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I felt a lot of power in that moment. I used it for good, Right? But I knew that they weren't going to use all of the footage, because these segments that I did for NBC while I was there, like, you know, I think at Most they're like, 2 minutes and 30 seconds. And I had, like, maybe a little bit more than an hour of footage. So I decided to kind of cut it all down into, like, a shorter YouTube video. And I was like, you know what? If they use the footage? Awesome. And if they don't end up using it, then I'll just make a YouTube video out of it. And I. I did. And I actually kind of, like, had fun doing that. Imagine that. So I've been thinking of what are different, like, videos that I could make about the medical spa, Right? Not that I'm trying to be, like, a YouTuber. Like, I'm not. I don't. I'm not saying that. Okay. Before you're, like, a YouTuber. I'm not trying to do that. That's not what I'm saying. I'm just saying that, like, I enjoyed making the video as, like, an expression of artistry. All right? And so I've thought of, like, two videos that I want to sit down and make, and I'm going to tell you what they are. This is, like. This is truly is welcome to Intrusive Thoughts. I just tell you what I'm thinking, and those two videos are dun, dun, dun. The one is, obviously, I want to do like that I started a business and all of the things that I learned because I actually was trying to find a video like that when I was getting started of, like, you know, just trying to learn some stuff, and there was no video that I found helpful. So I'm gonna do one video like that, and I'm gonna explain, like, the. The leasing commercial space, what we did, all of these things that I just didn't know that I think could actually be helpful and maybe prepare somebody for the big corporate world. Okay. In a way that I was not prepared. Like I said, been on my hands and knees for, I don't know, seven days straight. Gonna go on eight days straight pretty soon. Pretty soon. And then the second video I wanted to do all about organizing. God, I love to organize so much. It's like a passion of mine. It really is. And I don't know what it is, but there's just something so satisfying to see. Things like when you open a cabinet and you open it up and it's like, whoa. And you, like, look inside and everything is just labeled and in order, and it just is so aesthetically pleasing that it just gives me such great pleasure. And so I want to make a video on showing what I've organized, but also how I do it. I know thrilling stuff going on over here, but there is a process and a method again to the more madness. Here we go. But there is a process to it. And what is it? I couldn't really tell you to have to sit down because. And I don't want to tell you the secret, because it's coming to YouTube soon. Yeah. Let's just see when I have time to do that. But I was like, oh, that could be fun. So we'll see. I have to kind of plan that out a little bit. Making a YouTube video is long and hard, by the way. It's just. It's a lot of stuff also. I don't know if everybody is like this or if anyone is like this, but I really am, like, a YouTube person. I love watching YouTube videos. I do. Like, one of my favorite people to watch is Safiya Nygar. I hope that's you. How you say her name. She says her name in every video and it just sort of like, like goes like over my head. I just, I. I forget. But she's from BuzzFeed and she. And basically like, her biggest videos are like, she goes to Bath and Body Works and she melts every candle to make one candle. Or she'll like take every color of red lipstick and melt it into one super lipstick. It's truly like. It is. I mean, it does sound idiotic that I'll sit there for like 30 minutes, but it's soothing. It's. Oh, God. And I. She just has like a, A positive attitude and just, you know, she's just buying things about the Body Works. But I love it. And there's just something about. I love a good YouTube video. I love a good Emma Chamberlain YouTube video where it's just about nothing. She's in her closet. She's in dirty clothes. She's just around the house making hummus, coloring. You know, it's just, it's mindless stuff. But there's something so, like, pure and beautiful about it. And I don't know, it just, it really strikes a chord with me. I love it. I, today was able to reap the benefits of being a co founder of a med spa. Because here's the thing. Technically I want to say that, like, no, I'm opening a med spa, which is like. That's completely true. I'm opening a med spa. Right? But the. But technically, the way that it works. I'll just tell you a little bit. Here we go again. Whatever. I hope that you find this interesting. I'm going to go through it quick. Okay, but basically, I've mentioned before and as maybe you could guess, but no medical credentials over here. No, none. So basically, the way that it works is that Tamar, my friend, who is a nurse, medical credentials, right? And myself, Adam, no medical credentials, right. Wants to make YouTube videos. Okay, that's over here. So the two of us create two different LLCs, right? I create a management company that will like, manage the medical spa and Tamar will create