Like Mother, Like Daughter???? (S2 E22, “Baby Makes Five”)

I was born in Bloomington, Indiana. Now have lived in California longer than anywhere else I've ever lived. So this is my now new home. I know. But don't you feel like you're still a Midwestern girl like in your roots? I do, especially when I'm like when I go on a walk or something and I smile or say hi, and somebody looks at me like I'm an absolute lunatic, Because first, you know, it's just a different vibe out here.

It really is. I mean, you think we'd be used to it, but I mean because I've been here a really, really long time, too, meaning here meaning l A, California, whatever, But it just is like a different vibe in the Midwest. People are a little bit different and rightly so, I mean like they're not this is l A man. Things are all bets are off here. Yeah, everybody's on one. I mean every time my dad comes out here to visit, he's like, how do you sit in this traffic? How

do you live like this? Because he still lives in Indiana, and it's like lucky bastard. But I go and then after like a week, then I kind of missed the hustle and bustle, and I'm like, all right, I see why I live there, but I see why. It's also great to raise a family in the Midwest. Yes, I know I miss it too when I leave, but not that much. So Teddy Um, it's my understanding that you were or are a fan of the O G nine

two one oh. Is that correct? Yes? And this is the most frightening part is I was doing the math and I realized that I was like the world's biggest fan of watching it when I was like twelve years old. I was gonna say, yeah, were you like six years old when you watched it? Because well No. Twelve was like the episode we were talking about today. I was twelve years old, and I'm like, gosh, the things I don't let my kids watch now. But yet I grew up watching nine O two and oh and learned so

many things because of it. But like no one was monitoring what I was doing and what I was watching. I think I still remember, like, was it Wednesday nights, eight pm? Yes, I think, so that is a problem. That's a good memory right there. Yeah, So I loved it. I'm so glad. Yeah I was. I was. I'm just happy to hear that you liked it. And I was thinking, like, oh my gosh, she must have been so young and she must have learned a lot of things good and

bad from the show. So but I think that's so important, Like you know, nine or two and I actually went there.

They had all those conversations, whether it's gonna control abortion, eating disorders, like I remember growing up, I rode horses, and I struggled myself, and I remember seeing those topics and not feeling like so alone or so confused, and it kind of opened the door for all of us to have those conversations, whether it be the conversation between Donna and Kelly, but it's really us talking through each other because it was shown now, you know, you don't

see that very often where shows feel comfortable to go there and show all those things. I know, I always kind of go back to that because people ask me a lot what why is it? What is it that makes Beverly Hills? No, like still a show that people can relate to somehow or or something. Why is this show so you know, cemented in people's memories and like kind of like fiber of who they are? Um, And I go back to that because it is a show that really opened up channels of discussion for teens, teens

and their parents, parents and and other parents. It was really a show that kind of opened a lot of uh of doorways for a lot of people. Yeah, And I think and it gave you a range of emotions. I mean, there's times you're rooting for people, you're having fun, and then there are times where like you are stressed and you're what, you know, what's the outcome, what's the cliffhanger? What's happening next? And I think because of that, it gave you something to really look forward to. It gave

you know, you people to root for. It gave you your favorites, and that's for me, that's what I love watching about television. You know, you can pick your like, these are my people, this is who I relate to this, you know, and I think nine or two and I had somebody for everybody back when there was not a lot of choice out there. There was no streaming networks. There was no you know, on demand cable, none of that.

So it was like sit down TV, appointment TV, and you really committed to being a part of that show or kind of like getting invested in these characters. For sure. We didn't even have cell phones. Then we would all call each other on our landlines and like talk all my girlfriends who would like talk through the episodes. Can you believe that? Like the Love Triangle, Kelly, it's so good,

it's so true, I know, I know. The thing is, I never watched the show, uh tor, And I never really sat down and watched the show and definitely not like that like with other people. She kind of did, but I had never watched it. So this whole podcast of going back and rewatching the show from the first episode has been so illuminating for me. Because I'm like, oh, I really like the show, like it was good. And then I think, and then I realized, hey, wait, that's

me so weird. I can only imagine like watching yourself back after these years and you're like, what did you actually feel those emotions when you were going through it? Are you? Were you in character? I think so? I think I because I didn't go to high school, I didn't go to college. I feel like I grew up with alongside Kelly Taylor in a weird way, like we I grew up with her. So yeah, I was going through everything she was going through, even though it wasn't real,

he felt it. It's been a lottle crazy, I think. No, I was curious about that. It makes sense. It's weird, you know. Um, we'll talk about the episode in a minute, but I have something to say about that. Um, but I wanted to ask you a few questions about you and like get to know you, because this is our first time meeting and maybe some of our listeners just

their first time listening to you. Maybe not, I don't know, but um, I know a lot of people probably recognize you from Real Housewives of Bear Really Hills, and I was just super curious, like how did that become? Like how did you become a part of that cast? So it's I when I first moved out here, I wanted to be an actress. And I came out here when I was seventeen, and my parents were like, listen, you can move to l A if you want, but like that's you know, we'll help you ship your car out,

but after that it's on you. So I got a job working at CIA in the mail room, and then I was also a hostess at like Mr Chow and you're O Chow and like, I wasn't living in a studio apartment with another girl that I met an acting class, Like I was hustling and um, I had you know, I was going on audition and audition and I had like a bad experience I had. I had booked, semi booked a pilot, but then it took a couple of months to come together. And by the time it came together,

I had gained weight. And they had told me listen, well, they didn't tell me. They told my rep that if Teddy wants to continue on, she has to lose at least twenty pounds or she's out. And I was you know, I think at this point I was nineteen, never one step foot into another room to audition again. That is horrific. That was the end for me. And then you know, I ended up gaining like over seventy five pounds after that.

