Speaker 1: Hey guys, and welcome back to another week of casual Chaos.
Speaker 1: This week, I have a super exciting guest, Tate Madden.
Speaker 1: Welcome to Casual Chaos.
Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1: First off, you are gorgeous.
Speaker 2: Thank you.
Speaker 1: Love your style. The hair is killing it, thank you.
Speaker 1: Did you, like ever have long hair?
Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah, I know. I had hair like down to hear,
Speaker 2: like my whole life.
Speaker 1: Oh my god.
Speaker 2: And then COVID hit and my friend who is a hairstylist,
Speaker 2: her salon shut down, and so she was just trying
Speaker 2: to like put stuff on social media, so she's like,
Speaker 2: can I cut in color your hair? And then when
Speaker 2: I was over there, I was like, honestly, just chop
Speaker 2: it off because if I hate it, no one is
Speaker 2: seeing me anyway, so it'll grow out. And if I
Speaker 2: love it, like I like, I'll know.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: And obviously I loved it because it's been years and
Speaker 2: it's still still a bop.
Speaker 1: So funny. I was actually on TikTok the other day
Speaker 1: and Sophia Richie just cut a bob. Yes, and she
Speaker 1: looks awesome too, and as expected, Yeah, I mean she
Speaker 1: could pull quite literally anything off. Okay, I guess let's
Speaker 1: start from the beginning. So did you grow up in Florida.
Speaker 2: I did not. I grew up in Ohio. Oh Whatincinnati, Ohio? Oh?
Speaker 1: So then what made you go to Florida.
Speaker 2: My older sister lived in Florida. I actually was living
Speaker 2: in Fort Worth, Texas at the time, and I would
Speaker 2: visit my older sister. She has three boys, and I
Speaker 2: just loved it, and so I would go and visit
Speaker 2: my nephews and I was like, ah, like, I'm young,
Speaker 2: I'm single, like I don't have anything holding me back, Like,
Speaker 2: let's just try Florida. And then I just never left.
Speaker 1: So you're like, parents and family are still in Ohio.
Speaker 2: Still in Ohio. Yes, I have one sister, like I said,
Speaker 2: lives in Florida. And then I have my younger sister
Speaker 2: that I got to move to Florida. So little by little,
Speaker 2: I'm one of six, so no way, just keep pulling.
Speaker 2: All girls are mixed next so girl boy, then me,
Speaker 2: and then boy girl girl.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, so many of you. I'm one of four,
Speaker 1: so but I mean six, I feel like that's crazy.
Speaker 2: And even there were three though, I feel like it's
Speaker 2: just like craziness. Yeah, no matter how much fun.
Speaker 1: Yeah, are you all so close? Yes?
Speaker 2: I love having a big family. It is the most fun.
Speaker 2: Like it's always so crazy and there was just no
Speaker 2: structure growing up, like everything's just everywhere. But like when
Speaker 2: I look back at it, I'm like, I had so
Speaker 2: much fun. It was the best time. Do you like
Speaker 2: having a big.
Speaker 1: One hundred percent come from a big Italian family and
Speaker 1: my dad's side is huge, so we just grew up
Speaker 1: so many cousins. We all have so many siblings and
Speaker 1: the house is never quiet now, there's never a dull moment.
Speaker 1: There's always something going on. But that's the beauty of it.
Speaker 1: And I feel like a lot of kids, if they're
Speaker 1: like an only child, they always wish they had a sibling. Yes,
Speaker 1: so I feel I guess grateful.
Speaker 2: I can't imagine not having like a big family. I
Speaker 2: also laugh when people try and they're like, oh, I'm
Speaker 2: so sorry, it's a louder. So I'm like, this is
Speaker 2: how I feel comfortable, Like I like it just being
Speaker 2: absolute madness.
Speaker 1: I'm too quiet or something.
Speaker 2: Yes, I'm like, what's going on?
Speaker 1: We got in trouble? Yes, So where did you go
Speaker 1: to college?
Speaker 2: I didn't go to college. Oh, no way plot twist. No,
Speaker 2: I didn't go to college. Honestly, think I'm just too
Speaker 2: add to like sit in a classroom.
Speaker 1: It's not for everyone.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I just wanted to bop around. I went to
Speaker 2: la for a bit, stayed with my brother for a
Speaker 2: couple months, and here in New York. My family at
Speaker 2: one point said that I was a bubble. They're like,
Speaker 2: you really just float because I was just kind of
Speaker 2: found my way, which was terrifying at times because I
Speaker 2: did it when I was obviously so young, and when
Speaker 2: you have six siblings, like, I don't want to have
Speaker 2: help from anyone. I'm like, my parents have all my
Speaker 2: younger siblings to worry about. I'm going to take care
Speaker 2: of myself, which sometimes my mom would get mad at
Speaker 2: me and she would yell at me and be like,
Speaker 2: what are you doing, like call me? So yeah, that
Speaker 2: was a thing, but we got through it and I'm here,
Speaker 2: and I feel like that is like one of the
Speaker 2: biggest reasons why I've matured and been able to like
Speaker 2: navigate life. Say, I probably trusted myself helped.
Speaker 1: You gain so much independence for yourself. Yes, when did
Speaker 1: you start kind of being on your own?
Speaker 2: Right after high school?
Speaker 1: Oh Wowah So at eighteen, Oh yeah, I.
Speaker 2: Was just like I'm just gonna go. I'm gonna figure
Speaker 2: it out. I don't care like what I need to do.
Speaker 2: It was a lot of like ups and downs, but
Speaker 2: I'm very proud of myself for like where I am now.
Speaker 1: It's probably so rewarding for yourself though, like look how
Speaker 1: far I've come.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I hate being a burden to people, which again
Speaker 2: is something that I should probably work on. How my
Speaker 2: mom used to yell at me and say, you know,
Speaker 2: I'm your mom, like if you need help, like call me.
Speaker 2: I don't know if it's the competitiveness with myself or
Speaker 2: what it is, but I was just always like, you
Speaker 2: need to do this on your own, Like you need
Speaker 2: to do this like by yourself, figure it out by yourself.
Speaker 1: What's your sign?
Speaker 2: A virgo?
Speaker 1: You're a virgo? Okay, my sister's a virgo and so
Speaker 1: was my No No, and he was the same way.
