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- PREVIOUSLY ON BLOOD, SWEAT & HEELS:
- WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW?
- I'M OVERWHELMED.
I'M WORKING ON THREE BOOK PROJECTS.
I HAVE A BLOG.
ASK ME HOW I AM AND I'LL JUST BE LIKE,
"I'M IN HELL AND I FEEL LIKE I'M DYING."
- THIS IS GORGEOUS!
I'M HAVING THIS REALLY BIG DINNER TO CELEBRATE
THE DIGITAL RELAUNCH OF MY BOOK.
- AS A FATHER, I'M VERY HONORED.
- NO, NO, NO, [bleep] NO.
- OH, MY GOD!
- THIS CRAZY *** DONE RAN UP IN BRIE'S HOUSE.
- MY FATHER PASSED AWAY AT 12:45 A.M.
- THERE IS NO EXCUSE.
- THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA OFFER AN APOLOGY
FOR THE WAY YOU BEHAVED.
- [laughs] - EXACTLY.
- I LOVE IT. - I'M GOING TO LEAVE.
WE HAD A FRIENDSHIP.
YOU HAVE RUINED THAT FRIENDSHIP, SINGLEHANDEDLY.
- NO, YOU HAVE RUINED THAT FRIENDSHIP.
- NO.
- ♪ NEW YORK, WHAT UP ♪
♪ IT FEELS SO GOOD TO BE HOME ♪
♪ I SAID NEW YORK, WHAT UP ♪
♪ IT FEELS SO GOOD TO BE HOME ♪
♪ I SAID WHAT UP ♪
♪ B.K., WHAT UP ♪
♪ Q.U., WHAT UP ♪
♪ B.X., WHAT UP ♪
♪ HARLEM ♪
♪ FEELS SO GOOD TO BE HOME ♪
♪ I SAID NEW YORK, NEW YORK, NEW YORK ♪
- HELLO. - HI, LADIES.
- HI.
- DEMETRIA. - HI. NINA.
NICE MEETING YOU. - PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
I LOVE THIS VENUE.
- DO YOU WANT TO TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO ON MONDAY?
- MONDAY IS THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF MY BLOG,
A BELLE IN BROOKLYN.
- OH, WOW. CONGRATULATIONS.
- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
WHEN I STARTED MY BLOG, IT WAS BECAUSE
I WAS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR REPRESENTATIONS OF MYSELF
IN BIG MEDIA, LIKE SEX AND THE CITY,
AND THERE WAS JUST NO BLACK GIRLS.
EVENTUALLY, I WAS KIND OF LIKE, "WELL, I'M A WRITER,
SO I SHOULD PROBABLY JUST WRITE IT."
SO I WANT TO DO A BIG, SPLASHY, FUN PARTY
FOR ALL OF THE READERS OF MY BLOG,
ALL OF THE READERS OF MY BOOK.
- HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOU EXPECTING?
- BETWEEN 300 AND 350.
- YEAH. - OKAY.
THIS IS THE FIRST FLOOR LOUNGE, WHERE YOU'LL BE LOCATED AT.
- I'M VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A REALLY LOYAL FOLLOWING.
THE BLOG, IT'S A FRIENDLY, WARM SPACE OF LIKE-MINDED WOMEN.
SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE HARD TO COME BY.
- WHO ALL IS COMING?
- IT'S MOSTLY FANS, A FEW FRIENDS.
GENEVA, I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM MELYSSA,
BUT MELYSSA USUALLY COMES OUT.
- I THINK IT'S VERY NICE THAT YOU INVITED EVERYONE.
- I DIDN'T INVITE EVERYONE.
- [laughs] - I ACTUALLY HAVE NOT SENT
A SPECIFIC INVITE TO DAISY OR MICA.
MICA, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, THE COCKTAIL EVENT,
AND SHE HAS NO BUSINESS HERE.
- WAIT, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. - SHE CAN'T CONTROL HER LIQUOR.
THERE WAS AN INCIDENT-- - A SINGLE INCIDENT? REALLY?
- NO, THERE HAVE BEEN, LIKE, FIVE INCIDENTS.
- MICA. MICA!
- THIS IS A WORK EVENT, MICA!
IT'S A WORK EVENT.
- ARE YOU SOBER?
- DO YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY MET UP WITH HER.
- YOU MET WITH HER? - SHE CALLED ME.
SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED IN ME
AND SHOCKED THAT I DIDN'T OFFER AN APOLOGY.
IT'S KILLING ME BECAUSE-- - NO. NO!
- PERHAPS IT WAS TOO SOON.
MAYBE THE EMOTIONS WERE STILL TOO RAW, FOR BOTH OF US,
BECAUSE I'M LESS ANGRY AT HER NOW THAN I WAS A WEEK AGO.
I'M NOT A COLD-HEARTED PERSON.
MICA IS SOMEONE THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO CARE ABOUT,
AND WHO KNOWS?
MAYBE SOMEDAY, YOU KNOW,
WE'LL BE ABLE TO REKINDLE, YOU KNOW,
A FRIENDSHIP IN THE WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS MEANT TO BE.
- THIS JUST BRINGS UP ANOTHER TOPIC, THOUGH,
THAT I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT AMONGST OURSELVES ALL THE TIME.
WHY IS IT SUCH AN ISSUE FOR WOMEN?
LIKE, IT SEEMS LIKE ONCE WE GET INTO GROUPS, LIKE, THERE'S--
THE GETTING ALONG THING JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.
- YOU CAN'T SAY THAT, 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THESE ISSUES.
I DON'T GET ALONG WITH WOMEN WHO I CANNOT TRUST,
AND I DON'T GET ALONG WITH 40-YEAR-OLD WOMEN
WHO FLASH THEIR COOCH LIKE IT'S COMMUNITY PROPERTY.
NO. THAT'S AN ISSUE FOR ME.
- AND PEOPLE CALL ME COLD.
- I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF WOMEN GIVE CHANCES
TO PEOPLE WHO REALLY DON'T DESERVE THEM.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M WORKING ON MY SECOND BOOK.
IT IS A HARDCORE ADVICE GUIDE
TO HELP WOMEN MAKE SMARTER, BETTER, FASTER DECISIONS
THAT DON'T WASTE THEIR TIME, ENERGY, AND EMOTIONS.
ON THAT NOTE... - WE HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP.
- ♪ MY SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY ♪
- SO EXCITING.
- HOW FAR IS YOUR MOM AWAY, BABE?
- WELL, HER FLIGHT WAS DELAYED.
THAT'S WAY TOO MUCH.
GOSH--WE'LL PUT SOME WATER IN IT.
- OKAY, HERE.
LET ME GET RID OF THIS ONE THEN.
LET ME GET WATER. - I'LL JUST PUT THE WATER IN.
- YEAH, YOU DON'T WANT THIS OTHER PIECE OF ICE JUST IN CASE?
- NO, YOU CAN PUT IT BACK IN THE FREEZER.
- I CAN'T PUT USED ICE BACK IN THE BAG.
[doorbell rings]
- THAT'S HER.
HEY, KEE-KEE!
[laughing]
- WHOO, GIRL, I TELL YOU.
I'M DOING GREAT. HOW ARE YOU?
- WHAT'S UP, MOM? HOW ARE YOU?
- MY MOM IS VISITING FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
SHE KNOWS THAT I'M GOING THROUGH A LOT WITH MY FATHER PASSING.
SHE JUST WANTS TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT ME.
AT LEAST YOU DIDN'T MISS YOUR CONNECTION THIS TIME,
WHICH USUALLY HAPPENS. - LIKE HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.
- LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, YOUR TRIP WAS SHORT.
- MOTHER'S DAY. WE HAD TO DRIVE SIX HOURS--
5 1/2 TO--
- SEE ABOUT YOUR DAD. HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.
