Olympic Village Tea, The Butterfly Effect & How We’re Really Doing

Summary

House of Maher: Episode Summary Episode Title: Olympic Village Tea, The Butterfly Effect & How We’re Really Doing
Release Date: April 1, 2025
Presented by: Wave Originals, Samsung Galaxy

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Introduction and Sister Introductions

The episode kicks off with the Maher sisters—Ilona, Olivia, and Adriana—introducing themselves and setting the tone for an intimate and candid conversation. Olivia, the creator of "Girl Dinner," leads the discussion, warmly welcoming listeners back to House of Maher.

Notable Quote:

Olivia Mar (00:29): "Welcome back to House of Mar, a Wave original presented by the new Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra."

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Communication Styles and Sister Dynamics

Ilona discusses her direct communication style, which often leads to humorous misunderstandings among the sisters. The conversation highlights the unique ways each sister interacts professionally and personally, emphasizing Ilona's straightforwardness and Olivia and Adriana's more nuanced approaches.

Notable Quote:

Ilona Mar (02:11): "A lot of people might think, oh, is Ilona mad at me? No, she's just to the point."

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Living Together as Adults

The sisters delve into their recent experience of living together for the first time since childhood. They share insights into adapting to each other's habits and maintaining harmony in their adult household. Olivia praises Adriana's homemaking skills, while Adriana appreciates Olivia's caregiving nature.

Notable Quote:

Olivia Mar (07:28): "I come home and she's got pasta for me, and I say, I want a Smashburger, and she'll make it. That's just how she shows love."

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Olivia's Olympic Experience

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to Olivia’s time in the Olympic Village. She recounts her strategy of leveraging social media to build her personal brand, sharing relatable content that resonated with her audience. Olivia also touches on the camaraderie within the village, the symbolic exchange of Olympic pins, and her memorable birthday celebration during the closing ceremony.

Notable Quotes:

Olivia Mar (12:33): "Ilona can give us a peek behind the curtain into what really goes down at the Olympics."

Olivia Mar (16:54): "Pins are universal languages. That's what I've always said."

Olivia Mar (17:39): "So yeah, S25 Ultra gets me basically. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra isn't just a phone, it's low key."

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Adriana's Career Journey and Crossroads

Adriana shares her professional journey, transitioning from a structured college environment to the workforce and eventually finding her passion in content creation. She discusses the challenges of adjusting to a 40-hour workweek and the pivotal moments that led her to embrace her true calling.

Notable Quote:

Adriana Mar (32:36): "I was actually thinking about this the other day... Rotary Youth Exchange. I had to look it up again and found club options in Burlington."

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The Butterfly Effect and Life's Trajectories

The sisters explore the concept of the butterfly effect, illustrating how small decisions can lead to significant life changes. Olivia reflects on her switch from softball to rugby, while Ilona discusses making tough career decisions that ultimately led to her current success.

Notable Quotes:

Olivia Mar (31:41): "One little change can completely change the whole trajectory of your life."

Ilona Mar (32:24): "Jobs that I've decided weren't fit for me... it all worked out."

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Special Message from Kylie Kelsey

In a heartfelt moment, Kylie Kelsey, a friend of the Maher sisters, sends a congratulatory message for the new show. She shares her admiration for the sisters' bond and expresses excitement for their continued journey together.

Notable Quote:

Kylie Kelsey (40:36): "We are obviously cheering you on in everything that you do and I cannot wait to laugh along with you guys."

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Closing Thoughts and Sisterly Banter

The episode concludes with playful banter among the sisters, reflecting their strong familial bond. They discuss future dynamics, potential additions to their sisterhood, and the unwavering support they provide each other.

Notable Quote:

Olivia Mar (41:18): "If he says that it's his next partner's his favorite partner, I'm blocking him on all socials."

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Conclusion

House of Maher offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of the Maher sisters, blending personal anecdotes with professional insights. Through their candid conversations, listeners gain a deeper understanding of their unique dynamics, individual journeys, and the profound impact of seemingly small decisions on their life trajectories.

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Notable Technical Promotions: Throughout the episode, the sisters seamlessly integrate promotions for the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, highlighting its advanced features like the 200-megapixel camera, Audio Eraser, and Instant Slo Mo, positioning it as an essential tool for their dynamic lifestyles.

Disclaimers: All promotional segments include standard disclaimers regarding feature compatibility and usage conditions.

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House of Maher continues to launch engaging content every Tuesday, inviting listeners to join the Maher sisters as they navigate life's crossroads with humor, resilience, and unwavering sisterly support.

Transcript

[Ilona Mar]

A lot of people might think, oh, is alone a mad at me? No, she's just to the point. She's gotten what she said what she needed to say and she got out of there alone. It texted, add that to my calendar. Who the hell does she think she is? First I'm going to put it on her calendar. I already did. She needs to be brought down a couple of pegs. And we brought it up to her and she was like, no, I said it like shoe. Add that to my calendar too. We were like, oh, gosh.

[Olivia Mar]

Come on in. Welcome back to House of Mar, a Wave original presented by the new Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. This is your host, Olivia Mar, creator of Girl Dinner, my manager and an absolute artist when it comes to a grazing board.

[Ilona Mar]

Wow, thank you so much. And this is your host, Audriana Mar, a New York City girl, humanitarian and pimple popping video etiquette police.

[Olivia Mar]

Okay.

[Adriana Mar]

Why would you say that?

[Olivia Mar]

Writer for Filth.

[Adriana Mar]

I'm your host, Adriana Mar. And that's Ilona Mar, Olympic rugby medalist and chronic rereader of Vampire Academy.

[Olivia Mar]

Okay. And it's true. I think that's the best book series there is.

[Ilona Mar]

You reread that like not once a year, but maybe once every two years.

[Olivia Mar]

I just read it.

[Adriana Mar]

I just read it every year recently.

[Ilona Mar]

That says a lot. It does.

[Olivia Mar]

Vampire Academy is in my veins.

[Adriana Mar]

Yes, it is.

[Olivia Mar]

I'm very passionate about it. I think I should have been in that room when they were creating that movie show because I melted like back of my hand. Anyway, no, don't get me started. I'm going to get angry thinking about the adaptations.

[Ilona Mar]

Well, thank you for tuning back in episode two. Very exciting. If you made it back here from episode one, I just want to say how happy we are to have you and to be welcoming you into our home in this way and opening this up and really giving a closer peek into what we have to say, what goes on in our brains, what we talk about with each other on our group video calls. I think it's going to be really special. And Ilona talks a lot online, but she's got more to say.

[Olivia Mar]

Keep listening. We'll change lives here.

