The Jilly Anais Episode

Don't get it twisted on code and me dancing for no buttment biscuits. It's Willie d y'all scar faces out. Collectively we are the ghet old boys, reloaded with another episode of information and instructions to help you navigate through this wild, crazy, beautiful world. In the studio, Jilly and Nice, Hi, how are you welcome to the show? Thank you for having anything? Man? You got that doing your thing? What is it that you can't do? You dance? I haven't

figured that out yet. You dance, you're seeing you act? You're a writer? You know your novelist? Now? Yeah, author, that's what they call authur And what else. What else do you do? You cook? You cook? I do? Um, I have a perfume line. That's out. I mean the list goes on and on. I am boss baby, ball around around. I am yeah. Those those six fs of yours. Let me see if I can recite a family? Faith? Yes, food, fitness, fashion and fun. Yes, you got them all. Did you

come up with that? Absolutely? Yes, everything to do with, you know, a glimpse of who Julie is. Especially when I did my cookbook, I wanted to, you know, give a glimpse of what went into the cookbook. It wasn't just food. It wasn't you know, just um recipes and ingredients and just how to make, you know, step by step a dish. It was about family, It was about um faith. Um. I really wanted to show, you know, like where I come from. UM. I wanted to show

my really who Julie wasn't it? It was literally a cookbook slash look book is what it really was. Um. Every single recipe had a different look to it, so as you flipped the pages, it's a look with the recipe and then obviously the instructions and ingredients on the how to, but everything that went into it was literally a two part because I'm not just you know, a

person who cooks. I'm all into fashion. I'm you know, a person who comes home from a long day in my you know, whatever fit I'm in and I cook and I make food. And so it was like something that was really real. I wanted it to just be you know, I'm not a you know, sixty year old person who's just doing a cookbook with like, you know, eight kids. Like I wanted to have the youth in it. I'm only twenty six and when I did the cookbook, I was five, I think, Yeah, I was twenty four

years old. And during quarantine, I did it during quarantine. I was twenty four years old when I did it, and um, and literally I wanted to bring that youth. I wanted to really bring who I was into that cookbook. Yeah, you know, let's talk about the title, This Boss Babe Can Cook. You know, when I read that title, I was very satisfied that you did not name that book this Boss Bitch Can Cook, you know, because I mean, you know, I'm just glad you didn't name the title that.

You know. It's like, it's like, because I know a lot of you know, you know, people like to say that a lot, you know, but I just think that just saying that one little word, that putting that babe in that you could put a lot of different words in that, but babe makes the book sexy. It makes it sexy, and it makes it like you know, um, I feel like the branding, the marketing was able to go longer and hit a lot more crowds and you know,

not be offensive. Right yeah, right, Yeah, that that was a good That was a good look on that title A boss. I mean you you really embrace that term, Like, where did that come from? And then, by the way, I do know your dad, Yeah, I know Jews. Jews is a good dude, man, the most incredible man. And I'll say this, you know, like Jews is one of those dudes that don't switch up. He's been solid. No, yeah, my daddy's the same. He's been a solid cat for a long time. My daddy really believe it not gives

me my like street cred. Yeah, yeah for sure. So so where did so? I guess that comes from? And foremost my dad my mom both yes, angels complete definitions of a boss. Let me start there. I literally had no better role models than them. I'm so blessed to have, you know, my parents to look up to in all aspects of life. Um, they've been married for since Jesus was a baby. They literally have been together all that time. UM My mom is the most hard working, independent woman

I've ever met. My dad is the backbone to our family. So to see those two perspectives literally growing up, I was so blessed to see that firsthand, and UM, honestly, it made me never want to strive for anything less and to be honest with you, Um, really, once I started getting older, it was really like in high school, first and foremost, the stage and everything has always been the forefront of my life. I've been doing dance since I was two years old, took a love to the

stage at a very very early age. But it was really around in high school when I wanted to finish high school early and I didn't see myself going to college. But I knew just in my heart that at I had a different path of life. Mind you, both of my parents being bosses, both went to college, both got a degree, both graduated, and so I was the first one of my family to want to take this different path of life and I had the most incredible supportive

parents who truthfully saw the same in me. Was like, you know, we don't think she's gonna be do this same path of life. And they My dad actually was the one. His words will never leave me. He said, school will always be there, your youth won't. He was like, so go ahead and go get it. And ever since then, I took that by storm and I just literally everything that's coming to my path, everything that I've ever thought about, I just do it. I have no cap no limit

to what I can do. UM. Music is my first love. I have been doing music forever. Music has always been my first love. I actually just dropped a project March Study one. UM. The EP was called Copy and Paste. Is called Copee and Paste, and it has fourced songs on it. For I wanted to keep the project short just because I wanted to you know, today's people have a short attention span, and I just wanted to pick the four best songs that I feel like described me

in the state that I'm in. I feel like right now, you know, I've learned so much in the past year of my life than ever and like one was a hell of a year, so two I just wanted to really just in a stense, put that all in my music. Just there's been so much growth and I just opened up for Chris Brown at the Toyota Center on March nineteen, and that just is still a high. Yeah, you're doing your thing, doing your thing, I feel. You know, like the the new EP has four tracks. The previous EP

had five. Right, It's so funny because you as that that EP is like a long gone Yeah, well yeah that it's long gone, but that that thing had some bangers on it. You know. It made me tell this chick that I was in a new safe you know what I'm saying. That was just a single. Know, I was just telling this chick. You know what I'm saying, I'm feeling a new kind of safe you know. Um, all right, a good month. I need a whole newsance. Yeah, you know I'm in a new safe space. Uh, because

