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You guys, I gotta move back to Alabama. You know what? Now that we're talking about taxes, I'm going back.
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I'm going back.
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There's, like, it's very low there. Oh, nine, one, one. Immediately. Yeah.
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Hey, guys, welcome back to Full Coverage, your favorite podcast with your host, Mandy.
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MUA and Ms. Lauralee. Like, I'm the guest, Ms. Laura Lee. Laura Lee's here today? No, I'm here every day. Okay. Today we have a very special gu. She's hair, she's skin, she's everything. She's an amazing influencer. Welcome, Tati, to Full Coverage.
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Oh, my God.
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Yes. We're so happy to be here. We're so happy to have you. So happy.
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We're so happy to have you here. It's. It's been so nice, like, now that you're here in la, to, like, actually get to see you and out and about. Unbelievable.
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I love it. It's, like, feels surreal, honestly, because it's like, I feel like when you're, you know, in this industry and you don't live where everyone else is or where your friends are, at least, it's like when you're finally with them, you're like, oh, my God. It's like.
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Feels right.
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Yes. No, literally, it's so nice. And we. We've been connected forever.
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Yeah.
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Yes, forever.
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Long time coming.
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100%.
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Yeah.
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I love it so much. I'm so happy you're here.
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I know. Seriously, thank you for coming out and, like, making the ship. We love you. Seriously.
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Okay. We start every episode with peaks and pits, of course. So we want to hear from you, what are your peaks? Pits. Start with whichever one you want to.
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Oh, my gosh. Okay. My peak was I just spent four days in Tulum, which is really cool.
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Hell, yes.
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It was lovely. I was shooting a really special campaign, so that was really.
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I can't wait.
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I was seeing.
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I was like, do we get. I was like, do we get. Do we get, like, sneak peaks? Like, oh, I'll show you. Okay, great. I was like, please, I'll show you.
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That was my peak. And then my pit was probably. I backed my G wagon into a pole.
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Okay. That's an expensive pit.
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We walk outside right now. She's like, ignore the huge dent. And I'm like, oh, the huge dent in the back?
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No, just the massive concave in the back.
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I get it.
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Is your G wagon new?
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It's like a year old.
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Okay, so you've had it.
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Yeah.
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Is this your first wreck in it?
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Yeah.
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I feel like that Is so big. I be done hit.
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Oh, me too.
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I don't know how I haven't hit something yet.
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Yeah, I would have cleared Los Angeles county out with that, honey. Every girl gets a G wagon. I'm like, how do you guys not run over?
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It's a boat.
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It's a boat. It's so big. And I honestly, I was just, like, crashing out, and I just, like, wasn't listening, and I wasn't doing the right thing. And I was just, like, crashing out on the. Because I was on the phone and I was in a fight, so I was, like, so in the zone. And then my. The G Wagon, it really, like, tells you when you're gonna get close to something. I don't. I don't remember who was in my car, but they were like, how did you back up into.
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Got it? Like, it's literally, like, blaringly going off.
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It's because you were in a batt. So you were like, I was in a battle. You were in the moment, so you didn't hear it.
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And I'm backing up and my car goes.
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And I was like, Oh, I know. You screamed.
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Oh, I hung up the phone.
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No, you didn't.
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I'll call you back.
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Mid battle, you're like, you know what?
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And then I texted him and I was like, I'm sending you the bill.
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Yeah, 100%. It's a little Apple Pay. No, I'm like, so what was it?
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A pole in a parking lot? You just.
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It was like, you know those parking garages where it has, like, pools everywhere? And honestly, I was, like, trying to get out of this spot that. I don't know why I parked in that spot. I don't know. And then I just.
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LA parking spots are notoriously tiny.
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Horrible.
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They're tiny.
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I've been in this parking garage. Like, it's like my best friend's house. So, like, I know the parking.
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So there's no excuses other than the crash house trying to give you a little something.
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You're like, no, there's no excuse.
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Like, no deserving.
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There is literally no reason why it sucks. Yeah, you think that's, like, really? Honestly, I thought it was. No, I thought it was, like, people were scaring me. They're like, oh, it's going to be so much money to fix. And then my sister, my lovely assistant, she made it. Really?
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She's like, baby. She's like, listen, where there's a will. No, there's a way.
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Love it.
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And that's her motto of life, period.
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And that's what unique people like. That's why we love her. Exactly. That's why you have people like that.
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That's why we love her.
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Exactly.
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She's great. And she, yeah, she was like, they'll do really used one and like, just.
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Like the little part, the cap. Yeah, it's just the little cover. It's cosmetic.
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Yeah.
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Ye, yeah, it's yeah, just fix it.
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I hit a curb in my car, but my car is a very low sitting car. So it did a lot of scrapy damage. It was. No, it was.
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No, it was.
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And they try to charge me $5,000. That's crazy because they you. Because they're like, we have to replace the part. We can't just fix a huge scrape. Like we want to replace like the whole fender. So they're like $5,000. So now I still have a few huge grape on my car and I'm not. Yeah, it's been there for like years and years.
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That's why I think I need to have the big car. Because if I had a small car, I fear it's a wrap. I'd have an issue.
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Yeah, you hit a lot of things. I, I, I've done too.
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Hey, I have a big car and a small car and I wreck both.
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I'm like, I got an off roading car so I can get over the curb.
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Literally.
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Yes.
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Like you just drive over the hump and drive over the curb. See, that's like the better option because I used to have a really, really low car.
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You still do.
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I mean I do, but like the one before was, I'm not kidding you guys. Maybe this far off the ground.
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Any.
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Yes, any bump. It was literally like, I'm sorry. Sorry to everyone in my car.
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Maybe in the Range Rover don't give a speed bump.
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No, but the Range Rover is so smooth.
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It's the best. It's the best.
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So smooth.
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Yeah.
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I love my car. I love my car. Get in the Range Rover. My friend has one. I'm like, this is the smoothest car I've ever been in.
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I was talking to someone who has ungodly godly amounts of money, ungodly amounts of cool cars. And he was like, I only drive my Range Rover. It's literally so we've had one for six years and we just lease them and just trade up because it is the best car.
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And I get it. I get it.
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You're like, I get it. You get it.
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You get it. When I first moved to la, like my car, obviously I had to ship my Car.
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Did you ship it?
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I shipped it.
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Oh, so you have had this car?
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Oh, yeah. Oh, it's funny. I literally bought a car and then I moved and I was like, that's.
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Why I assumed you bought it when you got it.
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That's.
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I thought, terrible. I'm like, I literally can't get rid of it now.
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And I love my car color.
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So fun. I was like, I have to ship it. So I shipped the car and I had no car here for like two weeks.
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It takes forever.
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I couldn't believe it.
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They load it on it and they drive it through the country. And as soon as they get to la, whenever they came, it's like in Montana.
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It's like in, like. Where was it? Seattle. Like, a lot of cars, they, I this, they gave me a Range Rover and I loved it. I'm like, damn. I got in my car. I was like, oh my gosh. Like, this is bumpy.
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Yeah, Yeah. A range over. We call it the Lazy Boy on Wheels. Cuz you're like sitting in a Lazy Boy. Ours will massage your back now. Yeah, that's crazy. I don't use that. But it's. I would never do that in my car too.
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I never have.
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Right. I was like, I've never, not once have ever turned that off.
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I've never done that.
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You have it.
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I know. Wait, where are you coming from again? Like, what?
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Okay, so you recently moved.
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Yeah. Yes. I was like, I want to talk about this single.
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You moved to la. We want to know everything. Tell us.
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Yes, it's a new era of my life.
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Yeah.
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Literally. It's been really lovely and wonderful.
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Yeah.
