February 29, 2024 • 8 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:14):
I'm canceling myself. I'm canceling Rewives. So in the beginning,
the reason I did Rewives was Paul said to me,
someone's going to do this, and don't they want to
hear from the Tom Brady of housewives? Wouldn't people want
to hear your perspective? By no means would I ever
(00:38):
compare myself to the goat Tom Brady. But Paul was
being kind, and because I'm a businesswoman, and it seemed
like a good piece of business, because right, I'd be
great to do that. I heart loved it. And then
I thought of having interesting people talk about the Housewives
episodes because it would just be a vehicle. It would
(00:59):
just be talking about infidelity or marriage or children or
arguments or different cities, you know, and I really hadn't
seen most of the cities years ago. When it first started.
I watched Atlanta and I used to be entertained by it,
(01:20):
but I never really watched and I didn't even watch
New York except for the one episode i'd be sent
every week before I got it. So when I started
to do Rewives, it was like a new show to me.
It was watching something new that I had never really seen.
And I liked the guests and talking about something different,
(01:42):
not just interviewing them about themselves, but talking to them
about these plotlines. But as it went along, I started
seeing things differently then I used to see them like
I just I'm a older wiser, I'm a mother, I
am at a different point in my life. I'm in
my fifties. I value integrity and health over making it.
(02:09):
I joined The Housewife so long ago, more than fifteen
years ago, and it seemed like an adventure. I was
so broke, and it just seemed like something interesting, and
it was. I mean, Jill and I were iconic, and
it was fun. We didn't even know we were doing
like we were doing our own makeup, we were doing
our own glam, we were in our own clothes. You know,
it wasn't what it is now. It wasn't the circus
(02:30):
it is now. But all and also it's just become
so toxic now, and it's got such a bad stain
and reputation on it. Overall, it's gotten embarrassing. And so
you guys are right when you've said, why are you
still talking about it? If you left? It's a great question.
(02:50):
And I never really really felt great about doing it. Jill,
my publicist, hated that I was doing it. She said,
We've come so far to separate you from that, and
now you're walking back into it. And I thought it's
different because I am talking to different interesting people. She
never really loved it, to be fair, and I don't
know if I ever really loved it to be fair. Also,
(03:11):
I always felt a little cringe, respectfully, and I'm now
talking about something that I don't even want to talk about,
just for this show wasn't really a natural interest. And
as of late there has been so much dirt and
garbage and crap, like a dark cloud over this space,
(03:36):
this medium, this vehicle and entertainment. It just feels dirty.
It always felt somewhat dirty, it got dirtier than it
got toxic, and now it's the worst version of a
toxic dumpster fire. And I don't want to be associated
with it in any way, and I don't want to
(03:57):
talk about it. And I don't really even want to
have people on who are currently on it unless we're
talking about their kids or their motherhood or something else.
I just don't need to trash it. I just don't
want to be associated with it, and I want to
(04:17):
work on shows and projects that my daughter would be
proud of, that are a good role model for her,
that are a good example for her and for other women.
And this is not holier than now. This is not
being a hater. You know, it's me. I'm the problem.
It's me. I was dead center in it. I've done
things on reality television that I'm not proud of, and
(04:41):
I don't want to promote that. And I just don't
think it's supportive of other women. I just don't think
it's I think it's about tearing women down. We can
wrap it in bows and we can layer it in frosting,
but no matter what, it's a franchise that has really
(05:01):
thrived on women tearing women down, and I just don't
want to do it anymore. And it has devolved and
it is different than when I started. It was a
different show then. And also I want to say this,
it's really important because since meeting many of the women
on these shows after they've left, they seem like different women.
(05:22):
I relate to them differently. Yes, we're all a little
crazy and flawed, and that environment wants people to argue
and wants the drama, doesn't want the individual to win,
and whether it's Luanne or Dorried or Kelly or Leah
or Caroline or Phaedra or Candy or Tamra or anyone,
(05:51):
I don't want those women to fail. And I've liked
most of them when i've met them outside of that environment.
It's only that environment that has pitted any of us
against each other. Because I could tell you if I
met Leah Black or Vicky or Cynthia Bailey or Kim
(06:16):
Zolziak or Nini or anyone at a cocktail party or
at the gym or in any other environment, I'm sure
i'd really like them a lot. It's this space that
has been terrible for women, and I don't want to
be fraudulent and continuing to perpetuate that. When I left Housewives,
(06:41):
I was choosing integrity my daughter. I'm being a good
example over money, and it's the same thing now. I
can't choose business or money over morality and integrity. And
(07:01):
I'm going to replace the show with something fun and
interesting and something that I would be proud to include
my daughter and I would be proud for her to
listen to, and that I think is a good example
for her, and hopefully empowering and inspiring and interesting to women.
(07:26):
I'm not trashing anyone. I'm not better than anything. This
show just doesn't reflect where I am in my life
and what I want to be discussing and promoting. I
called iHeart today and said I don't want to do
this anymore. I don't want to do this show anymore,
(07:47):
and they said, amazing, Let's do one of the other
shows you've wanted to do. So I really am grateful
to iHeart for this platform where if I don't want
to talk about it, they don't want to air it.
If I'm not passionate about it or it's not important
to me, they don't want to do it. So I'm really,
(08:08):
really lucky to have such an amazing partner that I
can call ten minutes ago and say I don't want
to do this anymore, and they could say, no problem,
let's do that other good idea you had. So thank
you to iHeart, iHeart, iHeart. Don't worry. You can still
listen to my rants and my amazing interviews on Just
(08:30):
Be So I love podcasting and I love you guys
and you girls, and I'm so grateful for your listenership.