[Ilona Mar]

Our favorite story is Ilona texts, very direct. Like she. She wears wear exclamation marks. And it's everything but like, no stress. If not like that's how we communicate or how we go present in a professional world. And maybe it's because she's never had a desk job. You've just played sports.

[Olivia Mar]

I just say, sounds good.

[Ilona Mar]

She Is I used. I had to tell her. I was like, please stop sending emails. Stop sending professional emails. Like, you don't do it right. I'd actually cringe when I see it. You need to, like, open and like, I hope you're well. Like, I need you meet you. She would get. She'd get in there and be like, okay, brb. Talk about this later, period. T Y l like to a big brand. And I'd be like, you need to. You're cut off, actually. But she also just texts, very direct. So a lot of people might think, oh, is alone and mad at me. No, she's just to the point. She's gotten what she. She said what she needed to say, and she got out of there. You.

[Adriana Mar]

You.

[Ilona Mar]

The fact that you got a response should be celebrated in the first place. So one of our favorite things, we are on our sister group chat, and I was like, oh, we have this coming up. That's crazy. Like, guys, remember, make sure to do that. And Alona texted, add that to my calendar. And Adrian, I were like, who the hell does she think she is? Where does she get off? I get that. She's get. She's getting out there. She's big time. Now who does she start talking to?

[Olivia Mar]

Me.

[Ilona Mar]

Of course. I'm going to put on her calendar. I already did. But, like, what the hell, man? Like, put that on my calendar. I was like, we had, like, a side.

[Olivia Mar]

We were chatting about this.

[Ilona Mar]

We were too.

[Adriana Mar]

I was like, add that to my calendar.

[Ilona Mar]

She needs to be brought down a couple pegs. We gotta talk to her. But actually, we brought it up to her and she was like, no, I said it like, shoe. Add that to my calendar, too. I did. I wouldn't remember it. So who make that. Make sure you add that to my calendar. We were like, oh, you gotta work on your punctuation.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah, I was just being funny about it being funny.

[Ilona Mar]

But we were, like, too big for our britches.

[Adriana Mar]

And to this day, we now say, add that to my calendar, too.

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah, add that to my calendar.

[Adriana Mar]

Add that to my calendar.

[Olivia Mar]

But that is good, though. You guys are ready to, like, not humble me in a way, but, like, bring me down to earth. Because I think even with all the fame or whatever it is that's happened and all of this, I haven't changed too much. And I think that's a testament to you guys letting me know who I am. You know, I'm just your sister. I'm just this girl. I'm not getting too big for my britches. And Even. And when that does happen, because there's moments when it does happen, but they always bring me back, you know, like, remember who you are and you're not good at it.

[Ilona Mar]

She recently sent an email that I was like, did I write that in my sleep? Did I send an email? And I was like, ilona, did you send this email? She was like, I did. I tried to make it sound like you.

[Olivia Mar]

I literally bodied Olivia. I was gonna say, sorry for delay. We can't do this. And then like, thanks. And then I was like, wait a second. What would Olivia write? I said, hello, apologies for delay. Thank you so much for your interest. Alona is currently unavailable. And I was like, goodness.

[Adriana Mar]

Oh, you wrote a third.

[Olivia Mar]

Like, no, I actually wrote it as.

[Ilona Mar]

If it was me. Or just like, in general.

[Olivia Mar]

Or maybe this one I wrote wrote first person. I remember. But like, I wrote it so well because I was pretending to be Olivia.

[Ilona Mar]

I thought I was possessed in my sleep. And I must have written like, I woke up and I was like, I need to chill. That's crazy.

[Olivia Mar]

I'm learning a lot from her as well because she. So Olivia, we can get into it more, but was like a personal assistant for a big showrunner in Hollywood. So she learned so much. And she's somebody who you can rely on for everything. And she knows how things are done. She knows how it's best going to be perceived. So, like, for me, somebody who's just like, I just want to do it. I'm an athlete. I do this. She's like, no, here's the best way to do something.

[Adriana Mar]

Yeah.

[Olivia Mar]

And so it comes across even better to brands, to people. When I have somebody like that using kind of being my voice there.

[Adriana Mar]

Absolutely. I run every important email past Olivia, like, the amount of shared notes that we have together. Because I'm like, can you just take a look at that before I send that? Like, I'll run it through Grammarly, then I'll run it to Olivia, and then I'll send it.

[Olivia Mar]

Many a time, our dad, Olivia will read an email and our dad will be like, that was. That's really good. That's good.

[Ilona Mar]

That was really complimentative of my professional.

[Adriana Mar]

Writing because it's also your writing skill. But it's then, like, you understand tone really well and how to, like, convince people. No, you got to put that. I was talking about an email. She's like, you don't have a call to action at the end. And I was like, frick.

[Olivia Mar]

Gotta have a call to action.

[Adriana Mar]

I need to work on that.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

I was like, you're coming across, like, a little accusatory. I think we need to, like, rein that in. But there's a good way to get a bat. Like, get to that. Absolutely. We need to.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

I am accusing them of something. That's good.

[Adriana Mar]

Be a great AP lit teacher.

[Ilona Mar]

Oh, wow.

[Olivia Mar]

Wow.

[Adriana Mar]

This doesn't work out.

[Ilona Mar]

No.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah, this doesn't work out for sure.

[Ilona Mar]

And, I mean, as we said, math isn't my thing, but if you want me to compose an email to your boss, like a message to an ex, I'm. I'm here. I'm taking clients, actually, so I'm open.

[Olivia Mar]

So we haven't really lived in the same place for a while. Adriana lived in. Has been living in New York City for a couple years. I've been living in San Diego for the past six years. Olivia in New York City and then la. So we've always been apart. But one thing that we always do prioritize is coming together.

[Adriana Mar]

This was your first time living together since childhood in Bristol. Were you worried going into it of how you would live together now as adults? And how did it go?

[Olivia Mar]

Well, I spent a lot of time in Olivia's place, so I knew that she'll cook for me and she would help me out and make me coffee. So I wasn't too worried about it, like, knowing that I have spent so much time with her. So we've been doing fine, honestly. I think we thought we would be getting, like, more visitors. We were like, what are we gonna do if somebody has a visitor? We gotta set up a system. I'll put it all. Should I put a sock on the door? What do you think? Yeah, like, what sort of system have we got going on? Nothing.

[Ilona Mar]

Nothing.

[Olivia Mar]

It's been her and I in there. Nobody's running through those doors. Yeah, we really. Like, that's gonna be interesting. Like, sister. Like, what are we gonna do as adult women?

[Ilona Mar]

We live together for 18 years of our lives growing up, and now here we are as a.

