Julie Ertz & Kealia Watt: World Cup, NFL Bromances, & RomComs

Summary

The Nikki & Brie Show

Episode: Julie Ertz & Kealia Watt: World Cup, NFL Bromances, & RomComs

Date: July 2, 2026
Length: ~50 minutes (excluding ads)

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Episode Overview

In this lively and heartfelt episode, hosts Nikki and Brie Garcia welcome superstar guests Julie Ertz and Kealia Watt—World Cup champions, ex-US Soccer stars, moms, NFL wives, and businesswomen. The conversation ranges from their early soccer journeys, the evolution of women’s professional sports, motherhood, and friendships, to launching their new podcast Style of Play. The episode is full of laughter, real talk, nostalgia, and inspiration, offering valuable insight for fans of sports, parenting, and modern womanhood.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Early Beginnings in Soccer

[02:12]

• Julie Ertz was a dancer growing up but committed to soccer at age 13, mentioning that professional opportunities for women did not exist at the time.
  • "There wasn’t always a professional league to look up to. There wasn’t always a vision of what we could really do in the sport, but I just always wanted to play soccer." — Julie Ertz [02:44]
• Kealia Watt started at age 9, inspired by her older sister, and found soccer to be the sport that let her fully embrace her competitive side.
  • "It just was like, the most freeing thing to me to find something that I felt like I could embody that was so much of me... I loved being strong. I loved being like..." — Kealia Watt [02:52]

2. Transition to Professionalism & Gender Equity

[05:23]

• Both note that getting a college scholarship was originally the capstone for a soccer career, as there was no real professional league.
• Early pro contracts were meager ($5,000–$25,000 per season), with players living with host families and often needing side jobs.
  • "The first season, I remember some people were making like $5,000 for the entire season." — Julie Ertz [06:04]
• Both discuss fighting for higher professional standards, comparing the grit required in their era with the opportunities available for today’s players.
  • "There was such a feeling of we needed to be grateful for everything we had... That is one reason I think there has been abuse and real issues in soccer, because we were so scared to...speak up." — Julie Ertz [08:36]
  • "It's great when you come into the leagues... But to have that, like, fight, I'm always like, damn, that was so freaking hard." — Brie [07:18]

3. Moms in Sports & Paving the Way

[14:53]

• Pregnancy once meant the end of female athletes' careers. They celebrate the change: women now have babies and continue playing.
  • "One of the biggest things in soccer, too, that we've seen throughout the years is that before you could not have a baby, really, and keep playing." — Julie Ertz [14:53]
• Nikki and Brie relate similar struggles in wrestling.

4. Friendship, Chicago Days, and NFL Husbands

[15:45]

• Julie and Kealia discuss knowing each other since age 14 through youth soccer regions and reuniting as teammates at Chicago Red Stars.
• Their husbands, JJ Watt and Zach Ertz, are best friends—leading to parallel family and professional lives.
  • "Like, our husbands are obsessed with each other... So we’ve just always kind of been with each other." — Julie Ertz [16:52]

5. Launching ‘Style of Play’ Podcast

[18:33]

• The duo describes their podcast as bringing together stories about life on and off the field, motherhood, and athlete experience, with a focus on introducing listeners to more of the women’s soccer world as the Women’s World Cup approaches.
  • "There's so much to being a professional athlete. There's so much to being a mom and a professional athlete, a wife. Like, there's just so many layers." — Kealia Watt [18:33]
  • "We're also just so passionate about bringing more eyes to the women's game... we're trying to kind of introduce to people new players and the soccer landscape." — Julie Ertz [19:40]

6. Nostalgia & Arizona Soccer Roots

[21:33]

• Fun connections revealed: all four played for the same Arizona club, Sereno, and shared mutual youth coaches.
  • "No. Yes. This is crazy... Wait, I did. I could have been the third WWE sister if I knew you guys in the time." — Kaylia Watt [21:54 / 22:04]
• Warm, familiar joking about old soccer uniforms and Arizona heat.

7. Motherhood & Family Life

[27:51]

• Julie: mom to a one- and three-year-old boy; Kealia: mom to a three-year-old and twin one-year-olds—both talk about the chaos, joy, and adjustments in parenting boys.
• On favorite family traditions:
  • "Zach prays with them every night and it is like the cutest thing... to hear, especially a three year old, like, say things of who he wants to pray for." — Kealia Watt [39:37]
  • "Every Friday night we do movie night...he gets so excited for that." — Julie Ertz [40:07]

8. Rapid Fire Fun: Getting Personal

[27:09–35:00]

• Girl’s trip or girl’s night? Both say girl’s trip.
• Coffee before workout, dressed up over athleisure (if glam is involved!), World Cup final over Super Bowl, sweet over salty, FaceTime vs. text (Julie texts, Kealia calls), romcoms > thrillers.
  • "If someone comes and does my makeup, I'm like, I'm kissing their hands." — Kealia Watt [28:54]
  • "Romcom, baby." — Kealia Watt [31:32]
• Discussion of their most used emojis:
  • "Most used emoji laffy face. The old laughy face. I'm not, like, up with the times. People say it's, like, not cool anymore." — Julie Ertz [37:04]

9. TV, Docs & Pop Culture

[34:42]

• Julie is a "Housewives" superfan (favorites: Beverly Hills, New York).
• Kealia binge-watches documentaries, Rafael Nadal’s latest being a standout.
• Conversation on the lack of good modern romcoms, nostalgia for 2010’s ‘Just Go With It’, and adapting TV tastes post-motherhood.

10. Inspiration & Affirmations

[46:47]

• Julie’s mantra: "Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right." [46:48]
• Kealia and husband Zach pick a word each year—2026’s is "Gratitude":
  • "I also saw something that gratitude and, like, anxiousness, anxiety can't live in the same moment of your brain...that felt truthful." — Kealia Watt [47:44]
• Brie: "Gratitude always feels so grounding and healing..." [47:50]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "We paved the path to what women are getting now... I'm so proud of what we have accomplished and where the league is now." — Julie Ertz [08:36]
• "I wish there was, like, a little piece of that...the freedom part to just be up there and just play." — Kealia Watt [09:21]
• "To have that, like, fight, I’m always like, damn, that was so freaking hard...but, man, I have so much grit to me." — Brie [07:18]
• "You know, when you become a mom, dinner is kind of like you’re going out." — Brie [33:28]
• "It's like we're work wives. Is that the thing?" — Kealia Watt [17:21]
• "I want more [romcoms]...we don’t have our modern day Jennifer Aniston, Megan—Meg Ryan. Where are they?" — Nikki & Julie [31:53]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [01:00] Guest Intros & Early Soccer Years
• [05:23] Navigating Lack of Women’s Pro Leagues
• [14:53] Motherhood & Continuing Careers
• [15:45] Chicago Red Stars Friendship & NFL Husbands
• [18:33] Launching ‘Style of Play’ Podcast
• [21:33] Discovering Shared Arizona Roots
• [27:09] Moms & Rapid Fire Game
• [34:42] Pop Culture: TV & Docs Chat
• [39:29] Family Traditions
• [46:47] Inspirational Wrap-up

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Tone and Vibe

• Warm, unscripted, and sisterly banter.
• Honest and reflective, especially around women’s sports struggles.
• Upbeat and empowering, with plenty of laughter and camaraderie.
• Real-life stories about parenting, family, and the joys and struggles of forging new paths.
• Nostalgic nods to childhood, early careers, and pop culture touchstones.

