March 8, 2021 • 52 mins
Brittany Williams! I love this girl. And yes, she is even more gorgeous on the inside than she is on the outside which is almost impossible to believe! I got to know Britt last year when A Thousand Horses toured with her hubby Jason Aldean, and it was instant love for me. She is a makeup guru, she has pop-up classes all over the country helping teach women beauty secrets to make them feel beautiful and empowered. Brittany loves helping women feel good about themselves. Her YouTube page is full of all sorts of makeup tutorials from everyday looks to super intense awesome Halloween looks. She also may as well be St. Francis because this gorgeous creature is going to save all the animals. #nashville #podcast #carolinehobby #jasonaldean #youtube
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Carola. She's a queen. She's not afraid of no Carol.
I am walking down memory lane exactly four years ago
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to the date I interviewed Brittany Auden, who's the wife
of Jason Aldean. My husband, Michael had just come off tour.
He's in a band of thousand horses. They were touring
with Jason Alden and I got to know Brittany on
the road, and this was before any of us had babies.
Brittany shared with me her love of beauty, her love
of hair, her love of makeup, her love of making
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women feel beautiful. And now she has launched her own
line of hair extensions, which is so incredible. So it's
so fun to revisit this interview and just talk about
all the dreams that she's had and how she's turned
those into life and how she's turned them into a reality,
and her love with Jason. So here it is Brittany
al Dean from four years ago, blast from the past.
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It's amazing. Okay, I am here with the gorgeous Brittany Williams. Yes,
that's my name, that's your nickname. And Mia is doing
a dog nance trying to get the shot. She yeah,
you want to be in the face is pretty me.
I should should definitely join your squirrel. She's my squirrel.
(01:33):
Come on, Mia, she's being camera shy. So what kin?
Her dog is Miya. She's a teacup Pomeranian. But she
didn't know she's a teacup. Well, no, she thinks she's
a pit bull. Okay, So I want to start off
with a little rapid fire. Okay, so just say the
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first thing that comes to your head when I say
the word Okay, They're going to be great. Okay, all right?
Was a bucket list? Oh? I want to go to Tahiti. Yes,
I have a few, like boar Boar, there's a bunch,
you know, those little huts on the water. That's what
I want to do. Okay, So t he like island.
You're an island girl, totally island. But but not just
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any island, you know. I want to go to like
the really really cool ones. The problem is the travel time,
and my husband won't go. He won't go. Well, he's
just like that takes too long. How about the bombs?
I'm like, well, I mean that's great too. However, yeah, Yetta,
you gotta do a little more like you want to
like Island hots t. I think it would be worth
the travel time because you guys got married in Mexico,
(02:36):
did so y'all started off your relationship Island Island totally. Actually, Yeah,
he wanted to get married at the beach, so it
was mostly his idea. I was kind of like, I
don't care because at the end of the day, I
get to marry you, and that's all good. Wherever we go.
I don't care, and I love that. And your hair
was amazing. You did say something on your wedding day though,
that never tried new products. Yeah, I never try new
(02:58):
products because I tried a sunscreen. It was sunbomb and
my skin is super sensitive. So we left a little
gift boxes in all the rooms for all of our
guests and sunbum We had like AlOH and chapstick and
sunscreen and all this. So I was like, well, I
obviously don't want to be sunburned on my wedding day,
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so I'm gonna use this precaution. Yeah, I just use
this sunscreen, not even thinking about it, just put it
on my face though it was like thirty or something,
and then the next day I woke up and it
looked like I had Chicken boxwhere I haven't paid a
k attack and then I was like, okay, I just
need some tequila and it'll all be good. Hears it
all right, Yeah, So I just started to drink pretty
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early and then and then uh yeah, I didn't. I
wanted to get in the sun because I was like,
maybe the police you couldn't tell. You really couldn't tell.
But it was because I had a makeup artist and
he was the jam. I was like, you know, on
all day, of all days, I want to do I
don't want to do my makeup on my wedding day.
So for you to say that someone is the jam
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as a makeup artist, they must be pretty great, though,
because you are, to me, like the makeup guru kind
of sore of all. You're very makeup is out of
this world. You obviously like this is your business here.
You have a YouTube page, you do pop up seminars,
like you always are telling people what kind of brands
to use tutorials. So for you to say that someone's great,
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he must be pretty good. He's good. His his name's
mac Daddy on Instagram and his name is Angel. But
he is awesome. And I actually learned a lot from him.
I'm like a sponge when I get other people to
do my makeup because I'm always open to tri new
products and all that. So he he really saved me
that day because I was like having an internal attack,
your panic attack. I was freaking out because it's you,
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it's your way. Besides that, how was your wedding because
it looked at mazing It really was. The weather was awesome,
the paparazzi, I can kiss my butt. Other than that, Yeah,
they were in a boat at the end of the aisle,
so you can imagine I'm coming up over this sand
dune and I'm like, like my husbands at the end
of it, and there's cameras everywhere in a boat, so
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I'm like, people really are crazy like that. Yeah. S
some of my wedding party gave him the finger and
that was great that I didn't let him ruin it though.
That's great and I love that too, because obviously you're
married to Jason Auden and you are just so incredible
on your own right, but together you guys are this
in the same power couple. So people, when y'all got together,
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y'all had just had a ton of energy around you. Guys.
But I feel like, if anything, you'll have been the
strongest couple ever because people are so curious about your relationship.
But it's like, to me, that's just like a great
way to start. It's like, okay, here, yeah, find out
about it. We're gonnahow you how right we are? We
haven't been through anything, Like there's nothing else that could
tear us. Like we've been through so much crap that
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at this point it's like throw it at us. It's fine,
you know, like nothing can break us because we've been
through so much already. So it was like, you know,
I just love him so much. And it's funny because
sometimes you do things that are so not your character
or so out of your realm for the people that
you love. And absolutely because I will be darned. I'm like,
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you know, sometimes I was like, how is this worth it?
But it absolutely is because I got to marry such
a good man. So I'm very blessed. You guys are
the sweetest couple ever. So great, Thank you. So okay,
got record back to rapid fire. Yes, happiness, my HUD's
spend any animals I want to throw you too, any
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animal with a heartbeat, don't care, which is also ironic
because Jason does love to hunt and has a hunting show.
So is that like a dilemma in the marriage? Absolutely
on the wall when we talk about this stuff, and
we've just come to the point where we just have
to agree to disagree because I'm like, I don't agree
with you hunting, Okay, Well that's what I've always done,
and this is part of a business that I'm involved in.
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And remember here about it, right, absolutely okay. And it's
not just like a hobby. It's a thing. It's yeah,
it's a thing. It's and he enjoys it, sincerely, grew
up doing it and it's something that him and his
dad used to do, and I it could not make me,
like to the point where back in the day he
would put camo on and I knew where he was
going obviously, I mean it would be full face paint
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and I would cry. I would break down in the
kitchen and throw a temper tantrum like please don't go.
I just I know what you're gonna go to and
I just can't handle it. So it's just the point
where we he doesn't talk about it. It's like it
doesn't exist because I'll go crazy. I actually was interviewing
Ali Ryan, who has the dry house. Go to the
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dry house and get your hair done. So so many
great people go to the dry house, and we're talking
about like different amazing people. She does. And one thing
we've said about you is you're basically Saint Francis, which
is this the Saint of animals? You love animals more
than people, I think most of the time, right, I mean,
I'm sorry. I love a lot of people in my life.
I love like a good amount, but I love every
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There's not an animal that I don't Where did that
love come from? I don't really know. My parents say
that I've always been that way. Like they would fix
red meat and pork and I would just sit there
and stare at the plate, like I can't eat this
because that was a pig. Like I knew way way
early on in life, and so I just have don't
eat all that stuff. And like I just didn't actually
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associate with the living animal. I think about it when
I eat, and I there's no way I know what
you mean, you know, I just feel and now I'm
going to throw up. It wasn't even worth trying. It
died for you to eat it, and absolutely I know.
I felt the same way. And I think about my
dog and I'm like, I could have just it's easily
when my dog. I went to So I went to
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the University of Alabama and I went to a tailgate
once and there was a it was like a pig
roast or what the heck? Ever, I don't know. I
don't I can't go to that stuff anymore. But I
saw it and it I have an English bulldog and
it looked like my ducks. My dog looks like a
pig to me. So I was like, scarred for life. Yeah,
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that looks like my animal. I feel you can't take it.
I love them animals. I think that's so good. So yeah, okay,
cann Next icon Beyonce always yes, and she's having makes
me want to have twins. I want to. She is
like the queen. She's the queen and I've met her.
(09:15):
Um I do. Thanks to my husband. He was like,
do you want a picture? I'm like, yes, but I
don't want to be that fan girl. But you know,
but you also he knew. I didn't have to say anything.
He's like, you want it. I'm like, baby, yeah, but
I'm not going to ask because I'm not. I got
to calm down here, and so we got a picture.
She was so sweet, And it's funny because I was
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watching her as she kind of made a rounds around
the room and she was so in tune with every
conversation with every person. So it wasn't like she was
I don't know you, I'm going to keep it moving
with you. Yes, we were talking about Blue, she was
talking about us having children. She was, I mean, such
a normal person, but she just cared so much about
every conversation that was she was in. It was crazy.
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You know. I've heard that when I actually interviewed Megan
Lindsay and she was talking about Farrell and she was
saying that, like when Farrell speaks, he's like in the
zone with like Beyonce. I guess you know, I think
that's amazing trait that people have to be in the
moment with people. Absolutely they're wanted in all these moments
and you know that. Yes, So I mean that's a
crazy thing that she was able to do that. She
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she was you could just tell that she's so kind hearted,
and so I was just watching her, like, you're so amazing.
You are just everything. Yes, Oh my god, she walked
in this room. She had on this little it was
almost like a leotard and a cape. I don't even
know what she was wearing, but she can, you know,
she can wear a trash bag and she rocks it.
And she just walked in like it was like a force,
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you know, coming in the room, and she just I've
always loved her, but then ever since then, knowing like
how she kind of like you know, was was with
other people, it was just really cool to see she's
a good person too. I love that, I know, so
I con for sure, I'll give you that. I'm agreeing. Okay. Inspiration, oh,
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I would say I would say Jace because he's my husband, Jase.
I call him Jase Um because he handles things with
such grace, like things that I would freak out over.
With an example, Okay, So I don't know if something
goes on, you know, within his business or like on
the tour, he never freaks. He doesn't ever. I mean
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it could he could say the lightning truck isn't here today,
the show's gonna you're gonna have to do it without lights,
I mean, something crazy, and he's like, all right, Well,
does he like doing it without lights? He doesn't make
it a big deal. Never never raises his voice, really
never never gets like so worked up to where he
gets angry about things. He just handles things so calmly
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admire that It's very admirable because I would be going,
oh crap, what are we going to do? Right, flying
off the handle way more high strung and like he
just I don't know, just watching him handle this business
that he runs. I can imagine running a busess where
so many people depend on you a be handling it
with such grace is really cool, so almost amazing. Yeah,
(12:08):
I know he's he's really he's great. To give a
little shout out, it was the most funnier tour with
y'all last year. I'm going to miss fun and all
the girls and all the guys. I actually just talking
about that because each year that comes, you know, you
hope for good females I do on the tour. I'm like,
I hope the girlfriends are cool, the wives are cool,
just whoever's out. And last year we really hit the jackpot.
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We really have every year last but last year was
so which fun. You guys are awesome. It was the
best time I've ever. It's herd of top, you know,
I know, but you know it's okay because we'll just
be different memories memories from here on out. You great,
great memories, but more to come. I know. I just
wish we could just redo it just one more year,
I know, right, Okay, So you started off as an
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NBA dancer and you were with Charlotte the Bob Cats,
and you are the Lady Cats. So tell me how
you got into dancing, and tell me what that was
like to be on a squad of girls, like twenty
girls working together where their cap bisdall get along. What
did you learn from those years of your life. I
don't really like drama, so I'm you're very not drama.
Girls like it. I want everyone to get along, and
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I I like to build people up, so I don't
understand why people would break people down. I just don't
get it. I but you're also, like I'm telling you St.