- YEP.
- SO HOW ARE YOU DOING? YOU KNOW.
- YEAH, I'M MUCH BETTER NOW.
AFTER ALL I'VE KIND OF BEEN THROUGH WITH HIM
LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR,
I THINK HE REALLY WAS UPSET ABOUT THE FACT
THAT YOU DIVORCED HIM.
AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT ANGER HE TOOK OUT ON ME.
- YOU KNOW, I WAS YOUNG WHEN WE MARRIED.
HE WAS 14 YEARS OLDER THAN ME,
AND OUR MARRIAGE WAS AN ABUSIVE MARRIAGE.
- FOR MY MOM, MY DAD WAS ABUSIVE.
I WAS A BABY, BUT FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD,
MY DAD WOULD DRINK AND ACCUSE HER OF THINGS
THAT WEREN'T GOING ON,
AND MY DAD WAS CONTROLLING.
- IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME-- - I CAN IMAGINE.
- AND I TRIED TO GET HIM TO GO FOR MARITAL COUNSELING.
"NO, I'M A HUGHES."
THAT'S WHAT PROMPTED ME TO LEAVE.
- AND WHO WOULD STAY IN THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT?
BUT HE FEELS LIKE, "OH," AND I THINK HE SAID THIS,
HE'S LIKE, "YEAH, ME AND YOUR MOM COULD HAVE MADE MILLIONS."
WHEN THEY DIVORCED, MY FATHER FELT LIKE
MY MOM WAS THE DEMISE OF HIS FUTURE.
HE HAD A BOOMING FUNERAL HOME BUSINESS,
AND MY MOM PUT ME AND MY SISTER IN A CAB
AND JUST DROVE OFF WITH THE CLOTHES ON OUR BACK.
SHE WENT FROM THIS BIG LIFESTYLE
TO A SINGLE PARENT TRYING TO MAKE IT,
AND SHE DID THE BEST SHE COULD.
- BUT HE ACTUALLY HAD A KIND HEART IN HIM.
- MM-HMM.
- HE JUST WAS STUCK.
HE WAS VERY PROUD WHEN I WENT INTO THE MINISTRY.
AND I SAID, "WE GOT TO GET YOU SAVED."
I SAID, "YOU NEED THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST."
YOU REMEMBER THAT DAY I TRIED-- [laughing]
OH, THAT WAS SO FUNNY.
- MY MOM IS A PASTOR.
I GREW UP IN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE PEOPLE GO OFF,
START SCREAMING AND HOLLERING AND SPEAKING IN TONGUES.
ONCE, I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM CHURCH,
"LET ME SEE IF I CAN DO IT."
[speaking gibberish]
I WAS LIKE, "I GOT IT!
"MOM, GUESS WHAT?
I CAN SPEAK IN TONGUES."
- BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ARE WITH SOMEONE WHO IS KIND
AND WHO'S NOT STUCK.
- SHE'S A GOOD WOMAN. GOOD WOMAN.
- OH.
- SO IS MARRIAGE IN THE NEAR FUTURE?
- WHAT? - MARRIAGE.
- WHO?
- IT'S IN THE NEAR FUTURE. - NEAR?
- YEAH, SHE'S JUST GOT TO ACT RIGHT.
- OH, OKAY.
- I GOT TO ACT RIGHT. - YOU GOT TO ACT RIGHT?
HE GOT THE CHOKE COLLAR ON YOU THEN.
- I DON'T GOT NO CHOKE COLLAR.
- TERRY AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT GETTING MARRIED,
BUT MY MOTHER DOES NOT KNOW
TERRY BASICALLY WAS CHEATING ON ME
FROM DAY ONE WHEN I MET HIM.
- SO DID TERRY CHEAT ON YOU? - YES.
THEY'VE BEEN IN A 20-YEAR RELATIONSHIP.
I'M NOT READY TO TELL HER BECAUSE MY MOTHER IS A HARD-***.
- HE'S JUST REALLY A VERY SENSITIVE AND COMPASSIONATE GUY.
- PUSH.
SCHOOL FOR THE GIFTED. HEY. HOW ARE YOU?
I'M HERE TO SEE MELYSSA.
- MELYSSA, YOU HAVE A GUEST.
- HEY.
- DO YOU MIND IF I USE THE CONFERENCE ROOM?
- NO, IT'S FINE. - OKAY, AWESOME.
OH, JESUS. OKAY. - GOT IT?
YOUR OFFICE SPACE IS CUTE.
- IS IT? - I LIKE IT.
- I MEAN, I LOVE COMING INTO THE OFFICE
'CAUSE THIS IS WHERE I GET MY WORK DONE.
MY HOME OFFICE ISN'T SET UP JUST YET.
- ARE YOU CLOSE TO A SALE?
- PRAYING, PRAYING, PRAYING.
- I DEFINITELY ADMIRE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, MELYSSA'S TRANSITION
FROM SORT OF THAT VIDEO GIRL IMAGE.
AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE NO IDEA IF MELYSSA KNOWS
HOW TO MAKE MONEY WITHOUT USING HER BODY OR HER SEXUALITY.
- SO I KNOW THAT YOU'RE REALLY BUSY
PLANNING COCKTAILS WITH BELLE AND WRITING YOUR SECOND BOOK...
- I AM COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED.
- BUT I HAD TO DRAG YOU IN HERE
TO TALK ABOUT MY BOOK CLUB.
MY STUDENTS ARE, LIKE, THE MOST AMAZING KIDS ON THE PLANET.
- WHAT ARE THEY CURRENTLY READING?
- THEY'RE READING THIS BOOK CALLED THE NEW JIM CROW.
- IT'S--WOW--YEAH--NO, THAT'S FINE.
- OKAY.
- BEING A CELEBRITY, I MENTOR CHILDREN,
AND I JUST STARTED THE BOOK CLUB LAST YEAR.
I WAS LOOKING FOR VERSIONS OF MYSELF WHEN I WAS THEIR AGE.
I USED TO READ DICTIONARIES FOR FUN.
YES, I AM A BIG NERD.
THE REASON WHY I WANT YOU THERE IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT
ONCE UPON A TIME, YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL
WHO DREAMED OF BEING A PUBLISHED AUTHOR
AND WRITING YOUR OWN BOOK.
- MY MOTHER LEFT WAITING TO EXHALE, LIKE,
LAYING AROUND ON THE KITCHEN TABLE,
AND I LAID ON THE COUCH FOR EIGHT HOURS AND READ IT,
AND I WAS LIKE, "I WANT TO BE AN AUTHOR."
- SINCE YOU MADE THAT HAPPEN FOR YOURSELF,
YOU WOULD BE ONE OF THE GREATEST SOURCES OF INSPIRATION
FOR THESE KIDS WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE
THE PARENTAL SUPPORT OR GUIDANCE.
- I THINK IT'S, LIKE, A GREAT IDEA.
- THE REASON WHY WE GET INVOLVED IN PHILANTHROPIC CAUSES
IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO PAY IT FORWARD.
[cell phone ringing] HOLD ON A SECOND.
HELLO?
WHAT ARE YOU UP TO?
- ACTUALLY, I'M SITTING, TALKING WITH DEMETRIA.
- I'LL DEFINITELY BE THERE.
SHE'S EXTENDING THE INVITE TO BOTH OF US.
SHE SAID YOU WERE NEXT ON THE LIST FOR HER TO CALL.
- OH, NO UNFORTUNATELY, I WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT.
SO...SORRY.
- LET'S HOPE.
- OKAY. BYE. - BYE.
WHAT YOU LOOKING AT ME FOR?
- OKAY, WHAT-- WAIT, SO--HOLD ON.
