
#858: Join us as we sit down with Suebelle Robbins – a beloved style icon & social media personality, also known as Suebelle from Palm Beach. Celebrated for her timeless fashion, elegant beauty tips, & daily outfit inspiration! As a standout...
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Sue Bell
The following podcast is a Dear Media Production.
Michael Bostic
She's a lifestyle blogger extraordinaire.
Sue Bell
Fantastic. And he's a serial entrepreneur, a very smart cookie.
Michael Bostic
And now Lauren Everts and Michael Bostic.
Sue Bell
Are bringing you along for the ride.
Lauren Everts
Get ready for some major realness.
Michael Bostic
Welcome to the Skinny Confidential. Him and her.
Lauren Everts
Where did you get this personality? Because the Internet has fallen in love with your personality. When you look way back on your childhood, was it something that you got from your parents?
Sue Bell
Did you come out this way from both my parents? My father was in sales and we moved around a lot because he kept getting better territories and, you know, salesman of the year. Sadly, he was killed by a drunk driver when he was 33 in New Braunfels. We lived in San Antonio at the time and. And then my mother was from Rhode Island. Very New England, but hysterical, you know, very, very sarcastic wit, which I. I always say I haven't had an original thought in my head in about 50 years because I retain. If something's funny, I use it as you should.
Lauren Everts
I collect comedian like tips and tricks and sentences all the time. I have it in my notes app. Did you know that, Michael?
Michael Bostic
I do. I do know that.
Sue Bell
I came up with this phrase, don't CFC me.
Lauren Everts
What does that mean?
Sue Bell
Copy fucking cat. Cfc. No, no, no.
Lauren Everts
I'm gonna say that to my husband because guess what? He does.
Michael Bostic
No, no, no.
Lauren Everts
Yes. He takes my jokes, he rebrands them as his own and then presents them like they're his idea.
Michael Bostic
I don't think that's true.
Lauren Everts
It's true.
Sue Bell
I think. I think that's very poor.
Lauren Everts
Yeah.
Michael Bostic
Don't let her fool you. You've just known her for five minutes.
Sue Bell
Trust me, I got her number.
Lauren Everts
Trust me. Yeah, yeah, trust me. He's. He completely rebrands them like his. Their own. But the fucked up part is he thinks it's actually truly his idea.
Michael Bostic
I would say that I refine. Lauren has a difficulty with the delivery because she jumps to the punchline before she tells the story.
Lauren Everts
And I'm like, so I'm quicker and wittier. So it's. I jump a little quicker.
Michael Bostic
Whatever. You got to keep up.
Sue Bell
Sometimes you can say, well, I was thinking about that and you just stole it out of my brain. That's a good way to get around.
Lauren Everts
Feel a lot of jokes being a CFCer. So have you always had a point of view like you had since you were a little girl?
Sue Bell
Oh, definitely.
Lauren Everts
What were you like?
Sue Bell
Very outgoing, loved moving around. Like I would do something like chewing gum and the teacher would say, well, you can't do that. And I said, oh, I didn't know that. Of course, I knew you couldn't chew gum. So I was always, you know, playing, playing like the dumb bunny. But I was really very bright. Yeah, well, I had a sister 15 months younger, and she hated moving. And she would always get in trouble because she'd call people from where we had lived before and not me. I mean, I was a new girl in town and played that to the hilt. And this is a little bit like that. You know, you've got a new audience and strangers come up. And I used to keep a little journal. If somebody would give me a big compliment and I'd write it in the journal, and if I was a little down or depressed, I'd get that little journal out and I'll say, oh, the nice lady on the bus told me I was pretty. Now this is like, I get swarmed. I mean, I feel like the Beatles in the 60s.
Lauren Everts
Do you still have the journal where you keep all the compliments from social media and in person?
Sue Bell
I didn't bring it with me, but I do have it.
Lauren Everts
You know what you should do? You guys should do a Sue Bell compliment journal. And everyone should be able to buy this very Palm beach esque journal where they can all write compliments that people give them. I feel like that would sell out. It could have your logo on it and everything.
Sue Bell
Well, we're doing an autobiography. Oh, I'm sorry. It's a memoir that seems like for people, when they've died, this is.
Michael Bostic
There's people in their, like, early 30s that write memoirs, and I'm. I find that strange.
Lauren Everts
Yeah, you've said that. You've said that you don't want to write any kind of biography or anything until you're older.
Michael Bostic
Yeah. Don't you think it's strange to write a memoir at 30 years old unless you know you're about to kick the bucket.
Sue Bell
Yeah, right. Three weeks to live. No, I enjoy talking about different parts of, you know, what I've done. Because that's who you are. You know, all the experiences. You know, I taught first grade in a Catholic school in Boston, and I made $80 a week, so I became a Playboy Bunny at night. So both had great experiences.
Michael Bostic
Wait, wait, wait, wait. You were a first grade teacher and a Playboy Bunny at night?
Lauren Everts
That's amazing.
Michael Bostic
I don't know if you get away with that anymore.
Sue Bell
Well, they. Nobody knew.
Lauren Everts
What if you were, like, teaching someone's son and then you saw their dad at Night.
Sue Bell
Oh, no. This was in a suburb way far from. From Boston.
Lauren Everts
And what was it like being at the. Were you at the Playboy Club?
Sue Bell
Yeah.
Lauren Everts
What was it like? Tell us every detail of that.
Sue Bell
Well, I was from Texas.
Lauren Everts
Okay.
Sue Bell
And I'd never seen. I mean, there were black bunnies and Chinese bunnies and, like, truck driver bunnies that would, like, take their uniform and pull it up. And there was. It was interesting. I only did it maybe a year and a half, but I had fun.
Michael Bostic
Carson really likes the truck driver bunnies over there. That was his thing.
Lauren Everts
Wait, so are the bunnies, like, going on dates with the guys in the club, or was it.
Sue Bell
No? That was a no. No. And naive me. Well, there wasn't anybody I would have gone out with, but I found out a lot of the bunnies were, you know, having affairs with patrons, you know, key holders. And I only worked on the cocktail band part. There you could go upstairs and make a lot of money and work in the dining room. But the bunnies had to have about five plates on their arms, you know, steaks to deliver them. And they made a ton of money, but I was scared to have all the plates on my arm, so I just stayed in the rock and roll part.
Lauren Everts
Did you meet Hugh Hefner?
Sue Bell
No. In Boston, the only way they would let them have a club was to make it a corporation. And so. But he did give us Christmas gifts. He gave me some electric rollers.
Lauren Everts
I thought you were going to say something else. Electric.
Sue Bell
No. And. But at Christmas, I was. I was a door bunny. And they gave me a green satin bunny suit with marabou fur on it. It was so beautiful. And everybody thought they were giving you tips, but it went into. Unless somebody put a $20 bill in your hand, it all went to the house. So people thought they were tipping you and you never saw anything. But it was fun. It was a good experience. And when I was there, I met a. Was a state rep, and I thought he was like a Kennedy because he talked like a Kennedy and he had Kennedy hair and Brooks Brothers suits. And he brought me to Palm Beach. That's how I was first. And we went to the Colony Hotel after dinner. All the old ladies were beautiful. Nobody was fat. And I said, I'm going to live here someday.
Michael Bostic
So. Okay. You are known as a Palm beach icon. There's obviously now been a television show about Palm Beach. For the person that's never been to Palm beach and doesn't get what Palm beach is, how would you describe Palm Beach?
