Leah Kateb: Life After Love Island

The following podcast is a Dear Media production. Welcome back to the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast. I'm your host, Amanda Hirsch, and I still can't believe that I get to chat with some of my favorite stars on my very own podcast, where you'll feel like you're just talking shit with your best friends in your living room. Hi, guys. Happy Tuesday. Welcome back to a new episode of Not Skinny But Not Fat. This is your host, Amanda, looking like I just came from camp. Anyway, how's everybody doing? I hope you're all feeling good. My weather report is that it is, I think the post I saw described it best, swamp-like weather in New York. Love to freaking hear it. Aside from that, what is up, you guys? I have some news, which I shared, and I was overwhelmed by the support and the love I got from so many of you that I am officially the official, can we say official again? I'm officially the official, permanent, forever host of Get Real on Hulu. It is a weekly talk show featuring Hulu stars and stans and pop culture conversations, and I couldn't be more excited. I got to do. A few episodes, kind of on the first run, there were like different guest hosts, and I was one of those reoccurring guest hosts, and they made me the official permanent one, and it was honestly a dream come true. And for those asking, it's not a LaManda situation. It films here in New York, which can be a more dream scenario, and it's just life completing and changing, because for those who know me, know that I manifested this and that I, having a talk show, I'm not a talk show. I'm not a talk show. I'm not a talk show. On my vision board, I always used to say like Chelsea Lately vibes, and it totally gives that and feels like that, and it's just super exciting. So that airs every Thursday on Hulu, which is weird to say and to feel, but just so exciting. What else is new with everybody? I, you guys know I'm so funny because I have been wanting to. Take him to see Spider-Man, Brand New Day, and he's so funny, you guys, that because I took them to that Moana premiere, he is now like, is it for famous people or not for famous people? So I'm like, want to go to Spider-Man? He's like, no. I'm like, that's weird. You're obsessed. And he's like, thinking that every single thing will be like a premiere and like a carpet and like, I guess like kids, they don't like special treatment. You know what I mean? He just wants to go to the regular movies, and I'm like, this is regular. And he's like, I don't know. He's just like, not that into it. And I'm like, this is weird. So I feel like I need to show him, I need to force him again, like I force him into things and then he's happy and show him like, that was a special occasion. And I guess he like, had fun and was a core memory. But I think also like, he just wants to like, be regular, not giving Northwest at all. Okay. And Giv's cool. Like, I love it. He's like, famous people, not into it. I'm like, okay, cool, kid. And. But listen, of course, Spider-Man is just breaking the box office on their second week on Polly Market. 42% of people said it would cross 150 million, which I don't even know what that number means, but it's a lot. But there's so many of these movies coming out. They just announced Doomsday, Avengers Doomsday. And 91% of people think that Tobey Maguire is Spider-Man, will make an appearance. 88% of people on Polly Market think that Ryan Reynolds will make an appearance as Deadpool. He did crash that like, event as Deadpool, which makes me think that I might be on the Ryan Reynolds trajectory here. Okay. But it does look like the Odyssey is going to rule the Oscars. 46% of people think that the Odyssey is going to win Oscars 2027 best picture. 12% think Dune part three. Which hasn't come out yet, you guys. So how the hell are you thinking that? All right. I just don't get it. Anyway, you guys, it is so fun to trade on Polly Market. 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And she's still in the relationship that she found on the show and they are thriving and they are end game. She refounded, which is a new word I learned from her, a new business venture. And honestly, she's down to earth. She's humble. She's banging. And it's Leah Kateb, everyone from Love Island. I can't believe it's been two years since her season. And she really, again, changed the landscape of that show when we had the most fun chat. So enjoy. Well, I'll start by saying that you smell amazing. Stop. Swears. Stop. What scent is it? It's True Love's Cake, the new one by Skylar. Yes. Yes, yes, yes. I love it. This is my child, like really and truly. I'm proud of it. How do you? OK, so how do you describe a scent? Because I find it so hard. Really? I think. Yeah, I've obviously. So the one I'm wearing is gourmand. OK, that's like. It means nothing to me. It's like the food type scents. Like cake, donuts, like those type of scents. Like, for example, the one I'm wearing right now is caramelized pistachio. Rosewater has cake scents like it's like it's like that type of vibe, like almond cake, you know, sweet soup. But it can also lay like gourmand, I guess, like, yes, most of the time, like people do associate gourmand with like really sweet. I love sweet scents. Would you know how to describe it before you got into this? Yeah, I always loved fragrance. OK, I've always loved like fragrance and body care and things like that. So that's like I feel like was just like my passion always. What what kind of scents do you hate? I don't have any that I like hate. I discovered yesterday that I hate, though, like lemongrass, essential oil, disgusting. Oh, yeah. OK. Gross. I feel you. But I like earthy scents. OK. But for my home, not for my body. Got you. Yeah. And what about like musky? I like musky on men. On men. Yeah. Yeah. Some of these like genderless scents. Are just not for me. I agree. I really me personally, the scents that I love, I want to smell like edible. Like I want you to feel like you can take like a bite out of in a sexual way. All of the above. Like literally. All of it. Do you remember this perfume? Hypnotic poison. Have you ever smelled it? No. It's very well. You are very young. I'm like, I forget, though. With 26 or seven. I'm about I'm turning 27 next month. I'm feeling a bit elderly. And you feel like that's not young. Uh, kind of. Yeah. I feel like I'm at that point where people are like, so you're going to get married like you haven't kids yet. Well, but I feel like that's more because of your relationship. I don't know. I feel like it's both. No. Well, Miguel's grandpa because he's 30. Well, he's 29. So he's pretty much 30 already. He's pretty much 60 at this point. I don't know. Wait, you're going to have to do something big for his 30th. I know. And you know what? He was just saying he was like, I don't want to do it. I'm going to celebrate it. Oh, that's the best. So anything you do will be a huge. Well, he just turned. Well, I guess just. But it was like in March was his birthday. So he like it was kind of like recent. And you're I feel like your love language is would be gift giving. I give. Yeah. I feel like I'm really good at giving gifts and picking them out. I'm a very sentimental person. Yeah. So I love doing things. I do like that. I'm trying to think he's like a acts of service. Kind of guy. And what was. So what did you get him for his 29th? What did I get him for his 29th? Or do. No, no. I got him something. I have to remember. Oh, he wanted a mountain bike. That's what I got him. Oh, yeah. And you knew which one to pick out. Yes. Did you go together? He wanted it for so long. Like a specific. Yes. There was a specific mountain bike. And he was like, I want I want it. I want it. And he was like waiting because it was sold out. And then you got on a list. or something. - I got it, yeah. I got it. Got it for him. You're a good girlfriend. You guys, Leah is here. I wanted you to come on the pod since you got off. I know. When did you, what was that? Two years now? Two years. Yeah. Insane. Craziness. Does it feel like yesterday or does it feel like a hundred years ago? Like both, to be honest. Sometimes I'm like, whoa, time's going by really fast. And