1 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: Hello Sunshine, jell besties. 2 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 2: We are in for such a treat today because our 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 2: guest is Italian Food Royalty, a celebrity chef, an Emmy 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 2: Award winning television personality, restauranteur, and a New York Times 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:20,440 Speaker 2: bestselling author. The one and only Giada da Laurentis is here. 6 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 2: It's Thursday, July twenty fifth. I'm Simone Boyce. 7 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: I'm Danielle Robe and this is the bright Side from 8 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,159 Speaker 1: Hello Sunshine, a daily show where we come together to 9 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: share women's stories, to laugh, learn and brighten your day. 10 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,319 Speaker 2: Oooh, big things happening on the bright side, y'all. Our 11 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 2: guest today is someone whose name has become synonymous with 12 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 2: two things, the Food Network and Italian cuisine. 13 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: I'm hungry just thinking about today's episode, Simone. 14 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,599 Speaker 2: I feel you wish. I wish that we had a 15 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 2: test kitchen nearby. We could just, you know, whip something 16 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 2: up to keep us satiated during the interview. All Right, 17 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 2: we're gonna have to let our imagination do the work 18 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 2: for us. Giada da Laurentis threw down in the kitchen 19 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 2: on our TV screens for over two decades on shows 20 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 2: like Everyday Italian and Giada at home. She's also the 21 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 2: creator of Giazzi, a home for recipes, travel tips, and 22 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 2: all kinds of delicious food products. 23 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 1: Her smile and her effervescent personality has been popping off 24 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: on our TV screens for years. But here's the thing 25 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: in the midst of this thriving career that she worked 26 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: so hard for. Jada made waves last year by announcing 27 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: her departure from the Food Network after twenty one years. 28 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 1: Well you can imagine this decision sparked a lot of 29 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: thoughts about perception versus reality, because to all of us 30 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: at home, it seemed like she had it all. Hit 31 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: show after hit show and Emmy she always appeared happy 32 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: and vibrant, so it was surprising to think that she 33 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: was in need of a change. 34 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 2: This is so relatable, this idea of being in a 35 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 2: successful career, call it a dream job that maybe isn't 36 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 2: as dreamy as everyone else might think it is, and 37 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 2: then to have to navigate a pivot like this in 38 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 2: a public way. I'm really curious about what that felt 39 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 2: like behind the scenes for her. 40 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I mean, I know from my own experience, 41 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: I have never been more unhappy than when my insides 42 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: didn't match my outsides. Meaning you're putting on this happy 43 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: face at work or on Instagram, but at home, you're 44 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: burnt out, you're frustrated, you're sad, and I think that 45 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: those emotions spark a change. The question is when is 46 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: it the right time to make that change. That's something 47 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: that we're going to ask YadA. 48 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 2: Well, it's been a year since she left the Food 49 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 2: Network and she's proving that investing in yourself does pay off. 50 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: Yes, indeed, let's bring her in. Jada de Larentis, Welcome 51 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 1: to the bright Side. 52 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 3: Thank you. It's exciting to be here, Hada. 53 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: I am so excited that you are here, not just 54 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: because you are such a superstar, but also your partner. 55 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: Shane is a good friend of mine, and that's because 56 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 1: ten years ago he put me on TV for the 57 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 1: very first time. He was the very first person to 58 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: take a chance on me. And he's one of the 59 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: most creative people I know. The man can turn anything 60 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: into a TV show, and so I need to know 61 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: how many show ideas he comes up with with you 62 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:18,959 Speaker 1: at the center every single week. 63 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 3: Actually, I will say yes, he is by far the 64 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 3: most creative person I have ever met. He comes up 65 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 3: with show ideas all day, every day, and there's times 66 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 3: where I'm like so overwhelmed by them that I don't 67 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 3: I don't even hear them anymore, to be honest. And also, 68 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 3: I think he has a fabulous eye for talent, Danielle, 69 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 3: which explains what he saw in you. I think that 70 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 3: is his gift, Thank you, Joda. That is his gift 71 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 3: to all of us. My grandfather used to have the 72 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 3: same gift, and so that's why I feel like I 73 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 3: can spot it when I see it. 74 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: Well, I think it takes one to know one. You 75 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: must be the same way in your own way. 76 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 3: Sometimes I think that like us ladies sometimes don't follow 77 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 3: our gut as much as we need to. We get 78 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 3: a little insecure in whether or not we trust ourselves. 