WEBVTT - Congratulations, Jenni Rivera! 0:00:03.279 --> 0:00:06.000 My mother was a woman that did not give up 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:08.800 and did not take no for an answer. Her tenacity, 0:00:08.840 --> 0:00:14.000 her perseverance, her courage still lives on and so many 0:00:14.040 --> 0:00:21.119 of us. Hello everyone, Happy Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 0:00:21.400 --> 0:00:23.880 whatever day that you're listening to my podcast. First of all, 0:00:23.880 --> 0:00:25.919 thank you so much for listening to Cheese and Chill, 0:00:26.280 --> 0:00:29.200 and I hope that you're having a wonderful day. And 0:00:29.320 --> 0:00:31.880 oh my goodness, listening to this audio takes me back 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:34.760 to that special day. Oh my god, I had such 0:00:34.760 --> 0:00:38.239 a great time, you guys, celebrating my mom. Ah. She 0:00:38.360 --> 0:00:40.479 was recently honored with a star at the Hollywood Walk 0:00:40.520 --> 0:00:43.600 of Fame, you guys. I was there with my siblings Jackie, Jenica, 0:00:43.760 --> 0:00:47.440 Johnny and Mikey and the singer Gloriat Revin and it 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:50.600 was a very very special moment, you guys. So this 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:53.920 episode is going to be entirely about that and what 0:00:54.360 --> 0:01:00.000 really happened that day. So let's do it, okay, guys, 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:02.480 of all, let me just explain or express should I 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:06.679 say how freaking proud I am of my mother Even 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:08.840 if I wasn't her daughter, you guys, I'd be so 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:12.600 proud of everything that she's accomplished as a woman because 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:16.760 she had all odds against her. She was heavily criticized 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:19.360 when she started her career because she was a single mother, 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:22.319 she had five children, she wasn't you know, a size two, 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:25.720 and especially back when she started, it was all about 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:29.200 being like perfect. People didn't know that face tune and 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:32.080 you know, editing pictures and all this stuff existed, so 0:01:32.120 --> 0:01:34.120 everyone thought that, oh my god, artists are so perfect. 0:01:34.120 --> 0:01:36.960 So it was even harder for her, and she really 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:42.640 came to like humanize artistry, I feel, you know, and 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:45.440 being a singer and being on television and everything. So 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:47.880 you know, she was a young girl from Long Beach 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:51.520 who struggled and struggled with men and the whole thing, 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:54.800 and she made it. So to have her start at 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:57.920 the Hollywood Walk of Fame is huge, and I am 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:00.840 just so overwhelmed as a woman, as an artist, I'm 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:03.680 so inspired by her, and of course as a daughter, 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:07.080 I'm just so freaking proud. I don't know. So let 0:02:07.080 --> 0:02:09.720 me go back to that day, because it was a very, 0:02:09.919 --> 0:02:13.919 very wonderful day. I was fine when I got there. 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:16.360 I decided to wear white because that's kind of what 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:17.520 I saw. I was like, I don't know what I'm 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:19.840 gonna wear. I just order something from Amazon, honestly, like 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:21.600 three days before, and I was like, okay, I want white. 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:24.480 That's what I like kind of you know, I just 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:27.359 imagine that. And I was fine until we got there, 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:30.480 you guys. And then I heard like a helicopter because 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:32.400 they were covering it like the news and stuff, and 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:33.920 I was like, oh my god, this is huge. It 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:35.440 like hit me when I got there. I was like, 0:02:35.440 --> 0:02:37.360 oh my god, this is a very big moment. This 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:40.120 is this is serious. I don't know what I was thinking. 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:42.600 I don't know, because I've been so busy with work 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:45.680 and my tour and everything that I've learned to just 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:49.120 kind of like deal with things a week at a time. 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:51.440 And I think that's what happened with the star and 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:54.400 then seeing my siblings, and then I didn't prepare a speech, 0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:56.119 you guys. I just wanted to speak from my heart. 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:57.880 My sister had told me like two weeks before, like 0:02:57.880 --> 0:02:59.480 prepare your speech and stuff like that, but I was like, 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:01.160 I just want to spro my heart, like it's not 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:03.720 about me, it's about my mom. I want her to 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:06.760 shine and Anyways, I got there and then the tears 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:08.799 started already, like we were in the back waiting, and 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:10.440 I'm like, oh my gosh, this is my mom. And 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:12.200 then the whole thing of her not being here I 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:14.640 wish she was here to receive it herself came. But 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:16.639 I had to hold it together for my siblings, you