Lauren Everts
Explain it to a Blind kindergartner.
Sue Bell
Okay. Palm beach is a beautiful, manicured little five streets. Beautiful houses, everything's pink and green. Golf courses all over. Beautiful hotels like the breakers and the Colony Hotel. And there are three bridges, the Northern Bridge, the Southern Bridge and the Middle Bridge. And they all like. The Southern Bridge is Marlargo, where the Trump estate is. And I live in the Middle Bridge, which is. Right. They call it Midtown. And the Northern Bridge is where the best of. We had this shopping center and it used to just be like, then St. Ambrose came, the restaurant and Palm Beach Grill was there. And now you can barely get in there. There was an old theater where they used to have off Broadway shows in the 50s and 60s and it was just terrible. They couldn't, nobody could do anything with it. So they put all this money and they're redoing the theater. So you have the beautiful shopping center that's got Gucci, it's got everybody. You can imagine Hermes. And the theater's being done. I have a friend, just local people, self made. And her husband's doing all the windows. I mean, I had four windows put in my condo and it was 50,000. So you can imagine how well they're going to be doing, doing the windows on the sitter.
Lauren Everts
Is everything there just like so expensive? Because it's Palm Beach.
Sue Bell
Well, a smoothie at the airport here is $12 and it's only like 10 in Palm beach, so.
Lauren Everts
Oh, so it's not, it's not crazy.
Michael Bostic
Austin's having a boom of its own.
Lauren Everts
When you went to Palm beach for the first time, did you know I'm living here?
Sue Bell
Oh, yes.
Lauren Everts
So immediately it was like, it was synergistic and you loved it right away. And it was, it had the appeal back then.
Sue Bell
It's beautiful. It was how I felt when I went to Madison Avenue or the Plaza Hotel for the first time.
Lauren Everts
You felt at home.
Sue Bell
This is where I'm gonna be.
Lauren Everts
So when you meet the politician, did you date the politician?
Sue Bell
Oh, yes. I stopped being a bunny. It was sort of sad because his mother hated me on site. I don't know why, but he was the only boy. He was Jewish, but his sisters all married non Jewish, so that wasn't an issue. I think she just, for some reason she didn't like me. I'll give you an example. I stayed friends with his sister. And when I got married, his sister Jane said, mommy, Suebel got married. And his mother said, sue Bell. Who?
Lauren Everts
Oh, I have something to confess.
Sue Bell
What?
Lauren Everts
I never understood that kind of mother in Law. But now that I have a son, I don't know, I might be that kind of mother in law.
Sue Bell
No, you won't.
Lauren Everts
I whisper in his ear every night. He's living with his mom for the rest of his life.
Michael Bostic
Oh, my God. We're gonna raise a little baby veal if we're not careful.
Lauren Everts
It's really hard when you have a little cute ham of a son and then they have to like go date someone. I can't even imagine. Maybe she was just obsessed with her son like I am.
Michael Bostic
Cause we're not raising Oedipus over here.
Lauren Everts
No, he is Oedipus. My son's Oedipus.
Sue Bell
No, but he's getting out of what you can't do. You can't say, don't date him. You gotta just.
Lauren Everts
I know.
Sue Bell
Let him work it out.
Lauren Everts
I know. I gotta let him work it out.
Michael Bostic
That'll make him go more.
Lauren Everts
At what point did you meet the love of your life? Who was your husband?
Sue Bell
Oh, I've had a couple loves of my life.
Lauren Everts
Okay. I love. Tell us about all of them.
Sue Bell
I always say your. Your heart is like a hotel. And it has a lot of rooms and it has a couple suites.
Lauren Everts
Oh, my God.
Sue Bell
And no. A Boston state politician. He was really special. I got in the travel business. I needed a summer job when for the teaching. And I got in the travel business. And I took big groups to Switzerland and Puerto Rico and France. And then I got promoted. Where I lived in the country and I was living in Honolulu at the Ilakai Hotel. I saw this guy on the balcony. He was in the room right next to mine. And I said, hello. And I always said I was Romeo and he was Juliet because he was with the newspaper. It was called a joint venture. His company, USA Today and the Honolulu paper had a joint venture. So he was in town for that. And his company was based in Rochester, New York, which is very pretty, but a little provincial. Not Palm Beach. I became like a little movie star there. I mean, they were used to, you know, Rochester was Kodak and, you know, small town. And it was fun. I had great, beautiful houses, had great friends. I still took a few trips with groups since I'd been in that business. I loved being in Rochester. And he had two little girls. So I became a stepmother. That was fun. So I decided, that's enough. I don't need to have any kids of my own. So I. I've been the stepmother. I've loved it. But then I've also had the stepmother blues, you know? When you're feeling like the nanny, that's not great.
Lauren Everts
The stepmother blues.
Sue Bell
Yes.
Lauren Everts
So you. I've never been a stepmother. It makes you feel like you're a nanny.
Sue Bell
Like you're a nanny and the ex wife is out in Rio de Janeiro having a big time. And you're.
Lauren Everts
That's specific.
Sue Bell
You're the nanny. But anyway, we had a very friendly divorce. Then I moved back to Boston, where I had lived and met the real love of my life, who was in the financial business. He was an institutional broker. He didn't sell stocks to people, he sold them to institutions. Just had a great time. Boston was wonderful. We got the place in Newport. You know when he said I made too much money and I don't have any deductions. Got the place in Palm Beach. And another wonderful thing about Palm beach, besides, you have the ocean on one side and then you have the inlet waterway. And along the waterway is a beautiful bike path, walking path, lake trail, they call it. And, you know, it's just a wonderful place to be. Sadly, he had a stroke and was paralyzed. So we were married 38 years.
Lauren Everts
Wow.
Sue Bell
And 34 were fabulous. But the last four years was very sad for him. You know, he. It was sad because he. He had a stroke in November, and in December he was supposed to get a knee replacement because he was a big tennis player. But everybody loved him. And he made me laugh all the time. We. He danced in the morning and he sang to me. And I cfc his jokes all the time because he was just hilarious. So my trick for marriage is he has to love you just a little bit more than you love him.
Lauren Everts
Agreed.
Sue Bell
And he has to make you laugh. How you doing with that, Michael?
Michael Bostic
I think she laughs pretty good.
Lauren Everts
I do laugh.
Sue Bell
That's it.
Michael Bostic
And I probably love her a little bit more, if I'm being honest.
Lauren Everts
Yeah.
Michael Bostic
Since I was 12, I was chasing her.
Sue Bell
Oh, I love that.
Michael Bostic
She took a while to say that.
Sue Bell
She was.
Lauren Everts
You loved me a lot more than I loved you. And now it's. I'm a little. I went up a little bit.
Michael Bostic
She is a pain in the ass, though, I gotta be honest.
Lauren Everts
Well, sorry.
Sue Bell
She was what? She was.
Lauren Everts
You want someone that's black and white or color.
Michael Bostic
We do laugh a lot together. That's for sure.
Lauren Everts
We do laugh a lot. You got to be in on the joke, you know?
Sue Bell
My hobby is introducing people. I have 11 marriages and I. I started in college.
Michael Bostic
You have. You have.
Sue Bell
Where I've brokered.
Michael Bostic
You've brokered the deals. Okay.
Lauren Everts
That's their hobby.
Sue Bell
Isn't that great?
Lauren Everts
I love it.
Sue Bell
Some died, some got divorced, some are miserable. But I don't think you fit in there. But there's nothing like that great feeling when you've made two people happy.
