WEBVTT - Finding Love Again with Cynthia Bailey

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<v Speaker 1>This is the most dramatic podcast ever and iHeartRadio podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the most dramatic podcast ever. I am Chris Harrison,

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<v Speaker 1>coming to you from the home office in Austin, Texas.

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<v Speaker 1>And I always get excited when I have a great

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<v Speaker 1>guest on, but it's safe to say I have never

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<v Speaker 1>been this excited because this woman is someone who came

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<v Speaker 1>into my life a couple of years ago, a few

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<v Speaker 1>years ago, and it was just that aha, that light

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<v Speaker 1>bulb moment that I just knew she was special. I

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<v Speaker 1>knew she came into my life for a reason, and

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<v Speaker 1>she just has this energy in this light that well,

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<v Speaker 1>you guys, you'll be able to tell. It's Cynthia Bailey

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<v Speaker 1>from Real Housewives of Atlanta and joining me from her house.

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<v Speaker 1>Well where else would she be Atlanta, of course, the

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<v Speaker 1>home of Cynthia Bailey. Cynthia joins us now here on

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<v Speaker 1>the most dramatic podcast ever. Cynthia, it is so good

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<v Speaker 1>to see you again.

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<v Speaker 2>It's amazing to see you, Chris. We had such a

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<v Speaker 2>great time. I'm the one and only time we ever

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<v Speaker 2>hung out.

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<v Speaker 1>We did. We hung out. We both had a ided

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<v Speaker 1>you still do. Probably we had to deal with seagrums.

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<v Speaker 1>The drink maker you had yours. Yours was the Georgia

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<v Speaker 1>Peach or something Peach Bellini, and I was yes, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was doing this tropical rose. So you and I

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<v Speaker 1>went to this huge sales meeting. Were we in Philly?

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<v Speaker 2>I think we were in Philly? Where were we?

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<v Speaker 1>I think we were in phil But anyway, so I

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<v Speaker 1>met you and was instantly taken by just what a

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful human being you are. And we ended up having

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<v Speaker 1>dinner that night and just talked and talked and talked,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm like, this woman is so brilliant, She's got

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<v Speaker 1>a thousand side hustles, she's so confident. You just have

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<v Speaker 1>this energy about you, and I will just I just

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<v Speaker 1>want to say this publicly. If you think Cynthia Bailey's beautiful,

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<v Speaker 1>you have no idea until you're in the same room

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<v Speaker 1>with her.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, thank you so much. It's so fun. From that night,

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<v Speaker 2>I remember you sharing your story about how you ended

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<v Speaker 2>up your journey to Hollywood, and it was so amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>It was It was just really really great just to

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<v Speaker 2>hear you know how it happened, because a lot of times,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, people don't know how it happened. I think

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<v Speaker 2>we just like turned up and right lay and it

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<v Speaker 2>just worked out for us. But it's always a story

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<v Speaker 2>and it's always a process.

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<v Speaker 1>People see the top, you know, ten percent of the iceberg, right.

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<v Speaker 1>They see it when you hit the Bachelor Bachelorette and

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<v Speaker 1>you're on national TV. You're like, oh, look he's here,

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<v Speaker 1>same thing with you. It's like they didn't see this

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen year old Taco Bell And did you work at

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<v Speaker 1>Taco Bell?

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<v Speaker 2>I did? That was my first job?

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<v Speaker 1>Was it really?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>What did you do at Taco Bell? I?

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<v Speaker 2>Was? I worked the register? Yeah? I worked the register

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<v Speaker 2>and I moved up. I was like there for maybe

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<v Speaker 2>like almost three months, and I think I remember moving

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<v Speaker 2>up pretty quickly.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I bet you did. I'm just guessing the

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<v Speaker 1>line of customers. When Cynthia Bailey was behind the register,

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<v Speaker 1>they were.

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<v Speaker 2>Happy, excited for me to ring them up.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's just say some manager was like, damn, they liked

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<v Speaker 1>these tacos.

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<v Speaker 2>Why didn't you come back again?

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<v Speaker 1>It's your fifth burrito today, man. But it's true. People

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<v Speaker 1>don't see that. People don't see you hustling at Taco Bell.

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<v Speaker 1>People didn't see you at eighteen years old taking the

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<v Speaker 1>leap that you did, leaving Alabama and going to New

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<v Speaker 1>York to be a model. Yes, how scary was that?

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<v Speaker 2>It was very scary Chris. It was honestly super scary.

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<v Speaker 2>And looking back on my life, I asked myself, like,

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<v Speaker 2>what what was I thinking? What made me just jump

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<v Speaker 2>on a plane for the first time in my life,

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<v Speaker 2>moved to New York City from small town Alabama and

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<v Speaker 2>just go for it, pursue my modeling career. And what's

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<v Speaker 2>so amazing about that decision, that very fearless decision. Well, no,

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<v Speaker 2>not fearless. That fearful decision was that that one choice

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<v Speaker 2>in my life totally changed the whole course of my

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<v Speaker 2>complete life. Like I honestly don't think had I not

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<v Speaker 2>got on the plane to pursue my modeling career in

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<v Speaker 2>New York City, I would be sitting in front of

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<v Speaker 2>the Great Chris today, Like honestly, like everything happened after that,

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<v Speaker 2>it was no turning back. But you never It's like

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<v Speaker 2>literally like going into the unknown. You're like, Okay, I

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<v Speaker 2>have nothing to lose, so let me just try. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I've it's changed my whole life.

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<v Speaker 1>But you're eighteen years old and then you get signed

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<v Speaker 1>by I think Wilhelmina, right, and then the next thing

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you're off to Milan in Paris and you're

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<v Speaker 1>an international supermodel and you're not even twenty years old yet.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh no, do you think do you think you could

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<v Speaker 1>do that now?

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<v Speaker 2>You know?

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<v Speaker 1>And look, I know women probably do, but it's got

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<v Speaker 1>to be a different world. Like was there enough innocence

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<v Speaker 1>or ability to do it back then that maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>just couldn't do it in this modern day?

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<v Speaker 2>You know what? Back then that was kind of the

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<v Speaker 2>only way it really happened for most of us was

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<v Speaker 2>to just get on the plane and just go to

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<v Speaker 2>where wherever they sent us to. I mean back then

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<v Speaker 2>we hadn't seen movies like Taken. Yeah, like you're headed

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<v Speaker 2>to Paris and you end up in Tilets.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank god Liam Mason is still around with a particular

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<v Speaker 1>set of skills that could still save Cynthia Bailey.

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<v Speaker 2>But and I don't even think I even had a

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<v Speaker 2>cell phone.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I'm sure you didn't back then eighty seven. No,

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<v Speaker 1>there were no cell phones.

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<v Speaker 2>Exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>We had the big suitcases, right, you had the big suitcase,

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<v Speaker 1>they had a phone on it.

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<v Speaker 2>And I couldn't afford one back then because that was

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<v Speaker 2>at the beginning, like this was all the whole struggling,

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<v Speaker 2>modeling part of my life.

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<v Speaker 1>So I mean it was like, I'm I'm thinking of

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<v Speaker 1>your life. Give me a timeframe from you're working the

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<v Speaker 1>cash register at Taco Bell to walking the runways of Paris.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that like a year a year and a half difference?

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<v Speaker 2>I want to say maybe about two years.

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<v Speaker 1>Two years from Taco Bell in Alabama to never being

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<v Speaker 1>on an airplane. Now you're walking the runways of Paris. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>it must have felt like you were shot out of

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<v Speaker 1>a cannon.

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<v Speaker 2>It really did in a lot of ways. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I was like shell shocked, if anything, because the whole

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<v Speaker 2>time it was happening, I just kind of couldn't believe

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<v Speaker 2>it was happening. It was like, Okay, I'm in New

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<v Speaker 2>York City. I have to figure out New York City.

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<v Speaker 2>Because that was a whole culture shock for me. I

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<v Speaker 2>had never seen anything coming from my hometown. I was

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<v Speaker 2>like just blown away by New York. And then probably

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<v Speaker 2>about six months after being in New York, I got

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<v Speaker 2>a call from my agency saying, oh, you have an

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<v Speaker 2>agency in Paris. Now they want you to come. I

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<v Speaker 2>was like Okay, great, well, let me talk to my

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<v Speaker 2>mom about it. And they were like, no, you're leaving

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<v Speaker 2>in the morning. And I was like, wait, I just

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<v Speaker 2>got to New York. I just figured out how to work,

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<v Speaker 2>how to you know, rather the sub way, Like I

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<v Speaker 2>cannot go to another country right now. But they made

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<v Speaker 2>it seem like it was just so normal at that time.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I had, you know, a couple of girlfriends

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<v Speaker 2>I had met in the model's apartment and they were

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<v Speaker 2>always coming from Germany or Australia. Was just like they

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<v Speaker 2>were always on the go. So I was like, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so this is if they can do it, I guess

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<v Speaker 2>I can do it. They're not freaking out about it.