know, 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:18.720 because I'm like, I need to be strong. My nieces 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:20.800 and nephews were there. This is a huge deal, you know, 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:23.960 and we're going to touch everything because a lot was 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:28.440 said afterwards and it just really upset me. And I 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:30.720 talked to my sister Jackie this morning and I was like, hey, 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:33.040 can I talk about certain things that were said on 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:36.040 TikTok and then on the media, because I really want 0:03:36.080 --> 0:03:37.760 to set the story straight, and this is where I 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:39.600 get to do that, you guys, here with you guys, 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:42.480 my listeners, and where I could just pour my heart 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:44.840 out and tell my truth, you know. Anyways, that was 0:03:44.880 --> 0:03:48.360 a day of the week of you guys. The start 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:51.400 was so crazy because we were going back and forth 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:55.960 on whether we should invite my extended family, my mom's 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:58.640 you know, mother and father and you know, her siblings, 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:02.680 and it was my idea and the only reason that 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:07.560 I am saying it is because there's a network that 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:09.520 I'm not going to mention and a show that I'm 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:11.560 not going to mention. But I was very upset that 0:04:11.880 --> 0:04:15.840 said and didn't say allegedly cheeky's no, they were like 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:19.080 saying it like a matter of fact sort of thing, 0:04:19.400 --> 0:04:24.560 saying that I did not want my extended family there, 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:28.880 that I was very upset about it. One hundred percent BS, 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:32.720 you guys, one hundred and ten percent BS. That's why 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:35.480 it upset me so much, because some networks will do 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:38.919 anything or some shows like just to talk shit, and 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:41.080 that goes to tell you, like, some people really believe 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:43.080 this stuff, which is why I feel there are people 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:46.840 out there that don't like me, because the media has 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:49.200 made it a point in some way or another to 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:51.000 try to make me look bad. And I'm like, what 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:54.039 the hell if you guys only knew I was the 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:56.520 one that mentioned it. I was in my moment of 0:04:56.560 --> 0:04:59.720 prayer one day, meditating and God put this in my heart, 0:05:00.200 --> 0:05:02.880 like literally, I felt it in my heart so heavy. 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:04.960 I had to send my siblings a message because the 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:08.160 plan was not to invite anybody other than her children 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:11.559 her like only close people. And anyways, I said, you guys, 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:14.400 we at least have to have my mom's parents there. 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:16.840 They have to be there. Those are her parents. And 0:05:17.040 --> 0:05:18.920 you know, we had a conversation and we went back 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:21.440 and forth and some were happy, some weren't about it. 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:23.000 You know. I was like, Okay, I'm going to leave 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:25.840 it to you guys. You guys decide. Then it was like, no, 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:28.479 we're not inviting them because they've done this, this and 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:30.279 this and that. And I was like, okay, I get it. Yeah, 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:32.120 I mean in a way, they don't really deserve to 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:34.600 be there because they've done some really fed up stuff, 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:39.200 you know. But then it just kept coming back to 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:40.719 me and I was like, oh my gosh, no, we 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:44.080 have to invite not only my grandparents, all her siblings, 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:47.080 like we have to. The only one we had invited 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:50.160 from my mom's siblings was my Theogas, and he was 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:52.440 going to be there with his family or with my 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:55.359 my There was honestly, there was only seventy seats, you guys, 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:58.160 and we had to really think hard. It wasn't that 0:05:58.200 --> 0:06:01.640 we didn't want other people there. It was just really, really, 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:04.039 who are we going to invite? Because the space is 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:07.680 very limited So anyways, I brought it up to my 0:06:07.720 --> 0:06:10.160 siblings again and I told my sister. My sister called 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:12.640 me crying one day. Jackie. She's just like, I have 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:14.680 this crazy feeling like I really do think that we 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:17.120 should invite them. And I said, Sister, you are the CEO. 