Chanel Ayan & Taleen Marie: Converting Currency & Convenience Stores

Summary

Podcast Summary: Jeff Lewis Has Issues – Episode: Chanel Ayan & Taleen Marie: Converting Currency & Convenience Stores

Introduction

In the March 12, 2025 episode of Jeff Lewis Has Issues titled "Chanel Ayan & Taleen Marie: Converting Currency & Convenience Stores," host Jeff Lewis invites Chanel Ayan and Taline Marie from Real Housewives of Dubai to delve into their personal lives, career journeys, and the cultural nuances of living between Dubai and Los Angeles. As always, Jeff brings his signature no-filter approach, navigating through candid conversations, humorous anecdotes, and underlying tensions.

Meeting and Miscommunication

The episode opens with Jeff introducing his guests, Chanel Ayan and Taline Marie. Shortly after, an underlying tension surfaces from a prior miscommunication regarding a pre-interview meeting.

• Taline Marie (02:36): "We had a dinner, yes."
• Chanel Ayan (02:24): "I had planned to meet with both of you last night... I just assumed you were ghosting me."

Jeff clarifies that he believed Chanel was included in the meeting due to a lack of clear communication.

• Jeff Lewis (03:20): "I'm sorry, Shane, I don't know what it's going to look like under that bus, but I'm sorry..."

This misunderstanding leads to a brief moment of conflict, highlighting the complexities of coordinating events across different time zones and schedules.

Personal Lives and Career Highlights

As tensions ease, the conversation shifts to the guests' backgrounds and career achievements.

• Taline Marie (12:16): "I had a really good career. I actually, I just met Anna Wintour, which is a big deal..."
• Chanel Ayan (12:36): "You work with brands like Chanel, Dior, Cartier, Dolce Gabbana, Tiffany, Valentino, Louis Vuitton."

Taline shares her extensive modeling career, including appearances on various Vogue covers and collaborations with top fashion houses. Chanel complements Taline's achievements, emphasizing their prominence in the fashion industry.

Traveling Between Dubai and Los Angeles

The discussion transitions to the challenges and experiences of living between Dubai and Los Angeles.

• Jeff Lewis (06:25): "So for those of you who do not watch Real Housewives of Dubai now, last night we met, you guys are staying at a hotel here on Sunset."
• Taline Marie (07:22): "The story about the flight, she calls me and she goes, I can't fly with you in Emirates because I think Turkish is a bit cheaper..."

Jeff recounts his rough trip to Los Angeles, including lost luggage that contained high-value clothing and accessories.

• Jeff Lewis (07:02): "I wore your dress. The couture dress was gorgeous. And to be fair, so was the jacket."

Chanel and Taline share tips and tricks for traveling, such as converting currency and managing expenses between the two locales.

Cultural Observations and Lifestyle Differences

A significant portion of the episode delves into the cultural contrasts between Dubai and the United States.

• Chanel Ayan (16:20): "What's up with that?"
• Jeff Lewis (16:23): "What's up with that?"

They discuss the contrast in convenience store operations, security measures, and societal norms.

• Chanel Ayan (17:21): "We're so lucky being in Dubai because Zero."
• Taline Marie (17:28): "Nothing."

The guests highlight Dubai's safety and the absence of petty crimes compared to Los Angeles.

Personal Anecdotes and Humor

The conversation becomes more personal as Jeff brings up family and personal habits.

• Taline Marie (20:28): "Nothing really."
• Chanel Ayan (20:34): "Have you tried salmon sperm?"

These light-hearted moments showcase the camaraderie and playful banter between the guests, adding depth to their personalities beyond their public personas.

Family and Relationships

Taline shares her unique personal history, including her arranged marriage and relationship dynamics.

• Taline Marie (11:18): "Yes. But it sounds like it, but it's so."
• Jeff Lewis (26:22): "She did."

She recounts meeting her husband through a matchmaking process facilitated by her mother, emphasizing the blend of tradition and modernity in her personal life.

Concluding Insights

The episode wraps up with reflections on Dubai's rapid development and the visionary leadership that transformed it.

• Taline Marie (26:06): "Sheikh Mohammed is a visionary."
• Jeff Lewis (26:14): "Architecturally, I thought your husband built it."

They admire the architectural marvels and the strategic progress that Dubai has achieved within a few decades, contrasting it with their experiences in Los Angeles.

Notable Quotes

• Jeff Lewis (03:00): "We should say it's a bodysuit bejeweled."
• Chanel Ayan (16:28): "I don't need therapy. I don't need a prayer service. I need the fucking facts."
• Taline Marie (21:00): "Sometimes I feel I should just join only fans. Like just your boobs?"

Conclusion

This episode of Jeff Lewis Has Issues offers an unfiltered look into the lives of Chanel Ayan and Taline Marie, blending professional achievements with personal stories and cultural insights. Jeff skillfully navigates through moments of tension and humor, providing listeners with an engaging and comprehensive understanding of his guests' multifaceted lives.

Key Takeaways

• Effective communication is crucial to prevent misunderstandings.
• Balancing personal life with a high-profile career requires adaptability.
• Cultural differences significantly impact lifestyle and societal norms.
• Personal anecdotes add depth and relatability to public personas.

Listeners can subscribe to Jeff Lewis Has Issues on SiriusXM Podcasts+ for more candid discussions and exclusive content.

Transcript

[Jeff Lewis]

From Disney.

[Chanel Ayan]

On March 21, the musical movie event of the year arrives in theaters.

[Taline Marie]

My name is Snow White.

[Jeff Lewis]

Flawless, exquisite.

[Chanel Ayan]

Get tickets now. Snow White will have you on your feet.

[Jeff Lewis]

I think that's a wonderful idea.

[Chanel Ayan]

And cheering for more.

[Taline Marie]

I was thinking the same thing.

[Chanel Ayan]

Experience the magical story.

[Jeff Lewis]

Magic mirror on the wall. Who's the fairest one of all? Snow White.

[Taline Marie]

Disney.

[Chanel Ayan]

Snow White. Only in theaters March 21. Rated PG. Parental guidance. Suggested tickets on sale now.

[Jeff Lewis]

Try angel stuff for your tushy. It's made by angels Soft and strong. Budget friendly. The choice is simple. A roll that feels like paradise. And always at a heavenly prize. Angel soft. Angel soft. Something strong. So it's pick up a pack today.

[Taline Marie]

Angel soft. Soft and strong. Circle.

[Jeff Lewis]

When you're Jeff Lewis, the drama never stops.

