NEW STUDIO REVEALED + OC Mormon wives aren’t Mormon?!

Summary

FOOL COVERAGE with Manny MUA and Laura Lee
Episode: NEW STUDIO REVEALED + OC Mormon Wives Aren’t Mormon?!
May 1, 2026 | PodcastOne

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Episode Overview

In a milestone episode, Manny MUA and Laura Lee celebrate the reveal of their brand-new podcast studio, reflecting on four years of podcasting, creative partnership, and authenticity in an ever-evolving influencer landscape. The episode is a lively blend of personal stories, unfiltered advice on resilience, “pits and peaks” of their lives, and spicy commentary on the latest reality TV gossip—including the drama around Orange County’s new “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” reality show authenticity, and celebrity controversies.

The pair’s natural banter, honesty, and humor shine through as they dive into themes of dedication, failure, vulnerability, and the realities of “living in the spotlight.” Not to be missed: stories of lost cats, volleyball flops, finding your “why,” and the joy/practicalities of running a business (and a life) that changes with you.

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Key Topics & Insights

1. The New Full Coverage Studio Reveal

• (01:12–05:28) Both hosts excitedly introduce and describe their upgraded studio—a moody, mature space that marks a new era after four years of podcasting.
• Laura emphasizes the intentional design process, crediting producer Lexi, who handmade custom artwork and frames for the space.
• Manny reflects on their journey: “We wanted something that was going to be really just like the moody. The vibe that can grow with us.” (04:04)
• The new set features earth tones and a signature muted green theme, chosen for its sophistication and coziness.
• The hosts reminisce about their humble beginnings: “We started on a whim of our managers being like, start a podcast, literally. Are you guys sure?” (05:31)

2. Podcasting Real Talk: The Hard Parts & Dedication

• (05:36–10:54) Manny and Laura discuss the dedication required to keep a podcast running weekly for years—even when sick or traveling, “This is not a side project. Like, this is a dedicated project.” (06:12)
• They stress the rarity and value of creative partnerships built on equal commitment and mutual support.
• Shoutout to their loyal “Full Fam” for making the revamp possible.

3. Personal Pits & Peaks

Manny’s Pit: Volleyball Flop & Exploring Failure

• (11:36–19:45)
  • Manny recounts a tough volleyball game ruined by an awkward encounter and apologizes for letting mental state affect performance: “Sometimes you can just be kind of off mentally. And I felt because I was off mentally, it made me off physically as well.” (12:51)
  • He discusses the unhelpfulness of negative reinforcement in team settings: “I know I’m doing bad. So why do you need to tell me I’m doing bad?” (14:35)
  • Laura and Manny riff on the importance of embracing “failure” and rejection as opportunities for growth, referencing TV shows like “Cat’s Eye” for examples of resilience.

Laura’s Pit: Losing & Finding Yoshi the Cat

• (20:48–30:33)
  • Laura shares a harrowing story of Yoshi, her beloved 15-year-old cat, going missing while she was away (“I was literally bawling the entire night…” 21:16), detailing the panic, a neighborhood search, and the eventual, miraculous return (“...he opens front door, and there she is sitting there.” 24:23).
  • They laugh about being both relieved and mad at the cat afterward: “It’s literally like when you lose your kid and you’re, like, pissed off and you find him and you’re like, you idiot.” (26:51)
  • Laura reflects on the emotional bond: “I hope she dies of old age in our home.” (29:36)

Manny’s Peak: “Finally Got Pounded Out”

• (31:17–34:06)
  • In trademark candid style, Manny details a long-awaited, positive hookup experience with someone he knew well: “...to be so, like, desired in some capacity…” (38:01)
  • Emphasizes evolving preferences: “...I would like to get to know someone, have like more of a rapport with them, that kind of thing.” (38:01)

Laura’s Peak: Insights from David Goggins’ Book

• (40:11–44:46)
  • Laura shares lessons from “Can’t Hurt Me,” particularly the importance of having your “why” ready for when things get hard: “You need to have answers for it, but answers that are going to keep you in the race.” (41:17)
  • Her running advice: Tough love helps (e.g., “Quit being a little…”), but music and clarity of purpose are key motivators.

4. Reality TV & Internet Culture Hot Takes

OC Mormon Wives Cast Controversy

• (45:56–54:52)
  • Discussion of the new “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: OC” show and online backlash that some cast aren’t actually Mormon or don’t live in Orange County.
  • Manny, who grew up LDS, observes: “But then now it’s like Mormon wives, like, it’s making it almost—for star power—as a fad… it’s just so fascinating to me.” (47:11)
  • They explain how reality TV is inherently semi-scripted for continuity and drama (“...what’s real about reality TV.” 50:28).

Aspen’s Throuple & Authenticity in Reality TV

• Manny and Laura praise influencer Aspen for being open about major life changes post-Mormon-culture: “I just appreciate, like, the authenticity of like, authentically doing what the you want to do.” (54:01)
• Relate this to their own “coming out” experiences and pressures to conform.

David Dobrik & Jason Nash’s TSA Fight

• (54:54–63:07)
  • Recap of a heated argument on the “Views” podcast: Is it fair to pay $400+ for expedited security clearances at airports for government services?
  • Laura: “So now you’re already paying for... you’re going to pay the exact same amount of taxes. And now you’re gonna pay double because you’re gonna have to pay for TSA if he [Elon Musk] gets to buy it.” (58:56)
  • Both hosts side with Jason, highlighting class/wealth disparity and the “out of touch” mindset.

La Roach vs. Delta Air Lines

• (63:09–68:31)
  • Laura defends La Roach after backlash for complaining about not receiving his paid-for Delta One seat: “Just because a Delta One flight is out of touch doesn't mean you don't deserve the service that you paid for.” (63:29)
  • Both decry the “I wish that was my biggest problem” attitude from critics.

Vulnerability, Relatability, and Influencer Responsibility

• (68:31–70:06)
  • They stress how sharing opinions (even unpopular ones) and personal failures fosters real connection with audiences.
  • Laura: “Having a point of view... allows people to connect with you on a deeper level because they’re like, oh, you do stand for something.” (68:25)
  • Manny: “...it's like, who they believe, like, what they believe in.” (69:12)

5. TV Roundup: Euphoria, Temptation Island, and Reality TV Realness

Euphoria Season Critique

• (70:09–73:53)
  • Both note a dramatic tonal shift from high school drama to “full Breaking Bad” mode—crime, mob, and violence now center stage.
  • Manny: “But I think the music is so bad.” (71:44)
  • Laura: “They’re definitely catching hands for that.” (73:23)
  • Both still enjoy it for what it is, despite fan backlash.

Temptation Island and Love Overboard

• (73:53–78:44)
  • Laura pushes Manny to watch Temptation Island, highlighting its real, unfiltered drama.
  • They prefer shows with casts untrained in PR (“...the best TV ever.” 76:51), contrasting US and UK reality TV cultures and the “celebrification” of former contestants.

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Notable Quotes & Fun Moments

• On dedication:
  “This is not a side project. Like, this is a dedicated project.” —Laura (06:12)

• On podcast beginnings:
  “We started on a whim of our managers being like, start a podcast, literally. Are you guys sure?” —Laura (05:31)

• On negative reinforcement:
  “I know I’m doing bad. So why do you need to tell me I’m doing bad?” —Manny (14:35)

• On tough love & motivation:
  “Quit being a little... Sometimes, just being a little mean to yourself and be like, you’re [weak] sometimes. Yeah, just—It hurts. Do it. Stop being a...” —Laura (42:29)

• On authenticity:
  “I just appreciate, like, the authenticity of, like, authentically doing what the you want to do.” —Laura (54:01)

• On class disparity and privilege:
  “He’ll give people a free Lamborghini, but he will not pay their medical bills.” —Laura (61:04)

• On Delta 1 drama:
  “Just because a Delta One flight is out of touch doesn't mean you don't deserve the service that you paid for.” —Laura (63:29)

• On audience connection:
  “I think the world is at a place where, like, it's so sheep, like, at times... when people can be firm and strong about something that they believe in, it's like a belief. It's like, who they believe, like, what they believe in.” —Manny (69:12)

• On Euphoria season shift:
  “It went from high school drama... to Breaking Bad. Like, we are in a full season of Breaking Bad.” —Laura (70:29)

• Laugh-out-loud moment:
  “You got so scared that you’re mad.” —Both, after the Yoshi story (27:00)

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Segment Timestamps

• New Studio Reveal & Reflections: 01:12–10:54
• Pits & Peaks: 11:36–44:46
• OC Mormon Wives/Reality TV Discussion: 45:56–54:52
• David Dobrik/Jason Nash TSA Debate: 54:54–63:07
• La Roach vs. Delta: 63:09–68:31
• Vulnerability/Relatability in Influencing: 68:31–70:06
• TV Roundup – Euphoria, Temptation Island, Reality TV: 70:09–78:44
• Studio Closing Thoughts: 78:44–79:22

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Tone & Language

The episode’s tone is unfiltered, candid, and full of laughter, friendly roastings, and heartfelt moments. Expect plenty of F-bombs, pop culture references, and genuine vulnerability. Both hosts balance lighthearted “tea spilling” with surprisingly deep discussions about self-worth, toughness, and finding your path—in beauty, business, or life.

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Recommended for:
Long-time fans of Manny and Laura, aspiring influencers, reality TV junkies, and anyone seeking an honest take on “living publicly”—plus practical advice, camaraderie, and unapologetic fun.

Transcript

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[Laura Lee Van Way]

full coverage new studio.

[Manny]

I was fucking right.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Like why are we hitting this hard ball, girl? I haven't even told you we launched Yoshi.

[Manny]

You're fucking lying.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

It's staying for a long welcome to your favorite podcast. It is the official full coverage new studio.

[Manny]

I'm literally gagged with Laura Lee Van Way by the way.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Oh yeah, by the way, by the

[Manny]

way, by the way, this is your

[Laura Lee Van Way]

first episode with us. Or if you're listening, we need you just to take a quick glimpse of the new studio because it is incredible.

[Manny]

If you're listening. I do. We would love for you to just like go plop into the you YouTube version of it.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Just take a gander, take a gander

[Manny]

and then go back if you want to. But like you guys, we really have put a lot of love and care and time into this studio in the way of like planning for it and like really trying this.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

No, no, no, we did it. But we did help with the design and making very executive decisions. Me and Manny wanted to completely change up the vibe of Full Coverage because we've had this podcast for four years and we've had a lot of really fun cool rooms, a lot of cool themes. But you know, we wanted something moodier A little more mature, and a nice space for our guests and for us to come every week and talk to you guys.

[Manny]

Like our inspired.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

This is like the Manny and Laura comfy world.

[Manny]

Yes.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I think my favorite part is the full coverage signage in the background.

[Manny]

So sick. The fact that it's in a corner and it like looks almost like an optical illusion with like full coverage looks so freaking cool to me. And like you can see in the wide shot.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

You can.

