1 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 1: Loca Radio is the radiophonic novela, which is just a 2 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 1: very extra way of saying a podcast. I'm theos FM 3 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 1: and I am Mala Mios. Loca to Radio is your 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: Friema's favorite podcast hosted by us Mala and Diosa. We're 5 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 1: two ig friends turned podcast partners, breaking down pop culture, feminism, 6 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: sexual wellness, and offering fresh takes on trending topics through 7 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: nuanced interviews with up and coming lat Next creatives known 8 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: as Lasca, Las Mammy, Submit and Bullshit, A Next Store 9 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: and Lasses. We've been podcasting independently since twenty sixteen, and 10 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: we're bringing our radiophonic novela to the Micikura network to 11 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: continue sharing stories from the latinxt community. Welcome to Locatra 12 00:00:52,520 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: Radio season seven. Take us to your network, Placamores, Come 13 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: back to another capito. I'm Diosa and I'm Mala. You're 14 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: tuning into fifty seven. Last time I Look at Radio, 15 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: we talked about the fact that there is absolutely no 16 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: good food anywhere in Los Angeles. Go back and listen 17 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: to that episode where we discuss how we subsist off 18 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: of La River runoff and pieces of Gravel. 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Today on Look Radio, we 28 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: have a very fun episode, a really cool interview. We 29 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: are joined by actor Jessica Marie Garcia. Hi, Hello, how 30 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: are you? Oh good? How are you doing so well? 31 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 1: So excited to have you on the show. Thank you 32 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: for joining us today and taking the time. Oh my god, no, 33 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: thank you for asking me. Yeah, you're You've been one 34 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: of our dream guests for a while now. Yes, we've 35 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 1: had you on our lists and our vision boards for 36 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: like two years now. Yeah really yes, yes? Oh that 37 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: that humbles me to the core. It's like I have 38 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: to live up to this. What do you? What can 39 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: I do? What can I say? Oh? Don't worry. We're 40 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: gonna get into all the things that make us so 41 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 1: excited to talk about you. The projects, the baby, the eyebrows, 42 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 1: you know everything. We're gonna get to the eyebrows. Girl, 43 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: don't you worry. Oh my god, this is the best 44 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: podcast already. Hell yeah, thank you appreciate it. You heard 45 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: that listeners, Well, I was just checking out your gatekeeping 46 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: one and I really enjoyed it. Learned a lot. Actually, 47 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: thank you for tuning in to that episode. Did you 48 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: have any thoughts that you wanted to share. Well, I 49 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: was just like, I hadn't realized how it's It's true. 50 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 1: People really do use that word so often and have 51 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 1: really no idea what that means, especially in like the 52 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 1: social media platform, and it's so it's it, really it. 53 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: I'm happy that you have a platform where you can 54 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: like share that kind of knowledge for for others, because 55 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: it's really really important. Language is so important. Absolutely. I mean, 56 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: I would be curious to know if, like in your 57 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: work as an actor, if you've seen your own behind 58 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: the scenes gatekeeping in the industry. Oh god, yeah, I'm 59 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: sure not to put you on the spot. Yeah whatever, Really, 60 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: that's a really really good question. And yes, we should 61 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: come back to it. It's a really just because it 62 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: is such a nuanced thing. But yeah, absolutely in different 63 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: departments too. I think, like you know, every union, in 64 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: every department has their own kind of world and it 65 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: all comes together like a puzzle to really get a 66 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: show or a movie or anything made. So they all 67 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 1: have their inner in their inner gatekeepering. I'm sure. So 68 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: if you asked any department, I think you get a 69 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: different answer. That's real truly. So recently, Jessica, A Deadline 70 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:32,359 Speaker 1: put out an article announcing that you're going to be 71 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 1: joining the cast of Lopez Versus Lopez. Yes, I did. 72 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: We shot one episode so far. I'm hoping to do more. 73 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: Fingers crossed. Yeah, yes, how exciting. Tell us more about 74 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: your role in this episode of Lopez Versus Lopez. So 75 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: I'm one of three primos and my name is Yes, 76 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: I guess so far fetched. But whenever I hear my 77 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: name pronounced like that, I know I'm in trouble. So 78 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: who was on edge the whole week? But no, she 79 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:07,160 Speaker 1: is an influencer and she's like pretty much like the 80 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:12,919 Speaker 1: stereotypical zelennial influencer who's just like, you know, all about 81 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 1: her followers, and that's just kind of her worth, like 82 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: her idea for work. So you kind of see her 83 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 1: at her highest and her lowest in a very small 84 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: stood time. Love that. What does it feel like to 85 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: be working opposite like George Lopez? Mayan Lopez. Harvey Gian 86 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 1: was also mentioned as joining the cast of Lopez Versus 87 