79 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 3: Where I think guys believe in themselves a little bit 80 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 3: more something that you know, I feel like us ladies 81 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 3: need to work on. We teeter a lot, right, or 82 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 3: at least I find that I tea her a lot. 83 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 2: Wait, tell me more about that, Giata. Is there a 84 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:19,479 Speaker 2: time looking back in your career where you feel like 85 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 2: not trusting your gut led to you betraying yourself in 86 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 2: some way? 87 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 3: I came from a movie family, and we were immigrants 88 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 3: into this country. My grandfather was very dominant and became 89 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 3: very successful with very little education, and so when I 90 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 3: was growing up, it was hard for me to sort 91 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 3: of shine because culturally women, that's just not the role 92 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 3: that we take. I think that for me, I had 93 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,919 Speaker 3: to find avenues where I felt my strength, and cooking 94 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 3: was one of them because I was good at it. 95 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 3: I think that at times it took me too long 96 00:04:55,279 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 3: to realize that I wasn't following my dreams. So maybe 97 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 3: I did things for too long where I should have 98 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 3: exited out earlier relationships work. It sort of just took 99 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 3: me a while to really make the call and be 100 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 3: secure enough to jump. 101 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,039 Speaker 2: So the big question that's on my mind is do 102 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 2: you feel like you're doing that now? Are you living 103 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:17,479 Speaker 2: that out now? 104 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 3: I think I am living it out now, But I 105 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 3: will tell you somemo that I get nervous all the 106 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 3: time that I'm making a mistake. Really well, you know, 107 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 3: I'm turning fifty four, and I realize sometimes, you know, 108 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 3: my daughter's sixteen, so I've got two more years and 109 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 3: she's off to college in her own life, and I 110 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 3: think to myself, all the time. Should I just stop 111 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 3: and just focus on her and just live out the 112 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 3: rest of my life I just chill because I've been 113 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 3: working so hard for over twenty some years. Or should 114 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 3: I just go for it and see what the hell 115 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 3: else I can create and what else I can do? 116 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 3: Because I feel like I have more in me. But 117 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 3: at times it's a battle between my mind, which believes 118 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 3: that I have way more to give and build, and 119 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 3: my body, who's just it's like, come on, already, I 120 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 3: am so tired. I want to slow down. So it's 121 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 3: this like inner battle that I have all the time. 122 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 3: But yes, I think I'm closer to what I've always 123 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 3: wanted to do that I ever have been. But to 124 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 3: get to this place, I had to do all of 125 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 3: the other things right. I couldn't possibly be doing what 126 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 3: I'm doing today with Jozzi without having built a brand 127 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 3: for the last twenty years on television. One leads to another. 128 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 1: Some of those other things were the biggest shows on 129 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: the Food Network, which is everyday Italian Jata at Home. 130 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: You were a judge on Food Network Star and to 131 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 1: sort of catch everybody up, you decided to step away 132 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: last year, which was shocking to people and I can 133 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: imagine a hugely personal decision. How did you know it 134 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: was time to make a change. 135 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 3: I realized that I had dreams and goals that I 136 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 3: wasn't going to be able to sort of accomplish if 137 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 3: I stayed in my current position. I was a big 138 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,559 Speaker 3: fish in a medium pond. I think that food world 139 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,479 Speaker 3: is getting bigger and bigger and bigger. I was lucky 140 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 3: enough to have become successful early on, but I think 141 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 3: that I just got to the point where I wanted 142 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 3: to do so much more, and I decided to really 143 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 3: put all of my efforts into building this platform. 