1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: This is the most dramatic podcast ever and iHeartRadio podcast. 2 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: Happy Mother's Day, Chris Harrison Lauren Zema coming to you 3 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: from the home office in Austin, Texas on this Mother's Day, 4 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:21,760 Speaker 1: a day to take pause and think about and think 5 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:26,480 Speaker 1: the incredible women in our lives who have gotten us 6 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: from there to hear and meant the world to us. 7 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 2: You know, I got to say I love Mother's Day 8 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 2: as a holiday. I do too like some holidays, Like 9 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 2: I'm not the biggest Valentine's Day person in the world 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 2: because I kind of feel like if you're in a relationship, 11 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 2: you probably have an anniversary you do once a year, 12 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 2: and you know you should be showing each other love 13 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 2: every day. 14 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 3: So what is Valentine's Day for? But Mother's Day? 15 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,959 Speaker 2: I love because while kids should be showing their mom 16 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 2: love and appreciation day and day out as they're growing up, 17 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 2: once you leave your home, your mom has still given 18 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 2: you so much that you've taken. 19 00:00:58,400 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 3: With you your whole life. 20 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 2: That I do love that there's a day now as 21 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 2: an adult to be able to just really take a 22 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 2: moment and say thank you to my. 23 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: Mom, or think about them and think about what they've 24 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: imparted upon you and given you. And so this is 25 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: just a day that we wanted to step back because 26 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: we have two incredible moms that we love and adore 27 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: and cherish and so Mary Beth Harrison Donna Zema are 28 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: going to join us today on the show. 29 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 3: I'm nervous. 30 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 2: I'm nervous. I don't know what they're gonna say. I 31 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 2: don't know what they're gonna. 32 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: This seemed like a good idea, I know, I'm regretting. 33 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 3: I'm literally like kind of I know. 34 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: Our producer said, hey, you know, you know it would 35 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: be cute. Let's get let's get your moms on. Let's 36 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: put this up Mother's Day Sunday. This is going to 37 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: be great. So we are doing this Mother's Day edition. 38 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: And yeah, as we are on the precipice of bringing 39 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: our moms on the air, this doesn't seem like a 40 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: great idea anymore. 41 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 3: Who's more honest than a mom? 42 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: You know, That's what I'm afraid of. 43 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 2: I mean, my mom, I'm hanging out with her. I 44 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 2: walked out the door and she says, what are you wearing? 45 00:01:59,480 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 3: That's horrible. 46 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 2: You know, she's very honest, So what's she going to say? 47 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 2: When she's been given the mic. 48 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 3: That's a question. 49 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: You you're The dynamic with your mom is incredible And 50 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: before she comes on, when you think about your mom, 51 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: what do you think about? 52 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 2: I think about how she gave me confidence, strength, independence. 53 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 2: That's the first thing I always go to with my 54 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:25,519 Speaker 2: mom because though I might like I laugh about the criticism, right, 55 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 2: but the thing is the criticism over the years prepared 56 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 2: me for the world. And while she might give her 57 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 2: opinion on things, my mom also always applauded me on everything, 58 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 2: told me I'd done a great job, told me I 59 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 2: was smart. And at the end of the day, what 60 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 2: do you want more from a parent other than to 61 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 2: feel loved and for them to make you feel like 62 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 2: you can go out into the world and succeed. Those 63 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 2: to me are the two biggest things, and I got 64 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 2: both of those from my mom. 65 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 3: So I'm so blessed and grateful. 66 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: When I think of being a parent now that I've 67 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: had my turn at this and still going, but loving 68 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 1: them as much as you can and being present in 69 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:08,519 Speaker 1: their lives to me or the other two main columns 70 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: of being a parent. And when I think of my mom, 71 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 1: she was that she was present and loved me. I 72 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: never didn't feel that love for my family and that 73 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: support from her, and that I could just go out 74 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: and try stuff and push myself and no matter what 75 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: it was, even getting into the crazy world of television, 76 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: she supported that and probably shouldn't have. That's a crazy idea. 77 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 1: Some kid from Texas who has no links to this 78 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: business is going to go be a sportscaster or newscaster like, 79 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: that's nuts. 80 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 2: What's interesting is that my mom did not support me 81 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 2: getting into this at all. So it's kind of amazing 82 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 2: actually that we're both sitting here that we've had careers 83 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 2: and we should ask our moms. 84 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: No, No, two roads are the same, and they both worked. 85 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: But I think at the end of it, we both 86 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: felt loved and we both felt that they were present 87 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: in our lives, knew who our friends were, knew what 88 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: we were up to. They were strict yet loving. 89 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 3: Well should we bring them on? 90 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: Should we do it? Let's push go. So we're going 91 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: to start this with my mom. 92 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 3: The Queen, the Icon, the Legend, Mary. 93 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: Beth Harrison, the Queen, the Icon, the Legend. Happy Mother's Day, Well, 94 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: thank you, Happy Mother's Day. Well you started it. Two 95 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: and a half years before me, and you did such 96 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: a bang up job with my brother Glenn. You said, 97 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 1: you know, let's do this again. 98 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 4: Let's beat at the flag pole and see what happens. 99 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 2: All the chances I've already got a launch into interview mode. 100 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 2: I don't know the answer to this, Mary Beth. How 101 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 2: did you guys decide to have Chris? Was it that 102 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 2: you wanted to give Glenn a little brother? 103 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 3: Were you hoping would be. 104 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 4: We were very specific about it. We wanted them to 105 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 4: be no more than two and a half years apart. 106 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 4: And the funny thing is they share a half birthday. 107 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:11,840 Speaker 4: We celebrate half birthdays in my family. You know, when 108 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 4: you were one, then you were one and a half, 109 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 4: and then you were two. Yeah, so we celebrate half birthday. 110 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 4: So Chris's birthday is Glenn's his brother's half birthday. So 111 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 4: they are legitimately two and a half years apart. 112 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 1: Six months to the day. 113 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 3: There's got to be a parenting award for birth order. 114 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: He crashed it. They're really I mean, I don't want 115 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: to think about how precise my parents were, but they 116 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 1: were really precise. That's an image you don't want in 117 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 1: your head. 118 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 4: No, and it wasn't planned that way. It just so 119 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 4: happened that way. But anyway that it worked out perfectly. 120 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: And one thing before I kind of turned it over 121 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: to l Z. You guys were so young, you were babies, 122 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: having babies. 