I'm feeling sexy. I know that's right. And you know there's gonna be some different rules. It's gonna be some different and you know, let me know if you got to wait, you know, when I tell you what you do? You know what's funny? That was my entire track list for the Chris Brown concert. I started with wait and then I didn't perform let me know though, um because I had an eight minutes sets. So I started with

wait for It. Then I went into Sexy, then I went into um different rules, and then I went into new safe. Yeah yeah, yeah, I had no idea that you could dance that well and you could sing that well, like like you're really you're really talented person, and I'm checking you out and I'm I'm like, I'm glowing because

I'm proud anything. Hahtown, I'm proud like when you do it on a different level, you know, like when you do it on like at the next level type, it really uh, it really makes me proud because yeah, yeah, this is the beginning. You're on the you're on the you're right there. You're like you're like a step away, one or two steps away, and bam, it's going boom. That's how it's gonna be, you know, because yeah, you got it, you got it, and you you have you got a good team got to be checking you out.

You got a good team, you got a good support system, and you got a good work ethic. You gotta get attitude. That's a lot you know, like most people, you know, they missed one or two of those things and that's why they won't make it. And you know that's always an exception, but you know, usually when you have all those two's like you have, it's it's stamina impossible to lose, you know. So you know, I think like when somebody plays this thing back, you know, another year to us,

so they would be like, damn, well it did. It's a prophet. Yeah. So so so talk to us about growing up in the more household and why did you drop the name your last name you went by, you're going by your middle name. I never dropped it. Um just funny enough. Like when I started to do Instagram, Um, as you know, you need an Instagram handle, and Jilly has always been like what people call me, Jillian is my first name. But when I wanted to do an Instagram handle, funny enough, um, I don't want to be

like my full name. Well, I just didn't want to put my government name like Jillian needs more like you know, so I was like, you know, you know, I don't know, I don't know why I never put that, but um, I just always like the ring that a niece had to it um. And then when I was actually gonna do it, I was really gonna put Jillian a Nise.

But when you spell that out, it's j I L L Y A N A N A I S. And it was too many A N A N A, like, you know, so I just cut out the A N on Jillian and then obviously kept the A N on a Nie so that way it flowed better. So it's just Jilliannie instead of Jillian and all these A N A and A I S. Like. I just kept it like that, and it just always really just took a ring to it and branded, and you know, for the most part, I really just go by Jilly. I don't

introduce myself as jillianese. Um. Obviously it branded to where people, you know, naturally just say Jilliannie. But I just go by Jilly. Whenever I do all my stage stuff, Um, I introduced introduce myself as Jelly. My logos just have Jelly on it. Um. When I do when I write books, cookbooks and stuff, that's when I go by my legal name Jillian and Nise Moore, just because I feel like business wise, it's a whole different perspective and I want,

you know, my legal government name on it. Um. But whenever I do music and um everything like that, I just do jelly. Yeah. That's a good marketing strategy all because when you look at some of those one name stars, I think, yeah, you got Madonna chair yea, Rihanna, yeah, Michael Michael. Yeah, that's a that's a good move. I think that's that was a good look. Yes, yeah, let's get into your run as miss teen here. Yes, yeah, that was That was quite an experience, right, Oh yeah.

It was my first pageant ever. My dance teacher at the time, she convinced me to do it. I was I'm not a pageant girl. I do not want to do this. That's not what I'm into. She was like, no, I just think you should. It would be a really great opportunity. Long story short, I did it first pageant ever, and I'm talking about I competed against girls who've been doing this since they were like toddlers, doing the toddlers and tears and so this is they live, breathe, eat

pageant world. And I walked in there first pageant ever and one Missy in Houston just like that. Oh they was mad. They were mad. I don't know, I can imagine, like, what was the most difficult part of the contest to you, You know, I wouldn't even say there was a difficult part because, like I told you, I love the stage. The stage has always been my second home. So UM I was with the Miss America organization, and with that organization,

UM there's different categories. Obviously, there's the you know, Q and A, there's the walk, and then there's also talent. That's the difference between the American organization and the USA one. UM USA is just strictly like model esque, whereas American organization has talent. And my first one, UM, I actually did a dancing singing number and I just killed it.

I killed it and I was just me. Whenever you do the you also have, prior to the actual competition, you have um a what's it called, like um an interview with the judges. It's just you and like six people at the table asking you questions and all of that, and I'm just I've always been me. I've always been me, And I guess that resonated with the judges and it

was a unanimous vote. I was missing Houston. Did you feel like you had like an edge on somebody, like with a particular talent that you have, Like when you looked at the competition you went in and saying like, no matter what happens, when we get to this point, I'm gonna killer. Um. I mean, you know, I just think, to be honest with you, I've always just been focused on me. That was like the thing with all the other girls. They were just so worried about everyone else,

whereas I wasn't. I was like, at the end of the day, I have nothing to lose. I didn't really want to do this anyway, so I mean, you know, I'm not really worried. They had singers and opera singers and girls who were like in the corner going like, oh, you know, practicing and stuff, and I was just like I was backstage with my mom and she really was just like, let's just get it. And no, my mom, I think, no, No, my mom. She's never been nervous like she just she gets excited. My mom is just

she loves watching all of this unfold. I think, especially for the Chris Brown concert, no one was more excited than her, Like, no one. I don't even think I was more excited than her. And it's just awesome, Like she you know too for both my parents to see the baby girl, like, you know, really doing what they said they would do. I graduated from high school early. I graduated at seventeen, walked with my class at eighteen years old. But um moved to l A at eighteen