then sometimes I'm like, wow, this really feels like yesterday. But two years is a long time. Two years is a long time. How is it feeling today being like kind of past it, but have done it? Do you look back? Because I just saw a clip of you today that was so good. And it brought me back to like living that with you in summer of, I guess, 2024. If you come across clips or like those moments that you had that were iconic, what's your feeling toward it? Is it fond memories? I love it. I think it's so funny. I think in the moment. Like I was like, I wasn't even thinking of like iconic or like anything like that. But now when I look back at it, I'm like, oh, my gosh, like it's so funny. And I love that. Like people like received me. Well, you know, I mean, that's the fucking understatement of the century. People lost it for you. I know. I think I still don't. I think I just I still don't grasp like how crazy it was because obviously I was inside. Right. But I think I didn't see like the there was a moment, by the way. I feel like there was like a moment where it happened. Do you know what I mean? Where everyone was like, whoa, wait, she's the real deal. Like people's princess. Right. All these things and the faces you would make. No, it's crazy. Miguel always says like if there was a camera on me, 24 seven people would just have like a book of quotes all the time. And like the expression. Yeah, that's just how I speak. Like if you. If you know me, I speak very like odd. I'm always saying some weird shit like all the time. But where did it come from? Just me. It's my soul. Like, I feel like I've always been. I'm also a triple Leo. So I feel like that plays into it. What, like moon rising? But OK, your quotes and your sayings, do they come from literature? No, that's just how my brain is. I'm like, literally, it's just my brain. Wait, what's your number one quote that people like probably say to you? Well, I would probably say either the suck my dick, whatever you heard about me one, or they really loved the overalls one. Say it. Say the remind me. Oh, I forget. When you're like making fun of his overalls. You were like, what was it making fun of his overalls? I was like making fun that he was like still there after like he just put on a show. But I forget how it starts. It was like, oh, it was after that. He literally did his big one up there. That was like a movie. And he stood up there and said, now you're sending three home. That one. Yeah, it's so long, too. I'm like, God, how you're like, how did I have the energy? When I look at Love Island of you guys sleeping in that room, waking up together, I'm thinking of like morning breath. Yeah, I like refused to turn over to Miguel. OK, so you didn't get the fuck up out that bed. Oh, you did. Yeah, I couldn't get it smooching in the morning. And I don't know why or how, but I literally was like, good morning. And I hopped out of that bed and ran up. And went to brush your teeth. Yeah. And went to get put a face. People want to go and eat breakfast like right out of bed. I'm like, don't you guys like brush your teeth first? People do eat breakfast quick on these shows. They do. They don't brush their teeth before eating. And I don't believe in that kind of stuff. Because you know what could happen? You could forget. I feel like if you don't do it right away. Well, yes, that's disgusting. But also like when you wake up, like there's a bunch of bacteria that like sits on your tongue. So that's why you need to brush your teeth and scrape your tongue. Otherwise, you're just swallowing it back into like your body. Oh, my God. A TikTok just popped up for me of this guy saying he won't hook up with a girl. Wait, that was you. That was me. That was you. No, I'm fucking dead. I was like, it popped up for me. That was me. He was sitting on our flight here and he was like, he was so rude and nasty. But you want to know what? I think he was an agent for someone. I think he was this agent. The guy that was fighting Tom Brady right now? No. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They were having public beef. Oh. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't think I'm on that side of TikTok. Oh, you're not on that one. No. No, but that's interesting that he. Oh, OK. He was talking about him nonstop. So I'm going to assume that was his agent. But was he saying that about himself with the tongue? No, he was talking about a girl like he was like, if a girl doesn't scrape her tongue, like I'm not like fucking touching her. And I'm like, how would you even know that? Like, by the way, how would you know if she scraped her tongue one? And as a dude, I feel like how do you even know what tongue scraping is? What aside TikTok are you on? My boyfriend scrapes his. You make him. Yeah, I do. Like, well, I don't I don't make him, but it's like I feel like I'm really big on like dental and oral hygiene. Yeah, I'm just like I feel like I'm like into like a hygiene routine, but like he's always. So what's your morning routine? I want to know. I wake up. First thing I do is like feed the animals. Right. Yes. And then, well, it depends on who gets. Well, you brush your teeth first, obviously. No, I don't. My animals are before my teeth. No, stop. Yeah. So animals, it depends on who like is on animal duty. Like, I'll take the dog out and then Miguel will like chickens like, you know, he'll like feed the cats. How many animals are there? So many. I don't even have a number anymore. I can probably try and think there's we have one dog. We're getting a foster this week, though. Two cats. We have like over 10 chickens. You're obsessed. That's your the chickens are the main event. My two turkeys. No, my turkeys are my main event and my dog. My dog is my baby. She's my best friend in the world. So four chickens, two turkeys. No, we have like 10 plus chickens. I don't I can't sit here and count. But we have two turkeys, like 10 plus chickens, two cats, my dog. We're getting another dog foster this week. We have like a pond. So we have fish, three horses, three pigs, a fluffy cow. And it's a fluffy cow like the Highland cows. Have you ever seen? No, I need to say it's so cute. What sort of TikTok are you on? Not the farm one. I'm on farm talk. Yeah, you're on farm talk. Down. That's like my entire thing is all chickens. Fluffy cow. Yes. And I think that's everyone. We have frogs as well. Wait, you and Miguel bought a house together. Yeah. So you had to find a house that has a farm. Yeah, well, we already. So like I. I already knew the area like I wanted us to be in because that's where my horse is. And so and that's where my parents have lived. And I know like a lot of people thought that I lived with my parents, but I actually haven't lived with my parents since I was 18. I moved out when I was 18 and I've been in apartments ever since. I stayed at their house for like a few weeks when I got out of the villa because someone found my apartment address and they put it online and people started coming to the door. So I stayed. I stayed with them then, but I have not lived with them actually for a very long time. And I know they think that like Miguel was living there with them, too. But like we were really only there for a few weeks. So, yeah, I haven't lived with my parents since I was 18. So we can clear that up. Why did people think that? Because because they leaked my parents address. I also leaked your parents. Yeah. Is this fans that loved you? I don't know, because they leaked my parents address when I was on the show. I remember coming out and my family telling me, like, they found my parents address and they were like basically making it like this whole thing. And like they said, like, they were basically trying to say that, like, I grew up super well. Yeah. And I didn't. That's another thing. I did not. My parents, we only moved into that house in, I think, 2021. And when I say we, it's them. Well, I also I don't think it's negative. I just think it's it's false because my parents both moved here when they were like in their 20s and they didn't even speak English. So. We did not. They worked really hard to get to where they're at. And so I find it also kind of like, I don't know, like my parents