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But yeah, I mean, it's so weird. I was actually talking to someone about this the other day. Like, ever since I was young, I had this inkling that I was gonna end up here. And I think just intuitively we know where we're gonna end up or whatever.
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You know, or just not where you were like, in that spot.
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I was very, like. I don't know how to even explain it. I felt so out of place.
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Where were you?
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I was in Boston.
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That's right. Yeah.
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I felt really, really out of place there. Just in my heart, you know what I mean? Like, I just felt like I just never really belonged there, you know what I mean? So I always knew that I was going to end up somewhere in the West Coast. I am Brazilian, so, like, I love the hot weather and, like, I hate the cold.
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Oh, my God. We were just talking about that our last episode, dude. We were trying to figure out how people live in the snow. We don't even know how. Depression.
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It's a real thing.
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It's real.
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I'm not kidding you. It is a real thing. I would be truly depressed starting around now to. But the thing is with the east coast, it doesn't get warm until, like, April.
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Okay, see, I'm not doing that. I'm not doing that.
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And it's like they try to gaslight you out there, and they're like, no, you know, it's only a few months. Like, by January or, sorry, by February, it'll be fine. And then there's a snowstorm in April, and you're like, I actually. To die.
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No, I can't.
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So terrible. And it just wasn't for me.
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Well, have you ever lived in Los Angeles? Your first time?
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I mean, obviously, I was out here a lot for work. You are.
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Well, you're gonna love the weather here. This is as cold as it gets. You're living in our brutal winter.
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Right now.
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It's like 50 degrees outside.
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I turned the heat on in my house.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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You guys, last night. You guys, are you ready to gag? Last night was the first night I didn't see with AC this whole year.
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We're.
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And it's November. It's supposed to be warm till Christmas. We want it to be 75 till Christmas. Sorry.
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I feel like we went through a little, like, chilly period because of the rain. Yeah, the rain was brutal, guys.
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It was brutal.
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Do you guys have rain in Boston?
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It rains, like, every day.
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Alabama too. I mean, come on.
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Yeah, that's true. It just rains all the time. And like, right now, especially this period of time, it's like, in that weird period where it's like, doesn't. Doesn't know if it wants to snow or rain. So sometimes it'd be, like, really, really, really cold and rainy, and it's just, like, miserable.
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I hate that. What was, like, the deciding factor that you're like, I'm going to move to L. A. Like, was there something that you're like, I got to do it.
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I was always. So I was planning on doing half and half. I was planning on doing half in the east coast, half in L. A. Oh, yeah.
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Bicoastal. Yeah.
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Yeah. And then, you know, got divorced. So then that. I was just like, you're like, you know what?
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I have to. Yeah.
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I just was like, I just. There's nothing, like, nothing keeping me here for now. And I'm like, I need to go somewhere else and heal. And like. Yeah, you know, Restart my own.
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Yeah.
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Restart my whole life.
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Feels like very. Love vibes, almost.
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Yeah.
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Like, in a way, like, you know.
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Like you recently, and I'm telling you, I've learned so much about myself.
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Yeah.
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And I've learned that I love living alone.
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Oh, I love that it's so peaceful.
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And, like, I just can do, like, my things that I want to do.
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Yes.
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I have a dog.
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Of course. Yeah.
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But my dog is, like, my life. Eddie. He's eight and I've had him since he was a baby. And, like, it just was, like, a.
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Very healing moment for you in your life and era.
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I love that. I'm the same. I love living alone. I actually have a huge person with that.
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LA is a tough city, but I'm. I'm a transplant here as well. And I love that saying transplant or transplant. They'll call you that. They'll call you that to the end of time. I'm like, let me be a local transplant.
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They know that we're transplant. They just know right away.
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In my mouth transplant. I'm like, it's been 11 years. I know, I know, I know.
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They're like, you. You're not from here, are you? You're like, I am.
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His egos, they're like, look at everyone. Howdy, Howdy. Up from la. How y' all know I'm from here?
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I'm not worried.
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What made you think that, you guys.
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But this is one of the best cities in America.
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It's amazing.
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I will stand on that. And LA is giving me more than any city in the world has ever given me.
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And I will add to that fact, like, the east coast, at least Boston, where I was from, it's. Everyone's the same. And I think that's really hard when you're not like, yeah, from there. You know what I mean?
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Totally. Yeah.
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You just feel very, like. I just. I felt like I stuck out.
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Yeah.
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Sore thumb.
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Totally. I really did. Your family in Boston, So I.
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My mom is in Boston.
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Okay.
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But our whole family's in Brazil still.
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Oh, wow.
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So just you two here? Out here.
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My sister and my mom are. Yeah. In Boston. And then my dad's side of the family out there because my dad's from.
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Boston, so that's probably where how y' all landed there.
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Yes. So it's like. It's really. Yeah. It's just really interesting being out in a city where it's just so many, so much diversity and I being, like, Latina, like, I love that. And, like, being, like, Brazilian, all that stuff. It Just like, I feel like you just have so much culture and like when you're in a place like Boston or like a place that just doesn't have much diversity.
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Yeah, it's hard to relate.
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But then I came to LA when I started coming a lot for work, and I was like, oh, my God, so diverse.
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Land, honey.
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And I loved it. I loved it so much. I remember my first Brazilian meal here and I was like, this is authentic Brazilian.
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Like, real. Like, it's real.
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It was. I don't know, it just like ignited a little, like, light in my brain. I loved it and I just love it.
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So it's a boiling pot, LA is the boy.
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I love LA so much. Like, I'm such. I'm a defender of it, like, till death. Like, because it's just given me so much. And so the best people in the world are here. They just are.
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And there's so many things. Like you can drive up and go to the mountains. He's like, me?
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I'm like, yeah, the best people in the world are.
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They are.
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It's not like you can't see different things. Like, yeah, the desert, there's the beach, there's the mountains.
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You're in my mind. You're freaking me out. The other day I go, we have every terrain here in Charlotte.
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It's true.
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Did I not?
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That's why it costs so much to live here, everybody.
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The weather tax.
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The taxes.
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Yeah, I say it's the weather taxes.
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Yeah, we call it the weather tax. We call the weather tax on the East Coast.
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No, exactly.
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New York is more.
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Oh, I didn't know. Boston's expensive too, with taxes.
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Oh, wait, really?
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New York is more than la, you guys.
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I got to move back to Alabama.
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You know what?
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Now that we're talking about taxes, I'm going back.
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I'm going back.
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Going on four years.
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Love it.
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Full time. Probably three.
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Perfect. Love it.
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I love that.
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What's one of the craziest DMs you've ever received?
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Oh, God.
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Fan, anyone?
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Oh, I had. Oh, this is a good one. I had a DM from a fan one time and I opened it and it was just pictures of me following me throughout the day.
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Oh, 91 1. Immediately craziest.
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Yeah.
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What I've ever received. I opened it because, like, I, I love responding to my followers.
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I love it.
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I love engaging conversation. Like, I, I truly love it. When I opened this dm, I was in New York. I think I was in fashion for Fashion Week. And it was different areas that I had been in all day and it was like, loved your outfit here. Saw you getting a bagel at Pop Up Bagels today. Like, are you getting a coffee here? And it was just all these pictures and I was horrified.
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I don't know why I would even do it.
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Immediately blocked soccer. Immediately blocked.
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I'm so scared.
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Yeah, it was scary. That was the scariest DM I gave or weirdest DM I've ever seen.
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Well, damn, you had a good answer for that. Damn. Oh, shit.
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I'm like, you know, okay, so I actually have a question too. So now that you're like, you know, in your single girl era, like, just living the single fantasy, do you ever get DMs from guys that are like, yo, like, let me take you out. Like, celeb guys?
