The “real” Italians are heading home, but not before Marcelo gets to experience photo inception. Tayla calls out the double standards for nights out, how many FaceTimes is too many? Marcello thinks the world revolves around him, but seriously, a certain company should know better.
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55:09
Grand Final at The Montoyas
Marcelos mum Litiana gives questionable home remedy advice, red onion and banana leaves anyone? Tayla shares a childhood aspiration about business class lounges… to work in one and get to eat the leftover food! The twins are about to go embark on their flight, place your beats now for who’s going to crack first; the girls or Tayla?
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Farewell to the iPhone
Tayla teaches Marcelo about periods, cycle syncing in the Montoyas household is a real threat for future Marcelo. The “real” Lombardis come to stay from Italy, Tayla’s mum Sue rolls out the red carpet but fails to plan any activities?! Marcelo goes full off grid, the PS5 is out and the new a brick phone is moving in, but how long will it last?
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Just Come Home
Marcelo gets booked for a manzilian wax. His mum Litiana falls victim to a pyramid scheme, lime water anyone? And Tayla battles a Facebook marketplace buyer with unrealistic expectations.
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I'm calling the cops
Horror movies are for adrenaline junkies, Tayla wrote her thesis on it back way back when. It’s safe to say she’s a junky while Marcelo is anything but.Marcelo’s mum Litiana baby sits the twins for the first time and someone goes missing! Finally don’t ask Tayla where the scissors are, she has no idea.
Rugby League star Marcelo Montoya is a clean freak who makes sure everything in his life is ”just so”. His wife Tayla thrives on annoying her husband with her form of hilarious disorder, constantly keeping him on his toes. Once they start talking, the conversation could end up anywhere. Join in as The Montoya’s lift the curtain on the life and relationship of Aussie imports assimilating into New Zealand as a newly married couple. Think Keeping Up with the Kardashians crossed with Modern Family and tune in for the podcast you never knew you needed. Follow: @themontoyaspodcast on TikTok and Instagram About The Hosts: Tayla Montoya is an ex-cheerleader with her roots from a large Italian Australian family, with all the passion and fire that comes with that. Most importantly, she is like that friend at the BBQ that is constantly surprising the group with a new questionable take, internet-based obsession or just something to annoy her husband. Marcelo Montoya is a Fijian Australian professional rugby league player and brings insight into what it actually means to be a professional sportsman. He is a little bit bogan, and a whole lot of a perfectionist. He strives for everything in his life to be centered and deliberate so he can perform at the highest level, while contending with his wife’s need to try and throw him off balance.
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