WHAT IS--
- I DON'T KNOW ANOTHER WAY TO BE AN ADULT ABOUT THE SITUATION.
LIKE, SHE'S JUST DONE SOME THINGS THAT I...
JUST DON'T CARE FOR.
HER WAY SHE SPOKE TO ME AT THE DINNER...
- DEMETRIA, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN WISHING PEOPLE WELL
IN YOUR BLOG.
- OH, IS IT UNCOMFORTABLE FOR YOU?
- NO, IT'S JUST [bleep] ANNOYING.
IT'S LIKE BETSY BOOP *** [bleep].
LIKE, I CAN'T. LIKE, I CAN'T.
IT'S JUST--I CAN'T.
- DEMETRIA'S SO HARD-NOSED AND...
IT'S KIND OF SAD.
I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT DEMETRIA AND DAISY HAVE A FRIENDSHIP
THAT'S WORTH SAVING.
I'D LIKE FOR AT LEAST THE MAJORITY OF US TO GET ALONG.
- AS MY MOTHER SAYS,
"ALL OF GOD'S CHILDREN ARE ALL OF GOD'S CHILDREN."
- COMING UP:
- I USED TO DO MUSIC VIDEOS.
- YOU KNOW THAT? OH.
- OKAY.
- I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE! - ME TOO.
- WELCOME TO NEW YORK CITY, MOMMY.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE TO GO FAST. OF COURSE, STORY OF OUR LIVES.
- [grunts] - OH, MOMMY, YOU NEED HELP?
LET ME DO IT.
BROUGHT ALL YOUR--
TEN OUTFITS FOR TWO DAYS?
MY MOM'S IN TOWN ALL THE WAY FROM CALIFORNIA,
BECAUSE I'M HAVING ANOTHER EVENT TO CELEBRATE
THE RELAUNCH OF THE DIGITAL BOOK.
OH, THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME AT THE MARCY MANOR.
FIRST MY DAD CAME TO THE DINNER.
NOW MY SECOND LEG OF PARENTING IS HERE.
THIS IS LIKE A BONUS PARENT PARTY WEEK.
[knocking on door]
OH, ASHLEY.
HI, ASHLEY.
ASHLEY, THIS IS MY MOMMY, RENEE.
- HI, HOW ARE YOU?
- GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? - GOOD. NICE TO MEET YOU.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- I HAVE TO GO INTO THE HAIR AND MAKEUP, SO...
- AM I GONNA GET MAKEUP?
[laughing]
THEY SAY YOU BECOME YOUR MOTHER AND I'M LIKE,
"OH, MY GOSH."
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T EVEN THINK
THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO GET YOUR MAKEUP DONE.
- I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULDN'T THINK ABOUT ME.
- MY GRANDMOTHER, MY MOTHER,
THEY WERE GETTING THEIR HAIR DONE EVERY WEEK
AND NAILS AND CLOTHES.
I MEAN, SHOPPING WAS REALLY OUR LIFE.
THAT'S KIND OF BAD.
BUT MAYBE IT HELPS BECAUSE I'M A CAREER STYLE EXPERT.
YOU'RE GONNA LIKE THE EVENT TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE CUPCAKE CHAMPAGNE.
WE'RE GONNA DO A STYLE WORKSHOP.
- OH, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. - YOU'RE GONNA LIKE IT.
I'M, LIKE, HAPPY YOU'RE HERE,
BECAUSE ALL THE EVENTS THAT I DO,
I'M, LIKE, THESE ARE SO MY MOMMY, BUT THEN--
- I KNOW, YOU GONNA MAKE ME CRY. - WHY?
- 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T--I NEVER CAME TO THE OTHER BOOK LAUNCHINGS.
- THAT'S OKAY.
- EVERYBODY'S PROUD OF YOU.
- OH, THIS IS WHAT MY DAD GAVE ME.
- OH. - THE KEY TO HIS HEART.
- SUCH A DRAMA QUEEN.
- THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY.
THAT HE'S SUCH A DRAMA QUEEN.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY, "OH, THAT'S SO NICE."
- OH, OKAY.
- MY PARENTS DIVORCED WHEN I WAS REALLY YOUNG,
AND THEY REALLY WEREN'T FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME.
IT WASN'T IKE AND TINA, BUT IT WAS CLOSE TO IT.
AND NOW, I MEAN, THEY'RE CIVIL.
THE NUMBER ONE THING WAS THAT MY PARENTS ALWAYS SUPPORTED ME.
WE HAVE OVER 80 RSVPs ALREADY.
GENEVA'S COMING, AND I INVITED BRIE.
MICA AND MELYSSA, THEY'RE COMING.
DEMETRIA'S NOT COMING. YOU'VE NEVER MET HER.
SHE'S ANOTHER AUTHOR.
- WHAT DOES SHE WRITE?
- THIS REALLY, REALLY FUNNY BOOK
CALLED A BELLE IN BROOKLYN.
- OH, I MIGHT LIKE TO READ THAT.
- YEAH, HER BOOK WAS REALLY FUNNY,
BUT SHE'S JUST NOT ALWAYS VERY NICE, SO...
- OH.
- BASICALLY, YOU HAVE THE LOUDS AND YOU HAVE THE PROUDS.
- THE HATFIELDS AND THE MCCOYS.
- THEY ARE AT WAR RIGHT NOW. I'M NOT AT WAR.
- WHAT COULD BE GOING ON THAT'S THAT SERIOUS?
- NO, WELL, THIS IS THE THING:
I THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVE DEEP-ROOTED PAIN INSIDE
THAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE--
- SPOKEN BY THE CHILD OF A THERAPIST.
- NO, I'M SERIOUS.
I'M KIND OF, LIKE, OVER IT.
I'M LIKE, "HONESTLY, GIRLS,
LIKE, JUST BE AN ADULT."
MY MOM'S A PSYCHOTHERAPIST, AND MY FATHER IS AN ATTORNEY,
SO I'M ALWAYS LOOKING TO JUST PROBLEM-SOLVE.
I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO COME TOGETHER, HAVE SOME CHAMPAGNE,
AND GET SOME EFFORTLESS CHIC STYLE, BABY.
- I DON'T THINK CHAMPAGNE USUALLY SETTLES THINGS.
I THINK CHAMPAGNE USUALLY AMPS THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.
- OH, EVERYONE WILL HAVE A GOOD TIME.
- THEY'LL FIGHT OVER YOUR HEAD?
- MOMMY-- - NO, STOP, STOP!
- DON'T PUT THAT ENERGY OUT THERE!
- STOP!
- I DON'T THINK THIS IS FUNNY. - NOT MY BOOK!
- LISTEN, I CANNOT WAIT FOR YOU TO SEE MY KIDS, THOUGH.
- OH, YAY.
- OH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE GREATEST TIME.
SO I GUESS WE CAN PULL THESE OVER...
- YEAH, I'M GLAD I WORE, LIKE, A DECENT LENGTH DRESS,
OR ELSE I'D BE, LIKE, FLASHING CHILDREN.
- HI. - HELLO.
ARE THESE OUR BRIGHT YOUNG MINDS?
- YES. HOW ARE YOU? - HELLO.
- OH, MY GOD. HI, GUYS.
HI, MISS HARRIS. - HI.
- THIS IS MY GIRLFRIEND, DEMETRIA.
- HI, MISS HARRIS. NICE TO MEET YOU.
- SHE'S BEEN LEADING THE BOOK CLUB WITH ME.
THE KIDS IN MY BOOK CLUB WERE SELECTED
FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN BROOKLYN.
THEY AREN'T AFRAID TO BE LABELED AS "NERDS."
BEFORE WE START TALKING ABOUT THE BOOK AND EVERYTHING,
I WANT TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL TODAY.
