Speaker 1: Buenas buena miha is.
Speaker 2: Do you believe that knows best? Well? This is date
Speaker 2: my first, where plays matchmaker for our star dater and
Speaker 2: three contestants looking for Alita's firm stamp of approval. I
Speaker 2: am your host, Vico or this is joined by our.
Speaker 1: Lovely with that Comstan.
Speaker 3: I'm ready for all of you, cuties. Just bring it,
Speaker 3: bring it, bring it.
Speaker 2: Today's main dater is Maria. Today is interesting because a
Speaker 2: lot of people who've applied for your help have not
Speaker 2: really had much luck on the dating apps. You know, however,
Speaker 2: Marias is that on the apps, they are on my body.
Speaker 2: So we have a case of abundance here, Alita, we
Speaker 2: have abundance. Have you ever had to choose between lovers?
Speaker 4: No?
Speaker 1: I just took them all at the same time.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, but as long as they didn't know about
Speaker 3: each other.
Speaker 5: I was.
Speaker 1: I was young and foolish, I was gonna say.
Speaker 2: I was like, oh my goodness, I'm the complete opposite.
Speaker 2: I don't want to choose, and everybody knows, yes, actually
Speaker 2: I choose them all. I'm like, yes, please, everybody.
Speaker 1: The more the merrier. But here's the thing. For Maria.
Speaker 2: Monogamy is the historical preference, but they say they can
Speaker 2: maybe be convinced to try more openness. And it has
Speaker 2: been around five years since they've had a serious relationship,
Speaker 2: when they were deep into what they call one of
Speaker 2: their big big loves, a different kind of BBL. Maria
Speaker 2: recently moved to Los Angeles and trying to find another
Speaker 2: partner for a new season of life. I love that
Speaker 2: this this stunning queen has tried all of the apps,
Speaker 2: but has been a little bit overwhelmed by everyone who's
Speaker 2: been knocking on their door.
Speaker 3: So e that do you think, Well, let's see what
Speaker 3: we can do to get this beautiful Maria of the apps.
Speaker 3: Welcome Maria, come on into Alita.
Speaker 6: How Hi everybody?
Speaker 2: Oh my goodness, hello, Hello, you came in and it's
Speaker 2: like boom radiance that introduction.
Speaker 7: I'm like, oh my gosh.
Speaker 5: I hope it transcends everybody who's listening. If they can't see, yes,
Speaker 5: they're gonna be like, who's this girl who thinks she's
Speaker 5: so beautiful?
Speaker 2: I know, listen, honestly, you have like some beautiful like
Speaker 2: neon flower blouse situation. We got some platinum nails. I
Speaker 2: understand why you're just off the charts on the apps.
Speaker 1: Let's get to know Maria Maria.
Speaker 3: I'm interested on your beautiful name. Where did that come from?
Speaker 5: Well, there's a few stories behind it, but mostly my
Speaker 5: grandmother who pretty much raised me when I was little.
Speaker 5: Her name is Maria, and she passed, So this is
Speaker 5: a name that I honor her in. You know, I'm
Speaker 5: born Christopher, and my chosen name now that I go
Speaker 5: through when I perform and do things like that, is Maria.
Speaker 7: Maria then Cartier.
Speaker 2: Yes, were you close to you're Alida?
Speaker 5: Oh my god, yes, we were so close. When I
Speaker 5: was little, my mom was going through the academy.
Speaker 7: She's an officer, but she was an officer.
Speaker 5: She retired and so I was pretty much raised with
Speaker 5: my grandma, so I spent most of my time with her.
Speaker 5: So when she passed, I was about like maybe seven,
Speaker 5: So I tooked that pretty hard because I was always
Speaker 5: being with her and I was attached with her literally
Speaker 5: by the hip. If you saw her, you saw me.
Speaker 5: My mom says, I get my fire from her.
Speaker 2: I love that. I love that you said that. It's
Speaker 2: been five years since your last like big, big love right, Yes,
Speaker 2: a long time?
Speaker 1: How long with did that.