[Olivia Mar]

It's just us.

[Ilona Mar]

It's just. Then this is the visitor.

[Olivia Mar]

That's our only visitor.

[Ilona Mar]

That's the one there.

[Olivia Mar]

So. No, we get together. We get along really well. I mean, she's somebody who's also a homemaker. She loves to cook and, like, make people feel really comfort comfortable and welcome. So it works out for me. I come home and she's got pasta for me, and I say, I want a Smashburger, and she'll make, you know, a Smash burger. So that's just how she shows Love. I think there is times where I do need like a break. We both need breaks at times. But that she goes on long walks, I go to practice. So there's all sorts of moments where we can take that pause. And it's also about being more honest with somebody. Was like, can I need you to get out of my face? Yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

And we have that. I think we've learned over the years. But it has been special, it's been cool to do and I like taking care of people and making a home. But you were quite good at it as well.

[Olivia Mar]

When I want to be. But then I'll revert back to being like I'm a child.

[Ilona Mar]

I don't know.

[Olivia Mar]

I don't need to do anything.

[Ilona Mar]

No, but you're good when you apply yourself. Same thing like gift giving. She thinks she's a terrible gift giver. She's actually unbelievable at it. When she applies herself. The stuff you're like, wow. How do you. How did you know? How did you look into my soul like that?

[Olivia Mar]

They all say that you're a good gift giver.

[Ilona Mar]

It's true though. But she is also a very good caregiver. She is a nurse. Her bedside, your bedside care is impeccable. I had violent food poisoning recently and she was right there with the British form of Gatorade, which is delicious. The blue one. I love it. Look that up. And taking care of me, making tea, getting food ready for me. It was really great. Good on you.

[Olivia Mar]

Thank you.

[Ilona Mar]

I might have talked about this, but she once gave us the necklace that started our mom giving us all the jewelry you bought at like some boutique in Australia when you were there on the Sevens tour. Little plated gold A's and O's. A O and I. Little tiny initials that our mom then was like, oh. Cause they started tarnishing really quickly. Cheap.

[Olivia Mar]

No.

[Ilona Mar]

And so our mom got em made in gold and so that started the whole jewelry kind of trend. And that was you like you did that. You saw them and you thought that was cute.

[Adriana Mar]

She doesn't even remember it.

[Ilona Mar]

She doesn't even remember it to this day. Like it meant nothing to her. Unbelievable. But we kept joking though like because I do obviously work for her now and we work together that any gift is like an employee.

[Olivia Mar]

Like gotta keep my employees satisfaction.

[Ilona Mar]

Gotta pre employ. It's part of my benefit package.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah, yeah. Employee satisfaction, end of the year bonus, holiday bonus.

[Ilona Mar]

She got me a purse this year which was really, really fun because I don't, I don't spend money on stuff like that for myself. And so that was kind of a nice, like, touch to, I don't know where we're at and what we're building and moving towards.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

What'd she get you?

[Adriana Mar]

She also got me a purse this year, but we had decided no presents. And then all of a sudden, here she comes down the stairs unwrapped. Because that's alone.

[Ilona Mar]

She won't wrap it. Why would I wrap it?

[Olivia Mar]

It's easier to waste paper. What's the point of that?

[Adriana Mar]

Wow.

[Olivia Mar]

Just. You're going to see it or I'll leave it at the cardboard box it came in.

[Adriana Mar]

Yeah, the Amazon box, but came downstairs with the thing and it was really wonderful and sweet. But then I was like, I didn't get her anything.

[Ilona Mar]

She was panicking.

[Adriana Mar]

I was. And Olivia and I also didn't give each other anything. And I was like, that's fair.

[Ilona Mar]

No.

[Adriana Mar]

Oh, no. But you've been really wonderful with, like, supporting my travel. Like, one year I did not use up all my PTO days. Like, I still had like a week left. And I was like, I'm not. I have to use these. This is, you know, my. My payment, essentially. And I was like, I'm going to go to Scotland. And you're like, yeah, you go to Scotland, here's some money. Get that bus tour. And it just made it so much, you know, easier for me to do so of like, okay, I was gonna do this bus tour, but then I was like, okay with flights and then I'll stay in a hostel, yada yada. Like, you know, I'm very careful with my money. And so knowing that the bus tour is covered was really wonderful and allowed me to be like, and I can have a sit down dinner tonight, get.

[Olivia Mar]

Crazy with a girl.

[Ilona Mar]

I keep a running note in my phone of if somebody says something even a little bit, I'm like, oh, oh. And I'll write it down as like a potential idea. And then they sometimes come to fruition, actually. So, like, when mom came to town, I think from two years ago, I had written on my notepad for her Discovery of Witches tour because she loves those books and the TV show. And I was like, gosh, we're ever in England together. I would love to bring her to some of those filming locations. And then I ended up doing that because I'd always had that. I wrote it down, I saw it. I would see it occasionally when I would go through this notepad and be like, oh, my gosh, we're going to be in England. Let's Go see Discovery of Witches places, because I know my mom would love that. So it wasn't a gift. It was just like something we did. But it was nice to do it with her. So we went to Oxford and we toured some places because I remembered that that would be something to cool, like an idea I had two years ago.

[Adriana Mar]

She was so giddy. She loved it.

[Ilona Mar]

She loved it.

[Adriana Mar]

It's the simplest things that can make people so happy, you know, just showing that you noticed them.

[Olivia Mar]

You took it.

[Adriana Mar]

Yeah, yeah. Took note.

[Ilona Mar]

What's that thing that's like to be loved is to be known or to be known is to be loved or something to be seen.

[Adriana Mar]

Something like that.

[Ilona Mar]

Something like that. Coming up on today's episode of House of Mar, our tea time. We wanted it to have a bit of a theme, so we were thinking crossroads. Ilona can give us a peek behind the curtain into what really goes down at the Olympics. Adriana will talk navigating an identity shift, and I can talk maybe a bit about my time and what I did before coming to work for Elona full time. And then with our wind down, we will receive a special message from one of our favorite people, an unofficial fourth Mars sister.

[Adriana Mar]

Let's see behind that curtain. Alona, what happened at the Village that you maybe didn't share online because you already put so much on TikTok and you wanted everyone to know?