Francis and pretty much the like. You're like a perfect human, beautiful,
sweet kind saving all the animals. You're very people, beautiful,
feel great about themselves. Not sure. I definitely have a
lot of falls tons, however, so I don't think there's
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anythingk you. Um, yeah, it was, hey baby girl. Um,
it was definitely difficult sometimes because you throw like fifteen
to twenty plus girls in a one little room, blood, sweat, tears.
And with the NBA, there's so many games, so it's
not like the NFL. It's not like, um, you know,
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you have like ten games this season or whatever. We
had forty plus a year, yes, ma'am. And then if
you may get the playoffs, you've got more. I mean,
you just never I mean it's like a definitely a
part time job on top of the job that you
already have. So it's a lot, a lot of stress,
a lot of memorization, which I have the worst memory.
I can't remember anything the dance moves. And then you
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have a different dance each time, so every week you're
learning a new dance and then you've got time out,
you've got quarter breaks, like, you've got so much stuff
to remember and I have I literally have the worst memory.
You have your worst memory. I can remember songs, that's
about it. So how do you do this? So how
do you learn a new dance every week? How do
you learn all the new moves every week? You would
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have to really do your homework and go home and
really practice, otherwise you're going to make but of yourself
out on that court, you know. So it was fun.
It was just a lot and I did for two
years and it was awesome. Like I got to go
to Italy. Are serious? Yeah, they sent six of us
to Milan for like an NBA tour, which is really cool.
And then we you know, shot calendars and we did
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so much fun stuff and Michael Jorge and owned the team,
so that was pretty cool. You know, Michael Jordans, I
don't know him no, but you know, he would, you know,
ever so often just oversee the practice and then you
really have to be on your crap and then be
at the games. You want to make him proud and
you want to make everybody proud. So it was how
do you think he's from North Carolina? I mean he
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went to Carolina um and hard. He said, I'm just
gonna own that team. Probably the dancers he probably knew
that didn't were really good. You know. He had a
he had a fiance at the time, which I think
they're obviously married now and have children and stuff. But
she was beautiful, so she was always there with him.
So we didn't really know him, but um, it was
just cool the fact that he was at the games
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and stuff. So you wanted to really do good for
him and for everybody and your coach and our coach
was awesome. Honestly, one of the strongest woman I've ever met.
Her best friend and mother both passed away from breast
cancer when we were dancing, and so it was just
she was just so strong and she would show up
and she would keep teaching because that was what she
was there to do. And she got through that, and
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so she had a lot of hardships. She also was
pregnant and we had no idea. Yes, and she would
dance with this belly and we had no clue. Yeah,
she would teach us these dances and under that little
T shirt, she would be no idea. Yeah she's she's
a rock star. So what did you learn from interacting
with twenty women on a regular basis? Pick your battles?
(16:20):
I love that. Love that, like, is it really worth
even saying anything? That's really good thing to learn, especially
with women, because I feel sometimes women can go down
a spiral and just like worry about stuff that probably,
like you said, pick your battle shouldn't be a battle.
So that's amazing you got took that away. Yeah, and
sometimes it's hard to bite your tongue when you just
want to say, because can you just give it up,
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your little bad apple over there, you need to go.
But you just gotta make it, make it work, and
you know, the least amount of drama the better. Just
trying to make everybody laugh and smile and have fun.
And I've always feel like I'm always the goober in
the group, which I like because I'm like, hey, if
they're laughing, I mean they made be laughing at me,
but at least they're laughing. So that. Yeah, in the
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middle of this, you all show, all show. In the
middle of this, you also auditioned for American Idol, and
that was kind of like a life changing moment because
this is happening really the same time you're like dancing,
you're starting the dancing first time, you're also auditioning you
make it to Hollywood. So when you auditioned, Steven Tyler
and Randy and j Loo were there, and oh my god,
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I love j Lo. But what was it like to
see them in person? And how did that go? Because
your voice is so soulful. Oh you're very well. Oh gosh,
where to start with this one. So the NBA was
on the lockout. I don't know if you remember that,
but they didn't have the games, so it was almost
like and I had such stage fright up to that point,
I always loved singing, but to be honest with you,
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I avoided every single major in college that had public
speaking as a requirement because I cannot. At the time,
I couldn't do it. I was like, it's funny, it's
changing you wrap and dancing care a crowd. Like, now,
if you ever caught me back in college, there's no way,
there's absolutely, So I um didn't take any of those
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courses in college just because of that. And then I
started dancing, which then they would throw me in on
interviews or I would obviously have to be dancing in
front of tons of people. So then I started to
build some more confidence in front of the camera and everything.
And then we went to the lockout, so NBA stopped
having games. So then I was like, well, shoot, you know,
American I was coming to town. I think I'm sure
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my parents were like, you gotta go, you gotta go.
My dad is like my biggest man. He's so sweet, sweetheart.
So he's like, just try, just try. Why not? So
I got it? Could yeah, but you're like, whatever, dad,
there's so many people. So I think my year that
I auditioned, there was a hundred and twelve thousand people
that auditioned. Yes, ma'am, that is a lot. Did you
have to wait in line? Yes, how well you will
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wait in line and then you kind of fill on auditorium.
So it's like an arena, I mean, guaranteed to get
to sing. You sure if you get there early enough,
so like you have a number or whatever it is,
and then you kind of file out. At some point
they stopped taking people because there's just a hundred thousand
people performing one day. Well I think that was across
the air because so at the time, like in my thing,
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there might have been twelve thousand or something. I mean
it was a lot though, yes, okay, and so yeah,
so then you perform and then you have to go
through a bunch of different stages honestly before you meet
the judges. So you have to, like you could a
lot of people are getting eliminated before they even get
train judges. Yeah, because they're not going to make those
judges see everybody, a hundred twelve thousand people, you know,
they're going to eliminate probably like I guess the worst
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and the best of the lunch, you know. And then
so anyways, loom behold, like a bunch of rounds happen.
And then eventually later on I met the judges, which
was when they gave me the ticket to Hollywood. However,
Steven Tyler liked me, Randy liked me. Jelo did not.
Why was Jlo throwing? She just hated me. I don't know,
no idea. You were such a fan of her. I know,
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I was super bombed. It was like, even though I
got that ticket to go to Hollywood, I was like sad.
I came out and and my family's there and they're all,
you know, yelling, and I'm like, oh yeah, yeah yeah.
But in the back of my head, I'm like, dang.
I really was thinking me and Jail. You know, I
was like saying, like she danced, she say. I just thought,
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you know, she was totally going to be like girl yeah,
and it was not. It was like girl, no go home. Dang. Okay,
So how is Hollywood? What was that like? So you
go to Hollywood when you get this golden ticket. I've
always wondered what that is, like so cool, so much
anxiety exactly, I don't really know. Actually. Last, that's when
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TV starts being filmed, right like oh yeah, and they
want you to cry. They want you do, you know,
to be emotional and like go through the thing. Well,
I'm not like a big crier, so they kept they
would put the camera in your face if they thought
you were about to get there, you know, like tell
us about it and then it makes you be upset. Well,
I just remember being so full of anxiety because it's
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so scary because you know that you're about to perform um.
Half the time, songs you don't really even know because
they throw them on you, you know. Sometimes like the
group round was really difficult. That would be very hard.
You've seen harmonies too, and just like very hard. I
can't sing harmony, can either. I can't hear that very hard.
I know. I'm like I cannot be in a girl
group and I would love to be, but I cannot
the same way I can't eat a girl groom either,
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even though I mean, harmonies are just like you either
hear them or you don't. And I don't either. I mean,
I'm like, I just gotta fade out exactly. So I
remember like we had the group round and I was
the first one to start acapella. Oh my gosh. And
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right before we hit the stage, I'm on the side
stage and I'm going there like count down to when
we walk out, and I turned to one of the
girls in my group and I'm like, I don't know
this song. I don't know the song. What are the
first words? Yes, no, clue, what's the first line? What's
the first line? Did she tell you? Yeah? She was
like or whatever it was, and it came back to
and died. It came to me and I was like,
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I said yeah after that because I was like, that
was the big man upstairs, because I totally drew a
blank and I ended up making it to the next round.
Have no idea how that's amazing. So I then you
get it very far an American idol. I made it, like,
you know, decently, far farther than I expected to, for sure. Awesome.
And at the same time as when you met Jason too,
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right right around busy couple of years where you go
from it was really basking American idol meaning Jason. Yeah,
and then I went to American Idol them back to dancing,
and then get back to the Bobcats. And then I
moved to Yes. Okay, so how do you decide to say,
hanging up with the Bobcats? You know, I started to
work with someone within the American Idol group, so or
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like production or whatever it was with one of the people, um,
one of the people within the organization, I guess. And
so then I ended up moving to l A. And
then how long did you live in l A? A?
L A for only a year? And then I moved
to Vegas worked at the Bella. Yes you did, girl? Did?
That was fun? You have fun in Vegas and l A.
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I had so much fun. I actually, if it weren't
for Jason, I'd probably still live in California. That's how
much I loved it. Okay, So what were you loving
so much of l A. I just love the weather.
I loved Cali. Girl, Well, I just loved the beach. Granted,
it's like the waters cold, and you know, but I
like how everybody's kind of free spirited and you can
kind of do whatever you want. You can look like crap,
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or you can wear a dang, you know, crazy crap
walking down the road end don't matter, you know anything.
I love that and I just I don't know, I
really enjoyed it. However, my whole family is in the South,
so I've always been kind of the butterfly. So I
was like, one day I knew I'd probably make it
back to the South, but I just needed to get
that stuff out of my sister, did you know? Absolutely?
(23:51):
So I was Vegas. Vegas was fun. I don't suggest
living there. It's fun for like four days. I would say,
like two nights, three days, and I'm ready to like
I'm telling you, yeah, you get like twice a year.
Like there was a while where I feel like the
guys were traveling probably Jason goes all the time, and
I was like, like almost every other month was Vegas.
I'm like, this is too much Vegas. We're about to
(24:11):
hit the A C M. S Again. I was like,
oh gosh, at least I don't gamble, because I never
had a temptation to like go out and that's spend
money or the rabit hole there. Oh yeah. So yeah,
I just I worked at the Blagio. That was really fun.
I met some really cool people that I still talked
to to this day. It's just tough out there if
you live because a lot of people are tourists, so
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making friends and stuff is just pretty difficult, you know,
because it's like you meet people, but then they're gone
in a few days, you know, and then you know
everybody out there, a lot of people are about the nightlife.
Did you dance in Vegas or no? I ended up singing.
I actually got hired there to sing. Yes, I did.
I did, yeah, because I sang. One of the guys,
oh Man, one of the guys that was singing when
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I went there to visit with some friends, did idle
with me, and he was on stage and was like,
come up here and sing a song with me. So
we were friends from IDOL and I did and then
got off and then it kind of spiraled from there
and they always moved to Vegas. Yeah, okay, why not?
Sure what I was at the time. Still kind of
am one of those people. If you're like, let's move
to Hawaii, I'll give it a year. I love that,
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you know, totally. Why not unless there's a reason why not?
Why not? Why not? I was single, I didn't have
anything going on, and I was like, sure, I just
live it up. I always say that the twenties are
for yourself, you know, Like, I feel like I'm so
glad I spent the majority of my twenties just chasing dreams,
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doing what I wanted to do. Really, and how are
you got married? I was twenty seven? Yeah, I feel
like I feel like that's the best to have, like
your early twenties because, like anything in the twenties, not me,
you probably did because your head has been screwed on
the overall hot mess. If I knew then what I
know now, Oh how different my life would be, you
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know what I mean? Yeah, Yes, I feel like I'm
just each year. I did you tell your younger twenties,
Oh my god, she'll out a girl, she'll talk to
that guy. Oh that guy. Maybe it's an asshole. Yeah,
it's not worth it. You think at the time things
are so important. Yes, oh not at all exactly. I
actually tell like Jason's daughters, I'm like, you're about to
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be one of them. You're about to be in high school.
Whatever happens there at the time seems so important. It
doesn't matter. Don't make it. Life was a mistake in
high school. Absolutely, you can obviously bounce back from anything camp,
but like high school is not it. It's not and
at the time you think it's always din't like everything.
I liked it, but like I don't know, I was transferring.