I was so angry and heartbroken and then I just kind of lost myself out here and then you know, I went back to my love riding courses. But long story short, Um, I because I worked at CIA, somebody reached out to me that was there and was just like, hey, would you you know I've been watching you on Instagram? Would you be interested? I saw your you know, your body transformation, your life transformation. I've heard heard you talking.

Would you be interested in being on Real Housewives? And you know, we worked together when I was you know, I was a kid, and I'm like, I don't know, I've never seen it. Do you think I should do it? And she's like, I mean you have a successful business, you have a successful marriage, Like why not? And I was really worried because of that, Like my eighteen nineteen year old self was so frightened of what people would

say and what people would do. But I was like, I've worked so hard these last you know, years to like get myself to a place to be on TV. You know, I always wanted to do it, so I was like, you know what, go for it. And I don't really have any regrets. I mean, there was really hard times, but there was also some really great times. You were on the show for three three years, three seasons. Yeah, that's a long time. Yeah, And you know, it's the differences.

It's like when you are watching, you know, a scripted show like nine or two and o. People are watching and they can have their favorites, but it's not really you. You know, like it's a character that you're playing. And I think when it's a reality show, it's actually used, but it's an edited version of you, right, is it kind of like a created version of whatever the editors

or the producers kind of want to. Like my my first season, everyone loved me because they saw it was my family and my kids and my husband and my business. Not yes, they saw me in drama too, but they saw the full spectrum of who I am as a person. And then as it continued on, they solely saw me in drama with the women. Then you start not seeing me with my kids. Then you start not seeing me, Like in my business, you start not seeing me at

my house. You start like and then all of a sudden, you're just seeing the arguments, and then how are you going to relate to somebody when it's solely the drama. So it was like, those are the things, and then it's just working through like how not to take that personally? Like but wait a minute, I filmed six five to six days a week to all this stuff and none of its shown, you know, like and so it's just kind of going through that. But like the end of

the day, I made some great friends. Like my business is well, I'm like say to my husband, I'm like the fact that our marriage is still intact, we're good, our kids are, you know, seem to be reasonably doing all right. Okay, Uh, that's so true. I was going to ask you, like, what what what was your favorite part of doing it, But it sounds to me like it was the relationships that you friendships that you might

have made along the way. The friendships and you know, I really fell in love with the producers and the crew because you see them every day and then you kind of you know, they become the person that you can find in the most. I mean, granted, they're the ones that gave you in the most troubled because you can find in them and then all of a sudden you're like damn, because then they're like Teddy, remember when you told us that you're gonna tell them? And then

you're like, oh, yeah, rats, forgot that. But you know, you really form a bond. So that's that's the part that's the loss. But you know, waking up every day and feeling anxious because I knew that I was going to have to argue with somebody that night, I don't mess. Yeah, I can imagine. I mean I did a little bit

of reality TV here and there. I did a a show about building a house, which was reality show, and then I did a show about moving to the country, which was a little bit of well it was a reality show, but it was such an altered universe of that I was living in at that time in my life that I can't call it my reality honestly. Like, yeah, but it's a lot, I mean, because yeah, you're with

these the crew and the producers all the time. They're in your home, they're in your face, they're a part of your life, and you you do you, you sort of form this maybe even false sense of friendship with them. Yeah, and they know every bit about you, the good, the badly, ugly. They see all your sides, and you're and when you talk to somebody every single day and then all of a sudden you don't, it feels like a breakup. And then you're like, but we didn't break up because we

weren't together, So you gotta you know. Is this the thing though, with making any kind of entertainment like TV shows or movies or reality shows or whatever it is, you get really wanted with the crew and with the people that you see every single day, because quite honestly, a lot of times, unfortunately in this business, you see those people more than you see your spouse or your family, yeah, or your kids. I mean, it can get really out of balance, super easy, but it's and then it's over

for whatever reason, and then it's over. But I think, you know what, I am really grateful too, and I'm sure you feel the same way as like I still was able to maintain my friendships outside of it, so that I was able to like stay grounded and what really matters, you know what I mean. I think sometimes when you have you know, whoever is paying you is the only people that you're talking to. Then all of

a sudden, you forget who you are, so true. I mean, it's really tricky because you can surround yourself with those yes people and the people that you know quite honestly, they're making money off of you, and they you know, they're your friends for a reason. Um, they might really like you for you know, for you, but at the same time they they know what is going to work and what's not gonna work. So it's a tricky world,

isn't it. It is? It really is. You live and you learn, and you are also um super passionate about health and about helping other people achieve their healthiest life. And I think that's so admirable and I need you so um yeah, Well what ended up happening was so you know I talked about when I was younger, I

struggled with with my relationship with food. You know, I rode horses, having to wear skin tight beige pants and it's a certain aesthetic that looks the best on the horse, and your trainers made it clear what that aesthetic was.