DO ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE DREAMS OF
WRITING A BOOK IN YOUR FUTURE?
YES? OKAY.
I WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MY FRIEND, DEMETRIA LUCAS.
DEMETRIA, ONCE UPON A TIME,
WAS JUST LIKE ALL OF YOU.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN TELL THEM HOW TO MANIFEST YOUR DREAM?
- YEAH. I WOULD READ CONSTANTLY.
I REALLY ENJOYED IT, AND SOME PEOPLE WERE LIKE,
"OH, YOU'RE A NERD" AND WHATEVER,
AND I'M LIKE, "UM, OKAY."
- PROUD NERD. PROUD NERD.
[laughing]
- I JUST KNEW THAT NO ONE WAS TELLING THE STORIES
THAT I WANTED PEOPLE TO TELL.
SO I STARTED A BLOG,
BUT I WANTED TO WRITE THE WAY THAT I SPEAK,
NOT OVER EVERYBODY'S HEAD BUT JUST SO
THEY WOULD JUST FEEL IT AND GET IT AND BE LIKE, "YES."
I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET IN FRONT OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
LET THEM KNOW THAT, HEY,
IF YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE NOT BEING PRESENTED,
YOU SHOULD USE YOUR VOICE.
TELL YOUR OWN STORY.
- I KIND OF WANT TO APPLY THE THEMES
THAT WE'VE FOUND IN THE BOOK TO YOUR LIVES.
- ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS TIME
IS WHAT MAKES YOU YOU?
IN THIS MEDIA DRIVEN SOCIETY,
WHAT MAKES YOU STAND OUT,
AND WHAT MAKES YOU DIFFERENT?
- WHEN I FIRST GOT TO OUR SCHOOL,
I WAS BULLIED BECAUSE I'M SKINNY, I GUESS.
AND I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO REACT AT FIRST
BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS PERFECTLY FINE
AND I THINK I AM NOW.
both: YOU ARE.
- THANK YOU. [laughs]
AND BUILT UP MY CONFIDENCE
AND NOW I FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT MYSELF.
- I DIDN'T REALLY NOTICE IT UNTIL I SAW IT,
LIKE, THE GIRLS, THEY'RE GOING AROUND
SHOWING OFF THEIR SKIN AND ALL THAT STUFF.
I'M NEVER GONNA DO THAT. I'M DOING THE OPPOSITE OF THAT.
I'M GONNA BE MYSELF
AND DO WHATEVER I FEEL IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
- I COULD LEARN A LOT FROM YOU GUYS, BOY.
- I FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD BE UP HERE.
- I SWEAR!
WE SHOULD BE BACK THERE.
- BUT I REALIZE IT'S FROM THE MEDIA.
LIKE, OUR MUSIC TODAY IS SO HORRIBLE.
- IS WHAT?
- T.H.O.T.
- I KNOW... - YEAH.
- YOU KNOW WHAT--
YEARS AGO,
I USED TO DO MUSIC VIDEOS.
YOU KNOW THAT?
- OH, WOW.
- OKAY.
THE HARDEST THING HAS BEEN
DEALING WITH WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT ME,
AND THIS BOOK CLUB WAS A PASSION OF MINE JUST BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE,
THIS WAS MY BEST FRIEND-- WAS A BOOK.
BUT I WAS AFRAID. YOU GUYS SEEM TO EMBRACE IT.
I WAS KIND OF ASHAMED OF IT.
THESE KIDS ARE SO MUCH MORE TOGETHER THAN I AM NOW.
IN A LOT OF WAYS, I WANT TO REDEFINE
WHAT I THINK ABOUT MYSELF,
AND SO I'VE EMBARKED UPON A CAREER
THAT IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.
IF, IN THE PROCESS, I CHANGE PUBLIC PERCEPTION, GREAT.
IF NOT, I DON'T GIVE A [bleep].
- THIS PROCESS OF FOLLOWING THE GROUP
VERSUS BEING YOUR OWN PERSON
IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL GO BACK AND FORTH WITH
FOR YOUR ENTIRE LIFE.
IT'S REALLY JUST IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOUR OWN MIND,
TO KNOW WHERE YOUR LINE IN THE SAND IS,
AND ALSO, LIKE, WHEN TO WALK AWAY.
- WELL, I THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
THANK MY GUEST, DEMETRIA LUCAS,
FOR COMING BY TO TALK TO YOU GUYS.
LET'S PACK IT UP.
- COMING UP:
- DON'T PUT YOUR FINGER IN MY FACE.
- I WILL PUT MY [bleep] FINGER UP
WHENEVER THE [bleep] I FEEL-- - OKAY, THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE.
- WHAT IS GOING ON?
- IF I WERE HOME, YOU KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE.
- YOU'D BE HOME READING THE BIBLE WITH JESUS.
- BUT THIS IS FUN.
- OH, JESUS, WE GONNA BE HOME
HAVE SOME SPLIT PEA SOUP TONIGHT.
- HI. - HI.
GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
THANK YOU.
- THIS IS WONDERFUL. I LOVE IT.
- I LOVE IT. - THANK YOU.
- I'LL HAVE THE FETTUCCINE LAMB RAGU.
- I'VE HAD SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE THE OXTAIL
AND I NEVER HAVE.
I'LL TRY THAT.
THANK YOU.
- TERRY MADE THAT FOR ME ONCE.
IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
- THERE'S SOMETHING I NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
YOU KNOW TERRY--WE WENT FOR A GREAT WALK.
THEN HE STARTED TO TELL ME
[clears throat]
THAT HE WAS IN A RELATIONSHIP WHEN YOU MET HIM.
SO...
BUT IT WAS A 20-YEAR RELATIONSHIP.
- ALL RIGHTY THEN.
HMM. [giggles]
OH, GOD. HERE WE GO.
I WASN'T READY TO TELL HER.
[scoffs]
I KNOW I DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT.
- NO, YOU DIDN'T.
THAT MADE ME ANGRY.
IT'S CRAZY.
IT TELLS ME THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG SOMEWHERE.
- YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH IN THE PAST.
I'VE LEARNED MY LESSONS THE HARD WAY.
I'VE BEEN ENGAGED THREE TIMES.
ALL THREE OF THEM CHEATED ON ME.
CHEATING, LYING ***, [bleep].
- I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, REALLY.
- I'M GOOD.
I'M GOOD.
MOM.
- BECAUSE I WANT THE BEST FOR YOU; I DO.
- OBVIOUSLY, I'M OLDER NOW,
AND, LIKE, I'M AT A DIFFERENT STATE THAN I WAS
WHEN I WAS ENGAGED TO YOU KNOW WHO.
- YES, YES.
- TERRY IS THE MOST NURTURING PERSON I'VE EVER MET.
- SO THAT'S BEEN, LIKE, HOW LONG?
A YEAR?
- A YEAR, YEAH. - A YEAR.
- I THOUGHT, SEE WHERE THINGS GO
BEFORE I DROP THAT BOMB AND EVERYBODY HATES HIM.
- I WAS, LIKE, SURPRISED. - I KNOW.
- THAT YOU COULD KEEP IT FROM ME.
- I KNOW, WELL--
- I THOUGHT, "WELL," I THINK IT WAS GOOD THAT YOU DID,
BECAUSE WHEN SOMEBODY HURTS SOMEBODY THAT YOU LOVE--
- WE'RE A ALL-WOMAN FAMILY. LIKE, SO MANY FEMALES.
- THEY WILL HATE YOU AND THEY WILL HATE YOU FOREVER.
IT'S LIKE--THANK YOU--WE'RE NOT VERY FORGIVING.
- IF I'M CHOOSING TO FORGIVE, THEN I HAVE TO JUST--
- THEN WE ARE OBLIGATED TO DO THAT.
