1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:02,560 Speaker 1: All over the world, not even just in Tanzania, but 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: all over the world that genuinely should be able to 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: have access to these things. It's heartbreaking, and it only 4 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 1: made me more motivated to come here and share their 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: stories and to make sure that I'm continuously checking up 6 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: on them, checking up not even just the women in Africa, 7 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,119 Speaker 1: but now then going to the women in Asia, the 8 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: women in South America and seeing what they need, because 9 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: it really is a global epidemic and I don't understand 10 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: why we have not done everything that we can do 11 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: to make sure that people are no longer dying from HIV. 12 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:37,160 Speaker 2: And a how impressive is nineteen year old Lexi Underwood. 13 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 2: That's just the beginning. You want to hear more from her, 14 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 2: and then you also want to be inspired by her. 15 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,239 Speaker 2: Get off your butts, get some work done. That's what 16 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,480 Speaker 2: she made me feel, like Lexi Underwood on this edition 17 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 2: of Naked. 18 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 3: And then the same man Nanke you win, Krypy the 19 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 3: Cary Chappy is going to be a champion, a champion, 20 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 3: the Carri Sheppi and they champion. 21 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 4: They car Sheppion and carried Shepy. 22 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 2: You war Hey, everybody, welcome to another edition of naked. 23 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 2: I'm excited about today's guest. But before I dive into 24 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 2: today's guest, what I'd like to say is, every now 25 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 2: and again, you come across someone from generation Z gen Z, 26 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 2: as it is said, who really motivates. 27 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 5: You and remind you why we are all here. 28 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:40,839 Speaker 2: I have been watching the Dear Mama docu series about 29 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 2: a Phoenix Shakor and Tupac Shakur, and I've learned so 30 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,479 Speaker 2: much about the Black Panthers, but what really stood out 31 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 2: to me was that at such a young age, Afeeni, 32 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 2: as well as chupac Uh, they were also activated in 33 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 2: what is happening in today's world back then meaning today's world. 34 00:01:58,320 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 5: And I realized over. 35 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 2: The year, the people who have made significant difference, people 36 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 2: who have gone on to change how we look and 37 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 2: think about the world, have been that generation in between 38 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 2: the ages of you know, perhaps nineteen up to your 39 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 2: late twenties. Not to say that you can't be activated 40 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 2: after that, but those who really are committed to the 41 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 2: cause and whatever that cause may be, make huge, huge 42 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 2: impacts on our society. And it isn't until much later 43 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 2: that we realize the work that is being done. But 44 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 2: that is not the case for actress, activists, and nineteen 45 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 2: year old Alexi Underwood. 46 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 5: She is the guest today on Naked. 47 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 2: She is a hopeful young talent who's made an impact 48 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 2: on and off the screen. You may remember her from 49 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 2: Little Fires Everywhere that came out back in twenty twenty, 50 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 2: and it was around the time, maybe even twenty twenty one, 51 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 2: but it was around the time that we were all 52 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 2: shut down and we were all focused on TV, and 53 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 2: we were watching every single thing that was on television, 54 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 2: were looking and searching for good content, and she was 55 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 2: able to give it to us. She's also an ambassador 56 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 2: for Red and you can see her in season two 57 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 2: of Reforms Cruel Summer. Whether you know her or not, 58 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 2: you will be impressed by this young woman. The way 59 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 2: in which she sees the world, the books that she's reading, 60 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 2: the impact that she wants to make, and the impact 61 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 2: she's already had on society is really truly something special. 62 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 2: So sit back again, relax and enjoy this edition of Naked. 63 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 4: Champion and Care with Chappy and and Care with Chappy. 64 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 2: Lexie Underwood, thank you so much for joining me. I 65 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 2: think that Naked is really truly about well, my podcast 66 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 2: I think is better than sometimes doing TV because you 67 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 2: feel a little more free. 68 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 5: I feel more free. 69 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 2: I can talk, I can say what I feel, and 70 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 2: I hope you feel that same way. I think that 71 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 2: at such a very young age, you've done so many 72 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 2: incredible things. And I can begin with the list of 73 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 2: little fires everywhere, like, we can talk about that all day, 74 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 2: all day, Right, everyone loves that about you. We'll get 75 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 2: to that and that wonderful being by the name of 76 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 2: Carrie Washington. But I want to talk to you just 77 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:16,359 Speaker 2: about your origin story. From my understanding, you grew up 78 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 2: in DC with your family. Tell me a little bit 79 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:23,359 Speaker 2: about how you grew up and what lifestyle was like 80 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 2: for you as a child. 81 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, so I grew up in DC with my mom, 82 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: my dad, and also my grandmother. She helped raise me, 83 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: so she was in the house as well. Whenever I 84 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: just think about me and who I am as a 85 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: person now, I always feel as though I have DC 86 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 1: to think for that. Growing up, I was really fortunate, 87 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 1: honestly to have been able to have been exposed to 88 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: so many things when it comes to just the world 89 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: in general, and the worldview and the way in which 90 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: we view art and all those other things and So 91 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: for me, at a very young age, I kind of 92 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: felt as though like I knew what I wanted to 93 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: do because my parents gave me the space to figure 94 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 1: out what I loved. 95 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 6: So I started off dancing. 96 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: I started off I wanted to be a ballerina, and 97 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: then that progressed on that I wanted to be a gymnist, 98 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: and then I wanted to. 99 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 6: Be a singer. 