123 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 4: That's gonna say, children raising children. 124 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: When I think about having gone through what I've gone 125 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: through as a dad, it helped to have years of experience, 126 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,919 Speaker 1: a little money in my pocket, you know, just having 127 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: you guys, you know, a mom and a dad and 128 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: a brother to help support. What was it like for 129 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: you guys, because when you had me, you were twenty 130 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: years old. 131 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 4: I honestly, if I had to do it over again, 132 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 4: I'd do it the same way because I know me 133 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 4: well enough to know that I am a it's all 134 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 4: or nothing, and so if I had ever started in 135 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 4: the workforce, I would have been so focused on that 136 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 4: that I don't know that I would have been as 137 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:32,599 Speaker 4: focused as a mother as it was. I didn't go 138 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 4: to work until you boys were older. I might have 139 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 4: done some part time stuff. I mean I taught dance 140 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 4: and exercise for years, but I always did it when 141 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 4: you were in school. So I was home when you 142 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 4: were home, and that was really important to me. I 143 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 4: didn't want someone else raising my children and teaching them 144 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 4: to say please and thank you. So that was really 145 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 4: that was important to me. And I had older parents. 146 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 4: I was the youngest of four, as you know, and 147 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 4: so my parents were older, and I was always so 148 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 4: envious of those my friends that had younger parents. And 149 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 4: so I look back on it, and you know, I 150 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 4: could keep up with you all like it, and there 151 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 4: was nothing that we didn't go. 152 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: Do, keep up with us. You lapped us. 153 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 3: Oh, Mary Beth, I started crying. 154 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: It's funny when you hear her words today sound kind 155 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: of familiar, like I only do things one way. I'm 156 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: all in. 157 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 3: Oh someone named Chris Harrison. 158 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 2: Yes, Oh my gosh, Marybeth, I really just started crying. 159 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 3: I've never heard you say that. That's so to say. 160 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 2: There's something so powerful about because you know, part of 161 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 2: your story is okay, I became a mom young. 162 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 3: And it didn't we didn't plan it that way exactly. 163 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 2: But to hear you say you would do it all 164 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 2: over again, the exact same way. What a beautiful perspective 165 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 2: to look back and think. But I was all in 166 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 2: and I had all this focus. 167 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 4: When you raise two boys that came out as great. 168 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 4: And you know, I always say they survived to spite me. 169 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 4: I mean, it wasn't it one like I had a 170 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 4: book or anything. But I had great role models as 171 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 4: you your dad, and I. I had my parents to 172 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 4: look up to, which was a house full of love. 173 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 4: I mean, honestly, I was raised. I laughingly said this 174 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 4: to someone yesterday. I was raised somewhere between Leave It 175 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 4: to Beaver and Ozzie and Harriet. If you remember those 176 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 4: old shows, it was, you know that quote unquote perfect childhood. 177 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 4: It wasn't until I got to college that I realized people, 178 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 4: everyone doesn't live like that. Everyone doesn't have that kind 179 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 4: of life. And so I had a phenomenal example. And 180 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 4: you know, sadly, we only know what we know. I mean, 181 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 4: we're raised how we're raised, and we only know what 182 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 4: we know. And so if we know love, then we 183 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 4: show love. If we don't, we aren't raised that way, 184 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 4: then that's not how we're raised. So thankfully I had 185 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:45,559 Speaker 4: a great role model, which I hopefully passed on to 186 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 4: them as a great role model. And as I watched you, 187 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 4: Chris as a father, I clearly see we did one 188 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 4: bang up job on that one. Because you are a 189 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 4: phenomenal father, loyal brother, incredible friend. I mean, what a. 190 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, thank you for making him for me, 191 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 2: by the way, you handed me a perfect package. 192 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: I don't think. Let's not go perfect. 193 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 3: Well, I got to sing his yeah. 194 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 2: By the way a week, we have four questions we're 195 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 2: going to ask you, and the tone of that might 196 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 2: apply to one of them. So we'll get to that, 197 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 2: but real quick, I just have to sing his praises. 198 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 2: And he doesn't even know this yet, but we just 199 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 2: moved the kids out of their dorm Taylor and his 200 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 2: house Josh for the summer yesterday, and my friend Lindsey 201 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 2: stopped by to see us because she lives really she 202 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 2: lives two minutes from where Josh is now. And she 203 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 2: texted me last night and said, and she's a mom 204 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 2: of a baby girl. And she texted me last night 205 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 2: and said, I just keep thinking about how great Chris's 206 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 2: kids are, and I keep thinking about what a great 207 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 2: father he is. 208 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 3: And I'm not joking. 209 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:50,559 Speaker 2: The next time I see him, I have to have 210 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,199 Speaker 2: a conversation with him and learn all I can from 211 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 2: him about parenting. 212 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:55,719 Speaker 3: I was just like, that's. 213 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 1: So sweeten this podcast. 214 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, laugh about that when people would say, oh, your 215 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 4: boys are so good, and I would go, yeah, let's 216 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 4: wait till they're thirty and they haven't you know, stolen 217 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 4: and whatever kids will do these days. Then come back 218 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 4: and tell me what difference. 219 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 1: Oh, I like that we made it. 220 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 3: We tell their adults to see how they are. 221 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 4: Okay, exactly? You know. 222 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 3: Well, we've got four questions here that we wrote down, 223 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 3: so this transitions perfectly. Number one, we need a mama 224 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 3: pro tip. What would be your best piece of advice 225 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 3: on parenting if you could only give one? 226 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 4: Oh, that's easy and it's really two. One is love 227 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 4: them with everything you have in you show them love. 228 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 4: Don't just I mean, don't just don't just tell me 229 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 4: I'm one of those. Don't don't give me words, show 230 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 4: me with your actions. You can tell me you love 231 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 4: me all day long, but if your actions don't go 232 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 4: with it, it doesn't. It doesn't matter whether you're in 233 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 4: a relationship as an adult or any other time. But 234 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 4: more importantly to me is self confidence. I taught preschool 235 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 4: for what nine years, Chris, I guess, and my whole 236 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 4: thing was your kids may not know how to spell 237 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 4: their name, but they're gonna feel so good about themselves 238 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 4: that they don't care. And that's my whole I was 239 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 4: raised that way with my dad. If you want to 240 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 4: be president, honey, you go be president. If you want 241 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 4: to be the best trans collector in the world, go 242 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 4: be the best track. But whatever you do, do it well. 243 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 4: But you can do it well. And so self confidence 244 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 4: is everything for children. 