SO WOULD YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE BEING MARRIED TO HIM?
- I DON'T FEEL LIKE, IN MY HEART, THAT HE CHEATS ON ME.
I'M JUST TRYING TO BUILD TRUST BACK.
SO WHAT DO YOU DO?
- YOU HAVE COUNSELING.
YOU HAVE TO REALLY TALK ABOUT IT.
- I ABSOLUTELY WOULD LOVE TO GO TO COUNSELING,
BUT WHEN I TALK TO TERRY ABOUT IT,
HE'S ALWAYS LIKE, "WHY?
WHY DO WE NEED COUNSELING?"
BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, THIS ISN'T GOING TO WORK.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WORKING THROUGH PROBLEMS.
I UNDERSTAND AND I GET THAT,
AND I WANT HIM TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND GET THAT.
THAT HE'S SAFE.
- YEAH, WELL, I'M GLAD TO HEAR
THAT YOU ARE OPEN FOR COUNSELING.
MAYBE IT NEEDS TO BE OVER AT THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH.
- YEAH.
- BUT I FEEL LIKE
TERRY IS SOMEONE THAT YOU COULD INVEST IN.
THAT'S WHAT I SEE.
AND I KNOW YOU WANT TO BE A BABY MAMA.
- HUH? WHAT?
- YEAH. - WHO?
I WANT TO BE A BABY MAMA? - UH-HUH.
- NO, I DON'T.
- YOU DON'T? - NO, I WANT TO BE MARRIED.
- MOMMY, CAN YOU SET UP EVERYTHING?
- I THOUGHT I WAS COMING TO BE A GUEST.
I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GONNA BE PUT TO WORK.
- A LITTLE TIGHTER PLEASE? THANK YOU, PEARL.
OH, PEOPLE ARE HERE.
HI, HOW ARE YOU? I'M DAISY.
THE TRACY REESE PARTY IS FOR EVERYONE.
MY FRIENDS, MY FANS.
ANYONE WHO LOVES FASHION CAN COME AND SHOP
AND GET SOME STYLE TIPS.
- WE HAVE TO TAKE THE PICTURES. - IS THAT A BOOK?
- YES, IT'S DIGITAL, SO YOU CAN BUY IT ON ITUNES,
AMAZON, KINDLE.
- I HATE DAISY FOR HAVING THE PARTY HERE,
THE TRACY REESE STORE.
IT HAS BEAUTIFUL CLOTHING,
BUT MY POCKETBOOK IS LIGHT RIGHT NOW.
I'VE BEEN IN [bleep] SURVIVAL MODE.
- HI! - HI!
- I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE GETTING MARRIED TODAY.
- YOU LOOK SO PRETTY.
- I FEEL LIKE MICHELLE OBAMA.
- YOU LOOK LIKE MICHELLE OBAMA.
- AND YOU LOOK LIKE JACKIE O! - DO I?
- WELL, IS THAT TRUE?
- THIS IS MY MOM. - HI, MOM.
- GOOD TO MEET YOU, FINALLY.
- HEY, GIRLS!
- NOW THE PARTY STARTS
'CAUSE MY GIRLS ARE HERE.
WELL, WE CAN'T JUST HAVE YOU STANDING HERE.
YOU NEED A DRINK!
- YES, WE DO. - WHERE ARE THEY?
HOW ARE YOU? - GOOD, HOW ARE YOU?
- THANKS FOR COMING.
- I'VE NOT SEEN MICA SINCE OUR LUNCH,
OUR ARGUMENT.
- BRIE! HOW ARE YOU? - I'M GOOD.
ONCE AGAIN, HOPING FOR THE WORST.
I'M SORRY--ONCE AGAIN, I'M HOPING FOR THE BEST,
BUT HOPE IS SO OVERRATED AT THIS POINT.
- SO DEMETRIA'S NOT COMING TO TONIGHT'S EVENT.
- ARE YOU GOING TO HER EVENT?
- COCKTAILS WITH BELLE? OF COURSE.
I'M HOPING THAT WE ALL FIND OURSELVES THERE.
LATELY, THE SIX OF US HAVE NOT BEEN THE TRUE EMBODIMENT
OF SISTERHOOD.
WE'RE AT A STANDSTILL, AND IT'S JUST ANNOYING.
I REALLY DO THINK THAT A REALITY CHECK IS IN NEED.
- HI, HOW ARE YOU? - HOW ARE YOU?
- I'M GOOD. I'M GOOD.
- I NEED TO GO SHOPPING.
AND THERE'S GENEVA THERE.
- HI, HONEY. - HOW ARE YOU?
- GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? - I'M GOOD.
GOOD TO SEE YOU. - YOU TOO. HOW YOU DOING?
- HI. - HELLO. PRETTY DRESS.
- THANK YOU.
- MY PLAN IS NOT TO DEAL WITH MICA.
SHE'S BEEN MASSIVELY DISRESPECTFUL.
- DETOX.
- SHE HAS DONE DAMAGE THAT IS VERY--
IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO UNDO.
- HERE WE GO. OKAY, OKAY.
HELLO, EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
MY NAME IS DAISY LEWELLYN,
I'M THE QUEEN OF EFFORTLESS CHIC,
AND I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HERE.
AND MY MOM--MY MOM'S HERE FROM CALIFORNIA.
SO WE ARE AT THE TRACY REESE STORE,
ONE OF MY FAVORITE DESIGNERS, SHE'S SO AMAZING,
AND WE HAVE SOME COOL LOOKS TO SHOW YOU HOW TO HAVE
AN EFFORTLESS CHIC SUMMER.
EVERY TIME I HAVE EVENTS
I ALWAYS WANT SOMEONE TO HAVE A TAKEAWAY.
WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE STYLE WORKSHOP.
I'M ALL ABOUT A GREAT PHOTOGRAPH.
SO TAKE BRITNEY FOR EXAMPLE.
SHE'S GOT THE MINI-SHORT ON AND A VOLUMINOUS TOP.
THIS IS GIVING HER EXTRA INCHES. OKAY?
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SMALL WAIST,
LIGHTLY PLACE YOUR HAND ON TOP--DON'T BULGE,
'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA CREATE BULDAGE.
JUST PUT IT ON TOP
AND YOU CAN HIDE THAT LITTLE ROLL THAT YOU GOT,
YOU KNOW, AFTER THE FRESHMAN 15, NOBODY WILL EVEN KNOW.
I WON'T TELL.
I JUST WANT YOU TO LOOK GOOD IN YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS.
- [laughs]
YOU HAVE TO LOVE DAISY.
I THINK THE WAY SHE ACTS IS BECAUSE OF
HOW SHE KIND OF MAYBE GREW UP.
DAISY WAS THE GIRL THAT EVERYBODY LIKED--
EVERYBODY WANTED TO BE AROUND, SO FOR ANYONE NOT TO LIKE DAISY,
SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
- YOU GUYS HAVE FUN AND JUST SPREAD LOVE.
IT'S THE BROOKLYN WAY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
[applause and cheering]
- EVERYONE NEEDS A GLASS IN THEIR HAND
'CAUSE I'M ABOUT TO MAKE A TOAST TO DAISY.
I SEE A LOT OF LOVE IN THIS ROOM FOR A VERY SPECIAL WOMAN
BY THE NAME OF DAISY LEWELLYN.
- AW. THANK YOU, HONEY.
- DAISY IS THE TRUE EMBODIMENT OF WHAT SISTERHOOD IS.
SHE CANNOT DEAL WITH TOXICITY, AND SHE--
- OH, [bleep]. - [bleep] THE HECK JUST--
- OOH, THAT WAS--
YOU'RE JUST ELECTRIFYING.