a medical company which is essentially. That's. Those are the bones of the entire, like, thing. So, like, we can't do it without each other. But that's the way that it's legally set up, is that, you know, it's. It's legally set up that way so that I have, like, no influence. Right? I'm saying that like in quotations and I'm whacking The mic with my watch. But it's basically to create, like, a hard line between me and medicine, right? Like a hard line between, like, you're not a doctor. And it's like, no, that's true. I'm a manager, so that's the way that, like, that works. And was there a reason I was saying that? There was because I was saying that, you know, because I'm. Technically, I'm like, I said I'm opening it, but technically I'm co founding it. Okay. I hit the mic again out of frustration. No, but that's how. That's the tech technical way to do it. Because I'm not trying to get anybody in trouble. And by anybody, I mean me. So to back up and then to start over and then to, like, restart, I have reaped the first benefits of co founding a medical spa, and that was that. Today I did get neurotoxin injections. Injections. Neurotoxin injections. What is that? It's basically, it's Botox, right? Botox is. It's a brand of neurotoxin, okay? And there are different brands of neurotoxins and there are newer brands. And, like, Botox is one of the originals. And. But there's like, there's Botox, there's Xeomin, there's Daxify, there's Latibo, there's Dysport, There's a lot of them, right? I feel like I named a lot of them. Six, five, I don't know. Four, three, two, one. Let's go. So what I got today was we ordered Latibo, and I've never used Latibo. And so I got Latibo neurotoxin injections, basically everyone. So if you're like, what? I got Botox today, okay? And what's exciting about that was that it was the first injections ever done at the medical spa on me. It was exciting. I did not do them on myself. Tamar did them, like, as I said, medical credentials, which kind of leads me into the very second text message that I'll read that's like, right here. There's a lot of text messages. And I. I did sit down and I said to myself, I'm going to, like, put them into a document so that I can read them through. I didn't. It's like getting late, and when you don't do something, it actually gets later and then later and later. So I just didn't have time to do it because yesterday I was on my hands and knees. I told you That I was scrubbing the floor because I've been, like, trying to clean up as we go at the medical spa, but because we have basically gotten the place to a point where we really could be having people come in at this point. But before we do that, you know, I obviously want to do a big old deep clean. I whacked the mic again. It's just I'm very handsy right now. Apologies for, like. If you hear any of the. Like, this. That's me getting animated. Okay. That's me whacking the mic. Where was I? I was. I did forget what I was saying. Hmm. Oh, I was gonna talk about my thumbnail. And not, like, a photo you use to, like, preview a video. My actual thumbnail. There was something on the floor that I had to get on my hands and knees, and I had to, like, scrub, scrub, scrub. But the only thing that would get it off, like, I tried to use, like, a little razor blade. I tried to use, like, a little, like, scraper offer. Not sure if that's the technical term or not, but I tried to use a scraper offer. Basically, like, I tried to use something that was the equivalent of, like, what you could use on a floor, but it was the equivalent of, like, scraping ice off of your car, sort of. Deal. It wouldn't get it off. The only thing that would get it off was my own human body. Right. And by that, I mean my thumbnail, which, like, I can't. It doesn't look dramatic enough to be like, look at this. Like, it just looks like my thumb. But I did sort of, like, scrub, scrub, scrub, to the point where it was, like, completely, like. Like, I'm. I'm missing half of it in a way. Like, again, if, like, I were to show you, you'd be like, no, you're not. So I'm not gonna show you. You just, like, have to take my word for it where it feels, like, so uneven. Anyway, I got that thing off the floor, and all the tools I used were a piece of trash, so they did not work. Yeah. Was there a point to that one? No. So I'll read the most recent text message that we got that we got today, actually. Now it's not funny. I don't know why I laughed. Maybe out of nerves. I'm nervous because I need to get my glasses. I can't really read it. Okay. Whew. All right, no more laughter. Just reading. It says, congrats on the spa opening. I thought the story about the name was so sweet and cute. Everything looks great. I was wondering if, once things are underway, if you were interested in getting the appropriate license to be able to inject people and do the other work on people you offer, or if you want to stay behind the scenes. That's actually a great question. Again, I told you it wasn't funny, right? Like, I was laughing out of panic because I couldn't see a lot of the words. And I saw inject people. And I went, oh, God. Okay, here's the thing to. In California, to be able to inject some. I don't like. I just don't know if this