WEBVTT - 9021 on 1 with Valerie Wildman 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:10.440 It's nine Genee with Jenny Garth and Tori Spelling. Today 0:00:10.640 --> 0:00:16.320 we have the pleasure of talking with a woman, Valerie Wildman, 0:00:16.400 --> 0:00:19.800 who is an actress. She's been in tons of things. 0:00:20.079 --> 0:00:25.280 Uh probably seen her on soaps, She's been on TV 0:00:25.760 --> 0:00:29.080 all over the place. But she was also Christine Pettit 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:31.880 in Beverly Hills nine o two on OH, who played 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:37.440 the girlfriend of Jack McKay. Didn't we have a writer 0:00:37.600 --> 0:00:40.400 named Christine Pettitt? We did? We had a writer. Is 0:00:40.440 --> 0:00:43.920 that why they made her character that name? Okay? I thought, 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:46.760 my goodness, you guys, we also had a writer on 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:49.839 the writing staff that was named Christine Pettit. And it 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:54.120 makes perfect sense now that they named this character after her. 0:00:55.560 --> 0:00:58.240 I wonder if if our writer was really an FBI agent. 0:00:58.800 --> 0:01:03.400 Oh to cover the Vanni stages next to the porn 0:01:03.480 --> 0:01:08.880 Hub of America, writing our episodes a good story and 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:14.320 without further ado, Valerie Wildman, Hi, without further ado, that's 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:19.240 so formal, Hill. We're very serious. This is yeah, this 0:01:19.319 --> 0:01:21.360 is a hard hitting podcast. I don't know if you know. 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:27.479 I'm listening and laughing last night, So thank you all 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:30.760 so much for having me. It's weird. I feel like 0:01:30.800 --> 0:01:32.520 I still know you, and I feel like it's not 0:01:32.640 --> 0:01:34.800 that long ago. And I know I spent more time 0:01:34.840 --> 0:01:38.639 with Jenny on the set, but towards you were always 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:42.280 so kind and welcoming and thank you for that and 0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:47.000 we're so happy to have you. We just watched we 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:50.680 watched your first episode. Okay, I was wondering which one 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:54.760 this is? Is that the Thanksgiving one in the blue dress? Yes? Yes, 0:01:55.520 --> 0:01:58.680 and the and the and the the big dairy air 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:03.000 that's what I see? What are you talking about? Oh 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:05.160 my god? We were saying how hot you are? Now 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:08.760 you guys are my god, thank you so much. Um, 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:13.440 you guys look as beautiful as ever. It blows my mind. 0:02:13.800 --> 0:02:17.079 So I'm so. I was enjoying how real you are 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:22.040 and funny you are and and uh, just I can 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:24.400 see why everybody loves us so much. When I was 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:28.040 listening to the podcast, it made me feel at home already. 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:33.200 I was listening last night. Thank you. Sorry to interrupt, Valerie. 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:35.760 Could you tune on your video please? It's off. We 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:40.840 want to see you. Sorry, Okay, how's that? Sorry, I'm 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:43.680 in front of this. Um it probably looks like a 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:47.680 strange thing in the background, but it's a painting, and um, 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:52.200 it's a painting that my husband painted, my now deceased husband, who, 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:54.880 by the way, it feels very much around and I 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:58.200 like it not only because it's my favorite secret place 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:01.720 in the jungle somewhere, but the clouds to me look 0:03:01.840 --> 0:03:04.959 like angels, and I, oh, my god, what a beautiful 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:08.480 I used to be embarrassed to admit this, but I'm 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:11.280 just gonna admit it. I'm really into angels, both human 0:03:11.400 --> 0:03:16.080 and beyond human. And um, I even have a website 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:19.920 called Angels among Us dot tv. But I'm hoping to 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:24.400 turn into a podcast. So so I don't know if 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:29.880 you guys believe in angels, Uh, we believe what you do. 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:34.320 Maybe that'll be part of the conversation. I have no idea. Actually, 0:03:34.360 --> 0:03:36.880 that logo kind of looks like an angel with arts. 