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For Listeners Looking for...

• Insight into women’s sports and progress over the past two decades.
• Stories of balancing motherhood and elite sports.
• Friendship, family traditions, and female empowerment.
• Personalities behind the headlines—what Julie Ertz and Kealia Watt are really like.
• A taste of what to expect from their new podcast, Style of Play.

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Closing Quotes

• "Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." — Julie Ertz [46:48]
• "Gratitude and anxiety can’t live in the same moment of your brain." — Kealia Watt [47:44]
• "Gratitude always feels so grounding and healing." — Brie [47:50]

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Where to Find More

• Style of Play Podcast: YouTube, all podcast apps
• Julie: @julieertz
• Kealia: @kealiamay
• Nikki & Brie Garcia: Instagram, TikTok, Facebook; show on SiriusXM Stars 109

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This episode is a must-listen for fans of women’s sports, sisterhood, and living life with authenticity and grit.

Transcript

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[Nikki]

Hey, everyone. Welcome back to the Nikki and Bri Show. And today we are joined by two absolute powerhouses. They're World cup champions, former US Soccer stars, moms, NFL wives, teammates turn best friends, and two women who know a thing or two about performing under pressure. From championship goals to raising kids, launching businesses, and now hosting their brand new podcast, Style of Play. They've done it all. Please welcome the incredible Julie Ertz and Kaylia Watt to the Nick and Brie Show. What up, ladies? Hi.

[Julie Ertz]

Thank you guys. What an introduction.

[Brie]

Yes.

[Nikki]

Well, you guys have crushed it.

[Brie]

Two badasses all the way around.

[Julie Ertz]

Thank you guys. We're so excited to be here.

[Brie]

Oh, I love that. Thank you. So I say we just kind of get into many of the accomplishments you both have had in soccer. Like, kind of take it back, like, way to the beginning. When and for both of you, at what age did you both become serious about soccer? Like, do you remember a specific moment when you're like, this is it for me?

[Julie Ertz]

Yeah, I'll start, Julie. I think so. Growing up, I was also a dancer. I did like ballet dancing and all of that. And I think it was around the age of like 12 or 13 when our coaches, coaches started to say, like, you really have to decide what you want to do. And so I think around 13, I had to quit everything else and I became a soccer player. And then from that moment on, I just remember I always, I wanted to do that. And there wasn't always a professional league to look up to. There wasn't always a vision of what we could really do in the sport, but I just always wanted to play soccer.

[Kaylia Watt]

I was not a dancer and if you watch the way I play, you could absolutely know that I have no dancing abilities, which is no surprise. Kayleigh is like so fast and like the way she runs is dancer esque. I was nine, I just played every sport and I, you know, I had an older sister and I think obviously, Kay having sisters and you guys as well, like, I just wanted to do what my sister did, and I loved it. And it just was like, the most freeing thing to me to find something that I felt like I could embody that was like so much of me, the competitive, being able to have that aspect. I loved being strong. I loved being like. And so I just loved it. And on top of that, it was my best friend. So I got to play with my best friends. They also wanted to choose soccer. So, yeah, I felt like I was pretty young, but I made the choice. I was like, mom, I'm good. I don't. The other ones don't do it for me.

[Nikki]

That's amazing. Well, you know what I love, and I feel like people are, you know, more familiar now with club soccer and really all club sports and how they take over your childhood, literally, the cycle,

[Brie]

but in the best way, because you do make your best friends.

[Nikki]

I think all of us, we sacrifice dances, birthday parties, you name it. As a young kid, those are.

[Brie]

Or, you know, getting into drugs or doing bad things.

[Kaylia Watt]

We did.

[Nikki]

Yes.

[Brie]

We never had temptations.

[Nikki]

Even though I will say the first time I tried alcohol was with my soccer team.

[Kaylia Watt]

But.

[Nikki]

Yes, but what I. Yeah, exactly. You know what I mean? I'm like, we were kind of naughty, too, but when, you know, even Nikki and I playing club, definitely people started as you got older, started to stand out. And, you know, when we're talking to you two who are World cup champions, when did you notice that you were. I don't want to say better than other teammates, but.

[Brie]

But, like, I'm freaking good.

[Nikki]

Yeah. Where you're like, I can make a career out of this.

[Kaylia Watt]

The career part was hard because K kind of mentioned on it, like, we. At that time, there was no league for us, like, really to quite understand it. I mean, you could have the idea, like, okay, I want to be on the national team. But again, wasn't televised. It wasn't like I was seeing their games all the time. So college was kind of like the cap. And for me, like, if I was going to go to a college, it was only really going to be because of a scholarship. Like, my parents weren't probably most likely going to be able to afford that for me to go to college. So for me, like, at the time playing, it was like, what college are you going to? And that, at the time, felt like, you know, as growing up, I switched clubs because one club had more visibility for a lot of clubs as well, and growth. And so that, at at the beginning I was like, oh, like making a career out of it was for me going to college.

[Julie Ertz]

I was just going to say college like you were saying. Julie. That was really the goal because there was no professional league. But I think for both of us, we got into the youth national team program pretty young, I think. Fifteen, right? Julie? Or sixteen. And so we had that goal of playing forever and being on the national team. But it really was you. You can only really make a career out of it when there's a pro league. So thankfully the pro league came. Came along before we graduated college.

[Nikki]

See, that's amazing. So when you guys played the pro league, you had to have jobs like to pay your bills because did they, they, did they pay you or was it kind of like did.

[Julie Ertz]

It was basically not. I don't know. I think the, the, the first season, I remember some people were making like $5,000 for the entire season.

[Kaylia Watt]

Wow. Wow.

[Julie Ertz]

And we were living with host families. Did you live with a host family? Julie?

[Kaylia Watt]

I got set up. So K and I were both in the first round pick. So they housed us like they had. So I was like with other teammates. But like the max contract you could make in the first year was $25,000 round pick. Like it was like the first that you could do. And that's coming off of like I also had a. Zach got drafted the year before. So like going to like NFL games and feeling what it felt like to be a professional athlete. And obviously the NFL level is like the NFL level. Like no surprise, but it was like welcome to being a professional athlete. And then it just was like not that in the sense of coming out of college now. It's really cool that a lot of these girls even, they don't even have to go to college now. Like they can go straight into the league and be a professional and be in an environment that has professional level of everything where that wasn't the case. Like K and I just. Our whole careers had to like basically be a part of the, the crew that was like fighting for it to be a professional league.