is the same around the country. But in California, you have to be an rn, right? You have to at least be like a. Like, have some sort of, like, nursing degree. So you have to have some sort of nursing degree, and that's to, like, get basically trained. That's so that you can just say that, you know, the. Like, you have to know the anatomy of the face. You have to know where the muscles are. You have to know where the veins are. You need to know all of these different things. And that's like. To get basically trained to do, like, basic Botox injections, right? And so I mentioned earlier that, like, Botox is a brand of neurotoxin, right? But everybody knows neurotoxin as Botox, so we just say Botox. We in the biz as co founders, right? We just say Botox. So to be able to do Botox, you have to have a nursing degree. And then you need to be trained to do Botox, which is like a short training, because it's just. It focuses right back in. Onto your. To your, like, nursing credentials. Now here's where, like, the layers get a little bit more detailed. Once you know how to do different Botox injections, you can kind of just stop there and just do Botox injections. But something that, like, we really want to do at our spa and something that Tamar has done in the interim between, like, since we started this and to the point we are now, is that she's taken different training courses. Because what happens is that the techniques change and improve. And if you were trained, maybe you were trained to do Botox in a certain way or pattern or in certain parts of the muscle. Well, the thing is, is that those techniques will change and evolve. And maybe a look. I'm saying that in quotes. Like a look that people might have had when they got Botox, and they'd be like, well, you look like you got Botox where it's like, the eyebrows are really like, Pulling up and stuff like that Botox look is from just old techniques that did work, right? Like they worked to like stop the movement of the muscle and to create like fine lines. But the way that it worked and like where they were injecting in the muscle is that sometimes Botox can have like a, in a lifting effect. And I say lifting effect is because it's not lifting. But what happens, it will like relax different parts of the muscle that the other parts that aren't relaxed will sort of like pull like the, the face. It will feel like it's getting lifted. But what's really happening is that the other muscles are relaxing. So that's why we say like lifting effect. Again we in the business. But that, that like real like, like, oh, the eyebrows are pulled back. Or sometimes you'll see like I, you know, a lot of times you'll see like. Well, I'll see on. If you follow her on Instagram, she's a good follow and she's a funny gal, Suzanne Lambert. She's, you know, always posting like bad work that people are getting on Capitol Hill and it's, they are real notorious for using weird ass injectors. But basically, here's the thing. Sometimes we'll pe. They'll get those like that look, that Botox look of like the Spock eyebrows, right? Like that's, those are just like old techniques. I wouldn't even say like bad techniques. I mean, if I had that done, I go, this is bad, right? And you're, and you're doing a bad technique, but it's old. And so basically what Tamar has done and what a lot of injectors do, but I've really encouraged Tamar to like go and do a lot of different like training courses is you work with people who like bring new techniques to the table and they say that if they inject in these different parts of the muscle, like it will have like these more natural effects or it'll have these different effects. And like other techniques that you can learn are like, like microtech Botox injections where when you do like a Botox injection, it's into the muscle, but when you do a microtox injection, it's not into the muscle. It's like into the, like it just into this like a superficial layer of like the skin. It's not as deep. And those microtox injections can give like a softening appearance to the skin while not restricting any movement because it's not an injection into the muscle. Are you following me? Sometimes I'm like, when I'm talking about this, like, I'm getting so familiar with it, where I'm like, oh, my God, I sound kind of knowledgeable now. There's also other courses that you can do that, like, are really go in depth, and Tamar has taken a lot of them, and the techniques and things, like, change pretty rapidly. And so something that I want to make sure that we do is that, like, we always, like, put money aside so that she can go and do those, like, courses and training so that she can be, like, as up to date on all the newest techniques, which will make her even better. She's amazing, by the way. She's so great, and I love that she's so knowledgeable and passionate about it as I am. I just don't like needles, and I don't want to, like, go to nursing school because I don't want to draw anybody's blood. And I know that you have to do that there. And so I don't want to do that, and I have no interest in doing that. There's one course that Tamar is talking about taking soon, and it's a cadaver course, which is. That's crazy to me. But basically, what they