Speaker 5: Relationship last That was a four year relationship. We lived
Speaker 5: together and we were walking through the adoption process as well.
Speaker 5: But it was the huge, huge thing when it was
Speaker 5: the decision to separate and go our separate ways. But
Speaker 5: me and him have an amazing friendship and relationships still.
Speaker 1: That's beautiful.
Speaker 2: What are the things that you've learned from that past relationship?
Speaker 5: I learned how much I really do love and a door,
Speaker 5: the romance that comes with the everyday stuff like you know,
Speaker 5: you get home and those little small things that your
Speaker 5: partner does for you that goes a long way, and
Speaker 5: how much I like that.
Speaker 7: And what I learned that I don't want.
Speaker 5: I need someone who is secure and super supportive.
Speaker 7: I get a lot of attention in rooms that I am.
Speaker 7: I'm a performer, I'm boisterous, loud.
Speaker 5: You know, there's a lot of eyes on me, and
Speaker 5: I need someone secure in that.
Speaker 7: You know, Okay, people are talking to her, taking pictures,
Speaker 7: hugging this.
Speaker 5: App but you know I know she's mine, or I
Speaker 5: know we're together, or we go home together.
Speaker 7: Someone who's secure and confident in that way.
Speaker 5: And then another thing I learned, the big takeaway from
Speaker 5: that was how important like having financial discussions are in
Speaker 5: adult dating. You know, I know taboo. That's not something
Speaker 5: you want to talk about on the first date.
Speaker 3: But it is second when it's Okay, you're new to
Speaker 3: La correct.
Speaker 7: Yes, yes, I've been here six months.
Speaker 1: Wow, Oh my god, welcome to La La Land.
Speaker 3: Well what is it that you find different about La
Speaker 3: in the dating life?
Speaker 5: I don't know why, but I just feel like people
Speaker 5: are a lot more accepting here and embracing. And it's
Speaker 5: weird to say that because as a New Yorker it's
Speaker 5: like the melting pot everything goes. But like just from
Speaker 5: an identity perspective, because I do consider myself gens are
Speaker 5: not unconforming and I used all pronouns, and you know,
Speaker 5: it's not every day that I'm fem presenting. So I
Speaker 5: have my days where I'm maybe more masculine presenting or
Speaker 5: things like that. And so I'm just finding that here
Speaker 5: I don't have to explain so much what it is.
Speaker 5: People are just like go with the flow, whereas I
Speaker 5: felt in New York and in my past, my whole life,
Speaker 5: I'm constantly having to explain why I woke up with
Speaker 5: a beard tomorrow and why last night, you know, I
Speaker 5: was at the Beyonce the Council looking glamorous.
Speaker 3: Well, in the name of all the LA listeners, thank
Speaker 3: you very much. That is something very nice to be
Speaker 3: said about our LA peeps. I want to know a
Speaker 3: little bit more fun facts about your life. How did
Speaker 3: you get into the business that you are in. What
Speaker 3: made you who you are?
Speaker 5: I was very much a person who was on the
Speaker 5: straight and narrow. I went to college in three years,
Speaker 5: I got my degree and went straight into work through
Speaker 5: my internship and just was working adult like corporate retail
Speaker 5: life and just straight at it. So before twenty five
Speaker 5: years old, I was just living this life of like
Speaker 5: not a twenty year old person, you know what I mean.
Speaker 5: Like I had the four oh one K and I
Speaker 5: had a retirement plan going and a salary and this
Speaker 5: and that, and it was just like you're painted the
Speaker 5: picture that that's the dream and that's what you're supposed
Speaker 5: to go after. But then you realize in your early
Speaker 5: twenties and you haven't done none of the early twenty shit,
Speaker 5: you know what I mean, It's like, what is going on?
Speaker 5: So I'm living this straight in our life and I
Speaker 5: think I was just sitting at my desk one day
Speaker 5: realizing this is not what I want to be doing.
