Speaker 1: Misspelling with Tori Spelling and iHeartRadio podcast. Okay, I just
Speaker 1: officially took my kids on the first vacation as a
Speaker 1: single mom alone with five children. Oh boy, so grateful.
Speaker 1: We had the best time. I mean, oh am I kidding,
Speaker 1: I'm a mom. I need a vacation from my vacation.
Speaker 1: But the kids had such a great time, and I
Speaker 1: felt like this was the right time. They've been through
Speaker 1: a lot in the last couple of years and we
Speaker 1: haven't been able to go places and do things, and
Speaker 1: I really for this spring break. I was like, you
Speaker 1: know what, I want to make this happen and super grateful.
Speaker 1: We went to Atlantis in the Bahamas, Bahama Mama here,
Speaker 1: and they were so lovely and just provide it such
Speaker 1: an amazing environment and time for us, and it was great. Okay,
Speaker 1: let me start at the beginning. First of all, I
Speaker 1: just got to say, I came back from my vacation
Speaker 1: and this is the only thing I came back with.
Speaker 1: Nice thanks. What does it say? It says Bahamas? Oh yeah.
Speaker 2: When I describe it for the fans, oh, it's a.
Speaker 1: It's a booby mug clack. It's quite literally a boob
Speaker 1: mug so I used to when I was younger, and
Speaker 1: I haven't traveled that many places because my fear of flying.
Speaker 1: And you know, it's my new chapter, Tory two point zero,
Speaker 1: and I'm trying to let go of that and really
Speaker 1: do experiences with my children and create memories. So when
Speaker 1: I was younger, though, whenever I would go away, which
Speaker 1: was usually for work, like to go do a TV
Speaker 1: movie or anything. I don't even know why, I would
Speaker 1: always get a shot glass and it wasn't for like
Speaker 1: drinking purposes. But yeah, so I have this like insane
Speaker 1: shock glass collection from like, you know, a TV movie
Speaker 1: in you know, Charleston, South Carolina, you know, every place
Speaker 1: in Canada, like you know, and the places I did
Speaker 1: visit and I have actually been to. We went to Nassau,
Speaker 1: which I think there's seven hundred islands in the Bahamas,
Speaker 1: which I did not know. Nasau is the capital and
Speaker 1: it's just like growing exponentially every year. So I was
Speaker 1: here twice. I came once on a celebrity like one
Speaker 1: of those celebrity trips. I and Zering was there with me,
Speaker 1: my brother was with me, a bunch of other celebrities.
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, Jean Claude van Dam last time. Let
Speaker 1: me take that again. Jean Claude van Dam. The first
Speaker 1: time I was in the Bahamas, was there on the
Speaker 1: celebrity trip and at the time along with Chris Jenner
Speaker 1: and then at the time Bruce Jenner. So that was
Speaker 1: a fun experience, and Jean Claude van Dam had quite
Speaker 1: a fancy for me, and he kept coming up but
Speaker 1: he couldn't say my name, and he'd come up to
Speaker 1: me and be like lor oh, Lori, and I'm like,
Speaker 1: and Iron's like Sean Claude vandamn. Like at the time,
Speaker 1: he was like huge, and he was like, you gotta
Speaker 1: go for it. He's gonna put you in a blockbuster
Speaker 1: like action film. And I was like, I'm not that girl.
Speaker 1: I'm not like a casting couch girl. And I was like,
Speaker 1: and he keeps calling me Lori, and he's like Sean
Speaker 1: Claude Vandamn. He can call you whatever he wants. And
Speaker 1: I was like, okay, Laurie. It is so to this
Speaker 1: day my brother Randy and I Randy always looks at
Speaker 1: me and goes lor and I'm like, yep, anyway, I
Speaker 1: didn't go for it. Yeah, could have been a huge movie. Star.
Speaker 1: Oh well. But the second time I was in the Bahamas,
Speaker 1: I came for Jason Priestley's wedding. Ruthan, you were there.
Speaker 2: I was.
Speaker 1: Did you say that with a question? No, I said,
Speaker 1: oh I was, I was, you were and we were
Speaker 1: there and Jason new we got married in the Bahamas
Speaker 1: and it was really really fun. It was great, great weekend.
Speaker 1: That was such a great trip. And yeah, that was
Speaker 1: all before kids. So this is my first time there
Speaker 1: with kids. And it was like to begin with, it
Speaker 1: was like, you know, I'm doing everything on my own. Now,
Speaker 1: I'm my brain doesn't process things like oh my gosh,
Speaker 1: booking flights doing like I don't have an assistant, Like
Speaker 1: it's like, uh so, just just booking the flights alone
Speaker 1: for six humans was like, oh my gosh. And of course,
Speaker 1: you know, you know, kids are kids, and they're like, oh,
Speaker 1: are we in first class? I'm like nope. Are we
Speaker 1: in business? I'm like nope. So it was a pack flight,
Speaker 1: so we got a direct flight there. It was like
Speaker 1: the last seats available, very last row of the plane.