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:40.040 I love it the I Heart Radio logo. You are 0:03:40.200 --> 0:03:45.120 kind of an angel to Jack in the show, Oh wow, 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:50.640 that was a good segue by the bay. Yes, and 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:55.240 you know, there's some things that you probably know or 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:58.680 don't know. I don't know. I'm first of all, we 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:00.920 felt like we knew each other really well and we 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:03.840 started and uh in that scene and in fact, I 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:07.000 think maybe it was the DP said, wow, you guys 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:09.720 have known each other for years, haven't you, And it 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:13.760 wasn't that way, but um, that was a thing came 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:19.120 to mind. One is I did not know Christine's story 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:22.240 until driving to the set one day and Chuck Rosen 0:04:22.320 --> 0:04:24.440 called me, I know you won't mind because we talked 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:28.120 about this one their podcast, And um. The other thing 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:32.280 that's interesting in addition to that show is then Josh 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:36.919 was already Josh who plays Jack played Jack, was already 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:40.279 on Days of our Lives, which, by the way, I 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:42.440 noticed some of you watching when we were doing the 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:47.240 hotel scenes. I remember that. And then next thing, you know, 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:49.320 I was on Days of our Lives and we were 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:51.400 they were kind of setting us up as a couple 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:55.560 in the beginning, and then right you were yes for 0:04:55.760 --> 0:05:01.120 eleven years and then uh, you know, we talked about that. 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:05.080 I got all nervous now again, I was Jessie. I'm 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:11.480 nervous around That was my jam liked sitting in the 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:14.839 green room at the Beverly whatever hotel we were at 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:17.440 watching Days of our Lives, and I thought that was 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:21.040 so funny. Later and then he and I were always 0:05:21.080 --> 0:05:24.240 talking and teasing each other that you know, he teach 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:26.200 me that I was stalking him, you know, going from 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:29.720 show to show. And then one day, not too much longer, 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:31.960 he said, um, by the way, they asked me to 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:35.039 come back on nine O two one oh, and I went, 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:38.320 I want to go back on nine O two one oh. 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:42.360 You know, I was teasing. I'm envious. So sure enough 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:46.520 I was back, but he was already dead. And then 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:49.520 your character goes on to be this huge, intricate part 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:53.920 of Dylan's story. I'm not amazing, And you know, I 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:57.159 thought I just made up this whole other storyline for 0:05:57.279 --> 0:06:00.800 Christine when I started, because as you know, you know, 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:03.560 as an actor you have to create a character, and 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:07.120 the more specific you are, the better. And then one day, 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:11.440 driving to the set, I get this call and it's 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:13.960 Chuck and he goes, hi, this is Chuck Rosen and 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:15.919 I went hi, And of course the first thing I 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:21.159 think is what did I do wrong? Then he says, okay, 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:26.440 First of all, um, I don't know. I wanted to 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:29.680 tell you. No one else knows, but Christine is an 0:06:29.720 --> 0:06:35.640 FBI agent. Almost dropped off slide right like nobody saw 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:39.159 that coming. No, And I was like what And then 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:43.800 he said, and UM, I know there's an explosion today. 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:46.440 Jack may or may not be dead. And then I 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:48.640 really wanted to drive off the slide of the road. 