In this raw and emotional “Bonus Bubba,” Gene Lasker opens up about a dark experience from his childhood, a sexual encounter with an older girl that the crew now views through an uncomfortable new lens. Seth and the team navigate the hard questions of consent, memory, and how early experiences shape who we become. It’s an honest, unfiltered conversation that mixes Bubba’s trademark real talk with a rare look behind the laughter into something deeply personal.

Bubba and the crew kick off with a quick Morgan Exteriors plug before diving into weekend madness. Gene preps his car for the Dave Steele Memorial, Walker’s juggling T‑ball, and there's a soccer jamboree, and the gang plots a spring‑training takeover. In between the chaos, Seth reacts to a wild protest performance reenacting shootings and a bizarre new UFO “declassification” claim making headlines. Toss in stadium food confessions and movie tangents, and you’ve got classic Bubba Army weekend energy, gears, goals, and conspiracy gold all in one show.

It’s a full‑tilt Friday on The Bubba the Love Sponge® Show! Seth and the crew fire up the new “Lasker or AI?” guessing game, testing who can spot the real Gene from his digital clone. Then Gene announces he is off to the Plant City Strawberry Festival on a mission to bid for a Bubba Army Family FFA cow, debating meat quality, stress, and small‑town auction drama. The guys wrap with food talk gone off the rails, arguing over strawberries, pickles, and which veggies belong in a Bubba Army fridge.