[Olivia Mar]

I think the first day in the Village, I had a full day off, so I posted about seven videos a day. Like, I. I knew that this was a way that I could keep getting message out there. I think it started in Tokyo with, like, I knew Olympics is where people are made. You know, Michael Phelps, moan Biles. They're made because they're the best in their sport and they're objectively the best. Right? Like, it's. It's not. It's not just subjective. It's a numbers game where they're the best. I knew that I probably wouldn't be that in a sport like rugby. I was not just going to be the best, but I knew I had, like, a personality that was a little different. So even in Tokyo, I kind of decided, like, oh, this app is, you know, social media is really powerful and can really take you places. So I did in Tokyo. Then I kept doing it after Tokyo because I. We always talk about, like, sponsorships. Like, girls are always like, we want to get more sponsors, I want to be able to make more money, but there's no clear way to do it. And I saw like, okay, social media is how you do it, because you make yourself, you know, look good to a brand. They want to have a return of investment on you. So if you can be giving them something, that will help them. And I think I thought building my profile on social media was just the way to do it. Is it stressful to have share. Share a lot of myself? I think there was a crossroads when it came to, like, how much am I willing to share? What's the sort of Persona I want to give out there? But I've just found, like, sharing more and being relatable is what really people connect to. So I think my thing is all about relata. Like, if I'm having a bad body image day, there's so many other people who are having that same thing. So I've just tried to be relatable. And I think at the Tokyo Olympics did the same thing. Or at the Paris Olympics, I did the same thing, just being relatable and. And having fun with it too. Like, I'm not afraid to, you know, have a joke about with myself. I think the big thing was, like, being single in the village because people always talk about, you know, the singleness, the athletes going crazy, dating each other. And I just, like, played on that because I knew people love to see it. They love watching Love Island. They love watching all these shows where single people are going crazy. And I just knew there's. There was something to be done there. Did I get any action in the Olympic village? No.

[Ilona Mar]

Right? No.

[Olivia Mar]

I also, because at that point, everyone was knowing me, so if I talk to even one person, I'd people be like, what's happening? But I was so focused in the. On the village of, like, kind of making a name for myself in a way and posting these videos. And afterwards, we were so busy after our games are done, I was barely in the village. I barely got to meet people. But it's like, it was such an amazing time for me. It really changed, I guess, the trajectory I was going on. But I was never surprised with the change. Like, I knew that this was what I wanted to do. And everyone always asked me, like, oh, is it crazy? Has your life completely changed? I was like, no, this was what I was aiming for for three years now.

[Ilona Mar]

Absolutely. And I feel like, because you put out that content being, like, dating single life, the village, like, people then assume like, oh, you're putting it out there. It must be happening for you. So everyone just expected that you were having all of these dates and these crazy experiences. And I remember you being like, yeah, but these are also, like, the world's best athletes are focused on what they're doing. Yeah, there's not really time for that until the end.

[Olivia Mar]

I imagine that there are for sure people who are, you know, getting their rocks off, I think, as it's called, having fun in there. But also, we're here to get a medal. Like, we're not here to really mess around too much. We're here to, you know, compete for our country. Something that we've been dreaming about our whole lives. So there is that. You know, you are. Are in a village with the hottest people in the world, the hottest fittest people in the world. Of course things like that are gonna happen. But also, some people are still competing. Some people have just competed. They're doing this and that. So it's definitely a cool village. It's, like, amazing that all these countries come together. Some are at war, some are this and they. Yet sport brings us all in under one thing that just unites us, and it's really a cool time. I mean, I met people from all over the world and got pins from all over. I think it's, like, really a special thing because not many will get to experience an Olympic village. I mean, only Olympians and coaches and whatnot. But that's something that is really a place where we can all come together.

[Ilona Mar]

What was the nichest pin you got? Like, country?

[Olivia Mar]

I got. Well, I saw a video of a girl who was like, I see you all trading pins, but I haven't seen my pin from my country, which is Kazakhstan. And so I was like, I'm gonna find this pin. So I found the Kazakhstan pin, but I wasn't on my pin game as much as the others. Like, there are some people who are really loving the pin thing. You actually made me personal pins, which is, like, what Simone Biles did.

[Ilona Mar]

It was fun to have. You switched with Simone, too, right?

[Olivia Mar]

I did. I traded with Simone. But I just didn't realize. I never knew that about pins, that a lot of people make personal pins. But now I think that's so special to do. To do, like, a personal pin and to train with people, because people loved it.

[Ilona Mar]

And to have that connection between two athletes.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

To just have that face to face, and that's. That. I can imagine. That's so cool.

[Olivia Mar]

I got a pin from Coco Goff, Simone Biles, a couple pins from, like, the other rugby teams around. It's a lot of times you don't know. You don't have the same language, so you just kind of go, pin and then they give you a pin, and then you, like, just kind of connect in that way. It doesn't have to even be through language, through words.

[Ilona Mar]

Pins are universal.

[Olivia Mar]

Pins are universal languages. That's what I've always said.

[Ilona Mar]

But you got to let loose a little bit at the very end there, right? It was your birthday. Like, your birthday struck at, like, midnight during the closing ceremony, right?

[Olivia Mar]

Yes, yes, yes, yes. My birthday is August 12th. I'm a Leo. A classic Leo as JJ classic. And that was the. The closing ceremony started on the, you know, evening of the 11th. And then you were there until, you know, midnight. So into the 12th. And we were just. You're not supposed to drink in the village, but we were all getting vodka somehow and, like, bringing it in, like, water bottles, because you've. You've just completed the Olympics. You can finally feel like you can relax and reset. And so I was just in my kit, drinking, and then I was chatting to everybody and. And whoever would recognize me, I'd be like, hey, what's up? And chat to them. And we got to the closing ceremony. It was in the big stadium, actually, that I played in. It was crazy to be back there, like, knowing what happened and the feelings that had been into it. It struck midnight, so that. Man, it was my birthday, and I made everybody around me sing. And it was. There's a video of it just, like, me standing, like, listening to everybody. And then they played this song called My Way by Isolde. And I just remember, like, listening to it, and then I show. There's also a video of me, like, watching it, like, it's about, you know, the song My Way, which I think is Frank Sinatra. But, like, I did it my way, and I was like, oh, I really did the Olympics my way. Like my teammates and I did the Olympics our way. And it was just a really, like, a special moment. I was super drunk. Super drunk. But I still remember it.

[Ilona Mar]

You had a good time, but, like. And you feel how fun your energy is, like, in those moments, too. But I think the energy I feel in those videos off of everyone around you as well, is that, like, release of. Oh, my gosh. No matter how this went, like, we did this, and here we are. We can be together and finally celebrate it. But you've been kind of on the go since you still haven't been able to, like, party with your team that you made this historic moment with, right? Because you also haven't even been home to San Diego before, except for, like, one night I think you spent there. But you've just been on the go since. How has that been? Like, are you, I imagine, sad?