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Yeah, all the time.
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Celebs. I live.
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I'm like, just to be like a hot girl. I just imagine myself as a hot girl and I wanna live that life.
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You know What? The funniest DMs that I've been seeing lately, a lot of like, I think this is a new tactic for men out there, but they'll send your something to you.
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To you.
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So it's like, do you know Love your hair here? No, like, it's like, loved your hair here, babe. No, is this hair by Chrissy?
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I'm kidding.
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They'll pretend to send it to another person and be like, do you know her? Or, oh my God, she's so hot. Or, oh my God, like, she's the most beautiful person I've ever seen.
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Oh, my God.
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And then so you respond, you're like, oh, I sent. Send you. You're sending it to the wrong person. I've seen multiple people do this lately. It must be the new tactic that they're doing.
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That's so stupid.
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It's like, say hi.
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If you can't say hi, compliment.
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Like, I.
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Okay, I know what I thought it was. Which I would appreciate is if, like, let's say I posted something and they send it to me and they're like, hey, this looks like really good here. Oh, yes, I appreciate that. That's what I thought. I'm like, oh, that makes sense.
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They're like, Trying to play, like, stupid. And I'm like, like, no, but you look stupid now. Yeah.
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Like, you look stupid. That's so annoying.
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It's just weird.
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Are you good? Putting yourself back in the field? Like, are you trying to date again? Yeah.
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Yeah. I think for a while, like, I definitely needed to, like, you know, heal and.
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Yeah.
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Just, like, be by myself and process everything that just had happened. And then I'm telling you, you wake up one day and you're just like, I'm ready. Like, you know, it's weird. It's just like, you just wake up and you're like, okay, like, I'm ready.
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To, like, he feels good again.
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You know, like, going a date. I love going on a date. Like, you know, like, I love going to dinner.
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Like, yeah.
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Feeling pampered.
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I love that.
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Absolutely.
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And I feel like when you are in a relationship for a really long time, you learn the things that you really want. Your next partner or, you know, you're the next person that you date. So it's like you're very self aware.
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Yeah.
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Which is so funny.
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Yeah.
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Because you're like, oh, yeah, no, that's not gonna work.
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Or like, you almost put up with things that you like, you realize the things you don't put up with anymore.
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Yeah. It's so funny. My niece is 21 and she broke up with her boyfri boyfriend of two years, and now she's dating again. And she was ranting and talking about all the things she doesn't want. And I'm like, so this is called life.
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No.
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And what happens is you're learning.
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But that's the thing.
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Yeah.
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And for me, it was different because I had been with my ex for a really long.
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How many years?
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We were together for nine years. Oh, yeah.
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Long time.
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But I had been with him since I was just turned 18 years old. So I was so prefrontal. I was.
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Yes, I know.
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I was so young. And I think when you're young, you just. You're just like, you know, I'm so in love and I just want this. And you just turn a blind eye to a lot of things. And I think as you get older, obviously we change as humans and, like, we need different things. And I think now, like, being on the other side of it, dating after, like a relationship that's so long, it's like. That's what I'm saying. Like, you just know what you want, you know, you don't want.
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Yeah.
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Like, some things just don't fly. That maybe would have flied Before. Before.
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Totally.
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And it's just like. It's just different.
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Isn't that so nice?
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I love that.
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It's like, cut up the.
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I. I have a word in my mind that I want to say, but I. Forget it. It'll come to me.
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Okay?
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Yeah, but it's like, it just. You just feel like you're, like, maturing in front of your eyes. You know what I mean? It's like you have to be self aware. Huh. I think as you're growing up and you're like, okay, I have to look back and be like, all right, this. Like, I would not deal with this now. You know what I mean? So it's just like. Like, it's just really interesting looking back and just being very in tune with yourself and being like, wow, you've grown a lot.
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You know what I mean? There's a lot of, like.
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I love that.
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Recently single girls out there that love hearing this, you know, and, like, hearing your perspective and be like, yeah, I do feel that, too. I think it's very relatable for people this year.
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I'm telling you guys, this year was the year of breakups.
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Oh, yeah. Clean the house cleared.
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Do you know why?
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Why?
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Fun little fact. If you're, like, intuitive, that kind of stuff. Whatever. If you believe in that kind of stuff. This year was the year of the snake, and the snake is the year of shedding.
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Wow.
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So anything that's not supposedly supposed to be for you, right, like, the universe is, like, shedding it.
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Wow.
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And next year, 2026, is the year of the horse, which means, like, confidence, strong. Like, I kind of love that. I love it. That's what I'm just telling everybody.
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No, don't. That's great.
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You're the snake.
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See all.
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I see all about the male loneliness epidemic. And I'm like, they deserve every bit of it.
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Please.
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All the men deserve to be alone.
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Please.
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Honestly, I'm just saying.
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I agree. Maybe I'm married 100.
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I agree.
A
Beat them.
B
Those men.
A
Don'T care.
B
And I never am talking about Tyler, of course. That you. That is literally me. Mind you, I'm literally single and I haven't seen for a song, I get like, this. That's me. I'm just, like, crazy. I'm literally crazy. I'm literally talking to someone as if I'm not talking someone right now. But no, I think that's awesome. I think that, honestly, the best relationships come from when you're the happiest single. Yeah, that makes sense. Like, once you've Gone through this, like, weirdly healing area where it's like, I'm so content and so happy being alone. You're so much better at being with someone.
A
Yeah.
C
I also think that you cannot have a happy relationship unless you really love who you.
A
You are alone. Two happy people make a happy marriage. Like, you can't. Like, if you're not happy yourself, you will not have a happy relationship. It just doesn't work that way.
C
And I think, again, going back to the point of being really, really young and getting in a relationship, there's no boundaries. You're.
A
You're free to talk about a lot about this. We had Aspen Ovard on, and we talked a lot about her being so young, getting married, and she had, like. She kind of talks how you are, you know, she talks about learning what she wants. Her wants change what you want when.
C
You'Re E. 18 years old.
A
Exactly.
C
You don't. You don't. You're a kid, you're a child.
A
Your child.
C
And you don't talk about boundaries. And then, you know, if you get married or you do whatever, you're getting young, you're getting married really, really young. And I think we don't understand what it means when we're that young. You know what I mean? So it's. It's very interesting to just see it progress.
B
Yeah.
C
In your. Again, in your own eyes.
B
Yeah.
A
Yeah.
C
But it's like you just. Just boundaries are so, so, so important.
A
Yeah.
C
I kind of need to just know what is important to you. And again, like, we're human and we're always going to change. We're always going to want different things.
A
It's lessons learned, too, you know?
C
I think it's also important that your partner grows with you.
A
That's true. Yes, that's true.
C
Because if you're growing and you're like, whatever it is, mentally, physically, emotional, anything, and your partner is growing the opposite way, it's very hard to relate to each other. And I think that's like, something that so many people go through.
A
Yeah.
C
And they don't realize how heavy it is. Like, it's really such a heavy thing.
B
Huge toll on the relationship, on yourself.
C
It's like you're watching it happen in front of your eyes and you're like, how do I stop it? You know what I mean? Like, how does it. How do you stop it from happening? Like, you just can't stop it from.
A
Sometimes it's just not meant to be. And I think calling that is stepping into your power. I don't think It's a loss. I think it's literally stepping into your power, being able to see that. Call it and change 100%. I think it's power move. Okay, let's do some fun questions. Are you single? Yes. Any crazy brand trip experiences?
B
Oh, yeah. Whenever we have creators influences on our podcast, we always want to be like, what's the craziest shit that happened to you? Because we've had some. Some. Because we've done this a long time. Yeah, we've got to do some shit.
