Rudy Jules
Recurring personality on the Bad Friends podcast with Bobby Lee and Andrew Santino, and on Bobby Lee’s TigerBelly, known for the bits, games and characters the hosts build around her.
Comedy · Instagram · Updated Oct 16, 2026
Rudy Jules, called Rudy or Jules on air, is a recurring personality on Bad Friends, the comedy podcast hosted by Andrew Santino and Bobby Lee, and on Bobby Lee’s other podcast, TigerBelly. She is not a host: the hosts bring her in for bits, games and characters. More than a dozen numbered Bad Friends episodes carry her name in the title, the most recent being Ep 339, “Trash Rummaging with Rudy” (September 21, 2026). In October 2026, TigerBelly’s episode notes still list her Instagram, @rudyjuless, under “More Rudy Jules.”
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Questions people ask
Who is Rudy Jules?
Rudy Jules is a recurring personality on two Bobby Lee podcasts: Bad Friends, which he hosts with Andrew Santino and which publishes new episodes every Monday, and TigerBelly. She is the person the hosts tease, quiz and cast in sketches. The Bad Friends notes for Ep 15 (May 25, 2020) read: “Bobby tests Rudy’s loyalty” and “Rudy thinks David Dobrik is funnier than both the boys.” She has been part of the show ever since.
Is Rudy Jules still on Bad Friends? What happened to her? Why is she not on Bad Friends?
Nothing happened that is on the record: as of October 16, 2026 she still appears. The latest Bad Friends episode titled for her is Ep 339, “Trash Rummaging with Rudy”, released September 21, 2026. She is not in every episode, because she is not a host: the chapter lists for Ep 340 to Ep 342 (September 28 to October 12, 2026) do not name her. On TigerBelly, the notes for episodes 574, 575 and 576 (October 1 to 15, 2026) list her Instagram under “More Rudy Jules.” Neither show has announced that she left, and she has not said so in anything we could source.
Why is Rudy Jules on Bad Friends? Why is she famous?
She is known from the shows, not from a channel of her own. The hosts build segments around her: Ep 44, “Judge Rudy’s Court,” put her on the bench, Ep 74, “Rudy’s Stand Up Debut” (July 19, 2021), played video of her set at the Brea Improv, and Ep 170 cast her as “Rudy the Fairy Elf.” Those episodes run to between about 1.4 million and 1.9 million YouTube views each. How she first came onto the show has not been explained in the episode notes we read.
Who is Rudy Jules to Bobby Lee?
Professionally, a regular on both of his podcasts: Bad Friends since 2020, and TigerBelly, where TigerBelly 465 billed her as a guest and the October 2026 notes list her among the cast to follow.
Why is she called Rudy Jules? Why is she called Rudy?
Neither show explains the nickname in the episode notes we read, and we found no interview where she does. What is public: she is “Rudy” in Bad Friends episode notes from 2020, and Ep 99, “Bobby Cries & Rudy Becomes Jules” (January 17, 2022), added the Jules, with a chapter titled “Bad Friends Jules Plays Pulp Fiction Jules.” Both shows now use Rudy, Jules and Rudy Jules.
How old is Rudy Jules?
She has not published a birth date that we could find, so we do not list an age.
What is Rudy Jules’s real name? What is her full name?
Not published. She appears as Rudy, Jules or Rudy Jules on both shows, and her Instagram handle is @rudyjuless. No other name has been published by her or printed by major press that we could find.
What about Rudy Jules’s family or personal life?
Not something we cover.
Where can I watch Rudy Jules?
On Bad Friends (also on Apple Podcasts) and TigerBelly on YouTube; searching either channel for “Rudy” brings up the episodes and clips built around her. Her Instagram is @rudyjuless, the account TigerBelly’s episode notes link.
What is Rudy Jules’s net worth?
She does not publish a number and neither do we.
Who represents Rudy Jules?
No agency or manager has been named by her, by the shows or in trade press that we could find; the public contact point is her Instagram. Ames Create does not represent her; we cover her because people keep asking whether she is still on Bad Friends, and the shows’ own episode notes answer most of it. If that changes, this entry will say so.
Our read
Ames Create does not work with Rudy Jules. This is our view, from a team that works on creator brands for a living.
The format. She is the foil, not the host. Santino and Lee set up a bit, a quiz, a fake courtroom or a character, and her reactions carry it. That gives a two-host show a third voice that is never quite in on the joke, which is a reliable engine for a weekly comedy podcast.
Why it travels. Her name goes in the episode titles and the clip titles, so “Rudy” works like a recurring segment people search for. The episodes built around her regularly reach 1 million to just over 2 million views on the Bad Friends channel, and the same character crosses over to TigerBelly, so two audiences know her.
Brand fit. Right now the route to her is the shows. Bad Friends and TigerBelly carry their own sponsors, and she has no public business contact beyond Instagram. A brand that wants her would go through the podcasts, and should know the humor is built on teasing her, so the brief has to leave room for that.
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Sources: Bad Friends on YouTube: Ep 15, Ep 44, Ep 74, Ep 99, Ep 170, Ep 339 and Ep 342 episode notes; Bad Friends on Apple Podcasts; TigerBelly on YouTube: TigerBelly 576 notes and TigerBelly 465; Rudy Jules on Instagram. Show channel counts from YouTube, October 2026.
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