[Olivia Mar]

No, I'm not really sad. I've been on the go since July, I think. July 14th I went over to France and we were there for a week in a, in a village before we went to Paris. And then we were in Paris for a week before we played. And then I stayed there for two weeks after the Olympics. Then for a week I was kind of like in between. I say it was at home for a week and then I came back to San Diego for two nights, had one full day there, but I was packing up because I had to take my, my ass on up to LA and do dance with the stars. So I had no time and then haven't been back. I was gonna go back before I moved over to England, but it just wasn't matching up. I was going to here and then going back and so we decided to go from England to. I mean from la, right, to England. So I haven't. It's been more than a half a year since I've been home. And then I think I'm gonna get home for maybe less than a week and be on the road again.

[Ilona Mar]

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[Olivia Mar]

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[Ilona Mar]

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[Adriana Mar]

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[Olivia Mar]

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[Ilona Mar]

So then you made it to LA and you started your Dancing with the Stars journey, which you were a bit hesitant of. But just knowing, like, that's, you know, nerve wracking. You're putting even more of yourself out there on TV every single night to be judged literally and to do something that you don't do, which is dancing. But like, how did that, how did you come around? Like, what, when did the kind of like the clouds part for you?

[Olivia Mar]

Well, I think it was just having a partner like Alan who knew the power of social media as well. Like, we went into it not knowing, like, okay, well I'll post my videos. I don't know how he'll be about it. Like, it'll be okay. Cause I'd never watched the show. I didn't know what he was like, you made me watch the first episode, like I think the night before I met Alan or something like that, and just to get a feel for it. And I remember watching like, oh, God, I don't know. And so I met Alan in the first, right after we were done, the cameras were done rolling and we were just kind of like, you know, catching up. He was like, we gotta, we gotta shoot TikToks. Like that's how we're gonna, you know, make, make the, the fans love us and really connect with them. And so I was like, oh, okay, like this guy actually wants to do it. And I wasn't sure if he'd want to collab with me or if he was a certain image he was trying to uphold. But what was so great about him is he was so prepared to just be himself. Like I am prepared to be myself, whether that's look stupid, look girly, whatever it is. Like he'd put on the skirt and do the dance or whatnot too. But he was so secure in himself, in the image he was putting out. So we worked really well together in that way. And I mean, he was always like, we got to make a TikTok today. We got to make today. I was like, shut up, you've pissed me off all training, but we've developed like a, you Know, really strong friendship because of that. And I think people really loved that, connecting with us online. And I think they loved seeing Alan in that sort of way as well, because I think he was always known as very, like, hard coach, a tough coach, which he's tough. But I also, for me, I was like, you're right. I'd be mad at me, too, for not understanding that. I, like, you've told it to me 50 times, and I still can't get this dance. So I totally understand.

[Ilona Mar]

And you're used to being coached.

[Olivia Mar]

I'm used to being coached. So for him, it was actually a really great, like, the way that he. The way that he coached me, I was like, no, you're right. I can do better. Like, he knew I can do better, and that's how I've always been. Coaches, like, they. They expect me to do better. And so, like, you know, you're so red. I can do better. It was a relationship like any other. We were. We were building and learning and posting these fun videos, and people just love to see. I think two people really get along in just a fun way and interact and show all the emotions. Like, we cried. We were sometimes annoyed at each other. We were this and that. But I think we just kind of were very real in what was going on.

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah. What are some of the things that maybe weren't shown in, like, the package before you danced? Was there a lot more of you being pissed off or him being like, do it again or what? What did we miss out on?

[Olivia Mar]

No, I think, like, it was a lot of. I just got very silent at times because I didn't know what was going on. And, like. Or I just couldn't. Could not get it right. Like, it was so out of balance for me. And he. He knew it as well. I. Something. Trying to. Trying to learn how to. To get me out of that funk, because I could not figure it. He'd, like, tell me to do one thing with my hand, and I couldn't do it. And then I would, like, try to do the thing that he was telling me with my foot, and I could not. It would not link up for me. And so I would get silent because, like, I always want to be good at things. I've always played sports, and I've always been very good at every sport that I've played. Doesn't matter what sport I pick up. I'm usually pretty good at it. And so here I am picking up a sport that I just cannot figure out and that I've never been good At. And it's like, you're a team, right? Alan and I are a team, but also, he's the coach, I'm the player. And when we get out there on the dance floor, y, they're looking at both of us, but I'm the one who doesn't know what the heck she's doing. So I think they could have actually showed more of, like, the, the us coaching because I never had a problem with it. I loved him, like, knowing that I, I did, I. You just did it. Do it now. Which I was like, you're so right. And I knew I could. And I think I got silent because I knew I could do better for him. But we had, I mean, a great relationship. We did get those moments where it was like, you know, we were both a little annoyed, but then we would just be making a tick tock afterwards, which I think is almost like a brother, sister, like, friend type. We're like, but then, you know, worst person I've ever met.

[Ilona Mar]

Do you want to go to the sauna?

[Olivia Mar]

I mean, you can, you can, you were there a lot practices. You can kind of describe our relationship.

[Ilona Mar]

But it was very much like, yeah, you would get your silent moments because you're like, you want the, you want to do amazing. That's how you work. And him being like, she can do amazing. But also, is she okay? Yeah.

[Olivia Mar]

He was always so cautious with me. Very cautious.

[Ilona Mar]

Always want to make sure you're okay.

[Olivia Mar]

But it was those things that, you.

[Ilona Mar]

Know, we talk about that's like, okay, but if alone is feeling a low, you can't. She needs to get herself out of it eventually. You can't do it. But he's very much like, but is she gonna be okay? And what do we think? What can I do? Like, how do I help? And he's like texting me, and I'm like, what can we do to help him? Like, King, I like, I hear you. I wish I could also instruct you on how to make her feel better. Like, just, she'll come around. It's all good. Like, it's all good. But he just cared so much, you know, because he also didn't want to, like, make you mad, but he also wanted the best, like you say. So it was funny in those moments and being like, okay, Olivia, what do we do? Also, do you have a TikTok idea? I'm like, okay, Ellen.

[Olivia Mar]

Him and I still chat a lot. I'm really excited to do tour. I, I, I want to do, you know, some more stops. I just think That I want to be back with him. We have so much fun together just kind of hanging out even when we're just practicing. So I am excited for that because it was such a special moment in time. So I hopefully will have a friend for life. I don't even know if I can watch next season though. I'll be so jealous. I'd be like, that's my partner.

[Ilona Mar]

That's my partner. That's my partner.

[Olivia Mar]

Oh, my gosh. If he says that it's his next partner's his favorite partner, I'm. I'm blocking him on all socials.

