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

Not gonna lie, this Olympic's mascot 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 Benvenuti. Oh no, to our first ever international episode of Not Gonna Lie, a Wave Original, that's right. I'm here in Milan with YouTube and NBC at the Milan Cortino 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? I 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 Ypres 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 Olympic sport I have the least business trying is definitely Bob sledding or any of that type of track. Speaking of which, Jason went Bob sledding and just posted a video on it. The top comment on Jason's Bob sled 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 entire episode and I really enjoyed it. I also enjoyed Jason wearing a Bob sled 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 in the latest edition of places Kylie has some business being. Plus we're all in for Winter Olympics edition of Doom Scroll the Week featuring a lot of tiramisu. Another great Italian food. 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 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 don't they? 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 this Sunday February 22nd. We have amazing guest 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, I'm a kind of test. I've been practicing my Italian phrases. It's not going great. Uh, I have learned Per favore. That's please. Bon giorno. That's hello. Good day, technically. Scusa. That's, excuse me. Ciao. This is 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 an Italian, but I'm going to go to my friend to repeat again because Maurizio is here and he's going to you you're going to hear him in the background because I'm not I'm not raw dog. Oh, no. Katzejare and scaprillo. 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 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 get it on every corner and some are better than others. But I want to take positive 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 semi finals 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 a breakfast. This is this is ridiculous. Cut that out. We've leaned too far in the opposite direction. You know, it'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 Laila. 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 compete. So that was that was a big one. Pretty big one. All right, that's it for places. Kylie has some business being next up. Doom Scroll 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. Yes. Yeah. So for anyone who doesn't know, these are Team USA hockey player Hayley wins 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 jords. Well done. Hayley is 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, I'm married to one. And you know that the younger siblings, these? 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, Isaki 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 shorts 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 worn shorts, but had an actual mullet. So in case you want to look that up, he had the mullet around the birth of Wyatt. And the reason I know that is because I begged him 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 first child's birth. So did I admit on this show that maybe 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 how 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 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 because-- 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 feigning 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 that chocolate muffin of the Winter Olympics is going to be the tiramisu and I heard it's insanely good. The smirk. So. All right. There we go. Positive review. I'll set it to 12/10. 12/10? Well, he was in our rating systems, were he? This is the Swiss snowboarder Jonas Hasler. He rated this tiramisu at the Olympic Village a 12/10. 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. 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, in the meantime, we have a tiramisu tasting here with three of the best tiramisu's, our team could find. So we're going to give it a rating out of 10. That's right. 12. It's not part of this rating system. Are you good with that? Yes. Yes. Which one would you like to try first? I feel like we should talk about that. 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 am. I'm not a big tiramisu person. I'm a big tiramisu person. Let's try the flat one first, because I think it's, I think you're going to be the least satisfied with this one. With this one. Oh, man. I don't know. I like it. That's fantastic. Really? You don't like that? I said I like it. No, I'm very good. 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 his grape. There's like the biscuit is soggy or whatever, but then there's also a nice crunch to it's really good. How can I eat the whole thing? I want to. I'm coming back to that one. We're going next. We're going to this jar. The front jar. Trying to get all of it. Get out of your microphone. That other one's, I mean, all the tiramisu has probably, I can't go 10 out of 10 because I'm waiting over there. I go. I'm going to go 9.8. 9.8? Cheese. It's aggressive. It's too high. My hat's got to fall out to be like a 9.8. Okay. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. Let me add it at 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 it. This was purchased. Got it. This. What are the costard? The custard is. There's two. The balance. It's almost like the custard is like split. You can see it on the side. I don't know. I'm going to go 9.2 on the first one. I think 9.2 is a fair rating. 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 side. It's edible. Good. Okay. Okay. I'll go 8.9. It's edible. Is it? Yeah. We're going to do this one. I feel like. How do I even eat this? Right now, I just don't even like that there's a thing that chocolate that doesn't even. Is this plastic? This one is presentation wise getting docked. This is the lady finger that soaks up the espresso. My instinct is that the jar is an 8.6. He's going to strongly disagree with me here. Jar is good. You don't like this one? Jar of them. Okay. 