100 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: I taught myself how to play guitar and piano, and 101 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: then after that, especially when I was like ten years old, 102 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: I then fell in love with musical theater and just 103 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: the art of storytelling in general. But through that I 104 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: felt as though I was constantly inspired and motivated by 105 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:36,159 Speaker 1: the things and people around me. When it came to 106 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: just the kind of artists that I wanted to be, 107 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: even at such a young age, I kind of always 108 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: knew what I wanted to do. And I think that I, 109 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: like I said, I grew up. I went to a 110 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 1: bilingual school. So from kindergarten up until sixth grade, I 111 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: went to a bilingual school, and I was surrounded by 112 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: kids from everywhere I was. You know, my friends they 113 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 1: were you know, children of immigrants. 114 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 6: Either. 115 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 1: I had other friends that you know had come from, 116 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,840 Speaker 1: you know, two of the same sex parent households, and 117 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: that like seeing that at sick Evan, those kind of 118 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 1: things being normalized for me. I feel as though it 119 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: definitely helped me as I got older, especially now with 120 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: everything all the chaos that's happening in the world. It 121 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 1: helped me shift my perspective as to the person that 122 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: I wanted to be, the stories that I wanted to tell, 123 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 1: and how I wanted to show up in this world 124 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: because I was constantly impacted by the people around me. 125 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 2: You know what, that's really interesting because if you it's 126 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 2: it's first of all, I feel like gymnasts, dancer, all 127 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 2: of it, musical, theater, all goes hand in hand. So 128 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 2: you've always had this creative aspect. Now were your parents creatives? 129 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: No, it's really interesting. That's always the question. They're like, 130 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: I don't know how, like you became like an actor. 131 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: They both love they all love the arts, but nobody 132 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: in my family sings or acts or does anything. But 133 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: like I said, from a young age, they introduced me 134 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 1: to like so many incredible artists. My dad, I think 135 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: I was like seven when he introduced me to like 136 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: Star Wars. That was like the first time where I 137 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: fell in love with sci fi and I was like 138 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: so into movies during that time because like he was 139 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: showing me that and my mom she was playing Lauren 140 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: Hill Eric Abadus at a young age, like they were 141 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: my favorite artists. And so I think that for me 142 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: that helped as I got older to like the kind 143 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: of artists that I wanted to grow into and become. 144 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 5: Oh, I love that because you're like this was just 145 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 5: around me. 146 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,239 Speaker 2: So some people are a lot of people are actually, 147 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 2: but for you, genuinely, you were born to do this 148 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 2: because it just spoke to your spirit. Just as a kid, 149 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 2: it just spoke to your spirit. When you say you 150 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 2: go to a bilingual school, what does that mean? 151 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: That means that I'm learning English and Spanish at. 152 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 6: The same time. 153 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: So essentially, like at the top of the day, like 154 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 1: you would do your math classes in Spanish and then 155 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: you do literature in English, and then you would jump 156 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: to science and then you would take your science class 157 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: in Spanish. And so with that it was it was 158 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: really interesting the structure because it wasn't like you actually 159 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: sat down and took Spanish classes. They were just talking 160 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: to you in Spanish. They were talking to a bunch 161 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: of er owners in Spanish, and eventually we picked it up. 162 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: I mean we were being forced to like learn math 163 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: in Spanish, like there's no you just you pick up 164 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: on those kind of things past. And honestly, I loved 165 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: culture instead rather than sitting down and having like actual 166 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: Spanish classes with us, because it just felt rather than 167 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: instead of like, oh, I'm taking a class and this 168 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: is like a thing that I have to do, it 169 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: just became like second nature. And then I think that 170 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: it was also really beautiful because, like I said, there 171 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: were a lot of kids there that their parents were 172 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: immigrants from Mexico, from Argentina, from El Salvador, and those 173 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 1: that was the language that we were we were speaking 174 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: and listening to, and so also just set them and 175 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 1: for us to be able to understand and learn about 176 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 1: one another's culture. They would do like this big cultural 177 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: festival every year where because there were kids from Ethiopia, 178 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 1: kids from like literally all over the place, where they 179 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:03,199 Speaker 1: would have their parents come in and teach the classes 180 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: basically about their back their history, where they come from, 181 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: and things like that. Like when your kids, you're not 182 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: really thinking about how much of an impact that's going 183 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: to have on you, but it really did have one, 184 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: and I wish that there were more schools like that 185 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: that was available, especially to young kids of color. 186 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,680 Speaker 2: That's so impressive, Like I don't even know if you 187 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 2: know how impressive that is. It's so impressive just to 188 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 2: hear that, and it just puts you ahead of the game. 189 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 2: So here we are doing all the things that you love, 190 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 2: and when do we decide I have the acting bug 191 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,439 Speaker 2: and I'm going to go out for auditions and do 192 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 2: this for real, for real. 193 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: I never forget the moment that like I got that feeling. 194 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: My parents took me to go see The Lion King 195 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: on Broadway. It was my first time ever seeing a 196 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:52,199 Speaker 1: Braahway show, and I fell in. 197 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 6: Love with it. I became obsessed. 