Digital Social Hour - Entrepreneurship, Ghosts, and Viral Success Stories | Queen of Melrose DSH #1356

Episode Date: April 28, 2025

Ready for a wild ride? 🚀 Join Sean Kelly on the Digital Social Hour as he sits down with the Queen of Melrose, Cosmo, for an unforgettable conversation about entrepreneurship, ghosts, and viral suc...cess stories! 👑👻✨ From running iconic fashion boutiques on Melrose to sharing her inspiring journey of sobriety and survival, Cosmo spills it all with humor and heart. Hear how she turned her life around, went viral at a Madonna concert, and became a beacon of hope for others. 🌟 Plus, she dishes on haunted hotels, Burning Man adventures, and the secrets behind her thriving business empire. This episode is packed with valuable insights, jaw-dropping stories, and plenty of laughs. Don't miss out! Tune in now, and get ready to be inspired. 💬 Hit that subscribe button and stay tuned for more eye-opening stories on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 📺🎙️ Watch now and join the conversation! 🗣️✨ CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:27 - Cosmo's Therasage Red Light Therapy 05:08 - Therasage Ozone Therapy Benefits 05:43 - Therasage H2O Go Features 06:05 - The Solution for Wellness 10:00 - How EMF Affects Your Body 12:10 - Co-Founders Save Cosmo’s Business 14:58 - Bias in Today’s News 16:08 - Cosmo’s Emotional Journey to Success 17:50 - Growing Up with a Mobster Father 22:14 - The Exorcist Influence 24:30 - The Cecil Hotel Mysteries 28:03 - Encounters with Ghosts 29:48 - Addiction as a Demonic Assignment 33:56 - Identifying Addictive Personalities 34:37 - Scorpio Loyalty Traits 35:21 - Insights on Your Mom's Influence 37:30 - Sex and Love Anonymous Support 38:30 - Understanding Food Addiction 42:58 - Relationship Status Inquiry 47:25 - The Queen of Melrose’s Retail Stores 49:24 - Cosmo Clothing Line at Area 15 49:47 - Burning Man Experience 51:35 - Music Video Productions 52:20 - The Queen of Melrose's Music Journey 52:48 - New Song "Italian Men" by The Queen of Melrose 52:57 - New Song "My [ __ ] is Killing Me" by The Queen of Melrose 53:52 - Where to Find The Queen of Melrose APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: jenna@digitalsocialhour.com GUEST: Queen of Melrose https://www.instagram.com/queenofmelrose/ SPONSORS: AIRES TECH:  https://airestech.com/ THERASAGE: https://therasage.com/ GROUNDNEWS: https://ground.news/ LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ The views and opinions expressed by guests on Digital Social Hour are solely those of the individuals appearing on the podcast and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the host, Sean Kelly, or the Digital Social Hour team. While we encourage open and honest conversations, Sean Kelly is not legally responsible for any statements, claims, or opinions made by guests during the show. Listeners are encouraged to form their own opinions and consult professionals for advice where appropriate. Content on this podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only and should not be considered legal, medical, financial, or professional advice. #podcast #truecrime #helpforbusinesses #scarystories #storytime

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Starting point is 00:00:00 And he went against God. So basically with that little girl, it's like when she was possessed, Regan, and it wasn't a demon, it was the devil himself that possessed her and he really fucked her up, right? And she was pushed up and crosses up her kind and everything. I was eight years old when that movie came out. All right guys, queen of Melrose in the building.
Starting point is 00:00:29 We finally got to meet you all this time. We had a little cancellation for the fires. Now everything is copacetic. So, so glad to meet you. Has everything settled down for you? You're very tall. Yeah, 6'6". And you got good hair.
Starting point is 00:00:45 Do I? Good hair don't care. Is that a perm or is it natural? Natural. Wow. So you're, what's your ethnicity, if you don't mind. Half Chinese, half Irish. And half Puerto Rican.
Starting point is 00:00:57 I wish. I love it, that hair is everything. Oh my God, good hair. Afros are hard to pull off these days. So I want you to do my maybe one of my runway shows. I'm down. You know? I'd have to check out the vibe.
Starting point is 00:01:09 Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll let you know ahead of time. You won't put me in anything crazy though, right? No, just like maybe the G-string and the cowboy boot. Oh my God. No, I have beautiful fashion for men that you will actually wear and love. It's a bucket list thing for me.
Starting point is 00:01:23 It's up to you though. If you want to, get this like the PG version and then there's like an R version and there's like, oh my God, what is he wearing version? That's the Kanye version. That's the Kanye version. Yes. That's the naked.
Starting point is 00:01:36 Yeah. Oh yeah. Did that surprise you? Did you love her though? She looks good, I'm not gonna lie. Right. But did you see when she's out there and I watched it on YouTube. So they didn YouTube, so they didn't bleep it out. They actually showed her.
Starting point is 00:01:49 Oh wow. And I'm like, is that her pussy? Oh my God, it's been a while since I saw her pussy. And then she's got a pretty pussy. But I didn't realize she was wearing a dress. Did you see how she was trying to pull down her dress? It was hilarious. So she's on the red carpet.
Starting point is 00:02:07 Meanwhile, the fucking dress is all mesh, right? Why was she pulling it down? Like she was shy. Did you notice that? Like, what are you pulling down, girl? You're like fucking naked over here. Yeah, I thought it was hilarious. She's trying to pull it down.
Starting point is 00:02:22 Like, what are you pulling down, girl? You're nude. Yeah. Hilarious. I'm sure like, what are you pulling down girl? You're nude. Yeah. Hilarious. I'm sure you've seen all sorts of outfits. All of it. Yeah. Nothing surprises you at this point.
Starting point is 00:02:31 Wax on, wax off. Yeah. I don't even know what that means. Okay. Rick, did you see Karate Kid? Yeah. Remember when you were a kid? It's been a while.
Starting point is 00:02:38 You're a youngster. What are you like 23? 28. Oh yeah, you look good for your age. You're still a baby. Thank you. I would buy you a drink for sure. And give you a lap dance. But anyway, you look good for your age. You're still a baby. Thank you. I would buy you a drink for sure.
Starting point is 00:02:46 And give you a lap dance. But anyway, back to the interview. Yeah. What were we saying? Karate Kid. Oh yeah, Wax On, Wax Off. Yes, yes. So how are things going?
Starting point is 00:03:00 Good. Good, good. I can't complain. Good. Out here in LA. You got your podcast. Podcast. Got a lot of followers. Good amount. Good. Okay, complain. Good. Out here in LA. You got your podcast. Podcast.
Starting point is 00:03:06 Got a lot of followers. Good amount. I'm impressed, yes. You got the formula, man. Contragulations. I got the formula. It's amazing. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:03:14 You might have figured you'd give me some pointers later. Okay. You should be getting. The queen needs. A lot of views. Yeah, okay. I'll teach you. Yes, I'm excited.
Starting point is 00:03:22 I'm surprised you're asking me. You got some big clients, man. No, I do have, and I just started like last year, but you know what, and I'm very, very grateful. But the whole thing was just to get out there, I went on SoftWire Underbelly. Okay. And then my friend like,
Starting point is 00:03:39 you need to go on SoftWire Underbelly. And he's my sponsor in the AA program. So he goes, he's talking about Cosmo, Cosmo, Cosmo. So the guy Mark that does software underbelly, he says, well, I want to meet this Cosmo. So he called me and he goes, would you like to do my show? And I'm like, yeah. And then I saw why because my sponsor was saying
Starting point is 00:04:01 Cosmo got me sober, I work for Cosmo, he taught me everything I knew in the smota business, I've been on Melrose 30 years, so I didn't even see the interview. So long story short, I go on the interview, and I'm talking about my, he goes, well what happened, you know? And usually everybody he interviews on that show
Starting point is 00:04:20 is kind of like doom and gloom, there's no recovery, there's no sobriety. You know what I mean? It's usually just dark. So that's how my life was. It was very dark. But then I cut to the solution. Like a queen like me, it's possible to get sober. You know, I was in the bushes.
Starting point is 00:04:36 I was downtown LA. I was smoking crack in the Cecil Hotel. You know what I mean? I was doing all those things. And basically I came back from, you know, I came? I was doing all those things and Basically I came back from you know, I came back from this drug addiction like basically I Got sober, you know, and if I could do it
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Starting point is 00:07:10 Wow. You know, but I've been in A for 20 years. So I got sober at 50. There's a math on that. My first meeting was like 20 years ago. Okay. And like I got, we get two years, and I would get three years sober,
Starting point is 00:07:23 but then I would go out, it would just get worse and worse and worse, never better. I don't know if you ever read the book of Alcoholics Anonymous. I haven't. So there's no cure for what we have. There's a solution, but there's no cure. Like a doctor didn't come up with a pill
Starting point is 00:07:38 and say, take this pill, you'll never drink and smoke crack again. But nothing exists. But the only thing that really works is a psychologist got together with a doctor and found out one addict talking to another addict, you can get sobriety that way. That's the solution, one person helping another person.
Starting point is 00:07:59 So, and it grew into this big thing. There's meetings all over AA 24 hours a day. There's meetings from five in the morning till 12 o'clock midnight. And she got sober. So when I went on there with the solution, with glasses on, looking fabulous, and doing the whole thing, looking like Farrah Fawcett,
Starting point is 00:08:20 I was wearing some kind of Afghan darling. And I got people coming to my store going, you know, I'm sober now, Queen, thank you so much. You know, I got three days, I got four days on my Instagram, oh my God, Queen, thank you. So like if a Queen like you could do it, you know, and it's also facing ages and two, you know, because I'm 61 years old, I'm still living my life.
Starting point is 00:08:42 You know what I mean? I'm doing what I want to do and I'm doing it clean and sober. We came up with a set of clean and sober, now it's clean and sober. So that's kind of the gist of what happened. And then before you know it, I went to the, oh yeah. So I went viral with that
Starting point is 00:08:58 because I went on there with the solution. It wasn't the gloom and doom, you know? And then I went to the Madonna concert the next day. Did you guys go see Madonna when she was here? I've never seen her live, no. Okay, she's amazing. She is, you know? I remember seeing her years ago, 30 years ago.
Starting point is 00:09:14 I see her now. She's a little crickety girl, like she can't, you know what I'm saying? She's got a little poochy over here. But she's still Madonna, you know what I mean? So I went to the concert and there was like $80 for parking. Damn. And it was not only that, it was like you had to walk a mile.
Starting point is 00:09:33 Holy crap. There was no little cars taking you and whatever. Then we get to the front of the place and they're like, it's $40, you gotta leave your purse there. You can only come in with a clear purse. So I was like, I had the, I don't know, they had the phones on me, my business partner, and I said, fucking Madonna,
Starting point is 00:09:51 I said I need oxygen taking a cigarette over here. I just walked a mile, $80 for parking. Now I need a clear purse. Ever thought about how much EMF and radiation your body is exposed to every single day? From smartphones to wifi, modern technology never stops emitting invisible stressors that could disrupt brain function, hormone balance, and cellular health. That's where Aries comes in, the only scientifically validated solution designed to help your body
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Starting point is 00:11:16 as you could see from the Bronx, right? Yeah. Available. But anyway, I just thought, you know what I'm saying girl? She's like dynamo. So she's working on my store. And then since COVID and like all these things were happening on Melrose, the riots. Did you see on the news when they were burning down Melrose? Yeah. They were literally burning down all the stores.
Starting point is 00:11:36 So they didn't touch my stores, but people were getting shot in the daytime. Jeez. It was really bad. It was very, very bad. So all my money customers, like for Burning Man, you go to Burning Man? I've never been on that.
Starting point is 00:11:48 We gotta go. We're gonna go. We're gonna go. I've heard good things. I'm gonna dress you up. Yeah. Burning Man. Just wear a G string. It's all nude and fabulous. I wanna go and do the full experience there. I would probably do a little psychedelics if I went there.
Starting point is 00:11:59 Yeah. Well, they have like the psychedelic camp. They have a sober camp. You got lap dances. You got whatever you want, gay, straight, other like the psychedelic camp. They have a sober camp. You got lap dances You got whatever you want gay straight other it's all there Everybody gets along there's not one fistfight. There's not one gang shooting. It's fabulous for like 15 years So my business drives off Burning Man because I get people like all over the world, like Michelle Rodriguez. I got Puff Daddy. I got his whole camp coming in my store shopping for clothes for Burning Man, because my clothes
Starting point is 00:12:30 are very dramatic. And everything is specifically made. I designed 70% of it. But now I invite LA designers to come in that are very talented. And I give them a check every two weeks and it helps, you know, the community, you know? So basically, uh, but the store was doing really bad. And then the Burning Man's after COVID just got kind of worse and worse and worse. Like then people aren't showing up like they should. So Eugene is like, you have to get on camera. She goes, because your personality and plus all this software underbelly and you just
Starting point is 00:13:08 went viral in Madonna concert. And I'm like, girl, I'm 61 years old, girl. I got a belly now, girl. I might have a little on the DL, a yeast infection, okay? Damn. Girl, all those things. I'm like, I don't want to get on camera. I didn't want to get on camera. I didn't want to get on camera.
Starting point is 00:13:25 She goes, you will, you got to save your store. She goes, your personality will save, right? So anyway, I got on camera and we started doing little blogs every day and then we started doing podcasts and we started doing, and then before you know it, I'm gonna cry. What the fuck, I got my period. Anyway, people started coming to the store, you know,
Starting point is 00:13:49 and I had it for 30 years, and I thought I was gonna go to Palm Springs and retire. Why am I crying, bitch? Give me some Kleenex, give me some Vagisil, give me something. You guys have this special bond together. Oh my God, she's my girl, you don't understand. That's hard to find. And she just like, she's my girl. You don't understand. That's hard to find. I know.
Starting point is 00:14:05 And she just like, I don't know. Yeah. So anyway, fans started coming to the store. We started doing this thing and then Queen and Sober and I was actually helping people get sober. It was like a dream of mine. Because I'm like really a drunk and a crackhead. And I came out here with a dream,
Starting point is 00:14:27 but I found downtown LA and unfortunately, there's an underbelly there that could suck a lot of people up. You know what I mean? I've seen a lot of people die and get addicted and they come out here to model and act and pursue their dream and it never happens. So I kind of got like the second chance in life, you know?
Starting point is 00:14:47 So that's why I'm very grateful. What a story. Yeah, so anyway, so we're like, you know, and you know, she came through, you know, and she's a designer too. And she's like, let's just get you out there. Shout out to today's sponsor, Ground News. In today's fast-paced media world,
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Starting point is 00:16:14 I was going to retire in Palm Springs. Cut to now you can't get me off camera. Because like I just like I don't know. I'm just like loving and living my life right now, you know? So cool. And then the fans are coming in and it's all like a full circle thing. And I think my parents have a lot to do with it
Starting point is 00:16:34 that aren't here anymore, but I feel like they're there. Their energy's there, their spirit's there, supporting, they're one of the best for me. I believe in that. Because I grew up really tough in Harlem with them. You know, I grew up with the mobsters. My father was like mobster, you know, and I grew up really tough, you know, to be gay in Harlem. You know what I mean? Especially in that lifestyle.
Starting point is 00:16:55 Oh my God, you know. So we would have Bible study and my father would be like, they'd be like, you can't be gay. You can't touch yourself. You know, it's like your homosexuality is off the list, Cosmo. And I'm here, I have 17 years. I'm like, well, the Bible also says, the truth shall set you free. And I'm gay. And that's it, you know? Suddenly, my father's like, what am I going to do with this kid? You know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:17:19 And he didn't want to buy me the Barbie doll. But then he wound up buying me the Barbie doll instead of GI Joe. Long story short, I became a hairdresser. I became very successful. Him letting me do what I wanted to do. And then he passed away 10 years ago with my mom, you know, cause they couldn't live without each other. Same year.
Starting point is 00:17:36 He went two years later. She went, yeah, they were just like together since they were 15. There was always love of my family. You know, we were always eight at five o'clock. Basically, yes, there were FBI agents in my house, like good fellows. They were in the yard. They would follow my father to school when he drove us.
Starting point is 00:17:55 You know, basically very exciting. You know, like some days my mother had main coats and we had best cars and we eating filet mignon, you know? And then, you know, then there's as a mob guy, there was some weeks where she had to go get food stamps. Wow. We had to hide the TV cause in those days, though with the, you know, GR welfare,
Starting point is 00:18:16 where you go get help. Like if you're low income, but they would come to your house. So if you had a TV, a colored TV or a nice car, they would cut your welfare. So we had to hide everything, the gold chains and shit. You know what I mean? So that's how I grew up and it was normal.
Starting point is 00:18:36 That's crazy. It was normal. Well, the fact your dad made it that long in that lifestyle is impressive. Most of those guys don't make it the full way. No, what would happen was after the FBI was chasing him, because there was the Lufthansa heist, you see Goodfellas, when they robbed the plane, they got all the money,
Starting point is 00:18:50 they tried to implicate my father in that. So he was going to court and he thought he was going to go away for a very long time. And then the judge let my father go, found out that he wasn't implicated on it. Then he came out here. Did you hear my song, Move to LA? Not yet. Yeah, so there's hear my song, Move to LA? Not yet. Yeah, so there's a whole thing, Move to LA. It's the meme from Soft White Underbelly.
Starting point is 00:19:11 And I tell my story. So anyway, my father got a job at the Palm restaurant out here. And he's serving like, so no more mob. He's like, fuck that. So then we all came out here one by one. There's four of us. I have a twin brother who's straight.
Starting point is 00:19:25 He's the boy. I'm the girl. And then I have an older brother and I have my sister Sophia who's gorgeous, you know, and was still very close. Long story short, my father had to get away from the mob, moved out here. My uncle worked in the Palm restaurant. He was a Jehovah's Witness. Because my grandmother Catholic, all these years, Catholic woman going to church every Sunday, Italian, we had to pray before meals and stuff, you know, go to church.
Starting point is 00:19:56 What happened was, you know how Jehovah's Witnesses come to your door? Yeah, they knocked door to door. Well, they knocked on my grandmother's door and I was seven years old and she was a devout Catholic and she converted. No way. So now with Jehovah. Holy crap. So that actually works on people?
Starting point is 00:20:16 It worked on her. It works on people, yeah, they have an influence. You know what I mean? What they say that makes them. I don't know. And I don't know what state of mind she was in from going from like Jesus Christ, Catholic to Jehovah. So now she's the matriarch of the family,
Starting point is 00:20:31 my father's mother. So now we all have to try to feed Jehovah's Witnesses. So now here I am seven o'clock, seven years old, no birthday, no Christmas, no celebrations, you can't be gay. There's a thing, you can't touch yourself, you can't masturbate. And I'm like, we're fucked.
Starting point is 00:20:57 Like we're fucked. First growing up in Harlem, this and that. First, so anyway, my mother and father tried to do it for the mother, but it didn't happen. But my uncle Jr. who worked in the Palm restaurant out here in California, he's still a Jehovah's Witness. He's 89 years old, living in Vegas, and he's still a Jehovah's Witness.
Starting point is 00:21:18 But we couldn't do it because we're already spoiled with getting gifts and doing cocaine. They weren't having it. Giving up Christmas? Damn. Yeah, it was torture. Child abuse. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:21:32 As a kid? It was horrible. So it didn't work. So anyway, the Italian side of the family won. We got our Christmases back. But it was literally four years of not having a Christmas and a birthday. It was fucked up.
Starting point is 00:21:44 My mother tried to make her happy. which we can't, you know, you can't turn a pickle inside into a cucumber efforts a pickle. Yeah. So anyway, that happened. So my father moved out here. Um, when you have time, just go Queen of Queen of Melrose on soft white underbelly and I tell my whole story on there. I'm about to spill my guts to you right now.
Starting point is 00:22:08 Are you ready? Yeah. So you got a cigarette? Yes. Get comfortable. But anyway, so my father moved down here. My uncle worked in the Palm. The Palm restaurant was Johnny Carson.
Starting point is 00:22:21 It was Larry Flint. It was Tony Danza. It was the guy who made The Exorcist. Really? William Blatty, he opened the palm. Wow. So it was all celebrities. I used to love that movie.
Starting point is 00:22:34 Yeah, oh that's my favorite movie. Yeah. Were you terrorized? Terrorized. Yeah. I would force myself to watch it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I did like, I could, like, at night I had to go in bed
Starting point is 00:22:45 with my mother, like literally as a kid. I used to sleep with the light on. That shit scared me. I don't know why I liked it, it was so scary. Yeah, cause it was so good. And you know what? It's like when it deals with the unknown and the supernatural and demons,
Starting point is 00:22:59 like I believe that shit's true. Oh yeah. And I learned like growing on all these fucking Bible studies that not only there's a God, but there is a devil and it was God's true. Oh yeah. And I learned like growing on all these fucking Bible studies that not only there's a God, but there is a devil and it was God's angel and he went against God. Yeah. So basically when that little girl, it's like when she was possessed, Reagan, and it wasn't, it wasn't a demon. It was the devil himself that possessed her and he really fucked her up. Right? Yeah. And she was shoving crosses up her cunt and everything.
Starting point is 00:23:27 I was eight years old when that movie came out. So my father and mother said, don't take Cosmo to my aunt to that movie. Joan is gonna fuck him up, you know, cause they knew I was like really, you know, and I was like empath. Like I would absorb everything like a sponge as a kid. So anyway, saw the exorcist, didn't sleep for a year.
Starting point is 00:23:48 Okay. I think my mother beat my aunt up for taking me. And, but the best movie ever. Like you could have Freddy Krueger, you could have anything, but that movie is the most horrifying movie I've ever seen. I agree.
Starting point is 00:24:03 It's one of the scariest I've ever seen too. And there was no CGI. There was all, it was all real, like they made that all by hands. Like it was all, yeah. There was no like AI, you know what I mean? Like they really just did. You got to see, there's a documentary
Starting point is 00:24:19 on the making of that movie. And how fire started. And it was like all this shit happened. All this demonic shit happened when they were making the movie. Okay. And now fire started and it was like all this shit happened. All this demonic shit happened when they were making the movie. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. I believe all that stuff. Yeah. There's a haunted museum in Vegas. I go to Zach Bagans haunted museum. Oh really? Yeah. There's a yeah it's scary. I gotta check it out. You're in. Should I ever go to the Cecil hotel? No, is that haunted? Oh my God. We have to hang out. I promise I'll be good. Well, maybe a little creepy.
Starting point is 00:24:48 Is that haunted? So there's a seesaw hotel downtown. Do you remember when the girl came from Canada to go visit? Canada? When was this? This was like 10 years ago. So basically they made one side of the building like all homeless guys
Starting point is 00:25:04 that lived there since the war. But then they tried to make the new one gentrified and like really cool, but there was only one elevator. So all the tourists that come to stay there will go to the elevator like with these homeless people, you know what I mean, they lived there for years, right? So basically, long story short, this girl came from Canada and she's in the Cecil Hotel,
Starting point is 00:25:27 Asian girl, she came here to visit LA and all of a sudden she's missing. So a month goes by, month and a half goes by. So people are in the Cecil Hotel and they complaining about the water that it tastes like shit. It tastes like feces. So they did a little investigation.
Starting point is 00:25:46 So they had the water tank on top of the Cecil. It's very haunted. When you pass by now, I'm gonna tell you the story. They have it on Netflix too, Cecil Hotel. There's the water vat of the building on the roof and it has 700 rooms, that building. So the janitor went up to the water that and said, why does the water smell the pigeon shitting in the water?
Starting point is 00:26:14 They found her body in the water that. Then you'll see her. If you watch Netflix, we're going to have a movie night. Yeah. You and Eugenia. I got a theater at the crib. Is that cool? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:26:23 Oh, whoa. I would love that. I, Gina. I got a theater at the crib. Is that cool? Yeah. Oh, whoa. I would love that. I love movies. Nice little love sack. And creepy. Love shack, and the love shack. Okay, we could just like cuddle a little bit. I'll behave a little bit.
Starting point is 00:26:36 So anyway, they found her in the water bat. Then they played back the tapes of how is she missing? So literally she's running from, there's nobody chasing her, but she's running from, there's nobody chasing her, but she's running from a spirit. And you see her in the elevator and she's like scared, like running from the, but there's nobody there.
Starting point is 00:26:55 It's just a fucking evil spirit. Whoa. So this hotel, we found out that Richard Ramirez, the serial killer, lived there. Damn. The guy, all these murders lived there all these years, and it was very suicidal people
Starting point is 00:27:13 jumping out the windows years ago. So now it's haunted. Now this girl, so they finally closed it down after they found her. But my friend was staying in that hotel, and she was drinking the water. Oh. Yes.
Starting point is 00:27:27 And I would go in there and party. Oh my God. Because it's downtown LA, right? So that's where I got my drugs. So I would party there. But horrific, the Cecil Hotel. And now it's closed, but you can actually, there's a guy that crossed the street
Starting point is 00:27:41 that's been doing a podcast that lives across the street and you can see shadows at night. It's great. Yeah, it's still very haunted. Holy crap. I'm surprised you don't know about this, but you know, mother's here and school is open, baby. But yeah, horrific, horrific, horrific.
Starting point is 00:28:00 Yeah, it's nuts. So watch that documentary. I will. Have you ever seen a ghost before? You know, I do believe. Do you believe? Yeah, that's nuts. So watch that documentary. I will. Have you ever seen a ghost before? You know, I do believe. Do you believe? Yeah, 100%. I do. I remember I grew up in Harlem and I grew up in a brownstone that's built in like the
Starting point is 00:28:16 1600s in New York City. And my grandmother lived there. I never forget she paid like $39 rent when I was a kid. Wow. And it was three floors, bright stone. It was beautiful. It was all marble. Those buildings are gorgeous in New York. Now they so familiar.
Starting point is 00:28:33 But I remember there was a ghost. My grandfather would say that's a ghost. He was an alcoholic, but he lived on the third. The third level was his bedroom. And I remember waking up in the middle of the night and literally seeing this ghost. She was a lady, you know? And I didn't get creepy feelings from her,
Starting point is 00:28:54 but I remember if it was a dream or whatever, but I remember her pulling my aunt's hair when she was sleeping, like really pulling her hair like angry. And then, uh, yeah, I believe it was haunted. I totally believe in a ghost. I do too. Yeah. I think they can enter your dreams too.
Starting point is 00:29:12 Yeah. And the supernatural, like all this demonic shit. So sure. You've seen some demons in LA. Well, you know, Los Angeles, right? Yeah. Los Angeles. Wow. I never thought of a dollar and downtown LA, you know, at Los Angeles, right? Yeah. Los Angeles. Wow, I never thought of a dollar. And downtown away, you know,
Starting point is 00:29:29 I would hang out with these people and they would be like, look, there's a shape-shifter over there. This guy's got six fingers, you know, and you're all high and shit. You're like, you don't know what's live or what's, okay, you know what I mean? You don't know what's really happening. But yes, it's very, I see demonic.
Starting point is 00:29:44 I see it now in the streets when people are like contorted and they're doing drugs. It's not only the drugs. I think that drug addiction is a demonic assignment. They say you're more vulnerable when you're in that state of mind, you know, to position. Yeah. Yeah. As a matter of fact, I have a sponsor, you know, um, her name is Ansley, you know, and
Starting point is 00:30:07 she's like Christian and she got me sober. Yeah. She's so empathic and she's also a life coach and she does exorcisms. Damn. So anyway, I have a friend that, um, he wouldn't get sober. He couldn't get sober like me, but he was on crystal meth, and crystal is hard to kick. It's worse than crack. Because crack is like kind of natural.
Starting point is 00:30:29 So three days it's out of your system. Crystal is all chemicals. It's all manmade. So that stays in your system for a very long time. That makes sense. So the detox is longer. And I'm trying to get my friend sober, and he's talented, and he's older like me.
Starting point is 00:30:46 And I'm like, girl, it's time. You're going to get a heart attack. You know what I mean? Like, please get sober. So I took him to my spouse and you got to meet my sponsor. So she put him in the chair and she's literally praying over him. And she talks in tongues too.
Starting point is 00:31:01 Really like effective too. She got me sober. So, you know know I knew the fucking exorcism. So anyway, he's in the chair. I gotta see things to believe them though. I really gotta see for me to believe, you know what I mean? So she's literally talking in tongues and praying over him. But I see her talking to the spirit,
Starting point is 00:31:22 she's going, shaka, shaka, shaka, shaka. She's literally like fist fighting the spirit, like with her eyes closed. And I'm like, oh my God. Like this is really happening in my fucking living room. You know, I believe that she's powerful, you know, and anointed. And then all of a sudden I see him,
Starting point is 00:31:42 and this is me sober, stone cold sober, maybe on a cup of coffee and a cigarette. And I'm looking at him and he turns, Lily turns black. I literally see the demon, like leave his body. I should have filmed it. I was like, I should have fucking filmed it. And she's fucking fist fighting the demon.
Starting point is 00:32:03 Get away, she'll be talking in tongues or whatever. And the demon left. And I might cry again, but I'm not going to, but he got sober that day. Holy crap. He got sober and I think he's still sober. Now he's like drinking, but off the crystal meth and, uh, he's a hairdresser, he's in Miami, he's thriving. And I believe that day she did that exorcism and it worked. Wow. You know?
Starting point is 00:32:33 Cause sometimes I'm like, it's all bullshit, you know, in my mind, you know? But it's some real shit. It makes me wonder, cause my dad has some issues, you know? He was an alcoholic and a drug addict. I would walk in his room some days, he'd be yelling at the wall. Makes me wonder if he had a demon in him. Yeah, it's, it's a gene.
Starting point is 00:32:48 I think it's a demonic assignment. Wow. I really do. I think you open a board hole when you're that vulnerable because alcoholism is a disease, right? There's no cure for it. You know, you go to meetings, it's like getting chemotherapy, but it does run in the family, you know, but it's skipped my, it's skipped my sister, my little sister.
Starting point is 00:33:09 Thank God. But she has the ism because as we all, we were all drinking and we all did something. She didn't do any of that. So she had experienced all of it sober. So that's why she has no nails. Oh, shit. You know what I mean? Cause imagine being in a family with all alcoholics.
Starting point is 00:33:30 Like, how did you feel? Like what's your dad? It was tough. Yeah. It was tough. Did he get sober? Kind of. He like transitioned into mushrooms later on and nicotine.
Starting point is 00:33:41 If that's sober for some people. Okay. Yeah. Well, it's progress. Right. It's not perfect. I just say it's better than horse tranquilizers and Xanax and stuff. And talking to the wall. Yeah. Screaming at the wall.
Starting point is 00:33:50 And I'm walking in that as a kid. Yeah. It was wild. And, um, do you think you have the, the addict gene? I have an addictive personality, but I could channel it. Yeah. Yeah. So it's right now it's manageable.
Starting point is 00:34:03 Right now. Yeah. I'm channeling it in the right direction with the podcast and stuff. Yeah. Good for it. Yeah. Yeah. So it's right now it's manageable. Right now. Yeah. I'm channeling it in the, in the right direction with the podcasts and stuff. Yeah. Good for you. Yeah. But I've had like a weed phase. I've had an alcohol phase, but when I, when I was younger. Yeah. Like when you're partied, you have to like, like say,
Starting point is 00:34:15 there was some, some cocaine going around. I didn't do cocaine. Oh, you didn't? Good for you. You save yourself years of terror. I was more psychedelic. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Liker. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Cause I'm an Aquarius more psychedelic. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like her.
Starting point is 00:34:26 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cause I'm an Aquarius. So I like thinking. Oh, happy birthday. This is your month. Yeah. Yeah. So there's so many Aquarius birthdays around me right now.
Starting point is 00:34:34 Oh yeah. I love Aquarius. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They're amazing people. What's your sign? I'm a Scorpio. Scorpio. I know a few Scorpio.
Starting point is 00:34:42 Yeah. So pretty hardcore. We get a bad rap. Do you? Like we'll take your husband or your wife. Really? But we'll bring her back. Okay. Because we're loyal. We are loyal.
Starting point is 00:34:50 Like I have friends, the friends I have now, I have for a very long time. Nice. Like, you know, I may like be, cut you with my mouth. I'm like Archie Bunker, no filter. But then the next day I'm like, I'm sorry. You know what I mean? Like I like, I'm sorry.
Starting point is 00:35:05 You know what I mean? Like, I like to make amends. Especially now that you're sober, you have to make amends. I don't want any enemies. It's required, no enemies. I don't like living like that, you know? Right, right, right.
Starting point is 00:35:17 Watching it back. Yeah, exactly. Who wants to live like, looking over your shoulders? Yeah. So what about your mom? I don't want to get nosy, but did your mom like make everything okay? Did she save the day or? Um, well, they got divorced.
Starting point is 00:35:30 I was 10. Okay. It was a single parent household. So that was interesting. And, uh, she tried her best, but raising a kid by yourself as a mother, I think that's tough. You never get that father figure. Yeah. It's really hard to replace that, you know?
Starting point is 00:35:45 Yeah, yeah, yeah. So what did you do though? Like, you know? I've spent a lot of time by myself, man, to be honest. I was pretty lonely. I was an only child and got addicted to video games. Yeah, it was a lonely childhood to be honest. Yeah, I struggled.
Starting point is 00:36:00 But look at you now though. Now I'm podcasting. God lives on the corner, baby. It really does. I think so. I'm so glad because I know this life of, I've seen it, it's in my household. You know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:36:13 And it affected my older brother who never had a drink in his life and my younger sister. We really fucked them up. Damn. You know what I mean? Because they saw what was going on and at least we could have smoked a joint. I could have had a drink. You know what I mean? Because they saw what was going on and at least we could have smoked a joint. I could have had a drink, you know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:36:27 But they had to go through it sober and like see the fights and me coming home late and like, you know, robbing my mother's purse and go, where's the money? I need more, you know? And it's like, they went through all that. So I tell them go to Al-Anon because it's for people who grew up with drug addicts and alcoholics
Starting point is 00:36:48 and your life and then it teaches you how to deal with it when you get older, you know, or children of there's a program for everything these days. So, but they don't want to go, they're setting their ways, you know, said Al-Anon, it's called Al-Anon, Al-Anon. I've been heard of those. You grew up with like an alcoholic parent, or there's also children survivors of alcoholics, there's all this out there, you know, just in case shit might get shitty for you. You know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:37:18 That's good to know. In LA, there's so many meanings for everything. Like sex, you know. Oh, there's a sex one? Sex and love anonymous. Did you go to that one? I went to that one. I was joking when I asked that.
Starting point is 00:37:31 No, I had to go, that was a big one. You know, because sex is before drugs. Sex is before drugs. You know, like you start masturbating. Oh, okay. Fantasy and all that. So that kind of like. So you were addicted to that?
Starting point is 00:37:45 Oh yeah. Everything I do, I'm addicted to. Now it's food. See, I got sober, but it bounces around. So it was sex, it was drugs, it was alcohol, it was pot. And then it was food, because I grew up with food being so loving. Like, let's eat at five o'clock,
Starting point is 00:38:03 so what, everybody's killing themselves. Let's have a nice meal. So it was, when you're Italian, any nationality, you know, it was like love through food. You know, we just cook and my mother cook and eat this and boss, I have a meatball, shut the fuck up. You know what I mean? So, but then later on, it becomes a problem
Starting point is 00:38:23 because now it's like, since pandemic, I haven't been able to lose the weight cause I go to food, you know? So now I'm on a food program. Oh, is that big? No, I tried to something. Oh, you did. You don't like it. I had to get rushed to the hospital. Oh, you know, all those horrors you hear about happening to me. Oh my gosh. So I had to get rushed to the hospital of fucking osempic. You know all those horrors you hear about it. Yeah, that happen to you? That happen to me. Oh my gosh.
Starting point is 00:38:45 So I had to get rushed to the hospital, I'm fucking ozempic, I thought the bitch was gonna be skinty. And my doctor's like, get him off of that. So I asked him why that happened to me. He goes, well, some people have really bad side effects. And I talked to people that have side effects and they're like, yeah, we get the side effects,
Starting point is 00:39:03 but mine's were really bad. Geez. So I have to people that have side effects and they're like, yeah, we get the side effects, but mine's were really bad. So I have to like do it naturally. So I got me a nutritionist and he's like, the only way you're gonna lose it healthy Cosmo is like, you're gonna start eating like real food and like, you know, don't get, don't buy olive oil and plastic. Like you have to buy real olive oil, you know?
Starting point is 00:39:24 And he's teaching me how to eat healthy. But the good thing is that you can eat five times a day, but you can have all the steak you want, but you have to eat healthy. So you're constantly learning. Yeah, I love me some good food. Yeah. Food is really important to me.
Starting point is 00:39:39 Yeah. What's your favorite food? Talian's up there, I'll say that, but it's a little too heavy to eat daily. Cause all the carbs you get fat if you eat too much. Yeah. You seem like you have good genetic blessed genetics. You could probably eat a hamburger.
Starting point is 00:39:55 Yeah. So my resting metabolic rate, which is how many calories I'm learning. Oh, do you know what yours is? No, I'm going to go right now. The nutritionist guy just recently happens. Yeah. I met this guy in the program and he goes, I'm going to go right now. The nutritionist guy just recently happens. I met this guy in the program and he goes, I'm going to help you. So you got to test your metabolic weight, get weighed.
Starting point is 00:40:12 And I haven't weighed myself for a while because I'm trying to avoid the issue. But then it's like, can't avoid it anymore. So anyway, so you know about that stuff. So yeah, basically if I sat down all day and did nothing, I would burn 3000 calories a day. That's your resting metabolic rate. Okay.
Starting point is 00:40:30 Which is really high. Right. So basically I have to eat like, cause I'm active, I have to eat like 4000, 5000 calories a day. So I don't lose weight. So I have the opposite issue as you. Right, right. I struggle to gain weight.
Starting point is 00:40:41 So you have to eat, so you eat, what do you eat like? A lot of protein, no, barely any carbs. Carbs is how you gain weight. Right you have to eat, so you eat, what do you eat? Like a lot of protein. No, barely any carbs. Carbs is how you gain weight. Right, right, right, right, right. Okay. Cause you get bloated. Right, exactly.
Starting point is 00:40:53 Yeah. So I'll eat a little carbs, but nothing crazy. Okay, okay. So I'm learning about all that now. Yeah. And then he's telling me like the food and drug administration, like he wanted you to stay, they wanted you to stay away from certain foods
Starting point is 00:41:04 for so many years. But we find out like steak is good for you. You could have steak. You could actually have real butter. Real butter. Yeah. What? Yeah. They taught us growing up butter was bad for you. Yeah. I remember that. Right. That's the food and drug administration. Cause they want everybody in the hospital.
Starting point is 00:41:24 So anyway, I'm learning that it is good and, uh, that's great. Yeah. I'm glad you're doing that. I would never listen to the FDA on food advice. Yeah. What's your favorite food though? I like a little bit of everything. You know, I love Puerto Rican food, you know, from New York.
Starting point is 00:41:40 Yeah. Uh, basically there's a good restaurant in North Hollywood. It's called Mumfungo and like, there's not a lot of Puerto Ricans out here. Really. It's not a big food. I love Mexican food, but Puerto Rican food is good. Did you ever try it? You'll love it. Is it a repos or is that Mexican? It's not spicy, but they have plantanos, rice. Do you eat pork? If it's high quality? Yeah. I heard pork is really bad. I heard it's terrible. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:42:07 Because they don't have sweat glands. I only eat the acorn fed one. Okay. Yeah. Where do you find that? Um, rarely. It's on certain menus, but yeah, it's hard to find. Could you like buy it in the supermarket? Probably not the supermarket, but maybe online. Okay. Yeah. Cause I love pork. I think it's called Iberico pork. Oh really? Does it taste the same as pork pork? Tastes better. Oh online. Okay. Yeah. Cause I love pork. I think it's called Iberico pork.
Starting point is 00:42:25 Oh really? Does it taste the same as pork pork? Tastes better. Oh really? Okay. You're trying to be a hook of me. You're a hook of the queen of. Cause she likes her pork sausage. I love sausage. Italian sausage. Yeah. Yeah. That's just good. Oh yeah. I can send you over a plate.
Starting point is 00:42:42 Cause literally like, you can walk out of this building. I'm like literally five minutes away at Melrose. So come over, I'll bring some food. Sure. Do a little intermission. Yeah. But I love food, but now I'm learning to eat healthy. So it's never too late, right?
Starting point is 00:42:57 Never too late. Well, you're a sweetheart. Are you seeing anybody? Are you? About to get married. Congratulations. We're eight years in thought I'd get married. Congratulations. We're eight years in, getting married this year. Wow.
Starting point is 00:43:09 Yeah. And where did you guys meet? We met in Jersey. Grew up in Jersey. Jersey? Yeah. See, I always tell Eugenia, I'm like, if you want to find a man in LA,
Starting point is 00:43:20 kind of they want to hit it and quit it. But if you go back to New York, you go to Jersey places like that, they kind of believe in like marriage. They have more old fashioned values. Am I right or wrong? I think so, yeah, the East Coast is about families. Yeah. So that's funny you said that LA just got voted
Starting point is 00:43:39 the worst dating city in America. Cause you know what, it really is. It's like now you see them, now you don't, you know? Yeah. And then with all those hot trannies on the internet, you don't have a chance. Sorry. I'm sure you've been offered to start an only fans. Well, I have my persona.
Starting point is 00:43:57 Her name is Ginger. So I would go to the tranny club. Yeah. You know, you'll go to a tranny club in LA. No, but my friend manages a bunch of trannies. Okay. They crush it on OnlyFans. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:44:09 They kill it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I don't know because what do you think the queen of Melrose on OnlyFans? You would do six figures a month easy. Well, would I have to be sexual or could I just do like stockings and do fetish? You wouldn't make as much if you did that
Starting point is 00:44:24 but you could probably still make a decent amount doing that. Really? Yeah. Okay. I don't know. You know what I mean? Cause it's like, I'm always like private when it comes to my sex life, but I can give a hell of a lap dance. Okay. You just do lap dance only fan stuff. Maybe. Yeah. I wonder if that was, I'm good in fish nets. I have great legs, you know, maybe do something with food. Yeah. You know, but I don't think I should just like air my vagina out yet. Yes.
Starting point is 00:44:55 But thank you for the, all right, girl. Thanks for the six figures. Yeah. Once you go, once you go down that route, it's, it's tough. But it's nice to know Yeah, yeah, yeah. But it's nice to know the Queen can make six figures, you know what I mean? Yeah. Well, I mean... A lot of my clients are on OnlyFans. I bet.
Starting point is 00:45:15 One has five kids. Damn. She's hot as fuck. She works out like a fucking fiend, and she's on there with her husband. Okay. You know? But now she's doing girl on girl, blah, blah, blah. Yeah. So I was like, show me.
Starting point is 00:45:30 And when I see it, I'm like, whoa, dude. Like it's like straight up triple X. Oh yeah. You know, which I'm not opposed to. Well, you know, when you see somebody in a different light and then you see them like, this bitch is, her pussy's wide open. you know what I mean? And then another fan came to me the other day, he goes, you know, I'm on OnlyFans,
Starting point is 00:45:52 and I'm talking to him, he's a client, whatever, he's a fan, he goes, Queen of my roads, I love you, he goes, just look at my OnlyFans. Dude, he was just like shoving things up his asshole, I don't know, it was like, whoa Whoa dude, like, oh shit, you know? So maybe I would do, but like a happy medium. Yeah, you could figure out your middle ground. Right, because I'm not a Jehovah's witness anymore, right?
Starting point is 00:46:16 That's a big change. Would you do it? No, no, no, no. I know Adam 22 did it with his wife. Did you see that? No. He let his wife get banged by someone else. Oh really?
Starting point is 00:46:30 Yeah. Who's Adam 22? He's a podcaster in LA. Okay. Yeah. I mean, two each his own. You know, if it works for you and you guys are making the money you say they're making,
Starting point is 00:46:38 the lady that came in my store, I don't believe she's making the money she says she's making. You know what I mean? But you can make a lot of money. You can make a lot. Yeah. But whenever someone throws out numbers, you know, it's slightly exaggerated. Yeah. But I have seen six figures a month for people. Yeah, I believe it.
Starting point is 00:46:55 Yeah, it's not. And there's a lot of celebrities on there too, right? Yeah. I think Cardi B. Showing their dicks. Tyga. Tyga showing his dick. Got a picture? No. He's probably packing.
Starting point is 00:47:07 I'll probably rub one out right here. He's like, Hasbro, what are you doing? Let's make money off of it. Come on, go viral. Yeah, so I would do something literally happy medium. Yeah, we'll talk. I would, girls, like something sexy. We'll talk, we'll do coffee.
Starting point is 00:47:24 We're gonna do coffee, come by the store with your girlfriend We're gonna talk. Sounds good. You will love the store by the way. Yeah, I'm gonna check it out Do you got two stores in LA? You got a store? I had three stores. I had shoe whore it was a shoe store that I opened up and the Instagram said we fuck for shoes and it's called shoe whore and It just never But I didn't have the time for it because three stores is a lot. You know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:47:50 Two stores are like monsters. You know what I mean? One is Glam Squad, the original store. It's very, very busy. It's the rock and roll store. It's very fucking cool. Leather jackets and stuff like that, that you would love. And then the other store is more like Burning Man, like opulent, more expensive, you know?
Starting point is 00:48:07 So handling those two stores is a lot and trying to keep them open after COVID, you know? Right. But Area 15, they're my clients. So they own like half of New York, these people. Yeah, I was just there last week. Yeah. So you went to Area 15?
Starting point is 00:48:23 Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So the owners are. So you went to area 15. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So the owners are great and they go to Burning Man every year. So I dress them every year, but I didn't know who they were. I didn't know if they were area 15. I didn't know if they worked at McDonough. I don't know, but I just give it my all. So I would dress them all.
Starting point is 00:48:39 And basically I find out years later that they own area 15, they call me up and they want the Queen of Murrows involved. So what I did was I make a whole clothing line for Burning Man, right? So I designed some stuff, this, that beautiful, beautiful stuff. So they bought the whole entire line. Bonnie was no object.
Starting point is 00:49:03 And so now they're selling my stuff in area 15, you know? So it was just another opportunity. The owners are great. They still go to Burning Man every year, you know, they're, um, uh, they're loyal, you know, and they just stick with Burning Man and stuff like that. So it's people like that. And, uh, yeah. So And yeah, so next time you go to Area 15, pick up a garment and it should say Cosmo. Wow. Yeah, the store right when you walk in, right?
Starting point is 00:49:33 In the middle? Yeah, yeah, the middle. Yeah, I've seen that one. That's awesome, small world. But it's cool in there. Did you go in the rooms, like all the psychedelic rooms? I went in everything. That's thoughts, a trip.
Starting point is 00:49:42 I go there at least once a year, man. It's a fun time. So if you like that, I think you're gonna love Burning Man. I would trip. I go there at least once a year, man. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's a fun time. So if you like that, I think you're going to love Burning Man. I want to go to Burning Man. Yeah. Yeah. I've never been to a Burning Man. I actually want to go there and like do interviews because I feel like it'd be viral. Oh yeah.
Starting point is 00:49:54 Talking to people there. Oh yeah. I don't know if they don't have service there though, right? I don't think so. Okay. It's all like no corporate, no wire, no money exchange at all. It's all like they give each other like you trade like weed. Oh, it exchange at all. It's all like they're giving each other, like you trade like weed.
Starting point is 00:50:08 Oh, it's bartering. It's bartering. Oh, that's cool. That's how it used to be back in the day. Yes, that's where it all came from. So that's why at the end they burned that man. That big wooden man they built, they burned it. It's like burning the corporate veil.
Starting point is 00:50:25 And just live it like we lived years ago, you know, and it's, you know, sex, drugs and granola. Yeah. Sex, drugs and granola. But a few years ago, the guy ran into the fire. Did you hear about that? Yeah, what was that? So I think he had a little too much sex, drugs and granola.
Starting point is 00:50:42 Damn. And he wound up running into the fire when they burnt the man. He was like, wow. And he ran right into the fucking fire. So anyway, that's what happened. But, um, it's still going on, but it's kind of getting less and less now. Like, you know what I mean? Like, you know how some stuff just fizzles fizzles out. So I would get like customers and be like, wow, like that month of Burning Man, I would just make so much money.
Starting point is 00:51:10 It would keep me open for the whole year, but now it's kind of going since COVID, it's not the same. Well, well, that's all music festivals. They're all hurting right now. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:51:21 Since COVID, like nothing's the same, right? Tough business. Unless you're doing what you do, podcast. Yeah. Mark Starf. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. was moved to LA. And the second one was my Christmas song, have yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Did you hear it? Not yet. You gotta hear it. So good. Basically, and then I just did a song. So the producer of Drag the Musical, it's on Broadway. It's called Drag the Musical. You ever hear of it?
Starting point is 00:52:02 No. Anyway, she DM me. She goes, I am obsessed with you. I'm Italian from New York, you're Italian. Let's do a song called Italian Men. So we just did the video yesterday. It's a really good song. So it's on Spotify, the Queen's on Spotify, right? So here it is a year and a half ago,
Starting point is 00:52:21 I was gonna retire and go to Palm Springs, right? Now I started off trying to sell a dress and now I'm making music. It's crazy. So anyway, we did the video yesterday. I had two mob guys in the video, like I said, and then I, you know, an Italian restaurant in North Hollywood. I'm called a North end pizza. She got the best pizza.
Starting point is 00:52:41 Like pizza. I love pizza. North end pizza. It's on McNolia and Burbank. Okay. Good to know. So anyway, do the best pizza. Like pizza? I love pizza. North End Pizza. It's on McNolia and Burbank. Okay. Good to know. So anyway, do the video there. And yeah, I got this song out called Italian Men.
Starting point is 00:52:51 Yeah. Check it out. We'll link it below. Cause it'll probably be out by the time this airs. Yes. And then we have another one we're working on. It's called My Kind. What a name.
Starting point is 00:53:00 It's very interesting. What a name. How are you going to film that one? I'm still, it's still up in the air. What a name. That's very interesting. What a name. How are you going to film that one? I'm still, it's still up in the air. If you have any suggestions, let the queen know. Gotta keep it. I have a rapper from only fans on it. It's really good. And it's called my cunt is killing me. Because my mother growing up like in an Italian household, I'll be like, ma, where's my keys? She's like, if it was up my cunt, you know where they were.
Starting point is 00:53:27 You know, it was like a common word, up my cunt. So, and she would be like, my cunt is killing me today. Leave me alone. So I took that and I said, can we make a song out of it? So the producer of drag goes, let's do a cut with Queen of Marrows. So we just did Italian Men, which is, you're going to like it. It's a bop. And then next week we're doing my cunt. I love it. So that was awesome. Where can
Starting point is 00:53:53 people find you? So you can find me on Melrose in the boutiques. Okay. So I'm at Cosmos Glam Squad and there's also Cosmo and Donato. That's the label, the clothing label. Okay, those are both on Melrose. And then our website is Queen of Melrose. And that's where we have our merch and you can buy our t-shirts. We have fashion, jewelry. So go to Queen of Melrose. And we also started a Patreon.
Starting point is 00:54:21 So come check out the Queen. We'll link it all below. Check them out, Queen. We'll link it all below. Check them out. Peace. Yes.

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