[Chanel Ayan]

I don't need therapy. I don't need a prayer service. I need the fucking facts. Get to the point. She shut me down.

[Taline Marie]

I know.

[Chanel Ayan]

She's like, I don't want this toxic man near me.

[Jeff Lewis]

See, you're a nice person.

[Chanel Ayan]

Don't tell anyone.

[Jeff Lewis]

Well, nobody thinks it, so it doesn't matter. Jeff Lewis has issues.

[Chanel Ayan]

Hey, it's Jeff Lewis and I have issues. In today's episode, Chanel, Ayan and Taline Marie from the Real Housewives of Dubai joined the show. We talk about uninvited guests, convenience stores and converting currency. You're dressed very down for today, Chanel. I noticed.

[Taline Marie]

Yes. I had to come for you, you know, I had to show you what I'm all about. It's sexy. It's giving life. It's very. What is? Where are we? La. It's very la.

[Chanel Ayan]

It is very la.

[Jeff Lewis]

It's giving me like ice skating vibes a little bit, but I love it. And only you can pull this off. Ayaan.

[Taline Marie]

Thank you.

[Jeff Lewis]

You're welcome. We should say it's a bodysuit bejeweled.

[Chanel Ayan]

Why can't they just watch the video?

[Ryan]

They can't watch the video. You have to see the picture on Insta. It is.

[Chanel Ayan]

It's giving at jail, Jeff Lewis, or at your Instas. So for those of you who do not watch Real Housewives of Dubai now, last night we met, you guys are staying at a hotel here on Sunset. I. Oh, yeah. Ryan, do you want to turn off your phone?

[Taline Marie]

Oh, I think it's mine.

[Chanel Ayan]

Okay.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah, sorry about that.

[Chanel Ayan]

No, it's fine. So I had planned to meet with both of you last night to do a little bit of a pre interview because you and I met very briefly at Bravocon. But Taline, you And I had not met at.

[Jeff Lewis]

We had not met. No.

[Chanel Ayan]

And so we sat down at this beautiful restaurant and you know, we're talking, talking, talking. Now we're like 45 minutes into this and we still. Chanel had not come downstairs. You were upstairs. Now I just assumed you were ghosting me. And so what happened is around 45 minutes, I'm getting all of the tea from Taline, which you've had a very interesting life.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yes.

[Chanel Ayan]

Which we'll get to.

[Jeff Lewis]

We'll get there.

[Chanel Ayan]

So I just said, kind of sarcastically, I said, well, I guess tomorrow's interview is gonna be all about you, Taline. And she goes, what? What are you talking about? I said, because Chanel ghosted us. And then what happened, Talene?

[Jeff Lewis]

And then I clocked it. It hit me that, oh my God, Chanel Ion was also invited to this.

[Chanel Ayan]

And you didn't invite her.

[Jeff Lewis]

And I got a message. I'm sorry, Shane, I don't know what it's going to look like under that bus, but I'm sorry, but you weren't very clear. Because I thought that because you guys had met right before.

[Chanel Ayan]

Yes.

[Jeff Lewis]

I thought, ok, maybe he wants to meet me.

[Taline Marie]

Ok, no, Telly, that's not what happened. Telly, that's not what happened.

[Jeff Lewis]

I'm not done.

[Taline Marie]

What happened is we went all day doing fittings in la, right, for our photo shoots. Then Taline goes, I'm going back to the hotel to take a nap. I'll see you later. I was like, yeah, we have a dinner at 6:45 with someone else.

[Jeff Lewis]

We had a dinner, yes.

[Taline Marie]

But she never ever mentioned she was meeting you. So I called her at 5pm I'm like, what are you doing? I'm coming over to your hotel. She goes, yeah, I have a meeting at 6pm with Jeff Lewis. And I'm like, am I invited? She goes, no, babes, it's just me. He only wants to meet me. So I'm like, does Jeff have a beef with me or something?

[Jeff Lewis]

And I go, no. And then I started. I started kind of, you know, pushing it. I had to push it. I think Jeff wants to do like a spin off me.

[Taline Marie]

Spin off on me. Maybe he only wants you alone and I honestly doesn't want you.

[Jeff Lewis]

She's fuming on the inside because she wants to look like. She wants to look like she doesn't care.

[Taline Marie]

No, I did care.

[Jeff Lewis]

No shit you care. And she's upstairs in the room.

[Taline Marie]

Yes.

[Chanel Ayan]

You were mad at me.

[Taline Marie]

I was mad at you because I was like, I'm coming to Your show tomorrow. How dare you don't invite me to meet you with her for drinks.

[Jeff Lewis]

It was a misunderstanding.

[Taline Marie]

I'm sitting upstairs and I'm just like literally sending like signals to you guys to chalk with your drinks because you guys didn't invite me. And then you called and I was.

[Chanel Ayan]

Like, did you text Crystal talk shit about me?

[Taline Marie]

Did you. I did say I wasn't invited. And then when you guys called and I came, you were like, I'm like, you are invited. I was like, what?

[Ryan]

When we said, I fully. I did say, I said, where are you guys staying? We'd like to meet you for a drink. And I meant both of you.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah, guys, means to us.

[Ryan]

In my head, it was both. When we sat down, I told the hostess, can we have a table? A table for four. I was expecting both of you to come down.

[Jeff Lewis]

Honey, I am.

[Ryan]

Jet lag.

[Jeff Lewis]

16 hour flight. It's. It's, it's. It was. It was a lot.

[Taline Marie]

You just wanted your own moment with Jeff. But Jeff, hi. Showed up.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yes, I did.

[Ryan]

And then her overkill was so extra. She's like. And she was like, chanel is my best friend. She is my sister. Like, well, you didn't invite her to thank you.

[Taline Marie]

She wanted to have her own moment. You know what I mean?

[Jeff Lewis]

No, that is not true.

[Chanel Ayan]

So 45 minutes in, you now realize like, oh, shit, Chanel was supposed to be here. I'm the biggest bitch. And so you immediately picked up your phone, I started talking to you, and I was like, chanel, oh my God, I'm so sorry. You must have felt so terrible just upstairs knowing that I'm just hanging out with Tilly.

[Taline Marie]

I was dehydrated upstairs. You were? Yeah, I was just dehydrated. I was like, what the fuck? I was telling my friend Ryan, I don't know, maybe I did something. And I'm like, I'm too fabulous to do anything.

[Chanel Ayan]

Well, luckily you came down and we were able to spend. Taline was nice enough to let us spend another 20 minutes together before you had to go to dinner.