And then I had my incident when I was eighteen, and then you know, after I left that world, I went back to riding horses, and then I met my husband and we got married, and then I tried to have kids and I couldn't get pregnant naturally, so I went through multiple rounds of IV and miscarriages and whatnot, and gained weight and as one does. But after I had my son, which is my second, I kind of lost sight of myself. And it wasn't about the weight.

It was about like I wasn't taking care of myself, Like I wasn't going on walks, I wasn't being active. Everything that I was doing was about my kids. But the problem was I wasn't my best self for my kids because I was looking to like my husband to validate me, or my kids to validate me. I wasn't like doing the things that made me feel good. So yes, I was, you know, up over eighty pounds after I had my son, and then never lost it. I actually

started gaining more. But I was sabotaging my relationship with my husband, with the people in my life because I felt like this anger and this like angst, like what is happening to me? Why did I have to go through all this? You know, like there was something going on with me. So one day I just said, you know, this was like a year later, I was like, I can't, I can't do it. I can't live like this anymore.

And I just started an Instagram, a new one by myself, and I just said, hey, I'm gonna change my life today. Fall along if you're interested. I love that, love that so much. And as you know, started with three followers and then you know, got to ten thousand because people either want to see you succeed or people want to see fail. So that's how I changed my life, and

I realized that's the key accountability. I used Instagram as my accountability coach, like make sure that I'm walking today, make sure that I'm doing my food prep, make sure that I'm doing this. And then people started reaching out to me like listen, we want to do what you're doing, but we don't want to do it on Instagram. And so then I started a company and it started small, and people wanted me to hire out all these coaches from all over the place, and I was like, no,

I'm only going to bring people from within. So every single coach that I've had is has once been a client in a practice what they preach and now we've changed over twenty lives. So it's it's pretty incredible and I'm grateful every day for it because it's why I'm still in the place I am today. I mean, that's such a great, great success story, not just for your business but for you as a person. Like very motivating. I totally relate to, like having kids and having a

life and being busy. And then all of a sudden you're like, wait, what, I'm not taking care of myself whatsoever. Like I'm taking care of everybody else and I'm taking care of you know, the things that I'm required to take care of every day, but I'm not taking care of myself. And then yeah, you lose sight of what it is that you even need to do to take care of yourself. Yeah, and what makes you happy? And like what I realized, I couldn't even sit with myself.

I couldn't even sit with myself and feel joy. And I think that's something that like if you can, if you're in that stage where like you can't even sit with yourself for five minutes and feel a little bit of happiness, something's got to give and people will be like you know, is it about the way. Of course, you know, of course there are parts that like physically I wanted to transform things, but it was so much more.

It was so much more than that. Like I wanted to be able to wake up and feel proud that I was taking action on my day and that I wasn't going to snap at my kids because I was feeling run down because I wasn't doing anything to take care of me, or telling my husband you know what, No, I need that hour for myself. Hmm. Yeah, just sort

of making yourself a priority. That's really important. You you started, um, so your your whole thing is all in with Teddy, right, that's the all in, all in by Teddy, all in by Teddy. I think I need all in. I need to get I need to jump all in, all in and then it's go all in on everything. And you know it's not really just for a way. That's because

it goes for all things in your life. Let me ask you a question, if you're all If you're all in, which sounds amazing, but it also sounds really hard and totally intimidating. If you're all in, can you ever be like just have your foot out just a little bit like I always make a joke, I'm like, I should start to happen by Teddy want that one? I want

that one because people always ask that. But truly, I will pair whomever the incoming client is with a coach that's going to give them what they actually need, you know, not what they want, but what they need versus on what their goals. Maybe. So if I have a client that's signing up because their goal in life is to run a marathon, I'm going to put them with a very intense coach because the and and they say, this is what I need. I'm a competitive you know, they

have a whole questionnaire. I'm gonna put them with somebody like that. If I have somebody that's like, listen, I just haven't been keeping my word to myself and now I've lost lost the confidence and myself and I just need to start believing in myself again, I would put them with somebody else, and then we'd work on those overall goals and set up what works for them. It's not a one size fits all. It's like, we're gonna work with where you're at because not everybody's coming in

in the same place. But whatever your ultimate goal is that's our goal to get. That sounds good, I mean, it sounds too good to be true. But like I had a trainer, my last trainer that I worked with, and I wanted to you know, get in shape and be you know, be healthy and all that stuff. But I would go there and complain the whole time, and like just like I would work hard, but I would I think I paid him to just have somebody to complain to. But like I don't want to do that. Okay,

I'll do it. But he would sort of soften up to my you know, he under he was like, oh, you know, he took it easy on me at a certain point, and you know that's not that's not what I want. Like I want you to keep being hard on me. But I think you also have to figure out and that was a problem for me as well as what you actually like doing. So like, for example, I don't like working out with a personal trainer. For me, that is not an enjoyable form of exercise. What I

like doing is going on hikes. I like going on you know, the peloton bike. I like going to hot yoga. But like for a while, I never tried anything you I thought if I want my body to look this way, if I want to feel this way, this is what I have to do. But I started experimenting and not just once. You can't just one time try something and say I don't like. You have to try something a couple of times and then see what it is that

you like, and then you won't dread it anymore. And then if you, you know, you build it into your lifestyle. So let's say you're one of your goals is like, you know what, I don't really get to see my friends as often as i'd like to, So then you set a date every Wednesday at eight. You know, I don't I don't know how your kids are, but like after school drop off or whatever it may be, we are going to go on a hike or whatever it is. And then you built that in and then it becomes

not a misery loves company situation. It becomes something where you guys build each other up, you hold each other accountable, and you do something positive versus let's meet Wednesday nights at five for marks, you know, and then it's you kind of you built up that support system for each other, right, Yeah, And though my therapist kind of talked about that. I remember him saying stack things, like, um, you know, stack things.