[Brie]

Which is in so many ways so amazing because you guys probably see with this generation, it's crazy how cuz just even with wrestling, when you're at that forefront of fighting for change and breaking barriers, but still being able to be in the environment, it's like we just have this different kind of grit and grace to all of us. Where I'm like, these younger generations will never have it because they don't truly understand. Like. And I mean this in the best way. But, like, that blood, sweat, and tears, like, that fight of having nothing and truly fighting for something. It's great when you come into the leagues or, you know, our division, and it's like, okay, well, we're gonna elevate it. Like, let's make it elevated. But to have that, like, fight, I'm always like, damn, that was so freaking hard. And, man, I wanted to give up soon. But then I'm like, whoa, I am such. I have so much grit to me. I feel like Brie and I always talk about if there's ever a zombie apocalypse, like, we will survive it.

[Nikki]

We do believe that. Well, you know, for you two, do you do or do you feel blessed that you were at the forefront and had the hard journey? You paved the path to what women are getting now, or do you wish timing was a little different, that you could walk into the league now and reap the benefits of what the women are getting?

[Julie Ertz]

I think it's a little bit of both. I'm so proud of what we have accomplished and what. Where the league is now. But I just remember playing there was such a feeling of we needed to be grateful for everything we had. Like, we couldn't ask for more because you better be grateful or they'll take it away. And honestly, that was. That is one reason I think there has been abuse and real issues in soccer, because we were so scared to. To say anything, or we thought, we're not going to be able to play professionally anymore. So I'm just so happy now that it's more of a landscape of, you can fight for what you want. You can speak up if something isn't right. And that, I think, is the most important part.

[Brie]

I so agree.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah. I think that the freedom that you watch a lot of these players, even when they go and they're like, oh, I'm just having so much fun out there. I do feel bad for, like, a lot of the girls who fought so much, and this is the reason why they fought for it. Right. Cause they wanted it to be at this level of what it is now. And that's incredible. But to not really kind of be able to reflect on your career and be like, gosh, I just had so much fun, like, what the players have now. Like, that part. I'm like, gosh, I just. I wish there was, like, a little piece of that. And not that you're not laughing. You're with your. You know, you're with your team, and there's not great memories and part of that, but Just the freedom part to be up there and just play. Like, I hear some of the especially young girls who've never had to really be in that timeline of what it is now. But the previous. So that part I would say, I think for a lot of the girls who really, really fought and were playing on such low salaries because they believed that this could something, they sacrificed a lot. And so I think the freedom part,

[Brie]

I, you know, I. And I could so relate to that. And I feel so lucky and fortunate that I get to be back in the division we're in, because that's the same with the women now. They get to create and. And I know our world's so different, but they, they get to be in like cage matches and like, do all these like, really cool things. And, you know, we would even maybe ask for that back in the day and they'd laugh like, are you joking? Like, you guys are girls. But now, not only do the women get to do all these badass things, so they get to come in and they get to just be so creative and think larger than life and they're having fun doing it. And it's been so cool seeing that part of it. And you're like, wow, I'm proud what we did, but we didn't have that.

[Nikki]

And now I get to be a

[Brie]

part of that in a way. But they do. They get come in and they have fun and they. The juices flow and well.

[Nikki]

And I also, you know, for me, when I think of it is, you know, a lot of women from our era, in the eras before us, they could never buy a house. They could never, you know, I mean, when they bought a car, they felt like, whoa, but it wasn't like a nice car. And now you see, you know, women are capable of buying their houses now and are in the division, which is great. But I'm looking at the back errors and it was kind of like what you were saying, Julie, is like, I see them working, you know, like jobs, working hard because they couldn't capitalize on the fame, the platform that they were given back in the day that, you know, with social media and all the things now so many of the players, athletes, whatever, can really capitalize on and like make some money because people can do that back in the day. So I feel bad for those women who sacrifice so much and are like busting their asses off now, like, you know, for their kids and all that stuff. Why they're seeing like a lot of us doing tick tock videos, you know, making money and I'm like, yeah.

[Brie]

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[Brie]

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[Julie Ertz]

One of the biggest things in soccer, too, that we've seen throughout the years is that before you could not have a baby, really, and keep playing, if you wanted to have kids, you pretty much had to retire. So a lot of girls either had to retire because they had kids or put it off for so long because there was just no way to do that. And so I get so happy when someone is able to have a child and then come back and play, because that's. That was unheard of.

[Brie]

Yeah. That's so beautiful. I love how times have changed for that. It's so important for women.

[Julie Ertz]

I agree.

[Nikki]

That's at wrestling, too, because I retired to have kids, because never in a million years did I think I could be on a contract then pay me to have a baby now. You know, I love that. I see that women can do that. So, you know, all four of us, we're warriors. We fought hard for these.

[Julie Ertz]

We're doing it.

[Brie]

And so. Okay, so you both go to Chicago Red Stars. Was it, like, immediate, like, best friend chemistry and energy and fun? Like, just total ride or die at the beginning.

[Kaylia Watt]

Okay. You know, it's so funny. We talk about full circle all the time. So I met Kay when I was full 14 years old, so I was 14.

[Nikki]

Wow.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah. So we have these things that are, like, regions broken up. And Kay is originally from Utah, I'm from Arizona, so we were on the same region together. And then you talk about, like, full circle, then coming back, doing a podcast together, and just, like, the immense amount of respect that we've had each other, because we played against each other. We played against each other in college. She got drafted to Houston in the beginning, and then. Then we become teammates back because I was in Chicago already at the time. And I. I told her when we, like, even started this podcast, and then she lived down the street from me, by the way, when they used to live in Arizona.

[Brie]

Oh, wow.

[Kaylia Watt]

And so I'm like, if you told me when I was 14, the full circle relationship that we would have, because I would say it was like, teammates. And then it's just our. Our, like, lives have, like, they're just, like, so parallel. Like, it's just so crazy. So it's been fun to do retirement after.

[Julie Ertz]

Like, our husbands are obsessed with each other. If you guys didn't know that. JJ and Zach are, like, best friends. So it's like, we've just always kind of been with each other. Yeah.

[Nikki]

Oh, my gosh. It's like, one. That's, like, a huge bonus because my husband. I don't know why it's hard for him to make, like, best friends. I'm like, go make, you know, friends. It's, like, weird. He gets, like, weird out. So to have that and then you guys are best friends. That's, like, such a plus.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Julie Ertz]

Yeah.

[Kaylia Watt]

It's so funny. They're like work wives. Is that the thing that people say?

[Brie]

Yeah, totally.

[Kaylia Watt]

Work husbands, you know, it's like, insane. Like, when they were in all the Cardinals together, I'm like, are you guys okay? Like, they're like, the same person almost in the way of, like, certain things, and I'm like, this is so bizarre. But, yeah, it's great.