Lauren Everts
Marriage is. And I'm realizing this the older I get, if it's not right for me, it's wrong. It's got to be right. There's a real finesse to it, you know, like, if you're. If you're miserable in the marriage, what's the point?
Sue Bell
Yeah. And it is supposedly forever.
Lauren Everts
I'm gonna be honest. I don't think I could do forever. If it was. If it was, I couldn't do it.
Michael Bostic
No, no, no.
Lauren Everts
I know some people, like, will stick it through for the kids. I'm not a stick.
Michael Bostic
I've never really got the logic of sticking it through for the kids because the kids are around an environment. If you're miserable in that environment, happy, like, what's. I don't think that's good.
Sue Bell
Yeah, they can pick up on. I think one of the reasons I decided not to have kids is because I grew up with a rich Protestant father's family and the mother's Catholic side, and they argued about religion all the time. It's sad because he was only 33 and they were starting to work it out when he was killed. But I remember us being very young.
Michael Bostic
How old were you when that happened?
Sue Bell
13.
Lauren Everts
Wow.
Michael Bostic
That's very traumatic. Well, spent a lot of time together.
Sue Bell
Well, it gets worse, because the next year, my mother married his best friend, who I adored. He'd signed my autograph book when I was 11, and he was so handsome. He'd never been married. The next year, he married my mother, and she was so gaga over him. We used to laugh, you know, catch them kissing a little bit. The next year, I was 15, and our house burned down. Our collie died. We had a big, beautiful collie. And so those two things happening were really depressing. But I. When I was 16, I got a job working in a men's store, which don't you know, I love that it had had a little corner of Villager Clothes, which was a preppy line of women's clothes. And I. I loved it. Work became my favorite thing.
Lauren Everts
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Michael Bostic
I E.com quick break to talk about what has quickly become my summer go to. And that is a straw tequila. Lauren and I sometimes from time to time like to host these dinner parties and events at our house. We recently just had a party and I think one of the best things you can do if you're going to host a dinner party or even have a get together at your house is maybe think about bringing on a craft cocktail bartender. I know it's a little bit of an investment, but it really the atmosphere of a party. And also as the host, there's nothing worse than running around back and forth trying to get all your guests drinks all the time. So one thing that can kind of change the party is you bring on somebody who understands cocktails. Maybe it's a friend, maybe it's someone you know from work, maybe it's a bartender that you hire and you can just do it for a couple hours. But we like to do is have people come over and have these welcome drinks and then kind of this kind of set cocktail menu throughout the night. And the last one we did, we used a straw tequila and we had the Anejo and we're making tequila Old Fashioned. A lot of people think that you can only do this with whiskey, but actually tequila specifically anejo makes a phenomenal old fashioned with a little bit of chocolate mole bitters and maybe an orange rind. And like I said, you have a tequila Old Fashioned. That's incredible. And then my personal favorite go to margarita, which I call the Michael Perfect Margarita. Even though there's. It's not my recipe and it's just the classic tequila recipe, which is three, two, one. It's three parts tequila, two parts, like a Cointreau, not triple sec Cointreau, and then, you know, some fresh lime juice. And we had a craft cocktail bartender make these up and hand them out at the party. And it just completely changes the atmosphere. It allows you as the host to enjoy your home and your guests. And it allows the guests to experience a really good cocktail on entry and make it feel like, you know, you've put some extra effort into it as it relates to a straw. Like I said, my favorite is the reposado. I think it comes with a little bit of a different flavor profile. Many people use the blanco when it comes to margaritas, which is completely fine. But I think the reposado adds a little bit of like maybe a more spicy floral taste, which I personally like. And then I think if you're going to try that tequila old fashioned, which is essentially just an old fashioned with a tequila base, the anejo, and then maybe if you were going to do a sipping cocktail or something on the rocks, you do the blanco or maybe a paloma. But for me, Estrall has been a huge standout in the tequila space because it's high quality. And it's so important to get a high quality tequila if you're going to drink tequila because many that have poor experiences with tequila are usually drinking a tequila of lesser quality and that's definitely not going to give you a good time. So you want to go with something like a straw because it, it is affordable, it's high quality and the flavor profiles are incredible and it's going to leave you feeling good in the morning. And Estrall has quickly become my go to for tequila margaritas at home. It's an affordable, great tasting tequila that mixes beautifully into just about any cocktail, especially a margarita. Austral's award winning quality and taste has an agave forward citrus profile that adds a burst of brightness to any cocktail. And housemarque summer is here, so it's time to stock up. Go to www.A-S-T-R-A-L-T-E q u I l a.com to find a straw near you and don't forget the limes. Please enjoy responsibly.
Lauren Everts
I think maybe one of the things that people find so attractive about you on the Internet is that you have had, you know, adversity and you're so resilient and you're like a spitfire and you have this point of view and it's inspiring for me to like. I love watching all your stories. It's. You can feel that you've had grit and you can feel that you have depth in different layers that probably comes from when you were little.
Sue Bell
Thank you. That's a lovely compliment.
Lauren Everts
I mean, you can feel when people follow you, there's a real honesty about you and it's attractive.
Sue Bell
I get a wonderful comment compliment that I'm authentic and I think that what you just gave me is a definition of authenticity.
Lauren Everts
I just want to know if you're going to write my compliment in your compliment box.
Sue Bell
Yes, yes.
Lauren Everts
And you'll say, I want to be featured in the compliment book and you.
Sue Bell
Give me some photos to put in there.
Lauren Everts
I have all different kinds of ones, especially at this stage of pregnancy.
Sue Bell
You're beautiful, Allie McGraw. Has anybody ever told you that?
Lauren Everts
No. One's ever told me that.
Sue Bell
Okay, well.
Lauren Everts
And I just read her autobiography.
Michael Bostic
That's a good compliment.
Lauren Everts
It's a very nice compliment. Thank you. So when you were in Palm beach, after being on social media and being this public figure and you're walking around and you're going to St. Ambrose, do people come up to you all the time?
Sue Bell
Yes.
Lauren Everts
So you're like. You're literally a celebrity there.
Sue Bell
I have this neighbor and I just moved in about a year ago. We got it all fixed up. She's from North Carolina. She's a big decorator. And she went.
Lauren Everts
Cybelle.
Sue Bell
Is that Cyrille? And I get that a lot. Not as dramatic as Francie, but yeah. In restaurants and people. And. Can I have a picture? Because my sister loves you. They never say they love you, but they have a brother or a sister. You know, my aunt. We got that today at the airport. It's always fun. And about 15 years ago, I slipped at a car wash and I broke my ankle. My wrist. Wrist, not ankle. And that's why I always wear a bracelet. And that night, I was very depressed, and we were at the beach Club and George Hamilton was in the buffet line. And I've always. I was so crazy about him. I said, oh, I voted for you on Dancing with the Stars, which is really a jerky thing. I mean, I never did that before, but. And he made a movie about Hank Williams, a country western singer. And so I was. Plus, he was gorgeous. And I voted for you. And then he goes, oh, hi, Ashley. How are you? It's George. And ever. I mean, ever since then, I have always been so sweet to anybody that recognizes me because.
Lauren Everts
So he was sweet or he was not? No, he was disgusting.
Sue Bell
He totally blew me off and went to my friend.
Lauren Everts
Big mistake. George Hamilton.
Sue Bell
Wrist feeling sad.
