Girls Gotta Eat - If This Was Your Last Single Summer feat. Tunde Oyeneyin

Episode Date: June 1, 2026

We are so excited to have Tunde Oyeneyin back on the show IN PERSON to talk about this being her last single summer. She shares why she’s decided it’s her last summer without a partner and how she... is acting accordingly, manifesting, and prepping for the right guy – and how you can do the same. She is spilling the tea on a nightmare matchmaker experience she had, a date with someone who seemed like The One…until he wasn’t, and why she doesn’t care if men are intimidated by her. In addition to the dating discussion, we chat about her being a 2026 Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and how she is more confident than ever at 40. She also shares her incredible and inspiring story of being hired at Peloton after being rejected initially, how Cody Rigsy advocated for her, and why you can’t give up on your dreams. Before Tunde joins us, we each share recent crazy experiences we had in NYC – Rayna at a massage parlor and Ashley on the streets at night. Enjoy! Follow Tunde on Instagram at @tune2tunde, take her classes on Peloton, and get her book Speak. Follow us on Instagram @girlsgottaeatpodcast, Ashley @ashhess, and Rayna @rayna.greenberg. Visit girlsgottaeat.com for more. Thank you to our partners this week: Article: Get a beautiful new sofa, dining table or bed http://article.com. Revolve: Get 15% off your first order at https://revolve.com/GGE with code GGE. Every Year After: Watch Every Year After, streaming June 10 only on Prime. Nutrafol: Get $10 off your first order and free shipping at https://nutrafol.com with code GGE10. Storyworth: Get up to $20 off at https://storyworth.com/gge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Okay, so you said to us that this is your last single summer. This is my last single summer. This podcast is a Dear Media production. Hi, guys. Hi, guys. Welcome back to another episode of Girls Gotta Eat. Welcome back June 1st. We are back in L.A. after being gone for three weeks.
Starting point is 00:00:35 I know. I need so much maintenance. I can. We can see it. We're still here. So if you guys are watching, we're still here. We're recording from Dear Media in New York. one of the first podcast to record out of here.
Starting point is 00:00:48 Yeah, they just opened. Yeah, they just opened. It's so gorgeous. It's really beautiful. So I'm excited about this spot. And we have great episode for you guys today. Yes. We're just really excited.
Starting point is 00:00:57 And I woke up this morning and I was like, here, all the maintenance I need is the list. So I got to get Botox, filler. I need a manicure. You need a pedicure. And listen, I was taking a walk and I went to Washington Square Park on Saturday. I looked down at my own feet. And I was like, I am humiliate. to be in these streets. I got a pedicure just, I was like, I can't be in the world like this.
Starting point is 00:01:19 And okay, Raina. It's not that foot. It's that. Yeah, I peeled a little off. My nails grow so fast because it's that neutralful. And I will keep a gel petty on for a year. Me too. I'll trim my own nails with the polish still on there.
Starting point is 00:01:37 And I was just trimming my toe nails. But yeah, this is bad. And it matters in the summer, hot take. I only needed it because, yeah, it's 90 degrees here. My toes were so gross. And they're gross enough as is. Like, I have to do the maintenance that I can do. do. I was thinking that I would maybe dial back my manicures, just kind of be natural nails for the summer.
Starting point is 00:01:55 I don't really few people. Well, I love Julietta. Like, we spend time together every month, but it's still like 90 minutes, two hours. And, you know, we like to chit chat. And, but I feel really free right now. I feel like my special is out in the world. I feel like I've been so busy from, for years. This is freed up the emotional space to get your nails done. No, I'm saying I'd feel less busy. It feels really nice. I think it's going to be a great summer. I haven't felt like this in a really long time where like sometimes I'll have these moments where I'm like, I have nothing to do really. My to do list, I don't have anything on it. It's incredible, isn't it? It feels really nice. You can't relate. No, actually I can. First of all, last year, I can relate because you did all the work. I didn't do anything.
Starting point is 00:02:37 And this is officially the end of the first leg of my tour. So 28 cities. You have a little bit of a break. I finished off Cleveland and Pittsburgh. It would have been last week at this point. And so I have like a break. for the summer, except for two tour stops, I have to make up Salt Lake and Nashville, but I'm done besides that until September. It feels nice. It does feel really nice. And I kept saying it was just last year, it was like, when the tour's over, when the wedding's over, and then when the specials out in the world, and that took so much longer. And it was just like, it was a lot of energy and agony and just all the things. I feel really good. I feel really happy. So I will be able to stick to my regular manicures is the bottom line. Okay. But it's your birthday month.
Starting point is 00:03:16 Well, I'm also, now that I'm like, oh my God, I'm all this free time. I'm not going to move. Yeah. That I've got to like figure out how to move. And I'll keep you guys update. I'm not trying to gate keep. Like when I have a place in New York, when we have a plan, we'll tell you. So for Raina's birthday, she's getting herself a move.
Starting point is 00:03:31 Yes, I don't know what to do it. But I looked at a place today. So I'll let you guys know. And I do feel like the tour was so amazing. And thank you guys for coming out. And to share this with Ashley, to share it with Britney Schmidt, who's one of our other best friends, to do this and have you guys come out. It just nothing could ever mean more to me in the world. And I joke at the beginning of every show, you guys bought tickets to this without seeing a single stand-up clip of mine. But you really
Starting point is 00:03:54 did. And so to have faith in me, I just, I'm very honored. So I will thank you guys for an amazing year. It is my dream come true. And thank you to Ashley for being on the road with me. And Anna, our editor, who came to the very first show of the hour before you even saw the whole hour. Oh, in New York. And she saw it in New York this week. And so, yeah, I'm just, I'm looking forward to the future. It's been great. Thank you guys so much. Yeah. Let's thank our partners. Ready for a great summer. Fuck, yeah.
Starting point is 00:04:18 You need vacation. All right. Thank you to article. Get a beautiful new sofa, dining table, or bed at article.com. And Revolve. Get 15% off your first order at Revolve.com slash GGE with code Gigi. And thank you to every year after. Watch every year after streaming June 10th, only on Prime Video.
Starting point is 00:04:36 And thank you to Nutraful. Get $10 off your first order and free shipping at Nutraful.com with code GGE10. And thank you to Storyworth. Get up to $20 off at StoryWorth. com slash gge and also yes congrats to you it was amazing first half the tour i can't wait for the second half and to see how that goes and for you to be all up in these cities like buffalo buffalo buffalo is one of my fastest selling cities was it yeah girl i love this are you going to eat some wings i never asked you this before so i i don't want to insult the people of buffalo but i really don't like buffalo wings but boneless
Starting point is 00:05:11 tenders yeah why do i ask you a question why do people say boneless wings and not not chicken fingers. I just think a boneless wing is smaller. It's more wing shaped. A tender is long. It's the size? I think it's the size. Something that's a little squatty and just two inches long is not a tender.
Starting point is 00:05:31 It's a squatty tender. It's a chunk. It's like a chunk. I just never wonder like why don't people call them, are those nuggets? No, not nuggets. It's in between. I feel like a boneless wing is the size between a nugget and a tender. It's like small, medium, large, nugget, boneless wing, tender.
Starting point is 00:05:49 So we're talking like one inch, two and a half inches four inches. What are we talking about here? I need buffalo to weigh in because when people say boneless wings, I'm like, you're so, you're so lame because that's a chicken figure. And it's not a nugget either. Yes, it's between a nugget and a tender. No, Buffalo weigh in. We need to know.
Starting point is 00:06:07 But thank you. Buffalo, really, more tickets than any other city. Well, we just haven't been there. That's true. So I'm glad you'll be there. I don't want to commit just yet, but I'll go there for the boneless wings. If you are living here, I might make you come with me. We'll figure it out.
Starting point is 00:06:21 Yeah. Well, here we've time. Okay. So, Ashley, I've been, like, boiling over and tell you the story. It's so crazy. And Anna and just everybody in the world. So I, this has never happened to be in my tire life. This is insane.
Starting point is 00:06:32 Just to explain to you how tired I was on Monday. I walked the length of Manhattan four times all the way west and east twice. I was so tired. What were your steps? 20,000? 25,000 steps. I don't understand. Like, when I'm at 18, I'm like, there could be no more.
Starting point is 00:06:50 Like, people walk 30,000 steps for Coachella, like they were posting that. And I don't understand it. Like, 20 is like my legs are falling off. I was, thank you. That's the case. So, just so you know, the mind set, I was in. Whole day flip flops. No, you didn't.
Starting point is 00:07:05 Whole day flip flops. Yes, because Melanie and I walked home after that plan. And the rats were the size of cats. And she was like, you shouldn't be in those fucking teeks on these streets. The biggest rats I've ever seen. running across your feet. Yep. Okay.
Starting point is 00:07:17 25,000 steps that day. It was insane. So by the time I got to Emily's around 22,000, I was exhausted. So I was going over to Emmys and I was in Chinatown and she was like, I need a little more time. Can you give me like an hour? And I was like, I need to go somewhere. I need to like sit down. I am so tired.
Starting point is 00:07:33 And I'm in Chinatown. And in front of me, I see this sign for massages. And I'm like, I'll get a Chinatown like foot massage. And yeah. I was like, that will eat 30 minutes and then I'm going to go over to Emily's. And so I go into this. basement. I don't read any reviews. I don't know what this thing is going to... I don't know. I'm just like, there's a sign out front. It says we give massages. I'm a horny. Yeah. So I go to this basement.