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<v Speaker 2>I bought my mom for allowing me to first of all,

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<v Speaker 2>moved to New York at like nineteen years old, and

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<v Speaker 2>then allowing me to go to Paris, because now that

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<v Speaker 2>I am a mother, as Mother's Day is approaching, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>and I have a twenty three year old I cannot

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<v Speaker 2>imagine no like just letting Noel go to a different

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<v Speaker 2>country and live by ourselves.

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<v Speaker 1>Well that's what maybe that's why it's it's so triggering

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<v Speaker 1>for me. I have a nineteen year old daughter, she's

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<v Speaker 1>in freshman in college. And while she is a brilliant, beautiful,

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<v Speaker 1>strong woman, you know, I'm excited for her some day

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<v Speaker 1>to maybe learn overseas, and you know, do do a

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<v Speaker 1>semester overseas. But that's different than you were a professional

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<v Speaker 1>woman living alone and working in a very sexualized business

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<v Speaker 1>and it's a lot. So it's very different than hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna study abroad too. I'm a supermodel in Milan,

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<v Speaker 1>right and.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm hanging out going to parties. And I didn't really

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<v Speaker 2>party that much in Alabama, but I'm like, okay. It

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<v Speaker 2>was just everything was just a whole new level, like

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<v Speaker 2>just eating different foods and like learning French, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>just learning how to understand French, making friends because you

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<v Speaker 2>know what people don't realize is, you know, modeling, especially

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<v Speaker 2>the way we did it back then. It was very lonely.

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<v Speaker 2>Like all we did was travel to all these different

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<v Speaker 2>places alone. So I read books all the time. I

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<v Speaker 2>was never in first class back then, so I couldn't

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<v Speaker 2>watch movies or anything. I was always in coach, like

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<v Speaker 2>the worst seat ever, so I would just have like

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<v Speaker 2>my little walkman, I remember walk. Oh yeah, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>my books and you know I would always bring food

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<v Speaker 2>with me, like you just had to like find for

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<v Speaker 2>yourself and just be you know, prepared for whatever. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I kind of went into the whole thing honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>like I cannot feel like this, I cannot get in trouble.

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<v Speaker 2>My mom was like, don't get on drugs, don't do

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<v Speaker 2>anything crazy, because if you do, you're coming back home.

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<v Speaker 2>So I was like a good girl model. I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>I follow the rooms. I showed up to everything twenty

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<v Speaker 2>minutes early.

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<v Speaker 1>All my castings, they must have been like, who is

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<v Speaker 1>this girl? Who's how is she already here on time?

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<v Speaker 1>And speaking of by the way, with Mother's Day approaching,

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<v Speaker 1>and I know you're an amazing mother, let's let's just

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<v Speaker 1>continue to give your mom a shout out because clearly

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<v Speaker 1>she raised an amazing woman that was able to do this.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Thank you so much. Yeah, shout out to

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<v Speaker 2>my mom. Thank you for allowing me to follow my dreams,

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<v Speaker 2>to just go for it and just walk into the known,

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<v Speaker 2>not really understanding even what I was doing. I appreciate you.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate you so much for just trusting me to

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<v Speaker 2>to just take that leap of faith.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you mentioned your daughter, and now you know you

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<v Speaker 1>are the mom. Obviously she's a little older and not

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<v Speaker 1>taking those huge steps you did at eighteen. But were

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<v Speaker 1>you able to impart that same wisdom and that same

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<v Speaker 1>strength into your daughter?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well to some degree. I mean honestly, I mean

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even want to know all to go to

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<v Speaker 2>Costco bar something time, like even when she goes to

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<v Speaker 2>the gas station, because you know, it all goes down

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<v Speaker 2>at these gas stations. Yeah, there's a lot craziness. I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>text me, would you, you know, get your gas and

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<v Speaker 2>make sure I know that you actually are okay? And

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<v Speaker 2>to be completely transparent, I should track her on her

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<v Speaker 2>on her car to make sure I know where she is.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's just not it's just for peace of mind.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, I'm not I'm really super concerned with where

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<v Speaker 2>she's going or who she's going with per se. But

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<v Speaker 2>it's just like just so I can sleep at night

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<v Speaker 2>to know if she's out when she gets home, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the tracker says that Noel's home.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, you know, if.

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<v Speaker 2>Anything happens, I have some idea where she is. You

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<v Speaker 2>have to realize although I'm still you know, by coastal,

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<v Speaker 2>I spent a lot of time in Atlanta now and

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<v Speaker 2>she's in LA all the time. So you know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>peace of mind, piece of.

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<v Speaker 1>You're preaching at the choir. Both my kids are on

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<v Speaker 1>Life three sixty. I still track them, and I tell

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<v Speaker 1>them as long as I'm paying the bills, as long

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<v Speaker 1>as I'm paying for your phone. And look, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>really care where they are on the college campus. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't really care what they're up to. They're good kids

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<v Speaker 1>and they're smart kids. I'm like you, it's safety. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to know that everybody's okay.

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<v Speaker 2>You just want to know that they are okay, because

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<v Speaker 2>you know, anything can happen at any time, especially with drive.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think I know learning how to drive was

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<v Speaker 2>the worst day of my life. The day can roll

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<v Speaker 2>out of the driveway and went to where.

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<v Speaker 1>She was going back right into the trash cans, like.

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<v Speaker 2>I will never have peace again. This girl, this child

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<v Speaker 2>knows how to drive now. So now it's like I

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<v Speaker 2>don't even know. But anyway, yeah, yeah, so I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>the kind of mom. I can't say that I would

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<v Speaker 2>let her go do what my mom actually somehow let me.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, I think of that, But that world is different.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I used to you know, not being the

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<v Speaker 1>old guy that's get off my lawn. But you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I used to leave my house in the morning and

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<v Speaker 1>just wouldn't come back until late at night. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>when I was five, six seven years old. And everyone

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<v Speaker 1>in the neighborhood knewest though back then, right, so.

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<v Speaker 2>The house back then, they were like get out of

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<v Speaker 2>this house, like now go outside and play like we did.

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<v Speaker 2>We were just I would go and you know, would

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<v Speaker 2>gather at my cousins and we would just like walk

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<v Speaker 2>the streets of my town like like you know, like

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<v Speaker 2>we would actually be on like there was a train

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<v Speaker 2>behind that was in my town, so we would like

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<v Speaker 2>walk the rail. I wonder we didn't. We would like

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<v Speaker 2>the train would be coming, would be like, let's just

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<v Speaker 2>like wait until it gets really close and jump off

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<v Speaker 2>the tracks like who does that? Like we were like

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<v Speaker 2>country kids. We did all of that stuff. So I'm

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<v Speaker 2>very I said all that to say that I'm very

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<v Speaker 2>lucky to be a lot, to be honest, because we

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<v Speaker 2>did all kinds of stuff that like.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, no I never experienced, no I look back,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's why it's like you don't tell your kids

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<v Speaker 1>the whole truth and nothing about the truth, because we're

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<v Speaker 1>not going to tell our kids everything we did. Just

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, I don't want to hear everything my

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<v Speaker 1>kids are doing, because it is it's a miracle any

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<v Speaker 1>of us are alive. Speaking of Okay, how are you doing?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you okay? Are you feeling good? Is life good

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<v Speaker 1>for you right now?

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<v Speaker 2>Wow? Thank you for asking. That's such a nice thing

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<v Speaker 2>to ask. Am I okay, I'm okay. I am walking

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<v Speaker 2>into the season of me. This is my season. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>all the energy that I usually pour pour everywhere else

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<v Speaker 2>into Cynthia Bailey. And one of the things that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>really proud of is the fact that I actually have

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<v Speaker 2>started working out and I love it and I've been consistent.

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<v Speaker 2>I started in January. I do it three days a week,

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<v Speaker 2>seven thirty in the morning for forty five minutes and mentally, spiritually, emotionally,

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<v Speaker 2>it had just it has completely made me better in

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<v Speaker 2>so many ways, stronger.

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to ask you about this because you've

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<v Speaker 1>been posting a little bit on social media these workouts.

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<v Speaker 1>First of all, these workouts are no joke.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes they're not.