So yeah, I could stack things and and have my friendships as well as my socialization and go have Margarita's with my friends. Or I could stack things in a healthy way and say like I'm going to spend time with my friends, but I'm also going to be doing something good for myself. So it's sort of stacking like the best of both worlds. Yeah, because I oftentimes I don't like being around a ton of people all of the time, like I need to be like I need

to have time for myself. But I also don't want to, you know, be such an introvert that I'm not out there, you know. So that's a good way to kind of do it that you're still reaching out and you say like, this is what works for me right now, you know, I love you want to see let's figure it out. What do you like doing. Let's let's experiment. This all sounds amazing. I'm going to check it out. I'm gonna look at your your work. What is it? What is

that Instagram for? For just your business? Um, it's go at go all in by Teddy and then my websites all in by Teddy dot Com. Okay, okay, those are good references. People, Let's do it. Let's do this, and we're actually running a promo this month where if you go onto my Instagram right now and you uh and you tag a friend, three people will be selected to get the jump Start for free. So you're saying there's an opportunity to get it for free, and I am frugal.

I was like, uh, free, I love free things. Who doesn't love free things? Okay, let's let's take a tiny break and when we come back, we will get into this week's episode. Sound good, perfect? Okay, m all right. So this week we are talking about season two, episode twenty two, Baby Makes five. This uh, this show aired originally on February, and I'm gonna give a little synopsis

real quick. Um, Dylan keeps quiet about Valentine's plans for Brenda, but no one keeps quiet about Kelly's mom and David's dad. Directed by Bill Deliah, written by Steve Wasserman and Jessica Klein. Did you watch the episode, Pedty? Of course I did, and it was bananas that the second I turned it on, I immediately remembered that episode you did yes, I mean I watched the whole thing, of course, but I was like, how do I remember I remember this happening. I remember

him being a dentist, Like this is impossible. I can't remember somebody's phone number, but I can remember this. It took you back in time. It took me back in time. That's incredible. It did too. I have to say that. The it opened on baby pictures of Kelly right as literally, I was like, Hey, that's me. Those are my baby pictures. And I got confused for a second and then I was like, oh, but okay, so it's Kelly and I'm Kelly.

All right, it's all making sense now, Like I know, I thought, I mean right at the beginning, you got you and your your mom as I'm just gonna say your mom. We're sitting there looking at the pictures, and I was like, yeah, I got it. I remember it done. Ah man. Yeah. The episode sort of had three very not related, separate storylines. There was like an A storyline, a B storyline, and I see storyline kind of so sometimes I find it's easier for me to break it

down like that. Like the A storyline was Jackie and mel and the pregnancy and like how that was affecting Kelly and David. The B storyline was Andrea goes with the boys and learns how to gamble with Nat. Right, I have more to say about that. Uh. And the C storyline was kind of Brenda's being, you know, sort of consumed by what is it that Dylan's going to do for me for Valentine's Day? One of the one of their lighter episodes, one of their lighter for sure. Yeah,

so let's start. Let's start with a baby story and you want to talk about that one, all right, let's do it. Okay. Well, it's crazy to me that Jackie again in this mother daughter relationship, it's like Kelly is

the mother and Jackie is the daughter sometimes. And I think in this instance definitely, because I mean Kelly even says at one point in it, like well, first of all, she kind of takes the hard stance with her mom, like says, just deal with it, like actually says just deal with it, which means go get an abortion, don't even tell mel, which I was like, whoa, Okay, Kelly

for sure had a stance on it immediately. Yeah, And it was it was like the mature, like seasoned sort of not the you know whatever, she was sixteen seventeen year old point of view. Yeah, No, it was more to me, it just felt like Kelly was so worried that this might affect the relationship and what it means that, like, I am going to step into the mother role and I'm going to take over because nothing can mess up

what we've got going on right now and Kelly. And the weird thing was, Kelly wasn't even crazy about her mom being with mill But I think Kelly was worried about the repercussions of what everybody would think if her mom was pregnant, or also what it would mean if her mom wasn't happy anymore, because I think she was super sensitive to if my mom's not happy, that means she's going to fall off the wagon again and then we're going to go down that whole spiral of her

addiction again. So I think that seeing her mom stable and happy like that, she didn't want to do anything to change that, you know, right, And plus you probably remembered Kelly probably remembered her childhood and how all rocky that was for her, and bringing another baby into the world scary. Yeah, I mean, Jackie got herself into a pickle. She really did, and then it became a whole big

game of telephone What is the deal? Why can't anyone in Beverly Hills year old show included keep a freaking secret? Like not. But I've kind of felt like Donna, it was not accidental. I feel like Donna was like stirring the pot. Like Donna was like me on Beverly Hills, like she was stirring it there. Do you think a little sweet does? I don't think she could play coy like it was completely accidental. I mean, I know she was, but I don't. And to make the same mistake twice, Oh,