didn't grow up rich. Like they worked hard. As fuck. They came here. He's a CFO and my mom is a microbiologist and she owns her own business. So they worked hard as fuck. Like they had to learn English. They were both dishwashers when they got here. You said your first language was Farsi. So maybe that's where you get the quotes. Um, and you're translating. I think Persian women are just so iconic. Like if you meet like a Persian woman, like you'll be like, wow. I feel like I just speak a certain way. Yeah, I love Persians. It's like really. Sometimes I feel like bilingual people will like translate stuff. Do you get what I mean? I get what you mean. But I think I just literally speak like this. I'm like trying to find a reason. You're like, no, I'm it's my sense of humor. Like, I think it's just like how I am. Well, OK, so let's so people leak the address. Yes. Says just. Oh, my God. Horrible. And yes, I was so upset because I was like, I don't even live at my parents house. So like, I don't know. And then people would come to my parents house. So I'm like, yeah, what? To take a picture. Knock, knock. Yeah, I get a picture. Yes, that literally has happened. And I took one of the pictures and then I was like, no, this is kind of weird. This is weird. Even when I would be with my horse. That is a boundary to not cross. If ever I. Yeah. So I was like a little like, OK, now it's getting a little weird. because this isn't even my house and it's my home. my family's house and like we have our some of my family dogs there like it's just like I don't know I was like this is not right how are you gonna protect your your current house from from people finding out since I know you post I can't there's no way like you know how the people just post everyone's I feel like addresses online like there's really nothing I can do our house is like double gated though okay so like the community community's gated and then also our house has a gate and we're like pretty set but no okay we're like super set back and also the security there is like very so that's important yeah I think when they when I first got out like I don't think they realized like the scope of what was going on I don't I I still don't I'm like you were like I need a lot of security well not even I just was like I just didn't think that people were gonna come to the damn door like I'm like and you know I mean it's okay I think now though obviously it's like people will say hi like when I'm walking I'm well your publicist was saying that like she tried to go somewhere with you yesterday and she's like it's crazy still it's yeah it's beautiful I mean I love everyone like that says hi to me so much and make it's like still like unreal to me honestly unreal well I also saw somewhere that like in Love Island castings they have to tell people like you're not gonna be Leah it's crazy like yeah like that can't be yeah they said like don't get your hopes up basically yeah because there's a new fucking standard because when you went on the show people weren't getting super big from it the show got big from our season from your season yeah so when you went on it what was your motivator like to find like let's just I'm like I'm having fun I hadn't had sex in like two years I was like I'm ready to just get the fuck up out of there why didn't you have sex in two years because I just didn't want okay so you didn't want to I feel like I was in a place in my life where I was like I'm really over men and I just was like why am I gonna keep like ruining my body and letting them have like the time of their life take my flower and just know so yeah I'm over it I'm super over it yeah but then Love Island came and you were like well I'm back in business yeah I wasn't like I didn't think I was gonna like have sex with anyone I'm not I'm not yeah that's not my vibe like I'm not like a crazy sexual person but I was like I think I was like I'm bored this summer I have no plans like let me just did you think no one would see it was that yeah totally that like you're yeah I thought I was gonna come back home like normal like all is well I could just continue on with my days I was like it's a free trip to Fiji and I hadn't on a plane in like four years I didn't I haven't I didn't go I was just doing school and work what was your job before you went medical device sales and I was in school for yeah for public health so people that were assuming things about your family yeah probably be like she didn't even have to work but you know I've had a job since I was literally 15 I've been working I've my parents I was in a job that there was not I did not have any of the stuff that I have today this is like they always raised you to like work and like earn your own money very much so so when you get on Love Island do you take a break from the medical sales do you say you're back yeah no yeah you have to obviously I can't be like online job yeah I thought I was going back though I thought I was going back to my normal I thought I was going back to like my classes thought I was going back to all of the stuff like then you come out with how many millions of followers oh my gosh I don't even remember at that time I think it was for sure a million it was because I remember they said I was the first Islander in like history to come out or to get hit a million before the show ended isn't that like such a not I'm not that's how I don't mean to sound like shallow like isn't that such a badge of honor but it is crazy that not single-handedly because I definitely want to give credit to the other Islanders but there was something about you that changed the show it's it's an honor I just feel really blessed that people connected with me so much that's like the way they did did that always happen in your life where people were like drawn to you I think so I also think I'm such like a people person and I just like love people like I really I'm like I really love like life you know what I mean like love animals I love talking to people like I'm all I'm that person that like I'll literally like sit on the street and like talk to someone yeah like you were a different uh like different vibe I feel like than than than the people that usually come to the Villa and I think that was a big a big part of why people were like at first like wait and then they were like oh like we get it because it was different to like emote the way you did say what you think and the way you did yeah and like just be yourself yes and have yourself be such an array of things like total hot girl but still Corky right and still like has these things that she says that are crazy but you were so good you were so good you came up you came out probably everyone wanted a piece of you like probably your inbox was like yeah it's crazy agents managers publicists brand deals how did you navigate it were you overwhelmed as it was overwhelming but I also was someone that like I didn't want and I I am still to this day like I will never take a brand deal or do something like that just for money like it's just not the type of person I am I understand my platform and I also understand that like what I'm promoting people are are seeing it so I really don't promote anything unless it's like something that I personally love and use so you're saying no to a 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Well, I saw you at the world. Were you at the World Cup finals? Yes. That was amazing. Degree brought Miguel and I. We were the only people they brought. And that was really amazing. It was so cool because I just did a TV commercial for them. Oh, you did a TV for Degree the deodorant? Yeah. Oh, cool. Yeah. So they brought us as like a thank you. So that was so much fun. That was amazing. What else? What has been like World Cup? I feel like we've gotten to do so many cool things. Like I feel like I've gone so many places I really was not traveling like before. So I got. And now you're traveling. I went to Italy. Now I've gone to Milan. I've seen like France. I've seen. Do you love to travel? I do. I do. But I also love being home with my animals. So who holds down the fucking farm? I was going to say Ford, but farm. Who holds down the farm when you're gone? My beautiful