[Manny]

It just looks absolutely insane to me also.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I mean, we were filming on like a basic white wall whenever we came here, but me and Manny knew this was coming. Like we. We had our big eyes set on like a completely huge new set. A revamp. We changed studios. This is not our old studio. You know, we moved to a completely new studio. And then we had a thug it out.

[Manny]

We honestly, that's the best way of putting it

[Laura Lee Van Way]

out and just film on the white walls until. Because as you can see, it wasn just gonna be a coat of paint and a new couch. Like we.

[Manny]

It was a transformation.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So we hired Lexi. Her name's Lexi. She's an amazing producer and room set. And she. We got new cameras.

[Manny]

Oh, the. Can you guys tell the difference of the cameras too?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Honey, the money was spent.

[Manny]

The money was spent.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Like we were three new cameras, three new camera lens. And then we. Hi. She. Lexi, hired a lighting guy to come redo all of our lighting. So.

[Manny]

So, girl. No. And on top of the set.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

On top. That didn't even count.

[Manny]

The set. That set. We did lighting, camera, set. We did the whole revamp and we spent some coin on it. But we really thought like, you know, it's four years and it's worth it. We really wanted to just like have something that was aesthetically pleasing. Cuz we knew that like what we had before, like you were saying, is not what we wanted permanently. Like, we wanted something that was going to be really just like the moody. The vibe that can grow with us.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

And don't worry, we're not like going to change this set every year.

[Manny]

No. Based off of what we just did,

[Laura Lee Van Way]

it's staying for a long, long time.

[Manny]

This is gonna stay for a good amount of time. But like, it's really cool. The fact that we like have something that we're both like, really happy with and really proud of that we can have for a while. A long time.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah. You know, and by the way, shout out to Lexi because she handmade the artwork you see behind us.

[Manny]

The frame.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

She handmade the frame and like all of it. Like, she hand did it to make our dream come alive because we found something we love so much that didn't even exist. And she like put it together that. Yeah, AI. And she like literally made it from plaster. So, like, you can't even buy these frames in this artwork. Like, it is literally handmade.

[Manny]

It's one of a kind.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

It's one of a kind. It's one on one.

[Manny]

We literally were telling you, we're like, you couldn't sell this.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah. We were like, babe, I think this is a new business.

[Manny]

This could like, this frame is just such a unique thing that I love the couches too.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

This green is so beautiful. They're so soft and comfy.

[Manny]

I just love the earth tones. Like, our whole room is like very earth tone vibe.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

We've always gone pink, cuz full coverage is pink. And we're like, okay, four years in, we're pivoting. We want. We want a new theme, we want a color, we want new fonts, we want an update. And I'm just so happy. I can't believe our podcast is here. I never imagined that whenever we started this.

[Manny]

No, me neither. I feel like we started with like a whim.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

A whim.

[Manny]

We started on a whim of our

[Laura Lee Van Way]

managers being like, start a podcast, literally. Are you guys sure?

[Manny]

Yes.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Podcast were not what they are today. When we started, of course, we were once again ahead of our time. Once again.

[Manny]

I mean, the sky's blue again, so. No, it's like, it's. It's nice that we've been doing this for so long because a lot of people want to get into doing podcasting. And like, a lot of people actually ask us all the time. They're like, well, how did you start? Like, like, what do you think about doing podcasting? And I was like, girl, you just got to start. Like, it's one of those things where it's actually quite hard to do. It's not an easy thing. Podcasting is very. It could be very difficult to carve out the time. And it's really about dedication.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Dedication.

[Manny]

Really being dedicated to something and really having someone, especially doing it with someone, makes it just so much easier.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

But it's hard. People, how. How often in life can you. So, like, you're saying dedication like this podcast, like, whether we're sick. You've been sick in here. I've been sick in this room. Like, feeling like traveling, filming in the middle of the night. Me and you have done everything to make sure there's an episode every Friday. And that's what the part Manny is saying dedication. But how are you going to find two people? They're just as dedicated. One love. It's almost impossible. So we're, like, an anomaly in that way. And, like, there are a couple other podcasts, but it's, like, you know, but it's hard to find. It's so hard to find. It's so hard to find. That's always my recommendation. Find someone you can do it with and be ready to really, really, really don't. This is not a side project. Like, this is a dedicated project. So both of those things. But I'm so happy we're here.

[Manny]

I know. I'm so happy, too. We just wanted to spend, like, the beginning just, like, talking about the room, how excited we are about it. And, like, I just keep looking around because this is. Today was, like, our reveal too. Like, we had no idea what it was looking like until today. And it's, like, so crazy to me. Like, we have headlights, for goodness sake. Like, what?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

It's just. I can't believe, Like, I cannot.

[Manny]

I cannot wait to even look back at the footage right now. Like, I. We have, like, little monitors.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Like, what we have.

[Manny]

It's a professional.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

We're so professional.

[Manny]

So professional in here.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah. It's about timing. I wish we started our podcast with this, but we didn't know what was gonna happen with our podcast. Like, we didn't know what we were doing.

[Manny]

We didn't know what we were even doing back then, but figured out by year four.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Year four, babe. We're like, year four, okay? We know what's going on.

[Manny]

Year four. We knew what was happening in year four.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

That's right.

[Manny]

But we also, like, girl. After, like, literally year one, we were like, we need to set.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

We did take time.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

It's also hard because cameras and equipment, which we had already bought year one, we're such a huge investment to, like, you know, try to sell all that and, like, redo all of that. It's big.

[Manny]

Yeah, it's a lot big.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

And you have to have a lot of faith in your podcast to do that. So thank you, full fam.

[Manny]

Yeah, thank you, full fam.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Because that's seriously for showing up week after week. You're, like, making that happen for us, and, like, we show up for you, you show up for us, and we just really couldn't thank you enough for it.

[Manny]

And we, like, we want the set to be amazing because we want it to be aesthetically pleasing for you guys, too. Like, we want it to look.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

You guys are Watching us for hours.

[Manny]

Yeah. Literally. So we want you to, like, have an aesthetic thing to look at that's like. It's dreamy, moody. I almost feel like this is very, like.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I love the mood.

[Manny]

I want to touch her.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah. It feels like we're in a really rich New York hotel room. It does. Doesn't. Not a room. Like, not the lobby, but just, like, the vibe. It's just like a rich.

[Manny]

I like how our primary color this year was like. Or this set is green, and it's like, muted green. Yes.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

We went with a muted green. We didn't want chartreuse. We didn't want lime. We didn't want forest. We wanted just like, kind of this muted green vibe. And then our. Our whole idea, mine and Manny's whole entire idea of this room started with a brown wall, didn't it? It did. Literally. We started with this color wall because we were like, all of our other studios have been beige or wallpaper or prints. We want to go dark, and we didn't want to do a black wall because that's obviously way too intense. Like, not cute. But then it was like this chocolate brown color. And you know what it was? It was an interior designer, I think she DM me. And it was in our last studio.

[Manny]

Yes. That's what it was.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

She goes, if you paint that wall dark brown, it's gonna. It would be amazing.

[Manny]

Yeah.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

For the contrast that literally hung in my head for so long. And when we moved here, we AI'd what a dark brown room would look like in here. We were like, oh, that's it.

[Manny]

We're like. We literally just took a photo of the wall, and we're like, can we. We literally asked Chad to turn it brown.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Huh.

[Manny]

Like, can you just make the wall brown? And then we just saw the difference of just having a brown wall, and

[Laura Lee Van Way]

we're like, that's the color. Hold on now, now, hold on. Now.

[Manny]

We're gonna be cooking with grease here so that since the doctor's waiting room.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Okay. I like the doctor's office. I'm gonna stand on it. I'm not gonna let people bully me not liking my own room.

[Manny]

I. And I. Honestly, you guys, there was also, like, a lot of in person, it just looked way better. I can. I cannot attest that enough. This also looks great. Cuz we have a lot of depth and a lot of lighting and a lot of differentiation, which we did not

[Laura Lee Van Way]

have in that room. The other room was narrow. It wasn't this shape. It was a very narrow, like, line. So it was, like, hard to give that. And we were pushed closer together, so we weren't able to put couches in and. And do all that. Also, we were. She was like, you guys really need to add plants. And we did it. So, you know, there are things. There were some things.

[Manny]

There were things. I mean, this is, like, just the vibe. This is our vibe.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Like, this is insane.

[Manny]

This is really, like. I feel like a testament to, like, how working hard. Correct. Correct. And just that. And, you know, there's that. You guys, we thought we'd be kind of fun to also, like, just shoot the. And, like, talk about different topics. Happen.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah. First, we want to show you our room, and then we had to talk

[Manny]

about it because it's just like, hello.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Hello. It's so good.

[Manny]

It's funny because I can see my hands in your shot, and I feel like, the thing. Wait, I feel like thing. Look, Laura. And I can see your mind. Like, I literally feel like, thing in Wednesday. Look at that.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I'm so dead. But should we start with pigs and piss?

[Manny]

Yeah, we start with these fits. Of course. Of course.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Start with your.

[Manny]

What should I start with? You know? Okay, I'll start with my pit. I had a volleyball game on Sunday, and I was a flop.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

You.

[Manny]

I flopped, you guys. It was just, like, sometimes in a team setting, like, you can just be the one that's, like, kind of not caring or not, like, being the better. And I will say, like, earlier in the day, like, earlier that day, had saw someone that I, like, didn't want to see, necessarily.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

The guy.

[Manny]

Yeah.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Did you see.

[Manny]

I saw him. Yeah, I saw him right before.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Are you gonna see him every time?

[Manny]

I don't know. I mean, I literally have no idea. I saw that. I saw him before I started playing, and I was kind of, like, taken aback because I want to be in, like, a spot where, like, we're completely cool and it's, like, chill, and it was almost, like, super cold. Like, almost completely. Ignore me.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

What?

[Manny]

Yes.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Him?

[Manny]

Yes.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Why?

[Manny]

I. That's what I'm saying. Like, I literally don't know, because at the end of the day, like, even if someone, like, decides to go, someone, usually it's, like, on them that they're like, okay, we're ghosting. But, like, we can be, like, cool and chill. Right? Like. But, like, it almost feels like avoidance at this point. Like, it felt so weird, and I remember, like, feeling, like, so odd in that moment. So I think that threw me off from my game, and I just didn't play that well. You know what I mean? Like, sometimes you can just be kind of be off mentally. And I felt because I was off mentally, it made me off physically as well.

[MacKenzie]

Wow.

[Manny]

You know what I mean? So that made it kind of frustrating, and I just didn't feel like I did good. And I had to play outside. Like, I had to play position that obviously, like, not as used to, but it's like, the more upfront position hitting. And I just, like, wasn't hitting as good as I usually do. So it was overall just not the best that I could have done. So that kind of, like, it's shitty because you only play once a week, and so you want it to be

[Laura Lee Van Way]

good to wait a whole nother way.

