WEBVTT - Charlotte McKinney 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.920 It's a rainy day to day sucks like this isn't 0:00:03.960 --> 0:00:09.480 why I pay California taxes. Okay, I pay California taxes 0:00:09.640 --> 0:00:12.719 because I want the sunshine. Okay, So not trus in 0:00:12.840 --> 0:00:16.680 charge here, God, but fix it because rain, no, thank you. 0:00:16.920 --> 0:00:20.239 And if you're gonna rain rain overnight, okay, I don't care. 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:22.200 I'm sleeping. I'm sleeping. Then it doesn't matter to me. 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:24.520 Rain in the mountains or snow in the mountain, do it, 0:00:24.600 --> 0:00:28.400 don't do it in Los Angeles is all I am saying. Okay, 0:00:28.480 --> 0:00:33.960 let's let's roll it. This is the Wells with Wells 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:40.199 Atoms and I heart radio podcast. What's up, guys? How 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:44.680 are we doing today? Me? I'm a little doom and 0:00:44.720 --> 0:00:48.040 gloom because, like I said, it was raining outside and 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:52.480 it's like gross, I don't understand how people live in Seattle. 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:56.760 How one day of rain every three months and I'm like, 0:00:57.480 --> 0:01:00.440 what's going on? Like how my dog has been comes 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:04.240 l a where it's reigning outside and he'll look out 0:01:04.440 --> 0:01:08.600 to go to the bathroom and he'll be like, nah, 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:12.240 I'm just gonna hold it. I don't that doesn't seem 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:14.400 fun out there. It's like you're a dog, dude, you 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:16.039 don't what does that matter to you? You've got all 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:20.640 built in jacket. He's like, I don't know. I'm gonna 0:01:20.640 --> 0:01:22.560 sit here on the couch and just wait for this 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:26.039 to blow over. You know, it's not always sunshine and 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:30.160 bikinis in Los Angeles. It's not. But I will say 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:32.479 this today on the Wells Cast, we have someone who 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:35.959 started their career hanging out in the sunshine, modeling mckinnis. 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:38.959 That's what she lived over in Florida. Her story is crazy. 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:40.760 She knew what she wanted. She actually dropped out of 0:01:40.800 --> 0:01:45.240 high school and yeah, manifested her destiny, became a model, 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:49.640 became an actress, became an entrepreneur. Literally, she has done 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:51.680 everything you can do. She holding the title of one 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:54.880 of the sexiest women by g Q in the world. Yeah. 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:57.960 Was she g q's International Model of the Year. You 0:01:58.080 --> 0:01:59.880 know it was she just in the movie The r 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:03.680 comm In or just in the movie Guesthouse. Yes? Was 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:06.800 she in Fantasy Island? Yeah? Was she in Baywatch? You 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:10.720 know it was she and mcgever, Yes, the newer versions 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:13.600 of those, Just so you know, did she team up 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:18.720 with Maria Sharapova and Mark Cuban on fitness Successories. Yeah, 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:21.720 that's the real money right there. She's done everything, and 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:23.960 that she's about to do my podcast, which I can 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:27.040 only assume is the low light of her career whatever. 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:29.960 It all started in two thousand fifteen, and if you 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:32.359 were watching the Super Bowl that year, which I mean, 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:35.560 I guess that's everybody might have seen Little Carl's junior commercial. 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:37.920 That was her big break. And then since then she's 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:40.440 been killing it on the Wells Gas Today. The origin 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:44.560 story of the multi talented Charlotte McKenney. This is one 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:56.079 guy's you do not want to al right, look about 0:02:56.120 --> 0:03:00.679 the Wells Gas excited to have actress model. I'm gonna 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:05.560 go ahead and say, comedian entrepreneurs on the show, Charlotte McKinney, 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:08.239 How are you? I think that's the best title I've 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:12.000 gotten so far. Thank you that well, hey man, you've 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:15.840 done everything, like I think, the first time I became 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:19.840 aware of you was the Super Bowl, So maybe I 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:22.840 should throw athlete in there as well. Yeah right, I 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:25.760 mean you could call me an athlete, so totally fine. 