years old. I'm twenty six right now, and just to see how far I've come, and you know, where I'm at in my career right now and literally still nowhere where I want to be. It's just, you know, I said what I was gonna do, and I'm making the damn thing happen. Yeah. How is l A compared to Houston? Um, I know it's certain things about l A, but I want to hear your perspective. Yeah, they're two complete, completely opposite ends of the spectrum. Like, um, but I moved

to l A strictly for work, strictly for business. You know, there's a lot of people who get caught up in the life, by the grace of God, that was never me. Um. Never, what do you like about l A that you don't like about Houston? And what do you like about Houston that you don't like about l A? Or if you don't have to use word like you just say what benefits does Well? I mean the weather in l A is perfect, It's so dreamy. I mean you wake up every day happy because the sunshine is just shining all

the time. But I mean, I just didn't feel like I could get my career off the ground in Houston. I did not feel like that at all. Um, So I left and career off the ground in Houston. Left to Beyonce left, but she got her career got off the ground, and she was in Houston when she signed. Yea, the entire group was here when they signed, because I remember. I remembered it because when they signed, I took the

girls to Carribus for a celebratory dinner. Favorite. Yeah yeah, I love crowd was crowd was on Curby and my parents got engaged there like thirty years ago. Is that right, Mr crab that's family. Yeah. Cabbus is legendary. Um No, I mean, everyone you know, to each its own. Everyone's path is different. But personally, I just felt like I needed to move away, two push my career and start to go in the direction that I wanted to go.

And I didn't know a single soul in l A. When I first moved didn't know anyone but I that you moved to I moved when I first moved out there, I moved to North Holliga. Yeah. And then after like a year or so, once I like got acquainted with l A, I moved to Glendale and I've loved Glendale ever since. Um, it's way more suburby. But you know, I didn't know anything about l A when I first went nothing at all. And UM, needless to say, I didn't know a single soul anyone. But it was just, uh,

a leap of faith. That's literally the only thing I can describe it as. I am. God was telling me, you know, this is what you need to do, and I listened, And I mean it's been paying off ever since. Who gave you the tip to move to North Hollywood? No one? When I moved out there. Yeah, I just yeah,

whenever I went out there, I went out there. Um. I was living in a hotel for a little bit, and then UM started to mingle and UM network and meets yes by myself eighteen years old and then UM, I was working on like an EP then and UM, I just started researching apartments. UM. At eighteen, I wasn't making any money so my parents would be the ones to pay for it. So I was like, you know,

in a apartment that you know, a reasonable budget. I was looking at the high rises and stuff then, but um apartment and I found the one in North Hollywood and it was just perfect for the time being. UM. And that's when I was just like, you know, I want to make this thing official. I told my parents and they got me the apartment. Then then a year later, I remember I called them and I was just like, I want to move to a bigger space. My mom was like, but like, you know, how are you gonna

do that? And now she was like no. I remember she was like, UM, okay, but we're not going to be paying like, you know, double the rent. I was like, it's okay, I don't need you all to pay anything anymore. I got it and ever since then I never looked back. Nineteen years old. From there on out, I became one independent. Now how how were you able to pay for yourself? For me? Social media took off? Social media really took off. Um. I became a huge, huge sensation on social media. Instagram,

which which platform started paying dividends first? Um Instagram Instagram, Yeah, Instagram started first and then YouTube and then they went hand in hand um, and then pretty much it was all of them. Um. I would get crazy brand deals. Um. Literally everything I posted was a brand like I would never I would get paid for every post, so I

never my Instagram still is a business. Um. And really how I began to make my livelihood and support myself and it was just an amazing feeling, you know, not having to have my parents take care of me anymore and to fast forward to now being able to now give back to my parents, which is the most incredible thing. You know, It's it's been a long way, a long journey, but I mean I still, like I said, I still have a ways to go. But I mean, yeah, it's happening.

Girl Boys reloaded podcast will be right back after. You Know. What I like about your your Instagram is that your pictures. Although you're you're dating a very high profile guy, your pictures on Instagram is primarily about you. It's your life. It's when you go down, you don't say, oh, she's she's roaching off of her relationship or whatever. You look at that Instagram, you know, the first thought is Jilly.

Before I met him, he was already jilly right, yeah, yeah, but but but but but you know, still there are people that that they're gonna explore that. Yeah, they're gonna take that situation, explore that. And how is the sewn anyway? Good? Incredible? He's a good dude, you know, shout after Sean Watson, real good dude. Uh solid day one, you know, And it seems seemed like you're pretty good, like with surrounding yourself with good energy. Absolutely, I believe in that. I

feel like you're a product of what you surround yourself with. Yeah, and that starts with your parents. Yeah. Absolutely, Yeah. I'm looking at a video of your six and I'm mad that you didn't invite me, because boy, y'all look like y'all were having some fun. Man did we? We had? It looked like the best time, the best time. Who was the even coordinator for that? Oh? My party planner. She does all my stuff. Her name is Chloe. She's incredible.

I gotta connect with Chloe because everything looked perfect, it flowed perfectly. I found her um. I was searching on Instagram when I first dropped my cookbook. When I first did it, I was having a cookbook launch party, you know where the Webster is in the galleria. Well, the lady from the Webster styled my entire cookbook, so it was only right to have it there. Um the boss of the Webster, Um, she's in New York and she actually was like, you know, how about you in the

Webster collab and you do the release party here? And I was like, say, let's like what this is incredible, this is absolutely and so I had the release party there, and UM I was looking for a party planner to do everything because I knew what I had envisioned for the release party, but at the same time, I wasn't about to do all of that, and UM, I was just like, you know, who can I find in Houston? Mind you, I was still primarily in l A. So I was like, who can I find in Houston to

do this? Long story short, I was on Instagram searching and then I found her and then so she did my cookbook party. I was so impressed. It was so funny too, because I was telling her everything I want and because I never worked with her before, so I didn't know how she would be. And I'm like, you know, very like, this is what I need, this is what I want. And when she executed this. I was like, oh, now I trust you, like you got my full trust.