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: Lopez in this article, Like Chelsea and like working with 88 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: these folks, what was that like for you? Well? Surreal 89 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 1: because a lot of them are my friends, Like first 90 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 1: and foremost I've known Harvey. Harvey was in my first 91 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: ever like project called Huge on ABC Family in like 92 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 1: twenty ten, so that was like my first real anything, 93 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 1: and he was my ride or die. Like he there 94 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: was a lot of things that were like a wry 95 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: working that first, that first job, and I felt did 96 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: not feel my worth at all, and he stood up 97 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 1: for me so much and I like love him to 98 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 1: this day for that and to be able to work 99 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: with him again is such an awesome full circle moment. 100 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 1: But I'm also so proud of him and everything that 101 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: he's achieving him and everybody like Chelsea too and mine, 102 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: It's unbelievable. So but the big one George, right, that 103 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: was a little too much for me, and I was 104 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: trying to tell my husband and my mom about it 105 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: because like, growing up, I think I saw George Lopez 106 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:38,359 Speaker 1: on TV more than I ever saw my real father 107 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:43,359 Speaker 1: and right and my dad's Mexican, my mom's Cuban. So 108 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: the George Lopez Show was like real close to home, 109 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: too close to home. So that was like the first 110 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 1: time I saw like really our whole family represented in 111 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: that way. So being on set with him was like 112 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:02,479 Speaker 1: bizarre because I was like, wow, girl, you you did that, 113 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,039 Speaker 1: Like I remember being that little girl in Orlando. That's 114 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: like turning the TV screen like that's how we watched 115 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: TV when you've watched TV, and I'm watching that show 116 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: and dreaming of just you know, possible, maybe not even 117 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: thinking at that point that I could get to that, 118 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 1: to that uh you know that light, but dreaming about 119 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: it and then being able to be sitting next to 120 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: him in a table read was like, Wow, Okay, that's incredible. Yeah. 121 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 1: I was patting myself on the back a little bit. 122 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: I won't want to like silently like Gony did this, 123 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: as you should so hard for this? Yeah, as you should? 124 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: You know, I love that you mentioned that exchange or 125 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: that encouragement that Harveygian gave you when you were first 126 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: working together. And I feel like, at least from for me, 127 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: like as a viewer, as a fan, as someone that's 128 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,239 Speaker 1: watched your work on on my block, there is also 129 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: like this like renaissance of like these Latin X Latino 130 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: actors and I've kind of come up like at the 131 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: same time, even though they had been in the industry 132 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: for years, But how kind of reached that point around 133 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 1: the same time. So can you talk more about, like 134 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: do you feel like it's a supportive network of Latino 135 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: Latin X actors that are your peers, Like what's that 136 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: experience like working with all these amazing, incredible actors. You know, 137 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: I gotta say that in such a small period of time, 138 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 1: it's felt like a one eighty I feel like when 139 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: I first started in the industry, there was so few 140 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: of us that were trying to like make it. There 141 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: was a few that were already established, right like you know, 142 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 1: there wasn't there was no touching them, but the small 143 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: rules that were like very supporting, like that was one 144 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: in a million and you would see the same faces. 145 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 1: So I think that for the beginning of my career 146 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,439 Speaker 1: was all like, oh man, okay, well if she's here, 147 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: then I'm probably not going to get it. Or if 148 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: oh is she working, okay, because maybe maybe they'll see 149 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 1: me again if I think she got a job, you know. So, 150 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: But it was never like like a vicious thing. It 151 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:04,559 Speaker 1: was just like, oh man, they only are going to 152 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: pick one of us. And now to be in a 153 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: place where you're you know that you don't only have 154 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: to have one latina on a show, you know. I mean, 155 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: we're not to the place where that happens often, but 156 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 1: you know, it's happening more than it used to. That 157 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: you don't feel like you're one in a million anymore, 158 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: like you're not just the other on every white show. 159 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 1: And because of that, I feel like it's so much 160 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: easier to support everyone in a genuine sense because you're 161 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: literally like, oh man, I gotta eat. I really hope 162 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: I can work, you know, right. But now it's like, 163 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: not only are we getting jobs, but we're opening opportunities 164 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: for each other. And I think that's what's being so, 165 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,199 Speaker 1: that's what's growing so much in our in our community, 166 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 1: is that we're actually helping each other out now, like 167 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: I think before we were just like scrounging and fighting 168 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: for scraps and scraps, and now we're like, you know, 169 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: we're building that table for ourselves in this industry. That's huge, 170 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: so important, And it seems like another example of that happening. 