Speaker 1: But Bo was so excited and I realized, like he's
Speaker 1: been to Mexico before, he's been to Maui, but he
Speaker 1: doesn't remember because he just turned eight, so you know,
Speaker 1: his memories like he kind of remembers Maui, but not really.
Speaker 1: So for him, he was like, oh my gosh. He
Speaker 1: was elated. This was like really truly his first vacation.
Speaker 1: And he started packing like days before, which I'm like,
Speaker 1: you are not my son, because if you know me,
Speaker 1: you know me. And I throw everything in a bag
Speaker 1: thirty minutes before we leave for the airport. That's a
Speaker 1: lot like fifteen Dan stress it. Ruthanna and I go
Speaker 1: on work trips all the time. That stresses her out
Speaker 1: really well, A list you have to medicate. She sends
Speaker 1: me a list the day before and I'm like, that
Speaker 1: is so kind of you, and you took the time
Speaker 1: to do that. Do you think I'm going to look
Speaker 1: at a list.
Speaker 2: I haven't known to come over and pack for you
Speaker 2: because I just can't handle worrying that you won't be
Speaker 2: backed and believe.
Speaker 1: Well, you usually get here and you're like are you
Speaker 1: ready and I'm like nope, and they're like okay, let's go. Okay.
Speaker 1: So Bo was packing days before and he had a
Speaker 1: T shirt picked out for every day and underwear for
Speaker 1: every day pants shorts. I'm like, dude, we're not going
Speaker 1: to need that, Like you're it's vacation, you're going to
Speaker 1: be in the same thing. But he was too excited,
Speaker 1: so he was bringing everything. And then he was like
Speaker 1: shriping toys. I'm like, you're gonna need toys, like you're
Speaker 1: gonna be out there doing so many things. Anyway, it
Speaker 1: was it was a good flight. You know. He asked,
Speaker 1: as all kids do, are we there yet? Are we
Speaker 1: there yet? That doesn't just happen in the car, It
Speaker 1: happens on planes too, And I was like, well, nope,
Speaker 1: four more hours, Nope, three more hours. And our flight
Speaker 1: there didn't have like the TVs or anything, so I
Speaker 1: was like, oh boy. And then he's like, oh, snacks.
Speaker 1: He wanted snacks and I'm like, oh my god. And
Speaker 1: you know, they didn't have meals on the plane, so
Speaker 1: we dealt with that. He had some like pretzels and stuff.
Speaker 1: But anyway, he was just so excited to get there
Speaker 1: and we landed. It was beautiful. Well we landed at night,
Speaker 1: so it was beautiful, but we couldn't see everything. And
Speaker 1: I said, just wait in the morning, you guys, you're
Speaker 1: gonna see, it's gonna be like crystal blue waters. We're
Speaker 1: on an island. It's gonna be so great. The hotel
Speaker 1: picked us up, got us to Atlantis, and in Atlantis
Speaker 1: we had Butler surface and I was like, I mean,
Speaker 1: you know me, I can't ask for anything, like I
Speaker 1: feel bad asking anybody to do anything for me ever,
Speaker 1: like not worthy, not worthy. And we got there and
Speaker 1: they were like, oh my gosh, you know my kids.
Speaker 1: Of course my kids go, uh did we see a Starbucks?
Speaker 1: Heer And I was like, oh my god, you got
Speaker 1: to Bahamas and that's what you noticed in the hotel
Speaker 1: walking up because I'm pointing out, like this hotel they
Speaker 1: have like they have everything. They have like different towers.
Speaker 1: I think they have fun different towers. It's expansive, it's
Speaker 1: huge something for everyone. You really don't have to leave
Speaker 1: the resort, which we didn't, and you can do so
Speaker 1: many different activities anything and everything. Oh we had so
Speaker 1: many plans, you know they had you could go like
Speaker 1: swim with the dolphins. Oh of course, my kids because
Speaker 1: we have pigs. We're like we read on TikTok or
Speaker 1: we saw on TikTok that you can go swimming with
Speaker 1: the pigs and so on the way there, we asked
Speaker 1: the driver. We were like, oh, you know, tell us
Speaker 1: some great things like and I was like, you know,
Speaker 1: if we do venture off, you know, out of the resort,
Speaker 1: we like, you know, not anything touristy or fancy. We
Speaker 1: want like really like like great food and like where
Speaker 1: you know, locals eat like we want want that experience.
