WEBVTT - Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi

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<v Speaker 1>That's okay, because no one here.

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<v Speaker 2>Is Hello tities. Nope, producers, do we have to bleep

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<v Speaker 2>that now?

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<v Speaker 3>No?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Well, I'll just keep work shopping it. Welcome to

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<v Speaker 2>teen Beat. I am your host, Danielle Fischel, the recent

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<v Speaker 2>Dancing with the Stars hopeful, current American Idol additional content host,

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<v Speaker 2>and former child star who spent every landmark moment of

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<v Speaker 2>her teenage years on TV. No matter what awkward phase

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<v Speaker 2>I entered, it was in front of a live studio

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<v Speaker 2>audience in a programming block with a teenage witch and

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<v Speaker 2>a talking cat. So on this show, I have flipped

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<v Speaker 2>the script. I'm talking to interesting people about their childhoods,

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<v Speaker 2>their pre adult existence, where a crush felt like life

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<v Speaker 2>and death, and weekends just meant more time on the

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<v Speaker 2>home phone or a few extra minutes polishing up that

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<v Speaker 2>aim away message. There's only so many my chemical romance

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<v Speaker 2>lyrics you can quote. I look at it like this.

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<v Speaker 2>I gave you my childhood. It's time we heard yours.

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<v Speaker 2>When the history books are written about the rise of

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<v Speaker 2>reality TV, our grandchildren will start at chapter one. An

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<v Speaker 2>analytical breakdown of the first foray in the docuseries format.

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<v Speaker 2>The real world but I'll be nearby, lounging in my

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<v Speaker 2>rocking chair, poppin' Werther's Originals and sippin' on some metamucil, laughing.

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<v Speaker 2>How forget that textbook? Emmanuel. Yeah, that's my grandchild's name, Emmanuel.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll say, sure, Real World was first, but it didn't

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<v Speaker 2>get good until two thousand and nine. Because that's the

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<v Speaker 2>true modern birth of unscripted. It's the premiere of MTV's

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<v Speaker 2>Jersey Shore. The Real World may have been the mole,

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<v Speaker 2>but Jersey Shore was the traders. It took the original

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<v Speaker 2>formula and perfected it so that decades to come were

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<v Speaker 2>now emulating the product of evolution. Influence becomes inspiration, imitation

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<v Speaker 2>becomes innovation, and everything in between became Italian. Only a

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<v Speaker 2>handful of TV stars from the past two decades have

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<v Speaker 2>affected the medium quite like my guests. This week, she

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<v Speaker 2>became the unforgettable scenes stealing human Beanie baby on the

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<v Speaker 2>cultural phenomenon that is Jersey Shore, one of the few

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<v Speaker 2>franchises that doesn't have Real housewives in the title that

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<v Speaker 2>continues to be a modern day cable tent pole. There's

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<v Speaker 2>celebrity and then there's celebrity, marked by things like most

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<v Speaker 2>popular Halloween costume of the year or recurring impression on SNL.

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<v Speaker 2>It would have been hard to find someone in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>ten who didn't know her name. Yet somehow she turned

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<v Speaker 2>getting wasted in her twenties and the assumption of only

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<v Speaker 2>having fifteen minutes of fame into a full fledged empire,

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<v Speaker 2>transitioning into a mom of three, a multi time bestselling author,

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<v Speaker 2>and a beloved entrepreneur. And now she's decided to share

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<v Speaker 2>even more of her life with the public, facing stage

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<v Speaker 2>one cervical cancer and hoping her diagnosis can push those

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<v Speaker 2>who grew up watching her to get those yearly checkups.

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<v Speaker 2>I know the feeling. So this week I'm thrilled to

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<v Speaker 2>welcome to teen Beat, a true story of perseverance. Nicole Polizzi,

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<v Speaker 2>professionally known as Snookie.

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<v Speaker 3>That is the cutest intro I think I've ever heard.

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<v Speaker 2>You are such a wonderful, inspirational person, and I'm so

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<v Speaker 2>happy to talk to you. And I already complimented your hair,

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<v Speaker 2>but I have to do it again. I think this

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<v Speaker 2>is the cutest haircut.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, thank you. I mean I definitely didn't do anything

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<v Speaker 3>with it this morning. It was in a bun I

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<v Speaker 3>just put it down because the kids are home from

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<v Speaker 3>spring break. I'm a mess over here, but thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I wanted to do like a bob, but not to Bobby. Right.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a bob for me because I've always had

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<v Speaker 3>long hair and extensions and I'm just over it. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>too old to like take care of myself like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen, I understand. I have also wanted a lob, but

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<v Speaker 2>all can't seem to get myself to cut my hair

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<v Speaker 2>or anything shorter than like boob length.

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<v Speaker 4>So you'll get there, and then you'll okay, great, Well,

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<v Speaker 4>my instinct is to call you snooky, but I also

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<v Speaker 4>want to respect Nicole, So you tell me.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to follow your lead. What do you like

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<v Speaker 2>to be cold?

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<v Speaker 3>I'll do both. I mean, I always said that snooky

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<v Speaker 3>is the brand I feel like when I started to

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<v Speaker 3>have kids, I was like, all right, like, I know,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, doing these interviews and they're calling me snooky.

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<v Speaker 3>But I was like kind of like in the transition

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<v Speaker 3>of like snooky is like the party girl, and now

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<v Speaker 3>I'm a mom, like just six months old, so I like,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't want to be known as a party girl anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>But like party girl turned mommy.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, so I kind of was.

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<v Speaker 3>I had a dilemma with it for a little bit,

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<v Speaker 3>but now it's just like whatever, like Snooky Knuckle, it

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<v Speaker 3>is what it is.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, So I want to talk to you about young

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<v Speaker 2>Nicole before the Snooky brand. What were you like as

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<v Speaker 2>a kid. Did you always have a big personality.

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<v Speaker 3>When I was comfortable and cozy around people. I feel

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<v Speaker 3>like I was super shy until I really hit like

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<v Speaker 3>my teenage years, like thirteen, But yeah, I was like

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<v Speaker 3>shy to meet people. I was shy to like get

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<v Speaker 3>out there, meet new friends. So my mom really had

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<v Speaker 3>to push me because I was like wrapped around my

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<v Speaker 3>mom's leg all the time. Then I think, once you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I hit like middle school and puberty, that's when I

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<v Speaker 3>was like okay, like social butterfly, I want to hang

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<v Speaker 3>out and you know, meet everybody. So I wasn't always

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<v Speaker 3>outgoing and like bubbly.

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<v Speaker 2>How I seem, Oh that's so interesting. I would often

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<v Speaker 2>think that people would usually not blossom in maybe what

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people consider to be the most awkward

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<v Speaker 2>years of adolescence, you know, like twelve thirteen, and yet

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<v Speaker 2>that's really when you felt like you found your stride

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<v Speaker 2>in your personality. What do you think it was about

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<v Speaker 2>that time of your life that just made your personality blossom.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know. I grew up as an only child,

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<v Speaker 3>so I was adopted, and I was just like attached

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<v Speaker 3>at the hips my mom, like anywhere we went. I

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<v Speaker 3>was just like, I don't know, I just always wanted

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<v Speaker 3>my mommy. I was I was, you know, the only child,

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<v Speaker 3>like just wanting to be with her her parents all

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<v Speaker 3>the time. Yeah. But like once, you know, I was

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<v Speaker 3>making friends and you know, teenage years, you're starting to

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<v Speaker 3>go to parties and like go out and do things,

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<v Speaker 3>go to the mall with your friends. I was like, okay, mom,

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<v Speaker 3>I love you, but like I think I'm gonna you know,

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<v Speaker 3>spread my wings then, you know, hang out with my

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<v Speaker 3>friends now. So I think it was just that.

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<v Speaker 2>What were you into as a kid. Did you have

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<v Speaker 2>any speci toys that you loved?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my god, POGs?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, I love the POGs.

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<v Speaker 3>I got the pog makers, so I meet all my POGs,

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<v Speaker 3>like I made instinct POGs, Backstreet Boy POGs. I still

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<v Speaker 3>have them.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my gosh, I love a boy band pog.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, and then Beanie Babies of course, of course beennie babies.

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<v Speaker 3>I collected the Mary Kay and Ashley like all of

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<v Speaker 3>their movies.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you still have your beanie babies?

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<v Speaker 3>I do? Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think being raised an only child gave you

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<v Speaker 2>I mean you said like when you were really young,

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<v Speaker 2>you were obsessed with your parents and maybe a little shy.

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<v Speaker 2>But do you think that having that security of being

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<v Speaker 2>an only child and being close to them through all

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<v Speaker 2>your young years gave you any sort of like main

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<v Speaker 2>character energy as a teenager?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes? Absolutely, Because when I met Jenny so Jenny on

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<v Speaker 3>the show j Wow, she's an only child too. So

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<v Speaker 3>once I started to like hang out with all the cast,

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<v Speaker 3>like everybody had siblings, me and Jenny were the only one.

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<v Speaker 3>So if it like it wasn't about us or we

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<v Speaker 3>weren't the number.

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<v Speaker 2>One, we were like what's this?

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<v Speaker 3>What is that? So it's kind of like we had

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<v Speaker 3>to get used to, you know, having having siblings. Literally

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<v Speaker 3>we all lived into the house because it's like we're

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<v Speaker 3>sharing things and it's not on our time and it's

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<v Speaker 3>not our world. So yes, it's definitely just like a shock,

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<v Speaker 3>Like you know, when you're an only child, it's literally

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<v Speaker 3>like you're spoiled. It's all about you, and then when

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<v Speaker 3>you know you're living with other people, it's like, oh

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<v Speaker 3>my god, like I hate this. I want I want

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<v Speaker 3>it to be all about me in my space and

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<v Speaker 3>being alone. So yeah, it was definitely a shock to

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<v Speaker 3>both of us. But I ended up, you know, eventually,

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<v Speaker 3>I ended up like getting a genealogist to like look

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<v Speaker 3>at everything because it was a close adoption. So my

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<v Speaker 3>mom had like a certain amount of papers and then

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<v Speaker 3>she she took that and you know, found my birth family.