[Jeff Lewis]

You're welcome. You're welco welcome, everyone.

[Chanel Ayan]

Now, you had a rough go of it when you arrived here in Los Angeles. They lost your luggage.

[Jeff Lewis]

They lost my luggage. Okay. Well, to be fair, they didn't lose it. I got stuck in Istanbul. I. I usually fly direct on Emirates, but this time I humble bread. I took. I took Turkish and biggest mistake, because I thank God I made my layover flight. I was like, book in it for the airport.

[Chanel Ayan]

But your luggage did Not.

[Jeff Lewis]

But my luggage did not. And I had my look, like, my looks curated. Everything. That's the worst. So I was like, first day, I was like, head to tone in sheen. And nothing against sheen.

[Taline Marie]

No, you wore my stuff.

[Jeff Lewis]

I wore. Yeah, Your sheen.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah, bitch, I have never shopped at sheen. I don't even know.

[Chanel Ayan]

Wait, what's sheed?

[Taline Marie]

Shein is like, the cheapest brand on planet. You wore my.

[Jeff Lewis]

I wore your dress. The couture dress was gorgeous. And to be fair, so was the jacket. But you know. You know what? I'm a control fre freak. And when I. When I have my looks, I'm OCD when it comes to that.

[Ryan]

What do you think was the estimated value of that luggage?

[Jeff Lewis]

A lot. A lot, a lot.

[Chanel Ayan]

Not in Durhams in America.

[Jeff Lewis]

I know I'm bad with numbers.

[Taline Marie]

The story about the flight, she calls me and she goes, I can't fly with you in Emirates because I think Turkish is a bit cheaper.

[Jeff Lewis]

Oh, yeah.

[Taline Marie]

I was like, what do you mean? He goes, it's Dh6,000. Business class. That's like $2,000. So I got Aline. Oh, my God, I will never, ever fly Emirates again. So she comes over and I tell her husband, Taline, really? This Turkish island is amazing. It's so cheap. It's Dh6,000. Husband's like.

[Jeff Lewis]

My husband starts laughing.

[Taline Marie]

Dh87,000. And I was like. I was like, darlene, that is math.

[Jeff Lewis]

I failed in math. The math does not math with me. But there was probably around, I would say, $30,000 worth of clothing in there, but everything was in there. But all my Hermes, my Birkins, and my bags. I actually took in a carry on.

[Ryan]

Smart.

[Jeff Lewis]

So. And my jewelry. But the clothes and stuff and everything.

[Chanel Ayan]

God, your looks made it.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah, yeah.

[Chanel Ayan]

Did they deliver it to your hotel?

[Jeff Lewis]

They did. In the middle at night. And I had to leave at dinner. We were at Katana with our producers from Housewives. I just. I immediately left because they needed to see me, you know, getting the bags.

[Chanel Ayan]

And now, after a few drinks, you were honest with me, and you told me that you just started turning your underwear inside out.

[Jeff Lewis]

I had to.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah, she did.

[Jeff Lewis]

I absolutely had to.

[Taline Marie]

She had nothing. She was like, can I. I'm like. And I'm not a. I'm not a.

[Jeff Lewis]

As if I would share your undo. No, I know you're clean, but I just. And I'm not a commando girl. Like, I like a good breeze down there, but, like. But I need to wear undies. So I had to Turn it around now.

[Chanel Ayan]

There's nothing relatable about you, Taline, however, until you said that your favorite store here is cvs.

[Taline Marie]

Yes, she does.

[Jeff Lewis]

And Walgreens. My husband will drop me out when we get to the store. When I step off that plane, I spend a good two hours at cvs. Yeah. Nicole Tampons.

[Taline Marie]

I was very sick in Dubai. So sick I couldn't even get out of the bed. And she goes, I have medicine. I'll send you my driver. She sent me medicine. I've never tried it. What is the name?

[Jeff Lewis]

It was Advil pm.

[Taline Marie]

It was the best thing ever. It was the best thing ever.

[Jeff Lewis]

I was like, did you get this from the hospital?

[Taline Marie]

I'm like, did you get this medicine?

[Jeff Lewis]

You need a prescription for it? I'm like, no, bitch. I'm like, this is cvs.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah. Yeah. So I was better immediately. I got up, I went to Iron Beauty office because I could get up others. I was stuck in bed for days. Yeah, that medicine is amazing.

[Chanel Ayan]

Did you also inter. Introduce her to NyQuil? Yeah, that's a game changer.

[Jeff Lewis]

And DayQuil. But NyQuil will really. Oh, and. And they even have Zquil.

[Taline Marie]

What is that?

[Jeff Lewis]

I love sequel.

[Ryan]

You've been gone too long.

[Jeff Lewis]

It's a sleeping. Sleeping.

[Chanel Ayan]

A sleep aid.

[Taline Marie]

A sleep aid.

[Chanel Ayan]

It's made by Nyquil, but you don't need all, like, the antihistamine.

[Taline Marie]

I'm glad.

[Jeff Lewis]

That's right.

[Taline Marie]

To get to sleep.

[Jeff Lewis]

But, Jeff, you know what I do when I. When I fly here? I also bring an empty suitcase because I literally get. Go to Costco. I go to Trader Joe's, I go to cvs, Walgreens, and I bring everything to Dubai. Because we do have things in Dubai.

[Taline Marie]

No, we don't have Costco, but we don't have Costco. They give you free food there. That's my favorite thing to do in Idaho. Yeah, I go to Costco. They give you all the free food.

[Ryan]

The samples.

[Jeff Lewis]

Oh, the samples. She goes, anything.

[Taline Marie]

And the hot dog is a dollar.

[Jeff Lewis]

Anything free. This bitch will be there.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah.

[Taline Marie]

I love anything free and expensive.

[Chanel Ayan]

Darling, why do you go to Idaho?

[Taline Marie]

So I was 18 years old the first time I saw a white person. I was nine years old on tv. Okay. Because I come from a very tiny village.

[Chanel Ayan]

Where do you come from?

[Taline Marie]

Kenya. I was born in Kenya, but in a very tiny village, like 800 people. So when I saw the first white person was Van Damme. So when I was 18 years old, I saw my husband. I saw. I'll show you Jeff picture. He looked just like him.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah, he did.

[Taline Marie]

And he invited me. So I thought I need opportunities because I don't believe in people getting married to be broke. You marry somebody opportunities because you can always fall in love. I'm in love. 26 years later, honey, you know.

[Jeff Lewis]

So you started as a gold digger, period. Okay, Just making that clear.