Lauren Everts
Ooh, big mistake.
Sue Bell
And I voted dancing.
Lauren Everts
And she voted for you. George Hamilton. That is a big mistake. I hope he's listening when he listens.
Michael Bostic
To this show, which he's a regular listener.
Lauren Everts
He'll be.
Sue Bell
Now, I'm friends with him son who goes out with one of my friends.
Lauren Everts
Yeah. And you're the mayor of Palm beach, so I wouldn't fuck around with you. What do you think that the mistake that women my age are making right now when it comes to dating, meaning probably from 20 to. To 40. What do you see as a mistake?
Sue Bell
Well, you know what? The big mistake is coming off needy.
Lauren Everts
You know, I think you might be. I think this is my spirit animal. I literally knew she was gonna say that. Yeah. Talk more about being needy.
Sue Bell
You know, he didn't call me and do you think I should call him back? Is it okay to text and you know, just chill? You know, this therapist told me, you are enough. And that's what I think women should keep telling themselves. Or get a needlepoint pillow with you are enough.
Lauren Everts
That would sell out if you made that pillow. You know, I also think, and I feel like, you know this, you're the queen of this. Probably men want to hunt and if they want to call you and they want to text you, they will pick up the phone and do it. So instead of what's the point of waiting around?
Sue Bell
Well, Palm beach is a little difficult. You know, men die before women, sadly. And so there are some few men around town and they're creepy.
Lauren Everts
Oh, they are.
Sue Bell
And they're treated like Brad Pitt because there are very few cool guys around. I tell everybody that I think they should go on social media. I mean, you can have a cup of coffee with anybody. Don't waste your time on a dinner day, you know, because, you know, 15 minutes into it if they're a jerk or not.
Lauren Everts
I agree. So I agree. The dinner date's too long.
Michael Bostic
Meaning, like go to the coffee first because you can tell quickly you don't have to spend a whole night at dinner.
Sue Bell
Absolutely.
Michael Bostic
I've heard some women say that they won't go. And I'm. Listen, I haven't been single for a long time, but like I've, I have young, I work with a lot of women. I have sisters. I have, I've heard a lot of them say, like, they won't go out with the guy if he won't take them to dinner.
Sue Bell
Oh, that's a big mistake.
Lauren Everts
I, if I was single, I would not want to go to dinner. That's. It's too long in the tooth. No, I want, I can know. I'll know right away. Like you said, I think a cocktail is appropriate, but absolutely. I love a heart out. That's my favorite thing. A heart out.
Sue Bell
What's that?
Lauren Everts
A hard out is like I can meet you at 6, but I have a hard out at 6:45. I have to leave at 6:45.
Sue Bell
Oh, absolutely. That's great.
Lauren Everts
Then I have optionality. If I like you, I'll stay on the date, but if I don't, I have a hard out and ooh, I can't go a minute over 6:45 because that hard out is just so hard.
Sue Bell
It sounded a little sexual, what you were saying.
Michael Bostic
Maybe it always.
Lauren Everts
What mistake do you think Men are.
Sue Bell
Making right now thinking they're too cool.
Lauren Everts
Yeah.
Sue Bell
You know, just not being honest. Yeah.
Lauren Everts
Being cheaty.
Sue Bell
Yeah. Yeah. That's not cool. That's not cool.
Lauren Everts
There's a lot of cheating going on, huh?
Sue Bell
I guess there is, but I always say until you've walked in somebody's shoes, you shouldn't judge.
Lauren Everts
Yeah. I mean, that's a good one.
Sue Bell
I'm not saying have dates with married guys. It's cool, but, you know, there are situations where divorce is expensive.
Lauren Everts
Yeah.
Sue Bell
You know, and. And you don't know what's going on. I don't know. I don't think it's easy. I think you two are blessed. I was blessed. You know, it really is if you find the right person and treasure them.
Lauren Everts
I think it's probably very expensive in Palm beach to get divorced.
Sue Bell
Probably.
Lauren Everts
Yeah. So maybe there are situationships that work.
Sue Bell
Yeah. I have a friend, she was. She died, but she was. She was so funny. She'd say, don't say somebody's wealthy. Say they're rich. She'd tell me all this sort of gossipy stuff and. But she'd say, just don't tell them that I told you. She had an affair with this man. This was in Southampton. They would go to cocktail parties together. Everybody knew about it. And then her husband dated. You know, it was in the 60s, so I don't know. You know, you.
Lauren Everts
Everyone's different that.
Sue Bell
Until you walk in somebody's shoes. I love that. You know, it's empathy.
Michael Bostic
Speaking of parties, I hear about these parties in Palm Beach. What's the wildest party you've ever been to in Palm Beach?
Lauren Everts
What are the parties in Palm Beach? Tell us about that.
Sue Bell
Well, I do know this girl. It's like a jillionaire. And every year she has a big party at the Everglades Club. And she must have like 200 people. It's just over the top. This club is gorgeous. Flowers, the food. One year it was. We all wore turbans. I don't know. She had everybody wear these beautiful silk turbans. I've held onto my turban in case I ever need it, but they're. I don't know. When I lived in Rochester in the 80s, in early 90s, it was sort of a dinner party kind of thing. And I don't know if it's Covid or what, but one thing they do, there's a place called the Colony Club. I did do a meet and greet there that was really fun. And on Sunday night they have bingo. And Monday Night, they have trivia.
Lauren Everts
Michael loves trivia.
Sue Bell
Yeah, that, to me, is a great place to go. Oh, and on Thursday night, they have gay night, so, you know, it's really fun. And it's hotel that's been there since 1926. I think they used to have a framed picture, a framed check that the Duke of Windsor wrote for $150. He had stayed there for a week.
Lauren Everts
Is there a lot of celebrities and royalty that come through Palm Beach?
Sue Bell
Well, we have Stilester, Stallone, and I sort of. What do you call it when you track somebody?
Michael Bostic
Stalking.
Sue Bell
Yeah, I sort of stalked this girl. She was in the. The Fruits, and I stalked her over to the baloney area. And I said, I just have to tell you, you are so beautiful, because people will say that to me. And it's, you know, it's a nice thing to do. And it was Sylvester Stallone's wife, and she said, oh, thank you. And then I saw her again, and she said, oh, yes, we've met before. So that was sort of sweet. But, yeah, because of the horseback thing. The Wellington is a big horse area. It's about 30 minutes outside of Palm beach, and it's the horse capital of the world, which I didn't really know about. So we get like, Mayor Bloomberg's daughter and Bruce Springsteen's kid.
Lauren Everts
It's kind of. Kind of like becoming a place, too, I feel like, for younger people, too.
Sue Bell
Oh, well, because of COVID people left New York, they rented in Palm beach, they fell in love with it, and then they bought.
Lauren Everts
I think that's cool, though. It's the juxtaposition of both. Of both.
Michael Bostic
Well, Mar A Lago is down there now, too, so it's becoming like the second capital of the country because of. Because of everything that's going on with the administration. A lot of people are down there.
Sue Bell
And a lot of people are buying homes. You know, the real estate market has. Well, you know, my little Penthouse story. A lot of people are wanting to live. It's the quality of life. The bad thing that's happened is it's so hard to find a good school because, you know, everybody has kids and there aren't that many schools.
Michael Bostic
Aren't they working on bringing that down? More schools down there now, though? I thought I read an article that.