She went on to do my twenty fifth birthday that my boyfriend planned, which was just a dream and then um, after that, then she went and did my um new Safe release party in l A. And then she just did my six birthday party, which again was dreamy. And so now she's officially done four of my events and she's stuck with us for life. Yeah, she'll do everything. Chloe what what what is her last name? M? Chloe Cooks?

Chloe Cooks, Chloe Cooks. We gotta give us a shout at Heloks And how many people was at that at my birthday party? How many people? Um, I don't know, but it was very intimate. Um, you know, still primetime, I mean January, but still you know COVID and so we did everything COVID protocols. We had COVID tests prior to everybody coming in and most importantly importantly from me,

my grandmother was an attendant. So I just want to Yeah, So I was like, you know, if you even have a sniffle, do not come near us, because I don't care about anyone more than my grandmother. I'm like we're gonna you're gonna die if you may have anything to do, you know. So I was just like, very very cautious of um, you know, everyone being there around her. But it was very intimate. It was when you first said that,

I thought he was telling your grandma a sniffle. No, I'm saying anybody around I don't know, like my friends, and you know, I'm saying, like, you know, friends, if anyone had even like a sniffle, I'm like, don't come near. Because I me, I'm very very family oriented, like I love friends absolutely, but like for those type of you know, everything that was going on, I would have had it be my parents, my grandmother, my brother, my boyfriend and just us if needed me. So, you know, being able

to do friends and stuff that was extra. So what I'm saying is like, you know, I was like, look here my grandmother and my parents. If anybody is sick, stay home, like I do not care, do not come. The reason why I ask you that because that's what I picked up from the party. It was very intosolutely was very intomate. I don't know how many. Actually sometimes I like the big party, everybody's coming, all that stuff. But other times, I like the intimacy and those those gatherings,

to me, I remember the most. Yeah, and I have the most fun. Yeah. I mean y'all al were having a bar. I mean that that that that was a party. Man, we had the best I can't like you got me having flashbacks right now. Yeah, I had the best night ever. Like each year I say it's the best birthday ever, but really this year was just the best birthday ever. I just felt so loved and that was just the

biggest thing to me. I don't really you know, like sharing my special days with people, you know, just anyone. I was like, that's why, I don't, you know, I would never say never about throwing like, you know, an extravagant party party, but I probably won't. I think all my birthdays will forever be how these past two have been. Yeah, yeah, that's a good look. Yeah. How is the acting going? Incredible? Actually? Um right now I've been just only focused on music,

but it's actually incredible. Um. In l A, I had so many shows that I was on. I was on the Real Husbands of Hollywood, I was on the n c I S and so many of um different shows. A couple of Disney things, but um, as great as it is, I also realized too that music is still my first love. And so with that being said, I was like, you know, within these next couple of years, I want to primarily focus on music. And then of course, like you know, when certain acting jobs come, oh, I'm

taking them and I'm running for it. But um, I was like, you know, I don't want to just be sitting in castings all day and you know, making that the only thing I do. So um, you know, I'm so dan good at music. That's what I feel like, you know, my real true you know talent And I don't even want to say talent, because like acting, I love too, but I just feel like using my purpose, Yeah, that's my purpose. It's definitely gonna be the one thing

that I feel like forever. Want to leave my marketing legacy, um and really go just extremely strong with music but acting. Like I said, and once this music gets to where I wanted to be, I want to be star in movies. I want to win you know, I want to go to the Oscars. I would love to win an Oscar. I just wanna I see it. I know I'm gonna be able to do all of that. Um, but yeah, I mean acting is just really another footstone that's in my journey for sure. Would you do a new scene,

a nude scene? No? No, um no no, would you ever do Playboy cover? Okay? See, So the reason why I asked that is because before you come into this entertainment game, if you don't know what you will do for money, you better know what you won't do for me. Yeah. Well, by the greatest of all to like, you know, money is not the like concept for me, you know. So it's like, well, I think it's not just money, but it's also attention. Because you're straight money, you're good. You're

good no matter what, You're gonna be good. You know your parents are straight, they got your back and all that stuff. You're gonna be good no matter what. On money and beyond great, I didn't know. What I'm saying is that if all let's feel if if you blew your bag, you know what I'm saying. You got a good support system, so you're gonna you're gonna be I can't imagine going to my parents, but but you're gonna be good. The bottom line is that you're gonna be good.

Money is not gonna make you like that. But I'm saying that what happens oftentimes, though, is that sometimes uh women, when they get a little older, they need a hit, they need a booster shot, so to speak, for their career. They'll start taking the clothes off. And a lot of times it's disappointing to us because you know, if a woman carries herself for a certain way, you kind of you tend to kind of put on a pedestal. And now she's up here because everybody else is doing this right.