bless her heart. Listen. I just kept thinking, Donna, come on,

Donna again. I mean, yeah, but I just it was a lot of I was confused by who told who By the time David has the talk with Jackie on the stairs, literally I was having trouble tracking who told who what because there was so much Oh, and then I kept hoping even to this day, and then I remembered it didn't happen before when they were first talking at the dentist office, Like at some point it's going to come out now, Like I can't wait any longer. I need her to say what how, I need them

to communicate this through all the way. But then we had to wait all the way until David came because she didn't know that Mel wanted to marry her before he knew that she was pregnant. That was the whole thing, right, that was the whole thing. But that had me very repped up. I was like yelling at the TV. I need now, that's not what happened. I know she goes to the to the I love that she goes to the dentist's office and the lady at the front desk

was like, Nope, you can't come in. But my favorite part of the whole thing was the guy in the chair getting his teeth fixed or whatever the thing in his mouth. His face just I couldn't stop watching his little eyes, like he was so funny. Well, and it wasn't like he was just getting he was getting a root canal, like that's a major He wasn't just like getting a cleaning, like I'm gonna stop your root can now.

And you would think there was like a timing on that, And I'm gonna deal with my old baby engagement situation right now, you just sit here? What do you do? You ever do that at the dentist? Like have you ever like been sitting in the dentist's chair and they kind of walk away for a minute and you hear things going on behind you, and you're like, wait, what's happening? What are they talking about me? All of the time,

I can't even help myself. I love to like eavesdrop, even when I'm walking and I hear people having a conversation, I'm like, I need to know every crumb. Even if I'm sitting at dinner and I see like a couple, I have to size up the whole situation. I'm like, I wonder how they met? M are they are they married? Like none of it matters, Like why am I give them a full script? I love it? You just jump right in like full detective. And I've given that trait

to my daughter, to a poor thing. Well, it could serve you, you know, it makes you um an interesting person. It makes you someone that people like to talk to because you're inquisitive about them in their lives. I think it's a good quality. It's a good quality can also be quite annoying. You got to learn how to like live with it. You've got to I've got to learn when to peel it back always not always the easiest thing.

But well, I mean I kind of get where Jackie was coming from because she says that she doesn't want to like Ruin mills um the life that he's ready to live, like the life of David's, you know, in high school. He's almost done being a parent. He's ready to live his life for him. And Jackie's thinking, oh my god, like this is going back to square one

having a baby. I mean, I've been in that position where, you know, I wanted I thought for a while that I wanted to have another baby when my kids are oh like in they were in junior high in high school at that time. And I think now, a few minutes, a few like five years later, I think, oh, thank god I didn't have a baby, because I'm free. I'm almost free. I'm like four years away from freedom, not really freedom, but you know what I mean. Well, I mean,

I feel you. I didn't know I was pregnant because you know, I told you about the IVF thing. I didn't know I was pregnant with Dove, who she's eighteen months now, until I was like eleven weeks pregnant. Oh, because she was a natural miracle baby all of a sudden, like I was never even on birth control or anything, because I just thought and then all of a sudden, fam So now we've got but nice little seven year age gap. I guess the IVF like lingered, I got

my body ready or something or who knows. We were in Mexico when it happened, so who knows, you know what we were doing, but something something went for it. But it does it. I completely changes the dynamic of the life that you originally planned, but of course for the better, you know, if it's something that you want to do. But I definitely I see where she's coming from. And you never want somebody to You never want to feel like somebody's only with you out of obligation. No,

that's the worst feeling. Yeah, So Jackie's not. She is a little cuckoo. She goes in there super dramatic and doesn't even listen to Melbot soever. But like he says towards the end, that's something that he loves about her as her you know, her passion, But she just assumes that he doesn't want a baby with her. And of

course he does. And of course, but my part was like you're in David's faces or Kelly and David's faces when you both are like at the doorstep talking to each other and you're like, she's not gonna want to talk to you. He's like just has his like puppy dog look on his face. But then he like comes in and handles business. Yeah. I love that scene actually, between David and Jackie. I think that was great. And I think sometimes you do need like sometimes you can't

hear it from your peers. So David coming in and being younger and being the child, sometimes it's going to resonate with you better because you can actually listen. Yeah, I think you're right. Jackie needed that because she yeah, she was kind of lost at that point. She needed she didn't have to always be right. She was able to just sit back and listen. Okay, should we move on to to the B I'll call it B storyline about nat Um nat teaching three teenagers how to gamble. Hello,

another another one of those things. What the heck? That was lighthearted gambling? Just no, Yeah, nobody's gonna get hurt. It's just I'm just teaching them. All how to better on race horses. You know, in hindsight, they did that on Uncle Buck as well. So I was there was two where does that come from? I feel like it was so I don't know, it just came out of left field for me, the whole go into the race

track element. Well. I also thought that when she when when Andrea goes and sees his friend, now I'm blanking on his name. Is it like Nat that's friend when they were at the race track won a couple the kind of seedy looking race track guy. Yeah, I thought he was going to be lying to her and there was gonna be like a negative ending to it, and it was like, this is why you shouldn't gamble because nope, this is gonna happen. No positive. Everybody's great. Yeah, Duke