Speaker 1: He was so like particular about everything, perfect everything, yes,
Speaker 1: had to be his way. If he didn't do it,
Speaker 1: then it wasn't good to night. Yes, that is me.
Speaker 1: It's not bad to ask for help. But I completely
Speaker 1: get what you mean.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think looking back now, I'm like, oh,
Speaker 2: people want the parents that you can call no matter what,
Speaker 2: and like, my parents are those parents. So I think
Speaker 2: that's why they were very frustrated with me when I
Speaker 2: was younger, just because it was like I had the
Speaker 2: parents that people dream of and I didn't always take
Speaker 2: advantage of it. But I also think that they're proud
Speaker 2: of me too, for like figuring it out on my own,
Speaker 2: so always a learning curve.
Speaker 1: I was even having this conversation with my cousin because
Speaker 1: she's kind of dealing with the same thing, figuring out
Speaker 1: things on her own at such a young age, and
Speaker 1: I was like, you know what, when you are older,
Speaker 1: you're going to look back and be so grateful that
Speaker 1: you accomplished all this by yourself and that you didn't
Speaker 1: ask anyone for help, not like you couldn't, but just
Speaker 1: knowing that you accomplished all of this on your own,
Speaker 1: paid for all of this on your own, did this
Speaker 1: all by yourself. That's more rewarding than necessarily asking someone
Speaker 1: for help, which isn't a bad thing. Feel like it's
Speaker 1: a self pride thing in a way.
Speaker 2: And I think it gives you comfort cents in your choices,
Speaker 2: and also it makes it where you're not having to
Speaker 2: abide by someone else's rules. Like if I'm going to
Speaker 2: make a mistake, I'm going to make a mistake because
Speaker 2: I chose in this moment that this was the choice
Speaker 2: I was going to make, and it's my decision and
Speaker 2: I fully take accountability for it, Whereas if I'm getting
Speaker 2: help from someone or they kind of have a little bit,
Speaker 2: if I'm putting money into this, like it might sway
Speaker 2: you're thinking. So I just wanted my choices to be
Speaker 2: my choices so I could if I did make a mistake,
Speaker 2: learn from them, because I think if you don't make
Speaker 2: your own choices and make your own mistakes, like there's
Speaker 2: always a little tinge of like regret later down the
Speaker 2: road where it's like, oh, like what if I just
Speaker 2: would have trusted to myself and did it myself and
Speaker 2: not let someone like sway where I was headed.
Speaker 1: So when it's coming out of your pocket, I feel
Speaker 1: like you're yeah, more pocked in.
Speaker 2: You're like, Okay, we're not going to mess this one up.
Speaker 1: So how did you get hired to be on Tyler's show?
Speaker 2: So I only am on like little syn bits, Yeah,
Speaker 2: like I was brought on because Tyler and Kate were
Speaker 2: my friend and he was so busy.
Speaker 1: Prior to the show. Yes, okay, so you knew Tyler
Speaker 1: before the show?
Speaker 2: Yeh?
Speaker 1: Did you know him like before kind of his rise
Speaker 1: to fame?
Speaker 2: No?
Speaker 1: Okay.
Speaker 2: So a funny thing is is my little sister, the
Speaker 2: one that I got to move to Florida already, she
Speaker 2: was obsessed with Tyler and I didn't watch the Bachelorette.
Speaker 2: Yeah all, And the only thing that I've seen of
Speaker 2: him is my friend who I was living with at
Speaker 2: the time. I came home and she was watching the
Speaker 2: Bachelorette and I was like, Oh, what are you watching.
Speaker 2: She's like, oh, I'm just watching the Bachelorette. There's just
Speaker 2: a guy from Jupiter on the show, so it's interesting.
Speaker 2: I was like, oh cool. I like saw him for
Speaker 2: like zero point five seconds, never thought anything else of it.
Speaker 2: And then my sister was like, Tate, you live where
Speaker 2: Tyler Cameron lives? Like da da da.
Speaker 1: She was to get on it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, She's like no, she wanted to find him, which
Speaker 2: is so funny now because he's like an annoying brother
Speaker 2: to her where she like can't stand him and she's like,
Speaker 2: never meet your heroes, but in like a loving wife.
Speaker 1: No, No, my boyfriend is the same way with me.
Speaker 1: It's so funny.
Speaker 2: But there's this one tweet that she did where it
Speaker 2: was like a picture of Tyler without a shirt on,
Speaker 2: and she was like, I love this man. And so
Speaker 2: he will bring that up to her all the time,
Speaker 2: like if he's being annoying, and I'll be like, well,
Speaker 2: he's like, you love this man, and she's like, no,
Speaker 2: I did not, No, I want to literally, but yeah.
Speaker 2: So I became friends with him. One of his best
Speaker 2: friends did like a fake wedding shoot with me. One
Speaker 2: of our mutual friends is a wedding planner and she
Speaker 2: needed like a fake briding groom. So I met him.
Speaker 2: He was like, oh my gosh, you got to hang
Speaker 2: out with the squad, like you gotta come on the boat.
Speaker 2: And I was like okay, like whatever, and so I
Speaker 2: went on this boat and it was Tyler's boat. Okay,
Speaker 2: if you ask Tyler, he does not remember meeting me.
Speaker 2: And we had a very long conversation that night and
Speaker 2: I was like, oh my god, we're like friends.
Speaker 1: We were friends.
Speaker 2: He thought that I met him like when I started
Speaker 2: helping him for the show. I was like, I've hung
Speaker 2: out with you so many times. Skipped too. We did
Speaker 2: become very obviously close friends during the show. Like no
Speaker 2: romance at all. Yeah, looking back, I'm like, it was
Speaker 2: just so much going on at once, but yeah, I
Speaker 2: had no interest in dating him like whatsoever. And then
Speaker 2: I think we both just have a very similar work
Speaker 2: ethic where I was just always the last one hanging
Speaker 2: around if like there was stuff that needed to be done.
Speaker 2: So then it kind of just gradually grew into love.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so here we are now. I love that. So
Speaker 1: then what your role on the show was.
Speaker 2: I did his social media, and they just had.
Speaker 1: You go into the show like for random little things.
