcast (https://www.instagram.com/daddy.tissues.podcast) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTSHPhqwR/ (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTSHPhqwR/) YouTube: https://youtube.com/@daddy.tissues.podcast?si=aqBSaaS0zYP_VPrw (https://youtube.com/@daddy.tissues.podcast?si=aqBSaaS0zYP_VPrw) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1ECbqyrWpk/?mibextid=wwXIfr (https://www.facebook.com/share/1ECbqyrWpk/?mibextid=wwXIfr) Website: https://daddytissuespodcast.com (https://daddytissuespodcast.com) Music: “Do It Anyway” by Scarlett Solo, used under license. Disclaimer: Daddy Tissues is a personal storytelling podcast for entertainment, reflection, and connection. It is not therapy, legal advice, medical advice, financial advice, or a replacement for professional support. Names and identifying details may be changed or omitted to protect privacy. 📚 THE WHOLE STORY, IN ORDER I'm Fucking Doing This → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/im-fcking-doing-this (https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/im-fcking-doing-this) The Roots → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/the-roots (https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/the-roots) The Boiling Frog → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/the-boiling-frog (https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/the-boiling-frog) Let's Get High → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/lets-get-high (https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/lets-get-high) White Trash → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/white-trash (https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/white-trash) Chapter 1: Who is Vicky? → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-1-who-is-vicky (https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-1-who-is-vicky) Chapter 2: Get Out of Jail Free Card → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-2-get-out-of-jail-free-card (https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-2-get-out-of-jail-free-card) Chapter 3: Fan Mail → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-3-fan-mail (https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-3-fan-mail) Chapter 4: The Battleground → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-4-the-battleground (https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-4-the-battleground) The Wrong Bitch → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/the-wrong-bitch (https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/the-wrong-bitch) Chapter 5: Car Insurance → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-5-car-insurance (https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-5-car-insurance) Chapter 6: Don't Forget to Brush → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-6-dont-forget-to-brush (https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-6-dont-forget-to-brush) Chapter 7: He'll Get Over It → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-7-hell-get-over-it (https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-7-hell-get-over-it) Chapter 8: The Box → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-8-the-box (https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-8-the-box)

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   16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Chapter 9: Leftovers

   Host shares her journey of independence, discovering infidelity, and learning to trust her own perceptions in this personal narrative episode.

4. 

   7 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Box -Chapter 8

   Host of Daddy Tissues shares raw personal stories from a box of court documents, revealing the emotional toll of years of custody and support conflict.

5. 

   31 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   E14 C7: He'll Get Over It

