Digital Social Hour - The Hidden Cost of Managing a $100M Social Media Empire | Marybeth DSH #901

Episode Date: November 18, 2024

The hidden cost of managing a $100M social media empire? 🤯 Marybeth, Steve Will Do It's mom, spills the tea on what it's really like behind the scenes! 🍵 From eye surgeries gone wrong to handling multi-million dollar deals, this episode is packed with jaw-dropping revelations. 😱 Tune in as Marybeth shares her journey from running a successful business to becoming the backbone of her son's empire. You'll get the inside scoop on: • The challenges of managing a high-profile influencer's career 💼 • How she handles contracts and keeps the sharks at bay 🦈 • The truth about Steve's childhood and his early entrepreneurial spirit 💡 • Why she's not afraid to stand up to anyone in the industry 💪 Don't miss out on this candid conversation that peels back the curtain on social media fame and fortune. Watch now and subscribe for more insider secrets from the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 🚀 Join the conversation and let us know your thoughts in the comments below. 👇 Are you surprised by the behind-the-scenes reality of managing a social media empire? 🤔 #DigitalSocialHour #SteveWillDoIt #SocialMediaEmpire #InfluencerManagement #EntrepreneurLife #BehindTheScenes #FamilyBusiness #socialmediamanager #socialmediamanagement #mompreneursuccess #socialmediamanagementtools #contentcreation #socialmediamanagement #digitalmarketing #medicaltourism #socialmediaanalytics #socialmediamanagementtools CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Eye Surgery 02:54 - Experiencing Blindness 05:30 - Steve's Blow Up Surprise 06:42 - Starting Your First Business 10:34 - Ending Relationships for Kids 11:54 - Meeting Selena: Initial Reaction 14:08 - Steven's Health Journey 16:25 - Building Steven's Confidence 17:45 - Realizing Steven's Fame 18:10 - Steven's Dogs: How Many? 22:46 - Power Slap Fight Overview 24:35 - Giving Away Money: Facing Hate 26:58 - Marybeth and Neil's Relationship 27:56 - Marybeth's Role in Steven's Life 33:00 - Importance of Marybeth's Support 35:32 - Future Plans for the Podcast 39:37 - Connecting with Marybeth 41:30 - Outro APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [e-mail] GUEST: Marybeth https://www.instagram.com/thewilldoits www.youtube.com/@willdoits 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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Oh. I know. That's scary. So I ran back down there and detached retina. Holy crap. Oh, that was brutal. That's what fighters get when they get knocked out. Brutal.

All right, guys, we got Maribeth here for your first show. Yeah. First time as a guest. The first podcast. Wow, I'm honored. Yeah, yeah. To make it a fun one. Yeah. You were just talking about an eye surgery that went haywire.

Yeah. What happened there? Yeah, well I went for corrective lenses. The, you know, at my age you can't get the laser. You have to get corrective lenses. So I went and like the little small print where everything that can go wrong, where they kind of warn you, well, that happened to me.

And the funny part is I made my husband get it first as like the guinea pig, because I was like, if anything happens. Smart. Yeah, well, you know, I mean, I gotta keep the family together. I got things to do, so if anything's gonna happen. Sacrifice him first.

Well, yeah, kinda. So he got it done and perfect. He sees perfect, Everything's wonderful. And at first I, I didn't see as well as he did afterwards cause we kind of like tested it. And I was like, all right. And they say, well, it might get better or whatever. And I was down in Miami doing one of Steven's, um, I was decorating one of his penthouse, like every time he gets a home or something, I do it up for him.

And all of a sudden I just got like a black over my eye, like a little bit. And I was going to see I was seeing, I called the I called our friend like, no, the surgeon, he said, go to this place, I called another friend that's really big. He sells like lasers from Bachelon or whatever. Yeah. And that's the number one retinal institute down there. God, I don't know why I can't remember it off the... But anyway, he got me in with a top surgeon and I went in there and it was awful blood, whatever. Make a long story short, we waited a little while and it was a tear. So I got another surgery to fix the tears.

Geez. And then all of a sudden I was down in Miami and this black came across my eye. Oh. I know. That's scary. So I ran back down there and detached retina. Holy crap. Oh, that was brutal.

That's what fighters get when they get knocked out. Brutal. I did nothing. I was hanging pictures and stuff and it happened. It was brutal though. I had to lay down for, I don't know how many weeks and you couldn't put your head up. You had to lay down, you had to sleep like that.

It was brutal. Geez, how long did that last? Like the recovery was weeks, it was a lot. I couldn't pick up like over 20 pounds I couldn't bend down it was brutal. Yeah that's crazy when I was in fifth grade I went blind for a week. How'd that happen? So there was this new thing at the time these contact lenses you put in at night and you would wake up with 20-20 vision so what happened was I put it on woke up took them off and I was blind.