Speaker 2: So they were like, will you help me with my
Speaker 2: social media? Why the show's going on?
Speaker 1: Kind of just like managing his accounts, making sure everything
Speaker 1: was in line.
Speaker 2: Yes, Like like I was editing videos for him. I
Speaker 2: was making sure he was doing all the TikTok trends
Speaker 2: and you know whatever else for him to post so
Speaker 2: he didn't have to worry about it. And all of
Speaker 2: production would call me GFT the whole like time we filmed,
Speaker 2: which was good friend tate because I was just always
Speaker 2: in the scenes but in the background, so they woul
Speaker 2: always be like, Wow, this is Tate, like she's just
Speaker 2: such a good friend because I was just always there.
Speaker 2: But I wasn't actually on the show. Funny story though,
Speaker 2: the show runner actually the day that I did the photography,
Speaker 2: because it was with Jason Tartick, I was on his podcast. Okay, yeah,
Speaker 2: he's so sweet.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Well he said like on camera, he's like, why aren't
Speaker 2: you dating Tate? And Tyler was like like shut up,
Speaker 2: like what are you talking about? No, And I was like,
Speaker 2: he doesn't even remember me, and he like kind of
Speaker 2: called it and like ended up when they did the
Speaker 2: home runner writing like Tyler loves Tate like with spray paint,
Speaker 2: and you can see it in the episode like very small,
Speaker 2: like very briefly. So it started back then. So then
Speaker 2: after that, because we had good banter, the show runner
Speaker 2: asked Tyler because originally the show was supposed to be
Speaker 2: half a home renovation show half like Tyler's life okay,
Speaker 2: and so they had all these dates set up for him.
Speaker 2: So the show runner wanted him to take me on
Speaker 2: a date, but he had just hired for the social
Speaker 2: media so he like mixed it. He was like, I'm
Speaker 2: not taking her on a day on the show. He's like,
Speaker 2: people are starting to see she works for me. Like
Speaker 2: it doesn't look good. Look at us. Now.
Speaker 1: When did you realize you were like attracted to Tyler
Speaker 1: then if you at first were like, this is not happening.
Speaker 2: He's a good looking guy. I was close enough as
Speaker 2: a friend to him though that I saw him go
Speaker 2: out like it's funny looking back, like I used to
Speaker 2: be like a wingwoman.
Speaker 1: So you really like started as his right man. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's how it all happened because you started so close
Speaker 1: but you were also so comfortable with each other that
Speaker 1: you felt like you knew all the ins and outs. Yes,
Speaker 1: that it then formed into something romantic eventually, once you
Speaker 1: guys opened your eyes and you were like, oh, this
Speaker 1: is what's happening. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I always tell people that I'm like, this is the
Speaker 2: healthiest relationship I've ever entered into because he's such an
Speaker 2: open book as a friend. I mean sometimes I'm like,
Speaker 2: oh my gosh, hide a little bit because I do
Speaker 2: not need to know all of this.
Speaker 1: I know way too much.
Speaker 2: Yes, and he's just such an open book as a
Speaker 2: friend that going into a relationship was like the least
Speaker 2: terrifying because I wasn't gonna be blindsided. That aspect of
Speaker 2: it was like so great. It was very kind of awkward,
Speaker 2: like the transition, just because I was like homie and
Speaker 2: so when I would go with like all the guys
Speaker 2: and stuff. I remember the first time he like kissed
Speaker 2: me in front of JP. He was like, yo, I
Speaker 2: don't think i've ever seen you guys kiss. He's like,
Speaker 2: I don't know about that, and so it was like
Speaker 2: so weird like figuring out like now it's normal, but
Speaker 2: like at first it was just very bizarre just because
Speaker 2: we all hung out.
Speaker 1: I'm sure that adjustment was probably a little eard for
Speaker 1: your relationship too, though, because you did go as like
Speaker 1: his right hand man and one of his really good
Speaker 1: friends to then like, okay, yes we could still be
Speaker 1: best friends, but also now I want to be like
Speaker 1: treated as a girlfriend.
Speaker 2: Yes, which has been because he used to tell me
Speaker 2: all of his wild stories and like this and that,
Speaker 2: and sometimes he'll start going on rants about like stories
Speaker 2: and I'm like, yeah, can we like not like I'm
Speaker 2: like not interested in those anymore, and he's like, I'm
Speaker 2: really sorry about that. Yeah, but sometimes you just like forget.
Speaker 2: And then when we were just friends, I mean I
Speaker 2: would still call him and like tell him things I
Speaker 2: was excited about and stuff. And there had been girls
Speaker 2: that he had like went on dates with and stuff
Speaker 2: where they had heard me on the phone with him
Speaker 2: and completely platonic at the time. But I remember one
Speaker 2: time my sister and I lived together and we got
Speaker 2: like the coolest fines from Facebook marketplace, and we like
Speaker 2: went all day long and like collected all this stuff.
Speaker 2: And I was so excited. So I was like calling
Speaker 2: him and telling him about all my things, and he
Speaker 2: was like, you know, feeding into my excitement.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: But he said after that when I saw him that
Speaker 2: the girl he was with like yelled at him and
Speaker 2: she's like, you're never gonna be able to date anyone
Speaker 2: if you like have conversations like that with a girl,
Speaker 2: like even if you say it's her friend. And at
Speaker 2: the time, I was like, that's so silly, that's not
Speaker 2: a thing. Like she's probably like, oh, I knew it,
Speaker 2: I told you. Yeah.
Speaker 1: And then also when rolls are reverse, like I imagine
Speaker 1: you've heard Tyler talking to ye right now, you would
Speaker 1: probably be like, yeah.
Speaker 2: Honestly, like he has best girlfriends like that he's had
Speaker 2: since like sixth grade.
Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, yeah.
Speaker 2: I don't know. Maybe I'm too chill about it, but
Speaker 2: like I love how he has relationships with girls, like
Speaker 2: I'm always get close to them. I love meeting people
Speaker 2: he's known since he was younger, like new friends. Maybe
Speaker 2: there was subconsciously, like, even if I didn't recognize it,
Speaker 2: something there that seemed flirty. But also we're talking about
Speaker 2: a period of time where Tyler was like undateable, So
Speaker 2: this girl probably was like wanting more from Tyler just
Speaker 2: to begin with, and then she hears him like, so,
Speaker 2: you know, laughy and comfortable with another girl. Yeah. I
Speaker 2: don't think he knew exactly what stage of life he
Speaker 2: wanted to be in at one point.