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<v Speaker 3>So I do have one sister and one brother.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, Okay, so you do have siblings. You do have siblings. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>you have a brother and a sister. Have you met

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<v Speaker 2>your biological mother?

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<v Speaker 3>No? So I'm I'm still in the process of like

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<v Speaker 3>doing everything, and I did everything on the show, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>so like the fans can see it, and it's a

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<v Speaker 3>huge thing for me. I never I never thought that

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<v Speaker 3>I wanted to do that. So I did every single

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<v Speaker 3>process on the show of like meeting with the genealogists,

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<v Speaker 3>her finding out the information, giving me the binder so

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<v Speaker 3>I see what they look like and where they live.

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<v Speaker 3>And the furthest thing I got to was doing a

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<v Speaker 3>phone call with them. So we started doing like a

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<v Speaker 3>text and it was through Facebook because they're on Facebook.

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<v Speaker 3>So I had a translator and she had a translator.

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<v Speaker 3>But then like the texting was like it was just

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<v Speaker 3>so hard. Yeah, like can we call you so then

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<v Speaker 3>you can hear our voice and it'd be easier. And

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<v Speaker 3>then that was crazy because I didn't think I would

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<v Speaker 3>get so emotional with hearing her voice. Oh yeah, So

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<v Speaker 3>that that was crazy. And I think now the next

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<v Speaker 3>step would be FaceTime and then eventually, you know, going

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<v Speaker 3>to see her, but I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll see what happened one step at a time exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>You called yourself the Princess of Poughkeepsie though you tech her,

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<v Speaker 2>though you technically grew up in Marlborough. So may I

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<v Speaker 2>suggest that you now adopt the mama of Marlborough.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, yeah, I'll take my mama on Marlborough, Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>I like that. I literally, So I always went out

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<v Speaker 3>and Poughkeepsie, and I feel like I didn't want to

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<v Speaker 3>see Marlborough like where I was from, because it's just

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<v Speaker 3>fall town. No one's gonna know it on a map,

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<v Speaker 3>and Poughkeepsie's like across the bridge across the river, so

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<v Speaker 3>I always went there to like go out like that.

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<v Speaker 3>That was like my night life, like going to the

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<v Speaker 3>bars and the clubs and everywhere I went, like people

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<v Speaker 3>knew like, oh here she is, it's gonna be a

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<v Speaker 3>crazy night. So yeah, Princess of Poughkeepsie, Like I thought

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<v Speaker 3>that was so cool, and now I'm like, ugh, fringe.

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<v Speaker 2>We all look back at our things we thought were

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<v Speaker 2>very cool back then and cringe. Now, what did you

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<v Speaker 2>do for fun as a kid in Marlborough? You were?

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<v Speaker 2>Were you a cheerleader?

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<v Speaker 3>Yees? So I grew up on an apple orchard, so

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<v Speaker 3>it's literally like all apples everywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>Beauful.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I graduated with like one hundred and twenty kids,

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<v Speaker 3>so it was a small town. But like I loved

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<v Speaker 3>it and I missed it so much I wish I

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<v Speaker 3>could go back. But yeah, I grew up like quatting.

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<v Speaker 3>I grew up doing competitive gymnastics from like five to twelve,

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<v Speaker 3>and I did that for a while and then like

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<v Speaker 3>once I got older, I was like, this is too much.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not fun anymore. It feels like work and it

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<v Speaker 3>feels like I don't want to be here anymore, just

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<v Speaker 3>because I knew, Like I got to the level and

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<v Speaker 3>that was it, Like I'm not elevating. I was like

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<v Speaker 3>scared to do the bars. I was only good at

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<v Speaker 3>tumbling the beam I sucked. So I'm like, I'm not

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<v Speaker 3>going to get any anywhere else, right, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Didn't see a future for that.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm like, I hit my max. So then I was like,

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<v Speaker 3>I still want to I love tumbling, I love you know,

0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:10.800
<v Speaker 3>doing all that, So let me try cheer. So my

0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:14.400
<v Speaker 3>first year at cheer was in sixth grade, and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>tried out for the cheer team for the school and

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<v Speaker 3>I ended up just taking everything over. I was teaching

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<v Speaker 3>people how to tumble. I was like the coach teaching

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<v Speaker 3>people how to tumble. I made all the dances for

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<v Speaker 3>like the pep rally. So I really fell in love

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<v Speaker 3>with cheer. So I wish I did cheer from the beginning.

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<v Speaker 3>But no competitive gymnastics.

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<v Speaker 2>It's abast Yeah it is. My cousin was in competitive

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<v Speaker 2>gymnastics and she was incredible. But it's also very hard

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<v Speaker 2>on your body.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, very hard on your body, and I feel like

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<v Speaker 3>it stunt my growth a little bit. But no, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>pretty sure I'm supposed to be small.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway, Yeah, I'm only I actually just told somebody last night,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd say I'm five to one, but I'm pretty sure

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<v Speaker 2>I've already shrunk at you know, forty four years old,

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<v Speaker 2>so i don't even think i'm a full five to

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<v Speaker 2>one yet.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it happens. We're gonna shrink. We're gonna be like

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<v Speaker 3>Ganonas when we're.

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<v Speaker 2>Old, exactly. We're just gonna be so tiny. And now

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<v Speaker 2>your daughter is following in your footsteps, right, you're a

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<v Speaker 2>dance mom. Oh really?

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<v Speaker 3>So she actually does competitive cheer. I only did like

0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:16.600
<v Speaker 3>school cheer, so it was like town cheer. You just

0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:19.000
<v Speaker 3>show up to like the football games, and you know,

0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:21.360
<v Speaker 3>you just cheer on the sideline. I didn't do All

0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:24.000
<v Speaker 3>Star cheer until I was like twenty, and that was

0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:28.040
<v Speaker 3>like an open cheer, so you could be eighteen to forty.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's when I like did the backtop basket tosses

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<v Speaker 3>and all of that, and I loved it. But then

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<v Speaker 3>I tried out for the show and then I just

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<v Speaker 3>stopped doing it because I was busy with the show. Right,

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<v Speaker 3>So I always said if I had a daughter, I

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<v Speaker 3>was going to push her into cheer and if she

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<v Speaker 3>liked it she liked it. If not, you know, we'll

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<v Speaker 3>do something else. So I took her to an all

0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:51.920
<v Speaker 3>star cheer gym at three and like had her run around,

0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:54.920
<v Speaker 3>and ever since then she never left. So the gym

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<v Speaker 3>has known her since she was three. She's now going

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<v Speaker 3>to be twelve soon. She's been there for years and

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<v Speaker 3>she's killing it. She's way better than I ever was.

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<v Speaker 2>That's amazing, and it's so smart that you were like, Okay,

0:14:05.400 --> 0:14:07.720
<v Speaker 2>you looked back on your own experience and thought, I

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<v Speaker 2>wish I would have just started with cheer instead of

0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:12.480
<v Speaker 2>going the gymnastics to cheer root and so with her,

0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:15.640
<v Speaker 2>you just like started there. And now she's got that foundation.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, she's awesome. She's incredible. She's everything that I

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<v Speaker 3>wish I was growing up. And I'm just so proud

0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:24.920
<v Speaker 3>of her. And she works hard. She's my little mini me,

0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:28.720
<v Speaker 3>my best friend, and I mean, I'm hoping she continues

0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:31.320
<v Speaker 3>it like forever, because now she has the talent. So

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<v Speaker 3>the point where like you can get like a little

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<v Speaker 3>scholarship for cheer because cheer is like a big thing

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<v Speaker 3>in college. Now, yeah, let's keep at it because you

0:14:39.080 --> 0:14:40.240
<v Speaker 3>work so hard, like.

0:14:40.760 --> 0:14:44.560
<v Speaker 2>Don't quit exactly, yes, Wow, that will be amazing. Imagine

0:14:45.160 --> 0:14:47.800
<v Speaker 2>where does where If you had to pick like your

0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:50.200
<v Speaker 2>dream place for her to go to school, where would

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<v Speaker 2>she go to college?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>I haven't thought about it. I mean, obviously my favorite

0:14:57.120 --> 0:15:03.200
<v Speaker 3>team in college is is Navarro. Okay, they're incredible this

0:15:03.280 --> 0:15:06.920
<v Speaker 3>year they're insane. But that's only like a community college.

0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:09.040
<v Speaker 3>So she would go there for like two years. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>But I mean I don't want her to live my dream.

0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:14.560
<v Speaker 3>I want her to go wherever she wants to go.

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<v Speaker 3>I love her, but like I'm always like, keep with cheer. Yeah, incredible.

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<v Speaker 3>That is your sport. You work so hard for it,

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<v Speaker 3>So you know, whatever she wants to do, I'm going

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<v Speaker 3>to be a very proud mama.

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<v Speaker 2>Is there anything different you do than maybe your parents

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<v Speaker 2>did with you pertaining to being a cheer mom? Is

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<v Speaker 2>there any like any sort of way you're raising your

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<v Speaker 2>kids where you go? I didn't love this when I

0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:42.760
<v Speaker 2>was a kid. I'm going to do it differently for

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<v Speaker 2>my own Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I think probably how strict they were because I wasn't

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<v Speaker 3>comfortable talking to them about things. And if I was

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<v Speaker 3>somewhere where I was uncomfortable and I called them and say,

0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:58.080
<v Speaker 3>like I had a few drinks. And you know, I

0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:00.720
<v Speaker 3>was in high school, like I wasn't called cofable calling

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<v Speaker 3>them because I knew they would scream at me. Like

0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:05.640
<v Speaker 3>I wasn't allowed to swear in the house. Like they

0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:08.960
<v Speaker 3>were very stressed. Like even even when I was like nineteen,

0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:10.480
<v Speaker 3>I would say a bedword in front of my mom

0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:12.040
<v Speaker 3>and she would be like, oh, and I'm like, oh

0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:15.080
<v Speaker 3>my god, it's over. So that's why I'm on the show.