[Brie]

I love it. Do you know how. Are they going to be guests on your podcast? Or. Wait, you guys just launched your podcast?

[Julie Ertz]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

Yep, we just did.

[Julie Ertz]

We were. How many episodes on? Like, three. So we are very new to this, and I always watch you guys because I. You guys are such pros. But they're. They're coming on soon.

[Nikki]

We're.

[Julie Ertz]

We're really excited. We're going to do a funny episode with them.

[Brie]

Oh, I love that.

[Nikki]

So roast them.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah, exactly.

[Julie Ertz]

Yeah, exactly.

[Nikki]

But we've roasted my husband many times, but then he kind of brought it back. He's really good at bringing it back. Where he roast us with Bella brains.

[Brie]

Yeah. I mean, you know, he gets us. Geez.

[Julie Ertz]

Yes.

[Brie]

Okay, so let's get into. Okay, the name Style Play, and then what, like, what your podcast is going to bring to your audience. What can we expect?

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah, I. Style of play we love, just because it's. It's kind of a fun thing of just us on and off the field. Right. Everyone has their own style. The Men's World cup is going on right now, if you haven't heard. It's here. It was in Mexico, also Canada in here. And then the next year is the Women's World cup, and then the following year is the Olympics here. So there's just a lot of soccer coming on, but it's more than that. And I think being retired, we've also. We've learned that, like, we're so much. We're our sport. We love it. We'll definitely talk about it, but there's so much to it, right? Like, there's so much to being a professional athlete. There's so much to being a mom and a professional athlete, a wife. Like, there's just so many layers. And Kay and I have just had multiple conversations of just all the incredible stories, and we just love the wholesome conversations with people getting to know them. Like, well, I'll fall in love with an athlete. I'm like, I'll watch a documentary. I'm like, they're my favorite athlete because you get to know them. And I know. Kay, we'll chime in, too, but we've just been having a blast being back into it.

[Julie Ertz]

Yeah, we. We're also just so passionate about bringing more eyes to the women's game. Our national team, the Women's World cup, is next summer, and we have so many young players. And I have so many friends, mom friends that have no idea about the soccer world. Like, they'll text me and be like, can you explain the World cup to me? Like, what is. Like, what. What is going on here? And so we're trying to kind of introduce to people new players and the soccer landscape. So it's been really, really fun.

[Brie]

That's really cool.

[Nikki]

I do love that. And I feel like soccer in the last five years, especially the athletes, both female and male, like, they become huge global stars. Like, I feel like everyone now is, like, familiar with soccer players, which, you know, when we were younger, that wasn't the case. So I feel like. I mean. Yes.

[Julie Ertz]

Yeah, it was like, Mia Ham. And that's kind of it. Yeah.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah.

[Brie]

I mean, because I was a defender. I was like, Carla Overbeck was like my girl.

[Kaylia Watt]

But.

[Brie]

Yeah, but we were so. Took her top off, like.

[Nikki]

Well, took her T shirt off, you

[Brie]

know, but how weird how the world freaked out about that.

[Nikki]

She showed her sports bra. Now go put her on Playboy.

[Brie]

That it was like, wild, you know? And by the way, did you guys ever have to do the Michelle Akers run growing up?

[Kaylia Watt]

I never knew there we. I did think me a ham run. I. Maybe they just have a different name for it, depending probably, like, where you live. Like, that's just in your.

[Julie Ertz]

Wait, what is it?

[Brie]

I. I've never the time. So you first do. What is it? The 10 yard. So many times you have to hear the beep you to be back by the beep. And then it goes 20, 30, 40, 50. It's like an hour long. So they.

[Kaylia Watt]

I don't think I've done that particular.

[Julie Ertz]

I haven't done that.

[Kaylia Watt]

But bad one.

[Brie]

It would make you, like, throw up towards the end. Especially being Arizona girl.

[Nikki]

I was gonna say Julie, were you raised in Arizona?

[Kaylia Watt]

Born and raised, baby.

[Nikki]

Oh, where?

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah, I grew up in Mesa.

[Julie Ertz]

Okay.

[Brie]

Oh, wow.

[Nikki]

So we were.

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[Julie Ertz]

Where did you guys grow up?

[Nikki]

We're Scottsdale, so we went to Chaparral High School. What high school did you go to?

[Julie Ertz]

Oh, my God.

[Kaylia Watt]

I went to Dobson.

[Brie]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. We played for Sereno.

[Kaylia Watt]

Wait, I did.

[Brie]

No. Yes.

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[Kaylia Watt]

This is crazy. No longer. I think they changed the club.

[Nikki]

Yeah, they changed it.

[Brie]

We played.

[Kaylia Watt]

I could have been the third WWE sister if I knew you guys in the time.

[Julie Ertz]

Yes.

[Brie]

Okay, girls, she was giving me about the other day.

[Nikki]

Never. Julia, we can get you in that ring.

[Brie]

Okay, Right, Okay. So she's giving me shit the other day because we're going to go to the World Cup Final. And I'm like, oh, Bri. So I'm going to take some of my Sereno jerseys and, like, have it all done up and make it really cute. She goes, wait, you still have your serene outfits? I go, I have every single one. And the shorts. And she thinks I'm so weird, but I literally have. I mean, we started playing for them. I started playing for them in fifth grade.

[Nikki]

It went all the way on the 84 Golden Eagle.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah. That's crazy.

[Julie Ertz]

That is crazy.

[Brie]

I mean, that's so wild. We're Golden Eagle.

[Nikki]

Who was your.

[Kaylia Watt]

I know. I am. I had. Well, I had a few, but I finished with Les Armstrong. And then I. Oh, my glass.

[Brie]

Did you

[Kaylia Watt]

look at this?

[Julie Ertz]

This is hilarious.

[Kaylia Watt]

You should have told me that. What if I had came on with, like, my old. But just funny enough, because I think my mom still saved them. You know, when your parents bring over stuff, I'm like, why have you saved this?

[Julie Ertz]

Like, I don't want my mom.

[Kaylia Watt]

I had made a puppet, like, when I was in first grade, my mom brought over. I'm like, please throw that away. Like, I don't even remember that. I mean, right away, I brought over my jersey, so. Fair enough. I still do have jerseys.

[Julie Ertz]

Okay.

[Brie]

We have to get a pick in our serenity jerseys at one point.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yes.

[Brie]

And I can't believe Les was your coach.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Brie]

No. Do you remember hearing about Matt Potter?

[Nikki]

I think.

[Brie]

Where's Matt now? The head coach.

[Nikki]

I think Matt's now the head coach of the. Not the earthquakes. What's a female team called for San Jose?

[Kaylia Watt]

Oh, at the Bay Bay fc. Yeah. Yeah.

[Julie Ertz]

Did Matt Potter. Yeah, I know him pretty well. Wow.

[Brie]

That was our coach.

[Nikki]

That was our coach growing up 11 years.