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<v Speaker 1>And you can look at the guns the start.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I was like nothing. I was like the

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<v Speaker 2>worst person to even think about walking into a gym.

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<v Speaker 2>I could. I was so weak, I couldn't do anything.

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<v Speaker 2>And now I actually have almost mastered doing a proper

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<v Speaker 2>push up, which is no easy feat. Trust me.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, if you don't mind, I know you celebrated your

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<v Speaker 1>fifty sixth birthday back in February, so you're fifty six

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<v Speaker 1>years old, and damn you look good and I loved

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<v Speaker 1>your posts. So you I went back and looked at

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<v Speaker 1>your birthday post and it was you and a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of kind of screw I might screw up the fashion phrase.

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<v Speaker 1>There were onesies?

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<v Speaker 2>What were they were? Catsuits?

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<v Speaker 1>Cat suits? Sorry, I'm an idiot. Yeah, you can tell

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<v Speaker 1>who the fashion expert is and who is it. But anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>the long story short is you look spectacular in all

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<v Speaker 1>of them. They were all these very bright colored cat suits.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's how you celebrated fifty six by showing it off.

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<v Speaker 1>And I love that.

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<v Speaker 2>I did you know what I'm like going back to

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<v Speaker 2>being being in the season of me, I always say, now,

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to live my life in color, like

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<v Speaker 2>I'm fifty six years old. The rest is like this,

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<v Speaker 2>I have to enjoyed this now, like I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to just work all the time. Now, I really want

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<v Speaker 2>to truly live my life in color. So I thought,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, I'm just gonna buy all these different

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<v Speaker 2>catsuits and different colors and just show like color, color, color,

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<v Speaker 2>because I really wanted to. I feel like every I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like almost every ten years I reached.

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<v Speaker 1>Bent myself a little as by the way, I know,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, but.

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<v Speaker 2>It's almost like the audacity at fifty six years old

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<v Speaker 2>to literally like start all over again.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, my new career.

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<v Speaker 2>I've transitioned from reality TV to an actress now, which

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<v Speaker 2>is we all know is not easy to do so.

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<v Speaker 1>But you're doing it very well.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you so much, Thank you so much for that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's my hard work is definitely panof that is committed

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<v Speaker 2>to becoming an actress, a well respected actress, and I

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<v Speaker 2>am actually booking things quite consistently, and it's I'm really

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<v Speaker 2>enjoying the ride. I think one of the things from

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<v Speaker 2>coming one of the things I love that, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>as someone who came from reality TV, is so much

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<v Speaker 2>fun to play anyone other than yourself, Like I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to, I don't want to play in the eventage.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been playing me for fifty six years. Let's try

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<v Speaker 1>something new.

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<v Speaker 2>Over myself, someone else, anything.

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<v Speaker 1>For those that don't know, uh, Cynthia recently divorced. She's

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<v Speaker 1>been divorced twice, so that is what we're talking about

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<v Speaker 1>with this new life. And as someone who went through

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<v Speaker 1>a divorce late in life as well, I also made

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<v Speaker 1>that choice and I appreciate. I called it the summer

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<v Speaker 1>of Yes. As soon as I got divorced. I just

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<v Speaker 1>had a summer of yes. If people called before they

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<v Speaker 1>finished the sentence, yes, I'm in, I'll meet you there.

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<v Speaker 1>I went to the Hamptons with people I didn't even know,

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<v Speaker 1>just met some people in New York and went. I

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<v Speaker 1>did some just awesome adventures and travel and dated people

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't normally date, just to just to shake the

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<v Speaker 1>snow globe up a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>There you go. I love that shake the snow globe. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>that's what I'm doing. I am definitely shaking the snow

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<v Speaker 2>glow of Chris. And it feels really good. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like you know, when you live your life,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't know you know what God has for you,

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<v Speaker 2>and you just have faith that He's just going to

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<v Speaker 2>move your steps. But I just I think my one

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<v Speaker 2>fear is honestly is missing my purpose, are my mark.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why I'm not afraid to transition and jump into

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<v Speaker 2>other things because I just feel really pulled and let

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<v Speaker 2>to you know, make those moves when I decide to

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<v Speaker 2>make them, because I don't want to look back and

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<v Speaker 2>be like man, when I had that feeling in my

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<v Speaker 2>gut to you know, leave Reality TV and start my

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<v Speaker 2>acting career although it was later in life, you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe I could have been successful. Like I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to question those things at this point in my life.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't want to lay on your deathbed and say.

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<v Speaker 2>What if I don't want anyone if know what? If

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<v Speaker 2>I want? I just want to really feel like I

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<v Speaker 2>walked in my purpose, truthfully walked in my purpose, lived

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<v Speaker 2>for the things that I wanted to do, and make smart,

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<v Speaker 2>happy decisions about my life, which is it is my life,

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<v Speaker 2>and just be true to me, like whatever it is,

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<v Speaker 2>even if people don't understand it, like, just be true

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<v Speaker 2>to me, because this is how this whole journey started.

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<v Speaker 2>Had I not been true to myself and went with

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<v Speaker 2>what I felt and believed, I never would have went

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<v Speaker 2>to New York in the first place. It was easier

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<v Speaker 2>to stay. It's always easier to stay and not take

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<v Speaker 2>that leap of faith.

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<v Speaker 1>I totally agree, easy.

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<v Speaker 2>To to just you know, I don't want to say

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<v Speaker 2>not go for it to be mediocre. Just like I

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<v Speaker 2>just knew I was pulled to try. I'm just trying

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<v Speaker 2>trying to find my peace, trying to find my happy,

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<v Speaker 2>trying to find my person, you know, trying to be

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<v Speaker 2>a good mom, trying to you know, excel and continue

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<v Speaker 2>to grow as an actress, you know, all of those things.

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<v Speaker 2>That's it. Nothing beats a failure, but to try.

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<v Speaker 1>And you just said trying to find your person. Does

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<v Speaker 1>that mean you Does that mean you're back on the market?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you dating?

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely?

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<v Speaker 1>Cynthia Bailey is out there, gentlemen. This should spark everybody's interest.

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<v Speaker 1>Her DM should be blowing up right about now. Single

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<v Speaker 1>and ready to mingle. Cynthia Bailey, single and ready to mingle.

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<v Speaker 2>And look here's the thing, you know, I think one

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<v Speaker 2>of the other things at fifty six, you know, me

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<v Speaker 2>being a woman of a certain age, Yes, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, hey, I know, it hasn't been that long

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<v Speaker 2>since I got divorced. But at the same time, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not going to not I'm not going to not.

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<v Speaker 1>Waste time. You're not going to waste time.

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<v Speaker 2>If they if I meet them now, Like I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>going to say I should wait like two years before

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<v Speaker 2>I start, because you know, it's not like I need

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<v Speaker 2>too much grass to grow under my feet. I am

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<v Speaker 2>fifty six. It's not like I'm trying to have my

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<v Speaker 2>first hot gook my first hot girl summer at sixty,

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<v Speaker 2>like like sixty, I need my man to be I

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<v Speaker 2>need a man by then, Like I'm not trying to

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<v Speaker 2>be like, hey, I'm back outside. I'm sixteen sixty. So

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<v Speaker 2>like even like for my birthday turning fifty six, it

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<v Speaker 2>was a little different than fifty five. Fifty five still

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<v Speaker 2>seemed like I was still closer.

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<v Speaker 1>To fifty, right, you can still you still got one

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<v Speaker 1>foot in the other circle.

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<v Speaker 2>Exactly exactly now I could just you know, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>even have to post my birthdays anymore at this point

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<v Speaker 2>because I've always like owned my age and been super

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<v Speaker 2>transparent about it. But now I'm kind of.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I'm by now, have you been on a date

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<v Speaker 1>since the divorce date?

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<v Speaker 2>I have been on a date I have not been

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<v Speaker 2>on many dates. I am slowly meeting people because it's

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<v Speaker 2>not as easy to meet people as one would think. No,

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<v Speaker 2>really not.

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<v Speaker 1>Bizarrely, with all this technology, it actually feels harder.

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<v Speaker 2>It is in a way I don't I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's it's just tricky. You know. Why's tricky. This

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<v Speaker 2>is why it's hard, because the game has changed. People

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<v Speaker 2>don't pick up the phone and call anymore. It's like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I got to find them in my dms,

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<v Speaker 2>which you has time to really take those that off

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<v Speaker 2>r Like I'm like, oh, wait a minute, there's a

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<v Speaker 2>cute guy here. Then I'm like, I'm Riah, which you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's like, you know, everyone thirty five years old likes

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<v Speaker 2>my pictures and I'm like, I'm not looking for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I don't need a pool boy, I need a date.