do in the course, I'm telling you, like, I'm trying to sell it to you. I have no idea what they're doing the course, but basically, it's like, they can, like, literally pull back layers of the skin so you can see, like, up close and personal, like, literally where, like, if you're injecting filler into different areas, like, where it's going. Exactly. And, you know, the best injectors do these courses all the time. So it's just. Not only is it, like, I'm certified and I can do it, and it's done. It's. That's not. It just like any other profession, it's like constant education. And so that's something that's really what, like, drew me to, like, getting into a business with Tamar, was that she was really passionate about, like, learning more all the time. So to answer your question, I like knowing about it. I do not know. I will not. I'm not gonna become an injector. I will stay behind the scenes. And that. Is that on that. But it was a. It's a good question to ask because I'll. I think I've mentioned this last week, but, like, sometimes when I'm like, medical spa, people still go, oh, can I get a facial? Like, no, you can't. You. Yeah, like, at. With an esthetician yes. You can physically go get a facial. Not here. Unless you want a facial with your own blood. We can do that. We can do that. We really can do that. We have, like, this. Oh, God, I. You know, whatever this is, this is my podcast. You're gonna have to sit back and listen to it. We got this blood spinner machine, which is, like, so fascinating. And so, like, obviously, like, in this lead up before can, like, take the thing that we're all, like, the only thing that we're trying to figure out right now before we go is, like, we just want to make sure all of our bookkeeping is, like, already. And there's just, like, little things that you need to make sure that you're doing. Like, you just need to make sure that, like, you have your. Your sales tax ID and you're like, all the right bank accounts are all in the right spot. So, like, aside from, like, all of that, and once that's all done, like, we'll be able to, like, start booking people, like, asap, which is. That's very exciting. But, like, all the other stuff, like, we're read to go. Like, we have, like, all the insurance that we need. You know, we have all of, like, the. The devices that we're, like, starting with. So, like, in this leadup, I'm going to start to bring a few friends in to, like, get things done. Because, listen, It's a. It's all like. It's a. When you're like. When somebody comes in, there's like, the art of having a treatment, right? And that art is basically. And I was talking about it with Tamar today when I got, like. I was getting my injections, because she's like, I want to start bringing some people in here, some, like, friends and family, so I can practice, like, and, you know, when you hear that you're like, practice? What do you mean? You don't know what you're doing? That's not what she means. And I knew exactly what she meant. Where it's like, you just want to, like, practice the way that you're, like, gonna do stuff in this space so it doesn't feel clunky when you're in an appointment with a new client. And, like, you know, part of that was, like, she had, like, drawn up all of her vials, and she had, like, gotten everything ready, and then she comes in with her tray, and she's just trying to figure out, like, should I put the tray over here, or is it, like, more comfortable for me to have it, like, over here? Or, let me try it here. And then she, like, moves it around. And it's like, when you have a client and you don't want to be like, I'm not really sure where I like this. Like, you want to know where you like your stuff. And because we just, like, organized everything and have been putting everything in its place, you know, she'll, like, open a drawer and it's the wrong one. Then she opens another one, and she actually was trying to find something in the other one. So it's just. It can feel a little clunky. And all of those things make up a good or bad experience. Because even if, you know when she does the treatment, everything is all great, but when you walk away, you're going to be like, she didn't know where anything was in that space, and she kept moving that tray around. And so that's the whole point of, like, bringing our friends. And I've told jp, I'm like, you're getting in there. We're loading you up with neurotoxin. He said, go for it. He's never had it before. He's gonna be chock full of it pretty soon. But that's why we bring our friends and family in. It's so that, like, she can get into a rhythm of, like, I know where I like to have this. I know where I like to have that. This is my routine. It's just getting into that routine and. Which is going to make for a really nice experience, right? It's going to make for just like, a really, like, she's going to feel good about what she's doing, and she's not going to be like, is this comfortable? Like, should I move over there? Because, like, she'll know. Like, no, if I liked it over there, I would have been over there. It's just like, those little things. And she was like. When we were talking about it, she was like, oh, I'm so glad that I just whacked the mic. A