[Kaylia Watt]

That is crazy. Yeah. Then they switched to, like, coaching coaches every two years. So I've had a bunch of coaches, but yeah, I figured you guys would do us.

[Brie]

You guys, this is wild.

[Nikki]

This means we just.

[Julie Ertz]

That's crazy.

[Nikki]

No, we need to have wine. You know what I mean?

[Brie]

Yes, that's exactly what it means. And then we'll talk a lot about Mom.

[Nikki]

Do you go back to Arizona a lot?

[Kaylia Watt]

Yes, I live here again. Yeah, I'm back here. Yeah, I'm. I'm. We're back here. Just. We needed a home base, I think as you know, like being an athlete, traveling so much. And then when I got pregnant with Madden, I was like, Zach, we cannot keep living out of suitcases once we add a kid to this. And then. Yeah, funny enough, I decided I'm going to go back and play after having a kid. And then I just lived out of suitcase with the kid anyway. So I was like, well, I guess we didn't really have to settle down in the sense of a place. But yeah, we're here. Which is great. Cuz kids with help, family help is awesome. Yes.

[Brie]

Honestly, it makes such a big difference.

[Nikki]

Yeah, but girl, the heat in the summer, I just. I couldn't do it anymore. Could not.

[Julie Ertz]

It's so tough.

[Nikki]

Yep. I tapped out.

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[Nikki]

You know who we would love for you guys to have a guest on your show. Style of play. What's that really hot.

[Brie]

Just kidding.

[Nikki]

No. Well, we want. What's that really hot soccer player.

[Brie]

Oh my God. Have you guys been seeing him trend on the Nigerian team?

[Nikki]

The goalie.

[Julie Ertz]

Oh, I just saw it today. I don't know his name, but I just saw it. Yes.

[Nikki]

Can you get him on your podcast? Please put him on your podcast.

[Brie]

We need to hear all his thoughts of.

[Julie Ertz]

We gotta get him, Julie.

[Nikki]

He's the style of the World Cup, Ran.

[Julie Ertz]

Yeah. Yes, he is the style.

[Brie]

I want to know who's been in his DMs. You guys need to get it out of him. Know every single person that is dm.

[Nikki]

So we started to get really nosy and see, like, all the people that started to follow because you know how

[Brie]

you could click on someone and then it's just.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah, yeah.

[Brie]

And I'm like, oh, hey, girl. So I'm like naming some of the wrestler girls that started following them. And I'm like, oh, all these single girls. I wonder what they've DM'd him.

[Nikki]

Well, I'm trying to get viral during the World Cup.

[Kaylia Watt]

It's like, you know, who cares if they're scoring hat tricks and all that?

[Julie Ertz]

It's.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yes.

[Brie]

You know, who cares?

[Nikki]

It's that six, six goalie. How tall is he? He was like, he's six.

[Julie Ertz]

Six.

[Brie]

I mean, goalies have always been hot because they're always the tall ones with, like, the builds. Like a thoroughbred.

[Kaylia Watt]

It's.

[Nikki]

Yeah, yeah. Nikki and I love playing games. So we have this game that we'd love to play with you guys. It's pretty much rapid fire, but it is 60 seconds.

[Brie]

It is rapid fire.

[Nikki]

It is actually rapid fire. Okay, so girls trip or girls night trip?

[Julie Ertz]

Girls trip.

[Brie]

Yeah, for sure.

[Nikki]

Especially as moms, I'm like, trip trip. Yeah, because you don't feel bad having a hangover. You know what I mean? Like, I can't do it at home.

[Julie Ertz]

Exactly.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

But when you're in a girl's trip.

[Kaylia Watt]

Also, my bedtime has gotten a lot earlier since kids, so trip.

[Nikki]

Oh, yeah. Yes, for sure.

[Brie]

Isn't it wild how that happens?

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah.

[Brie]

And it never.

[Julie Ertz]

Yeah. It's 9.

[Nikki]

00pm and if I'm not asleep, I get fidgety.

[Brie]

How old are your guys's kids?

[Julie Ertz]

I have a one year old and a three year old.

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[Kaylia Watt]

And I have a three year old and twin one year olds.

[Brie]

Oh, my gosh.

[Nikki]

Whoa, girl.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

All boys.

[Julie Ertz]

I know, I know. All boys. I know.

[Brie]

Dude, that's crazy.

[Nikki]

That's crazy because I have two. My daughter is nine, Birdie. And then Buddy, he's five. But he's so wild, the boy.

[Brie]

Can you imagine having twin boys if Buddy was a twin?

[Nikki]

I don't know.

[Brie]

Like, yeah, that'd be crazy. I mean, even with Mateo, I only

[Julie Ertz]

know how you do it.

[Brie]

I couldn't imagine.

[Nikki]

When I look at moms with all

[Brie]

boys, I'm always like, say a prayer for them. I'm always like, okay, God, please.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah, I'll take two.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

Coffee first or workout first?

[Kaylia Watt]

Coffee.

[Julie Ertz]

Coffee.

[Nikki]

I mean, I'm, you know, athleisure or dressed up.

[Brie]

That's hard.

[Julie Ertz]

Dressed up for me.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah. Because I'm always an Athleisure. So I'm gonna say dressed up, because I love a good glam. Now if someone comes and does my makeup, I'm like, I'm kissing their hands. I'm like, thank you. Yes.

[Nikki]

For sure.

[Brie]

It's so addicting.

[Nikki]

World cup final or Super Bowl?

[Kaylia Watt]

Ooh, World cup final.

[Julie Ertz]

World cup final.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Brie]

You know what also would be a good segment on your guys's show? I mean, you guys are kind of like OG Wa Wags. And now, like, I feel like Wags are, like, such a big thing in the NFL now. It's like, these girls are becoming so known. That could be fun to talk about.

[Nikki]

All right, all right. Producer.

[Julie Ertz]

I know, I know. Yeah. Come produce our show. Yes.

[Nikki]

Planner friend or go with the flow friend?

[Kaylia Watt]

Go with the flow, Planner.

[Brie]

I know. I see. I'm like, I want to be a planner at home, but then if I'm like, on a girls trip, we could go with the flow.

[Nikki]

See? And I'm planner friend. Like, I. I do my research.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah, one's got a plan or you guys are going nowhere.

[Julie Ertz]

You need one planner.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yes,

[Nikki]

that's usually me. I do the planning. Okay. Sweet or salty?

[Kaylia Watt]

Sweet.

[Julie Ertz]

Sweet.

[Nikki]

I'm a mix, actually. When I think of it, I know. Tax or FaceTime?

[Kaylia Watt]

FaceTime.

[Julie Ertz]

Text.

[Kaylia Watt]

Honestly, crazy enough, I'm a call. I will call you.

[Julie Ertz]

Yeah, you call.

[Kaylia Watt]

I call K all the time. I'm like, I. This is easier. I don't have times to. I don't have time text. But I can talk to you with my headphones.