And then she's she's up here, and we put her there. And then the next thing we know, we look up and she's doing the same thing everybody else, and ship we lost another one, you know. So that happens a lot. And that's why I ask, you know, like you know, you know what, you'd be willing to do something like that, because they're going to ask. They are coming. They will ask because they like to control, that's the thing. And they like to have something on everybody. They like to

make sure they but they're astric next you know. Yeah, no, I'm always stay true to me. I feel like, you know, I have a different purpose than the average. And so I'm like No that that's never intrigued me. You know, you can do as much research. I've never been like that ever. So no, it's not even who I am. It's not the look I want for my family. Um. You know, I I'm solid elsewhere. Um. Now, I think sex appill is different from just being like, you know,

blantly nude. Um, because I mean, I work hard for my body. I I'm always on my peloton. I work out every damn day near and so like you know, I'm gonna show my stomach like I'm gonna wear my bikini, I'm gonna I'm I'm twenty six years old, I have no kids. I you know, I'm not gonna address like a nun. But um, at the same time, that's on my accord, you know that's not anything as the same as nudity at all. But um, I still believe in

strong sex appeal. Um, I'm a woman. I feel like I am, you know, at the prime of my really not even the prime, because I planned to you know, continue to grow and grow more into myself. But um, I think ultimately sex appill is just completely different from like nudity, blatant nudity and stuff. But I mean, I believe in like, you know, strong and sexy for sure. Yeah. I just think that you gotta have something that you get that, you gotta have something, ye have something that

everybody ain't seen. Yeah, and I completely agree. I could ever imagine like if if I can't show it to my parents, then I'm not gonna do it, you know. Yeah, And what does what does your dad think about your sex appeal? Because you you're you you're what what what? What's that word they call they call it a sex um? What's the word when somebody is really sexy or whatever? They have sex appeal? There? I have to come back to it anyway. But anyway, you know, you're your music

videos are very provocative in a sense. I mean I'm not you know, I mean they're provocative, you know, like when you I don't think provocative is the correct I think they provoke a strong reaction. I think. I mean, but you can't just you can't watch a jilly video like this, well no, that's not who I am. You can't do that to watch you know what it is. I don't think provocative is the right word because you also have like you know, people who let me, let me, let me, let me let me let me clear it.

What I mean by that is like, also, you know, you have very very incredible people in the industry. Um, I don't knock anyone the most incredible people, but you know there are people who are really talking about some provocative stuff, like really provocative. No, no, no, that's talking I'm talking about like appearance. Appearance. I mean, I don't I don't know if I would say provocative just because I'm sexy. I don't think it's provocative. I don't think.

I think I just have sex appill. I really do think it's sexy hill it's not provocative though. I don't think I had the Yeah, No, I just think I think it's a strong sexyphile. I really think I just have strong sexyphip. Obviously, my videos you know, aren't meant for Disney Channel. No. But at the same time, I'm a grown woman. Um, you know, I think I talked about even to an extent, like things that grown women do, but not even as fluently as other people elaborate on

in a sense. But I mean, I'm I don't know, I'm I don't want to be a Disney star. I'm not That's the word of the word. I'm looking for a sex symbol. You're a sex symbol, you know, like you. But I love it. I mean I love it. I'm embracing it, right, I'm a sexy person. Ok. Yeah right, I don't want to hide behind the sheet now. Yeah. No, I'm definitely. I live in my body. I live and you know, my one of my body is literally one of my favorite qualities about me. Um. I worked so

hard for it. I don't just sit up and wake up and just you know, do nothing. I work out, I eat right. I you know, I'm very keen on what I put in my body. And I love my body. I do. Like I said, I'm young. Well, you're not the only one that loves you, who loves your body. That's a lot of people out there loves your body. I mean people because I'll be online and stuff I read. I read people's comments and stuff like that, and you know,

they they really do appreciate the work that you put in. Yeah, and and the work that your parents put in, you know to get you here, you know, first and far most, because that's where it starts. Right. Well, you know, the thing with me too is just like once again, I don't knock anybody to eat your own whatever makes anybody happy. But you know, we also live in a century in a world, in today's world that everyone is you know, getting enhancements and you know, buying body parts and doing that.

I'm one hundred percent natural. I've never touched my body and so for me, you know, that is my winner. That is, you know, what sets me apart. I'm in today's world and I'm still winning alongside of all these Yeah, And I mean, like, you know, seriously though, I'm never going to touch my body, and I think you know, I'm a person who's never touched it, So why can't I show off my natural body? You know, people are

showing off all these bodies. I'm like, you know, and like I said, literally, no no disrespect, nothing like you know, to each its own, to whatever makes everyone happy. But for me, my natural body makes me the happiest. And I'm blessed that this is the same body that came out of my mama's too. Literally, So so what happens when you like get older and things started, you know, you're gonna check back. I'm gonna be I'm always be fine. You're gonna have to be because what they're gonna do.

Is they gonna play this clip she said what she said, and it would be like that didn't age. Well, no, trust me, it's gonna age beautifully. I got me and my peloton. That's all I need. That's all I need. Already planned it out too, I said, like, you know, years from now, when I have kids and stuff, I'm gonna be like, leave me alone for forty five minutes. I need my peloton every day. That's all I need. All I need is my peloton, and I'm good. How

many kids do you want? Um? Anywhere between two and four. I know I do not want one, But I always said, let me get two first and then really see because you know, after that sec one I might be like, yeah, that's four is a long shot. But at the same time, we want a big family. We want like maybe four four as the max. So two boys, two girls, um I want well, I want three boys and one girl. I want one girl more so for my boyfriend, but like because he wants a little me. But I think

it's so funny. My mom always tells me she thinks I'm gonna be a boy mom. She says she doesn't see me having a girl. But I want one little girl. At the end, I want all the girls about to ask three boys and then little girl. Then yeah, and let's say you have that little girl. Everything works up stars the line and bam, you got the little girl. What does mommy duties look like to you? Like something? I mean besides the obvious? Yea, what, what's something in

your mind? You're saying, like, I would love to have a little girl so I can do this. I would love to have a little girl really just to honestly like the mommy and me things are so cute. I really would love to just you know, match with my little twin, but more importantly, just to really like mold someone else the way my mom molded me. I think you know, of course my dad too, but for speaking, just woman, a woman. My mom molded me in ways that I won't ever be able to explain. You know,