245 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 2: Everything that makes so much sense because every time, I mean, 246 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 2: when I describe you to other people, Mary Beth, probably 247 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 2: the words I use the quickest are like, she is 248 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,200 Speaker 2: a force. She is so strong, she gets it done. 249 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 2: She is a business woman, she is like. That is 250 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 2: how I describe you right off the bat. All right, Chris, 251 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 2: do you want to take one? 252 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, greatest joy of being a mom doesn't Obviously this 253 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: doesn't have to be a specific me story. This could 254 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 1: be I know I have a brother, so maybe no. 255 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: Is there is there a moment where as a parent, 256 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: you just had this overwhelming feeling of joy or accomplishments. 257 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 4: For me, it's watching you and your brother, because from 258 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,199 Speaker 4: the time I brought you home from the hospital, your 259 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 4: brother adopted you as his best friend. And for me 260 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 4: to watch that my entire life with you all but 261 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 4: to see it apply now as adults. You guys going 262 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 4: to Mexico together to go fish last week is it's 263 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 4: everything to me. So my greatest joy is watching YouTube 264 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 4: and as children, you two trying to make each other 265 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 4: laugh was just joyful. So I yeah, that's my joy 266 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 4: is watching YouTube. Be best friends as children, but to 267 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 4: continue to be best friends, that's everything to me. 268 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 1: And he's definitely that. 269 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 3: Yeah. 270 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 2: I mean, it was so cute. It's so cute to 271 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:49,960 Speaker 2: see them together, mary Bet, because you really like they 272 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 2: have the same laugh. They laugh the same way, and 273 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 2: if something makes them both laugh, it's like watching twins. 274 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: It's so we were on a group trip and some 275 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 1: of these people did not know us, and they were like, 276 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 1: oh my god when we started talking, like, you guys 277 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:05,839 Speaker 1: sound identical. Your mom's your mom said that she was 278 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 1: here the night we left, and she's like, oh my gosh, 279 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: you guys sound identical. 280 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,959 Speaker 4: I don't know if you remember, Chris, but you and 281 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 4: Glenn used to answer the phone for each other. So 282 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:16,719 Speaker 4: a day we call, or a girl would call it 283 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 4: and you would answer and it was Glenn's and your 284 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 4: grandmother couldn't tell you too. She started talking thinking it 285 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 4: was one of you and it was another. So you 286 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 4: all sound very very much alike on the phone. Not 287 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 4: as much now as adults, I don't think, but you 288 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 4: did as children. 289 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, I had more games, so I handled the relationship situation. 290 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 5: That's what I was. 291 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 3: You flirted a bit for him, You warmed the whole 292 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 3: moment up. 293 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 1: I had it at an early age. 294 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 4: You'd have a whole conversation with Glenn's girlfriends and they 295 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:45,679 Speaker 4: never know was Glenn. That's true, terrible. 296 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's at the age when boys are like messing 297 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 2: with girls trying to get them to like them. 298 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 3: They think that they think that tactic works. 299 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 2: Mary Beth piggybacking off that, how did you foster that friendship? 300 00:13:58,160 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 5: Though? 301 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 2: Because you hear from a lot of pe But like, 302 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 2: I feel like my kids hate each other and they 303 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 2: beat each other up and they bully each other. How 304 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 2: did you foster two best friends as kids? 305 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 4: You know, Lauren, if I thought I could clone that, 306 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 4: I'd write a book about it. But I Glenn knew 307 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 4: that Chris was coming from day one. He used to 308 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 4: talk to my stomach. I mean, I remember being in 309 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 4: the grocery store, and you know, I didn't allow him 310 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 4: to have Captain crunch and those kind of cereals, and 311 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 4: he's we're in the grocery store. And I talked all 312 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 4: the way through it with them, you know, we need this, 313 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 4: we need that, and he said we need some Captain crunch. 314 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 4: I said, no, no, we're not going to We're not going 315 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 4: to have that. He kept going and going and I said, 316 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 4: I told you no, and he reached down and he 317 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 4: started yelling, don't you want some Graptaic crunch? And I said, Glenn, 318 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 4: we're not talking about that. He said, I'm not talking 319 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 4: to you, I'm talking to the baby. But I started it. 320 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: I would jump in and say this because you've said 321 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 1: this before and it's actually true, and I did it 322 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: to a certain degree. My mom would make us so 323 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: mad at her that my my brother and I would 324 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: band together so my brother and I beat the crap 325 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 1: out of each other. We would go at it, I mean, 326 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: just you know, typical brother stuff, wrestling, fighting, hitting, We 327 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: would beat the tar out of each other until usually 328 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: I ended up crying, and my mom and dad it 329 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 1: drove them crazy, and so my mom would come in 330 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 1: and do whatever to us. At one time she actually 331 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: made us kiss. That's a true story. And we were 332 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 1: so mad at her we forgot we were what even 333 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: what we were fighting about. And so that was actually 334 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: a great tactic that I've employed. I have never made 335 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: my kids kiss, but hey, it was the seventies, but 336 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 1: that was funny that I remember that vividly, that we 337 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: would be beating the tar out of each other and 338 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 1: five minutes later we would forget and we were like, mom, sucks, 339 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: that's terrible. Come on, yeah exactly. 340 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 4: It's like, if you're going to be mad, then be 341 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 4: mad at me and get for each other. Yeah. I 342 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 4: hate fighting. I absolutely hate it this day. I'm not 343 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 4: an antigony. I'm not an antagonist. 344 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 6: Wow. 345 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 3: Well, but that's kind of a psycho logically brilliant ploy, 346 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 3: is to unite against you. 347 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 1: I took that into coaching when I started coaching the 348 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: kids in Little League and soccer and all that. If 349 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 1: the kids were mad at me, then they couldn't be divisive, 350 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 1: they couldn't worry about themselves. It was like they were 351 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 1: a united front. 352 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 2: All right, Mary Beth, we have one more question on 353 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 2: our Big four list, and it has to come for 354 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 2: me because well, I am marrying your son man. 355 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 4: Welcome to the family. 356 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 3: Oh, thank you. 357 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 2: You guys have been so welcoming from the start. I 358 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 2: and still remember that first passover where I kind of 359 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 2: met the whole crew and I was just like overjoyed 360 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 2: with how loving of a family. 