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<v Speaker 2>Stop liking my pictures. And then you know, anyone like

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<v Speaker 2>for me as low as I would go. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to say the lowest. The youngest I would go is

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<v Speaker 2>thirty seven, thirty eight, and I really don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>go that young, but they they come hard for me.

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<v Speaker 1>They'd have to be a perfect mature.

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<v Speaker 2>The men, the old men that are my age. They're like, no, no, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>we want younger. So they don't. That's just not I

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<v Speaker 2>rarely get a response from them. So and the oldest

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<v Speaker 2>I would go, I would go. I mean I would

0:23:17.880 --> 0:23:20.959
<v Speaker 2>go as old as whatever, as long as they you know,

0:23:21.720 --> 0:23:24.400
<v Speaker 2>looked good and kept you know, took care of themselves.

0:23:24.800 --> 0:23:27.040
<v Speaker 2>Like I'm fifty six, but I'm not an old fifty six.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a young No matter who it is and what age,

0:23:29.960 --> 0:23:32.000
<v Speaker 1>they got to keep up with you. You are a

0:23:32.040 --> 0:23:34.200
<v Speaker 1>lot of energy, you are a lot of life force.

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<v Speaker 1>You better keep up.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right. They have to keep up. So we'll see.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm excited. I don't know if marriage is in

0:23:42.040 --> 0:23:43.840
<v Speaker 2>the cards again, to be honest, Chris, but.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I feel that I get it.

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<v Speaker 2>I am. I mean, if it is great, if it's not,

0:23:48.640 --> 0:23:51.359
<v Speaker 2>it's it's fine. It's definitely not a breaker for me.

0:23:51.680 --> 0:23:54.320
<v Speaker 1>That's how I felt. I mean, look, I'm engaged and

0:23:54.320 --> 0:23:56.720
<v Speaker 1>we're going to get married. But honestly, as we started

0:23:56.800 --> 0:23:59.439
<v Speaker 1>dating and I started dating again, it was not a

0:23:59.440 --> 0:24:02.879
<v Speaker 1>priority my life. I have two beautiful kids. I know

0:24:03.000 --> 0:24:05.080
<v Speaker 1>that I'm not going to have any more, so that's

0:24:05.119 --> 0:24:08.679
<v Speaker 1>not the priority. And so the dynamic changes. Right when

0:24:08.720 --> 0:24:10.240
<v Speaker 1>you're young, You're like, oh, I want to meet someone,

0:24:10.240 --> 0:24:12.240
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna get married, I want to have babies. Well,

0:24:12.240 --> 0:24:14.160
<v Speaker 1>once you've done that, I just want to meet someone

0:24:14.160 --> 0:24:17.320
<v Speaker 1>who's a value add and a beautiful addition to my life.

0:24:18.160 --> 0:24:20.440
<v Speaker 1>And then if marriage comes from that and we want

0:24:20.440 --> 0:24:22.879
<v Speaker 1>to do that, great, that's wonderful and we both do.

0:24:23.800 --> 0:24:26.320
<v Speaker 2>And you know, for me, I just want love again.

0:24:26.640 --> 0:24:30.480
<v Speaker 2>Like I'm a Pisces woman. I think like, no matter

0:24:30.520 --> 0:24:32.480
<v Speaker 2>what I do in my life, no matter how much

0:24:32.560 --> 0:24:35.639
<v Speaker 2>success I have in my life, no matter how happy

0:24:35.640 --> 0:24:39.840
<v Speaker 2>I am in my life, it's fun to just have somebody,

0:24:40.080 --> 0:24:43.879
<v Speaker 2>you know, to travel with a person plus one, like

0:24:43.920 --> 0:24:46.240
<v Speaker 2>go to a wedding with you know what I'm saying.

0:24:46.640 --> 0:24:51.639
<v Speaker 1>You want a person, You want your person. Where's do

0:24:51.800 --> 0:24:54.199
<v Speaker 1>we texting good night? Who are we texting good night

0:24:54.240 --> 0:24:56.119
<v Speaker 1>at the end of the night? Who's our first Tello

0:24:56.240 --> 0:24:57.719
<v Speaker 1>in the morning? You want that person?

0:24:58.480 --> 0:25:03.040
<v Speaker 2>Yes, yes, absolutely, absolutely so I'm never going to give up.

0:25:03.080 --> 0:25:06.800
<v Speaker 2>I'm never going to give up on love. Good. You know,

0:25:07.160 --> 0:25:09.360
<v Speaker 2>love makes it's all about I mean, at the end

0:25:09.359 --> 0:25:12.520
<v Speaker 2>of the day, that's it all kind of comes back

0:25:12.560 --> 0:25:16.600
<v Speaker 2>to love. So you know, my person will be coming.

0:25:16.760 --> 0:25:20.240
<v Speaker 2>I'm just gonna go ahead and manifest that they're coming.

0:25:20.280 --> 0:25:23.280
<v Speaker 1>So you have way too much love in you and

0:25:23.359 --> 0:25:25.360
<v Speaker 1>way too much love to give. There's there's no way

0:25:25.400 --> 0:25:27.560
<v Speaker 1>you're not going to find that in your life. Well,

0:25:27.600 --> 0:25:29.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm a big believer. If you put it out there,

0:25:29.680 --> 0:25:32.240
<v Speaker 1>it comes back. The energy you put out and the

0:25:32.280 --> 0:25:34.560
<v Speaker 1>love you put out. Again, having been in the room

0:25:34.600 --> 0:25:37.000
<v Speaker 1>with you, there's no way that doesn't come back.

0:25:37.560 --> 0:25:40.320
<v Speaker 2>Well, thank you, thank you.

0:25:40.320 --> 0:25:45.439
<v Speaker 1>You talked about life after Housewives. Obviously everyone kind of

0:25:45.440 --> 0:25:47.760
<v Speaker 1>got to know and love you from Real Housewives of Atlanta.

0:25:48.280 --> 0:25:52.600
<v Speaker 1>You made a huge, bold call to step away. Possibly,

0:25:53.280 --> 0:25:57.879
<v Speaker 1>that's a question I have because there was a little

0:25:58.000 --> 0:26:02.240
<v Speaker 1>dinner where you were in Beverly Hills. I believe, a

0:26:02.240 --> 0:26:05.280
<v Speaker 1>little dinner with a little dinner with Camille Grammer and

0:26:05.320 --> 0:26:08.000
<v Speaker 1>Denise Richards, who of course used to be on Real

0:26:08.040 --> 0:26:09.960
<v Speaker 1>Housewives Beverly Hills.

0:26:10.160 --> 0:26:12.639
<v Speaker 2>Le's dinner party. Yes. Yes.

0:26:12.800 --> 0:26:16.679
<v Speaker 1>And on top of that, people have seen some trailers

0:26:17.280 --> 0:26:19.840
<v Speaker 1>of Real Housewives of Atlanta and there's Cynthia.

0:26:19.480 --> 0:26:22.399
<v Speaker 2>Bailey guilty is charged again?

0:26:22.720 --> 0:26:25.240
<v Speaker 1>Yes, what gives? What gives? Cynthia?

0:26:25.680 --> 0:26:30.600
<v Speaker 2>Well, here's the thing. One I decided to walk away

0:26:30.600 --> 0:26:33.320
<v Speaker 2>from Housewives. You know, there was still a lot of

0:26:33.359 --> 0:26:37.160
<v Speaker 2>relationships in place, you know, not just with ladies, but

0:26:37.240 --> 0:26:40.600
<v Speaker 2>with the network. You know, still you know, a big

0:26:40.640 --> 0:26:45.000
<v Speaker 2>family for me. And I knew that I no longer

0:26:45.040 --> 0:26:49.160
<v Speaker 2>at that time wanted to be a housewife or official

0:26:49.240 --> 0:26:53.280
<v Speaker 2>friend of the show at that time, So I don't know,

0:26:53.520 --> 0:26:56.240
<v Speaker 2>like the longer, like you know, once I left and

0:26:56.280 --> 0:26:59.280
<v Speaker 2>I started transitioning into the other things that I wanted

0:26:59.320 --> 0:27:03.200
<v Speaker 2>to do, the other my other career, I just kind

0:27:03.200 --> 0:27:05.600
<v Speaker 2>of like not really missed what Bravo Khan kind of

0:27:05.760 --> 0:27:08.199
<v Speaker 2>made me get the bug again. I will say that

0:27:09.160 --> 0:27:10.879
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, I just felt like, you know what,

0:27:10.960 --> 0:27:14.159
<v Speaker 2>I still have great relationships with these ladies, like a lot.