Speaker 1: I mean, if you don't feel confident in your relationship
Speaker 1: to begin with, yes, and then you hear another female
Speaker 1: and that your person's like connecting with or showing attention to,
Speaker 1: I'm sure it's not going to feel good regardless.
Speaker 2: I mean I've dated other people where if I would
Speaker 2: be in the same situations that I am with Tyler, like,
Speaker 2: they would have made me very uncomfortable. And I feel
Speaker 2: like people are shocked by that, because.
Speaker 1: Is Tyler way different than your past relationship.
Speaker 2: I have so much different, like in the best, best way,
Speaker 2: Like he is truly everything that I need in a partner.
Speaker 2: Anytime I'm stressed or I freak out or I start
Speaker 2: to panic, like he is the most patient chill or
Speaker 2: in past relationships, oh my gosh, if I am running
Speaker 2: like they made it worse where then it would just
Speaker 2: make my anxiety higher, like I was more stressed, like
Speaker 2: the way that he can just hey, it's gonna be okay. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I'm not worried, so you shouldn't be worried. He levels
Speaker 2: you out, yes, even if it's something for him.
Speaker 1: It's like my boyfriend too.
Speaker 2: It's so lovely and I'm like, I have never had
Speaker 2: this feeling of.
Speaker 1: When you when you're so more with somebody, I feel
Speaker 1: like it's a blessing. But at the same time, the
Speaker 1: person still needs to be a little different, like they
Speaker 1: need to level you out, and especially in situations you know,
Speaker 1: when you are arguing with your partner or when you
Speaker 1: know situations are heightened, if your partner is you know,
Speaker 1: at your level or higher, Oh my god, horrible, awful,
Speaker 1: So you do need that balance otherwise it's bad.
Speaker 2: Yeah. And like you said, coming from like a big
Speaker 2: loud family like I did, there was a lot of yelling,
Speaker 2: like we all loved each other, but we loved each
Speaker 2: other loud and aggressively.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and when you're fighting, you're screaming at each other,
Speaker 1: like when you love each other, you're like sorry, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know. It's a very like oh yeah, sorry, we'll
Speaker 1: move on. Yeah, very just different.
Speaker 2: Where he it's like he wants to take a walk
Speaker 2: and he wants to like talk about like what's bothering me?
Speaker 2: At first, I was like, what are we doing? Even
Speaker 2: though there's some things of course, like he can annoy
Speaker 2: the crap out of me and drive me crazy because
Speaker 2: as like a little kid in some aspects, like the
Speaker 2: most important things that I need from a partner, Like
Speaker 2: he hits the nail on the head like could not
Speaker 2: be a better boyfriend. And I say that like with
Speaker 2: my full chest.
Speaker 1: I love that. So, then, how long have you guys
Speaker 1: been dating? Like when you guys were kind of you know,
Speaker 1: moving into your transition to now.
Speaker 2: So officially it's two years on October twenty sixth, but
Speaker 2: we were like dating for like four months before that.
Speaker 2: So around two.
Speaker 1: Years, two years dating. Yeah, oh I love that.
Speaker 2: I just renovated a whole house so I am in
Speaker 2: it now.
Speaker 1: Is that is it in Jupiter?
Speaker 2: It's like right outside of Jupiter like ten minutes.
Speaker 1: You don't think you'll have really Florida.
Speaker 2: I think we would like to have somewhere maybe in
Speaker 2: the mountains or something. He loves Utah.
Speaker 1: Is he a skier.
Speaker 2: He is not a skier. He was always a snowboarder.
Speaker 1: Okay.
Speaker 2: My best friend lives an asspend and so I know, amazing,
Speaker 2: amazing to have shout out just and Steven. We started
Speaker 2: going there to visit them, and he's like obsessed with
Speaker 2: them too, and everyone in Aspen. I think it just recently,
Speaker 2: like in the past ten years, like they allowed snowboarders.
Speaker 2: They go strong for the skiing there. So all of
Speaker 2: my best friend's husband's friends were like making fun of
Speaker 2: him that he snowboarded. So we got him on skis
Speaker 2: and let me tell you, I have never had a
Speaker 2: bigger ick with him than when I saw him ski
Speaker 2: for the first time. He was just like so large,
Speaker 2: he looked so uncoordinated. I'm like, you like, were a
Speaker 2: d one athlete. What are you doing. He was like
Speaker 2: pigeon toed. He just kept falling and it was like
Speaker 2: always in slow motion. Yeah, it was bad, but now
Speaker 2: he's better, okay, because he's competitive enough where he just
Speaker 2: stuck with it, so now he can hold his own.
Speaker 2: But yeah, this first initial I'll have to show you
Speaker 2: the videos sometime. They're rough.
Speaker 1: But you're a scared.
Speaker 2: I am a scary y because of my friends.
Speaker 1: I can't wait. I want to I've never been to
Speaker 1: Aspen and on my bucket list. Oh please, please, let's go.
Speaker 2: I'm shocked you haven't been asked.
Speaker 1: I've just never made it out there. And then the
Speaker 1: time to go is like New Year's and then my
Speaker 1: family typically always plans a trip for New Years because
Speaker 1: my dad lives in the Bahamas, so that's like our
Speaker 1: time to go visit my dad or do a trip
Speaker 1: like with my mom. I'm making it a point. I
Speaker 1: want to go there for my birthday this year because
Speaker 1: I'm in January. I'm January eighth, so I really want
Speaker 1: to go there for my birthday this year. And then
Speaker 1: I was even seeing like bachelor rat trips in Aspen,
Speaker 1: like this looks.
Speaker 2: So fun, it is magical.
Speaker 1: I think I just want to go there for the experience,
Speaker 1: you know, go the.
Speaker 2: Cutest little town.
Speaker 1: Money will come back.
Speaker 2: I can always make more money. Someone told me that
Speaker 2: once when I was like, oh my gosh, like you
Speaker 2: really need to start budgeting, and they were like, no,
Speaker 2: you don't. You just need to make more money.
