Kylie & Jason on Olympic Proposals, Gold Medal Games & Tiramisu-Off w/ Laila Edwards, Breezy Johnson | Ep. 55

Not gonna lie, this Olympics mascots are so cute. This is Milo, and this is Tina. Yep, let's get this podcast started. Welcome, or should I say, benvenuti. That sounds, I really want to say bienvenue. Oh no, to our first ever international episode of, not gonna lie, A Wave Original. That's right, I'm here in Milan. What? With YouTube and NBC at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. This is so silly. I'm your host, Kylie Kelsey, food motivated, and speaking of, my favorite Italian dish. Oh no. How do you choose? Literally pasta in any shape or form. The best movie set in Italy of all time is, oh, of all time, makes it feel much bigger, but I really, really enjoy Eat, Pray, Love. I feel like the way Julia Roberts makes you feel about Italy and the food that you're eating and the experience that you're supposed to have is like felt deep in your soul, and I love that, truly. Also, the Lizzie McGuire movie, great second. And the Winter Olympics sport I have the least business trying is definitely bobsledding. Or any of that type of track. Speaking of which, Jason went bobsledding and just posted a video on it. The top comment on Jason's bobsled post is, at Kylie Kelsey, are we allowed to watch this? Asking for permission. Yes, and I highly encourage it. This was not only eye-opening because there's a lot to learn, and I always say I am winter sports dumb. And so I was sat for this. I was sat for this entire episode, and I really enjoyed it. I also enjoyed Jason wearing a bobsled suit. So, thank you for that. You may look. I give you permission. Because I was also looking. Now that that's been addressed, coming up on today's episode, since I've returned to the birthplace of places Kylie has no business being, shout out to Milan Fashion Week, I'm going to talk all things Milan, and Winter Olympics, and the latest edition of Places Kylie Has Some Business Being. Plus, we're all in for Winter Olympics edition of Doomscrawl of the Week, featuring a lot of tiramisu. Another great Italian food. Oh, no. After that, I'm going to be joined by not one, this is silly, but two Team USA superstars. Layla Edwards, the women's ice hockey phenom from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and fresh off her gold medal win, and her. Her engagement, skiing sensation, Breezy Johnson. I have no business talking to either of them, and we're going to double whammy it in one episode. Silly. But before we get into all that, let's start off with a quick NGL announcement. If you were already sad that this Winter Olympics episode from Milan was eventually going to end literally dumpy, because we have a second episode. Yep, that's right. It gets even sillier. More people to sit down with. Oh, gosh. It's coming to you this Sunday, February 27th, we have amazing guests lined up, so make sure that you subscribe on YouTube and set your alerts. All right. Told you it was a quick announcement. That was efficient. Next up, we're in Milan, the OG place I said I had no business being. So we're going to do a new version of that segment called Places Kylie Has Some Business Being, and this week I have some business being at the Winter Olympics in Milan. I still, I think this might be under I have no business, but I have some business because go USA. First, as Queen Emma can attest, I've been practicing my Italian phrases. It's not going great. I have learned. That's please. That's hello. Good day, technically. That's excuse me. It's hello or goodbye. Ciao, ciao, ciao. And that's all I've got. That's all my Italian. And I'm trying desperately, really fighting for my life here to not have my French schooling bust through. I did find out how to say fuck around and find out in Italian, but I'm going to go to my friend to repeat it again because Maurizio is here and he's going to, you're going to hear him in the background because I'm not, I'm not raw talking. Cazzeggiare e scoprirlo. Oh, no. No, say it again. Oh, no. Okay, I'm getting a thumbs up. I'm here with Jason this time around. It's a no kids parent trip. I have eaten. I have eaten everything I've seen. Literally, if I see it, I'm eating it. I am really looking to get just some homemade spaghetti. I want it and I want it with just pomodoro. That's it. That's all I want. Simple, straightforward. And I want to lean so far away from American Italian because everybody knows in America, you can't eat spaghetti. You can't eat spaghetti. You can get it on every corner. And some are better than others. But I want to take pasta to the face. In all shapes. And I'm not going to discriminate at all. Also, pizza. But for some reason, I don't feel as strongly about pizza. The main event so far was definitely the women's ice hockey semifinals last night that we just happened to. We came without a plan. For something last night. And then as soon as we heard that the women were playing, we were like, can we go? Some of you may have seen us there, courtesy of this tweet that's now going viral. It says, Kylie Kelsey and her husband supporting Team USA Women's Hockey. Jason actually just told me about this at breakfast. This is ridiculous. Cut that out. We've leaned too far in the opposite direction. You know what's great? Jason and Kylie Kelsey. How about that? That's cool. Also, I would just like to point out, I was a little sad about this because I'm barely ever on my phone. And especially last night, I was busy watching. And then you caught me on my phone. So, you caught me. You got me. Got my ass. People were enjoying the caption, though. I think that maybe we should say both names. But, you know, sure. This was the first competition that we've gotten to see for Winter Olympics. And the women's ice hockey team dominated in a way that I can't explain. And also, I brought my resident ice hockey player and was asking my husband necessary questions because, yes, I did in fact not know what icing was. Don't worry, we'll get to it because Jason ratted me out to Layla. That's fine. I'm only slightly embarrassed. My favorite story so far to come out of the Winter Olympics. Oh, gosh, that's a good question. There's so many. I mean, we're biased, but Corey and Corey winning silver. Big deal. We got to hang out with Corey. We actually got to fuck around and find out with Corey in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, when we went out there to learn how to curl. And we got to meet Corey. That's male Corey. And he was telling us about how he and Corey were preparing to go to the Olympics. So, that was a big one. Pretty big one. All right, that's it for Places Kylie has some business being. Next up, Doom Scroll of the Week, Winter Olympics edition. First up on our Olympic Doom Scroll, two things we love around here are joining forces, hyping up women's sports, and supportive siblings. Queen Emma, the clip, please. Hmm? Yes. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yep. So, for anyone who doesn't know, these are Team USA hockey player Haley Wynn's three brothers. They've been putting out some of the best videos of the Winter Olympics so far. First of all, their energy, outstanding. Let's start there. Second, the outfits. I mean, to hit the mullet and the jorts, well done. Haley is the best. The youngest of the four siblings and the only girl. So, I think that this is a really cool just concept that the three older brothers are going to the Olympics, but it's to cheer on their little sister. I love that so much. Also, anyone who has been around older brothers, I'm married to one. And you know, know that the younger siblings, they've they've been through it and it's made them better in their life. It's sent them on the path that they're on. And so I can only imagine that her three brothers helped her achieve greatness. And honestly, ice hockey is a sport of grit and toughness. I feel like not to take any credit from Haley, but I feel like she was better prepared because she had three older brothers and now they're doing exactly what they should be doing. And it's cheering loudly for her and wearing jorts while doing it. So well done guys. And more importantly, well done Haley. We are having a fun time cheering you on. I do think that these are the types of outfits that Jason would lean in on heavily. And I say that because at some point in our lives, he not only has. He has worn jorts, but had an actual mullet. So in case you want to look that up, it was. He had the mullet around the birth of Wyatt. And the reason I know that is because I begged and pleaded for him to no longer have the mullet in the photos with our first child. You guessed it. There is a mullet in the photos of our first child's birth. So did I admit on this show that maybe the mullet. The mullet was kind of hot? No, I don't know what you're talking about. This is called Not Gonna Lie. But he's sitting in the room, so I said it, but I need you to not tell him about it because I told you not to tell him and now he's in here. Okay. Next scroll. Yeah, that's right. It was magic. And now he appeared. Look at him in his Italian hat. Yes. Well, it's not. Yeah. It's a flower. I don't know what it is. It's not a flower. It's a flower. It's beautiful. Anyway, for my last scroll, I have a special guest. And when we try things, when we eat things on this show, we just really like to have Jason here. I know Jason likes to be here. Apparently, the Winter Olympics has its very own version of the Paris viral chocolate muffin. I think we all remember that. Everyone was fiending for chocolate muffins. And of course, the version here, tiramisu. So Queen Emma is going to roll the clip of the viral tiramisu in the Olympic Village. I think I found the chocolate muffin of the Winter Olympics. It's going to be the tiramisu. And I heard it's insanely good. The smirk. All right. There we go. Positive review. I'll set it to 12 out of 10. 12 out of 10? Okay. Well, he doesn't know how rating systems work. This is the Swiss snowboarder Jonas Hassler. He rated this tiramisu at the Olympic Village a 12 out of 10. We attempted to get this specific tiramisu, but apparently it's nearly impossible to get your hands on, which makes sense because we're not Olympic athletes. So we accept that fate. I will be making every effort to find it this week, but also I don't know that I've earned the right to taste it. So in the meantime, If you find some, I'll eat it. Okay. For sure. Won't stop Jason. In the meantime, we have a tiramisu tasting here with three of the best tiramisus our team could find. So we're going to give it a rating out of 10. That's right. 12 is not part of this rating system. Are you good with that? Yes. Yes. Okay. Which one would you like to try first? I feel like we should try the- This is your show, Kai. Whatever you want to try first. You're the queen. I actually don't- You're the queen, I guess. You're more of the tiramisu fan. I'm not a big tiramisu person. I'm a big tiramisu person. Let's try the flat one first because I think you're going to be the least- Satisfied with this one? Pleased with this one. Oh, man. I don't like that. I like it. That's fantastic. Really? You don't like that? I said I like it. No, this is very good. That's why I guessed that you wouldn't like it. No, I like this a lot. Oh, my goodness. I can't tell if he's kidding. No, that's fantastic. Maybe your tiramisu hang-up has just been that you weren't eating tiramisu in Italy. The balance of it is great. There's like the biscuit is soggy or whatever, but then there's also a nice crunch to it. It's really good. He's going to eat the whole thing. I want to. I'm coming back to that one. We're going next to the jar? We're going to this jar, the front jar. I'm trying to get all of it. Get out of your microphone. That other one's, I mean, of all the tiramisu's I've had, it's probably, I can't go 10 out of 10 because I'm waiting to go from there. I'm going to go 9.8. That one's fire. 9.8? Jeez. It's aggressive. It's too high. My hat's got to fall out to be like a 9.8. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. Let me edit it. 4.2. It's not good. This one is not good. I was expecting a lot of the jar. I don't know who made it, so sorry to whoever made that. No, no. I did confirm before we tried. I did confirm before we tried it that this was purchased. Got it. This custard- Well, I think they were all purchased. The custard is- It's not. There's two- It's almost like the custard is like split. You can see it on the sides. The balance is off. The custard isn't really airy like the other one. I still have not rated a single one. Why'd you give the first one? It's almost like cheesy. It's a little bit too cheesy. I didn't rate any of them yet. Okay. Rate the first one. Please. I mean, I'm pulling a number out. I'm pulling a number out of my ass. Okay. I'm going to go 9.2 on the first one. I think 9.2 is a fair rating. I feel better after. But just because I don't want to be exactly the same, I'll go 8.9 just because I'm going to leave some buffer to maybe go up. So I'm going to go 6 on the second. It's edible. Is it? Yeah. We're going with this one? I feel like- How do I even eat this? Right now, I just don't even like this. There's a thing of chocolate that doesn't even- Is this plastic? This one is presentation-wise getting docked. This is the ladyfinger that soaks up the espresso. My instinct is that the jar is an 8.6. He's going to strongly disagree with me here. The jar's good. You don't like this one? The jar's bad. Okay. But to me, being a complete and total American, that is not- I don't even think I'm part Italian. I want to throw that out there. 9-2, 4-2, 8-6. So much random numbers. All right, I'll go- This isn't a 9. It's just not a 9. I'm going to go 8, 7, 5, 4- Now you're just making up numbers. 7-6. You went off of all the scores you had already given. 