Yeah, but wait, was this like something that was just like on Instagram or something? No, no, my mom. That you buy or was a doctor? No, it was legit. It's like proven. It was with a doctor, my mom took me because for some reason I didn't want regular contacts, but I don't know why exactly, but she took me,

we got them, woke up, had no vision. Isn't that crazy? Oh my God. My whole retina was burnt off. Burnt off? Yeah, it was completely gone. So then how'd you get it back? It re-grew in like a week.

Really? It rejuvenated. But my mom didn't believe me, so she sent me to school. And you couldn't see? I couldn't see shit. So I got off the bus and I just went straight to the nurse. I made the bus driver take me by hand Wow. Yeah, it was an experience. Well now why didn't your mom believe you? Did you did you use this like are you were you one of those kids that woke up and said oh my stomach hurts

And I'm not out of shit. That doesn't work on Asians. Oh really? Yeah. Yeah, it works with Italians, right? Yeah, no, I used to pick my kids up all the time. Oh yeah, you were that mom? Oh yeah. Wow. I got a headache. The teacher wasn't nice to me. Damn.

Did Steve do that a lot? I don't know, they all had their fair share. My kids never had a school lunch. I bought them lunch every single day. Damn. Like you went to school and brought them lunch? Yep. Holy crap. So were you a helicopter parent? Uh, kinda. Really? I volunteered. Oh, wow. I was

there. Worked out though. Your kids are seeming to be killing it now. Yeah. Yeah. That's good. Yeah, they're doing all right. And Steve's the oldest or? No, no, no. Steve's no. Steve's not the oldest. He has an older brother. Okay, so he's the second oldest. Wow. Yeah. So what are the other three kids doing right now? Okay, well my oldest oldest, she's from my first marriage. She is an 11- BetMGM, authorized gaming partner of the NBA, has your back all season long. From tip-off to the final buzzer, you're always taken care of with the sportsbook Born in Vegas. That's a feeling you can only get with BetMGM.

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Yeah. So Brianna works for Stephen. Rocco's a realtor and a boat captain. What about the other one, the oldest one? Well, she's a stay at home mom. Stay at home mom? Okay, wow. Nice.

Did you see this blow up coming with Steve at any point or was it super fast? No, the way I kind of, no, it happened fast. It happened fast once it happened. But what he was doing like, like dumb little things, like the cinnamon challenge, eating dog food. And I didn't even know, people would tell me, because like I'd be at my work or something

and they'd be like, oh, did you hear what your son did yesterday? And I'm like, I don't know. But he was always hustling. Like in middle school, in middle school, he would sell like cans of soda. He'd bring a backpack and it would have like Smarty pants and those Smarty.

Smarty is the candy? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And like sodas, candy, and he hustled that. Nice. Then he had a hustle. He was breaking in people's, like he could do the phones. Jailbreak. Yeah, then he was building up rooms,

he always had something going on, roomscapes and selling them, which I didn't even know about. Like people would tell me and I'd be like, my son's doing that, besides like the sodas and all that, because I used to do that. I used to buy it for him, then he'd go there and make money. But I was like, hey, listen, if he's gonna be an entrepreneur,

you know what I mean? He probably saw it from you, cause you owned two businesses at the time, right? He probably got some of that from you. Yeah, yeah. And my first one was a kid business, because when my husband and I decided to have children, like we planned it all, and I wasn't gonna work,

but I'm a worker, so it was hard. So I had to find something that I could do. So that's why I volunteered at their kids' school. And then I saw a need in the community, so I opened up an enrichment center. So my kids were able to come with me. So what's an enrichment center? It was like everything I did with my kids,

which was a lot. So all the sports I did or anything. Like I remember Rocco having taekwondo and I'd sit on this chair for like however for like however long and I was like this chair Is so uncomfortable like this is so shitty. It's so hot here. Like why can't they have water? You know available like everything I went through like as a parent, especially juggling so many kids and everything I Changed so then I opened up an enrichment center and it was like a one stop shop. So my tagline was like educate to empower, you know.

So during the day it was like home school. And I got teachers from like teaching students and everything from UCF. So we did home school, we did like homeschool, we did language classes, we did after school, but the after school, they could take things there. So I ended up opening up three of them in franchising, but so they could do dance there, they could do music there, they could do tutoring there,

so it's like a one-stop shop, so the parent doesn't have to pick up and rush everywhere. Cause I know that feeling, you know? Especially with four kids, you were probably going all over the place. I was just like, I'm gonna do what everybody. That's cool. Yeah.

You saw a need and you- Well, it started kind of like a cooking. Like I started doing cooking at their school. They went to a Montessori, so they're really into that. And I started doing after school little cooking classes because I volunteered in their classrooms all the time and I'd make lemonade and do all this kind of stuff. So I started this little cooking class.

And then it just, I was booked solid for the year. Parents would come in and pay for the year to have their kid in my class. Damn. I know. So I was like, all right. You were that cool mom. Kinda. Yeah they you know, you were that cool mom Kinda yeah, you were you were that cool mom where everyone wanted to go over their house

Well, we made it that way because I had to know all my kids friends. Mm-hmm Yeah, so like our house we built a rec room and I had like a pool table poker table big TVs Wow ping pong table. We had horses four-wheelers Because I always wanted to know who my kids wheelers, because I always wanted to know who my kids were hanging with, and I always wanted to know the friends and the family, so if they drop them off and pick them up, I get to know the parents. I'd rather have them at my house.