Speaker 1: It's like every time I go into Aritzia, no matter what,
Speaker 1: you're spending a lot of money when you go in there.
Speaker 1: And every time I go to the register, you know,
Speaker 1: because the Short Hills Mall is near Jersey. I don't
Speaker 1: know if you've ever heard of it, but it's a
Speaker 1: nice mall in Jersey, and it's the same people that
Speaker 1: work at a Ritzia, the same people that help me
Speaker 1: every time. And I'm at the register and I'm just.
Speaker 2: Like, oh my gosh, tell me what I did.
Speaker 1: And then they're like, you know, it's okay. Money comes
Speaker 1: back and he comes back. I'm like, thanks, easy for
Speaker 1: you guys to say, I have you enjoy your commissions?
Speaker 1: I know.
Speaker 2: They just opened it a Ritzia, like right next to
Speaker 2: where I live. We had to go to the Miami
Speaker 2: Open and I was panicking because it was like my
Speaker 2: first brand deal thing that I was doing, and I
Speaker 2: had nothing to wear. I went in there and bought
Speaker 2: so much clothes and the lady was like, oh my gosh,
Speaker 2: I see you're like a first time customer because I
Speaker 2: had never been in a ritzy because there wasn't one
Speaker 2: around me. She's like, I'll be seeing you all the time.
Speaker 2: And I looked at the receipt. I'm like, ma'am, you
Speaker 2: will never actually see me ever in your entire life. Like,
Speaker 2: I have never spent this type of money.
Speaker 1: It's crazy because you go in there, you actually could
Speaker 1: only buy like one, two, three things and you're already
Speaker 1: at like four hundred dollars. But if you do go
Speaker 1: in there and do one splurge, you have the best
Speaker 1: basics that will actually last you for it's all I
Speaker 1: wear now. So yeah, their basics are incredible.
Speaker 2: Yes, and they're very smart with how they do their
Speaker 2: color palettes because they always have just like four or
Speaker 2: five colors and then they have like ten different tops. Yeah,
Speaker 2: so whatever body type you have, like they have a
Speaker 2: top in that color and then all the bottoms in
Speaker 2: those colors, like pants, like everything. So it's very easy and.
Speaker 1: You could wear the shirt or the whatever you decide
Speaker 1: to buy. The pants, the Blazer with like one hundred
Speaker 1: different outfits because they're such a staple.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: So how are the home renovations coming. I've seen some
Speaker 1: photos and it's stunning. I'm so excited to do that
Speaker 1: one day. Thank you. Like, I'm so excited.
Speaker 2: I've always dreamed of doing it and it was so
Speaker 2: much fun. But holy cow, it was so much more.
Speaker 1: Did you not get a glimpse of it from Tyler's show?
Speaker 2: I did, but it was different for the show because
Speaker 2: you go home to your own house, yeah, your own bed,
Speaker 2: like everything's put together. Where when we started doing this
Speaker 2: home renno, We're like, oh, we'll live in it. We'll
Speaker 2: just do a piece by piece, Like we'll knock out
Speaker 2: the kitchen first, yeah, and then we'll do this piece. Well,
Speaker 2: then we just started doing you know, we had to
Speaker 2: fix the electrical, so they started having to like knock
Speaker 2: down walls in places we didn't think we were gonna
Speaker 2: have to knock down right away. And by time that happened,
Speaker 2: there was like so much I was like, we can't
Speaker 2: live here. Yeah, and I had already moved out of
Speaker 2: the apartment with my sister and her boyfriend. He was
Speaker 2: basically living at the apartment and they have a big
Speaker 2: golden doodle and I have a labradoodle.
Speaker 1: And Tyler, how you guys have dogs?
Speaker 2: Yes, So we were like, we can't stay here, and
Speaker 2: so we moved into the tiny two bedroom apartment with
Speaker 2: our dogs. It was her boy my sister's boyfriend her
Speaker 2: you all.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, like in this teenye, So that must have
Speaker 1: grown your relationship from closed to just a bit.
Speaker 2: And we just started dating. I'm like, we are going
Speaker 2: all in, like straight out the gate. There is no
Speaker 2: messing around here.
Speaker 1: And so that was three dogs in one apartment.
Speaker 2: Luckily, his dog Kate, who was on his show, one
Speaker 2: of his best friends from growing up. Her mom is
Speaker 2: an angel, the best person ever. She is obsessed with Harley,
Speaker 2: which is his dog, and now she's obsessed with my dog,
Speaker 2: and so she babysits like tries to steal them all
Speaker 2: the time. So Harley was able to stay with her
Speaker 2: a good amount of the time because it was it
Speaker 2: was just a lot to have three dogs. But yeah,
Speaker 2: we were all just like packed in there like sardines
Speaker 2: and just our stuff is everywhere. We had like a
Speaker 2: storage unit and we had, you know, stuff still at
Speaker 2: the house, and we had stuff in the apartment. It
Speaker 2: was something that I never ever want to do ever again.
Speaker 1: So so how long did that last?
Speaker 2: Like that lasted probably like four months, yeah, which doesn't
Speaker 2: sound like a long time.
Speaker 1: But it was a long time time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, when I think back to that time in my life,
Speaker 2: like I don't even know how.
Speaker 1: So then in four months, like the house was able
Speaker 1: to be kind of lived in again.
Speaker 2: I lived in. They like closed up all the walls.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: The worst part about home renovations is all of the
Speaker 2: inside the wall stuff, like the plumbing, the ac all
Speaker 2: the electrical It takes so long and there's like no
Speaker 2: satisfaction to it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you feel like so much getting done and then
Speaker 1: you're like okay, great, like I don't see yeah, I
Speaker 1: just gave him money and like what did you even do? Yeah?
Speaker 2: So yeah, that that was rough, But the design part
Speaker 2: was like so much fun.
Speaker 1: Did you kind of take that over or did you
Speaker 1: guys both enjoy doing that?
Speaker 2: So I designed basically the whole house, but I will
Speaker 2: say the house is very quirky. I was like French
Speaker 2: cottage is kind of like what I'm seeing. He oh
Speaker 2: my gosh. Love loved it, like loves to go thrifting
Speaker 2: with me now, like to find antiques. Like it's so
Speaker 2: excited if he'll find something to like show me. So
Speaker 2: that was something that I did not know about him
Speaker 2: that it was like one of the cutest things ever.