[Ilona Mar]

That is a warning.

[Olivia Mar]

That's a threat, Alan. She means somebody else becomes your next favorite partner.

[Ilona Mar]

I'm block.

[Adriana Mar]

You can never say it again.

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Olivia Mar]

Right. You know what? I'm just kidding.

[Ilona Mar]

She's a really cool, really chill, really chill girl. No. Very aloof.

[Olivia Mar]

It's fine.

[Ilona Mar]

It's all. It's all good.

[Olivia Mar]

Love you, Alan.

[Adriana Mar]

Speaking of crossroads, yours was kind of your transition from traditional work to content creation. What was that like becoming your own boss outside of Alona, that crossroads for you?

[Ilona Mar]

Being a girl boss? Right. I went to a really small university, which was great. Got my education, got out of there, moved to New York City very quickly afterwards because I just knew I wanted. I always knew I wanted to try living in New York City and Los Angeles. I think I was going to love both. And I did. I love New York City while I was there. And I moved to New York City while I'm working for. I'm very lucky to have had incredible female mentors throughout my career. Like, I seek out cool, creative, wonderful women and just try to soak up as much as I can from them while helping in any way that I can on their journey. Cause I know that I would learn from that a lot. So I moved to the city. I worked for an unbelievable creator, actress, author Rosalind Hart, and I worked on some of her shows and activations around New York City. She has a show called Never Sleep Alone. It's a lot of fun. It's like dating and sex and kind of a. It's story told like through her character and also just like helps people with confidence and, and getting out there and being who you are and what a.

[Adriana Mar]

Great thing to be a part of at that age.

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah. Straight out of school.

[Adriana Mar]

Great for the mental.

[Ilona Mar]

Absolutely. It was very fun. It was very cool to see those sides of New York and with her and to learn from her and her creative approach and also then being the girl behind Some of the social and like, the Excel spreadsheets and whatever. So from there I went and worked on the Apple TV show Dickinson. And Apple TV was launching at that time when I was in New York City. And they launched with a couple of shows, one of them being Dickinson. And I worked in post production there. And I've met some of the most incredible people and editors and producers, some of whom I am still very close to to this day, and again learned so much from them, which then led me to the creator and showrunner, Elena Smith, who is the next wonderful, powerful, cool, creative woman that I got to learn from and work with. So I got to see, like a TV show season get made from the, like the very beginning, the bitter end. It was very cool to be a part of these conversations and listening in on these meetings and the stuff I got to learn.

[Adriana Mar]

And you worked in all of the rooms. Started in post. I went to set.

[Ilona Mar]

Like you got experience all the way through. It's like I got to be a part of these conversations and literally see how the sausage gets made. And to see different approaches to the creative process and to have been in that position for so many years is so special. Did that for John before heading over to Los Angeles. And I continued doing some development work with Alayna Smith. And then the strikes happened in Hollywood. It was in that window of time that I leaned more into my social media because I had the time to do it and I was always building it. I was always posting what I was doing and getting better at making videos and seeing what I was comfortable saying or showing or my little adventures around New York City. I think I was also in New York, like, in the peak time of like 2018, 2019, where it was like, my good friend and I would be like, we should want to just have like a Saturday where we go and take fun pictures for Instagram. It's like, absolutely. That sounds like a dream. Great. And then we'll go watch, you know, we'll listen to Charlie XCX and have a time about it.

[Olivia Mar]

Absolutely.

[Ilona Mar]

And so leaned way more into that. I got more and more comfortable over the years. And it was pretty soon after the strikes had started that I posted my Girl dinner video. And then so I was doing my content creation stuff. It's when I've always worked for Ilona and building her brand and helping on the business side of stuff that between Tokyo and Paris, like, I was leaning more and more into it. But then once the strikes happened, I put my whole self into it and really, really ran with it and we got to build a very solid foundation going into Paris. So to be a part of that and to have taken everything that I've learned from my journey to that point and to help in the everyday and the flow and how this happens and how this works and, oh, we should go about it this way. And, oh, we're working with brands like this. It's all. It's all been for a reason. My direction was correct. I was putting my energy where I. Where it felt good. Women. And now I get to do what I love. And it's my dream job, working here, working with you and, you know, being all together on this. This gorgeous couch and making my content, make my silly little videos. There's that thing that's like, everything happens in your favor, but even if you don't know what it is and like the burnt toast theory and the butterfly effect, which I think is a big thing we talk about a lot, is the butterfly effect and how much it is, it changes.

[Adriana Mar]

You're a big believer in the butterfly.

[Ilona Mar]

You're a big believer in the butterfly effect. She loves that.

[Olivia Mar]

I think the butterfly effect is like that thousands of millions of years ago, the flap of a butterfly's wings could have moved one. One seed to this place, and this happened here and then that. So it's like the littlest movement can shift the whole world because then you would have had a tree planted there. Then maybe a. A river would have formed around or whatever it was. I could be wrong. Somebody could totally let us know. But it's just that, like, one little change can. You might not realize it completely change the whole trajectory of your life.

[Adriana Mar]

Yeah.

[Olivia Mar]

So I think my butterfly effect was when I decided not to play. Stop playing softball and just shoot. Went to the local neighboring high school to play rugby. And my whole life changed. Your butterfly effect has been, you know.

[Ilona Mar]

Jobs that I've decided weren't fit for me, and it was tough and it seemed, you know, unprofessional, but I made the hard decision and now here I am. And it didn't feel good then, but, you know, it all worked out. What's been. What's been yours?

[Adriana Mar]

I was actually thinking about this the other day. I don't know why, because I've always struggled when Alona asks, because I'm like, well, it's always a choice, you know? And I felt like so much of my life has just been like, well, that choice. I maybe I'm so, like, realistic about it that I'm like, like, I don't know about the butterfly effect. But I think a good one for me is in high school I went on exchange, okay. But I was that year prior I was researching so much, I so wanted to do it. But it's very expensive. Like it's $60,000 sometimes. And like we don't, you know, we don't have that money. And so I was searching everywhere for scholars, for scholarships, for this and that. And the one I'd heard about was Rotary Youth Exchange. And I remember, like, because I was watching all the YouTube vlogs and I was like, okay, this seems like cost effective, like I can do this. And I remember I googled Rotary was exchange. And for, I think for some reason, like our WI fi wasn't working. And so it only loaded like eight clubs in the US and it was all in the Midwest. And I was like, oh, there's no Rotary in like Vermont. I can't do this. And then like a few weeks later I was like, let me look at Rotary again. And I had like full bars and so it completely loaded. And I saw that Rotary, there was clubs, there's two clubs in Burlington. And so I was able to then reach out. And if I hadn't looked it up again and just decided, hell, why not? I wouldn't have ever found this option because Rotary is the only way I would have ever gone abroad because the other ones are way too expensive.