Starting point is 00:07:59 And there's all these little rooms lined up. There's like eight rooms. They each have like a massage bed. Each room is the size of the bed. Yeah. I've been to like one place like this. Yeah. Okay. So I walk into the room. There's like paper towels on the bed basically to just like line it instead of it. So I lay down. There's just like a hole in the thing. I put my face in the hole. They put this sheet over me even though I'm fully clothes and it's 95 degrees outside. I'm sweating to death. This man comes in the room. He proceeds to give me a massage. He's pressing on areas so hard until they go numb. And then at other points he's going so fast around my body. He's using one hand the whole time. Like a karate job? Yes. I'm like, has this guy ever touched a body before? It's insane to me. At one point he took a phone call while he's. was giving me a massage and I'm like whatever it's $30 like you get what you pay for yeah yeah I started thinking about the other things I spent $30 on this week and like this was a steal so he is just sort of gyrating on my body and I'm like this is so I'm just I should just leave and then I hear it from the other side of the wall uh it's a man moaning and this goes on for like two and a half
Starting point is 00:09:09 minutes the moaning and then the moaning just stops and I'm like okay. Okay, it's fine. I can get through the rest of this massage. I pop up at one point and I go, how much longer? And he goes, he was like, he pointed it was 22. I was 22 minutes and I was like, I can get through eight more minutes of this for the story. Actually, from the other side of the wall, the other room I hear. And then, oh. No, wait, shut. I thought. I did not think these places were real. I had no idea. This was fucking real. And so I come out of the room. And I pop up and I go, I think we're, I think we could just be done here. Thank you so much. He's like, you still have a few minutes left. I was like, we don't. So I hop up out of the bed and I go into the main room and I'm like, can I just pay? He knocks on the door of one of the jerk off rooms and some woman comes out. She just like slides out the door and she has to ring me up. She's like, hand sanitizer. Yeah, I know she heard her hands got to be covered and come. She's like, you can use your phone here.
Starting point is 00:10:03 I'm like, please don't touch anything that is touching me. It is insane. So I paid and I ran out of there. I was in a jerk off parlor. You were, yeah, you were like at a brothel. Yes. I did not know these really existed. Are you sure this is what was happening?
Starting point is 00:10:19 Yes. It couldn't have been anything else, right? I've gotten a lot of massages in my life. Never heard noises like this. Well, it's just like, I guess there's plausible deniability that that guy was really just enjoying it. Totally. But the second person also on the other side of the room. So it was like a slap.
Starting point is 00:10:38 A slap and tickle? Like it was like a hand job. Hand job sound. That's not what they do. moan and then that was it. Yeah, some people like that. Listen, I don't give hand jobs like that. I don't really give hand jobs.
Starting point is 00:10:55 I would have laughed at the moaning. I can't hear a man. But I thought maybe it is just somebody who's enjoying the massage. A little too much. One time I was getting massage and I asked this guy, I just talked the whole time. This guy in Santa Barbara. I remember that one.
Starting point is 00:11:08 And I was like, what's the weirdest stuff that's happened to you during massage? And he's like, people moan. People moan kind of a lot. And I was like, that's crazy. I would never think to like out loud moan. That's like inappropriate to the person. Like it's really like, it's like verbal assault to the masseuse. Yeah, like every once in while I sigh a little too loud.
Starting point is 00:11:24 I'm like, reel it in. I don't even lick my lips unless their hands are fully off of me. Yeah. Because like sometimes my lips get dry. You're signaling. Yeah, I don't want them to touch my thigh and I'm like, hmm. That's crazy. It was insane.
Starting point is 00:11:38 And I was like this. I walked in there and they were like, just get some guy off the street to massage this girl. She wants a real massage. What this guy? He just. was like just going really fast, gyrating. Just doing whatever. Yeah, he pressed on my arms until the last feeling repeatedly. The one hand karate chop is crazy. When you actually get karate chopped in a massage, you're like, I thought this, you guys weren't doing this anymore. We got this couple's massage
Starting point is 00:12:01 when we were in Mexico for Alyssa's wedding. And the best I've ever had, because it was overlooking the water. I can't remember if we talked about this, but Shishon and I love a couple's massage and we've, that was like our fourth one, like we really love them. So, but this was overlooking the water. It was amazing. She was amazing. I had a great. great massage. But I told her as we were walking down onto the beach, don't touch my head. For the couple reasons. I don't want the oil in my hair. It feels nice. Of course, who doesn't love a head massage? But if they don't use oil, then it's just like dry hair. It's like, it feels like it's not in your head. I just don't like the dry. I hate it even more. So I just say don't
Starting point is 00:12:38 touch my head. Like that's my one thing. I even, when we do the little diagram, I put an X on my head. Because, you know, they say, like, where does, where do you want them to focus on? No one's ever handed me a diagram in my whole life. Oh, really? I feel like the nicest boss I've been to, they give you a little thing. They're like, what do you want us to focus on? I cross an X through my head. Maybe it's because I say touch everything. They're like, she doesn't need the diagram. No one's ever handed me that. So we have this, like, great, great massage. Also, by the way, the last time they touched my head, I didn't say stop and I regret it. Just like dry rubbing your hair back and forth. They feel like it's causing breakage, whatever. I was like, regretful. I was like, I feel like my hair is all
Starting point is 00:13:11 fucked up from that. So I'm just super sensitive to it. And we'd already. I already discussed it. She was giving me a great massage. And she goes for the head. And I yell out, no head. And I just shock. I hear him like laugh. He was like to have you getting massage. Y'all, no head. That's what he asked me when he walked in the room. He was like, no head? No head. Oh, you just want to massage. And I kind of forgot about it. She was like, oh, I'm so sorry. Like, I've already discussed that. I didn't like yell it. I just was like, no head. You know. And no, it's a jump scare. When I go to get a massage and I, my hair is not on like wash day. They go to touch my head.
Starting point is 00:13:45 I know. Jump out of that thing. I know. So after, I kind of forgot about it. As we wrap up the massage and chock was like, when you held out, no head. He was like, we'll see about that. Relax mode. Well, that's crazy.
Starting point is 00:13:58 And now you got to read the reviews on that place. So Emily said, Emily said, did you not check the reviews before you walked downstairs? I was like, I cannot tell you how tired I was. I was like, whatever happens in there happens in there. Yeah. And I mean, sometimes you just want your feet rubbed. Yeah. And you've been walking here at 22K steps.
Starting point is 00:14:14 So last night we went to dinner at a place called La Dong, which I chose it based on the name alone. But I had been craving Vietnamese food. It was incredible. It's in Union Square-ish area. La Dong, check it out. I was walking by because I went to Topkins Square Bagel the other day. And the line was like down the block. Yeah. I feel proud of myself. I found this place. Was able to get a res. Yeah, it was awesome. I chased Sapphire card. They did some like special reservations for Chase people. You know, you link your card. Yeah, yeah. I loved it. So you, Brittany came in a menace. You walked home with her and I walked west with Megan. And this guy came up to us on the street. It's like a tall, non-threatening guy dressed pretty feminine, but it was a dude.
Starting point is 00:14:52 And he was like not an unhoused person just to kind of tweak it out person. Okay. Weird energy and came up and was like, do you have $5? And we were like, no. And we didn't. And he was like, well, you got to buy me a coffee. Like kind of demanded it. It was a weird energy. For the record, I have bought plenty of people food. I have given people money. I'm not a like pretend these people don't exist type of person. When it's dark and late and I'm walking home. Yes. And we were on like a side. We weren't on an avenue. We were on a street and it was like a dark portion of the street. Again, a non-threatening person. He had a purse. You know, it felt like there wasn't a weapon on him, but you don't know. And wouldn't let up, Raina. So the energy was really off. And he was like, you're. You're like, you're. You're. You know, it felt like, were going to buy me a coffee, basically. And then proceeds to follow us to the point where we,
Starting point is 00:15:45 when we tried to veer off, he blocked us. Oh, my God. We tried to cross the street and he, like, blocked us and stood there and, like, hands crossed and, like, kind of started to mock us. It was really weird. Again, I didn't feel, like, scared for my life. You don't know what somebody's going to do. I know. Like, a big, scary looking dude, I would have been panicked. Like, we're, something really bad is about to happen. But again, this was, like, a non-threatening type of person. And but we still, the way that he was acting was scary, blocking us physically and then getting in our face. And like, you're going to buy me that coffee. I was like, oh my God. And so I just like, link to arms with Megan. I like, we'll keep walking until we get to the avenue and we'll duck into
Starting point is 00:16:23 some place or whatever. So we were like almost all the way down the street to the avenue. And we see these four dudes. And they were, two were sitting like on the street side and two were sitting kind of like on the opposite sides of the sidewalk, these like four dudes. And like every single one of them your type like bald bearded tattooed like we'll look like four bouncers I swear and so we clock them immediately so we like we're like we're going to stop and hang out with these dudes these dudes are going to protect us and we're fine right in a boyfriend so the three of us because this this guy was walking with us got up to these dudes who again four of them kind of like on four corners across each other on the sidewalk if you can picture it and the person who was kind of harassing us kind of
Starting point is 00:17:03 walked ahead and then we stopped. So we're, then it's like there, he's on the other side of the dudes and we're behind. So he turns around and he's like, oh no. Now I've like, these people are like involved. Yes. We're just standing there and like everyone feels what's happening. The bouncers are like, yeah. And the one guy goes, is he bothering you? And we're like, yeah. And he was like, we got you. It was hot. And you would like, I would like you to bother my friend after those. So then the guy realizes what's happening. He was, they were going to me a coffee and like really starts like a really unwell person. Yeah, no, it was, it was just really unsettling. It wouldn't really scare me, Ashley, to be at night walking around by myself like that.
Starting point is 00:17:42 Yes. And like the, again, the physical blocking, the mocking, it was really unsettling. And so the hottest of the four was just like, you're going to have to get that coffee somewhere else. Like, we're just like, we got you. It was just like a porn, Ashley. And then we all went home and fucked. So then the biggest one was like, let me walk you. What are you girls doing? You get in a cab. you're getting, what are you, how you get in home. I'm going to walk you at least up to the avenue. So he walks us up to the avenue. It sounds like the coffee guys are paid actor.
Starting point is 00:18:09 I know. So he walks us up to the avenue. And we just are chatting with him. They were MTA workers on their break. Uh-huh. Getting ready to like go back to work or something. But just like the guy, we were like, where are you from? He was like, I'm from the Bronx.
