1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 1: Hey, guys, welcome to I've never said this before with me, 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: Tommy Di Dario. I hope you had an absolutely beautiful 3 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: New Year celebration. It's twenty twenty five. Let's go twenty 4 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: twenty five. We are ready for you, and I am 5 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 1: so excited to kick off the year with probably one 6 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:20,119 Speaker 1: of my all time favorite people in the world, my 7 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: dear friend, the iconic Rachel Ray. Rachel is, of course 8 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 1: a brilliant cook, a television personality who has done more 9 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: shows than I can even list. She's a badass businesswoman, 10 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 1: a best selling author, she's a brand new podcast host. 11 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: I mean, I can go on and on, because what 12 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: hasn't she done? So I met Rachel through her syndicated 13 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: daily daytime talk show, The Rachel Ray Show, which was 14 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: on for an incredible seventeen seasons. That's an accomplishment achieved 15 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,519 Speaker 1: by very few people in the business. I'm telling you, 16 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: it's so rare, and I'm so proud of her for it, 17 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: and her magnetism is why that show continued to go 18 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: on and on. I joined her show for the last 19 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: seven or so years of its run, and I was 20 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: one of her main lifestyle contributors, which was amazing, and 21 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 1: I quickly fell in love with this amazing human. Rachel's 22 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: not only a dear friend, but also an incredible mentor. 23 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: And to have the opportunity to sit in front of 24 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: her and turn the tables on a woman who meets 25 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: so much to me personally and professionally, ah man, it 26 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: was a full circle moment. It truly was a treat. 27 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: I'm still smiling like a dork thinking about it. And 28 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: the nuggets of wisdom that she throws down, they're going 29 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:26,639 Speaker 1: to inspire you to make the most of your entire 30 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: next year. So let's see if today we can get 31 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 1: Rachel to say something that she has never said before. 32 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: Rachel Ray, my friend, it is so good to see you. 33 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: How are you. 34 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 2: I'm great. I'm in Tuscany. How bad could it be? Right? 35 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: I don't think that at all. 36 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 2: Getting ready for the next run of The Living Kitchen Tuscany. 37 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 2: We did all of the holiday shows in the Living 38 00:01:55,280 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 2: Kitchen upstate. I just also finished shows for so many 39 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 2: of our talents that we produce with Free Food Studios. 40 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 2: I work on my own podcast as well, which you 41 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 2: should do because you're definitely someone who exemplifies I'll sleep 42 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 2: when I'm dead, so. 43 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 3: I'm living the life. 44 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 2: Man. 45 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 3: I'm having a good time. 46 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 2: We've had four Christmases so far oo NN's family, my family, 47 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 2: and two kind of friends family. Christmas is here, and 48 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 2: we have another one on January first, and I think 49 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,679 Speaker 2: one more after that, so we're going to have five 50 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 2: different Christmas holiday celebrations in all. 51 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 3: So we're busy. 52 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 2: We're busy, and I've been writing for eight hours today, 53 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 2: sixteen new shows for this next run here in Tuscany. 54 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 3: So busy, How are you, my friend? 55 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: I am fantastic busy. You and I are cut from 56 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: the same cloth. We like busy, we like working. I 57 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: I know it. I'm not surprised that all to hear 58 00:02:58,200 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: you have all these things going on, and we're going 59 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: to dive into your whole beautiful new chapter that you're in. 60 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: But I really wanted you to be one of my 61 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: first guests for my twenty twenty five you know season, 62 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: because you know, I love you. I think you're such 63 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 1: a badass business woman and friend. 64 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 3: And you wonderful producer. By the way. 65 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 2: I don't think people understood just how in charge you 66 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 2: were over your content on our daytime show over many years. 67 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 2: But you brought us such beautiful stories and really worked 68 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 2: extremely hard. I have such respect for you, and thank you, 69 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 2: my friend, for all the work you gave us over 70 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 2: the years on that show. And I hope that our 71 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 2: professional relationship and personal relationship carries on for many many 72 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 2: years to come. 73 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: Oh thank you, me too, Me too. And that means 74 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: a lot. And like I said, I just so admire 75 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: you as a professional and as a human. It was 76 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: a no brainer to have you on to kick off 77 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: this new year of shows. And I can't believe it. 78 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: I was thinking, I think the last time I saw you, 79 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: because life is so crazy and goes in a million 80 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: different directions, was when we wrap the show, which we 81 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: need to change because that's not okay, this it is. 82 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 2: I have like so many shows now, I can't sleep 83 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 2: ever before o'clock in the morning, and I fall asleep 84 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 2: still working on what I have to type for the 85 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 2: next day or do for the next day. 86 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:27,119 Speaker 3: So I'm good, We're good. I have a lot of work. 87 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 3: Believe me, I'm busy. 88 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: No, I know you are, But I'm saying I want 89 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 1: to see you because that's the last time I saw you. 90 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 2: Yes, well, you can come upstate and you can come 91 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 2: to Italy. You know, we're here, and we're there, and 92 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 2: we're in New York. We're all over the place. You 93 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 2: can catch us pretty much anywhere on the planet. 94 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 1: Good, Yeah, good, I'm gonna take you up. 95 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 2: You a little Santa action, you know, get yourself on 96 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 2: a sleigh. 97 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: Gladly. I will gladly do that. Rich. I know you've 98 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: done so many interviews or the course of your career. 