A
It was funny. Maureen from tarte was talking about crazy stuff, and we were on trips. The show.
C
Yeah, Marine. I know. Thank you.
B
I liter. Know what she.
A
I was like, this Marine didn't lie. I know. She was like, tell the trip.
B
Marine ate that up.
A
She ate it up. We're also the OGs of brand trips.
C
I think I went on the first brand trip.
A
No. Was it tart?
B
Yes. Honestly, probably yes.
C
You know what? I like, remember watching this on YouTube.
B
And I was like, unfolding.
C
You're like, what are these people doing?
A
Getting drunk. I'm buying tar. Everyone's drunk. Hell yeah.
B
Tart.
C
The tarte Amazonian clay.
B
That was.
C
I just did an interview the other day. I just did an interview the other day, and they were like, what was your first beauty obsession? I'm like, the tarte Amazonian clay. And it was caked on my face.
B
Oh, my God.
A
We did that. So drying. I'm like. And I wore that every, every day.
B
And I was like, this is the first full coverage foundation 2016, baby. We didn't have a lot of options back then. That's why we didn't.
A
We had, like, three foundations 2016, and.
C
Then powder foundation, too. I'm like, crazy effects everywhere. Yep.
B
But tell us. You have to tell us what one of your. Like, this one was crazy.
C
I went on a brand trip and they didn't feed us. It was like a fat camp.
A
Okay. Was everybody on Ozimpy? They're like, ozimpy's for everyone.
C
It was the craziest experience of my life on a grand trip. So we were all. Obviously, we didn't know what was happening, so they didn't feed us. It was. First of all, it was gluten free, dairy free, vegan, happy free, everything.
B
Like, what the hell?
C
So first of all, I'm gonna have eating, like, lentils and, like, Ezekiel bread.
B
What's a lentil?
C
It's a fruit, first of all. Well, a lentil. Is that a vegetable?
B
I don't do lentils. Clearly.
A
Lentil Beans, please.
C
So we're eating like every meal. No, it gets worse. So because we're not eating like any protein or, or any dairy or anything like that. We're all like this big, bloated, filled with shit.
A
Oh, my God.
B
Full of lentils.
A
Like anything you can get your hands on.
C
Full of lentils.
B
There's all air in there.
C
It's bloat, it's bloat, it's bloat. So for breakfast one morning, they were.
B
I'm so scared.
C
The breakfast on the one, I think it was the second day. I'm like dying. I'm like. Because I. I'm like a carnivore diet.
B
Yeah.
C
I eat steak, eggs, meat. I love it. That's really all I eat. I really, truly.
A
So this was a shot.
B
Yes.
C
So I'm like, do you have eggs? Like, do you have anything? Anything? This man brings out some hard boiled eggs. You should have seen the girls.
B
It was like, ravenous.
C
Ravenous.
B
Everyone's a fucking carnivore. Everyone's going Jurassic.
C
Eggs, Eggs. Like hard boiled eggs everywhere. The people serving us were like, oh, okay. So for dinner, they fed us like a lentil soup.
A
I'm gonna lose. We asked for hard boiled eggs for.
C
Dinner because we were truly so hungry. So hungry. And then everyone was so funny because.
B
Like, this, a lentil soup.
A
I don't even eat hardboiled eggs.
C
That would have been like, no, she.
B
She will let you eat a fish the second a crispy fish came out. She's eating it, though.
A
I've been eating it. Oh, shoved it down, shoving down hard boiled eggs.
C
So we're eating hard boiled eggs.
A
Place.
C
They don't. They didn't serve. They couldn't serve coffee. So it was. No, it was the craziest thing. And then if you go to this place that we went to that the branch up was at, you pay like $3,000 a night for this place and they only feed you 1200 calories. So it like legit is like, that was.
B
That was the point of it. Like, that's why they said camp.
C
Oh, it was, my God, the craziest experience I've ever had. I truly.
B
Did the brand know that they were doing this?
A
I don't think that they knew.
B
Like, they didn't know that that place.
A
No.
C
Maybe it's a little strict or whatever.
A
It's like very like earth.
C
The coffee and no alcohol or whatever like that, like, it was dry. I don't think they realize the extreme. And then the best part. Not the best part. Let Alone. We were all malnourished and so tired. No coffee and no protein. No food. Right. They woke up in the morning with.
A
Dongs by our doors. 6:30am, baby, I'm pissed. Pissed.
B
I'm already. I'm already. Not only am I pissed, I've left the place.
A
Honey, we have booked a helicopter.
C
Insane.
B
Uber helicopter.
C
No, actually. And then because it was in the middle of nowhere, I was like, in upstate New York. It was in the middle of nowhere.
A
This was in America. Yes, I was for sure. You were in another.
C
It was in New York.
B
I feel like only New York could pull like that.
A
Yeah. Honestly, we were in the middle of nowhere.
B
Eats food and you know that you couldn't even get that.
C
Couldn't even. Because it was literally that middle of nowhere around you.
A
They had you isolated.
C
You were isolated.
A
Okay.
C
It was. That was the craziest experience I've ever had. I truly felt malnourished.
A
Your hair's like falling out. My eyes are hollowed in.
C
I'm like, like, literally, like, please, let's.
A
Do my skin care this morning.
C
Everyone's like, are you. Wow.
B
Did the brand feel bad? Like, what did the brand do afterwards? Were they like, like, we should go get you guys some eggs? Like, what's the brand doing?
C
I don't know. But what I do know is that I went back to New York City that. That night and I was like, like, feed me. It was insane.
B
I'm hungry.
C
I was ordered everything. I think I ordered Thai food that night.
B
I was like, best Thai food you've ever.
A
You never had that. You never really forgot that Thai food.
B
Oh, really?
C
I think LA has better Thai food than New York.
A
Have you been to Anna Jack Thai?
C
No.
A
It's like top chart. Thai food's my favorite. Gotta go.
C
So good.
A
If you love Thai, you gotta go.
B
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Ooh, we love this one. Is there anything that there's like, a misconstrued thing where it's like, y' all.
C
Think this, this, but really, I mean, I. People were literally going crazy about that. I think they have that. They think I have hair extensions.
A
I have seen that. I've seen them.
B
That was your thing.
A
But if you have long hair, you will always have to fight those out.
C
And I know that, and that's fine. And I'm like, it's so funny because my friends, like, put their hands through my hair. Like, everyone so funny. And like, it was crazy. It's like, one time for a shoot, I had a clip in because obviously when we're models, we. They put in the crime course and I had a clip in for something, and I think my hair was up, up. People were like, oh, my God, she has sewn ins, like, all this stuff. People went absolutely nuts. It's so funny. Like, my best friend's my hairdresser, and she just, like, eats it up. She thinks it's so funny because it's.
A
Funny because it's not real. It's really funny when it's not real.
C
Actually the funniest thing ever. And I just. I just don't say anything about it. I just don't say. And also, like, my breakup, too. Like, gosh, the amount.
B
I'm sure it was just the amount.
C
Of rumors that happened. And I'm like, you guys have no idea. And it's so funny because, like, these situations that the woman's always the person that gets, like, the bad end of the stick every single time, which is actually insane.
B
The misogyny is in.
C
It's actually insane. And it's like, you have no idea what could have been happening behind actually. And the craziest part is I never even really shared my relationship online.
A
Yeah.
C
I never was like a relationship tik tocker.
B
Like, or like, all your content was about relationship. Like, it was never that.
C
If anything, it was like an outfit pick or an outfit video. Like, throw it in, right? No one knew anything about my relationship really, ever. No one knew anything that was going on behind closed doors and the rumors or. I truly was appalled.