Starting point is 00:18:21 And again, he was the least hot of the four. But the two of them, I was like, God damn. I hate that rain is not here. Okay. Melanie has always told me that I should end up with an outer borough guy. She says it continuously. You should be with an outer bro guy. This sounds like my guy.
Starting point is 00:18:34 Yeah. So anyway, it just was like a weird situation. Megan even said like that's the most persistent anyone's ever been. Usually, again, like I'm happy to help people here and there. If I feel like someone's harassing me, absolutely not. And you've got to get out of that situation because you don't know what people are going to do. And so we were both like that was super weird. But we were rescued.
Starting point is 00:18:54 Really? The chivalry is not dead. That is so nice to hear. They loved it. You know those guys fucking ate that up. I know. That made their night. We got to like save these women, protect these women.
Starting point is 00:19:05 Yeah, they're talking about you guys today. So I just thought that was like a nicest story, kind of. Also, it's just so New York. Like New Yorkers is to help each other. Where did you meet them? On the street, waiting to get, I guess they had to go back at 11 or something. They were on their break. Okay.
Starting point is 00:19:20 If there was like a bar, you could recommend. Hey, were you guys going to be tomorrow? And what train line do you work? Where could we find you? If we wanted to find, if we had a friend that wanted to find you guys again, Like, where would we send her? Just ride the MTA. Just ride the subway until you find us.
Starting point is 00:19:37 God, I can't wait to move back here. Date men here. Oh, they're so hot. So that was our little story. I'm glad you're safe. Yeah, we made it. Okay, well, two New York stories for you guys. And we have tuned day to day, which we are so excited.
Starting point is 00:19:50 And we had her in, I remember where I was when her episode aired because Dewey had just passed. And I believe 2021. 2021, January 2021, I believe it was, I believe it was MLK. day and inauguration day for Joe Biden. Oh, no, that's a Tuesday, right? Whatever. It was MLK Day. Yeah, when her episode came out and then the next day was the inauguration Day, whatever. I just remember this kind of specifically. So it's been over five years and we ran into her while we were here last week at the Sports Illustrated Swim suit edition brunch. She's one of the models this year. And we were just like, we've got to get you back on.
Starting point is 00:20:24 And so she's really fun stuff to say and talk about. I'm really excited to have her. And she's written a book since we last saw her. So lots to talk to her about. Yes. So without further ado, we'll just thank our partners and we'll get into it with her. Okay. I am so excited to tell you guys about every year after. So this is a best-selling novel from Carly Fortune. And it is going to be an original series on Prime based on the novel. I read this two or three summers ago. I absolutely love it. And it follows Sam and Percy across six summers as they take a second chance at love that never really let go. So if you love like a slow burn friends to lovers, romance. This is the one. If you like something, I'm not going to name another show as while we're here, but if you like some set at the beach, like a lake house, beach house vibe, you might know what I'm talking about. You're going to love this. So you get this like lakeside summer aesthetic, childhood best friends. There's that tension that we love and like a one that got away element. It is nostalgic, emotional, so romantic. And it really captures that
Starting point is 00:21:23 very specific ache of wondering what if and finally getting an answer. I love this book so, so, so much. And I really love this author. I think I've DM'd with her. couple times. And she's really great. So we've all been there and just had that like summer crush friends that we've had crushes on. You know, we've all, we've all, we've all in your life. Go ahead. Go for it. And just all that nostalgia. And I just love something that takes place like a lake or a beach. So you guys are going to absolutely love it. I am so happy they made it into a show. And again, you are going to watch this on prime video. Watch every year after streaming June 10th, only on prime. Okay. And as we're talking about moving, what better time to talk about furniture? makes it effortless to create a stylish, long-lasting home with unbeatable prices. So Ashley and I are longtime fans of this brand and everything they do. There's tons of styles to choose from when you go to their website. So my house is more like coastal boho, but they have mid-century modern and Scandy-inspired pieces. And they have things for every room. So bedroom's living room, of course. And since it is getting hot out, we can focus on like the outdoor stuff. I find it so hard to find high quality
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Starting point is 00:23:30 So we've told you about it. But just in case you are not familiar, your new round here, Storyworth is this beautiful book that is going to be a story about your father. And the way that they do it is each week's Storyworth sends him a question about his life. And then he responds however he wants. He can write back over email or a voice recording or even a guided phone call. So I think when we did this, they just wrote it out. We would look at our dads would be at their computers, like tip-taping away.
Starting point is 00:23:55 But now they can do these voice recordings or a guided phone call. all so whatever they prefer. And then Storyworth is just going to meet him where he is at so he can just focus on the joy of remembering and reflecting. You can pick the questions. I don't think I did this for my dad. I think I did it for my mom. I think my dad was just like whatever they have pre-written is fine. He'll figure it out. The questions they have are great, but you can just choose
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Starting point is 00:25:19 Okay, guys, we are very excited to welcome back a guest today. She is a world-class Peloton instructor where she also just launched her first ever apparel collection. She is a 2026 Sports Illustrated rookie, a New York Times bestselling author of Speak, Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and get from where you are to where you want to be. Please welcome back to the show. Tunei-Day Oh, Unane. Hey. Hey. And Fettywop backup dancer. Listen, just to the resume. Yes. So we were so excited to run into you last week at the Sports Illustrated event. Congrats on being one of the models? Thank you so much. How does it feel? I mean, I'm a sports illustrated swim model. Like,
Starting point is 00:26:00 how do you think it feels? It feels exactly like what you think. Yeah. Well, congrats. It feels pretty surreal, pretty crazy. Tell us about FettyWop and tell us what happened. That is, I love that this is where we are starting. So basically they were like, you know, it's the Sports Illustrated event, like kickoff week. Yeah. And Fetty Wop is our surprise performer. And so basically they're like, hey, go out on the stage. You're going to announce something. So we're all, specifically? No, all the models. All the girls.
Starting point is 00:26:27 Okay. So we all line up or many of us line up, maybe some knew better, but many of us line up and we're going out there on stage. And then I realize you're not announcing anything. Like the plan has shifted. You guys are just going to dance on stage. And so I... That's a bait and switch if I ever heard of one.
Starting point is 00:26:45 I would be so scared. Ashley would love it because she can, like, really bust down. I can't. I don't know how to dance. I needed more drinks before hitting this stage. Yes. I felt like my 19-year-old self was coming out in real time. And he's looking at me singing his song, wanting me to like, because I'm right next to him.
Starting point is 00:27:03 Yeah. And he's singing an instructor dance. Vibe with me, enjoy my song with me. And I don't know the words to songs. I like don't know words. And then once I know the word, I sing that part loud. You know. And then I was up hello.
Starting point is 00:27:15 You know, I was up hello. You know, 17, 30. And so it was just, it was most embarrassing, but also very surreal, cool moment. of my life. Where did you shoot for Sports Illustrated? I shot in Montau. Oh, you did.
Starting point is 00:27:28 Okay, with Hannah Burner and all the girlies. With Hannah Burner and all the girlies. The shoot looks amazing. It was incredible. Wild. Ben Watts was the photographer. It was just incredible. You know, like little 12-year-old,
Starting point is 00:27:42 19-year-old, 29-year-old, 39-year-old Tunday wouldn't have believed this moment. And so to do this at 40 years old is just, it's like a testimony to my. myself. Like, I really believe I am just getting started. I really believe I'm in my prime. I'm in this space right now where, you know, you kind of like sometimes like look at old pictures of yourself and you're like,
Starting point is 00:28:04 God, why did not enjoy that body? Why did I enjoy that tight skin? Like all the things. I'm in this space in my life where I'm like, no, girl, like right now is the best. Right now is as best as it has been. And so I'm old enough now to appreciate it. I think like in my 20s, I wasn't able to appreciate tight skin. And now in my 40, I'm not even saying 40s just in my 40 year, my 40th year. I'm just like really excited and grateful because I know that this part doesn't last forever. Do you feel like, I mean, our audience is always like, how do you get confidence? And I feel the same. I feel like at 40, I'm finally not like looking at every flaw on my body, every wrinkle. I mean, listen, I do plenty of work. But I don't let it ruin my day. I don't put in an outfit and think like I don't want to go out to dinner because of the way
Starting point is 00:28:48 I look today. And it's taking me a lifetime to get there. So do you think it just comes with age? Or do you do like self-talk. Yeah, that's real shit. I don't want to go out to dinner because I hate the way I look tonight. That's how my whole team's in 20s, I was just like, this album looks bad. I'm in a bad mood now. I'm upset. But I think, do you feel like with age, it just comes naturally? I think that for me, confidence is knowing that it all comes back. Like, put it this way. Like, if I feel uncomfortable in my body or if I feel uncomfortable about something that I said in a meeting, the way I responded, to me, Confidence is knowing that you are going to feel good in your body again.
Starting point is 00:29:26 Confidence is knowing, I meant I have said the right thing in the meeting today, but I know in the next one I'm going to speak up and speak my mind and it's going to come out perfectly and I'm going to execute it in the way that I intend. And so to me, confidence is knowing like it's all okay. And I can trust myself. I can trust myself. It's all fine. Everything is fine.
Starting point is 00:29:46 Everything is fine. Listen, I didn't slate. It wasn't the best outfit of my life. I don't feel the best, but like, I'll be on top again. I'll win again. And no one's thinking about you. And no one's perfect. Right.
Starting point is 00:29:57 Right. I also just think finding the right role models. I mean, I love this issue of Sports Illustrated swimsuit. I mean, you and Alana Marr and Molly Sims and she posted the thing about her age as well. And people like Hannah Burner, I mean, these are beautiful women with real bodies and strong women and all kinds of different ways and confident women and women that are confident in their age. And I just love to see it. I think we were really pushing up against some body stuff these days that, like, I haven't seen since, like, we grew up with the thinness. And so it's just like we've got to combat that with like real women, real confident women. And I just love all these role models. And I think it's like super important to, for young girls to follow the right people and look up to the right people. Right. I was reading. And there was an article that came out. And it was like the six.