[Manny]

Yeah. So it's almost like I have to, like, wait another week. It's, like, prove myself that I'm, like, good or, like, worthy of being on the team or whatever. So I think it's just, like, I also get down on my own self.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Oh, my God.

[Manny]

When I'm not doing good. Like, do you know what I mean? Drama. It was a trauma. And so now I'm traumatized from playing. But, no, I. I'm the type of player to, like, even if my team, like, let's say my team is like, come on, you got this. And, like, they're almost, like, getting on me for, like, not playing well.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

I don't need that. Because I'm not the type that is gonna, like, doesn't turn around for me. Like, it never works for me. No.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Wow.

[Manny]

Like, that doesn't work for me. Like, someone being like, come on, like, pass better or, like, come on, like, do something. I'm like, that's not gonna work. That's never gonna work for me.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

You said that to them.

[Manny]

I'm like, you know what? If someone, like, does say something, I am gonna go off on them because I'm the type. Like, I cannot play in a team setting if they're getting on me.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Okay.

[Manny]

I'm just saying, like, in general, like, luckily, it wasn't even bad. Like, okay, that wasn't really happening. But if my team were to be like, yo, pick it up. Like, do something. Then I'm gonna be like, that's not gonna work. Yeah. I was like, you think it's, like, giving me, like, morale and, like, you're motivating me. That doesn't work for me.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

You know what does work? When you cheer people on that are doing bad? It does. Yeah, it does. Like, if they have one little good moment. Yeah, that works. That work. It really does work. It helps, like, the positive reinforcement rather than the negative.

[Manny]

Yeah. I'll never. Like. And the thing is, the reason why is I know I'm doing bad.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

So why the do you need to tell me I'm doing bad? Like, I don't need that. Like, I already am in my head about it, and I'm trying my best.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

That's what. So why the reinforcement?

[Manny]

Yeah. So I was like, it doesn't work for me. And, like, I've had it in teammates before when I played, like, more, like, seriously in high school, and I had teammates that were like, come on. Like, you. You're flopping. Like, it was, like, a shame. And I was like, get the out of my face. Like, you're literally pissing me off. Because it's like, at the end of the day, like, let's say their server is serving super hard, and they're like, serves I heart to pass, and I shake a ball. I'm doing the best that I can. I'm not trying to shank the ball. You know what I mean?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I was listening to a podcast and was talking about how failure is not that you failed, by the way, but just a feeling of, like, not doing good or just any type of rejection or any type of failure is a feeling that we need to explore more.

[Manny]

Yeah.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Because we put so much negative on it. But it's like, the only time we change mostly is whenever we do bad at something or we flop or we don't get something that we wanted to get. And it was like, people say embarrassment is like an emotion we need to explore more, like embarrassing ourselves and putting ourselves out there. But I think failure is one of those things we have to explore more. And it's. Any type of rejection is like a form of failure. You know, it completely controls your mood and. But you know what's crazy? I was watching Cat's Eye.

[Manny]

Oh.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Love the making of the band. Cat's Eye, the pop group, because Manny put me onto the TV shows. I've seen him in concert twice. Like, he was like, how are you not watching the show? But just to watch these girls literally bust their ass, and then they'll be like, you did a terrible job, and you're probably not gonna make this.

[Manny]

Yeah.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Because you suck so bad. And we've told you so many times, and just, these are young girls, and I watched this happen to them, and they just take it on the chin, and, yeah, it hurts. Like, you could tell it hurts in their face, but they just take it on the chin and they go try to do better. But I was thinking, damn, like, if young girls should do this, I think everybody should explore that feeling of rejection, critiques, failing, flopping, falling on our face, losing a game because we suck.

[Manny]

We won by a lot.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I'm so sick of you.

[Manny]

I was 25 10.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Get out.

[Manny]

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[Laura Lee Van Way]

Get out.

[Manny]

We destroyed them. But, like, it's not even that, though. It's like, at the end of the

[Laura Lee Van Way]

day, it's like, it's like your performance,

[Manny]

my own performance, you know, and it's funny, Laura and I like that you say that about the, like, the result. Like, kind of just pushing past, like, those feelings and exploring them. Because after the game, they all like to go to the bars. Like it's like a thing. Like the bar. Will they sponsor it, so they give you, like, free nachos and free drinks, all this stuff. So everyone goes afterwards just for like, a little camaraderie amongst totally the entire league. Not just like, our teams, it's the whole league. So because I felt like such, like, fudgeing a piece of shit, you didn't know. I was literally like, I'm not going to go. Like, I'm not going to go. I don't want to see my team. Like, I know I felt, like, nauseous afterwards. I'm not even kidding. I was like, I don't want to see my team. I don't want to talk to my team. Like, I'm good. But as I was driving, I was like, I can't let, like, the idea of being bad, like, stop me from going and, like, having a good time and trying to be with my team and, like, you know, have a social thing on my team even. I didn't feel like a great player that day. Doesn't mean I'm a terrible person.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

That's why failure is such an important thing to explore.

[Manny]

So I went.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

You explored it. You know, like, you feel it. And also it, like, makes you feel life. I feel like whenever you flop at something, you're like, oh, I am alive.

[Manny]

Oh, I'm feeling things.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Like it's a part of life, but we put so much bad on it. Sometimes maybe it's good to not feel good and then see what you do with that. What do you do with that? You know? So, I mean, I fell off all the time. I had bad runs. I go out there to run 12, 13 miles, and I come back after 7 and want to throw up and kill myself and wish I never did this. Yeah, like, you fell, you flop, and then you get up back out there and try again. But yeah, I love that.

[Manny]

That's how I felt too. And then just like, I. Like I was literally about to text them and be like, hey, guys, I'm not feeling well. I'm gonna. I'll see you next week. But I was like, no. Like, I can't let like the idea of me being bad at something or doing. Not doing well make me avoid my team. Because I'm like, that's not. I'm a grown up.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

Like, I'm not gonna do that. Like, what the am I talking about? So I literally just like kind of like let that pass. Let it go and like, I felt the feelings and I still went out and like, had a good time with them.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yep. I love it. Well, okay. I have a crazy pit.

[Manny]

No, you don't.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Girl. I haven't even told you. I told Z because I was at his house. But I told you. You're gonna scream.

[Manny]

What?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

We lost Yoshi.

[Manny]

You're lying.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So I was in New York and Ty calls me on the phone and he's like, I need to talk to you about something. And I immediately knew the cats because I was like, something happened. One of my cats.

[Manny]

Yeah.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

And he was like, I can't find Yoshi anywhere. I'm like, what do you mean? Because she's an indoor cat. She's like 15 years old. She's just a bag of like. Yeah, like, she's useless. Like, there's no defense for this cat. So, like, she can't go outside. Sometimes we'll eat lunch outside. Or if we're on the fire pit, she'll sit on the couch with us.

[Manny]

Of course.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So Ty's like, she's been gone for four hours and we've never lost her before. I've had her for 11 years. I adopt her as an adult cat out of the shelter. By the way, this is everybody's favorite cat.

[Manny]

So you lost her in like a way. Like, you lost her.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

It's bad. So it had been four hours. So four hours without yo. She is like, she's dead.

[Manny]

Like, no, of course. Right?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

We had Ty hat. So I'm in New York. So now I'm like trying to disassociate that how much I love my cat so I can get home because I have one more night there and my car picks me up at 5am to go home. So I'm literally bawling the entire night. I'm trying to dissociate so I can get on a plane because I gotta get home. And then Ty has the entire neighborhood Tearing their yards apart. Neighbors are knocking on doors. One of our neighbors had a drone. He was flying through the neighborhood. No Yoshi. So we checked the cameras. She slipped out while he was putting the trash out by the road. She's sneaky. She slipped out, hid underneath the car. He goes inside to eat lunch. He immediately is like, where's Yoshi? Because, you know, she's always in our face. Of course, 24 minutes on the camera had gone by before he knew she was gone, which isn't that long.

[Manny]

That's nothing.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

She ran to the neighbor's house. We can see her on camera. And then she runs down a neighbor's driveway. And then we can't see down the camera anymore. And so he just runs down there to get her, and she's gone. And she had been gone, I think six, seven hours at this point, and still no Yoshi. And it's pitch black night now.

[Manny]

Right, okay, sorry.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So I'm bawling my eyes out. Like, I'm like, she's definitely dead. Like, a coyote definitely got her. Right? Because we're like, it's so weird that only 20 minutes ago she went down your driveway and she's just nowhere.

[Manny]

Yeah.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So then the next morning happens. No Yoshi, she's gone. We've never spent a night without her either. 11 years. So we're just, like, sick to our stomachs. We're dead. I'm literally on the plane. I had WI Fi, but I was just, like, literally laying there. I wanted to die, by the way. I was really like, this is the worst time of my life. And it's crazy what you see on social media because you're like. You see me posting normal, but, like, my life has ruined it.

[Manny]

No, literally, like, I'm in a living

[Laura Lee Van Way]

house turmoil, and Tyler is going outside because he printed off lost cat signs because he wants to put them up in the neighborhood. And he opens front door, and there she is sitting there. She was gone for, I think, 16 hours, and she was just sitting there. She had gotten herself. Because we talked to all of our neighbors. Oh, my stomach hurts. I've been in the. Literally, we've been through the ringer. She got trapped in one of their backyards. She somehow got into one of their backyards and got herself locked in back there. But what's crazy is we went to all their homes and we were like, can you search your whole backyard? Like, we know our cats, like, right around here.

[Manny]

She's just, like, hiding over there. We don't know the fact that you're Going out to about to do like lost cat signs.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Oh yeah.

[Manny]

And she literally is right there as you're like, here's my poster.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So I thank God I have WI fi on the plane. I was an hour from landing and Thai text man goes, Yoshi was on the front door. And I. Oh, I know.

[Manny]

Like bliss. Oh, see, I would have broken down there again.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I. I did.

[Manny]

Yeah. I was like, that's another one for me.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

No idea. The migraine I had. Just think about this. You're. I didn't sleep for one second. I literally looked at my cameras the entire night. Like I had them pulled up with my phone, just staring at them, just waiting for her to come. I figured she was dead. We've never lost her before and like

[Manny]

she was gone to ever like run away. No, she doesn't do that. Like, she's not that type that's gonna like run off. Right.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Very good of coming back.

[Manny]

Oh, coming home. I see what you're saying.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I see you're saying she came back home, by the way, as soon as she got free, she knew exactly where to go.

[Manny]

She was like, God damn it, I'm chapped too.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah,

[Manny]

that's crazy.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

18 hours gone for her. We were sick. We thought she was dead for sure. We've never in our entire 11 years, 12 years having her, we've never spent overnight without her. Like we've never lost her.

[Manny]

Of course, you know, one not the type to like be lost.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Oh no, not at all.