144 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: Mean Johnsy, you know, I got a text from my 145 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: mom two weeks ago bought of the Blue. She texted me, 146 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: I'm watching this show and I used to think I 147 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: loved Bobby Flay, but I really loved Jada Like she 148 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: just pops off the screen. And so when you're talking 149 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: about becoming one of those food personalities, I think one 150 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: of the things as a viewer is that there is 151 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: no one like you like. There is no one that 152 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: pops off the screen the way that you do. There 153 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: was an effervescence, and I'm wondering what was happening when 154 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: the cameras weren't rolling that you were feeling burnt out. 155 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 3: I think that for me, when I'm on camera, I 156 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 3: have an energy and that doesn't always exist when I'm 157 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 3: off camera. So I'm a very introverted, quiet person. I 158 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 3: do not like the spotlight. I do not like crowds 159 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 3: of people. I don't but when the cameras go on, 160 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 3: for some reason, it's almost like I get this burst 161 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 3: of energy and excitement to tell people about Italian culture 162 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 3: and food and cook that It's like I'm giving it 163 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 3: my all, and then I need to sort of recoup. 164 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 3: There is that part of me that loves communicating and 165 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 3: teaching people and connecting with people, and then there's a 166 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 3: part of me that's like, uh, we got to like 167 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 3: shut this thing down. You have nothing left to give, 168 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 3: and so I think I needed to learn the balance 169 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:41,559 Speaker 3: of that. 170 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 2: As I'm hearing you talk about the on camera persona 171 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 2: that you played on our TV screens for so many years, 172 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 2: I'm reminded of this quote that I heard you say, 173 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 2: which was that you were so edited for so long 174 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 2: that you felt like it's time for you to be 175 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 2: you now. And I feel that when I watch your 176 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 2: videos on ig or on social media, like you were 177 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 2: always this hug through our TV screens and you still are. 178 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:12,319 Speaker 2: But there's this relaxed nature about the way that you're 179 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 2: cooking for us on social media, and you just seem 180 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 2: like so settled into yourself and it just seems really 181 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 2: beautiful to watch. What is the biggest difference between food 182 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 2: Network Jiada and Giada? 183 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 3: Now, it's not that I'm a completely different person anymore 184 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 3: than I used to be. But I was scared in 185 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 3: the beginning, and I think that I wasn't secure in 186 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 3: so much my gut, and I think that I was 187 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:41,079 Speaker 3: highly edited. But that was also the image I wanted 188 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 3: to portray because I felt like maybe I didn't look 189 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 3: like what most people the stereotype of what most people 190 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 3: think is a great cook, because I struggled with those stereotypes. 191 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 3: So I want to stay authentic. But now it's way 192 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 3: more relaxed, way more relaxed. And if I'm not if 193 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 3: my makeup isn't perfect and my hair is, I'm perfect. 194 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 3: The example of accepting my curls not today, but I 195 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 3: have accepted my curls and shot things with my curls 196 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 3: which you would never have seen me do, even probably 197 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 3: five years ago. 198 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 2: Do you feel closer to your audience now presenting this 199 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:19,680 Speaker 2: version of yourself that is like a bit less edited 200 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 2: or did you feel closer to your audience when you 201 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 2: are on TV more frequently and on Food Network. 202 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 3: Oh, I feel way closer to the audience now. Also 203 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 3: because in TV it's like eight to ten months out, 204 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 3: you know, we're shooting Christmas in June, so like it 205 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:39,440 Speaker 3: feels delayed, right, it doesn't have that same authenticity. And 206 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 3: with jod Z now, I mean it's immediate. I put 207 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,079 Speaker 3: something up on my social and I can get feedback 208 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 3: within seconds of people seeing it. That's a completely different 209 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 3: world than the one I came up and twenty years ago. 210 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 3: And also I can have an immediate conversation with my audience. 211 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:59,200 Speaker 3: So I feel like we all have control of our 212 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 3: own brand or voice. I mean, more than we ever 213 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 3: did in the last twenty years, which is phenomenal. 