Starting point is 00:30:52 celebrities over 40 who slayed it at the Sports Illustrated launch. And I was on the list and I just thought to myself, I was like, oh my God, I'm on the over 40 list. One, I was an incredible company. I mean, are you kidding me, Molly Sims, Tiffany Haddish, Nicole English, like, hello. But yeah, also, there are oftentimes where I feel, I'm often like, gosh, maybe I shouldn't have told everyone my age. Like, is that going to hold me back?
Starting point is 00:31:23 Because for so long, I mean, as women, you were taught, like, once people know how old you are in this business. Put her out to pasture. Yeah, put her out to pasture. So every once in a while, that thought comes up. But the louder thought is, I'm doing this so the women and girls that are younger than me know that it continues to get better with age. I'm single. I have no kids. And I can't tell you, every time that I'm on Instagram or online and I see a celebrity who is
Starting point is 00:31:50 pregnant for the first time at 42 or 45 or 52. Like, that builds me up. That makes me feel seen. It makes me feel like I'm not alone. And so if my story stepping into who I am at the age of 35, if that inspires anybody, then, hey, thanks. I'm happy to be on that list. Totally.
Starting point is 00:32:11 And those headlines, part of me is like, yeah, let's highlight this. And then part of me is like, what's the tone here? Like, winning over 40 in swimsuits. She's so brave. where people were talking about Hillary Duff, and she's like 38 or something there. Can you believe it? It's like, what are we doing here?
Starting point is 00:32:26 Yes, we can believe it. Yeah, what? Well, it's funny that we're all perpetuating this problem that, like, we will all face. You will all be 40. I think it's crazy. And I think very much like our audience, mine and Ashley Mize audience, like,
Starting point is 00:32:39 has grown up with us, yours has too, because you've been an instructor for so long. And how many people are like, I've taken her classes for six, seven years. And they're growing up with you. So to see you continue to be. confident about who you are is like very important I think yeah that's the wild thing yeah like the people that follow me we are we're growing up together yeah started at pelotonos what 32 I'm bad at math
Starting point is 00:32:59 so it's been eight years yeah well I don't know why put the math away I was 32 or 33 and yeah I think about that all the time like people have literally seen me they've been with me stepping into this season that I'm in this era that I'm in yeah It's super cool because it feels like you're doing it with friends. Yeah. They've been on the journey. Yeah. Like, we feel like that with this podcast.
Starting point is 00:33:25 We've probably had it about as long as you've been an instructor. Yeah. So people like been on the ride. So we wanted to talk to you. We had Cody on at the beginning of the year. And I didn't totally know the whole story of that he really helped you get in there. And I don't know. I just kind of want to hear it from your side too of just initially they didn't choose you.
Starting point is 00:33:44 And he rode for you, no pun intended. And now look at you now. Cody's my fairy godmother. Yeah. If it wasn't for Cody, I wouldn't be here. Wow. Like literally. We argued a little bit on how the story went down, but I proved.
Starting point is 00:33:57 I have the receipts. It's in my DMs. I still have it. He found me on Instagram. Doing fitness stuff? You were a makeup artist, right? I was a makeup artist, but I was, so I was a makeup artist for 16 years. I was kind of like at the, it was my passion.
Starting point is 00:34:10 I loved it until I didn't. I loved it until I hated it. And so I was trying to like step into whatever it was next from me. I knew that I really loved fitness. Yeah. I had this blue light vision, this divine download of information where I saw myself as a fitness instructor. Okay. Took a cycling class that changed my life.
Starting point is 00:34:29 After that cycling class, I had this, again, like blue light vision, this wave of blue energy moved from my fingertips into my toes. And within a matter of five seconds, I knew that I'd be cycling for the rest of my life. I knew that I'd be teaching. And without even knowing what Peloton was at the time, I knew that it'd be able to impact the lives of millions of people by virtue of a bike. I saw it that clear. I was certain, I was sure. Oh my God. Have you always had like visions like this?
Starting point is 00:34:51 It's very interesting that you asked that, sure. That was the first time I really trusted it. Okay. In hindsight, yes, I've had visions both since and then after. Nothing came in as loud as that one did. Wow. Wow. I was sure.
Starting point is 00:35:06 I started crying and laughing. And I was laughing because it was almost as though I felt like somebody pulled me and said, look inside this portal. You get to see. And I laughed and cried in that moment because I knew what I saw was certain. And I knew that it was like divine that I got to see. Oh my gosh. I know this.
Starting point is 00:35:28 We love woo-woo shit. We love my way. It was every time I say it, I have chills because it was just so real. And clearly it was real because here I am. But I leave New York. I was in New York when this vision happened. I say, okay, I'm going to go start cycling. And then imposter syndrome said in.
Starting point is 00:35:46 I was like a former overweight kid picked on, made fun of teased. I thought to myself, nobody's going to find me motivating. Like, nobody's going to want to see me on the bike. My voice is annoying. I'm not going to, nobody's going to find me inspiring. And so I kind of like pushed the idea aside. I told two friends, my best friends, Christy and Max, I told him about this divine download. And so Max continued to like push me.
Starting point is 00:36:08 They're both, Christy, they're both pushing me. Fast forward. I start teaching at this mom and pop shop. The owner of the shop, I used to take classes at her studio. And she looks at me and she says, I'm going to make you a star. Like you are, you're going to be my star instructor here. And so, bless her heart, her name is Mimi Ben. She invested a lot in me, put me on billboards, put me me the face of the website.
Starting point is 00:36:29 Wow. And so Cody is looking to find an instructor at the same time. And he's specifically looking to find somebody outside of New York. He is on just like a black hole, I guess, on Instagram. Also, we're talking about Cody Briggsby. We haven't said his last name. If you guys don't know that is, Briggs me. He needs no last name.
Starting point is 00:36:45 So. Tuned in Cody. Cody's down this rabbit hole of just like fitness studios, not in New York. And he comes across my picture on the website in LA, stalks my Instagram, and then asks if he can fly me out to New York to audition. I had only been with the mom and pop studio a very short time, like two or three months at this time. I go out, I audition. He looks at me after the audition, like smiling, cheek to cheek.
Starting point is 00:37:10 Some of the production texts come out and they're looking at me and they're like, girl, you killed that. Yeah. Cody says that was the best audition I've ever seen. I cannot wait to train you. I cannot wait for you to work here. So, baby, I go home. I'm on the way to back to the airport. I call two of my best friends, Christy and Kim, and I said, their mom was on the phone. All four of us. Yeah. On connected call. My mother passed away, so I didn't have my mom to share in that moment, but I'm on the phone with their mom.
Starting point is 00:37:37 And they're like, oh, my God, we are so mad because now you're moving to Newark, but we are so happy for you. We all cried. Yeah. And then, you know, Cody says we are opening. London right now, the powers that be that make the final decision, they're away, but once they get back to review your tape, can't wait for you to come. A couple of weeks later, every single day for a few weeks, every time my phone rang, every time I email being, I feel this. I am waiting for Cody, like, it is Cody Rigsby calling to tell me to pack my best. No, I would be like, this is like a man that's ghosting me. Like, I did, please text me. I'm looking my phone every second I die. But it's not even like ghosting because I'm, I'm sure there's a second day. Right.
Starting point is 00:38:12 You told me to buy the clothes. We had a great time. We had a great time. Yeah. You had more fun than me. Yeah. Were we on the same date? Because this was the best date. Right. So, you know, a couple weeks go by. I wake up, get the ding.
Starting point is 00:38:29 Email goes off. I open my email from Cody Rigsby. We regret to enjoy it. No. And the fact that I know that you got the job and I'm still so upset. I just, I didn't see this coming. We regret to inform you. I mean, we knew what happened.
Starting point is 00:38:41 But oh my God. I know. So I don't remember what was in the middle of the email. top of the email, we regret to inform you. And then just before his signature, he writes, I want you to know this was not a unanimous decision. He wanted me to know. Of course.
Starting point is 00:38:57 This was. You already knew his decision. Right. And it's so funny because now knowing Cody, I know how difficult that was for him to write. But even at that time, without knowing him in the way that I do now, I could hear the hurt in the email. Uh-huh. It's just to tell somebody like, I root for you, I believe. Right.
Starting point is 00:39:14 Now this is outside of your hand. It's like heartbreaking. Right. So then what happened? So at the time, it was, I can't remember how many people weigh in on the vote, but it had to be unanimous. Oh, okay. And so there were two votes that didn't go my way. And it was the two, two of the main votes, if you will.
Starting point is 00:39:35 We need not speak their names here. Addresses. Like Baltimore? I've never met these people, by the way. Right. And so I get an email eight months later, and I'm working on. set at this time shooting this reality show that never got picked up. Oh my gosh. God. Also, if that reality show picked up, I probably wouldn't be here either. It was a show like
Starting point is 00:39:56 you trap it around the world drinking wine. I don't need any of that footage to ever be released. That's how I feel about when I'm drinking on camera. Nobody needs to see that. Nobody needs to see that. It sounds like a setup. I gained 10 pounds in a week shooting that show. Drinking wine. So all that to say, there were things happening at that time, but nothing was Peloton. And I remember after I got that no from Cody, I'd only told maybe four people that I was even auditioning. I like to keep things real close until it comes. Right. Yeah, that's too.
Starting point is 00:40:25 And so I will never forget I was on a hike with my friend Jade. And the four people that I told, every time that Peloton commercial came on, they'd like F you and they like change the channel. And, you know, I supported their hate because you love when your friends are not somebody for you. But also, I couldn't give the FU to Peloton because I just didn't believe that I didn't believe that it was over. Yeah. I'd seen it.
Starting point is 00:40:47 I was sure. And so then I start going through this, like, really depressed state because not because I didn't get a job. I'm down because I believed myself. I was sure. And I'm down in this moment because I'm doubting what I believed with certainty to be true. So then I'm questioning myself. Right. So eight months later, I get the call from Cody.