Speaker 2: Is like he really loved everything that I showed him.
Speaker 2: I wouldn't have expected him to. Like a French cottage
Speaker 2: themed house.
Speaker 1: Oh for sure. And then like, I feel like that's
Speaker 1: the best thing though, as you're like creating your dream home,
Speaker 1: both of your visions are coming to life.
Speaker 2: Yes. Yeah, And he's like my biggest cheerleader. I mean
Speaker 2: sometimes I'm like, do you actually like what I'm doing?
Speaker 2: Because he's just anything I do. I mean I could
Speaker 2: draw a smiley face on the wall and he's like, well,
Speaker 2: people will come over, Tate did this. Tate drew that
Speaker 2: smiley face, and I'll be like, Okay, it's not that serious, relax.
Speaker 2: But yeah, he's like my biggest cheerleader, Like I can
Speaker 2: do no wrong. He thinks anything that I do is amazing.
Speaker 1: So it's so amazing. Are the renovations almost done? Yeah, like,
Speaker 1: are you at the home stretch.
Speaker 2: We're at the home stretch, so the inside is basically done.
Speaker 2: We just had Gaii Alex do two rooms upstairs for us,
Speaker 2: So I said, the house feels like it's twenty times
Speaker 2: bigger now because we never went upstairs. There's like a
Speaker 2: bonus room type thing, and then there's two bedrooms in
Speaker 2: the bathroom upstairs. But we were just waiting for her
Speaker 2: to do it, so we just never up there. And
Speaker 2: now that it's done, I'm like, oh my gosh, I'm like,
Speaker 2: this house feels like ginormous now, but it's so nice
Speaker 2: to have, like the entire house no matter where we go,
Speaker 2: it's like finished. But now we have to do the outside.
Speaker 2: So if you pull up to our house, you would
Speaker 2: be like, what is this Like? It looks not cute, yeah,
Speaker 2: but then you walk in. I love when people haven't
Speaker 2: been there before and then they walk into They're like,
Speaker 2: oh my gosh, this is sick, and I'm like, yeah,
Speaker 2: I know you guys. Yeah, it makes the effect, like
Speaker 2: the reaction better when they have to see the outside
Speaker 2: before they walk in.
Speaker 1: Once they see the inside, they know that side. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be just that's great.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so we're about to start on that.
Speaker 1: Do you think this is going to be your forever home?
Speaker 1: At least for a little bit.
Speaker 2: Oh no, Tyler's already like should we get land and
Speaker 2: like build a house from scratch? I'm like, can we
Speaker 2: enjoy this for five seconds? Like I will actually jump
Speaker 2: off a bridge.
Speaker 1: So is he more of like the buy and cell
Speaker 1: type guy you think? So?
Speaker 2: He has four short term rentals okay that I help
Speaker 2: him run, and he's on Zillow more than he's on
Speaker 2: TikTok Instagram any side, Like he loves looking.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's such a good investment and it's just
Speaker 1: consistent revenue that comes in.
Speaker 2: Yes, so been loving that. He just got his real
Speaker 2: estate license. Yeah, real estate is definitely something that he's
Speaker 2: like passionate about.
Speaker 1: It's honestly also just such a good license to have. Yes,
Speaker 1: you don't need to go to college or anything. You know,
Speaker 1: it's a real estate license. And as long as you
Speaker 1: have that charisma and way of talking. I feel like
Speaker 1: real estate is a great field for a lot of
Speaker 1: people who are really good at talking and can sell something,
Speaker 1: which are social and outgoing.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I feel like that's also a lot of people who
Speaker 1: maybe didn't love school, but they are They have such
Speaker 1: a good personality and can talk, and that's why I
Speaker 1: think real. My boyfriend has his real estate license too.
Speaker 1: I'm like, yeah, you start using it more. I was like,
Speaker 1: it's really like so good.
Speaker 2: But it is so good to just have. Like Tyler
Speaker 2: would always say, people sometime like every now and then
Speaker 2: a couple times a year reach out to him like
Speaker 2: where they should buy in Jupiter. Every time he would
Speaker 2: be like, oh, why don't I have my real estate license? Now?
Speaker 2: He has four short term rentals, he has the house
Speaker 2: we live in, Like, he's also always you know, buying
Speaker 2: homes and instead of you know, giving that commission away,
Speaker 2: he could just do it himself, so which is incredible.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree, I mean Christianize how him the same thing.
Speaker 1: He yearly pays his MLS, like, always renews it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: has his real estate license no matter what, even though
Speaker 1: if he's not using it at the time. Now that
Speaker 1: my friends are starting to look at apartments and move out,
Speaker 1: because we're at that stage right now where we're all
Speaker 1: starting to move out and look at places, he was like, incredible,
Speaker 1: I could show everyone in the New Jersey area get
Speaker 1: the commission and it's so handy.
Speaker 2: Yes, how long have you guys been dating?
Speaker 1: We've been together since we were nineteen.
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we went through ups and downs as well, of course,
Speaker 1: but we've been on the steady road for a while now,
Speaker 1: so yeah, it's like that whole transition, which is crazy
Speaker 1: of like, okay, leaving the nest suit, Yeah, moving out,
Speaker 1: especially just because of my work. It's all in the city.
Speaker 1: So I'm in Jersey, which isn't bad in retrospect. If
Speaker 1: you're just living in Jersey and you want to go
Speaker 1: out in the city for a night, okay, totally manageable.