Duke was his name. So do gave some really valuable tips there. Yeah, so trust the shady character at the track, listen to them. Okay, put your money on whatever someone else says. And yeah, I don't know. It was a weird choice for me, but I did think that it was fun to watch Andrea bees oh happy. She was adorable and like she just seems super happy doing those scenes. With Brandon and uh, Steve even that she just looked like she was having a ball. Yeah, she looked like

she was having fun. But I think it's also like her competitive nature and like her school, like scholastic like she I think, and she had like a method to it, so it felt like something more than just winning the money her method. No, she just had a method of picking out the names. That's how I would do it too, Like which name do you like the most? That's the one that's gonna win. She was picked out the ones

that had something to do with love. I know she said that, but I still feel like she had something else up for sleep. I'm always that. I always think there's more to others. I always think there's more to the story. Maybe so, maybe so in this situation. I don't know. But have you ever been to the races like that? Do you like race horse racing? I've gone to the races. I've got, you know, gone to Vegas. But I am not a gambler. I am not like

one of those lose control of my money types. Like if I'm going to put my money on something, I need a tangible thing back, like I need a vacation that I'm going on right eating or a piece of clothing, like I am not. I'm not willing to just gamble. I'll do little bets with like friends or whatever about something that like I don't know, we watch different reality shows or something like that. Then I'll be like, this person is gonna win five bucks, but not never, No,

I put it all on the black. I can't even imagine. Like I've always had the same sort of feeling about gambling because I work really hard for my money. I always have. I'm like self made, and I know how hard it is to come by, and like I'm not just gonna go throw it away at something like that

and for something that's luck. I mean, I grant granted, there there are people that are professionals and have this talent, but like still, I think when money is involved and there's a game to it, how do you not get it. There's a part of me that's like, how does addiction not start becoming formed to it? Not like I worried that if I was good at it then it would be something I want more of. It's like you know, jobs, like I'm like, oh yeah, sure I can do that.

At seven am, I can do it. At nine am, I can do at eleven, I can fit fifty things. And today today if I can be paid for it. Imagine if it was just to be gambling. I don't dress myself. I mean, I dipped my toe in playing poker, and I would do these like um celebrity poker things. And I started to think I was really good at it. And here was why, because I had no fucking oops, I can't say that, no idea what I was doing when I was playing poker. I just acted like I

did and good until I didn't. Until I was like, I have no idea what to do, and then I couldn't hide it anymore. But I made it like for I would do pretty well, and then it would become I would be invited to the next one, or I'd be someone who asked me to play poker somewhere else. And I was thinking, I have no idea what I'm doing. I can't keep doing this. I can't live my life like this. I don't even know what my poker face is. For you, I have no idea how to play anything.

I bet you would probably be good at it. You would need to be. I would need a team member, teammate, that would be good if they if there was like couples poker, you could have a pal that next to you to just confer with, or maybe one of those things. Yeah, I always wanted one of those. I think we're just gonna arrested for that, so just don't do that. Yeah, But the whole horse racing thing for me, I I've been to the horse races when I was younger. I've even been to dog like dog races if you can

even imagine they. But now in retrospect, I can't believe that I in are, like you know, contributed to that, because now, knowing what I know about, like you know, I have mixed, realm real mixed feelings about the treatment of the horses and the vigorous training that they have to do and all of it, it just makes me feel like I don't know if I'm into racing anymore. For sure, I know it's I mean, my I grew

up riding and my daughter rides. It's un or jumper and it's you know, it's all similar, but it really I think it depends on the trainer, on the owner, on the coach. You know, you really don't know, But I think there are good people out there that really love the animals and really take care of them, and I think there are ones that will do anything to win. But that's everything in life. M hm. You know what I mean that you it's not just in horse racing.

I think that's any job anywhere, any place you go. You're going to have good people that are going to do the best by whomever, and then you have the people that are gonna, you know, claw their way to the top. That's true, It's true. What I listen. I love horses too so much. I grew up in Illinois and we had a horse farm and you don't say farm, you say ranch, horse ranch and we um we we rode um Tennessee walking horses. I don't know if you

know what those are horse For people listening, I don't like. Yeah, they do like fancy things with their feet and they're really smooth to ride. So originally they were like for um people that needed to get long distances on their horse, and like it was a really smooth ride because they don't trot. They just they do like a running walk kind of thing. I never knew that. Yeah, they don't trot. If they do trot, you try to discourage them out of their natural gait and force them to do this

thing called running walks. See it's so humane. Um. But yeah, my dad for a minute, he got into like showing them and that whole thing, and it got weird because with Tennessee walking horses, they put their front feet, hoofs, their front end up on like platform shoes basically that are five inches high seven inches high, and then they strapped the platform and nail it to their hoof, so so they picked their feet up higher. Right, Yeah, so it's weighted, so they picked their feet up higher exactly.

But they live their life in those shoes like at an angle. I guess it's like women in heels. I mean, I would rather that if I was a horse, I'd rather that jobs than be like the horses that have to pull the carriages in like New York. You know, they just aren't properly taken care. You can see like they're you know, they're like walking with a lamb. You know.