7-6? Yeah. So you still think this one's the best one? I think so. I mean, but it's not like as- It was very good the first time I had it. Now that I'm going back to it, it's still good, but it's not like- I think I was just really hungry when I ate the first bite. I'm so happy that you've come around on tiramisu. Who knew we just had to come to Italy? No, I'm only around it in Italy. I'm not around it in- I'm okay with that. I've been to the nicest Italian restaurant in the United States and had their tiramisu. Yeah, and he wasn't about it. I mean, it's okay. It's okay. It's fine. He says it's fine, which is great for me. If I could have a can of pie or something like that, I'd much rather do that. Yes, that's fair. You know, but the tiramisu I've had so far has been- This only- Very nice. This only solidifies, even further solidifies my thought process on us and desserts, because more for me. So, yep. Love it. Should I get up now? No, you're staying until I do this outro on the Doom Scroll. That's it for Doom Scroll of the Week and our tiramisu taste test. Now it's time for the main event, the reason I'm here, and so are you. Our badass Team USA athletes. Oh, God, it's so silly. Once again, thanks to YouTube and NBC for hooking it up. Queen Emma, let's bring in Layla. She's the women's ice hockey phenom out of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, a first-time Olympian who has two goals. Two goals and five assists so far in the Winter Olympics. She's making history as the first black woman to play for the U.S. hockey team. She's also a University of Wisconsin Badger and a friend of the family. Layla Edwards, welcome to Not Gonna Lie. Thank you for having me. This is so exciting. I, um, we are connected by way of the other podcast. We don't say it here. Yep, perfect. Um, they, uh, you gotta- You got a seal of approval from them years ago. Yeah, that was pretty cool. And then you made the Olympics because you're the best athlete out of Cleveland Heights. Yes, yes, thank you. Um, I do have a lot of questions for you because as my husband so nicely exposed me when you first walked in, I was asking him about icing last night. Um, I did not grow up with a lot of ice hockey around me. Um, I went for the other hockey. The outside hockey. Um, but I was questioning my husband last night and so I might have more questions for you if that's okay. okay? Oh, definitely. Perfect. Thank you so much. Now, for anyone who isn't familiar with this connection between you and my husband and my brother-in-law, like I said, it's been years in the making. Can you fill everyone in on this story? Oh, gladly. Yeah. When I first made the US national team as the first black woman, I got a shout out on that one podcast. I can't remember the name. One of Cleveland Heights' own, Layla Edwards. Hey-o. Shout out to Layla Edwards. She's set to become the first black woman to play for Team USA senior hockey team. Everyone was just blowing up my phone like, yo, the Kelsey's just shouted you out, or those guys just shouted you out on their podcast. Oh, and it was just so cool. I remember watching the video and thinking like, wow, you know, just to hear my name coming out of that guy's mouth. It was, it was just really cool. And yeah, it was just showing the love and support, you know, because we've got a cool community in Cleveland Heights. And no, ever since then, I think they've just realized that I'm the best athlete out of Cleveland Heights. It's so fair. No, the guys shouted you out again in December for making the Olympic roster. And then they donated to the GoFundMe to make sure that your parents would be here and your whole family would be here for the Olympics. And they're here because I saw them. Yes, yes, you did. What has it been like to have your family here in Milan cheering for you? Yes, it's been so awesome. And this has been one of my favorite things to talk about too, because, you know, everyone's talking about how, you know, those guys donated and it was really nice. But I think it just goes to show it's like, everyone knows them as really good athletes. And I think only a handful of people get to know how good they are as people. And I think it's just really cool. And I can't thank them enough, you know, just for helping out because my family means the world to me. And so to have them here, it's just so cool. Just that sense of love and support. It allows me to play my best hockey. Well, it's crazy to think that there are actually some Olympic athletes whose families don't make it over here when it really is an effort of the family, right? To get you to this point. Right. Who drove you to practice? Who took you to early morning rink? Exactly. Rink? Ice? Ice. Rink. Rink? Yeah. Sure. Okay, thank you. Not me questioning all of my hockey lingo. Um, how many family members do we have here? I have 10 family members here. That's such a good showing. I know. It's unbelievable. That's so good. And the age range too. It's like my sister's 24 and my grandma's 91. So my 91-year-old grandma's here. Nuh-uh. Yes. Isn't that crazy? Stop it. Yes. Has she ever been to Italy before? I don't even think she's been out of the country. Stop. Yes. That's going to make me cry. Yes. That is so sweet. It is so awesome. Is she not the most, like, excited? Yes. She's just so excited and, like, proud and happy to be here. That's so cool of you to give your grandmother the opportunity to not only come, but, like, to have a reason to come to Italy. Right. Exactly. Yes. At 91! I know. I look for her after every game to wave, and it's really cute. Stop it. This is so good. Um, if, if maybe we could just, you know, weasel our way down there, maybe we could just sit near them. Oh my god. They would love that. Okay, perfect. We're just going to, we're going to channel our most Cleveland Heights energy, and then we're just going to pop right down there. I know it'll be great. Yes, it's going to be awesome. It's going to be perfect. Um, who's the MVP of the Edwards family at this Olympics? I do think I know the answer. Yes, I think everyone knows the answer. It's my mom. Is it? Mm-hmm. Who are you thinking? Your mother. Okay, good. Yep. Just to be clear. Hands down. A thousand percent. I actually love her videos on social media. Oh, gosh. So you've seen those. So, we're going to see. I'm going to watch the fit check right now. Oh, gosh. Okay. I am channeling my Taylor Heisey and Zumwinkle, Grace Zumwinkle, that is. I'm doing a fit check. Yes, she is. My sweatshirt is courtesy of USA, supporting the All-American Hockey Moms. I have on Chuck Taylor's. My kind of girl. Chuck Taylor's. Yeah, you guys look the same person. The red, white, and blue. Nails by Chuck Taylor. By Adult Vision. By Millie. To match. And look at these earrings. Yes. Courtesy of Alicia Steffen. That was such a good fit check. That's like one of five. There's so many more. I love it. You actually commented on that. Yep. You said, oh, goodness. Mm-hmm. How do you feel about this fit check? You know, at first I was like, oh, gosh. Like, oh, goodness. But then I was like, you know what? I love it. She's being herself. She's having fun. She had that strong personality. Everyone's enjoying it. I'm like, do your thing. Do your thing. Honestly. She's having her own Olympics right now. That's the best way to put it. And I am so here for it. Is she your ultimate hype woman? Yes. She is hands down my ultimate hype woman. But what I love about her, she's everyone's ultimate hype woman. Like, everyone on the team, she cheers for it like they're her kid. That's so good. It is so awesome. We love women supporting women. Yes. We love that so much. That's her. Now, of course, we also have to talk about Cleveland Heights. I know how much pride my husband and my brother-in-law take in Cleveland Heights. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. They literally named the other podcast after it. Yeah. But what do you love about your hometown? Oh, man. There's so many good things I can say about my hometown. The community is just like one of a kind. It's so diverse and welcoming. And to understand it the most, you just have to live there. And obviously, some pretty good athletes come out of there. Very good. Yes. I'm not even saying this just because you're here. My husband can vouch for me on this. I love Cleveland Heights. It feels like a warm hug. Yes. Yes. It is the most delightful. You saying that it's welcoming, it is. Yes. All of that and more. It has the most lovely mom and pop places. Yeah. It just feels like a true sense of community. Yes. And you can tell because when people go out into the world, they still talk about it nonstop. Exactly. And also, the number of people who stop me to tell me that they're from Cleveland Heights, I'm like, thank you so much for telling me I'm part of the party. Right. Let's talk about the main reason why we're here. Team USA Women's Ice Hockey. You guys are. Do we have wood? I have wood. Close enough. You guys are crushing it. Oh, you have wood behind you. I'm going to steal that. Oh, sweet. I'm going to steal a piece. Do you mind passing it? Yeah, of course. That would be so sweet. Thank you so much. Perfect. Perfect. We forgot our wooden spoon. I'm sure I can find an Italian grandmother to give me one. I have an Italian spoon at home that I keep in the drawer of my desk just for the moments where I feel like I have gone too far. And I need to back it up with some good juju. First of all, you're making history by playing on this team with every goal you score. How does it feel to play in each game knowing just that? I mean, just knowing that, it's a sense of pride and motivation. Just the opportunity to be a role model and an inspiration, regardless of. if I chose it or not, it is what it is. And I just love the idea of being able to make an impact on other people. Do you feel that weight? Do you feel the weight of knowing that like young kids are watching you and you're inspiring them to know that they can do exactly what you're doing with hard work and a lot of time? Yeah, I definitely feel the weight, but I kind of try to channel that into like motivation and pride. I mean, it's just so cool. Like even to hear parents tell me their kid either plays because of me or still plays. It's just nice to know that they have that representation and I'm hoping that grows. That's so badass. That's so badass. You scored the first goal, your first goal against Canada. That had to be like a life highlight, right? Like of all the games that you could have won. You could have scored your first goal. Right. That was some ball session right there. Thank you. I mean, every game is awesome, but it's just a different game against Canada. Yeah. So to get my first one against them. Yeah, that felt good. I mean, you get to hold on to that forever. You get to take that with you. That's so good. What has this whole experience been like for you? It's been crazy. I mean, it's been the experience of a lifetime. I've got to meet some really cool people. Like, I mean, it's brought me here to meet you and that other guy that you're with. I think that's really cool. And just to, I don't know, be here and making an impact and just doing what I love is in having a lot of people support me. It's been so cool. Do you, I know by way of my husband that to get time on the ice, it means early mornings or late nights. I'm sure that you have had your fair share of that and many other things. What has brought you to this moment? Like, what are the things that you remember along your journey of maybe those early practices, that extra work that you put in to get here? Because I'm sure that it wasn't just practice time. Right, right. Yeah. I mean, I was never really a morning person, but my dad made me go. It was like 5 a.m. wake up every day, 6 a.m. to 7 before school. And it was tough, but I got up every single morning that I had to, and I feel it paying off, you know, and just those sacrifices. Like I didn't get to hang out with my friends on weekends because I was traveling to Detroit, Pittsburgh or somewhere for hockey, or I was playing on two teams, at morning skate, then night skate. And I would try to get any extra work into my driveway. And my dad can attest to the fact that I've ruined every single garage door we've ever had. Of course. Naturally. Yeah. And so there, yeah, there's been so many sacrifices and a lot of that, you know, has come from my family too. So I'm sure my dad didn't want to get up at 5am every day, but he knew, you know, how much I loved hockey and he saw a future. For any kids listening, specifically young girls listening, you mentioned not going out on the weekends, maybe missing some friend socializing time. Do you regret it? I don't regret it at all. Not at all. I mean, I'm here at the Olympics, you know, on Kylie Kelsey's Knock It Alive podcast. I mean, what regrets could I possibly have? This is such a drop in the bucket. I asked because, and I want to say this in the most self-aware way. I always talk about like my high school experience. I played hockey, field hockey, not ice hockey. I was not cool enough to play ice hockey and, or coordinated enough on skates. But I spent a lot of weekends where people that I went to school with, I was at public school, people were not taking their sport very seriously, or if they were, they weren't the people I was talking to in this moment. But I had many weekends where people were like, oh, I'm not going to play ice hockey. People were like, oh, you're not coming here. Oh, you're not coming there because I had a 7 a.m. tournament the next morning for field hockey. Exactly. And I never felt like I was missing out because when you end up at these places, you end up with probably some of your closest friends. Yes. A hundred percent. Because they're your teammates and you're working towards the same things