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. I'm going to die. This isn't a nine. It's just not a nine. I'm going to go eight. Seven. Five four. Now you're just making up numbers. Seven six. You went off of all the scores you had already given. Seven six. Yeah. So you still think this one's the best one. I think so. Yeah. But it's not like is. 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. Well, we just had to come. No, only around it in Italy. I'm not around it. I'm okay with that. I've been to the nicest Italian restaurant in the I say it's in head there. Yeah. And he wasn't about it. It's okay. It's fine. It's fine. You're going to have a kind of high or something like that. I'd much rather do that. Yes. That's fair. You know, but the two of you have had so far has been. This only. They're nice. This only. This only solidify, even further solidifies my thought process on us and desserts, because more for me. So. Yep. Love it. Shake it up now. You're staying until I do this outro on the doom scroll. That's it for doom scroll. The week and our tiramisu taste test. Now it's time for the main event. The reason I'm here and so are you are 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 Leila. She's the women's ice hockey phenom out of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, a first time Olympian who has two goals and five assists so far. In the winter Olympics, she's making history as the first black woman to play for the US hockey team. She's also a University of Wisconsin Badger and a friend of the family. Leila Edwards. Welcome to not going to lie. Thank you for having me. This is so exciting. I, um, we are connected by way of the other podcasts. We don't say it here. No, I don't know. You're talking. Yeah. Perfect. But you got a, 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. Thank you. 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 about icing last night. I did not grow up with a lot of ice hockey around me. 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 - That's 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 a first black woman, I got a shout out on that one podcast. I can't remember the name. - Wanna Cleveland Heights' own, Laila Edwards. - Hey, oh. - Shout out to Laila 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. 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 hear my name coming out of that guy's mouth. It was just really cool. (laughs) Yeah, I was just showing the love and support, you know, 'cause we got a cool community in Cleveland Heights. And no ever since then, I think they've just realized that I'm the best athletic Cleveland Heights. - 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 last night. - Yes, you did. - What has it been like to have your family here in volunteering for you? - Yes, it's been so awesome. And this has been one of my favorite things to talk about too, because when 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 him 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 needs a world to me. And so to have them here, 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 into this point, who drove you to practice? Who took you to early morning rank? Like it. - Exactly. - Rink, ice, ice. - Rink. - Rink? - Yeah. - Sure. Okay, thank you. Not me questioning all of my hockey lingo. 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. - In the age range too, it's like my sister's 24, and my grandma's 91. So my 91 year old grandma's here. - Uh-oh. - 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 gonna mean me cry. - Yes. - That is so sweet. - It is so awesome. - Is she not the most 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. - Exactly. Yes. - At 91. - I know. - I look for her after every game to wave, and it's really cute. - Stop. This is so good. 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. - Yeah. - We're just gonna, we're gonna channel our most Cleveland Heights energy, and then we're just gonna pop right down there. - Yeah. - No, it'll be great. - Yes, it's gonna be awesome. - It'll be perfect. 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? - Who are you thinking? - Your mother. - Okay, good. - Yep, just to be clear. - Handsome. - A thousand percent. I actually love her videos on social media. - Oh gosh. - So you've seen us. We're gonna watch the fit check right now. - Oh gosh. - Okay. - I am channeling my Taylor Heisee and Zum Winkle. Grace Zum Winkle, that is. I'm doing a fit check. - Okay. - That's it. - My sweatshirt is courtesy of USA. - This is so- - This is so murky. Hockey moms. I have one. Chuck Taylor. - My kind of girl. - Chuck Winkle. - Yeah, do you guys feel the same person? - Yep. - The red, white and blue. Nails by a dope vision by Millie Tammett. And look at these earrings. - Yes. - The courtesy of Alicia Steffen. - That was such good fit. - That's like one of five. - I. - She has so many more. - Love it. You actually commented on that. - Yep. - You said, "Oh goodness." 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. 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 out 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 like the her kids. It is so awesome. - We love women supporting women. - Yes, yes, 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 taking Cleveland Heights. They literally named the other podcast after it. 