[Manny]

She doesn't do that.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

She's so like addicted to us, you know?

[Manny]

Yes. She never would leave.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

And the only reason she gets to come outside in the backyard when we're eating lunch is cuz she would freak out if we closed the door and didn't let her come with us. Like she would lose her mind.

[Manny]

Yeah. Like she wants to be part of it.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So wouldn't you think she was dead? Like.

[Manny]

Yes. When you said we lost Yoshi, I literally. My heart sank. I thought you were, but I'm like, you're not crying, so I know she's not dead.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah. Oh.

[Manny]

So I was like.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Like I can't even explain to you the migraine. So I didn't eat any food. Come on.

[Manny]

I'm like that.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I didn't sleep. It's 5am I have to get on a flight and my. I've been crying. So my head is just like pounding like the craziest pain ever. So honestly, after he's hair founder, I just had so much work to do to get my head to Stop hurting. Because I was, like, literally in so much pain coming home. And then I got home. I'm so mad at her, though.

[Manny]

Absolutely. How could you literally do this to me?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Dare you just run out the front door, hide, and then protrude out of our gate? Which, by the way, we now have our gay. Every little crevice of it, like, marked off where she can't. But it's like.

[Manny]

But that's crazy because she's just not the type to ever even do that. So it's, like, so wild to me that she even did that.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

What are you doing?

[Manny]

It's literally like when you, like, lose your kid and you're, like, pissed off and you find him and you're like, you idiot.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yes.

[Manny]

You got so scared that you're mad.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

We're mad.

[Manny]

Like, you're mad because you're so scared.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

As soon as she came home, we were so mad at her.

[Manny]

It's like the relief first and it's like, we're pissed.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yes. We're like, we have given you. We pulled you out of a shelter, literally, and gave you the best life we could have given you, and here we are.

[Manny]

I'm.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah. Z was not happy. Oh, he was not happy. He was like.

[Manny]

Because he loves Yoshi. Like, all of us. Like, Yoshi is like, literally all of our favorites. So it's like, we're like, freaky. That's why I literally instinctively.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

She's elderly. She's a literally scary.

[Manny]

Because she's, like, not the type that's gonna, like, like, run up a tree to avoid their animal. Like, she's not.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

She would literally run in the street too. Like, she's not. Yeah, totally. She's, like, been in LA LA land her whole life, so no idea what the going on station. Honestly, after five hours. Because we've never. Never have lost her before. Has she run out front before? Yes. She doesn't go anywhere. She just is like, yeah, she wants to be right beside us. So five hours. She was definitely deep. Seem dead. Like, for sure. Like, even after that, me and Ty knew because we're like, a coyote must have grabbed her.

[Manny]

But look, I mean, luckily it was at 3 o', clock, so it's like you still have the.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I know.

[Manny]

Like, until the night. Like,

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I'm like, the damn neighbor had a drone flying in people's backyards. Like, Tyler was illegally jumping fences and getting in people's backyards.

[Manny]

But it's our cats, girl. You become like a whole, like, different person.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Our neighbors were like, we'll go with you to break into a backyard because we don't want you to, like, get shot or, like, people to call the police. So, like, if there's some of us looking around, then it doesn't look.

[Manny]

It doesn't. It looks more like a search party and not so, like, one human being jumping.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

We're really lucky to have the neighbors we have. We also had to learn all of them whenever we found her, we're like, we got Yoshi.

[Manny]

Oh, my God. I know. They were. I know. They were relieved, too.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

They were.

[Manny]

I'm sure it's even your neighbor's favorite cat at this point, too. Your neighbors.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah, they love our cats.

[Manny]

They love them.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

They call one of our Boo Boo. They call him Oreo.

[Manny]

That's so the little boy across history. That's Nick's dog's name.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Oh, yeah. They call a girl, and they're like, oreo, the girl. We're like, yeah. You're like, his name's Boo. But they. They have their own names for our cats.

[Manny]

That's so cute.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

The little boy will come by, and we always let him play with our cats. And, like, we'll bring them out. Yeah.

[Manny]

You know, Yoshi's living.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Living.

[Manny]

That's why it's, like, so funny. Like, that's why it's so crazy, because she's, like, the social one.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

If we didn't find her, what would I have done?

[Manny]

I don't understand.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

The thing is, I would have never known what happened to her. And, like, how can I live with that?

[Manny]

It's that. That. The not knowing.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I can't.

[Manny]

It's almost worse than, like, something. Like, it's worse. You can't. It's like. Because at least. Not at least the knowing is closure. Like, at least you're getting something from that not knowing. Kill me.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Like, I hope she dies of old age in our home.

[Manny]

Of course, the goal. That's like, she would have lived, like, the best life ever.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

And I will be sad, but I'll also be, like, happy. I could have.

[Manny]

Yes.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Given her what I gave her.

[Manny]

Exactly. It's like, you're. Like, you're happy that that would be her ending.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I remember the woman at the shelter when we got her. I'll never forget the woman at the shelter. Loved her so much. She called me the next day, which I've never. I've adopted cats my whole life. I've never had them. She called me and was like, are you sure? Her name was Linda. Said, are you sure? Linda's a good fit. And I was like, Baby. I was like, linda's mine.

[Manny]

Yeah, you're like, she's great.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

She was like, you're like feeding her. Like she was very like particular about this cat. And I was like, I know you are. She's the sweetest girl in the world. But I was just like, I promise you she's gonna have a good life with me.

[Manny]

Yeah.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Like I'm a cat crazy cat lady. Yeah. She cared so much about her and I'm like. And now she's lost that.

[Manny]

You know, it's a good cat. Like that's when you even the like

[Laura Lee Van Way]

the shelter was worried about like what home she went to. Which I love that. That. I love that.

[Manny]

I love that too. I think that's a testament truly. Oh my God, I'm so glad that she's. It's been terrible rescued.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah, it's been a rough heart attack. You need to suffer too.

[Manny]

Yeah, no, I suffered. I suffered. I. I probably got a couple grace from that just in the story alone. I literally.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Oh, me too. Me too. I got no more cortisol in my body.

[Manny]

No, you literally, literally. You're depleted for a month.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I literally can't even be stressed anymore. I'm on natural Lexa Pro.

[Manny]

Literally, you're like, I can't. What I supposed to do?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I'm numb.

[Manny]

Can't feel.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Let's explore trauma this week.

[Manny]

Literally. Oh my God. Okay, so why would you. My pe. My peak. Because that's like a lighter mood. That's lighter. You guys. I finally got pounded out.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Oh, it's about time. Honey. You needed this.

[Manny]

Mom, don't listen. Like no one listen. Everyone that's is related. Don't know. I need everyone to clock out right now because this is a story time and it just. That is what it like you can't. But you guys, the thing is on Sunday I was feeling like such like.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

That I was like, I. This has to happen after the game.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

You still have that energy?

[Manny]

No shower? No.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Are you guys crazy?

[Manny]

I went home.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

He likes to be.

[Manny]

Fuck no. This is a rumor that we're not going to spread, you guys. So literally, it's so crazy cuz like a friend of mine who I've just like flirted with throughout like these like three years. I would say we've just been mutuals. He was like hitting me up and he was like, when are we gonna like hang out? And I know he's insinuating like, okay,

[Laura Lee Van Way]

when we get the vibe.

[Manny]

And I was like, oh, this weekend I could be free. Like da da da. And he's like, I'm coming back into town Saturday night. Like, let me know. I was like, cool, sounds good. So I just kind of, like, let it be. But Sunday, I was like, maybe you can or not. Are you, like, free tonight? Like, what are you up to? And he's like, yeah. Like, I'm good. Like, you can. You should come over. Like, we could hang out. And I was like, I should come over and we should hang out. So of course I prepare mentally and physically for that. And so I went over and had, like, got a new puppy. So I was playing with this puppy and it was really cute. And then we were sitting on the couch and just kind of hang out, but we were already, like, flirty. Like, handholdy.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

How do you, like, initiate that? Like, how's it get going? Because we know why you're there. We know why you're there. So how does it get going? One.

[Manny]

So, like, I. So I walk in and like, again, I'm playing with the dog, and we're sitting on the couch because dog comes. He's a puppy. He's like five months old. So it's literally, like, rampant. So he kind of like, grabs my leg and he was kind of, like, rubbing it as I'm playing with the dog. So I'm like, okay. Like, obviously, like, we know what. We're here. And I already knew that he was like, a top.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Okay, Right.

[Manny]

So I already knew going in because he had told me. He was like, I'm. I'm over. Yeah. So he was like, great, whatever. So he's like, grabbing me and I'm like, so at this point, because he had grabbed me, I kind of, like, put my leg over his leg, and I'm like, playing with the dog, and it's like the dog's in my face here and my legs over his leg, and he's like, doing this, like, rubbing down my thigh. So I'm like, bitch, you're trying to give me a fucking heart on over here. So then, thank you so much to Herz for sponsoring this portion of full coverage. You guys, if you've ever felt stuck trying to lose weight, you are absolutely not alone. I think we've all been there. Enter weight loss by hers. It's designed to support you in reaching your goals. And hers now offers access to an affordable range of FDA approved GLP1 medications, including the Wegovy pill and the Wegovy pen, which I think is absolutely amazing because it sometimes can be really, really hard to get that and, like, have resources to you know get that with hers. You know if you are eligible you have a service that can really help you with that.

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[Laura Lee Van Way]

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[Manny]

See full [e-mail] I was like, okay, period. So then he like had grabbed the dog to like move it away. To put it, like not put it away. The dog couldn't jump up.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

So he just put him down.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

And then so once he put him down, he like leaned over and like we just started making out and like from there. And so we're like, okay, let's go to the bedroom. And then, you know, the deed was done. But it was, honestly, it was so fun. Like, I just. The thing is, for me, you guys, like, I sometimes will just not be in hookup mood. I don't like want to like around like I. And the type like in this era of my life that I would like to like be talking to someone, get to know someone. Like, you hook up. I just hook up way less because I'm kind of over the like random hookups aspects of it. But this is like someone I've known for years. Again, it's not even like a random hookup. Like I'm just, I'm just kind of over the randomness of the hooking up culture. And I would like to get to know someone, have like more of a rapport with them, that kind of thing. And that's kind of where I'm at. Like, just maybe it's also just growing up. Like, I just don't want to have like random hookups all the time anymore. But it was really fun and had a great time. And I was like, okay, like, I need to like get back out there and just do the damn thing.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

But it was also just nice, like after that kind of a day to be like so like desired in some capacity, if that makes sense. Where it's like, like I felt like. So then this guy's like, who's been trying to get at me. He literally has been trying to get at me for like three years. I'm not even kidding. Like, he's super cute. I'll show you a photo of him on accident. I show it on there. I forget that this is screen. I'm like, look. Oh, my God, I completely forgot. I'll show you after. But no, he's really cute, and he's, like, around my. He's a little bit older than me, so it's like, just like, the perfect vibes.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Love it. No more for you.