I transferred school. It's like, yeah, I was insecure in
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high school. Insecure and in high school and college like
it was just and I'm like, I don't know, I
didn't feel good in my skin yet I didn't either. Actually,
now that you say that, I had really bad acne
speaking of skins, and I had really bad skin at
the time, So you know, I don't know. I feel
like I've missed out on a lot of stuff just
because of it. I know that sounds so silly, but
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I think that's when I made a beauty so much. Now, okay,
so it made you feel so like self conscious that
you learned how other people not feel that way. Goodness, Absolutely,
is that what spurred your life. It made beauty and
makeup because I remember there would be like pool parties
and stuff going on in high school and you know,
my mom would say, do you want to go? And
I'm like, uh no, do you see what's going on?
If I get the water acting. Yeah, not just like
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because your face is lawless, would never act. I actually
was on accutane six times, wow, six which if I
don't even know if some doctors would even prescribe it
to somebody six times. But I was crazy, right, Yeah
I know. So now I'm just super into skincare and
like wear my sunscreen every day and always wanting it
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to be super clear, and you know, I get my
appeals and I do all my stuff because I don't know.
It was just so it's almost like I'm making up
for lost time. And it was almost kind of like traumatizing.
You don't want to go through that again. Yeah, I
feel so bad for people. So talk to me about
when you decided I'm going to make beauty my business,
because there was a thing that happened. I was like
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a transformation you started because I always knew you're, like
you're the most gorgeous creature on this earth, but you
started doing pop up like clinics, like I don't know,
classes or classes, and then like you really started making
videos and like really helping people understand everyday looks, which
I love because I can't figure out I can't figure
up any looks. I'm like I have one look that's
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night and day, and I don't even know if it's
right or wrong. So when did you decide to make
this your business because it just took off, Well, honestly
when I married Jason, because I wanted to be able
to be on the road, make money, do my own thing.
So you actually have to get creative, yeah, because you know,
I want to be with him, obviously, I want to
experience all the cool stuff that he's experiencing. At the
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same time, don't want to lose myself because I'm so
independent and have always had a job and stuff, and
so you know, for a while I kind of lived
the road life and you know, just enjoyed it, enjoyed
you know, not working for a minute and and I
was like twiddling my thumbs on the bus. So how
is the road life? Tell me what road life is
like from your perspect and I think, you know, but
people think it is so glamorous. It is not. I mean,
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you live out of a suitcase, You've got like dirty
bust water. Not really but kind of, um, wasn't that
potable water? Whatever? It just turns your hair color really crappy,
like yellow. For me, I don't know, and then like
I don't know, you just can't. You can't drink the
water on the bus. You gotta brush your teeth with
a bottled water. I mean, you think it's so glamorous,
and I try to make it as glamorous as possible
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by like dressing up and trying to look cute for
the shows, and then there's only so much you can.
Tour buses are like magical, you know, like store buses,
but you cannot want you're like in life on a
tour bus. They are amazing and it's way better than
a van or anything like that. Absolutely, yes, But on
one hand, like we're spold rotten with it because people
get on it and they'll say, this is so nice,
this is this is what you guys travel on. But
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it's like no, no no, no, this is like what we
live on. So even though it's nice for a minute,
after a while it's closed quarters quarters You're like totally
I over it within the first month of traveling, I swear, Um,
it just depends. Sometimes I'm like I've had enough for
a minute, and we have yes, because I think it
was last year we went from January to October pretty
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much NonStop. I mean it was like, we're home Sunday afternoon,
Lee begin Wednesday afternoon. So it's like, and they earn
more than your at home. Yeah, so that is primarily
our home. However, this year we decided to kind of
decorate our own bus. Oh my gosh, you got to
see it. I haven't seen it yet. It's just in
the works right now. But we kind of didn't overhaul, um,
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and so I really made it more hommy, yes, because
before we were just you know, getting busses and saying, Okay,
this will do for a year or two, you know,
and whatever. And then now this one's got a kennel
for the dogs under our bonds. So the babies under
us rotten and you're happy, aren't you happy? You poop
on a rug? MS, thank you? But uh yeah, so
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we actually put like time and effort into this bus.
So I'm super excited for this year for the first time.
I'm stoked to go on the road. Love it. Okay,
So tell me how you decided to start doing like
pop up makeup classes. Um, yeah, that's pretty much how.
I just wanted to be a Jason on the road
and wanted to make money, and then I found that
people were like, come to Texas, come to Minnesota, come here,
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come there. I'm like, oh my gosh, what if I
just held occasional classes and taught people what I know
or what I do. I mean, it's not even like
obviously what I do is not by the book by
any means, but this is if you guys like it,
I'll teach you. You know, this is this is what
I do. And how perfect though that fit your description
of what you're wanting, like your own job. They can
come money, but it's flexible. Jason's schedule actually works perfectly.
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It takes you across the country exactly. And it was
fun and I got to meet so many awesome girls
and you know, make them happy, which was cool. And
I would always pick someone within the class to do
makeup on so one of the girls would get their
makeup done that day, which is cool. And but for
the most part, they were coming to the show, which
was nice because either they learned something to do their
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makeup to go to the show or you know, to
go out to events. But one of them got to
get their makeup done for the show that night, so
that was kind of cool. They all go to the
show that night for the most part. A lot of
them are you know, fans experience. It was really cool.
I mean I've kind of cut back on it a
little bit just because we haven't been on the road,
and I haven't. I've done one in Nashville which did
really really well. I need to do another one sometime soon.
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But yeah, I'm kind of just trying to enjoy the
time off right now. But that's how I started doing
the pop up shows, because I mean, why not make
people feel good about themselves? And you have a quote
which I love. You have this on your YouTube video
introduction and you say I love all things. I love
all things makeup and beauty and making women feel great
in their own skin, which I freaking love that you
really do have a cause to make women feel great
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in their own skin, no matter what your skin is,
because I know how it feels. Makeup can transform your
face to likely, can make you feel confident. Trust me,
I do not look like I do now in the
morning when I wake up back like this girl, I
wish I could say I did, but I did not.
You did. You're sweet. My husband will tell you differently.
It's fine. I'm like for the first however long we dated,
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I'm like, Okay, I gotta get my crap together. Don't
wake up. Luckily he sleeps forever, so I could get
up and like for you and the patches up on
and then like wake up and perfect. It's like on Bridesmaids,
you know, when she goes to the bathroom, she puts
her Galston and she goes and gets in never like
it was natural. So tell me something like one or
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two of the most transformational stories that you've experienced from
helping a woman with her makeup. Oh gosh, have you
had a moment that you're like, oh, this is like
why I do this? Oh? So many times, just honestly,
like when people, you know, they don't really know how
to do makeup, so they come in kind of bare faced,
don't know what to do. And then at the end
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of me doing their makeup, I give them the mirror
and it's like they want to cry because they're like,
that's me. They didn't know they could look like that.
And it's really simple. It's like little simple steps that
such a difference. So there was one that she was
so flipping beautiful. I was like she should cheer for
the day. Dallas Cowboy Childers this girl is just gorgeous
and she had a few children, and she had never
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seen herself that way with makeup done properly on her face,
and so she was like, I can't wait to go
see my husband. I'm going to tell him we gotta
go on a date tonight. And that always makes me
feel good because I'm like girl getting yes. And I
think I've actually talked about this to several people. I
think it is a okay and actually wonderful to feel
sexy in your own body, especially for your husband, and
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like just to feel good whatever it is, to feel
like you, like feel great in your skin. Yes, that
changes your whole outlook on life. It does. It does,
because I mean there's days obviously you wake up and
you may feel a little bit of overweight, or you
may feel like your skin is not good, or your
hair is just funky or whatever is coming on. And
a lot of times that can you know, dictate like
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how your day goes. I know that sounds kind of vain.
I sometimes I'll have like a big breakout and I'm
like I just don't even want to go anywhere. I
just want to stay at home with pimple cream on,
you know, or like a hair mask, like I need,
I need a minute, And it's funny how stuff like
that can dictate your how you feel that day. And
so you know, just trying to help women, you know,
be the best them as far as looks go and stuff,
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it really does make a difference. So talking about your
YouTube page, because you launched and you also kind of
launched with Halloween looks, which I think is great. At
the same time, you did a combination like partnership with
the dry House for the Day where you like gave
people makeup for Halloween. So tell me about your YouTube
page and what people can expect there because I know
you have like a series of everyday looks, which I love.
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You have like costume looks, Like what kind of things
you want to are we going to be expecting? Um?
Just definitely there's whatever people request. Really, even if it's
like my skincare routine or you know, stuff with fashion,
what is it varies? Do you have like a certain
type of product that you like to have? So many
the problem is is that I need. I'm almost thirty,
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so I need and I have the big birthday. I
actually feel like it's fine. You know what you get
better with age totally. I think. I think thirties are
the best. I wouldn't go back to my twenties for
a million bucks, really no. But I was a hot
mess with my twenties. I know I'm still kind of
a hot mess. I feel like I might always be
a hot mess. It's not put together, but at least
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my head's not totally insane like it used to be. Yes,
I do have know things to feel. The babies, you
got it. I can't wait for that lot some babies
in the thirties, I do. Yeah, why the babies? Why not?
I don't know. But what was the question? So the
question was every day looks what you use for your face,
like Jame got it thirty Yes, and then you're yeah.
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So I have been trying to start with like the
age preventative stuff and trying to do like you know,
I creams and really help with wrinkles and stuff like
use products that will help me better as far as
age goes. Um. But the problem is is my skin
so acne prone and sensitive. So it's almost like I
find it it's like a day to day thing, like
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if I have a breakout, then I'll treat it with
some acne products that day. If my face is feeling
good and looking clear, then I'll treat the wrinkles that day.
You know. It just it's berries based on what's happening
that day. You would think that I would stop getting pimples,
you know, around thirty, But no, No, I feel like
I got an adult onset acne, Like in my late twenties,
I had nothing, and then they just all started coming
in my thirties. I know. I don't understand. And being
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on the road is tough too, because that your cycled air. Yeah,
you can't get fully clean on the road. I really
don't think. You cannot bus venue unless you get to
like a hotel. It's always a little dirty. And my
husband's kind of a hermit, so he doesn't like to
leave the bus. Whereas if we have an option of
a hotel, I'm like, please, babe, just give you one night.
I just want to go. It's sprawl out in this
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kingsize bed, take a shower for an hour, yeah, you know,
because you just don't get to do that on the bus.
So I don't know, So it's hard to stay is
totally clean and a totally clean face, yeah, because the
water's not. It's like gas station water, you know, because
they fill it up, there can't be healthy. No. So
if I was going to do like an everyday routine
and I didn't want to spend forever doing it, how
long would it take and how many products would I need?
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It depends if you want it to be pretty natural.
I'm a little different because I have my things, like
I need my lip liner, I need eyeliner. You know,
those are things unless I have a tan. If you
have a tan, everything is better. Which I don't condone tanning.
I condone spray tanning. You think spright tanning is worse? No,
it's great. Oh condoned? What does that mean? You like it? O? Wait?
What did I just say? I think you're right? No,
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I don't. I don't condone, but I do you Okay, yes, wait, no,
you're right supporting spray tanting, not tanning. But yes to me,
wrinkles to me, some spots too much crapp worth it
haven't there. And everything I did in my younger years
because my parents didn't quite believe in sunscreen. Okay they did,
but not not often. You know. It's like, hey, put
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on your thirty once in a day at the lake
and then you're good. No, Quintan a beds came out.
This is terrible. I used to double tating, but like
I would go to one in the morning and another
one afternoon. Is that not insane? It's insane, But I
am sane and now like, oh my poor body, why
did I do that? I know, So I'm trying now
to reverse everything that I did as far as sun goes.