Speaker 5: I'm a creative. I went to art school, so it's
Speaker 5: like I want to be doing my thing. And the
Speaker 5: only thing that was like a creative outlet for me
Speaker 5: was doing drag and performing and creating and acting and
Speaker 5: doing things like that. So I just started kind of
Speaker 5: just jumping in and pursuing it. And I had been
Speaker 5: doing drags since like twenty eleven or something like that.
Speaker 5: I started in college, so I knew that that was
Speaker 5: a passion for me, but it was like something that
Speaker 5: I buried deep, and I never looked at it as
Speaker 5: like something that could be a profession or make me
Speaker 5: money or pay the bills. And now I'm happy because
Speaker 5: Maria pays the bill, and I say, oh my god,
Speaker 5: how cool. I never thought that I could just work
Speaker 5: for myself and make money off of my own personality
Speaker 5: and who I am and my talents. I was so
Speaker 5: straight and narrow. You got to go work somewhere fifty
Speaker 5: hours a week, now, right.
Speaker 3: I was going to mention something in regards to that.
Speaker 3: There was nothing wrong with that either.
Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, nothing wrong because.
Speaker 3: You knew exactly where you were going. You were preparing
Speaker 3: yourself and it's very true that no matter how young
Speaker 3: we are, we need to be prepared for the day
Speaker 3: in which you are a Wilita's age, because hell, life
Speaker 3: moves quick.
Speaker 5: Amen, And it set me up to understand money, understand bills,
Speaker 5: understand all of that.
Speaker 3: And more power to you in the fact that you
Speaker 3: return to your creative world and are doing exactly what
Speaker 3: you love the right way.
Speaker 1: But I want to ask you.
Speaker 3: You say that you lost your Awlita when you were young,
Speaker 3: but she's always around you. So what would she think
Speaker 3: of your life right now? And what would she tell
Speaker 3: a dating possibility about what makes you such a great catch?
Speaker 7: That's so interesting. I think she will be blown away
Speaker 7: by who I became. She was a very big queer advocate.
Speaker 5: She used to work and cook food at like the
Speaker 5: LGBT centers.
Speaker 7: And I would go with her and things like that.
Speaker 5: She would help a lot of like people battling HIV
Speaker 5: and AIDS and things like that. So that was something
Speaker 5: she was passionate about that I didn't realize until an
Speaker 5: adult that that's what she was doing because I witnessed
Speaker 5: all of this and her doing it as a kid,
Speaker 5: and so I realized.
Speaker 7: I think she would just be.
Speaker 5: So proud and astonished by just why I become but
Speaker 5: the advice that maybe she would give me.
Speaker 3: He planted a seed because I Willitas know they really do.
Speaker 3: You are so beautiful inside and out. I love you.
Speaker 3: You're gorgeous, gorgeous.
Speaker 2: We will definitely get you off the apps and on
Speaker 2: a date.
Speaker 1: This, this is the goal. We are so happening. You
Speaker 1: have to know it's happening.
Speaker 5: I'm happy to be at a place where I can
Speaker 5: stay out loud. I am welcoming romance into my life.
Speaker 1: Oh I love that. I love that.
Speaker 2: Thank you for being here with us, Maria. Honestly, you
Speaker 2: can throw away your phone. Me and Amalita, we got you.
Speaker 2: We got you handling it. So Aalita is going to
Speaker 2: have to find someone that has a heart as big
Speaker 2: as yours, who can handle all of this glam with
Speaker 2: grace and fabulousness.
Speaker 3: And I had to say, there was a moment when
Speaker 3: I got really choked up, and that's because Yi Aelita
Speaker 3: is here with us. She is so ready and so
Speaker 3: very proud of you. Awelita doesn't need to stick together.
Speaker 3: We are the salt of the earth. We bring with
Speaker 3: us a little bit of the wisdom from the past
Speaker 3: that we're trying to put together with the presence so
Speaker 3: that we can have a more accepting, more loving world.
Speaker 3: And she's here with you, She's in your heart, she
Speaker 3: is you.
Speaker 7: Yes, thank you so sweet mom.
Speaker 3: After this, tell you that I cried because I did.