Sue Bell
A couple like Bill Koch has a school. And let me see. Well, they have the day school, which is a darling little school. Everybody that grew up in Palm beach went to the day school, but there's only, you know, they only have so many Places for the kids. There's a big public school, but that's become an issue. You know, of course, I don't have kids, thank God. But, you know, people have said we have a friend that has a facial place, and she wants her daughter to go to this particular school. Catholic school. Just couldn't get in. You know, it was too crowded.
Lauren Everts
What do you think is the best tips for when it comes to presenting yourself as a woman? You talked about the loafer. What are. What are your, like, beauty secrets and tips?
Sue Bell
Look your very best at all times.
Lauren Everts
Oh, my gosh. You and Michael should hang out. That's Michael's tip, too.
Sue Bell
Michael, makeup.
Lauren Everts
Okay.
Sue Bell
Okay.
Lauren Everts
I love these tips.
Sue Bell
Lose the black. If you're going. If you're going to the gym, which is great, you should stay thin or as thin as you can, go home and take a shower and put on a pretty outfit.
Lauren Everts
Ugh. I have to take a shower after the gym.
Sue Bell
Yeah. Sorry.
Lauren Everts
It's a lot of work. Sue Bell.
Michael Bostic
I'm gonna record this and play it. I'm leaving for her.
Lauren Everts
A lot of work. Come on. You want me to take a shower after I go to the gym?
Sue Bell
You would not believe how awful some of these women look in the grocery store. Our grocery store is like a cocktail party. You see everybody, you know, And I see women looking just like dogs, really. And they have great jewelry and great clothes, but they only wear them to these stupid luncheons. The luncheons are. Will kill you. You have to be there, like, at 11:30. Everybody's overdressed. They really just want money. There's always, you know, walking around. Get more money, more money. And they go on till about three in the afternoon. The day is just shot, and you're drinking probably.
Lauren Everts
So you're, like, exhausted by three.
Sue Bell
Yeah. And all you want to do is take a nap. But it's so boring. I eat a whole bread basket by myself because it's like, so. But that's.
Michael Bostic
Why do you go?
Sue Bell
Because they asked me.
Lauren Everts
Sometimes you have to.
Sue Bell
And I have some wonderful. People are so sweet. It's like they're happy to see you.
Lauren Everts
But what you're saying is that the supermarket is an opportunity to dress up, to, like, maybe do a little schmoozy. Schmooze.
Sue Bell
Yeah. There's acute. Oh, he's getting older, but who isn't? Plastic surgeon. And every time I see him, he said, you look so beautiful. And it's like, oh, you know, guys would say that. They wouldn't say that. If you go in with Your sneakers and your black Lulus on.
Lauren Everts
So you're. You don't like the color black Lululemon or you don't like the color black to wear?
Sue Bell
No.
Lauren Everts
I noticed you're in navy.
Sue Bell
Yeah, I love navy. Love chocolate. Chocolate and pale blue. But if you're working out, black is cool. But don't spend the day in black.
Lauren Everts
Is it because you feel like it looks like you're, like, working at, like. Why don't you like the color black? I've heard this from a lot of people.
Sue Bell
It's sort of drab. It's not flattering on everybody. I mean, when I lived in New York, I lived on. Oh, I didn't tell you. Happiest time in my life. We bought a penthouse. Not a penthouse, an apartment at 891 Park Avenue between 78 and 79.
Michael Bostic
I like that area.
Sue Bell
Oh, I loved it. And Richard would stay in Palm beach to play tennis, and I would go back to New York and take acting lessons, but I could never remember my lines. That's why this pod stuff is. Is okay. I can just talk. But yeah, I love. In New York, you wear a lot of black.
Lauren Everts
So you're just fatigued of black.
Sue Bell
Yeah, it's tiring. And I always tell people, okay, if you want to wear white with black, don't wear a white shirt and black pants because they'll think you're a caterer.
Lauren Everts
Is that what you're wearing?
Michael Bostic
No. Chocolate.
Lauren Everts
Oh, he's wearing chocolate. He wins.
Sue Bell
That's my boy.
Lauren Everts
That's your boy. You're wearing chocolate.
Sue Bell
You're in black, right? She's pregnant.
Lauren Everts
Yeah. What am I. I can't wear white right now.
Sue Bell
No, No.
Lauren Everts
I can't wear white. Guys, I. I'll look like the marshmallow.
Sue Bell
They stop at your face. Really?
Lauren Everts
Okay, just. Let's stop right here.
Sue Bell
Yeah. Gorgeous.
Lauren Everts
Okay. Teeth.
Sue Bell
Thank you. You did well, Michael.
Michael Bostic
Well, I will say I'm happy.
Sue Bell
You tracked her, right?
Michael Bostic
I tracked her for a long time. I was like, God. Took a long time, too. About long time.
Sue Bell
Well, that's what it's all about.
Lauren Everts
Yeah, that is what it's all about. How did you keep it spicy? In a marriage that was. You said 38 years.
Sue Bell
Oh, gosh. Well, we had a rule for a while. We had our 10 second kiss.
Lauren Everts
What's that?
Sue Bell
Because I just, like, buzz them.
Lauren Everts
I thought you were gonna say 10 seconds, something else.
Sue Bell
10 second watch.
Lauren Everts
I thought he was gonna say something else. A ten second lane.
Sue Bell
Gone but not forgotten. Right?
Lauren Everts
A ten second kiss. What does that Mean?
Sue Bell
Well, that means you, you have to keep kissing for 10 seconds because you.
Michael Bostic
Would just go quick and then.
Sue Bell
Yeah. And. And, and I would say, hand me that. He'd say, please is a very nice word. And I'd say, well, I was going to say thank you, but you know, like having. Treating them like you would treat somebody you were trying to impress.
Lauren Everts
Oh, that's a lot of work.
Sue Bell
Yeah, I know. It is a lot of work, but so is being happy.
Lauren Everts
I know. You know what? I'm gonna insist we do a 10 second kiss.
Michael Bostic
I'm gonna insist that you use basic manners then.
Lauren Everts
Okay, that's the deal. We need to. See, that's marriage. It's the deal. Right.
Sue Bell
I'm gonna insist that you take off your blouse.
Michael Bostic
Well, that's more of a demand.
Sue Bell
Yeah. What else do you do to keep it spicy?
Lauren Everts
What are the things you guys did together?
Sue Bell
Oh, in the morning on Fridays, we would go to Newport for the weekend and he would start dancing. And he called it the new pea dance because. Newport. But we always took two cars. And people would say, you take two cars to Newport, it's only 86 miles away. But we didn't get along in the car, you know.
Lauren Everts
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Michael Bostic
This is amazing what would happen in the car.
Lauren Everts
You guys are just two cars.
Sue Bell
Yeah, we had to do two cars.
Lauren Everts
This is interesting. We fight sometimes in the cars, too. Go ahead.
Sue Bell
Well, our first Christmas and I got angry because he spent too much money. He got from Fo Schwartz one of those little kitty steering wheels, you know, and that was supposed to be funny, but I didn't think it was funny.
Michael Bostic
He put it in the passenger seat for you?
Sue Bell
No, he gave it to me as a Christmas gift. You know, they give him to children because of the way I drove. I still have. Oh, when we would get in the car, this was funny. He would go crash position.
Lauren Everts
Why? Because he thought you were a bad driver.
Sue Bell
Yeah.
Lauren Everts
Wait, but I have a solve for this.
Sue Bell
What?