0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:17.080
<v Speaker 3>I'm like, oh, my parents are really going to see

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<v Speaker 3>who I.

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<v Speaker 2>Am now right the mask is off?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. So and I was twenty one, so I'm like,

0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:27.640
<v Speaker 3>come on, so now raising my kids, I just want

0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:30.920
<v Speaker 3>like full transparency, Like you can come to me with anything.

0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:33.040
<v Speaker 3>I'm not going to scream at you. I'm not gonna

0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:35.880
<v Speaker 3>yell at you. I'm gonna be there for you, not

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<v Speaker 3>necessarily like I want to be just like friends, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>but I am here for you, know, for you to

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<v Speaker 3>talk to me about uncomfortable things. I'm not gonna be

0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:46.560
<v Speaker 3>mad at you. I'm not gonna yell at you. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>just here to talk. But like also, if something does

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<v Speaker 3>bother me, I won't yell at you in the moment,

0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:54.080
<v Speaker 3>but then we're going to have a serious conversation and

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<v Speaker 3>you might get in trouble.

0:16:55.080 --> 0:16:58.200
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, a little bit doesn't mean there are no repercussions, factly,

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<v Speaker 2>but I.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't want to be. I don't want them to be

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<v Speaker 3>scared to tell me things. And that's how I felt

0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:05.760
<v Speaker 3>with my parents, and I hated it. So I don't

0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:08.000
<v Speaker 3>want that with my kids. So I'm trying to have

0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:11.880
<v Speaker 3>an open communication with them about everything, and I think

0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:13.320
<v Speaker 3>I'm doing a good job with that so far.

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<v Speaker 2>Good good. I'm happy to hear that you've talked about

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<v Speaker 2>the origin of the name Snooky, that it's from the

0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:21.760
<v Speaker 2>movie Save the Last Dance, and it's because you were

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<v Speaker 2>the first in your friend group to kiss a boy.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to hear all about this first kiss. How

0:17:28.119 --> 0:17:30.480
<v Speaker 2>old were you? Who was the boy? Tell me all

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<v Speaker 2>the deats.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like I was twelve or thirteen. But it

0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:35.720
<v Speaker 3>wasn't like a crazy kiss.

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<v Speaker 2>It was just like a wow yeah yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>But so our best movie was Say the Last Dance.

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<v Speaker 3>At the moment like we love Say the Last Dance.

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<v Speaker 3>It was the thing. And my best friend Katie, she

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<v Speaker 3>decided to call me Snuky, and she was the only

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<v Speaker 3>one that called me Snuky in my entire life, like ever,

0:17:56.400 --> 0:17:58.320
<v Speaker 3>like she would call me snook, like she never called

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<v Speaker 3>me nick, So my friends call me nick nick or Nicole,

0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:02.960
<v Speaker 3>like she never she never called me that. She always

0:18:03.000 --> 0:18:06.280
<v Speaker 3>called me snook. And the last dance it's Snook the

0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:09.000
<v Speaker 3>Kucci Crook and she's like, I think I'm gonna call

0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:10.680
<v Speaker 3>you that now because you're the first one to kiss

0:18:10.720 --> 0:18:13.119
<v Speaker 3>a boy. I was like, okay, whatever. So she was

0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:15.680
<v Speaker 3>the only one that called me that in my entire life.

0:18:15.720 --> 0:18:19.840
<v Speaker 3>So when I was doing the applications for Jersey Shore,

0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:23.080
<v Speaker 3>they were really harping on, like we want everybody to

0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:25.840
<v Speaker 3>have a nickname. So they're like, does anybody call you

0:18:25.920 --> 0:18:28.240
<v Speaker 3>like another name? And I'm like, oh, well, one of

0:18:28.240 --> 0:18:31.040
<v Speaker 3>my best friends calls me snooky and then it.

0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:35.040
<v Speaker 2>Just stuck so unbelievable. How does Katie feel about that now?

0:18:35.680 --> 0:18:40.480
<v Speaker 3>She's like, where's my paycheck? Girl? She's like that is insane.

0:18:40.520 --> 0:18:44.840
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, I know, that is so funny. So getting

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<v Speaker 2>back to your first kiss, who was the boy? And

0:18:48.040 --> 0:18:50.320
<v Speaker 2>do you are you still? Have you ever talked to

0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:50.840
<v Speaker 2>him again?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? So the boy was in my grade. He was

0:18:56.960 --> 0:19:00.960
<v Speaker 3>my first like real boyfriend, and then once we broke

0:19:01.000 --> 0:19:03.160
<v Speaker 3>up because we were, you know, kids, We were best

0:19:03.160 --> 0:19:07.560
<v Speaker 3>friends in high school. We're still friends on Facebook. He's

0:19:07.640 --> 0:19:11.679
<v Speaker 3>carrying two kids. But he was like in high school

0:19:11.960 --> 0:19:14.280
<v Speaker 3>we had like core best friends and like guys and girls,

0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:16.080
<v Speaker 3>and he was a part of it, and we just

0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:20.160
<v Speaker 3>became best friends. So yeah, Also, to this.

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<v Speaker 2>Day, that's so cute. Did you know what you were doing?

0:19:23.160 --> 0:19:23.359
<v Speaker 3>Did it?

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<v Speaker 2>Just like what led up to the moment of the

0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:29.919
<v Speaker 2>big kiss, Like, was this was obviously your you know,

0:19:29.960 --> 0:19:32.119
<v Speaker 2>your first boyfriend. You're twelve or thirteen, so what does

0:19:32.119 --> 0:19:34.919
<v Speaker 2>a boyfriend really mean at that at that age? But

0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:38.479
<v Speaker 2>leading up to that first kiss, you are you nervous?

0:19:38.520 --> 0:19:39.399
<v Speaker 2>Do you know what you're doing?

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<v Speaker 3>So I remember we were at my friend's house and

0:19:44.000 --> 0:19:46.879
<v Speaker 3>he had like a little get together, so we were

0:19:46.880 --> 0:19:49.280
<v Speaker 3>all in the basement and everybody was in couples okay

0:19:49.280 --> 0:19:52.560
<v Speaker 3>you know, of course, and then couples started kissing, and

0:19:52.600 --> 0:19:56.119
<v Speaker 3>we were like, what do we do? Are we doing this?

0:19:56.520 --> 0:19:59.400
<v Speaker 3>So once he left, it was just like a peck goodbye,

0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:01.480
<v Speaker 3>and then we were just like, we did it.

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<v Speaker 2>Congratulations, our first kiss. Check that box. Your skyrocket to

0:20:08.320 --> 0:20:12.040
<v Speaker 2>fame is probably something that should be studied by historians.

0:20:12.200 --> 0:20:16.239
<v Speaker 2>Jersey Shore was an overnight phenomenon and you became a

0:20:16.280 --> 0:20:22.360
<v Speaker 2>brand name immediately. When and how did you realize this

0:20:22.520 --> 0:20:24.399
<v Speaker 2>was a big, big deal?

0:20:25.840 --> 0:20:27.800
<v Speaker 3>Well, it was crazy because when we shot the show,

0:20:27.880 --> 0:20:29.399
<v Speaker 3>we had no idea what it was going to be

0:20:29.440 --> 0:20:32.840
<v Speaker 3>called or what it was. I was just excited to like,

0:20:32.880 --> 0:20:35.119
<v Speaker 3>finally do reality because I always wanted to. I was

0:20:35.160 --> 0:20:38.000
<v Speaker 3>a huge reality fan of like Real World, World Rules,

0:20:38.480 --> 0:20:40.520
<v Speaker 3>and I just wanted to try it out. And I

0:20:40.600 --> 0:20:42.160
<v Speaker 3>knew I was going to have fun and we would

0:20:42.200 --> 0:20:45.000
<v Speaker 3>love it. So we ended up doing it that summer,

0:20:45.359 --> 0:20:47.080
<v Speaker 3>but then like a whole year went by and we

0:20:47.119 --> 0:20:49.960
<v Speaker 3>didn't hear anything. So we were like, were we awful?

0:20:50.520 --> 0:20:52.640
<v Speaker 3>Not like it? We're like, I guess we just did

0:20:52.640 --> 0:20:54.240
<v Speaker 3>that for nothing, But you know, it was fun. We

0:20:54.240 --> 0:20:57.639
<v Speaker 3>had a free shorehouse and it was great. So then

0:20:57.680 --> 0:20:59.760
<v Speaker 3>we started, you know, seeing the previews and it came

0:20:59.800 --> 0:21:02.439
<v Speaker 3>out and just everybody was talking about it. And the

0:21:02.440 --> 0:21:05.800
<v Speaker 3>fact that it was so controversial, like everyone hated us

0:21:06.280 --> 0:21:08.320
<v Speaker 3>off the bat, like without even watching, I'm like, oh

0:21:08.400 --> 0:21:10.480
<v Speaker 3>my god. I was like, We're just here to have fun,

0:21:10.520 --> 0:21:13.040
<v Speaker 3>like we're not trying to kill anybody. So the fact

0:21:13.040 --> 0:21:16.200
<v Speaker 3>that it was controversial, I was like, Okay, I think

0:21:16.240 --> 0:21:18.919
<v Speaker 3>we have something here. And then I think once the

0:21:18.960 --> 0:21:21.200
<v Speaker 3>episode aired where I got punched in the face, then

0:21:21.359 --> 0:21:24.080
<v Speaker 3>everybody was talking about it, and then everyone started watching

0:21:24.080 --> 0:21:26.720
<v Speaker 3>the show, and I think that's the episode that really

0:21:27.160 --> 0:21:30.880
<v Speaker 3>got people talking and tuning in. Yes, so yeah, once

0:21:30.920 --> 0:21:32.639
<v Speaker 3>I started going because I used to work at the

0:21:32.680 --> 0:21:35.359
<v Speaker 3>mall forever twenty one and I would always go to like,

0:21:35.480 --> 0:21:38.280
<v Speaker 3>you know, the mall to like, you know, see my

0:21:38.320 --> 0:21:42.119
<v Speaker 3>old coworkers and shop. And after that episode air, like

0:21:42.119 --> 0:21:43.720
<v Speaker 3>a few weeks later, I went to the mall to

0:21:43.760 --> 0:21:46.159
<v Speaker 3>go shopping, like thinking nothing of it, and I couldn't

0:21:46.160 --> 0:21:48.480
<v Speaker 3>walk anywhere. People were like, oh my god, you're that girl.