she molded my mind. She molded because obviously when I moved to l A, there were times where I'm like, Mom, do I need bigger breasts? Like she was always firm, or no, do not touch yourself? And just the way she stimulated my mind and really just like taught me in ways where I wasn't thinking I was being taught, but I was. I would love to really instill that into my daughter one day, because you know today's world,

you can't get lost, you can't get caught up. But by the grace of God, I have a mom who was also my best friend. The line's never crossed to where it's like, you know, any disrespect or any misconstruting, But I'll go to my mom before any friend. I don't tell my friends my problems, even best friends. I don't any issue that I have or you know, advice or anything. I go to my mom. As far as you know women woman advice. As far as relationship advice, I'm not going to go to my friend who's been

with her boyfriend maybe a year longer than me. I'm gonna go to my mom, who's been with my dad for thirty plush years to get that relationship advice. You know did it where y'all did it? So I keep saying, what if they come from I get it that it's rooted in you, you know, from your mom and dad, But how did you pick it up? When were you cognizant of picking that up like and saying I want to pick up these type of values, and you had

intention about upholding those values. I think, to my dew minds, I wasn't really knowing that I was picking it up, But I will say I kind of started to really understand in high school. High school was a big shift for me. Um I went to I was in private school all my life up until ninth grade. Then I went to sophomore year, I transferred to public school for the first time in my life. Hated it, Oh my god,

hated it. And um, I think that was a really big change for me as far as peers, as far as just like everything that went on in my life in high school, and um, little did I know even then it would just be words of like I don't even really know how to describe it, but just words of encouragement and just and to me that still diminishes it.

But just the way my mom and dad would talk to me, and the way they would, you know, tell me either my wrongdoing or right doing in a way that wasn't like a parent like putting down their child. Does that make sense in that way, yeah, exactly. And so I was always able to go to both of parents and and I'll really lean towards saying my mom because obviously as a woman, I'm gonna go to my mom for certain things more than my dad. Staying with my brother, He's gonna go to my dad versus my mom.

So for me having that relationship with my mom, you know, one thing my mom literally always taught me was, you know, you can have a best friend, but who's to say if something happens you she won't go tell your business. One thing I'm always promised you, Yeah, I know for sure. But then one thing that my mom always promised you is I'm never gonna tell anyone. There's no judgment here. And growing up I really realized that, like damn, like you know, I can go to my mom about anything,

like my worst worst moments. You know, girls call their best friends are crying there, and they don't. They don't talk to their mom. They talk to their best friends. They go, you know, to their girlfriends. To exactly me. On the other hand, no, like you can literally ask you to my friends. They probably think I'm a weirdo for that they call me. But no, I go to my mom. Like I said, was like one of the hardest years of my life. And who did I confide in every day? My mom. That was it, my mom, my,

mom and mom. It sounds like to me that what your mom and dad did was empower you with the empower you with the idea of being able to think for yourself and figure it out for yourself. It's like, I'm gonna plant this seed and give you here's the options. Which one do you think? Absolutely, that's the perfect way to put it. Yeah, absolutely, Yeah, I can relate to what I mean, I can. I can recognize it because you know I did the same thing with my kids. Yeah. Yeah, Um,

your brother, what does he do? Basketball? He's in school, he's in college. Um, he plays basketball, and he is just so tall. Now we're three years apart, I'm the older sibling. Is as good as your dad was better? Yeah, he's better and he's just my brother. But you know, it's it's it's beyond basketball. My brother is just so smart. He is like I learned from him too. That is my best friend too. He I'm telling our family were

so close, like we're the most tight knit family. But um, no, joke of what I do is you know for him, like it's really too Yeah, no, it is. It is to show him that you know, this ship is possible. It's you just gotta you gotta want it. And the thing is, you gotta want it more than anybody else wants it. And you know, no matter what anything looks like that it doesn't come easy. You know, I work

my butt off. I work at work. I just told you I come from I came from a shoe literally right after this, I'm going to another shoe that I have rehearsal tonight and I won't even get home until midnight. I've been gone since six am this morning. So I just, I mean, I work for everything that's coming my way. You know, nothing's handed to me. And most importantly, like I said, I just you know, I show him that, Like you know, it's nothing like a worth it work, ethic, nothing,

yeah nothing. How protective are you over the women that may try to come into his life? Very very because you know, one, he's such a beautiful boy. Man now, Jesus, I'm like, he's not a boy. He's twenty three years old, but he's always gonna be like my baby brother. Yeah, and um, he's so beautiful. Um and you know too, because of who he is, because of who his sister is, because of you know, who I'm affiliated with. You know,

you never know people's intentions. And he's told me that several times, like people will be like, oh, you're Jillie's brother, and then like, you know, start talking to him, And I don't like that, you know, because obviously that's the one thing he always tells me. He's like, I hate being called your little brother. But at the same time, you know, I'm just I want somebody who's just so good for him, who's so just genuine, you know, um, who really loves him, loves him the way my mom

and him. My mom and I love him, obviously, you know, in a different factor. But I mean, no one loves my brother. No other woman loves my brother. How my mom, my grandmother and I love him. And you know we

are so tighten it. Um that whoever comes along to be, you know, blessed to be in his life and be his leading lady just you know, needs to be able to carry and when I say carry the way innocence, I mean just carry that strong woman way of like protect think him too, you know, especially black men in this world, you gotta be their backbone. And I believe in that. I believe I've seen my mom do it.