[Ilona Mar]

And this was in high school, this.

[Adriana Mar]

Was in high school. And like now that leads me, that year abroad was very life changing. And I think it really altered my sense of the world and like, who I was and what I wanted to do. You know, I always knew I was interested in like, you know, travel and politics, but I was like, no, I want to have a career in this. And so when I came back, I was senior in high school, so I was applying for colleges. And even at that point I was like, I don't know if I want to go to college. But my dad was like, go to college for one year and then we'll decide. And I decided to do global studies. And I was like, there's a path forward in this. And if I, maybe I would have found that without like going abroad, but that definitely ensured it.

[Olivia Mar]

Well, you were at a crossroads recently and I think we talked about it, but you just quit your job. Yes. Which I think was also like, depending on that, how that could probably now change whatever's going to happen. And like coming to that decision, I'm.

[Adriana Mar]

In the midst of it, so I don't know what it's Going to look like. I think the last crossroads I had was going into this job of I had graduated college. And just that transition from, you know, a structured college life to then fully in the workforce working 40 hours a week, you know, not having the summers off and breaks off, like, that was a really, like, hard transition. Like, I remember I'd be like, in the middle of the workday, and I was like, I have to do this tomorrow, and I have to do it the day after. And then I get two days off, but then I'm doing it five days again, Like. And I think a lot of people struggle with that because that is, you know, it's hard on us as, like, humans to just be, like, locked in.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah.

[Adriana Mar]

For that long, especially after years of schooling and then, like, that's. You have responsibilities with that, but it's a different sort knowing that you just have to work every day. That was. I eventually got over it because I was like, you have to, or else you're gonna constantly struggle with it.

[Ilona Mar]

I think every young person has to have that come to the light about it as well. I remember sitting down my first day at that desk job being like, oh, you know, is this it?

[Adriana Mar]

Yes.

[Ilona Mar]

Interesting.

[Adriana Mar]

And, like, I think, you know, that feeling might not have lasted also because, you know, you just have to get over what you used to have and just adjust. And that adjustment period is tough.

[Ilona Mar]

But you got to work with some cool people, though, too, right?

[Adriana Mar]

Absolutely.

[Ilona Mar]

So, like, when you did get to go in and hang out with them.

[Adriana Mar]

Yeah, I loved my co workers. Like, again, I worked for a women's organization, so it was mostly women who work there. Women, Women.

[Ilona Mar]

We're in the business of women.

[Adriana Mar]

Olivia tells a quote of, like, my first day of work. You want to say it?

[Ilona Mar]

She, like, her first day on the job. I, like, called her.

[Olivia Mar]

I was like, how was it?

[Ilona Mar]

Like, how was your big girl job in New York City? And she was like, oh, my gosh, it was so good. I was like, wow, okay. Yeah.

[Olivia Mar]

She was like, no, it was so good.

[Ilona Mar]

Literally, it's all women. I didn't talk to. I only. I talked to one man, and he was gay.

[Olivia Mar]

Like, that.

[Ilona Mar]

I was like, hell, yeah. What a place to be.

[Adriana Mar]

I remember I also, like, cried on my first day, too. Not because it was just women, but I was onboarding, and I was just, like, having to learn everything about the organization, what it's currently doing, what it has done. And so I was just reading all these articles and internal pieces, and I was. I had this moment. I was like, this is what I've studied for. And, like, I'm finally doing it. And that was just, you know, like a of dream come true almost of like just seeing it come to fruition was really amazing. I will probably be looking at the.

[Ilona Mar]

Job boards for sure.

[Adriana Mar]

That feels like still a good step for me to do. Just give me like two more weeks, please.

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah, yeah.

[Adriana Mar]

And then I'll be on the job board, Dad. I promise.

[Ilona Mar]

Dad. She's gone.

[Adriana Mar]

I swear, when I told him, I was like, dad, I'm sending him my resignation. He's like, all right, so it's easier to get a job when you have a job. So this week is really important to say. Heard not doing that right now.

[Olivia Mar]

I'm so sorry.

[Ilona Mar]

So sorry, sorry, sorry.

[Olivia Mar]

This is your job now.

[Ilona Mar]

Appreciate you, though.

[Adriana Mar]

So a little bit of that. I know we talked about, like, maybe grad school, but that. That feels like more of just grad school to do grad school. I remember once I was talking with my roommate because she wants to get, like, her doctorate one day, and I was like, oh, yeah, I thought about that and she's like, oh, for what? And I was like, I don't know. It'd be really more to call myself a doctor, which doesn't feel like the reason why you should go to post grad.

[Olivia Mar]

But I also hear, and I don't judge you for that because that'd be a big reason.

[Adriana Mar]

Dr. Mar.

[Ilona Mar]

Dr. Mar.

[Adriana Mar]

One day, guys, maybe that'd be cool.

[Olivia Mar]

Well, you're one day. You think Be so real, you going back to school?

[Adriana Mar]

Honorary. Honorary.

[Olivia Mar]

That's what I'm waiting for, is for people come to ask me to be at commencements, and I'm like, only if I get that honorary doctorate, can you.

[Adriana Mar]

Call yourself like Dr. Mar. Then if it's an honorary one, I will be.

[Olivia Mar]

Probably not.

[Ilona Mar]

She will, but I will be. She'll add that to the bio.

[Olivia Mar]

I always wanted to be a doctor, so that's why I'm going to use that.

[Adriana Mar]

Put that on your Instagram. Name? Dr. Mar.

[Ilona Mar]

Dr. Alonamar. Ollie. Olympian.

[Olivia Mar]

The only way I'm coming to speak at your graduation.

[Adriana Mar]

That's what means.

[Ilona Mar]

That's what all he means.

[Adriana Mar]

I just figured that out.

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah, there you go.

[Olivia Mar]

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[Ilona Mar]

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[Adriana Mar]

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[Ilona Mar]

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[Olivia Mar]

So yeah, S25 Ultra it gets me basically. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra isn't just a phone, it's low key.

[Ilona Mar]

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[Adriana Mar]

You guys, I heard we received a very special message from a friend of Ms. Alona's that I think some people at home may want to hear.

[Kylie Kelsey]

Hello, Mar sisters. Kylie, Kelsey here. I am just tapping in to congratulate you guys on the new show. I cannot wait to tune into House of Mar. I came from a house of only me and my sister. It was all sisterhood up in there and now I live in a house of more sisters. Our two year old this morning I asked her if she was a baby and she told me no, I'm a sister.