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:29.440 You're athlete adjacent. I mean, you were on a super 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:34.720 Bowl commercial basically a football player like totally you got 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:40.080 a ring, I assume that year, Yeah, of course. Yeah. Yeah. So, 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:42.800 like I guess the first time everyone maybe saw you 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:48.120 on the global scale was that Carl's Junior commercial. Everyone 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:50.920 probably listening to this being like wait, who is this 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:55.960 and then every guy's like, yep, I know exactly what's 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:58.880 happening right now? Do you do you, like remember that 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:02.119 Super Bowl sun a vividly? Well, yeah, I was actually 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:05.320 doing press for Carl's, so like I did, I actually 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:07.840 went to the Super Bowl like a few days before 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:10.080 and then like had to like work with them and 0:04:10.080 --> 0:04:12.920 and all that, so it was exciting. But yeah, I mean, 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:16.040 I guess that would be like my most I mean 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:18.240 I feel like, no matter what, I will forever be 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:21.599 the Burger Girl. So people definitely just know me as 0:04:21.680 --> 0:04:24.200 the Carl's Junior girl. So try still trying to like 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:28.240 break that, you know, saying, but hey, like I'm super 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:31.599 grateful for it, and it is what it is, hey man, 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:36.200 Everyone needs a break. And the truth of the matter is, 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:39.480 is it propelled you to do a lot of other stuff. Obviously, 0:04:39.560 --> 0:04:42.880 like hard work and talent led to all this other stuff. 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:44.920 But you know, everyone has to figure out a way 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:46.400 to get in the door at some point, and I 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:50.000 think that's a pretty good entrance into a large scale 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:53.279 But you've done so much since then. I was just 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:55.880 going over kind of like your resume and like the 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.640 stuff that I'm supposed to talk about with you, and 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:01.280 it's a lot, so I I guess, what do you 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:03.800 want to talk about first? Yeah, I mean I think 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:07.159 I'm just trying to like get away from that stereo 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:11.240 type of you know, my fan base is a lot 0:05:11.240 --> 0:05:14.839 of men and that whole world of the Carls Jr. 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:18.360 But I think there's just a lot more to me 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:20.320 and a lot of other things that I've worked on 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:24.120 that I guess people aren't so familiar with um. But yeah, 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:26.360 I mean I've kind of just been doing press today 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:29.719 for a recent campaign. I did so just all around 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:33.880 anything you have to ask me, I'm pretty open to. Well, 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:37.919 your acting career has gone from like girl on a 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:42.479 bicycle to now leading movies. I want to go that far. 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:45.080 I mean, you're but you know it's these are like 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:50.400 legit roles on big movies, Fantasy Island, Baywatch, and you've 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:52.279 got some new stuff coming out. I was just going 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:55.440 over the IMDb. There's a film called Phobias that's completed 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:58.880 but hasn't been hasn't been released, Guesthouse, the Argument, Like 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:01.919 this is all new stuff. I think the one I 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:05.360 was most excited about was um it was and indeed 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:08.919 that came out this year was The Argument and guest 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:12.320 House and those were those were super fun and Phobias 0:06:12.360 --> 0:06:16.400 was another just a small little cameo. But um, but yeah, 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:20.919 