Starting point is 00:41:09 And he says, essentially, we were fools. If you are not busy, like, would you come out and audition again? So I flew back out to New York. Did you think like I can't handle the heartbreak if you say no again or are you like, I'm this sure? I'm not that girl. I will try something a hundred times until I get it. There is nothing that will ever keep me from something that is mine.
Starting point is 00:41:29 There's nothing. No heartbreak, no embarrassment, a no that could ever keep me from something that is mine. So it was mine. So I went to claim it. I will say this. When I showed up to the first audition, my boyfriend at the time said, it is yours. It is up to you if you are going to allow someone else to go in there and take it from you. It's already yours.
Starting point is 00:41:55 You're going to decide if you want somebody else to take it from you. So go up and claim it. And so that's kind of the mindset that I went in with. The second time I thought to myself, this can be taken. It was taken before. So it didn't go in with the same sureness. Everybody always says, like, what did you do so right in your second audition that you didn't do in the first? Full disclosure, my first audition was better than my second. Oh, okay. My second, I messed up. I stuttered on my words a little bit. I wasn't as confident with, like, even the playlist that I chose. Like, the first time was more me. The second time, I didn't know. I know now why there was the no. You know, and Cody kind of alluded to it a little bit. He said there's been some shift in our alignment. I think that the person that is, you know, in power, if you will, now I think that they will go more in your favor.
Starting point is 00:42:46 Okay. And so with that being said, it was almost what he was saying was it was not you. And I remember Cody and I had met at a coffee shop. He was walking me through everything you need to do. And I kept saying, well, what did I do wrong? Like, what should I not do? He said, do everything the same. And in my head, I can't do everything the same because what I did before wasn't enough.
Starting point is 00:43:05 And so I'm thinking to myself, maybe I'm too muscular because I'm comparing my, myself to my body and everybody else's body. Maybe I'm too black. I don't see anybody dark skin. Maybe it was because my hair was in braids. So I take my hair out of braids. I lost weight. Mind you, I had like a week. I did, I tried to change so many things about me. I changed my playlist. I wanted to make my playlist more middle America. And so here's what I say to it. sometimes it's not that you are not ready for the opportunity of a lifetime. Sometimes the opportunity of a lifetime just isn't ready for you. Sometimes it's not that you are not ready for the opportunity.
Starting point is 00:43:47 Sometimes the opportunity is not ready for you. Essentially, I didn't get the job because they never had anybody like me. I didn't get the job because they couldn't see me there because there was nobody there that looked like me. I can't change that. the opportunity, y'all, you were not ready for me. And when the shift happened and someone who made the final decision was ready for me, when that person was there, I was ready for the opportunity.
Starting point is 00:44:16 And to see you teach a Peloton class, I mean, it's just they should have, they were so wrong. They were fools. I mean, Ashley and I just, we love your classes. We could go through a list of them. I mean, truly, I was telling you that I put the Beyonce class you do with Alex Fusson. I just put it on to listen to it. I mean, you're just, you're so inspirational. we both cry to that ride. And to watch you do it, I'm like, how wrong were these people? And it had
Starting point is 00:44:37 nothing to do with your weight or how you looked or your hair or your skin. Like, they were, they were just wrong. Yeah. And I think about this lot. I've dealt with a lot with comedy and with my comedy special and different things. And it's like sometimes there are gatekeepers that don't get it. And they don't like you. And that's subjective. And I had a friend just sent me this message. And it was so beautifully written about kind of like people that are in charge of decisions. that are, don't get it or don't see it. And it sucks sometimes that they don't. And they're wrong. And people make poor decisions. And to your point, it's different. You're like, they hadn't seen anyone like me before. And it felt unfamiliar. And so it's a no. So it was just, it's tough sometimes. They didn't see it. But also,
Starting point is 00:45:23 it wasn't for them to see. If I'd gotten that job, Ashley, if I'd gotten that job the first time around. So the position was vacant for eight months because, again, it had to be a unanimous. decision. So both Robin and Cody, who were from the instructor side of it, both continued to advocate and push for me. And so as people were coming in and auditioning, they kept saying no to the people coming in because they kept saying, Tune was better than her. Tune was better than her. Tune was better than her. And so the people that said, no, it wasn't for, it wasn't for them to get. If they had turned around and said, okay, bring her back and I'd gotten a job under them, I don't think that they would have wanted me to flourish. I think that they would have almost
Starting point is 00:46:00 buried me. You know, I always say that Pellon. is almost like it's casting. It's casting. So you want somebody who's that energy and another person's that energy. You don't need two people to be exactly the same. And so if I'm cast and you're the casting director, you're going to put me in a role that's smaller if you didn't really want me here. And so I do think that when the shift happened and when I got hired, I was hired by a team that really wanted me there, wanted me to thrive and put me in a position to be seen. Oh, 100%. Oh, I mean, the whole time you're telling the story, I'm like, it worked out exactly how was supposed to eight months later. It's like I can't even imagine it working out the first time that,
Starting point is 00:46:34 you know, it's just like it all played out. It's all happening for you. And I just think all the time, some people just have bad taste. Like more than 50% of the population voted for Donald Trump. That's insane to me. Allegedly. That's crazy. Yeah, allegedly. But like, I don't understand the taste of 50% or more of people. And like, that's what happened here. Like, we don't understand the taste of somebody that didn't cast me. That's insane. I think of this quote all the time. It was from the Vonda. documentary. And it says never underestimate the poor taste of the American people. Wow. I think about it all the time. And meanwhile, that's what led Don Von Dutch to get so popular. Wow. I've even heard, I think Paige DeSorbo says, like, I don't want everyone to like me. People have bad taste.
Starting point is 00:47:16 So I just think these things help me all the time. Yep. You know, so when you're like, I'm doing this thing, I'm proud of it. This is the bad. This is all I got. Yeah. This is me. And you might not like that. And that's okay. I'm not going to be for everybody. That's fine. everybody's not for me. When I think of like the amount of content out in the world that I don't care for, that it goes both ways and there's plenty to go around. Right. You know? Okay. So we're going to take a quick break and we will get back into it. I'm telling you guys about neutral. If you want your toenails to grow, no, I'm kidding. Neutral is more so for your hair, but it really has impacted my nails. I mean, truly it feels like it's hair skin and nails. But any hair thinning, shedding hair issues that you guys have, this is what we really recommend that you turn to. Especially as you age, women go through different life stages. If you have children, your hair can really change. And Nutraful is going to have that proactive approach to target the root cause. You can see improved hair growth, decreased shedding, visible thickness while taking Nutriful. It's completely changed my hair.
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Starting point is 00:51:23 that this is your last single summer. Talk to us. No. This is my last. single summer. Okay. And I believe you because you are kind of witchy. Yeah, I feel like you've a premonition. And I believe you.
Starting point is 00:51:37 Hey. So do you feel like you want to approach this from like, I'm about to go fucking crazy this summer? Or are you like, it's time to manifest what I really want and like be intentional. Like what are we manifesting for the next couple months? What are we doing? I believe in the power of the both and. Okay. Like I can go crazy and live.
Starting point is 00:51:58 Like, you know, when you hear my last single summer, I. I can live crazy and wild and free with the intention that you may think. And it can be absolutely what you said. Like, I think that I can sit with self and meditate and manifest and call in. Like, when I say it's my last single summer, like, everybody's like, what does that mean? If you knew that this was the last time that you had fully to yourself without the commitment that you need to make to a partner, without what it takes to give to be a mother, if you knew that this was your, like, let's take relationships out of it. If you knew this was your last summer
Starting point is 00:52:34 living in your home state or in your country, like if you knew this was the last summer before you, you left New York. Yeah. Like I would show up and I would live in New York differently. I would go to restaurants that I've never been to. I'd go see shows that I'd never seen. If I knew it was my last trip to Italy, I'd experience Italy in a different way. Vacation energy. Vacation energy. And so when I say it's my last single summer, I think about that, I know that one day, one day, whenever that day may come, that I find my person. I know that I will mourn this life. This life that I am so, this part of my chapter that I'm so eager to leave, turn the page on, move away from. I know that there are days that I will look back and not be able to turn back to this page.
Starting point is 00:53:20 I'll just think about it. And so I want to do everything that I know that I may give up. And so it's like just like time to myself, experiencing different people, maybe going on dates with people. And I've already started, but like going on dates with people that maybe they're not my type. Like my type hasn't worked. So I'm trying your type. You know what I'm saying? You should. Yes.
Starting point is 00:53:43 And so I'm just like I'm trying to experience life in a new way, in a different way. And in a way that I may, I know that I may not be able to. And everybody's like, well, God, what if you're still single next summer? Maybe if I'm still single next summer, then I'm still single next summer. It doesn't hurt. I don't feel it. It doesn't hurt to live as though this were my last. Yes.
Starting point is 00:54:06 I love what you said. I feel so much to respond to. But I love acknowledging that, like, there's a lot of really nice things about being single and being untethered and not being responsible to another person. And their schedule and their feelings and what matters to them. And you give up a lot to be in a relationship. You have to consider another person's time and energy and what they need from you. And there are a lot of really nice things about being single. So to enjoy it temporarily, I think is really important.