Speaker 1: We like trying new food and everything. And then I said, okay,
Speaker 1: I got to ask you. My kid's asking about swimming
Speaker 1: at the pigs and he's like not a fan. And
Speaker 1: I was like why And my son, Finn goes because
Speaker 1: they poop everywhere. Have you seen those videos? And it's
Speaker 1: in literally the videos that people being like, oh my gosh,
Speaker 1: I'm swimming with the pigs. I'm playing with the pigs,
Speaker 1: And then it's like that on Instagram versus the reality
Speaker 1: that there's someone in the water that literally is going
Speaker 1: behind and just scooping up poop because they're just pooping everywhere.
Speaker 1: No way, you just burst my bubble. But I know
Speaker 1: Finn looked it up and he showed me. He's like, Mom,
Speaker 1: don't do this. He's so nice. He goes, don't waste
Speaker 1: our money. On this he goes the pigs poop everywhere.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be messy, it's going to get everywhere. No
Speaker 1: one wants that. And I was like, no, no, no, no,
Speaker 1: we don't want that. So we did not do that.
Speaker 1: But there was like a the at Atlantis that you
Speaker 1: can go like swim with the dolphins and play time
Speaker 1: with the steamrays and go fishing and do all that stuff.
Speaker 1: We had all these big plans, but honestly we were
Speaker 1: so happy just going down to the pools every day.
Speaker 1: Oh the water park. They have a water park. That
Speaker 1: was big success. The kids loved that we were there
Speaker 1: every day. That was like huge. Going back to our
Speaker 1: butler the first night, Valentina, and you become like family
Speaker 1: with everyone. I got to say, everyone in the Bahamas,
Speaker 1: especially at Atlantis, huge hearts. Everyone is kind everyone is positive,
Speaker 1: and it's very refreshing nowadays coming from the States that
Speaker 1: we're in, going somewhere where people are just all positive
Speaker 1: leading with kindness, you know, just happy and just the
Speaker 1: kindness was unbelievable. So but Valentina says, oh, I was like, oh,
Speaker 1: my kid's like, oh Starbucks, and she's like, oh yeah,
Speaker 1: And I was like Okay, well, if you're going to
Speaker 1: get up in the morning, go to Starbucks, like we
Speaker 1: could go down and have breakfast, like you can get
Speaker 1: Starbucks anywhere. And she was like, no, give us the order.
Speaker 1: We will place the order for Starbucks. And I was
Speaker 1: like what. I was like, oh no, no, no, I
Speaker 1: don't feel worthy. I can't ask for things. She's like, well,
Speaker 1: she's like I'm going to change that. She's like, you're
Speaker 1: going to learn to ask for things on this trip
Speaker 1: because that is what this experience is about. We are
Speaker 1: here to help. And I was like, oh my god,
Speaker 1: thank you. So yeah, so the kids got Starbucks every
Speaker 1: single morning. I'm like pointless whatever. But AnyWho, being a
Speaker 1: big family, you know, we always have to have rooms
Speaker 1: where we double up. And they had this beautiful suite
Speaker 1: that they put us in where we had two bedrooms,
Speaker 1: so Bo and I were in one and then two
Speaker 1: queen beds in one room, so Liam and Finn and
Speaker 1: Stella and Hattie. Although Hattie's Hattie said that Finn was
Speaker 1: on his device talking to his friends back in La
Speaker 1: like great, how much did that cost?
Speaker 2: Uh?
Speaker 1: Most of the nights, so she slept on the couch
Speaker 1: every night to get some sleep. But it's definitely Mike.
Speaker 1: I'm lucky my kids sleep in and this isn't a
Speaker 1: me thing, Like, well, I like to sleep too, but
Speaker 1: having kids, I'm up every day, Like I just wake
Speaker 1: up at like six or seven, but I'll chill and
Speaker 1: just lay there. If they're not up, I'm like, cool,
Speaker 1: this is some meantime I can get some work done. Yeah. Anyway,
Speaker 1: so they slept late, like every day, so by the
Speaker 1: time we would get down to the pool, it was like,
Speaker 1: you know, half a day and it's like okay, but
Speaker 1: they have a lounge there, so they would go up
Speaker 1: and have breakfast. Bo was a huge fan of the
Speaker 1: chicken sausages. He says, no pork, my good boy, chicken sausages.
Speaker 1: He got that. Every day, he got orange juice. Mama
Speaker 1: had an espresso and a mimosa. Why because I deserve it.
Speaker 1: And it was really funny. Before we left for the trip,
Speaker 1: my daughter Stella, we had gone to Rolling Loud, first
Speaker 1: music festival that I've ever been to in my life
Speaker 1: aside from like iHeart experiences, but like at two day
Speaker 1: like music festival and it's called Rolling Loud and it's
Speaker 1: rap music and some of my kids were like, oh
Speaker 1: my god, we're super into it. So we got tickets,
Speaker 1: and of course, single mom here I had to take them.