I'm just kind of working towards that, you know, whether 0:06:20.960 --> 0:06:24.400 it's a t a reoccurring TV role or you know, 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:26.599 a bigger movie role. But that's kind of where my 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:29.600 where I've kind of put my focus on is more 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:31.880 of the acting. And I love comedy and that that 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:35.240 kind of area. So so yeah, I'm just kind of 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:39.640 trying to break the break the mold of it. My 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:44.200 fiance and myself are huge fans of the show Shark Tank, 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:49.080 and I know and I know that you are now 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:54.040 linked to Shark Tank. I guess talk to everyone about Yeah. 0:06:54.080 --> 0:06:56.960 So so it's pronounced Balla and yeah, today we're on 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:59.280 kt l A talking about it and doing a bunch 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:01.479 of things. So I just did at a collaboration and 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:06.080 a campaign with Bala Bengals. And if you're familiar, So 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:07.840 I mean, yeah, I guess people would know it from 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:11.240 Shark Tank. Um, they were on Shark Tank. They got 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:14.360 picked up by Maria. I don't know if I'm saying 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:19.360 it Mark Cuban and um, the Maria Sharapova Maria exact 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:24.200 thank you. So so they started working together and during 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:28.520 kind of the lockdown, it's really just taken off because 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:33.960 it's been It's basically these ankle weights and arm weights 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:36.400 and these things you can basically just wear them when 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:39.600 you're walking around going to the grocery store. They're just 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:42.560 like super convenient. And they totally took off during the 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:45.040 time when everyone had to kind of work out from home, 0:07:45.840 --> 0:07:47.880 and so we kind of were able to do a 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:51.360 big campaign during the time, and um, now it's all 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:55.320 launching and it's been really fun. I remember that episode 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:58.720 very vividly, and I remember Maria Mark going in together. 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:01.960 That's so cool that you guys are teaming. And also 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:05.480 like it just makes sense everyone stuck at home right now. 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:09.880 It's like either you lean into just eating Postmates every 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:13.280 day or you try to better yourself in your body. 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:16.360 And I guess totally yeah, I mean I feel like 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:18.480 I feel like there came a point where like at 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:20.720 the start, everyone was like eating and drinking and this 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:23.240 and that. But then there came a point where it's like, okay, 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:27.320 I've put on like the COVID nineteen. Yeah, like I 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:29.240 need to like I need to get my ship together. 0:08:29.320 --> 0:08:32.960 So so they just like totally took off. And and 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:35.600 it was funny because I got photographed maybe like leaving 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:40.080 air one or something wearing them and and so you know, 0:08:40.120 --> 0:08:41.920 we kind of connected again on that, and I was like, 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:44.200 we should really work together. And I was just such 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:47.040 a fan. I was literally living in these ankle weights. 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:49.640 So the girls and everyone was just so amazing to 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:52.360 work with and collaborate with. And um, I'll have to 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:54.680 send a pair to you and your girlfriend. Yeah that 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:56.920 would be really cool because I need all the help 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.240 I can get because I didn't pack on the COVID 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:02.520 nineteen for sure, I think we all did. Yeah, no 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:06.000 judgment here. Tell me about the Detox bar and the 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:11.160 good chocolate. Oh yeah, so randomly, so totally random. Um. 0:09:11.200 --> 0:09:14.480 Another thing, I just like, I loved this chocolate line 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:17.120 