Starting point is 00:54:31 I've been single for seven years. So you just said like you give up things, right? I think about something as simple as going to the movies. When I go to the movies, I go to the movies by myself. I don't have to like negotiate about what we're saying because, you know, last time, the last two times it was my choice. I don't negotiate about where I sit. I get to eat all my popcorn by,
Starting point is 00:54:55 myself, I go on solo vacations all the time. I go where I want to go. I stay in the hotel that I want to stay in. I make a plan. And then guess what? If I decide that I want to stay at the beach for the next two hours instead of moving on to the next thing on the to-do list, then I stay at the beach for the next two hours. So it's like, it's just the subtle, like the little micro things that I get to do because I am single. I'm going to live up those micro. things this year. And they're not, like, I think about this all the time. So I'm married down with my husband all the time. I mean, I've been traveling, whatever. But the other night, I was staying at a girlfriend's house
Starting point is 00:55:36 here in New York and by myself, she was out of town. She let me have her place. And I ordered sushi from when I lived here. Soho sushi, if you guys care. And watched Running Point on Netflix, which is a show my husband doesn't care to watch. And I was like, this is so wonderful. I don't get to do this anymore. Like, we watch TV together. Like, I can do whatever I want, whatever. And I love my life with him. But, you know, you think of a single woman who really wants to find somebody. And they have these moments. They're eating dinner alone or they're ordering sushi watching TV alone. And like, I wish I had someone. It's like, yeah, but you will find someone. then you won't get to do this as much. So literally think about that when you're doing it, that you will
Starting point is 00:56:13 miss this. Yeah. And it's not sad. No. And I love romantic love. It's the most important thing, the best feeling. It's, I want that so badly, of course. But in the meantime, I really enjoy. I really enjoy those nights where I get to just be alone, look so fucking ugly, and turn on anything I want, fart anywhere I want. Right. I just, audibly. Yeah. Just let her rip on the couch.
Starting point is 00:56:36 Get up to pee like four times. Just whatever. I just started to check in with somebody. And that's really nice. I remember during COVID, my best friend I manager, her name's Kim, and she is two kids and a husband and a front yard and a backyard. Not the front yard. Listen, I live in New York and I love my home.
Starting point is 00:56:54 I'm very grateful. The front yard is a flex. But like a front yard, babe. No, that's crazy. Come on. You get to walk outside and you still own land. That's awesome. It's crazy.
Starting point is 00:57:02 Uh-huh. They were living up during COVID. Like, they were having the best time. Every day I'd call her and she'd be on FaceTime and they're outside with their picnic. And they're having a picnic, a social, socially distance. I forgot what we called it. A socially distance party with the neighbors. The neighbors are in their front yard.
Starting point is 00:57:18 I miss COVID sometimes. Right. Right. And they're all like hanging out drinking wine. Meanwhile, at the time, I think. I think I was in a studio apartment, like in a box, like going downstairs to talk to the doorman just to feel like I had, you know, interacted with somebody. Yeah. For the day.
Starting point is 00:57:36 And so I remember in that moment just like thinking like, God, you know, is this my life? Is this a light that I've chosen for myself? Like putting my career in this ahead in this moment versus family. And she, you know, talked to me at that time and she was like, Toom Day, you know what I would do? She goes, I go to the toilet. I go to the toilet and these people follow me. They ask me questions. She's so jealous of your life.
Starting point is 00:58:00 It's not just the kids. It's the husband. Everybody follows me to the rest of them. She goes, do you know what I would do to trade spaces with you and pee in that box? And so it's just like, you know, everything is through the lens to which you view it. Like as much as I, you know, I've been single for seven years and I love just like, wait, what's the saying? Like, you listen to the tune of your own, whatever. Like, every day is just my plan. I don't have to, marching to the, marching to the, you know my own drum.
Starting point is 00:58:23 There it is. That's a tattoo on your body. Wow. Oh, it's on your body. So when I wake up every day and I'm just kind of like marching to the beat of my own drum and not having to like compromise, I enjoy. I'm also not the girl who's like, oh, because I think there's also a movement right now where it's, I don't want a man and da-da-da-da. No, I want one baby. I absolutely do.
Starting point is 00:58:47 I want to normalize that too because it's also so normal now for women to be alone and be happily alone and want to be alone. I'm alone and I'm okay being alone But I'm not happily alone I am alone because I choose to not be with the full Because I enjoy my peace I don't want to be in a relationship To just be in a relationship That being said
Starting point is 00:59:06 I would like to meet somebody that I actually like People actually I mean I get those messages a lot Where people say like thank you for being both Like thank you for acknowledging that like That you love being single But it would be really nice to have what Ashley has It like both things can exist in a person I'm proudly single
Starting point is 00:59:22 My life is great I would love romantic love. I'd like to get fucked every day by somebody I love. But you have to say it out loud. Like I, what I really strongly believe in the manifesting and I decided the beginning of 20, 23, I was turning 40 that year. That was going to find my partner and I did it. And I like, talk about all this, whatever. I don't need to rehash it. But I remember seeing this, though, online and feeling so inspired through your story. I was like, oh my God, Ashley, I met somebody. I'm going to meet somebody. It's going to happen. It happened. And I just like, I stopped. I said it out loud. I said it on the podcast. They said to every.
Starting point is 00:59:53 everyone who listens, like, I'm finding someone this year. And there was part of me that, like, I always felt like I was going to meet him right at the buzzer. And, like, really, it really happened like that right before I turned 40. And I started to feel a little panicked. Like, I said, this is going to happen. I told everybody, like, I wanted to happen so badly. And I'm not going to say this, like, I don't need a man. I'm a bad. Yeah, all that stuff's true. Whatever. But, like, I'm going to say the thing. I want to find somebody. I'm dating intentionally. And, like, this is important to me. I'm making space for it in my life where I didn't feel like I had that before. I'm really trying to make it happen instead of, I think we do this defense mechanism of like,
Starting point is 01:00:30 I don't need anybody. I don't want anybody. And I've even told Raina that too. I'm like, don't even say that stuff if you don't really believe it because then you will speak it into existence. Well, I had a matchmaker say that to me. So I signed up this matchmaking service and they give you a therapist to talk to beforehand. And I said, I'm okay if I don't find somebody. And she said, I'm going to encourage you to stop saying that because you'll show up in the world differently. Say to yourself, I will find somebody, want to find somebody. Not I'm just okay if I don't find. Yes, that's the truth. Yeah, you'll survive.
Starting point is 01:00:55 I'll be fine. But again, the goal is fucked every day by somebody who loves me. I had the worst matchmaker experience. You did. A friend of mine, Olivia, a motto. Oh, yeah. Also a colleague, instructor. She was like, I have this matchmaking service for high earner or something, something, something.
Starting point is 01:01:14 Do you want me to put you in touch with this woman? I said, absolutely. And so I do the whole thing with this woman. We have a conversation. We do all the things. Just for her to tell me, I'm so sorry, but I don't believe we have anybody that's compatible for you. I got all the phone with that woman and I cried.
Starting point is 01:01:34 I'm so sorry. What the fuck? And that was like a moment where I felt just, damn, you have a whole service and still nothing. Also, she handled it poorly. How dare you say that to me? What? Let me like really sit and noodle. I want to bring somebody great to you, somebody that's on your caliber. Yeah. It's not going to be overnight because I think that you're wonderful,
Starting point is 01:01:58 but it was just, it's a no for us. Okay. So, that's so wild. I'm so sorry. You went through that. That's crazy. And listen, not everybody's going to be right for me or for you. You are like a powerful person. You are really successful. You're on this streaming service. I mean, people watch you. You're like, I see you. I'm like, this is a powerful content. confident woman. That's not going to be for every man. It's their job to find somebody. Right. It was interesting. That's crazy. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm too beautiful. We are very confident. In the years the thing is like I was very open. Like she's like high requirement. No. Does he have to make more money than you? No. I did all of the like very
Starting point is 01:02:34 open things. But she was like we have a lot of women right now on our on our roster. I fucking hate this. We have an affiliate. You know, I can reach out to the affiliate to see if they have anybody. But you know, being that you're like in the public eye, a lot of. of men don't like that. And so I just think it's going to be a no. Yeah, that's your job. Also, let's say her whole name too. Let me just call it out everybody. Well, I actually, I'm curious what your feeling is on that because people have asked, I mean, prior to Ashley getting married, but both of us, like, do you think your job is going to get in the way of people wanting to date you? We're on stage. We're talking about our dating lives and sex lives and things like that.
Starting point is 01:03:10 People have always said, do you think it's going to get in the way of meeting a partner? And I'm curious what you think. It's not even is it going to get in the way. It has. gotten in the way. I do think that that is, you know, part of the reason that I'm not with person, but also, then it's not supposed to work, babe. Yeah. Like, this is what I do. This is my job. This is my love. Am I going to quit? This is my passion. Like, at the same note, the person that I'm going to choose him and be well with what he does. And the person who chooses me back, he's going to choose me and choose what I, you know, what I do. Yeah. Yeah, do I think that it's intimidating for most men? Absolutely. Do I think that successful
Starting point is 01:03:46 women in general intimidate men. The wrong man. Yeah, it does. It does intimidate the wrong man. And so the guy that my job is an issue, he wasn't the guy. So it's like, 100%. It's a great way to filter them, quite honestly. It was always going to be a problem. And you can't love me in spite of my job. You have to love all of me and what I actually do and be supportive of it. Like, I always think about that. Like, yeah, maybe a guy we, who've dated throughout the years, like, was okay with what we did. I don't want okay. I want that you love it. And you're like on board with all of it. Look at her Go. Her go.
Starting point is 01:04:18 Biggest cheerleader. I've dated somebody that said, like, I'm learning to deal with that. I'm like, I don't want you to learn to deal. I want you to sit in the audience and be like, look at my girl, go. And that's, I'm not going to be for everybody. Not everybody wants me to talk about them on stage. Yeah. And on the flip side, it's like you want a cheerleader.
Starting point is 01:04:35 I want a cheerleader, but I also want to be my man's biggest cheerleader. I'm the one screaming the loudest. Yes. Yeah. When you were in this, like, I am turning 40. I am meeting my person this year. Did you date a lot that year? Yeah. And I had just moved to L.A. So that was like a fresh energy I needed. And towards the end of 2022, I was like, I was like, I'm not really going to date much in New York. We're moving. It was supposed to be temporary. But then it turned out to be obviously longer. We've been there three plus years. But yeah, so I was like, I'm dating a new city. So I'm kind of coming into a fresh energy. And I did all the things. And I talked about all this in my special, but I went on the apps. I dated the task rabbit. And, like, which I can't recommend off. They come to your house.