171 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: You have more work coming out Illegally Brown co starring 172 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 1: Annie Gonzalez, the trailer His Life Right, and the trailers 173 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:14,959 Speaker 1: come out and it's premiering in the San Diego Film 174 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 1: Festival in March seventeenth and eighteenth. Can you tell us 175 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: about that project and how that came to be? Well, 176 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: it was it was such a Kinsmidt like beautiful journey. 177 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 1: How that happened. When I first met Annie, she had 178 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,559 Speaker 1: just got cast in Hentified. I'm not even sure if 179 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 1: they like officially started shooting or anything. And we were 180 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:36,680 Speaker 1: at a Hispanic sized event and she came up to me, 181 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 1: and I could see on her face what I was 182 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: walking up to anyone else that was already on Netflix 183 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 1: before me, Like, are you gonna be cool? I really 184 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 1: hope you're cool, Like I'm a fan of the show, Like, 185 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 1: but I'm also going to be on your show. How 186 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: are you going to feel? And I could see that 187 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: on her face, but I was like, girl, I'll come 188 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: over her, like come on, Like that's like that's not 189 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: going to happen. And it was such a like love 190 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:05,080 Speaker 1: at first sight moment. We have so much in common. 191 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: We're both like only children, we both have wanted to 192 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:11,319 Speaker 1: do this our whole lives, like as we both don't 193 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: speak Spanish very well, you know, a lot a lot 194 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 1: of similarities, and we're both you know, high ball of energy. 195 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: So working together was just the most fun. It's the 196 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: closest I've ever felt to like a scene partner, one 197 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: on like in a scene in a long time. And yeah, 198 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: it was. It was a beautiful experience. But how I 199 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: got involved was Gabby reached out to me, Gabby Lugo, 200 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 1: the director and the writer, and she kind of just 201 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: like threw it to me, like what do you ever 202 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: think about doing something like this? Like I don't even 203 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 1: know if we can pull it together. But it would 204 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: only be two days. I know, you just had a baby, 205 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: Like how do you feel? And I read the script 206 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: and I was like, oh my god, I love this 207 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 1: so much. It wasn't like I had to change too 208 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 1: much about who I am organically because Vanessa is like 209 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: high energy, like super fun and bubbly, also kind of 210 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: like not the quote unquote would Latina should be or 211 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:11,679 Speaker 1: shouldn't be? And I loved that about her. And I 212 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,599 Speaker 1: hadn't worked since I had the baby, and I was 213 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: almost like, can I even do this anymore? Because acting 214 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: is very much like a muscle, like you're like an athlete. 215 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 1: If you don't work at it, you you lose it. 216 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: You lose it. So I felt really out of practice. 217 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:29,439 Speaker 1: I was really scared. And then I called Annie right 218 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 1: after I got off the phone with Gabby. Not having 219 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: any idea that Annie was involved, I called her because 220 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: she had called me the day before. So when I 221 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 1: called her, she answers the phone, Oh my god, are 222 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 1: you gonna play Vanessa? And I was like what and 223 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: she was like, I'm gonna I'm Luna and it just 224 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:49,439 Speaker 1: like it was crazy and it was the first time 225 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 1: we're working together, but I didn't feel like it. Wow, 226 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: I want to ask you about Motherhood, but before we 227 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 1: get to that, I'm still curious to know more about 228 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 1: the film itself, like can you tell us the plot? 229 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: Like I've seen the trailer, but for the listeners that 230 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,200 Speaker 1: haven't seen it yet, and are interested in checking it out, 231 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 1: like tell us more about the film. So basically, these 232 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 1: two sisters get deported pretty much like in the middle 233 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: of like a nightclub, and we find out not only 234 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,199 Speaker 1: do they get deported to Mexico, and neither one of 235 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 1: them they're not Mexican. That's just you know how great 236 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:23,199 Speaker 1: our government is. They just don't care. So they get 237 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:29,200 Speaker 1: deported and Vanessa is basically, without giving too much away, 238 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 1: we get involved with terrorists and we have to save 239 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: the day in order to possibly save our possibility of 240 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 1: going back home to Los Angeles. So it's kind of 241 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 1: a love story. It's also a superhero story, and it's 242 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 1: so fun, and I really hope like something comes of 243 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 1: it and we get to make the full feature because 244 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 1: I love the idea. It's a really serious subject matter, 245 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 1: don't get me wrong, but it is. I feel like 246 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 1: we find a humor in it which our people have 247 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,200 Speaker 1: to do in order to survive, which we all know. 248 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: So I feel like it's a it's a it's a 249 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 1: fun movie and we deserve that. We deserve that, like 250 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: Cheech and Chong moment, but from a couple of athenas, 251 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: you know, totally yeah, some laughs, some giggles never heard 252 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: so this was illegally brown. It sounds like was your 253 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: first project after your baby? Ye oh yeah, and you're 254 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: pregnancy announcement, Well you had a pregnancy announcement in People magazine. 