and they kind of reached out to me to collaborate 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:20.480 and we made a chocolate bar together. I I found 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:23.040 their chocolate at a grocery store and then they were like, 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:25.400 we'd love to make something with you. And during COVID 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:27.520 I had I had kind of that downtime to like 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:30.800 do my research, and I made a chocolate bar, so 0:09:31.440 --> 0:09:36.840 that happened. It's basically, like I'm practiced an anti inflammatory diet, 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:41.360 and it's basically an anti inflammatory like tumoric dark chocolate 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:44.600 chocolate bar, so you don't feel bad while you're eating it. 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:49.360 So here's the plan. You can go eat chocolate and 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:52.439 then afterwards you can use the ball of ants to 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:56.120 work off said chocolate. So it's perfect exactly exactly, but 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:58.640 this chocolate is so healthy that you don't even really 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:00.320 have to work it out. So I'm just kind of 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:04.280 here helping everyone live their best and healthiest life. I 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:07.800 love that. Yeah. Alright, well I don't know if anyone 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:11.559 told you, but this show is an origin story podcast, 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:15.040 so I like to talk to like uber successful people 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:20.720 and find out how they got to become successful in 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:23.720 their careers. And so we are going to take a 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:25.400 break and when we come back, can we do a 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:28.240 deep dive and find out where the hell Charlotte came 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:30.839 from and how the hell she got here. I am 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:35.319 ready a good story. I cannot freaking wait. Stick around 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:46.760 everybody all right back in the Wales cast very excited 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:49.839 to have Charlotte McKinney on this show. You know her 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:55.199 as an actress and a model, Instagram influencer. She's now 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:59.640 getting into the entrepreneurial side of social media, helping out 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:02.760 with the ball of bands that are weighted bands to 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:05.640 help you lose that COVID nineteen. You can find out 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:08.560 more at shop Bala dot com. She's also getting into 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:11.960 the food industry with the detox bar from The Good Chocolate. 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:15.559 Go to the Good Chocolate dot com. You've got a 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:19.520 new movie coming out called Phobias is not yet released 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:22.439 out right now that you can go check out Guesthouse. 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:26.439 The argument for she was on Fantasy Island Baywatch. You 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:28.800 did mcgeiver too, which is cool. Were you a fan 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:31.840 of mcgeiver. Are you old enough to remember like the 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:37.640 O G mgeiver? No. I know mcgever from. I don't 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:39.960 know if it was Saturday Night Live or Mad TV, 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:42.520 but I know them from like the they would when 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:44.520 they would like make fun of mcgever. But I never 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:47.719 really watched like the real mcgeiver, Yeah, it was. I 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:51.959 think it was mcgruber was the That was it? So 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:55.040 I knew that, And then I had a had a 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:57.560 few episodes on the Real Show and I was like, 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:01.920 I kind of still thought it was a joke. Yeah, 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:07.600 oh that's awesome. But yeah, thank you for all the plugs. Yeah, 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:11.800 did I forget anything? Okay? Yeah, So this is an 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:17.680 origin Story podcast, and I just am so fascinated with 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:20.320 how people become famous. And I think a lot of 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:25.120 people out there just assume that everyone, just I guess 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:27.920 just is born famous and they don't realize all the 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:32.559 hard work and dedication and crazy odd jobs and burnie 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:35.160 at both ends to kind of get to where everyone 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:37.240 then all of a sudden knows you aren't. You have 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:38.959 a blue check mark next to your name. So I'm 0:12:39.000 --> 0:12:42.760 fascinated to hear your story. Are you from like the 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:46.680 Los Angeles area? No, So that's kind of what was interesting. 