Starting point is 01:05:18 I was a day with my Uber driver one. See? You're there. Hey, hi. Where are you? Yeah. And I did a matchmaker. I actually had a pretty good experience with two guys with the matchmaker.
Starting point is 01:05:28 And then we went out on the road. And I was like, maybe I'll meet somebody on the road. And I love your point of like, I don't know if this is what you're trying to say, but I'll say it. Like, you can be slutty and still want to find a husband. Sure. And that's how I felt. And so first tour stuff out of the gate, I'd like, like, hook.
Starting point is 01:05:45 up with this dude, this young guy, and then two weeks later, that's when I connected with my now husband. But I was like, I'll have the hour long conversation with the matchmaker and get set up with like a man that's age appropriate and successful and all this stuff. And I'll also fuck the 23 year old and like, we'll see what happens. And like all of it's moving in the right direction. And then I say met, but like I'd met my husband once before. But I connected with him. And of course that first night, I wasn't like he's the one, but I kind of knew pretty soon thereafter. But like it did all work out. But every move I was making in that five months was with intention.
Starting point is 01:06:21 And this is like an aside. I don't know. I got off the pill and that changed my life too. Like I'm in support of birth control, but I have an IUD now. But like that shifted kind of who I was. That's like a it's just an important part of the sport. Like hormonally? Yeah.
Starting point is 01:06:32 Interesting. I had a different part. I had been on the pill. You hated her before. No, no. This is our big review. No, she just, she was lighter. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:06:41 It changed my life. She was just a different person. Like 20 years on the pill, give or take, and decided to get off it one day and felt my true self. Like, I mean, I wouldn't say it was so extreme. A lot of women say, like, I felt like I was seeing the world in color for the first time. Wow. I am a huge proponent of birth control. I obviously have an IUD, but for me, the pill was not the best for me.
Starting point is 01:07:05 And that changed, too. So that's kind of the story. But I really, I see women, and I'm like, you say it, but you got to live it. Like this was a little thing, but a friend told me, you should have a king bed because I had a queen in New York. And I was like, obviously, I'm going to have a king bed. We're moving to L.A. We're going to have all this space. And I actually moved into a really gorgeous house that had a tiny bedroom.
Starting point is 01:07:25 And the king, I stuffed a fucking king in that bedroom. It barely fit. You could barely walk around it. But I was like, if I'm going to get a man, he's not going to be in this queen bed. And so there's little things of like making the literal space in your life. My friends keep telling me to do that. They're like, where is a man? supposed to put, so I have like, I don't know, I have like four or five closets. I have a lot of
Starting point is 01:07:46 closets. How yeah. New York? Girl, talk about it. Five is like, she's so beautiful. Right. Because, but the thing is, the more closet space you have, the more things you buy to fill the closet space. So I have a problem, a little bit of an addiction. Anyway. Me too. I have a suggestion for that later. Let's talk about it. So my friends are like, get rid of some of this shit so that you can energetically pull. Yeah. I mean, I can't. I did the bed. I have the king bed. Okay. That's what you need. I can't let go of my things for an imaginary. No, if he comes in, then you'll adjust it. If he comes in, we'll adjust it.
Starting point is 01:08:16 We'll get a different place. Right. As long as you got the bed. We have time for that regardless. Let me meet him and then I'll start, like, donating the clothes. Is there an inch of counter space for his toothbrush and the bed? Yeah, we can do that. We can't worry about the clothes later.
Starting point is 01:08:28 Absolutely. 100%. We'll worry about getting rid of a T-shirts in the future. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's fine. So I wanted to say something to you guys. So we put this, we really liked your idea of, like, last single summer. We put a slide up on our Instagram and said that this was your last single summer, how would you show up? How would you act? What would you let go up?
Starting point is 01:08:41 And something that I actually haven't seen before. Because we've always seen people say yes to everything. You know, do new hobbies, new friends, do things. But I think people are just drinking less today and going out less. And so many people said, you've got to leave the house. Yep. Like, I've never seen people before. I'd be like, because we've really glorified, like, be in the bed, bed rot.
Starting point is 01:09:00 I love not leaving the house for days. I'll do it. I love it. But if you really want to meet somebody, like, you do have to, like, go out and do stuff. You can do the apps and meet people, but I've actually never overwhelmingly seen so many women be like, I got to get outside. Yeah. Okay, let me tell you what Cody Rigsby said to me. Okay. We were talking about me being single. And that's like we have these like little meetups and we talk about love lives or what's happening or what's not happening. And every time we get to me, he's like, Tunday, you are so lazy in dating. He's like, you are like a boss-ass woman in everything you do, the way that you take business seriously, the way that you will not. sleep the way that you show up to work. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 01:09:42 He was like, if you brought that same hustle into your dating line, he's like, you don't want to get out of the house. You don't want to do anything because I'm so tired. Busy for work. Right. But I work out for work. Right. Exhausted.
Starting point is 01:09:54 God. But all that to say, it's like, I also, I don't, like, most of my friends are relationships. I will say, like, some of my girlfriends are really, really good at still going out with me because they understand that I'm single and I need to, like, get out. And so they will do the wing woman thing. But so much of that also involves like drinking. Uh-huh.
Starting point is 01:10:14 I don't want to go eat a six-course meal today. I have to teach at 8 a.m. Do you drink? Yes, I love drinking. Okay. We live in L.A. Everyone's like we want to do that. But me and my girlfriends, when we go out, we don't just like have one drink.
Starting point is 01:10:29 I wish that we were those girls. I mean, I remembering Cody on that episode. He was like, I feel like people don't know just how fun tuned day is. Like he was like, would you get her. going. Like people, obviously, your energy is so wonderful, but he was like, party-wise. Like, she gets down. People don't know how fun I am. People don't know how funny I am. So, this is also part of my single. So people have read my book or they've listened to me on a podcast or maybe a guy who's been like motivated by something that I say in class. So people think I'm very
Starting point is 01:10:57 serious. And so when I'm on a date, I think that he and he said he is trying to impress me. So there was, I will never forget. There was a guy I went on a. a date with and I met this guy. I thought this was my husband. I meet on a plane. He's a vascular surgeon. So I don't know what that is, but it sounds really wealthy. Like veins or something. Sure. Or not rich. Owns his own practice. Actually lives in New York. That's where that I go on a date with somebody that lives in my state. Yeah. We met on a plane. That's no, hello. Immediately. Wait, we watched the movie together. We know you did it. Let me rewind. Let me tell the story, girls.
Starting point is 01:11:32 Yes. So this is like just after like right after COVID time. And so I, and so I, I'm very sanitary. I think we had just taken the masks off. Okay. Two things can be true. So we've just taken the masks off, but like I was still like, yeah. I just realized that, okay, one day you'll put your mouth on another mouth again. Like I just become okay with that.
Starting point is 01:11:53 So I'm using my two, three sanitizers, getting the seatbelt, getting the remote, getting the TV screen. So he looks over at me and he says, did you get everything? And I look at him and I said, honestly, no. like I really would like to get yours too because we're in close proximity. So I started cleaning where his armrest is. We have a little laugh. And I sit down, I put my bags away.
Starting point is 01:12:15 He says, I just text my friend group. I'm doing everything in my power to not ask Tune Day to marry me. And I look at. Oh, he knew who you are. He knows who I am. I'm so riveted. Like, what?
Starting point is 01:12:27 You should have a podcast. Let's, can I be the third? Can I be the third? Yes. And I'm going to have her. Back here. We're going to drink. Oh, my God.
Starting point is 01:12:35 We're going to drink. We're going to drink. We're going to date together. We're going to be horny. We'll talk our way through the city. I'm obsessed with this. Let me keep my... Soho House membership.
Starting point is 01:12:45 I was just about to cancel it. I have one. Okay, great. You guys are born. We'll be one. We'll split the cost every month. So I... He says I'm doing...
Starting point is 01:12:55 I just text my friend group. I'm doing everything in my power not to ask you need to marry me. I say, no, you didn't. He says, yes, I did. I said, let me see. He hands me his phone. I read the message.
Starting point is 01:13:05 He said, I'm done it. my power not to ask her to marry me. Okay, one thing to know about me is if I like a, if I don't like a guy, I can talk, maybe I can talk to anybody. Adele sitting right here, ask this girl how many men I've hooked her up with. Because if I see something happen, I am not shy. I say, hey, go talk to her. I love it.
Starting point is 01:13:24 Yeah. I can do it for everybody but myself. Yeah. When I like a guy, I forget how to speak. I get nervous. You know how they say to hold eye contact for three seconds? This is what, just this is what I. think that I'm doing.
Starting point is 01:13:38 I count to seven, right? Here's what I actually do. And like, look away. I can't breathe. I get crazy too. One of my friends watched me right after COVID. It was the summer of 2021
Starting point is 01:13:49 being Domino Park and this guy approached me and he talked to me for like five minutes and he walked away and she goes, have you ever spoken to a man before? It's so typical. You had to get acclimated. Okay, so this is going to be good for us when we start hanging out when we're friends
Starting point is 01:14:03 because then I'm going to take care of you and you're going to take care of me because we can't do it on our own. I can wing women for you. Absolutely. But the stakes are lower when it's for somebody else. That's why your married friends
Starting point is 01:14:12 are great to go out. Yeah, but some of my girlfriends are very funny. Some of my girlfriends are either married in relationships. I remember them single and they were so forward. Animals.
Starting point is 01:14:21 I have friends who, I've been single for seven years. I have friends that were single for six months and dated more in six months that I did in seven years because they were just forward girls.
Starting point is 01:14:31 I'm not forward. I wish I was. But do you feel, I mean, Ashley had this year where she dated a lot. And last year I wasn't on tour, Ashley was on tour, I was bored out of my mind. Ashley was working so hard. I was like, I got nothing going on.