0:27:14.200 --> 0:27:16.560
<v Speaker 2>I'm friends with a lot of housewives from all the

0:27:16.560 --> 0:27:20.400
<v Speaker 2>different franchises, and I really enjoy supporting them. So for Atlanta,

0:27:20.480 --> 0:27:24.240
<v Speaker 2>I do pop in a few times to support some

0:27:24.560 --> 0:27:28.400
<v Speaker 2>ladies who have really great friendships with And I made

0:27:28.440 --> 0:27:30.719
<v Speaker 2>some new friends in Beverly Hills. I knew, you know,

0:27:30.880 --> 0:27:35.120
<v Speaker 2>like Garcela already and Kyle, but Sutton and I connected

0:27:35.200 --> 0:27:38.840
<v Speaker 2>at Bravo Khan and we become big buddies, and she

0:27:39.000 --> 0:27:42.680
<v Speaker 2>actually invited me to be our plus one to join

0:27:42.720 --> 0:27:45.800
<v Speaker 2>her at Kyle's house for dinner with the rest of

0:27:45.840 --> 0:27:48.679
<v Speaker 2>the cast. And that was pretty cool because he probably

0:27:48.680 --> 0:27:51.600
<v Speaker 2>can't tell you too much, but you can watch and

0:27:51.680 --> 0:27:53.600
<v Speaker 2>see it was. It was the right dinner to be

0:27:53.760 --> 0:27:54.320
<v Speaker 2>invited to.

0:27:55.440 --> 0:27:56.679
<v Speaker 1>So he was a juicy dinner.

0:27:57.600 --> 0:28:02.160
<v Speaker 2>Oh, it was a very juicy dinner for sure. Like probably,

0:28:02.400 --> 0:28:05.800
<v Speaker 2>like I think we're gonna guess more, it will be a.

0:28:05.720 --> 0:28:11.840
<v Speaker 1>Two part It's a two episode dinner. Absolutely. So the

0:28:11.880 --> 0:28:20.000
<v Speaker 1>Real Housewives of Atlanta return rumor is not true? Kind

0:28:20.000 --> 0:28:22.560
<v Speaker 1>of true, possibly true, not true.

0:28:22.920 --> 0:28:25.399
<v Speaker 2>I'm not at this time in my life.

0:28:25.840 --> 0:28:28.840
<v Speaker 1>I'm not interested in being You'll just make some appearances.

0:28:28.760 --> 0:28:30.320
<v Speaker 2>Wipe on any franchise.

0:28:42.560 --> 0:28:46.120
<v Speaker 1>If you had one to join Atlanta or Beverly Hills,

0:28:46.160 --> 0:28:49.040
<v Speaker 1>and I know you're an Atlanta girl, but would you

0:28:49.160 --> 0:28:52.280
<v Speaker 1>do Beverly Hills or Atlanta? What would be your Which

0:28:52.360 --> 0:28:56.240
<v Speaker 1>one would I pick? Now you have friends in both.

0:28:56.680 --> 0:28:58.760
<v Speaker 2>I know that's hard. Part of me wants to say

0:28:58.800 --> 0:29:02.719
<v Speaker 2>Atlanta because Atlanta it's familiar and I have, you know,

0:29:02.920 --> 0:29:06.280
<v Speaker 2>long term relationships with those ladies of well, long time

0:29:06.320 --> 0:29:10.200
<v Speaker 2>relationships rather. But then the other little adventurous side of

0:29:10.240 --> 0:29:13.560
<v Speaker 2>Cynthia's like jump over into Beverly Hills because you know,

0:29:14.120 --> 0:29:18.080
<v Speaker 2>Beverly Hills ain't Atlanta, Honey, it's a very different, very

0:29:18.080 --> 0:29:18.720
<v Speaker 2>different show.

0:29:19.280 --> 0:29:21.120
<v Speaker 1>You could be the firecracker to go in there and

0:29:21.160 --> 0:29:22.440
<v Speaker 1>just like stir things up.

0:29:22.880 --> 0:29:25.680
<v Speaker 2>Oh I don't know, Chris, I'm getting that age. I

0:29:25.680 --> 0:29:27.320
<v Speaker 2>don't want a lot of smoke. I just want to

0:29:27.360 --> 0:29:29.920
<v Speaker 2>actually be the person that everyone comes to to tell

0:29:30.200 --> 0:29:32.800
<v Speaker 2>me about what happened with someone else that like, you know,

0:29:32.960 --> 0:29:36.720
<v Speaker 2>came for them. I've never been really good at being

0:29:36.760 --> 0:29:38.080
<v Speaker 2>the smoke person or the villain.

0:29:38.560 --> 0:29:40.360
<v Speaker 1>You want to be the quiet person that's known for

0:29:40.400 --> 0:29:42.880
<v Speaker 1>the incredible romance and the love story that we all

0:29:42.880 --> 0:29:46.040
<v Speaker 1>aspire to have, and then let's let everybody else like

0:29:46.120 --> 0:29:46.640
<v Speaker 1>stir it up.

0:29:47.400 --> 0:29:49.120
<v Speaker 2>Well, you know, I don't have to be quiet. I

0:29:49.520 --> 0:29:52.600
<v Speaker 2>like being that person who's like the two villains, like,

0:29:52.680 --> 0:29:55.160
<v Speaker 2>I like being the connection where I'm always trying to

0:29:55.160 --> 0:29:57.320
<v Speaker 2>get them back together or trying to figure out what's happening.

0:29:57.800 --> 0:30:00.040
<v Speaker 2>You know. I love being the voice of reason and

0:30:00.400 --> 0:30:03.160
<v Speaker 2>the peacemaker to some degree. But you know, every now

0:30:03.160 --> 0:30:05.240
<v Speaker 2>and then I'll throw a sparkler on the fire to

0:30:05.320 --> 0:30:06.440
<v Speaker 2>kind of keep things going.

0:30:06.600 --> 0:30:08.840
<v Speaker 1>But I never want to just jump in the fire

0:30:09.280 --> 0:30:12.680
<v Speaker 1>but I like that the godmothers of the franchisees got together,

0:30:12.760 --> 0:30:17.000
<v Speaker 1>Camille Grammer, Denise Richards, you got together. I mean to

0:30:17.000 --> 0:30:18.760
<v Speaker 1>be a fly on the wall at that dinner.

0:30:19.120 --> 0:30:21.400
<v Speaker 2>Oh no, it was just wanting to tell you you

0:30:21.440 --> 0:30:24.560
<v Speaker 2>are not ready. You're not ready for that dinner. One

0:30:24.600 --> 0:30:26.520
<v Speaker 2>of the things that I love about being in the

0:30:26.560 --> 0:30:30.040
<v Speaker 2>Housewife family, being in the Proble family is you know,

0:30:30.120 --> 0:30:32.960
<v Speaker 2>you never know, like you know, some of us go

0:30:33.080 --> 0:30:35.960
<v Speaker 2>away for years then come back. So I've taken a

0:30:36.040 --> 0:30:38.600
<v Speaker 2>break and come back come back. It's a housewife or

0:30:38.640 --> 0:30:42.200
<v Speaker 2>friend like they do a really really great job of

0:30:42.360 --> 0:30:44.760
<v Speaker 2>just keeping this thing going for as long as you

0:30:44.840 --> 0:30:47.880
<v Speaker 2>want to keep it incredible, right, you know what I'm saying.

0:30:48.160 --> 0:30:50.200
<v Speaker 2>And that feels really good because you know, once you

0:30:50.320 --> 0:30:52.720
<v Speaker 2>become known for being a housewife, you just don't become

0:30:52.800 --> 0:30:55.520
<v Speaker 2>unknown for it. It's like almost once a housewife, always

0:30:55.520 --> 0:30:56.120
<v Speaker 2>a housewife.

0:30:56.200 --> 0:30:57.520
<v Speaker 1>Well, I was going to ask you that it's funny.

0:30:57.520 --> 0:30:59.520
<v Speaker 1>I was going to ask if that bothers you or

0:30:59.560 --> 0:31:01.240
<v Speaker 1>if it's something that you're proud of. It's kind of

0:31:01.280 --> 0:31:04.120
<v Speaker 1>like when people will still obviously you just recognize me

0:31:04.160 --> 0:31:07.440
<v Speaker 1>from the Bachelor, and some honestly still think I'm hosting

0:31:07.440 --> 0:31:12.400
<v Speaker 1>The Bachelor, and it never bothers me. It's what I

0:31:12.440 --> 0:31:14.719
<v Speaker 1>did for twenty years. It's what brought me into your

0:31:14.720 --> 0:31:17.440
<v Speaker 1>home and into your life. Does it bother you as

0:31:17.440 --> 0:31:20.040
<v Speaker 1>you are trying to break away and become a serious actor.