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:50.280 And I feel like nowadays, like I feel like everyone, 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:52.760 like you said, it's kind of like born into it 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:57.719 or like a famous celebrity kid or things like that. Um, 0:12:57.760 --> 0:13:00.280 so people just think it's like such an easy thing, 0:13:00.400 --> 0:13:02.880 or they live in Hollywood and know someone, but I 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:06.760 knew absolutely no one from Hollywood. I grew up in Florida, 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:10.960 so I literally had no ties or any connection to 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:17.600 the Hollywood world. And are you, um like an only child? 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:21.040 You have siblings? No, So I grew up with an 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:24.920 older sister, UM and my parents. My my dad was 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:30.120 from the Bahamas, my mom was from Canada, and they thought, 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:32.640 you know, well, I guess we'll live in Florida. So 0:13:32.679 --> 0:13:34.440 I kind of grew up in Florida and going back 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:36.640 and forth to the Bahamas and things like That's why. 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:40.240 So I really lived kind of like an simple life 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:43.840 by the water, just like kind of a beach rat 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:48.160 and just yeah, it was a pretty normal life. I 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:50.560 guess you could say, are not really but kind of 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:54.040 what kind of kids were you? Were you a nerd? 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:58.480 Were you like someone who skipped class? I was very 0:13:58.559 --> 0:14:02.240 introverted even my whole life, like I just you know, 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:06.400 never had too many friends. And then when I hit 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:10.280 high school, I you know, I was this girl who 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:14.679 had like a double D chest. Everyone kind of hated me. 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:18.400 I didn't really fit in. I had no like good 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:22.920 friends at the time, and I wasn't I to be honest, 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:25.880 I really struggled with school. I grew up dyslexic, so 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:29.520 no matter what, I literally couldn't even pass like eighth 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:32.160 grade math. So I was like about to be in 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:36.320 my senior year trying to like pass you know, middle 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:38.400 school math, and I just got to a point where 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:41.480 I dropped out. So I am a high school dropout. 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:43.800 I'm also like at the point in my life where 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:47.200 I'm not afraid to like say that. So what were 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:50.280 your parents saying when you were like, guys, this is 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:52.720 just I can't get through algebra, so we did I 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:57.200 gotta go. Well yeah, I mean, like I hate to 0:14:57.240 --> 0:14:58.800 say it, but it kind of ran in my family, 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:01.560 like my grandfather, my father, and like my mom, like 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:06.280 it just everyone was very just like visual and business 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:09.840 oriented and like just did school just wasn't really in 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:14.320 the McKinney jeens, Like it just wasn't for us. Um 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:18.000 So like my sister did good and graduated from FIDLM 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:19.960 and things like that, but for me, I was just 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:24.000 like f this everyone's mean to me. I you know, 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:28.240 I can't finish any like I can't pass these tests, 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:31.320 so I'm out. So I kind of just like my 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:35.160 parents were like you know, like obviously they weren't stoked 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:38.080 