- OH, OH! WE NEED TO TAKE THE DRINKS AWAY.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD EVEN HAVE
A GLASS IN MICA'S HAND.
LIKE, SERIOUSLY?
- SO TODAY IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY
FOR EVERYBODY WHO IS MADLY IN LOVE WITH DAISY LEWELLYN
TO ACKNOWLEDGE JUST HOW HAPPY WE ARE THAT YOU ARE
A FRIEND TO ALL OF US.
- CHEERS. - WOW!
[cheering]
- WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT A SISTERHOOD SPEECH
AND A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN A WHITE DRESS?
- SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL INSPIRE EVERYONE THERE
BECAUSE WE HAVE LOUDS AND WE HAVE PROUDS.
- BRIE, I KNOW YOU AND MICA HAVE SOME ISSUES
BUT YOU GUYS NEED TO WORK THAT STUFF OUT.
YOU GUYS--YOU'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER WAY TOO LONG.
- YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT SAME CONVERSATION WITH HER.
I TRIED, AND I MET UP WITH HER FOR LUNCH,
AND I ALSO GOT UP FROM THAT CONVERSATION
BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A FUN ONE, A KIND ONE,
OR AN APPRECIATED ONE.
- LOOK, I'M NOT INVOLVED IN THIS AT ALL.
AS AN OUTSIDE PERSON, AND THIS IS MY GIRL.
- I KNOW.
- YOU GUYS NEED TO TALK.
- AS MUCH AS YOU THINK THAT WE NEED TO TALK,
SHE NEEDS TO CALM DOWN.
UNTIL THEN, I'M OVER HERE
AND SHE CAN STAY THERE AND WHEN SHE'S READY,
SHE CAN START TO MEET ME HALFWAY.
AM I WRONG?
- I'M NOT SAYING ANYBODY'S WRONG OR ANYBODY'S RIGHT.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT--IT'LL GO FROM HERE.
- OKAY. - THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.
- WHAT--WHO'S NOT WRONG? WHO'S NOT RIGHT?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
- I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYONE'S RIGHT OR WRONG,
'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT WRONG TO FEEL HOW YOU FEEL,
AND I'M NOT WRONG TO FEEL HOW I FEEL--
- SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING YOU UNDERSTAND?
- MY POINT WAS THERE HAS TO BE A SYMPATHETIC VIEW FOR THIS,
FROM EVERYONE TO HAVING SOMEONE--
- DO YOU THINK I'M NOT SYMPATHETIC?
- NO, HERE'S WHAT I'M SAYING, BRIE,
MAY I PLEASE FINISH?
- BUT I'M SO CONFUSED BY THIS,
BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THIS AS IF I'M NOT SYMPATHETIC,
AND THAT BOTHERS ME.
I JUST NEED TO KNOW THAT-- - NO, HERE'S WHAT I'M SAYING--
- YOU DO UNDERSTAND THAT I'M VERY SYMPATHETIC.
- BUT WHAT I'M SAYING RIGHT NOW--
- WELL, LET ME JUST REMIND YOU,
NUMBER ONE, YOU WEREN'T THERE.
WE WERE NOT INFORMED HER DAD HAD PASSED AWAY.
SO OUR RECOLLECTION, OUR KNOWLEDGE AND GENEVA'S HERE,
AND DON'T EVEN SAY ANYTHING, BUT YOU CAN JUST--
WHAT WAS THE CONVERSATION WHEN MICA ARRIVED TO THE HOUSE?
- I KNOW I ASKED YOU HOW YOUR FATHER WAS DOING.
'CAUSE THAT WAS WHAT I CARED ABOUT.
- I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT ALL NIGHT.
I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.
- SHE CAME THERE TO CHANGE HER MINDSET
BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN DEALING WITH SOMETHING FOR SO LONG.
- LET HER SPEAK. LET HER SPEAK.
BECAUSE I GENUINELY WANT TO HEAR WHAT MICA HAS TO SAY.
I JUST KIND OF--BUT YOU WEREN'T THERE, TERRY, HONESTLY.
WE WERE WONDERING WHY YOU WEREN'T THERE,
BUT YOU WEREN'T THERE.
- I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU GUYS BROKE UP OR WERE HAVING ISSUES,
'CAUSE YOU WEREN'T THERE AND THAT WAS VERY STRANGE
THAT YOU WEREN'T THERE,
AND THE WAY THAT YOU WERE ACTING, I WAS LIKE,
"OH, MY GOD, SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH MICA AND TERRY."
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
- I'M GONNA LET YOU GUYS CONTINUE THIS
BUT THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.
- YOU CAN'T MAKE A STATEMENT AND THEN WALK AWAY.
- I DID NOT FEEL LIKE I WAS AMONG FRIENDS.
- WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW? - I DON'T KNOW.
- THIS IS ABOUT DRESSES AND CHAMPAGNE.
- DON'T JUDGE ME.
- BUT MICA, YOU CALL ME ALL KINDS OF ***.
I HEARD YOU CALL ME A WESLEY SNIPES ***.
- LOOK, WHEN YOU'RE NASTY AND UGLY,
THEN I'M GONNA SAY SOMETHING NASTY AND UGLY.
YOU LOOK LIKE WESLEY SNIPES FROM THE CHARACTER HE PLAYED
IN TO WONG FU NAMED NOXEEMA.
AND IF ANYONE GOOGLES IT,
THEY WILL AGREE.
- I DON'T GO AROUND CALLING YOU A HIGH YELLOW HEIFER.
- YOU CAN CALL ME WHATEVER YOU WANT.
BUT YOU'LL NEVER HAVE A REASON TO.
I HAD A REASON TO BECAUSE YOU WERE INSULTING ME.
- OKAY, MICA. OKAY.
- MICA IS...
- WHEN I SEE THOSE HANDS MOVING...
- YOU YELLED TO ME "DETOX." - NO, THAT WAS--
- "DETOX, ***."
- WELL, BECAUSE YOU NEED TO.
- AND THAT TO ME IS WHAT--
I DON'T NEED TO DO A [bleep] THING.
REMEMBER ONE THING, GENEVA, YOU DON'T KNOW ME.
- WHEN YOU'RE AT SOMEONE'S MOTHER'S HOUSE--
- REMEMBER THIS, YOU DON'T KNOW ME.
- DON'T PUT YOUR FINGER IN MY FACE.
- I WILL PUT MY [bleep] FINGER UP WHENEVER THE [bleep]
I [bleep] FEEL LIKE IT.
- OKAY, THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE. THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE.
IN MY.
- I WILL PUT MY [bleep] FINGER UP WHENEVER THE [bleep]
I [bleep] FEEL LIKE IT.
- OKAY, WELL, THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE.
THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW,
YOU GONNA GET SMACKED.
AND THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE. - I'M HERE.
- BRIE, ARE YOU STAYING, OR...
- I'M GONNA SAY MY GOOD-BYES. - OKAY.
THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE, LET ME FIND AN EXIT,
'CAUSE SHE GONNA BE ON THE FLOOR.
- THANK YOU, IT'S THAT WAY. - SHE GONNA BE ON THE FLOOR.
IT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM.
SHE GONNA BE ON THE FLOOR.
- SHE'S GONNA, WHAT, KNOCK ME ON THE FLOOR?
I WISH THE HELL YOU WOULD.
IT'LL BE TO WONG FOO ALL OVER THE WALLS.
UH-UH.
- THIS IS MY PROBLEM WITH THIS GIRL.
WHY CAN'T SHE ACT RIGHT?
THIS IS YOUR EVENT.
DOES ANYBODY GOT A FIRE EXTINGUISHER?
LIKE, JUST CALM DOWN.
- A LADY KNOWS WHEN TO LEAVE.