and they understand the hustle and they understand what you're doing and they understand your passion for your sport. So you bond over that. So I always felt strongly about sharing the message of like, I put my life on the line. I put my life on the line. I put my eggs in my athletic basket. And I don't regret it for one second. And I didn't make the Olympics. I played Division III field hockey and it was great and I loved it. Well, it's still like, yeah, a few loved it. And that's the thing is like, there were moments in there I was like, oh, I wish I could stay back with my friends. I'm just going to keep it real. But I still don't regret it because those were some of the sacrifices you have to make to separate yourself from others. It's a small percentage that get to play D1, D3, go to the Olympics. So it's you know, you just have to make those. That was so nice of you to put D3 in there with you. That was cute. That was so cute. I mean it. What do your friends back at the University of Wisconsin think of all this? They think it's crazy. You know, they can't even wrap their minds around it. It's really funny. But, you know, a few of them are actually here supporting me too, which has been really cool. This feels like the perfect time to, you're in your senior year at Wisconsin. Correct. This feels like the perfect time to put a plea out to your professors. Agreed. Perfect. Layla said that she's been busy doing her homework. And considering she's representing our country, let's cut the shit. Please and thank you. Period. Maybe like, maybe like excused on a couple assignments. Guys, it's second semester. That would go a long way. We really need you to chill out. Okay. I feel like anything that's due between now, it's Wednesday, it's Tuesday. And graduation. Perfect. But if we had to, maybe Monday. Yeah, that's perfect. Maybe Monday. Anything due Tuesday, February 17th to next Monday. I don't know that date either, but we want it. Yes. Perfect. We would say no assignments. We're just hundreds. We'll take hundreds, please. Yes. Nineties? We'll take nineties. Yes. Look, we'll take 10 points off. Yes. For not handing it in. Yes. This is a great plea. I feel like. I think this is awesome. This is strong. Yeah. Oh yeah. Great. How can they deny this? We love Wisconsin. Go Badgers. Yes. Go Badgers. But also, go USA. Yes. You're being ridiculous. Come on. Outrageous. We're so excited to cheer you on. What will be today? Because this episode comes out on Thursday. You guys are playing Canada. Yes. How are you feeling? I'm feeling so excited. You know, it's obviously, it's all this talk about how good and dominating we've been, but no, it's for a reason because we're good and in the most humble way. It's just facts. I do think there is a degree where you need to have what some people, I think truly non-athletes would call cocky. Right. Is confidence. Yes. You have to have some of that. You have to. Especially to be like an elite player. First of all, there's some swag to it. Like as an athlete, you have to sort of like have a little bit of like, yeah, I'm cool. Have you seen me play my sport? But also I think that like that confidence, you obviously could not go out there if you were questioning yourself. Yeah, exactly. You would not be able to be as dominant or as good as you are if you were out there like, I don't, am I good today? Exactly. So that's called confidence. Cut, cut it out. How about that? Is it surreal to think that you guys are in the final game? Yes. I mean, like I've dreamt of going to the Olympics my whole life, but the dream really has been getting to that gold medal game. So it's still hard to believe. It is nuts to think how many kids play ice hockey and dream of exactly what you're talking about, making it to the Olympics. But the people who make it is such a small margin. The people who end up getting to play in the game you are about to play in is even tinier. That's insane. You're about to do that. It's crazy when you put it that way. That's so nuts. Oh my gosh, I'm so excited. This is making me more excited. Now after the Olympics and after you finish your college season, we do have the Professional Women's Hockey League in the U.S. Correct. What does it mean to have that option and the support of the league? It's awesome. I mean, it's something to look forward to after college. You know, there's uncertainty of what to do after college because there's a U.S. team, but you only get together so often. So just to have that league and it's growing at a pretty good rate. I'm really excited. To have that support, it's good. It's awesome. The boom right now for women's sports in general is great. And the coolest part is, is that you are actively a part of that. It is cool. That's so amazing. Is there anything else you want other young women out there who want to be like Layla Edwards? What would you say to them? Hmm. I would say, you know, if you love something, even if they're, many people that look like you or support you, you know, you belong. I feel like loving something is enough. That's such a good message. Now, I just want to say as a proud person who married into Cleveland Heights, as if I have any ownership into Cleveland Heights whatsoever, I would like to think I am because it's very cool there and I love it. We're very proud of you. Thank you. Yes, I am trying to speak for Cleveland Heights, but I'm going to get a nod from my husband in the corner. There we go. Um, thank you so much for coming today. This is so cool that you took the time to do this. I'm so sorry that we interrupted your week. I'm so annoyed. I'm so excited to cheer you on on Thursday. Thank you. You and the entire team, we will be cheering extra loud. Yes. So don't worry. Next to my grandma. Please, dear God, that would be so amazing. But also on behalf of you. You're a part of us. Thank you so much. By the way. Thank you. Not that you needed my validation. No, I do. Cause my husband's never said that. It's kind of ridiculous. He's shrugging in the corner. He was like, don't give her all that. He's like, she has not earned it at all. Don't give her that. Thank you so much. Thank you. Oh my gosh. Who is this? Look at this. Hello. How are we doing? Um, we, we brought my resident Cleveland Heights person into the frame because there's something exciting happening. Yes. I don't know yet. Layla's going to tell us. Yes. I wanted to give you some few things before I left. This is so exciting. Oh, I was just hyping up these jerseys literally last night. I was, I'm so excited. Oh my goodness. This is, this is insane. Okay. So you're racing on the team now. Look at that. Look at that. This is very cool. I got some pins too. I couldn't leave without giving you pins. This is the whole thing. Yes. How many pins have you collected so far? Let me see. Upwards of 30, 40, maybe 50. I'm so excited. Well, we will be cheering you on. Thank you. I am very, very excited. And for the