cousin, Diba and Nima. Yeah. Diba and Nima. They hold my farm or our farm. They hold our home down. When you're gone. Yes. But sometimes I feel like you would need this often. Yes, we do. And they're available to you. My cousin is there right now as we speak with my turkeys. Yeah. Holding the fort. I have to talk to you about these birds because like, like I'm sure you're aware, like a lot of people have a bird phobia. Yes. Yes. Yes. Like I'm in New York. Pigeons are flying. I don't love it. Best, though. They're very nice. Yeah. They want to be domesticated. They used to use pigeons for everything. And now people are like, oh, my God, they're rats with wings. I know. They're like not, though. And birds are actually very smart. Same with rats. Rats are so smart. I think people hold a rat. Yeah. I've had a pet rat. I love rats. My dad used to put a wrap like what is it like the glue traps? And I would make him put or rub olive oil until they release them. Like, oh, yeah, I don't like that. So will you not even kill a fly? Oh, no, I kill. OK, so bugs are a different thing for you. I don't kill like bugs, per se. Yeah. Like spiders, I will put outside things of the such fly. So I'm super sorry. They got to die. Yeah. It's like I'm not in here. And ticks. What happens in a farmer? There are a lot of ticks on a farm. You know, I actually I haven't seen a lot like in our area. I don't know. I haven't seen a lot. We're more. I don't know. A lot of mosquitoes. Right. I don't know if California like we have for sure. We do have ticks. Well, we so like we have animals that I see are insects, I guess, are like bugs or whatever of the varieties that I've seen the most, I would say, are like, have you ever seen a Jerusalem bug? No. Fucking disgusting. You'll die. We have those at the house. We have scorpions in our house inside the house. Yeah. Not as pets. They're just like roaming around. She has to clarify. Not as not as pets. What do you do? We put them back outside. Can you touch them? No, they're poisonous. So what do you do? Yeah. We like sweep them out. How do they come in? I think like to the walls or something. Yeah. Because we're in the mountains. So like we have rattlesnakes. We have like those type of stuff. How does Miguel get used to this life? You know what? He's from the UK, right? Yeah. An area. Is he from like country or he was like from like more of the countryside, I would say. But I think like as he got older, he kind of became more city. OK. But I think he's been taking that shit on the chin. I literally was asking him the other day when we were with our turkeys. I was like, would you even imagine that you ended up with someone that has like 10 million animals? Like, did you think that you would ever have a turkey in your arms right now? And he was like, I love it. So he loves it. He loves it. He loves our animals. You could actually never date someone. I couldn't. It's an absolute deal breaker. And I also think that everyone should feel that way because it's like I feel like if people do not have respect for animals or like elderly people, then I just think something's wrong with them. But there's respect, Leah, and there's the noodling with the turkey. Yeah. Not everyone's going to do that with the turkey. That's totally OK. Yeah. I think the people that are like, oh, or like the people that comment and they're like, that's my sandwich. I'm like, you're weird. You get that? Yeah. Like some of it. Are you vegan or vegetarian? I'm vegetarian. I haven't eaten meat in almost 14 years now. Yeah. Does Miguel? Yeah. He, he eats meat. I don't care. You don't care. No, I'm like, not that kind of person. Are you ever craving? No. No. Even when I ate meat, I just thought it was disgusting. Disgusting. Yeah. The chicken. And now that I own chickens, I'm like, they're so dirty. I don't know how people eat it. It is so nasty. I can't even. And I, the thing is, too, I'm like, I, our chickens are dirty and they are in a very clean environment and we take care of them so well. I can't imagine the poor chickens that are in like these slaughters. Yeah. Houses. I can't imagine what the fuck people are eating. I'm not going to lie because chickens will eat anything. They will eat each other if one of them dies. So. Oh, yeah. It's going to make me vegetarian. No, no. How do you keep up with the protein craze? Are you eating a lot of cottage cheese? I not really. I feel like I'm like I my blood tests are all really great. Like I people would think that I'm like anemic or whatever and like low on iron, that type of shit. But like, no, I feel like I have a really since I've been doing it for so long, I think I just know what I need, how to do it. Yeah. I'm still on the turkeys because I I love animals. But with birds or something about being flapped in the face. Oh, yeah. But I don't think I could personally like the turkeys are really sweet. But my rooster is like hell on earth. Do you let the turkeys roam in your house? Sometimes. Yeah. Yeah. I need to get them like diapers, though, because birds do use the bathroom a lot, like a lot, a lot. But are there bird diapers? Yes. People like their chickens roam in the house, but our chickens are not. We raise them like really socially like but they're just not our turkey store. Like she'll crawl into my lap like a baby. So you wake up, you feed all the different animals. Yeah. With all the foods that they eat with whoever each animal eats something different, I assume. Yes, they do. The turkeys and the turkeys and the chickens all eat the same thing. Okay. Worms. Well, they have like a feed. Worms are like a treat. Oh, yeah. Worms are like treats. And then like obviously like our dog will have like her dog food. Everyone eats something different. And then you start your morning. And then I start my morning and then like shower, brush my teeth, get ready for the day, put my clothes on upstairs. I always drink my I always have water and my beauty electrolytes first thing in the morning. And then I take my probiotic first thing in the morning. And then you're very into vlogging lately, right? I've been trying. What what what in you made you want to commit to the vlogging thing? Well, I was vlogging since I got out because a lot of people were like, we miss you. We want to see you. We want to see like what you're up to all day. Yeah. So I think at first I was really like good about it and like really on it. And then gradually I was like, fuck, I'm busy as fuck. And like I was having a little trouble like juggling it. I think now I'm like slowly getting back into like vlogging and like being back on YouTube and like things like that. But it's it's it's a balance for sure, especially now with like Skylar and all of that, too. So it's like I'm just trying to figure out how everything fits everywhere. But your day sounds like it's like super normal, right? - Super normal. - Yeah. like an event or a premiere but even then like we don't have people like that take care of our animals we do not have like assistance like we are very much so like we don't have like a house manager none of that like we are the ones we are the ones putting our laundry away we are the ones like unpacking when we get home we're the ones cleaning our cat's litter box and their ass like literally do you think people assume that you do have like all the like yeah a lot of people like are always like who is taking care of all of these animals and it's like L and I oh they get worried like they're no I think just like they just are curious because I think they think like maybe it's just like a petting zoo type sitch and then we go and like sit our ass down while someone else is cleaning like and taking care of them but it's like no these are really like our babies like my turkeys I hand raised them those turkeys like those are my babies those turkeys they mean the world to me and the dog that you have is that the one you were saying was reactive yes that Miguel yes did something for two years to get him to be okay with him they like really built why worked with the trainer before all of this with just helping my dog's reactivity and so I kind of knew the steps to take on their relationship and so they were both really good friends and they