198 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: I remember the first time that I saw I don't 199 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 1: know if you've seen it, but like during Circle of Life, 200 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 1: it's like the you know, the actor they're coming down 201 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 1: the aisle and remember seeing like the young girl that 202 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: was playing Young Nala at the time and being like, 203 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, if she I can do that too. 204 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: And it's crazy because that same show, Caleb McLaughlin and 205 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,680 Speaker 1: I like we're still friends, but Caleb he was he's 206 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:19,199 Speaker 1: on stranger things now, but he was the young Simba 207 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 1: that was on that night. And after the fact, my mom, 208 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: his mom and us like we were just talking and 209 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 1: they were like they encouraged us. They were like, you 210 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: can do it, Like do it, do it. And then 211 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 1: fast forward a year later, I Blind King was my 212 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 1: first ever audition. It was my first booking, and then 213 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 1: fast forward you know, yeah, I booked it and we're 214 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 1: all still friends, those same people that encourage me to 215 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: take leave of faith and go out an audition. It's 216 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: been so beautiful to be able to like see that 217 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 1: friendship progress as well. But that was the moment where 218 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: I was like, I can actually do this, Like this 219 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 1: is really love bad. 220 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 5: Okay. 221 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 2: So here's my question as an actress, as an actress 222 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 2: or and I asked this of actors who are older, 223 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 2: so it's good to figure out now as you start 224 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 2: doing it. What is it about playing a character outside 225 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 2: of yourself that inspires you, or encourages you, or liberates you, 226 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 2: whatever it does for you. What is it? 227 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 1: I think something that's at least for me personally, something 228 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:24,079 Speaker 1: that I struggle with in my everyday life is giving 229 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:27,680 Speaker 1: myself the space to be vulnerable, giving my spell. 230 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 6: Myself the space which just be and exist. 231 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: And I think that when you are taking on roles, 232 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 1: especially where you have no clue what it's like, you know, 233 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 1: to relate to that character, you can't necessarily relate to 234 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 1: that background. You genuinely have to step yourself into those shoes. 235 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 1: Number one, you can't judge that character, because I think 236 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: that was a thing that I had to struggle with. 237 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: That was a barrier that I had to get over. 238 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: I was judging myself and I was judging my character, 239 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: and I think it was because I was not giving myself. 240 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:58,839 Speaker 6: A space to just feel and be vulnerable in the moment. 241 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 5: Yeah, so after. 242 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:05,079 Speaker 1: You know, so after a while, like really sitting with 243 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: whatever character it is, but really with sitting with the 244 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 1: material and looking at not just like not what I 245 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: think this person should do, not what I think that 246 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:18,960 Speaker 1: I would do in this moment, but just really like 247 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 1: kind of letting go and just allowing yourself to go 248 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:27,199 Speaker 1: on the journey, allowing yourself to feel every emotion, allowing 249 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 1: yourself to look as ugly as possible, Like you know 250 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: that was a fear like crying on screen, Like that's 251 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: that's a big thing for you know, the world to 252 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 1: see you in such a vulnerable state. But honestly, I 253 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 1: feel as though once I got over that barrier, it 254 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 1: just helped me connect to my characters more. And so 255 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: I'm it's definitely even now like I'm not like fully 256 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:50,319 Speaker 1: like rock solid on it. It's so like a learning journey. 257 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 1: But I think that that's like a big thing for me. 258 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 2: I love the way you describe it, because for me, 259 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 2: I feel like so incredibly awkward. If someone ever asked 260 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 2: you to or me to say, hey, Carrie, can you 261 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 2: do that, I'm like, no, I feel uncomfortable being something. 262 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 5: It just feels uncomfortable. 263 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:08,719 Speaker 2: But that's the vulnerability that you you you seek solace in, 264 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 2: you find you enjoy that. That's That's a beautiful way 265 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 2: to put it. So you book Lion King your very 266 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 2: first audition amazing. It just tells you you should be 267 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 2: doing this. You're like, oh, I'm on the right path, 268 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 2: and then you go on to to pursue it. 269 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 5: Where do you live now? I l a, yeah, okay, 270 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 5: how long have you lived there? 271 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: Almost eight years? So I moved out here like literally 272 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: right after Lion King. 273 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 5: You and your family they were like we're doing it, 274 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:40,559 Speaker 5: let's go. 275 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,679 Speaker 1: So basically, my my family is actually still by coosal 276 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 1: to this day. My mom and I we were supposed 277 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: to come out here for only three months and it 278 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 1: was like for pilot season. 279 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:55,079 Speaker 6: I just got in signed with like my first manager, 280 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 6: and so I wash, I can get to. 281 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 1: Go out and try it up and just it kind 282 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: of rest from there. And so one thing that I 283 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 1: really love about my parents is that they never put 284 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,960 Speaker 1: pressure on me, especially at a young age where I 285 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 1: felt as though like this was the end all be all, 286 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 1: like if we go out to LA, like you have 287 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: to make it. So we kept our house in DC. 288 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:18,839 Speaker 1: My dad kept a job in DC. He comes out 289 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: every month still to this day, like it's still the 290 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: same thing. He still has his job. Just whenever I 291 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: feel like, hey, I don't want to do this anymore, 292 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: they never make me feel as though like this is 293 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: my only option, which is really beautiful. 294 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 2: How beautiful well and supportive is that? How beautiful and 295 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 2: supportive is that actually? 296 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: And also just like the mere fact like my mom 297 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: especially to just take everything that you know and like 298 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: leave because she believed in me and my passion and 299 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 1: my dreams, especially like a twelve year old. I feel 300 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 1: like it's so easy, especially for parents to kind of 301 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: dismiss their kids. 302 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 6: At a young age. 303 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: Yeah they like, yeah, But the fact that they saw 304 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: me and they genuinely believed in me, Like they don't 305 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: even know how much that means to me. 306 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 5: Oh, I'm sure they do. Wow. Wow. I love that story. 