0:31:20.400 --> 0:31:23.440
<v Speaker 1>Does it bother you that people still kind of talk

0:31:23.480 --> 0:31:26.520
<v Speaker 1>to you about Housewives and kind of want to and

0:31:26.560 --> 0:31:29.440
<v Speaker 1>are excited about maybe the possibility that you were coming

0:31:29.480 --> 0:31:30.880
<v Speaker 1>back now?

0:31:30.920 --> 0:31:33.680
<v Speaker 2>Not at all. It doesn't bother me because, like, you know,

0:31:33.800 --> 0:31:36.560
<v Speaker 2>true to what you just said, it was how I

0:31:36.600 --> 0:31:38.760
<v Speaker 2>got here in a lot of ways, Like it really

0:31:38.840 --> 0:31:41.560
<v Speaker 2>like I had a very successful modeling career for years,

0:31:41.600 --> 0:31:43.959
<v Speaker 2>but it was only when I, you know, became a

0:31:44.000 --> 0:31:48.040
<v Speaker 2>reality star where I was known across the world, Like

0:31:48.120 --> 0:31:51.440
<v Speaker 2>it was just a different type of celebrity. And I've

0:31:51.480 --> 0:31:54.239
<v Speaker 2>been able. I felt like I was true to who

0:31:54.280 --> 0:31:59.320
<v Speaker 2>I was on Housewives, So you know, that same person

0:31:59.400 --> 0:32:02.760
<v Speaker 2>is just transitioning into this other career. But I'm very

0:32:02.800 --> 0:32:06.120
<v Speaker 2>proud of how I handled myself on Housewives. I only

0:32:06.120 --> 0:32:09.200
<v Speaker 2>have maybe one situation where I was like, maybe I

0:32:09.440 --> 0:32:14.000
<v Speaker 2>should not have kick Porsche. You know, Yeah that was

0:32:14.080 --> 0:32:16.480
<v Speaker 2>I'm just gonna blame it on the alcohol, on the

0:32:16.520 --> 0:32:20.120
<v Speaker 2>boat and no food because I was definitely that was

0:32:20.160 --> 0:32:22.680
<v Speaker 2>definitely very out of character for me, and it was

0:32:22.720 --> 0:32:25.160
<v Speaker 2>the one my one regret, it would be that regret.

0:32:25.240 --> 0:32:29.239
<v Speaker 2>But I immediately, you know, apologized, and you know we

0:32:29.240 --> 0:32:31.440
<v Speaker 2>were able to move on. So thank you.

0:32:31.240 --> 0:32:34.840
<v Speaker 1>If you can go through your Housewives reality TV career

0:32:34.880 --> 0:32:41.080
<v Speaker 1>and have one little oopsie, one regret years, that is

0:32:41.120 --> 0:32:45.360
<v Speaker 1>a miracle. I mean that is you are you are

0:32:45.400 --> 0:32:46.840
<v Speaker 1>the point one percent?

0:32:47.480 --> 0:32:50.480
<v Speaker 2>Yes, yes, because it's very you know, those shows are

0:32:50.520 --> 0:32:52.600
<v Speaker 2>like so entertaining for you guys to watch, but it's

0:32:52.640 --> 0:32:55.120
<v Speaker 2>a lot, it's very stressful, it's very.

0:32:55.080 --> 0:32:57.200
<v Speaker 1>The whole show is about drama, right, That's that's what

0:32:57.280 --> 0:32:58.400
<v Speaker 1>the whole idea is about.

0:32:58.480 --> 0:33:02.640
<v Speaker 2>All about drama. Definitely from a you know based show.

0:33:02.880 --> 0:33:06.800
<v Speaker 2>So but I when I look back, like you said,

0:33:07.040 --> 0:33:12.040
<v Speaker 2>everybody gets one oopsie, like okay, you know, can I

0:33:12.120 --> 0:33:16.400
<v Speaker 2>make one, you know, one mistake. But for the most part,

0:33:16.520 --> 0:33:19.160
<v Speaker 2>I felt like I love the way I handle myself

0:33:19.200 --> 0:33:21.000
<v Speaker 2>because I was just being myself. I didn't know how

0:33:21.040 --> 0:33:23.640
<v Speaker 2>to do reality TV. Until I wanted reality TV. I

0:33:23.680 --> 0:33:25.960
<v Speaker 2>didn't know how it worked. So I just did the

0:33:26.000 --> 0:33:27.840
<v Speaker 2>best that I could, the best way that I knew

0:33:27.880 --> 0:33:30.360
<v Speaker 2>how to do it, and you know it's been a

0:33:30.400 --> 0:33:33.160
<v Speaker 2>blessing and a curse. Like sometimes you know, some people

0:33:33.200 --> 0:33:35.080
<v Speaker 2>may not book me for jobs because they may just

0:33:35.120 --> 0:33:38.440
<v Speaker 2>always look at me auality Star, But some people who

0:33:38.520 --> 0:33:40.800
<v Speaker 2>actually are fans of mine will give me an opportunity

0:33:40.920 --> 0:33:43.920
<v Speaker 2>at least opportunity to at least audition, and then you know,

0:33:44.040 --> 0:33:46.200
<v Speaker 2>then I have to go in and like overwork and

0:33:46.320 --> 0:33:48.920
<v Speaker 2>over impress them. And I feel like that's where I'm

0:33:48.920 --> 0:33:50.760
<v Speaker 2>at in my career right now. I feel like I

0:33:50.800 --> 0:33:53.640
<v Speaker 2>have to overprove myself because it's really important to me.

0:33:53.760 --> 0:33:55.480
<v Speaker 2>I don't want anyone to give me anything. I want

0:33:55.480 --> 0:33:58.479
<v Speaker 2>to earn everything that I get, and more importantly, I

0:33:58.520 --> 0:34:00.680
<v Speaker 2>want the respect of the actors that I work with.

0:34:00.880 --> 0:34:03.280
<v Speaker 2>I want the respect of the director and the producer.

0:34:03.720 --> 0:34:07.440
<v Speaker 1>But you realize that's always what has made you great,

0:34:07.520 --> 0:34:10.800
<v Speaker 1>and that's why you've always been successful, honestly, from Taco

0:34:10.880 --> 0:34:15.920
<v Speaker 1>Bell to modeling to Real Housewives to this. Because I

0:34:15.920 --> 0:34:18.320
<v Speaker 1>don't know if it's people that come from the South,

0:34:19.000 --> 0:34:22.320
<v Speaker 1>we have this kind of chip on our shoulder of

0:34:22.960 --> 0:34:25.760
<v Speaker 1>always just wanting to prove that we belong and work

0:34:25.800 --> 0:34:30.400
<v Speaker 1>our butts off and show up and work out and

0:34:30.480 --> 0:34:34.000
<v Speaker 1>just do your job, and it's such a rare talent.

0:34:34.080 --> 0:34:36.040
<v Speaker 1>It's a rare thing, like when you're eighteen year said,

0:34:36.040 --> 0:34:39.000
<v Speaker 1>I showed up to every modeling gig early, and I'm

0:34:39.040 --> 0:34:41.200
<v Speaker 1>sure you're doing the same. You're still doing it now,

0:34:41.520 --> 0:34:46.280
<v Speaker 1>over preparing, over studying, and that is such a novelty

0:34:46.360 --> 0:34:50.000
<v Speaker 1>these days that it's so beautiful to see because it's rare.

0:34:50.800 --> 0:34:53.520
<v Speaker 2>It's like, honestly, I feel like my secret weapon, to

0:34:53.560 --> 0:34:57.200
<v Speaker 2>be honest, I think at some point, you know, I

0:34:57.239 --> 0:35:00.000
<v Speaker 2>think a lot of my modeling success was the thing

0:35:00.200 --> 0:35:03.640
<v Speaker 2>that I felt like I looked, you know, good and everything.

0:35:03.680 --> 0:35:06.239
<v Speaker 2>But I feel like at some point the people that

0:35:06.280 --> 0:35:09.759
<v Speaker 2>were making the decisions just wanted to book who they liked,

0:35:10.160 --> 0:35:13.239
<v Speaker 2>who was easy to work with, who was professional, who

0:35:13.360 --> 0:35:14.920
<v Speaker 2>was going to get the job done, who was a

0:35:14.960 --> 0:35:19.160
<v Speaker 2>team player. And I've always just had a great work

0:35:19.160 --> 0:35:21.799
<v Speaker 2>ethic and just you know, respect for you know, my

0:35:21.920 --> 0:35:25.759
<v Speaker 2>job and just being professional and it goes a long way.