The one thing that you can say about the horses that are being raised, like if they are injured, they're not racing, you know what I mean, Like they can't. It's blatantly shown. Whereas some of the workhorses, they're just I mean that's what they are, their workhorses. They're work to the bone. I always feel like when I'm walking around Central Park and I see those horses, I just

want to hug them and like brush them. I like think of it was that Black Beauty, that movie that I watched when I was little, Like I always think of that, and I know it's a sad but wait, we have to just touch on real quick on the Brenda Dylan. Okay Storylan, there's not much to talk about there, but how do you feel about that storyline? Well, I mean you kind of knew because she was making such a big deal about it. It's like, I know, was my husband. Whenever I make a big deal about something,

it's never going to be what I expect. Never, Yes, when you have like expectations. When I when I build in expectations with anything in my life, I'm always disappointed. So I was like, this is not going to be where she is, where she's headed. But I end up, you know when he shared that, you know, when they went ended up going and giving the blood and he said that he needed blood on Valentine's Day, Like I

thought it was a really special story. I don't know that Brenda necessarily got it a special Yeah, she she acted like she loved it and appreciated it, but she did what she needed to do to her to the play. That was super sweet. Like Keith was thoughtful because he knows that she loves like drama and theater and stuff like that, so he kind of like tried to layer it. But I don't know. I was watching that when they

go give blood thing, which I didn't see coming. I was trying to figure it out to like with this clues. I didn't I could sleeve. I wouldn't have thought it. But afterwards I was like, oh, makes sense. But I thought, but where is this coming from? I think maybe this happened to one of the writers in real life. I have to ask Jessica Klein, like, did this happen? Did you go on a Balentine's dactate and somebody took you to give your blood? How would you have come up

with that? But I deitly. I mean people now are like wearing their each other's blood, like I are they still? Are they still doing that? Yes? I just saw like machine gun Kelly wears Oh no, her blood? Yeah, god like a little vial. I mean, I'm not wearing anyone I knows blood, nor do I want to. But it's still happening. Yeah. Actually, that was the last question I was going to ask you before I left, was if you're interested, if it will motivate me to exercise every day,

I might do it to go all in. You must wear my blood, you know what? That might be something you can work into the regime. This is the problem. Now, this is the part of the podcast. It's gonna get picked up and then everyone's gonna be like, you know what that teddy, how do you get All right, let's take another little break and when we come back, we'll talk fashion and all kinds of things. Okay, perfect, let's look fashion. Are you into fashion? Not really, but I'll

do what I gotta. Don't you feel like kind of inadequate for admitting that you're not into fashion, because what we do, it's there's so much emphasis on like looking good and what you wear, and you know, especially your job, like what you were that environment that you were in. Like well, I think it also always gets twisted because I'll say, like, I'm not into fashion, but then people will be like, but I saw you with this nice bag, or I saw you in this nice outfit. I'm like,

there's a difference. I like looking good. I will never say that I don't, but I don't enjoy the idea of like putting looks together or going shopping. Like I order things so I can try them on at home and then send them away if they don't work. Oh my god, that's me. I think it must be a Midwestern thing because I hate shopping. No it gives. I was just in Vegas with Kyle from the show Injury and a couple of our other friends, and one of

the days they're like, let's go shopping. I'm like, I would honestly rather poke my eyes out than go shopping right now. Like I'll go sit by the pool, have a drink, chill, whatever. But I am not one. There's the same shops in Los Angeles. I get if you're coming to Vegas and there's these shops are not accessible to you. But I'm like, I don't want to go because one, I don't need to spend money. I also

I want to shop when I need something. I love you so much right now, Like I don't need to just shop for extra stuff, like I like to like, you know, covet something and then go buy it or search for it or I do. The only time I do enjoy shopping is if I know somebody else really wants something and I'm so excited to give them that gift. Yeah, we are on the same page about it, but do you have like, um, you remember, well, it's it's not we're doing it again the nineties fashion thing. But do

you remember your nineties fashion? I mean I was like big into like overalls, but did you wait, wait wait, did you buckle both sides or just one side? I

think I would switch and depend on what I was doing. So, like I went to like a prep school, like very preppy school, where we you know, we had a certain look, and then to try to get away from that, we would then turn into like we'd wear berks with like the thick wool socks and then the overalls and then like put umpatuuli and like try to become different human beings.

So it was really that like. And then I think if I was going to pick a person, I remember thinking like Drew Barrymore had this very effortless nineties look about her, but I could never like pull off a flower in my hair. That's like not like a flower in your hat like Andrea's that wasn't your thing or no, no, be either. I'm like, don't put any hair accessories on me. Don't put ribbons and clips. I don't like any hair accessories. I still don't other than hats. Hat. Of course I

warn't because it's Monday. I have like so many things with the kids this morning. I'm like, she's gonna it's gonna be hat today. That's good. Hats are fine with I have probably more hats than I do anything in my closet. Do you know that, like those braids that are in the front are coming back, Like the two braids that you do your hair is down and then you do two braids right in the front. My eight year oh yeah right here, yeah, just right there, you put you braid the two fronts that's in um the

over like the big blazers. Everybody loves those. But like what my kids are into now, which I've had to transition because for a while they weren't into it, but like they want to wear like really loose jeans and like ginormous hoodie sweatshirts and then like Doc Martin's Doc Martin's are back, yeah, or Nikes that you can't get your hands on the white peart by the way, don't even try. Don't worry. Are we did? But now they're like brown and I'm like sitting there trying to scrub

them clean. And it's really cool to put beads on the front apparently the front shoe lace. I M, well, that's and a cute I like that. Yeah, my kid has. My fourteen year old has like air Force ones plural uh, and her birthday is coming and that's all she wants is another pair. And I've been searching high and loan I cannot find them. So guess who's not getting a

new pair of air Force ones for a birthday? Sorry, if you're listening, Fiona, The problem is the air Force ones like they're ripping you off too, because if you go to the other sites, then all of a sudden, you're like air Force once were five and fifty dollars, like I promise on Amazon two years ago. This was like, yeah, you can get them. You could get them if they were in stock for a hundred bucks somewhere, but if on the off sites, it's like three fifty four in

no way, no way. You know, my stepdaughter wanted like a teal pair. Trying to find that was honestly like trying to get the Harry Potter bucks before they come out. Usually just get the white ones and spray paint them. She'll never know. And then if you accidentally, like step on one of their shoes, it's me it's because you dirty. Okay, So did you have a favorite fashion moment from this episode? Like, what was your favorite look? Favorite look from this episode?