[Taline Marie]

Yes. But it got me where I got.

[Jeff Lewis]

But then it grew and I'm still in love.

[Taline Marie]

I have 18 year old son.

[Jeff Lewis]

They are massively in love. I love their relationship.

[Taline Marie]

He was born in LA and then they moved to Idaho. So when he brought me first time to America, I did not. Because I've seen movies. La, New York, bitch. I didn't know Idaho look like my village. I was like, where the hell am? And I couldn't find black people. There was none. I think I was like, people would stare at me. I love to be stared at. So I would be stared on. And then that's why I ended up in Idaho, because I married my husband for his American passport.

[Jeff Lewis]

But would you dress like this in Idaho?

[Taline Marie]

Yes, I love to be seen.

[Jeff Lewis]

Wow.

[Taline Marie]

Love to be seen.

[Chanel Ayan]

Okay, so. But how old were you?

[Taline Marie]

I was 18.

[Chanel Ayan]

That's when you started modeling though, right?

[Taline Marie]

Yeah, and I'm. Yeah, I actually modeled in Brazil, Kenya, and I modeled in New York. I used to live in New York and Dubai when I used to be a model, so.

[Chanel Ayan]

And I mean, this is not like a little hobby. I mean, this was a major career. You were featured on the covers of Vogue Arabia, American Vogue, Vogue Italia. You were the first black supermodel on a Dubai based magazine cover. You work with brands like Chanel, Dior, Cartier, Dolce Gabbana, Tiffany, Valentino, Louis Vuitton. Wow, you've had quite a career.

[Taline Marie]

I had a really good career. I actually, I just met Anna Wintour, which is a big deal. We did Ian Beauty on her. I have a makeup line and she was like obsessed. And I've been to Vogue Us, but not the COVID inside. But I've been like, I've done almost. I've been to every Vogue, basically. Honestly, I love it.

[Jeff Lewis]

It's so inspiring.

[Chanel Ayan]

And then I had no idea. You started with in your 20s in music.

[Jeff Lewis]

I started at nine.

[Chanel Ayan]

You were a performer, you wrote music, you performed, you opened for Christina Aguilera, you opened for Sting.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah, I sang at the White House.

[Chanel Ayan]

Yeah, you sang for the Pope.

[Jeff Lewis]

Sang for the Pope. Pope John Paul ii. Yeah. Shout out.

[Taline Marie]

And we had a beef with Oprah, me and you. You know, when Oprah used My voice. Never ever be basic. And then she started following her.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yes.

[Taline Marie]

So we had a beef.

[Jeff Lewis]

She was mad that Oprah. Oprah followed you?

[Taline Marie]

Yeah, because she used my voice. Did you hear? Never ever be basic for nobody. Honey, shine bra. Let them burn. It's like viral. So Oprah used it, and I was telling her that. And then the next day, Oprah follows her.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah.

[Taline Marie]

So she wins.

[Ryan]

Oprah follows you?

[Taline Marie]

Yeah, yeah. So she wins.

[Jeff Lewis]

I was like, I can retire now. Like, I could literally die.

[Chanel Ayan]

But doesn't Rihanna follow you?

[Taline Marie]

Yes, Rihanna follows me, but I'm sorry.

[Jeff Lewis]

I love Rihanna, but is insane. It's not Oprah. It's not Oprah, though.

[Taline Marie]

Oh, no. Rihanna is bigger, darling. I love Rihanna.

[Jeff Lewis]

I love Rihanna.

[Taline Marie]

Love Rihanna with all my heart. She's amazing. She's such a supportive queen. She is, you have no idea, a supportive queen.

[Jeff Lewis]

She has her own makeup line too.

[Taline Marie]

She has a makeup plan. And every time I reach out to her to ask advice on ayunbir or anything, she, like, literally helps me out. She's so kind and caring. And Janet Jackson just invited me to a concert in Paris. I was there, honey. I hang out with. I do. I go to really cool parties.

[Chanel Ayan]

Wow. Now what is your go to karaoke song then?

[Jeff Lewis]

Ooh, depends on the mood. Depends on the tequila. I love to do an Alicia Keys. What's the one? Not fallen, but the other one?

[Taline Marie]

New York.

[Jeff Lewis]

The no.

[Ryan]

1 Girl on Fire.

[Jeff Lewis]

No, it's the really famous one. No, no, my boo. Unthinkable. If I ain't got you if I.

[Chanel Ayan]

Ain'T got you that's your karaoke. Your go to.

[Jeff Lewis]

That's my go to. I did not. I did not.

[Chanel Ayan]

No, I'm not putting you on.

[Jeff Lewis]

Okay, good. I was just curious, really, because, Shane.

[Chanel Ayan]

What'S your go to?

[Ryan]

Super freaky girl.

[Jeff Lewis]

What?

[Taline Marie]

What, what?

[Jeff Lewis]

What's that?

[Ryan]

Nicki Minaj.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah. Mine is Mavin Gaye. Get it on, get it on.

[Jeff Lewis]

You know, this woman cannot sing or dance, but we love her anyway.

[Taline Marie]

Honey, I actually want to be a rapper soon.

[Jeff Lewis]

Oh, okay.

[Ryan]

You have the name for her? Chanel. Ion is great.

[Taline Marie]

Totally love you.

[Jeff Lewis]

It is.

[Chanel Ayan]

And you have an 18 year old son who is now a model also.

[Taline Marie]

Yes.

[Chanel Ayan]

Is he in New York?

[Taline Marie]

He's moving to New York. He's going to college. New York in summer. This summer? Yeah, yeah. And he's modeling. He was just in Australia. He met some woman in a company called Hinge. I don't know what it is. So he's in Australia and he goes, oh, My God, I'm in love. I'm like, what? And now I'm flying the girl to Dubai in April.

[Jeff Lewis]

I thought he was in love with me.

[Taline Marie]

He was in love with Taleen. He was drama, I swear. He was like, Taline is so beef. I like TAJ. Honey, you're 18.

[Jeff Lewis]

Like, Ayan would have been. Like, we would have been in laws. Like, she would have been my mother in law. And also I am married. So small detail there.

[Chanel Ayan]

But now for the first hour, when we were talking to Lean last night before you came downstairs, it was funny because I was talking to her about how she stays in shape and she's one of those people that we hate that when you have stress or anxiety, you don't eat.

[Jeff Lewis]

I don't eat. I don't eat.

[Chanel Ayan]

And she said, jeff, if I look really thin or my house is really organized and clean, there's something wrong.