record, I'm going to, that's that perfect. I don't think you guys need it, but what are the keys of victory against Canada? What do we got to do? Start fast, finish strong. Love that. Simple. Perfect. There we go. You guys did start fast last night. Yeah. We were talking about, they, it felt like they were hanging back a little bit, like a little bit of zone. Yeah. Early on, they just weren't pressing very hard. No. And then you guys. Oh yeah. Said. Enough of this. That's not going to end well for you. Yeah. Also, side note, do you guys fight? Like, yes, but we can drop our gloves, like the men. Okay. Because we don't have as good dental insurance. Perfect. That they do. And we have cages, Sure. But it gets feisty. Like, against Italy, like, we were getting into it. like yeah there's a few little like little brawls but it gets crazy against canada and i have a feeling thursday it'll be you know more stakes because even last night there were some like blatant oh yes all i'm saying is is like if you need backup i know who to call i'm tall i don't think she needs you okay i know she doesn't no that's why i said it's good to have that i said if you need yeah yeah for sure you just let me know i appreciate that okay great um thank you so much for coming this has been incredible thank you for the gifts these are amazing um and you're doing it and thank you for doing it because you are representing so much good that everyone in the world needs to see but including young girls who need to see an athlete who has poured everything into them into their work and also to still be paying homage to where you've come from and cleveland heights and your roots is so incredibly beautiful so thank you for being the most incredible role model to young women thank you so much and good luck thank you she's a two-time team usa olympian fresh off of her gold medal win in women's downhill skiing here at the milan cortina winter olympics she's also fresh off of her engagement scene around the world she's a world champion in alpine skiing and apparently also knitting freezy johnson welcome to not gonna lie it's so incredible to be here i am so grateful that you took the time first of all congratulations thank you um i just mentioned before we started recording but i didn't even think to myself breezy so casually was like oh should i put this on and she pulled out her gold medal and i didn't i didn't even i didn't even think that you would have it on you but to see it in person is bananas to me um also what you did what i did ask to see when you walked in was your engagement ring congratulations thank you yeah i mean you're used to lombardi trophies they're a little harder to hold in your pocket no you're not carrying those around also uh super bowl rings get lost in our house so oh well don't worry it's in a landfill somewhere in cincinnati uh i wish i was kidding um i think maybe it would be fun to uh see both sets of hardware that you have so if you want if we could just get a close-up on your eye cell look at those two pieces of hardware together are you kidding stop it okay for anyone who hasn't seen the clip of your engagement we have it right here your fiance connor proposes at the finish line of the super g event let's see it worked so hard and achieved so much and yet you still find the time to love me to make me feel special and most importantly you help me does it make you tear up a little bit and now that i know what that feels like there's only one way i want to spend the rest of my life and that is by your side he looks great about this will you marry me that you forever get to remember his words because i am on record saying that i blacked out i have no idea what my husband said i know he asked me to marry him but i forget all the things that led up to it yeah i mean even right afterwards they were like what did he say and i was like i don't know i was just crying run the clip um is it true that you always wanted to get engaged at the olympics so not always but when i went to my first games there was rumors that like one of my teammates was gonna get engaged and it kind of just like stuck in the back of my head i didn't wasn't dating anybody at the time wasn't on the horizon but i was like that would be cool and then like thinking through it further like i mean obviously the paris games there were so many really cool love stories that came out and i was like yeah i feel like that'd be pretty cool it's great and then you did it was your fiance aware that you liked that idea yes i did tell him that i had always kind of had that idea and then about a year ago he was like okay so like are you serious about this because he was like i need a plan and then um there was a lot of a lot of people that he had to to get the say so from he um had to had to move around the italian president to avoid to get into the finish on the day and yeah so it was very logistically challenging for him and yeah but he pulled it off yeah he did how surprised were you on a scale of one to ten well i mean it was like a two or a three because i knew it was coming but when he came over i'm like i have like the ring box and it doesn't look like a traditional ring box so i was like oh he's got like a cute little note or something like this is adorable and then he opened it up and got on one knee and i just started crying so yeah that's so perfect um well when you posted the pictures afterwards the photo you shared your ring box has the lyrics from taylor's song the alchemy yes we all know that um for anyone who somehow doesn't know what happened next can you please share so at some point between then and our dinner time somebody at taylor's team saw it probably assumed told taylor she was like oh that's adorable and then she wrote my favorite lyric from the song which is where's the trophy he just comes running over to me congratulations as a comment on my post and then we were at dinner and the girls were like like she commented like taylor swift commented and i was like on what and then they were like on your post and i was like and then i went in and i don't know for some reason instagram didn't automatically put it at the top which seems like summarized better instagram to just do that automatically but um so it was like scrolling scrolling and then it was like oh my god that is on my post how dare they bury the lead like that that's ridiculous to hide that comment um i do love your response as well you said i don't know what's better olympic gold or this comment sourdough engagement gift please would you uh would love to teach you to ski is this further down the rundown me admitting my skiing story perfect um uh the first time i ever skied we were in aspen and we went to a mountain and then i found out there was not a single green run on that mountain and there wasn't even a bunny hill and we ended up on a blue run with my husband going just just get on your edges and i was like the fuck is an edge so it