361 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: This overwhelmed and overjoyed. That's a lot. 362 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 2: Overwhelmed in a good ways. We got to drink wine. 363 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 2: But so, what piece of advice would you have for 364 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 2: me about being married to Chris? What would be a 365 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,800 Speaker 2: tip you'd have for me about being married to him 366 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 2: for many years and making it a happy relationship? 367 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 4: Oh my goodness, we threw that at you love him. 368 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 4: And as someone wisely said to me, if two givers 369 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 4: get married, then a marriage will work. If a giver 370 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 4: and a taker get married, they probably will work. But 371 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:16,679 Speaker 4: one's always going to feel kind of abused. And if 372 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 4: two takers get married, there's no chance that a marriage 373 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,120 Speaker 4: is going to work. So very wise words that were 374 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,479 Speaker 4: said to me a long time ago before I got married. 375 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 4: And it's true. But Chris is a giver. He enjoys giving, 376 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 4: and so be a gracious receiver because that's his that's 377 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 4: something that brings him joy is to give and to share, 378 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 4: and so to not be as gracious and I used 379 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 4: to say this to your grandmother, to Chris, be as 380 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 4: gracious a receiver as you are a giver, because you 381 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 4: are also a giver, Lauren, and I've watched that with you, 382 00:17:55,840 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 4: but you need to be equally as gracious a receiver. 383 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 5: Wow. 384 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 3: I'm going to soak that in today. 385 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 2: That's so because I'm sitting here, I was processing your words, 386 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 2: Mary Beth, as you were saying them and thinking, God, 387 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 2: you're so right. Because one thing I have said that 388 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 2: has made me fall in love with Chris from the 389 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 2: beginning is we take care of each other like he's 390 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 2: a great partner. And you know, I didn't have that 391 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 2: in past relationships. I was I was the giver and 392 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 2: I was, you know, with takers sometimes. But that's I 393 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 2: actually think both of us could work on like the 394 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 2: way that we receive and we and I have. 395 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 3: To yeah, wow, okay, sorry, I was that was really good. 396 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 3: I'm going to go back and re listen to our 397 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,879 Speaker 3: own podcast so I make sure you're every word of that. 398 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 1: Is there any doubt where I came from? 399 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, And as you're sitting here saying things, 400 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 2: Mary Beth, like he's a loyal person and love and 401 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 2: those things. Those are words when I go describe somebody 402 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 2: to Chris, some of the first words I say, so again, 403 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 2: thank you for giving me this wonderful man that I 404 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 2: get to marry, My pleasure. 405 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,439 Speaker 1: And happy Mother's Day. Thank you for the love, the 406 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 1: unconditional love, the support being at every play and soccer 407 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 1: game and football game, and lord knows there were so many. 408 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 1: But just like your parents taught you, the one thing 409 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: I always talk about with my mom is that feeling 410 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 1: of what would you attempt to do if you knew 411 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,879 Speaker 1: you could not fail? And my mom instilled that in 412 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: me and thinking people go, why did you ever get 413 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: into sportscasting? Why would you do TV? No one in 414 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 1: my family ever did that. What drove you and what 415 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,199 Speaker 1: drove me was I never thought I could fail. I 416 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 1: just didn't think it like that. And I am an 417 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 1: eternal optimist and I always think green lights and if 418 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 1: it's going to be somebody, why not me? And that 419 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:42,879 Speaker 1: all came from this woman right here, my drive, my 420 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 1: love and I have you know, my mommy and my dad. 421 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:48,199 Speaker 1: But it's Mother's Day, and so thank you. Thank you 422 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:48,879 Speaker 1: for giving me. 423 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 4: All that fast story about you as a child. 424 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 1: Well we'll see I mean, I don't think he turns 425 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 1: that down. We'll see. 426 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 4: When Chris was I don't remember, six seven, I don't know, 427 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 4: eight years old, somewhere in there, he started doing play 428 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 4: by play of his brother. And so it would be 429 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:04,639 Speaker 4: here's Glenn getting up, and now he's going to go 430 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 4: brush his teeth. Let's see is he brushing the uppers? Look, 431 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 4: and there he is. He's going to go for cereals. 432 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 4: He's gonna be cherios, are gonna be witty, and Glenn 433 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 4: would be, Mom, make him stop. And if you Chris 434 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 4: stopped doing play by play of your brother. He did 435 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:20,239 Speaker 4: that for a long time. And who knew as we 436 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:22,199 Speaker 4: were yelling at him to stop, that that would be 437 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:23,160 Speaker 4: his first. 438 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:25,400 Speaker 1: Career getting into sportscasting and. 439 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 3: You know, very bad. 440 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 2: I was going to ask you when when Chris told 441 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 2: you this was what he was going to get into, 442 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:33,199 Speaker 2: were you surprised or did you already know? 443 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 3: And maybe that story is the answer. 444 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 4: I you know, he was emc of this play at the. 445 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,200 Speaker 1: High school talent show, his high. 446 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,919 Speaker 4: School talent show. He was, so it's not like we 447 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 4: planned it. And certainly he thought that soccer was going 448 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 4: to be his inroads to his life because he was 449 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 4: played soccer from the time he could walk. But I'm 450 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,439 Speaker 4: forever grateful to his college and to his if that 451 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 4: got him in that direction and he thrived. I mean, 452 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 4: it's just he's got that. I love listening to him, 453 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 4: and more than anything, I love your interviews because it's 454 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 4: not about you, and it's never been about you, and 455 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 4: nor should it be. It's always about who you're talking 456 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 4: to or who you're on air with or TV or whatever. 457 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 4: And I've always admired that, and I know that was 458 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 4: advice that was given. 459 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: To you early on the late great Bill Diggins. 460 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's not about you. And so his journey was Yeah, 461 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,440 Speaker 4: his journey was just a wonderful thing to watch. And no, 462 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 4: I didn't see that coming, but yeah, he just fit 463 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 4: right into the right place. 464 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:41,199 Speaker 1: And I will say, when you have a journey like 465 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 1: that and you are on that ride, it means so 466 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: much more when you have Because I always wanted to 467 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 1: make my mom and dad proud. I always wanted to 468 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,399 Speaker 1: make my brother proud. I always wanted to answer to 469 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 1: my grandparents, Mimi and Papa, and I think that is 470 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,439 Speaker 1: a huge thing for being a dad. You have to 471 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:00,439 Speaker 1: be responsible to someone other than yourself, even your mom 472 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 1: and dad. It has to be bigger than you. And 473 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 1: I always felt like our name was on the back 474 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 1: of the jersey and that's what I represented, and so 475 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 1: that that's what was instilled in me by you, among 476 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 1: a million other things. And so I just want to 477 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 1: say thank you and I love you, and thanks for 478 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:18,200 Speaker 1: doing this, and thank you for just being an amazing mother. 