[Taline Marie]

Yes, she does. It's true.

[Jeff Lewis]

Something is wrong, you know, because I clean to just get out. Get out of here. Right. But then if I. If I. If I have not like chunky, because I can't get really like chunky, but like, if. If I'm bloated or. And the house is a little messy. Life's good. I'm happy.

[Chanel Ayan]

I'm just so curious what else you buy at the. @ CVS and does it bother you? They have to unlock everything.

[Jeff Lewis]

What's up with that?

[Taline Marie]

New York, this country.

[Chanel Ayan]

We have. We don't. You don't have this in.

[Taline Marie]

I went to the. I went the other day to get nail polish remover. I walked into this pharmacy. Maybe it's the CVS one. By the way, everything was closed.

[Chanel Ayan]

Yes. And locked.

[Ryan]

So weird.

[Jeff Lewis]

But I understand razors being closed, but like even lotion shamp.

[Chanel Ayan]

They steal everything.

[Jeff Lewis]

It's. It's really sad because. And we were talking about this yesterday.

[Taline Marie]

Who steals?

[Ryan]

Just everyone.

[Jeff Lewis]

Everyone.

[Ryan]

A lot of people.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah. And. And.

[Chanel Ayan]

And you know, crime's out.

[Jeff Lewis]

We're so lucky being in Dubai because Zero.

[Chanel Ayan]

You said that you could leave your Ms. Bag.

[Taline Marie]

Yes.

[Chanel Ayan]

On the street full of cash, go back 24 hours later and still be there.

[Taline Marie]

Yes. Nobody can take anything away from you.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yep.

[Taline Marie]

Nothing.

[Chanel Ayan]

Your ugly friend Ryan over there told me that who's also a model. He was saying that I don't know if it was Dubai or Saudi Arabia, where they will cut your hands off.

[Taline Marie]

Saudi, not Dubai.

[Chanel Ayan]

They need to do that here. Yeah, absolutely.

[Jeff Lewis]

I am totally behind that because the consequences aren't as brutal. And I think that would help. I really do.

[Chanel Ayan]

Although Patrick and Poe would have no hands.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

They couldn't drive their new car. They'd have no hands. No, he couldn't soak out.

[Taline Marie]

He'd have no hands.

[Chanel Ayan]

So it's funny. So Ryan, who joined us last night, he drove us home because he had a dinner over by my house. So he drove us home, and Shane was so funny, because Shane's been. Shane has been in a relationship for what, 18 months?

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Chanel Ayan]

Lives super in love. Lives with the guy. And Ryan's like, so, Shane, are you single? And he's like, I'm in a really, like, casual relationship for about 18 months. Yeah. It's no big deal.

[Ryan]

Not anything we made for.

[Taline Marie]

I know. Yeah. That's my friend.

[Chanel Ayan]

Oh, that's like, it's no big deal.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Super casual.

[Taline Marie]

But I don't blame you. You know what I did on Traitors the first night before? I thought I was gonna die. When we went to Roro on the boat, I came back into the house and this dress I had, my boobs were all out. Okay? At one point, Danielle goes, your boobs is out. Dylan is sitting there. Everyone is sitting. And I was like, guys, have you ever seen a black boob from Africa? Like, a real one? Not on tv, A real one. So I showed them my boobs, because I don't.

[Jeff Lewis]

Where are we going with this?

[Taline Marie]

Because I thought. Because I thought if one of them is a traitor, I just gave them the most greatest experience of their life. I didn't die the next day. I didn't.

[Jeff Lewis]

But you died the day after.

[Chanel Ayan]

You think because you showed your boobs you didn't die?

[Jeff Lewis]

Yes.

[Chanel Ayan]

They wanted you to keep you around.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah.

[Taline Marie]

Yes.

[Chanel Ayan]

That's a great strategy.

[Taline Marie]

Yes.

[Chanel Ayan]

That would work the opposite with me.

[Taline Marie]

But that's what I mean.

[Ryan]

I'm saying, pet this naked old man out of.

[Taline Marie]

That's why I didn't walk with Bob the Drag Queen. That's why I didn't walk with Bob the Dragon. Bob was like, get this bitch out of here.

[Chanel Ayan]

This was a little bit of a blow to my ego last night. But. So we're talking to Ryan, and I said, how old are you? And Ryan's like, you know, 25, 26, whatever. He goes, how old are you? And I go, 54.

[Taline Marie]

He's like, you look amazing.

[Chanel Ayan]

He goes, good for you.

[Jeff Lewis]

Oh.

[Chanel Ayan]

And I go, good for me.

[Taline Marie]

Good for me.

[Chanel Ayan]

What does that mean?

[Jeff Lewis]

You're brave, you know, it's good that.

[Chanel Ayan]

You'Re out past eight.

[Taline Marie]

Ryan, leave my friend alone.

[Chanel Ayan]

He's shady.

[Jeff Lewis]

But wait, you do look amazing.

[Taline Marie]

You look amazing. Amazing. You look wonderful.

[Jeff Lewis]

Have you gotten incredible?

[Chanel Ayan]

Be honest. All right, fine. You guys can come back.

[Jeff Lewis]

Jeff, Jeff, be honest. Have you gotten any nips and tucks?

[Chanel Ayan]

No. Facelift?

[Jeff Lewis]

No facelift?

[Chanel Ayan]

No.

[Taline Marie]

Nothing really.

[Jeff Lewis]

Just like injections, you just.

[Chanel Ayan]

Yes.

[Ryan]

I mean, just the eyes, but we don't need to.

[Chanel Ayan]

But that was a fat repositioning.

[Jeff Lewis]

Oh, you did the eyelids.

[Chanel Ayan]

But I need it again. No, they take the fat from your cheek and they just fill in the bag. Oh, but they did that a couple years ago. You have to do it every couple years.

[Taline Marie]

Have you tried salmon Spam?

[Chanel Ayan]

Salmon sperm?

[Jeff Lewis]

It's a huge thing in Dubai.

[Chanel Ayan]

I've tried sperm, just not salmon.

[Taline Marie]

We all have. Somebody's gotta pay the bill. I gotta do it.

[Chanel Ayan]

Is it true that you showed your husband, now 26 years, you showed him your boobs on the first date.

[Taline Marie]

That's how it worked. And then I came on traitors. Oh, yeah, honey. I have the best boobs ever. And I did for so long, I have to show it to you. It's the most price possessions I have in my body, really.

[Jeff Lewis]

She's got great pair of king boobs. And they're natural.