99 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people who follow you and 100 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: follow me they know your story pretty well through reading 101 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: your books and through watching you on your show. So 102 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: I'm really interested in this beautiful new chapter you're in. 103 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: And as I just said, you know, the last time 104 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 1: you and I actually physically saw each other was when 105 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: we were wrapping your show, and for everybody listening, I 106 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 1: was on it for the last six or seven seasons, 107 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: and that's how Rachel and I met and began this 108 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: beautiful friendship. I am a very sentimental, emotional man. I 109 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: don't know if it's because I'm Italian or from Jersey. 110 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: I don't know what it is. But when there's so 111 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: many different life, you know, momentous moments that come and go, 112 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: I get very, very sappy and emotional, and I'm curious 113 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 1: for someone like you who always has something going on, 114 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: who's always working on the next thing was wrapping your show, 115 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: which you did for seventeen seasons, which by the way, 116 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: is not the norm. That is an incredible accomplishment for 117 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: everybody listening. Very few people have long running shows like that. 118 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: It is a rarity, and I don't know if anyone 119 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: else is going to be able to achieve that in 120 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: this day and age. When you hung up that kind 121 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: of talk show hot, what was that like for you? Like, 122 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:09,160 Speaker 1: were you ready? Did you have a grieving process? 123 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 3: No, not at all, not at all. 124 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 2: I've been working for over thirty years in television and 125 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 2: I never grieve anything. 126 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 3: I look forward. I am a forward thinking person. I 127 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:24,039 Speaker 3: have never. 128 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 2: Been a person to look back. And I don't grieve 129 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 2: anything because I don't lose anyone. I talk to everybody. 130 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 2: I text with all my producers. I send them holiday 131 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 2: presents for Hanukah and Christmas. 132 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 3: I know what Emily's up to and what Goldie's. 133 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 2: Doing, and everybody in my life stays in my life. 134 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 2: I don't grieve anything because I'm not burying anything. Yeah, 135 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 2: And that's what I mean when I say I'll sleep 136 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 2: when I'm dead. I always look forward. I don't look 137 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,840 Speaker 2: back because there's no point in it. And I may 138 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 2: made the decision to move on to other things so 139 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 2: that I could do more things with more people. What 140 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 2: I really wanted to explore was how to produce people 141 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 2: that I do not think were properly represented on or 142 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 2: in television. In my lane, you know, it's all kind 143 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 2: of food related and health related, But I didn't feel 144 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 2: that so many people that I really respect their work 145 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 2: and their work ethics and the information they have to 146 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 2: share and the fun that they can bring to people. 147 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 2: I didn't think there was anybody that was filling that 148 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 2: Niche farmer Lee Jones and all of his chef friends 149 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 2: that go to the Culinary Vegetable Institute, and he gets 150 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 2: so excited about standing in his garden and telling you 151 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 2: about seasonal vegetables. Sometimes I worry he's going to pass 152 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 2: out literally in the middle of the field. And he 153 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 2: goes inside with the world's greatest chefs and they cook 154 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 2: the seasonal ingredients that he's been all giggly about. I 155 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 2: call him Giggles, by the way, because he gets so 156 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 2: goofy about vegetables and then you have deb who does 157 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 2: a soul food mash up with all of the cuisine 158 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 2: from around the world that she learned in her decades 159 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 2: as a. 160 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 3: Flight attendant. And then she. 161 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 2: Got kind of kicked out of that club and she said, 162 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 2: I'm going to put myself through culinary school and people 163 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:36,559 Speaker 2: told her no, and she said, oh no, you don't, 164 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 2: I'm doing this, and she has cookbooks and restaurants. 165 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 3: It's just the coolest thing in the world. She's a mashup. 166 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 2: We have Jake Jewish is one of my favorite books, 167 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 2: like in history. It's hilarious and fantastic. We produce him 168 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:57,959 Speaker 2: as well. We're adding in some content next year that's 169 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 2: very exciting. With a couple of in the health space, 170 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 2: let's just say. And of course I have Anna Gas 171 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 2: who is our resident Italian, and she does great history 172 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 2: of Italian food, but like. 173 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 3: Really gets into the nitty gritty of what. 174 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 2: It's like to be an Italian and live like an Italian, 175 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 2: cook like an Italian. And then I have the Living 176 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,199 Speaker 2: Kitchen Upstate, and I have the Living Kitchen in Tuscany. 177 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 2: So we've got a little something for everybody and that 178 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 2: makes me really happy. And our partners are truly our partners. 179 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 2: A ETN, FYI, Hulu, and Disney are our partners, and 180 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 2: they're literally our partners. Like Free food studios, me and 181 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 2: my buddies, we are their partners, and content are pics 182 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 2: to each other. 183 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 3: And I love that. 184 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 2: I love that sense that we're all sitting at a 185 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 2: big table together. 186 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 3: That's what I think should be. And we don't fake anything. 187 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:07,079 Speaker 2: We don't like open a door four times or you know, 188 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 2: start a scene over and over and over again. We 189 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 2: make content that I truly believe in because it's the 190 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 2: real deal. We don't work with a lot of script 191 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 2: or sculpted stuff in any way, shape or form. 192 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 3: We're kind of a. 193 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 2: Freestyle, let's just say so. The shows are always surprising 194 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 2: to us too. As we go through and edit them 195 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:40,079 Speaker 2: and air them. We're always like, huh, that happened. It's fun. 196 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:41,439 Speaker 3: It's fun. 197 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 2: I love the adventure of life, and I really do 198 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 2: believe you should sleep when you're dead. Anytime you open 199 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 2: your eyes, whether it's in the middle of the night 200 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 2: or the first thing in the morning, you should be 201 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 2: grateful for it and start working. Move your brain, move 202 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 2: your fingers, move your hand, move your bodies. 