255 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 1: Like People magazine covered your pregnancy Like that's a whole 256 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 1: other level. How did that feel? What was that like 257 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 1: for you? How did they apparach you? What was the process? Well? 258 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 1: I was with my publicist and my publicist they you know, 259 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: that's what they do, right, they go and reach out. 260 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: It wasn't like People Magazine was like, oh my god, 261 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: Jessica Marie Garcia from on my Block, like she's pregnant, 262 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 1: we need to announce it. No, my publicist was like, oh, 263 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: you know, she's pregnant. What you care to be the feature? 264 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 1: And they were like yeah, okay, it looks like a 265 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: slow newsday. No oh, I don't believe that at all. 266 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 1: It was a beautiful shoot. I love, I love, but 267 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: that's you know, that's just Patty. She is the best 268 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 1: photographer ever, especially for your children. Like she kept my 269 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 1: baby asleep for the entire shoot, Like I was like, 270 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: she's okay, right, Like she was just like sitting there 271 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: like stroking her. She was just asleep throughout the entire shoot. 272 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: That's fabulous. I mean, congrats, like you know, work after baby. Yeah, yeah, 273 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: how are you feeling? Like you mentioned, this is your 274 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: first project since having your baby. I imagine that navigating 275 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: motherhood and like working, doing having the type of job 276 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: that you have, you know, having the type of career 277 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: as an actor is a whole different type of navigating 278 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: and trying to figure that out, balancing all of it. 279 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: So tell us more about how you're balancing this new 280 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 1: motherhood and also you know, trying to grow as an artist. Well, 281 00:15:56,160 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: it's sweet that you think I'm balancing, because that's still 282 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: like something we're figuring it out. Like we just had 283 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 1: a conversation and today in this house with my mom, 284 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 1: my husband, and I because all three of us are 285 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 1: here too. I couldn't do without my mom. That's how 286 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 1: que and I am. My mother lives with us. Makes sense. Yeah, 287 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: we can relate. We talk about that all the time. 288 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: Mom is coming with yeah, you need it. I don't know, 289 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 1: like they're a Kiki Palmer just released a video where 290 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: she was like, I don't know how single parents do 291 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: it or single guardians do it. And I honestly do 292 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: not know, Like I would have lost in my mind. 293 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: And then to think that there are people that have 294 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 1: multiple children right on purpose planned to do that, Yeah, 295 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: is baffling to me right now. But she's starting to 296 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: sleep through the night. So we're like, how did we 297 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: do this? Like did we did we unlock a key? 298 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: Like it's taken us a year to figure this out, 299 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 1: but um so, yeah, it's been a lot. My husband's 300 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: in the business too. He's a set dresser, so like 301 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: he was just working on a mass singer and he 302 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:04,879 Speaker 1: would have to get up three, four in the morning, 303 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 1: but usually he's up at like two in the morning 304 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:09,679 Speaker 1: with her and then he'll let me sleep till like 305 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 1: that four or five in the morning, and then we 306 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 1: do the switch off. Because she would not sleep unless 307 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: she was on a person. It's like not going to happen. 308 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 1: But that's because you know, I slept with her for 309 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:24,359 Speaker 1: nine nine months, right, that's precious. Wait, so did junior 310 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: husband meet on the job? We did it. Neither one 311 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:32,639 Speaker 1: of us were like he was catering, I was working 312 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 1: at outback steakhouse as a server. Neither one of us were. 313 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: We had dreams of this, but we were not successful 314 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: at this point, so we've actually seen each other through 315 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:47,360 Speaker 1: it all. Oh that's beautiful. Wow, tell us what's that like? Like, 316 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 1: you know, you both have this dream, your respective dreams, 317 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 1: and then you grow and you it's in some way 318 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:56,879 Speaker 1: reached them together. Like what has that experience been? Like, 319 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:00,239 Speaker 1: it's been It's been wonderful. We've had We've gone through 320 