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You know, yes, that kind of sucks. So tell me
what you're looking forward to in seventeen. Thirty gonna be thirty,
is going to be forty, so you are exactly, Yeah,
it's a big it's a big year. And it's also
twenty seventeen, so it's lucky seven. Lucky sevens are lucky
that they need some luck. Okay, I'll tell you. Last
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year was something I think two thousand and sixteen was
little rough for a lot of people. Two that sixteen
was like great in so many ways, like obviously, like
touring with you guys was like the best, and I
launched this podcast. It was a great. But like I
had a heavy year. It was just like an exhausting
year for some reason. Yours what was Bentley got diagnosed
with cancer, my my boldog. Yeah, and so that's kind
of a little We're still chubby. And we moved into
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this new house um at the beginning of the year,
so it was great. However, Jason was on the road
and my mom and a couple of people came in
town to help me move, and Bentley got diagnosed with
cancer the day we were moving. So I was like
in shambles, you know. I mean, he was over there,
he was actually in the hospital, but he just went
south real quick. And then so it was like trying
(40:25):
to tell people where to put stuff and help them,
and I'm over here just crying in the corner half
the time, you know, because I'm like, I cannot lose him.
I have had him since college. He is my heart,
soul and everything in between. Like I know, it sounds
so silly, but he is my man. He is other
than my husband. He is like the most important thing
to me. I swear. It's so weird to feel that
way about a dog, but I do love you. Mia.
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She is at the fireplace, she's all the fireplace. You're cute.
She's just looking at you like I'm ready to be held,
ready to be held. No, she's she feels left out, um,
so that you know, it started out with Bennie getting
cancer and in love Galie though, I had to find
the silver lining it at all, because even though he
got diagnosed, he's still kicking. And it's two thousand seventeen,
so it's like, so, what was the silver lining that
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you found that he's still alive and he's still doing good.
You know, he's in chemo, but he's still here. So
it's like, you know, I'm more than he's sick when
he's feeling great and still here exactly, and I still
have him and that's such a blessing. And then like
I didn't, you know, lose anyone close to me. I
always pray for everyone's health and I just want everyone
to be safe, and like in my life still, I
don't want anyone to pass away. I have a really
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hard time with death. Um. So everyone immediate to me,
you know, was did well, like as far as health goes,
you know, for two thousand sixteen. But then one of
my really really good friends in Vegas, one of my girls,
her baby passed away in the summer. It was right
after my birthday in June, and that was like the worst, seriously,
the worst thing I've ever experienced in life. I don't
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think anyone should have to bury a child, their child,
a child, period um. But you know he was so
he was five months so that was really really hard.
I mean hard to this day. Think about it every day.
I think about her every day. So that's it's tough.
Is so precious goodness, and it can change so quickly
and change so quickly. It's like, I think, to exactly
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kind of what you're saying, you just have to like
cherish it and not take it for granted and value
the relationships because relationships, at the end of the day
are really what makes all of it worthwhile. Absolutely, I'm like,
we could lose all of this, everything can go away tomorrow,
but if I still have my people, yeah, I'm good.
You can rebuild, you can figure something else that I'm
always like, we can move to Mexico, open a taco stand,
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that fun. Would that beat we should actually consider you
really wouldn't be mad, would be mad at all. So,
you know, I mean, there was it was a great
year in some aspects and then sad and others. So
but I think, you know, we're thinking babies. I would
love babies if God would give me some, bless me
(42:52):
with some. I would totally be happy about it, you know, yeah, totally.
Maybe I'll try to have some with you. Let's have twins,
like fiance, Yes, in October, in October, Well, I tell Michael,
maybe we'll start trying in October. We're trying to get
him on. Yeah. But he'll just be so happy, especially
if you have a girl, be a little you, He'll
be oh my gosh, She'll never be the same. Do
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you want a little girl and a little boy? I
want I want a boy and I want a girl. Okay, twins,
I'm telling you the twins are the way to go.
But then you think about our lifestyle and the way
that we travel. Could you travel with twins? I guess
you figure it out. I guess you do. I mean
you just have to write. I mean if fiance can
do it. However, Jason does not want me. Any's not
even like a good friend that could help watch the kids.
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I mean maybe okay, mom, which he would love that,
but he's just like, no, absolutely not. We can do
this by ourselves. I'm like, so tell me about road, Like,
what would that look like? Because that's the thing that
I can never like quite figure out how to do that.
Part of I don't know, because like I feel like
we would miss out on a lot being the mom. Yeah,
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you can't go to everything that and then the boys
don't start playing till later, you know, Jason doesn't go
on till nine thirty at night, So then I can't
go to the show because I've got babies or a baby,
you know. And then he doesn't get done till eleven
wants to hang out with his band, which I don't
blame him, you know, or whatever. But then it's like
you just kind of kick it by yourself, you know,
(44:19):
And I feel like that that's hard. It's hard to
let go of that. Like I can, I'm on my
own schedule, can do whatever I want. If I want
to go over here and have a drink, I can.
If I want to go watch the show, I can,
you know, entertain all your friends that are in town.
M And I think that kind of but I guess
we all have to keep evolving, huh or not. Then
we decided to have babies, lots of animals, lots of animals,
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just saying all have save every dog, save them all.
I really want to do that. Actually, rescue. If you
do it, I'll help you out. I promise. That's part
of my I want to do that on my bucket
list one at one point in my life. I know
I want to do it too. I hear here there's
like kill shelters in Nashville, and I had no idea. Okay,
so you should start swooping up those dogs started started
(45:03):
out here. Yeah, we have a barn. Great, that's all
you need. And get a vet to come, like, you know,
once a week, just like monitor the pets and then
they can we can get donations to make sure they're
all vaccinated, and then people will come adopt them and
I'll be perfect. It sounds like such a dream. I
wouldn't even go on the road anymore. That would know
my full focus. Yes, totally. I think that'd be a
great focus to put that on the bucket list. I
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do too. Something else that you have done with Jason
I think is so cute is you'll do these like
car karaoke his heart and the thic I make him
do it is the funniest stuff ever. And I feel
like it's so funny to see Jason like that because
I don't know people expect that he's so funny. He
is so funny. He is so funny, he really is.
And he's so sarcastic our humor so different. He's sarcastic
(45:43):
and says things and like won't laugh. And then you know,
I say, I do not have a filter sometimes, so
I will just talk like stuff I should not ever say,
but I say it. And so we were just so different.
He's so sarcastic and I'm just so different. So anyways,
I was like, this is fun babe. I feel like
people should be able to see your personality more because
they only see, you know, when he does interviews, he's
a little more like proper and that's not really him
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because he's like a joking all the time, right all
the time, and people don't know that you think he's
being serious. You're like, oh my gosh, it took me
a minute. You know, being funny, he's just sartastic humor.
He's sarcastic as crap. And I had I'm like, okay,
was he serious? Does he really think that my jeans
look like crap? I'm confused, you know, I need to change. Yeah,
So in these car videos, what are you calling them?
(46:29):
They're like I don't know what they are. It's like
karaoke car kind of and y'all are like, listen to
rap songs. You get so funny because you get like
road rage a little bit driving like you are like people.
I don't understand people. I literally like the first time
you posted it almost had tears my eyes laughing so high.
I was like, this is the funniest I ever. Non
need your own TV. I get car sick. So if
I'm not driving, you're the driver. Yeah, I always drive,
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because when he drives a he cannot drive. First of all,
he is like all over the place. So I get
car sick. Even if I didn't get car sick, I
would throw up because he was driving in general. But
I get carsick just what in any situation. So I drive,
which makes him so scared because he's not in control,
you know. And then I like rap, and I like
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R and B, and I like totally different music than him.
He's like classic classical rock, and but he's he's knowing
these words. I see him wrapping now he does. I'm like, baby,
you gotta learn this song. This is our next karaoke jam.
He's like he tries that doctor dry and eminem I
think you should, like honestly, do your own TV show together.
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He would never. I's so funny. Just the thing we're funny,
but boy, we are passionate people. Let me just say,
I'm like, oh, if people only knew, if they could
be a fly on the wall. I think that's great.
You need passion. I know. It's just like when we
get upset, we're upset, and I'm like, that's something that
you have to you have to be okay and willing
to let people into that part of your life and
(47:54):
let you know, like people judge a lot, and some
people loves really difficult because it's like because you're freaking
Saint whatever, people love to judge. I love it. I know.
We just can't worry about that. And he's gonna hate
I know. I think the thing is Jason would never
want cameras in the house that much. I get that. Actually,
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like living such a public life, you do like to
have your sanctuary. Yeah, because we're so I mean, it's
so public when we're on the road, we come home
and we're like, you know, so coming home and having cameras,
he would probably be like, Okay, everybody, get out. But
you did do that one time with tank when you
surprised him, he telled him and you surprised him on
that show Tank with the big fish tank, and he
called it off. I can't believe. He did come up
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to some cameras well it. He loved it. But the
thing is, I had to go pro on the Polarists
that I drove to our barn to pick him up
at and so the whole time, like, I can't believe
he didn't realize what was going on. But I was like,
you pulled it off. I know. I was like, I
had to think of stupid stuff, like baby, remember that
go pro you got me a couple of years ago. Whatever,
I learned how to use it, I want to stick
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it on the players and come pick you up and
see if it works. And you know, it's just like
he's like, all right, I mean that's weird, but okay.
So it's just little things that you had to think about. That.
Oh and the worst part, so we the whole crew
hid their cars and everything they put there, like equipment
on our back porch. So when I pulled up to
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the garage the park the Philaris, he turned around and
all of the camera equipment and stuff was on the
back porch and he's going, the heck is all that?
What is that? And he starts walking that way. I
was like, oh, I've been working on my blog. I had, yes, yes,
I started. This is funny. Um I had to make
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it up. So I was like, I've been working on
my blog and people were over here with camera and
stuff like helping me. So he's kind of like, alright,
that's bizarre that you didn't tell me that, But okay,
I start breaking on in hives full blown and you
are about to be filmed for TAKEE because you're about
to chank him. I have hives everywhere because you're taught me,
so I can't it lie. That's good, Yes, you can't lie.
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I mean you break out and hid. So I broke
out everywhere. So in the show, I have this like
shawl thing on I don't even know what you call it,
and I just wrapped myself up to People thought I
was pregnant. They thought it was like hiding a belly,
hiding your hives. I was hiding my hives, Brittany, that's hilarious.
Broke out everywhere because I was so nervous, stressed out, upset,
that I had just lied like everything. I was broken
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out everywhere. So I just hid in this thing like,
oh my god, I just don't pan that camera here. Yeah,
oh my god. The things that people go on behind
the scenes, you know, you have no clue there, Like
she's hiding a vamp, she's pregnant. I'm like, I'm just
broke out because I'm freaking stressed out. You know. I
can't believe I pulled it off. But we had a hitch,
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which is amazing. We have this awesome fish tank. Now
it's gorgeous, and there was a perfect spot to put it.
I think so too. That was our Christmas tree spot.
And Jason's like, well, now we don't have anyhere to
put the tree. I'm like, as whatever, you canna put
it in corn gorgeous of the house. Who cares this is?
This is awesome. So you've got an eel. His name's Nessy,
like the Locknest monster. I get attached. Oh my gosh,
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they're my baby. They are one's name's Kickstand. He's so funny.
He'll swim and then he'll stick his fin out real
quick and just chill, and then he'll swim and then
he'll just chill, I'm about makeup World. Just can we
be looking forward to to in the makeup worldline? Ye?
Maybe maybe some stuff Like I've been looking into clothes too,
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because I'm like super into clothes and fashion and stuff.
Thank you. I think it's time for you to put
together a line. Yeah, a line or maybe that after.
I actually was thinking about opening a store in Nashville too.
You should. Yeah, it could be kind of like a
beauty clothing store as well, but something to put energy
into and like feel you know, a little more accomplished
and kind of build build a brand. And you've got
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a brand. Work on that. Thanks by whatever you saw.
Thank you. I close on my interviews to leave your light.
So leave some inspiration of how you have been inspired
or how you'd like to inspire people. Oh, just make
people feel good about themselves because at the end of
the day, don't throw shade. Who needs all that mess.
Be nice to people, Appreciate the ones that you're around.
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Tell everybody that you love them, because you never know
what the days are gonna bring, you know, so just
be cool, be nice, no drama, just be a good person.
It's really not that hard, you know. I wake up
happy like happiness is a choice. When you get up
in the morning, you can have a bad attitude, or
you could say, you know what, thank you for letting
me live this day because this is beautiful. That yeah, so,
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I don't know. Just be a happy person. You radiate sunshine.
I feel like a bright light. Thank you, are you?