307 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 2: And it's interesting because I do meet parents that I remember, 308 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 2: probably some years ago, being at the Essence the Black 309 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 2: Women in Hollywood luncheon, and this is years ago before 310 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 2: Halle and Chloe. It really really got their own footing 311 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 2: and the family is like, no, we just moved here 312 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 2: to pursue it. And every time I meet families that 313 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 2: do that, I know they know, like they have the 314 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 2: know that my child is doing what they want to 315 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 2: do and this is special and we should let them 316 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 2: pursue their dreams. And it's so incredibly selfless and it's 317 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 2: a quality that very few people have. And I feel 318 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 2: like for you, it also motivated you to be like, 319 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 2: I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna do it in a 320 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 2: real way. What would you say thus far has been 321 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 2: your biggest role? Would it be the Hulu's show with Carrie? 322 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 2: Would to be the Halu series with Carrie Washington. 323 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: I would definitely say I would definitely say little fires. 324 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 1: I mean, I remember when I booked it. I could 325 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 1: not believe it because before then I had only booked 326 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: like guest star and recording roles, which I was so 327 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: grateful for. But I definitely kind of had it in 328 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: my mind where I was like, I probably won't get 329 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: an opportunity like that for like a couple of more years. 330 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 1: Like I was content and good with what I was doing, 331 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: but I remember when when the audition girl came in 332 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 1: and I was so excited. It was the first time 333 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: where I had like seen like a layered, complex role 334 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: like that. For I was fifteen at the time, so 335 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: for a young fifteen year old black girl. And when 336 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 1: I got it, I just I went in because I knew. 337 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 1: I was like, opportunities like this they don't just they 338 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: don't come often. So when you when you get something 339 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: like this, you really have to you have to put 340 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 1: it a lot of hard work and you have to 341 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 1: treat it with a lot of care. And I think 342 00:16:57,960 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 1: that we did that. 343 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 2: You Oh my god, I was mad we didn't get 344 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 2: a season two. I was like, where is the rest 345 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 2: We need more. I remember, I'm going to tell you 346 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,679 Speaker 2: this is such a crazy story. Me and my at 347 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 2: the time, a really good friend of mine name is 348 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 2: Fabiola Mercado. Still shout out to Fabiola. We would watch 349 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,400 Speaker 2: it without fail. It was a point in viewing and 350 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 2: and Fabiola. I don't remember what episode it was, but 351 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:22,959 Speaker 2: Fabiola was so mad at you. She was like, that 352 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:26,160 Speaker 2: little girl made me so mad. She was so mean 353 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 2: to her mom and she was so mad at you. 354 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 2: And I was like, that is good acting because you 355 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 2: made us mad. We was like, she is mad. 356 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 5: I'm mad. I'm mad at you. 357 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 1: Even my mom my mom was like, you better not 358 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 1: talk to me like that because I would never would. 359 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 2: You're like, mom, it's the role, but you are you really? Yes, 360 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 2: But it's the best thing. It's the biggest compliment you 361 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 2: can ever give someone, to say, I believe you so much. 362 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 5: So I was mad at you. 363 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:57,159 Speaker 2: It was what were the responses to that when it 364 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 2: when it was least, what were the critics, Not that 365 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 2: you might care about what critics say, but what was 366 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 2: the response she received? 367 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 6: I don't know. I didn't. 368 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 1: It was really hard to be able to process all 369 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: of it because it was just so much I once, 370 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: especially like during quarantine, so there was already so much 371 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,880 Speaker 1: happening in the world, and then it was like everything 372 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: that I had prayed for and dreamed of for my 373 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:25,359 Speaker 1: career wasn't happening in the span of like a couple 374 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:27,679 Speaker 1: of months, which was really crazy. But the outpour of 375 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 1: love and support that I got from critics and from 376 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,880 Speaker 1: other like fellow artists and people that I had admired 377 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:38,919 Speaker 1: so much, it was incredible. I have felt, you know, 378 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 1: I don't know, I just really felt proud of the 379 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: work that we did. 380 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 5: It probably at all. 381 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: I'm like there were moments where I was doing sleep sobbing, crying, 382 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: where I would take home some of the baggage, you 383 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: know that I had films that day because that's how. 384 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 6: Emotionally invested and attached to the role. 385 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 5: That I was. 386 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 1: So it definitely felt like all of the hard work, 387 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: everything that we had to put into the project, it 388 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 1: I don't know, it was like it was beautiful and 389 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 1: it was beautiful awesome. Yeah, I was glad that we 390 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: were also able to bring just a form of entertainment, 391 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,879 Speaker 1: especially during that time, because everybody had no clue what 392 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: was happening, and so the matter of fact that at 393 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: least for like forty minutes, people could turn on the 394 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 1: TV and kind of forget about what was happening in 395 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: the outside world. 396 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was, it was. It was such a beautiful release, 397 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 2: so incredibly talented. 398 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 5: Good for you. Congratulations to you, to you. You guys 399 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 5: know what time it is. I have to pay these bills, bills, bills, bills. 400 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 2: Taking a quick break, Lexi Underwood returns in just a 401 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 2: few moments. 402 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 3: Every Champion and carry Champions, to be a champion, out 403 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 3: a champion and carry Chappion and carried Chapata Champion and 404 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 3: carry Chappion and Carrie. 