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:20.440 Don't worry about the other siblings or whoever's going to 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:23.120 get upset, Like this is your decision and we are 0:06:23.160 --> 0:06:26.599 all going to have to respect it, and I really 0:06:26.640 --> 0:06:29.680 think that we should. So she said, Okay, I'm going 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:32.280 to do it, and she was so nervous, but I 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:35.279 prepared my siblings. I was like, look, whatever Jackie says, 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:39.000 we have to respect. Her position is already hard enough 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:42.240 as it is, and it is what it is. So 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:46.000 although I agree with some of my siblings is I'm 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:48.000 not going to say names with some of the things 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:51.599 that they said, because I validate their feelings and what 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:53.479 they have to say and how they feel towards some 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:57.159 of my family members is absolutely valid. I still wanted 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:59.240 to respect my sister, and not only that, the intuition 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:01.200 that I was feeling of they have to be there. 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:05.880 So anyways, some decided to go, some decided not to go. 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:10.040 Now another thing that was said was that we didn't 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:13.120 allow anyone to give interviews. When my sister sent out 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:16.560 the invitation, my sister said, hey, this invitation is solely 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:19.440 for you. The space is limited and the only requirement 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:23.000 is not to give any interviews. We weren't even going 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:26.200 to give interviews, not her children, not anyone, because it 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:29.720 was about Jenny Rivera. We wanted her to shine. So 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:32.200 if everyone was giving interviews, it was just like we 0:07:32.240 --> 0:07:35.240 wanted just the media to talk about her and her accomplishment, 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:38.200 which is why we said, please, no interviews, because we 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:41.640 didn't want something to be said and then, you know, 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:43.800 for it to take the attention away from what was 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:46.560 most important, which is my mother. So they got a 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:49.960 guest offended about that. Some of them and you know, 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:52.000 later on gave interviews and said that and said, oh, 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:54.120 they didn't let me invite this person and that person. 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:57.280 It's like that is not true. All of them got 0:07:57.280 --> 0:08:00.920 an invitation, her siblings, not the why not the children, 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:03.920 not my cousins, because again the space was very limited. 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:06.440 And my grandpa said that we didn't invite his girlfriend, 0:08:06.520 --> 0:08:08.760 and I'm just like, well, no, first of all, we 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:10.920 don't know her. She didn't know my mom there's no space. 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:13.239 It's not because we don't want her here, but also 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:16.040 it's just it's not the moment. In my heart, I 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:18.000 was like, just be happy that you're here. You know, 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:21.880 even though we have differences, like huge differences, we still 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:23.680 thought that it would be best for you guys to 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:27.040 be here because my mother deserves that. Because we're gonna 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:29.600 put everything to the side, all of the bs to 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:33.480 the side for one day, for a few hours, to 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:37.000 honor our mother. And that's what we did. And I 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:40.680 feel like either way, we kind of got not by everyone, 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:42.760 kind of got like the short end of the stick 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:48.040 from them because they still weren't happy. And it's just like, dude, like, 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:50.960 why not just send us a message and ask, hey, 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:53.199 why don't you want us to give interviews or why 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:55.960 can't I invite this person and we'll gladly explain to 0:08:56.040 --> 0:09:00.560 you why versus going on freaking YouTube or going here 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:04.640 and there and just talking out of your ass like 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:07.520 why that's why I don't get And it just frustrated 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:10.720 me because then they started all this crap around it, 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:13.520 and I'm like, don't take the beauty away from my 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:21.120 mother's star. Then another thing is a lot of people 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:23.920 saw and I saw it on TikTok, and they wanted 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:26.360 to know, and I wanted to clarify. When I was 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:30.120 walking out after taking my pictures, which was just amazing, 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:33.040 you guys, I was so overwhelmed with just joy and 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:36.560 peace because if there's anyone that deserves this moment is 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:40.040 my mother. So I was just very very happy. And 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:42.560 I came across one of my uncles, my uncle Pete, 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:44.240 the pastor, and I said hello to him. We have 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:48.680 no beef, We're good, he's apologized, he's honestly, we're chill. 