Speaker 3: Look I get the CLEENX.
Speaker 2: All right, Mandia, thank you so much.
Speaker 1: We'll be back after the break. Welcome back today, Maya
Speaker 1: Wili the first.
Speaker 2: Well, now that we've had the chance to get to
Speaker 2: know Maria, we are going to send Awelita off on
Speaker 2: her three speed dates for some GAFA with each contestant.
Speaker 2: So shall we bring in the first one.
Speaker 1: Yes, let's do this.
Speaker 2: Ah right, Ailita, Let's meet Billy. Hey, Hello, Hello. Before
Speaker 2: I hand you over to our give us a little
Speaker 2: intro to yourself.
Speaker 8: All right. I am Billy Horren from Los Angeles.
Speaker 9: Born in Ohio, actually thirty five years old, and I
Speaker 9: do branding and marketing for fashion companies.
Speaker 1: Gorgeous.
Speaker 2: I love that.
Speaker 1: Well, thank you for that.
Speaker 10: And I'm fun, all right. I like that fun fact
Speaker 10: is that I'm fun, So I'll add that on there.
Speaker 1: That's what I wanted to hear. Well, welcome to date.
Speaker 3: Mayamilita first, where you have the chance to walk away
Speaker 3: with the beautiful main data and let me ask you
Speaker 3: a couple of questions.
Speaker 1: Let me talk about your dating life. What is that? Like, Oh, Graham,
Speaker 1: it's pretty wild.
Speaker 9: Explain you know those like crazy dating stories that you
Speaker 9: go on a date and you're like, I can't believe
Speaker 9: this happens.
Speaker 8: This always happens to me.
Speaker 2: Give us an example, Give us an example.
Speaker 8: Well, here we go.
Speaker 10: Recently, in the last months, I went on a blind
Speaker 10: date and everything was going well until the big question
Speaker 10: dropped is like, what's your Instagram?
Speaker 8: So you give him the Instagram and he gives.
Speaker 10: Me his and we finally have somebody in comment, you know,
Speaker 10: a friend in comment? And he goes, oh, how do
Speaker 10: you know this guy? And I was like, oh, we
Speaker 10: kind of like hooked up a while back, you know.
Speaker 10: And he was going like.
Speaker 8: Oh, well, how long ago? And I was like, I
Speaker 8: don't know, like a year or so ago. And I
Speaker 8: was like, why how do you know him?
Speaker 10: He's like, well, that's my ex boyfriend and we were
Speaker 10: together at that time.
Speaker 1: Okay, alrighty, next date. So what was your answer to that?
Speaker 1: How did you respond?
Speaker 8: I mean, I was kind of like obviously shocked.
Speaker 10: So I just said, well, I guess practically we've slept
Speaker 10: together already.
Speaker 1: And his response, I mean he thought it was funny.
Speaker 3: He thought it was funny.
Speaker 1: Oh that was cool.
Speaker 8: But again there was not a second date after that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I can see why. So what are your red
Speaker 3: flags when it comes to finding someone special? And what
Speaker 3: are you looking for a committed relationship?
Speaker 1: You're looking for love.
Speaker 8: I'm looking for love, the love of my life.
Speaker 10: You know, I've always known since I was a child
Speaker 10: that there was one person there for me. So it's
Speaker 10: kind of like when I go on dates when you realize, like, Okay,
Speaker 10: they're nice, they're great, but do you really feel that
Speaker 10: like spark that you found your other half? And if
Speaker 10: I don't, I can't really pursue that because you know,
Speaker 10: it's kind of like you're lying to yourself. So red
Speaker 10: flags for me, I guess for people who are serial daters,
Speaker 10: people who date one after another after another after another,
Speaker 10: trying to find something.
Speaker 8: Maybe they don't know what they're looking for.
Speaker 3: You made me cry, Yeah, because you are looking for
Speaker 3: love and aren't well.
Speaker 1: But that's where you're here.
Speaker 3: So Awalita can help you now, in looking for that
Speaker 3: special someone in your life. What is the one quality
Speaker 3: that you have to have in that relationship?