More soon
I'm canceling myself. I'm canceling Rewives. So in the beginning,
the reason I did Rewives was Paul said to me,
someone's going to do this, and don't they want to
hear from the Tom Brady of housewives? Wouldn't people want
to hear your perspective? By no means would I ever
(00:38):
compare myself to the goat Tom Brady. But Paul was
being kind, and because I'm a businesswoman, and it seemed
like a good piece of business, because right, I'd be
great to do that. I heart loved it. And then
I thought of having interesting people talk about the Housewives
episodes because it would just be a vehicle. It would
(00:59):
just be talking about infidelity or marriage or children or
arguments or different cities, you know, and I really hadn't
seen most of the cities years ago. When it first started.
I watched Atlanta and I used to be entertained by it,
(01:20):
but I never really watched and I didn't even watch
New York except for the one episode i'd be sent
every week before I got it. So when I started
to do Rewives, it was like a new show to me.
It was watching something new that I had never really seen.
And I liked the guests and talking about something different,
(01:42):
not just interviewing them about themselves, but talking to them
about these plotlines. But as it went along, I started
seeing things differently then I used to see them like
I just I'm a older wiser, I'm a mother, I
am at a different point in my life. I'm in
my fifties. I value integrity and health over making it.
(02:09):
I joined The Housewife so long ago, more than fifteen
years ago, and it seemed like an adventure. I was
so broke, and it just seemed like something interesting, and
it was. I mean, Jill and I were iconic, and
it was fun. We didn't even know we were doing
like we were doing our own makeup, we were doing
our own glam, we were in our own clothes. You know,
it wasn't what it is now. It wasn't the circus
(02:30):
it is now. But all and also it's just become
so toxic now, and it's got such a bad stain
and reputation on it. Overall, it's gotten embarrassing. And so
you guys are right when you've said, why are you
still talking about it? If you left? It's a great question.
(02:50):
And I never really really felt great about doing it. Jill,
my publicist, hated that I was doing it. She said,
We've come so far to separate you from that, and
now you're walking back into it. And I thought it's
different because I am talking to different interesting people. She
never really loved it, to be fair, and I don't
know if I ever really loved it to be fair. Also,
(03:11):
I always felt a little cringe, respectfully, and I'm now
talking about something that I don't even want to talk about,
just for this show wasn't really a natural interest. And
as of late there has been so much dirt and
garbage and crap, like a dark cloud over this space,
(03:36):
this medium, this vehicle and entertainment. It just feels dirty.
It always felt somewhat dirty, it got dirtier than it
got toxic, and now it's the worst version of a
toxic dumpster fire. And I don't want to be associated
with it in any way, and I don't want to
(03:57):
talk about it. And I don't really even want to
have people on who are currently on it unless we're
talking about their kids or their motherhood or something else.
I just don't need to trash it. I just don't
want to be associated with it, and I want to
(04:17):
work on shows and projects that my daughter would be
proud of, that are a good role model for her,
that are a good example for her and for other women.
And this is not holier than now. This is not
being a hater. You know, it's me. I'm the problem.
It's me. I was dead center in it. I've done
things on reality television that I'm not proud of, and
(04:41):
I don't want to promote that. And I just don't
think it's supportive of other women. I just don't think
it's I think it's about tearing women down. We can
wrap it in bows and we can layer it in frosting,
but no matter what, it's a franchise that has really
(05:01):
thrived on women tearing women down, and I just don't
want to do it anymore. And it has devolved and
it is different than when I started. It was a
different show then. And also I want to say this,
it's really important because since meeting many of the women
on these shows after they've left, they seem like different women.
(05:22):
I relate to them differently. Yes, we're all a little
crazy and flawed, and that environment wants people to argue
and wants the drama, doesn't want the individual to win,
and whether it's Luanne or Dorried or Kelly or Leah
or Caroline or Phaedra or Candy or Tamra or anyone,
(05:51):
I don't want those women to fail. And I've liked
most of them when i've met them outside of that environment.
It's only that environment that has pitted any of us
against each other. Because I could tell you if I
met Leah Black or Vicky or Cynthia Bailey or Kim
(06:16):
Zolziak or Nini or anyone at a cocktail party or
at the gym or in any other environment, I'm sure
i'd really like them a lot. It's this space that
has been terrible for women, and I don't want to
be fraudulent and continuing to perpetuate that. When I left Housewives,
(06:41):
I was choosing integrity my daughter. I'm being a good
example over money, and it's the same thing now. I
can't choose business or money over morality and integrity. And
(07:01):
I'm going to replace the show with something fun and
interesting and something that I would be proud to include
my daughter and I would be proud for her to
listen to, and that I think is a good example
for her, and hopefully empowering and inspiring and interesting to women.
(07:26):
I'm not trashing anyone. I'm not better than anything. This
show just doesn't reflect where I am in my life
and what I want to be discussing and promoting. I
called iHeart today and said I don't want to do
this anymore. I don't want to do this show anymore,
(07:47):
and they said, amazing, Let's do one of the other
shows you've wanted to do. So I really am grateful
to iHeart for this platform where if I don't want
to talk about it, they don't want to air it.
If I'm not passionate about it or it's not important
to me, they don't want to do it. So I'm really,
(08:08):
really lucky to have such an amazing partner that I
can call ten minutes ago and say I don't want
to do this anymore, and they could say, no problem,
let's do that other good idea you had. So thank
you to iHeart, iHeart, iHeart. Don't worry. You can still
listen to my rants and my amazing interviews on Just
(08:30):
Be So I love podcasting and I love you guys
and you girls, and I'm so grateful for your listenership.
More soon
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