0:09:48.880 --> 0:09:50.679 And then I saw his son, who I absolutely love, 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:53.480 my cousin Hondo. He's also a singer. He's an amazing 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:54.959 singer by the way, and anyways, I saw him, so 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:57.080 I was so happy. I was just like, oh my god, cousin, hi, 0:09:57.160 --> 0:10:00.160 whatever you don't it was really nice. And then my aunt, 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:05.320 my mom's sister, Rosie, was right after Hondo, my cousin, 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:08.720 and I honestly, I'm not gonna lie. I wasn't planning 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:11.360 on saying hello. I was just gonna walk by, but 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:15.280 she stopped me and she gave me her hand and 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:18.440 she said, I'm sorry. And I said for what and 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:20.680 she said for your loss and I was like, oh, 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:23.559 the miscarriage. So I was like okay, I said thank you. 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:26.040 And then she handed me something and people are asking 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:27.560 because it's all over TikTok. So I was like, let 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:29.840 me just set the story straight. They're like, what did 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:32.720 she hand you. What she handed me was a picture, 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:35.520 you guys, of a fan and I I guess he 0:10:35.720 --> 0:10:38.920 was in the crowd and wanted to give it to me. 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:41.160 And she said, hey, he gave me this and I 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:43.199 just wanted to give it to you, and she pointed 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:46.520 to him and I just said, oh, hi, And I 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:49.000 didn't see the fan. To be honest, I never saw him. 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:50.240 I was just like, I don't know who. There were 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:52.000 so many people, but I just said hi, just in 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:54.199 case he could see me. Because I'm being honest, you 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:56.560 guys know, I'm very, very transparent, So I can't even 0:10:56.559 --> 0:10:58.600 tell you that I saw the person. I just got 0:10:58.640 --> 0:11:00.959 the picture and I said thank you, and that was it. 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:04.480 And we haven't spoken since, and that was all that 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:06.800 was said. She said I'm sorry for your loss, and 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:08.680 she gave me that picture and that was it. There's 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:10.560 nothing more to it. A lot of people were like, Oh, 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:13.839 my gosh, there's nothing more to it. She went out 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:15.679 of her way to do that, and I'm grateful, and 0:11:16.000 --> 0:11:18.199 I think it's very big of her to say hello, 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:20.120 and I'm grateful for that. But it was not me 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:23.880 because as much as I love being the bigger person, 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:27.320 I just didn't want to be fake because there is 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:30.080 still like a huge conversation that needs to be had there. 0:11:30.559 --> 0:11:34.920 But I do appreciate that she said that. And also 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:36.959 people were like, oh, and Metio doesn't even say hi. Well, 0:11:36.960 --> 0:11:39.000 Medo doesn't really know her, to be honest, He's only 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:41.560 seen her once in his life and he's not in 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:44.240 the media or anything like that, and don't I try 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:46.080 not to involve him in any of that stuff. I 0:11:46.080 --> 0:11:49.280 don't want to like taint him with that, so I 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:51.800 don't really speak to him much about like the issues 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:54.199 with my family, so he doesn't really know what's going on. 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:56.400 And he wasn't trying to be rude. He was just 0:11:56.440 --> 0:11:57.720 trying to get me out of there because they were 0:11:57.720 --> 0:11:58.840 trying to get me out of there and I had 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:01.720 to leave because I drove to Arizona that day had 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.120 a show. So it wasn't like him trying to be 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:06.360 rude and not say hello. It was just he didn't 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:08.440 know who she was until after I was like, oh, 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:10.200 she said, he's like, oh that was your aunt. Oh okay, 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:13.840 but not because he's not polite, because he's so polite. 