Speaker 1: And I was like, oh my god, it's just like
Speaker 1: thousands of people and they're just dancing and jumping, and
Speaker 1: I'm sure, you know a lot of people are intoxicated.
Speaker 1: It's just like loud music. And I'm like, oh my gosh.
Speaker 1: I'm a good mom. I'm a really good mom. But anyway,
Speaker 1: she got her toes stepped on so hard at one
Speaker 1: of the performances that her toenails turned black and blue
Speaker 1: and one toenail came off. It was that bad. So
Speaker 1: she was worried going to you know, another country and
Speaker 1: being you know, in the pool or the ocean and
Speaker 1: the sand with the toenails. So the day before we
Speaker 1: got in to see a podiatrist and we went and
Speaker 1: he said to me, okay, you know, he patched her up.
Speaker 1: She was okay, and it's fine, but he said, oh,
Speaker 1: where are you going? He said, oh, the Bahamas And
Speaker 1: he said oh with who, Like, are you bringing help?
Speaker 1: And I said no, no, I don't have that, like
Speaker 1: it's literally just me. And he knew I'm getting divorced,
Speaker 1: and he said, are you medicating? What medicine are you taking?
Speaker 1: I was like, oh, shoot, I don't have anything. That
Speaker 1: was my first clue, like, oh my god, Oh my god,
Speaker 1: am I going to be okay? But yeah, so yeah,
Speaker 1: it was definitely tricky being a single parent with five kids.
Speaker 1: Now a lot of people will say to me, my
Speaker 1: friends will say like, oh, but they're older and the
Speaker 1: older ones will take care of the younger one. I'm like,
Speaker 1: have you met my kids? Oh? Boy? You know, and
Speaker 1: it's their spring break. They each want to do their
Speaker 1: own different thing and they do travel as a group.
Speaker 1: But you know Stella immediately, she's very social. She met friends.
Speaker 1: So she had like teen friends the entire time from
Speaker 1: different parts of you know, the country that she met,
Speaker 1: and she would hang out with them and go do stuff.
Speaker 1: And one of our closest friends happened to be there.
Speaker 1: It was her last day there. We got to see
Speaker 1: her the first day and Liam did help. He was
Speaker 1: very helpful and he kind of stuck with me. And
Speaker 1: it was interesting because the legal drinking age there is eighteen,
Speaker 1: so he could legally have his first drink. And I
Speaker 1: was like, he was like, are you okay if I
Speaker 1: try something? I'm like, yeah, of course you're in the Bahamas.
Speaker 1: It's legal, you're eighteen. So he's like, okay, which I get.
Speaker 1: He got like I think he got a peanut Colada
Speaker 1: and he was like, this is so weird, mom, Like
Speaker 1: I'm able to drink here and they can gamble, which
Speaker 1: we didn't do. But it's interesting because legally they can't
Speaker 1: drive there till they're eighteen, but they can drink and
Speaker 1: gamble at eighteen, and here we can't drink gamble till
Speaker 1: we're twenty one, but you can drive at sixteen. So anyway,
Speaker 1: little facts, fun facts. Hattie when in ocean a lot.
Speaker 1: She loves snorkeling. She loved seeing all the fishes and
Speaker 1: doing that. Finn did the water park. I did. We
Speaker 1: did have a cabana and I had to I took
Speaker 1: photos multiple times to be like, uh, guys, the scenery's great,
Speaker 1: so you can look out, but if you're on your
Speaker 1: devices here in the defeats the whole purpose. Like we
Speaker 1: could have stayed home, you know, and put up on
Speaker 1: the TV, like the TV screen like an island picture,
Speaker 1: like it's beautiful out there, like go and one day
Speaker 1: the butler at the cabana. She was telling me. She
Speaker 1: was like, so, she's like, you guys, you have to
Speaker 1: get off your devices and tablets like and phones like
Speaker 1: and go out and do stuff. And she's like, you know,
Speaker 1: when your mom and I were young, because she's fifty,
Speaker 1: and she said, when we were young, we didn't have
Speaker 1: that stuff. And she's like, especially, you know, I grew
Speaker 1: up here on the island and there was nothing, and
Speaker 1: our parents would say, you know, get up in the
Speaker 1: morning and they'd be cleaning the house and they'd say
Speaker 1: go out, and we'd have to go outdoors and you know,
Speaker 1: make friends with lizards and make our own toys and
Speaker 1: climb trees and you know, have fun outdoors and we
Speaker 1: couldn't come back in until it was like the sun
Speaker 1: was setting. And then she said, but she said the
Speaker 1: highlight was at this time when she was growing up.