[Manny]

No more glory.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Staying out of that glory hole, aren't you?

[Manny]

I'm done with the glory hole, you guys. I mean, I haven't gone in a long time.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

No.

[Manny]

I would have told you, but. No, you haven't gone to the lore. And honestly, he was so obsessed with me that I was starting to, like, really? Yeah, it was starting to, like, really, like, freak me out in a way.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah. That I was like, I always think he's definitely gonna eventually take a knife and cut you off, dude.

[Manny]

I, like, I'm scared. Like, at that point, only stick your wrong hole, you'd. Any holes. Not a goal.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Honey, that's a headline.

[Manny]

Yes. Wait, Dick chopped off becomes a. What's it called? I forgot what it's called. Not when they, like, don't have dick and balls. It's called something.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Castration.

[Manny]

Yes. That's the act of doing it. But when you're.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

When you're already. That you're. Yeah. It's like you're.

[Manny]

It's a Game of Thrones. They call it that. They want a Munich.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Is it immunic?

[Manny]

I think it's Munich. What the. The fact that, you know, that is crazy.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I was gonna say.

[Manny]

So I was like, no, it's not anemic, but it sounds like that. Okay. Yeah. Okay. That. That's literally what it is. Like, where you're. Literally Munich. So. Yeah, I. Once he started getting so obsessed.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

I started getting freaked out.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

He's gonna get choppy. Choppy. Yeah.

[Manny]

You know what? He's like. Like a wood chucker. Like, what the.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I'm so dead.

[Manny]

So it ended up being really fun. I'm glad I did it. Now I can, like. Because it was a good time. Like, I had a lot of fun with him. Now I feel like I can resort to him to be like, hey, like, what are you doing? Like, as someone that could potentially be like. Like fwb.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

You know what I mean?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

A little, buddy.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I love that you've been needing one lately.

[Manny]

I did. I felt like I needed a good pounding, so I'm glad I did it. Yeah.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So my pick is quick. So I almost finished with my book, Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins.

[Manny]

Yeah.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

It's a really great book. It makes me sad for him, though, because he was abused so heavily as a child that a lot of this comes out. But at the end of the book, he explains, like, how aware of that he is. So that made me happy and it's completely changed his life for the better. And he's motivated so many people in the world. Yeah, he knows why he. He is the way he is. Like, he's aware and that, that brings me joy at least, like, knowing where this is coming from and this need to, like, do all these things and all but one good thing that he said, and this is something I always do, but I haven't talked about it. And people, number one question they asked me is like, how did you get into running? How do you stay into running? How'd you get into fitness? How do you stay in it? Like, that's the big question. How to get in it, how to stay in it. And what he said in the book is something I always do, but I never even thought about it. And he just puts it into terms and he says, have your wise read. So whenever you get into hard running, it's yeah, you're why the am I doing this? Is going to come up.

[Manny]

Oh, I see.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

And it is going to come up multiple times.

[Manny]

You almost have answers for it.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

You need to have answers for it, but answers that are going to keep you in the race.

[Manny]

Got it.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So it's like, why am I running? What do I want to get out of this? What you need to do is have those answers ready and really talk to yourself before you get into doing hard CrossFit gym run whatever it is that's going to be challenging for you, that is going. And it doesn't even have to be fitness. It can be like anything. Starting a podcast, writing a book, your why needs to be ready. Because it's going to come up and you need to have an answer that's again, going to keep you there. So for me, I'm like, why? Why? I ask myself all the time, especially on hard, hot endurance runs outside, they challenge me like nothing has ever challenged me in my life. I know you just see me, like, flying down the beach, but just know, like, from mile nine to 12, like, I'm just in straight pain every single step I take. And that's when all the wise come up. Why the am I here? Why am I doing this? Why did I get into running? This is horrible. And, you know, I answer those questions for myself ahead of time. So you know what's funny? The two tips that have helped people the most is quit Being a little. Like, sometimes just being a little mean to yourself and be like, you're sometimes. Yeah, just. It hurts. Do it. Stop being a. People have said that that one is huge for them.

[Manny]

Really?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I know. It works for me. It works for me. It's something that I use.

[Manny]

Honestly, I do it too. I think. Yeah, I think, like, in instinct, not instinctively. Like, we people do that. Like, they'll be like, why are you doing that?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Like, such a.

[Manny]

Yes. Like, just do it.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Instead of being like, oh, come on, girl, you got this. Sometimes, like, you need to tough love it out. You need to tough love it out and just be like, why are you such a little.

[Manny]

Right now? Stop.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Get the job done and stop with this whining that has helped people a lot. The second thing that has helped people the most, this is based on feedback that you guys tell me in my DMs. But is the music music?

[Manny]

Yeah.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Get that playlist. Yep. You gotta blow it out. You have to blow out all your thoughts. Like, you have to have something there to just wipe it. Sometimes they say, oh, there's cheating and running. Sometimes I do running with no music. Because, like, listening to, like for so long because my runs are over two hours. You're like, enough.

[Manny]

I can't like you.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah, I'll just listen to my breathing. Like, your ears are bleeding. I'm like, enough. But it really is the thing that can push you through and make a huge difference in your game, your run game. But. And so that the music quit being a little has been two of the biggest helpers. And then I think this could be another huge one, which is something I was doing but never really even put into. Like, thought of sharing is like having your. Why? Why are you doing this? What do you want out of it? Which can also help people because I always say, like, a lot of times people get into hobbies or things that they think they want to do and they quit so quickly. And I find often times that's because you're doing someone just you're doing something just because someone else is doing it that's around you. Like someone it would be, you want

[Manny]

to because it's around you.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Because it's around you, you see other people doing, but it's not actually something you want to do. And whenever, let's say you get into something and you quit it really quickly or when the going gets a little tough, you quit, it's because it's not something you actually want to do. You're just doing it because other people are doing it. So make sure you find your own thing that you really are passionate about.

[Manny]

Absolutely.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I feel like if I took a volleyball, I've never played volleyball a day. Yeah, exactly.

[Manny]

I don't want to run.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

Just so I'm not the type that's like. But just because running is, like, kind of popular, people like to do it. I'm like, I know I don't like to run, so why the would I do it?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Right. So not for the sake of doing it. When you get out there and it sucks hell balls, you're not going to last very long because it's not something you're really into.

[Manny]

Right.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So answering your whys can help prevent wasting a lot of your time too. And being really honest with yourself.

[Manny]

Like, I love to see you on the volleyball court.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Honestly, the first time that ball hurts my wrist or my thumb area because we used to have to play in PE a little, you know, and it would, like, hit my thumb or wrist. One time it dislocated my finger.

[Manny]

No.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I went like, oh, yeah.

[Manny]

Like that. Yeah.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

And it just hit that finger and bent it. It didn't dislocate it. It. What do you call it? It. Strained.

[Manny]

Strained it.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Okay. So painful. My finger was so swollen. I was like, I hate this.

[Manny]

Yeah.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Like, why are we hitting this hard ball? So. Yeah, it's not for me.

[Manny]

But you like, but, you know, you saw for you. So you're not gonna, like, do it. Yeah, I've done that so many times. My thumbs.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Oh, it hurts both. So that bone right there, when that ball hits it right.

[Manny]

Goes like this.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Oh, yeah.

[Manny]

And I think it. Think it's, like, been times when I was like, oh, I completely, like, hurts dislocated or like, something happened.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Crazy. So I just wanted to share that. A lot of my tidbits I've shared, I get so much feedback on. And I'm like, damn, it is making a difference for people.

[Manny]

Absolutely.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

You know, maybe you don't have to read the book. I'll just tell you.

[Manny]

I love when you tell me these things.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Tell you things.

[Manny]

My favorite.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Okay, and shall we get started with this?

[Manny]

Let's start. Okay, so first topic. There's been a lot of discussion about secret lives of moron wives. OC See you guys. There's a new show happening. Secret Lives and Mormon Wives, Orange County. And it's in, like, SoCal.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yes.

[Manny]

Which is so. With like, a. A big cast, A huge cast. And did you see Avery, all these people?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Jen said she's gonna move over to the OC Cast. Which I was telling you, I think they have too many cast on.

[Manny]

Yes.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Utah anyways. Because you can't get enough story lines in. It's so chopped up. So I feel like that's really cool. I'm surprised Jen wanted to move over. I assumed Michaela would move over because she was like, flirting with the. Of moving to California and. Who else? Maybe I was thinking someone else too. Someone else was. Is tinkering in California. Oh, Whitney.

[Manny]

I think she's like, New York right now.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

She's like, fuck all of it.

[Manny]

She's like, yeah, no, but you guys, there's just been a lot of discourse online about, you know, some of the girls not being LDS or not being Mormon. And a lot of people are like, upset about the idea of like, I saw a specific video and she was like, when did like, being Mormon turns like a fad? And when did it become like a thing where it's like you almost hide being Mormon.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Okay.

[Manny]

Because it's like something you're. You can be kind of ashamed of or people can clown you for. But then now it's like Mormon wives, like, it's making it almost.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

They're using it to make money and like, yeah.

[Manny]

For star power as a fad or to be like, ooh. But it's like something that we really trained. Yes. And I say we because I grew up LDS and I grew up Mormon. So like, to me, when I'm watching it, I'm like, I'm not thinking, like, don't use my religion as your. I. I'm not thinking that. Like, I just don't really care that much. But it is fascinating to watch where it. It's like, you know, to see something that, like, I grew up with, that people would clown or be like, all these wives and just like, like the craziest, like, made up lies about Mormonism.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yes.

[Manny]

And then to see it as something where people are saying, like almost saying. Not saying that they're Mormon, but like having Mormon roots, a Mormon upbringing to get on this, like, popular show. It's like, it's just so fascinating to me. It's just such a strange thing.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Well, people don't like it.

[Manny]

Correct is basically what I'm saying.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Online's pretty upset about it. I mean, they don't live in the oc, so that's interesting. I think what it is is there's too many shows based in la and so they had to, like, switch it up a little bit by saying OC that.

[Manny]

I mean, it makes sense.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I think it'll be A good show.

[Manny]

I can't wait to watch.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I can't either. I listen, I'm watching. I'm tuning in.

[Manny]

I'm watching, babe. I'm tuning in. I'm excited.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

We have friends on it.

[Manny]

I'm excited.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

By the way, our friends have, have told us about this months and months ago. So we've been really excited to talk about it.

[Manny]

Yeah, we actually, we've actually known for a while.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

We're excited about the opportunity for them. Yeah, some of them aren't Mormon. Yeah, a lot of them. Most of them on the cast do not live in the oc. That is true. But welcome to Hollywood, baby. That's just how it works. And that's like all reality tv. And by the way, people are like, oh, like Jordan coming out being like everything you saw in Utah scripted. I don't know why he's trying to say that. Because all reality TV is scripted. Me and Manny have both film reality TV shows, shows, and kind of the way it works is you build out your storyline. Like, what's your storyline? Is it divorce? Is it?