B
It's also because you're the front facing one. That's all like, yeah, a womanhood just like wanting to shred women. That's just like the culture. It's a insane, actually. Plus you're like, the one that's creating the content. And I'm like, oh, it's her. She's the problem.
A
Yeah. Why you're the front face.
B
Why are you the problem?
C
And that was like, I'm very, very unparalleled. Oh, my gosh, I'm stuttering today. I'm very unproblematic. I really am. I really try to stay away from any drama. Like, I really don't like it. And I like, I really, really cherish my relationships with people.
A
Yeah.
C
And I was like, wow. You know what I mean? I. I truly was.
A
Isn't it crazy how our careers are intertwined into our actual lives? And like, it's really weird. Our lives are part of the career. So, like, when something happens or you split, it's like people are feel obligated to relationship. And I understand that. If your whole page is a relationship page, like, I get it. But your whole page is skin and hair, for God's sake. So it's like I'm not on the.
C
Like, you know what I mean? Like, I just. I'm never making videos. No.
A
Yeah.
C
No.
A
Yeah.
C
And also, if I was, I would only be sharing the highlights.
A
Yeah, I mean, totally.
C
Hey, guys.
A
We're battling this bad fight. Let me tell y' all about it.
C
Okay.
B
So we really got. We got up today, babe.
C
Yeah.
A
Hello.
B
We fought bad.
A
No.
B
Don't know how we're gonna make it back. Get ready for me to go fight with my husband.
A
Honestly, it's time to make it ready to cry myself. Wait myself to sleep last night.
C
So let's do my skin.
B
That's literally. I think what people like, maybe that would be better.
C
I'm so confused what these people.
A
I just.
C
This parasocial like, yeah. Is so insane. It's the first time I really like again. It's only been three years since.
B
Totally.
C
So, I mean, this was my first thing that happened in my life that I was online that people could comment about.
A
Yeah.
C
And it was.
A
We got something, girl. We got something on.
C
Yes.
A
We got her. You know what I mean? But it's.
C
And it was a up.
A
You know what I mean?
C
In other people's eyes, they're like, oh.
B
Wow, she's not perfect. Yes, that's the thing.
C
Perfect. That's the problem.
B
That's the thing is like I think that people, when they, them, they sometimes, I honestly sometimes think that when people are so like sweet online, actually like good people and kind, they're like, no.
A
We'Re gonna get checked.
B
Like they almost like smell, not smell blood in the water, but they want something to happen so that they're like, see, she's not perfect.
C
Exactly. And it's, that's the thing, it's, that's the hard part about like especially being in the beauty world. Like you, I'm sure you have gone through this, but it's like you share all these like beauty moments because your makeup is beautiful. Skincare, you're taking care of stuff. And for me it's like my content's a lot on like taking care of yourself and taking care of like your body and your hair and your skin. It's like very, very positive. You know what I mean? So then it's like when you throw in like, oh, she's actually really struggling behind the scenes and I'm still showing up for these people and I'm still showing up my content, it's like, you need to chill.
A
It's really hard because I feel like as an influencer, one of the hardest parts of the job is it be can accepting people saying completely false things about you and people believing it. That is really hard to swallow. It's hard to sleep at night, you know, and you see the comments and you see people make videos or make something that's even like the hair extension thing, it's like just so dead wrong. But that's just like a pill you have to swallow. Cuz you can't battle each one of them. You can't sit there all day and defend yourself and that. To me, I think it's like one of the hardest parts of being influencer. Just being like totally believe that.
C
It was so funny when all that stuff was like, not all that stuff but like when someone made a video and was like, oh yeah, I made a video show like literally showing, showing every little crevice of my hair. She's like, that's a weft. Oh my.
B
Because I just showed in 4K.
C
I'm literally like, you can see my scalp.
A
You're like shaving her head.
B
She's like, you guys look, it's not a razor. You want to see the truth?
A
I'm like, pull it.
B
This is me.
C
It's so Insane. And then that when I made that video, I was like, like, I don't.
A
Why am I making the video? You know what I mean? Exactly.
C
And that's when you almost feel.
B
You're like, you know what?
C
Well, who the am I proving? You know what I mean? Like, it's just. It's so funny to me because I'm just like. I'm literally like. That's when I realized you can. You can try to prove yourself. You can try to do all this stuff. You're going to quickly realize that someone's literally going to be like, that's a less always.
A
You're not proving anything.
B
Their perception is true in their eyes.
A
Exactly. I think they just want to believe it, so.
B
They want to believe it so bad that that is what they. They believe. And that is something that you have to accept.
C
I'm totally okay.
B
And I'm like, you know, it's hard. It was hard for me. I get people pleasing. Like, I was literally like, yeah, this is so hard. You hate me. But why? Like, I would be like in this spiral my mind. But then I'm like, girl, if that's what you think about me, then that's your thought.
C
And that's how I used to be. I think just in life in general. Going back to being young. But like, I just wanted to please everybody. I wanted everybody to just be happy. And I'm a Libra, so my sign is balance. I want everybody to be happy and I want everyone to be on good terms. And then all this happened to me. Like we would break up everything and I said, I don't give a anymore. You know what I mean? Like, you just learn that you have to take care of your cracks at that point first.
B
Yeah.
C
You know, and I think you drain yourself, especially being a Libra. You drain yourself to please other people.
A
Yeah.
C
And I did that in every aspect of my life. And then I'm like, I'm choosing myself. Sorry.
A
Yeah, I can't do it anymore.
C
I can't.
A
I read this quote. It's like, stop trying to get everyone to like you. You don't even like everyone. So it's like, why do you need everyone to like you so bad? You know what I mean?
C
That are on you. The more people are going to hate you. And that's.
A
That's literally the fact. And that's fine. That's literally the fact and that's fine.
B
It's just, you know, I'm like, you're not going to be everyone's cup of tea.
C
No.
B
And that's just like, the reality.
C
Not everybody likes every flavor of ice cream, period.
A
Okay, so what is an influencer pet peeve you have? This can be for other influencers or yourself.
B
You have a thing that you're like, this annoys me that I do, but I do it anyway.
C
It. I. I think for. At least for other people. I. I don't like when people show up really, really sweet and nice online and they're really mean in person.
A
Isn't that weird?
C
I hate it. There's this one girl that she.
B
She would, you know, you don't have to name it.
C
Yeah, no, but she would, like, copy a lot of my content, which is fine. I get. As influencers and as creators, like, we're inspiring other people to create, and that's totally fine. I get that. But when it's like, verbatim, like, it's weird. Come on.
A
Verbatim, it gets a little annoying.
C
Just like, it's just not hard to be like. Like, credit. You know what I mean? Like 100.
A
Also nothing. Like, when you credit people, it doesn't. They're not gonna gain a million followers and you're not gonna also, like, nothing's gonna happen. And it is just so easy just to be like, IB buy. And that's so easy.
C
So many things that, like, you don't have to credit on. If it's just like an idea, like you're just recreating something, that's fine. But if you're starting something.
B
Yes.
C
And like, people know you for something and you're verbatim creating. Say, oh, I. Oh, I just found this at the store. For example. Coconut cult stuff.
A
Yeah.
C
So some people would be like, I found this at the store today. It's like, no, you found. You found coconut, coal and CMOs at the store today. But why did you.
B
But why did you find that?
C
You know, that's fine. I mean, it's amazing. Whatever, I don't care. But anyways, this one creator, she would always, always verbatim copy my content. And then she saw me in person and she acted like first and she also. She would never follow me back. And I would. So weird. And I was like, this is so weird. And then she saw me in person and she was acting like we were best friends.