Speaker 1: She said, we had one TV channel, and that one
Speaker 1: TV channel and it didn't start. TV didn't come on
Speaker 1: till five PM. She said, So growing up, like kids
Speaker 1: would be like, oh my gosh, we don't like have
Speaker 1: clocks and stuff, so we don't know and we see
Speaker 1: the sun start to go down and we're like, oh,
Speaker 1: is it almost time. Is it almost time? And we
Speaker 1: go in and you're allowed to watch TV from five
Speaker 1: to eight pm, and she said I would always watch
Speaker 1: nine oh two one zero and I said, oh my gosh,
Speaker 1: thank you so much. She goes that. She goes, and
Speaker 1: my other favorite show, she goes, I Love you a lot,
Speaker 1: she goes, but my favorite was Punky Brewster and I said,
Speaker 1: oh my god, Sole Moonfries one of my closest friends.
Speaker 1: I said, so I texted Sole and Karne was her
Speaker 1: name in the exchanged texts, and Karine was like, oh
Speaker 1: my gosh, I can't believe this. Super excited, but it
Speaker 1: was just so interesting that it's so different for us.
Speaker 1: And I was hoping the kids were hearing this and
Speaker 1: like and then she goes to Bo. She goes and Finn.
Speaker 1: She was like, so do you guys know marbles? And
Speaker 1: Bo was like, I know marbles and she's like, you do,
Speaker 1: I'm impressed. So you do know games and getting outdoors
Speaker 1: and playing stuff, And he goes, I know marbles. They
Speaker 1: played it in squid games and if you didn't play
Speaker 1: it right, you died. Like yep, there you go. So
Speaker 1: that's how he knew about marbles. Interesting. So anyway, that
Speaker 1: was one of the games and squid games, play marbles
Speaker 1: and yeah, anyway, I have a question. Yes, if you
Speaker 1: don't mind, please the butler. Uh huh.
Speaker 2: I pictured the butler just sort of being on call
Speaker 2: near your room.
Speaker 1: But you said the butler was also at the pool.
Speaker 2: So was the butler just following you around wherever you
Speaker 2: guys went, like in a butler outfit holding.
Speaker 1: A tray kind of thing. Like what I got understand?
Speaker 1: You just said that I felt so shamed because of
Speaker 1: my childhood. Like I want to like get defensive and
Speaker 1: be like, no, no, we didn't have that. Yes, yes
Speaker 1: you do. That's crazy but awesome. So they have the
Speaker 1: butler service, like in your tower and you go on
Speaker 1: WhatsApp and you have a group chat with everybody. So
Speaker 1: it was hold on with everybody in your group or
Speaker 1: everybody in the tower. No, you get a group chat
Speaker 1: and they titled it uh Tory's Family Vacation and it
Speaker 1: was I was on it, Liam Stella, Hattie and Finn
Speaker 1: and all of the butlers and people that worked in
Speaker 1: the lounge in Atlantis. Everyone could pipe in so if
Speaker 1: we ever needed anything or had questions, you know, reservations
Speaker 1: for dinner, the like that we could ask in the chat.
Speaker 1: But then at the pool, if you have a cabana,
Speaker 1: they have butler service at the cabana. So there's like
Speaker 1: room butlers and pool butlers. Does that make sense? It does?
Speaker 1: Yeah and yeah. And the first day I was like,
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, poor fifth child. Yeah, poor, he's so spoiled.
Speaker 1: He only has one bathing suit and he had outgrown it.
Speaker 1: And I said, you know what, don't worry. We're going
Speaker 1: to the Bahamas. We're going to Atlantis. They have everything.
Speaker 1: It's like the shopping mecca there. Don't worry. We can
Speaker 1: get a bathing suit. And he said, okay, okay. So
Speaker 1: the first day I said on the WhatsApp group chat
Speaker 1: with the butlers, I said, excuse me, I said, Bow
Speaker 1: needs a bathing suit. Could you tell me where a
Speaker 1: store is located that I can go down and get it.
Speaker 1: And they said, oh no, no, no, we'll go for
Speaker 1: you and we'll take photos and send to you. I
Speaker 1: was like, oh my gosh, this is amazing. I said,
Speaker 1: oh my gosh. It was Dion, our butler. Dion. I said, okay, great,
Speaker 1: So he takes photos and he has them all laid
Speaker 1: out size eight of all the swim trunks, and I
Speaker 1: showed Bone, we're zooming in on the photo and you
Speaker 1: want to look, you want to look, and he picks one.
Speaker 1: I said, okay, great, awesome. So I picked the swim
Speaker 1: trunks and I said, is there a swim shirt to
Speaker 1: go with it? Yes? Me being me, I didn't ask
Speaker 1: any questions. So he brings up the bag and I
Speaker 1: immediately see it's like a designer bag, and I'm like,
Speaker 1: oh boy, and it's I always say the name wrong,
Speaker 1: Villa brick Quinn, Philip brick Quin, Billip brick Quin. Uh,
Speaker 1: it's fancy, you guys, It's fancy, and it's yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: we shop at like Target and stuff. So it was like,
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, bad on me that I didn't ask.