0:21:48.480 --> 0:21:50.480
<v Speaker 3>And I was there was a line to take pictures

0:21:50.520 --> 0:21:52.399
<v Speaker 3>and I'm like, oh my god, Like is this my

0:21:52.480 --> 0:21:54.600
<v Speaker 3>life now? Like I can't go to my mall now.

0:21:54.920 --> 0:21:57.080
<v Speaker 3>So once that happened, I was like, all right, things

0:21:57.080 --> 0:21:58.080
<v Speaker 3>you're definitely going to change.

0:21:58.119 --> 0:22:01.400
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, my whole life is different. I want to talk

0:22:01.400 --> 0:22:04.160
<v Speaker 2>about that punch because it is one of those moments

0:22:04.240 --> 0:22:07.040
<v Speaker 2>where I look at it now with a twenty twenty

0:22:07.040 --> 0:22:11.080
<v Speaker 2>six lens and I can't believe it was pop culture fodder,

0:22:11.280 --> 0:22:15.880
<v Speaker 2>Like it is aggressive assault just a man cold cocking

0:22:15.960 --> 0:22:21.119
<v Speaker 2>a woman and it aired unedited originally, then over and

0:22:21.160 --> 0:22:25.080
<v Speaker 2>over again. But at that point censored, were you privy

0:22:25.200 --> 0:22:28.120
<v Speaker 2>to anything with the process of them deciding to air

0:22:28.160 --> 0:22:29.760
<v Speaker 2>it and how they were going to do.

0:22:29.720 --> 0:22:33.919
<v Speaker 3>It, Well, MTV. I had a meeting with MTV and

0:22:33.920 --> 0:22:36.639
<v Speaker 3>they were like, listen, we know this happened. What do

0:22:36.640 --> 0:22:38.199
<v Speaker 3>you want us to do because we want you to

0:22:38.240 --> 0:22:41.159
<v Speaker 3>be comfortable, okay, And at that moment, like it was

0:22:41.280 --> 0:22:44.200
<v Speaker 3>just so fresh and I was still like traumatized over it.

0:22:44.359 --> 0:22:46.080
<v Speaker 3>I was like, can you please like not air it

0:22:46.119 --> 0:22:48.560
<v Speaker 3>but like black it out, like if you keep the audio,

0:22:48.680 --> 0:22:52.000
<v Speaker 3>but like, don't show it yet until like I'm over it.

0:22:52.560 --> 0:22:56.080
<v Speaker 3>So they ended up airing it blacked out, and then

0:22:56.119 --> 0:22:58.840
<v Speaker 3>eventually I was like, all right, it's fine, like you know,

0:22:58.880 --> 0:23:01.000
<v Speaker 3>you can put it on the DVD. And because it

0:23:01.040 --> 0:23:03.840
<v Speaker 3>was DVDs, right, I was like, yeah, I just put

0:23:03.880 --> 0:23:07.119
<v Speaker 3>on the DVD and it's fine, Like I'm over it, It's okay.

0:23:08.040 --> 0:23:09.720
<v Speaker 3>So then it was on the DVDs and then everyone

0:23:09.800 --> 0:23:13.199
<v Speaker 3>finally saw it. So I love the fact that, you know,

0:23:13.240 --> 0:23:17.240
<v Speaker 3>the network was very respectful and like my feelings over it,

0:23:17.320 --> 0:23:20.440
<v Speaker 3>because that was insane and it took me like two

0:23:20.520 --> 0:23:22.240
<v Speaker 3>years to get over it because it was so scary.

0:23:23.440 --> 0:23:26.080
<v Speaker 3>But then it's just like a right, like I'm fine,

0:23:26.200 --> 0:23:30.400
<v Speaker 3>everything's fine, Like it was a shitty situation, and you know.

0:23:31.160 --> 0:23:34.800
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, it's it's very shocking. It's shocking to see.

0:23:34.880 --> 0:23:37.920
<v Speaker 2>It's shocking that it happened. I mean, I can't believe

0:23:37.920 --> 0:23:39.520
<v Speaker 2>it only took you two years to get over it.

0:23:39.560 --> 0:23:44.120
<v Speaker 2>Did you have then a fear of like being in

0:23:44.160 --> 0:23:46.919
<v Speaker 2>public spaces? Did you did you ever then have a

0:23:46.960 --> 0:23:49.240
<v Speaker 2>fear of men? What was the what was the immediate

0:23:49.280 --> 0:23:52.720
<v Speaker 2>aftermath of that kind of trauma?

0:23:53.840 --> 0:23:55.960
<v Speaker 3>Not like a fear of men. But I feel like

0:23:56.040 --> 0:23:59.160
<v Speaker 3>when I went out, I was more I was more

0:23:59.160 --> 0:24:02.000
<v Speaker 3>aware of my STrenD and like I was, I wasn't

0:24:02.080 --> 0:24:07.439
<v Speaker 3>gonna like stick up for myself with men. Like the

0:24:07.440 --> 0:24:09.879
<v Speaker 3>whole point was he was stealing our shots, and he

0:24:10.080 --> 0:24:13.000
<v Speaker 3>ordered shots, he stole them, ordered shots again, he took

0:24:13.040 --> 0:24:15.199
<v Speaker 3>them by the fourth round of shots that we I

0:24:15.320 --> 0:24:17.560
<v Speaker 3>was ordering, and he took again without paying and we

0:24:17.560 --> 0:24:19.840
<v Speaker 3>were paying. I was like, all right, man, like enough

0:24:19.920 --> 0:24:23.399
<v Speaker 3>is enough? Yeah, So I think you know, if that

0:24:23.440 --> 0:24:25.399
<v Speaker 3>were to happen, I would just walk away instead of

0:24:25.400 --> 0:24:29.359
<v Speaker 3>like speaking up and that you know, it just changed

0:24:29.359 --> 0:24:32.080
<v Speaker 3>how I went out a little bit, like being around

0:24:32.240 --> 0:24:34.639
<v Speaker 3>men and around people that I didn't know.

0:24:35.000 --> 0:24:38.840
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, had you spent a lot of time on the

0:24:38.920 --> 0:24:43.200
<v Speaker 2>Jersey Shore before the show aired? And how many novelty

0:24:43.240 --> 0:24:45.639
<v Speaker 2>T shirts have you purchased over the years?

0:24:46.800 --> 0:24:51.359
<v Speaker 3>Yeah? So I grew up going to Point Pleasant, so

0:24:51.400 --> 0:24:54.359
<v Speaker 3>that's like another another beach. It's probably like, you know,

0:24:54.400 --> 0:24:57.320
<v Speaker 3>twenty five minutes from Seaside, and it's more like family oriented.

0:24:57.720 --> 0:25:00.240
<v Speaker 3>So I would go there with my mom and my

0:25:00.240 --> 0:25:02.720
<v Speaker 3>best friend. We would go there for a couple of nights.

0:25:03.520 --> 0:25:06.600
<v Speaker 3>But then once I got older, like eighteen nineteen, we

0:25:06.640 --> 0:25:09.080
<v Speaker 3>would drive down the Seaside and stay in like the

0:25:09.160 --> 0:25:12.440
<v Speaker 3>cheap seaside motels and just enjoy beach because that's like

0:25:12.480 --> 0:25:15.480
<v Speaker 3>where all the young kids went. So yes, I did

0:25:15.520 --> 0:25:18.720
<v Speaker 3>go before the show, and I was so excited that

0:25:18.760 --> 0:25:19.920
<v Speaker 3>I was going to be in Seaside cause I'm like,

0:25:19.920 --> 0:25:21.640
<v Speaker 3>oh my god, I'm all my friends, I know where

0:25:21.640 --> 0:25:23.920
<v Speaker 3>to go, like all the hotspots, So I was super

0:25:23.960 --> 0:25:27.359
<v Speaker 3>excited for that. And what about the shirt?

0:25:27.640 --> 0:25:30.560
<v Speaker 2>How many novelty T shirts have you purchased over the years?

0:25:31.680 --> 0:25:36.320
<v Speaker 3>Oh my god, Well, I would say stolen it definitely

0:25:36.560 --> 0:25:38.160
<v Speaker 3>stole something because not.

0:25:38.800 --> 0:25:40.560
<v Speaker 2>What's your favorite thing you've ever stolen.

0:25:42.280 --> 0:25:42.480
<v Speaker 3>From?

0:25:42.520 --> 0:25:44.680
<v Speaker 2>Now the Shore or in general.

0:25:45.240 --> 0:25:50.480
<v Speaker 3>I stole Crocodilly. I saw, yeah, the machine was open,

0:25:50.520 --> 0:25:52.000
<v Speaker 3>and I was like, oh my god, I want that,

0:25:52.160 --> 0:25:55.040
<v Speaker 3>and Crocodilly has been stolen. I kidnapped him.

0:25:55.119 --> 0:25:58.560
<v Speaker 2>Okay, you kidnapped Crocodilli, all right, I don't think.

0:25:58.840 --> 0:25:59.280
<v Speaker 3>What's up?

0:26:00.920 --> 0:26:04.199
<v Speaker 2>Podcast exclusive? I love it. Make sure you have a

0:26:04.240 --> 0:26:06.680
<v Speaker 2>tag now, like an air tag on Crocodili, because I

0:26:06.720 --> 0:26:08.119
<v Speaker 2>do not want crocadiliy be stolen.

0:26:08.240 --> 0:26:10.120
<v Speaker 3>Now, nobody comes to steal him now.