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:04,439 Speaker 1: so many ups and downs with this that it's it's 321 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:07,639 Speaker 1: amazing to be in a point where he doesn't have 322 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 1: to take like a really crappy job that doesn't pay anything, 323 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 1: where he is going to be doing so much manual labor, 324 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: like because now I'm in a position where he can 325 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:17,959 Speaker 1: be choosier about things like that. We didn't have that 326 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: luxury before. So um, it's like new problems, but like 327 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:28,120 Speaker 1: some in better positions, you know, privileged problems, i'll call them. 328 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: You know, it's getting to a better place. But um, yeah, 329 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: it's beautiful too. He's always so proud to be the 330 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 1: guy that holds my purse out of red carpet. You know, 331 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,159 Speaker 1: he's not the guy that's like, oh my god, I 332 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: don't want to go to this, Like he is always 333 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: so excited for me and will be an uncomfortable like 334 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:49,400 Speaker 1: standing there talking to whoever, because he, you know, needs 335 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 1: to be that supportive husband, Like I'm really really lucky. 336 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 1: That's fabulous, congratulations and the next room so I'm like 337 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: being really nice to hear everything looking at me. Now 338 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: they're like, you better say, Jessica, you know a lot 339 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 1: of people are saying that you have the best eyebrows 340 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:13,199 Speaker 1: in Hollywood. Oh my god, who are these people? Just 341 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 1: a lot of people, just tons of people. Yeah, just 342 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 1: people all over, just hordes of people, masses of people. 343 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:22,879 Speaker 1: So like what do you do you agree or do 344 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,120 Speaker 1: you agree? Oh? I absolutely agree, But you know what, 345 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 1: I will own that because I was ridiculed, like my 346 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 1: entire existence about these eyebrows as a kids can be 347 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:36,919 Speaker 1: kids can be cruel, right, like children can be mean worse. 348 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:41,120 Speaker 1: I mean, I grew up as a as an eyebrow, 349 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 1: just a walking, fucking chubby eyebrow assistance. So I got 350 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 1: made fun of a lot, and then in high school 351 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, no, eyebrows is the way to go. 352 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: For the longest time, like this, like front part of 353 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 1: my eyebrow was just gone and I have like tiny 354 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:05,439 Speaker 1: thin sperms right above the arch and my brow and 355 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: that was it. And I had, like, you know, a 356 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: foundation that was like twelve sizes or twelve shades too 357 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: light for me, Like it was, you know, it was 358 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 1: a time. It was a time, Thank god social media 359 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 1: did not exist. And then luckily, like I grew them 360 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 1: out and they grew great, And so now I still 361 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:22,439 Speaker 1: have to fight them, wanting to hold hands in the 362 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:26,439 Speaker 1: middle people who wipe them now And now that I 363 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: work with makeup artists, you know they help you out. Yeah, yeah, 364 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,399 Speaker 1: I feel like watching you on on my block, I 365 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:37,160 Speaker 1: was just like, this girl's face, her eyebrows alone could 366 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: win an Emmy. The eyebrow was its own character, like 367 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:43,199 Speaker 1: the eyebrow raise. And I love an eyebrow raise. I 368 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 1: do an eyebrow raise, so I respect an eyebrow raise. 369 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 1: Yeah you got a mean one. Yeah that's the one. 370 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,400 Speaker 1: You know you're in trouble. That's how Like my mom 371 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 1: never had to yell at me in public. It was 372 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: just I was like, oh, okay, does your mom have 373 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:01,439 Speaker 1: the same eyebrows. She does not, but she has the 374 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 1: same arch. Absolutely, well, you're killing it. And I saw 375 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 1: a tweet. I follow you on Twitter. I love your tweets. Oh, 376 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:10,360 Speaker 1: thank you. I love yours too. Oh my god, thank 377 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: you so much. And I wanted to ask, as a 378 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: teen Mom watcher, did watching Teen Mom prepare you to 379 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:23,639 Speaker 1: become an adult mom a little bit? Tell me about it? 380 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 1: What did you learn from team on? How have you 381 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: applied it in your parenting? That I would never be 382 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: on a reality show with my child, That's real number one. 383 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:38,399 Speaker 1: That's huge these days. Never no, never, not a YouTube channel, 384 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 1: not a like I still till this day, like have 385 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: issues with like posting about her. Like I'll post something 386 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,360 Speaker 1: and then like you'll see, like twenty months later it's gone. 387 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,680 Speaker 1: I'm like, oh no, I can't, Like it's just like, ah, 388 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 1: I want to because I want to show her off 389 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: to the world, but also I want to shelter her 390 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: from everybody. And then I also don't you know, I 391 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: know that I don't have her consent to anything, and 392 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 1: I don't like, you know, some parents just post whatever. 