Lauren Everts
I don't drive, he drives. I don't pump gas. And I'll tell you why. Why am I married if I don't have him to drive me around and pump the gas? That needs to be a caveat of the marriage, I think.
Sue Bell
Don't you like to drive your own style? What if he drives too slow?
Lauren Everts
No, I. I'm not.
Michael Bostic
I'm like the Three Little Bears. I'm not too slow. Not too fast.
Lauren Everts
Yeah, you are just right.
Sue Bell
Yeah. Oh, then that's.
Lauren Everts
I don't want to drive. Did you want to Drive.
Michael Bostic
She goes, too slow.
Lauren Everts
She puts me as someone that likes to. To be chauffeured around.
Sue Bell
No, I like to.
Lauren Everts
You like to drive?
Sue Bell
Drive and get where I'm going. And I don't. I don't want to slow down at a yellow light. I want to go through it. And I would say, hurry up, hurry up.
Lauren Everts
So you guys would fight over how to drive.
Sue Bell
Yeah. So we took. Had separate cars, and that kept the.
Lauren Everts
Marriage nice and alive.
Sue Bell
You want to know what a precious guy he was?
Lauren Everts
What?
Sue Bell
Well, there was a black Lexus in our back driveway at this condo we lived in. And every time I would go out, I'd say, oh, I love that car. It was just so good looking. And a few years later, I was. It was my birthday and we were going out the front door where we had a parking space, and somebody was in my space. And I said, oh, God damn it. I'm gonna go talk to the manager. This is ridiculous. And he said, wait, I think there's a card on the steering wheel. And he had bought me a black Lexus. I know.
Lauren Everts
Thoughtful. Yeah, Very, very thoughtful.
Sue Bell
Yes.
Lauren Everts
What were his hobbies? Did he like to read? You said, you mentioned tennis. What are the things?
Sue Bell
Golf and tennis and, and. And friends.
Lauren Everts
Golf and tennis and friends.
Sue Bell
And that's what you need. Friends are. Are where it's at.
Lauren Everts
Did you guys. Were you guys out in Palm beach together all the time?
Sue Bell
Yeah, we had. I don't cook. It's never been my thing. So we go out to dinner like six or seven nights a week and I would cook. I said once, I said, this isn't very good, is it? And he said, no, it's not.
Lauren Everts
You know what? It could get worse. I poisoned my husband.
Michael Bostic
She cooked me turkey one time and didn't cook the turkey and literally poisoned me. Because, you know, you have to cook.
Lauren Everts
Can't be perfect in every area. Well, I can't be perfect.
Michael Bostic
We'll just go out to dinner instead.
Lauren Everts
I don't have the capacity.
Sue Bell
You know what's cool is a crock pot.
Lauren Everts
Crock pot is cool.
Sue Bell
Yeah, crock pot. Sour cream becomes stroganoff. Wine became beef bourguignon.
Michael Bostic
Chef's also cool.
Lauren Everts
Someone help you cook school too?
Michael Bostic
Yeah.
Lauren Everts
So did he get to see. See your success as this social media sensation?
Sue Bell
Yes, yes. I. I posted pictures of a couple pictures of us and read it, read him the comments. He just loved it.
Lauren Everts
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Sue Bell
Well, I was walking down the street with a friend. We were going to a trunk show, and this girl popped out and said, what are you wearing? And it was like, oh. And we got 16,000 hits, like, overnight. And then she asked me to do it alone, and I did, and I did very well. It's called the Class of Palm Beach. And this girl's been very successful. And she'll just pop up and talk to people and say, what are you wearing? And she likes to ask about your fragrance. It's very interesting, but I just fell into a vat of butter because I've had a couple people say, I think you should do this. And I think you've got a quality that people want.
Lauren Everts
Did Palm Royale interview you about that show? Because the show seems like it was pretty on the nose.
Sue Bell
Well, I know that the creator follows me. I've never really had any contact with them.
Lauren Everts
They should put you on that show. That would be so.
Sue Bell
That would be cool.
Michael Bostic
Are they going to do another season?
Lauren Everts
I love that.
Sue Bell
I think they're doing it a second time. Did you watch the whole thing?
Lauren Everts
I watched the whole thing. I loved it. And it really. I think it captured an essence. And they should put you on that show.
Sue Bell
Okay. Can you make a call?
Lauren Everts
Let's get it go. I'm looking into the camera.
Michael Bostic
Get it out onto the airwaves.
Lauren Everts
Yeah, put it out in the ether.
Sue Bell
I'm mad for Carol Burnett. We were in Boston at a Broadway show. You know, they come out in Boston before they go to New York. And she was in the ladies room. And I told her I was a big fan. And she was so lovely, and I loved her on that show.
Lauren Everts
The show is so good.
Sue Bell
I did a Palm Royale, was Palm Beach 1969. They asked me to do a Palm Beach 1920, 2024. We did a tour of Worth Avenue, which is our shopping, our Madison Avenue, and. And then we went to the Brazilian Court, really fancy restaurant. And then we went to the Four Arts, which is a library. They have ballet and opera. It's just wonderful. The Society of the Four Arts.
Lauren Everts
I'd like to go to a ballet or an opera, if you're wondering. Michael.
Sue Bell
Okay.
Lauren Everts
I'd like to go to a ballet.
Sue Bell
And get like for Christmas. Give her tickets.
Michael Bostic
It's good over there like around November. December, January. Yeah, that's.
Lauren Everts
Yeah.
Sue Bell
When should we come to the season starts Thanksgiving. Yeah, but really Christmas.
Lauren Everts
Everybody comes time to come have a martini lunch with you.
Sue Bell
Oh, anytime.
Lauren Everts
Oh, okay. We're in.
Sue Bell
I haven't traveled for four years. I didn't leave. But I used to always go Memorial Day. I would come leave Palm beach and go to New York. And then at Christmas, well, it's fun to go at Thanksgiving because they have a walk down Worth Avenue and they light this beautiful Christmas tree right in the middle of the street and it's called the Worth Avenue Stroll. And then, you know, everybody's back in town at Christmas. It's really, it's fun.
Lauren Everts
I have some rapid fire questions for you.
Sue Bell
Hit me.
Lauren Everts
Do you get hit on by younger men?
Sue Bell
Oh, yes. Yes, I can see that.
Michael Bostic
It's the confidence.
Sue Bell
I.
Michael Bostic
Among other things.
Sue Bell
Not really, but a girl knows, you know.
Lauren Everts
Remember Frank Sinatra said it shouldn't be a staring contest.
Michael Bostic
I love that line.
Lauren Everts
You should got you should. You have to say something back.
Michael Bostic
I'm aware.
Lauren Everts
What nail polish colors should girls be wearing? I. I saw you had a point of view on this on your Instagram story.
Sue Bell
Very clear.
Lauren Everts
Rip my nails apart. Come on.
Sue Bell
They're very.
Lauren Everts
No, they're a little too vampy.
Sue Bell
No, they're very girly.
Lauren Everts
You're like. Normally my nails are like yours. So what's the color we should be wearing?
Sue Bell
I think this is ballet slipper, but it might even be lighter than that.
Lauren Everts
Ballet slipper. What about perfume? What's the fragrance?
Sue Bell
Oh, I love Frederick Mal. He has carnal flower. Have you ever heard of Frederick Mal?
Lauren Everts
Yes, I have.
Sue Bell
Okay. I love all of this fragrances.
Lauren Everts
Okay. I'm going to look into the one you recommend.