Speaker 1: But I was like, oh, whoa, this is like I
Speaker 1: remember when, like back in the day and we had
Speaker 1: tons of money, like I think one time I got
Speaker 1: Dean and Liam when he was a baby, like matching
Speaker 1: ones for like Father's Day and you know, live in
Speaker 1: the life. But I was like, oh god, no, not now,
Speaker 1: Oh my god, how much.
Speaker 2: We get sixty dollars one hundred fifty dollars for a
Speaker 2: pair of little boys swim.
Speaker 1: Trunks that is, and a swim shirt you guys.
Speaker 2: No, no, online, that's just for the trucks.
Speaker 1: So I mean, so one hundred and sixty and then
Speaker 1: probably another one hundred and sixty at least for the top.
Speaker 1: And I'm just like, oh my god. But I'm embarrassed,
Speaker 1: so I can't say anything. I'm like, they're great, They're beautiful.
Speaker 1: I'm like, bo, you better wear these every fucking day
Speaker 1: of your life. Uh No, I'm just kidding fish. But anyway,
Speaker 1: he did. He woarmed the whole trip. He looked super cute.
Speaker 1: So anyway, we had amazing time. We went with kool Aid,
Speaker 1: who they were like, we're gonna give you a VIP
Speaker 1: tour guide at the water park and I'm like, oh
Speaker 1: my gosh, this is so fancy. I'm like, okay. And
Speaker 1: his name, literally, you guys, is kool Aid. And he's
Speaker 1: not just like a VIP tour guy. He is the
Speaker 1: face of Atlantis and Bahamas. He's like Internet famous. And
Speaker 1: he was telling me like all the influencers and he
Speaker 1: was like Charlie, M'meleon and Dixie and like all these people.
Speaker 1: I was like, uh, but my kids were like ooh
Speaker 1: and yeah. He was like, oh, I've had everyone here
Speaker 1: and I was like he was super cool. So he
Speaker 1: took us through the water park. Bo of course, I
Speaker 1: was terrified, and also I like didn't want to ruin
Speaker 1: my like extensions because I was like, once they get wet,
Speaker 1: I'm screwed for the rest of the trip. I was
Speaker 1: an excuse, I'm just scared. But BO went on because
Speaker 1: he hit the requirement on a drop, a water slide
Speaker 1: that is sixty feet and I'm like what And I'm
Speaker 1: like cool, like wait wait, I'm like panicking like you're
Speaker 1: Muff's bow. I'm like is this safe? And he's like yes,
Speaker 1: he's like the kids go every day like he's fine,
Speaker 1: he's fine, like younger kids than him, I've gone and
Speaker 1: he was fine. He loved it, and then the older
Speaker 1: kids went on one that's one hundred and eight foot drop.
Speaker 1: I was like, oh my gosh. Meanwhile, like what mom. Here,
Speaker 1: I go on the rapid rivers and it was like
Speaker 1: the Lazy River. And there's like one thing where you
Speaker 1: get to on your inner tube. BO and I are
Speaker 1: in a double inner two and you get to it
Speaker 1: and it like slowly goes down on a mechanical hill,
Speaker 1: like you there. It wasn't like a whoosh slide, It
Speaker 1: just slowly goes down. I screamed so loud. Bo's like, mom,
Speaker 1: I'm like that's weird. So anyway, so that happened. So
Speaker 1: the water park, huge hit, pool, huge hit. I made
Speaker 1: friends at the adult bar. I was like, I really
Speaker 1: didn't get any like me time, Like I was with
Speaker 1: the kids the entire time, and I felt guilty. Oh
Speaker 1: my gosh. I did have a moment though. I took
Speaker 1: a picture where Stella and I we both had full
Speaker 1: sunscreen on seventy and we laid out on lounge chairs
Speaker 1: together on our tummies. I haven't done that. I haven't
Speaker 1: laid out like since I was in my twenties, like
Speaker 1: because I was having kids, Like you don't have a
Speaker 1: moment to lay out. And we laid down on two
Speaker 1: lounge chairs on the sand and had the best time.