A
That doesn't follow you.
C
It's so nice to see you. Oh, my God, Really? And I'm like, oh, I thought you had no idea who I was. You know what I mean? Like, it's just like, yeah, those little things. I just pick up on energy like vibes. Very.
B
Exactly.
C
And for me I'm like, I can't like Kiki with you now because like, I just feel like this is weird. You know what I mean?
A
Yeah. Well, you're like, I know you see me clearly your content shows it. But you follow me, so maybe you don't. But then in real life, oh, you do. Oh, you do me.
C
Well, maybe it's just because of me, because I'm, I follow everybody.
A
Yeah, I don't care.
C
I'm like, I saw you once follow I like, you know what I mean? Like, I don't care. Like, I love, I love having a big community. It's so fun. Like, I love like seeing what other people create and like everyone's creativity. That's one of my favorite parts about this job is seeing how everyone's so creative in their own ways.
A
Yeah.
C
I think that's so special in our world. And it's so funny because people ask me and be like, isn't it a competitive field? I'm like, like, not at all. If you think about it.
B
Not at all.
C
Because nobody is you and nobody is. Like, if a brand wants to work with you, they're going to want to work with you. It's not like they have a lineup and they're like, we have to pick between a million. You know what I mean?
B
A million brown haired girls in their head.
C
Oh no, she'd be perfect for this. And so I think when people think about our job, they're like, oh, it's so competitive. Like there's so many of you out there.
A
It's like, no, it's very individual.
C
It's not competitive at all. You know what I mean? Like, everyone has their own beauty of it. It.
B
Yeah, 100.
A
I mean we're a community, but our careers are only on our own.
C
Absolutely. And like, I think we're all just so different from each other. Even though we're creating the same kind of thing.
A
Different. Yeah, we are.
C
I think that's really fun and special.
B
Absolutely. And brands would want to work with you for different reasons that they would want to work for me, Laura, it's just like, just different things. That's what makes it fun.
C
And it's like, it's not like they're sitting there and they're like, we have to narrow it down to one person and these people, you know what I mean?
A
And even if they are, you have nothing to do with that. You know what I mean? Like, you put out there what you.
C
Put out there and then it's so Crazy. They're like, battle.
B
And it's like, what are we supposed to do? The fuck am I gonna do? And they're like, manny, we want you to use an extension. I'm like, wow, it's not gonna work.
A
Manny has extensions.
C
Yes, I know.
A
I can see the tracks. Yeah, you see the tracks?
B
I have west, babe.
A
I see the west.
B
I'm like this. Oh, fuck.
A
Did you have a mullet?
B
Yeah.
C
His wig.
B
Yeah, my wig falls off.
A
If you had a warning label, what would it say?
C
If I had a warning label? Really, really, really sweet and nice. Until you.
B
Oh, my God. Exactly.
C
Until you with me. There she goes.
B
I just ever met.
C
I give people the benefit of the doubt.
A
I really do.
C
And, like, I really get along with every single person. Literally everyone that I've dated is like, wow, you're great. Because, like, I could just bring you around everybody. And you know what I mean? And I think that is like a superpower that I have. I really, truly love connecting with people. But the moment you disrespect me is over on site. It's over.
B
I'm like, we're fighting. There goes my weft. It's like a running joke. The weft is my joke now. I love the weft wig.
A
She takes the whole thing off.
C
Oh, my God.
B
She's like this.
A
She's like, it was never sentence. It was a lace crossing.
C
It's a wig. They're all crying.
A
We get that.
C
I don't shut up. I love to talk.
A
That's not a.
B
That's a great thing.
A
That's not a bad coming for me.
B
I'm like, that is so amazing. I love that.
A
That's not a bad thing. That's not a warning label. Shut the up.
B
But I feel like. But that is actually the talking is a superpower.
C
Truly talk to a wall.
B
Because I swear to God, we've had guests on here at times, and I'm not even shitting on anyone. I'm never going to say names, but there's been times where I'm like, so you going to say something?
A
Someone else is here.
B
Do you want to talk or what?
A
No. It's literally me and Manny talking to each other. And the person's like, I'm not.
C
Listen.
A
And they're like, just sitting there.
C
What's for dinner?
A
I always say this because you know how people be, like, online. They'll be like, oh, my God. I over shared. I'm like, please. Have you ever been trapped in a corner with a mute? Please trauma dump on me. Over share Tell me everything. I don't care. Give it to me. You're the most interesting, honey. The gates are open. And that's why I'm like, please don't be ever be embarrassed by being an over talker because you are the most under one amazing person. It's the insufferables. Wherever you're talking to the wall, they're there. Yeah. They give you one word.
B
I spoke to silent people. I can't trust them. Yeah, they scare me, Laura. They scare me. If you're too silent like that, I'm like, what are you thinking?
C
What do you think? I need to know they're within their own thoughts.
B
There's too many thoughts happening. That might be like this.
C
I see his pores.
B
Literally, they're like, you know, you got a facial today?
A
I'm like, yeah.
B
I'm like, no, that's what it is. The thing I like the thing is because I'm like, I like when my people around me, I'm talking to people that I'm like, we can all contribute to a conversation.
A
I love it.
B
And it's not someone that's just watching, because sometimes I think that watchers or listeners are only just absorbing information just to, like, think things about me or to use it against me in some way. And I'm like this.
A
If you're talking the whole time, you simply can't remember half of what I've said.
B
Huh.
C
Huh?
B
What the is that? Yeah, exactly.
C
Yeah, yeah, no, I totally agree.
B
I love that. No, those are.
C
The mute is hard.
B
Yeah. I like your warning label.
C
Thank you.
B
That's a warning label. I insist, I insist. Let me see what we have.
A
Getting defensive because you're like, I talk too much. We're like, hey, it's okay.
C
No, I want you to talk more.
A
We literally talk too much. That's our problem. That's how we have podcasts. We never can stop.
B
We just don't show.
A
We get in trouble all the time.
B
You want this? This one's like one of those things where it's like, for someone else. But I always love this question. Is there a creator out there that you. You watch or that you like that you're like, I feel like they deserve some more love and a little extra shout out just because you like them a lot.
C
Oh, let me think. Her name is Rothman. She's the coolest fashion ever.
B
Really?
C
She's so unique. She's Egyptian, I think. She's so cool.
A
I'm looking her up and we've been.
C
Mutuals for a really Long time. And she's just really, really cool. And I also love Vanessa Nicole from makeup. She's, like, so talented. And, like, how do you spell?
A
Is it R O, E, R O?
C
Which I think her name is so cool. It's like, Ro Roman.
A
Oh, that's so cool.
C
She's just, like, so cool. Like, she's just gonna find her. Look at this.
B
Like, come on.
C
Oh, she's sick.
A
The coolest person in the world.
C
She's just, like, so cool. I think she's Egyptian. Wow. She lives in Canada. I don't know.
A
I just think she's on Instagram.
C
Yeah.
A
Okay.
B
I love that. I love. I always just love shouting out people that you just like, Like.
C
And also, it's so funny because, like, obviously, like, I trickle in fashion in my content. Like, fashion is a huge passion of mine for a really long time.
A
I know you did well in Alabama. Like, everybody in Alabama's a loud ass. Yeah, they were, like.
C
Because when I was in college and I was out of Alabama, I worked at a very, very, very popular bar. Do you know Innisfree?
A
Yes.
C
That's where I worked for four years. I've worked all through.
A
You were a bartender girl for four years?
C
It was the best time of my life.
A
Life.
C
Because I'm bartending, I'm drinking, I'm, like, making all these friends, and everyone's like, oh, my God. Like, it just was. It worked because I don't shut the up. So then everybody loved me, and the townies loved me, and it was great. And I had. It was just so fun.