479 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 4: Thank you. It was my pleasure. You were easy to 480 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 4: be an amazing mother with. 481 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 1: And I'm sorry for as many times as people say, 482 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 1: that's not your mom, that's your sister. 483 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:32,159 Speaker 2: She has great skin. Great Also, thank you for the 484 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:33,120 Speaker 2: good genetics, Mary Beck. 485 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly. 486 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 4: We're just glad our parents had good skin. That's all 487 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:38,159 Speaker 4: we can. That's all we're thankful for. 488 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: Now, Happy Mother's Day. I love you very much. 489 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 4: Thanks, guys, love me. I'm with you. 490 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: So that was Mary Beth Harrison. 491 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:51,159 Speaker 2: I mean, especially because it's funny that your brother was 492 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 2: just we hadn't mentioned this before, but Chris and his 493 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 2: brother went on a trip, a fishing trip, a guy's 494 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,400 Speaker 2: fishing trip together, and I hadn't spent that much time. 495 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 3: With just you and your brother before. 496 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,919 Speaker 2: He was at the house with us, and you know, 497 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 2: because other family was always around our kids or whatever. 498 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 2: And to see you two together for the first time 499 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 2: made me so happy because with a sibling there's always 500 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 2: that ease and just to watch you two laugh together 501 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 2: and reconnect and to hear her say that that was 502 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:20,960 Speaker 2: her biggest joy of parenting, Oh my gosh, that really 503 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 2: got me. 504 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: And it's funny. I get that, you know, and I 505 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 1: see that in my kids already. That that's what gives 506 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 1: me great joy is when I. 507 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 3: Yes, I see that. 508 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,360 Speaker 2: Even like when we were moving the kids out, there 509 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 2: was one moment I think you were starting to walk 510 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 2: to the car and it was like they were saying 511 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:36,879 Speaker 2: bye to each other, you know. 512 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 3: And it's even though. 513 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:41,160 Speaker 2: They're going to be together today like Josh's, but still 514 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 2: I think they were just leaving this year of college together. 515 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,399 Speaker 1: Well you hear a silly story like we sent Taylor 516 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: to the Taylor Swift concert, Yes, And it was a 517 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 1: mess getting out of there. And she called her brother, 518 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 1: who was forty five minutes away and already in bed, 519 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: and said, Josh, come get me. And he woke up, 520 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: and he woke up and went and get assistant. 521 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 2: Do you think we did something right. Yeah, they are 522 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 2: there for each other. Yeah, maybe that's one of the 523 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 2: biggest tests of parenting as siblings. Well, we can ask 524 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 2: my mom about it, because me and my siblings are 525 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 2: certainly close. 526 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,120 Speaker 3: But we've all had our moments. 527 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 1: I am looking forward to this next interview, Ladies and gentlemen, 528 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: the Donna Zema Up next, Dundun Dawn. 529 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 7: Hey dudes, this is Christine Taylor and this is David Lasher. 530 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 8: You may remember us as teenage co stars on the 531 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,080 Speaker 8: Nickelodeon show Hey Dude back in the Day. 532 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 7: Now decades later, we are together again as hosts of 533 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 7: the Hey Dude the Nineties called podcast, where we revisit 534 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:48,159 Speaker 7: amazing nineties nostalgia. 535 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 8: From music to movies, to television and comedy. 536 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 7: We cover it all, and we get to do it 537 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,440 Speaker 7: with an array of guests who made their mark in 538 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:56,400 Speaker 7: that magical era. 539 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 8: Stars from Saved by the Bell, Married with Children, Blossom, Clueless, 540 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 8: Full House, Beverly Hills, nine O two one zero. The 541 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:03,920 Speaker 8: list goes on. 542 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 7: And David, don't forget our number one fan, mister Ben Stiller. 543 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 8: How could I forget Ben Stiller? 544 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,120 Speaker 1: I mean, it was so nice for us to both 545 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 1: meet him for the first time. He was an amazing guest. 546 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 8: We've also had on other nineties megastars like Jason Priestley, 547 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 8: Melissa Joan Hart, Cal Mitchell, and Mayam Biolic just the 548 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 8: name a few, and there's so much more to come. 549 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 1: So sit back, relax. 550 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 7: You can even binge our episodes and make sure to 551 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 7: catch a new one each week. 552 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 8: Listen to Hey Dude, the Nineties called on the iHeartRadio app, 553 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 8: Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. 554 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 6: Okay, I'm looking for the most Challenging Guest Award. Okay, 555 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 6: let's get That's what my goal is here today. 556 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 1: And with that, let me introduce Lauren's mom, Donna. 557 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:59,919 Speaker 2: Zema, Queen Empress, perhaps Dictator. Donna Zema has joined us. 558 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 3: Mom, thank you for being here. 559 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,360 Speaker 5: Oh, you're welcome. I'm happy to be here. 560 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:06,360 Speaker 1: Happy Mother's Day. 561 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 5: Thank you so much so. 562 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:12,439 Speaker 2: This is a special Mother's Day episode of the podcast. 563 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 3: We spoke to Chris's mom and we're going to speak to. 564 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 2: You and we have four questions for just you know, 565 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 2: kind of wanted to keep it streamlined and we're going 566 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 2: to ask both of you the same questions. But I 567 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:27,880 Speaker 2: have to say, Mom, I mean, I was a little 568 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:28,639 Speaker 2: hesitant about this. 569 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 3: I didn't know how it was going to go. And 570 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 3: how did you feel joining the podcast here today? 571 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 6: Well, I thought that you'd be asking me for my 572 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 6: sage advice and wisdom on motherhood. 573 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:40,120 Speaker 5: So I've been. 574 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 6: Thinking about because and then I've been thinking about how 575 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 6: I sidestep certain questions as to non embarrassed one of 576 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 6: my three children. 577 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 5: Well, which couldn't be hard if I tell the truth. 578 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 1: Everybody already has this amazing glimpse into y'all's life and 579 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: your relationship. Well, the other day, y'all were you were 580 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 1: wedding dress shopping, Yes, and your mom very much disapproved 581 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,439 Speaker 1: of your outfit. In fact, I think she said you 582 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:09,119 Speaker 1: hated it. 583 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 3: It was hilarious. Yes, my mom is a go ahead mother. 584 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 6: We just are not charitable with each other when it 585 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 6: comes to saying, well, we really feel about what anybody's 586 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 6: wearing or doing or whatever. 587 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 5: That's our family. 588 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 1: Sorry, that's very true. 589 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 2: That is a family true, a family of lawyers. My 590 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 2: parents both lawyers, my brother now a lawyer. My parents 591 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 2: wanted me to go to law school. And you know, 592 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 2: we fight a lot and we laugh a lot, and 593 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 2: actually I think babe. This was for you when you're 594 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 2: first getting to know my family. I remember one day 595 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,120 Speaker 2: you we had just I forget who we'd just been 596 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,160 Speaker 2: hanging out with. Maybe it was with you and we mom, 597 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 2: and Chris goes, okay, I get it. You guys like 598 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:52,400 Speaker 2: poke at each other a lot, and you fight a lot, 599 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 2: but you're like being funny. 