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:52.560 But this is so I tell I learned all this 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:55.640 stuff and about who Christine really was. I had a 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:59.479 whole other storyline going on. So anyway, I thought that 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:03.560 might be some interesting background for both of you. You 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:06.400 joke that you were nervous when you when you had 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:08.080 were you did you know about the show before you 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:11.080 came onto it or how? I didn't know about the show, 0:07:11.160 --> 0:07:14.360 mainly from my step kids, who were like my kids. 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:19.800 But it wasn't until I was on and then I 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:23.239 came home and suddenly I was treated like the queen 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:26.200 of she But did I know just what a big 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:30.200 deal it really was. I'm glad I didn't, because that 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:33.120 would have made me more nervous. And everybody was just 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:35.160 so down to earth, and as you know that the 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:38.200 studios were very down to earth, and it actually made 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:41.440 me feel really welcome, and of course Luke was very 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:46.840 welcoming too, and I I remember the scenes where we 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:51.920 were together, Jim and and Luke and Josh, Jack and 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:56.600 Um and you guys just made it so comfortable. Sometimes 0:07:56.800 --> 0:07:58.600 as a guest star and you don't know whether you're 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:02.080 recurring yet or not, it's like being feels like you're 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:04.720 the new kid in the class. You know what I mean, 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:07.360 and you don't know every buddy, and everybody does know. 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:10.000 And on top of it all, I had to figure 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:12.240 out how to balance that spoon on my nose and 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:16.160 that Oh my gosh, I've forgotten all about that that 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:21.600 I remember that I remember. But back to the first episode, 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:24.800 I guess so I'm chattering away you guys take over. 0:08:27.480 --> 0:08:31.520 Did you have to bring in your own wardrobe? Um? 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:34.959 I did not bring in I did bring in wardrobe, 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:38.560 but for that show, I didn't wear my own wardrobe. 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:42.560 I don't believe got it. I think by the third 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:45.480 season they didn't make people do that anymore. We didn't 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:48.440 notice when we interviewed people that guests starred from the 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:51.280 first two seasons that they would bring in their own stuff. 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:55.800 I probably was asked to, but that I remember thinking, 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:59.000 I don't remember owning that blue dress. That really dress 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:01.720 looks so good on you color. Oh my god. Guys, 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:04.080 I don't know about you, but are you critical of 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:06.600 yourselves when you were on camera. Were you critical back 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:09.840 then on and off? Yeah, but now it's like we 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:13.120 watched this show and we're both I can't like, look 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:15.640 at that body. Look at how we looked back then. 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:21.280 You know, we're so appreciate young. I wasn't young, but 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:23.800 even back then I was. You know, I looked back 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:28.000 and I go, I had hair and my skin was Louie, 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:34.400 you know what you were glowing? Yeah, you guys, thank you. 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:38.720 You look the same, by the way, always our harshest critics, 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:43.000 so like, you guys look more beautiful than ever, and 0:09:43.040 --> 0:09:58.719 that's really impossible. What's happening now with you? Like are 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:02.840 you You said you're working a podcast about angels, but 0:10:02.960 --> 0:10:08.160 are you still taking at what? You know? I was 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:12.240 acting quite a bit and then my husband who I mentioned, 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:17.000 got very seriously ill, so sorry, thank you, and I 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:19.760 stopped to take care of him and to spend time 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:23.040 with him before he died, and to help him transition. 