A
That's so cool.
C
It was so fun.
A
Yeah, I love it. She lived in teat town, guys.
C
Little Brazilian girl in Alabama. I'm like, hey.
A
Once, because I posted Alabama, and you were like, roll tide.
B
Yeah.
A
I was like, oh, so long ago.
C
I remember that.
A
Yes, I was. And you were, like, shocked.
C
I know.
A
I was like, what do you know about roll time?
C
You're like, what?
A
Yeah, I always freak out. I have, like, one other person in California that knows, like, what Alabama is.
C
And honestly, I'm so grateful I did that because I obviously wanted, like, such a different experience. And I was like, all right. I want, like, the total, like, American experience. You know what I mean?
A
I would say Alabama. University of Alabama school football.
C
Oh, my God. I thought it was so fun.
A
Do you watch football anymore? Probably not.
C
I don't watch.
A
We're like die hard. We watch every game.
C
You do. I also maybe think maybe if I.
A
Had a man, you would. That's what it is. That's what it is.
C
I'm like, by myself. I'm like, yeah.
A
No, there's no way. There's no way.
C
Let me just turn.
A
I would only watch the main games.
B
No, Hell no.
A
I'm like, what she doing right now? Watch a football game for sure.
B
I'm like, hell, no, she's not. Crack open a cold one. No, literally. Literally. I'm always, like, so fascinated by the. Like, the culture. Yeah.
A
It's football culture.
B
Because it is a culture. It is. It's a culture.
C
It's unbelievable.
B
And I kind of live. I love that. Like, they love it. You know what I'm saying?
C
Yeah. Yeah.
B
Like, it's fun for you.
C
Yeah. I mean, even, like, watching it, I'm like, I definitely. Definitely. I'm out of place.
B
I like to go to a game.
A
Take him to the Alabama game. Are they not so fun close down?
C
The whole town. The whole town is, like, shut down.
B
I love that. You said she literally, like, you have to go, like, blown out and I'm over here.
C
Like, no, I swear. I swear, I'll roll it. We also have some shaking his ass in Galettes. He's like, oh, yes.
A
Wait. Did you ever go out in Auburn?
C
Never. Never.
A
A lot of crazy nights because he went to school there, so I would go out.
C
Yeah, whatever.
A
I'm from, like, really close to Auburn. I mean, Alabama small. So, I mean, like, everything is.
C
Yeah, it's a very, very, very, very, very small place.
A
Yes.
C
It's so funny.
A
Okay, this or that? You got questions for play? This or that?
B
We'll do, like, a. A very quick this or that before we wrap. And just. It's just fun. It's a cutesy little thing that we like to do. So. Romcoms or thrillers?
C
Romcom. I love a rom com.
A
What's your favorite?
C
I love to feel. I'm, like, sitting on my couch crying.
A
Like, oh, she's a Libra.
C
No, me. Yeah.
B
Do you have a.
C
Do you have a favorite? Yeah, I have a lot. Why am I blanking on the name?
A
Because.
B
Yeah, it happens. Yeah, that's why.
A
Oh. 10 days, lose a guy. 10.
B
10 things I hate about you.
A
10 things I hate about you. It's a good one, too. Is it the Matthew McConaughey? That's my favorite rom com. So good. Oh, my God. I watched it, like, two years ago. Recently.
C
Yeah, I love rom coms.
B
That's amazing. I love rom coms.
C
I just watched a new one.
A
Who was in it?
C
Oh, my God, it was so good. Dakota and Pablo Pascal oh, my God.
B
Yes.
A
I watched it on the plane. How was it with Chris Evans?
C
It's so good. I loved it.
A
Yeah, it was so good.
C
It's like they fall in love at the end.
A
I was like, sweet. But the only thing I thought was weird in it is whenever they said he got the leg surgery.
C
That was crazy.
A
Okay, Wasn't that weird? I literally was a fantasy because you.
C
Know you're gonna watch that with whoever I was watching that with. They were like, leg surgery. And I was like, wait, what? I looked at him. Like, like I looked at. Looked at whoever. I don't even know who I was watching with, but I looked at him. I was like, wait, how did you know that? And they were like, they just. I just knew. And then he was like, yeah, I got.
A
He knew. Extension surgery. So stupid. That took me out of the family.
C
It was my best friend's husband. I was like, what the.
A
He called it.
C
He called it. I'm like, how. How did you. How did you call that? But that was the weirdest plot.
A
Wasn't that the weirdest plot twist? I was like, never thought that y' all should have wrote something else in there. But it was a great movie. It's just. I thought that took me out of the fantasy little bit was when the guy got knee surgery to be six foot tall. See, that felt a little.
C
Did it help? And he's like, yeah.
B
He's like, it sure did.
C
He did.
B
He sure did.
A
He was like, sure did.
B
We're all 200,000.
C
So weird.
A
So where's Chris Evans?
C
No, literally.
B
Literally.
C
Love him.
A
That was great. That was great.
B
Okay, next one. Reality TV or scripted tv?
C
Ooh, I'm so fucking over reality lately.
B
You're like, you're done.
A
Did you watch Mormons?
C
No, I don't like really watch that much TV anymore. I'm like, I read. I'm kidding.
B
You're like, I do both. I don't do. I only do one and it's not read. That's me. I'm like, I love both of you.
A
I literally do both. I do both. No, I do. Because I have no social either. That's why I feel like.
C
Yeah, I just. I feel like I'm like always doing something.
A
She's been young.
B
You're busy.
A
Busy.
C
And I feel like I'm always doing something. But. But I also feel like whenever I get into bed and I put the TV on cuz I have to fall asleep with TV on the same. It's something like that. I've watched a million Times.
A
Exactly. Yeah.
C
So comfort to like maybe scripted. Yeah, maybe scripted. Cuz reality, I just can't keep up anymore.
A
What's a comfort show for you that you would just like put on the background?
C
I love Gilmore Girls this time of the year.
A
That's my show.
C
Like bedtime show right now. Again, I've watched it nine times. I can recite.
A
I've never seen one episode.
C
You have never, never seen one episode? Really cute.
A
Especially it seems really, really. It's sweet and endearing. It really does.
C
It's really cute. It's another one I have a lot. I have a lot. Some weird ones. Seinfeld, it's like a weird ass.
A
Loves that.
C
Such a weird one. I love your enthusiasm though.
A
Oh yep, that's a good one too.
C
Hilarious.
A
So you got good in the chamber.
C
It's another one that I love.
A
Iconic.
C
Like those are just like shows that like I just like.
B
Yes, they're always on.
C
I'm also so bad, I can't get off my face phone couch and I'm like, I missed it. I can't watch something new, you know, unless I'm like really dialed in. Yeah, okay, we're gonna watch this tonight or whatever.
A
The only thing. Well, I'm lying, but really, TV does get me dialed in like that. Like the trash tv. Like, no offense, Warm Wives. I don't mean to call it trash tv, but I mean the are battling. Okay. The entire time. Real Housewives.
C
Old Real Housewives. That's another show that I have on the background.
A
See, locked in. You're like. That's my opinion. You're like, you're like la la.
C
They're like back like, this is the best part. When she takes her leg off.
B
It's the truth. It's absolutely the truth. Okay, next one. Texting or voice notes.
C
I love a voice note.
A
Me too.
C
I love a voice note.
B
All I do is voice note. If you get a text on me, I'm shocked.
C
Voice note. I think also you're like, like I know what you're feeling when you're texting me that. So I'm like, ooh. I love. Because I have like your emotion in the text.
A
I feel like voice notes are a.
B
Way to like you send me voice notes all the time.