went great um i maybe i've gotten better i think jason would you would you like to agree with that i mean we were on a bunny hill last time we were there and i did better i didn't fall down i didn't fall down needless to say can i join your ski lesson of course okay great yes because i'm not the best skier that's okay i'm actually pretty bad at skiing um but i can hit a pizza pretty hard all the way down the hill yeah that's where you start great just annihilate my hips um no i'm gonna take a wild guess are people already asking you about the wedding yes that's crazy that's crazy behavior yeah they asked me within five minutes um and i yeah when are you gonna have it i was like when actually really the only date that i knew was like maybe sort of this one yes yes we had to get through this now we'll make another decision yeah um do you like have any thoughts on wedding planning um i mean a great we've talked a little bit i guess so yeah i i'd like it i think in the fall and we're talking about doing it in jackson which is where i'm from so that's awesome um yeah in due time guys they all have plans in due time you leave them be uh now i did see that you and connor met on bumble that is true and from a tinder couple i can deeply appreciate that so well done thank you um is bumble also a swipe yes great yeah we swiped our way right into that yeah i feel good about it yeah yeah the bumble is the whole thing with bumble was that you messaged first right yes oh great what was your message good one i know right so he was sorry i forget about which one's which yeah so he was he had like noah khan like his some of his music tastes and i'm a big noah khan fan so and i had just been to like a little concert of his that they did for michaela schifrin so i was like oh it's just not a concert so that it really intrigued him he's like can i come he was definitely like yeah i think i should probably try to figure out how to get him in here that's perfect yeah okay you did better than me i messaged first but on tinder yeah yeah and it was i didn't pick up lines it was good it was good enough that we're married with four kids yeah you know it also wasn't great but also i mean tinder for you to message him first he was probably oh it was just it was funnier that way it wouldn't have been as funny if he was like hey what's up i had to hit him with the the pickup line first yeah you got to go in strong so i appreciate that bumble does which pickup line um my first one was i need life alert i've fallen for you and i can't get up very very corny thank you i said you can do better than that and then i said if i told you i work for ups would you let me handle your package yeah i was very aggressive and he said that's great so okay uh now i also got to ask you about the other piece of hardware that gold medal uh once again congratulations i was just watching your gold medal run and it is insane it's incredible i don't even and i told you when you first walked in i'm winter sports dumb because i didn't grow up in a winter sports family which is why i failed so hard at skiing um this run was unreal this is your first ever medal correct from the olympics yes and it's gold yeah i mean i so i qualified to the team in 2018 going into this games i was like this may be kind of my last games at the top of my game although ski racers careers are going longer and longer um and um yeah it was definitely like a crazy full circle moment um it was you know i just kind of kept coming back to like trying to execute my plan trying to execute my run and um by four hundredths of a second which is very very small amount of time um i pulled it out it's so good how did you feel in that moment doing it is like it's real like skiing is a really cool sport because you're doing a lot of mental physics at 80 miles an hour so it's very physical and very mental you're trying to figure out the right line you're trying to figure out how to ski it you're trying to time everything correctly but you're also resisting up to four g's of force um and trying to avoid the nets which are very hard and not fun to hit um so yeah uh you know doing it it's a very i call it like the feeling of being alive i think that people that do sports that they really love i think that that's a lot of what kind of brings them back to it is that that feeling of of being fully in the moment of being connected between mind and body and so that's kind of why i love skiing it's it's something that i won't i will never get anywhere close to 80 miles per hour on skis but watching you do it is one of the most impressive things now one of my favorite clips from the entire olympics so far you were asked the day uh you won how you plan to celebrate and we have a clip of that how are you planning on celebrating tonight um i'm not really sure yet i haven't even had lunch so i just like to get some food to start that's such an important take yeah um what did you end up having for lunch so i ended up having pumpkin risotto it was actually funny because we got i mean we ran at like 11 30 so it was kind of too early for that so i was like oh my god i'm so excited i'm so excited i'm so excited for lunch so i really hadn't eaten since breakfast that clip was taken around three and i got back at like 4 30 that's too much time yeah i like texted ahead and i was like can i have the pumpkin risotto they have really good pumpkin risotto and the servers were like no it's too late like we don't have the lunch menu anymore and like one of my one of our staff members was like running around like she just won a gold medal she can have the pumpkin risotto so eventually they got me the pumpkin yeah good job because that's important um also how did you end up celebrating your gold medal so we had a team toast that night and we you know all got around and everybody said heartfelt things and we cried some more um and then we still had more racing to do so it was still a pretty early night in and just hung out with my now fiance and went to bed at like 9 30 right back to it yeah um i mentioned this in your intro but i have to ask you about the knitting yeah so i'm a big knitter um i try to knit a new hat or headband for every race so yeah i have a couple of them here somewhere but i don't think they're in this room specifically which is unfortunate um but yeah i i like to knit and i knit a lot like before competition is just to calm down and then um yeah it kind of became a new knits in the finish then i did well and even if i liked the knits and i wore them again then i wouldn't do well so then it knew that i just had to stick with it but now i have way too many knits now are you knitting with like traditional knitting needles yes so how do you feel you're saying you make headbands and hats how do you feel about the looms that you just crank that feels like cheating um i don't mind it as cheating i don't i do a lot of complex knits so a lot of twisted and i don't think you