[Brie]

Yeah, see, I'm like FaceTime because I don't like the phone, like, on my ear, on my face. So, yeah, anyone who's family or friends, I have to, like, like, FaceTime. And then I kind of like how I could set him up and cook dinner. And I. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's true. And then voice notes. Do you guys do voice notes a lot to each other?

[Kaylia Watt]

Never. I've never voice noted anybody neither.

[Julie Ertz]

I don't really even know how to do it.

[Brie]

Oh, my gosh.

[Julie Ertz]

I never learned how to do it.

[Kaylia Watt]

My friends do it, but I'm like, do you want to hear my voice like that and, like, just save it forever? I don't know.

[Brie]

Well, and I. So much at a time, I never say. But then it is funny when all of a sudden someone saves it. I'm like, wait, why they want to say that? Like, I was just.

[Nikki]

They're holding something. Yeah, yeah.

[Brie]

Bribe me later. Why did I voice notice?

[Julie Ertz]

It does.

[Nikki]

It does mess me up when I Can't save it.

[Kaylia Watt]

When I.

[Julie Ertz]

All of a sudden you're like.

[Nikki]

And then I was like, should I have saved their answer?

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

Romcom or thriller?

[Kaylia Watt]

Romcom, baby.

[Julie Ertz]

Romcom for sure.

[Nikki]

We don't have enough of them either. Too many thrillers out there.

[Kaylia Watt]

Oh, I know. It's going to happen at the end every time. Time.

[Nikki]

Love it. Yeah.

[Kaylia Watt]

Still love it. Yeah. I feel like. I feel like same storyline, new person. Still love it.

[Julie Ertz]

But I feel like they like went away.

[Nikki]

They did.

[Julie Ertz]

I want more.

[Nikki]

I knew we need more.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

We don't have our like modern day Jennifer Aniston. Megan.

[Julie Ertz]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

Megan Ryan. Right?

[Brie]

Meg Ryan.

[Nikki]

Meg Ryan. Where are they?

[Brie]

Well, now I feel like it's like. What is it called? Red river or River.

[Nikki]

No, but I need like movies.

[Brie]

But what I'm saying is I. Virgin River. Virgin River.

[Nikki]

Still. That's still like.

[Brie]

Well, it gets a little drama.

[Nikki]

Like. Yeah. Like there's still a lot of.

[Julie Ertz]

Yeah.

[Brie]

I need a. I mean, off campus. Was my rom com as late?

[Nikki]

Oh, yeah.

[Kaylia Watt]

Everybody's talking about.

[Julie Ertz]

That's what we have now.

[Kaylia Watt]

Like the last one that I laughed so hard and thought was so good was just go with it. Did you guys see that?

[Julie Ertz]

Oh, that's.

[Nikki]

No.

[Kaylia Watt]

How long ago was that out? It's so funny. It's with.

[Nikki]

Okay, I need to write that down.

[Kaylia Watt]

Jennifer Aniston. It's so funny.

[Nikki]

Just go with it.

[Julie Ertz]

But is it like kind of old? Like years old maybe?

[Kaylia Watt]

I'm like, I feel like now I. Somebody writes 2010 and I'm like, oh, that's not that long ago. I'm like, oh, yeah, wait, yes, it is. Yeah, Years ago. Sixteen years ago.

[Nikki]

I know.

[Brie]

I feel like now I do time from like COVID lockdown. I'm like, oh, wait, when was that? And I like. Because we missed years, so I forget things and I'm like, yeah, 2020.

[Nikki]

I still think we're in the 90s. I forget.

[Julie Ertz]

I know.

[Brie]

Tell by them jeans.

[Nikki]

Yeah. Honestly.

[Julie Ertz]

Okay.

[Nikki]

Brunch or dinner?

[Julie Ertz]

Dinner.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah, I like a nice dinner now.

[Nikki]

Yeah, me too. I'm the same brunch was before kids. Now you have kids too early. Yeah. I'm like, yes. I wake up at 6am I'm like, brunch. It's lunchtime.

[Brie]

And I feel like when you become a mom, dinner is kind of like you're going out.

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[Brie]

Yeah, we don't go to the club anymore. We don't do those things.

[Nikki]

You know, it's like, I can have a nice wine.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

Cocktail.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah. I get dolled up for a dinner. I'm rolling out of bed and putting my. Yeah, I'm combing my hair. That's about it.

[Brie]

And I don't know if it's just me, but, like, having mimosas that early or champagne, it never makes me feel great. Like, I don't know what it is. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Nikki]

Unless I'm on a girl stream, and then it's different.

[Brie]

Different. Yeah. I, like, feel like I have, like, three cups of coffee without water.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Brie]

That's kind of the feels it gives me.

[Nikki]

Yeah, for sure. You know what I mean? I'm like, I didn't like this ice bath or massage.

[Julie Ertz]

Massage, massage.

[Nikki]

And I do 90 minutes now. Like, I don't do 60. I do 90.

[Julie Ertz]

Yes. You know, I need the full 90. Yes.

[Kaylia Watt]

The worst is when you hit the halfway mark and they're like, flip over. And I'm like, already?

[Julie Ertz]

Yeah.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yes, I'm with you.

[Nikki]

Or when they get to your feet and you know, that's the finale. And you're like, nobody for this.

[Julie Ertz]

It's coming.

[Nikki]

Or the sculpt. It's either. Or it's either the header.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah, yeah.

[Julie Ertz]

Yes.

[Nikki]

Okay. And then these ones, we have a couple questions with short answers, so. Yeah.

[Brie]

That you can't interrupt.

[Nikki]

I won't. Current TV obsession.

[Julie Ertz]

I'm a Housewives girl, so any of the housewives shows.

[Kaylia Watt]

I'm not watching shows now, so I'm a documentary girl right now, so. I know. Odd answer, but I just. I'm in my documentary phase.

[Nikki]

What's the latest one you've watched?

[Kaylia Watt]

Rafa?

[Nikki]

Oh, I don't know.

[Brie]

I missed that one. Yeah, I love a good documentary.

[Kaylia Watt]

It's the Rafa Nadell's. His documentary on, like, his, like, career. The tennis player.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

Awesome.

[Kaylia Watt]

Just finished it. That so good.

[Nikki]

You know which documentary I just watched was that one on the girl in the car accident. Did you see that?

[Brie]

Oh, you watch that?

[Kaylia Watt]

Oh, that was everywhere.

[Julie Ertz]

It. That was crazy.

[Nikki]

Crazy. So wait, did she.

[Julie Ertz]

She meant it was sad.

[Nikki]

Yeah, it was really sad.

[Julie Ertz]

I think so. Yeah.

[Nikki]

I mean, if I'm gonna collect the evidence of the documentary. She's guilty.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

And not all.

[Julie Ertz]

Have you seen. Have you seen, like, the text and stuff coming out? I think post documentary of, like, what she's been sending and stuff from prison or what she sent before and, like, her phone calls from prison. She's not right. There's something wrong.