Sue Bell
Yeah, he'll go crazy.
Lauren Everts
What's the brand that you think is a great brand for women?
Sue Bell
Oh, I love. Well, Ralph ever since I was 21.
Michael Bostic
Can never go wrong with Ralph.
Sue Bell
Ralph is classic J. Crew. I love McLaughlin. Jet McLaughlin. Let me see. I always say I'm very town and country with a few buttons unbuttoned.
Lauren Everts
That's a great, amazing description.
Sue Bell
You like that, huh? I modeled for Talbots. They, you know, they're not really fashion forward, but their quality is wonderful and.
Lauren Everts
Yeah, what do you think that the older generation is getting wrong?
Sue Bell
They're not. They're not staying cute.
Lauren Everts
They're just letting it go.
Sue Bell
Yeah.
Lauren Everts
Okay. And what about the younger generation? You mentioned a couple things, but give us a couple more.
Sue Bell
Too short, Too low. I get. Girls in their 30s seem to really like what I say. And do you know they're a little tired of really, really short and really, really low and sloppy.
Lauren Everts
Or so you don't like, like slutty outfits is what you're saying?
Sue Bell
No, I. I think white jeans and a white Brooks Brothers shirt with a good looking belt.
Michael Bostic
Classics.
Lauren Everts
Yeah, I agree. I think the slutty look is not. It's not. It.
Sue Bell
It's not.
Michael Bostic
The classics are the classics for a reason.
Lauren Everts
Also leave a little to the imagination, right?
Sue Bell
Yeah, but you can unbutton.
Lauren Everts
But unbutton it like Town and Country. What's one thing everyone needs to stop doing immediately?
Sue Bell
Chewing gum. Oh, yeah.
Lauren Everts
What's your go to cocktail?
Sue Bell
Let me see. I really, really. I stopped drinking years ago.
Lauren Everts
Okay, well, then that's not a good question.
Sue Bell
Pellegrino.
Lauren Everts
Okay.
Sue Bell
Sparkling Pellegrino. I did a video. I think it got like 2 million hits. I. I was opening my kitchen door and I said Jarlsberg cheese and Pellegrino orange. Pellegrino sent me four cases of Pellegrino orange.
Lauren Everts
You know what? Pellegrino. I think she should be on the next billboard and you should do a whole campaign with her.
Michael Bostic
No, those Pellegrino fruit ones are really good.
Sue Bell
They're wonderful with club soda.
Lauren Everts
And what's with the Jarlsberg cheese? Do we need to get that one?
Sue Bell
Oh, we just love it.
Lauren Everts
Yeah, it's just you have like the chunk of cheese, you chop it up.
Sue Bell
I love Costco.
Lauren Everts
Okay.
Sue Bell
Do you have Costco around here?
Lauren Everts
We love.
Michael Bostic
My dad, I think is the mayor of Costco. He might be the only person that doesn't get carded at Costco.
Sue Bell
Well, I do Instacart Costco. So they bring it to your house.
Michael Bostic
Oh, that. I would do that.
Sue Bell
And you get a wedge as big as that Square for like $12. And if you go to stop and shop, that much is like $40. So. I'm a big Costco fan.
Lauren Everts
Okay. Jarlsberg cheese.
Michael Bostic
I didn't know they did Instacart Costco. Do you have to have the card still?
Sue Bell
Of course.
Michael Bostic
Interesting.
Lauren Everts
What's the most extra thing in your daily routine? Meaning the most extravagant thing you do?
Sue Bell
Oh, I like to put perfume on before I go to bed.
Lauren Everts
Oh.
Sue Bell
Alone? I. I went for my. My stepfather's funeral and my sister and I had to share A room. And I put on perfume. She said, you really are a princess. So I've always remembered she said that. But it's just part of my, you know, nightly routine. You gotta put some perfume on.
Lauren Everts
Last question. If someone wants to date you.
Sue Bell
Yes.
Lauren Everts
What are your requirements? And you can get as detailed as you want.
Sue Bell
I like tall. I like hair. I like pretty eyes. I like shiny shoes. Not patent leather, but, you know, nice shoes. I do not like long pants. I call them deputy dog pants.
Michael Bostic
Like, you mean baggy pants like that. Not him.
Sue Bell
Not.
Michael Bostic
Not. They've not been tailored.
Sue Bell
Not tailored.
Michael Bostic
Okay.
Sue Bell
I just did a video. We were in New York, and they don't wear black shoes anymore. In New York, everybody wears brown shoes. So I had Allie. Every time we saw brown shoes, I'd say, take a picture.
Lauren Everts
You want brown shoes, though, right?
Sue Bell
I like brown.
Lauren Everts
You like the brown shoes. Okay. What else?
Sue Bell
Tailored classic, Brooks Brothers, you know, not Euro.
Lauren Everts
You know, what about personality?
Sue Bell
Oh, God, yes. You have to make me laugh.
Lauren Everts
Okay.
Sue Bell
You have to text me a lot.
Lauren Everts
Okay.
Sue Bell
Richard used to leave messages in different accents.
Lauren Everts
You know, I'd like a different accent.
Michael Bostic
I'm gonna get a voice changing up.
Lauren Everts
So mix it up. Keep it spicy.
Sue Bell
Absolutely.
Lauren Everts
I do actually have one more question just to round this out. Before you go. This is from my friend Mark. Great example of age is just a number advice to people who feel like they missed their calling and fear it's too late.
Sue Bell
Oh, you are enough. It's like life is chapters. Let's make the this one your best.
Lauren Everts
Agreed.
Sue Bell
Okay.
Lauren Everts
And you're doing a fabulous job.
Sue Bell
Thank you.
Lauren Everts
I mean, you are an icon. I will say, the entire office was so excited that you were coming in. You've got a special sparkle to you. You should be so proud of everything you've created. I will be coming to Palm Beach. Book a trip, Michael.
Michael Bostic
We're coming. We're coming.
Sue Bell
I've got a guest room. It's twin beds, but that's okay.
Michael Bostic
Just push them together maybe, but.
Sue Bell
Well, yeah, I don't know if I.
Michael Bostic
Could be that separated.
Sue Bell
Be creative.
Michael Bostic
I might have a.
Lauren Everts
Do a little Lucy and Ricky situation. I like that. That gives me some air, some space. I think in a relationship you gotta have a little air. You gotta have a little space. You gotta have a little quiet time. Yeah.
Sue Bell
I dated a guy and he said, oh, we always have to be in the same room. And I said, no, I. I don't care for that.
Lauren Everts
I don't care.
Michael Bostic
What did you say to me the other day? I was upstair. Own thing. You're like, oh, you've been a little detached from the family. I said, well, get used to it.
Lauren Everts
Because I didn't say that. I. He was on his video game, and I'm 6,000 years pregnant.
Michael Bostic
Best time to be on the video game.
Lauren Everts
And I need someone to be constantly taking care of my children with me. And so I like to throw in a little jab, which is like, get your ass downstairs. And I like her to learn.
Michael Bostic
She lives to learn. To miss me a little bit. I have to.
Lauren Everts
No, no, no.
Michael Bostic
Go away for a while.
Lauren Everts
We can go. We could take a little separation.
Sue Bell
Separate but equal.
Lauren Everts
But you better be helping with the kids.
Michael Bostic
We're gonna try the separate car thing because now that you've talked about it.
Lauren Everts
No, I don't like to drive.