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 'cause 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. Like you saying that it's like welcoming, it is all of that. And more, like it has the most lovely like mom and pop places. It is, 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 not stop. - 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 like 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? - Close enough. - You guys are crushing it. - Oh, you have what behind you? I'm gonna steal it. - Oh, I'm gonna steal it. - Do you want to pass it? - Yeah, of course. - That was so sweet. Thank you so much. - 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 like the moments where I feel like I have gone too far. And I need to get up with some. Good juju. You, 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? - Yeah, I mean, just knowing that, it's the 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 way? 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'll definitely feel the weight, but I kind of try to channel that into motivation and pride. I mean, it's just so cool. Even the hear parents tell me they're kid, either plays because of me or still plays it. It's just nice to know that they have that representation and I'm hoping that grows. - That's so badass. - I think that's so badass. - You scored your first goal against Canada. That had to be like a life highlight, right? - Oh, for sure. - Like of all the games that you could have scored your first goal. - Right. - That was awesome ball session right now. - Thank you. - I mean, well, every game is awesome, but it's just a different game against Canada. - Yeah. - So to get my first one, I got some, 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. You know, 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, 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? 'Cause 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. And it was like five a.m. wake up every day, six a.m. to seven 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 a weekend 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. Oh, not at all. I mean, I'm here at the Olympics, you know, on Kylie Kelsey's not gonna lie podcasts. I mean, what regrets could I possibly have? There's such a drop in the bug. 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, you're not coming. Oh, you're not coming there because I had a 7am 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, 100%. Because their teammates are working towards the same things and they understand the hustle and they understand what you're doing. 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 eggs in my athletic basket. And I don't regret it for one second. And I didn't make the Olympics. I played the Vision 3 field hockey, and it was great, and I loved it. Well, it's still like, yeah, if you loved it, and that's the thing is like there were moments when I was like, I wish I could stay back on my friends. Yeah. I'm not going to, I'm just going to keep it real, but I still don't regret it because some of those were some of the sacrifices you have to make, you know, to separate yourself from others. It's small percentage that get to play D1, D3, go to the Olympics. So it's like, you know, you just have to make that. So nice of you to put D3 in there. That was cute. That was so cute. What do you mean it? What's 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, it was content. Correct. This feels like the perfect time to put a plea out to your professors. I agree. Perfect. Laila 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. Maybe like, maybe like excused on a couple assignments. Guys, it's seven semesters. That would go a long way. I really need you to chill out. Okay. I feel like anything that's to do between now. It's Tuesday. In graduation. Perfect. But if we had to, okay, maybe Monday. Yeah. That's perfect. Anything to Tuesday, February 17th, 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. 90s. We'll take 90s. Yes. But 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 do that? We love Wisconsin. Go Badgers. Yes. Go Badgers. But also go USA. Yes. You're being ridiculous. Come on. I'll reach this. 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 just talking 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 that you have to be like in a week. 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 tonight? 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 go metal 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 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. It's made me more excited. Now after the Olympics and after your you finish your college season, we do have the professional women's hockey league in the US. 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. There's uncertainty of what to do after college because there's a US 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 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? I would say, you know, if you love something, even if there aren't 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. Whatever 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. Well, there we go. 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, next to my grandma, please do it. You're so amazing. But also on behalf of Cleveland Heights, you're a part of us. Thank you so much. By the way, not the junior in my validation. No, I do, because my husband's never said that. It's kind of ridiculous. He's shrugging in the corner. He's like, she's don't give her all that. She's like, she has not earned it at all. Don't give her all. Thank you so much. Thank you. Oh my gosh, who is this? Look at this. Hello, how are you doing? We brought my resident Cleveland Heights person into the frame because there's something exciting happening. What's happened? I don't know yet. I was going to tell us. Yes, I wanted to give you some few things before I left. This is so exciting. Oh, I was just hyped up these jerseys. Literally last thing. Yeah, you were. I was. I'm so excited. Oh my gosh. So much. 