405 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:53,160 Speaker 4: Chat's great, it's entertainment. Can make it work? 406 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:57,200 Speaker 3: Cherry Champion and carry Champions to be a champion, a Champion, 407 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 3: and Carrie Champion, the Champion, the car and the car. 408 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 2: Hey, y'all, thank you so much for listening to Naked 409 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 2: and standing with us as we got through those commercial breaks. 410 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 2: Here is more from Lexi Underwood. Now, I believe I 411 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 2: read your dream role would be playing Aliyah? 412 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 5: Is that correct? 413 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:23,479 Speaker 4: Now? 414 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:24,919 Speaker 5: Why why Aliyah? 415 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 2: I'm really interested that why people are so fascinated by her? 416 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,400 Speaker 2: That are that didn't even weren't even born really when 417 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 2: she was here, you know what I mean, I feel 418 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 2: like that's very fascinating. What about her and her and 419 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 2: her music, it makes you feel like that would be 420 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 2: a good fit for you. 421 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:43,359 Speaker 5: Yeah. 422 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: Well, like I said number one, growing up, Aliah was 423 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 1: like she's always been like my favorite musical artist and 424 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 1: specifically yeah, but specifically for me also, it's just something 425 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:58,120 Speaker 1: about like the story of a young black girl from 426 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,399 Speaker 1: Detroit who someone like she how to dream. Her and 427 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:02,959 Speaker 1: her parents they took a leap of faith and they 428 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 1: made it happen, and that is so real to my 429 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 1: story as well. I also think that the persistence, the strength, 430 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,880 Speaker 1: the way in which she tackled everything that she did 431 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 1: with hard work and with grace is very admirable, especially 432 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,159 Speaker 1: during you know. Yet again, like she was so she 433 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 1: was so young when when her life was cut short, 434 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 1: but in that time she made such an impact on 435 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:32,879 Speaker 1: this world. And I as an artist can only hope 436 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 1: that I would touch people with my art as much 437 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 1: as her art has touched me and so many other people. 438 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:41,640 Speaker 1: And she's also she's just she's that girl like she's 439 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: when it comes to fashion, when it comes to like 440 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 1: everything we see so much, she's inspired so many people 441 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 1: nowadays when it comes to fashion and music in general, 442 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: and I think that that's just really beautiful to have 443 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,640 Speaker 1: been on this earth for such a short period of time, 444 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 1: but to have made such an impact that will forever 445 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 1: like that legacy that she's created, it will forever live. 446 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 5: I love that. 447 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 6: I think that's just really dope. 448 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,200 Speaker 5: No, I love that. You're right. I think it was. 449 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 2: It was a very significant moment in the culture, culture 450 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 2: for music, And You're right, in such a short period 451 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 2: of time, she was able to do a lot and 452 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 2: she impacted so many people. And the story hasn't really 453 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 2: been told candidly for obvious reasons, but it would be 454 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 2: beautiful right to get the real, vulnerable version, because there 455 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 2: is still this mystery surrounding who she is, you know 456 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:31,239 Speaker 2: what I mean. And so I think that would be 457 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:32,919 Speaker 2: I think that would be I think you would you 458 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,439 Speaker 2: would hit that out the park if that ever was 459 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 2: the way it was supposed to be. 460 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:37,400 Speaker 5: I really do. 461 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:42,199 Speaker 2: Speaking of having an impact, I am told you know 462 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 2: that you are an activist, and that excites me. I 463 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:49,199 Speaker 2: feel like I feel like we're in good hands, you 464 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,439 Speaker 2: know what I mean. And at nineteen years old, like 465 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 2: you are activated and wanting to help change the world. 466 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 2: Tell me about your work with RED. 467 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, honestly, I'm honestly constantly inspired by gen Z, 468 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 1: by all of my peers. Number One, we're the most 469 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,440 Speaker 1: diverse generation to exist, and I feel like we're probably 470 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: one of the most right now, especially like we're very 471 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:16,199 Speaker 1: vocal and we're not backing down, And I love the 472 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: fact that we're not just talking about surface level things 473 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:22,919 Speaker 1: that we're touching on real life circumstances that affect not 474 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 1: just people in America but everywhere. For me, I touched 475 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: on I'm very vocal about every I'm vocal about Black 476 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 1: Lives matter, vocal about LGBTQ, especially in trans youth in general, 477 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 1: with what's happening in Florida right now. I'm vocal about 478 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: you know, abortion, birth control, all of those things. But 479 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 1: I think specifically for me, with RED, HIV and AIDS, 480 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: what they're doing is so incredible, and I think that 481 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 1: I my perspective of this epidemic was so narrow, and 482 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 1: then after working with RED, you realize how much of a. 483 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 6: Global issue HIV and AIDS act actually is. 484 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 1: I was really fortunate to go to Tanzania with them 485 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:09,119 Speaker 1: last year, and honestly, it was a life changing trip. 486 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 1: I met so many different women that were had either 487 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,639 Speaker 1: they had HIV and AIDS, or they had parents that 488 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:20,680 Speaker 1: you know, were struggling with HIV and AIDS, or even 489 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 1: their children, you know, giving it down to their children 490 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 1: and dealing with that. 491 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:25,919 Speaker 6: And it was. 492 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 1: Something that was honestly so alarming to me, and the 493 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:29,440 Speaker 1: fact that we have. 494 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 6: All these resources in America. 495 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: I went to the it's called the One Coconut Hospital 496 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,920 Speaker 1: in Tanzania. It's the only female hospital with the only 497 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 1: obg I N in Tanzania, and they had a total 498 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 1: of fifteen tools to do pap smears and checkups on 499 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: the women in Tanzania, and they were rusty and broken, 500 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: and it was just it was absolutely heartbreaking understanding and 501 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 1: seeing the fact that we have access to medicine, access 502 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: to the proper tools, but so many people well all 503 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 1: over the world are losing their lives because they don't 504 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 1: have the proper resources. 505 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 6: They honestly aren't even that expensive. 