203 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 3: Of course, you know, I work very hard, but I. 204 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 2: Love having my brain come alive and I'm so grateful 205 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 2: for every day that I get blessed with that opportunity. 206 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 3: I just it. 207 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 2: It makes me super super happy. Nothing makes me happier 208 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 2: than work. And what I love about be pretty happy. 209 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: But and what I love about this this new chapter 210 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: you're in is you're doing things that it seems like 211 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: you've wanted to do for a while, right, Like you're 212 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: developing people that you find so interesting and that you 213 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: just think deserve a platform, and I think. 214 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 3: They don't have one. 215 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I love that. 216 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 2: I love I love finding someone that can represent people 217 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 2: that I know. And I think, Wow, you know my 218 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 2: friends so and so and so and so and so 219 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 2: and so. We're going to be so excited to get 220 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 2: to know this person. And my friends that are obsessed 221 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 2: with baking sour dough bread and growing gardens for years 222 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:07,839 Speaker 2: during COVID, Now they could see Farmer Lee and all 223 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 2: of the great chefs that he knows, and they'll eat 224 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 2: more vegetables because now they're watching all this great content 225 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 2: from the world's greatest chefs on his show make these 226 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:23,199 Speaker 2: great dishes with vegetables like that makes me psyched, That 227 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 2: makes me really excited and happy, and I love the 228 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 2: work that I get to do with kids. I've been 229 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 2: to Ukraine six times. I'm planning my seventh with my 230 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 2: friend andri Fute. We're going to go soon into the 231 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 2: new year, and I'm planning a kitchen with my friend 232 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 2: and cobyin Uptown in New York City. I'm going to 233 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 2: build out a children's teaching kitchen there and start like 234 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 2: a vocational program at the center she's working on. 235 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:55,719 Speaker 3: So I have a lot going on, and I'm going. 236 00:12:55,520 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 2: To see an old friend from my childhood a boys 237 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 2: and Girls club also quick into the new year. And 238 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 2: boys and Girls clubs have been a part of our 239 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:11,319 Speaker 2: giving program through our foundation for a very long time. 240 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 2: Beth and Howard, you know, we are so deeply involved 241 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 2: with North Shore Animal League America. So everything we're doing 242 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:23,439 Speaker 2: in life, all of our brand is supporting how we 243 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,079 Speaker 2: help people, children and animals. 244 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 3: So that's going really great. 245 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 2: We still have furniture and all of our home goods 246 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 2: and all of that and that supports that work, and 247 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 2: we have businesses that create and generate monies for our foundation, 248 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 2: so we don't have to worry about asking people just 249 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 2: give us a pile of cash. We could just sell 250 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 2: stuff and say here's. 251 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 3: How we generate that money. 252 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 2: It's just all very very exciting this chapter of our lives, 253 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 2: and I mean our because John, I wouldn't have any 254 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 2: of this possible if it wasn't for my trusted friends 255 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 2: and my beautiful, sweet husband who also happens to be 256 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 2: a lawyer and a great musician. I'm a very good cook, 257 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 2: by the way, so I couldn't have built any of 258 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 2: this without him, and I love him desperately. 259 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 1: Aside from nurturing and developing people that you know deserve 260 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: to have that happen to you, you're doing so much 261 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: giving back and you always have. People don't realize, and 262 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: I mean many do, but many don't because you're not 263 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: bragging about every single thing you do out there for 264 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: so many people. And I know because we're friends, but 265 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: you really do have one of the biggest hearts in 266 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: the world. And I think it's so cool that there 267 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: are people I know, Jake, and I think it's so 268 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: cool that you're investing time and energy in people because 269 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 1: I imagine there was a point in your career where 270 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: you felt like somebody did that for you, right, Oh. 271 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, many many. My dear dear mentor and very good 272 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 2: friend Brooke Johnson. 273 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 3: Was a whopperdoodle there. 274 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 2: She's the one who told me I could work on 275 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 2: cable and I could work in daytime, encouraged me always, 276 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 2: has always given me terrific advice. Uh, and had my 277 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 2: my my sales had had my back. Wonderful. But you know, 278 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 2: my mom, my Grandpa. So many people in my life, 279 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 2: and people like Jacques Papin Jose Andras people that I am. 280 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 2: I'm weirded out to call them my friends, but they 281 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 2: are and I love them so desperately and I've learned 282 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 2: so much from them about how to live, how to be. 283 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 3: I'm just overwhelmed. Michael J. Fox the most optimistic person 284 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 3: maybe ever. 285 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 2: Uh. Multiple Prayers Presidents that I've worked with, and first 286 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 2: Ladies Hi. 287 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 3: Mo, Hi, Michelle, and I just. 288 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 2: I I am so, so so lucky because I got 289 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 2: to meet all these people that I just got to 290 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 2: absorb everything I learned from them and try and incorporate 291 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 2: that into something I can do with my life or 292 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 2: my brand or my work. Moving forward. And that's the 293 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 2: great part about always moving forward, because you can take 294 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 2: any inspiration you get from a meal, from a person, 295 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 2: from a leader, from all these different angles, and you 296 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 2: can pour that like my husband making a cocktail or 297 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 2: something and pouring it through a strainer. 