I'm someone's backbone, and you got to protect these black men, and so, you know, just someone who is in it for the real reason and in it for the long haul. I believe in that for sure. I think he'd be okay if he listens to his tribe, because the tribe is strong. Yeah. Very Let me tell you something. I'm I'm very good at peeping game. I'm very good at checking people out, checking out personalities and stuff, very good. And you know what I see is a strong knit unit,

a strong family, good energy, good people. And that's the way you pick them. You pick them one at a time. It's like when you go on the water. You have a war chest and you put your pieces in place, one at a literal. And this is what you have to do when you're bringing people into your family, into the circle. They have to be vetted one at a time. And as long as he does that, he's gonna be

all right. But if he's trying to go against the grain and say, well, you know, I love it and I don't care what nobody else talks about it, he's gonna he's gonna fall off a cliff. Him just because we are so close, podcast will be right back after the how do you yourself? Uh vet, people that come into your life you know that may may have like the wrong intentions, may have ulterior motives trying to get close to you because of who you are or who

you're affiliated with. Well also by the grace of God. Again, it's just, Um, I've been blessed to have uh small circle that I've had for such a long time. Um, there's been very rarely like new people come in. Um, but I'm a very really good judge of character as well. I am. I can see through bullshit as well. And UM, I think I just I'm not really like, um, I don't have time to really just go out and just make friends. So I think that also is why I've

had the same circle for so long. Like literally, I don't I don't have anyone new in my life. I don't everyone around me has been my newest person in my life would probably be exactly. That's so funny how you were saying that, because I was gonna say certain people I work with, like my stylists, and those people have come in within the past like a couple of years. Um, my assistant, she's been with me since I'm moved to l A. So she's been with me for eight years,

so I literally have no one really knew. And like you said, on a professional level, those are the newest people just building my team finding you know, um, a team that fits Jilly today, not jelly back. Um, but those are the newest people in my life. Those are the newest people. Um. I've been in a long relationship now, so it's really no one knew, Like it's the same team, the same people. UM. And I think that's a blessing too, because whenever someone does come around. My mom is also

a really good judged character. Like my mom, one of my girlfriends, Um, she's actually coming down. She fights in on Saturday, or came down for the show looks but she came down for the show, the Chris Brown Show. And um, my mom told me early on when we first met, when and when we were in l A. That she was like, she's gonna be your life friend. Like hold onto that. And my mom was so right, Like she came down for my birthday, came down for the show, like she comes down for my big events.

She's a supportive friend. And you need people like that in your life, you know, you need people who genuinely want to see you win just as much as they're winning. You know, it's not like I think that's the beautiful thing too, is having relationships where you both lift each other up, both motivate each other. And I like people around me who like to be just as successful. You know, I never want to be the richest person in my room.

Then I'm not in the right room. I never want to be the you know, not like the smartest person in my room, because then I'm not Then I'm not in the right room. So I think it's so incredible to have other such strong, smart, successful women and men around me, um who are really on their grind, because it makes me want to hustle ten times harder. Literally, I'm and you mentioned your assistant, and I'm in the market for assistant, and I'm scared to death because I've

never actually had a full time assistant. And I'm scared to death because I hear these horror stories about these assistants who steal money, who write these tell all books and all of this type of stuff. How how did you find your assistant? My assistant was literally an angel sent from heaven. She just like fell from the sky. That's how I found her. No, Um, I kid you, I kid you not. It was I found her funny enough. So she's been my assistant for She didn't start off

as my assistant. She just started off doing UM. I was looking for someone to make me a website when I moved to l A and I had a roommate at the time. Um. When I first first moved to l A. UM, and my roommate was from Canada, and UM, she knew I was looking for someone to do my website. And she was like, oh, I have a friend in Canada who is really good in the text space. Um, she can do your website. She did mine. I was like, okay, perfect, easy.

So that led into her managing my website. So, you know, anytime I needed an update, if I was dropping a song, if I did a new photo shoot, I just wanted to update my website, she would do it. That then turned into little other things like if I needed help with something else, she would do it. And then um, obviously I The next year I moved out from my roommate and got a place on my own, she continued to do my website. UM. If I needed like research on something, I was like, you know, how can I

find like a pr here. She'd helped me find it, and then before I knew it, she just became my full time assistant and we were like, we need to put a label on it, like you're my full time assistant. And Um, I had never met her right, never met her in person. She lives in Canada. UM, so six years of us working together never met I just met her for the first time. Um. She came to l A when I was shooting my new safe music video. I flew her out to l A because I needed

help on set. And it was so crazy because when I tell you, there's literally besides my family, there's no one I talked to more than her, Like I literally talked to her. She's an extension of me and we talk. There's no like um nine to five with us. It's literally like to twenty four to seven days a week the way we work. And she has that same grind that I have, and I just I love her for it. And so I flew her out to um l A when I was shooting my new safe music video last year.

UM and UM it was so crazy because like when we saw each other, we hugged and we're like I've known you for six years and I've never met you. Mind you, She's been my assistant all this time. Like literally all we do is spacetime. All we do is talk. We literally have calls and we text and email all day every day. So it didn't even feel like I was meeting her for the first time, but it was. And then I flew her again. Excuse me, I flew her out again for my Different Rules video shoot. And

then she's coming out. She came out for the Chris Brown concert, and UM, I mean, she's just I couldn't do this without her. She's a big, big, big pardon who Jilia is like everything. I mean, I literally I'm so blessed. Like it's a secret gym that I refused to share with anyone, because I mean, she's just she was made for me. Um, I trust her with my life.

I literally trust her beyond anything, And I'm just blessed to have, you know, someone like that that I could trust and who wants to see me grow as well, and you know, really understand the process and understand the work ethic, and you know, she does so much stuff for me in sense of making my brand in my career grow and she loves it. She loves what she does for me, Like she literally tells me all the time it's her dream, Like she loves it. So I know she's gonna be with me for life for sure.