[Taline Marie]

Sometimes I feel I should just join only fans. Like just your boobs? Yeah, for my boobs, where I just drip chocolate and I'm like, chocolate on chocolate. Dali. Oh, that could be my name on something.

[Jeff Lewis]

Oh, God, Ayan, please don't do that.

[Taline Marie]

Why? Nobody would see me.

[Chanel Ayan]

I wonder if everybody knows. Maybe they don't know that your cousin is UBA Hassan.

[Taline Marie]

Yes. Yes.

[Chanel Ayan]

And are you guys close? I love her.

[Taline Marie]

She's fun. We talk a lot. We talk a lot. Yeah. She's amazing. I love her energy.

[Chanel Ayan]

You guys must be wild together.

[Taline Marie]

So you. Okay, I'll tell you. So I went to visit her in Connecticut after my reunion, and I stayed with her almost for two weeks. Okay. She's got this beautiful home. Okay.

[Jeff Lewis]

And a beautiful man.

[Taline Marie]

Yes, of course. And she goes to me, let's go play this game that you chase each other around. There's like a. Like there's like a wire like this, and you kick it.

[Chanel Ayan]

Like pickleball or tennis.

[Taline Marie]

Tennis, that's right. Yes. So she goes, let's go play this game, okay. Cause the house is massively gorgeous, right? We go outside, we play. She goes, fuck off, let's go back to the house. You can't even run around. She goes, she was laughing, you know? And then she cooked for me every day. And so the house was so big, I was on the other side of the house. She was on the other side of the house. And then she left me with a new dog called Miles. She has a new puppy dog. And then she went somewhere and she was like, can you take care of it? I'm like, yeah. So I sent her a video. I'm like, this dog is amazing. No, that dog was chasing me out and biting me. But I forgot. I forgot. When the dog was biting me, I sent her. She goes, are you okay? I'm like, why? I'm having fun with your dog. He goes, but you're running. And from the dog. I was like, yeah, she's amazing. I love her so much.

[Jeff Lewis]

She's very sweet. And you're also related to Idris Elba's wife.

[Taline Marie]

Yes.

[Jeff Lewis]

Right?

[Taline Marie]

Yeah. Sabrina.

[Jeff Lewis]

Sabrina.

[Taline Marie]

Uba. Yeah.

[Jeff Lewis]

Like the dude.

[Chanel Ayan]

Wasn't he like the most beautiful man alive people? Something like that.

[Taline Marie]

He's not gorgeous to me anymore. Now he's just my brother in law.

[Chanel Ayan]

Oh. So I imagine that his wife is also gorgeous.

[Taline Marie]

Have you not seen her?

[Chanel Ayan]

Let me see her.

[Taline Marie]

Sabrina.

[Chanel Ayan]

I mean, that gene pool, your family's gene pool.

[Jeff Lewis]

Wow. Yeah.

[Taline Marie]

Stunning.

[Jeff Lewis]

Stunning.

[Taline Marie]

Oh, my God. I know. But look a lot alike. Yeah.

[Chanel Ayan]

Okay.

[Taline Marie]

So, so beautiful.

[Chanel Ayan]

She and UBA look alike.

[Jeff Lewis]

Look at her.

[Chanel Ayan]

Oh, yeah, she's gorgeous.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah, she's so beautiful. Yeah.

[Chanel Ayan]

Wow.

[Taline Marie]

They come to visit Dubai a lot. We have so much fun. Yeah.

[Chanel Ayan]

So your husband, once he saw those boobs, he was like, this is it. I'm done.

[Taline Marie]

Yes. And once I saw him, I said, kaching, Kaching, I gotta go to America. I gotta do coming to America movie.

[Chanel Ayan]

But he also was attractive, right?

[Taline Marie]

Yes, yes. Oh, my God. You wanna see my husband when he was young, when I met him, even now he's gorgeous. But let me show you how I met him. And then the other day, Van Damme sent me a message. Happy birthday. Isn't that crazy?

[Chanel Ayan]

Really?

[Taline Marie]

Yes. I have it. Like, I saw him when I was nine years old, fell in love with him, married my husband because of him. And then recently, my friend of mine knows him and he sent me a Happy birthday. He literally. Chanel Ayan, Happy birthday. Isn't that fucking crazy?

[Jeff Lewis]

But you should tell him the story.

[Taline Marie]

Which one?

[Jeff Lewis]

No, you should tell Van Damme that he was the first white person that you saw and you were in love with them and.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah, I was so in love with him.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah, he would love that.

[Chanel Ayan]

He was good looking in his day.

[Jeff Lewis]

In his day, in his day. I don't know how he's aged.

[Chanel Ayan]

I don't either. Yeah, I don't think. Well, but I don't know.

[Jeff Lewis]

I don't know.

[Taline Marie]

But I'm in love with a lot of white people.

[Chanel Ayan]

A lot of white guys.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah. Like, really, like Bradley Cooper is hot. You know, Desmond Washington is hot.

[Jeff Lewis]

To me, you know, he's not white, but. Yeah.

[Ryan]

Famed white actor Denzel Washington.

[Jeff Lewis]

We don't need to fact check.

[Chanel Ayan]

And who's your hall pass? You were telling me last night?

[Jeff Lewis]

Idris. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Ryan]

You want to be a cousin?

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah.

[Taline Marie]

Oh, my God.

[Jeff Lewis]

You know what it is for me? It's also that he's got the British accent and he's a great actor and a really good person. So I told Rafi, I'm like, that's. That's my hall pass.

[Taline Marie]

Like, I think everybody has a whole person.

[Jeff Lewis]

I think so.

[Ryan]

I think mine's Ryan.

[Jeff Lewis]

Is your man's listening right now?

[Taline Marie]

That's funny.

[Chanel Ayan]

No, you were saying last night, we were talking. All I was asking, maybe it was better that you weren't there because I was asking so many questions.

[Jeff Lewis]

I thought he was wearing a wire at one point.

[Chanel Ayan]

I just. And I was like firing questions about Dubai, which it just sounds like such a beautiful place to live. It is insane. And it is safe and secure and everyone is. You know, you're not allowed to cuss on the street.

[Taline Marie]

No.

[Chanel Ayan]

Or flip people off or. It seems so civilized.

[Jeff Lewis]

It's boring.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah. You cannot. No. But we live in peace.

[Jeff Lewis]

But it's fine.

[Taline Marie]

Nobody can shout at each other. You cannot argue each other. You cannot bully anyone. Jack, you would last.