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:16.520 So anyways, I wanted to just talk about those things, 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:18.680 kind of get that out of the way, because a 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:21.840 lot was said. And now, oh my god, you guys, 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:26.960 they vandalized my mom's star, not once, but twice, you guys, 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:30.840 to the point where we have security guards at night 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:35.400 roaming the area protecting my mom's star, surveilling it because 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:39.400 it's happened twice, and I just don't understand who would 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:43.280 do this and why. In my opinion, it feels for 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:47.720 sure an act of hatred because they're going directly to 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:50.040 her star and not any other star around there, which 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:52.920 I'm glad they're not, because that's just so disrespectful. It's 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:56.920 so disappointing. I heard I don't know, but I heard 0:12:56.920 --> 0:13:00.880 that they also vandalized Selena's if at the same time 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:03.960 as my mom's or what. But it almost feels like, 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:06.920 is it something like because they're Latin and there aren't 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:10.240 a lot of Latin people on the Walk of Fame, 0:13:10.520 --> 0:13:13.120 you know, and I'm just like, what is happening? And 0:13:13.160 --> 0:13:16.320 it's so it really hurt my heart because I was like, 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:17.720 when it first happened, I saw it, I was like, 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:19.280 what the heck? And I wasn't feeling good that day, 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:20.840 so I couldn't like I was gonna post a video 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:23.720 because I usually like like to and just express myself, 0:13:23.720 --> 0:13:25.640 but I couldn't because I was not feeling good. And 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:28.280 then it happened again, and I'm like, what is going on? 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:32.240 I wish that I could see the person doing this 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:35.440 or at least know who it is, not to do 0:13:35.559 --> 0:13:37.880 anything to them, but it's just more of just to 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:41.520 see like is it a racist thing or is it 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:44.120 just someone that doesn't like her? Or who the fuck 0:13:44.160 --> 0:13:47.160 would do this? It really upsets me and it hurts 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:49.640 my feelings, and I know my siblings were also very 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:53.840 like hurt and taken aback because it's like, what the 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:57.680 heck is such a beautiful moment and people someone or 0:13:57.720 --> 0:13:59.840 people I don't know, are trying to take that from 0:13:59.880 --> 0:14:03.600 my mom. But either way, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:06.040 already said that they're going to take care of it, 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:09.120 that they're putting cameras, so I appreciate that. And they've 0:14:09.160 --> 0:14:11.320 done everything to like clean it, so every day it 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:14.440 looks cleaner and cleaner and newer and newer. So I'm like, okay, 0:14:14.960 --> 0:14:18.280 it is what it is. Shame on those people. Hopefully 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:20.440 they listen to my podcast. I don't know how, because 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.400 I don't think a person that doesn't love my mom 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:24.640 or love us is going to listen to my podcast, 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:27.280 you know. But if they are, you know, two middle 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:29.880 fingers up to you guys, it's not cool. What my 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:31.800 mom would say was like, I hope they're penis shrinks. 0:14:32.080 --> 0:14:33.960 But that's what my mom would say. I'm just saying 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:36.280 if it is a boy, even if it's not a boy, 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:38.840 it's not cool. I don't know. It hurts my feelings 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:40.840 so much, like it really brought tears to my eyes 0:14:40.840 --> 0:14:43.680 because I'm like, dude, this is a woman that works 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:46.640 so hard, that came from the hood. Literally it came 0:14:46.640 --> 0:14:51.480 from parents that were immigrants to this country and not 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:53.840 only accomplished so much. But that's what we said the 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:57.000 day of the Star, you guys, we want my mother 0:14:57.080 --> 0:15:00.160 to be remembered for the woman that she was and 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:04.680 that she is and the imprint that she's left in 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:07.600 people's hearts and in their minds, and the change that 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:12.560 she's still making in people's lives. I just met this 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:15.120 little girl at one of my meeting greets and she 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:19.360 was I think ten years old and my mom passed 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:22.280 away twelve years ago. And she's a huge fan, and 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:24.880 like huge she knows all the songs, and I'm just like, dude, 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:29.080 that is beautiful. That is the power of music. Where 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:32.200 she's just like, she's ten years old. She learned about Jenny. 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:34.600 I don't know when or at what age, but she's 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:37.560 a huge fan and that says a lot, you know, 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:40.480 And I'm just like, why can't everyone just feel like 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:43.920 even if they're not of the same race, it's like, 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:46.840 just feel proud. And again, I don't know if this 0:15:46.880 --> 0:15:48.720 is an act of racism, you guys, because I don't know, 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:52.880 so so I'm just as in the dark as everyone else. 