Yeah she lives there. Yeah she's a year older than me. So you don't see you don't ever see you guys like being like physically together all the time one type of assistant. Um maybe, Like the thing is, it's so crazy because it's just like we don't it feels like she's next door to me. We don't need it. It's not like she's a person who goes goes for hours like she we talk all day every day, and I'm pretty sure if I unlock my phone right now, I have a message from her, like since we just haven't

checked it, like we talk all day every day. And so in a sense, I guess to really answer, I don't need her like here next to me. Um, you know, but who handles stuff like that? Like if you need somebody that like with you to move around, like okay, you're you're you're in you're in l a. Yeah you're moving around. You gotta go to a party. Yeah, you don't just have your sex security you don't send your security on errand uh, you don't say your security to go and run to the store, for you can need

somebody to go to store. Who you're saying, Um, Well, as crazy as it is, you know, I've never really like I have an assistant stylist. You're very close to blowing. I think I would have her if she Yeah, she would probably come because she's the only person I trust with it all. Um, whenever she came down. Um, she's really great with my parents too, Like she loves them. She's the sweetest girl ever. I think when it comes down to it, she'll she'll be the one to move

to where I'm at for sure. Easy. Yeah, easy. I would definitely get her a place. And yeah, I don't want just anybody on my team and in my business. And you know, she knows everything business wise, and you know, business sometimes becomes personal. And she's been there all through it all. And it's just been a person who turned into family, who does my work. And it's just like I said, like her work ethic is just as much as mine. And you can't find that, like you can't.

People are lazy and she's not lazy at all. She's not lazy anything. I don't know. She knows, and we're literally a missing like we're the matching puzzle piece to each other. And so I definitely think to answer your question, I guess I'm just so hone in on like you know, just every day like working work and working working. I haven't thought like you know, once everything does really take off. But it would definitely have her. I would definitely have

her come to where I'm at for sure. Yeah, Okay, I'm glad. I need I need inside, I need some help, you know, I'm and I'm just see if anybody out there. You know, I'm paying six figures. So I'm serious about this and you got to you got some work to do. Yeah, but um, I do appreciate you coming on to the show, and I know you you spoke about uh something personal. First of all, your your handles, Yes, what's your handles? Everything?

Everything is Jillianese, my instagram on Twitter and my youth you my website, well, um all my social handles are jillian Nie j I L L Y A N A I S. My website is I am jelly dot com. You can find everything on my website, social handles, my cookbook, my perfume line, my EP, all things music, every music project I've ever done, all on I am Jilly dot Com. Yeah. So before we go, a little Bertie told me something

about you. What did a little Bertie tell you? The little Bertie tells me that you are a huge fan of pizza and you like your pizza fin crust, Pepperoni, sausage and halla penos. I sat here, I hear things, you know. I got I got ears here, I got ears arsace. So I got had a buddy right that that that is uh that owns uh with his family, the whole family. They owns this place called Brother's Pizza. Have you ever been there? No? Is that in Houston pizza? Okay, yeah, no,

I'm gonna try it out though. You should try it out like pizza. Oh my goodness. Yeah, I'm going to try it out for sure. I am ye say less? Yeah, yeah, I'm gonna say less. Is the other thing? Cross Talapenioka. I'm seeing this right now. He's gonna break come in here. No, no stop it, this is going. I heard so much about you. This is no stop. His brother and is that Joe man? They take care of me. This this is my go to place. See this, this is crazy. This is my go to place for pizza. Oh my good.

Message at three I go, I go to sleep early because that's how him health as welcome, right. And I saw him that this morning. Just like you said, you stay on the grind from like five six a making home so many nights. My day starts at five am. Ago work out early in the morning to go back home, protein shake, get to work. I do this all day. But my family, we've been doing this, uh for since nineteen eight. Oh my good, Texas. They came down from New York and we've been doing it forty two years. Now.

Where do you make locations right around Houston. I'm located right here at Highway six and Nights and right where the Mercedes Benz dealership in the top golf Yeah, okay, we've been there for one years. Oh my good. We got all our problems go to New York and everything. I don't think I'm sorry. You can bring home. I brought a large meets for Brad, but I know he couldn't make it. So even the guy in there, he was like, probably give it to you to take home

to your family. I will take it, Okay, I'm not kidding. Can I really really like family to us? You know, he's been coming to us for years and everything, and every time something happens, like we always can't make it because sometimes we're short on workers. Right, But every now and then he's like, hey, I need a favor, I got a request or can you make it here? Right? The last time I got to chill with Snoop Dogg. Snoop Dogg is like what you see on TV. Yes already,

I said, I heard so much about you and everything. No, thank you, Honestly, I used a career. I heard some of your music and everything. Thank you, Thank you so much. It's going to be right up there. Just keep you appreciate that, honestly, thank you. Appreciate Definitely. I hope you can. Yes, absolutely, I will, no doubt, no doubt. I know it's a little way out the ways, but no, yeah, there's nothing but drive exactly. This is absolutely this is a great way.

Oh my god. Absolutely. After you eat that, I'm telling you, I'm gonna talk it up. I don't like talk. I don't talk stuff up too much, but when I do talk to believe you. I believe you. Oh New York, stop the stuff. You're gonna be like, you're gonna feel like you've been jipped like anything else. After you eat this, you don't feel like I love how like thin? This is too? It's my favorite think I mean, don't even wrong, you know, think it's good. But like you know, I'm

not a person like it's too much bread. So this ye, and that's a wrap, y'all. I appreciate you all right in a minute, y'all, No more talking. This episode was produced by a King and brought to you by The Black Effect Podcast Network and Heart Radio