like their kids dropping out of high school, so they 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:42.640 weren't like super excited. So but I did it, and 0:15:42.680 --> 0:15:44.960 I like I I was grateful like they at the 0:15:45.000 --> 0:15:47.440 end of the day, they still supported me and like 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:50.920 they were you know, they were happy for me because 0:15:51.000 --> 0:15:54.400 I wanted to just like start modeling. So I just 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:57.120 kind of said, you know, this is what I'm gonna do. 0:15:57.800 --> 0:16:01.320 I find it very hard to believe that you were 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:04.280 unpopular in high school. I know it's always like the 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:06.320 pretty girl being like, oh boo, who me? I had 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:08.360 no friends, but I really didn't. Like I just like 0:16:08.440 --> 0:16:10.880 I had, like my best friend went to a different 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:13.480 high school, so I just didn't really you know. And 0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:16.720 then like the guys were just you know, I had 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:18.880 a lot of guy friends, which made the girls not 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:21.360 like it was just like it was dark. I just 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:25.000 didn't I didn't vibe with anyone at my school. So 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:28.920 were you doing the modeling like while you were in 0:16:29.200 --> 0:16:31.400 high school or when you dropped out where you like, 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:34.760 well I got to pivot over and do something. Yeah, 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:38.320 So basically I was just like I told my parents, 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:40.000 I'm like I'm going to drop out. I'm not doing 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:44.440 my senior year, and I'm gonna move to Miami and 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:47.160 I'm going to try to start modeling, and everyone kind 0:16:47.160 --> 0:16:50.720 of just like laughed in my face. So technically I 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:53.520 went out to Miami and you know, kind of started 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:56.000 doing like test shoots and things like that. No one 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:58.720 really like I would meet with these modeling agencies, but 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:00.520 no one really wanted to take a chance with me. 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:04.000 I was kind of this no name. Um, I was five, 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:07.920 I'm five seven, I'm not super tall. I couldn't fit 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:11.399 into any sample clothing because my chest was so large 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:14.520 at the time, and so I just kind of was 0:17:14.600 --> 0:17:16.919 just like no one was working with me, and I 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:20.760 was getting really really frustrated. I think I put into 0:17:20.800 --> 0:17:23.680 like a strong year and like just nothing was happening. 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:28.000 And then I had met a one of the New 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:31.840 York modeling agencies. One of the directors was in Miami, 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:33.960 and I got to do like a dinner with him, 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:38.639 and he saw something in me, and we started working together, 0:17:38.760 --> 0:17:40.959 and I started going to New York a bit and 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:45.080 bo like booking small things here and there, and then 0:17:45.080 --> 0:17:47.119 it was kind of the question of like do I 0:17:47.160 --> 0:17:48.800 want to live in New York? Do I want to 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:52.040 live in California, Like where do I see myself? I 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:54.440 think this was like two years in and my sister 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:57.720 lived in California, so so I moved out and I 0:17:57.800 --> 0:17:59.320 was just like suck it, like I want to take 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:01.840 a chance, and like I saw myself like I didn't 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:04.080 see myself fully being a model. I really just wanted 0:18:04.119 --> 0:18:08.400 to get more into the entertainment industry. So for me, 0:18:08.440 --> 0:18:10.399 it was kind of like how can I kind of 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:12.600 get in there? And I thought, you know, start modeling 0:18:12.640 --> 0:18:15.000 and then slowly can kind of work my way in 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:17.320 And that's kind of what I did. Did you go 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:20.840 to New York? So? New York just wasn't for me, 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:23.000 like I grew like growing up in Florida, like you 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:25.840 just like it was too much. I remember I was 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:27.840 there during one winter and I was just like, there's 