600 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's all out of love. And if you 601 00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 1: can't hang in the courtroom, that is the Zema family. 602 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,880 Speaker 1: So true, you are not going to make it. It's 603 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 1: sick swim. 604 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 5: You've got to have some thick skin around here. 605 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 2: Well, Mom, you prepared perfectly, which is very loyery of you, 606 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:13,439 Speaker 2: and you're right. 607 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 3: We are going to ask your advice. 608 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 2: So question number one, if you could only give one tip, 609 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,120 Speaker 2: what would be your best advice on parenting? 610 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 5: Learn how to say no. I mean, I'm sorry. 611 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 6: That's I think a problem with a lot of parents 612 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:35,400 Speaker 6: that they want to make their kids happy and they 613 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 6: don't know how to protect their kids from themselves. 614 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 5: So you have to learn to say no. 615 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:41,840 Speaker 4: No. 616 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 5: You can't do that. I know it's popular. I know 617 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 5: you want to go there. I know you want to. 618 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,320 Speaker 6: Have this iPhone at you know six years old, but 619 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 6: they have to learn to say no. I think that's 620 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 6: the most important piece of advice for a parent. 621 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 1: Too many parents want to be their kid's best friend, right, Yeah, 622 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 1: that never works. And I will say, getting to know 623 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 1: Lauren and now you, Laura, you've talked about this a 624 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 1: lot that your mom would you know, I don't say dictate, 625 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 1: dictate who you were hanging out with, your friends, made 626 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:17,240 Speaker 1: sure the path you were on, Yes, because who you're 627 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 1: hanging out with, well, you. 628 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 2: Always used to say, mom, like, your your friends are 629 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 2: your kids kind of most important. Yeah, social structure, and 630 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 2: they dictate so much. And yeah, I mean my mom 631 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:31,600 Speaker 2: would employ such phrases as I'm the mother and you're not. 632 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:35,720 Speaker 5: That was one of my favorites. I still employ that one. 633 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:37,120 Speaker 1: That still works. 634 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 2: And yeah, you were very much that you were protecting 635 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 2: us from ourselves. 636 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 3: That was a phrase you always said. 637 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 2: One phrase that I love that was that I think 638 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 2: came from you, was you said, you've said before with kids, 639 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 2: you can put the time in now or later. 640 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 5: Oh, that is so true. 641 00:29:55,920 --> 00:30:00,280 Speaker 6: And I see the the results of that in my 642 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:03,640 Speaker 6: own life so many times of people who didn't put 643 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 6: the time in and they're still supporting adult children, etc. 644 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 5: Something you never want to. 645 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 1: Do speaking of somebody who is speaking of someone who's 646 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:16,760 Speaker 1: hit three home runs in a row. Your two beautiful daughters, 647 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: your amazingly talented son who's now a lawyer and his 648 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 1: budding legal career. Of all the things, what is the 649 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 1: biggest joy? What have you taken the most away from 650 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 1: being a mom and watching these three incredible children grow. 651 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 5: I think the biggest joy for me has seen the three. 652 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:46,959 Speaker 6: Adults they've become, and not so much their successes in 653 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,360 Speaker 6: the employment arena, although I'm very proud of that. I'm 654 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 6: the most proud and it gives me the most joy 655 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:58,280 Speaker 6: to see the adults they've become. They're moral, caring, wonderful people, 656 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 6: and that's where I get my joys a mom. 657 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,920 Speaker 3: Thanks Mom. She always used to say, I want you 658 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:06,960 Speaker 3: to be a person of substance. 659 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 6: And you are, all three of you are. Thank you, 660 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 6: and you're with people of substance, which makes it very, 661 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,080 Speaker 6: very wonderful in a family. 662 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:17,120 Speaker 1: Thank you. 663 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 3: Oh, she's getting emotional. 664 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 5: Well I'm not, no, I mean that from the bottom 665 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:23,800 Speaker 5: of my heart. 666 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:25,000 Speaker 3: So well. 667 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 2: We had such a great example obviously in you, Mom, 668 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,760 Speaker 2: and I mean we I write this. I feel like 669 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:35,000 Speaker 2: my siblings and I write the same things in cards 670 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:36,880 Speaker 2: to you on your birthday and on Mother's Day. We 671 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:39,080 Speaker 2: are all always like sometimes we'll read each other's cards 672 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 2: and we've almost always written basically the same thing, which 673 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:44,280 Speaker 2: is like, we wouldn't be where we are without you. 674 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 3: Oh no, no, I'm going to get emotional. Why did 675 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 3: we do this Mother's Day podcast? 676 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 5: Oh my god? 677 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,720 Speaker 6: But you know what I was thinking about this earlier, 678 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 6: you know, in the words of others who come before me, 679 00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,640 Speaker 6: it does take a village, and your village included two 680 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:07,719 Speaker 6: wonderful grandparents, people of substance to guide you and your father. 681 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,280 Speaker 6: So there's a lot of people involved in this mix. 682 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 6: It's it's great on Mother's Day to be honored as 683 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:16,320 Speaker 6: a mother, but mothers don't do it alone, that's for sure. 684 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 3: That's true. 685 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 2: Well, we had my mom's parents, Grandpop's, and we would 686 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 2: go to their house on the weekends. They lived about 687 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 2: thirty five forty minutes away from us, so we spent 688 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,959 Speaker 2: a lot of time there. But it all gets passed 689 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 2: down and then when I look at I mean now, 690 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:37,640 Speaker 2: even being with Chris's kids, I'm like, oh, I get 691 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:39,760 Speaker 2: it now. The cycle of things, because I'm taking a 692 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 2: lot of what I learned from you into my time 693 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:43,960 Speaker 2: with them, so I'm very grateful. 694 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 5: Yeah, and a lot of that stuff emanated from grand 695 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,680 Speaker 5: and Pop. So all right, send it down. 696 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:53,360 Speaker 2: The next question, that was the greatest joy of motherhood? 697 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,240 Speaker 2: What was the greatest challenge of myne Oh, my god, 698 00:32:57,320 --> 00:32:57,800 Speaker 2: there were. 699 00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:02,880 Speaker 6: So many, and you guys were relatively great, well behaved kids. 700 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:07,560 Speaker 6: I think the greatest challenge of being a parent is 701 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 6: to know when to let your kids make mistakes that 702 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:16,200 Speaker 6: sometimes they just won't listen to you, and you got 703 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,440 Speaker 6: to kind of let them go down the road and see. 704 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 5: When did you do that. 705 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:24,440 Speaker 6: I won't oh, I won't talk about any particular examples 706 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:26,520 Speaker 6: in public. 707 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:28,680 Speaker 1: Well, Donna, I want to ask you one in particular, 708 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:36,680 Speaker 1: because obviously your dad, yes, a lawyer, your mom lawyer, brother, lawyer, you, 709 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,720 Speaker 1: from what I understand, Correct me if I'm wrong, because 710 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:42,480 Speaker 1: this is an els story, wanted her to go to 711 00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:45,560 Speaker 1: law school and did not want her to go into entertainment. 