298 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 3: You can distill that. Uh. I also have my own. 299 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 2: Gin which I received yet and my friend Brian makes 300 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 2: that in Upstate, New York with all of my favorite ingredients, 301 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 2: and we worked on it a really long time together, 302 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 2: and I couldn't love him more either. But so we 303 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 2: learn more about that world too all the time, and 304 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 2: how we really craft specialty spirits or special types of 305 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 2: food or special ingredients. It's just so exciting. Life is exciting. 306 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 2: I never look back, I always look forward. Well, I 307 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:22,920 Speaker 2: love really long answer to your question, No, and I love. 308 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: I love that zest for life. I mean, I wake 309 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 1: up every day and I'm not really religious, but I'm 310 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: very spiritual, and I say out loud, like what I'm 311 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 1: grateful for if I'm walking to the gym, if I'm 312 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: walking to the subway, I just kind of do it, 313 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:35,880 Speaker 1: you know, either in my mind or softly to myself. 314 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: And I always say, I feel so lucky to be here, 315 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 1: like to be chosen to be on this earth, because 316 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 1: I do have this zest for life, and I think 317 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: it's what we make it. And I think we have 318 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,440 Speaker 1: one life to live. Let's fucking make it awesome, right, So. 319 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 3: I agree with you, brother, I just. 320 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: I'm so good. 321 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,439 Speaker 2: The same prayer I've said every night for decades my 322 00:17:53,560 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 2: mommy wrote and through circumstance, she unfortunately left the Catholic 323 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:04,439 Speaker 2: Church eventually, but my mama gave us a prayer to say, 324 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 2: and I say it to this day. Good Night, Dear God. 325 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 3: I love you. 326 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 2: Dear God, Please givet me the knowledge and the courage 327 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 2: to help myself, to help others and to do good. 328 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 2: God pless help protect and forgive us. It's simple, it's clean, 329 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 2: it's in and out, and it just says, make me 330 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 2: useful today, universe, let me be of some help to someone, 331 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 2: and let me be more decent than I was yesterday. 332 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:37,199 Speaker 2: Let me learn something with my day today. And so 333 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 2: that's my go to thought. 334 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: That's beautiful, that's so my vibe. I love that so much. 335 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:45,959 Speaker 1: I think that for you. One of the reasons why 336 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 1: I'm so drawn to you as a human is because 337 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:52,399 Speaker 1: I feel like you worked and continue to work in 338 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 1: an industry that over the years you had to fight 339 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:57,400 Speaker 1: to earn your place, and you had to fight to say, 340 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,080 Speaker 1: look at me, I deserve to be here. It's a 341 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:03,440 Speaker 1: male dominated world sometimes we live in especially then, or 342 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 1: at least the men like to think so. And you 343 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:10,119 Speaker 1: made it happen. And I was raised by pretty much women. 344 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 1: I love women. Shocking in my gay man that loves women, 345 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 1: but I love women, and I in my interviews one 346 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: of the biggest things I get, you know, was a 347 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 1: question from people is, oh, is you know Anne Hathaway 348 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 1: or Meryl Streep, Like are they really nice? Because we 349 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 1: heard they could be so tough. And I'm like, you, guys, 350 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: why tough? Why because there's a successful woman in business, 351 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: like it drives me crazy. Do you feel like you 352 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:39,439 Speaker 1: ever had to deal with that? 353 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 2: And my ladies, I've always said the opposite of that. Yeah, 354 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:49,240 Speaker 2: I've been asked a million times. Do you feel like 355 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 2: men in your industry, like Emerald or Bobby? 356 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 3: You know, we're given more than you. 357 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:02,679 Speaker 2: Anytime I earned less money than a man in my 358 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 2: same business, it was because I asked to, because I 359 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:10,920 Speaker 2: wanted more money for the studio or the staff, or 360 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 2: putting more people in the back kitchen or onto the 361 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 2: production staff. I those were my choices. I made those choices. 362 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,400 Speaker 2: I think I've been treated very fairly by men and 363 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 2: women most all of my adult life, and people that 364 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 2: didn't care for me or my work. No one says 365 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:31,920 Speaker 2: everybody is going to like you on the playground. 366 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:36,919 Speaker 3: I've said this for decades. That's grow up like. 367 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 2: Not everyone will dig what you dig or the way 368 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 2: you teach or the way you think. 369 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 3: And that's fine. 370 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:49,120 Speaker 2: There is more than enough room in this world for 371 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,959 Speaker 2: everyone to do exactly what they want to do, and 372 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,159 Speaker 2: you don't have to be mean to other people to 373 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 2: accomplish it. In my opinion, so I'm not I go 374 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:02,920 Speaker 2: with like the Bambi, you know, Thumper's mom kind of thing. 375 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 2: If you don't have something nice to say about someone, 376 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 2: shut up, don't say. 377 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:09,400 Speaker 3: Anything at all. 378 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:15,879 Speaker 2: And I really feel that I've been treated very very fairly. Look, 379 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,879 Speaker 2: I'm a waitress from upstate New York who ended up 380 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 2: with this amazing life. I'm sitting in my husband's studio 381 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 2: in Tuscany, you know, in my beautiful home that I decorated, 382 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 2: and I doodled on a piece of paper. I am 383 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 2: grateful and nothing but nothing, but I have a dream 384 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 2: life because I worked hard, and I move forward, and 385 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:45,239 Speaker 2: I don't complain about anything. I really don't, And I 386 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,719 Speaker 2: don't complain about the way anybody treated me. Ever, I 387 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 2: really don't every bad thing that ever happened to me. 388 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 2: I wouldn't change one brick or one stitch of my life, 389 00:21:56,320 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 2: not one brick, not one stitch, because everything could be 390 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 2: the thread you pull that makes your sweater fall apart 391 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 2: or the blanket rip apart. You need all of who 392 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 2: and what you are period. 