gin. Sorry. I'm, like, so animated. I'm passionate, right? About business. But we were talking about, like, she's like, oh, I'm so glad that you understand. And I was like, no, I completely understand. Because this is just like any sort of performance where it's like, you have to do a dress rehearsal and you have to practice it a few times. Even if you know exactly what you're doing, you need to know the rhythm of the ins and outs of it. And so that was really kind of fun to see her move the tray around, right? And for me to get Botox for, like, you know, but you know that I was getting Letbo the T bow. Okay, enough about the med spot for literally one second. I'll go back to it because I want to give a big old shot shout out to something. Okay? But there was something that I was seeing on my feed, and because I've truly been in, like, whatever the version of, like, being in a medical spa from, like, morning till night, whatever the K hole version of that is, that's what I've been in. I got on my feed. And I want you to know that when I'm recording this, it's Wednesday night, okay? The episode is coming out tomorrow. I'm recording it the day before, and I just want to give a big old shout out to my friends at Podcast one who are really dealing with my horrible uploading schedule, but they're. They're killing it, and they're. They're. I'm in debt to them. I love them. Hey, guys. Love you. So basically, it's Wednesday night, and I just want you to know that I got onto my, like, Instagram or something this morning, and I was, like, scrolling, and I saw all of these, because, you know, we live where, like, the. An Instagram algorithm is, like, atrocious. And I saw these posts. It was like, Happy St. Patrick's Day. And it was like, the. The Chicago has green water today. I was like, today St. Patrick's Day. It was like, completely, basically at this point two days ago. So I was going around today going, I'm wearing green. And everyone's like, we don't care. And by everybody, I mean, I told Tamar and I told my husband, and my husband's not from here, and I don't think he would know St. Patrick if he slapped him across the face. And tomorrow didn't care. And then I asked one of my friends, and they were like, that was yesterday. And I said, all righty then. Sorry. Yesterday, I was on my hands and knees, basically ruining my thumbnail forever. It's fine. It is, it is, it is. Absolutely. Okay. But one of the things that was coming across my feed, because maybe it was over the weekend. I don't even know. Like, time is such a abstract concept right now. A discussion on some of the interviews on the red carpet at the Oscars. Here we go. Finally, right? Finally, I'm talking. I. Let's just remember that we started today's podcast with yogurt, but we finally, about 40 minutes in, are at Oscars. Okay? A lot of conversation of influencers. Being red carpet interviewers. Okay. It seemingly never really goes well for the influencer who's on the red carpet. And I'm gonna just say a few things about that sniff. Had to. Just. Sometimes when I'm doing this, I feel like I'm holding my breath. And I don't mean to. I mean to breathe, but sometimes I'm holding my breath. Okay, so let's just talk about that for a second, because I have a few things that I would like to say. Specifically, what everybody was talking about was Jake Shane was interviewing people on the red carpet. And this one Variety article was basically saying that, like, being a red carpet journalist, host, correspondent is an art. And it takes a lot of care and prep and all of this stuff. And sometimes it seems as if, like, the influencers are falling short of what people are expecting on the red carpet. Okay. I feel like the people that they hire, like Jake Shane, for instance, is like. I think Jake Shane is funny and, like, pretty naturally charismatic. And I feel like the way that he was interviewing people on the red carpet was imagine. I go, disgraceful. I'm not gonna say that I was in the. There was, like a voice in my head where it was like, go for it. I feel like the way that he was interviewing people in the red carpet was a lot like the kinds of conversations he has on his own podcast, which, like, those clips go very viral, a lot of those clips, because, you know, he's just very naturally puts these people that he has on his podcast, like, at ease, and they're joking around and they're laughing with him and at him, and it's just a very chill atmosphere. And I feel like the way that he was talking to people on the red carpet, some of them he's had on his podcast, and if they hadn't even been on the podcast, I feel like when they came over, he was trying to have, like, a pretty casual conversation with them in the vein of his own podcast. And to be fair, he was most likely hired because of the way that he conducts himself and his guests on his podcast. Right. I feel like this happens to a lot of these influencers where it's like they. And I think, okay, I think for some people, they hire them because they think that they're just going to get a lot of views on the clips, right? And they just. And they. And. And. And that's the way that they go into this, and they're like, let's just get views. Okay? But like, the Jake Shane of it all