[Manny]

You know, what is going to be yours?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

What is your story this season? Like they don't willy nilly the season and just pay all this budget and money and just say, well, hopefully some fights or something happens. That's not how TV works.

[Manny]

Yeah.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

And so what they do is either maybe a fight happened in the past and they'll ask you to redo that fight for the camera. Or like, what happened. Yeah. Or perhaps like they just need you to have a conversation. So they'll say you're gonna meet at this restaurant and this is the conversation that guys will be having today. And then they all edit it together and make it just seem like you're watching their real lives. Whereas some of it's real. Like Jesse is really going through a divorce. So yes, they used it for a storyline. And I'm sure a lot of the moments and conversations were staged and set up for to let us in on that storyline. And that's just kind of how reality TV works. So it is kind of real.

[Manny]

The thing is, it's a combination. I think people don't realize that like a show. So a lot of reality TV has, has it has to be staged in a way where situations have to occur. So like something flows. So but for example, like, let's say it's like, hey, you need to meet with this person at this time. What you guys talk about, how you guys talk about it, that's all on you.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

The production is going to be like,

[Laura Lee Van Way]

you need to be this line. I remember when I showed a shot a show once, they just said, I want you to go in and ask this question because it's going to fire up some spicy conversation. So just make sure you get in there and get this question in there because it's going to piss some ladies off.

[Manny]

Exactly.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Said great. Okay. So that's how. And then whatever roles after that is

[Manny]

what is what's real about reality tv.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Right. But like even Love island, like you realize the little conversations they're having, the producers are setting up times during day and yeah, because they have cameras all over the house. They'll catch glimpses of like hooking up and little comments. Said. But like when the camera's on them and they're having a conversations that was plotted and planned, like the producers, like, okay, go talk to him and go have this conversation.

[Manny]

Figure it out.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yes, exactly. So it's half and half really. There's a lot of discourse about.

[Manny]

Be honest, you. It kind of has to be that way though.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

In a way it does for a show to flow.

[Manny]

Have a show flow in like reality world without production having a. A guide of like where something should go. Because it can just literally be up in the air. Like you don't. You wouldn't know what's happening. That's just not how.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

And you remember whenever we had Chelsea on from selling Sunset and she was even explaining that herself with her arguments with Brie because Brie would like set up conversations y. She didn't want to air. But once she would set up those conversations and she was like, well now I have to go talk to her. Cuz that's just the way it works.

[Manny]

Yes. Cuz it's already been brought to the show. So the show, you have to like follow it for continuity. You have to like.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Well, it's already been brought to the show. So do you want to tell your side of the story or do you want to let it roll on what other people are saying? You know what I mean? So they get you in that way and then. And then honestly you don't. Unless you're an executive producer, which you know what is so funny? Kim just called out and the recent season, Chris and Courtney, because of stuff, they want it cut out. Like the big fight they had. Courtney wanted that cut. Oh well, they were slapping each other.

[Manny]

Yeah. I mean, because it looks like horrific.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

It looks bad.

[Manny]

It looks so bad.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So it's different. It's different when your sisters. It's. So what do you think the idea

[Manny]

of, like, it being cut. Like, come on.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

What do you think about Alex Earl's reality TV show? I think it's coming to Netflix.

[Manny]

Oh, is that. I was actually wondering where the it was going to live.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Like, yeah, Netflix.

[Manny]

Are you gonna watch?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I. I think I'm gonna watch. I was gonna say yeah, but actually I didn't watch the d' Amelios or any of that. I haven't watched any of the Kardashians new stuff either. So I'm like, maybe. I. I don't know.

[Manny]

The thing is, like, I feel like I'm so curious to see what it's about because I don't know if I would be really interested in, like. Yeah, tuning in.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I know, right?

[Manny]

So really, it just depends. And like, I think that's why I almost like a show that follows, like, let's say Six Moms.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Love it.

[Manny]

You know what I mean? Because it's like, yeah, you have things that you can like from different situations. But I don't know how I'm gonna feel like watching because also, like, in my mind, I'm like, okay, if I'm seeing you on Tick Tock, then I don't really feel like I need to see you on the show.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I think Aspen is really brave for doing this show and, like, airing out her throuple girl, because she's gonna air out her throuple. I believe she showed Billy and Brie. Like, she showed with them. I think. I think she's going to.

[Manny]

You guys, we've been knowing about Astros a lot.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

Like, we have just known that situation because, you know, I just love Aspen and we're friends with her, but, like, it's just such a fascinating thing to me because obviously, like, she's ended things with. With Parker and like, things like that ended.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

What do you think Parker thinks? Not that I give a. I mean,

[Manny]

honestly, I don't care what Parker things either, but I'm sure he's thinking, like, what the. He's probably just like, in his mind, it's just a WTF question mark.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Like, she's a young girl that moved through her life at a too young age, in my opinion, due to the culture she was surrounded by. And now she. She is exploring and that's just what it is. And whether you love it, you like it, you hate it. I'm glad that she's brave enough to genuinely do what the she wants to do after years of living, even though she's not technically Mormon, living under the Mormon umbrella of, like, get very young, have all These kids young, and now she's like rebelling against that in a way and just like doing what she wants to do, regardless what people think about it. And no matter if you love it or hate it, I don't care. I hope she doesn't care. I appreciate, appreciate.

[Manny]

I love it.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I just appreciate, like, the authenticity of like, authentically doing what the you want to do.

[Manny]

It's crazy because it actually reminds me of coming out, like, in a way where it's like she's been suppressed for so long, she probably wanted to experiment and do different things. And honestly, being with the girl, like all these different things, but like, it happened to her later on in life because there was a system kind of oppressing her for so long.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Right.

[Manny]

And I kind of feel like that's how it was for me too, in the different ways. And I didn't get to experience a lot of things. I was in my mid-20s, early 20s, 20s. So things.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

That's where us is at now. People think she's old, she's so young.

[Manny]

So I'm like, to me, it's very like, it just actually makes so much sense. Like, she literally has been oppressed for so long and now she actually wants to just like, live her life. And like, she might be doing it later, but you're never too late to live your life the way you want to live. So it's like, to me, I'm so happy for her. I'm so excited for her. I'm actually so excited to see her on the show and see the dynamic with. With her thruffle.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah. So it'll be really good.

[Manny]

Like, I literally cannot wait.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Okay, next Toppy, David, Dobrik and Jason literally get in a fight on their podcast, which you have to remember, like, if me and Manny get in a fight on our podcast and we choose to air it, we know what's gonna happen. We know it's gonna happen. So this will happen. So they get in the debacle of the TSA mess, where basically, you guys remember, it's better now because I've flown several times and it has all the major airports too, like J. Ok lax. And there's never been a line, really that's been bad. So I get, I guess it sorted out. I don't know. Don't take my word for it. Show up three hours early.

[Manny]

Seriously, at this point.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

But it was like a three hour wait. Like, security was insane. So David and Jason walk up to clear, which is a little service you can pay for. Manny pays for it. I do Too.

[Manny]

No, you go, Manny pays. Where? I'm like, so do you. You're like this.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Caught red handed. You're like.

[Manny]

I'm like, we people. Clear. Absolutely.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Absolutely. When you travel a lot, it's. When you travel a lot, baby, you got to have to. It has to be TSA plus clear. When you're traveling all the time, it's rough.

[Manny]

Was it? Because. And like, the thing is, I've had clear just like you for years.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

Like, it's not even the TSA debacle like that. But that probably even is even crazier in ads too.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yes.

[Manny]

Which makes sense of their argument.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So they, I guess, had. Had a clear membership. It expired. But they're like, we'll sign up again real quick to get through this line. So Claire's like, great, let's sign you up real quick. I believe it was 300 each.

[Manny]

Oh. Which more than like, that's more.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Because it was like 80 something a month.

[Manny]

Yeah. I was gonna say. No. A year.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

A year. It was a year.

[Manny]

It's a yearly thing and it's like a hundred bucks. So it wasn't like.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Which always felt suspicious. Cheap for what? The service. If you were traveling all the time. Like, if you're using this service every month, which me and you use at least every month, that's 10 months a month to like not wait in line. So that's really cheap. So apparently they've gone up in price.

[Manny]

Clearly. Like 300, I think, is actually quite clearly clear.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Clear.

[Manny]

Yeah.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So they were saying it charged around 300. And then to get another jump in the line because they were going to miss their flight, they were like, give us a hundred dollars, basically pay this fee. So it totaled up to like 400 each. And so Jason's point was, David starts and he's like, we're so lucky we got to do that. And like, we're so blessed. Blessed that we have clear and that we could pay to get through. Like, that was. David was like, we're gonna miss flight. Luckily they had the service we had to pay for. Jason was like, you're insane. Why do we have to pay 400 to get a government funded system to work? So TSA is funded by the US Government. So now we're paying for something that taxes should have already paid for. So now you're double paying. And David is definitely like, no, man, you're crazy. Which David has had ungodly amounts of money for so many years. And Jason is more so on live, asking for galaxies. I'm gonna say It.

[Manny]

Keep it a buck.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So, you know, he looks at it completely different. But, you know, to be honest, I'm on both people's side because I'm like, I will always be grateful. Like, if we can figure something out and make our flight, I'll be grateful. But Jason's right.

[Manny]

Jason's correct. Like, 100 in that situation.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

He's so absolutely correct.

[Manny]

It is crazy. They have to do.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Saw this the other day where Elon Musk wants to buy from the government tsa. So that's going to cause a huge problem because think about this. Let's think about this. T. Your. You are being taxed. Everybody that lives in the United States is being taxed. We.

[Manny]

You.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

There's two things you have to do in life. You have to live, die, and be taxed. Like, you're going to pay taxes. So your taxes cover the bill of airport security.

[Manny]

Yes.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Meaning unless you. You want a special service and a special escort, your taxes cover you getting through security at the airport. So you should not pay any extra unless you want special services. Right. If Elon Musk wants to buy this, what do you think he's going to do?

[Manny]

Charge.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

He's going to charge you.

[Manny]

So now you're already paying for.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Do you think your tax bill is going to go down 40 bucks a month because you're not paying? No. You're going to pay the exact same amount of taxes. And now. Now you're gonna pay double because you're gonna have to pay for TSA if he gets to buy it. So all he's doing is putting more money in the government's pocket and taking more money from you.

[Manny]

Yeah.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So it's going to be really. Because everybody's like, please let him buy it. Because of the debacle and horrific of how our government is ran, which is horrific. And these people aren't getting paid. And, you know, you're having layoffs, you're having people boycotted, and it's a disaster. What it is. It's an unorganized, terrible government. That's what it is. But you really don't want a private company to buy it, because you are going to pay twice.