So on the weekends, there would be kids sleeping over everywhere and stuff, and I always wanted to have, I didn't want my kids, if they ever did something wrong, to be like, oh shit, oh, if my mom finds out. You know, I want them to be like, shit, let me call my mom. Mess up in the house, yeah.

Yeah, like, let me call my mom. Like, they knew if there was ever a problem or whatever, like, you come home. Don't worry about getting in trouble. Like, if you go out and you get drunk or something, don't even, don't worry about the trouble. You just call us, you know, and we'll come get you. Your teen requested a ride, but this time not from you. It's through their Uber Teen account. It's an Uber account that allows your teen to request a ride under your supervision with live trip tracking and highly

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Cause they're scared. I always want my kids to know, you know, we all fuck up, right? Respect, yeah. Yeah, yeah. So when, don't do something stupid, you call us. Right. So we always wanted to be like the safe house, you know?

Did you ever step in there and end some friendships or relationships for your kids? Well, kind of, yeah, behind the scenes, yeah. I'm good, yeah. I'm definitely known for that. Oh, yeah? So you were vocal? Yeah, pretty much.

Okay, that's cool though. Sometimes you need that, because if you're hanging out with a bad person or whatever. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. My kids usually picked, you know, like I remember Rocco, you know, had this one girl. Now my kids, I didn't make them do a lot of stuff, but they had to take a music lesson,

they had to play a sport. Wow. Because just a sport teaches you about being team and teaches you a lot and music just is good for you, right? So they all played music and they all did sports. I remember Steven one time, he was like, oh, I don't know what I, I said, either you pick it or me and I might put your ass in damn, you know, badminton.

You know what I mean? So either you pick it or I pick it. What did he pick? He did football, both my sons did football, weightlifting and wrestling. Yeah, Steve's a big dude. Yeah. So football makes sense.

Yeah, Rocco was bigger. He's like heftier, but yeah, he did football, weightlifting, and he played guitar and drums. Wow, so when Steve introduced Selena, what was your reaction? Well, when they first, I remember extremely clearly the very first time I met Selena and I was sitting outside the school waiting for Steven to get out of football or something one of his friends go They call me miss D because the last name is so big but and when the kids were little I didn't want

Their friends or whatever not to talk to me because you know how they get intimidated if they can't say your name? Yeah, yeah. So I changed it to Miss D so everybody would feel comfortable and they'd be like, hey, Miss D, you know? So anyway, he was like, Miss D, this is, Steven wants you to meet or something, Selena. And they gave me her name, Selena Smith,

and I thought it was fake. And I was like, ah, they don't want me to look, you know, look her up and start doing my research, right? So I thought it was like a Smith, you know, I thought the kid was, and she came to the car and I remember she was like chewing gum, cute, beautiful. You know, Selena's beautiful. And she was sweet, she was cute.

And yeah, I remember that. And she was just like, hi, you could tell she was cute. And yeah, I remember that. And she was just like, hi, you could tell she was shy. Wow, so you couldn't even look her up because her name was so common. Well, I thought it was a fake name. And I said, oh, he's not telling me her real last name because he doesn't want me to start asking around. Because I volunteer in school so much,

they know I go raid, you know. Like my daughter, she started with her boyfriend, I couldn't get the name out of her for not, Steven on her said mom you know Stephen Roddick yeah he did he got mad at her and well man that's okay okay with me I was like give me the name she's like I will never give you his name I said I'm gonna get his name I'll find out you give me a couple days damn he ended up he's a great kid she She's still with him. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it worked out.

Oh, God, he's amazing. Damn, so your kids, all of them are high school sweethearts dating? Yeah. Wow. Yeah, basically. That's rare for those to last. Yeah, well, their dad and I have been together 38 years.

Damn. So you guys met in high school too? Nah, 20. Oh, college? 20. We didn't go to college. Oh, you didn't? Mm-mm. Wow. I went to school too? 20. Oh, college? 20. We didn't go to college. Oh, you didn't? Wow.

I went to school for natural health. I went to Clayton College, and they closed down, so I never went there. Speaking of natural health, you're about to be 60, and you're looking amazing. Yeah, oh, thanks. Shout out to Gary Brekka. Yeah, you're not kidding.

Crazy, right? What he can do. Biohacking. It's a real deal. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. My allergies, I'm so sorry. No, you're good. Yeah, that was the best thing.

Steven sent them to our house, and we started with the stem cells and the blood work, and been doing it ever since. Yeah, it's cool to see his journey, too, because he used to pound those alcohol bottles. Oh, yeah. I remember those videos from years ago. He would drink the whole bottle. Yeah it's cool to see his journey too because he used to pound those alcohol bottles. Oh yeah. I remember those videos from like years ago he would drink the whole bottle. Yeah. And now he's changed man. Yeah I didn't know he did that. Really? Yeah I mean I found out afterwards but I mean I didn't know that he. Oh yeah that's how he blew up. Yeah. Yeah he would pound the whole bottle and. Yeah. Now I look at him and I'm like, oh my God. Can't believe you did that. No, I don't know how he did it.