214 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:09,439 Speaker 2: We're pausing the party for just a moment to take 215 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 2: a quick break, stay with. 216 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 4: Us, and we're back. 217 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 1: Outside of your time at the Food Network, you are 218 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: the first female celebrity chef on the Las Vegas Strip, 219 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: and your restaurant recently made it to the ten year mark, 220 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 1: which in the restaurant world you might as well be 221 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 1: the one hundred year mark. It's pretty impressive and unbelievable. 222 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: And in thinking about that decade, how do you think 223 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: the landscape has changed for female chefs, Like when you 224 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: think about opening that restaurant ten years ago versus now, 225 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 1: has that changed it all? 226 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,680 Speaker 3: It was tough. I mean, I was so lucky to 227 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 3: get the opportunity and to be able to build out 228 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 3: my space because it was a parking garage, it had 229 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 3: never been a restaurant, and it had the most spectacular view. 230 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 3: And I thought to myself, if I build it, they 231 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 3: will come. They just will. And I knew it the 232 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 3: day I walked that property. I had seen other properties, 233 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,559 Speaker 3: they had offered me other locations, and this was I 234 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 3: was like, Okay, if I fail, at least it's the 235 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 3: most remarkable opportunity that I could have because there were 236 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 3: really almost any chefs of any kind, male, female, anybody 237 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 3: who was going to be able to build out a 238 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 3: restaurant like that. And so yeah, I think that in 239 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 3: the restaurant business, especially in Mekis, they close off a dime. 240 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 3: So the fact that we're still there ten years later, 241 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 3: in a boutique hotel that has one hundred and eighty 242 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:42,960 Speaker 3: five rooms, where we have two hundred and seventy five 243 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 3: seats in our restaurant, so not even the hotel could 244 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 3: fill in this restaurant. I think it's huge, and I 245 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,320 Speaker 3: think that the landscape has changed tremendously. There are many 246 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 3: other female celebrity chefs and celebrities that have restaurants that 247 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 3: are successful, Martha Stewart being one of them. And it's 248 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,439 Speaker 3: fabulous to see. I love it when the late and 249 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 3: come in and really knock. 250 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: It out of the park well in the spirit of 251 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: build it and they will come, which I feel like 252 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:10,680 Speaker 1: sort of encapsulates your entire brand building and your career. 253 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: You are now building Giazzi, which has your quintessential lemon 254 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 1: in your logo. So can you share what the Giazzi 255 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: offering is. 256 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 3: So Johns's a platform and we have a marketplace where 257 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 3: you can buy products that we import directly from Italy, 258 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 3: and we also have a membership which creates a very 259 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 3: tight knit community of people who are interested in all 260 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 3: things Italian and under that, we have itineraries for different 261 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 3: locations in Italy. My favorite place is to eat. Hotels 262 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,319 Speaker 3: things to do so you can plan your trips accordingly. 263 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 3: We have over two thousand recipes. The goal is to 264 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 3: spread the message that you know, there are unbelievable products 265 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 3: on the market. That's the messaging really behind Jodzy, and 266 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 3: it's all things Italian. I'm looking to be the one 267 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 3: stop shop for all things Italian, whether it's products, whether 268 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 3: it's travel, whether it's information, whether it's culture, whether it's recipes. 269 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 3: That's what I'm building. 270 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: And I don't think that everybody knows that you lived 271 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: there until you were seven, so all of this is 272 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,239 Speaker 1: really the authentic Italian experience. 273 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:16,960 Speaker 3: Yes, I was born in Rome and my family's all 274 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 3: Italian and we all moved here when I was seven 275 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 3: years old. You know, we all followed my grandfather, who 276 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 3: was the patriarch of a family, and because he wanted 277 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 3: to make movies in the US, which he did, and 278 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 3: you know, he'd made move over six hundred movies in 279 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 3: sixty years, and my grandmother was the actress in a 280 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 3: lot of them, and it was a family business. 