[Manny]

You're already paying for it, and you don't want to pay twice.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

What do you think about Jason and David's takes?

[Manny]

I think that Jason, by the way,

[Laura Lee Van Way]

they were screaming at each other on the off because Jason's like, you're so out of touch. You know, you had all this.

[Manny]

I mean, I think Jason has a point of saying that David's out of touch. I do think that, you know, when you're at that level for that long, I think that there is something, something like you're going to become out of touch. You're not going to be as relatable anymore. Like, there's. It just happens. That's just like how the world works. You think I'm. We're not going to Reliana Grande?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yep.

[Manny]

Sorry.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Like, it's not gonna happen.

[Manny]

So I feel like Jason is right on that situation and I do think that he's right again on the saying that it's something that is government funded. We should not have it. To pay 400 to be able to make your flight on time when you're three hours early.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

So I do understand. Like, I. I get David being like, I'm so grateful that we're able to do this. Absolutely. You can be grateful about something, but at the end of the day, you have to do it.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

Like, it's not good.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So 800 for 200 people. Sorry. Two people to get their security is criminal. That's absolutely criminal.

[Manny]

Honestly, it feels criminal in a way. It actually feels like they're like robbing you.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

It doesn't matter. That is crazy.

[Manny]

So I think that's also like, the difference too is that he's like, not really caring about the amount. And I think that probably also, like, affect Jason in some way. He's like, oh, it's only for only four. 400.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

And that affects Jason. So he's like, one, we're conned by the system.

[Manny]

Exactly.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

And then two, that was four for

[Manny]

just to get on the flight.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

David should pay for both of them.

[Manny]

Girl.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

But he does not seem like the type.

[Manny]

No, he seems.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

He'll give people a free Lamborghini, but he will not pay their medical bills.

[Manny]

But I feel like that's for, like, content. He's doing like the Lambo stuff.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah, right. He gets something out of it. Cuz he films it for content. But whenever you don't get anything out of it, because it's like, David, why won't you just pay for Jason's TSA girl?

[Manny]

Like, come on. You know, the pay disparity is high. Did I just say that right? Is that the right word?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

The. Not the disparity. The. The dichotomy is a dichotomy.

[Manny]

You know, when there's a discrepancy. Is it discrepancy? Like the difference between them?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

That's the discrepancy.

[Manny]

The discrepancy.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

You guys are losing brain.

[Manny]

What did I Say earlier.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Disparity.

[Manny]

Actually, maybe I think disparity might work.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I'm looking up with the word disparity.

[Manny]

You know, when you say a word so many times, I don't know what it means anymore. What the is disparity?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

How do you spell this?

[Manny]

No, I just talk. Say disparity.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I got it. Disparity.

[Manny]

What does it mean?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

A noticeable or unfair difference. That is correct. Disparity is correct.

[Manny]

Right.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Say it again.

[Manny]

Disparity is right.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

That's right.

[Manny]

I think there's a pay disparity between.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

There's disparity. Disparity.

[Manny]

You guys, my vocabulary, you guys, all

[Laura Lee Van Way]

of our vocabulary just went up a notch. We now know how to

[Manny]

discrepancy.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I said discrepancy.

[Manny]

But what is that? Does that work too?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Let's find it.

[Manny]

Let's find out. Discrepancy works too.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Dis. How would you spell that?

[Manny]

Put it in a sentence.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Discrepancy. Yep. Wouldn't have gotten it. A lack of inconsistency or a difference between the two.

[Manny]

That works too, Laura. Like they both work and they're both Ds. Ooh. You know, I'm on. I. I finished my fourth wing series,

[Laura Lee Van Way]

so the vocabulary has expanded series.

[Manny]

But now I just started Fourth Wing, so I started another book, so now I'm on another book journey. I feel like the books makes my

[Laura Lee Van Way]

mind better, life better. Oh, yeah, no, they do both. They do.

[Manny]

Like, it just expands my mind in different ways.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Absolutely.

[Manny]

And I haven't read in so long that I like forget that that is the case. Like I'm firing synapses that haven't been fired in years.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

See? Locking in, baby. Lock it in. Well, oh, I want to talk about next really quick. Laroach recently posted. I'm on the Roach's side.

[Manny]

The Delta thing.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

You guys aren't going to like that. Yeah, the Delta thing.

[Manny]

Okay, okay, give me, give me that.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Give similar situation to the David and I'll.

[Manny]

Yes, give me.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Roach puts out a tweet and he's like at Delta and he's like, I paid for a Delta 1C by the way. Delta 1C is the seat that has the bed. It's like the business class that has the lay flat bed. And he was like. And I didn't get that. So like he just wasn't happy. He didn't like go on and on and go off on them. But what the what happened was TMZ Entertainment, everybody picked it up and was like going the off on him. Like, you're so unrelatable you're so ungrateful. Like, you're lucky. You gotta fly. But I Disagree. I'm on LaRoche's side because. Because he paid for a Delta 1 flight. Just because a Delta 1 flight is out of touch doesn't mean you don't deserve the service that you paid for. And I say this as someone who travels a lot. When you spend an entire night. Night working and not sleeping because you know there's a bed on the flight and you know you can pick up five hours of sleep on that flight and continue on on your next day. That is why you paid thousands and thousands of dollars for those little window of sleep that you pay for. The pockets apiece so you can keep your day moving. And so for me, I account on sleeping flights. Like, I'll do an all nighter in New York, so the time difference is brutal. And then I'll sleep on the flight and then I'll get home and be able to continue my day and work.

[Manny]

Right?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So if I paid thousands of dollars for a Delta 1 flight and it's an upright seat in business class, I'm pissed. Like, I'm not going to be happy about that. And like, actually the p. Okay, so it's funny. Entertainment was on his side. The people were like, what are you talking about? He's not an unrelatable bougie. Maybe he is, but he paid for a service that he didn't get. An Hermes bag is ridiculous, stupid and unrelatable and out of the. But if you pay for an Ormes bag and you get a cheap bag bag, that's still not fair. Yeah, like, Hermes still owes you the bag.

[Manny]

Yeah.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So, like, I was totally on LaRoche's

[Manny]

side on this side, because I agree with you. I think that it's like, if you're paying for a service, even if it's out of touch, not relatable, at the end of the day, you are spending the money that you earned on it.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

But they're like, how dare you complain?

[Manny]

There's. Well, the thing is, the Internet loves to be like, how dare you complain about literally anything? So, yeah, at the end of the

[Laura Lee Van Way]

day, it's like, my problems are bigger than yours. How dare you complain you didn't get a bed on a flight. Like, that's how they see it. But I'm like, but you paid for the service. So I'm like, I would want to call Delta out on that too, because they're not gonna give you your money back because you took the flight, dude.

[Manny]

It Just reminds. Like, it reminds me sometimes of, like, when I get, like, comments on my videos about something where, like, I say I like something there, and then I'll get a comment that's like, but what if you have acne? I don't. Well, what if you do have acne? I don't know. Like, I'm not suffering with that in that moment, so I cannot tell. Tell you that answer. It's like, oh, well, if you don't have the money for it.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

Okay, you guys, I don't know. I don't know what to say. Like, sometimes at that point, it's like, I can only go off of your experience. LAroching only go off his experience. What he paid for.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

So when people be like, how dare he be unrelatable?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah. It's like, how dare you complain about a bed on a plane.

[Manny]

Yeah. That's all you're saying.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So stupid.

[Manny]

You didn't pay for that.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Like, do you know how much the cost? That's thousands of dollars. And I don't even think it was the money. I think it was the fact that he needed probably to go to sleep on that plane, and then he. He didn't get to sleep.

[Manny]

And the experience, like, he wanted to have a nice experience, too.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

You know, my. My shtick with people. Whenever I complain about anything, whether it's life or just any little complaint I may have or, like, talk about, my people always say, I wish that was my biggest problem. When the. Did I say that was my biggest problem?

[Manny]

Totally.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I'm complaining about a problem, but I never came on here and said, you

[Manny]

got the biggest problem in my life right now.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Problem I've ever had. No time. This is just a problem I'm willing to open up and talk to you guys about and have a conversation with you. My biggest problems, y' all probably couldn't handle either.

[Manny]

Yes.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So I never said. But that is the famous, like, first comment. First dm. Like, people love to say, I wish that was my biggest problem.

[Manny]

I'll get that too.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

But I'm like, I never said it was my biggest problem. I said, it's a problem amongst many that I'm not willing to tell you about because that's my private life.

[Manny]

Life. Yes. 100. Like, it happened. Like, that's just. But like, again, it's people almost feeling like they need to be right. That their problem is bigger than your problem or that their thing is bigger than yours.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Because I'm so unrelatable.

[Manny]

Yes.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Which actually mean you never get the comment that we're unrelatable.

[Manny]

No.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

That's something neither of us even deal with.

[Manny]

No. Ever. Like, honestly, ever. Which I'm so happy. Like, that's so nice.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Well, we're relatable and, yeah, we've had. We're just being real successes.

[Manny]

Yeah.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

But our audience knows, like, we can be very, very real. And we're still going to take you shopping at Marshalls, and we're still going to go to the Dollar Tree.

[Manny]

And also, we're vulnerable about things.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yes. Yeah.

[Manny]

It's a podcast. We talk about things that happen. Like, I just talked about getting pounded earlier.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

I just talked about, like, having a shitty. Thank you. Thank you. I talk about, like, having. Just being at my game. It's like. Yeah. Mind you, they're not, like, the biggest things, but I'm letting you in more than, like, let's say someone that does, like, get ready with me about every product that they're doing. You know what I'm saying? Like, it's more than other things. And I think that to connect, like, you should share those things.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

Like, I want to talk about, like, being a flop.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah. I was recently talking at usc, the Girls School of Business, and I was. What was I telling them? I was like, saying, like, if you want. Because they were asking me a lot of questions about being a creator, like, what makes a good creator. And I told them having an opinion and having a point of view. And, like, I was like, you can all day talk about, like, makeup products, and people will love you for that. But whenever you're vulnerable with them or you have an opinion on something or you stand on. It doesn't have to always be political, too. Like, it doesn't have to go to politics. But for instance, instance, when Taylor, Frankie, Paul, and Dakota were battling, I had a lot of to say about Dakota, and I didn't have much to say about Taylor, Frankie, Paul, and I don't care what people's opinion is. But just having, like, that point of view allows people to connect with you on a deeper level because they're like, oh, you do stand for something.

[Manny]

Yes. And I think that's so important. It's like, I think the world is at a place where, like, it's so sheep, like, at times. And I think it's so hurdy that it's like, when people can be firm and strong about something that they believe in, it's like a belief. It's like, who they believe, like, what they believe in.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

And they don't care.

[Manny]

They don't care about the opinion Opinion

[Laura Lee Van Way]

about or the backlash or the opinion

[Manny]

of it, that means something.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

And I think people can connect with that.