Speaker 1: What is the number one?
Speaker 10: They have to be in love with themselves in a sense,
Speaker 10: they have to be secure with themselves, but they also
Speaker 10: have to live life as an adventure. I'm not very
Speaker 10: into like being a cookie cutter by the book. Let's
Speaker 10: do this, Let's be here, and then let's sit around
Speaker 10: and retire together for the rest of our life. I
Speaker 10: want to like live life as a fun adventure with
Speaker 10: that other person.
Speaker 3: And sit on that rocking chair out in the porch
Speaker 3: and just forget about everything else.
Speaker 1: Just die on that rocky chair. Thank you.
Speaker 2: So sorry to interrupt, but we're gonna send Alita to
Speaker 2: save her next cafecito Billy. Thank you so so very much.
Speaker 2: We'll be back with contestant number two. Welcome back to day,
Speaker 2: my an Alita. First, I will ead that meet Juni.
Speaker 1: Hi, Hello, Hello Juni.
Speaker 2: Before I hand you over with a Wilita for a
Speaker 2: little one on one, give us a little intro to yourself.
Speaker 4: So my name is Juni. I am from Los Angeles, California.
Speaker 4: I love to cook and I'm a big foodie. So
Speaker 4: when it comes to cooking, I always hold food to
Speaker 4: like such a high expectation, and so every time I
Speaker 4: go to a Michelin Star restaurant, I'm going to be
Speaker 4: that snooty person that's like this is okay, or like
Speaker 4: this could have been done.
Speaker 2: Different, not just the food, but the whole experience.
Speaker 4: The whole experience, of course, because anytime someone comes to
Speaker 4: my house, I always make sure that I am giving
Speaker 4: them the Michelin.
Speaker 1: Star experience and the addresses.
Speaker 4: Anytime, anytime, You're welcome over, anytime.
Speaker 1: Oh thank you, JUNI.
Speaker 2: Well, I'm gonna go ahead and hand you over to
Speaker 2: a Wilita for a little cafecito.
Speaker 1: Aiita, take it away, Junia. Plea sure meeting you. You
Speaker 1: are so cute. Now are you on vacation in Italy
Speaker 1: right now?
Speaker 4: I am so. I came with a group of friends
Speaker 4: to Italy. We kind of have this thing where we
Speaker 4: go to a different country every year, and so last
Speaker 4: year we went to Brazil. This week we're in Italy.
Speaker 4: Before that we were in Costa Rica. So I am
Speaker 4: a big traveler as well. I love to experience a
Speaker 4: new cultures, on new cuisine, on new adventures people. So
Speaker 4: that's why I'm here.
Speaker 1: That is awesome. I love it. I love it.
Speaker 3: Well, let's talk a little bit about your dating life.
Speaker 3: You have all these wonderful friends that you travel with.
Speaker 3: How about your dating life? What is that about?
Speaker 4: What's up? So?
Speaker 1: When was the last time?
Speaker 3: Then it was the last time you actually were in
Speaker 3: a relationship.
Speaker 4: Four years ago, pre pandemic And I was in a
Speaker 4: relationship for ten years prior to that.
Speaker 1: My goodness, yes, ten beautiful years.
Speaker 4: Ten beautiful years. We have the dog, we have the house,
Speaker 4: had the engagement ring. I was ready to commit, but
Speaker 4: then pandemic hit, and you know that's when like the
Speaker 4: whole foundation crumbled, right, Like I think that I opened
Speaker 4: up a lot of uglies for a lot of people.
Speaker 4: Did Now I'm very single, moved across the country, started
Speaker 4: a new life.
Speaker 3: And I was going to ask you that did your
Speaker 3: life change dramatically after that?
Speaker 7: It did?
Speaker 2: It?
Speaker 9: Did?