281 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 1: You know, you could fill an entire bookshelf with Giada cookbooks. 282 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 1: There are so many of them. And I'm so curious 283 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 1: when you think about all your recipes. If your best 284 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: selling cookbook is your favorite cookbook. 285 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 3: My favorite two cookbooks are always the first, every Day Italian, 286 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 3: and the last whatever that might be. Everyday Italian is 287 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 3: sort of where I started, so it's like looking at 288 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 3: you as a child, and then every book consequently after 289 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 3: has been sort of a It's weirdly it marks different 290 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 3: chapters in my life, you know. The last two cookbooks 291 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 3: have really focused on my health and my health journey. 292 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 3: Right now, I'm working on my eleventh cookbook, and it's 293 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:21,479 Speaker 3: all about the essential products, the superfoods that are Italians. 294 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 3: A lot of Italians already use all of these ingredients 295 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 3: and a lot of people actually already use them as well, 296 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 3: but just highlighting how good these specific ingredients are in 297 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 3: your daily diet and what they do for you. So 298 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 3: it's a really fun cookbook and it's been a long 299 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 3: journey of exploration, and I would say that that is 300 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 3: probably going to be my favorite because it is where 301 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 3: I am today. 302 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 2: Giata. We talk a lot about pivots and second acts 303 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 2: on our show, and they're always my favorite conversations, you know, 304 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 2: hearing how people lean on different books or speakers or 305 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 2: thinkers to get them through a big transition like the 306 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 2: one that you just navigated. What's been the healthiest part 307 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 2: of this life shift for you, Like, what aspect of 308 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 2: this transition are you most grateful for? 309 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 3: That's a great question. The thing that I'm most grateful 310 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 3: for is the ability to have the opportunity to do this. 311 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 3: You know, I'm healthy enough to do it, and I 312 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 3: have enough brain power left to do it, and that 313 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 3: I still have the passion for it, because sometimes we 314 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 3: burn ourselves out by the time we're my age, you know, 315 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 3: and we don't have that drive. So I think I'm 316 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 3: really thankful I still have that drive. And I would 317 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 3: say that's probably because my grandfather had a drive and 318 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 3: was working his pushy off until he was about ninety 319 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 3: three when he passed, And I think that's what drove 320 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 3: him a lot of it, the energy of being able 321 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 3: to still be in the game, to still be in 322 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 3: the room where it happens. I'm really thankful for my 323 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 3: audience and the people who have followed me, and the 324 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 3: people who are still interested to hear what I have 325 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 3: to say. Sometimes, you know, in our culture, we sort 326 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 3: of abandon the older generation. But it's clear that my 327 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 3: audience is still following me through this journey, and I 328 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 3: am incredibly and forever grateful to them for it, because 329 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 3: without an audience, I'm just talking to myself. 330 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:13,400 Speaker 1: Well, in thinking about your legacy with your grandfather and Jiazi, 331 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: I can tell that family is very important to you, 332 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:20,199 Speaker 1: which is also very Italian. And I recently saw you 333 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 1: on Instagram with your mom and your daughter Jade. And 334 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 1: Jade also does some really awesome cooking videos. Do you 335 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 1: see her becoming a chef? And do you see yourself 336 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 1: in her at all? 337 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 3: I do see myself and her in the sense that 338 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 3: she also comes alive in front of the camera and 339 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 3: loves to be in front of the camera. I do 340 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:41,719 Speaker 3: not see her following in my footsteps as far as 341 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 3: food is concerned. Yes, so she do the videos she does, 342 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:48,360 Speaker 3: and she does like to cook some things, but cooking 343 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 3: is not her passion. She loves musical theater. That girl 344 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 3: just wants to sing and dance. 345 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: Are you already grieving her going to college? 