[Ryan]

You wouldn't last a week.

[Chanel Ayan]

You're right.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah.

[Chanel Ayan]

I'd be deported.

[Jeff Lewis]

Except on our show because we did do all of that.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah. But they also turned it a little bit down.

[Jeff Lewis]

They did. They had to edit it.

[Chanel Ayan]

The restaurants, the shopping, everybody's.

[Taline Marie]

I've lived there 22 years.

[Jeff Lewis]

There's two seven star hotels.

[Chanel Ayan]

Seven stars.

[Taline Marie]

Yes. Yes.

[Ryan]

I got 10 new stars.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah.

[Taline Marie]

I've lived there 22 years. So I saw the whole country being built. Because when I went in, there was barely nothing.

[Jeff Lewis]

It was a desert. It's only. It's really only like a 50 year old country.

[Taline Marie]

And the last 20 years is when it's really been.

[Jeff Lewis]

Sheikh Mohammed is a visionary. I mean, that he did that in such a short amount of time.

[Taline Marie]

Architecturally, I thought your husband built it.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah. I mean, but he didn't, you know, he's not Sheikh Mohammed.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah.

[Chanel Ayan]

You married well also.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah, I did.

[Jeff Lewis]

I did.

[Chanel Ayan]

And how your mom set you up. Correct.

[Jeff Lewis]

She did. In a way. Yeah, in a way.

[Ryan]

She told you to friend the guy on Facebook.

[Jeff Lewis]

She didn't tell me. She goes, tallinn. I met the most perfect guy for you. He's Armenian, he's successful, he comes from a good family, you know, and with Armenians, it's like. It's basically having, like, a Jewish mother. Like, she's one of those, like, matchmaking.

[Ryan]

But you were here and he was there.

[Jeff Lewis]

I was in la, minding my own business. He was in Dubai. I'm like, what am I gonna do all the way in Dubai?

[Chanel Ayan]

Where is he from originally? Texas.

[Jeff Lewis]

So he was born in Miami, but raised in Texas.

[Chanel Ayan]

And then his father started a construction company in Dubai.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah, in the late 80s. He went to start a construction company in the 80s in Dubai. In Abu Dhabi, actually. And then my husband followed right after university and took over the company.

[Chanel Ayan]

And your father was or is an attorney?

[Jeff Lewis]

Yes, he is an attorney at a law firm.

[Chanel Ayan]

And he was working with your husband's company.

[Jeff Lewis]

Exactly. And that's how my mom met.

[Taline Marie]

Very arranged marriage.

[Jeff Lewis]

It sounds like it, but it's so.

[Taline Marie]

Not because I have an arranged marriage. I was supposed to marry my cousin. Most people do.

[Jeff Lewis]

What?

[Chanel Ayan]

What?

[Taline Marie]

Yeah, I was supposed to marry my cousin. He was so hot, though. I would have.

[Jeff Lewis]

First cousin.

[Taline Marie]

I would have. Yeah, I would have. But the problem is I met my husband. Then again, I wanted to be in America.

[Jeff Lewis]

No, it's good. It's good you didn't marry.

[Taline Marie]

And I learned a lot of things in America. You know, America is a very interesting place. So there's like.

[Chanel Ayan]

We have cvs.

[Taline Marie]

Yes. But also, like in Idaho, we have. Where the people, men, hot men, they sweat, blue eyes, blonde. They're chasing the cows, you know, And.

[Jeff Lewis]

And then you're really selling it.

[Taline Marie]

They grow food, potatoes. We go skiing in San Valley. We go skiing in San Valley. Really, really hard. There's so many stuff to do in Idaho.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah.

[Chanel Ayan]

So you love Idaho because of the hot man?

[Taline Marie]

Yeah. And I have a house there, so I have to go. I go three months a year.

[Ryan]

Three months?

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah. Before. Not now, but before. I used to go a lot.

[Jeff Lewis]

I used to go a lot.

[Ryan]

Okay, wait, so your husband's in Dubai and you're here somewhere?

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah. So we were having a long distance, very long distance relationship for two years. You know, I would go there, he would come here. But the first time I actually, like, physically met him. Cause we spoke on the phone for three months. And I didn't even tell my mom, you know, I didn't want to give her like, like the benefit, you know, I didn't want her to know that, like she had something to do with it, you know? Damn it, Mommy's always right. So yeah, six months after we met, he put a ring on it.

[Chanel Ayan]

But you, you started speaking to him on Facebook, is that correct?

[Jeff Lewis]

It was like right after MySpace, so Facebook was like the big thing, you know.

[Chanel Ayan]

So you messaged me?

[Jeff Lewis]

No, I added him and then he messaged me.

[Chanel Ayan]

That's the way to do it.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yes. Well, he's always like, he stalked me. I'm like, bitch, I have the receipt.

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[Taline Marie]

Yes.

[Chanel Ayan]

You have been sleeping in Taline's bed even though you have your own room.

[Taline Marie]

Yes.

[Chanel Ayan]

But last night, were you mad at her because you slept in Maria's bed? Your glam person.

[Taline Marie]

So I don't like sleeping by myself because I grew up with a lot of siblings and we had one room, so we're always together. Like, when I when I travel, I cannot be on my own because it's so scary. In Idaho, I sleep with a knife under my bed, and nobody's in Idaho. Like, everything is so far away from each other. You know what I mean? So, like, I cannot be on my own. Can you sleep on my own?

[Jeff Lewis]

No. But can.

[Taline Marie]

What? Can you guys sleep on your own?

[Chanel Ayan]

Yes.

[Taline Marie]

Really?

[Chanel Ayan]

Oh.

[Jeff Lewis]

When my husband goes on a business trip, I'm like, I l like, I need the bed to myself. I love it.

[Taline Marie]

I love it when my husband goes, I wait until my son falls asleep, and then I jump in. He goes, mom, really? You gotta grow up and have a life. Get up.

[Jeff Lewis]

Oh, it's cute, though.

[Taline Marie]

It's cute.

[Jeff Lewis]

But my kids get into bed as well with me.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah, but my kid is 18, you know?

[Chanel Ayan]

Did you say you got texts from housewives?

[Taline Marie]

Yes, I just got a text. First of all, my gorgeous, gorgeous, most beautiful girl Dolores just messaged me.

[Chanel Ayan]

Dolores.

[Taline Marie]

I love Dolores. She just said, you guys look amazing. That's so sweet. You know, she's the first person when I got my contract from her housewife that she called me.

[Chanel Ayan]

First person that called you?