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've 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 which upwards of 30, 40, 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 one of the keys of victory against Canada. What do we got to do? Start fast finish strong. Well, that simple. All right. There we go. You guys did start fast last night. Yeah. We were talking about. They felt like they were hanging back a little bit, like a little bit of zone. Yeah. Early on. They just were impressing very hard. And then you guys. Oh, yeah, said enough of this. Yeah. Yeah. Um, also side note. Do you guys fight? The guests, but we can drop our gloves like the men. Okay. Because we don't have as good dental insurance like that they do. And we have cages. So sure. But it gets spicy like against our against it'll be like we were getting into it. Like yeah, there's a few little like a little bras, but it gets crazy against Canada And I have a feeling Thursday. It'll be you know more stakes There were some like latent. Oh, yes, all I'm saying is this like if you need backup. I know who to call I'm tall I think she needs your okay. I know she didn't know I that's why I said if you have that Yeah, for sure. You just let me know I appreciate that. Okay, great. Um, thank you so much for coming Thank you. It's 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 Freesy Johnson welcome to not gonna lie is so incredible to be here I am so grateful that you took the time first of all congratulations Thank you. 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 even I didn't even think that you would have it on you, but to see it in person is bananas to me Also, what you did what I did ask you when you walked in was your engagement ranking. Congratulations. Thank you Yeah, I mean you're used to Lombardy trophies. They're a little harder to hold in your pocket No, you're not carrying those around also Super Bowl rings Get lost in our house, so oh, yeah, don't worry. It's in a Landfill summer in Cincinnati. I wish I was kidding I think maybe it would be fun to See both sets of hardware that you have so if you want to if we could just get a close-up on your ISO 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 We're so hard and it's cheap so much and yet you still find the time To love me to make you 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? 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 from the clip Is it true that you always wanted to get engaged with 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 I 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'd be cool and then like thinking through it further like I mean obviously the parents 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 This 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 There was a lot of a lot of people that he had to to get the say so from he 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, 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 I was like always 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 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 For anyone who somehow doesn't know what happened next can you please share So at some points Between then and our dinner time somebody at Taylor's team saw it Priya assumed told Taylor she was like all 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's have 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 summer instagram should just do that automatically but So it's like scrolling scrolling and then I 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 I do love your response as well. You said I don't know what's better Olympic gold or this comment sourdough engagement gift Would you would love to teach you to ski? Is this further down the rundown me admitting my skiing story? perfect 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 No, I'm gonna take a wild guess. Are people already asking you about the wedding? Yes, that's crazy As crazy behavior. Yeah, they asked me within five minutes And I I'll really the only date that I knew was like maybe sort of this one Yes, we had to get through this. Now we'll make another decision Do you like have any thoughts on wedding planning um I mean a great he's 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 Yeah in due time guys they all have plans in due time you leave them be Uh, now I did see that you encountered that on bumble that is true and from a tender couple I can deeply appreciate that so well done. Thank you Um is bumble also a swipe situation? Correct. Yes. Yeah, we swiped our way right and done yeah I feel good about it. Yeah, yeah, the bumble is the whole thing with bumble was that you message first, right? Yes, well, great. What was your message? Good one. I know right? I'm sorry I forget about which one's which yeah, so he was he had like Noah Conn like his mute some of his music taste And I'm a big Noah Con fan so and I had just been to like a little concert of his that they did for Michaela Shafrin So I was like, oh, it's just that a little Noah Conn 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 again in here That's perfect. Yeah, okay, you did better than me I message 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 it must have been something on Tinder for you to message him first He was probably oh, it was just it was funny here 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 gotta go in strong. So I appreciate that bottle does which pickup line Um, my first one was I need life fuller. I've fallen for you and I can't get up You can do better than that And then I said if I told you I worked for UPS, would you let me handle your package? Yeah And he said that's great. So Now, I also got to ask you about the other piece of hardware, that gold medal. 