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:27.600 And it has taken a while till I've been ready 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:30.360 to come back, and I am ready to come back. 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:34.640 I um. I did a few things like Lifetime series. 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:37.600 What I ended up focusing on was a lot of 0:10:38.320 --> 0:10:43.079 humanitarian work. You know, before I was a working actor, 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:45.560 even though I always when I was younger was acting 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:48.920 in theater and went to Northwestern and won awards and 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:55.000 thinks my my love was international medical relief work. So 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:58.120 I actually was doing disaster relief work around the world. 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:02.280 I don't know if you read that. And when I 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:06.120 um ended up on Days of our Lives, there was 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:10.160 I I was actually going for my doctorate, which I've 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:15.360 just gone back to, and um, the the work that 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:18.960 I was doing was actually in domestic violence, and my 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:23.040 character on Days of Our Lives was a survivor of 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:27.400 domestic violence and her children was abused. So I ended 0:11:27.480 --> 0:11:30.520 up being asked to be a spokesperson for the National 0:11:30.559 --> 0:11:34.559 Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and I spoke out on children's 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:40.240 issues at press conferences and then lobbied various congressmen and 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:44.280 officials as well with these groups. And so when that happened, 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:49.440 I felt like my life finally congealed. You and I 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:52.240 know you guys have felt this too. When you're when 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:56.600 you're somewhat known on television or film, you have more 0:11:56.600 --> 0:11:59.920 of a platform to make a difference. And that made 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:04.240 really happy. And that's one thing that actually I miss. UM. 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:09.240 I've been working with young people around the world. Um 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:13.280 there's a group called Young Emerging Visionaries that I helped 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:16.959 to facilitate groups with them and help them have an 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:21.719 environment where they can incubate their dreams and manifest them. 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:25.160 And what I'm finding that my calling that I love 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:29.400 so much, in addition to the acting, is helping people, 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:33.680 especially young people, realize their magnificence and power to make 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:37.320 a difference, and that there is truly an epidemic that's 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:43.239 not spoken about right now of depression and anxiety and suicidality. 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:45.440 And I was thinking about it last night, and I 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:48.240 was thinking, you know, that is one of the things 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:52.439 that I really loved about Beverly Hills and Minor two 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:55.920 one O because it really did address the issues that 0:12:56.000 --> 0:13:00.600 they were going through back then that young people are 0:13:00.640 --> 0:13:03.800 going through now too. We don't we didn't have the 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:08.440 the ecological crises and the pandemic, but the angst was 0:13:08.520 --> 0:13:12.280 there and all the issues problems and issues of rape 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:16.120 were even brought up. And I am social anxiety and 0:13:16.280 --> 0:13:19.280 I don't know how many people realize that how seriously 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:23.240 those issues were taken on the show. And so I 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:26.040 still honored to have been a part of it. For 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:30.480 that too. Yeah, it was great to be able to 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:32.960 be a part of that, like to tackle such serious things, 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:36.960 especially back then when young people weren't um sort of 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:40.480 used as as a a voice for that for that, 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:43.480 you know, So the show was kind of breaking ground 