Thanks for joining me, thank you for having me? Okay,
see right,
Carola. She's a queen. She's not afraid of no Carol.
I am walking down memory lane exactly four years ago
(00:31):
to the date I interviewed Brittany Auden, who's the wife
of Jason Aldean. My husband, Michael had just come off tour.
He's in a band of thousand horses. They were touring
with Jason Alden and I got to know Brittany on
the road, and this was before any of us had babies.
Brittany shared with me her love of beauty, her love
of hair, her love of makeup, her love of making
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women feel beautiful. And now she has launched her own
line of hair extensions, which is so incredible. So it's
so fun to revisit this interview and just talk about
all the dreams that she's had and how she's turned
those into life and how she's turned them into a reality,
and her love with Jason. So here it is Brittany
al Dean from four years ago, blast from the past.
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It's amazing. Okay, I am here with the gorgeous Brittany Williams. Yes,
that's my name, that's your nickname. And Mia is doing
a dog nance trying to get the shot. She yeah,
you want to be in the face is pretty me.
I should should definitely join your squirrel. She's my squirrel.
(01:33):
Come on, Mia, she's being camera shy. So what kin?
Her dog is Miya. She's a teacup Pomeranian. But she
didn't know she's a teacup. Well, no, she thinks she's
a pit bull. Okay, So I want to start off
with a little rapid fire. Okay, so just say the
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first thing that comes to your head when I say
the word Okay, They're going to be great. Okay, all right?
Was a bucket list? Oh? I want to go to Tahiti. Yes,
I have a few, like boar Boar, there's a bunch,
you know, those little huts on the water. That's what
I want to do. Okay, So t he like island.
You're an island girl, totally island. But but not just
(02:16):
any island, you know. I want to go to like
the really really cool ones. The problem is the travel time,
and my husband won't go. He won't go. Well, he's
just like that takes too long. How about the bombs?
I'm like, well, I mean that's great too. However, yeah, Yetta,
you gotta do a little more like you want to
like Island hots t. I think it would be worth
the travel time because you guys got married in Mexico,
(02:36):
did so y'all started off your relationship Island Island totally. Actually, Yeah,
he wanted to get married at the beach, so it
was mostly his idea. I was kind of like, I
don't care because at the end of the day, I
get to marry you, and that's all good. Wherever we go.
I don't care, and I love that. And your hair
was amazing. You did say something on your wedding day though,
that never tried new products. Yeah, I never try new
(02:58):
products because I tried a sunscreen. It was sunbomb and
my skin is super sensitive. So we left a little
gift boxes in all the rooms for all of our
guests and sunbum We had like AlOH and chapstick and
sunscreen and all this. So I was like, well, I
obviously don't want to be sunburned on my wedding day,
(03:19):
so I'm gonna use this precaution. Yeah, I just use
this sunscreen, not even thinking about it, just put it
on my face though it was like thirty or something,
and then the next day I woke up and it
looked like I had Chicken boxwhere I haven't paid a
k attack and then I was like, okay, I just
need some tequila and it'll all be good. Hears it
all right, Yeah, So I just started to drink pretty
(03:40):
early and then and then uh yeah, I didn't. I
wanted to get in the sun because I was like,
maybe the police you couldn't tell. You really couldn't tell.
But it was because I had a makeup artist and
he was the jam. I was like, you know, on
all day, of all days, I want to do I
don't want to do my makeup on my wedding day.
So for you to say that someone is the jam
(04:00):
as a makeup artist, they must be pretty great, though,
because you are, to me, like the makeup guru kind
of sore of all. You're very makeup is out of
this world. You obviously like this is your business here.
You have a YouTube page, you do pop up seminars,
like you always are telling people what kind of brands
to use tutorials. So for you to say that someone's great,
(04:20):
he must be pretty good. He's good. His his name's
mac Daddy on Instagram and his name is Angel. But
he is awesome. And I actually learned a lot from him.
I'm like a sponge when I get other people to
do my makeup because I'm always open to tri new
products and all that. So he he really saved me
that day because I was like having an internal attack,
your panic attack. I was freaking out because it's you,
(04:42):
it's your way. Besides that, how was your wedding because
it looked at mazing It really was. The weather was awesome,
the paparazzi, I can kiss my butt. Other than that, Yeah,
they were in a boat at the end of the aisle,
so you can imagine I'm coming up over this sand
dune and I'm like, like my husbands at the end
of it, and there's cameras everywhere in a boat, so
(05:04):
I'm like, people really are crazy like that. Yeah. S
some of my wedding party gave him the finger and
that was great that I didn't let him ruin it though.
That's great and I love that too, because obviously you're
married to Jason Auden and you are just so incredible
on your own right, but together you guys are this
in the same power couple. So people, when y'all got together,
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y'all had just had a ton of energy around you. Guys.
But I feel like, if anything, you'll have been the
strongest couple ever because people are so curious about your relationship.
But it's like, to me, that's just like a great
way to start. It's like, okay, here, yeah, find out
about it. We're gonnahow you how right we are? We
haven't been through anything, Like there's nothing else that could
tear us. Like we've been through so much crap that
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at this point it's like throw it at us. It's fine,
you know, like nothing can break us because we've been
through so much already. So it was like, you know,
I just love him so much. And it's funny because
sometimes you do things that are so not your character
or so out of your realm for the people that
you love. And absolutely because I will be darned. I'm like,
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you know, sometimes I was like, how is this worth it?
But it absolutely is because I got to marry such
a good man. So I'm very blessed. You guys are
the sweetest couple ever. So great, Thank you. So okay,
got record back to rapid fire. Yes, happiness, my HUD's
spend any animals I want to throw you too, any
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animal with a heartbeat, don't care, which is also ironic
because Jason does love to hunt and has a hunting show.
So is that like a dilemma in the marriage? Absolutely
on the wall when we talk about this stuff, and
we've just come to the point where we just have
to agree to disagree because I'm like, I don't agree
with you hunting, Okay, Well that's what I've always done,
and this is part of a business that I'm involved in.
(06:48):
And remember here about it, right, absolutely okay. And it's
not just like a hobby. It's a thing. It's yeah,
it's a thing. It's and he enjoys it, sincerely, grew
up doing it and it's something that him and his
dad used to do, and I it could not make me,
like to the point where back in the day he
would put camo on and I knew where he was
going obviously, I mean it would be full face paint
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and I would cry. I would break down in the
kitchen and throw a temper tantrum like please don't go.
I just I know what you're gonna go to and
I just can't handle it. So it's just the point
where we he doesn't talk about it. It's like it
doesn't exist because I'll go crazy. I actually was interviewing
Ali Ryan, who has the dry house. Go to the
(07:30):
dry house and get your hair done. So so many
great people go to the dry house, and we're talking
about like different amazing people. She does. And one thing
we've said about you is you're basically Saint Francis, which
is this the Saint of animals? You love animals more
than people, I think most of the time, right, I mean,
I'm sorry. I love a lot of people in my life.
I love like a good amount, but I love every
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There's not an animal that I don't Where did that
love come from? I don't really know. My parents say
that I've always been that way. Like they would fix
red meat and pork and I would just sit there
and stare at the plate, like I can't eat this
because that was a pig. Like I knew way way
early on in life, and so I just have don't
eat all that stuff. And like I just didn't actually
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associate with the living animal. I think about it when
I eat, and I there's no way I know what
you mean, you know, I just feel and now I'm
going to throw up. It wasn't even worth trying. It
died for you to eat it, and absolutely I know.
I felt the same way. And I think about my
dog and I'm like, I could have just it's easily
when my dog. I went to So I went to
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the University of Alabama and I went to a tailgate
once and there was a it was like a pig
roast or what the heck? Ever, I don't know. I
don't I can't go to that stuff anymore. But I
saw it and it I have an English bulldog and
it looked like my ducks. My dog looks like a
pig to me. So I was like, scarred for life. Yeah,
(08:53):
that looks like my animal. I feel you can't take it.
I love them animals. I think that's so good. So yeah, okay,
cann Next icon Beyonce always yes, and she's having makes
me want to have twins. I want to. She is
like the queen. She's the queen and I've met her.
(09:15):
Um I do. Thanks to my husband. He was like,
do you want a picture? I'm like, yes, but I
don't want to be that fan girl. But you know,
but you also he knew. I didn't have to say anything.
He's like, you want it. I'm like, baby, yeah, but
I'm not going to ask because I'm not. I got
to calm down here, and so we got a picture.
She was so sweet, And it's funny because I was
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watching her as she kind of made a rounds around
the room and she was so in tune with every
conversation with every person. So it wasn't like she was
I don't know you, I'm going to keep it moving
with you. Yes, we were talking about Blue, she was
talking about us having children. She was, I mean, such
a normal person, but she just cared so much about
every conversation that was she was in. It was crazy.
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You know. I've heard that when I actually interviewed Megan
Lindsay and she was talking about Farrell and she was
saying that, like when Farrell speaks, he's like in the
zone with like Beyonce. I guess you know, I think
that's amazing trait that people have to be in the
moment with people. Absolutely they're wanted in all these moments
and you know that. Yes, So I mean that's a
crazy thing that she was able to do that. She
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she was you could just tell that she's so kind hearted,
and so I was just watching her, like, you're so amazing.
You are just everything. Yes, Oh my god, she walked
in this room. She had on this little it was
almost like a leotard and a cape. I don't even
know what she was wearing, but she can, you know,
she can wear a trash bag and she rocks it.
And she just walked in like it was like a force,
(10:39):
you know, coming in the room, and she just I've
always loved her, but then ever since then, knowing like
how she kind of like you know, was was with
other people, it was just really cool to see she's
a good person too. I love that, I know, so
I con for sure, I'll give you that. I'm agreeing. Okay. Inspiration, oh,
(11:00):
I would say I would say Jace because he's my husband, Jase.
I call him Jase Um because he handles things with
such grace, like things that I would freak out over.
With an example, Okay, So I don't know if something
goes on, you know, within his business or like on
the tour, he never freaks. He doesn't ever. I mean
(11:23):
it could he could say the lightning truck isn't here today,
the show's gonna you're gonna have to do it without lights,
I mean, something crazy, and he's like, all right, Well,
does he like doing it without lights? He doesn't make
it a big deal. Never never raises his voice, really
never never gets like so worked up to where he
gets angry about things. He just handles things so calmly
(11:45):
admire that It's very admirable because I would be going,
oh crap, what are we going to do? Right, flying
off the handle way more high strung and like he
just I don't know, just watching him handle this business
that he runs. I can imagine running a busess where
so many people depend on you a be handling it
with such grace is really cool, so almost amazing. Yeah,
(12:08):
I know he's he's really he's great. To give a
little shout out, it was the most funnier tour with
y'all last year. I'm going to miss fun and all
the girls and all the guys. I actually just talking
about that because each year that comes, you know, you
hope for good females I do on the tour. I'm like,
I hope the girlfriends are cool, the wives are cool,
just whoever's out. And last year we really hit the jackpot.
(12:29):
We really have every year last but last year was
so which fun. You guys are awesome. It was the
best time I've ever. It's herd of top, you know,
I know, but you know it's okay because we'll just
be different memories memories from here on out. You great,
great memories, but more to come. I know. I just
wish we could just redo it just one more year,
I know, right, Okay, So you started off as an
(12:51):
NBA dancer and you were with Charlotte the Bob Cats,
and you are the Lady Cats. So tell me how
you got into dancing, and tell me what that was
like to be on a squad of girls, like twenty
girls working together where their cap bisdall get along. What
did you learn from those years of your life. I
don't really like drama, so I'm you're very not drama.
Girls like it. I want everyone to get along, and
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I I like to build people up, so I don't
understand why people would break people down. I just don't
get it. I but you're also, like I'm telling you St.
Francis and pretty much the like. You're like a perfect human, beautiful,
sweet kind saving all the animals. You're very people, beautiful,
feel great about themselves. Not sure. I definitely have a
lot of falls tons, however, so I don't think there's
(13:34):
anythingk you. Um, yeah, it was, hey baby girl. Um,
it was definitely difficult sometimes because you throw like fifteen
to twenty plus girls in a one little room, blood, sweat, tears.