   E14 C7: He’ll Get Over It You survive something horrible, tell yourself this too shall pass, and assume life is finally going back to normal. Except sometimes the thing passes… and your body doesn’t get the fucking memo. Chapter Seven picks up after Gina finally gets her three-year-old son home. The emergency custody nightmare is over, court is coming, and twenty-one-year-old Gina believes that if she can just be reasonable enough, fair enough, and easy enough to deal with, maybe the fighting will finally stop. Twenty years later, she is still asking herself whether that first custody hearing was the moment she should have done something differently. In this episode: One very important correction from last week: no, Gina was not “scrolling” on her phone twenty years ago Why one tiny mistake still triggers the fear of being called a liar, dramatic, crazy, or an exaggerator What it does to you when other people create a version of you that you don’t recognize The present-day moment that proves the car accident never completely left Gina’s body Gina’s first custody hearing The first appearance of the neighbor’s attorney, who from this point forward will be known as Polly Pocket How being the person everyone was talking about changed the way Gina looks at gossip “And then I became Linda” Why Gina now goes directly to the source before deciding who somebody is The EMT who testified by phone about what happened at the hospital The custody arrangement Gina agreed to because she thought being reasonable would finally make the fighting stop The decision she has spent twenty years questioning Why fighting, disrespect, and chaos didn’t look as abnormal to twenty-one-year-old Gina as they do to her now The guilt of judging your younger self with everything you know today Why Gina kept going back to the neighbor when leaving him made her life harder A phone smashed into pieces outside an after-hours bar Drinks dumped on her, gum in her hair, and the mascara incident that left a dent in her little Suzuki Why Gina believes the custody situation was the biggest escalation yet of an already familiar pattern The apology the neighbor later made to Gina’s father, according to what her father told her The porch conversation where Gina finally drew a line she would not cross back over “You tried to take my fucking child away from me” Why understanding why somebody hurt you does not mean they should continue to have access to you And the sentence Gina’s mother said twenty years ago that she still remembers word for word: “Gina, he is going to torture you for the rest of your life for not getting back with him. You do know that, right?” Gina’s response? “Mom, he’ll get over it.” Boy, was I wrong. Grab your daddy tissues. Till next time, my queens. 🖤 🎧 FOLLOW THE SHOW If this show has ever made you feel less alone, hit follow so the next chapter finds you the second it drops. Everywhere: https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/listen (https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/listen) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033ygF97LFxvu3ZpHysLMb (https://open.spotify.com/show/033ygF97LFxvu3ZpHysLMb) Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daddy-tissues/id1896925409 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daddy-tissues/id1896925409) ⭐ LEAVE A REVIEW That helps more than you know. It tells the algorithm that this white trash right here is worth listening to. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daddy-tissues/id1896925409 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daddy-tissues/id1896925409) Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/daddy-tissues-6514529 (https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/daddy-tissues-6514529) 💸 THE SWEAR JAR Every “fuck” costs me a quarter. Bail me out here: https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/support (https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/support) 📱 SOCIALS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daddy.tissues.podcast (https://www.instagram.com/daddy.tissues.podcast) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTSHPhqwR/ (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTSHPhqwR/) YouTube: https://youtube.com/@daddy.tissues.podcast?si=aqBSaaS0zYP_VPrw (https://youtube.com/@daddy.tissues.podcast?si=aqBSaaS0zYP_VPrw) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1ECbqyrWpk/?mibextid=wwXIfr (https://www.facebook.com/share/1ECbqyrWpk/?mibextid=wwXIfr) PREVIOUS EPISODES I’m F*cking Doing This The Roots The Boiling Frog Let’s Get High OPI Don’t Lie White Trash Chapter 1: Who is Vicky? Chapter 2: Get Out of Jail Free Card Chapter 3: Fan Mail Chapter 4: The Battleground The Wrong B*tch Chapter 5: Car Insurance Chapter 6: Don’t Forget to Brush Chapter 7: He’ll Get Over It ← this one Music: “Do It Anyway” by Scarlett Solo, used under license. Disclaimer: Daddy Tissues is a personal storytelling podcast for entertainment, reflection, and connection. It is not therapy, legal advice, medical advice, financial advice, or a replacement for professional support. Names and identifying details may be changed or omitted to protect privacy. If you are in an unsafe relationship or crisis situation, please reach out to a qualified professional or local support service. Follow & share: New episodes of Daddy Tissues drop every Monday. If this one hit a nerve, send it to the friend who has ever looked back at a younger version of herself and wondered why she didn’t know then what she knows now, and follow so you never miss the next chapter. Connect with Daddy Tissues: Follow along for more brutally honest conversations about dating, divorce, motherhood, daddy issues, toxic relationships, healing, self-worth, and all the emotional junk we somehow inherited without asking for it. Music: “Do It Anyway” by Scarlett Solo, used under license. Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and personal storytelling purposes only. It is not therapy, legal advice, medical advice, or a replacement for professional support. If you are in an unsafe relationship or crisis situation, please reach out to a qualified professional or local support service.

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   25 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   E13 C6: Don't Forget to Brush

   Host Gina shares her harrowing experience of losing custody of her son after a car accident, revealing a pivotal moment involving a toothbrush and her family's intervention.

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   17 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   E12 C5: Car Insurance

   Host Gina shares a harrowing personal story about her son's accident and the unexpected legal and familial challenges that followed, revealing how fear manipulates and controls.