[Nikki]

I did see some of that, and that's when I knew. I'm like, this girl. Even, like, in the documentary. When they were showing, like, the Instagram thing when someone wanted to sponsor her or, like, I don't know, like, do a post with her or, like, the agency something, and she's still in the hospital bed and she's like, oh, my gosh, like, been wanting the opportunity. I'm like, you're. You were just in parks and. Where your boyfriend was killed and your friend.

[Brie]

Yeah. Well, you know what I thought was really sad? I didn't watch the documentary, but what I saw is I can't believe they released the cop cams of them telling one of the boys moms.

[Kaylia Watt]

Oh, I didn't see it, but that sounds awful.

[Julie Ertz]

That's when I was like, this is so sad. Yes.

[Nikki]

Yeah, I don't think it was the boys moms. It was just. No, no, no.

[Brie]

It was the boy's mom.

[Nikki]

I don't know. I watched it. Oh, no, they. It was her parents. They signed off.

[Julie Ertz]

Was she, like, sitting on a.

[Nikki]

On a porch?

[Brie]

Yeah, sitting on a porch.

[Julie Ertz]

I think I saw that.

[Brie]

They show him she collapsed and that's right how they weren't letting her, like, kind of run off and, like, late. Like, I hated how they kept trying to sit her down, but no, it's really sad. Anyways, we'll move on. Well.

[Nikki]

Oh, my gosh.

[Julie Ertz]

Most used emoji laffy face. Yeah, the. The old laughy face. I'm not, like, up with the times. People say it's, like, not cool anymore.

[Kaylia Watt]

Wait, you mean like the. Like the little colon and like, there's like.

[Julie Ertz]

There's like. No, not that old. Not that. But there's, like a new. There's like a new one that's supposed to be cooler. Like, my nephews are like, nobody uses that laugh fluffy face anymore.

[Nikki]

But I. Oh, my gosh. I wonder what the new cool one is, because I think I used. Well, mine kind of. I use the sideways one a lot.

[Brie]

Yeah, you do.

[Julie Ertz]

That's the cool one, I think.

[Nikki]

Oh, yo, look at her.

[Brie]

Made my day.

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[Nikki]

Best meal you've had this week.

[Kaylia Watt]

I'm just gonna go with coffee because I don't remember anything I've eaten. I like pick off my kids food. But I go to coffee shops like every day. So I'm gonna go with like my, you know. You know those, like coffee shops, they like roast it fresh and they make the syrup.

[Brie]

Yeah. I'm a coffee snob.

[Nikki]

And Arizona, great coffee shops.

[Julie Ertz]

It does.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Julie Ertz]

We just had a really good lunch and have you guys ever been to or heard of Amanyara? That's where we're staying right now in Turkey.

[Kaylia Watt]

It's.

[Julie Ertz]

We just had pizza for lunch. It was so good. Yes.

[Nikki]

That sounds yummy. Favorite family tradition.

[Kaylia Watt]

Can you hear my kids? I'm so sorry.

[Julie Ertz]

I can hear them in the background.

[Kaylia Watt]

Our favorite. They're so young, so I feel like we're like starting things, but I. Zach prays with them every night and it is like the cutest thing to hear, especially a three year old, like, say things of who he wants to pray for. So I'm gonna go with that just because it's like a. The top of my head for sure. But all the other stuff, the family trips, all those, like, they're still so young. So I feel like we're like trying to figure out what that is for us. But the every night prayer that I hear him on the little monitor every night is like the sweetest thing.

[Nikki]

That is so sweet.

[Brie]

That's so cute.

[Julie Ertz]

We are trying with our three year old to like, minimize TV time because it gets out of control. And so every Friday, this isn't the only time he watches tv, but every Friday night we do movie night and he gets so excited for that. So that that's. That's probably our only, like, real tradition right now.

[Nikki]

I love that. But that makes it fun. I mean, for all of us. It was Blockbuster, you know, Friday, Saturday night.

[Julie Ertz]

I love Blockbuster.

[Nikki]

It was the best. Get those hot tamales.

[Brie]

Yeah, that's right. And when you sell what, Scottsdale and Tatum Boulevard.

[Nikki]

No, we do Scottsdale and Shea right

[Brie]

there by native New Yorker.

[Nikki]

No. Oh, but maybe it was down a little. You're right. Me, but you know, and how bummed. You'd be excited for a movie and you'd go. And it wouldn't be behind it. And you're like, yes.

[Kaylia Watt]

It wouldn't be behind.

[Julie Ertz]

Gone.

[Nikki]

Yes.

[Julie Ertz]

Empty. Yes.

[Nikki]

And then you go check to see if maybe someone dropped it off. Yeah.

[Kaylia Watt]

And then you have to like.

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[Kaylia Watt]

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[Julie Ertz]

Yeah.

[Kaylia Watt]

Dang it.

[Julie Ertz]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

Try not to be bummed. Oh, my God.

[Brie]

We're saying like. And then, I mean, this was siblings and you guys probably get it because don't you both have siblings?

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah, yeah.

[Julie Ertz]

Yes.

[Brie]

When you're like, walk by like the dirty section and like, you're pushing one of your siblings in the 18 and over.

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[Nikki]

Okay, last question. Something simple that brings you joy.

[Kaylia Watt]

First one in my head is music. Our house. Zach. I don't think Zach's actually ever been around. Like, just he. There's always music going. Even it's on his phone. And so he just. And then it goes through our whole house. We have stereo systems. Everybody's like, there's always. When he's. You like, no, he's home. There's this like, music. And before it annoyed me because it was like, can I have some peace and quiet? And now it's just like, sweet because I'm like, he's home.

[Brie]

Oh, yeah, that's sweet.

[Julie Ertz]

That's really sweet. I've already mentioned this once, but I think mine is any of the housewives. Like, that's my time to, like, relax. They're like screaming on the TV and JJ's like, what the hell is wrong with you? But I don't know, it like, relaxes me. I love it so much.

[Nikki]

Oh, my God. What's your favorite? Gosh, what do you call it? Like, district or house?

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[Brie]

Oh, my gosh.

[Julie Ertz]

Yeah. I. I like. I love Beverly Hills and I love. I think New York City is probably my favorite of all time.

[Nikki]

Yeah, they.

[Brie]

They're an incredible. When I did the traders and when they would like, just go at it with people at the round table, I was like, oh, housewives are like, no joke. No joke.

[Julie Ertz]

Which housewives were on do. Which.

[Brie]

Dorinda.

[Julie Ertz]

I love Dorinda.

[Brie]

Dorinda was amazed. That was one where I was like, yeah, you don't with her, like, at all.

[Julie Ertz]

No, no, no. I would be scared of her and

[Brie]

Robin who did Washington D.C. yeah. Who has the sons, I think that play basketball, right?

[Julie Ertz]

Yes, yes.