506 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: Like I was talking to this one group of women 507 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,119 Speaker 1: who all of them they had HIV and AIDS, but 508 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 1: they created this own community where they raised each other's 509 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: childrens and they cared for one another, but they created 510 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 1: their own soap business to try and help raise money 511 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 1: to get the proper funding for the resources they needed 512 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: for treatment. 513 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 6: One gallon. 514 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: To do one gallon of soap they're handmaking, it takes 515 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:35,400 Speaker 1: like two days. And I asked them, I was like, well, 516 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: how much would it be just to buy you a 517 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 1: soap maker, like just a machine so you can make 518 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 1: three gallons of soap a day? Said It's just one 519 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 1: hundred dollars. And to me, I'm just like the mere 520 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 1: fact that like these people are struggling all over the world, 521 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: not even just in Tanzania, but all over the world 522 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 1: that genuinely should be able to have access to these things. 523 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 1: It's heartbreaking, and it only made me more motivated to 524 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 1: come here and share their stories and to make sure 525 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: that I'm continuously checking up on them, checking up on 526 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 1: not even just the women in Africa, but now then 527 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 1: going to the women in Asia, the women in South 528 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 1: America and seeing what they need, because it really is 529 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,399 Speaker 1: a global epidemic, and I don't understand why we have 530 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 1: not done everything that we can do to make sure 531 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 1: that people are no longer dying from HIV. 532 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:27,400 Speaker 2: And as it's frustrating to even think about it and 533 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 2: what is not happening, and the fact that it speaks 534 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:34,920 Speaker 2: to a world in which I know that there's more 535 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:39,159 Speaker 2: money in the disease and actually curing it. So it 536 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 2: really does frustrate me. So when here you are, I 537 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:43,640 Speaker 2: want to go back to you saying something I think 538 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 2: is pretty powerful. I was watching the Dear Mama docu 539 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 2: series on a Phoenie Shakor and Tupac, and I learned 540 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 2: a lot, which is some things that I should already know. 541 00:26:55,320 --> 00:27:01,680 Speaker 2: But what I always have found profound is that those 542 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 2: who want to change the world started at such a 543 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 2: young age, like they really do. Like many of the 544 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 2: Black Panthers were early twenties, you know, and here you 545 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 2: are at nineteen years old, like, okay, no, this is 546 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 2: what gen Z wants to do. And I'm very proud 547 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 2: of this generation. We're more outspoken than ever. And I 548 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 2: agree it's always been that generation that is still not 549 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 2: affected by the world and knows right and the meaning 550 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:30,919 Speaker 2: like not there. You haven't been jaded yet, like you 551 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 2: could be, but you're not, Like you're still like we. 552 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 5: Still can change the world, and we can. That hope 553 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,199 Speaker 5: is palpable. 554 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 2: As an ambassador, what do you think your responsibility is 555 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,920 Speaker 2: now and perhaps in the future with RED and any 556 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,680 Speaker 2: other organizations that you work with. 557 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,360 Speaker 1: I think that it's truly just about like I think 558 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: that it's I think that it's really easy also to 559 00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 1: slip into the space where we just talk and talk, 560 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 1: talk and talk, we don't actually put action behind words. 561 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,399 Speaker 1: And so for me as an ambassador, I remember the 562 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: moment that I got back to Africa. 563 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 6: I asked Red. I was like, so, what is your 564 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 6: game plan? 565 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 4: Like? 566 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 6: What next? 567 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:13,880 Speaker 1: Where do we go from here? It was really fortunate. 568 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 1: Recently I had hosted a dinner with REDD and so 569 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: I was able to bring a lot more artists and 570 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 1: activists that we're passionate about those issues and bring the 571 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 1: stories that I heard Indania and share that with them. 572 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:32,359 Speaker 1: And just from that one dinner alone, so many people 573 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,000 Speaker 1: got motivated and now want to work with RED and 574 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,679 Speaker 1: have been sharing those stories on their social media that 575 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 1: now it Since then, Bread is doing one in London, 576 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 1: they're doing one in New York, and so for me, 577 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 1: it's continuously also making sure that I am holding the 578 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 1: people accountable. You need to donate if you have the funds. 579 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 1: And if you say that you care about these things, yeah, 580 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:56,640 Speaker 1: it's not that it really isn't that much. A little 581 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: bit to make sure that somebody's life is saved, to 582 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 1: ensure because you can't post about these things and then 583 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 1: just not do anything and. 584 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 5: Not do the follow up to do the work. 585 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, exactly. 586 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 1: So I think for me, it's just really being adamant 587 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 1: about not backing down, you know, doing the follow up, 588 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 1: keeping in touch with the people that really need our help, 589 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:20,240 Speaker 1: and continuously sharing those stories and not being timid. Especially, 590 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 1: I feel like in certain spaces you want to like 591 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 1: be careful about what you say and be careful about 592 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 1: what you do. I think that if you really believe 593 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 1: in something. 594 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 5: Yeah you're a truth teller. Yeah, you're a truth teller. 595 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 2: You got to speak, you have to speak, speak up 596 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 2: and do what you do as a truth teller. 597 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 5: I appreciate that. 598 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:40,680 Speaker 2: Well, let me ask you this, where do you where 599 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 2: do you see in terms of the work that you 600 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 2: want to do and the type of roles that you 601 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 2: want to take on? 602 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 5: Where do you see? 603 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 2: And we all have when I'm at this age, I 604 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 2: do this and you know, we all have these agendas 605 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 2: or we try to map things out and God changes 606 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,000 Speaker 2: it around. What do you see what next for you 607 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,479 Speaker 2: in terms of this next season of your life as 608 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 2: an actress, as an activist, as a daughter, as a friend. 