were both really good friends and so I kind of knew the steps to take on their relationship and so they were both really good friends and just so amazing and now they're like besties so really yeah and my dog is like my world she is my everything how old is she she's seven oh yeah what is she did you adopt her yeah she was my first foster ever and my only foster fail so she's a pit bull and now you're fostering again yeah but I've fostered like hundreds okay oh yeah I'm like a boss that's so sweet yeah of you I love you're probably approved right away they don't even have a name with a bunch of rescues they already I've worked with them since I was like a kid the second I turned 18 is when you can legally start fostering so that's when I started when did the obsession with animals begin since I was a kid oh really yeah I've loved them like forever and is your whole family the same way no my mom is was so like since they were raised in Iran and it's a totally different like culture for them they're like animals aren't like loved the way they are here so my mom was pretty scared she was like I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I'm scared of animals especially dogs did she come around yeah okay obsessed with my dog obsessed we have we've had a bunch of we've had three golden retrievers in this life two of them have passed away we still have one of them we have a corgi he's 13 and then I got blue and blue is seven but my mom is obsessed with blue because blue is just she's such a human like she is so sweet like she'll greet you at the door if you're crying she'll come sit on your lap like she is a human like she's just the best companion so what was the reactive part it's just to strangers oh to strangers yes okay so like people that did not grow up that she did not grow up with she is very weary of and also like she's very protective of our home so that that's a struggle when people come over and things like that so I just put her away there and I'm like I'm not gonna let her go I'm not gonna let her go I'm not gonna let her go because I also know like a lot of people don't like dogs and I don't want to stress blue out and I don't want to stress the people out so when people come over like when we have like our friends over blue is like chilling in our bedroom watching spongebob vibing love she loves spongebob we put on tv for her yes we put on tv for our cats our animals live very luxuriously like actually they get screen time our our turkeys have like a pool and so do the chickens they literally have like a life of luxury living the life yeah so I want to go back to like you as a kid loving animals but did you grow up like loving uh tv uh entertainment did you ever know think I want to be never Hollywood never really never thought I was gonna do I wanted to do something in health care I wanted to help people I knew whatever I ended up doing I first I wanted to be a vet but my I physically like can't take like I don't think I would be able to like cut an animal I fiz I just don't think I could have done it so it just was I couldn't have done it but like I knew whatever I wanted to do I wanted to help someone or something so that's where my brain was not at all like ever model no no fuck no like like like any of that no that was it wasn't even like even before Love Island like I would literally post like a thirst trap to like get the attention of the guy I liked at the times thing and then like disappear for like three months on social media yeah like that's it I didn't I was not making content like I was so that aligns like more for me even as to why people fell in love with you because I feel like people can sense that sort of thing you know what I mean like no I get it even though like we said your season I feel like this season since yours maybe people want the Leah thing to happen to them yeah so it's different your season I do feel like people came in not thinking anything we're just like so like willy nilly like but you uh didn't even want this life that kind of happened to you I yeah I was super peaceful like doing what I was doing but I'm also so I think that everyone I'm such like a everything reason type of person and like like I feel like I am exactly where I need to be and I think I'm like with who I'm exactly who I need to be with and I feel like very fulfilled I think I'm exactly where I need to be well tell me a little bit about your relationship aside from him dragging you to the gym and it cracks me up that what is he training for thing I don't know what he does in the gym and then he'll come and complain that his neck hurts and I'm like I wonder why I wonder why wait do you want him to actually chill or no I just want I if your neck hurts and you're coming here and doing that weird every time I open up my phone don't come and complain to me if I tell you to rest for one day I don't want to hear he works out every day every day every day every day like it's more than a six-pack his abs have abs it's like 12. 70. he's ripped he's ripped he's so strong he's so strong no he looks so strong I saw I'm picking up like three people in a video he's so it's really hot to have a guy that's so I love it I know I've had like the I feel like the guys I was with were all like flabby and like they were before like really yeah flabby drug users that type of vibe now though yeah but or like or like more like more like lean yeah he's what I love about him too he's not like someone that he's not like oh my God like I have to eat this this and this yeah no he loves KFC he loves like in and out in and out we both so like he's not someone that like if I'm like oh I want to go to dinner and like that's a bummer that would ruin that's a bummer like workout but if I dated somebody that is a man who is cutting up lettuce all day I'd get the egg to be honest I hate that yeah like I remember like eat carbs does he he eats carbs yeah well he needs to eat like a normal human yeah he's not like he doesn't eat like a meal plan or anything like that he just eats whatever he wants wait is the gym at home or does he go to a gym he goes to a gym so how does that work like when you guys go to the gym and people oh well the gym that we go to is like kind of like a it's like his friend's gym so like it's like kind of like a content gym like anyone can go but we know everyone content gym like you I don't know what to call it like it's like where like the gym bros go yeah like that type of okay not like an equinox no it's not yeah it's like literally like we're like the like bodybuilders go how often do you go with him like a few times a week yeah yeah and does he really have to force you yeah sometimes I will literally be in bed and he'll be like it's time to get up and go but you probably feel so good after I do and he can like train you know yeah but he does when we're in the gym he does his own thing because I'm not doing what he does yeah I'm just doing me like I'm not about to do the handstand yeah yeah no no no no I'm not lifting anybody I'm just trying to get my face steps in get a little get my arms tall when you like entered the Villa for fun and now you've been together for two years and before that you said you didn't have sex for two years did you have long relationships were you kind of a relationship girl before no really I really would say that I never this is technically I would say my first real relationship to be honest because I feel like I've had relation situation ships we shall call it it was never like boyfriend girlfriend yeah wow I mean maybe I thought I was his girlfriend he definitely did not wait so he I was like your first like real I would say yeah real boyfriend is it the same for him yeah he's never he like has never had a girlfriend so I'm his first so how do you guys like do it so well I feel like we're just like so similar and I feel like we're both really chill people I feel like we're so like and I'm not someone that it's like I need this done by this like it's like I'm not trying to like oh we if we're not married by that's just like not my vibe so I feel like we're both very like go with the flow type of people and I think like we really just mesh very well so isn't it what do you ever look at each