346 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 3: I will tell you, guys. I dropped her off in 347 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:01,120 Speaker 3: Upstate New York and the Cat Skills for Musical Theater 348 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 3: boot camp basically four months and when I drove away 349 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 3: I burst into tears, and shame was with me, dang out, 350 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,880 Speaker 3: and he's like, why are you crying? I don't understand 351 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 3: you know how much she loves it, I said, because 352 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:16,159 Speaker 3: I'm starting to grieve the process that she's going to 353 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 3: be gone. It's really hard. I never understood it until 354 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 3: like now that I'm getting closer, and it's really emotional. 355 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 3: It's huge. 356 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 2: My kids are foreign too, and I'm already getting a 357 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 2: therapist locked in for you know, fourteen years from now. 358 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 3: Simone. I gotta tell you, you're in it right now. 359 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 3: But it's gonna go fast. It is good. You're gonna 360 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,679 Speaker 3: I believe, and those kids are gonna be gone. I 361 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,199 Speaker 3: swear to you that, like every day that you have 362 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:44,959 Speaker 3: with them, squeeze them, because when we were in it, 363 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 3: we're like, oh my god, when is this? When is 364 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 3: this gonna get better? But I got to tell you, 365 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 3: it goes like that, and it's always the best and 366 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 3: most rewarding thing you've ever done in your life. Always, 367 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 3: But they teach you nobody else and nothing else, every tea. 368 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 2: I know everything that you're saying is true because I'm 369 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 2: seeing it happening. I'm seeing them grow up before my eyes, 370 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 2: and I on a different scale from you, made a 371 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 2: major life pivot and rearrange my priorities so that I 372 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,120 Speaker 2: could make sure that I am present for this chapter. 373 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 2: And it's the best thing I could have ever done. 374 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 3: That's a wonderful thing, you know. It's also something that 375 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 3: comes now. At this time. Twenty five years ago, we 376 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 3: lived a bit in a different world as moms, working moms. 377 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 2: One hundred percent. Well, I was thinking about that, Giada, 378 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:34,439 Speaker 2: as you were talking about the Food Network that you 379 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:37,880 Speaker 2: started in twenty years ago around two thousand and two, 380 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 2: and the Food Network that you left. I mean this 381 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:44,159 Speaker 2: was pre me too. This was when women were not 382 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 2: able to advocate for themselves on the scale that we're 383 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 2: seeing advocacy happen today. How different was the environment and 384 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 2: did you feel like you had to fight for your 385 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 2: credibility at all because of your gender? 386 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:01,119 Speaker 3: One hundred percent yes, absolutely, you know. Funny enough, I 387 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 3: feel like it made me stronger and it made me 388 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 3: prepared for this chapter. I think that we have to 389 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 3: learn to advocate for ourselves. And with Food Network, the 390 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,439 Speaker 3: big fight was to stay in LA to shoot my 391 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 3: shows because I knew I needed my family. I need 392 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 3: to tap into them in order to do this job. 393 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 3: But everybody else was in New York, and they wanted 394 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:23,160 Speaker 3: me to shoot in New York because that's where their 395 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 3: studios were. So there were certain things that I was 396 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 3: flexible in and then certain things where I was like, 397 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 3: if you don't give me this, I can't do a period, 398 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,199 Speaker 3: like I have to walk away. So I think we 399 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 3: have to learn. If you know it's not going to 400 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:37,679 Speaker 3: work for you, you got to just walk away. You 401 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 3: just have to. There is no other way because it's 402 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 3: never going to work out. 403 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: Otherwise, we need to take a quick break, but we'll 404 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: be right back. Stay with us and we're back. There's 405 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: a clip of you on Conan from like twenty thirteen 406 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: that I watched last night, and you walk out in 407 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: this red dress and all he can talk about is 408 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: your red dress. He's like, he cannot concentrate, you can tell. 409 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,919 Speaker 1: And I was thinking about that. Did you feel like 410 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 1: people were taking you seriously or you took yourself seriously 411 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: so it didn't matter. 