0:35:25.840 --> 0:35:28.440
<v Speaker 2>Like some people like sometimes the nice guys don't the

0:35:28.440 --> 0:35:31.040
<v Speaker 2>good guys don't always win. But I do think that's

0:35:31.160 --> 0:35:33.320
<v Speaker 2>changing in this industry. I think people.

0:35:33.080 --> 0:35:36.239
<v Speaker 1>Appreciate when you and I were together at the Seagrams

0:35:36.480 --> 0:35:38.160
<v Speaker 1>and I see the cans behind you by the way,

0:35:38.239 --> 0:35:42.759
<v Speaker 1>nice plug, Yeah show it, there you go. But one

0:35:42.800 --> 0:35:45.359
<v Speaker 1>of the things that you and I talked about because

0:35:45.400 --> 0:35:47.719
<v Speaker 1>I asked your advice because your Seagram's drink had been

0:35:47.719 --> 0:35:50.120
<v Speaker 1>out and it's been hugely successful. And I said, oh,

0:35:50.239 --> 0:35:52.200
<v Speaker 1>you know, give me some advice on this, and you said,

0:35:53.239 --> 0:35:56.360
<v Speaker 1>don't just put your name on something. You got to

0:35:56.360 --> 0:35:59.239
<v Speaker 1>own it. You got to work it, grind. You come

0:35:59.280 --> 0:36:02.120
<v Speaker 1>to these meetings, you talk to the salespeople, you go

0:36:02.160 --> 0:36:04.760
<v Speaker 1>to the stores, you do everything. If you are putting

0:36:04.760 --> 0:36:06.799
<v Speaker 1>your name on it, show up and do the work.

0:36:06.880 --> 0:36:09.839
<v Speaker 1>And that really I took that to heart. And yeah,

0:36:09.920 --> 0:36:12.839
<v Speaker 1>so we did as well. But that you've always had

0:36:12.840 --> 0:36:15.120
<v Speaker 1>that mentality. I saw it back then, and that's why

0:36:15.160 --> 0:36:16.520
<v Speaker 1>you are such a great success.

0:36:16.880 --> 0:36:18.839
<v Speaker 2>It's the only way for me. It's the only way

0:36:18.920 --> 0:36:20.879
<v Speaker 2>when I'm in. I'm one hundred percent in and I'm

0:36:20.880 --> 0:36:23.040
<v Speaker 2>one hundred percent committed, and I want to be involved

0:36:23.080 --> 0:36:26.400
<v Speaker 2>in all of it because I want it to be successful.

0:36:26.560 --> 0:36:29.080
<v Speaker 2>I want anything that I'm doing to be successful, anything

0:36:29.120 --> 0:36:32.160
<v Speaker 2>that I'm putting time into, I want it to be successful.

0:36:32.200 --> 0:36:34.319
<v Speaker 2>I want us to be successful. I want everyone to

0:36:34.360 --> 0:36:35.120
<v Speaker 2>be successful.

0:36:35.320 --> 0:36:36.879
<v Speaker 1>Right, I want to win.

0:36:37.000 --> 0:36:40.960
<v Speaker 2>I want to continue to win because I wake up

0:36:41.600 --> 0:36:44.960
<v Speaker 2>most days and I can't even believe this is my life.

0:36:45.000 --> 0:36:49.080
<v Speaker 2>Like I cannot even believe that this is my life

0:36:49.360 --> 0:36:52.920
<v Speaker 2>although I dreamed it. I dreamed of this life. I

0:36:52.960 --> 0:36:55.799
<v Speaker 2>pray for this life. But I still get to do

0:36:56.080 --> 0:37:00.440
<v Speaker 2>this and keep going and going to different fields six

0:37:00.520 --> 0:37:05.680
<v Speaker 2>years old, Like that's that's just God, and it's just amazing.

0:37:06.320 --> 0:37:09.440
<v Speaker 1>If you can wake up feeling blessed every day. You're

0:37:09.480 --> 0:37:11.160
<v Speaker 1>doing all right in this game. You're doing all right

0:37:11.200 --> 0:37:15.239
<v Speaker 1>in this game. Before I let you go, because we've talked,

0:37:15.320 --> 0:37:17.399
<v Speaker 1>we've dabbled a little bit about what you're doing now,

0:37:17.440 --> 0:37:19.960
<v Speaker 1>and I know you are working hard to become an

0:37:19.960 --> 0:37:22.439
<v Speaker 1>actress and you are getting some steam and you're picking ups.

0:37:22.520 --> 0:37:24.880
<v Speaker 1>Are are you working on anything currently? Is anything we

0:37:24.920 --> 0:37:26.399
<v Speaker 1>can see you in soon?

0:37:27.200 --> 0:37:30.520
<v Speaker 2>I am. I actually have two movies on BT right now.

0:37:30.560 --> 0:37:33.560
<v Speaker 2>One is called Under His Influence and the other one

0:37:33.600 --> 0:37:37.719
<v Speaker 2>is called Blossom. And I'm actually headed to La next

0:37:38.000 --> 0:37:41.800
<v Speaker 2>and the next two weeks to shoot another movie. Actually,

0:37:41.800 --> 0:37:44.080
<v Speaker 2>my daughter Noel was in this movie with me, which

0:37:44.280 --> 0:37:46.879
<v Speaker 2>no way, It's gonna be so much fun to work

0:37:46.920 --> 0:37:49.600
<v Speaker 2>with her. So I have that going on and The

0:37:49.640 --> 0:37:52.240
<v Speaker 2>other thing before I jumped off Chris is I wanted

0:37:52.280 --> 0:37:55.040
<v Speaker 2>to share a little bit more about my wellness journey.

0:37:55.200 --> 0:37:56.120
<v Speaker 1>I just do.

0:37:56.440 --> 0:38:01.560
<v Speaker 2>Super committed to becoming a better me mentally, physically, emotionally,

0:38:01.640 --> 0:38:04.760
<v Speaker 2>in every single way. So I am in the process

0:38:04.800 --> 0:38:08.040
<v Speaker 2>of putting together a women's health and wellness retreat that

0:38:08.160 --> 0:38:12.040
<v Speaker 2>I want to to do once a year, get women together,

0:38:12.120 --> 0:38:15.239
<v Speaker 2>get all these different experts, like just help us, you know,

0:38:15.400 --> 0:38:17.719
<v Speaker 2>be great and you know, tell us what we need to,

0:38:17.840 --> 0:38:21.799
<v Speaker 2>you know, continue to to be the incredible moms and

0:38:21.840 --> 0:38:24.800
<v Speaker 2>bosses that we are. Because the one thing about women

0:38:25.040 --> 0:38:28.440
<v Speaker 2>I find at will for myself, I'll speak for myself,

0:38:28.960 --> 0:38:31.200
<v Speaker 2>is that I don't always take the time for me

0:38:31.840 --> 0:38:34.200
<v Speaker 2>like I need to. I just keep going until I

0:38:34.200 --> 0:38:37.440
<v Speaker 2>get sick and then that's when I shut down. But otherwise,

0:38:37.520 --> 0:38:39.720
<v Speaker 2>like I used to look at everything as a treat,

0:38:39.840 --> 0:38:41.840
<v Speaker 2>like a massage. It was like I'm going to treat myself.

0:38:41.880 --> 0:38:43.920
<v Speaker 2>But I don't have that mentality anymore. I don't look

0:38:43.920 --> 0:38:45.960
<v Speaker 2>as at a massage as a treat. I look at

0:38:46.000 --> 0:38:48.840
<v Speaker 2>it as this is like necessary maintenance. It's like getting

0:38:48.840 --> 0:38:51.840
<v Speaker 2>your right, like you got to keep you.

0:38:51.960 --> 0:38:57.600
<v Speaker 1>Know, it's called preventative medicine, your fitness, your diet, your health,

0:38:57.680 --> 0:39:00.719
<v Speaker 1>your mental health. It's all preventative medicine. So we don't

0:39:00.719 --> 0:39:02.160
<v Speaker 1>have to take medicine.

0:39:02.560 --> 0:39:04.880
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but it's easier said than done because oh so

0:39:05.719 --> 0:39:09.160
<v Speaker 2>you get busy and then you know you don't take

0:39:09.200 --> 0:39:11.400
<v Speaker 2>care of yourself as much as you should. So I

0:39:11.440 --> 0:39:14.960
<v Speaker 2>have committed to that, and with committing to taking care

0:39:15.080 --> 0:39:18.520
<v Speaker 2>of Cynthia, I want to inspire and motivate other women

0:39:18.560 --> 0:39:20.359
<v Speaker 2>to do the same thing. You know what I'm saying,

0:39:20.400 --> 0:39:23.600
<v Speaker 2>because it is important because you know, help is really well,

0:39:23.920 --> 0:39:26.800
<v Speaker 2>like none of iturs if you're sick in the hospital.