393 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: I like, do you think your kid's gonna like love 394 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:05,199 Speaker 1: to say this later in life or you know? And 395 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,120 Speaker 1: there's just a lot of weirdos out there, and I'm 396 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 1: just out it. I'll go to jail totally. I feel 397 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 1: like I've seen a lot of mothers, like millennial moms 398 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: especially that like very strategically posts photos of their baby, 399 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: like them holding their baby, and it's like the back 400 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 1: of the baby's head, like they never show the face. 401 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:26,959 Speaker 1: And I've like been kind of observing that and I 402 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,919 Speaker 1: feel like that's definitely a conversation that's happening. I'm not 403 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,439 Speaker 1: a mother, but in the mom circles at least where 404 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,400 Speaker 1: it's like we're not showing our baby's faces yet because 405 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: they're not consenting. Yeah, and that's you know, it's to 406 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 1: each their own totally. It's whenever you're comfortable with is 407 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,120 Speaker 1: you know what's right for your kid. Like I'm not 408 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 1: saying anything to people that are about posting a lot 409 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 1: because I still I still struggle with it. I still 410 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:50,640 Speaker 1: want to post with her. I've post a few things 411 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 1: and I'm like, well, she's a baby, but when she 412 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,679 Speaker 1: gets a little bit older, I don't know, like, you know, 413 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,679 Speaker 1: it's it's it's a growing I can't say how I 414 00:22:57,680 --> 00:22:59,919 Speaker 1: feel about it because it changes every day, depending like 415 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 1: how adorable this picture a video is or this TikTok 416 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: thread and I'm like, oh, but is it work back? 417 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: You know, It's like such a feel like someone's got 418 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 1: to see this. My baby is so cute. Oh girl, 419 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 1: my drafts are colds. But I just can't. I just 420 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 1: so yeah. I go back and forth about it. But 421 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 1: as far as teen mom like their relationships, especially like 422 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:28,360 Speaker 1: the their romantic relationships, like I knew, I was like, oh, 423 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 1: like these men, I mean obvious, Well they were children, 424 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 1: they were literal kids. Jessa, just one time, for the 425 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 1: one time, can you give us a bantlee bantlee bantly 426 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:49,679 Speaker 1: Oh No, my was also like, um was taler taler? 427 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: Oh my god, so good? No, who's the one with 428 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 1: the mom that yells all the time? And she had 429 00:23:56,119 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 1: the boyfriend? Oh Janelle, yes, Janelle, what was the what 430 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: was the boyfriend that she had that her mom hated 431 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:14,120 Speaker 1: so much? Kifa Ki Kifa smokes the refa so good, 432 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 1: thank you for indulging me. I'm sorry the other I 433 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: had to anytime. If you want to just talk about 434 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 1: Renality TV, I'm so down I talk about me. I'm 435 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 1: telling you really do No, we definitely want to hear 436 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,959 Speaker 1: about you always. We do want to hear about you. 437 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to invite you on to our other show, 438 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: Onto Marijuana podcast for Potter because I did see that 439 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: tweet of your I also saw that tweet and I 440 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 1: wanted to ask you about it. Let's let's start. Let's 441 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: start there. Yeah, so we saw that you tweeted about 442 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,120 Speaker 1: your mother buying a care bear off of Etsy. Can 443 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 1: you tell us more about that experience, what happened? What 444 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,679 Speaker 1: was the bear? Actually? So the bear is definitely a 445 00:24:55,760 --> 00:25:00,040 Speaker 1: stash jar for marijuana, really anything. And my mom I 446 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: was like, well, maybe it's like like for kids to 447 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 1: like put stuff in. I go, it's glass. You're not 448 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 1: giving a toddler a glass jar inside of a kid bear. Mom, Yeah, 449 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 1: that's true. And it was like obviously doctored. It wasn't 450 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: like Fisher Price was like fishing these out, Okay, like 451 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 1: it was class. It was sewn in, it was but 452 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:23,399 Speaker 1: it was amazing. But yeah, my mom buys things and 453 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 1: does not understand where they're coming from like anything. She's 454 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,719 Speaker 1: just sure like those scams that like get you, Like 455 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,199 Speaker 1: my mom will give thousands of dollars to like a 456 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 1: prince from whatever country, like she will fall for them. 457 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: We talk about that all the time here, Like it's 458 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:40,920 Speaker 1: like with our moms, we have to monitor what they're 459 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 1: doing online and where they're shopping because these websites are 460 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 1: not LEDGIT and they're about to be buying everything. Yeah, 461 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: it's really scared, really bought in us like haunted dolls 462 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:55,959 Speaker 1: like have like ceremoniously thrown in the trash, never spoken 463 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,439 Speaker 1: about again. Like I have a lot of questions for 464 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 1: that woman. Hilarious. Oh we love a good gift from mom, 465 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,879 Speaker 1: no matter what it is. No, I'll be if I 466 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:08,879 Speaker 1: didn't have a child, I would keep it as like 467 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: a stash jar. But it's too much like a child 468 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,719 Speaker 1: gift that I cannot have that in my home right valid. 469 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 1: So you are you're a weed mom? Oh yeah, love 470 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 1: it can tell Can you tell us a little bit 471 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 1: about that? And I mean, you know, are you are 472 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,920 Speaker 1: you smoking now? Are you waiting to smoke? Or you 473 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: doing edibles? Like how is that working for you? I'm 474 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 1: still kind of figuring it out. It's a new thing. 