412 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 3: Well, that goes back to what I said earlier, is 413 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 3: that because I looked a certain way and I was 414 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 3: breaking the stereotype of what most people thought of. Yeah, 415 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 3: that was a big battle for me, and yes, it 416 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 3: still happens today. It's really hard for them to take 417 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 3: us seriously. And yeah, and I think in the beginning, 418 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 3: the biggest note I got back was people think that 419 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 3: we put you know, an actor or a model on 420 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,120 Speaker 3: to get more of the male audience. And I mean 421 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:43,479 Speaker 3: I had a hard time with those stereotypes. So I realized, like, okay, 422 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 3: so I got to figure out how do I do this? 423 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 3: How do I gain people's trust? And I think the 424 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:50,199 Speaker 3: only way I could really do it is just to 425 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,160 Speaker 3: show people that I'm more than just the way I look. 426 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 3: There's so much more to all of us than just 427 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 3: the outward appearance. So once I think people started to 428 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 3: get to know me and realized, oh, her recipes work, 429 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 3: because that was the number one thing. If the recipes work, 430 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 3: they will eventually trust. And they did time and time 431 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,359 Speaker 3: and time again. And I think that is why in 432 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 3: the end I sustain is because people realized, forget what 433 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 3: she looks like, she knows what she's doing. So I'm 434 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 3: just gonna follow her because it's going to make me 435 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 3: look good. But it's a long time, you guys. It 436 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,119 Speaker 3: did not happen overnight. It took a long time for 437 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,959 Speaker 3: people to like get over that. Anytime you break a stereotype, 438 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 3: you're going to get a lot of, you know, backlash. 439 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 3: It's just is what it is. You either have a 440 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 3: thick skin and can handle it. And I'll tell you 441 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 3: I had to gain a thick skin because it certainly 442 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 3: did not come to me easy. A lot of crying, 443 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:46,120 Speaker 3: a lot of like falling apart and picking myself back up. 444 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:50,120 Speaker 1: Thanks for the honest age, Yata, because I think people, 445 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 1: including myself hearing that, appreciate knowing that it wasn't all 446 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 1: like perfectly tied in a bow as you created this. 447 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 3: Is it ever our lives ever perfectly put together strung together? 448 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,679 Speaker 1: No, but I think it helps to be reminded. 449 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:04,680 Speaker 3: Yeah. 450 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's important to talk about the fact that people 451 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 2: in our society still think we're only capable of one thing, 452 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 2: but women are capable of doing more than one thing. 453 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:18,959 Speaker 2: We can be smart and beautiful, we can be brave 454 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 2: and afraid at the same time. So yeah, yes to 455 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:24,200 Speaker 2: everything that you're saying, Yiada. 456 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, And I think the best thing we can do 457 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 3: is teach the younger generation that, right, like I try 458 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,640 Speaker 3: to teach it to my daughter, and if we can 459 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 3: just do that, then we'll have a generation that comes 460 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,199 Speaker 3: up behind that is like, go, we can all do 461 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:35,719 Speaker 3: it together. 462 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 1: Well, I love that you just put your arm up 463 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: in a muscle pose because I've been hearing about your 464 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: hustle during this conversation, but I also heard and felt 465 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 1: your heart, and I want to talk about that for 466 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 1: a second, because this is something that I learned. I 467 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 1: didn't know this that you were heavily involved in a 468 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 1: number of charities, but you recently received an award from 469 00:23:56,480 --> 00:24:01,920 Speaker 1: Safe Place for Youth, which empowers young people experiencing homelessness, 470 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 1: and you could have picked a million different charities. I'm 471 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:08,640 Speaker 1: so curious as to why this was close to your heart. 472 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,439 Speaker 3: I was introduced a Safe Place for Youth through my 473 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:14,640 Speaker 3: daughter's school when she was in elementary school. And I'm 474 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 3: always looking for charities that I can support that are 475 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,879 Speaker 3: also in my community, right like I feel like a 476 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 3: lot of us support charities that are outside of our communities. 477 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:28,640 Speaker 3: But I really wanted to do it for our community. 478 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 3: And since I live on the West side of Los Angeles, 479 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,439 Speaker 3: I wanted to find something that would help kids on 480 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:35,199 Speaker 3: the West Side. And I met this woman who had 481 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 3: started safe place for youth, and she was living in 482 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,439 Speaker 3: Venice and her son, he was always surfing, and she 483 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 3: was making sandwiches for her son and his friends, and 484 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,639 Speaker 3: they started sharing these sandwiches with other kids, and she 485 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 3: started to realize as a whole, like young kids surfing 486 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 3: community that is actually homeless and lives on the beach. 