But Steven always had, Steven was one of those, like if he said he was gonna do something or he set his mind to doing something, he did it. Like he followed through, he did it. He's got that, Steven was a different one. I always believed, the thing with him is like if he said mom I Like this the other day I was in this pizza pizza place and it's called the made man Right and he's up there and there's only like eight of them. They've been doing it since 2004. You have to eat this pizza

I don't know. It's like six pounds It's like discussing people can't do it grown or whatever, and they try and they do this challenge. You become a made man, you get like 20% off for your whole life and you get a shirt, right? Then there's a whole wall of everybody that's tried it. And Steven was, I don't even know how old he was, it was like 2016 or 14 or something. He did it because I just looked at it. That's why I know. And I remember him just coming in and saying like, Mom, I need 20 bucks.

I was like, for what? And he says, you know, he'll just tell me, don't worry about it, I'm just gonna do this little contest. And he put on like a sweat suit and he's running around the block, running around the block, like prepping for whatever. And he came back and then somebody said, oh, you know, Steve's a made man.

So he took the 20 bucks and he went and entered this pizza thing. Wow. Bought the pizza and did, yeah. So like he went into this physique competition when he was like 16 with all men, just out of the blue. Like he's like, mom, I want a wakeboard. And then he went and he like went every single day.

Like when he's kind of got like that mind where if he says I'm gonna do it, like he'll do it, but he'll do it, do it, do it. All right. He's got that confidence. Yeah, he'll do it. Like he'll take it to the end. That's cool. Yeah.

Where do you think he picked that up from? I don't know. He was just kind of always like that. Like just motivated. Like I remember he's like, mom, I need a treadmill in my room. And like a middle school, you just hear him in there running, like just motivated. Like I remember he's like, mom, I need a treadmill in my room and like a middle school, you just hear him in there running,

like playing the guitar. He's like, oh, I need two lessons a week. And then he just practiced like crazy. He's good at guitar. Wow, he's talented, man. I didn't know this side of him for real. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Some of his video, some of his clips and stuff,

he'll play his guitar. Really? Yeah. Wow. Holy crap. Were you just buying him a bunch of stuff, and stuff he'll play his guitar. Really? Yeah. Wow. Yeah. Holy crap. Were you just buying him a bunch of stuff like whenever he asked? I think all my kids kind of got what they wanted,

but if he showed interest in something, it wasn't like a waste of money with him, put it that way, you know what I mean? He didn't say, mom, I want a guitar or something like that. And then it would just be like two weeks later put in the closet Like he did it got it. Yeah, so You know back to the question about him getting famous. That's what he was doing little stuff little stuff

But he was getting like notice like he started blowing up in the hometown Which I didn't even know what it meant everybody's like, you know how big he is on Instagram and I was hometown, which I didn't even know what it meant. Everybody's like, you know how big he is on Instagram? And I was like, no, I don't even know what Instagram is. Yeah. You didn't even have one, right? No, no. At the time? Now I'm kind of, I was forced into it.

Now I'm like on Twitter every day and yeah. Speaking of Twitter, you tweet out dogs a lot. I know. I love dogs. I know, me too. I got two at the house. How many do you have? Well, Steven has, he had like 11, so.

Holy crap. His dogs, these aren't my dogs. These are like Steven's dogs. We started with one when he was in school. He went and saved one and tried to tell us he was watching it, because that was his thing. He'd watch dogs, which means me and his dad would watch it, or I'd watch a dog. And he came home with one, and my husband was just like,

don't they miss their dog? When is this dog going back home? But it was Steven's, he went and he saved it. He saw it on Craigslist. He just saw it on the street? No, Craigslist, he sold his Xbox or something to go get the money to get it. And then his grandmother, his nana,

who he talks about, who he was real close with, gave him money to go get it. And she took that secret to her grave. He happened to tell, and she's told me, I can't believe he got a dog without even asking. She was the one that gave him the money too. Wow, shout out to her. Yeah, oh no, they were, she was very much like that. That's your mom or your? No, that gave him the money too. Wow, shout out to her. Yeah. Oh no, she was very much like that.

That's your mom or your? No, that's my husband's mom. Yeah, they were very close to my kids. But anyway, so that was the first one. And then he moved out to an apartment, but we had acreage and all, and the dog was used to running. And you can't do that to the dog. It was one of those dogs that really hyper,

not an apartment dog. So we're like, he can't go there, that's not right. So then he goes, oh fine, I'll go get another dog. So then he goes and rescues another dog, the big pit bull, right? So he goes to the pound and rescues him. Then that dog has anxiety, so every time Steven leaves, he starts crying.