393 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: Hmmm, yes, yes, yes, yes, Well I think that's also 394 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: inspiring because a lot of people who are listening they 395 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 1: want a long career, and not many people can say 396 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 1: they've had longevity like you have. It's a very difficult 397 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 1: thing to achieve, it really is, and a lot of 398 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,680 Speaker 1: people want that, especially the younger generations. But now there's 399 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: this world that we live in with such toxic social media, 400 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 1: and yes there's many benefits to it, but there's a 401 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: lot of gross mean chatter all over the internet, and 402 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: people are always being inundated with opinions. So you've always 403 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: been someone to let that roll off your back, like 404 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 1: you don't pay attention. 405 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 3: They don't pay attention to it. 406 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:53,239 Speaker 2: Yeah, you have the life you choose. Everybody does. We 407 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 2: have free will. Everyone can pick the life they choose. 408 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 2: They can pay attention to them, or they can pay 409 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 2: attention to minding their own life and making their own choices. 410 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 2: Your choices shouldn't be based on other people's opinions of 411 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,159 Speaker 2: what you look like, or what you did yesterday or 412 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 2: what you're doing tomorrow. It should be about what you 413 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 2: want and need. And also, you know, you have to 414 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 2: set realistic expectations. You can't say I want to be 415 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:33,880 Speaker 2: doing this for thirty years. No one knows if they're 416 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,359 Speaker 2: going to get thirty years of anything in a career. 417 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:40,119 Speaker 2: You can't say I want this amount of money. I 418 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 2: truly have never been a person that has ever worked 419 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:44,399 Speaker 2: for money in my whole life. 420 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 3: Money isn't what matters. 421 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 2: What matters is your integrity and whether or not you 422 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 2: actually love what you do. If you're not afraid of 423 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 2: who you already are or where you've come from, you 424 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 2: can't be afraid of anything moving forward, because the worst 425 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,919 Speaker 2: that can happen is you go back to who you 426 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 2: were yesterday, And so what, As long as you have 427 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:11,880 Speaker 2: peace with that, you're good and you're groovy and everything's 428 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 2: going to be fun. You have to be a little 429 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 2: bit fearless. But in the other way, you can't expect 430 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,879 Speaker 2: and be fearless about the future because you don't know 431 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,640 Speaker 2: what's going to happen. You have to be strong enough 432 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 2: to say, if I try this and I lose, worst 433 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 2: that could happen, I go back to me yesterday. So 434 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 2: what that was, Okay, I survived. And that's the way 435 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:37,119 Speaker 2: I think about it. I think about it kind of 436 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 2: the opposite of the way I probably most people think 437 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:40,159 Speaker 2: about it. 438 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: So you've always had that mentality. 439 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 3: Always because that's the way I was raised. 440 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 2: My grandfather was my best friend, and my no No 441 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 2: was my nanny. Really he was my babysitter and raised 442 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 2: me when I was a little baby, and my mom 443 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 2: was his first born, so she was always his number 444 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 2: one in the kitchen and always by his side, and 445 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 2: they were very, very extremely close. They're they're very much connected. 446 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 2: And I lived my life basically the same way I 447 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:13,160 Speaker 2: did when I. 448 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 3: Was baby two, three, four, five years old. 449 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 2: This is when I learned who I would become, and 450 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 2: I've always been the same. 451 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: God. It's so it's so cool hearing that from someone 452 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,919 Speaker 1: like you, because I think a lot of people sometimes 453 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:37,920 Speaker 1: romanticize the journey of falling into a spiral in their 454 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 1: lives and having to overcome such you know, hardships in 455 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,879 Speaker 1: their line of work in terms of Oh, I didn't 456 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 1: feel like I was worthy, or I didn't feel like 457 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 1: I should be chosen, or I felt like the world 458 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: kind of was against me. And you've always had this 459 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,879 Speaker 1: mentality of like, I'm gonna work hard, I deserve to 460 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 1: be here. I'm gonna tune out the noise, let's go. 461 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 2: I love to work, and I come from a long 462 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,119 Speaker 2: line of people that love to work. Like my grandpa 463 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 2: would work eighty or more hours a week, go home 464 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,399 Speaker 2: and sing to his children in the middle of the 465 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 2: night and cook all night and have the food ready 466 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 2: for them when they would get out of school the 467 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 2: next day. My mama worked one hundred hours a week. 468 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 2: It would sleep in a booth at Howard Johnson's, you know, 469 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 2: after twelve buses of Canadian skiers and stuff. 470 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 3: I just I like to be around people that like 471 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 3: to work. 472 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:32,439 Speaker 2: It makes me feel it makes me feel period, and 473 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:37,160 Speaker 2: I think that's why I love working in Ukraine and 474 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 2: working with kids. I feel like my life actually matters 475 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 2: when I'm with people that work hard, fight hard, try 476 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:54,879 Speaker 2: hard at everything, and are still happy, Like they find 477 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 2: a way to smile and hug each other and share 478 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 2: food and love one another. Beautiful thing to watch and 479 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:09,400 Speaker 2: feel and absorb. It changes everything to be in that climate. 480 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 2: From the time I was a kid to now my 481 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 2: mid fifties, it is the most significant thing in my life. 482 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 2: Even on our honeymoon when we were in Africa. You know, 483 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 2: you're in communities where some of the community works at 484 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 2: resorts and in town and stuff, and they bring back 485 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,239 Speaker 2: their money and they give it to everybody so all 486 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 2: the children can have school books in a school uniform. 487 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:40,439 Speaker 2: It's just these beautiful situations that I've seen all of 488 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 2: my adult life now because I was trained that way 489 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 2: as a child. 490 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:46,920 Speaker 3: I really. 491 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 2: There's nothing I'm more grateful for in my whole life 492 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 2: than the way I was raised. 