Michael Bostic
Have you ever seen that joke on the Internet that's like. It's the guy talking to his wife in the car and she says, stop. And he goes, oh, thank God you're in the car. I was planning on smashing into the back of that person if you weren't here.
Lauren Everts
Well, you guys. You guys are annoying at driving. But I still don't like to drive.
Michael Bostic
She'll scream, stop. And the car is like a football field away.
Sue Bell
That's why I love New York City. I love the subways. Yeah, they're so fast.
Michael Bostic
That's still the best way to get around.
Sue Bell
And it's fun people watching. It's one of my favorite things to do. And I love watching you too. You're adorable and you're attractive and fun.
Michael Bostic
Thank God I wore chocolate pants today instead of black ones.
Sue Bell
Yeah, thank God. No, it's. It's an honor to be invited.
Lauren Everts
Come back anytime. Where can everyone shop your shoe? Collaboration. Where can they find you? Pimp yourself out. Sual.
Sue Bell
Oh, Stubbs and Wooten. It's fabulous. They're sual men and women. They're only 325. I have about 50 pairs. I've been buying them for 20 years. The man that started them is Cuban. He's almost royalty. And he was a designer for another company. Just went out of my brain. But they're like. Stubbs and Wooten is like Bergdorf's in New York. It's on Worth Avenue. And they're wonderful. They make a black velvet with a palm tree on it. That's my favorite to wear in New York. So it's like, yes, I'm from Palm Beach.
Lauren Everts
Now you have your own pair. You guys can go shop. And where can everyone follow you? And buy your memoir?
Sue Bell
Oh, I'm not sure. I'll let you know. Just follow me on Instagram. That'd be great.
Lauren Everts
And what's your Instagram?
Sue Bell
Sue Bell.
Lauren Everts
Sue Bell.
Sue Bell
Just Sue Bell.
Lauren Everts
And on Tick Tock. Right?
Sue Bell
Yeah.
Lauren Everts
Sue Bell. Tick Tock.
Michael Bostic
We'll link it all out, we'll put it in the notes.
Lauren Everts
Thank you for coming on.
Sue Bell
Well, this has been fun.
The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast Episode Summary: Suebelle Robbins On Unshakeable Confidence, How To Stand Out, Timeless Style, & Owning Every Room You Enter Release Date: June 20, 2025
Hosts: Lauryn Bosstick & Michael Bosstick
In this engaging episode of The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast, hosts Lauryn Bosstick and Michael Bosstick welcome lifestyle blogger extraordinaire Sue Bell. The conversation delves deep into Sue's vibrant personality, her journey to becoming a Palm Beach icon, her experiences in relationships, and her timeless approach to style and confidence.
[00:04 - 01:14]
Sue Bell introduces herself by sharing her roots and the influences that shaped her charismatic personality. Growing up with a father in sales and a mother with a "very, very sarcastic wit," Sue attributes her quick wit and humor to her parents. She humorously mentions,
“I always say I haven't had an original thought in my head in about 50 years because I retain. If something's funny, I use it as you should.”
— Sue Bell [00:12]
Her innate ability to collect and reuse humorous phrases showcases her authentic and relatable nature, which has endeared her to a vast online audience.
[08:14 - 35:10]
Sue Bell recounts her transition to Palm Beach, highlighting its beauty and exclusivity. She describes Palm Beach as:
“a beautiful, manicured little five streets. Beautiful houses, everything's pink and green. Golf courses all over. Beautiful hotels like the breakers and the Colony Hotel.”
— Sue Bell [08:17]
Her anecdotes about working at the Playboy Club juxtapose her Texas roots with the glamorous Palm Beach lifestyle. Sue shares memories of interacting with notable personalities like George Hamilton and meeting Sylvester Stallone's wife, illustrating her integration into the elite social circles of Palm Beach.
Notable Quote:
“I felt like the Beatles in the 60s.”
— Lauren Everts [03:52]
This quote underscores the fame and recognition Sue experiences in Palm Beach, likening her social presence to that of global icons.
[11:59 - 43:56]
Sue Bell opens up about her personal life, discussing multiple marriages and her approach to lasting relationships. She emphasizes the importance of humor and mutual appreciation in marriage:
“My trick for marriage is he has to love you just a little bit more than you love him. And he has to make you laugh.”
— Sue Bell [16:04]
Reflecting on her 38-year marriage, Sue shares both joyous and challenging moments, including her husband's stroke and their strategies to keep their relationship vibrant, such as the "10-second kiss" rule.
Notable Quote:
“Don’t let her fool you. You've just known her for five minutes.”
— Michael Bosstick [01:55]
This playful exchange highlights the hosts' dynamic and the light-hearted nature of their interactions.
[29:21 - 35:10]
Sue Bell offers candid advice on modern dating pitfalls, particularly addressing the issue of appearing "needy." She encourages women to maintain self-worth and not to come across as desperate for attention:
“The big mistake is coming off needy. You are enough.”
— Sue Bell [29:26]
She further advises utilizing social media for dating and opting for casual meet-ups like coffee dates over lengthy dinners to quickly assess compatibility.
Notable Quote:
“Don’t say somebody's wealthy. Say they're rich.”
— Sue Bell [32:30]
This advice reflects her nuanced understanding of social interactions and the importance of perception in relationships.
[37:05 - 59:43]
A significant portion of the conversation centers around Sue Bell's timeless fashion sense and her tips for presenting oneself confidently. She stresses the importance of always looking one’s best and avoiding overuse of the color black:
“Lose the black. If you're going ... stay thin or as thin as you can, go home and take a shower and put on a pretty outfit.”
— Sue Bell [38:02]
Sue also shares her favorite brands and styles, advocating for classic pieces that leave a little to the imagination while maintaining elegance. Her preference for tailored outfits and specific color palettes underscores her refined taste.
Notable Quote:
“It's a lot of work, but so is being happy.”
— Sue Bell [43:16]
This sentiment encapsulates her belief in the effort required to maintain both personal happiness and impeccable style.
[25:27 - 29:22]
Sue Bell discusses the roots of her unshakeable confidence, attributing it to overcoming early life adversities and embracing her authentic self. Lauryn compliments her authenticity, prompting Sue to reflect on the importance of being genuine:
“I get a wonderful comment compliment that I'm authentic and I think that what you just gave me is a definition of authenticity.”
— Sue Bell [26:03]
This segment highlights the value of self-assurance and how embracing one's true self can lead to success and admiration.
[55:53 - 64:12]
In a fun and light-hearted rapid-fire segment, Sue Bell shares her preferences and quirky habits, including favorite perfumes, cocktail choices, and daily routines. Her honesty and humor shine through as she answers questions about nail polish colors, fragrance brands, and relationship requirements.
Notable Quote:
“I like to put perfume on before I go to bed. ... you have to put some perfume on.”
— Sue Bell [61:33]
This quirky habit reflects her attention to detail and dedication to personal presentation, even in private moments.
Sue Bell's appearance on The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast offers a rich tapestry of personal anecdotes, practical advice, and genuine insights into living a confident, stylish, and fulfilling life. Her journey from a Playboy Bunny to a Palm Beach icon exemplifies resilience and authenticity, inspiring listeners to embrace their true selves and navigate their social circles with grace and humor.
Key Takeaways:
Sue Bell leaves listeners motivated to enhance their own lives by applying the actionable practices and insights shared throughout the episode.
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Note: To purchase Sue Bell's memoir and explore her fashion collaborations, visit her Instagram and TikTok profiles linked above.