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:57.400 But I'm like, doesn't matter. It's just the beauty of 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:00.480 what this woman accomplished. And I'm just I don't know, 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:03.480 I'm proud. So I'm hoping that it stops. I'm hoping 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:05.720 that it was just a two time thing and that 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:17.080 they understand that they they're just wasting their time. And 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:20.520 I would like to thank everyone that was there that day. 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:23.720 We were in the shade. There were tense for us, 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:27.080 but the crowd my mom's fans. I saw so many 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.680 OG fans that I know woke up super early to 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:32.720 try to get a great spot. And it was so 0:16:32.880 --> 0:16:35.040 freaking hot, you guys, It's been so hot in La lately, 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:38.480 and they were there, not complaining in the sun, you 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:47.760 guys standing for my mother. And I'm just so grateful 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:52.960 that you guys still love my mom so much and 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:58.480 are helping us keep her legacy alive. So my siblings 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:00.400 and I we were just like wow. I mean, we 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:02.640 saw people that I haven't seen in years that I 0:17:02.640 --> 0:17:05.679 would see at my mom's concerts there and it's so 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:10.680 wonderful just to know that you guys have her back, 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:14.320 hour back, you have love for her, and you were there. 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:17.239 So it was a huge crowd. It was like a 0:17:17.359 --> 0:17:22.240 huge moment. It felt so grand you guys. It was 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:25.840 like overwhelming of like joy. I felt so much joy. 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:28.280 I gave I think one of the best shows that 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:31.119 night because I had to wake up super early to 0:17:31.160 --> 0:17:34.040 get ready to pack everything because right from the Star 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:36.400 I was going to drive all the way to Arizona 0:17:36.400 --> 0:17:38.399 because I had a show that night, and I was 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:39.919 going to take a flight, but there was no way 0:17:39.960 --> 0:17:41.800 I was going to make it. So I had a 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:45.320 showing Uma, and I gave one of my best shows, 0:17:45.320 --> 0:17:47.480 you guys, because I was just so happy and so 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:50.560 proud that I don't know, I mean, even fans. They 0:17:50.560 --> 0:17:52.600 sent me messages like, oh, you were so happy. You 0:17:52.640 --> 0:17:55.120 could tell like you were just like glowing, and I'm like, yeah, 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:59.560 I was just feeling so much joy. And when I 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:01.119 was on my to Youma, because it was like a 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:06.000 five hour drive, I did think, because I'm not gonna 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:08.199 sit here and tell you that I went out of 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:09.879 my way to try to say hi to my family 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:12.560 because I didn't. I just admitted that I wasn't going 0:18:12.640 --> 0:18:15.320 to say hi to my mom's sister. I did kind 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:18.400 of feel like, should I have said hi to my grandparents? 0:18:18.840 --> 0:18:21.920 It was also crazy though I didn't even really see them. 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:24.280 You know, we walked in after them. When we walked in, 0:18:24.320 --> 0:18:26.840 they were already sitting down. And I did not mean 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:29.240 to be disrespectful in any way. I didn't make any faces. 0:18:29.359 --> 0:18:32.440 I wouldn't have been mean to anybody, because of course 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:34.040 I'm there to honor my mother and I'm going to 0:18:34.119 --> 0:18:36.760 show people the kind of children she raised. So I 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:39.159 wouldn't start any crap with anyone, of course, or give 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:41.640 anyone bad faces, because my mom deserves more than that 0:18:42.040 --> 0:18:45.960 from us. But I do wish I maybe would have 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:49.040 said hi or something like just out of like courtesy, 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:51.600 you know, But they didn't, you know, try to say 0:18:51.640 --> 0:18:53.760 hi to me and I and it's okay. I think 0:18:53.800 --> 0:18:57.000 they also think that I'm the bad one here, the 0:18:57.040 --> 0:18:59.920 bad villain, the bad witch of the story that makes 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:02.159 my brothers and sisters do this and do that. I mean, 0:19:02.200 --> 0:19:04.080 we've talked about it here on the podcast before, but 0:19:04.560 --> 0:19:06.800 that couldn't be further from the truth. You guys. They 0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:10.159 have this bad, you know, idea of me for some reason, 0:19:10.440 --> 0:19:12.560 and I think it's just they just want to have 0:19:12.600 --> 0:19:15.280 someone to blame, so they're gonna blame me. They're not 0:19:15.359 --> 0:19:18.720 like taking accountability for their actions and not respecting my 0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:22.560 siblings as individuals and knowing that they are grown. And 0:19:22.600 --> 0:19:24.919 that's one thing that my siblings showed that day. I 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:28.639 was crying when all my siblings, all of them, each 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:31.439 and every single one of them, when they gave their speech, 0:19:31.480 --> 0:19:37.440 you guys, I was so moved, so freaking proud, you guys, 0:19:38.000 --> 0:19:39.840 the way they spoke. And usually, you know, I'm the 0:19:39.840 --> 0:19:41.520 big sister, they'll come to me, like, sister, what do 0:19:41.600 --> 0:19:44.159 you think about this? Especially Johnny or Jenica. You know, 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:47.080