475 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 1: I breastfed for a really long time. I wanted to 476 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:38,160 Speaker 1: do that as long as I could, but my postpartum 477 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:39,720 Speaker 1: was getting to a place where I was like I 478 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 1: need and I need a vessel, Like everything was taken 479 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,160 Speaker 1: from me, Like I couldn't eat what I wanted because 480 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:50,479 Speaker 1: I just stational diabetes. Um, I couldn't smoke obviously. Um 481 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: I wasn't a drinker anyway, but like that that was gone, 482 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 1: Like I didn't have an outlook of a vice, if 483 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 1: I could say, through for the year and a half 484 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,439 Speaker 1: of being even than having heard that, I was like, 485 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 1: I need something. And my family and I we had 486 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:07,200 Speaker 1: this conversation and they're like, we've kind of been wishing 487 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: you started smoking again. I think you need it, And 488 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,399 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, wow, okay, and also, you know, 489 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 1: as therapy is great, but yeah, post part of them 490 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: is a bitch. So I definitely wanted to kind of 491 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 1: tiptoe back into it again. I can never do what 492 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 1: I did before because I was fucking Willie Nelson at that, 493 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: like I'm Willie Nelson and like snoop Dog, like I'm 494 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 1: at that. I could totally be at that level. And 495 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 1: now being a mom, I can't do that anymore obviously, 496 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:41,199 Speaker 1: but it is a wonderful Like if I have an 497 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: afternue with my girls, like that can happen, Like she 498 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 1: goes to bed, I have two other people that can 499 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:48,119 Speaker 1: take care of her, you know what I mean? Not 500 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,120 Speaker 1: that like that's just how other people feel. You can 501 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 1: definitely smoke a joint and be one hundred percent amazing 502 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 1: mother like yeah, X, but I do have other people that, 503 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 1: you know, see to her if I'm on the ground. 504 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:05,679 Speaker 1: You know how crazy weed can get. It takes a village, 505 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: that's it absolutely does. But it also takes some plants 506 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 1: as well. Yes, no one. I really appreciate you sharing 507 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 1: and talking on the show about cannabis and motherhood because 508 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,639 Speaker 1: I feel like there's this there's still stigma around it. 509 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:24,399 Speaker 1: People are still weird about it, you know, so thank you. 510 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 1: Oh of course, I'm just like, you know, it was 511 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 1: something that I was worried about. I was like, is 512 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:30,920 Speaker 1: this something I can ever talk about? Like and I'm 513 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,199 Speaker 1: just like, I can't. I can't be an a not 514 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,919 Speaker 1: an authentic person. And I also don't think there's anything 515 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 1: wrong with it. It helps a lot of people. I 516 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 1: know a lot of people that would be on crazy, 517 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: crazy bat shit like medication if it wasn't for weed 518 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,840 Speaker 1: or like what it is. I know the benefits of 519 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 1: benefits of it so much that I just I couldn't 520 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 1: not talk about it as if I were ashamed of it, 521 00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 1: you know. I mean, I think it's really wrong thera 522 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,880 Speaker 1: people that are still in prison for it, and I'm 523 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 1: out here, you know, smoking merrily away. But yeah, another 524 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 1: day we'll talk abolition. When we have you on mighty 525 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 1: one Ada, we'll discuss further. But no, thank you. Actually, 526 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:16,800 Speaker 1: this is the first place I've ever spoken about it. Honestly, 527 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 1: I love it. I love that. Yeah, I mean, I think, 528 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 1: you know, a look at whether it be cannabis or 529 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 1: just really lifestyle that women the lives that women lead, right. 530 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: You know, we try to destigmatize and shine different lights 531 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 1: on what it is that we do because we're so multifaceted. 532 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 1: So I appreciate you also sharing about your journey like 533 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 1: through postpartum depression. Um, I know that that's also like 534 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: topic that is still rare, barely being talked talked about 535 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: by new mothers. And I think that there have I 536 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 1: don't know how you feel about it, but do you 537 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 1: think that there's been more strides like to support women 538 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 1: or to support people that have just had babies and 539 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 1: to talk about postpartum And is there a support for 540 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: or new mothers or new parents in that way? I 541 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 1: think there is, but I think you kind of have 542 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 1: to look for it's I found a lot of the 543 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: support on social media, honestly, and I like TikTok because 544 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:13,640 Speaker 1: I swear as soon as you say that you're pregnant, 545 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 1: TikTok is just like pregnancy, pregnancy, pregnancy, But I feel 546 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:20,080 Speaker 1: like it you kind of have to look for because 547 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 1: a lot of mothers, I think, are terrified to talk 548 