SHE IS AN ANIMAL.
I'M NOT GONNA DEAL WITH IT.
LET ME GO. LET ME GO.
- IT LOOKED LIKE WORDS WERE JUST EXCHANGED AND--
- HEY. - I HAVE A CAB, BRIE.
THE *** WAS TRYING TO STEP TO ME, BRIE.
LIKE, I WAS ABOUT TO PUT THE *** ON THE FLOOR.
- LET ME JUST SAY A QUICK GOOD-BYE
AND I'LL BE THERE IN A MINUTE, OKAY?
- OKAY, I'M IN THE CAB AND THE METER IS RUNNING, BRIE.
OH, MY GOODNESS. WHAT IS GOING ON?
I MISS OUR FRIENDSHIP, AND I DO WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
- OKAY.
- BYE, LOVE.
AND YOU--BEAUTIFUL COLOR.
- THANK YOU.
- WHAT SHOES WOULD MATCH MY OUTFIT?
I NEED TO BUY SOME SHOES.
- OH, YOU'RE GONNA BUY SOME SHOES NOW?
- ALL RIGHT?
LOVE YOU. ALWAYS.
- I TRUST TERRY WAY MORE NOW THAN I DID BACK THEN.
I'M JUST HAPPY THAT HE WAS THERE AND ABLE TO, YOU KNOW,
BE THERE FOR ME.
- WHAT HAPPENED? - SHE'S AN INFANT.
SHE'S AN ADULT IN DIAPERS,
SHE'S A HOOD RAT WITH A CHANEL BAG.
THIS IS HER SECOND STRIKE.
- I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
- SHE--YOU KNOW, THIRD, SHE GONNA BE ON THE FLOOR.
I WILL KNOCK A TALL *** DOWN.
DON'T LET THE HEIGHT FOOL YOU.
- OH.
- TOO MUCH CHAMPAGNE.
[squealing laughter]
- DAISY, IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW.
YOU MAKE TOTAL SENSE TO ME NOW.
- I AM FEELING FANTASTIC.
I MEAN, I FEEL BAD THAT, YOU KNOW,
GENEVA THREATENED MICA,
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, MY MOM WAS THERE,
AND SHE WAS DRINKING A LOT OF CHAMPAGNE.
MOMMY, SLOW DOWN!
MY MOTHER DOESN'T EVEN DRINK, SO I KNOW SHE HAD A GOOD TIME.
- THAT WAS SOME [bleep] RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.
- THANK YOU, GUYS. YOU DID A FABULOUS JOB!
- BREAK IT DOWN!
- BABE! I POURED YOU SOME WINE.
- BROUGHT YOU SOME MOTION LOTION.
- WHAT?
- PUT THEM DOGS UP HERE.
- DOGS? THESE ARE LITTLE PETALS.
- [laughs]
COME ON. GET THEM UP ON.
- YOU KNOW I'M ALL PETAL AND NO THORN.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT FOR?
- WHEN WE FIRST MET, I SAW SOME THORNS.
- NO, YOU SAW SOME THORNS AFTER--NOT WHEN WE FIRST MET.
THAT'S NOT TRUE. - YOU'RE RIGHT.
MY BAD.
'CAUSE WHEN WE FIRST MET, YOU WERE FINE AS TIME.
- THEN IT WENT...
IT'S NOT A JOKE.
- WHEN YOUR MOM WAS HERE, WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION.
WE TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING.
HOW WE MET, WHAT I DID.
- THAT'S NICE THAT YOU SPOKE TO HER.
- SHE WAS A LITTLE TAKEN BACK BUT SHE DIDN'T KNOCK ME OUT.
- SHE WOULD NEVER DO THAT, BUT IF I HAD TOLD MY MOTHER
THAT YOU WERE IN A 20-YEAR COMMITMENT,
SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE ENCOURAGED ME TO START A RELATIONSHIP.
- I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT I THINK THAT, AS I EXPLAINED TO YOUR MOM,
SOMETIMES PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES,
AND A MISTAKE DOESN'T NECESSARILY
MAKE YOU A BAD PERSON.
- RIGHT.
- AND YOUR MOM MADE SOME SUGGESTIONS ABOUT US DOING
SOME TYPE OF COUNSELING.
- YEAH, BUT YOU WEREN'T SO MUCH FOR MARITAL COUNSELING.
- I DON'T THINK ANYTHING IN COUNSELING DOES ANYTHING FOR US.
- WHY?
- ALL IT'S GONNA DO IS
FOR YOU TO, LIKE, SCREAM AND ME, YELL AT ME,
AND NOT UNDERSTAND MY SIDE OF THE PICTURE.
WHERE DOES THAT GET ME? NOWHERE.
- THEN MAYBE YOU CAN'T BE THE PERSON
THAT IS GONNA MAKE ME HAPPY THE REST OF MY LIFE.
I THINK WHEN YOU START OFF THE WAY THAT WE DID,
COUNSELING IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE
BOTH PEOPLE ARE HEALED
AND BOTH UNDERSTAND WHAT MARRIAGE IS ABOUT.
WHEN I COMMUNICATE WITH YOU, YOU'RE ON THE DEFENSE.
"I WISH YOU WOULDN'T DO THIS. I WISH YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT."
WE DEFINITELY NEED A THIRD PARTY.
MY MOTHER WANTS ME TO GO TO MARRIAGE COUNSELING,
BUT SO DO I.
I'M AT AN AGE WHERE THIS IS IT.
SO IT HAS TO BE RIGHT.
IT'S NOW OR NEVER AT ALL.
- [sighs]
SO LOOK, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS BEFORE.
I HAVE EVERY INTENTION ON ASKING YOU TO BE MY WIFE ONE DAY,
TO BE MS. TERRY LYONS, OR--
- MICA LYONS. - MICA LYONS.
- [growls] YOU KNOW I'M A LEO.
- YEAH, I KNOW YOU'RE A LEO.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMIND ME THAT YOU'RE A LEO.
LORD KNOWS I KNOW THAT YOU'RE A LEO, WOMAN.
I THINK WE'RE A UNBELIEVABLE TEAM,
AND I THINK THAT COUNSELING IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD
DEFINITELY SAY--THINK ABOUT.
- REALLY?
- WE'RE AT THAT POINT.
- I THINK YOU'LL ENJOY IT.
- I LOVE MICA HUGHES.
YOU KNOW I'M ONLY DOING ONE FOOT TODAY, RIGHT?
- NO, YOU'RE DOING ALL THREE.
- NOW IT STARTED RAINING. OH, MY GOD.
- THAT'S GOOD, 'CAUSE THEN IT'S NOT GONNA BE CROWDED.
- THAT MEANS PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA COME.
- THAT IS BAD, RIGHT? - YEAH.
- THEY'RE GONNA COME. THEY'RE GONNA SHOW SUPPORT.
THEY ALWAYS COME. - YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
- THEY'RE COMING IN A RAIN STORM.
LIKE THE DRESS. - DO YOU? IT'S NEW.
- I LIKE IT.
- I'M GONNA WEAR HO SHOES TONIGHT.
- WHAT? - HO SHOES.
IT IS THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF MY BLOG.
THIS COCKTAILS WITH BELLE HAS TO BE MORE GRAND, MORE SEXY.
IT HAS TO BE SPECIAL.
DO YOU HEAR THAT? - SEXY.
- WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO IT BEFORE THE EVENT.
I KNOW YOU.
- I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
- 'CAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT MY ***, YOU'RE AN ANIMAL.
ALL RIGHT, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
- HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON? - HEY, B. WHAT'S UP?
- NOTHING. HOW ARE YOU? ARE YOU EXCITED FOR TONIGHT?