0:26:10.400 --> 0:26:27.000
<v Speaker 2>Exactly, it's yours. So this cast, you are thrown into it, honestly,

0:26:27.160 --> 0:26:29.359
<v Speaker 2>very much the same way I was, you know, thrown

0:26:29.400 --> 0:26:31.600
<v Speaker 2>into a cast on Boy Meets World and you're like, okay,

0:26:31.680 --> 0:26:36.119
<v Speaker 2>now go be family. How many of the Jersey Shore

0:26:36.160 --> 0:26:39.560
<v Speaker 2>cast members would have been your actual friends in real

0:26:39.600 --> 0:26:42.480
<v Speaker 2>life had you met out in the street instead of

0:26:42.520 --> 0:26:43.080
<v Speaker 2>just on the show.

0:26:44.720 --> 0:26:49.000
<v Speaker 3>First impressions? Yeah, or well, walking into the house right away,

0:26:49.000 --> 0:26:51.160
<v Speaker 3>I was like, what is this Benny guy doing here?

0:26:51.200 --> 0:26:54.800
<v Speaker 3>He's not a wido, Like he's boring. She looks like

0:26:54.840 --> 0:26:56.520
<v Speaker 3>a wannabe rapper, Like who is that.

0:26:58.920 --> 0:26:59.200
<v Speaker 2>Wally?

0:26:59.320 --> 0:27:03.800
<v Speaker 3>Right away? I was like, yep, a hang out with you, Ronnie, yep, Mike.

0:27:04.760 --> 0:27:08.959
<v Speaker 3>Maybe because we all had the same look except Vinnie, right,

0:27:09.000 --> 0:27:09.720
<v Speaker 3>So I would saying.

0:27:09.520 --> 0:27:12.480
<v Speaker 2>Everybody in the house except Vinnie.

0:27:13.000 --> 0:27:14.639
<v Speaker 3>Stuck out like a sore thumb. We're like, what are

0:27:14.680 --> 0:27:15.240
<v Speaker 3>you doing here?

0:27:17.119 --> 0:27:22.000
<v Speaker 2>Obviously a lot of that first season centered around drinking.

0:27:22.240 --> 0:27:24.040
<v Speaker 2>Had you been a big drinker before the show?

0:27:25.200 --> 0:27:29.920
<v Speaker 3>Yes, I loved going out. I love having fun and yeah,

0:27:29.960 --> 0:27:33.000
<v Speaker 3>that was the first summer that I was legally twenty one. Okay,

0:27:33.440 --> 0:27:35.240
<v Speaker 3>I was like I'm going out. I was like, I

0:27:35.359 --> 0:27:37.520
<v Speaker 3>just broke out with my boyfriend. I was like sad

0:27:37.560 --> 0:27:39.240
<v Speaker 3>at the time, so I was like, I'm going to

0:27:39.320 --> 0:27:43.040
<v Speaker 3>go out and enjoy myself and I'm young, and yeah

0:27:43.040 --> 0:27:44.879
<v Speaker 3>I was. I was ready to go that summer.

0:27:45.520 --> 0:27:49.320
<v Speaker 2>Did you ever feel out of control with your drinking

0:27:49.400 --> 0:27:51.720
<v Speaker 2>and what is your relationship with alcohol? Like now.

0:27:53.760 --> 0:27:56.879
<v Speaker 3>Now? I never thought it was like a problem, just

0:27:56.880 --> 0:27:59.239
<v Speaker 3>because I was so young and we were all doing it,

0:28:00.520 --> 0:28:03.159
<v Speaker 3>and when I was like tired, I rested. I was like,

0:28:03.200 --> 0:28:05.359
<v Speaker 3>I'm not going to force myself. I don't feel like

0:28:05.440 --> 0:28:08.159
<v Speaker 3>drinking today, Like I'm gonna take it easy. So I

0:28:08.280 --> 0:28:10.439
<v Speaker 3>never thought it was a problem. It was just like

0:28:10.480 --> 0:28:14.640
<v Speaker 3>going out and partying and having fun. And now I mean,

0:28:14.720 --> 0:28:17.600
<v Speaker 3>of course it's still like my cocktails, but Mommy, Mommy,

0:28:17.640 --> 0:28:22.679
<v Speaker 3>Judy's are first, and I plan. I plan my life first,

0:28:22.720 --> 0:28:25.040
<v Speaker 3>and then I'm like, okay, So like, for instance, if

0:28:25.200 --> 0:28:27.879
<v Speaker 3>so tomorrow I have a flight and I have to

0:28:27.920 --> 0:28:30.840
<v Speaker 3>go to work for a couple of days, and you know,

0:28:30.840 --> 0:28:32.679
<v Speaker 3>knowing that I have to do that, Like I'm not

0:28:32.680 --> 0:28:34.560
<v Speaker 3>gonna have a glass of wine tonight for dinner. I'm

0:28:34.560 --> 0:28:37.359
<v Speaker 3>not going to do that. If I know I have

0:28:37.440 --> 0:28:40.040
<v Speaker 3>something to do the next day or like that week,

0:28:40.200 --> 0:28:42.920
<v Speaker 3>I just you know, I don't have anything. So I'm

0:28:42.920 --> 0:28:46.280
<v Speaker 3>a social drinker now. If I go out, absolutely marchinie

0:28:47.280 --> 0:28:49.840
<v Speaker 3>some wine. But like if I'm just hanging out at

0:28:49.840 --> 0:28:52.040
<v Speaker 3>the house, like, no, there's no drinking. I have no

0:28:52.120 --> 0:28:54.000
<v Speaker 3>desire to do it. I think it's more of just

0:28:54.000 --> 0:28:56.840
<v Speaker 3>a social thing now, you know, when I'm out for

0:28:56.880 --> 0:28:59.120
<v Speaker 3>dinner or out with my mom friends or you know,

0:28:59.200 --> 0:29:02.280
<v Speaker 3>on dates, it's more of like a social thing now.

0:29:02.320 --> 0:29:04.080
<v Speaker 3>But I do like my martinis.

0:29:04.200 --> 0:29:07.640
<v Speaker 2>Yes, I love that. For you. Thinking about the fact

0:29:07.680 --> 0:29:10.120
<v Speaker 2>that you have kids now, your oldest is almost twelve,

0:29:10.400 --> 0:29:15.400
<v Speaker 2>right harteen, they're t wow, almost thirteen. Wow, how much

0:29:15.440 --> 0:29:20.360
<v Speaker 2>do your kids know about your history, your fame? Do

0:29:20.400 --> 0:29:21.920
<v Speaker 2>they know about the punch?

0:29:22.120 --> 0:29:22.200
<v Speaker 3>Like?

0:29:22.280 --> 0:29:25.920
<v Speaker 2>How much do they know about what you are known for?

0:29:27.240 --> 0:29:30.479
<v Speaker 3>Well, my two oldest Lorenzo's thirteen, Giovanna's eleven, and then

0:29:31.280 --> 0:29:34.520
<v Speaker 3>so Angelo knows nothing, Like he'll see me sometimes when

0:29:34.520 --> 0:29:37.800
<v Speaker 3>I put the TV on, like the the fire six screen.

0:29:38.160 --> 0:29:41.200
<v Speaker 3>Sometimes the show will pop up on Paramount and he's like, mom,

0:29:41.600 --> 0:29:43.720
<v Speaker 3>that's you, and I'm like, I know, honey, like that's

0:29:43.760 --> 0:29:46.840
<v Speaker 3>mommy's job because he's when I work, and he doesn't

0:29:47.040 --> 0:29:50.040
<v Speaker 3>understand what my work is. So I'm like, when mommy

0:29:50.120 --> 0:29:53.240
<v Speaker 3>leaves for work, like that's what I'm doing. I'm on TV.

0:29:53.400 --> 0:29:54.760
<v Speaker 3>And he's like, how do you get into the TV?

0:29:54.880 --> 0:29:56.080
<v Speaker 2>It's like right right, yep.

0:29:56.760 --> 0:29:58.720
<v Speaker 3>So now he understands, like, you know, when mommy goes

0:29:58.760 --> 0:30:01.680
<v Speaker 3>to work, she's going to be on TV eventually. But

0:30:01.800 --> 0:30:06.520
<v Speaker 3>my oldest, you know, thirteen, all of his friends, you know,

0:30:06.840 --> 0:30:09.880
<v Speaker 3>watch Jersey Shore. Now, I like, now the kids they

0:30:10.120 --> 0:30:14.360
<v Speaker 3>see clips on TikTok, they see clips on Jersey Shore

0:30:14.440 --> 0:30:16.719
<v Speaker 3>like TikTok, like all the crazy scenes, and then they

0:30:16.760 --> 0:30:18.720
<v Speaker 3>start bringing the show. So it's like I feel like

0:30:18.760 --> 0:30:20.640
<v Speaker 3>the show is never going to die because like the

0:30:20.680 --> 0:30:23.360
<v Speaker 3>younger generations just keep watching it and then they fall

0:30:23.400 --> 0:30:26.440
<v Speaker 3>in love, you know. So Lorenzo, I don't know how

0:30:26.520 --> 0:30:29.440
<v Speaker 3>much he's seen, but I mean he's seen enough. I

0:30:29.480 --> 0:30:33.200
<v Speaker 3>feel like, what was that? I just tell him that

0:30:33.280 --> 0:30:37.239
<v Speaker 3>was scripted. Yeah, know, it's acting and they told me

0:30:37.280 --> 0:30:38.720
<v Speaker 3>to do that and it's not real.

0:30:39.600 --> 0:30:41.680
<v Speaker 2>I love that. That's very smart.

0:30:41.760 --> 0:30:44.320
<v Speaker 3>Esventually, I'll be like, yeah, honey, that was mommy before,

0:30:45.080 --> 0:30:46.800
<v Speaker 3>and don't do what I did right.

0:30:48.400 --> 0:30:51.880
<v Speaker 2>I mentioned SNL in the opening. Bobby moynihan played you

0:30:51.960 --> 0:30:54.280
<v Speaker 2>a few times. What did you think of that at

0:30:54.280 --> 0:30:55.920
<v Speaker 2>the time in Awesome?