So every day I had to pick up the dog and babysit it. Right? So then that's when he moves to the clout house. And the dog was so attached to him. It was sick. You know, we get that dog and it was sick and everything. But then the dog got attached to us. So we're like, okay, so now we have two. And then we just recently got one of his Dobermans because he rescued another dog from a fan, came and dropped it off, and it was beating up on the Doberman so that we had to take that. And then he bought a Rottweiler puppy,

and then another dog was, the same one was like beating up on the puppy. So we have four. Okay. You said 11 though. But but he's got yeah. Oh, he's got 11. Yeah, but the four with me. Oh So he's got seven Yeah Wow, and I think Selena just got up between him and Selena Yeah. Yeah, that's goals right there. Yeah, I would have as many dogs as I can if I had the space Yeah, dogs are just amazing. I know have as many dogs as I can if I had the space. Yeah.

Dogs are just amazing. I know. I know I help when people have problems. I probably shouldn't say it because I'll probably get bombarded. But on Twitter, I send them money. I'm like, go get your dog fixed. Because people, they love them, but they

don't have the money for a vet or something when something's wrong. And I'm always like, oh, you got me with the dog. Damn, how do you know they're not scamming though? I have all the mods like look them up and stuff like that. Oh really? Oh wow. Yeah. Like I've offered, sometimes I'm like,

let me call the vet, you know? Cause the up and up people are like, here's the bill, you can call the vet or something like that or. Yeah, so dogs are your soft spot. Yeah, it's like, you know, or dog food or something. Yeah, I get videos every day About dogs. Yeah, me too. Oh my god Me too. I love them though. They're the best. I know my parents didn't let me get any growing up And I I don't want that for my kids. Yeah

Yeah, we we were kind of like that. We had one, his name was Rocky. He was little, he was very snobby. He wasn't like a real loving, he was like a little snobby dog. Yeah, I liked the big boys. The little ones are usually- Well, we always wanted the little ones and then we got one and then we're like,

then when Steven started with the big ones, I liked the big ones too. Yeah, small ones got attitude. Yeah. You know? Big ones are just friendly. Yeah, so sweet and everything. Yeah. Yeah, he was a beja poo fuck is that Bejean and a poodle and like poodles are smart and bejeans are stupid

So like it would do like stupid things were like there's the bejean in them But it just wasn't like warm and friendly Wow, you know cuz we bought them So I was like, that's what you know, you go rescue them. They're grateful and friendly. Wow. You know, cause we bought them. So I was like, that's what, you know, you go rescue them. They're grateful and thankful. Yeah. Yeah, that's interesting. Yeah, little designer ones, a little shit. Right?

Have you been a power slap out here yet? In Vegas? Yeah. How was that? Yeah. That was odd. It was like- That's how I felt too.

Really? I saw the first guy get knocked out. I'm like, holy crap. Yeah. I couldn't, I couldn't quite figure it out. Like, you know, when they do like, oh, cupping or off the side, you know, then like I started getting into it. But it was kind of like long in between, like waiting. Yeah.

I don't know. But then like just like the fights, like some of them were characters and it was funny, but it was, I left, I didn't want to see the girls do it. So I left right before the girls. Got it. I was like, I don't know. You were just picturing your daughter there or something?

I don't know. And then when they go down, I get like. Scared. Dude, one guy went down for like five minutes when I was there. Yeah, like even when I go to the fights, and I'm sitting up there, I'm like this. The UFC fights. Yeah, I'm like that. And I'm there. Yeah, like even when I go to the fights, you know, like, and I'm sitting up there, I'm like this.

The UFC fights. Yeah, I'm like, and I was like, stop, stop. I get like anxious, anxious. And then when they go down, you know, like the mom, I mean, I'm always like, oh my God, please let them be all right. Yeah, some of those knockouts are brutal. Brutal.

And then I don't know why they don't stop him. Like, he's obviously down. Like, why do you let him keep punching them? It's cuz the refs get a lot of heat if they end it too early They get a lot of hate so they don't want to you know Well, it's the people that probably say oh he would have won if they didn't stop right it's gonna get back. Oh, yeah You know so that gets on the ref and then sometimes the ref gets fired Yeah, it's a tough job.

I wouldn't want a ref actually. No, I wouldn't either. I mean, I know just like giving away money, you know how Steve, you know, like if somebody doesn't get it all of a sudden, like they got a beat, you know. Oh, they got, they post on Twitter, right? Yeah, I saw with that Cash App thing you did.

I get murdered and I'm like, listen, I'm just like, I saw that cash out thing you did I Get I get murdered and I'm like listen. I'm just like I'm nobody I just hope little things You know what I mean, but I was like my god. It's crazy Yeah, you're giving out money and you're still getting hated for like not expecting anything back Just like helping like if you have a story You know like cuz I just feel like if you have it and you don't give it like shame on you, you know what I mean? Yeah. Like, you know, a couple of hundred dollars

to help somebody or whatever that's down and out. No, it's crazy. Like Mr. Beast gives a ton of money and he's getting a lot of hate right now too. So people just hate. Is it his money or sponsors? Uh, probably both. Yeah, see we don't, we don't do sponsors money.