609 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:09,479 Speaker 1: I think that this next season of my life, I'm 610 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 1: turning twenty this year, so I've definitely been thinking a 611 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,480 Speaker 1: lot about as I step into like this new season, 612 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 1: the kind of person that I want to be. I think, 613 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 1: specifically for me throughout my especially teen years, in every space, 614 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,520 Speaker 1: I think that I haven't given my spell, myself the 615 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: space to just be unapologetically me and to make mistakes 616 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 1: and to mess up. And so I think that that's 617 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:36,880 Speaker 1: a big thing as I step into this new season, 618 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 1: is just like being unapologetically me and not judging myself 619 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 1: as an actor. I think that that's a big thing, 620 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: not judging where I am in my career, giving myself 621 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 1: the space and trusting the journey, trusting God. As a daughter, 622 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 1: I think, just continuously showing up for I feel like 623 00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:59,760 Speaker 1: I'm already, but as to the extent that I can 624 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 1: eat further, showing up for my family and in those 625 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,480 Speaker 1: spaces where or in those moments where I may get 626 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,400 Speaker 1: caught up in other things, but I think for me, 627 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: it's just being easier on myself, like not just allowing 628 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: myself to flow. And I don't think I love that bad. 629 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 5: I love that. I love that. I love that. 630 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 2: Yes, the soft the soft lady era entering soft young 631 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 2: lady area easy because. 632 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,160 Speaker 5: We're so hard on ourselves solves. 633 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 3: Every champion and carry champion is to be a CHAMPIONTA 634 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 3: champion and carry chappion and carry chat beata champion and 635 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:34,320 Speaker 3: carry chappion and carry. 636 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 4: Chat entertainment Cannet, Get work, carry. 637 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,240 Speaker 3: Champion and carry champion is to be a champion, a 638 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 3: champion and carry chappion. They champion and carry chappion and 639 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:52,640 Speaker 3: carried chaty entertainment Cannet. 640 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 4: Get word on. 641 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:56,560 Speaker 5: What projects are you working on now that you can share? 642 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, I just I's a movie called I Wish You 643 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 1: All the Best at the top of the year. It 644 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:10,120 Speaker 1: is Tommy Dorfmann. It's her directorial debut. But I absolutely 645 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,280 Speaker 1: love the story. It is a adaptation of a book 646 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:15,960 Speaker 1: and it is a coming up age story told through 647 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: the lens of a non binary teen who is, you know, 648 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:22,720 Speaker 1: trying to figure out how to come out. And I 649 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:26,040 Speaker 1: play their best friend and yet again just being a 650 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,880 Speaker 1: part of stories like that is so incredible because we 651 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:33,680 Speaker 1: want to continuously normalize and just make it, make it acceptable, 652 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,160 Speaker 1: make it a thing where it's not like it doesn't 653 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,560 Speaker 1: have to be this whole like big conversation or uproar 654 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:41,479 Speaker 1: about it, like they're just existing and being. And then 655 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 1: I'm also that's all I can fear for acting. But 656 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:46,520 Speaker 1: what I'm really excited about with my production company, it's 657 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:50,240 Speaker 1: really taken a turn for the best this year, and 658 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:53,720 Speaker 1: I'm really excited. I've been able to collaborate with so 659 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:58,680 Speaker 1: many incredible artists, but specifically built black artists, and. 660 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:02,040 Speaker 6: I'm very excited about the projects that we're creating. 661 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,800 Speaker 1: Lots of coming up age stories, specifically for for young 662 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:05,560 Speaker 1: kids that look like. 663 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 6: Me, which is important. 664 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:10,120 Speaker 2: Oh man, I'm so excited about your future. I'm so 665 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 2: excited about your present as well, but like your future 666 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:15,960 Speaker 2: is beaming and it's so bright. Before I let you go, 667 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 2: I like to do a little rapid fire because I'm there. 668 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 2: You're so intellectually aware, and so I'm just curious just 669 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 2: to get a little bit of more personality. So if 670 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 2: I said, what are you reading? What book are you reading, 671 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:32,240 Speaker 2: or what's something that you read. Whether it could be poems, 672 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,960 Speaker 2: or it could be fiction, it could be nonfiction, it 673 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:36,200 Speaker 2: could be a biography. 674 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:38,840 Speaker 5: What are you reading or what have you read most recently? 675 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:44,440 Speaker 1: Most recently, I've read All About Love by Belle Hooks. 676 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:49,040 Speaker 1: I'm currently reading The Mountain Is You by Brianna Weist. 677 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:50,200 Speaker 6: I believe it's her last name. 678 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 1: When you're ready to heal, this is how you do. 679 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,760 Speaker 1: So that's another one that I just finished by Briann 680 00:33:55,800 --> 00:34:00,160 Speaker 1: or Weist is really great. I love Colleen Hoover like 681 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,480 Speaker 1: I'm like super into the it ends with us like 682 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:06,480 Speaker 1: that kind of genre. And then I love poetry like 683 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 1: I'm just a sucker for a good poetry book and 684 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:11,520 Speaker 1: that's my favorite thing to write as well. 685 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, oh really, you just do? Okay? I love that. 686 00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:19,120 Speaker 2: I love love poetry. What's your favorite meal or type 687 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:20,319 Speaker 2: of food to eat? 688 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:23,880 Speaker 1: Favorite type of food to eat? I would have to 689 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:27,680 Speaker 1: say pasta, Like I just love Italian food. It's something 690 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:28,120 Speaker 1: about it. 691 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you ten years from now. 692 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,319 Speaker 2: Ten years from now, pasta is the enemy ten years around, 693 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:32,680 Speaker 2: I'm like, do you. 694 00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:33,400 Speaker 3: Still love pasta? 695 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:36,600 Speaker 6: Probably my answer probably change. 696 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:41,640 Speaker 5: Who is your celebrity crush? 697 00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:49,439 Speaker 6: Uh oh who's my celebrity crush. That's such a great question. 698 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:55,640 Speaker 5: Oh, like, do what music? Okay? Of course, of course, sorry, 699 00:34:56,440 --> 00:35:00,080 Speaker 5: of course, of course. Yeah. Who would you loved to 700 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:00,440 Speaker 5: work with? 701 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,680 Speaker 1: Somebody I would really love to work with. I would 702 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:08,000 Speaker 1: love to work with Shonda Rhimes. 703 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:08,880 Speaker 4: Mmmmmm. 