0:30:56.120 --> 0:30:58.920
<v Speaker 3>I was like, oh my god, SNL, like we made it,

0:30:59.120 --> 0:31:01.920
<v Speaker 3>you did it, and I never got offended.

0:31:01.920 --> 0:31:02.240
<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

0:31:02.280 --> 0:31:03.960
<v Speaker 3>I just feel like I was always comfortable in my

0:31:04.000 --> 0:31:06.200
<v Speaker 3>own skin, and I knew I was crazy and dramatic,

0:31:06.480 --> 0:31:08.160
<v Speaker 3>so when people made fun of me, I'm just like,

0:31:08.520 --> 0:31:10.880
<v Speaker 3>I made it like a South Park thing. I was

0:31:10.920 --> 0:31:13.640
<v Speaker 3>like a big fat rat and the whole episode was

0:31:13.680 --> 0:31:15.640
<v Speaker 3>based on me, and growing up I was a huge

0:31:15.800 --> 0:31:16.480
<v Speaker 3>Seuth Park fan.

0:31:16.720 --> 0:31:19.120
<v Speaker 4>I was like, oh my god, I got my own episode,

0:31:19.640 --> 0:31:20.720
<v Speaker 4>so insane.

0:31:20.400 --> 0:31:23.320
<v Speaker 3>And then yeahes so now Bobby kept doing it, and

0:31:23.360 --> 0:31:26.400
<v Speaker 3>then for New Year's one year we did a skit together.

0:31:27.600 --> 0:31:30.120
<v Speaker 3>It was just awesome. It just it made me feel

0:31:30.560 --> 0:31:31.640
<v Speaker 3>great about myself.

0:31:31.800 --> 0:31:36.200
<v Speaker 2>Yeah good, Oh yeah good, That's exactly what I was

0:31:36.240 --> 0:31:39.960
<v Speaker 2>hoping to hear. One of the things that I love

0:31:40.080 --> 0:31:43.920
<v Speaker 2>so much is that that anonymous email you and Jay

0:31:43.960 --> 0:31:47.640
<v Speaker 2>Wow wrote to Sam about Ronnie kissing another girl lives

0:31:47.800 --> 0:31:51.840
<v Speaker 2>in meme infamy. I will always remember the line also

0:31:52.040 --> 0:31:57.080
<v Speaker 2>was grinding with multiple fat women. Did you ever expect

0:31:57.360 --> 0:32:01.120
<v Speaker 2>that would be a thing that twenty years later people

0:32:01.200 --> 0:32:02.800
<v Speaker 2>would still obsess.

0:32:02.400 --> 0:32:06.680
<v Speaker 3>Over No, and everyone's always like, oh, the producers told

0:32:06.720 --> 0:32:10.160
<v Speaker 3>you to do that. That was all our idea. So

0:32:10.560 --> 0:32:12.800
<v Speaker 3>we wanted so we were friends with ron and Sam

0:32:12.840 --> 0:32:16.560
<v Speaker 3>at the moment, and we didn't want Ron to hate

0:32:16.640 --> 0:32:19.280
<v Speaker 3>us for like writing them out, but also like our girl,

0:32:19.360 --> 0:32:21.560
<v Speaker 3>like what are you doing? So we didn't want to

0:32:21.560 --> 0:32:24.200
<v Speaker 3>calluse drama, and we wanted to make it anonymous. So

0:32:24.440 --> 0:32:27.800
<v Speaker 3>in the house, we're not allowed electronics, we're not allowed

0:32:27.840 --> 0:32:30.000
<v Speaker 3>to go to a computer and print something. We can't

0:32:30.040 --> 0:32:32.680
<v Speaker 3>even write anything. There's no pens and paper, like all

0:32:32.720 --> 0:32:35.720
<v Speaker 3>communication has to be a face to face. So I

0:32:35.800 --> 0:32:38.600
<v Speaker 3>went to the producer and I'm like, listen, Sam needs

0:32:38.640 --> 0:32:41.640
<v Speaker 3>to know this, but like, we don't want Ron to

0:32:41.720 --> 0:32:44.440
<v Speaker 3>kill us, So are we able to like go to

0:32:44.520 --> 0:32:48.440
<v Speaker 3>like a cafe and like print something and just anonymously

0:32:48.520 --> 0:32:51.200
<v Speaker 3>leave it for her? And we knew eventually, like you know,

0:32:51.200 --> 0:32:53.400
<v Speaker 3>the cameras were following us, We knew eventually that she

0:32:53.520 --> 0:32:55.200
<v Speaker 3>was going to find out what was us, But we

0:32:55.240 --> 0:32:57.640
<v Speaker 3>had like a good two years yea until she would

0:32:57.680 --> 0:33:01.400
<v Speaker 3>find out in it air. So yeah, that was all

0:33:01.480 --> 0:33:04.680
<v Speaker 3>our idea because we just didn't want we don't want

0:33:04.720 --> 0:33:06.720
<v Speaker 3>Ron to hate us. But now looking back at it,

0:33:06.760 --> 0:33:09.160
<v Speaker 3>I would have been like, run your freaking idiot, Like

0:33:09.160 --> 0:33:13.440
<v Speaker 3>why would you do that? Like fam what happened? So yep, yeah,

0:33:13.480 --> 0:33:15.520
<v Speaker 3>I would do things way differently now. But like in

0:33:15.560 --> 0:33:18.280
<v Speaker 3>the moment, I mean, we were living in that house

0:33:18.280 --> 0:33:20.440
<v Speaker 3>for like a month and a half together and me

0:33:20.480 --> 0:33:22.200
<v Speaker 3>and Jenny did not want the drama.

0:33:22.720 --> 0:33:25.600
<v Speaker 2>In the moment, I remember those feelings of being a

0:33:25.680 --> 0:33:29.000
<v Speaker 2>teen and being friends with both people and it being

0:33:29.120 --> 0:33:31.200
<v Speaker 2>very clear one of them is in the wrong, but

0:33:31.280 --> 0:33:33.840
<v Speaker 2>you still don't want to rat on that person, like

0:33:34.080 --> 0:33:35.960
<v Speaker 2>you have a sense of loyalty to them, and you

0:33:35.960 --> 0:33:37.560
<v Speaker 2>feel like you're stuck between a rock and a hard

0:33:37.600 --> 0:33:40.160
<v Speaker 2>place of like, well, I want my friend to know

0:33:40.520 --> 0:33:42.959
<v Speaker 2>who she's dating, but also like I'm still friends with

0:33:43.000 --> 0:33:45.760
<v Speaker 2>that guy. So it's funny because now, in hindsight, I

0:33:45.760 --> 0:33:47.880
<v Speaker 2>feel exactly the same way. I'm like, no, you're the

0:33:47.880 --> 0:33:50.320
<v Speaker 2>one who's screwing up. I'm gonna just say the truth.

0:33:50.640 --> 0:33:52.320
<v Speaker 2>But at the time, it's a very big deal to

0:33:52.400 --> 0:33:53.400
<v Speaker 2>make that decision.

0:33:54.040 --> 0:33:56.320
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we knew nobody was going to tell her, and

0:33:56.400 --> 0:33:58.640
<v Speaker 3>we weren't even there to witness it. Everyone else was

0:33:58.800 --> 0:34:01.520
<v Speaker 3>telling us. I feel awful for her, like, you know,

0:34:02.240 --> 0:34:04.520
<v Speaker 3>they're totally fine, but she has no idea what's going

0:34:04.520 --> 0:34:05.640
<v Speaker 3>on and no one's telling her.

0:34:05.760 --> 0:34:07.480
<v Speaker 2>So, yeah, you did.

0:34:07.320 --> 0:34:09.160
<v Speaker 3>The best that we could in the moment, but we

0:34:09.239 --> 0:34:10.960
<v Speaker 3>had no idea that it was going to blow up

0:34:11.000 --> 0:34:11.640
<v Speaker 3>the way that it did.

0:34:11.880 --> 0:34:14.200
<v Speaker 2>And people still talking about it this many years later.

0:34:15.000 --> 0:34:19.280
<v Speaker 2>You are still working with these former roommates. Twenty years later.

0:34:19.480 --> 0:34:23.000
<v Speaker 2>The final Jersey Shore Vacation season will air in May.

0:34:23.480 --> 0:34:27.520
<v Speaker 2>You guys have all been through so much together. How

0:34:27.560 --> 0:34:32.840
<v Speaker 2>do you explain your feelings for these friends of yours

0:34:32.840 --> 0:34:33.879
<v Speaker 2>that you've known for so long?

0:34:35.040 --> 0:34:37.759
<v Speaker 3>Oh my god, they're literally my brothers and sisters, like

0:34:37.920 --> 0:34:42.040
<v Speaker 3>best friends. I'm sure you can relate. It's just like

0:34:42.239 --> 0:34:45.240
<v Speaker 3>something that no one will ever understand, but you guys,

0:34:45.440 --> 0:34:48.880
<v Speaker 3>it's just like you had these memories and going through

0:34:48.880 --> 0:34:53.920
<v Speaker 3>things and your life changing overnight, and only we know

0:34:54.120 --> 0:34:57.200
<v Speaker 3>about it, and how you know, it's just our memories

0:34:57.239 --> 0:35:00.799
<v Speaker 3>and our memories. So yeah, it's kind of like it's

0:35:00.880 --> 0:35:03.160
<v Speaker 3>kind of like that, and we'll always have each other

0:35:03.200 --> 0:35:05.960
<v Speaker 3>and we're literally best friends. We talk every single day,

0:35:06.000 --> 0:35:09.080
<v Speaker 3>we have our group chat, and I think we'll be

0:35:09.080 --> 0:35:12.480
<v Speaker 3>best friends forever, you know. And even though this is

0:35:12.480 --> 0:35:15.600
<v Speaker 3>our final season, so this is I think season nine,

0:35:16.400 --> 0:35:18.560
<v Speaker 3>I don't know we film We filmed this season that's

0:35:18.600 --> 0:35:21.000
<v Speaker 3>airing in May, like a year and a half ago,

0:35:21.160 --> 0:35:23.640
<v Speaker 3>so I don't even remember where we were what we did.