712 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:47,160 Speaker 5: Oh my god. 713 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:50,160 Speaker 6: No, I cannot be one of these these parents that 714 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:53,760 Speaker 6: say it says, oh, my daughter is successful because I 715 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:54,240 Speaker 6: did so. 716 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:57,720 Speaker 5: Much to support her dream. No, that's what I thought, 717 00:33:57,960 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 5: to be perfectly honest. 718 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:03,160 Speaker 6: Yeah, I thought she's going to be starving in la 719 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,120 Speaker 6: and I'm going to have to support her for the rest. 720 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,520 Speaker 5: Of her life. So sorry. 721 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,920 Speaker 6: I was not one of those people. I because, as 722 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:15,359 Speaker 6: you know, it's so the odds are against you. 723 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:16,520 Speaker 5: To make it in that town. 724 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:19,240 Speaker 3: I know, I know Chris is holding up the end 725 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:19,800 Speaker 3: me wrong. 726 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:22,200 Speaker 5: She proved me wrong. She did. 727 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:25,960 Speaker 1: But it takes that too though. You have to because 728 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:28,960 Speaker 1: the reason I love that is your daughter had to 729 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 1: have the intestinal fortitude that obviously you gave her to 730 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:35,160 Speaker 1: know that path and to know she was strong enough 731 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:35,719 Speaker 1: to go do that. 732 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:39,520 Speaker 6: She did, she absolutely did, and I give her all 733 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:42,520 Speaker 6: the credit because she didn't have, you know, a stage 734 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:45,759 Speaker 6: mom behind her pushing her saying go go go. I'm like, oh, guy, 735 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:48,160 Speaker 6: don't you want to be an account Maybe it's not 736 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:49,560 Speaker 6: a lawyer, how about an. 737 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:52,080 Speaker 1: Account By the way, I argue with her, and she 738 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,799 Speaker 1: would be an amazing lawyer, she really would. I have 739 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:59,960 Speaker 1: I have yet to win one. Yeah through that, apparently 740 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:05,160 Speaker 1: the dress really is blue not green? Okay, Donna, because 741 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:09,239 Speaker 1: this is Mother's Day and I am honored enough to 742 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:13,400 Speaker 1: about to enter this family. Uh, and you will be 743 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:16,960 Speaker 1: my mother. I have to ask a very serious question, 744 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 1: what do I need to know about your daughter as 745 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:23,960 Speaker 1: we take this huge step in life. 746 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,919 Speaker 6: I if I have one piece of advice for you, 747 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:30,680 Speaker 6: and I think you already do this. 748 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:32,400 Speaker 5: Keep her laughing. 749 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:38,160 Speaker 6: Warren thrives upon joy and laughter in her life. If 750 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:40,720 Speaker 6: you do that, you guys are going to be together 751 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:41,919 Speaker 6: till the day you die. 752 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:42,960 Speaker 1: That's so true. 753 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:44,080 Speaker 3: Wow. 754 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:44,399 Speaker 6: True. 755 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:48,200 Speaker 3: I didn't expect you to say that, Mom, Really well. 756 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:50,640 Speaker 5: I thought you would say I know you pretty well, 757 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:51,640 Speaker 5: you do. 758 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:56,680 Speaker 2: I thought you'd pick up on something else like, I 759 00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:59,400 Speaker 2: don't know, but yeah, you're right, You're right. 760 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:01,560 Speaker 3: This that sums me up pretty well. 761 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:03,960 Speaker 2: Actually, I'm really having a moment of feeling like my 762 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,200 Speaker 2: mom knows me as an adult, and I'm maybe feeling 763 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,480 Speaker 2: like that for the first time, well last some years, 764 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:11,080 Speaker 2: when I in like my twenties, maybe where I kept 765 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:15,520 Speaker 2: I think there was a little conflict of you realizing 766 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:19,120 Speaker 2: or accepting who I was becoming as an adult versus 767 00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:22,680 Speaker 2: who the more teenager version of me you might have known. 768 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,120 Speaker 3: Would you agree, Yeah, yeah, I would. 769 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:29,719 Speaker 5: There's there there was definitely some transition transition years. Yeah, well, 770 00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:32,560 Speaker 5: that's probably it's also a letting. 771 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:37,040 Speaker 6: Go too, right, because you know you've like nurtured this 772 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:40,279 Speaker 6: wonderful human being from the time they came out of 773 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:42,920 Speaker 6: your body, and then you know at some point you're 774 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:43,880 Speaker 6: going to have to let them go. 775 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:45,600 Speaker 5: So it's a long process. 776 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:47,799 Speaker 1: I have had to say the same thing where it's 777 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:49,480 Speaker 1: that it's that point where you throw them out of 778 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:50,960 Speaker 1: the nest to see if they can fly, but you're 779 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,200 Speaker 1: still like holding your hands out a little bit until 780 00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:56,040 Speaker 1: you realize, oh, they're flying, and then it's ye. And 781 00:36:56,200 --> 00:37:00,359 Speaker 1: it's hard to take that because you've done your job. 782 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:02,719 Speaker 2: And I remember, I remember you told me once that 783 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:06,480 Speaker 2: Dad said to you, well, honey, the problem is like 784 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,960 Speaker 2: we raise them to fly away and encourage them to 785 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:10,560 Speaker 2: do it in a now we're upset that they did. 786 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,920 Speaker 5: Which is the reason I live in Chicago by myself. 787 00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:17,920 Speaker 1: And they don't come see you enough. But don in 788 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:21,319 Speaker 1: all seriousness, I'm marvel at what an amazing mother you 789 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,120 Speaker 1: have been, what an amazing mother you are. The relationship 790 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:28,879 Speaker 1: you have with John, Christina and Lauren, the way they 791 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:30,440 Speaker 1: love you, the way they look up to you and 792 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,160 Speaker 1: idolize you. It's one of the things I fell in 793 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:36,320 Speaker 1: love with immediately with Lauren was your family, the family 794 00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:38,040 Speaker 1: that you have built. You are definitely the matriarch of 795 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:40,080 Speaker 1: this family. There is no doubt about that. 796 00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:44,920 Speaker 2: We fight, we laugh, we communicate, we over communicate. I mean, 797 00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:46,879 Speaker 2: one difference between you and I is like I talk 798 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:49,520 Speaker 2: to my mom, my sister, and my brother all every day, 799 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:56,120 Speaker 2: multiple times a day. Chris fights less, maybe communicates a 800 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:59,319 Speaker 2: little less so, but somehow we're making it work. 801 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,400 Speaker 1: You have to get it else and it's good you 802 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,600 Speaker 1: have your family because I only have so many. 803 00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:04,920 Speaker 3: Words, Mom, I wanted to ask you. 804 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:08,600 Speaker 2: Chris's mom brought something up about how close Chris and 805 00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:12,320 Speaker 2: Glen have stayed, and like, that's something I think again 806 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,520 Speaker 2: drew us to each other, was that we're both just 807 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:18,400 Speaker 2: so close with our families. How did you foster a 808 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:21,680 Speaker 2: situation where Christina and I and John were such close 809 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:22,879 Speaker 2: siblings and still are now. 810 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,520 Speaker 6: Well, first of all, you didn't have much of a choice, 811 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:28,520 Speaker 6: living on nine acres of land by yourself. 812 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:30,680 Speaker 3: We don't have any neighbors, any friends. 