And with the NBA, there's so many games, so it's
not like the NFL. It's not like, um, you know,
(13:55):
you have like ten games this season or whatever. We
had forty plus a year, yes, ma'am. And then if
you may get the playoffs, you've got more. I mean,
you just never I mean it's like a definitely a
part time job on top of the job that you
already have. So it's a lot, a lot of stress,
a lot of memorization, which I have the worst memory.
I can't remember anything the dance moves. And then you
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have a different dance each time, so every week you're
learning a new dance and then you've got time out,
you've got quarter breaks, like, you've got so much stuff
to remember and I have I literally have the worst memory.
You have your worst memory. I can remember songs, that's
about it. So how do you do this? So how
do you learn a new dance every week? How do
you learn all the new moves every week? You would
(14:37):
have to really do your homework and go home and
really practice, otherwise you're going to make but of yourself
out on that court, you know. So it was fun.
It was just a lot and I did for two
years and it was awesome. Like I got to go
to Italy. Are serious? Yeah, they sent six of us
to Milan for like an NBA tour, which is really cool.
And then we you know, shot calendars and we did
(14:58):
so much fun stuff and Michael Jorge and owned the team,
so that was pretty cool. You know, Michael Jordans, I
don't know him no, but you know, he would, you know,
ever so often just oversee the practice and then you
really have to be on your crap and then be
at the games. You want to make him proud and
you want to make everybody proud. So it was how
do you think he's from North Carolina? I mean he
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went to Carolina um and hard. He said, I'm just
gonna own that team. Probably the dancers he probably knew
that didn't were really good. You know. He had a
he had a fiance at the time, which I think
they're obviously married now and have children and stuff. But
she was beautiful, so she was always there with him.
So we didn't really know him, but um, it was
just cool the fact that he was at the games
(15:39):
and stuff. So you wanted to really do good for
him and for everybody and your coach and our coach
was awesome. Honestly, one of the strongest woman I've ever met.
Her best friend and mother both passed away from breast
cancer when we were dancing, and so it was just
she was just so strong and she would show up
and she would keep teaching because that was what she
was there to do. And she got through that, and
(15:59):
so she had a lot of hardships. She also was
pregnant and we had no idea. Yes, and she would
dance with this belly and we had no clue. Yeah,
she would teach us these dances and under that little
T shirt, she would be no idea. Yeah she's she's
a rock star. So what did you learn from interacting
with twenty women on a regular basis? Pick your battles?
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I love that. Love that, like, is it really worth
even saying anything? That's really good thing to learn, especially
with women, because I feel sometimes women can go down
a spiral and just like worry about stuff that probably,
like you said, pick your battle shouldn't be a battle.
So that's amazing you got took that away. Yeah, and
sometimes it's hard to bite your tongue when you just
want to say, because can you just give it up,
(16:42):
your little bad apple over there, you need to go.
But you just gotta make it, make it work, and
you know, the least amount of drama the better. Just
trying to make everybody laugh and smile and have fun.
And I've always feel like I'm always the goober in
the group, which I like because I'm like, hey, if
they're laughing, I mean they made be laughing at me,
but at least they're laughing. So that. Yeah, in the
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middle of this, you all show, all show. In the
middle of this, you also auditioned for American Idol, and
that was kind of like a life changing moment because
this is happening really the same time you're like dancing,
you're starting the dancing first time, you're also auditioning you
make it to Hollywood. So when you auditioned, Steven Tyler
and Randy and j Loo were there, and oh my god,
(17:24):
I love j Lo. But what was it like to
see them in person? And how did that go? Because
your voice is so soulful. Oh you're very well. Oh gosh,
where to start with this one. So the NBA was
on the lockout. I don't know if you remember that,
but they didn't have the games, so it was almost
like and I had such stage fright up to that point,
I always loved singing, but to be honest with you,
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I avoided every single major in college that had public
speaking as a requirement because I cannot. At the time,
I couldn't do it. I was like, it's funny, it's
changing you wrap and dancing care a crowd. Like, now,
if you ever caught me back in college, there's no way,
there's absolutely, So I um didn't take any of those
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courses in college just because of that. And then I
started dancing, which then they would throw me in on
interviews or I would obviously have to be dancing in
front of tons of people. So then I started to
build some more confidence in front of the camera and everything.
And then we went to the lockout, so NBA stopped
having games. So then I was like, well, shoot, you know,
American I was coming to town. I think I'm sure
(18:30):
my parents were like, you gotta go, you gotta go.
My dad is like my biggest man. He's so sweet, sweetheart.
So he's like, just try, just try. Why not? So
I got it? Could yeah, but you're like, whatever, dad,
there's so many people. So I think my year that
I auditioned, there was a hundred and twelve thousand people
that auditioned. Yes, ma'am, that is a lot. Did you
have to wait in line? Yes, how well you will
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wait in line and then you kind of fill on auditorium.
So it's like an arena, I mean, guaranteed to get
to sing. You sure if you get there early enough,
so like you have a number or whatever it is,
and then you kind of file out. At some point
they stopped taking people because there's just a hundred thousand
people performing one day. Well I think that was across
the air because so at the time, like in my thing,
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there might have been twelve thousand or something. I mean
it was a lot though, yes, okay, and so yeah,
so then you perform and then you have to go
through a bunch of different stages honestly before you meet
the judges. So you have to, like you could a
lot of people are getting eliminated before they even get
train judges. Yeah, because they're not going to make those
judges see everybody, a hundred twelve thousand people, you know,
they're going to eliminate probably like I guess the worst
(19:36):
and the best of the lunch, you know. And then
so anyways, loom behold, like a bunch of rounds happen.
And then eventually later on I met the judges, which
was when they gave me the ticket to Hollywood. However,
Steven Tyler liked me, Randy liked me. Jelo did not.
Why was Jlo throwing? She just hated me. I don't know,
no idea. You were such a fan of her. I know,
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I was super bombed. It was like, even though I
got that ticket to go to Hollywood, I was like sad.
I came out and and my family's there and they're all,
you know, yelling, and I'm like, oh yeah, yeah yeah.
But in the back of my head, I'm like, dang.
I really was thinking me and Jail. You know, I
was like saying, like she danced, she say. I just thought,
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you know, she was totally going to be like girl yeah,
and it was not. It was like girl, no go home. Dang. Okay,
So how is Hollywood? What was that like? So you
go to Hollywood when you get this golden ticket. I've
always wondered what that is, like so cool, so much
anxiety exactly, I don't really know. Actually. Last, that's when
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TV starts being filmed, right like oh yeah, and they
want you to cry. They want you do, you know,
to be emotional and like go through the thing. Well,
I'm not like a big crier, so they kept they
would put the camera in your face if they thought
you were about to get there, you know, like tell
us about it and then it makes you be upset. Well,
I just remember being so full of anxiety because it's
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so scary because you know that you're about to perform um.
Half the time, songs you don't really even know because
they throw them on you, you know. Sometimes like the
group round was really difficult. That would be very hard.
You've seen harmonies too, and just like very hard. I
can't sing harmony, can either. I can't hear that very hard.
I know. I'm like I cannot be in a girl
group and I would love to be, but I cannot
the same way I can't eat a girl groom either,
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even though I mean, harmonies are just like you either
hear them or you don't. And I don't either. I mean,
I'm like, I just gotta fade out exactly. So I
remember like we had the group round and I was
the first one to start acapella. Oh my gosh. And
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right before we hit the stage, I'm on the side
stage and I'm going there like count down to when
we walk out, and I turned to one of the
girls in my group and I'm like, I don't know
this song. I don't know the song. What are the
first words? Yes, no, clue, what's the first line? What's
the first line? Did she tell you? Yeah? She was
like or whatever it was, and it came back to
and died. It came to me and I was like,
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I said yeah after that because I was like, that
was the big man upstairs, because I totally drew a
blank and I ended up making it to the next round.
Have no idea how that's amazing. So I then you
get it very far an American idol. I made it, like,
you know, decently, far farther than I expected to, for sure. Awesome.
And at the same time as when you met Jason too,
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right right around busy couple of years where you go
from it was really basking American idol meaning Jason. Yeah,
and then I went to American Idol them back to dancing,
and then get back to the Bobcats. And then I
moved to Yes. Okay, so how do you decide to say,
hanging up with the Bobcats? You know, I started to
work with someone within the American Idol group, so or
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like production or whatever it was with one of the people, um,
one of the people within the organization, I guess. And
so then I ended up moving to l A. And
then how long did you live in l A? A?
L A for only a year? And then I moved
to Vegas worked at the Bella. Yes you did, girl? Did?
That was fun? You have fun in Vegas and l A.
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I had so much fun. I actually, if it weren't
for Jason, I'd probably still live in California. That's how
much I loved it. Okay, So what were you loving
so much of l A. I just love the weather.
I loved Cali. Girl, Well, I just loved the beach. Granted,
it's like the waters cold, and you know, but I
like how everybody's kind of free spirited and you can
kind of do whatever you want. You can look like crap,
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or you can wear a dang, you know, crazy crap
walking down the road end don't matter, you know anything.
I love that and I just I don't know, I
really enjoyed it. However, my whole family is in the South,
so I've always been kind of the butterfly. So I
was like, one day I knew I'd probably make it
back to the South, but I just needed to get
that stuff out of my sister, did you know? Absolutely?
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So I was Vegas. Vegas was fun. I don't suggest
living there. It's fun for like four days. I would say,
like two nights, three days, and I'm ready to like
I'm telling you, yeah, you get like twice a year.
Like there was a while where I feel like the
guys were traveling probably Jason goes all the time, and
I was like, like almost every other month was Vegas.
I'm like, this is too much Vegas. We're about to
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hit the A C M. S Again. I was like,
oh gosh, at least I don't gamble, because I never
had a temptation to like go out and that's spend
money or the rabit hole there. Oh yeah. So yeah,
I just I worked at the Blagio. That was really fun.
I met some really cool people that I still talked
to to this day. It's just tough out there if
you live because a lot of people are tourists, so
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making friends and stuff is just pretty difficult, you know,
because it's like you meet people, but then they're gone
in a few days, you know, and then you know
everybody out there, a lot of people are about the nightlife.
Did you dance in Vegas or no? I ended up singing.
I actually got hired there to sing. Yes, I did.
I did, yeah, because I sang. One of the guys,
oh Man, one of the guys that was singing when
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I went there to visit with some friends, did idle
with me, and he was on stage and was like,
come up here and sing a song with me. So
we were friends from IDOL and I did and then
got off and then it kind of spiraled from there
and they always moved to Vegas. Yeah, okay, why not?
Sure what I was at the time. Still kind of
am one of those people. If you're like, let's move
to Hawaii, I'll give it a year. I love that,
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you know, totally. Why not unless there's a reason why not?
Why not? Why not? I was single, I didn't have
anything going on, and I was like, sure, I just
live it up. I always say that the twenties are
for yourself, you know, Like, I feel like I'm so
glad I spent the majority of my twenties just chasing dreams,
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doing what I wanted to do. Really, and how are
you got married? I was twenty seven? Yeah, I feel
like I feel like that's the best to have, like
your early twenties because, like anything in the twenties, not me,
you probably did because your head has been screwed on
the overall hot mess. If I knew then what I
know now, Oh how different my life would be, you
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know what I mean? Yeah, Yes, I feel like I'm
just each year. I did you tell your younger twenties,
Oh my god, she'll out a girl, she'll talk to
that guy. Oh that guy. Maybe it's an asshole. Yeah,
it's not worth it. You think at the time things
are so important. Yes, oh not at all exactly. I
actually tell like Jason's daughters, I'm like, you're about to
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be one of them. You're about to be in high school.
Whatever happens there at the time seems so important. It
doesn't matter. Don't make it. Life was a mistake in
high school. Absolutely, you can obviously bounce back from anything camp,
but like high school is not it. It's not and
at the time you think it's always din't like everything.
I liked it, but like I don't know, I was transferring.