0:35:24.840 --> 0:35:27.080
<v Speaker 3>But yeah, it's going to be the final season on

0:35:27.280 --> 0:35:31.000
<v Speaker 3>MTV because you know, networks change and they re bring

0:35:31.320 --> 0:35:34.799
<v Speaker 3>two different things. So I am blessed, you know that

0:35:34.880 --> 0:35:38.080
<v Speaker 3>we had all those years on MTV. We've been with

0:35:38.120 --> 0:35:41.600
<v Speaker 3>them since two thousand and nine, so reality shows don't

0:35:41.640 --> 0:35:44.040
<v Speaker 3>really stay that long. So you know, we are blessed

0:35:44.040 --> 0:35:46.640
<v Speaker 3>that we had all those years, you know, with MTV.

0:35:47.200 --> 0:35:50.080
<v Speaker 3>But we know eventually, you know, we were gonna end

0:35:50.200 --> 0:35:52.160
<v Speaker 3>up you know, not doing the show on MTV and

0:35:52.200 --> 0:35:55.640
<v Speaker 3>going somewhere else. So yeah, I think the transition now

0:35:55.680 --> 0:35:58.799
<v Speaker 3>because we're definitely not done filming, and we always film

0:35:58.840 --> 0:36:00.719
<v Speaker 3>into we're nursing homes, killing each other.

0:36:00.920 --> 0:36:03.120
<v Speaker 2>I love that Jersey Shore retirement home.

0:36:03.440 --> 0:36:06.040
<v Speaker 3>Literally and I feel like the fans will so watch it.

0:36:06.200 --> 0:36:09.040
<v Speaker 3>So now we're just figuring out, you know, what our

0:36:09.080 --> 0:36:11.799
<v Speaker 3>next move is, the next show, where we're going to go.

0:36:12.160 --> 0:36:15.719
<v Speaker 3>So yeah, we still have a lot to offer with

0:36:15.760 --> 0:36:18.879
<v Speaker 3>our show. But yeah, it's the final season and it's

0:36:18.920 --> 0:36:19.799
<v Speaker 3>it's bittersweet.

0:36:20.000 --> 0:36:22.359
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well it's the final season in this iteration. I'm

0:36:22.560 --> 0:36:24.520
<v Speaker 2>I can't wait to see what you guys continue to.

0:36:24.400 --> 0:36:26.280
<v Speaker 3>Do next next chapter.

0:36:26.800 --> 0:36:28.799
<v Speaker 2>I reached out to you privately around the time of

0:36:28.840 --> 0:36:32.920
<v Speaker 2>your cancer diagnosis, knowing firsthand it is quite a journey

0:36:32.960 --> 0:36:36.239
<v Speaker 2>and you face a wide array of emotions, so I

0:36:36.280 --> 0:36:38.880
<v Speaker 2>wanted to ask you, how are you feeling now and

0:36:38.920 --> 0:36:42.680
<v Speaker 2>where are you in the journey of dealing with a

0:36:42.719 --> 0:36:44.040
<v Speaker 2>new diagnosis.

0:36:44.680 --> 0:36:47.600
<v Speaker 3>Yeah. No, I definitely appreciate you reaching out. That made

0:36:47.640 --> 0:36:49.520
<v Speaker 3>me feel nice and cozy because I know you've sent

0:36:49.600 --> 0:36:54.080
<v Speaker 3>through a lot of stuff. It was definitely scary, and

0:36:54.160 --> 0:36:55.960
<v Speaker 3>I feel like it's a very common thing that no

0:36:55.960 --> 0:36:59.160
<v Speaker 3>one really talks about. Yep. Because I was freaking out, like,

0:36:59.200 --> 0:37:02.000
<v Speaker 3>oh my god, like what is this? I never I

0:37:02.040 --> 0:37:04.920
<v Speaker 3>never heard of this, Like what am I to expect?

0:37:05.040 --> 0:37:06.960
<v Speaker 3>Like what do I do? And then of course I

0:37:06.960 --> 0:37:10.040
<v Speaker 3>went on TikTok and I put in cervical cancer ye,

0:37:10.360 --> 0:37:13.719
<v Speaker 3>And there so many tiktoks of women like this is

0:37:13.760 --> 0:37:15.319
<v Speaker 3>what happened. And I had to do this and I

0:37:15.360 --> 0:37:17.200
<v Speaker 3>had to do that and now I'm fine, and like

0:37:17.280 --> 0:37:21.920
<v Speaker 3>no one talks about it. So I'm like, you know what, eventually,

0:37:21.920 --> 0:37:24.480
<v Speaker 3>when I get comfortable talking about this, I'm going to

0:37:24.520 --> 0:37:27.359
<v Speaker 3>make a TikTok and just be like, listen, no one's

0:37:27.400 --> 0:37:29.760
<v Speaker 3>talking about this. This is what I'm going through. Everything's

0:37:29.800 --> 0:37:32.760
<v Speaker 3>going to be fine, but like, get your pap smears,

0:37:33.040 --> 0:37:36.640
<v Speaker 3>get your checkups, because what happened to me was I

0:37:36.760 --> 0:37:41.000
<v Speaker 3>always had this, but it was never pre cancerous or

0:37:41.000 --> 0:37:43.759
<v Speaker 3>it was never like scary. My doctor was just always like,

0:37:43.800 --> 0:37:45.560
<v Speaker 3>you have to come every six months so we can

0:37:45.600 --> 0:37:47.600
<v Speaker 3>keep an eye on it and make sure nothing happens

0:37:48.600 --> 0:37:51.000
<v Speaker 3>because you're supposed to go like every once two years,

0:37:51.000 --> 0:37:52.360
<v Speaker 3>I think, but like I had to go over for

0:37:52.400 --> 0:37:57.640
<v Speaker 3>six months because there was always abnormalities, yeah, in my tests.

0:37:58.440 --> 0:38:01.400
<v Speaker 3>But then like I would go every six months and

0:38:01.480 --> 0:38:03.160
<v Speaker 3>he would say, you have to come back to do

0:38:03.280 --> 0:38:06.600
<v Speaker 3>like more, and it's just so uncomfortable and I hated

0:38:06.640 --> 0:38:10.239
<v Speaker 3>it and it hurt and I just I didn't see

0:38:10.320 --> 0:38:13.160
<v Speaker 3>him for two years and I ignored him and I

0:38:13.200 --> 0:38:15.839
<v Speaker 3>was like, I'll be fine, it's all right. And then

0:38:15.880 --> 0:38:19.520
<v Speaker 3>he ended up he ended up calling me and you know,

0:38:20.120 --> 0:38:22.359
<v Speaker 3>left voicemails like you really need to get in here,

0:38:22.440 --> 0:38:23.920
<v Speaker 3>like we have to stay on top of this to

0:38:23.960 --> 0:38:26.640
<v Speaker 3>make sure nothing happened. I was like, all right. So

0:38:26.680 --> 0:38:29.600
<v Speaker 3>then I would go to like the appointment and he

0:38:29.640 --> 0:38:31.759
<v Speaker 3>would see pre cancer cells and I would have to

0:38:31.760 --> 0:38:34.160
<v Speaker 3>go back. So that's when it started, right, and I

0:38:34.200 --> 0:38:36.040
<v Speaker 3>was like that's fine. So that I didn't see him

0:38:36.040 --> 0:38:40.120
<v Speaker 3>for another year. So then the doctor's office is like

0:38:40.160 --> 0:38:42.719
<v Speaker 3>sending me letters like you have to schedule your appointment,

0:38:42.760 --> 0:38:44.400
<v Speaker 3>like what are you doing? And I don't know. I

0:38:44.520 --> 0:38:47.759
<v Speaker 3>think I was just like I didn't want there to

0:38:47.800 --> 0:38:49.440
<v Speaker 3>be an issue or I didn't want to deal with it,

0:38:49.520 --> 0:38:52.680
<v Speaker 3>so I ignored it. But then also like I hated

0:38:52.760 --> 0:38:55.440
<v Speaker 3>going to it, like it's just uncomfortable and it's not

0:38:55.560 --> 0:38:57.839
<v Speaker 3>fun and just being a woman is not fun at

0:38:57.840 --> 0:39:00.920
<v Speaker 3>all when it comes to a pointments in your body

0:39:00.960 --> 0:39:03.760
<v Speaker 3>and babies and it's just not easy and it's scary.

0:39:04.280 --> 0:39:06.080
<v Speaker 3>So I just put it in the back of my mind.

0:39:06.200 --> 0:39:10.160
<v Speaker 3>And then eventually my doctor, and this is the doctor

0:39:10.200 --> 0:39:12.359
<v Speaker 3>who like birth all my three kids, like I've known

0:39:12.400 --> 0:39:14.640
<v Speaker 3>him for years. He's like, you have to get your

0:39:14.680 --> 0:39:18.200
<v Speaker 3>ass in here, right, he screaming, and I'm like, oh

0:39:18.200 --> 0:39:21.960
<v Speaker 3>my god. So that's when I went in, and then

0:39:22.000 --> 0:39:24.560
<v Speaker 3>I had to that. Then he was like, there's severe

0:39:25.080 --> 0:39:27.640
<v Speaker 3>free cancer cells, like you have to come back for

0:39:28.040 --> 0:39:32.200
<v Speaker 3>a colposcopy, and I'm like great, So I just I

0:39:32.320 --> 0:39:33.320
<v Speaker 3>scheduled the appointments.

0:39:33.360 --> 0:39:33.759
<v Speaker 2>I went in.

0:39:33.920 --> 0:39:36.480
<v Speaker 3>He did it, which is very uncomfortable by the way,

0:39:36.520 --> 0:39:39.359
<v Speaker 3>because they don't give you any pain meds or anesthesia.