0:18:27.920 --> 0:18:30.560 no way I'm living here. So California was like I 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:33.280 could work there. There was more work in California than 0:18:33.359 --> 0:18:37.359 like Miami. So so I moved to like Beverly Hills 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:41.240 and just like went right into it. And my first 0:18:41.280 --> 0:18:44.560 kind of big job in l A was Guess and 0:18:44.600 --> 0:18:47.960 then after that, I like book Carl's and it kind 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:50.160 of just like after Carl's it just kind of took 0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:53.520 off when you were in Miami. Did you find like 0:18:53.600 --> 0:18:59.840 an agent or a manager? How does it work? And yeah, my, 0:19:00.000 --> 0:19:02.919 I mean it's just like a sketchy, weird modeling scene. 0:19:02.960 --> 0:19:06.159 Like it wasn't like it was just it wasn't great, 0:19:06.480 --> 0:19:09.400 and like I had like kind of like a weird 0:19:09.600 --> 0:19:12.080 agent that would like send me out on things, but 0:19:12.680 --> 0:19:16.320 it was nothing. Nothing, Nothing in Miami was going to 0:19:16.400 --> 0:19:18.679 really change my career. And I knew if I stayed there, 0:19:18.680 --> 0:19:22.720 I'd literally just be modeling bathing suits every day. So 0:19:23.000 --> 0:19:25.639 I knew I kind of needed to like go somewhere 0:19:25.680 --> 0:19:29.640 and kind of take it more seriously. I imagine I've 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:32.600 I have never been good looking enough to be a model, 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:37.560 but I imagine that it's a lot more creepy than 0:19:37.680 --> 0:19:42.720 people realize. Oh totally. I even look back on it now, 0:19:42.800 --> 0:19:46.320 and the older I've gotten, I've I kind of say 0:19:46.359 --> 0:19:49.160 to myself, like because I have two nieces now, these 0:19:49.200 --> 0:19:51.800 two beautiful young girls, and I'm like, like, I would 0:19:51.800 --> 0:19:54.080 never let my niece model. I would never you know, 0:19:54.680 --> 0:19:56.280 if I had a kid, I would never tell them 0:19:56.320 --> 0:19:58.479 to go modeling. I mean, things have gotten better, but 0:19:58.560 --> 0:20:01.959 like things I saw at time before all this, it 0:20:02.040 --> 0:20:05.199 was just it was grimy. So I don't really I 0:20:05.280 --> 0:20:08.800 never I just don't really encourage it after kind of 0:20:08.800 --> 0:20:11.960 the things I've seen and gone through. It's it's it's 0:20:12.000 --> 0:20:17.200 not the prettiest. I've been to enough fancy Hollywood parties 0:20:17.280 --> 0:20:20.200 or whatnot, and you're there and you'll look around. They'll 0:20:20.240 --> 0:20:23.439 be like, you know, a nineteen year old model, and 0:20:23.440 --> 0:20:27.840 I'm like, you are just out of high school and 0:20:27.000 --> 0:20:29.840 and you're trying to buy a bunch of like really 0:20:29.960 --> 0:20:33.160 high powered, like creepy do Like, I don't know, It's 0:20:33.160 --> 0:20:35.679 just one of those things where I just always got 0:20:35.720 --> 0:20:39.960 the vibe that, like, you have to be really really 0:20:40.040 --> 0:20:42.880 tough to be a model. Yeah, And I think from 0:20:42.920 --> 0:20:45.920 growing up and just dealing with assholes all the time, 0:20:45.960 --> 0:20:48.720 I just I just always had tough skin. And for 0:20:48.760 --> 0:20:52.680 the first year trying to model, everyone was like no, no, no, 0:20:52.760 --> 0:20:55.480 And so I built this tough skin. So by the 0:20:55.480 --> 0:20:57.000 time I got to l A, I was just kind 0:20:57.000 --> 0:20:59.080 of like looking like everyone's telling me no, but I'm 0:20:59.080 --> 0:21:01.640 gonna still kind of keep doing it. But but yeah, 0:21:01.880 --> 0:21:05.320 I definitely didn't fall into it. It wasn't some easy thing. 0:21:05.440 --> 0:21:08.480 I wasn't like my mom was a successful model, and 0:21:08.520 --> 0:21:10.439 I got to just kind of take after her. It 0:21:10.640 --> 0:21:15.240 was it was challenging. So you come out to Los Angeles, 0:21:15.320 --> 0:21:18.800 you're in Beverly Hills, your first thing you book is 0:21:18.920 --> 0:21:21.919 guess I understand how television works, but I don't really 0:21:22.000 --> 0:21:24.560 understand how modeling works, Like do you go on auditions 0:21:24.600 --> 0:21:29.480 and stuff. Yeah, so I definitely went on like casting 0:21:29.520 --> 0:21:33.399 calls and things like that. But oddly enough, for even 0:21:33.440 --> 0:21:35.600 for it was weird because my life was always like 0:21:35.720 --> 0:21:38.160 castings and things like that. But when I booked Carls, 0:21:38.240 --> 0:21:41.320 it was just like a direct booking, which I thought 0:21:41.359 --> 0:21:44.639 was so odd. I've never really had that happen, so 0:21:44.720 --> 0:21:47.439 that was super exciting. But yeah, it was mostly just 0:21:47.480 --> 0:21:50.760 a lot of like casting calls, you do the guest spot, 0:21:51.040 --> 0:21:54.640 and then you book Carl's JR. I guess my first 0:21:54.720 --> 0:21:57.479 question is is there's also like the stigma of you know, 0:21:57.600 --> 0:22:00.760 models eat like rabbits, you know, like of course let 0:22:00.840 --> 0:22:07.040 us and smoothies and whatnot, Like were you a vegetarian 0:22:07.000 --> 0:22:09.840 at the time, Like are do you like burgers? Was 0:22:09.880 --> 0:22:14.119 that hard for you to do? No, to be totally honest, 0:22:14.160 --> 0:22:17.600 I mean at I now that I look back on it. 0:22:17.720 --> 0:22:19.840 There was a time I was like vegan, but at 0:22:19.840 --> 0:22:24.159 the time I eat burgers all the time. I like 0:22:24.480 --> 0:22:26.720 I was you know, I didn't. I was young. I 0:22:26.720 --> 0:22:29.000