I transferred school. It's like, yeah, I was insecure in
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high school. Insecure and in high school and college like
it was just and I'm like, I don't know, I
didn't feel good in my skin yet I didn't either. Actually,
now that you say that, I had really bad acne
speaking of skins, and I had really bad skin at
the time, So you know, I don't know. I feel
like I've missed out on a lot of stuff just
because of it. I know that sounds so silly, but
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I think that's when I made a beauty so much. Now, okay,
so it made you feel so like self conscious that
you learned how other people not feel that way. Goodness, Absolutely,
is that what spurred your life. It made beauty and
makeup because I remember there would be like pool parties
and stuff going on in high school and you know,
my mom would say, do you want to go? And
I'm like, uh no, do you see what's going on?
If I get the water acting. Yeah, not just like
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because your face is lawless, would never act. I actually
was on accutane six times, wow, six which if I
don't even know if some doctors would even prescribe it
to somebody six times. But I was crazy, right, Yeah
I know. So now I'm just super into skincare and
like wear my sunscreen every day and always wanting it
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to be super clear, and you know, I get my
appeals and I do all my stuff because I don't know.
It was just so it's almost like I'm making up
for lost time. And it was almost kind of like traumatizing.
You don't want to go through that again. Yeah, I
feel so bad for people. So talk to me about
when you decided I'm going to make beauty my business,
because there was a thing that happened. I was like
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a transformation you started because I always knew you're, like
you're the most gorgeous creature on this earth, but you
started doing pop up like clinics, like I don't know,
classes or classes, and then like you really started making
videos and like really helping people understand everyday looks, which
I love because I can't figure out I can't figure
up any looks. I'm like I have one look that's
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night and day, and I don't even know if it's
right or wrong. So when did you decide to make
this your business because it just took off, Well, honestly
when I married Jason, because I wanted to be able
to be on the road, make money, do my own thing.
So you actually have to get creative, yeah, because you know,
I want to be with him, obviously, I want to
experience all the cool stuff that he's experiencing. At the
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same time, don't want to lose myself because I'm so
independent and have always had a job and stuff, and
so you know, for a while I kind of lived
the road life and you know, just enjoyed it, enjoyed
you know, not working for a minute and and I
was like twiddling my thumbs on the bus. So how
is the road life? Tell me what road life is
like from your perspect and I think, you know, but
people think it is so glamorous. It is not. I mean,
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you live out of a suitcase, You've got like dirty
bust water. Not really but kind of, um, wasn't that
potable water? Whatever? It just turns your hair color really crappy,
like yellow. For me, I don't know, and then like
I don't know, you just can't. You can't drink the
water on the bus. You gotta brush your teeth with
a bottled water. I mean, you think it's so glamorous,
and I try to make it as glamorous as possible
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by like dressing up and trying to look cute for
the shows, and then there's only so much you can.
Tour buses are like magical, you know, like store buses,
but you cannot want you're like in life on a
tour bus. They are amazing and it's way better than
a van or anything like that. Absolutely, yes, But on
one hand, like we're spold rotten with it because people
get on it and they'll say, this is so nice,
this is this is what you guys travel on. But
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it's like no, no no, no, this is like what we
live on. So even though it's nice for a minute,
after a while it's closed quarters quarters You're like totally
I over it within the first month of traveling, I swear, Um,
it just depends. Sometimes I'm like I've had enough for
a minute, and we have yes, because I think it
was last year we went from January to October pretty
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much NonStop. I mean it was like, we're home Sunday afternoon,
Lee begin Wednesday afternoon. So it's like, and they earn
more than your at home. Yeah, so that is primarily
our home. However, this year we decided to kind of
decorate our own bus. Oh my gosh, you got to
see it. I haven't seen it yet. It's just in
the works right now. But we kind of didn't overhaul, um,
(30:36):
and so I really made it more hommy, yes, because
before we were just you know, getting busses and saying, Okay,
this will do for a year or two, you know,
and whatever. And then now this one's got a kennel
for the dogs under our bonds. So the babies under
us rotten and you're happy, aren't you happy? You poop
on a rug? MS, thank you? But uh yeah, so
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we actually put like time and effort into this bus.
So I'm super excited for this year for the first time.
I'm stoked to go on the road. Love it. Okay,
So tell me how you decided to start doing like
pop up makeup classes. Um, yeah, that's pretty much how.
I just wanted to be a Jason on the road
and wanted to make money, and then I found that
people were like, come to Texas, come to Minnesota, come here,
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come there. I'm like, oh my gosh, what if I
just held occasional classes and taught people what I know
or what I do. I mean, it's not even like
obviously what I do is not by the book by
any means, but this is if you guys like it,
I'll teach you. You know, this is this is what
I do. And how perfect though that fit your description
of what you're wanting, like your own job. They can
come money, but it's flexible. Jason's schedule actually works perfectly.
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It takes you across the country exactly. And it was
fun and I got to meet so many awesome girls
and you know, make them happy, which was cool. And
I would always pick someone within the class to do
makeup on so one of the girls would get their
makeup done that day, which is cool. And but for
the most part, they were coming to the show, which
was nice because either they learned something to do their
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makeup to go to the show or you know, to
go out to events. But one of them got to
get their makeup done for the show that night, so
that was kind of cool. They all go to the
show that night for the most part. A lot of
them are you know, fans experience. It was really cool.
I mean I've kind of cut back on it a
little bit just because we haven't been on the road,
and I haven't. I've done one in Nashville which did
really really well. I need to do another one sometime soon.
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But yeah, I'm kind of just trying to enjoy the
time off right now. But that's how I started doing
the pop up shows, because I mean, why not make
people feel good about themselves? And you have a quote
which I love. You have this on your YouTube video
introduction and you say I love all things. I love
all things makeup and beauty and making women feel great
in their own skin, which I freaking love that you
really do have a cause to make women feel great
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in their own skin, no matter what your skin is,
because I know how it feels. Makeup can transform your
face to likely, can make you feel confident. Trust me,
I do not look like I do now in the
morning when I wake up back like this girl, I
wish I could say I did, but I did not.
You did. You're sweet. My husband will tell you differently.
It's fine. I'm like for the first however long we dated,
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I'm like, Okay, I gotta get my crap together. Don't
wake up. Luckily he sleeps forever, so I could get
up and like for you and the patches up on
and then like wake up and perfect. It's like on Bridesmaids,
you know, when she goes to the bathroom, she puts
her Galston and she goes and gets in never like
it was natural. So tell me something like one or
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two of the most transformational stories that you've experienced from
helping a woman with her makeup. Oh gosh, have you
had a moment that you're like, oh, this is like
why I do this? Oh? So many times, just honestly,
like when people, you know, they don't really know how
to do makeup, so they come in kind of bare faced,
don't know what to do. And then at the end
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of me doing their makeup, I give them the mirror
and it's like they want to cry because they're like,
that's me. They didn't know they could look like that.
And it's really simple. It's like little simple steps that
such a difference. So there was one that she was
so flipping beautiful. I was like she should cheer for
the day. Dallas Cowboy Childers this girl is just gorgeous
and she had a few children, and she had never
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seen herself that way with makeup done properly on her face,
and so she was like, I can't wait to go
see my husband. I'm going to tell him we gotta
go on a date tonight. And that always makes me
feel good because I'm like girl getting yes. And I
think I've actually talked about this to several people. I
think it is a okay and actually wonderful to feel
sexy in your own body, especially for your husband, and
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like just to feel good whatever it is, to feel
like you, like feel great in your skin. Yes, that
changes your whole outlook on life. It does. It does,
because I mean there's days obviously you wake up and
you may feel a little bit of overweight, or you
may feel like your skin is not good, or your
hair is just funky or whatever is coming on. And
a lot of times that can you know, dictate like
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how your day goes. I know that sounds kind of vain.
I sometimes I'll have like a big breakout and I'm
like I just don't even want to go anywhere. I
just want to stay at home with pimple cream on,
you know, or like a hair mask, like I need,
I need a minute, And it's funny how stuff like
that can dictate your how you feel that day. And
so you know, just trying to help women, you know,
be the best them as far as looks go and stuff,
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it really does make a difference. So talking about your
YouTube page, because you launched and you also kind of
launched with Halloween looks, which I think is great. At
the same time, you did a combination like partnership with
the dry House for the Day where you like gave
people makeup for Halloween. So tell me about your YouTube
page and what people can expect there because I know
you have like a series of everyday looks, which I love.
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You have like costume looks, Like what kind of things
you want to are we going to be expecting? Um?
Just definitely there's whatever people request. Really, even if it's
like my skincare routine or you know, stuff with fashion,
what is it varies? Do you have like a certain
type of product that you like to have? So many
the problem is is that I need. I'm almost thirty,
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so I need and I have the big birthday. I
actually feel like it's fine. You know what you get
better with age totally. I think. I think thirties are
the best. I wouldn't go back to my twenties for
a million bucks, really no. But I was a hot
mess with my twenties. I know I'm still kind of
a hot mess. I feel like I might always be
a hot mess. It's not put together, but at least
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my head's not totally insane like it used to be. Yes,
I do have know things to feel. The babies, you
got it. I can't wait for that lot some babies
in the thirties, I do. Yeah, why the babies? Why not?
I don't know. But what was the question? So the
question was every day looks what you use for your face,
like Jame got it thirty Yes, and then you're yeah.
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So I have been trying to start with like the
age preventative stuff and trying to do like you know,
I creams and really help with wrinkles and stuff like
use products that will help me better as far as
age goes. Um. But the problem is is my skin
so acne prone and sensitive. So it's almost like I
find it it's like a day to day thing, like
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if I have a breakout, then I'll treat it with
some acne products that day. If my face is feeling
good and looking clear, then I'll treat the wrinkles that day.
You know. It just it's berries based on what's happening
that day. You would think that I would stop getting pimples,
you know, around thirty, But no, No, I feel like
I got an adult onset acne, Like in my late twenties,
I had nothing, and then they just all started coming
in my thirties. I know. I don't understand. And being
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on the road is tough too, because that your cycled air. Yeah,
you can't get fully clean on the road. I really
don't think. You cannot bus venue unless you get to
like a hotel. It's always a little dirty. And my
husband's kind of a hermit, so he doesn't like to
leave the bus. Whereas if we have an option of
a hotel, I'm like, please, babe, just give you one night.
I just want to go. It's sprawl out in this
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kingsize bed, take a shower for an hour, yeah, you know,
because you just don't get to do that on the bus.
So I don't know, So it's hard to stay is
totally clean and a totally clean face, yeah, because the
water's not. It's like gas station water, you know, because
they fill it up, there can't be healthy. No. So
if I was going to do like an everyday routine
and I didn't want to spend forever doing it, how
long would it take and how many products would I need?
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It depends if you want it to be pretty natural.
I'm a little different because I have my things, like
I need my lip liner, I need eyeliner. You know,
those are things unless I have a tan. If you
have a tan, everything is better. Which I don't condone tanning.
I condone spray tanning. You think spright tanning is worse? No,
it's great. Oh condoned? What does that mean? You like it? O? Wait?
What did I just say? I think you're right? No,
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I don't. I don't condone, but I do you Okay, yes, wait, no,
you're right supporting spray tanting, not tanning. But yes to me,
wrinkles to me, some spots too much crapp worth it
haven't there. And everything I did in my younger years
because my parents didn't quite believe in sunscreen. Okay they did,
but not not often. You know. It's like, hey, put
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on your thirty once in a day at the lake
and then you're good. No, Quintan a beds came out.
This is terrible. I used to double tating, but like
I would go to one in the morning and another
one afternoon. Is that not insane? It's insane, But I
am sane and now like, oh my poor body, why
did I do that? I know, So I'm trying now
to reverse everything that I did as far as sun goes.
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You know, yes, that kind of sucks. So tell me
what you're looking forward to in seventeen. Thirty gonna be thirty,
is going to be forty, so you are exactly, Yeah,
it's a big it's a big year. And it's also
twenty seventeen, so it's lucky seven. Lucky sevens are lucky
that they need some luck. Okay, I'll tell you. Last
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year was something I think two thousand and sixteen was
little rough for a lot of people. Two that sixteen
was like great in so many ways, like obviously, like
touring with you guys was like the best, and I
launched this podcast. It was a great. But like I
had a heavy year. It was just like an exhausting
year for some reason. Yours what was Bentley got diagnosed
with cancer, my my boldog. Yeah, and so that's kind
of a little We're still chubby. And we moved into
(40:03):
this new house um at the beginning of the year,
so it was great. However, Jason was on the road
and my mom and a couple of people came in
town to help me move, and Bentley got diagnosed with
cancer the day we were moving. So I was like
in shambles, you know. I mean, he was over there,
he was actually in the hospital, but he just went
south real quick. And then so it was like trying
(40:25):
to tell people where to put stuff and help them,
and I'm over here just crying in the corner half
the time, you know, because I'm like, I cannot lose him.