C
I love voice notes.
A
I know. I try to act like I don't, but you said it all. And every time I do, I'm chewing, I'm chewing food. Every single time.
B
I chip every mouth and I'm like this.
A
That's what all my voice knows. It's like 30 seconds of me chewing one word, 34 seconds of chewing. He's.
B
And I'm like, okay, so you're gonna get it out or what?
A
I'll listen to it back and be.
C
Like, oh my God.
B
Damn.
C
Sorry.
A
God, sorry.
B
I just feel like they're so genuine. Like you actually get someone's like, reactions.
C
It's so great. And I feel like you can also just like go over so many things.
B
That's what I always say. One minute of voice note is. I'm not kidding you. 20 text messages.
C
Truly?
A
Yes.
B
Truly?
A
Yes.
C
You know what's going on in my brain when I voice note you?
A
I'm like, sometimes I have to take notes as I'm listening to it. Like, I'll type out notes to me. And he'd be like, hey, gotta respond to that. We got three points going in one note, baby. I'm like, let's go. Yeah, yeah.
B
I'm like, yep, yep, yep. Girls trip or solo trip?
C
Girls trip. I love being with people. I had to say that's definitely a trait of mine. I like, love. I now that I do love living alone, but I'm like, all right, there's like nine hours that I can be alone and then I'm like, I need my girlfriend.
A
Yeah, totally socializing.
C
Love being with people. That's also a part of me that I love. Also living here now, that was really hard for me in Boston because it's so secluding and like, I didn't really have a lot of friends there and it's just like, it just was secluding and I just didn't really know anyone. Now I'm like, hey, you want to go for a workout class? Hey, you want to do this? Hey, you want to go for lunch? Like, it's just like la.
A
You will never not have something to do. I'm gonna tell you that right now. And there's so many amazing people doing what you're doing and like, you can relate to and connect with so many wonderful friends. Exactly.
C
So many wonderful friends that I really have helped me like the past, however long it's been like, I love being with people.
A
Isn't that amazing?
B
Early bird or night owl?
C
I actually used to be a night owl and now I'm an early bird and I love it. I've never felt better.
B
How could you leave my side?
C
I'm so go to her dark side. When I moved here, actually, I. I don't know what happened.
A
Time change. You're a two hour difference.
C
Oh my God. It could be because no, three me.
A
Oh, are you Eastern time zone?
B
Yeah.
C
I go to bed. 9:00pm I'm falling asleep.
A
Yeah, that's. That's late, baby. That's the dream.
B
30.
C
That's five.
A
Yeah. Hell yeah. I'm like, your day is like 12 hours.
C
Love it. I'm like, what the was I doing before? But I also feel like the east coast is so dark in the morning, it's really hard to get.
B
Yeah.
A
Yeah.
C
It's really hard to get up, especially in the winter time.
A
This is, like, technically earlier. I mean, it just is because the whole world runs off what we're doing.
C
Yeah.
B
Okay. As a true lan, Are they true?
A
No.
C
I literally think that's the reason why I go to bed so early. Because the world shuts off. It does. So I'm like, oh, no one's working anymore. Great.
A
Yeah.
C
When I was in the east coast, it's like 10pm, 11pm I'm still working because of 8, 9. You know what I mean? People still working late here. So I'm like, this is great. I'm going to bed and I have nothing to worry about.
A
Yep.
C
Like, it's so nice.
A
Exactly. We're the last ones, and we're the only ones that matter. So it's weird, like, that. I'm kidding.
B
I literally. I literally am up until, like, 2:00am every day.
A
Yeah. He's a night out. So when we text each other, he knows not to text me after 10. Or you're not gonna answer till, like.
B
6Am and then she's getting response from me till, like, 9.
C
Yeah.
A
Because you're up at night. I'll go ahead and text him all my information. That ready from. At 9am I'll be expecting my. I'll be like. It'll be like, 10 texts ready to go. You're like, good morning.
B
The stress I feel when I wake up and there's seven texts. I'm like.
C
You're like, oh, my God.
A
I'm like, I've been up for four hours. Half the day, done, Babe.
C
She's like, I already worked.
A
Done my breakfast.
C
I'm on to lunch.
A
Literally 20. Done.
C
Yeah, literally. It's so nice.
A
It is.
C
Y' all are so sick.
B
Concert or festival?
A
Have you been to Coachella? Giga last year.
C
I didn't go last year.
A
But you've been.
C
Yeah.
A
Okay. It's fine.
C
I love a festival.
A
Yeah.
C
I think I also love a concert too. It's hard. I guess it depends on the concert.
B
Yeah.
C
Like, if it's like an Ari.
A
Like, please, who's like someone you'd want to see in concert. You have seen.
C
We'll be front stage at Ariana Grande.
A
Really? Oh, is that your girl? Is that it?
C
Bawling my eyes.
B
I literally, I've been to Ariana show before. It is like, unlike.
A
And she's one of the best singers of our time. Her voice, like, her vocals, I think she's one and I just like the.
C
Lyrics to her song.
A
Yeah.
C
I'm just like, you really thought this through. Like, you know what I mean? Like, you resonate what I was thinking. Yeah. But then I'm so funny because I also love like a, like a, like a rap moment. Like a future concert.
A
Oh, please.
B
Such different vibes too. So it's like literally you're going for a different.
C
Yeah, so it depends. And I, I think like, I like dressing up for a festival better and like, I think it's fun that you.
A
Can see multiple atmospher that fun.
C
I think probably a festival, but if it's like my people, like for a concert, I'm like, yeah, concert.
B
And that was the last one.
A
Well, that was it. Well, Tatiana, you got anything else you want to share with us today?
B
Yeah. Is there. Is there anything that you want to tell the world?
C
I love everybody. Even.
B
You're literally the girl. Mean girls.
A
Perfect.
C
I just wish everyone can love. I just wish everybody would love. Everybody smiles.
B
That's literally.
C
No, no. I'm so happy. I think this is like a really, really amazing new era. I feel very, like, empowered and I feel very.
A
Hell yeah.
C
I just feel very me. Good. Very, like comfortable in myself.
A
And that's where the big best develops. It's true.
C
I feel like there's a lot developing and it's like, amazing. So I'm really happy to be here. I'm really happy to be in la and I just. I'm excited for the future.
A
Well, we're so happy for you. Thank you so much for coming on full coverage.
B
We will see you guys in next week's episode. Of course, we'll leave everything from Tati Link down below. Check her out and we'll catch you guys on our next episode.
A
Bye bye.
C
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Podcast: Fool Coverage with Manny MUA & Laura Lee
Original Airdate: November 28, 2025
Guest: Tatyana (Tati) Layfata
Summary By: [Your Name]
In this vibrant episode, hosts Manny MUA and Laura Lee welcome influencer Tatyana Layfata for a candid, laugh-out-loud, and introspective chat about her journey as a creator, her recent move to Los Angeles, and thriving through personal changes, including her divorce. The trio dig into influencer culture, personal growth, viral rumors, influencer pet peeves, and healing after breakups—all sprinkled with stories about LA living, wild DMs, and the pitfalls of brand trips gone awry.
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[44:13 – 61:08]
This episode captures Fool Coverage's signature glam-meets-realness tone—irreverent, empathetic, and relatable. Tatyana’s openness about her healing journey, love for LA’s diversity, and behind-the-scenes influencer insights resonate with listeners navigating change or public scrutiny. The episode blends humor (brand trip horror story, DMs), practical wisdom (on relationships and boundaries), and heartfelt encouragement for personal growth.
For listeners seeking inspiration, LA stories, and the realities of influencer culture, this episode delivers charm, transparency, and lots of laughs.