other and and remember that you met on it's yes sometimes we'll literally be like that's so weird like it's so weird it is right it's weird but also did you have like an instant attraction to him like the minute he walked in sexy as fuck yeah everyone wanted him so I was like need to stay 10 feet away because I was like I can't I will not fight for like a man's honor right now but I feel like we just drifted towards each other like we really kept like gravitating towards each other we'll be right back after the break can we talk about the fact that Starbucks bottles Frappuccino drinks have somehow become my afternoon delight listen I'm constantly running around recording chasing kids answering texts refreshing Instagram 600 times a day going through emails you get the picture okay so having something quick easy and delicious with caffeine in hand is essential for me so the Starbucks Frappuccino chilled coffee drinks that you know and love you guys are made with Starbucks coffee and with that cook of indulge ants alright come in a bunch of different flavors there's something for everyone and they're so perfect when you're on the go heading to work running errands or need a pick-me-up and for me a pick-me-up needs to equal something sweet and something coffee okay in the middle of the day that picks me up okay and lets me keep going yeah I just I love it so much it's so chic it's fancy people will come over to your house if you you know stock up them up in your fridge no guests will be like no thank you I won't have a chilled glass bottled sweet Starbucks treat no they will they'll want it they'll all want it I also love that you can find them anywhere it can grab them from the fridge and go at a gas station any grocery store there's no preparation involved that's the energy that I need at this stage of my life okay so if you're looking for a sweet little coffee break pick up a Starbucks Frappuccino chilled coffee drink that you can find wherever you buy your gas or your groceries listen once you turn same. 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Like, could you go to him and be like, did you actually say this to producers? I don't think I said anything like when we were on this show, because I was like, also, I, I, I don't know. I'm, I really didn't give a fuck to be quite honest. I was like very like in, I was just kind of doing my own thing. Like, so it was like, I'm not. And even if I wasn't going to be like, Oh damn, like he doesn't want to be with me out here. I'm not going to like beg him. So like, I was just see where it goes. It wasn't fucking with you the way they were hoping. No. Cause I think they thought like, even like, for certain things, like they would like literally like, no, I, I don't want to say like, they would kind of say like, if you pull X, Y, and Z right now, then we'll do the, like, we'll give you two extra glasses of wine or something. Really? Yeah. And would you? Yeah. There's one scene where you wanted the wine. Yeah. Literally. Yeah. I was like, I'm, I'm like going through it right now. I need something. So you would do, do you remember what it is that you did? I know exactly what it is. You've had to pull someone for a chat and pretend to care. And I didn't want to at all. Like I was like, it was after like, it was so much drama. And like, I just was like, I don't want to talk to him. I don't want to make it seem like I want him. I don't want any of that. And they were like, if you pull him, we'll give you two glasses of wine. Now looking back at it, I'm like, you stupid bitch. Like you should have just left it alone. And like, cause I know I knew now when I watch it, I'm like, I know what they were trying to tell us what it, what it is. Cause I'm trying to remember. I mean, yeah, I can. think they were just trying to make it seem like I wanted Rob back. Oh, Rob. OK. Yeah. It was like the day after that the girl had left. And yeah, they were just like, if you pull him and talk to him, we'll give you two extra glasses of wine. And I was like, OK, OK. Wait, how many did you get a night to? Well, how many were that? One. Oh, one. Yeah. Only one. And it was like this much. So I was like and I was like super just like irritable at that time so I was like I need something you need and you were getting melatonin wasn't cutting it so you were getting we were gonna get three total three total the next night they told me they promised did you get it though yeah because they got what they wanted but I knew now when I'm looking at it I'm like I feel like they knew exactly what they were doing they wanted to make it look a certain way and like I was like begging them I was like I do not want to talk to him I don't want to I just don't I don't want to talk to him I don't have anything left to give like I don't even I have you talked to him since the show well we hung out like at that universal thing and like all of that and we like our whole like season went to universal and then I think the last time was that time that we saw each other and spoke is it awkward or is it well I just haven't seen him yeah but like no I don't think it's awkward and I'm honestly really like I don't think he's a bad person I don't think he's a bad person yeah like I don't hate I don't hate anyone like and I actually am like really happy for him and like proud and like because he's doing so well yeah like I don't feel and I also think it's so crazy that people hold on to these moments so deeply that it's like guys this was two years ago like and it was like really not and it was in this grand scheme of things what a week it was a week a week imagine if I was holding on to a week of their lives I'm like oh my god I'm like oh my god guys why people still yeah like I'll still see like edits of us and like this and I'd be like oh some people are like you should leave Miguel and I'm like guys guys we're losing the fucking plot here no no a week is it's crazy a week two years ago I don't know what they would have reacted to my other things because oh my god no anyways but like I just it was it was great tv let's put it that way yeah it made great tv it it is part of your journey of what got you here and you know yeah he's doing really well and you're doing really well yeah you're saying that you're not one of those girls that's like let's get married but like is that on your vision board yeah no I do want to get married I'm just not someone that like no pressure I don't want like a date or something you want it to be a surprise yeah and also I'm like I just feel like when you you know that like saying when it's like you tell god your plans and he laughs yeah of course it's like that type of thing so I'm like let things happen as they should I'm not saying that I'm not someone that's like oh my gosh if we're not married by this date then we're done but does it scare you at all that like he is kind of your first relationship and that it might be going in that direction no and he knows when I want to get married though like he knows my like you're like there's not a date but there's not a date wait is it by 30 yeah okay yeah okay I've I think ideally like that's probably my latest okay like latest I would want to be married uh-huh because I want to have kids too yeah because I mean you're so maternal and like the way you are with your animals so I'm like I do I I want to have kids and I don't want just like one kid so I think like probably like I would prefer to be married like before or by yeah but I don't have like a specific date that I'm like oh my god if I'm not married by this I don't care but it does it does it scare you at all that like it's heading in that serious of a direction so I feel like we're already married yeah we basically have kids already like we have we already have like our lives together I feel married isn't that wild yeah I feel like I've always been such a lover girl so like my heart is really happy like I am such like a my man my man type of person does he like this life like the the glam the going out the the kind of the the fancy side of it I think we both I will say probably prefer our farm life yeah but I think we have a really good balance like I mean we've been here in New York for a week now and