487 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 1: You know. 488 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 3: A year later, she was making tons and tons of 489 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 3: sandwiches for all these kids and realized, oh my goodness, 490 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 3: there were all these homeless kids on the west side 491 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 3: of LA There was only one shelter and that was 492 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 3: on the east side. And so she started this charity. 493 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 3: And I went one day to visit with my daughter, 494 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:10,960 Speaker 3: and I fell in love. And I helped them, you know, 495 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:13,640 Speaker 3: raise money for their garden and to teach these young 496 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 3: kids different skills that they could go out into the world. 497 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 3: You know. Now we've raised enough money that they're buying 498 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,199 Speaker 3: buildings in Los Angeles and in Santa Monica where they 499 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 3: can actually house these kids. It's been very rewarding, and 500 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,919 Speaker 3: giving back is probably the most rewarding thing when you 501 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 3: get to my age, too, is just the ability to 502 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,680 Speaker 3: help other people. We all need help at all different 503 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 3: stages in our lives. You know, we're all here to 504 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 3: support each other. We certainly can't do it just by ourselves, 505 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 3: None of us can. 506 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:43,360 Speaker 1: How are you nourishing yourself at this stage in your life? 507 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 3: I would say that charity work is very nourishing. I 508 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 3: would say that spending quality time with my daughter and 509 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 3: doing fun things with her is very nurishing. Doing my 510 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,399 Speaker 3: yoga and committing to that five days a week, and 511 00:25:56,440 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 3: then I think taking time to breathe during my day, 512 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,479 Speaker 3: especially when I feel like I'm overwhelmed. I felt like 513 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 3: I was holding my breath a lot when I was stressed, 514 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,400 Speaker 3: so trying to remind myself to breathe as much as possible. 515 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 2: Giata, before we let you go, we have a very 516 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,399 Speaker 2: serious question for you. Okay, we need you to drop 517 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:20,200 Speaker 2: the Italian woman beauty secrets because your skin, your face, 518 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 2: it's just always so refreshed and beautiful. What do the 519 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:27,159 Speaker 2: Italians know about beauty that we don't know? 520 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 1: And can we add a tab to Jiatzi with your 521 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 1: beauty secrets. 522 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 3: I have had a strict routine on my skin since 523 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 3: I was like twenty, and I got it from my mother, 524 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 3: and my mother really from my grandmother. Oh yeah, thirty 525 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 3: minutes at night to take off well makeup, to use 526 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:47,120 Speaker 3: my facial scrub which I make with just rice flour 527 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 3: and my olive oil to really cleanse my face. It 528 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 3: takes thirty minutes. I also have to think my mother 529 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,680 Speaker 3: because my mother has great skin, lots of water and 530 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 3: lots of olive oil. I probably ingest at least a 531 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 3: quarter cup a day, if not more. 532 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 2: Danielle, we have to try her cleanser, rice flour and 533 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 2: olive oil. 534 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:07,359 Speaker 3: That's it. 535 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,959 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, Jada, this has been so wonderful. Thank you 536 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 1: for sharing so much with us. 537 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 3: Now, this was fun, ladies. Thank you for the great questions. 538 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 3: I appreciate it. Thank you for your time. 539 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 2: You really brightened up the bright side today. Thanks y'all. 540 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:20,919 Speaker 3: Thank you. 541 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:26,440 Speaker 2: Giada da Larentis is an Emmy Award winning television personality, 542 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 2: celebrity chef, restaurant tour and a New York Times bestselling author. 543 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,479 Speaker 1: That's it for today's show. Tomorrow, we're popping off on 544 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:43,439 Speaker 1: summer fashion trends with celebrity stylists, co founder of the 545 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 1: clothing line Daniel Diamond, and TV personality Daniel Musto. Listen 546 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:52,639 Speaker 1: and follow the bright side on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, 547 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:54,360 Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts. 548 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,400 Speaker 2: I'm simone Voice. You can find me at simone Voice 549 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 2: on Instagram and TikTok. 550 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:03,399 Speaker 1: Danielle Obey on Instagram and TikTok. That's r O b A. 551 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 2: Y See you tomorrow, folks. Keep looking on the bright side.