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. This run was unreal. This is your first ever medal, correct? From the Olympics. Yes. And it's gold. Yeah. I mean, so I qualified to the team in 2018, going into this games, I was like this maybe kind of my last games at the top of my game, although ski racers' careers are going longer and longer, and yeah, it was definitely like a crazy full circle moment. It was, you know, I just kind of kept coming back to like trying to execute my plan, trying to execute my run and by 400s of a second, which is very, very small amount of time, I pulled it out. It's so good. How did you feel in that moment? Skiing is 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 and trying to avoid the nets, which are very hard and not fun to hit. So yeah, 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 feeling 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 something that I will, I will never get anywhere close to you when I was proud of your own 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, you won, how you plan to celebrate, and we have the clip of that. How are you planning on celebrating tonight? 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, 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 it like 1130, so it was kind of too early for lunch. So I really hadn't eaten since breakfast. That clip was taken around three, and I got back at like 430. 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 surfers were like, no, it's too late. We don't have the lunch menu anymore, and 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 risotto. That's such a good team member, good job, because that's important. Also, how did you end up celebrating your gold medal? So we had a team toast that night and we all got around and everybody said heartfelt things and we cried some more, 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 930 right back to it. Yeah. I also mentioned this in your intro, but I have to ask you about the knitting. Yeah. So I'm a big knitter, 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. But yeah, I like to knit and I knit a lot like before competition is just to calm down and then yeah, it kind of became a superstition because I started having new, whenever I had 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 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. No, I don't mind it as cheating, I do a lot of complex knits, so a lot of twisted and I don't think you can do that on the looms. But no, I mean, I think whatever craft 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 these like diagonal, I do a lot of diagonal ones, but the one that Connor was wearing in the finish, that one is also one of my favorites. Now the idea of you not wearing them again and needing a new knit, it speaks to the superstitious person and me deeply. That's why I have a chunk of wood here because I was needing to knock on it earlier. Yep. You never know. So you would say it's a superstition at this point, not to wear the same one? Oh yeah, it's definitely a superstition. So much. Do you have any other superstitions? I have lucky socks, I have to fist bump my physio and my ski technician once before I go in the gate. It's just so perfect. 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 it's their dirty then I have to wear something else, but let's not do that, yeah, sure, but no, I'm pretty superstitious generally. I love it so much, I have the same, wow. How do like, let's just say hypothetically, if someone wanted to commission you for a headband, you got like an Etsy store, do I just ask you here? You can just ask me, I can definitely send you one. Your people can talk to my people, which is just me, but yeah, I mean, it's also like at this point I need so many of them for the finish, so I'm like, here is if it's okay if I wear one in the finish and then give it to you. Yes, aggressively, yes, 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, ski racing is a little bit like Formula One, we have races every weekend and then, you know, every four years we go, one of them is the Olympics and so now we go back and at the end of the year we'll have the, we have Crystal Globe, which are like, you know, the overall champion, so those are a really big deal. So 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 FEMA athletes about this. How can we get more girls into skiing? So for one, I mean, obviously, Olympic success has always like inspired young athletes. I work with a couple of great organization, Share Winter and Cooms Outdoors, which works in Jackson to get underprivileged kid skiing. It's, I understand that there's huge beard entry with skiing and I think we're working to try to bring some of those costs down and get more people into it. I think, you know, I love skiing, I love to see 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 going to, 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 for blaming a lot of equipment out there is really not very good, especially rental equipment. Perfence. That's what it was. 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 in. 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. I always like to tell female athletes, we have four daughters and so seeing athletes who are doing this is such an incredible thing for our girls to get to see and get to 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 from 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 gas lined up. You're not going to want to miss this. Follow us on social media @NGL with Kylie for Clips throughout the week. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. 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. Thank you. That's so perfect. Oh, thank you so much. Yeah. Oh my gosh, you spelled Elliott right. That's impressive. I did my best. Oh, thank you. I had a question for Connor actually. What happened? Was there a backup plan in case? Oh, yeah. Yeah, you had one just in case. We're confident going into it. I'm sure. Okay. Yeah, so there's several backup plans. One, 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 your last. And then I mean, even at the Super G, I'm not sure how where you guys are, but she crashed. So 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, I did have a little engagement party put together back at the hotel. 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 I'm so glad you're in. I literally I just love that we're like disembodied voices. This is a women's morning women podcast. We just have the men's the court. I'm so sorry.