I don't even know. I mean Steve always gives it to me. He's got all the powers, like the blouses he wears, the what do you call the man blouses? Blouses? Oh, I have to say. I was recently on a plane with him to the I Heard event and I was so shocked not to see him in a man blouse, Like this is a problem. I see you guys as the characters like I have to adjust myself. And I was like, wow, I was like a handsome grown man. He's no longer Steve in the blouses that like drove

me crazy on the show. What's going on? I know he's adorable now with his two kids. Oh, such such a wonderful dad, such a great person like I. But his outfits, say, are hilarious to know on the shop you you looked out. You didn't see him in like a tank top and short shorts in this episode. Well yes, but also the one earring that David sports. That's another nineties when my husband had that too. Yeah, you can always tell now the men that had had that because

they still had the little scar. YEA, what was your favorite fashion moment? Hands down, the dumbest thing I've ever seen. Brandon wears that hat on his head when he went to the races. Now I can't even remember what was it. It was like a Treuker hat, but like flipped up like this. Yeah, don't do it, put it down. I can't handle it. That was in for a while. Do you remember hydro color? Was it hydro colors where you like blow in it and then they would change your

circolow would chain. No, this was that was a thing that was really big. I would have been called hydro colors though we all should have been. Can come back. Brandon's hat it bothered me even more than Andrea's hat with the flower Andrew's had. Andrew's style throughout was not my favorite. It went in and out, in and out. Mm hmm. Yeah. Also, hairstyles in the nineties are crimping.

The like the curl, but you can't tell if the curl is just brushed out fully, if it's a natural girl that's brushed it didn't never touch a curling iron. It just can't. It comes that way. They're great, It's so good. Okay, So in honor of our amazing writers, we always like to have you know, quote um our favorite line from the episode what was yours? M hm, when all else fails, Bang, that's mine. We're so similar. I feel it. I feel it. That is mine because

it's so true. It's so true. And you know what, most of the time, if you beg the right way, it works. If you wine and beg no, no, you gotta come at it from a different angle. Yeah. So that was from a mal Silver had that and I had that as my favorite one too. I love it. Oh my gosh, so much fun. Thank you so much for having me. I'm so glad you can't leave yet. You know, there's this one thing that I actually I

hate doing this, but people like it. It's I'm gonna put you on the spot and we're gonna play a rapid fire game. Oh okay, I think you're gonna be good at it, though I'm not worried. Okay, okay, who was your favorite character from Beverly Hills nine two? And besides Kellie? You mean, yeah, I have to do besides Kelly. You don't have to say me. Well, I mean it would be you. But if I have to say besides you, probably Donna? Okay? Good? Um? Who did you relate to

the most? I mean, I'd love to say Andrea, but um, probably Brenda because she always got worked hard for what she wanted. She'd do a na she was a hard worker. Okay, she'd duf for it. She really got what she wanted. All right? Good? Good? Were you team Brandon or team Dylan? Dylan one million percent? I love a bad boy. I know, I know I can't help myself. I know. I hope my daughters don't do as I did. They do as I say. Heye to break it to they're going to

Oh god? Okay, So were you team Brenda or Kelly? Kelly? Come on, even though I made I was probably the Brenda. I'm team Kelly. All right. I know you're just saying that, but okay, Um, no, this is the last one. Ki kiss Mary or kicked to the curb? Who of the characters would you kiss? Who would you marry? And who would you say? Cea, Okay, I would kiss Dylan, married David, kicked to the curb, Steve, but not now, not un really. And now you're like my marri or whatever. But then

that's good number one. Then I like that nothing to do with Brandon, huh. I was like, I was so into Luke. I couldn't be into Brandon. I couldn't. He passed the sideburns, and then I couldn't. It was not my thing. Now I know, I know, Well, you're not alone. There are a lot at ladies out there. And still the same way, And Johnny love that I've now messed up all of the character names with real names, so now it's Luke instead of Dylan, but it's still Brandon. Guys,

I can't help myself. It's all interchangeable, one human. We get it, we get it. I'm really glad to have met you today and gotten to talk to you, and thank you for coming on the podcast. Well, thank you for having me, and now I'm going to have to have you on Teddy Teapot as well. I know. Everybody be sure to check out Your podcast is called Teddy t Pod and you you can get it wherever you get your your pods. Ye give it a listen. Thanks guys. Okay,

everybody do your homework. Next week's episode is season two, episode twenty three, Cardio Funk. I think that was That's a good one for you to watch, Cardio Funk. All right, everybody, Thanks again, Teddy, go out there and have a great week. Everybody,