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,720 Speaker 1: about it because it'll make them look like they're less 549 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:28,400 Speaker 1: than a perfect mother. And that's so not the case. 550 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:31,960 Speaker 1: I thought too. I was so you know, naive to 551 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 1: think that, oh, I won't get postpartum and if I do, 552 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,880 Speaker 1: it's fine, I'll get through it. It's not that like 553 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 1: I feel like I've been depressed before. No, it's a 554 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 1: whole other I mean, your life completely changes once you 555 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 1: have a child. Everything changes, and your body is going 556 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,400 Speaker 1: through such a different, like so many changes. It takes 557 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,320 Speaker 1: up to two years to fully heal from even having 558 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:57,200 Speaker 1: a child. So it's in your mind. I couldn't I 559 00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:00,479 Speaker 1: can't even imagine how long that really can take. It 560 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:05,120 Speaker 1: takes over your body, it takes over everything. And I 561 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 1: found that on TikTok, I was finding a lot of 562 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: parents and women that were expressing that depression. Other than 563 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 1: just the abundance of videos that are like, oh my god, 564 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 1: my newborn sleeps through the night at two days old 565 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:21,240 Speaker 1: and it's perfect, and you know it's But then even 566 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:23,320 Speaker 1: with saying that, I think it's a given take because 567 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 1: you can also go down a really dark spiral on TikTok, 568 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 1: which was another thing that happened once I said that 569 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,120 Speaker 1: I was pregnant. I got all these like super dark, 570 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:34,920 Speaker 1: like child lost videos like everything I wrong could go 571 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: wrong in pregnancy, and that takes you down a whole 572 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 1: other which can really help trigger any kind of feeling 573 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:43,959 Speaker 1: I said, you're already having. So social media was like 574 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 1: a gift and a curse before the baby and after 575 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:51,280 Speaker 1: the baby, because then you google everything. Yeah. Right. I 576 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:53,719 Speaker 1: went to a Latina brunch the other day and I 577 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 1: had brought it up because someone was asking me about 578 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 1: the baby and I was like, oh, yeah, but you know, 579 00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 1: postpartum is a bitch, and they were like, oh, you 580 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:03,000 Speaker 1: want to be real. I didn't like it, was like, oh, 581 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:04,920 Speaker 1: you don't want to just have this like, oh my 582 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,280 Speaker 1: baby's beautiful, here a pictures. Oh my god, she's walking 583 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:09,960 Speaker 1: at three months, it's amazing, But like, then you want 584 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:13,040 Speaker 1: to have that like, oh no, like I cry in 585 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:16,280 Speaker 1: the shower just you know what I mean, Like you 586 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:18,360 Speaker 1: want to have like a real moment, like you want 587 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:21,840 Speaker 1: to be like And I loved being able to find 588 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:24,479 Speaker 1: that in our community too, in the industry as well, 589 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:29,120 Speaker 1: that kind of sisterhood. And I think it is going 590 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 1: to change, but I think it's finding that courage to 591 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 1: speak up about it. Hell yeah, short answer to the 592 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:38,560 Speaker 1: very long when the response beautiful? Hell yeah. And this 593 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:42,240 Speaker 1: is a really interesting insight too into like, Okay, when 594 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:45,920 Speaker 1: our mothers were bringing us up, social media was not 595 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 1: such a factor in their pregnant at all, in their 596 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 1: pregnancies or in you know, raising us, but it has 597 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:56,719 Speaker 1: been for you, And I think that that's really interesting. Yeah, 598 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,480 Speaker 1: how do you navigate? Like you mentioned like two very 599 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:03,680 Speaker 1: different sides of the coin, the positive of social media 600 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:06,760 Speaker 1: while pregnant and then the whole the sad, the really sad, 601 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:11,920 Speaker 1: horrific stories. So now that you're you know, a parent 602 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 1: and your daughter's like over a year old, how are 603 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:17,640 Speaker 1: you navigating social media now? I think with social media 604 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:21,320 Speaker 1: right now, I feel more control, but I also feel 605 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 1: a responsibility to be the best advocate for my daughter. 606 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:28,080 Speaker 1: So it's like, you know, she I don't like a 607 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,600 Speaker 1: lot of people posting about her. I made a mistake 608 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:32,720 Speaker 1: and I didn't tell anybody at her birthday party, like, oh, 609 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:34,760 Speaker 1: don't post anything, so people were posting. I was like, oh, 610 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:38,120 Speaker 1: well that's now it's done. But you know, it's something 611 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 1: that me and my husband are talking about like pretty regularly, 612 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:47,960 Speaker 1: like what we're okay with and what we're not moving forward. So, Jessica, 613 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,880 Speaker 1: this has been such like a lovely interview, a lovely conversation. 614 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,800 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for sharing everything that you have 615 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: with us today. Where can our listeners follow you and 616 00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:02,160 Speaker 1: watch your new work coming out and support? Well, please 617 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:04,959 Speaker 1: follow me on all of the socials because I just 618 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:10,200 Speaker 1: told you how fun it is on Instagram. 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