I have had him since college. He is my heart,
soul and everything in between. Like I know, it sounds
so silly, but he is my man. He is other
than my husband. He is like the most important thing
to me. I swear. It's so weird to feel that
way about a dog, but I do love you. Mia.
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She is at the fireplace, she's all the fireplace. You're cute.
She's just looking at you like I'm ready to be held,
ready to be held. No, she's she feels left out, um,
so that you know, it started out with Bennie getting
cancer and in love Galie though, I had to find
the silver lining it at all, because even though he
got diagnosed, he's still kicking. And it's two thousand seventeen,
so it's like, so, what was the silver lining that
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you found that he's still alive and he's still doing good.
You know, he's in chemo, but he's still here. So
it's like, you know, I'm more than he's sick when
he's feeling great and still here exactly, and I still
have him and that's such a blessing. And then like
I didn't, you know, lose anyone close to me. I
always pray for everyone's health and I just want everyone
to be safe, and like in my life still, I
don't want anyone to pass away. I have a really
(41:29):
hard time with death. Um. So everyone immediate to me,
you know, was did well, like as far as health goes,
you know, for two thousand sixteen. But then one of
my really really good friends in Vegas, one of my girls,
her baby passed away in the summer. It was right
after my birthday in June, and that was like the worst, seriously,
the worst thing I've ever experienced in life. I don't
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think anyone should have to bury a child, their child,
a child, period um. But you know he was so
he was five months so that was really really hard.
I mean hard to this day. Think about it every day.
I think about her every day. So that's it's tough.
Is so precious goodness, and it can change so quickly
and change so quickly. It's like, I think, to exactly
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kind of what you're saying, you just have to like
cherish it and not take it for granted and value
the relationships because relationships, at the end of the day
are really what makes all of it worthwhile. Absolutely, I'm like,
we could lose all of this, everything can go away tomorrow,
but if I still have my people, yeah, I'm good.
You can rebuild, you can figure something else that I'm
always like, we can move to Mexico, open a taco stand,
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that fun. Would that beat we should actually consider you
really wouldn't be mad, would be mad at all. So,
you know, I mean, there was it was a great
year in some aspects and then sad and others. So
but I think, you know, we're thinking babies. I would
love babies if God would give me some, bless me
(42:52):
with some. I would totally be happy about it, you know, yeah, totally.
Maybe I'll try to have some with you. Let's have twins,
like fiance, Yes, in October, in October, Well, I tell Michael,
maybe we'll start trying in October. We're trying to get
him on. Yeah. But he'll just be so happy, especially
if you have a girl, be a little you, He'll
be oh my gosh, She'll never be the same. Do
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you want a little girl and a little boy? I
want I want a boy and I want a girl. Okay, twins,
I'm telling you the twins are the way to go.
But then you think about our lifestyle and the way
that we travel. Could you travel with twins? I guess
you figure it out. I guess you do. I mean
you just have to write. I mean if fiance can
do it. However, Jason does not want me. Any's not
even like a good friend that could help watch the kids.
(43:37):
I mean maybe okay, mom, which he would love that,
but he's just like, no, absolutely not. We can do
this by ourselves. I'm like, so tell me about road, Like,
what would that look like? Because that's the thing that
I can never like quite figure out how to do that.
Part of I don't know, because like I feel like
we would miss out on a lot being the mom. Yeah,
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you can't go to everything that and then the boys
don't start playing till later, you know, Jason doesn't go
on till nine thirty at night, So then I can't
go to the show because I've got babies or a baby,
you know. And then he doesn't get done till eleven
wants to hang out with his band, which I don't
blame him, you know, or whatever. But then it's like
you just kind of kick it by yourself, you know,
(44:19):
And I feel like that that's hard. It's hard to
let go of that. Like I can, I'm on my
own schedule, can do whatever I want. If I want
to go over here and have a drink, I can.
If I want to go watch the show, I can,
you know, entertain all your friends that are in town.
M And I think that kind of but I guess
we all have to keep evolving, huh or not. Then
we decided to have babies, lots of animals, lots of animals,
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just saying all have save every dog, save them all.
I really want to do that. Actually, rescue. If you
do it, I'll help you out. I promise. That's part
of my I want to do that on my bucket
list one at one point in my life. I know
I want to do it too. I hear here there's
like kill shelters in Nashville, and I had no idea. Okay,
so you should start swooping up those dogs started started
(45:03):
out here. Yeah, we have a barn. Great, that's all
you need. And get a vet to come, like, you know,
once a week, just like monitor the pets and then
they can we can get donations to make sure they're
all vaccinated, and then people will come adopt them and
I'll be perfect. It sounds like such a dream. I
wouldn't even go on the road anymore. That would know
my full focus. Yes, totally. I think that'd be a
great focus to put that on the bucket list. I
(45:23):
do too. Something else that you have done with Jason
I think is so cute is you'll do these like
car karaoke his heart and the thic I make him
do it is the funniest stuff ever. And I feel
like it's so funny to see Jason like that because
I don't know people expect that he's so funny. He
is so funny. He is so funny, he really is.
And he's so sarcastic our humor so different. He's sarcastic
(45:43):
and says things and like won't laugh. And then you know,
I say, I do not have a filter sometimes, so
I will just talk like stuff I should not ever say,
but I say it. And so we were just so different.
He's so sarcastic and I'm just so different. So anyways,
I was like, this is fun babe. I feel like
people should be able to see your personality more because
they only see, you know, when he does interviews, he's
a little more like proper and that's not really him
(46:07):
because he's like a joking all the time, right all
the time, and people don't know that you think he's
being serious. You're like, oh my gosh, it took me
a minute. You know, being funny, he's just sartastic humor.
He's sarcastic as crap. And I had I'm like, okay,
was he serious? Does he really think that my jeans
look like crap? I'm confused, you know, I need to change. Yeah,
So in these car videos, what are you calling them?
(46:29):
They're like I don't know what they are. It's like
karaoke car kind of and y'all are like, listen to
rap songs. You get so funny because you get like
road rage a little bit driving like you are like people.
I don't understand people. I literally like the first time
you posted it almost had tears my eyes laughing so high.
I was like, this is the funniest I ever. Non
need your own TV. I get car sick. So if
I'm not driving, you're the driver. Yeah, I always drive,
(46:49):
because when he drives a he cannot drive. First of all,
he is like all over the place. So I get
car sick. Even if I didn't get car sick, I
would throw up because he was driving in general. But
I get carsick just what in any situation. So I drive,
which makes him so scared because he's not in control,
you know. And then I like rap, and I like
(47:10):
R and B, and I like totally different music than him.
He's like classic classical rock, and but he's he's knowing
these words. I see him wrapping now he does. I'm like, baby,
you gotta learn this song. This is our next karaoke jam.
He's like he tries that doctor dry and eminem I
think you should, like honestly, do your own TV show together.
(47:32):
He would never. I's so funny. Just the thing we're funny,
but boy, we are passionate people. Let me just say,
I'm like, oh, if people only knew, if they could
be a fly on the wall. I think that's great.
You need passion. I know. It's just like when we
get upset, we're upset, and I'm like, that's something that
you have to you have to be okay and willing
to let people into that part of your life and
(47:54):
let you know, like people judge a lot, and some
people loves really difficult because it's like because you're freaking
Saint whatever, people love to judge. I love it. I know.
We just can't worry about that. And he's gonna hate
I know. I think the thing is Jason would never
want cameras in the house that much. I get that. Actually,
(48:15):
like living such a public life, you do like to
have your sanctuary. Yeah, because we're so I mean, it's
so public when we're on the road, we come home
and we're like, you know, so coming home and having cameras,
he would probably be like, Okay, everybody, get out. But
you did do that one time with tank when you
surprised him, he telled him and you surprised him on
that show Tank with the big fish tank, and he
called it off. I can't believe. He did come up
(48:36):
to some cameras well it. He loved it. But the
thing is, I had to go pro on the Polarists
that I drove to our barn to pick him up
at and so the whole time, like, I can't believe
he didn't realize what was going on. But I was like,
you pulled it off. I know. I was like, I
had to think of stupid stuff, like baby, remember that
go pro you got me a couple of years ago. Whatever,
I learned how to use it, I want to stick
(48:57):
it on the players and come pick you up and
see if it works. And you know, it's just like
he's like, all right, I mean that's weird, but okay.
So it's just little things that you had to think about. That.
Oh and the worst part, so we the whole crew
hid their cars and everything they put there, like equipment
on our back porch. So when I pulled up to
(49:18):
the garage the park the Philaris, he turned around and
all of the camera equipment and stuff was on the
back porch and he's going, the heck is all that?
What is that? And he starts walking that way. I
was like, oh, I've been working on my blog. I had, yes, yes,
I started. This is funny. Um I had to make
(49:40):
it up. So I was like, I've been working on
my blog and people were over here with camera and
stuff like helping me. So he's kind of like, alright,
that's bizarre that you didn't tell me that, But okay,
I start breaking on in hives full blown and you
are about to be filmed for TAKEE because you're about
to chank him. I have hives everywhere because you're taught me,
so I can't it lie. That's good, Yes, you can't lie.
(50:02):
I mean you break out and hid. So I broke
out everywhere. So in the show, I have this like
shawl thing on I don't even know what you call it,
and I just wrapped myself up to People thought I
was pregnant. They thought it was like hiding a belly,
hiding your hives. I was hiding my hives, Brittany, that's hilarious.
Broke out everywhere because I was so nervous, stressed out, upset,
that I had just lied like everything. I was broken
(50:22):
out everywhere. So I just hid in this thing like,
oh my god, I just don't pan that camera here. Yeah,
oh my god. The things that people go on behind
the scenes, you know, you have no clue there, Like
she's hiding a vamp, she's pregnant. I'm like, I'm just
broke out because I'm freaking stressed out. You know. I
can't believe I pulled it off. But we had a hitch,
(50:43):
which is amazing. We have this awesome fish tank. Now
it's gorgeous, and there was a perfect spot to put it.
I think so too. That was our Christmas tree spot.
And Jason's like, well, now we don't have anyhere to
put the tree. I'm like, as whatever, you canna put
it in corn gorgeous of the house. Who cares this is?
This is awesome. So you've got an eel. His name's Nessy,
like the Locknest monster. I get attached. Oh my gosh,
(51:06):
they're my baby. They are one's name's Kickstand. He's so funny.
He'll swim and then he'll stick his fin out real
quick and just chill, and then he'll swim and then
he'll just chill, I'm about makeup World. Just can we
be looking forward to to in the makeup worldline? Ye?
Maybe maybe some stuff Like I've been looking into clothes too,
(51:27):
because I'm like super into clothes and fashion and stuff.
Thank you. I think it's time for you to put
together a line. Yeah, a line or maybe that after.
I actually was thinking about opening a store in Nashville too.
You should. Yeah, it could be kind of like a
beauty clothing store as well, but something to put energy
into and like feel you know, a little more accomplished
and kind of build build a brand. And you've got
(51:48):
a brand. Work on that. Thanks by whatever you saw.
Thank you. I close on my interviews to leave your light.
So leave some inspiration of how you have been inspired
or how you'd like to inspire people. Oh, just make
people feel good about themselves because at the end of
the day, don't throw shade. Who needs all that mess.
Be nice to people, Appreciate the ones that you're around.
(52:10):
Tell everybody that you love them, because you never know
what the days are gonna bring, you know, so just
be cool, be nice, no drama, just be a good person.
It's really not that hard, you know. I wake up
happy like happiness is a choice. When you get up
in the morning, you can have a bad attitude, or
you could say, you know what, thank you for letting
me live this day because this is beautiful. That yeah, so,
(52:32):
I don't know. Just be a happy person. You radiate sunshine.
I feel like a bright light. Thank you, are you?
Thanks for joining me, thank you for having me? Okay,
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