813 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:34,120 Speaker 5: It was like, okay, we. 814 00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:36,520 Speaker 6: Better get along with them because you got nobody to 815 00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:38,839 Speaker 6: play with. And this was, you know, the days before 816 00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:41,360 Speaker 6: everybody was in front of a screen, right, So I 817 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:44,359 Speaker 6: think that did a lot to foster the closeness that 818 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:47,480 Speaker 6: you guys have. You only had each other many times, 819 00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:50,719 Speaker 6: you know. It was like after school, you didn't go 820 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:52,680 Speaker 6: out and do a lot of things. You stayed at home. 821 00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:55,000 Speaker 6: You were here on nine acres of land by yourself. 822 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,480 Speaker 6: Remember for a while, we didn't even have cable TV. 823 00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,480 Speaker 3: So that's true. My mom wanted us to be readers, 824 00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:01,520 Speaker 3: so we didn't have TV. 825 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:04,480 Speaker 1: No, Oh, Donna, I love the tell me again, this 826 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,120 Speaker 1: is a great story I've heard about you. You would 827 00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:11,719 Speaker 1: incentivize your kids with the chance to read. Most parents are. 828 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:13,839 Speaker 1: You get screen time, you can watch TV, you can 829 00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,880 Speaker 1: watch movie. You if the kids did great, you let 830 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:19,520 Speaker 1: them read. So they were excited just to get the 831 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:21,040 Speaker 1: opportunity to read a book. 832 00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:25,680 Speaker 6: Yeah, what little nerds they were, Chris, Seriously, I have them. 833 00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:28,640 Speaker 1: Completely of what did what brilliant I did? 834 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,600 Speaker 6: I did used to say, Hey, you want to stay 835 00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:33,120 Speaker 6: up you know, TV or whatever, but you can read. 836 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,799 Speaker 5: So that was always my little sneaky way. 837 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:38,960 Speaker 2: We're also learning from this podcast the psychology that is 838 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:41,319 Speaker 2: used in being a mom and how you tricked us 839 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:43,960 Speaker 2: into so many things. And by the way, it's sounding 840 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,440 Speaker 2: like I grew up, like I don't know, in some 841 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:48,880 Speaker 2: kind of isolated society. 842 00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:50,000 Speaker 3: We did. 843 00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:52,960 Speaker 2: We didn't have cable TV because you wanted us to read, 844 00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:55,600 Speaker 2: and you did say getting back to the siblings thing, 845 00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:58,400 Speaker 2: it was always these are the people who are going 846 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:00,680 Speaker 2: to be your friends for life. And actually remember even 847 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:02,919 Speaker 2: when I was in middle school, because everybody's the worst 848 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:05,600 Speaker 2: in middle school, I wanted my own room, and you 849 00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:07,560 Speaker 2: made Christina and I always share a room. 850 00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:08,160 Speaker 3: Always. 851 00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:12,080 Speaker 6: Yeah, And you know, as a result, you two are 852 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:15,040 Speaker 6: probably like the closest sisters. I know. I'm very proud 853 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:17,960 Speaker 6: of that because you're right when I'm gone, who are 854 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:18,919 Speaker 6: you going to have each other? 855 00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:20,239 Speaker 5: That's your family so. 856 00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:23,520 Speaker 2: Well, and that is also why I can never be alone. 857 00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:28,560 Speaker 2: So Chris is really benefiting from that. Mom. 858 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:32,520 Speaker 3: Thank you. I didn't think you would. I didn't think 859 00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:35,960 Speaker 3: you would. I thought you might make fun of me 860 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:36,840 Speaker 3: more on this podcast. 861 00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:39,920 Speaker 5: To be honest with you, Oh, I'm keeping myself in chat. 862 00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:41,839 Speaker 1: Let's end on a high note. I feel like we're 863 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:44,959 Speaker 1: really leaving a good emotional space right now. 864 00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,319 Speaker 3: We love you so much, and Happy Mother's Day. 865 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:49,440 Speaker 1: Happy Mother's Day. 866 00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:51,000 Speaker 5: Thank you guys, Love you both. 867 00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:54,920 Speaker 1: Love you, okay, we're off the hot seat. 868 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:56,920 Speaker 3: I was a little nervous. 869 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:58,480 Speaker 1: I know you were. It is funny when you know 870 00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:02,000 Speaker 1: my mom. They brought her on one of my one 871 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:05,440 Speaker 1: of the specials one time and she was live on 872 00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:07,080 Speaker 1: Network TV, and I. 873 00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:08,320 Speaker 3: Just, okay, that's nervous. 874 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:11,320 Speaker 1: You're just like, oh God, please let this go good. 875 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:13,800 Speaker 1: And she of course crushed it and she was amazing. 876 00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:16,839 Speaker 1: She made me cry that night and again today. And 877 00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:19,560 Speaker 1: I know there's that trepidation when our. 878 00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,000 Speaker 3: Moms get on Why why is that we can have. 879 00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:23,920 Speaker 1: Because it's a part of our lives that we've kept 880 00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:26,759 Speaker 1: pretty quiet and secret, you know, like we're hosts. We 881 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,719 Speaker 1: don't live actually that out loud. So when you open 882 00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:31,360 Speaker 1: up a little bit more of our lives, it's a 883 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:32,240 Speaker 1: little nerve wracking. 884 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,920 Speaker 2: I also think that you can be the most successful 885 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:36,440 Speaker 2: you can be at the top of your career. You 886 00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:39,160 Speaker 2: can be a name known the world over, and nobody 887 00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:43,160 Speaker 2: can like bring you back like your mom, you know 888 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:43,640 Speaker 2: what I mean. 889 00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:44,880 Speaker 3: So it's see. 890 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:47,160 Speaker 1: They've done their job, which both of ours have. They 891 00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:50,000 Speaker 1: had this amazing ability to make you feel like you 892 00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:51,239 Speaker 1: are twelve years old. Again. 893 00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:54,040 Speaker 3: By the way, speaking of doing their jobs, were they. 894 00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:55,480 Speaker 3: They both just crushed being it. 895 00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:57,040 Speaker 1: They did. I know they they were. 896 00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,759 Speaker 2: Ready with their sound bites, they came prepared with answers, 897 00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:01,520 Speaker 2: they spoke succinctly. 898 00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:04,040 Speaker 3: That's because they're both incredible business women too. 899 00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:07,920 Speaker 1: I look for a Marybeth Donna Zema podcast coming. 900 00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:12,280 Speaker 2: So wow, moms on moms, moms on moms, moms on momming. 901 00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:16,440 Speaker 1: But thank you to our moms, to Beth, to Donna, 902 00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:19,640 Speaker 1: we love you so much. You guys have been amazing 903 00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:21,880 Speaker 1: to both of us and now to both of us 904 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:25,279 Speaker 1: together as one big family. And there's just our way 905 00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:27,440 Speaker 1: of reaching out to you to let the world know 906 00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:29,440 Speaker 1: how much we love and appreciate you, but also to 907 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:31,719 Speaker 1: show the love to all of you and to all 908 00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:33,040 Speaker 1: the incredible moms out there. 909 00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:35,040 Speaker 2: Yes, we wanted to share a little of their wisdom 910 00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:37,640 Speaker 2: because we both admire both our own moms and each 911 00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:40,480 Speaker 2: others and have learned so much from them. And thank 912 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:43,920 Speaker 2: you and all our love to the moms whoever that 913 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,520 Speaker 2: might be in your life. For some people, it's you know, 914 00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:49,239 Speaker 2: mom or aunt or a friend who came into your 915 00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:49,959 Speaker 2: family's life. 916 00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:51,640 Speaker 3: Whatever figure was that. 917 00:42:52,040 --> 00:43:00,200 Speaker 2: Loving maternal guiding light that you needed, Thank you and yeah. 918 00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:01,440 Speaker 1: Happy Mother's Day, others Day. Throw all the moms out 919 00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:03,799 Speaker 1: there and we'll talk to you next time, because we 920 00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:06,600 Speaker 1: have a lot more to talk about. Thanks for listening. 921 00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:09,479 Speaker 1: Follow us on Instagram at the most Dramatic pod ever, 922 00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:11,640 Speaker 1: and make sure to write us a review and leave 923 00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:14,120 Speaker 1: us five stars. I'll talk to you next time.