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   13 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   E11: The Wrong Bit*h

   Host [Host Name] shares a raw account of betrayal and the courage it takes to speak truth to power, revealing the cost of authenticity.

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   3 Aug 2026

   E10 C4: The Battleground

   Host [Host Name] shares the harrowing account of his son's hit-and-run accident and the ensuing family conflict, revealing how tragedy exposes deep-seated issues.

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    27 Jul 2026

    E9 C3: Fan Mail

    Host Daddy Tissues shares fan mail and personal stories of overcoming abuse and fighting for motherhood, revealing how love ultimately triumphs over fear.

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    20 Jul 2026

    E8 C2: Get Out of Jail Free Card

    Host shares her raw 18th birthday story of unexpected pregnancy, a difficult family dynamic, and a psychic's prediction, offering insights into navigating life-altering choices.

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    13 Jul 2026

    E7: Chapter 1: Who is Vicky?

    Host Vicky shares her formative Northeast Philly experiences, first love, and a pivotal moment of choosing herself, offering listeners a raw look at her origins.

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    6 Jul 2026

    E6: White Trash

    A phone call from Gina’s cousin brings her face-to-face with the exact fear she had before starting this podcast: being judged by someone she loved. In this episode, Gina talks about the woman who felt like a second mother growing up, the painful fallout that happened after her divorce, and what it feels like when family love turns out to have terms and conditions. This is an episode about truth, grief, family judgment, emotional freedom, and what happens when someone attacks the packaging because they cannot attack the truth inside it. Support the show: If this episode made you feel less alone, less crazy, or slightly more ready to tell the truth, there is now a swear jar in the show notes. Support Daddy Tissues here: 💸 SUPPORT THE SHOW — THE SWEAR JAR: https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/support (https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/support) Every dollar helps support the show, the kids, the chaos, and this profane little truth-telling microphone situation. And if money is tight, I get it. It costs zero dollars to follow the show and leave a quick rating or review. Content note: This episode contains explicit language and discussions of family conflict, divorce, emotional abuse, grief, and estrangement. In this episode: Gina opens up about one of her biggest fears coming true only five episodes into the show: someone she loved listened to the podcast and judged her harshly for telling the truth. She shares memories of an aunt who was once like a second mother to her, how much that relationship shaped her childhood, and why the loss of that bond still hurts. Then she breaks down the bigger lesson: sometimes toxic love does not come dressed like chaos. Sometimes it comes dressed like family. Sometimes what we thought was unconditional love was actually approval with fine print. This episode is for anyone who has ever been punished for telling the truth, rejected after a divorce, judged by family, or forced to grieve someone who is still alive. Follow & share: New episodes of Daddy Tissues drop every Monday. If this one hit a nerve, send it to the friend and follow so you never miss one. Connect with Daddy Tissues: Follow along for more brutally honest conversations about dating, divorce, motherhood, daddy issues, toxic relationships, healing, self-worth, and all the emotional junk we somehow inherited without asking for it. Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo, used under license. Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and personal storytelling purposes only. It is not therapy, legal advice, medical advice, or a replacement for professional support. If you are in an unsafe relationship or crisis situation, please reach out to a qualified professional or local support service. LC2zcYHakNw22rBVcmH2