493 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,879 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'd set you up for this entire life journey 494 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 1: that you were on, and it's so beautiful. I think 495 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 1: that's really cool. And it's evident you hold your life 496 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,440 Speaker 1: so close, which I think is a secret sauce recipe 497 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:06,880 Speaker 1: in life. It's not forgetting those people along the way right, 498 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: holding them near and. 499 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 2: Dear, No, I talked to it, as I said, I 500 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,879 Speaker 2: talked to most everyone that I've worked with over the 501 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 2: last couple of decades often and text and send Christmas 502 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:24,399 Speaker 2: boxes and Hanukkah gifts, and you know, they're a part 503 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:25,640 Speaker 2: of my family. 504 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,160 Speaker 3: And I feel that your family can grow every year. 505 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 2: It depends on you, know, if you can grinch out 506 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,679 Speaker 2: and make your heart tend sizes too big or not. 507 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 3: You know, you just got to make room for more 508 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 3: and more people. 509 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: So is there a way over the last few years, 510 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 1: you know, so much has changed in your life, You're 511 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 1: developing so many new projects, You're in a new chapter 512 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 1: of your entire life and career. Is there a way 513 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,760 Speaker 1: that you can pinpoint that you think you've changed? Or 514 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 1: does change not really happen for you so much because 515 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,959 Speaker 1: you've kind of maintained that consistent girl that you've been 516 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 1: your whole life. 517 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,200 Speaker 3: No, I think that we can always change, and I 518 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 3: strive to. 519 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:13,320 Speaker 2: I get lazy at it. Though I've been studying Italian 520 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 2: for like a decade. I shouldn't be there. I should 521 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:22,240 Speaker 2: be done. My husband studies it now too, and I'm 522 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 2: so happy for him because I think he's up to 523 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 2: like one hundred and forty eight days. 524 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 3: Of due lingo in a row or something. 525 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 2: Wow. I do these lessons from my friend Lorenzo Mararia, 526 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 2: and they are really tough. He's a toughie and I 527 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 2: work so hard on him, and then if I see mistakes, 528 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 2: he sends back the corrections. You know, I get so 529 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 2: broken hearted him. I let him down. But I'm always 530 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 2: trying to learn something new. And I love to draw, 531 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 2: I love to read, I love to write. And I 532 00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 2: was just making notes today on not only the shows 533 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 2: that I'm trying to accomplish right now, but on books 534 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 2: I want to do. I want to do a foodles 535 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 2: book because I love drawing foodles. 536 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:12,440 Speaker 3: You know. 537 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:15,640 Speaker 2: I draw the pictures of a recipe and then I 538 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 2: write the recipe and I put them in the Christmas 539 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:23,480 Speaker 2: boxes at the holidays, as you know. So I want 540 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,400 Speaker 2: to do a book of foodles for kids. I wanted 541 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:30,680 Speaker 2: the Living Kitchen Upstate and the Living Kitchen Tuscany. I 542 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:33,800 Speaker 2: want to do some back writing about what I love 543 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:38,800 Speaker 2: about the places we live and why, and do a 544 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 2: couple more cookbooks along the way. 545 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 3: That'll be thirty one and thirty two. I think I 546 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:45,040 Speaker 3: don't know a lot. 547 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 2: But I love that feeling of a little bit of 548 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,480 Speaker 2: excitement mixed with a little bit of pressure. When am 549 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:55,880 Speaker 2: I going to get to this one? And when am 550 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,520 Speaker 2: I going to get to that one? You know, it 551 00:30:58,560 --> 00:30:59,680 Speaker 2: makes me happy. 552 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 1: There's not many things you haven't done, and this just 553 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,880 Speaker 1: popped into my mind. Would you ever do anything or 554 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,080 Speaker 1: do you have any interest in the scripted world? 555 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:12,320 Speaker 2: I've thought about it over the years. I'm Mary Juliani. 556 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 2: Always wants me to do something scripted with her. She's 557 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 2: a little my little firecracker, that one. 558 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 3: I love her. 559 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 2: You know, I. 560 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 3: Wouldn't say no, but it's not like top of my list. 561 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 2: But please feel free if you'd like to put me 562 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 2: in something stripped me. 563 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 1: A shout because like, what can't you do at this point? 564 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:35,520 Speaker 2: I mean, come on, I don't know it's fun, But 565 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:37,800 Speaker 2: I friend, I have such an annoying voice. 566 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:39,880 Speaker 3: I'm shocked still have a job. 567 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: Oh please please? Well that voice is all over the 568 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:46,920 Speaker 1: podcast world now, which I love. I am a very 569 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,440 Speaker 1: tough podcast critic listener. I love your show. I love 570 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 1: your show. It's like you were born to do it. 571 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 1: For you, like, what made you want to do a podcasts? 572 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 1: It's a very different medium for. 573 00:31:56,120 --> 00:32:03,120 Speaker 2: You, because I believe in the concert that life is 574 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 2: so beautiful if you wake up in a positive frame 575 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:10,360 Speaker 2: of mind and want to accomplish something with each and 576 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:15,560 Speaker 2: every day that you open your eyes. And I'm fascinated 577 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,760 Speaker 2: by people, all types of folks, like I had Rebecca 578 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:24,120 Speaker 2: Divine on. She was one of the last ones I 579 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 2: just taped in the last few weeks. And this is 580 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,360 Speaker 2: a woman who was told she had six months to 581 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:32,480 Speaker 2: live and that was like over seven years ago. 582 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:34,480 Speaker 3: It's just. 583 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:40,960 Speaker 2: I find so much joy in learning about people that 584 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:47,000 Speaker 2: beat every odd that you can think of, and people 585 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 2: that find ways to make things work when they shouldn't, 586 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 2: or when things when they've been kicked down a lot 587 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,200 Speaker 2: and they popped right back up like a cork. 588 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:00,400 Speaker 3: I love stuff like that. 589 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:05,920 Speaker 2: It makes me super happy, and I just love diving 590 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:09,880 Speaker 2: more into that than you can do in five minutes 591 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,440 Speaker 2: on a chat show. You know you have very limited time, 592 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 2: and they're always trying to rush you through different segments. 