- YEAH, GREG IS HERE. I'M STRESSING OUT.
I FEEL LIKE MOTHER NATURE DOES THIS TO ME FOR EVERY EVENT.
- IT IS. IT IS.
- I HOPE MICA MISSES IT.
- OH, GOD.
- HOW'D THAT GO?
- NO, I GET TERRY'S, LIKE, INCLINATION TO WANT TO BE,
LIKE, PROTECTIVE, BUT GREG DOESN'T GET INVOLVED
IN WHATEVER SQUABBLES I HAVE WITH OTHER WOMEN,
WHICH IS ACTUALLY VERY RARE UNTIL RECENTLY.
- OH, GOD--OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I GOT TO FOCUS ON THIS PARTY--I CAN'T.
I'M SO OVER LISTENING TO THIS.
FRANKLY, I'M JUST TIRED OF HAVING CONFLICT.
THIS IS NOT THE WAY I OPERATE.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL SEE YOU LATER. - OKAY. BYE.
- Y'ALL IS JUST ONE BIG MASS OF FOOLISHNESS.
- BASICALLY.
- HEY, MELYSSA! - HOW ARE YOU?
- HOW ARE YOU, BEAUTIFUL? - HEY.
- GOOD. - GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THIS IS A REALLY NICE SIZED STUDIO.
- THANK YOU.
WHY CAN I LIVE IN A 600-SQUARE-FOOT STUDIO?
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE ADDRESS.
IN THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT, ON AVERAGE,
YOU'RE PAYING $2,895 A MONTH.
SURE I WORRY ABOUT COVERING MY RENT, ALL THE TIME.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT WORRYING MEANS? TO TORTURE ONESELF.
AND I AM A ***.
- OH, I'M SAD MY MOMMY'S GONE.
- NO, I WAS GONNA ASK IF MOM HAD ALREADY GONE HOME.
- WHERE IS IT? - WHAT?
- COCKTAILS WITH BELLE. - OH.
THIS SPOT CALLED EVR.
I THINK THE LAST ONE THAT SHE HAD WAS THERE.
AND I WAS WARMLY WELCOMED.
- SHE WAS LIKE, "DAISY!"
THIS TIME IT MIGHT BE "MM." - "MM."
- I JUST THINK IT'S SO FUNNY THAT I DID NOT GET
THE INVITATION.
I'M CRASHING TONIGHT, BUT I DON'T CARE.
I'LL CRASH A PARTY. I HAVE NO SHAME IN MY GAME.
BECAUSE I NEED TO TALK TO DEMETRIA AND HEAR FROM HER
WHAT HER ISSUE IS WITH ME.
I AM CLUELESS, CALL ME CHER,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE H-E-DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS
HAS BEEN GOING ON WITH ME AND DEMETRIA.
DOES DEMETRIA KNOW THAT I'M COMING WITH YOU?
- NO. - NO? I'M FINE WITH--
I'M FINE WITH GOING IN.
- YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A CONVERSATION,
AN ADULT CONVERSATION, TRY AND HASH THINGS OUT--
- IS IT EVEN A HASH-OUT? I JUST--
- I DON'T EVEN--
- I JUST THINK IT'S A CONVERSATION
THAT HASN'T TAKEN PLACE THAT JUST SHOULD TAKE PLACE.
- RIGHT.
- 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING.
LIKE, THIS IS LIKE HASHTAG SHADE
AND SHE'S PROBABLY THINKING FOR ME,
HASHTAG SHADE.
SO, LIKE, LET'S JUST, LIKE, WHATEVER.
HASHTAG CLEAR IT UP.
IF SHE'S A SMART GIRL, SHE WILL WANT TO BE MY FRIEND.
- COMING UP:
- COCKTAILS WITH BELLE IS, YOU KNOW,
JUST NO DRAMA.
- I THINK THERE'S A MAN IN HERE.
MELYSSA, WHAT IS THIS?
- IT'S A VIBRATOR, DUDE.
- THIS GO...
- WHAT YOU DO-- [laughing]
- I SMELLED IT TO SEE IF YOU WERE SPICY OR SWEET.
- DAISY, YOU ARE THE WORST.
- OH! - OH, MY GOD.
- UNDER THREE MINUTES, YOU'RE DONE.
YOU GET TO TURN OVER AND GO TO SLEEP.
- HELLO, EVERYBODY, HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?
- WHAT? - WOW. THIS PLACE IS FUN.
I NEED A CIGARETTE.
- HELLO, SIR.
WE'RE SETTING UP.
THIS IS MY EVENT FROM START TO FINISH.
MY NAME IS ON IT, AND IT NEEDS TO BE DONE RIGHT.
SWITCH, IT'S TOO BIG.
THERE'S GONNA BE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THERE.
PROFESSIONAL, POWERFUL,
EXTRAORDINARILY WELL-CONNECTED WOMEN.
[bleep] AM I GOING CRAZY?
YEAH, BIG, BIG DEAL.
OKAY, BOOM. ALL RIGHT.
READY FOR THE ONSLAUGHT OF CRAZY.
- HOW ARE YOU? DEMETRIA.
PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING.
HI, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
IF YOU WANT TO BUY A BOOK, THEY'RE RIGHT OVER THERE.
- SHIRLEY. - SHIRLEY.
- S-H-I-R-L-E-Y.
- THANK YOU,
'CAUSE BLACK GIRLS SPELL THEIR NAMES ALL SORTS OF WAYS.
COCKTAILS WITH BELLE IS MANY THINGS, BUT AT ITS CORE,
IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO READ MY BLOG TO MEET ME
AND ALSO TO GET TOGETHER AND MEET EACH OTHER.
HI!
LIZZY, THIS IS MY FRIEND, BRIE.
- HI, BRIE, HOW ARE YOU? - THIS IS MY COUSIN, LIZZY.
- SO NICE TO MEET YOU.
- THIS IS SISTERHOOD,
MEET SOME CUTE DUDES, HAVE SOME GOOD DRINKS,
YOU KNOW, JUST NO DRAMA.
WE REALLY NEED TO KEEP IT CUTE AT THIS OCCASION.
I GAVE YOU A LITTLE HEART AT THE BOTTOM.
- [laughs] - THANK YOU, SWEETIE.
- I APPRECIATE YOU...
- HI THERE.
- I'M WONDERING HOW DEMETRIA WILL REACT TO ME.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
I DON'T WANT TO GET A COCKTAIL THROWN IN MY FACE, THOUGH...
FROM BELLE.
I WANT TO HAVE A COCKTAIL WITH BELLE.
- NEXT ON BLOOD, SWEAT & HEELS:
- OH, NO MORE BATTERY-OPERATED ***.
REAL ***! YES!
- WHAT'S WRONG? WHY'D YOU SQUINCH?
- YOU'RE PUTTING ELECTRODES IN MY FACE.
- WHEN I STARTED, I NEVER SAW IT GOING THIS FAR,
BUT I'M SO THANKFUL IT DID.
I'M LIKE HIP HOP.
- CLEARLY THERE HAS BEEN SOME TENSION BETWEEN US.
- SHE DOESN'T THINK THAT I'M WORKING AS HARD AS I COULD BE.
- WITH ALL OF THAT SAID,
I'M SORRY.
- AT THE DINNER PARTY, DAISY, I JUST EXPECTED MORE FROM YOU.
YOU CAME AT ME SIDEWAYS IN A WAY THAT I DIDN'T APPRECIATE--
IT WAS VERY DISRESPECTFUL.
YOU MADE ME FEEL LIKE [bleep]. - ME?
- YEAH.
- I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I'M HEARING RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE NO LONGER SOCIAL.
WE DON'T ROLL LIKE THAT.
OOH! [glass shatters]
- OH, ARE YOU OKAY?
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