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:45.520 and that, and it was always it always felt good 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:47.800 to do stuff like I think that for me just 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:51.160 really started me to think bigger about how you can 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:53.960 help more people and spread the message more and use 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:58.679 your platform for good. Like you're saying it was radical, 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:01.560 I think it was really a radical thing back then, 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:04.880 and I think that's why I caught on so much too, 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:08.280 on top of you all being so wonderful. Um, it 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:13.120 struck a chord, It struck a nerve and it still 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:18.560 does obviously it still stands up. No, and you guys 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:24.240 are funny and that doesn't hurt. And all the love 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:27.240 stories and the triangles that you were talking about, and 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:31.920 I loved hearing that the other he diden. But you 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:34.480 know that I want to know more about there the 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:38.920 angels among us or like what is your I mean, 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:43.080 do you see angels like when you have superpowers? Tell 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:45.560 I need to know more? All right? I can you 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:49.200 all see angels? There? You go, this is here's my 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:51.120 question that I wanted to put out, all right, So 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:54.640 when I first but when the idea first came to me, 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:56.680 because I don't think I thought it the idea. I 0:14:56.720 --> 0:15:01.120 was working with a lot of young people. I would secretly, um, 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:05.200 not intentionally secretly, but just low key, no makeup, you know, 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:08.400 and jeans, you know, hair tucked back, and a hat 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:10.160 or whatever. And I worked a lot of times in 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:13.360 watts and I'd sit in talking circles. I was trained 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:15.360 to do that, where I would listen from the heart 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:18.440 and teach them to listen from the heart without judgment, 0:15:18.560 --> 0:15:20.880 so we could create a safe place where people could 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:23.880 talk from the heart. And then I realized that I 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:28.680 had to go even more more anonymously because people were 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:31.440 scared of bullying. And so a lot of times we 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:34.600 would come up with questions together and people would write 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:36.640 on a card with the same kind of pencil and 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:38.960 put it in a basket and we passed it around 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:44.440 and people would have written their answers. And that's when 0:15:44.480 --> 0:15:47.960 I realized more and more how much depression, anxiety, and 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:52.160 suicidality there was. But I noticed that people were always 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:55.160 looking at their phones or their laptops even back then, 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:57.480 and they were looking at all the darkness and the 0:15:57.520 --> 0:15:59.880 bad news. But as I went out in the war 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:02.960 old even in Watts, right around the corner was the 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:06.880 nice you know, pizza guy or the homeless person that 0:16:06.880 --> 0:16:09.160 would say the most inspiring things. It would make me 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:12.480 wonder are you not? Are you more than human? And 0:16:12.560 --> 0:16:15.240 so I thought, well, why don't we shine a light 0:16:15.280 --> 0:16:17.760 on that? And what if I encourage people to use 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:21.480 their iPhones um to shine a light on those things? 