593 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:21,000 Speaker 2: I don't want to rush through everything in life. I 594 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 2: want to let people tell their whole story, not just 595 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:27,560 Speaker 2: four minutes of their story. 596 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:29,640 Speaker 3: I want to hear as much of it as possible. 597 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:34,080 Speaker 2: So that was what excited me about going a little 598 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:39,080 Speaker 2: bit down that road, is, Hey, let's listen to a 599 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:45,480 Speaker 2: longer format of people that I truly respect and really value, 600 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:49,480 Speaker 2: and what can we learn from each other from one another, 601 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:54,200 Speaker 2: and let's just share that with as many people as possible. 602 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:56,000 Speaker 3: That's why I got into it. 603 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, And I imagine, knowing you as well as I do, 604 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:03,800 Speaker 1: you're some with so much heart and curiosity, and when 605 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:07,040 Speaker 1: you're talking about something, you're really talking about it. You 606 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,719 Speaker 1: don't like fluff. You're not a fluff person. So I imagine, 607 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:13,400 Speaker 1: you know, like you said, the talk show so fast 608 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:16,320 Speaker 1: and it's so small and condensed, and your little blocks 609 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,040 Speaker 1: here and there, I imagine that wasn't probably as fulfilling 610 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,120 Speaker 1: as something like a podcast or like this. And I 611 00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:23,480 Speaker 1: feel that way in some of my work too, you know. 612 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:28,520 Speaker 2: As you can expand you can expand on things, you know, 613 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 2: like when I'm on with someone like Harlan Coben, my 614 00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:35,759 Speaker 2: my dear, dear friend, and I respect and love his 615 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:40,880 Speaker 2: work so much, obsessed, but I can really chat with 616 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:45,320 Speaker 2: him because I trust him and we are truly friends. 617 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,879 Speaker 2: So I can have that real time and share that 618 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:52,799 Speaker 2: with people in a way that I know, hey, I know, 619 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:58,759 Speaker 2: talk about this and less about that, and let's have 620 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:02,520 Speaker 2: some fun. Let's get in there and show people a 621 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:09,880 Speaker 2: little bit a broader side of someone like that because 622 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:14,480 Speaker 2: I know them a little bit better. I also love 623 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,520 Speaker 2: to have on people that I've just met, like Rebecca, 624 00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:21,680 Speaker 2: who we were just at a retreat together, a health 625 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:26,840 Speaker 2: retreat together, and that's how I met her, and I 626 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:32,080 Speaker 2: just said, I'm obsessed with you. She has her own 627 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:40,040 Speaker 2: brilliant podcast, Brainy Bond, and she is gorgeous, beautiful woman, smart, 628 00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:43,200 Speaker 2: funny and has learned so much about how to stay alive. 629 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:48,000 Speaker 2: Quite frankly, the mom of four, by the way, looks 630 00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:50,080 Speaker 2: like bounce a quarter off of her. 631 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:51,279 Speaker 3: She's so fit. 632 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:59,440 Speaker 2: And I just find bringing someone like that into the 633 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:04,600 Speaker 2: bright spotlight for anybody that might be listening, could change 634 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:08,680 Speaker 2: their life, you know, if they're battling cancer, if they're 635 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,440 Speaker 2: scared to go to the doctor to even find out 636 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,279 Speaker 2: if they have cancer, get screened, and then to hear 637 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:17,920 Speaker 2: a story like that, I could literally save a life 638 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:22,560 Speaker 2: that day. I love that too. So there's the here's 639 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 2: the new, Here's this someone I love and being able 640 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:30,400 Speaker 2: to talk to that those two types of people and 641 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 2: share that information with as many people as we listen. 642 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 3: That's cool, that's really fun. 643 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:41,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, that fuels my No, you're doing it, it fuels 644 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:43,920 Speaker 1: my soul. And that's why I started this show, right, Like, 645 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:45,720 Speaker 1: I love the work I get to do with extra 646 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:47,399 Speaker 1: on the carpets, and it's fun and it's the thing. 647 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,319 Speaker 1: But you get three minutes with someone, it's not real conversation. 648 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:54,200 Speaker 1: And I was craving more of that connection. And I 649 00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:56,480 Speaker 1: often saw people I was interviewing wanted to have a 650 00:36:56,480 --> 00:37:00,600 Speaker 1: substantial conversation, but you just can't in those formats. 651 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:02,120 Speaker 3: Wait, it's formatted. 652 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, And that's how this show was born. So 653 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:08,279 Speaker 1: I always ask this question in every episode of the 654 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:11,440 Speaker 1: show based off the title of this show, which for you, 655 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:13,920 Speaker 1: I imagine might be a difficult one to answer. But 656 00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:16,680 Speaker 1: the name of the show is called I've never said 657 00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:19,840 Speaker 1: this before, And that was born from having real moments 658 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:21,600 Speaker 1: because I was tired of the fake I was tired 659 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:23,520 Speaker 1: of the clickbait. I was tired of the headlines. I 660 00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:26,319 Speaker 1: wanted real moments and to give people the space to 661 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:29,520 Speaker 1: say something whatever that question means to them that they 662 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:31,400 Speaker 1: maybe haven't had the chance to talk about in a 663 00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:33,759 Speaker 1: two minute or six minute interview before. 664 00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:36,000 Speaker 3: Being someone there's anything left time. 665 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:39,399 Speaker 1: I know, I'm like being someone that's talked for decades now. 666 00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:41,919 Speaker 1: I don't know, But is there anything you can think 667 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,239 Speaker 1: of that you maybe don't always get the chance to 668 00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:45,680 Speaker 1: say whatever that means to you. 669 00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:46,799 Speaker 3: Well, I think I've. 670 00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:48,920 Speaker 2: Already kind of said it just in chatting with you, 671 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:50,719 Speaker 2: because I love you and trust you so much. But 672 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:55,880 Speaker 2: I've never wanted to be someone else ever. I have 673 00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,160 Speaker 2: never said to myself I wish I were that person. 674 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:05,560 Speaker 2: And I have never allowed someone to break me in 675 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:09,279 Speaker 2: public or in an interview. I just won't have it. 676 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:12,879 Speaker 2: I just won't have it. If people try and take 677 00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:16,239 Speaker 2: you down, it's not going to get you anywhere. You 678 00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:18,640 Speaker 2: can go home and you can cry, or you can 679 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:23,319 Speaker 2: tell your husband, your lover, your dog how much that 680 00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:27,319 Speaker 2: bothered you. But I just don't do anything like that 681 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:30,960 Speaker 2: ever in public. And the first time I saw my husband, 682 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:33,399 Speaker 2: I thought he was gay and I tried to set 683 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:35,400 Speaker 2: him up on a date with a male friend of 684 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,560 Speaker 2: mine and he said, but I'm not gay, and then 685 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:40,680 Speaker 2: I was like check please, And I could not wait 686 00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:41,520 Speaker 2: to get him in the sack. 687 00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:52,359 Speaker 1: That's my girl. That's my girl. That's my girl. I 688 00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:58,440 Speaker 1: couldn't love you more. Wow. Well it was a very 689 00:38:58,440 --> 00:38:59,360 Speaker 1: memorable evening. 690 00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:02,919 Speaker 3: It was, and he is a blessed man. 691 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:08,520 Speaker 1: Oh my god. Yes, this is not stuff we were 692 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:10,719 Speaker 1: talking about on your talk show. I am here for it. 693 00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:15,080 Speaker 1: Somewhere John is smiling with like a cocktail and hands, 694 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:15,480 Speaker 1: saying that. 695 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:19,080 Speaker 2: I had to buy two different sized suits for his 696 00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:20,680 Speaker 2: wedding from Prada. 697 00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:24,200 Speaker 3: His jacket was one size, his trow is another. 698 00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:29,239 Speaker 1: Oh okay, Rachel Ray, Yeah, I am here for this 699 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,279 Speaker 1: chapter of your life. And I hope you still are 700 00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:34,400 Speaker 1: enjoying this chapter of your life if you know what 701 00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:34,759 Speaker 1: I mean. 702 00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:39,080 Speaker 3: I certainly am. I'm a very lucky lady. 703 00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,640 Speaker 1: Oh my god, I kind of love you more as 704 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:44,719 Speaker 1: we wrap up the show coming from you, I think 705 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:47,400 Speaker 1: this is a really cool answer to get. So I 706 00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:50,239 Speaker 1: would love to know. How do you define success? 707 00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:52,080 Speaker 3: Oh? 708 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:57,240 Speaker 2: That is so different than everybody else. It has nothing 709 00:39:57,239 --> 00:40:00,600 Speaker 2: to do with money. Did you do your best today? 710 00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:03,640 Speaker 2: Did you work as hard as you could? And did 711 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:07,360 Speaker 2: you share? Did you make food for people that were hungry, 712 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:09,439 Speaker 2: that are standing in the same room or the same 713 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:13,479 Speaker 2: house with you? How much did you give? How much 714 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:17,520 Speaker 2: did you give is always how I define the success 715 00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:20,400 Speaker 2: of my day one hundred percent. How much did I 716 00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:23,120 Speaker 2: give to my dog, to my friends, to my neighbors, 717 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:27,040 Speaker 2: to my husband, to my family. What did I do 718 00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:31,279 Speaker 2: today that allowed me to share with people is the 719 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:35,000 Speaker 2: most important element of every day of my life. 720 00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:39,319 Speaker 1: God, that's beautiful. Wow, the truth. I'm letting that sink 721 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:41,920 Speaker 1: in for a minute. That's truly beautiful. Thank you for 722 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,040 Speaker 1: sharing that. Thank you for hanging out. I don't know 723 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:47,600 Speaker 1: if I've ever fully expressed to you over the years 724 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,840 Speaker 1: how much you changed my life. From being on your show, 725 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:53,319 Speaker 1: I mean, and getting to know you and giving me 726 00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:55,400 Speaker 1: a chance and giving me a shot and inviting me 727 00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:58,680 Speaker 1: back and becoming a regular in your family, it really 728 00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:00,799 Speaker 1: put me on the path, brought me to where I 729 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:04,160 Speaker 1: am today. And you were a person you were You 730 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:04,960 Speaker 1: were a person who. 731 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:10,240 Speaker 2: Bring me, A talented person who sees people, who really 732 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:16,680 Speaker 2: sees people and their their whole self, And you brought 733 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:21,640 Speaker 2: us so many beautiful shared moments with very very special people. 734 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:26,600 Speaker 2: You are truly truly gifted, talented, loving, sweet person. 735 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,439 Speaker 3: I adore you. I always have and you know that. 736 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:35,919 Speaker 1: I met you it was it was a pretty instant chemistry. Absolutely, John, 737 00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:38,480 Speaker 1: You're lucky I'm gay, because i'd be I'd be sliding 738 00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:41,200 Speaker 1: right into Rachel's d MS and trying to pick her up. 739 00:41:41,239 --> 00:41:43,920 Speaker 1: So you're lucky. You're lucky. Although from what I heard, 740 00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:48,400 Speaker 1: you don't have to worry about anything. You're very gifted, 741 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:48,879 Speaker 1: I've heard. 742 00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:53,560 Speaker 3: I love you, Tommy, and I have such respect for you. 743 00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:56,200 Speaker 2: And I hope, I hope you do my podcast and 744 00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:58,480 Speaker 2: that I can do yours again anytime you like. 745 00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,440 Speaker 3: I just of sharing time with you. You know that. 746 00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:04,040 Speaker 1: Oh, I feel the same way. I love you guys. 747 00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:06,480 Speaker 1: Thank you for hanging out, and we might pop up 748 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:10,719 Speaker 1: upstate or in Italy. Do you well eat your whole 749 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:12,640 Speaker 1: kitchen out, so be warned. 750 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:15,120 Speaker 2: All right, but I put you to work. You can't 751 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:17,400 Speaker 2: just come and eat for free. You gotta put a 752 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:19,879 Speaker 2: little bit. You gotta put a little bit of those 753 00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:21,200 Speaker 2: muscles into it too. 754 00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:23,160 Speaker 1: All right. I got you, I got you. Oh, here's 755 00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:29,960 Speaker 1: Jill popping it from GMA. Say hello, beautiful face. Oh 756 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:30,759 Speaker 1: here we go now I. 757 00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:34,840 Speaker 3: Hear you, Hi, Love. How are you guys doing? 758 00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:36,000 Speaker 1: What's up? 759 00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:40,680 Speaker 2: John? You guys we have to get all together at 760 00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:41,480 Speaker 2: the same time. 761 00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:46,759 Speaker 3: Please come to Italy. Yes, wherever you want. Wherever we are, 762 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:48,160 Speaker 3: You're always invited. 763 00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:50,839 Speaker 1: Italy, You're upsafe. The magic is where you are. 764 00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:52,319 Speaker 3: Oh, thank you. 765 00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:54,880 Speaker 1: I love you guys, Love you guys, Thank you for 766 00:42:54,920 --> 00:43:00,719 Speaker 1: hanging out. Bye bye. I've Never Said This Before is 767 00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:05,600 Speaker 1: hosted by Me Tommy Dedario. This podcast is executive produced 768 00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:09,239 Speaker 1: by Andrew Puglisi at iHeartRadio and by Me Tommy, with 769 00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:13,360 Speaker 1: editing by Joshua Colaudney. I've Never Said This Before is 770 00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:16,959 Speaker 1: part of the Elvis Duran podcast Network on iHeart Podcasts. 771 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:20,759 Speaker 1: For more rate, review and subscribe to our show and 772 00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:24,239 Speaker 1: if you liked this episode, tell your friends. Until next time. 773 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:25,520 Speaker 1: I'm Tommy de Dario