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    29 Jun 2026

    E5: OPI Don't Lie

    There's nothing like a fresh bottle of nail polish — smooth, clean, untouched, before anyone's contaminated it. But leave it in a drawer long enough and it goes thick, crusty, expired. Most people toss it. Gina the fixer? She pours in a little acetone and shakes it back to life. Sound familiar? This week, Gina turns a bottle of polish into the most accurate metaphor for fear, hoarding, and that man you keep trying to revive that you'll never hear from. Surviving childhood hoarding ("Barb, pull the car around") to the real reason we hold onto old jeans, old beliefs, and old relationships way past their expiration date — this one's about the fears we were never actually born with. Turns out we come into this world with only two, and moms conquer both of them before breakfast. Everything else? We learned it. And anything you learned, you can unlearn. Grab your tissues, girls. It's time to stop pouring acetone into assholes and start choosing you. In this episode: The nail-polish theory of why you can't let anything go Hoarding as a generational hand-me-down nobody asked for Why "loyalty" and "not giving up" are often just fear in a costume The only two fears humans are born with — and why moms crush both daily How we recreate our parents' relationships without realizing it Staying for the kids vs. leaving for the kids Why it's never too late to cleanse the bottle and start over Follow & share: New episodes of Daddy Tissues drop every Monday. If this one hit a nerve, send it to the friend who's still shaking a bottle that should've been tossed two seasons ago — and follow so you never miss one. Connect with Daddy Tissues: Follow along for more brutally honest conversations about dating, divorce, motherhood, daddy issues, toxic relationships, healing, self-worth, and all the emotional junk we somehow inherited without asking for it. Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and personal storytelling purposes only. It is not therapy, legal advice, medical advice, or a replacement for professional support. If you are in an unsafe relationship or crisis situation, please reach out to a qualified professional or local support service.

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    22 Jun 2026

    E4: Let's Get High

    You did the work. You read the books, went to therapy, drank the Kool-Aid, hauled around the giant embarrassing water bottle. And then he walks in with the right eyes and the right chaos, and your whole nervous system lights up like a slot machine. So what is that feeling — chemistry, or your childhood trauma getting pushed through your veins by the little mad scientist Gina lovingly calls Mr. Trauma? This week on Daddy Tissues, Gina gets honest about the most inconvenient truth in dating after divorce: danger feels incredible, butterflies might be a warning sign, and the high we chase is sometimes just our nervous system getting a hit after years of being starved. But this isn't a lecture about settling for the beige-wall guy. It's about the real question — can love be electric and safe? Can you have the fire without abandoning yourself? Grab your tissues and your popcorn. This one hits a nerve.

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    15 Jun 2026

    E1: I'm F*cking Doing This

    Divorce, dating, daddy issues, and the truth nobody says out loud — welcome to Daddy Tissues. Gina Sullivan introduces herself: 40, divorced, three kids, zero filter, and done pretending she's fine. Why your breakdown might be the beginning of everything, and why when one woman tells the truth, another woman gets free. Grab your coffee, your tequila, your Ativan — and grab your daddy tissues, girls. This podcast reflects personal experiences and opinions and is not therapy or professional advice. Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo, used under license.

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    15 Jun 2026

    E3: The Boiling Frog

    When the chaos isn't loud: the nice guy, the covert narcissist, and how toxic relationships heat up one degree at a time. Gina on gaslighting, being made to feel crazy, quiet control, and the real questions that tell you whether you're actually safe — or just less obviously in danger than last time. This podcast reflects personal experiences and opinions and is not therapy or professional advice. Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo, used under license.

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    15 Jun 2026

    E2: The Roots

    Daddy issues aren't a punchline — they're the map. Gina digs into why smart, self-aware women keep choosing the same wound in different men, what your childhood actually wired into you about love, and why awareness isn't the same as healing. The patterns start way before the relationship you're crying over now. This podcast reflects personal experiences and opinions and is not therapy or professional advice. Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo, used under license.

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    14 Jun 2026

    Trailer

    The brutally honest, brutally funny show for women holding it all together with a hair tie and spite. Divorce, dating, daddy issues, and the truth nobody says out loud. First episodes drop Monday, June 15th. Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo, used under license. KMhkNiUXxswSlv2PKfBQ

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Permission Slip

Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Now, Superman, all my friends knew how obsessed I was with this man. And to explain the obsession, I have to explain the wall. Our shore house that summer was the party house, the keg house. You walk in, there's a living room, kitchen. It's the downstairs of a house. But whoever had bought this house before we decided to rent it had split this house into two. And the upstairs was somebody else's house. Assuming this was done to save money on construction costs, or maybe it was even done for the very reason I'm about to explain, in the middle of our living room was a staircase, a full staircase that went straight up into the ceiling, stairs to nowhere, which, looking back, is the most accurate piece of architecture I've ever lived with. […]

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