can do that so um but no i mean i i think whatever crafts people want to do is great which hat or headband are you most proud of do you have a favorite there is a favorite there's a white one that i'm really proud of it's got like a cool basket weave and um these like diagonal i do a lot of diagonal ones but the one that connor was wearing in the finish like that one is also one of my favorites okay now the idea of you not wearing them again and needing a new knit it speaks to the superstitious person in me yeah deeply that's why i have a chunk of wood here because i was needing to knock on it earlier yeah yep you never know um so you would say it's a superstition at this point not to wear the same one oh yeah it's definitely a superstition i love that so much do you have any other superstitions i have lucky socks i this is perfect this is safe space i have to i have to fist bump my physio and my ski technician once before i go in the gate this is so perfect um i'm a big stomper so i have to stomp before i go yeah there's do you do one of your lucky socks on before the other one like do you have a specific foot no i also like i did have to draw the line at wearing them dirty so if they're dirty then i have to wear something else but okay but let's not do that yeah sure but no i'm pretty superstitious generally i love this so much i same wow um how do like let's just say hypothetically uh if someone wanted to commission you for a headband you got like an etsy store do i just ask you here um you can just ask me i can definitely send you one uh your people can talk to my people which is perfect which is just me um but yeah i mean it's also like at this point i need so many of them for the finish so i'm like curious if it's okay if i wear one in the finish and then give it to you yes aggressively yes um for all of your fans and all the new fans you've gained throughout the winter olympics what's next for you so we have more world cup races um ski racing is a you know every four years we go to one of them is the olympics and so now we go back and at the end of the year we'll have the crystal we have crystal globes which are like you know the overall champion so those are a really big deal so um off to go try to win one of those and then and then probably a beach vacay that's the spirit okay now the last question for you breezy and i love to talk to female athletes about this um how can we get more girls to go to the Olympics into skiing so for one i mean obviously olympic success has always like inspired young athletes i work with a couple of great uh organizations share winter and coombs outdoors which works in jackson to get underprivileged kids skiing it's i understand that there's huge barrier to entry with skiing and i think we're working to try to bring some of those costs down and get more people into it um i think you know i love skiing i love seeing people in sports and so also if people are like i live in alabama and i just love skiing it's like well maybe try some water skiing or something like i'm not you know i'm not gonna if people get if people get moving and they get doing something that they love i think that there's a sport for everyone the other thing i want to ask is how can they follow in your footsteps to be a gold medalist like what would you say is your biggest advice to end up doing what you've done so one piece of advice that i think was really big for me is from an early age i skiing equipment's really important it's probably one of the one of the reasons that you were struggling with your skiing the first time is that a lot of for blaming a lot of equipment out there is really not very good especially rental equipment perfect and so that's what it was um so i always worked from a young age to make sure that my equipment was consistent and as good as i could get it which it's not not that good now that i know what i'm looking at but still much better than a lot of people and to have it consistent every day like allowed me to have something stable under my feet that i could progress with and then also i mean i think you as any athlete you have to be able to find joy in the process find joy in the work because you know it's taken me 30 years and i just got my first one of these and it's really cool but you can't survive 30 years before it unless you enjoy the work that goes into it. to it and so find join the process find meaning in the process and that'll help get you there well thank you so much for coming to do this taking time out of your very busy schedule um i always like to tell female athletes i we have four daughters and so seeing athletes who are doing this um is such an incredible uh thing for our girls to get to see and get to um aspire to or even just cheer you guys on so thank you so much and congratulations on everything thank you yeah all right and that's a wrap on the first of our two olympic episodes of not gonna lie you'll be able to find even more clips for my longer conversation with leila and breezy on my youtube channel on more shit monday again reminder i'll be back this sunday as in three days from now with another olympic extravaganza we have some amazing guests lined up you're not going to want to miss them follow us on social media at ngl with kylie for clips throughout the week listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcast not gonna lie is a wave original thanks to our partners at youtube and nbc and of course thanks to the real ones for tuning in i did these four i didn't know how to spell benny so thank you that's so perfect oh thank you so much yeah oh my gosh you spelled elliot right that's impressive i did my best oh thank you i had a question for connor actually um what happened was there a backup plan in case oh yeah yeah you had one just in case we were confident going into it i'm sure there were several okay yeah so there are several backup plans one uh we didn't know if she was going to qualify for the super g at first so i had multiple plans depending on which race was going to be her last and then i mean even at the super g i had multiple plans depending on which race was going to be her last um not sure how where you guys are but she crashed so um that was a pretty pretty hectic moment where i didn't know if she was even coming down to the finish line right so luckily the best part of that day was she got up pretty much unscathed so the backup plan though was if she was not feeling it in the moment um i did have a little engagement party put together back at the hotel um so we would have pivoted to that and then worst case scenario if i needed to do it in the hospital i would have done it there so um that was i'm so glad you didn't have to knock on that word there that's right here we go oh my gosh i'm so glad you're in i literally i just love that we're like disembodied voices this is a women supporting women podcast we just have the men's answer from a random microphone i'm so sorry