[Manny]

Absolutely. And I. And I hope that people find, like, strength in that too. And I hope that they get inspired to be, like, strong on their own stance about things, because I like to share things that I'm feeling very, like, passionate about. And I want to say those things. And I don't really care about what people have to say about that thing because I feel, like, firmly about it for myself.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Right.

[Manny]

Like, I don't need, you know, to hear anything about it. Cause I'm like, well, it is what it is, you know?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

And you're willing to. To, like, not listen to backlash, but you're willing to take it and just be like, okay, you're not changing my opinion.

[Manny]

Yeah, exactly. I was like, that's fine at the end of my opinion is my opinion.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

But you. It is what it is.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Right.

[Manny]

So I feel like we should, like, end it off today with euphoria, because people are going crazy about euphoria and in a bad way.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I hate that.

[Manny]

I know.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I also understand.

[Manny]

Me too.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Because it's a completely different show. It went from high school drama, hookups, cheating, a little bit of addiction, and it.

[Manny]

Very interesting, very intense.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Dove off the deep end to Breaking Bad. Like, we are in a full season of Breaking Bad.

[Manny]

Literally, that's like the perfect way of saying it. We're in Breaking Bad.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

We're in. How did it transfer?

[Manny]

Like, college.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Breaking Bad, we're talking about high level crime, strip clubs, shootings, drug trafficking, mob.

[Manny]

Mob beating up people.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Like, okay, now this is not normal life. Like, you know, the other before was like, what high school are you going to? I'm like, I don't know. My high school. Y' all was like, crazy. Like, euphoria.

[Manny]

Right? So you can almost like multiple drug

[Laura Lee Van Way]

dealers, like, the whole. There are high schools like that. Maybe we didn't dress up like that.

[Manny]

Right, Right. Didn't have that kind of glam baby.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

We didn't have full B and like, yeah. Rhinestones glued to our face and a full body chain outfit. It was more like jeans and a T shirt. But there was still, like, a lot of those dramas happening.

[Manny]

Yes.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

However, now. Now. Not that they've lost me, because it's still so good.

[Manny]

I enjoy the show for what the show is right now.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I like, it's just a different show.

[Manny]

It's a different show. I agree. And I'm trying to treat it like it's not the same show, which is, I think, why I'm enjoying. Because I'm like. Well, I'm not watching it. Like, I'm thinking it's Euphoria, season one.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

It's like a completely different thing and I'm enjoying it for its difference.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

But I think that the music is so bad.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

It's so. It was during the last episode, girl, the walking was happening.

[Manny]

Maddie walking.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

That was it. That was it.

[Manny]

The Little Mermaid music.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I was like, what's going on?

[Manny]

Literally insane.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah, the music's bad.

[Manny]

The music just in general. Like, the music for. It's just bad. Like, for mo. Most of it is bad.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

What's crazy is the music in the past seasons were kind of like. No, it was carrying the show. But it. Music eradicates emotion. That's why they add it into shows. That's when people add it into YouTube videos. And, like, even little tick tocks, they'll put, like, sad, sappy songs when they're announcing something because it eradicates emotion out of people. So you want them to feel something. So they're totally off in the music. It's like, it's completely off.

[Manny]

Far off.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Too far off.

[Manny]

It's almost like you're, like, asking AI to make your music for that. Like, it's literally like, Maddie's walking. Why don't you have some, like, little sounds like, what the is going on? It doesn't make any sense.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah, music is.

[Manny]

But I like the show in general. Like, I still am enjoying it. Like, I liked this last third episode. Like, I enjoyed it for what it was. Like, I thought that was really funny moment.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Endless drama too. Like, endless action and drama. Like, if this were its own entity, I would. I mean, I am binge, but I would eat it up. Yeah, totally.

[Manny]

You have, like, no preconceived. It's nice when they have the throwbacks. Like, I love seeing, like, Cal talk to freaking Hunter Schaer's character and, like, them have, like, a full, like, moment and, like, talk about the past. And he's like, you know, high school's the best. And she's like. So, like, I like these moments that are giving you almost like these little callbacks to, like, season one and two.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

But for a lot of it, it feels like, completely different, which is odd.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

And so, yeah, they're definitely catching hands for that.

[Manny]

Oh, it's like, bad. Like, all my dms, like, when I talked about just like, oh, the music's not very good. I don't like the music. They're all like. Everyone's like, I Hate the whole season.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Oh, my God, yes.

[Manny]

Everyone's like, I hate the show.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I think it's so juicy and good, too.

[Manny]

By. By. I think it's because, like, we're seeing

[Laura Lee Van Way]

it from a different lens, and that's not what they want. They want back the old euphoria.

[Manny]

Correct. Like, they're. They're binging it or they want to watch it because they like euphoria one and two.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Okay.

[Manny]

Which makes sense. Of course. I'm enjoying it in a different way than I enjoy Euphoria one and two. So I'm still having fun watching it. It's just like. It is a different show to me.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Okay. Another show I demanded Manny watch because whenever I get a good binger, I know you'll watch it.

[Manny]

Exactly. And I need to know.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Okay. They have two seasons of it, but it's called Temptation Island. It's on Netflix. And we. What it is, is. Is three couples, four couples go in, and they're in a rocky relationship due to dishonesty or whatever it may be. Most of it is a little bit of a cheating scandal in a relationship. And so they want to test the relationship to see if the cheating would still happen or should they move forward. And they have a loyal partner that they can trust. So the couple split. The girls go to a house, the guys go to a house. But then they bring in a bunch of hot bombshells. Bombshells for the girls and for the guys to live together. And. And then they play tapes at night to show what each couple did on the other side. On the other side. But so the guys and girls who came as a couple have no contact with one another.

[Manny]

Right. You guys, I just started it, so Laura told me to start watching it. I've seen the first two episodes. It is like. And it's funny because, like, it's at the end of the second episode, it's starting to get, like, crazy. Like, it's starting the. To the. Like, you can feel like shit's about to hit the. Because Laura literally. And Tyler is literally. Literally, like, no, it gets crazy. And I'm like, really? Cuz I haven't. Like, I'm only at the end of two episodes. And it's like at the cusp, I was like, oh, I know. Like, shit's about to hit the fan. Who watches. Who watches Temptation Island?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Please comment. I need to know if you've watched Temptation or season one.

[Manny]

I've never seen season one.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Really good. It's just as good as this season. Yeah. So you could.

[Manny]

Did you Finish it all?

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yes, absolutely. As soon as it came out. Oh, and then I finished this season in two days because I think it's only eight episodes.

[Manny]

Okay. Is it.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

I've only seen two, so it's like a binger. Like, you could just binge.

[Manny]

I cannot. I'm just gonna download them all.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

You should. So good. You guys should watch if you like. Like that Love island. Like that juicy relationship.

[Manny]

Relationship. Relationship Tea.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

You would like it. What's the other one we just watched? It was Relationship Tea. I think it was on Hulu Overboard. Love Overboard. That was good. That was good too, actually.

[Manny]

Really, really love. Love Overboard, huh? Love Overboard. Yeah, it was great.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

It was really.

[Manny]

I really, really enjoyed Love Aboard. So I feel like that is like, those kind of shows. Like, I just am so fascinated by. To see, like, people's takes on their, like, relationships and what they're into. And, like, it really. I feel like relationship stuff brings out, like, the best and worse in people. 100 like it true. Like, they're to their core of like, being just. Or like the best human ever. So it really just brings out, like, that inner theme.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

In a way.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

And it's, like, interesting to show, to see what people will do on reality tv.

[Manny]

Like, also, my. Y' all forget your recording.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

That's what I forget.

[Manny]

I'm like, so you guys, you know you're being recorded.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

They say it's funny too. Whenever you get someone who isn't PR trained. Like, these are regular people. The one girl had been on the Below Deck show, the Bond girl. She had already been on reality tv. But whenever they're not an influencer, they're not in the TV world. So they don't know. Know what they're saying is, like, gonna get them backlash or, like, like, so they're gonna be a little more raw because they're not PR training.

[Manny]

They don't know what they're doing.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Trying to protect. Yeah. They don't know what they're doing. The best TV ever.

[Manny]

It's my favorite.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

When they're not trained, it's like, that's

[Laura Lee Van Way]

why I hate our Love island now. I was just talking to Mitchell about it because, you know, they had the UK one, which is the original, and he was telling me, well, people in the uk, it's like the biggest show ever, but they don't treat them like a list celebrities. He said they have one Molly May that made it to, like, a list. But he was like, we don't treat. And so he was like, people go on the show that type of fame in the UK because you're not going to really get it. You're more so treated like a reality TV star.

[Manny]

Yeah.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

And he was like, in America. He was like, love island is so weird, he said, because you guys treat the people on the show like they're a list celebrities when they come off and they just stereo TV show. And I was like, he ain't lying. I was like, okay, so I know that's the gag.

[Manny]

He's not lying.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So his point was, he was like, because America does that with their show. Show. The show sucks to him. He was like, I think the show sucks because every single person on the US Love islands looking for fame.

[Manny]

Yeah.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

And it's just like a direct. Like, I know what to say. I know how to show up. I know when I shake my ass, I know PR let me be here for the girls. He was like, it's so like, they know what they're doing now. It's so media in the US and he's like, UK is not like that.

[Manny]

The last season, like, the one before

[Laura Lee Van Way]

last season, when they actually, like, that was for. That was the beginning of the end.

[Manny]

That was the beginning of the end because they were, like, really more real on that season. And then the next season felt very like.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

And then. Yeah, it was like, we know what we're doing now. We know what we're doing now. Everybody, actors take place. You know, cameras rolling.

[Manny]

Yes.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

So Mitch was saying that is what makes us not. Huh? Like, not as good. Because he was like, UK is still

[Manny]

really raw because they're so, like, you're not gonna get.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

You're not gonna be that famous.

[Manny]

So they must have a gazillion seasons there.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

A gazillion. Gazillion. A gazillion seasons. Yeah. Yeah.

[Manny]

You're just turning and burning.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Turning and burning. So that is it for this week's episode of Full Coverage. We hope you guys loved it. We hope you love the new studio. If you don't. We do.

[Manny]

We do. We do. And that's all that matters, is that we do. And I really do. I just can't, like, stop, like, taking it all in.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

It's, like, reinvigorating. I'm so.

[Manny]

I just feel so good being. I'm just, like, feel so cozy and just, like, great. Like.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Yeah.

[Manny]

So I feel so calm here.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Homey.

[Manny]

Homey. And, like, even, like, there's no, like, blaring lights in our face on this one.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

Nice. Our vision has come back.

[Manny]

I. I can retina. Oh, honey, it's amazing, alive and well.

[Laura Lee Van Way]

We love you guys.

[Manny]

We'll see you guys in our next episode. Bye. Love you.

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[Laura Lee Van Way]

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[Laura Lee Van Way]

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