[Brie]

Dolores. Who? I love Dolores from New Jersey. And I think she's doing another one. She's so incredible.

[Julie Ertz]

She's so cool.

[Brie]

She's so cool.

[Julie Ertz]

I'm.

[Nikki]

Well, we've done stuff with like, Lisa Barlow because we used to be in business with her.

[Julie Ertz]

Oh my gosh. She cracks me up.

[Nikki]

And she's hilarious. And even before she was on Nicole and I would always be tell her, like, you have great one liners. Like, she just always was that person. So to see them, like, just really go viral on Real Housewives Salt Lake City is hilarious.

[Brie]

Hilarious. Then you know, I am from Dubai. But she'll do like, okay. She so Our first time at the round table, I picked her that I thought was a traitor, and she was like, excuse me, what? And then she was. Even when we're at the reunion, and I love her, she's the coolest thing. And we were all even hanging out the night before the reunion, and she goes, no, I'm just still bothered. Like, why you thought I was a traitor? Like, that first time, like, she could never let it go.

[Nikki]

Why did you.

[Julie Ertz]

That is so funny.

[Brie]

I had my reasons then. Okay. But she's hilarious. She's funny. And I think those were the only ones at the time.

[Julie Ertz]

But like a lot of other Traders, like. Yes, yes. There's so. I feel like so many. Like Bravo do on Traders is the. I always see, like, articles after the show about, like, fighting or like, people don't like each other. Is it real? Like, do people truly get. Get in fights and mad at each other?

[Brie]

Oh, my gosh, big time.

[Julie Ertz]

Yeah.

[Brie]

Like, for me, and I think maybe I had spoke about this before and you guys will understand this. I think as athletes, you come in with, like, a totally different mindset. So whether it was Dancing with the Stars or the Traders, anything I've done like that, I know you go in, it's a competition, we can be a certain way to each other. But then when the game's over, that's it. Okay, cool. Yeah, like, great game, whatever.

[Nikki]

Yes.

[Brie]

And so I was able to do that, but I saw very quickly a lot of people can't do that. People get offended, they hold grudges, and then it carries on. And I was like, oh, like, people are really going at it. I was like, oh, my gosh. Like, you know, we're in a game.

[Julie Ertz]

But that's what I feel like with housewives. Even if some of the fights are produced, I'm sure a lot of it is producers, but then I think you can't. That's. You start not being able to separate it. So you actually hate each other.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Julie Ertz]

Because even if it was fake, you get offended.

[Brie]

Right.

[Julie Ertz]

I love reality.

[Kaylia Watt]

It's made for K. Yeah.

[Brie]

Yeah, I love that.

[Nikki]

Well, those Beverly Hill dinners, you could tell they're going at it like someone said the wrong.

[Brie]

Well, because what I think is producers overhear things and then they. They have someone bring it up at the table.

[Julie Ertz]

Right.

[Brie]

They know. They know.

[Nikki]

They know what they're doing.

[Brie]

I mean, we're.

[Julie Ertz]

That's what I love about Beverly Hills. And even on Traders, when it becomes like, you guys are real celebrities, not just random housewives, because then there's Real stuff, like the news and a story in Page Six. Like, it just gets so. It's so interesting to me. It's like a documentary, right?

[Brie]

Well, when, like, Tom Sandovolf came out of the car, and I was like, oh, gosh. Like, you know, that was like, I'm standing there with Gabby and then. And I got really close with Chrishell, and they would argue and.

[Julie Ertz]

Oh, yeah.

[Brie]

So messy.

[Nikki]

Messy, messy.

[Julie Ertz]

It's messy. It's messy.

[Nikki]

I love it. Well, we always love to end our episodes with a little inspiration, affirmation. Can both of you leave us with a little quote, a mantra that you live by for our listeners?

[Brie]

Yes.

[Julie Ertz]

Mine is kind of cliche, but I always go back to this in every stage of my life, and it's. Whether you think you can or you think you can't. You're right. And just, like, remembering, like, your life is whatever your thoughts are, and. And if you want to change it, you got to change your thoughts.

[Nikki]

Yeah. So true, though. Gosh.

[Brie]

I.

[Kaylia Watt]

Every year, Zach and I make, like, a word. Like, we just say what the word is going to be for our year to go back on, and this year's is just. Just gratitude. So I think for us is just finding moments of appreciation and, like, return moments of kindness. And I think that's just kind of like, our focus for the year. So I would say it's more instead of a quote, more of like a reminder for us. I also saw something that gratitude and, like, anxiousness, anxiety can't live in the same moment of your brain. I don't know. I'm not a psychologist, but I did read that, and it felt truthful.

[Julie Ertz]

Right.

[Kaylia Watt]

Like, when we're. Yes. So I'm gonna go with that.

[Brie]

Yeah, I love that. Yeah. Gratitude always feels so grounding and healing. Like, when your heart's so grateful in your soul and you lead with gratitude, it. Like, I. I agree. I don't think any of that can live in that space because it just

[Nikki]

puts you in such a different. For sure. And it's such a great thing to teach our kids as well, you know, at such a young age, because I do that with the kids, and it's. It's really beautiful. It really does.

[Julie Ertz]

Cute.

[Brie]

The whole word thing, too. I love that. That's really.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah.

[Julie Ertz]

You guys do that.

[Nikki]

It's really cool.

[Julie Ertz]

I feel like you guys have always

[Nikki]

embodied that because we're big Eagle fans.

[Brie]

Oh, yeah.

[Nikki]

And I feel like you both, as a couple, have always embodied. Embodied that. And because the Eagles always kind of showcase, like, all the great work you guys were doing in Philadelphia. And I always loved it. I'm like, damn. They're like a really wholesome, like, couples, like a lot of happy hour. But you always feel gratitude and the. You guys were. I love that. So I. That's great. I love it.

[Brie]

Yes. Big time. Oh, well, thank you all so much for being on. And everyone, please go watch style play on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcast. Also, follow Julie at Julie Ertz and Kaylia at Kaylia May. All right, everyone. So look for videos on the Nikki and Brie shows, IG page, Tick Tock, Facebook, and the Nikki and Bray show is Also on Sirius XM Stars 109, as well as you can call our hotline at 833 Garcia 2. Thank you both so much.

[Nikki]

Yes.

[Brie]

Good luck with everything. And you two are just so great.

[Nikki]

Yes.

[Kaylia Watt]

Yeah. Thank you so much.

[Julie Ertz]

That was so fun.

[Nikki]

Yes.

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[Nikki]

And hopefully, like, our paths crossed with World cup and all that we're gonna actually be at the finals. We'll be at the world.

[Kaylia Watt]

That's so cool. I don't know. We're trying to.

[Julie Ertz]

Yeah, we're trying to figure it out.

[Brie]

So, Julie, if you go double Dog dairy to wear your Sereno jersey with me.

[Nikki]

Oh, no, you got the double dog hair.

[Julie Ertz]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

Do they say that still? No, they don't. No one says that.

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