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:25.040 And pretty soon I got so many stories and stories 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:27.520 about the angels and the City of Angels, and then 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:30.760 I realized they were all over the world. But people 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:34.560 when I told people the name of angels among us, 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:38.680 almost everyone wanted to whisper to me because they were 0:16:38.720 --> 0:16:42.120 embarrassed and they wanted to keep it anonymous of an 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:47.120 experience they had with someone or something that they thought 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:51.280 might have been an angel beyond human angel. And I 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:55.280 too have had those experiences, and I was embarrassed, and 0:16:55.360 --> 0:16:57.040 I didn't want people to think of me as a 0:16:57.120 --> 0:17:01.520 crazy angel lady. But I have decided, as you can see, 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:05.520 to come out and base it. Yes, come out of 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:09.800 the angel closet and allow people to talk about it 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:12.719 if they want or even if they wonder, even if 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:17.720 they're not sure. And the Internet, um sorry. I had 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:23.000 a flashback of remember George Bush used to go but Internet. Sorry. 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:29.200 On the Internet, At the Internet, you can be more anonymous. 0:17:29.720 --> 0:17:34.680 So I wanted to give it both both that both platforms, 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:38.080 the Internet or not. So people started turning in stories, 0:17:38.600 --> 0:17:41.679 and then I realized children wanted to draw drawings, and 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:44.800 some people wanted to dance, and some people wanted to 0:17:45.160 --> 0:17:47.879 do whatever they could to uplift. So I said, okay, 0:17:48.040 --> 0:17:52.080 let's call ourselves a reporters, Angel reporters, and everyone can 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:55.399 send something in. In the meanwhile, I was wandering around 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:58.840 the streets with my iPhone and sitting down with homeless people, 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:02.320 talking to the person and the dry cleaner. That lifted 0:18:02.359 --> 0:18:04.679 people's spirits. Because I didn't want it to be about 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:08.280 I have this great nonprofit, not that I wanted to 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:11.719 exclude that, but it's really in the moments between people. 0:18:11.840 --> 0:18:15.119 I realized that we can make a difference. It's that 0:18:15.240 --> 0:18:18.959 moment of kindness that the camera's not capturing between people. 0:18:19.040 --> 0:18:23.080 How we can really uplift the planet and everyone can 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:27.359 do it. It's even a smile to someone that looks downtrodden. 0:18:27.560 --> 0:18:29.879 And so that's what I wanted to bring up. And 0:18:29.880 --> 0:18:33.440 I wanted people to feel empowered and realized they are 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:37.240 making ripples when we do those things that seemed so tiny. 0:18:37.320 --> 0:18:39.920 And when all is said and done, I've been by 0:18:39.960 --> 0:18:44.000 so many deathbeds in the last several years. I'm finding 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:47.480 that those are the things that matter, the moments between 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:51.480 people or the moment between people and angels. Um. So 0:18:52.320 --> 0:18:54.840 I wanted to, you know, open it up to people. 0:18:54.880 --> 0:18:57.000 Wanted to say, you know, there was this time where 0:18:57.040 --> 0:18:58.960 I was in the hospital and there was a light 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:02.679 and I felt the blessing or I almost die or 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:05.480 someone who I heard an encouraging voice, you know, or 0:19:05.520 --> 0:19:07.840 the light blinks, or I want to give people space 0:19:07.920 --> 0:19:11.239 for that too. So UM. In answer, that was a 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:15.880 very long, long, roundabout way of saying. UM. For me, 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:21.080 what I hear is, UM, the lights blink a lot, 0:19:21.520 --> 0:19:24.520 and I hear in my meditations I meditate a lot 0:19:24.720 --> 0:19:29.040 is not to be afraid, sorry, I'm getting emotional, and 0:19:29.200 --> 0:19:31.520 not to be afraid to let people know that we 0:19:31.600 --> 0:19:35.679 are here, we be angels, and that it's very important. 0:19:35.800 --> 0:19:39.280 And that the other thing that I'm learning. I'm like 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:43.320 a beginning student and just listening and meditating. Listening is 0:19:43.359 --> 0:19:47.560 that often, unless it's life or death, the angels want 0:19:47.600 --> 0:19:51.200 you to ask for their help. Otherwise they feel that 0:19:51.560 --> 0:19:56.600 they are intervening. And uh, it's not really up to 0:19:56.680 --> 0:19:58.679 them to tell you what to do with your life. 0:19:59.240 --> 0:20:01.240 But if you ask for help, they'll even help you 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:08.639 find your keys, so you know, yea, the simple things, yes, 0:20:09.000 --> 0:20:12.879 exactly so. So now, so do you guys believe in 0:20:12.960 --> 0:20:16.800 angels and how do you have experiences? We're to believers, 0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:19.399 that's for sure. I don't know Tori is an angel 0:20:19.440 --> 0:20:21.600 on earth. I've said that about her before. She just 0:20:23.440 --> 0:20:26.160 around you