Speaker 4: I felt in a way that I was like I
Speaker 4: was in a good place and then all of that happened,
Speaker 4: and I was like, you know what, it's time to
Speaker 4: choose me. It's time to do something different. So I
Speaker 4: got a job in California, and I said, you know what,
Speaker 4: I'm going to go and they said when can you
Speaker 4: be here? And I said, give me two weeks. So
Speaker 4: I packed up my car, packed up my dog, and
Speaker 4: I just drove across the country. No furniture, no nothing,
Speaker 4: Just like you know, I wish to hope a dream
Speaker 4: and my dog and I made it. And I've been
Speaker 4: in California for you know, four years, and I love it.
Speaker 4: I love everything about it.
Speaker 3: Now, you tell us that your dream is to have
Speaker 3: a farm full of animals.
Speaker 1: What appeals to you about that?
Speaker 4: You know, despite living in Los Angeles, the mecca of materialism,
Speaker 4: the mecca of beautiful people, concentrating people, you know, the traffic,
Speaker 4: the amount of people that are constantly flocking to Los Angeles,
Speaker 4: I'm like, I just want some peace and quiet. I
Speaker 4: want to have like the farm. I want to have
Speaker 4: no neighbors for miles. I want my neighbors to be chickens, goats,
Speaker 4: a cow. You know, I want to be best friends
Speaker 4: with Betsy the cow. That's what I.
Speaker 1: Want, Lindo, Helindo.
Speaker 3: There is something to be said about the piece that
Speaker 3: quietness and solitude and animals bring to your life. You know.
Speaker 3: That's why I think in La a lot of us
Speaker 3: most of us have pets because we do want that
Speaker 3: little connection, even if it's just in a little cubicle
Speaker 3: that we live every day. What is it that you
Speaker 3: are looking for right now in a partner? Are you
Speaker 3: looking for love? Are you looking for a long term relationship?
Speaker 4: I think I want that. I've been single for so
Speaker 4: long that I thought in Los Angeles, where there's ten
Speaker 4: million people, I'd be like, there's bound to be at
Speaker 4: least one person that likes me. And I've been here
Speaker 4: for four years and I've yet to find that one
Speaker 4: person that like I connect with on a more intimate level.
Speaker 4: I can connect with people on you know, any kind
Speaker 4: of superficial thing, fashion, movies, aesthetic, whatever it is that
Speaker 4: you know, Californians love, but nobody has been able to
Speaker 4: make a commitment. And that's been the hard part. That
Speaker 4: I want somebody that I can connect with, that I
Speaker 4: can like really just like not have to think about
Speaker 4: being more than myself.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 3: I hear a lot of people say, oh, yeah, it's
Speaker 3: Los Angeles, It's what California is all about. But I
Speaker 3: think that as human beings, we are different everywhere we go,
Speaker 3: and it's just a matter of who we surround ourselves
Speaker 3: with who we open our hearts to and who is
Speaker 3: able to do that for us. So I think a
Speaker 3: Wilita is going to try and do that for you.
Speaker 3: Let's see what happens. Okay, thank you, thank you, Juny.
Speaker 2: And that's the time we have for this. So let's
Speaker 2: kick off your third and final CAO. Let's meet Florentino,
Speaker 2: Mida Florentino. Before I send you over with the little.
Speaker 1: Give us like a little intro to.
Speaker 2: You, your name, where you're from? What do you do
Speaker 2: a fun?
Speaker 6: Facts Florentino, the tropical experience, Rico slashes Dominica Republic and
Speaker 6: I am just a fabulous experience for to have some fun.
Speaker 2: Then really I love it. Well, thank you so much, Farentino.
Speaker 2: I'm going to hand you over for a little.
Speaker 1: Alita. Trig it away, take it away.
Speaker 3: How are you me florentinot I have an espresso already
Speaker 3: right now. The first thing that I read is that
Speaker 3: you say that alitas are the true test.
Speaker 1: What do you mean by that?
Speaker 11: As the person that was race by my grandma, they
Speaker 11: always have great insight and their best intentions for your
Speaker 11: in mind, so they're always the toughest critics. So I
Speaker 11: feel like if you can get thrown out Waalita, you're
Speaker 11: most likely to get to the heart of the person
Speaker 11: you want. Because if the a Walita approves like, it's
Speaker 11: a yes for the family.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 3: Okay, I'm crying again, all right, Phoenix, Is your Awalita
Speaker 3: still with us?