Speaker 1: I mean it was only for like twenty minutes, but
Speaker 1: I was like, this is such a bonding moment. And
Speaker 1: I'm proud to say that. Everyone calls me a hoarder,
Speaker 1: but I'm a collector. Thank goodness, I kept all of
Speaker 1: Now they're back in my juicy couture and ed hardy
Speaker 1: bikinis from the nineties because Stella wears them all, which
Speaker 1: I'm super proud. But I forgot bathing suits as well,
Speaker 1: and I was like, I'm not going to buy one here,
Speaker 1: and Stella's like, oh, I have yours. So I put
Speaker 1: back on my juicy bikini from the nineties and I
Speaker 1: was like, oh my gosh and my ed hardy bikini
Speaker 1: and I felt super good. Anyway, I went to the
Speaker 1: adult school for like one second and then went to
Speaker 1: the bar and got my Whispering Angel rose mixed with
Speaker 1: club soda for hydration, of course, and I met this
Speaker 1: amazing bartender there and he was so great. His name
Speaker 1: is Charlton. I just want to give a shout out
Speaker 1: to him because he was so kind because he was
Speaker 1: like playing it cool till another woman that worked there
Speaker 1: came over and I'm blanking on her name, but she
Speaker 1: was lovely as well, and she was like, well, she
Speaker 1: came over first, and she was like, I know you,
Speaker 1: doctor nine O two ande o, And that made me
Speaker 1: laugh because nine O two and oh, but people always
Speaker 1: accuse me of having countless plastic surgery. So I was like, yep,
Speaker 1: I'll take that and anyway, she was like, I know you,
Speaker 1: and then he was like, I want you to know
Speaker 1: that I know you as well. I just want to
Speaker 1: say anything, and he was like, you're a warrior, you're
Speaker 1: a champion, you're inspiring, You've been through so much and
Speaker 1: I just want you to know I'm proud of you.
Speaker 1: And I was like, oh my god, that meant so much.
Speaker 1: And yeah, when I did my interview with Brittany, that's
Speaker 1: why I wanted to tell her I was proud of her,
Speaker 1: because I was like someone you don't know, like he
Speaker 1: made my entire trip saying that, because it hit my
Speaker 1: heart so hard because I was like, you know what, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm doing a good job. Life is not easy. There's
Speaker 1: been ups and downs, but I have kind kids. I've
Speaker 1: raised them to be kind. I'm doing experiences with them
Speaker 1: and I just keep going. And he was just like
Speaker 1: I see you, and I know what you do and
Speaker 1: you don't. He goes you get knocked down, and I
Speaker 1: was like, and I get up again. You know me
Speaker 1: always making jokes and he was like you do and
Speaker 1: you will continue to and you'll keep going. And I
Speaker 1: was like, thank you. I needed to hear that. But
Speaker 1: they were amazing. We went out to some awesome dinners.
Speaker 1: Two kids did lose their phones during the stay, but
Speaker 1: Life three sixty, Thank goodness, we're able to track them
Speaker 1: found them on the property. Very kind people. They turned
Speaker 1: them back in, so we got those back. I did
Speaker 1: have a little tummy issue one day, and it was
Speaker 1: like a stomach virus. Like it wasn't from the food there,
Speaker 1: but I was is in the cabana, which had its
Speaker 1: own bathroom by the way chic and I was sitting
Speaker 1: there and the kids were on the sand plane getting
Speaker 1: shells and everything. And Ruthan's gonna hate that, she hates
Speaker 1: the poop talk, but it was coming out of both ends,
Speaker 1: and I was like sitting there diarrhea and I'm throwing
Speaker 1: up in the trash can, and I was like, you
Speaker 1: know what, positive note, I'm in the Bahamas. I'm here
Speaker 1: and it's beautiful, and I'm in a sheet cabana, So
Speaker 1: if it could happen anywhere, it's happening here. And then
Speaker 1: we had all these amazing dinners. We got to go
Speaker 1: to Nobu and conk is the big thing there, Like
Speaker 1: they have their version of conk everywhere that's like their
Speaker 1: local and so we had conk many different ways, many
Speaker 1: different places, and went to Nobu. That was a highlight
Speaker 1: because we love sushi and the kids were super excited.
Speaker 1: And then we had Easter, so we flew out on
Speaker 1: Easter Sunday at night on a connecting flight, but we
Speaker 1: got to celebrate Easter there and both was like, but
Speaker 1: the Easter Bundy's not going to come. I'm like, dude,
Speaker 1: you're in the Bahamas. The Easter Bunny travels the world.
Speaker 1: He's going to know you're here. So I said, did
Speaker 1: they have an Easter egg hunt here? And they said
Speaker 1: it's in the rapid rivers and I was like, oh cool.