both. Definitely not that I have a special gift, 0:20:26.240 --> 0:20:29.359 but it's obvious and and co I have a quick 0:20:29.359 --> 0:20:32.719 compession and non sequitur. I'm I was on a plane 0:20:32.720 --> 0:20:36.359 with you, and I was feeling so shy that I 0:20:36.359 --> 0:20:39.560 didn't introduce myself. She's not going to know who I 0:20:39.640 --> 0:20:42.280 am or Christine. We didn't even work together, and I 0:20:42.320 --> 0:20:45.240 was so touched by how kind you were with the 0:20:45.280 --> 0:20:48.840 people around you who are said hello, and um, I 0:20:48.960 --> 0:20:51.280 just I wish you had said high. I know, I 0:20:51.320 --> 0:20:55.359 wish likes my chance, but I just thought she really 0:20:55.440 --> 0:20:57.680 is an angel among us. You were so kind and 0:20:58.160 --> 0:21:13.960 to everybody, and I for sure about you. Well, it's 0:21:14.000 --> 0:21:16.479 interesting you bring up a plane because I have a 0:21:16.560 --> 0:21:21.480 huge fear of flying. Um, I'm terrified. And that's one 0:21:21.520 --> 0:21:24.160 thing I always do when I'm on a plane before 0:21:24.200 --> 0:21:26.760 it takes off, is I always pray to my angels 0:21:26.880 --> 0:21:30.560 to be there. I look out both sides my angels 0:21:30.560 --> 0:21:36.240 and say, you know, please protect this plane white lighted. Yeah, 0:21:36.359 --> 0:21:38.679 it works. I do the same thing with my girls, 0:21:38.720 --> 0:21:42.840 like I just I visualize them just being guided and 0:21:42.920 --> 0:21:47.880 protected by angels. And every time, like you know, when 0:21:47.920 --> 0:21:49.960 you send your kids off to do something and you're 0:21:50.000 --> 0:21:53.160 actually pretty nervous about it, and like you don't want 0:21:53.160 --> 0:21:56.160 them to see how nervous you are. I've said many times, 0:21:56.160 --> 0:21:59.080 don't worry. You're there are angels watching over you. You're 0:21:59.080 --> 0:22:02.400 going to be fine. And it makes them feel better 0:22:02.480 --> 0:22:05.960 and makes me feel better exactly. And you know, you 0:22:06.040 --> 0:22:09.399 cut onto something because my doctorate is about travel and 0:22:09.440 --> 0:22:11.720 adolists and trauma. And one of the things I've learned 0:22:11.800 --> 0:22:16.639 is even as parents or stepparents are just adults and 0:22:17.000 --> 0:22:21.560 young people's lives, they're already so nervous that it really 0:22:21.600 --> 0:22:25.879 helps them and we at least present as calm. We 0:22:25.920 --> 0:22:28.120 can tell each other and freak out with each other, 0:22:28.200 --> 0:22:32.560 but for the children's sake, it's really important to UH 0:22:32.600 --> 0:22:36.120 to create that calm for them and that feeling of calm. 0:22:36.119 --> 0:22:39.520 And it seems like you guys both have experienced both 0:22:39.560 --> 0:22:43.600 sides of that too, So definitely like angels on either 0:22:43.640 --> 0:22:47.240 side of me on my screen right now, where your angels. 0:22:47.240 --> 0:22:49.120 I remember having so much fun with you on set. 0:22:49.520 --> 0:22:51.800 You were talking and I just ever you are just 0:22:52.000 --> 0:22:56.520 cookie and fun and like but super deep and interesting 0:22:56.560 --> 0:22:59.439 at the same time. You're just a great mix of 0:22:59.480 --> 0:23:02.760 a lady. You're good human being and it's really really 0:23:02.800 --> 0:23:06.200 nice to catch up at you. Thank you for knowing that. 0:23:06.400 --> 0:23:08.960 And I know I play so many serious people. I 0:23:09.000 --> 0:23:12.040 thought the same thing about you, and there was such 0:23:12.080 --> 0:23:15.359 a light around you in a presence that you know, 0:23:15.520 --> 0:23:18.320 it was just such a delight to be around. And 0:23:19.880 --> 0:23:22.560 even in the brief moments that I've met you, Tori, 0:23:22.680 --> 0:23:25.240 I felt the same way. And thanks for recognizing the 0:23:25.280 --> 0:23:28.760 cookie side, because I really had to play that side 0:23:29.200 --> 0:23:32.120 and I love to being cookie. I think it's really Yeah, 0:23:32.119 --> 0:23:35.800 You're so funny. I want to hang out with you. 0:23:35.840 --> 0:23:41.040 I want to have some do it game anytime, in 0:23:41.119 --> 0:23:44.760 person or not in person, whatever. So I thank you 0:23:44.960 --> 0:23:48.320 so much. I know it inappropriate, but I really do 0:23:48.480 --> 0:23:52.720 love you all. And um, I just feel um that 0:23:52.840 --> 0:23:55.439 you're a blessing to the planet, and the brief times 0:23:55.440 --> 0:23:58.399 that we spend together, including this conversation, has been a 0:23:58.440 --> 0:24:02.600 blessing too. Thank you, Lly, right back at you, ye 0:24:03.640 --> 0:24:09.480 be well, you're too love. Thanks for thinking of me. 0:24:09.600 --> 0:24:11.720 It was like a blessing from the angels out of 0:24:11.720 --> 0:24:17.120 the blue. Okay, I don't know how to click out, 0:24:17.160 --> 0:24:24.120 so I'm gonna leave. Oh my gosh, she's so delightful, right, 0:24:24.200 --> 0:24:27.480 Oh my god, what a beautiful human. Yes, we had 0:24:27.480 --> 0:24:31.120 a lot of fun just because I was younger, you know, 0:24:31.280 --> 0:24:35.920 and and she was she was probably in her thirties, sin, 0:24:36.680 --> 0:24:39.320 I don't know when she was on the show, and 0:24:39.720 --> 0:24:43.560 we did have It was usually scenes with just Dylan 0:24:43.600 --> 0:24:48.480 and Jack and then Kelly and Christine, and so she 0:24:48.600 --> 0:24:50.399 and I would be together a lot, and just the 0:24:50.400 --> 0:24:52.720 two of us because the boys, those two boys were 0:24:53.240 --> 0:24:56.439 off doing their thing. They were very close and so 0:24:56.480 --> 0:24:58.280