is. I feel like he approached this with, like, I'm just gonna approach this the same way I do the podcast, which is most likely, in his defense, why he was hired to do it. Right. They were like, have fun out there. The thing is about the red carpet is that it's a totally different beast. God, there's. I think I've brought up the beast a lot in this episode, but it's true. Okay. Like, a red carpet is a totally different beast. And I've been a correspondent on some red carpets before. I've done the ESPYs and I've done. And this is what I'm going to talk about. I've done the Country Music Awards. That is correct. I was a correspondent on the red carpet for ABC at the Country Music Awards. Coming to you live from Nashville, Tennessee, Adam Rapon and Lara Spencer. That's correct. They sent me with their A team to cover the red carpet at the Country Music Awards. And when I was asked to do this, I obviously said, yes, of course I'll do it. And then in the same breath, I went, I don't know anything about country music. So it was a lot like preparing for, like, an Olympic Games as, like, on the journalist side of things, where it was like, I was given a binder of all of, like, the nominees and people who would be there, and it had, like, a picture of them and it had, like, a whole biography of who was going to be there. And I really did my best to read through the entire binder and read everyone's bios and just make sure that I was familiarizing myself with who was going to be there so that I could do a good job and I could make it seem like I really knew what I was talking about. It's a totally different beast. Like, when you're in the middle of it and you're like, in your. On the red carpet, because sometimes you'll find different videos of people just to get an idea of, like, what they look like in person versus, like, a picture that's, like, in a binder and different performances. Again, I'm whacking the microphone. I'm passionate about the red carpet and. And it just. It's like a completely different beast. And there's so. And especially if you're walking into something and you're completely unfamiliar with it, where it's like, I knew a few people, like, from the zeitgeist, and that's what I was like coming in with. Other than that, I was basically learning all of these people, like, for the very first time on me, right. Like, They're. They're famous country artists. Okay. Like, that's on me that I, you know, but I. I didn't really listen to country music. And by didn't, I mean I don't and still don't. I just really didn't want you to think, like, and now I'm listening to country music. I'm not doing that. And I barely did it before the CMAs, and I think Lara knew, but I. We may do. So basically, when you get there, it's just in these. You basically, you have like a minute with them or 30 seconds with them. And basically it was pretty easy for me because I just needed everyone to say, good Morning, America. Like, I needed everybody to do that, and everyone was willing to kind of rally with me and to also my benefit. This was really shortly after I competed at the Olympics in 2018. So there were a lot of people who had recognized me from the Olympics. So that took up about half of our interview time. And then the next half would be like, are you excited to be here? And if, you know they were nominated for something, I'd ask them, like, are you excited about being nominated? Like, are there any performances that you're excited to watch tonight? And, you know, from that, then they, you know, they put together their piece and they try to, you know, we try to get as many quotes or whatever as possible. If I were to do it now, I'd be so much better at it now than I was then. But, you know, you don't know what you don't know. But I'm just saying that I did all of that prep, and I still, like, whatever. To be an excellent red carpet host, you need to not know exactly who will be there and who everyone is. You need to know everything that they have going on. You need to be well rehearsed in different quotes that they've been giving recently. You just really need to know these people in and out. Because even if you have, like, a minute with them, right? Even if you just have, like, one minute, what's going to make anybody feel at ease is that they aren't going to feel like they need to explain anything to you or give you any context. And I even know this as, like, somebody who, like, when I was a skater, I always gave my best interviews to people who I knew knew what was going on with me because I didn't need to give a more. And it wasn't. I wasn't giving, like, a canned answer, but I was giving an answer where I was including a lot of context because I wanted to make sure that they knew that what I was talking about. And you can tell right away when a journalist or reporter knows your story, knows things that you've been saying, knows what you have going on. There's just a tone to the question. And sometimes the questions are a little bit different or they skew just a little bit, but it puts you immediately at ease where you don't feel like you need to go through any sort of talking points in your own mind and you can just riff. And to be a great host on the red carpet, you need to know