Speaker 1: But when I'm here every day, every day, Yeah, and
Speaker 1: going back and forth, driving in and out, paying the
Speaker 1: parking garage fees, you know, risk and getting street parking tickets,
Speaker 1: just all of the things, I'm like, this is not
Speaker 1: worth it. I rather live in you know, Jersey City,
Speaker 1: which is you know, a little more reasonable rent than
Speaker 1: obviously living in New York City. But then you have
Speaker 1: the luxury of taking the path, which is twenty minutes
Speaker 1: you know, you're in the it's very easy, you know,
Speaker 1: public transportation to get into the city from Jersey City
Speaker 1: or Hoboken. That's where I'm like, Okay, when my friend
Speaker 1: just said this to me today, Gia, don't go crazy
Speaker 1: on an apartment yet, like get a one bedroom just
Speaker 1: literally make it a space where you can spend two
Speaker 1: or three nights a week there and then when you
Speaker 1: want to come home, you come home, but at least
Speaker 1: so you're not lugging yourself back and forth into the
Speaker 1: city every day. And I was like, whoa, that was
Speaker 1: like the smartest thing you ever said, just to have
Speaker 1: a place to just go back to, especially like a
Speaker 1: day like today, like you know, filming podcasts today, I
Speaker 1: have Amazon right after this, and then I have a
Speaker 1: red carpet at night. Yeah, those little in between hours
Speaker 1: would be so nice to like go home and refresh myself.
Speaker 1: It's happening very soon. So where does your career stand now?
Speaker 1: I know you and Tyler kind of work together on
Speaker 1: social media. How has your career evolved over the years.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's interesting. So my resume is wild. Worked with
Speaker 2: horses in Texas. Before I moved to Florida, I worked
Speaker 2: with cutting horses, and then once I moved here, I
Speaker 2: was a personal shopper at Bloomingdale's.
Speaker 1: Wow.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and then I worked at a little boutique underneath
Speaker 2: the creative director, which was more my speed because it
Speaker 2: get to just like style how I wanted for like
Speaker 2: fashion shows and whatnot that they did and photo shoots,
Speaker 2: and then I kind of went into doing the social
Speaker 2: media for Tyler and during the show, I came on
Speaker 2: to do social media, and then it evolved where, oh,
Speaker 2: the budget wasn't being tracked correctly, so I was like
Speaker 2: everyone's panicing. I'm like, I'll take that on too. And
Speaker 2: then it was like one thing after the other, like oh,
Speaker 2: we need people like to stay late to like help
Speaker 2: get this house ready for a reveal. It's like, okay,
Speaker 2: I'll do that. So then I kind of all started
Speaker 2: to pile on. Now I think I kind of do
Speaker 2: that same kind of thing. How I just kept piling
Speaker 2: things on.
Speaker 1: You're kind of managing everything.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I helped manage the short term rentals that Tyler has.
Speaker 2: We obviously do social media, which I'm just now trying
Speaker 2: to get familiar with, like the social media thing. And
Speaker 2: it was like for so long we kept our relationship
Speaker 2: pretty secret. For like the first year, it was so
Speaker 2: much easier just to like film him doing stuff. And
Speaker 2: now it's like he's like we'll get in and get
Speaker 2: in it, and I'm just.
Speaker 1: Like, did you guys reveal? Your relationship or did the
Speaker 1: public There.
Speaker 2: Was always like tiktoks and stuff, like I think it
Speaker 2: was after our friend's wedding. There was a video of
Speaker 2: him and I dancing, and well.
Speaker 1: Whoever was at that wedding.
Speaker 2: Yeah, little switch. Well you know we posted it, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 2: little wedding somewhat out of you, Like, our friends sent
Speaker 2: us like a video of us dancing and it was cute,
Speaker 2: and so we ended up posting it. And that was
Speaker 2: kind of like the hard launch. We didn' kiss or
Speaker 2: anything in it, but it was very obvious. That's kind
Speaker 2: of how we launched. But yeah, the social media thing
Speaker 2: is still getting in the groove of it, slowly but
Speaker 2: surely learning, Like people are going to say good things,
Speaker 2: people are going to say bad things. People are gonna
Speaker 2: have opinions about this, and you're dead. Yeah, so you
Speaker 2: just kind of have to like let it just go.
Speaker 1: But I mean you saw it from a behind the
Speaker 1: scenes perspective because you like, we're filming Tyler and yes,
Speaker 1: managing his social media, so you I'm sure we're seeing
Speaker 1: the comments about him, But then so did that kind
Speaker 1: of pair you.
Speaker 2: A little bit? He has very few negative comments, like
Speaker 2: it is nice, so nice and every once in a while,
Speaker 2: like someone will say something negative, but for the most part,
Speaker 2: like people just love him. So yeah, when when he
Speaker 2: started to post me, I think.
Speaker 1: The girls that were probably jealous are like, you're taking
Speaker 1: my mad.
Speaker 2: Well honestly too, Like I kind of assumed, like like
Speaker 2: I'm confident in myself, but there's always going to be
Speaker 2: the people to bring up, like the ex girlfriends and stuff.
Speaker 2: I mean, he has beautiful ex girlfriends, Like I take
Speaker 2: that more as a compliment, like, hey, I'm a part
Speaker 2: of this group of beautiful people, and people just try
Speaker 2: to like switch it into like a negative.
Speaker 1: Thing and compare and try to like yes.
Speaker 2: And I think like the craziest thing when I started
Speaker 2: to get people a little bit of a following is
Speaker 2: just people basically talking about you, like in front of you, essentially,
Speaker 2: like on my page on my post, like she is
Speaker 2: this and this and this she is. I'm like, why
Speaker 2: are you saying she like you are? I'm right here.
Speaker 2: Is when you get like a little bit of a following,
Speaker 2: I think people forget like, hey, you're actually commenty and
Speaker 2: like on their posts like they're seeing it. So when
Speaker 2: you're saying like she's so ugly or this or that.
Speaker 2: It's like you're just talking to me. Yeah, So that's
Speaker 2: part was like bizarre to me because normally before I
Speaker 2: had a little bit of a following, it was just
Speaker 2: my family like, oh my.
Speaker 3: Gosh, you look so cute, like you look oh my gosh,
Speaker 3: that's so funny Tate, where instead of like a secret
Speaker 3: message portal where they like, she is this than this
Speaker 3: where they don't, like they're on Reddit and I can't
Speaker 3: see who they are.
Speaker 1: So oh literally was that hard for you though, kind
Speaker 1: of adjusting from seeing Tyler's past and being so comfortable
Speaker 1: with him to now, did that ever make you worry
Speaker 1: some a little bit for your relationship?
Speaker 2: No, because which people might think I'm crazy for saying that,
Speaker 2: but I've seen Tyler like the ebbs and flows of
Speaker 2: like who he is as a person, always a great person.