Speaker 11: Yes, thankfully she is. She's about to turn eighty, so
Speaker 11: I am the blessed to have her around. That's the
Speaker 11: tough woman, the toughest woman I know.
Speaker 8: I love that woman.
Speaker 1: Does she give you dating advice?
Speaker 5: No?
Speaker 11: Time has changed, orientations have changed, mentalities are a little
Speaker 11: bit different. So Mayawalita has like an overall idea, but
Speaker 11: going to deep, especially being a gay man, it's a
Speaker 11: little harder getting super deep into details and emotions with
Speaker 11: an Aa. So Maalita gives me like a broad view
Speaker 11: of how you approach things, you know, like my mom
Speaker 11: is really good at giving me advice. I go to
Speaker 11: her to like the deeper questions, you know.
Speaker 3: But you would be surprised sometimes how I Willitas have
Speaker 3: a better understanding than you think we do because we
Speaker 3: love you so much.
Speaker 11: They do. Maa actually surprised me with a lot of
Speaker 11: love and acceptance throughout the years and having difficult conversations.
Speaker 11: So I definitely cherish that woman's opinion deeply in it's
Speaker 11: nice to see her evolve and accept me more and
Speaker 11: embrace me more, and it's made for us to have
Speaker 11: like even more special relationship through out time.
Speaker 3: It's the ultimate love. So, speaking of love, are we
Speaker 3: looking for love in a relationship?
Speaker 11: I'm always looking for love.
Speaker 3: I love love, You love love? So has that gotten
Speaker 3: you into trouble? Because sometimes it's kind of hard to
Speaker 3: see all the red flags if you're in love with love, Yes.
Speaker 11: That has gotten me answer trouble. That has got to
Speaker 11: be out of trouble. I mean, I am just a lover.
Speaker 11: I use a lot of that love for inspiration. I
Speaker 11: feel like love is one of the most powerful process
Speaker 11: and that keeps me alive as a writer, as a musician,
Speaker 11: love is like my biggest inspiration in life. So I
Speaker 11: often find myself pulling from love for different sorts of inspiration.
Speaker 3: You know, so you also are a hard worker and
Speaker 3: you have a lot of hustles going on out there.
Speaker 1: What is that all about?
Speaker 11: Well, living in la is not an ec city, and
Speaker 11: being a freelance artist, you need to stay on top
Speaker 11: of your game all the time. So I'm being very
Speaker 11: blessed to live off of art here since simum to La.
Speaker 11: So I'm constantly working in production, using my body as
Speaker 11: my vessel for modeling, acting and doing all the things
Speaker 11: that I as the child thought were a dream. And
Speaker 11: I'm here living off of ghost little things. Honestly, I'm
Speaker 11: having the best time. Hustling very hard because it's tough
Speaker 11: out here. But if you're doing what you love, I
Speaker 11: feel like no hustle is hard enough.
Speaker 1: No, and you have to.
Speaker 3: Life has changed completely for all of us, no matter
Speaker 3: how old we are. Life is a hustle. And do
Speaker 3: you hustle to find that right person?
Speaker 11: Also, I feel like I have a lot of open doors.
Speaker 11: I am on the dating apps. I'm very open so
Speaker 11: like going out and meeting people. I'm very open to
Speaker 11: giving people chances. Like I said, I'm an open door
Speaker 11: for love, and I love love and I always welcome
Speaker 11: it in whichever way it comes.
Speaker 3: That you are also looking for commitment, yes.
Speaker 11: And that is so hard to find here in La.
Speaker 11: I guess I don't know the culture. Everything moves so quick,
Speaker 11: everybody's looking so like the person that's gonna give them
Speaker 11: their next moment or taking them more and like finding
Speaker 11: a person that's willing to commit.
Speaker 8: I feel like it's so hard.
