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Yeah. So they, like, flew me out to New York, and I found everything either on LA casting or, like, Craigslist back then. So it was either on LA casting or Craigslist, but it was, like, to be on the Tyra show. And I was super excited because I looked at Tyra in the after thing, and I was like, oh, it's after. And I was like, perfect, because that means you get, like, a higher rate. So normally these shows would pay either nothing or a stipend, like, $100. Whatever. So anyways, I was like, whatever. So I got. I went out. I had just got extensions and, like, my nails done and everything like that. The whole point of the show was like, your real hair or something like that. So I was like, okay. I knew they're taking my extension off, but they took, like, me. They took these off, whatever. And then I thought they were gonna pay to put the extension back in. They didn't. I was broke. Broke at the time. Anyways, I did the Tyra show. Everyone was like, nice at the Tyra Show. Tyra herself, like, does not care. But I suppose a lot of talk show hosts, like, to their credit, probably don't care because they just get so many guests on those shows, especially Tyra. I feel like she had, like, 10 segments per one episode because there was just so much happening on that show. Oh, yeah. I couldn't care less. Definitely got my name wrong. Definitely thought I had a daughter. Definitely, like, had all this, like, crazy stuff. But anyways, I did the show. It was okay. It was a fine experience. But they didn't. They said they were gonna put my hair extensions back in. They were like, oh, we're gonna put them back in. Because they were like the K tips that cost $2,000. My nails, they didn't tell me were coming off. I had just gotten, like, fresh nails. So it hurts so bad to get that. I felt like I was on America's model. I was like, they, like, ripped my nails off. I was like, I just got them on, like, literally the day before, so they ripped those off and they got my hair bleach blonde, I guess, or whatever, but whatever. And then I was like, oh, okay. So, like, when can I get my extension back? And they have so many hair people on the Tyra show. I mean, they had, like, probably like 20 hair people on there. And they're like, oh, yeah, yeah, well, let's get it scheduled for you today. Anyways, I go back to do my paperwork after we tape the show, and it says, like, non union on there. And I was like, oh, actually, I'm after. Oh, my gosh. That's when everything, like, shifted. They were like, nobody told us that. And I was like, oh, well, I mean, I don't. I don't know. Like, nobody asked. Like, usually they'll ask if you're union or non union. And nobody really asked. And so I was like, well, I'm definitely after. So they give me the paperwork. Everyone's pissed. So then they're just like, okay, you can just go. I didn't get my per diem, like, cash. I was like, negative. I remember I, like, couldn't eat. My mom was out there and my hairstylist was out there that they flew out. And my hairstylist at the time too. Like, they flew her out and to, like, take them out. And then I was like, can you, like, pay her to put her back in? And like, no, you're on her own. So anyways, they take us to the airport, then straight from there. And I remember their flights got canceled. My mom and my hairstylist flights got canceled, and the tire show paid for them to come out. And then so, like, I was doing with the flight back, and we're like, we were all broke. Like, Nobody had a $1 in their account. My mom was overdrawn, I was overdrawn, and my hairdresser at the time was overdrawn. And we had no way to get back. We're like, do we call, like, a news outlet? Like, what are we gonna do? So I took. I let the hair. My hairdresser take my flight because I would just stay with my mom. And we're just like, sitting in the airport in the New York airport. I was like 18 or 19 or something at the time. And, like, we did not know how to get back. And then we just had to, like. Like, we just kept calling them. We're like, you guys canceled our flight. It's like, what the heck. And then I guess eventually, I guess they must have paid for a flight back because we got home somehow. But it was, like, so traumatizing. That part. Again, all of it probably wasn't Tyra's fault, but, like, sus, I did so many shows back then, and that was always my hustle was to be union. And that's how I got, like, you know, instead of a hundred dollars, you would get like $1200 or something to be on it. And it's just like a show that makes, like, so much money. They had so much sponsors. I was like, like, because they showed me, like, at the plaza getting my hair out and stuff like that, but they did not put me up at the plaza or none of that. They didn't, like, pay for food, any of that, stuff like that. And I was just like, ugh. It was just like the worst experience ever. But over time to like, oh, Tyra's kind of camping. I do like her, but damn. And she has a good career. Like, damn, if I could have a career that would be Tyra's. Right? Like, she's a Victoria's Secret model, and then she's a maker, sex model, host, and she's life size. She's a Barbie. And then she has her own talk show.