0:39:38.960 --> 0:39:44.359
<v Speaker 2>And it's literally a scraping of your cervix right oh,

0:39:44.440 --> 0:39:45.239
<v Speaker 2>like a biopsy.

0:39:46.239 --> 0:39:48.960
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's a chunk of biopsy on both sides. So

0:39:49.040 --> 0:39:52.160
<v Speaker 3>I was like, oh my god, that's very uncomfortable. So

0:39:52.520 --> 0:39:57.000
<v Speaker 3>did that biopsy came back? Hi, you have cancer, so

0:39:57.080 --> 0:40:00.920
<v Speaker 3>let's so let's do the I did the cone buiop.

0:40:00.960 --> 0:40:01.600
<v Speaker 2>See okay.

0:40:01.680 --> 0:40:03.719
<v Speaker 3>So that was like a couple of weeks later, where

0:40:03.800 --> 0:40:05.799
<v Speaker 3>I had to get put under and then he put

0:40:05.840 --> 0:40:08.440
<v Speaker 3>like a he he took out a cone shape with

0:40:08.480 --> 0:40:12.000
<v Speaker 3>a knife where where all like the real cancer cells

0:40:12.040 --> 0:40:15.359
<v Speaker 3>were like at the top of my service. So the

0:40:15.400 --> 0:40:18.200
<v Speaker 3>next step I did was the pet scan to see

0:40:18.239 --> 0:40:20.120
<v Speaker 3>if like spreads in my lymph nodes, because I guess

0:40:20.120 --> 0:40:22.399
<v Speaker 3>I have the cancer where it goes to your lymp

0:40:22.480 --> 0:40:26.560
<v Speaker 3>notes and that was good. That was good to spread anywhere,

0:40:26.560 --> 0:40:28.520
<v Speaker 3>which is good because now I don't need you know, chemo.

0:40:29.280 --> 0:40:32.799
<v Speaker 3>The next step is just to get the hysterectomy and

0:40:32.840 --> 0:40:35.960
<v Speaker 3>then hopefully everything is good. So I still have to

0:40:35.960 --> 0:40:38.200
<v Speaker 3>get that done. I've just been so crazy with work

0:40:38.239 --> 0:40:42.240
<v Speaker 3>and traveling and yeah, everyone's yelling at me, so screw work,

0:40:42.360 --> 0:40:44.200
<v Speaker 3>like you need to keep your health first. But I'm like,

0:40:44.239 --> 0:40:46.360
<v Speaker 3>I know, but these dates are already scheduled, and I'm like

0:40:46.719 --> 0:40:48.240
<v Speaker 3>it's very hard to shut down production.

0:40:48.480 --> 0:40:49.920
<v Speaker 2>Yeah you know what I mean.

0:40:50.320 --> 0:40:53.319
<v Speaker 3>And it's in another country and I'm just trying to

0:40:53.320 --> 0:40:56.480
<v Speaker 3>get it done. So yeah, eventually I will get the

0:40:56.520 --> 0:40:58.880
<v Speaker 3>hysterectom and everything will be good to just where I

0:40:58.920 --> 0:41:00.680
<v Speaker 3>have to like go to the appoint and make sure

0:41:00.680 --> 0:41:03.000
<v Speaker 3>I'm okay. Yeah, you know, like the pups and everything's

0:41:03.040 --> 0:41:06.120
<v Speaker 3>it's always going to be in my body. But the

0:41:06.160 --> 0:41:08.960
<v Speaker 3>good thing is that I caught it early and it's

0:41:09.080 --> 0:41:12.600
<v Speaker 3>very common. And yeah, now, like my PSA is just

0:41:12.640 --> 0:41:16.400
<v Speaker 3>like do your appointments. Don't do what I did and

0:41:16.440 --> 0:41:19.680
<v Speaker 3>wait and let it faster. I mean, stress makes it worse.

0:41:19.800 --> 0:41:22.480
<v Speaker 3>Like why not to be stressed and just go to

0:41:22.480 --> 0:41:25.400
<v Speaker 3>your appointments and get it done because I'm an idiot.

0:41:25.400 --> 0:41:27.240
<v Speaker 3>It ignored my doctor for like two years.

0:41:27.400 --> 0:41:30.520
<v Speaker 2>Yeah yeah, and you know, I remember that was one

0:41:30.520 --> 0:41:33.400
<v Speaker 2>of my PSAs as well, because I knew. I was

0:41:33.440 --> 0:41:38.600
<v Speaker 2>so happy I didn't ignore my appointments because in hindsight,

0:41:38.640 --> 0:41:40.839
<v Speaker 2>don't you look back and think as annoying as those

0:41:40.920 --> 0:41:45.719
<v Speaker 2>doctor's appointments were, having a hysterectomy is ten times more annoying.

0:41:46.440 --> 0:41:47.879
<v Speaker 2>Now you've got a schedule that.

0:41:48.520 --> 0:41:51.799
<v Speaker 3>Like, now I'm terrified, but I heard it's like it's

0:41:51.840 --> 0:41:56.200
<v Speaker 3>easy breathing, It's not terrible. I think it was more

0:41:56.239 --> 0:41:58.759
<v Speaker 3>of a shock that like, oh wow, like I can

0:41:58.800 --> 0:42:02.680
<v Speaker 3>never have kids again, Like I'm done, Like I don't

0:42:02.680 --> 0:42:05.719
<v Speaker 3>want any more kids, right, but knowing that I don't

0:42:05.920 --> 0:42:07.920
<v Speaker 3>have that, I think that's where I had like the

0:42:07.960 --> 0:42:10.160
<v Speaker 3>mental breakdown, like I don't know, like I'm going to

0:42:10.200 --> 0:42:12.759
<v Speaker 3>feel like less of a mom or a woman. I

0:42:12.760 --> 0:42:16.000
<v Speaker 3>don't know. I had really really weird thoughts in crime

0:42:16.360 --> 0:42:17.080
<v Speaker 3>Shower about it.

0:42:17.239 --> 0:42:21.960
<v Speaker 2>There are definitely strong emotions attached to all sorts of

0:42:22.160 --> 0:42:24.799
<v Speaker 2>things that have to do with our health. And you know,

0:42:24.920 --> 0:42:27.359
<v Speaker 2>like you said, yeah, it's like having that choice taken

0:42:27.440 --> 0:42:29.799
<v Speaker 2>away from you is a different feeling than just knowing

0:42:29.840 --> 0:42:33.320
<v Speaker 2>you're done having kids on your own volition exactly. Yeah, yeah,

0:42:33.360 --> 0:42:36.600
<v Speaker 2>I get that. Has opening up about your diagnosis publicly

0:42:36.640 --> 0:42:39.600
<v Speaker 2>overall been a positive experience for you. Have you felt

0:42:39.600 --> 0:42:40.560
<v Speaker 2>the love from people?

0:42:41.440 --> 0:42:43.840
<v Speaker 3>Yes, I'm like, oh my god, if I ever pass away,

0:42:44.120 --> 0:42:46.160
<v Speaker 3>all these people are just going to be so sad

0:42:46.200 --> 0:42:49.360
<v Speaker 3>because I had no idea how many people like loved

0:42:49.400 --> 0:42:51.680
<v Speaker 3>me and reached out to me, even like people that

0:42:51.719 --> 0:42:53.960
<v Speaker 3>I haven't talked to in years, like they wrote me

0:42:54.040 --> 0:42:57.640
<v Speaker 3>like these beautiful text messages, and I just felt really loved,

0:42:57.719 --> 0:43:00.160
<v Speaker 3>which was great because that, you know, that means you

0:43:00.200 --> 0:43:04.520
<v Speaker 3>feel good. But yeah, I think you know the more

0:43:04.680 --> 0:43:08.200
<v Speaker 3>of people like like fans and like random people dming

0:43:08.239 --> 0:43:10.759
<v Speaker 3>me yeah and saying hey, I work at a guy

0:43:10.800 --> 0:43:13.840
<v Speaker 3>in a collegist office, and we got so many calls

0:43:14.200 --> 0:43:16.640
<v Speaker 3>because of your video. Thank you so much. So like

0:43:16.719 --> 0:43:19.239
<v Speaker 3>everyone was just booking their appointments. I'm like, thank you,

0:43:19.320 --> 0:43:21.400
<v Speaker 3>Like that was that was the whole point of why

0:43:22.040 --> 0:43:23.759
<v Speaker 3>I was explaining my journey on what was going on.

0:43:23.840 --> 0:43:26.560
<v Speaker 3>So I'm glad it worked and everyone's looking there. You know,

0:43:27.000 --> 0:43:30.800
<v Speaker 3>everyone's booking their scans. Yeah. No. The fact that, like

0:43:30.840 --> 0:43:33.879
<v Speaker 3>I'm still getting gms with people, like I finally went

0:43:33.920 --> 0:43:35.640
<v Speaker 3>to my scan and now I'm going through what you're

0:43:35.680 --> 0:43:38.920
<v Speaker 3>going through. They caught it early, and yeah, I'm getting

0:43:38.920 --> 0:43:40.880
<v Speaker 3>a lot of those messages and I'm like, you got this,

0:43:41.120 --> 0:43:42.920
<v Speaker 3>Like I'm the biggest scaredy cat in the world. I

0:43:42.960 --> 0:43:46.160
<v Speaker 3>do not like pain, I don't suels, I don't like anything.

0:43:46.480 --> 0:43:48.360
<v Speaker 3>So the fact that I'm just going and getting this

0:43:48.480 --> 0:43:50.040
<v Speaker 3>done like you could do.

0:43:50.000 --> 0:43:53.720
<v Speaker 2>It, I love that. I love it. I'm not letting

0:43:53.760 --> 0:43:56.600
<v Speaker 2>Snookie get off that easy. She's sticking around for a

0:43:56.640 --> 0:44:00.239
<v Speaker 2>bonus episode dropping this Friday, where we will hear a

0:44:00.320 --> 0:44:04.320
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0:44:04.360 --> 0:44:08.080
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