Speaker 2: But there's definitely like he loved being in the streets
Speaker 2: when he was in the streets, like he always says that,
Speaker 2: like you can't take me out of the streets, Like
Speaker 2: he loved me out of the town, loved staying out
Speaker 2: all night, like he was living it up. And I
Speaker 2: think because I saw that stage of his life and
Speaker 2: I also saw him after the show kind of dim from.
Speaker 1: That, like maybe he had his fun. Yeah he's calmed down.
Speaker 2: Yeah, like we will get fro yo, we will cuddle
Speaker 2: in bed, we will put on the show that we're watching.
Speaker 1: I think that's kind of I feel like this is
Speaker 1: most boys. Maybe I'm wrong, I don't know, but I
Speaker 1: mean I at least dealt with this with my boyfriend too,
Speaker 1: you know, especially because we dated when we were so
Speaker 1: young and everything happened. But like every boy, especially, you know,
Speaker 1: when they're attractive and they get the attention from other females,
Speaker 1: they're gonna have their time where they want to go
Speaker 1: all out. Yeah, so have your fun, go be a dog,
Speaker 1: do what you need to do. But then when they
Speaker 1: find their person, I feel like they don't see a
Speaker 1: need to do it anymore. And you feel that security
Speaker 1: as well.
Speaker 2: Yes, it is like a feeling. And I mean, like
Speaker 2: I said, Tyler's an open book. And when I say that,
Speaker 2: I mean like because I help him with so much
Speaker 2: work stuff, Like my MacBook has his phone number on it,
Speaker 2: so I see all of his text messages because I
Speaker 2: need codes all the time, Like I have his email
Speaker 2: hooked up. I am logged into his Instagram because I
Speaker 2: did his social media, like he would have to be
Speaker 2: very sneaky, but it's also.
Speaker 1: Trying to do something, yes, but.
Speaker 2: There's also never been any sort of conversation around that.
Speaker 2: It just always was that because it was always not
Speaker 2: a big deal. And I think the one thing about
Speaker 2: Tyler is he was in the streets and he was
Speaker 2: being crazy, but like he knew that he wasn't going
Speaker 2: to enter in a relationship if he was in that
Speaker 2: stage of life, which why I think it took, you know,
Speaker 2: months for him to be like, Hey, you're my girlfriend,
Speaker 2: because I do think he cared about me so much
Speaker 2: that he was like, if I'm going to do this,
Speaker 2: I need to be absolutely sure because she's my friend
Speaker 2: first and foremost, and I'm not going to go into
Speaker 2: this unless I actually am like all in one hundred percent.
Speaker 2: So I appreciate him for that.
Speaker 1: Also, I know that on Tyler's show Going On with
Speaker 1: Tyler Cameron, he also referenced that you really remind him
Speaker 1: of his mom, which I thought was so sweet and
Speaker 1: probably one of the biggest compliments you could have ever received.
Speaker 1: So I feel like that's your takeaway, Like you're the one.
Speaker 2: No, he is taking me home. No, that is seriously.
Speaker 2: Any time that he says it, because I've heard him
Speaker 2: say it a few times, it hits the same every time.
Speaker 2: It is the way that he speaks about her and
Speaker 2: who she is and just how he lights up, like
Speaker 2: any time that he gets to talk about her. The
Speaker 2: fact that he would have put me anywhere in the
Speaker 2: same stratosphere as her is like such a compliment.
Speaker 1: So where do you think you see you and Tyler
Speaker 1: within the next five years.
Speaker 2: I hope it's married with babies. He wants like five
Speaker 2: children and I am thirty one. House. Oh I love it,
Speaker 2: Oh you want it. I have always wanted a big family,
Speaker 2: but I also thought I would have had children by now,
Speaker 2: which I didn't want to start having kids till I
Speaker 2: was like twenty nine thirty. Anyways, I mean you're still
Speaker 2: so young. I'm still so young. Yeah, but thirty one
Speaker 2: and then you're popping out five. I'm like, that is
Speaker 2: a lot.
Speaker 1: Maybe we're pushing it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, may we're pushing it. Maybe we go back to four.
Speaker 2: But no, I would love to have a big family.
Speaker 1: Like basically all of your thirties, you're going to be
Speaker 1: sober popping out here.
Speaker 2: Yes, now hopefully we can get some twins in there.
Speaker 1: So just like is that in your family?
Speaker 2: Yes, my papa is a twin, so it does skip
Speaker 2: a generation. Yeah, yeah, so who knows, But yes, I
Speaker 2: would love to be married with kids, which we do
Speaker 2: talk about. So I think it's on the radar with him,
Speaker 2: probably like five years, but you know, we'll get there.
Speaker 2: I'm confident we'll get there.
Speaker 1: It sounds like I would be like such a beautiful couple.
Speaker 1: Do you think you want to raise your kids in Florida?
Speaker 2: I'm always open. He loves stupidter yeh. I'm more so
Speaker 2: he grew up in yes, born and raised, loves it.
Speaker 2: I'm more something, you know, opportunity or whatever was to
Speaker 2: lead us somewhere else, Like I think I would be
Speaker 2: good to move. But I do love Jupiter. I love
Speaker 2: the kids growing up there, Like these little kids are
Speaker 2: like taking out their dad's boat, like they're all running
Speaker 2: around surfing.
Speaker 1: I feel like it's just such a cool vibe. Yeah.
Speaker 2: So the kids there, like they have a really cool childhood.
Speaker 1: Like jeeves with no time, like put the.
Speaker 2: Top down, beach bonfires in high school. There's land and
Speaker 2: stuff like one way and then there's the ocean other way.
Speaker 2: So like the high school kids are like mudding with
Speaker 2: their friends one weekend and they're like going to the
Speaker 2: beach the next weekend. So there's a little bit of everything.
Speaker 2: So it's a very fun, cool place to grow up.
Speaker 1: You guys would have like the most gorgeous blonde babies,
Speaker 1: little surfers, they would yet in the Florida vibe.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so maybe one day.
Speaker 1: Oh I love that. Well, that's all I have for you.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for coming on my podcast. This
Speaker 1: was such a fun Episod said, and I wish you
Speaker 1: and Tyler nothing but the best. You guys sound like
Speaker 1: such a beautiful couple. Hopefully we'll go out sometimes we'll
Speaker 1: go to