all of that stuff. But basically, what makes it look like anybody can do that is that the conversation you have is like, so, how you feeling tonight? And this and that. But you have to know it all in a way where, like, you can casually maybe bring up this one little nugget that will then lead the person you're talking to into this state of, like, they bring their shoulders down, they can just go back and forth with you. Like somebody who did it really well, really recently was, like, Mary Beth Barone, where it was just, like, you could kind of tell she knew exactly what. Who she was talking to. Even if she was, like, going right to somebody with, like, a joke, right? Like, if she was like, can you pick me up to the rock? Like, that was so funny. Like, obviously, like, she knows everything, like, about the rock, but, like, she's just going in with that and it's just very, like, casual. And it was, like, very effortlessly well done. And, you know, you could just tell that she had done a lot of research. If she didn't, then, like, more power, too, or she was just, like, great on the red carpet. But the people who are really. It's just, it's. It's just a different skill set, right? It's a completely different skill set than, like, to get on a podcast and, like, chit and chat with somebody and have, like, a great back and forth and a funny conversation with somebody. Because, like I was saying at the beginning, and it's all coming right back around, right? Like I was saying at the beginning of this episode, it's like, if you're talking with someone, you can get into a rhythm and you don't need to get there eventually because, you know you're going to have like an 45 minutes or an hour with them. But when you're back and forth with somebody and you're like, you have 30 seconds to talk to Julia Fox, you have 30 seconds to talk to Gwyneth Paltrow, you need to just. You need to kind of cut through it in a way where it was. Where it's like, gwen, come on, girl. And if you can do that, you're an excellent, like, red carpet host. But it's not like an interview back and forth, because by the time you're getting warmed up, they have to leave. And that's why sometimes when these influencers are on the red carpet, it's like they're trying to do what they know from podcasting or from whatever, but it just does not work because you need to go right into it. And it's just. It's just. It's a different skill set. The crazy thing about it is that, like, Variety is the. Now let's go back to it. Variety's writing this article of, like, they keep hiring all these influencers and blah, blah, blah. Variety is the one hiring them, by the way. They're, like, holding the microphone. They're like, hi, I'm an influencer. And, like, the. The boom box that they're holding says variety on it. So, like, okay, if it takes, like, a different skill set. Now I'm like, quoting myself. If it takes a different skill set, then hire the people with the skill set. Okay? Like, don't be like, oh, God, who's hiring these? You are. You're the one hiring the people. So, you know, do with that what you may. Right? Is there, like, one. I'm trying to find something. I'm trying to find one more text message to end with because I, like, promised. Okay, let's end with this one. Will you do more acting? I'm not gassing you up, but I could tell from the podcast and your Will and Grace moment, you can definitely act. Yeah, I fucking can. Oh, yeah. Oh, my dogs are coming upstairs. We got to wrap this up. But you remind me so much of the musical theater people I used to kick it with. Lol. Yeah, I hope to do some more acting. And somebody also. Also sent another text message of, like, you're going to be in St. Denis Medical. I can't find it because I obviously didn't fucking prepare, which is something you can. You can not prepare on a podcast and still walk away and go, that was an amazing episode. Can't do that on the red carpet because you only got a minute. I had 53 minutes to warm up to this point. Also, Whenever I do this, I never. I'm like, there's nothing to talk about. And then all of a sudden, I'm like, oh, there's too much to talk about. It's Just like, that's my gift and my curse. I'm gifted and cursed. I can hear my dog Tony being upset on the other side of the door because I'm not letting him in so he can just lay behind me. But, yes, I was in an episode of St. Denis Medical. I mentioned it once, and I think it was on this past week. My manager texted me and she was like, you're on tonight. And I was on my hands and knees at the medical spa, head out of the gutter. And on that note, I really am gonna do, do, like, go through these text messages because. Oh, now there's just like, a lot of things I'm gonna kind of pop in with. I'm going to Australia next week to film a show. Eee. I'm excited. So I'm gonna try to record while I'm there. But while I'm. What I'm also gonna do is I'm going to try to record one more episode before I leave. So that will. I'll try to record it in the next few days. That being said, it's gonna be a text message episode. It has to be, because nothing's gonna. Like, what. What can I even. I'll talk about things that happen, I guess just. I'm like, what will I ever talk about? I said this. Let's remember