Speaker 2: I hate cutting off coup of seat those because I
Speaker 2: always want to like keep hearing, But unfortunately I have
Speaker 2: to stop this because we will be getting to know
Speaker 2: each other more with games and challenges, So do not worry. So,
Speaker 2: thank you so so much for Lentino. Ah so aut
Speaker 2: eat that you just met three lovely, gorgeous humans. They
Speaker 2: all seem to have great, big hearts and just exactly
Speaker 2: what Maria is looking for.
Speaker 3: So and do you think's something little different to offer? Absolutely,
Speaker 3: it's harder for Awilita, but very interesting.
Speaker 2: Do you think it's going to be possible to find someone? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I think so. We always do, Veico.
Speaker 2: All right, Maria, come on in for a hot second
Speaker 2: and tell us what have been your first impressions.
Speaker 5: I'm freaking out because I love like everyone's answers, and
Speaker 5: I agree with you Awlita that they are like bringing
Speaker 5: something different and unique that all seems like hard to
Speaker 5: like if I had to make a choice, like, oh
Speaker 5: my gosh, they all bring something else so different.
Speaker 7: I liked all the contestants I thought their answers.
Speaker 5: Were great, and most of all, I love that it
Speaker 5: seems like everybody's on the same page about looking for
Speaker 5: something serious currently, which like I love the most and
Speaker 5: like full transparency between us and whatever.
Speaker 7: I'm just like really nervous right.
Speaker 5: Now because I'm wondering if these daters or contestants are
Speaker 5: quote unquote like transamorous, or if they're interested in someone
Speaker 5: who does drag or looks so female presenting, because I'm
Speaker 5: not presenting as a boy today, but that does exist,
Speaker 5: you know what I So, I just don't want to
Speaker 5: seem like I'm like cat fishing or doing like a
Speaker 5: bait and switch or something. So that's just that's one
Speaker 5: thing that keeps running through my mind.
Speaker 7: Is all this guy's great, he's cool, Like I'm lik
Speaker 7: in theses, but I wonder, like.
Speaker 1: You know what I mean, don't question, Okay.
Speaker 3: Go with it, Okay, let us do all the questions.
Speaker 3: Like I said, they each bring something different and special,
Speaker 3: but in the way that they speak, they've opened their
Speaker 3: heart and their mind to being in a format like this,
Speaker 3: So we are accepting of everything. This is a program
Speaker 3: of inclusion. It is a program dedicated to Ldbqtia community.
Speaker 3: Everyone who is looking for love is here with us,
Speaker 3: so don't question it, relax, enjoy the process, and uh
Speaker 3: let's see what we can do.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, it's gonna be a good time. It's gonna
Speaker 2: be a good time. Well for this week, that is
Speaker 2: all the heat we could handle. So we'll see you
Speaker 2: next week when A Wilita and I will play some
Speaker 2: fun and flirty games with the three contestants hoping to
Speaker 2: be a Walita approved for Maria. And remember to subscribe
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Speaker 2: Date my Awalita First is a production from WV Sound
Speaker 2: and iHeartMedia's Mike Wueltura podcast network, hosted by me vicordis
Speaker 2: joined by the fabulous Lina Montenegro. Date my Awalita First
Speaker 2: is produced by Leo Clem, Nico Raguel, and Luigi Villian Meva.
Speaker 2: Our executive producers are Wilmer Valdorama, Leo Clem and Nico Raguel,
Speaker 2: and wvsaund. This episode was edited by Sean Tracy and
Speaker 2: Nico Raguel.
Speaker 1: This episode features original music by Gay B.
Speaker 2: Lopez. The original artwork for this show was created by
Speaker 2: Mack McClain special thanks to our team of cupids at
Speaker 2: WV Entertainment Special Things. Also to our hopeful romantics this week, Maria, Juni,
Speaker 2: Billy and Florentpino.
Speaker 1: Additional thanks to Salt and Lime Media.
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Speaker 2: next week and in the meantime, don't do anything Amanita
Speaker 2: wouldn't do.
Speaker 1: Just do it better besit us