we're like oh he came with you yeah he like did he did something with Calvin Klein and he had like his own work here so because he was a model yeah he is a model yeah he was a model and he was an actor he was in like Ted Lasso and stuff before the show wait what do you mean before yeah before the season one I don't know what season because I've actually never watched it I should watch it now wait I watched it I'm trying to remember yeah I need to go back we need to go back and find Miguel I know is he still trying to do that kind of stuff yeah he's been doing a lot he just had to shave his face last week for an audition and then now it's growing back but did you not like it you say what he just looks so young he looked like a baby I like the county's like scruffy yeah old you know tell me about how you feel when girls that are like I don't know uh a New York City girl or a West Hollywood girly is like my dream is to live on a farm and like have animals it kind of like it became something to aspire to whether or not you kind of grew up the way you did loving it does that give you the ick no do you feel like that's pick me no I think if people have that passion yeah then I think why not I think though if a lot of people ask me the question of is it a lot of work yes right it's not the pics that's the thing no you're not just going for the cowboy boots and the the pics no yeah that is the as fancy as it gets the rest of it is like poop a lot of it it is a lot of time you spend so much time with these animals so I will say like if you do not have the passion for it I think it can very quickly become something that's how people give animals away they get something because they want to take pictures with it and they think that it's going to be cute and fun and this and that and then lo and behold they're like oh fuck it actually needs to like go outside and like well you know what bathroom it just like is another reason why people love you because when I'm thinking about it right now like you do the vlogs or the day in the life and we see the farm but it's very much not sexy pics with the animals you know what I mean no like that is not your vibe it's not and we see like horse girls on tiktok you know like you know like you know like you know like you know and that is the vibe it's like yes get ready with me for a day with my horse and it's all about the like I know when people are like I'm in a bikini on their horse I'm like I know that shit itches I know it does because I've tried I know yeah so I love that about you and I feel like that's why you know you have such a big audience and people love you it's because like it's no animals are like my pure part you know I don't I'm not trying to have my tits out in front of them they don't need to see that yeah no I love that I love that let's talk about uh Skylar Skylar Skylar Skylar yes I was making it more fancy I was like Skylar because I love the smell yes and I want to know how you decided because I remember when the news came out how because I'm sure you had like we said so many brands coming at you so many opportunities you refounded the brand in July of last year yeah so how does this come about did you know of them before were you so it came about because I was such a big fan before any of this and I already knew the brand so when I got out of the show and people were asking me because they saw me putting perfume on in the like villa like they saw a bunch of clips so they asked me to make like a vlog of like my fave perfumes like which ones I recommend and so that was one of them it was Skylar Vanilla Sky because that was one of the ones that I was wearing a bunch in the villa so I was like oh my and even before that and so Skylar saw that video and from there they asked to meet and then they were telling me basically like you know our founders stepped down we don't have anyone right now the company is up for grabs like we need somebody to come in and just reinvent the whole thing and you would be perfect for it and I thought that it would be so perfect because I was already talking about having my own brand with my team because I was like oh my god I'm when I came out I was like I my shower routine was like super everywhere it was like very viral and I really love the beauty space so I knew some I wanted something somewhere and I love fragrance and so I was like this is perfect it literally felt like kismet like meant to be yes exactly like it just all aligned but but at the same time they're like be our new founder yeah and yeah how do you take that on like that's a little stressful because it's not just a brand deal you're not no it's not um yeah so how much responsibility do you have a lot everything goes through me like every lot it's literally like I'm the founder basically like it's refounded and it's mine now so it's all through me and everything down to packaging marketing I I see everything yeah did you realize what you were taking on when you said yes to this no okay I love it like it's a lot of work but I love it I wouldn't have it any other way and I'm very much so like a creative person and I love to have I love being busy yeah so I think it's perfect it's it's also I have to say there I was shocked because I feel like I didn't know this that perfume was such a tell me if I'm if I'm wrong but like I feel like it's something that people are find it easy to click on yeah like to purchase do you know what I mean you know yes and no I think for perfume since it's not something that you can smell through the screen it makes it a little difficult it's different than like a lip liner where like you see it and it's like you know you can see it with the shade and you're you're like yes let me buy it so I actually find it a little more difficult that's why when you see people in the fragrance industry you you really want to be able to describe the scent a lot more like that's why you're kind of that's why they started showing like food examples like when they're promoting like they want it to be sensory but at the same time I'm telling you I posted this which I'm sure you know because you do this and everyone wants what you have but I posted the other week this story of like because I went into this coffee shop and some girl was like you smell so good and she was just like saying that to me like a stranger didn't know me which is like you smell so good and it felt like it was like a lot of people in the fragrance industry you really want to be able to smell good and it felt like such a it's such a compliment so I just posted that I was like the biggest compliment you can get is that you smell good and people were like what perfume oh yeah and no one asked me to describe it they just wanted the perfume because it it I said that it smells good so I feel like people like that's something people want people want to smell good yeah and I think again that's the way if you like you market it I guess or like how you word it yeah it's like it's really important yeah so yeah but it is crazy because in that sense yeah we actually that is a problem in like the fragrance industry because it's like you can't really you can't you don't see it it's not visual it's something that you have to literally smell yourself and obviously like scent is so personal yeah but we also have a scent club so it's basically where you can subscribe and you get a different fragrance every single month from our brand Skylar and it's every month is a different fragrance family like every like one month it'll be like citrus one month it'll be woody one month it'll be sweet you know so that's a really amazing way to build your portfolio but also figure out what you like oh yes figure out what you like do you ever mix because I feel like some people mix yeah I love layering okay layering you do love layering layering so I have a bunch of videos oh I was gonna say you need to make a layering video oh you have them okay good you gotta you gotta tune in I will I will find those what about the stolen truck drama that happened that was insane I know when people were like that this is such a PR oh please we are like actively working with the fucking police right now so tell us what happened yeah a truck got of a bunch of