Oh, you don't? No, no, no, no, no. Wow. You just give out your own money? No, it's all our own money. 100% all our own. Wow. Because Steven always said he didn't want that to be... He does his videos, he pays

for his... Team and then... Yeah. He just feels... He said it's like giving. Wow. Because you guys give out a ton. Yeah. Millions, right?

Yeah, definitely millions. But I also tell them too, when you get a sponsor, whatever, it is your money because you're working for it. But, yeah, he's very selective with sponsors, I noticed. Very, very. He doesn't drown his name. He has to believe in it 100%. Right.

Like 100%. He will never do anything. He won't do anything that he doesn't believe in that he wouldn't take eat drink or anything himself um and he doesn't do anything that is i don't know like scammy or anything you know he's very cautious that's good though some creators sell out yeah you know You know? Oh, I know. They take five sponsors a video and then just disingenuous. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I've seen it, I know exactly what you're talking about. I mean, I knew somebody that was in the space one time and they were selling everything and I'm thinking to myself, I go, you don't even use that shit. Like, who are you kidding? Nah, people should just focus on a few things. Like, he's killing with Happy Dad. Oh yeah. Like, if you just focus on a few things. Like he's killing with Happy Dad. Oh yeah.

Like if you just focus on a couple different things, that's all you really need. You don't need to be doing too much. Yeah, and then not only that, you give it 100%. Otherwise you do it half ass if you're piecing tons of things, you know? Yeah, you can't, you're one person. How much attention can you give?

Yeah, for real. Any of his purchases that you disagree with? Yeah. Yeah. He's bought some crazy stuff. Yeah, I don't like, like, I don't know how many watches he needs to have. That drives me freaking crazy.

Hey, but Neil seemed to be getting together often. Yeah, it drives me crazy, you know? Thank God, like, I got a great relationship with Neil. He calls me Auntie Marybeth. Great relationship. I can call him and just say, Neil, come on. Well, luckily with watches, to be fair, they maintain value pretty well.

No, they do. The Rolexes and all. But I just don't think he needs as many as you have. All his real estate, that's solid. That's gold. I don't care if it's an asset, you know, like his cars, certain cars, most of his cars though are worth, you know,

he's made a couple of dumb car purchases, but he's pretty good and he's just getting better. There's nothing crazy. He just bought a jet, right? I saw him talk about that. Yeah, yeah, we're in the middle of ironing out that contract. It's not the same as buying a car or a house. Yeah, well, it makes sense, because seven dogs,

you can't really bring them on commercial planes. No, you can't. And they're not allowed to be in crates or anything. Which I hate, because they could die down there. Yeah, oh, he would never put a dog down there, never. Like I've seen dogs get lost, I've seen dogs die, it's cold down there. I would never do it.

It's inhumane. Yeah, I truly believe that too. Yeah, that's cool though. Yeah, I saw how many cars were at the house on that one video. Yeah. Like 12 cars. Yeah, I think he's maybe 13 or something

He just bought like 11 and a half acres and Scott like a farm there. So now he's into trucks He's got a big guy. That was in a different country, right? No, he's gotten one in a different country. That's not the farm No, it that's that's over there in Florida. Oh, so they got like donkeys horse Wow chickens a big garden. Yeah, miniature ponies, four wheelers side by side. So he's into trucks now. So he bought us several trucks. You taking care of that farm too? Actually his sister.

I love my husband and I were over there. We were like, no, cause we just bought acreage ourselves in the town where our kids were raised. Was that a big town or small town? No, no, no, it was very small. Oh really, so it was tight? Yeah, and we had our house that we redid for our kids

and our kids grew up there. And I don't know, we sold it and then regretted it. It was like a year. We tried to get it back and they don't wanna sell it back. And then we found one right down the road with more acreage, so we're so happy. So it worked out. Yeah, yeah, so we go back there for the beach

and there, you know, just back and forth. So that town just holds a special place in your heart. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we love it, yeah. It's just where the kids were raised and the school and familiar, you know. A lot of people retire in Florida. Yeah. They go there and call it quits, you know.

Well, let me tell you, well, I showed you my before and after. Oh, yeah. That was me trying to retire. Lord. And we went and we lived at the beach and it was eating out, drinking wine. My husband and I would sit out on the patio and it was like out of not getting up and having a purpose. And we didn't have any property anymore because we had this beach house with like a little

yard. And you just found yourself. You got bored, right? Doing nothing, yeah. Especially with me, like high energy and stuff. It was like. And you were in your 50s, you retired really early. Real early.

Still got a lot of time. So did my husband, yeah. But then Steven just got super busy and I just started doing his stuff. That's, you know, and thank God, you know. I just got super busy and I just started doing his stuff. That's, you know, and thank God, you know. So now I'm like full blown working 24 seven. So what's your role there?

I basically handle everything, all his personal stuff, all his business stuff. Oh wow. Yeah, his staff. So you're like his manager. Yeah, more like business manager. Not, I don't go out and get them deals. I mean, all contracts and everything come to me.

And I work like with his legal and stuff. And I work with all his staff and, you know, payroll, pay all the bills, personal, everything. Yeah, cause you ran a big company. So you learned all that. You had 60 employees, I think you said. Yeah, I had like 60 employees. Yeah, I had my original center.

That's a big deal. I had three. yeah, but then I was in the corporate world too as well, you know, before I. Oh yeah, what'd you do there? I was a like international domestic operations manager for a global logistics company. Whoa. So it was, yeah, it was kind of. That's a big title for someone that didn't go to college.

Yeah, yeah, but I had to work harder. I was the only woman to make it to my position. Oh yeah? Yeah, so, but that was back in the day. And so I was, it was like me and men. So like running Steven stuff is kind of because I'm working in a male dominant. Yeah, yeah, it's all guys.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, but... You're used to it. Yeah, yeah, yeah's all guys. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, but. You're used to it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Damn. I got thick skin. Yeah? Yeah, you've been through some stuff. Yeah, I got real thick skin.

I love that. Yeah, some people think, oh, they're just talking to, oh, his mom or something, but then, I get the respect where I should get the respect where I need it. Right. So when people call me and make deal on the phone

or whatever, I don't get intimidated very easily. Yeah, I'm sure there's been angry people coming at you at times. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I get hate. Oh yeah, I get hate. People like me just to fold, you know, and just be like, okay. They probably expect you to fold.

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. And yeah, they're just like, oh, you're talking to Steve's mom. Oh yeah, I'm gonna get over, you know, but I don't care. Yeah, what do they come at you for usually? Whatever, you know, like if I don't like contracts, or if I don't think something's fair. Right, that's good that he has someone like that.

I hop on the phone with ya. I got no problem. There's people trying to use him in my bed. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. There's a lot of sharks. A good friend, well he became a good friend from just working with Steve. He helps us with some stuff.

And he even said, Mary Beth, there's so many sharks out there. They're gonna come at your son right and left. And I was like, well, they're gonna have to go through me. They're gonna come at your son right and left. And I was like, wow. Oh yeah. They're gonna have to go through me. They see him as a dollar sign, you know? Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

I'm fighting. One time, I just said it's like that whack-a-mole. You know? Like a freaking whack one down and another one pops up. You know? It's constant. So, you know. Yeah, shout out to you.

That's needed. I wish I had that when I was starting out, honestly. constant. So, you know, yeah, shout out to you. That's needed. I wish I had that when I was starting out, honestly. Yeah, I got scammed. I got definitely taken man up. So he does too. But he does things. He's so much better. But like, he'll do things that I don't know. So I can't be involved if I don't know. But and like, there's one promise I made to my son in the very beginning when I started doing his business and everything. I said, I know what I know. I mean, thank God I've got business behind me and stuff.

But there's some things I don't know. And I promise you this, I'll never pretend I know something. And I told him that from the very beginning. I'll help you any way I can. There are things I know, and I definitely know, but I don't know everything. And I promise you, I'll never pretend to know because I'll always make sure it's right.

So, you know, like he's got a great legal team, you know, he's got financial advisor, you know what I mean? Like I talk to people, I don't make all the decisions by myself or anything like that. I do not, I would never do that. That's harmful. Absolutely I love that. Yeah, you can only do what you could do, right?

No, that's so powerful cuz a lot of parents try to educate their kids on everything when they're not experts in certain fields Yeah, or they just take it on cuz they want to be the boss. I don't have to be the boss Right. I don't give a shit. I at the end of the day. It's my son's success You know and making the right decision whether you know I don't give a shit. At the end of the day, it's my son's success and making the right decision. I don't know, I have to educate myself sometimes. So whenever he gets involved in something, like I've really dig in deep, I ask questions. I just don't sit back.

And he just doesn't run around signing his name and stuff. Right, and a lot of these influencers actually go broke, but you guys are doing so well with the investment stuff. It's impressive. Yeah. Well, that's the one thing I try. I try so hard. I'm always like, Stephen, let me help you build your wealth, please.

You know? Yeah, that's awesome. What's next with your podcast? I know you're filming after this. Yeah, yeah, I'm gonna film after this. Timmy's coming in, and then we're just gonna get back into it. You know, I don't know, maybe start having guests. I don't know, you know, I was really comfortable with,

you know, the family just kind of talking about everyday crap. I mean, for whatever reason, people are interested in our family. It was doing well. Yeah, it was doing well. Yeah. And it was fun. I saw the views. Yeah, you guys were vibing. It was doing well. Yeah, it was doing well. Yeah. And it was fun. I saw the views.

Yeah, you guys were vibing. It was natural. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I'm going to try it. My son, he just had his baby. Then I went through my surgeries and everything else. So it was hard to do it.

And I was traveling so much with Steven. I was here so much. I have to fly my other son in. So I don't know. I'm going to start it up up again and it will be fun. Yeah, it's a unique show. It's relatable. Yeah, that's the thing.

That's why I was saying, even with questions here, I don't care what people throw at me because there's nothing, we don't have any skeletons in our closet and there's nothing that's not out there on the table. And I don't care about talking about it because it's truth. You can sleep at night.

Oh, I sleep good, yeah. Well, because there's nobody could, there's nothing that I won't say. I mean, we don't have skeletons in the closet. Everything's kind of out there. There's nothing. And that's rare for celebrities and influencers. Super rare.

Because usually to get to that level, you gotta have some skeletons. Yeah, no, I don't think they'll find any. There's something I don't know about. I mean, everything's been out there. I was married before, that was a big thing. My kids tease me. Steven was going through that thing of...

Oh, I didn't see that, what happened? Oh God, saying, oh, you cheated on dad. I didn't cheat on dad, I was married before dad. but that was his big thing. My mom screwed another guy. I was my husband you dumbass, you know Always so is he from the first marriage or the second? No, no, they're they're all from the same dad Oh, yeah, no, my first daughter's from the first man. Got it. Yeah, it was a very short marriage It was it wasn't a bad thing. There was nothing bad I mean people could pull that up too. It was it was short He was more like a French, you know, like a best friend and then when I met Steve

Senior it was just like love at first sight. I divorced and If that's the worst thing to have on you, I think you'll be good I mean, I can't'll be good. Yeah, that's the worst thing. I mean, I can't think of anything else. And then five years later, my first husband turns gay. Oh, wow. Yeah.

That took a turn. I know. I was like, well, thank God you waited five years. Otherwise, I'd be blamed for that. Did you see signs of it at all? Or is it just super sudden? Steve saw, Steve seenaworth's like, your husband's gay.

And I said, he is not, he just likes himself. Whoa. And he goes, no, he walks with a swoosh. Swoosh. Yeah, like he walked like this. Oh, like kind of fluid-like? Yeah. Interesting.

He called it swoosh. So he's like, no, your husband's gay. And I said, get out of here, he is not. If anything, he's the opposite. But he did like himself. He used to look in the mirror. But I was like, he just likes himself. He was a good looking man. Wow.

I didn't think he was gay. Yeah, I mean, why would you if you're having sex? Yeah. Why would you assume that? I don't know, he just, well, he was. He's married now, but it's to a man, so. Holy crap. Yeah. He's married now, but it's to a man, so. Holy crap. Yeah.

That's crazy. That's like our family secret. Yeah. But it's not even a secret. Is he still in the daughter's life? Yeah, that's complicated, you know, between, I was always more, you know, she was with me, she worked at my business,

she lived, you know, Steve Senior was in her life since she was one. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was very young, you know, it was, so. Glad, so Steve Senior was basically her dad then? Yeah, he was there, you know, through school and everything. Yeah, that makes sense. Well, it's been fun.

Where can people find you and find the podcast and everything? Well, we're filming Well, it's been fun. Where can people find you and find the podcast and everything? Well, we're filming today. It's gonna be on YouTube. We post on YouTube and we're gonna try and do weekly and then I'm on Twitter, The Real Dealio. Mm, what a name. The Real Dealio One on Twitter.

I'm kinda, Steve threw me in there and then all of a sudden it was just like blowing up. Now I've got like this whole Twitter family. It's very like community oriented. Twitter, yeah. It's not like Instagram or anything. No, Twitter you have conversations with people. Oh I know.

Everyone's like, good morning Marybeth and all this. I'm like, oh my God, everyone's so nice. You know? Yeah. It's like you wake up to this whole community, you know? Well when you're giving money out, yeah, people will be nice to you. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, this whole community, you know? Well, when you're giving money out, yeah, people will be nice to you. Yeah, yeah, yeah, well that too, you know?

And then I don't really know what I'm doing, so I'm like, am I supposed to answer everybody? Answer everybody, I'm like, oh, I'm so sorry for your loss. Oh, I hope you feel better. Somebody's like, what are you doing? I was like, are you not supposed to do that? Nah, you're really not.

Really, why? Well, it's not sustainable because you're going to start getting hundreds than thousands. So if it would take too long, you won't be able to do it in a few months. Yeah. Oh no, no, no, I know I'm going up. I've got like-

You got to pick and choose your battles. Yeah, I know. Yeah, I don't really respond to anyone. You don't? Just because it would take so long because I'm getting thousands of comments and DMs. Yeah, but you're big. I'm not big. I only have like 14,000 followers.

Yeah, but it'll grow quick. Yeah. Yeah, you'll see. Yeah. But no, keep doing what you can for now. Yeah, I know. That's sweet of you. And then all I do is I post something dumb once in a while that Steven says and I'll get a text

from him saying, get off Twitter forever, please. Making him look bad. Yeah. Well, I don't think it makes him look bad. He just doesn't like, you know, whatever I post, probably some stupid like quote or something. Cause I'm big into like the quotes, you know, motivational quotes or something. I love it.

Well, we'll link it all below. Thanks for coming on. Yeah, thank you for having me. I enjoyed it. Yeah, that was cool. Thanks for watching guys. See you next time.