[Adriana Mar]

Wow, that's beautiful bars.

[Kylie Kelsey]

We are obviously cheering you on in everything that you do and I cannot wait to laugh along with you guys because I know that my biggest laughs in my life have probably come with my sister cheering you guys on. Cannot wait to listen and good luck.

[Olivia Mar]

Thank you so much. Kylie. Kylie.

[Ilona Mar]

That's really sweet. That means the world coming from her, her podcast to ours.

[Adriana Mar]

Ms. Not Gonna Lie herself.

[Ilona Mar]

Ms. Not Gonna Lie.

[Olivia Mar]

Not Gonna Lie.

[Ilona Mar]

Women supporting women.

[Olivia Mar]

Yep, she's.

[Ilona Mar]

And they have, they're bringing. They have a New baby, another girl coming into the house, Right?

[Olivia Mar]

I think so. I think it's now gonna be just four daughters. Four daughters.

[Adriana Mar]

There's gonna be some tough years in there for sure. But it's.

[Olivia Mar]

No, I. I think that's awesome. I wonder how we would have done with another sister.

[Adriana Mar]

Front, middle, back.

[Olivia Mar]

I don't feel right knowing that you would have been a middle child. I'm a middle child.

[Adriana Mar]

Yeah.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah, that's true. You're a little. You're a little baby.

[Adriana Mar]

I think I could have been a middle sister. You know, I've had like host sisters and like, I think also, you know, younger friends, like, you guys often just see me in the role as a younger sister, but, like, I'm self sufficient and I think I could have been a middle sister.

[Ilona Mar]

Eldest sister, maybe a little middle. If there was one behind you.

[Olivia Mar]

The little sister.

[Ilona Mar]

The little middle sister. Which is funny, actually, because I call. What is it that you get mad about when I call Ilona my little sister?

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

I call Lonna my little sister because she is. These are both my little sisters. But Adriana's like, that's my title. I'm your little sister.

[Adriana Mar]

It's your middle sister.

[Ilona Mar]

You're the littlest sister for sure. But Ilona is still technically my little sister. She doesn't like that. Doesn't like that. So I think that because you're already so territorial about that, I don't think you would do well with another.

[Adriana Mar]

No, I think maybe. Maybe it was a. You called Alona your baby sister. I think I would know.

[Olivia Mar]

Maybe.

[Ilona Mar]

I think it was the video where I called her my stinky little sister. You were like, I'm actually your stinky little sister.

[Olivia Mar]

So.

[Adriana Mar]

And I can't see you anything else than an older sister. Yeah, you are built.

[Ilona Mar]

What I be doing.

[Adriana Mar]

She an older sister.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah. I don't know your bones.

[Ilona Mar]

Maybe if I was a middle sister, I'd be like, really good at a sport.

[Olivia Mar]

But our parents always say, though. I mean. Yeah, that's what they're saying. Our parents always say, though, like, my dad. My mom, you know, gave my. Our dad three daughters and he was like, she wanted another one. And he was like, you know, I think I'm gonna be a great dad to these three girls. I just don't know if I can do another one. And like, he's been just the best to three daughters. I think the thing was he never treated us any differently being daughters versus sons. Like, he always told us to be the strongest, to pitch it the fastest, and didn't matter, so. And I imagine that's gonna be the same with Jason to, like, do the same for his daughters. He's a football player. I hope he knows, you know, like, these girls are gonna be just as athletic and fun as any sons would be. And I mean, to my dad, who goes, oh, the people go to our dad, you know. Oh, you had all daughters. Sucks for him. He's got an Olympian. He's got amazing daughters. Anyway, they. He has daughters who we can chat to. He gets along with so well.

[Ilona Mar]

He's.

[Olivia Mar]

The man's fine. No, he's okay.

[Ilona Mar]

They'll be good.

[Olivia Mar]

Do not worry.

[Ilona Mar]

All those girls being raised by Jason and Kylie, what a. What a fantastic position for them. Like, the things that they are going to do with the guidance of them. I mean. And you. Was that the first time you met them was at the Olympics?

[Olivia Mar]

Kylie and I, like, followed each other, right? And then we were chatting a little bit over, like, DMs, and then she came to the game. And all these people I remember kept being like, oh, my God, what's it like to meet celebrities? Like Jason, I was like, I don't even. I didn't care about him. Kylie was there.

[Ilona Mar]

Kylie was there.

[Olivia Mar]

I got to meet Kylie, and it was awesome. And, like, she's the one. She brought him to us all sorts of games. They went to gymnastics, they went to rugby, and. And, like, for her to be there, they came to. I think it was my Brazil game. And then they came back to our semifinal game as well. So they came for two different days. They were wearing, like, they met. You guys wore the jerseys and whatnot.

[Ilona Mar]

And I had these insane Hawaiian shirts made for the Olympics for us to wear. And we gifted our.

[Adriana Mar]

With Ilona's face everywhere.

[Ilona Mar]

Oh, yeah. Like, it was obnoxious and American in the best way. We gifted those to them. And Jason wore the jersey that you guys gifted it.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

That you guys all saw. Jersey.

[Olivia Mar]

And the Hawaiian shirt to gymnast jersey.

[Ilona Mar]

Hawaiian shirt. And then he wore it to gymnastics because that's why they weren't at the final. They had to get to the gymnastics events, but they brought the rugby spirit with them. That was fun to meet them as well. Dad and Jason threw around a rugby ball together. It was just good. They were just like, solid people and the kind of people that, like, yeah, they deserve to be famous. Those are the kind of people we need in the world.

[Adriana Mar]

There was a little girl. Two little girls there. I can't remember. And they went up to kite her coach's daughter daughters.

[Ilona Mar]

What are they?

[Olivia Mar]

Oh, yes, Ollie and Gigi.

[Adriana Mar]

Ollie and Gigi went up to Kylie and she just crouched down and you could just see her in mom mode. Yeah, like the world didn't exist.

[Ilona Mar]

But these two little girls, she truly just like when those girls came in the picture like Kylie was doing was there. She was with them. I was like, period. Get after it.

[Adriana Mar]

That's our future right there.

[Ilona Mar]

That's our future. She sees that. What a saint. Thanks so much for coming over to The House of Mar a wave original presented by the new Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. Etc.

[Adriana Mar]

Be sure to watch and subscribe on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcasts.

[Olivia Mar]

Plus follow the show on all social media at HouseOfMar for clips and BTS content. See you soon. See you right back here. See you next time. Come on in, but leave now.

[Ilona Mar]

Get out.