our perfumes got stolen and it got rerouted uh he got a call they were like hey can you please drop it to this warehouse instead he said yes he drops it off at the warehouse our actual team calls hey we haven't gotten the package yet oh man I dropped it off can you send us the address completely different address but they get to the actual address everything's gone so this was a thought out yeah but sephora said that this actually happens like yeah I feel like I've heard about this before they were like oh it happened to lemmy I think I remember it happened to lemmy yeah and they were selling our and then we went online and I know that the people who are selling it know what they're like I think it's like they kind of have a deal with these people or something because they were selling my perfumes with skims stolen skims bras and they were selling the skims for like fifteen dollars where do they sell it on like what website there was one called whatnot like weird websites yeah but even on depop they had like so you didn't recover the no never no no we had to literally pause production on our scent screen and our tanning oils that were dropping we had to produce all of the bottles we needed for sephora for our deadline and then we had to that's why everyone was like why because we had our scent screen dropping our sun care line dropping that same kind of time frame and how much products was on the truck a lot yeah wow like a lot how does that work like it's like I don't know if I'm like legally allowed to say how much but like a lot so that's like it's a big deal yeah it's a big deal so we had to we've worked we're working so they had the number of the truck guy to like call him yeah or like can you sue the truck guy is it his fault no I don't think it's like he wasn't involved in it I don't think he was involved in it but I think I don't know how they intercepted the the route I really don't I don't know how they got his number how do you prevent this from happening again I guess well they people were saying like either like use the same trucking person every single time and also tell them like literally no matter what like do not reroute this yeah I don't know it's it's just such a thing that it's like you never expect it you know what I mean and like when it happens you're just like what the hell so people like on TikTok thought it was a some people were commenting in there like this is such like a bad PR I was like I would have done something more fun like I was gonna do bad PR oh yeah like how do you deal with I know you get so much love but how do you deal with any like annoying negative sometimes for me I think people forget that like I did not grow up like in the spotlight I'm not someone that had a social media profile I'm not someone that had a social media profile I'm not someone that had a social presence before all of this and like I am someone that like I like like if someone says something false about me like of course like I'm gonna want to you want to comment back yeah yes I've seen that you do that so I'm like I didn't I just I'm I'm a normal human being yeah like the same way that the people commenting are normal human being me commenting back I am a human being as well right now I'm like a little less like whatever yeah but I think at the time it's a little I think people also don't realize how intense the fan base for Love Island is like these people are like really like like they'll go in on you for like ever like the line between love and hate I feel like gets blurry like they could love you so much that I feel like they could turn you know what I mean I think that's also just like the internet it's the internet so like I don't know what it is I don't know what it is but it's just exhausting yeah and yeah I think for me now I'm like no I'm not writing paragraphs to anyone honestly I'm at this point in my life where I'm like please I did it believe it whatever I don't give a fuck like I'm not gonna go back and forth like fucking like defending my honor because I feel like at this point people should know who I am and if you don't then I guess you know who I think about in situations like that Kim Kardashian yeah she has had so much shit said about her that so many times it's like not true yeah and she never speaks yeah you know yeah and sometimes I need that reminder you know too I'm not saying what's right sometimes you're like no just yeah say what it is like do what you did and explain explain yourself and people yeah we'll get it well I have to ask you today and this isn't planned at all but today I mean you saw the the Kenny did an interview oh yes what what are what are your feelings about it if any that you could share he's like such a loser he is even when he was crying and whispering that like solidified it I was crying and the whispering like bruh I was dying laughing I was like are we like oh my god excuse me I'm sorry if there's any ounce of him being for real then I'm sorry that I'm making no he wasn't being for real because he knows also when he said God sees God knows the truth he said something of the along the lines I'm like oh if only people knew the things he said and the things he did I can't believe he's bringing God into it I love it literally can't believe he's bringing God into it so why doesn't she put him on blast because there's stuff well no legally she's not allowed to because she obvious like she it's not like he sent her the messages so like she got them and not like she went through his phone so like legally you can't post it also Janae is just like such a sweet person um well he's accusing her of yeah he's just a sweet person he's just like a sweet person he's just a sweet person he's just a sweet person he's just a sweet person he's just a sweet person he's just a sweet person he's just a stupid piece of he's just a sweet person he's just a sweet person he's just a stupid piece of shit though so I feel like it shit though so I feel like it shit though so I feel like it just doesn't make sense and he's like he's just doesn't make sense and he's like he's just doesn't make sense and he's like he's just lying literally lying and then saying like god sees all so that's why i'm just like oh my god did you like him in the villa no you never liked him no really and janae knew that and she knew that are you like i was did you ever i told you so vibes or never i'm not an i told you so person because i've had my moments of such so many times so no i'm not an i told you so person it's just like a fuck him how is she doing girls like it i love it yeah but like at the time it's like she knew like that we did not we thought he was weird yeah and not in like a like a personality type of way in like a his intentions type of way like you could kind of see certain things do you think that he would just didn't actually have feelings for her yeah i mean there was yeah it's all in in the text he he was yeah she yeah there was there was a lot of bad stuff yeah i mean there was yeah it's all in in the text he he was yeah she yeah there was there was a lot of bad stuff is a word that you you guys used yes towards him yes how is she doing today did you talk to her thriving yes thriving she was on a shoot like while all this was happening so she's good i'm very proud of her we actually just shot together too for something very exciting this week so i'm really proud of her so the girls are together yes and strong yeah great i love to hear it yes well thank you for coming i love that you were here i love that we finally did this you look amazing thank you i love the hair color thank you everyone go check out uh leah's skylar yes brand perfume and online she smells amazing so you got me you convinced me thank you thank you thank you so much thank you guys so much for listening to this episode of not skinny but not fat follow me on instagram at not skinny but not fat subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss any episodes rate the podcast that you love so much on apple podcast and write a little review if you tell me you did i'll give you a big virtual smoocheroo thank you guys so much for listening and i'll see you next tuesday please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode