Digital Social Hour - Social Media Marketing: Leveraging Makeup Artists vs Influencers | Princess Love DSH #917

Episode Date: November 24, 2024

Discover the game-changing difference between working with makeup artists vs influencers in social media marketing! 🎯 Princess Love shares her success secrets with her cosmetics brand Prella, revea...ling why professional makeup artists can be more valuable than traditional influencers for beauty brands. Get an insider's perspective on building authentic brand partnerships and leveraging industry connections. Princess opens up about her entrepreneurial journey from fashion design to cosmetics, and why she chose to focus on makeup artists rather than typical influencer marketing strategies. This candid conversation covers everything from business strategy to reality TV insights, including Princess's experiences on Love & Hip Hop, her approach to social media, and her exciting ventures in the beauty industry. Learn how she built her successful cosmetics line and why she believes in letting quality products speak for themselves. Perfect for entrepreneurs, beauty industry professionals, and anyone interested in authentic marketing strategies that actually work. Princess shares valuable lessons about building genuine connections and why sometimes the obvious marketing choice isn't always the best one. 💄✨ #leadgeneration #facebookads #emailmarketing #socialmediamanagement #influencermarketing CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:33 - Princess Love 03:20 - Acting Career 06:43 - Love & Hip Hop Miami Insights 07:45 - Modeling Journey 09:33 - Acne Struggles and Solutions 13:57 - Makeup Brand Update 15:02 - Pet Ownership 19:57 - TikTok Usage 22:30 - Moving Out of LA 23:50 - Parenthood and Kids 24:57 - Outro APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: jenna@digitalsocialhour.com GUEST: Princess Love https://www.instagram.com/princesslove/ 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:01:10 I'm not, I'm not a gambler. I learned about poker and then I came to Vegas like two weeks later. I literally like walked in front of like the poker room like a hundred times. Like I was so nervous to sit down and play. I played and I just, I fell in love with it by April of 2023. I won my first tournament All right guys princess loves here today, we're at the celebrity poker tournament you've won it previously and I think you win again tomorrow I don't know. See what happens. You know, you have to run good. I Feel like this is a fun event.
Starting point is 00:01:50 I already won one, so I'm just going to have fun, you know? Yeah. And, um, no, probably gonna bluff everybody. You're a killer on the table. It's impressive. Have you been playing for a while? No. So, uh, I've been playing for like two years now. Oh, not that long.
Starting point is 00:02:03 Yeah. Not that long. How'd you get so good so quick, you think? I've studied a lot. I was like, I learned how to play and then I just was obsessed with it because I'm competitive and I'm not a gambler. So I learned about poker
Starting point is 00:02:24 and then I came to Vegas like two weeks later, I literally like walked in front of like the poker room like a hundred times. Like I was so nervous to sit down and play. And then- I get nervous as walking by seeing like 50 people. Yeah. You know, it's not the brightest setting to just pull up
Starting point is 00:02:41 and sit down. And then it's like, it's, you know, mostly all men and you know, they know what they're doing, I don't, but I played and I just, I fell in love with it. That was in November of 2022. By April of 2023, I won my first tournament. Damn. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:03:02 You're a quick learner. Yeah, I am. Have you been like that in other aspects of life do you think? Yeah. Yeah, it's like. You just pick up stuff fast. If I'm into it,
Starting point is 00:03:11 then I put all my focus into that until I master it. Right, and you're doing that with cooking now, right? Yeah, yeah. I love to cook. I love to eat. What's your best dish to make? Signature dish. I don't know what changes because when I'm like,
Starting point is 00:03:26 when I cook something that I like, I keep cooking it until I'm tired of it. So right now it's Caribbean oxtails with chicken stew and rice and peas. Oh, I love oxtail. It's just annoying to kind of like cook, but I love oxtail. And I have, I have mastered hibachi and the fried rice. Really?
Starting point is 00:03:47 Yes, better than any restaurant. Whoa. So the hibachi out here sucks. Yeah, I don't even order it anymore, I have to cook it. No, it literally sucks out here. Cause I'm from Jersey where it's decent, but. But you know what? I have, and you should write this down.
Starting point is 00:04:00 Yeah. You have to tell them when they make it, you have to tell them extra soy sauce, extra garlic butter. Taking notes. Yeah. You have to tell them when they make it, you have to tell them extra soy sauce, extra garlic butter. Taking notes. Yeah. And in the rice, you have to tell them extra soy sauce, extra eggs, extra garlic butter.
Starting point is 00:04:13 And that, that, yeah, that makes the flavors so much better. I'm sending this to my chef when I get home. Wow. Good to know. You might have to pull up in a hibachi truck to the next event and start cooking for everyone. That'd be fun. Any shows or movies coming up?
Starting point is 00:04:30 Love of Hip Hop Miami. I've been on that for a few years. Just did a movie called Deadly Getaway. That just came out recently. I have two more movies coming out. One called Camp Joy with Vivica Fox and I did one more but it's like you know you you you film them like and they don't come out for like three years later. Oh, it takes that long. Yeah. Holy crap.
Starting point is 00:05:06 So yeah, you forget who you're even with. Yeah, I forget what the movie's called. I wonder why, is it the editing that just takes so long, you think? Yeah, yeah. Because Camp Joy, I think, was supposed to come out in theaters and then COVID hit. Oh, so you filmed that before COVID?
Starting point is 00:05:20 Yeah. It's like four years. Yeah. Holy crap. Yeah. Is acting the main- And then there was a writer's strike. So that affected it. But yeah, Deadly Getaway is out right now.
Starting point is 00:05:34 Okay, I'll check that one out. Is acting the main focus for you right now? No, it's not. It's just, I love acting. I always wanted to act because I started out in reality television. So after I got comfortable like in front of the camera, I took acting lessons and I'm like, let me do this professionally, right? Because in reality, I'm acting like myself. I would rather
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Starting point is 00:06:43 In life, interact. Let's go faster forward together in life interact Like becoming a character, you know So yeah, it's fun. I would I would still do acting but I wouldn't say it's my passion. Okay Yeah, do you like reality better reality TV? No, I don't. Oh, really? No, I don't how come um I feel like I'm just too real for reality television, you know These girls try to Come up with like storylines and oh try to go to dinner after like no i'm taking this very personally You know like if you're gonna try and fight with me on camera, then we're not going to dinner after We're not friends, right?
Starting point is 00:07:21 you know, so Yeah, so people take it a little too far, I guess, for a show. Yeah, and I feel like sometimes I'm a target because I've been on there longer than a lot of people. So the new girls maybe try to establish themselves. I could see that. So, you know, I just don't have time for the drama.
Starting point is 00:07:43 Not real drama anyway. I would rather act in a movie and have that type of drama. Yeah. So are the cameramen just following you around all day? No, actually, you have a schedule and then you do hair and makeup and then you get about two hours to film whatever scenes you're gonna film.
Starting point is 00:08:04 Sometimes it can like go over, but yeah, you get about about two hours to film whatever scenes you're gonna film. Sometimes it can like go over. But yeah, you get about like two hours to film. So it's like they have to get what they need to get in that two hours. Oh, okay. So it's not too invasive. No, no, no. Okay, cause I see the, my girl watches the Kardashian show
Starting point is 00:08:18 and it seems like they just- Well, I think maybe they might follow them around all day because it's just them. With me, it's like I'm on an ensemble cast. So there's like different people with different storylines and different lives. So they have to block out certain days for certain people. Right. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:08:33 Was that show the one that broke you out into the mainstream? Yeah. Love and hip hop? I've heard of that show. I've never seen it, but. Yeah. Is that like a huge fan base, I guess?
Starting point is 00:08:43 Yeah. Yeah. They have different franchises. They have New York, I started on Hollywood. So Hollywood, they have Miami, Atlanta. Yeah. You've gone from Hollywood to the Miami show? Yeah. Whoa.
Starting point is 00:08:56 Yeah, because they ended Hollywood, and then I, well, Ray and I I we moved to Miami so we did doing Miami. Okay. What were you doing before the shows? I was oh before I was on TV. Yeah, I was a fashion designer. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. So you had like celebrity clients and you were designing? No, no, no, no. I was like I made clothes and I sold them and I had a brand. Yeah. Okay. So you're an entrepreneur. Yeah. Nice.
Starting point is 00:09:25 Yeah, I was in fashion design school. Yeah. That sounds like a tough space to penetrate. No, I love fashion. So, you know, I actually wanna get back into it. Yeah, do like a kid's line. Yeah. Have you ever walked out of Fashion Week, New York?
Starting point is 00:09:42 No. Would you? Not right now. Okay. I feel like I need to like get in shape a little bit more, maybe. It sounds like a bucket list thing. Those girls are tiny.
Starting point is 00:09:53 Yeah. And tall. The industry's changing that space. You need to be skinny, tall. Yeah, you gotta be like, yeah. It doesn't look, I'm not trying to be mean, but it doesn't look entirely healthy with some of them. You know? I can see, yeah. It doesn't look, I'm not trying to be mean, but it doesn't look entirely healthy with some of them.
Starting point is 00:10:09 I can see, yeah. I mean, I feel like lately, the standard has kind of changed with beauty, you know what I mean? Not like how back in the days, like in the 90s when they're, you know, I feel like women are a little bit more voluptuous now. But yeah, I've never really been into the whole modeling thing.
Starting point is 00:10:30 Right, you never wanted to just become a model? No, I tried it and I didn't like it. How come? I just don't like taking pictures. That's surprising. Yeah, I'll take pictures because I have to take pictures for my brands. And my photographer will come over
Starting point is 00:10:45 and we'll shoot for 10 minutes. I'm like, do we get it? Okay, we're done. Do we get the shot? And we're done. Yeah. And is that a self-confidence thing? Or what do you think that is?
Starting point is 00:10:54 No, I just don't like... Posing? It's just, you know, some people love it. I don't. I'm the same way. I didn't look in a mirror for like eight years. I'm not even kidding. You can be a model though.
Starting point is 00:11:08 Nah. You can be like an Abercrombie model. You think so? Yeah. I was so self conscious about my looks growing up. You got clear skin, you're tall, you have nice hair. The Accutane helped. Yeah, that definitely helped.
Starting point is 00:11:19 You should have seen me in high school. I had pimples everywhere on my face. That's usually how it works. Yeah, did you have acne growing up? No. Really? What? You got great Yeah, did you have acne going up? No, really? What you got great genetics? Thank you. Are you part Asian? Yeah, we do. Okay. Yeah, what what Asian are you Filipino? Nice, I'm half Chinese. Okay. Yeah, that's half. These are rare. We gotta stick together. Yeah Yeah, that acne was terrible. How did you not get any I'm like super dumbfounded by that. I don't know
Starting point is 00:11:43 I haven't met many people like that. You must have a clean, like good hygiene, everything. I never wore makeup until I was like 26. Want to become up to 50% wealthier? Paying $0 in management fees with Quest Wealth Portfolios can help you get there. All you need to do is make a new deposit before December 31st, 2024 to pay $0
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Starting point is 00:12:31 Yeah. Yeah, so I didn't get my makeup done to lost 26. I remember. So do you think that kind of helped? I feel like it did but you know, I mean, I feel like if you have acne in high school, like you didn't wear makeup in high school and you still...
Starting point is 00:12:47 No, I tried. I think this just depends on the person. Yeah. No, one time I went in my mom's bathroom and put on some stuff. Did it work? No, I got called out immediately and I was embarrassed as fuck, honestly. Yeah. The things we do to hide our insecurities, right? But these days with social media, kids are ruthless. Yeah, they are.
Starting point is 00:13:07 Oh man, I feel bad for kids these days. I know, I know. I feel, I'm worried for my kids, you know? I was just having a discussion with my mother-in-law and my mother-in-law was like, I just hope they don't get bullied. I'm like, oh, that's not gonna happen. Yeah, that's inevitable No, cuz I'm last year. I was the room parent in my daughter's class room parent
Starting point is 00:13:31 Yeah, so basically the room parent is the middle person between the teacher and all of the parents. Hmm. I'm like the contact Okay I'm the one who organizes everything I send out emails and I'm just very hands-on because I want to be able to I send out emails and I'm just very hands-on because I want to be able to keep an eye on what's going on and have a relationship with the other parents, you know in case anything happens, I can just come with them directly and you know, wow You're very passionate about your learning environment. Yeah. Yeah, that's cool. Yeah, they're everything to me. Yeah, it's very important Especially these days with the influence. It's yeah, you want to be very careful what they're listening to and watching and everything. Do you give them electronic devices? Oh, yeah, they love their iPad. OK.
Starting point is 00:14:10 They love their iPad. But do you like monitor what they're watching on there? Yeah, to to a point, you know, I think they do the kids YouTube, but they're they're really good kids. Well, I let my daughter do like she has a Snapchat. It's my Snapchat, but she likes the filters and stuff like that. But I noticed that she's starting just like a,
Starting point is 00:14:29 just like feed. So sometimes I'll hear stuff and I'm like, I don't know about that. Oh yeah, those snap videos, right? Yeah. Yeah, I've seen those. They talk a lot of gossip and stuff. Yeah, but it's like songs and stuff, but you know, I don't wanna be too controlling
Starting point is 00:14:49 because they're gonna hear it anyway. Right. Right. You can't go too helicopter because then they'll rebel. Yeah. Did that happen with you, with your parents? You rebelled a little bit? I did.
Starting point is 00:14:59 Same with me. Yeah, I had a babysitter till I was like 13. Dude, same. Yeah. It was weird. Like a girl in high school was babysitting. Dude, same. Yeah. It was weird. Yeah. Like a girl like in high school was babysitting me in middle school.
Starting point is 00:15:08 Yeah. Like that's just weird, you know? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, was that your Asian parent that made you do that? I had a babysitter from hell. Oh yeah? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:15:17 She's the lie on me. Wait, what? She's the lie and tell my mom, like I told her to shut up. And I'm like, I did not say that. But my mom would like believe her. That's a shame. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:15:29 Well, she's watching this. Well, she was really old at the time. So she's watching. Yeah, babysitters, man. Up there. Yeah, I'm not a fan of babysitters. Or down there. Yeah, babysitters are just, I think when you're,
Starting point is 00:15:45 I don't know, 10, but you're good on your own for the most part. I think 13. You think 13? Yeah, or 12. Because 13 is middle school, right? Yeah, you had a babysitter picking me up from school and my mom would get off of work
Starting point is 00:16:01 and pick me up from the babysitter's house. Oh, you were at the babysitter's house? Oh, mine came to our house. Damn, damn that's traumatizing. Sorry to hear that So you have a cause mom yeah, thanks mom for that weird-ass babysitter You got a cosmetics brand prella. Yeah, how's that doing? It's doing good. Yeah, I just launched my makeup palette called a dream palette and Yeah, it's doing really well. Nice, you got a lot of influencers backing it? No, actually I just sell directly. Yeah, I haven't even had a chance
Starting point is 00:16:35 to do the promo packaging. I give it to my friends and stuff like that, and I feel like it's more important to give it to makeup artists. Yeah. You know, so I have a lot of celebrity makeup artists that are my friends and give it to them They put it on their clients take pictures, you know smart word-of-mouth is the best form of marketing If the product's great, it'll speak for itself
Starting point is 00:16:55 Yeah, but I feel like like instead of giving it to influencers. You should give it to the makeup artists They're the ones that are using it. Yeah, that's smart. People always try to go to the top straight away Yeah, yeah, these celebrities get pitched left and right. I'm sure you've seen it because they're the ones that are using it. Facts. That's smart. People always try to go to the top straight away. Yeah. And these celebrities get pitched left and right. I'm sure you've seen it. Yeah, I feel like, for some reason, I feel like when celebrities post stuff, I feel like they're just getting paid for it.
Starting point is 00:17:13 Yeah, for sure. So, it's not gonna make me wanna buy it. No, it's actually a turn off usually. You also love animals? Love animals. How many animals do you own right now? I don't know. I have to count. I have to count. Wow, that many? I have three horses, two cats, two menatra Persian cats, two Frenchies, a Maltese, two a Maltese, two dwarf hamsters.
Starting point is 00:17:49 Dwarf hamsters. Six chickens. I love that by the way. Six chickens and all the fish from Finding Nemo. Every single one, so the clown fish, the blue one. Just the clown fish, the blue one, and then I have the yellow one. Yeah, the yellow striped. But it's in purple, so it's the purple tang, yeah blue one, and then I have the yellow one. Yeah, the yellow one. But it's in purple.
Starting point is 00:18:05 So it's the purple tang, yeah. Wow, that's impressive. So over 20 animals. Is that, was that 20? If you count the fish, I guess, yeah. Okay, yeah. So it's almost like a mini sanctuary in a way. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:18:17 That's my goal one day. Really? Have like acres of land, just have like a hundred animals. Yeah, and I actually don't live in a community that allows chickens. Oh, so you just snitched on yourself. Well, they're not roosters, so they're not making any noise.
Starting point is 00:18:32 Oh, that's the male ones, right? Yeah. Do you eat the eggs? They haven't started laying eggs yet. So the three, Ricky, Nikki, and Kiki, they start laying eggs next month. Nice. That's exciting. Yeah, living off the lay of the start laying eggs next month. Nice. Yeah, that's exciting.
Starting point is 00:18:47 Yeah, living off the lay of the land is a good feeling. Yeah. And you saw with the hack, like, that internet hack where the grocery store shut down. No. Oh, you didn't see that? No. Like a month ago, all the airlines shut down. What?
Starting point is 00:18:57 Yeah, you didn't see this? No. Oh, wow. Basically, it's just good to have your own source of food and water these days because the world could get crazy. Yeah. You see all these... I don't care how crazy it is.
Starting point is 00:19:08 I'm not killing my chickens. Yeah. Well, at least eat their eggs. I mean, you know? But you see all these billionaires building bunkers. Yeah. It's kind of interesting, right? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:19:17 I wonder what's going on there. And now they have the like, survival kits at Costco, right? Really? Oh, the at Costco, right? Really? It's like- Oh, the meal kits, right? It's like a hundred dollars or something for like 20 years of food. Yeah. Was it something crazy?
Starting point is 00:19:31 You did? Yeah. You bought it? I bought it. You never know, you know? COVID people were out of toilet paper. They're saying monkeypox is coming. Oh my God.
Starting point is 00:19:41 Who knows, you know, better safe than sorry. I guess so, yeah. Yeah, it's like a big blue container at Costco I love Costco. I do too. Is that your favorite place to shop? No, I just go to the grocery store around the corner from my house whole foods Whole foods and Ralph's. Okay. Yeah Ralph's I Get my fruit from Whole Foods and I get everything else from Ralph's fair enough fair enough Do you like Arowan in LA or do you think it's overhyped? I just went there for the first time.
Starting point is 00:20:06 What? Yeah. I go there every time I'm there. Like two weeks ago. It's like on Ventura or something like that? There's a lot of them, yeah. Oh, they have it here too? No, there's a lot in LA. Yeah, so I went there for the first time.
Starting point is 00:20:19 I had a meeting there. A meeting at Arowan. Yeah. Yeah. Well, like outside in the sitting area. Oh, okay. And I was like, wow, what is this? It's crazy. Yeah, it's nice.
Starting point is 00:20:29 I'm franchising a bakery. Oh. Yeah, so I'm like looking for places to like open and places that like have a lot of foot traffic. And I was like, this would be amazing. Nice. I'm a huge fan of bakery, bakeries. I go to some out here.
Starting point is 00:20:42 Yeah. Yeah. I love pastries. Oh my gosh. French bakeries. I go to some out here. Yeah. Yeah, I love pastries. Oh my gosh, French bakeries. Yeah. So I'm doing a, I'm franchising a Southern style bakery. Whoa, I've never heard of that style.
Starting point is 00:20:53 Exactly. For bakeries. Peach carpet cupcakes. Mm. Oh my God. Yeah. Do you like cheesecakes? I like a bite of it.
Starting point is 00:21:02 Oh, you're not big on them? Yeah. Okay. But I'll take a bite. Floyd's old security guard, Adam Plant. Oh, I know it. Oh, you're not big on them. Yeah, okay I'll take a bite Floyd's old security guard Adam plant. Oh, you know, yeah Yeah, he has a cheesecake. Yeah, have you tried them? No. Oh my no, please Yes, I'm having a housewarming this week and I'm literally buying like wow. They're that good Yeah, shout out to Adam. Shout out to Adam. Did you meet him when you were with where's this going? smooth transition, right? When is this bakery gonna open up?
Starting point is 00:21:32 Hopefully by the beginning of next year. Okay. Yeah, or the end of this year. In LA. Yeah, in LA. I can't wait to try it. So I think I'm gonna like do, is this on? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:21:44 Oh. I'm thinking about doing like a food truck first for like three months to like kind of scale where like, where it would do best. And then figure out where I wanna get the bakery. That's smart. Yeah, that way you're not tied to a physical location. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:22:01 Yeah, you gotta get Keith Lee to review the food truck. Yeah. He is so viral. Oh really? Have you seen him? I've seen him, yeah. Dude, anytime he goes to merch, five hour line the next day. That's the power of social media these days.
Starting point is 00:22:14 Yeah, it's nuts. Do you even use TikTok actually? I don't have a TikTok. Really? No. How come? I don't know, just never got into it. It is for a younger crowd.
Starting point is 00:22:26 And I just, if I got TikTok, it would be more to like watch the TikToks, not to do the TikToks. Right, just study it as a consumer. Yeah, just like, I mean, cause my friends always send me stuff on TikTok to look at. And you can't even open it? Well, I can open it.
Starting point is 00:22:43 Oh, it's still placed? Cause it goes to, yeah, it's like the internet. Oh, the web player, okay. Wow, you seem very calculated. Like you've seen them really do your research on everything. For the most part, yeah. That's really impressive, honestly. Some people just dive into businesses
Starting point is 00:22:56 and then it fails, especially celebrities. I've done that. Yeah, I actually was building a nail salon, a beauty bar on Melrose. I dove into it because the space was available at the time. Ray had the Scooty Bike store. Did you remember when he had the Scooty Bike store? The electric bikes?
Starting point is 00:23:16 Yeah, so he had the electric bikes and there was a space open next door. So I got the space, paid the deposit, and it was a retail space, and I was turning it into a salon. So I had to do all the plumbing, and I had to get the permits, and I had to, like the city would never approve
Starting point is 00:23:40 the plumbing. For two years I built it, the rent was like $5,000 a month for two years. Damn, that's $60,000 a year. Yeah built it the rent was like five thousand a month for two years. That's 60k Yeah, I spent I spent money on like custom custom everything Couldn't get my inspection passed so I had to cover it back up
Starting point is 00:23:57 And my lease was up in like two years at two years. My lease was up So I put everything in the storage and I said forget this i'm turning this into a makeup brand Holy crap, and that's how I came up with prela cosmetics. So I put everything in a storage and I said, forget this, I'm turning this into a makeup brand. Holy crap. And that's how I came up with PRLA Cosmetics. Well shit, everything happens for a reason. Because it was PRLA Nail and Beauty Bar at first. Wow, why were they so backed up? That's crazy.
Starting point is 00:24:14 Well, I don't know, I heard that that's how they make their money, the city. Interesting. But it's like, really, two years? Oh, so they want you to pay to expedite it? I don't know. I just, they would never, they would just keep saying, we'll come back, we'll come back, do this, do that.
Starting point is 00:24:30 Yeah. You need to do this. And then I would do everything that they told me to do and they still wouldn't sign off. That's frustrating. So yeah, by the time, I didn't even want to extend my lease. I was just so ready to be over it. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:24:43 Over with it. So yeah, I said, I'm just gonna put this on pause and come back again later, which I still am. Nice. Yeah. Once your kids are done with school in LA, do you see yourself moving somewhere else? Once they're done with school?
Starting point is 00:24:56 Yeah, once they graduate. I don't know, because I don't want them to go to high school in LA. Oh, so even before you graduate, you're thinking about moving? I feel like it's okay high school in LA. Oh, so even before you graduate, you're thinking about moving. I feel like it's okay now because they're in elementary, but I'm not really fond of the Hollywood influence. I feel like it's a little fast pace,
Starting point is 00:25:19 even though I feel like if I just prepare my kids for it and just make sure I'm completely honest and have a relationship with them, I feel like they'll be fine. But I kind of want them to go to a high school down south. Down south. Yeah, because that's where I went to high school. And there, it's cool to go to school.
Starting point is 00:25:40 It's cool to do sports. I just want them to enjoy being kids. I don't want them to grow up too fast. And I don't want them to go to school with like, you know, celebrity kids or, I just want them to like have normal childhood. Right, cause their friend group's super influential at that age.
Starting point is 00:26:02 Yeah, down south there's a slower pace, more relaxed. Yeah, exactly. That makes sense to me. Yeah, down South is a slower pace, more relaxed. Yeah, exactly. That makes sense to me. Yeah, I don't have kids yet, but I'm literally thinking about this stuff daily. Really? How do you? On how to raise them. I'm 27.
Starting point is 00:26:12 Okay. I want them around 30. Yeah, I had my daughter when I was 34. Oh gosh, you waited your whole twenties. Yeah, well wait a second, I got married. Okay, that's what we're doing too. Yeah. Yeah, we're getting married next year.
Starting point is 00:26:22 Yeah, it's no rush. When they're here, they're here. And that's the thing these days. They're not going anywhere. No facts, but people feel rushed these days. Yeah, we're getting married next year. Yeah, it's no rush when they're here. They're here and they're not going anywhere No facts, but people feel rushed. Yeah, they do because they see their friends and then oh my turn Yeah, and that's not how it should be. Yeah. Do you see that with a lot of women? Like well women are on a time clock, I guess until like 40, right? So well, I feel like I I felt like that when I was in my 20s. I'm like, oh like I'm almost 30, you know, but I also would pray a lot, and I'm like, when the time is right, it'll happen.
Starting point is 00:26:58 Yeah. So you held out and you're happy with that decision? Yeah. Nice. See, that's great advice for these women watching this. Yeah. I mean. You have time. You're See, that's great advice for these women watching this. Yeah. I mean. You have time. You're not, you know, don't be in a rush.
Starting point is 00:27:09 Yeah. Because you can't really rush a relationship. Yeah. You know? Some people try to force them and it doesn't work out. Well, Princess, it's been amazing. Anything you wanna promote or close off with? I'll just make sure you watch Celebrity Poker Tour tournament tomorrow. Yes sir, we'll be live tomorrow.
Starting point is 00:27:29 Hopefully I get to the final table. We'll see. Good luck tomorrow. Thank you. Yes sir. You're not playing? I'm not, I'll be doing interviews. What?
Starting point is 00:27:38 Yeah, I played last time. Okay. Yeah, but this is my setting. Okay. Thanks for watching guys. See you next time.

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