Speaker 1: And I was like okay, Bo, let's go. So they
Speaker 1: had different age groups because what they do is you
Speaker 1: go on your you know, floats, inner tubes down the
Speaker 1: rapid Lazy River and they toss in foam eggs. They
Speaker 1: give the kids a bag, they fill it up, and
Speaker 1: then at the end they give it back and they
Speaker 1: give them a bag of candy. So they're they're pretty
Speaker 1: hard foam eggs. And we're going down and Bo's like, look, look,
Speaker 1: and he's so excited. He's like, this is the best
Speaker 1: Easter ever. And he's collecting eggs. And then I see
Speaker 1: the older kids and I was like, okay, no, no, no,
Speaker 1: we're here in this age group. And I noticed the
Speaker 1: older kids because they're chucking these foamags, which they hurt,
Speaker 1: and they're chucking them with the little kids and they're
Speaker 1: hitting bow in the head. And I'm like, okay, I
Speaker 1: look at this kid, and I said, excuse me. And
Speaker 1: I won't speak up for myself, but Mama bear are
Speaker 1: always for my kid. I said, excuse me, excuse me.
Speaker 1: I said, you just hit my son in the head.
Speaker 1: Would you mind not doing that again? And he was
Speaker 1: like okay, bro, and I was like, one, I'm not
Speaker 1: your fucking bro, and two, don't hit my kid in
Speaker 1: the head. But I was like, I didn't say anything.
Speaker 1: I was like, I was like, okay, thank you so much.
Speaker 1: And he proceeds to keep doing it. So I'm like, okay, okay.
Speaker 1: I was at the breaking point. And this kid, he
Speaker 1: has to be like sixteen, seventeen eighteen. I don't know
Speaker 1: why he and his friends were even in there. They
Speaker 1: must have slipped in because security's really great there, and
Speaker 1: I like paddle up to him, catch up to him,
Speaker 1: and by the time I get there, He's now looking
Speaker 1: at me, and I said, really quietly, I said, come here,
Speaker 1: come here, and I said, bo earmuffs, and I said,
Speaker 1: you hit my kid in the head with a foam
Speaker 1: egg one more time, and I'm going to come back
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna fucking throat punch you. And he looked
Speaker 1: at me and he goes understood and he stopped. So
Speaker 1: it was a mom will win. So that was the
Speaker 1: wrap up of our easter. We got on a plane.
Speaker 1: The kids were like, oh my god, we didn't get souvenirs.
Speaker 1: I'm like, oh my god, you were just in the
Speaker 1: Bahamas for a week. This is her souvenir for LIFs.
Speaker 1: But we meet friends, we made family. Everybody there is
Speaker 1: obsessed with Nino two and oh. I felt like I
Speaker 1: was literally I've never felt more famous in my life.
Speaker 1: And you know, I have no ego. I don't ever
Speaker 1: say that, but like I was like Madonna in the Bahamas,
Speaker 1: like is that even a thing? Who's someone current? Sorry
Speaker 1: no offense to Madonna. I was like, but that's my generation.
Speaker 1: I was like the queen like it was crazy. One
Speaker 1: person even said to me, He's like, we get so
Speaker 1: many famous people here, and someone's like, oh, Jeff Bezos
Speaker 1: was here, and I was like, I don't care because
Speaker 1: look at now. He goes, I have tory spelling. I
Speaker 1: don't know Jeff Bezos and I was like, well you should. Actually,
Speaker 1: I'd like to go into space next. No, I'm just kidding,
Speaker 1: but I was like, I was like, oh no, no.
Speaker 1: And he's like, we know your face and we know
Speaker 1: your legacy and your dad like anyway. So I was like,
Speaker 1: you know, producer brain always on. I was like to Atlantis,
Speaker 1: I met all of them. I was like, they were like,
Speaker 1: we loved your show, the reality show Tory and Dean
Speaker 1: when you had the B and B. And I was like, oh,
Speaker 1: will wouldn't it be great if I bring the kids
Speaker 1: here and we could like live because they have residences.
Speaker 1: We could live here and we could do a new
Speaker 1: reality show here and or we could part of the year.
Speaker 1: And he was like, well, we'd have to put you
Speaker 1: to work, and I was like ding ding ding, put
Speaker 1: me to work. I was like, I'm a tory of
Speaker 1: old trades. I can do anything. I was like, oh
Speaker 1: my gosh, I like anyway. So I told kool Aid
Speaker 1: he has a run for his money because he's the
Speaker 1: face of Atlantis. I'm like, well, you got a new
Speaker 1: co host here, so anyway, moving to Atlantis. But we
Speaker 1: flew home long Tory story short, we had the best vacation.
Speaker 1: But wait, there's more. I was like, you know what,
Speaker 1: once you find home. I was like, we're coming back
Speaker 1: here every year. Willing, God willing. I was like, oh
Speaker 1: my gosh, we would like to make this. And they
Speaker 1: said people of generations keep coming back. And they're like, yes,
Speaker 1: keep coming. And then one day your kids will get married,
Speaker 1: they'll have kids, you'll have grandkids, great grandkids, and you'll
Speaker 1: all still be coming back to Atlantis. And I'm like done, Bahama, Mama, Bahama, grandma.
Speaker 1: Bring it on.