704 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:13,279 Speaker 2: I like it because everything she puts out, women are 705 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:16,000 Speaker 2: always the heroes, and women of color are always the heroes. 706 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:17,840 Speaker 5: Anything she does. I love it. 707 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:23,120 Speaker 2: Okay, where would be or where do you like to 708 00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:25,560 Speaker 2: vacation or where would you like to go in vacation? 709 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:32,600 Speaker 1: Someplace I've never been is Thailand, and it just looks 710 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:36,800 Speaker 1: beautiful over there. All the islands look absolutely stunning. So 711 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:38,760 Speaker 1: I would love to go over there in vacation. 712 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I've never been. All my friends swear by it. 713 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,880 Speaker 2: They say it's amazing, it's really reasonable, and it's a 714 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:44,399 Speaker 2: great time. 715 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:47,239 Speaker 6: Yeah. I think I'm gonna have to make that trip. 716 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:48,439 Speaker 4: Yeah. 717 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:50,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, I can. Then a post because I'll follow you 718 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:51,760 Speaker 5: on said Instagram. 719 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:55,520 Speaker 2: What's your favorite social media what's your favorite social media platform? 720 00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,520 Speaker 6: Definitely Twitter because they're just so real on there, Like 721 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:00,000 Speaker 6: it's kind. 722 00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:05,920 Speaker 5: Of yeah real on there, and I love it. Okay, 723 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,000 Speaker 5: I love that for you. I love you, saying that 724 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:09,560 Speaker 5: that's so surprising because. 725 00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:12,360 Speaker 6: Most people, like a lot of people can not like Twitter. 726 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:15,560 Speaker 2: I can't feel with Twitter. It makes me mad if 727 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:16,800 Speaker 2: I start reading their responses. 728 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:17,040 Speaker 4: I do. 729 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:20,360 Speaker 5: I am on there, but it is like this place 730 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:25,920 Speaker 5: is misering. Yeah yeah, yeah okay. And and what is 731 00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:31,880 Speaker 5: for you? What is a good day? What does a 732 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:34,640 Speaker 5: good day look like for LEXI? 733 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 6: Oh, a good day? 734 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:43,840 Speaker 1: It's like for me getting up and putting myself first. 735 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:47,360 Speaker 1: I think, oftentimes, especially throughout the day, like it's easy 736 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,840 Speaker 1: for me to like get so caught up in my career, 737 00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:51,680 Speaker 1: get so caught up in what's happening in my like 738 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,400 Speaker 1: regular life. But on the days where I just surrender 739 00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:58,120 Speaker 1: and I let myself be and I'm only prioritizing myself 740 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,640 Speaker 1: and my needs, that is a perfect day for me. 741 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,160 Speaker 5: And with that, I will end this podcast. 742 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:07,320 Speaker 2: I love that, and I love everything you represent, and 743 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:09,640 Speaker 2: I feel like our future is in good hands. I 744 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,680 Speaker 2: don't I don't have to do anything. I don't have 745 00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:14,560 Speaker 2: to be activated. I got somebody like you taking over. 746 00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:15,680 Speaker 2: I'm all set. 747 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:19,200 Speaker 5: Thank you. 748 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:20,680 Speaker 6: I wy say way about you. 749 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:22,879 Speaker 1: You're incredible the work that you're doing, and I can't 750 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:24,040 Speaker 1: thank you enough for having me on. 751 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:27,080 Speaker 2: This was ch Oh, my gosh, I'm so impressive, so impressive, Lexi. 752 00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:29,239 Speaker 2: Continue to do the work that you're doing. You are 753 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,759 Speaker 2: so annointed and so special. So thank you so much 754 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:33,440 Speaker 2: for taking the time to be on naked and being 755 00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:36,040 Speaker 2: as honest as you are. It's refreshing, it really is. 756 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:38,480 Speaker 6: Thank you. It was my pleasure, my fleshment. 757 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:43,400 Speaker 2: As I say on my show, People Drop gems. She 758 00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:45,759 Speaker 2: reminded me. I said what's next, and she was like, 759 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:47,400 Speaker 2: how do you want to treat yourself? And she was like, 760 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:50,560 Speaker 2: just being soft, taking care of me, be easy on myself, 761 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:53,319 Speaker 2: being easy on myself. I wish I would have known 762 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:55,759 Speaker 2: to be easy on myself at nineteen years old, right 763 00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:58,640 Speaker 2: as she gets ready to approach twenty. I want to 764 00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:01,000 Speaker 2: thank Lexi for coming on the show because it was 765 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:04,279 Speaker 2: really special. I also would like to just take a 766 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:09,400 Speaker 2: moment to highlight something that is really ironic, not even ironic. 767 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:11,320 Speaker 2: I don't know if that is the right word, but 768 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:16,000 Speaker 2: after listening to nineteen year old Lexi Underwood, I think 769 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:18,759 Speaker 2: about a twenty three year old Ja Morant. You all 770 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:23,120 Speaker 2: know that my world is sports, and most recently, Ja 771 00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:26,760 Speaker 2: is in trouble again for waiving another gun on social media. 772 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:29,680 Speaker 2: And sometimes I say, what is going on with this generation? 773 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,160 Speaker 2: Y'all so young and dumb, and y'all don't know what's 774 00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:36,120 Speaker 2: going on? And then you get a jewel like Lexi. 775 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:40,280 Speaker 2: She comes on the show and she impresses me about 776 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:44,200 Speaker 2: about everything, all the things she would like to accomplish 777 00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:45,960 Speaker 2: in life. And then I think of a Ja who 778 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:49,200 Speaker 2: I get really concerned about and quite frankly, have lost 779 00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:52,800 Speaker 2: empathy for. He is arguably one of the biggest faces 780 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:56,080 Speaker 2: of the NBA at twenty three years old. His talent 781 00:38:56,360 --> 00:39:01,040 Speaker 2: is lights out. He's really an anointed special player, and 782 00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:04,600 Speaker 2: my hope is that he gets help. My hope is 783 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:07,640 Speaker 2: that he is kind on himself. As Lexi said, My. 784 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:08,520 Speaker 5: Hope is that. 785 00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:15,120 Speaker 2: He is going through a period of growing pains and 786 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:18,240 Speaker 2: that he finds himself in a situation where people truly 787 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:22,120 Speaker 2: help him and want to take care of him. I'm 788 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:29,040 Speaker 2: encouraged by Lexi. I'm encouraged by the way in which 789 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 2: she moves in the world, and that means I too 790 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:36,279 Speaker 2: can be encouraged by Jahn Morant. I can see he 791 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:40,360 Speaker 2: can turn a page. That is my hope, that is 792 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:44,200 Speaker 2: my message and that's just something I wanted to share. 793 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:45,720 Speaker 5: With you anyway. 794 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,359 Speaker 2: With that being said, I hope you enjoyed this edition 795 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:50,160 Speaker 2: of Naked. I'll see y'all next week.