at the very beginning, we talked about yogurt. And at by the very end, about 30. See, it took 30 minutes. I would say it took 30 minutes to get warmed up. I don't know. You tell me. Maybe you're like, you were ready to go. Or you were like, it's still not good. Then you know what? Shame on me. Shame on you for listening. If you were like, that's not good. And it's 55 minutes into the podcast. That's not my. That is not my problem. That is a you thing. Not a me thing. That being said, if you would like to. In this text and I'm gonna. I'm gonna post about this on my. On my Instagram, because we can get just like a. A ref text messages because I'm still getting some about the Olympics. I'm still getting some. About my hair cuttery booking from Lily the AI bot. And there's just. They're like, all buried and I'm gonna have to take time to go through them now. Now, that's not a you thing. That's a me thing because you've been doing exactly what I've asked. I just haven't been doing what I've been promising. I'VE been lying, basically, essentially. But if you would like to. In our next text message and voicemail. Heavy. It'll be heavy. It will be mostly. I hope. We'll see. I'll probably have something to talk about. You can be a part of that. That movement. And that movement is specifically what I'm about to say, which is this. It's the next episode. And to. To be a part of that, you can call or text the podcast hotline, which. You know it. You love it. And that number is 310-90-9717. That number is in my Instagram bio, if you couldn't remember it. But again, that number is 310-909-71117. If you have any intrusive thoughts that you'd like to share on the podcast and share to me, and I will talk about them on the po. At nauseam. Right? At complete nauseam. Before we go, I'm gonna tell you one more thing about the CMA red carpet. Oh, God. This should have been, like, more in the episode. Not like, oh, by the way, like, the last thing we. We bring up, actually, Wait. I'm gonna write two things down. I have good ideas, actually. Okay, hold on. Okay, here's the thing, what I'm about to tell you. I'm like, let's talk about it next week. It's gonna take two seconds, and it won't ruin anything. When I was at the CMAs again, like, I had done all of this research on all of these people and everything, and this woman comes up, and it's like, she's going to the, you know, the Good Morning America, ABC stop on the red carpet. It's me. I'm interviewing her, and I'm asking her, and I cannot recognize her for the life of me, but I can tell. I'm like, there's. She's incred. She's famous. She's very famous. I can just tell the way that she's. She looks and she's dressed and everything, and she's so beautiful, and she's very nice, and she's, you know, nominated for album of the year, and she was just great. And we had a great conversation about nothing because I'm like, I cannot for the life of me figure out who this is. She walks away. I'm. I should jump off a building because of what I'm about to tell you. Casey Musgraves. It was Casey Musgraves, and it was. I'm gonna tell you what threw me off. It was like she had huge country hair. And I. For some reason, the way. And it's. I want to say it's like, well, she doesn't look. You might be thinking she doesn't look like what she looks like in pictures. She does. She looks exactly the way that she looks in photos. I'll even go as far as saying she looks even more beautiful in person. Like, she's very beautiful in pictures, but, like, there's an. There's an aura about her. And this is when, like, this was her golden hour album that was nominated, that she would go on to, like, win, like, the Grammy for album of the year. She had smaller hair at the Oscars. And so as soon as she walked away, I went, oh, my God, that was Casey Musgraves. And so just. I just want you to know that, like, that was one of the people I knew coming in, and I was like, I'm not gonna miss Casey Maps Graves. Come on. She's around. Album in the year. And I. She came to me, I was like, wow, who is this? What? And it was. That was Casey Musgraves. So that being said, being on the red carpet is a different skill set that, at the time, I didn't have. I would say I could have it now if I needed to, but doing a red carpet is really tough, by the way. It's much easier to be on the other side on the carpet, not, like, off of it, interviewing people. Oh, God, we really do have fun. Anyway, if you have any stories about how maybe you ran into Casey Musgraves and didn't recognize her because she. She had too big of a wig on that day, which is completely my fault, by the way. Like, I want you to know that that was completely on me. It was just the hair really did it. Like, I don't know what it was, but as soon as she walked away and I could just see everything a little further away, I was like, that was Casey Musgraves, you idiot. Me. And I'll never make that mistake again. Casey, if you're listening. But yeah, on that note, if you're Casey Musgraves or just a listener who has an intrusive thought to share on the podcast, like I said, you can call or text that number at 310-90-9717. That's it for this episode. My name is Adam Rippon, and these have been my intrusive thoughts. Bye, everybody.