[Taline Marie]

Yes.

[Jeff Lewis]

Welcome back, scumbag.

[Taline Marie]

Good one.

[Jeff Lewis]

That was good.

[Taline Marie]

She called me. She, like, talked to Me talked to my son, guided me, and said, you're gonna be in a great time. You're gonna have fun. Just be yourself. Okay. And the second person that just messaged me, who I love so much, too, Guess. Garcelle. She goes, good morning. I'm listening to you on the Jeff Lewis show. You're so funny. Safe travels back home because I just had dinner with her.

[Chanel Ayan]

Oh, you did?

[Taline Marie]

Yeah. Just two weeks. No. How long have I been here?

[Jeff Lewis]

A week ago. Yeah.

[Chanel Ayan]

Tonight, this is gonna be. You're going to a drag show tonight?

[Taline Marie]

Yes. We want go to drug show.

[Chanel Ayan]

Okay.

[Jeff Lewis]

I used to perform at all of these places. That makes me obsessed in a drag show. Yeah. I was dragged. No.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah.

[Jeff Lewis]

No. But I would prefer.

[Taline Marie]

I feel like I was dragging my.

[Jeff Lewis]

Other life, I swear.

[Taline Marie]

But I love it.

[Jeff Lewis]

Can you tell us, like, where the, like, best places to go are?

[Ryan]

Well, I'll see where the queens are.

[Jeff Lewis]

Okay.

[Ryan]

It's the same places.

[Jeff Lewis]

Okay.

[Taline Marie]

We have to go.

[Jeff Lewis]

All right.

[Chanel Ayan]

Did your cousin get married? The one that you were supposed to marry?

[Taline Marie]

Yes, he did. To my other cousin That I don't like.

[Jeff Lewis]

Oh, my God.

[Taline Marie]

That I don't like.

[Chanel Ayan]

You don't like the other cousin?

[Taline Marie]

So every time I go home, he's like, hi. I'm like, darling, I'm too upgraded.

[Jeff Lewis]

So he's still in love with you, the cousin?

[Taline Marie]

Yes.

[Jeff Lewis]

Wow. And the kids are okay?

[Taline Marie]

The kids are the auntie.

[Jeff Lewis]

No, I get it. But, like, in terms of like. Yeah.

[Taline Marie]

Oh, yeah. Okay, honey. How about that?

[Chanel Ayan]

Oh.

[Taline Marie]

Cause you think.

[Chanel Ayan]

Because when family members, it's a thing, right? Oh, incest.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah. And I don't want to say this. First of all, they have red hair.

[Taline Marie]

The royal families do this. Let's be real. This is a very common thing in the royal family. People marry each other as cousins. It's been going on forever. Queen Elizabeth and the guy that died. Husband. They were related? They were cousins, yeah.

[Jeff Lewis]

But very, very distant.

[Chanel Ayan]

But I have to tell you, they're doing something right, because that family is gorgeous.

[Jeff Lewis]

Gorgeous, gorgeous.

[Chanel Ayan]

Your family gorgeous?

[Taline Marie]

Babe, half of Somali is gorgeous. There's nobody ugly in my country.

[Chanel Ayan]

Are you serious? There's so many ugly people here. Just in this studio alone. I mean, obviously outside of our studio.

[Taline Marie]

But out in the hallways, I see Reza. I see Reza. Reza is gorgeous.

[Chanel Ayan]

Oh, no, no. Reza is excluded. Mercedes is excluded. But yeah. So Somalia, just gorgeous people.

[Taline Marie]

Gorgeous.

[Chanel Ayan]

That's where I want to go for my. For spring break.

[Taline Marie]

No, you cannot. I'm scared to go there.

[Ryan]

Chopka 26.

[Chanel Ayan]

Somalia.

[Taline Marie]

Somalia.

[Jeff Lewis]

Somalia.

[Chanel Ayan]

I Love it.

[Taline Marie]

Honestly, everyone is really, really, really beautiful. And we're the best pirates, you know? We're the best pirates. Yes. We take all the ships.

[Jeff Lewis]

I want to go. We have a reason why we hold in it.

[Taline Marie]

There's a reason why we take the ship because they take our fish without paying for it.

[Jeff Lewis]

So it's a real thing?

[Taline Marie]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jeff Lewis]

Okay. Yeah, yeah.

[Taline Marie]

What do you mean, yeah, it's a job.

[Jeff Lewis]

No, no, no, no, I get it. But like pirate is like they're employing, like it's on their seat.

[Ryan]

I don't think they pay taxes.

[Taline Marie]

No, we don't pay taxes. They just don't like people passing through our water without paying. And that's normal.

[Jeff Lewis]

Right? Right.

[Chanel Ayan]

Okay. Now you should have been an accountant, Taline, because last night I realized how good you are with numbers. I was, I was just curious, like, what is, you know, what are things cost in Dubai? Tell me about real estate. Tell me about this, tell me, what's this person's house worth? Now there's. So we were comparing American dollars to Durham.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yes.

[Chanel Ayan]

Right. So what? I realized that after the second time I asked you what something cost, you had picked up your phone. I'm like, I have to do the conversion.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah.

[Chanel Ayan]

So you were saying, you're like, oh, that costs 3 million Durham, but it would be 1 million American.

[Jeff Lewis]

Right.

[Chanel Ayan]

So I figured that out for the second time. I'm, oh, three to one.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah.

[Chanel Ayan]

So then when I kept asking, you're like, I don't know, let me do the conversion app.

[Jeff Lewis]

And I'm like, so bad.

[Taline Marie]

I told you she didn't know. The plane price is terrible.

[Jeff Lewis]

Just divide by three. I don't know how to. But you know what? My daughter, my 5 year old, I'm now learning math through her.

[Taline Marie]

Yeah.

[Jeff Lewis]

So I. It's like me taking all the courses, like I'm terrible. Other things I'm great in, but math was just not one of them.

[Chanel Ayan]

So I was asking like, so what's this person's house worth? And she's like, six, you know, six million Durham. I'm like, what's that? So then I started quizzing her. What's that in American? And she's like, I don't know, let me look. And then Shade, you were losing your patience with her.

[Ryan]

It's 2 million.

[Chanel Ayan]

Thanks for listening. If you want more of this, listen to Jeff Lewis Live every weekday on Sirius XM as well as the Jeff Lewis Channel, exclusively on the SiriusXM app.

[Ryan]

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[Taline Marie]

Hmm.

[Ryan]

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[Taline Marie]

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[Jeff Lewis]

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