0:39:27.680 --> 0:39:30.920
<v Speaker 1>The older you get, you realize the adage is true.

0:39:31.600 --> 0:39:33.720
<v Speaker 1>If you have your health, you have everything.

0:39:34.160 --> 0:39:37.240
<v Speaker 2>Yes, yes, And I also want to do I also

0:39:37.280 --> 0:39:38.120
<v Speaker 2>want to give a shout out.

0:39:38.200 --> 0:39:40.200
<v Speaker 1>By the way, Lauren Zima is like she's already signing

0:39:40.280 --> 0:39:42.080
<v Speaker 1>up for this, like you you have her. I know

0:39:42.120 --> 0:39:45.280
<v Speaker 1>there's at least one woman that's going to be there, Elsie,

0:39:45.480 --> 0:39:50.960
<v Speaker 1>your biggest fan is already. Yeah. And if somehow I

0:39:50.960 --> 0:39:53.120
<v Speaker 1>can slip into this, I'm gonna I may join it.

0:39:53.560 --> 0:39:56.200
<v Speaker 2>Absolutely because that's the beauty of it too. Like we'll

0:39:56.360 --> 0:39:58.879
<v Speaker 2>like probably go to like an island somewhere and then

0:39:58.920 --> 0:40:01.120
<v Speaker 2>you can like do the and then you can stay

0:40:01.120 --> 0:40:03.040
<v Speaker 2>a couple extra days with your man you know, or

0:40:03.080 --> 0:40:03.879
<v Speaker 2>your woman or whatever.

0:40:03.960 --> 0:40:04.400
<v Speaker 1>Perfect.

0:40:04.560 --> 0:40:06.879
<v Speaker 2>So it's perfect. But I have to before I jump off,

0:40:06.880 --> 0:40:10.120
<v Speaker 2>I have to shout out to all the moms out there.

0:40:10.600 --> 0:40:12.799
<v Speaker 2>You know, Mother's Day is coming up and I have

0:40:13.440 --> 0:40:17.560
<v Speaker 2>very delicious drink. We have a delicious recipe from seagrums Escapes,

0:40:17.600 --> 0:40:20.360
<v Speaker 2>which you can go to secrems escapes dot com to

0:40:20.440 --> 0:40:23.640
<v Speaker 2>check it out. It is called the Mother's Day Tropical Sangria.

0:40:23.800 --> 0:40:27.719
<v Speaker 2>And who is of a beautiful sangria? Okay? The only

0:40:27.760 --> 0:40:30.640
<v Speaker 2>difference is we're going to be adding are just making

0:40:30.719 --> 0:40:33.200
<v Speaker 2>me happy, which is one of my top flavors. You

0:40:33.239 --> 0:40:35.640
<v Speaker 2>start with that, and then you throw in your rum

0:40:35.760 --> 0:40:38.800
<v Speaker 2>and your white wine and any fruits of your choice.

0:40:38.960 --> 0:40:43.480
<v Speaker 2>I personally like strawberries and grapes and watermelon and oranges,

0:40:43.600 --> 0:40:45.359
<v Speaker 2>so you know, you could just have fun with it.

0:40:45.360 --> 0:40:47.680
<v Speaker 2>It literally takes five minutes to make this drink. It

0:40:47.760 --> 0:40:51.560
<v Speaker 2>is the Mother's Day Tropical Sangria from Seagrum's Escapes. That's

0:40:51.600 --> 0:40:54.160
<v Speaker 2>what I'll be drinking for Mother's Day, So I hope

0:40:54.400 --> 0:40:55.759
<v Speaker 2>you guys will join me.

0:40:56.239 --> 0:40:57.680
<v Speaker 1>I know it's not my day, but I'm going to

0:40:57.719 --> 0:41:01.439
<v Speaker 1>be drinking it as well. To you or what, yeah,

0:41:01.480 --> 0:41:04.479
<v Speaker 1>you did this. I'm telling you, guys, this is why

0:41:04.520 --> 0:41:07.239
<v Speaker 1>she's so damn good. I mean, she could sell ice

0:41:07.280 --> 0:41:08.880
<v Speaker 1>to Eskimos and they're buying it.

0:41:10.520 --> 0:41:12.800
<v Speaker 2>That I always say that, I can't believe you just

0:41:12.880 --> 0:41:13.319
<v Speaker 2>said that.

0:41:15.160 --> 0:41:18.319
<v Speaker 1>Cynthia. You are such a love. You are such a

0:41:18.400 --> 0:41:22.000
<v Speaker 1>light in this world. And when I started doing this podcast,

0:41:22.800 --> 0:41:25.080
<v Speaker 1>I said, you got to get Cynthia Bailey. I hope

0:41:25.120 --> 0:41:27.440
<v Speaker 1>she'll come on because you were just one of those

0:41:27.480 --> 0:41:30.279
<v Speaker 1>amazing people that came through my life. Because again because

0:41:30.280 --> 0:41:31.759
<v Speaker 1>we're blessed in what we do, and we get to

0:41:31.760 --> 0:41:35.200
<v Speaker 1>meet amazing people. And to have sat there and had

0:41:35.360 --> 0:41:37.239
<v Speaker 1>done business with you and then had dinner with you

0:41:37.280 --> 0:41:39.600
<v Speaker 1>and spent some time and really got to know you,

0:41:40.280 --> 0:41:41.920
<v Speaker 1>and to have watched you flourish.

0:41:42.280 --> 0:41:46.080
<v Speaker 2>But there was a connection. And I'm so congratulations to you.

0:41:46.239 --> 0:41:48.279
<v Speaker 2>I'm so excited for you. You know, I root for you,

0:41:48.360 --> 0:41:50.400
<v Speaker 2>and I pray for you, and I know that the

0:41:50.440 --> 0:41:53.480
<v Speaker 2>best is yet to come for you. So keep on

0:41:53.680 --> 0:41:55.680
<v Speaker 2>going and I'm going to keep on going and I'll

0:41:55.719 --> 0:41:56.719
<v Speaker 2>meet you at the top.

0:41:56.920 --> 0:41:59.800
<v Speaker 1>Always, let's go we will be there together and all

0:42:00.719 --> 0:42:03.400
<v Speaker 1>I'll always take the prayers and back at you. Cynthia,

0:42:03.520 --> 0:42:06.279
<v Speaker 1>thank you so much for joining us. I truly appreciate it,

0:42:06.320 --> 0:42:09.080
<v Speaker 1>and I hope to run into you very soon. My friend.

0:42:09.160 --> 0:42:11.919
<v Speaker 2>Well, we're going to make that happen. Okay, all right,

0:42:12.200 --> 0:42:12.640
<v Speaker 2>take care.

0:42:14.160 --> 0:42:18.320
<v Speaker 1>How amazing is that woman? And I know you're listening

0:42:18.320 --> 0:42:21.920
<v Speaker 1>to a podcast, but sometimes you don't need to see

0:42:22.080 --> 0:42:27.560
<v Speaker 1>to understand someone's energy, someone's light. And if you only

0:42:27.640 --> 0:42:32.319
<v Speaker 1>knew her from Real Housewives of Atlanta, I'm not going

0:42:32.360 --> 0:42:35.400
<v Speaker 1>to say you're missing out, but man, that is barely

0:42:35.440 --> 0:42:37.800
<v Speaker 1>half the story of what an incredible woman she is.

0:42:37.840 --> 0:42:39.920
<v Speaker 1>And I'm glad that I had the ability and the

0:42:39.960 --> 0:42:43.759
<v Speaker 1>platform to hopefully expose her to even more people that

0:42:43.800 --> 0:42:48.320
<v Speaker 1>didn't know her, because she is just an absolutely incredible woman.

0:42:48.719 --> 0:42:51.160
<v Speaker 1>Cynthia Bailey. My thanks to her, and my thanks to

0:42:51.200 --> 0:42:54.000
<v Speaker 1>you for listening, and I'll talk to you next time.

0:42:54.600 --> 0:42:57.160
<v Speaker 1>We have a lot more to talk about. Thanks for listening.

0:42:57.360 --> 0:42:59.959
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0:43:00.400 --> 0:43:02.160
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0:43:02.239 --> 0:43:04.600
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