Starting point is 01:14:41 I dated. I dated like crazy, but you really need the time. It's a full time. Another job. Okay, we gotta get back to this story. I'm on my apps. It's like, I have to like clock in. I'm like, all right. One hour. Here we go. Okay, so you see the text. You get a little like... I get kind of like, after I see that text, I kind of got like
Starting point is 01:14:57 get weird, even though clearly he's like said, I'm into you. But now I'm like acting a little shy. But like, also I'm being open. My body language is open. Yeah. Okay. So I'm looking for a movie and he's like, you know, what are you going to watch?
Starting point is 01:15:11 And I said, do you have any recommendations? So he recommends this movie, which I will not name because it was horrible. So he recommends the movie. He says, I'll watch it too, even though he's seen it. So we say three, two, one. So we watch our movie. Our dinner comes at the same time. We're eating our little meal on the plane.
Starting point is 01:15:29 And I'm kind of judging him a little bit because this movie's so bad. The movie finishes. Our dinner finishes. He looks at me. He says, I don't remember it being that bad. I'm so sorry. Actually, now I'm attracted to him again because I'm like, oh, great. We can talk to shit together.
Starting point is 01:15:39 So we are walking a baggage claim. He didn't check a bag. Of course, I checked 20. Oh, rewind. On the date. So he lives in Jersey. I live actually in the city, right? So he says, what are your favorite restaurants in the city?
Starting point is 01:15:52 I named three restaurants, told him ice cream is my favorite food, dessert, whatever, on the planet. Told him three ice cream places I like. That's important to remember. Okay. So anyways, he gets my information. We make plans for the date. Okay? I don't know where we're going.
Starting point is 01:16:07 I just know the time and the date. He calls me or he texts me maybe like two hours, two or three hours with a date with the address. He said, I made reservations at, he made reservations at all three of my favorite places. He said, I didn't know which one you'd be in the mood for. And then for dessert, I figured we could go to da-da-da-da, named all the dessert places.
Starting point is 01:16:26 Basically, he built the date. Yeah, yes. That I asked for. Did all the effort. Great. So we go to the one that I choose, Ms. Ada, in Fort Green. It's so delicious.
Starting point is 01:16:36 It's so good. I'm obsessed with it. Oh my God. It's amazing. Okay, we're going. So we go to Miss Ada. Okay, so you, okay, you know how good Miss Ada is?
Starting point is 01:16:46 Missada is Mediterranean. I think it's Missada. Like it's Miss Ada. Miss Ada. You're right. It's Miss Ada, but I feel Missada is so bougie. It's Miss Ada. I hear you.
Starting point is 01:16:56 Missada. No, but Missada is now. Because then there's Theodora that they also own, but like Teadora is how you say it, but it's so busy. Okay. So I went to Missada. I can't believe you.
Starting point is 01:17:05 Correct to me on national television. Well, I think it's a... We are friends. We are friends. We are friends. I think it's Israeli name. No, you're right. It's Misada.
Starting point is 01:17:10 Massada. I apologize to everyone listening. It's Missada. Okay. Rewan. I was hearing Miss Ada. Like Miss Adas. No, it's Miss Adas.
Starting point is 01:17:16 I was a food blogger. I went to culinary school in the food world. Oh, God. Okay, so you're going to appreciate this even more. So should I rewind? We go to Missada. Yeah. We go there.
Starting point is 01:17:25 We go there. We go to Missana. And we sit... Well, one of the thrills is going to Miss Ada is sitting inside because the smells are just so rich and beautiful. We sit outside, which is also still great. It's romantic, but you don't get that smell. Whatever.
Starting point is 01:17:39 Nobody cares about that part. So we're sitting down. It's the best food you've ever had in your life. It's so fantastic. It's the best food you've ever had. It's one of the best restaurants in New York. Post-in. Phenomenal. So we're sitting there and we're eating.
Starting point is 01:17:50 I'm a foodie. I need a man to, like, go there with me for a second so we can talk about how great the food is. So I'm enjoying this meal. And I say, oh my God, this is so good. I'm talking about it. So he starts asking me all these questions, okay? And I appreciate the questions, but I must say it felt like I was a little bit on a podcast.
Starting point is 01:18:07 An interview? Okay, yeah. I'm loving being here with you all. This is wonderful. But it felt like, and my book had just come out maybe a year or two. And I had just like done the book tour thing. We were always talking about the book. I was excited to just be clucked out. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Be on a date and on an interview. Like flirt with me a little bit. Let's talk. So we're on the date. He's interviewing me. I look at him and I say. these are all really great questions to which you will get to know the answer to as we get to know each other
Starting point is 01:18:39 meaning like it was just too much on the first day yeah so then we continue to talk he goes oh my god he goes I'm so sorry he apologizes and I think to myself oh my god I'm so proud that I spoke up to this man that I don't know and spoke of mine because I was going to just write him out and never want to talk to him again because it was just like too much but instead I correct it then we're moving on and now I can get to know him. This is great.
Starting point is 01:19:03 Maybe he was nervous. 45 seconds later, he says, so in chapter three of your book, you talk about, and I just think it's a really interesting dichotomy because. Oh, no. Oh, no. I go, oh, my God, this beef is so good. And he says, I'm not interested in the food. I'm interested in getting to know you.
Starting point is 01:19:32 We're at the restaurant, so. Okay. If somebody cited a podcast episode on a day, a first date. It was just, and keep it in the park. I will say, like, you know, this man has reached out to me several times since. There was once he was like, I'm looking up at this guy and I'm thinking of you. It's too fan energy. It's too much.
Starting point is 01:19:51 It was, it was, I married a fan. I don't even remember it. He acts like a normal person. There's a spectrum. It's too much. Yeah, you're like, it's, you're upset. We're on equals right now. So then that's the tough place because we're saying like,
Starting point is 01:20:03 oh my God, I want this guy to like love what I do. I want this guy to be my cheerleader and be my biggest fan. Yes. And because Cody said that people don't know how fun I am. So people don't know I'm fun. And this happens often on dates where guys just going super serious.
Starting point is 01:20:18 Do you know the guy that I fall for? And this is actually like my greatest problem. I always fall for the funny guy. All I ever want to do is laugh. I fall for the funny guy so much. Then he's funny and he doesn't have a job. They're so manipulative. I love that guy.
Starting point is 01:20:35 Those guys can fuck. Those guys can fuck the daylight's out of you and they will ruin your life. You have a great time while it's happening. The more mental illness, the less of a job and the funnier they are. Okay, so I would like to say now that I am 40, now that I'm 40, I have moved on and the guy needs to like work. And not only do you. Set the bar high. Always said it high.
Starting point is 01:20:58 Not only does the guy need to work, but he needs to be successful and fulfilled. And so not just like, to me, I saw this thing that Tony Robbins did and Tony Robbins defined success as having everything you want. Fulfilled is when you are able to offer and give what you bring to the table to the people that you love around you. So I also want him to be fulfilled in his life, fulfilled in the work that he does. And I'm sorry, but funny humor is on my top three. It's in my top three. You're supposed to be with this person forever? Okay.
Starting point is 01:21:32 I better be entertained. Dang. I mean, people feel like don't really know. He is so funny. I laugh around the house all the time. Like, if I wouldn't have it any other way, we have to spend all our time together. All our time. But you're supposed to be with this person forever and they're not going to make you laugh.
Starting point is 01:21:48 What are we doing? Also, like, I think you can request at this age that somebody be a more formed person. I want somebody that's fulfilled in their life. I want to come home and be like, I want to be excited to hear about their day and hear their thoughts about my day. It's really important to me, like how you feel about yourself.
Starting point is 01:22:05 Do you feel fulfilled? Because I can't be the person to fulfill you. Well, I mean, an unfulfilled man who, I mean, I don't know. That's going to turn into your problem. An unfulfilled man can never fulfill you. Yes. He can never make you feel full.
Starting point is 01:22:19 I mean, you've got to make yourself feel full, but a man that doesn't feel full has nothing to pour into you. Also, I do see the side of that guy where, like, this happens to me a lot on dates, too, because what you and I and Ashley do for work is interesting and people want to talk about it. And Ashley and I own a sex toy company. We have a podcast and we are touring comedians and entertainers. You're part of the most famous fitness company in the world. Of course, what you do is fascinating. But there just, there has to be a balance. And you're allowed to have a preference also. You're allowed to say, I just don't want to date to be like this. Yeah. I was tired. I was on the date. I was tired. Yeah. Because I was in an interview. Yes.
Starting point is 01:22:57 I was in an interview. Yeah. It wasn't fun. Yeah. Yeah. And that's it. Like a lot of the dates I go on are just not, they're just not fun. There was one that I went on recently.
Starting point is 01:23:06 I want to tell you, but I don't want to tell you because he's so sweet and he's going to know I'm talking about him and I liked him as a person. But like, yeah, again, it just, it's not. And I really wanted that one to work. Mm-hmm. It's just not fun. I need to have fun with somebody. I said that Ashley was dating this guy who had a great job.
Starting point is 01:23:23 He worked for a national football team. He had a great job, a great life. I was just like, I'm so bored. I'm, like, not laughing with this guy. I want this to work so bad. You can't do it. You have to enhance our life. We have full lives.
Starting point is 01:23:38 We are happy women, friends, family, great careers. Like, you have to add something. It's not just that you're a man in the home that I want to knock me up. Like, it used to be. I don't know. It can't just be good on paper. Okay, let's play this game. Okay.
Starting point is 01:23:54 He's... Paul. Okay. Absolutely gorgeous to look at. Incredible in bed. Okay. And he's not funny. No.
Starting point is 01:24:01 Or that's short-lived. Or he's not the height that you prefer. Okay. You're not attracted to him. Like it grows on you. You see it, but you don't look at him. He's fine. It's okay.
Starting point is 01:24:17 But he's so funny. You cry laughing. It's that guy. I mean, my last serious boyfriend, I would not. objectively like a good enough looking guy, but no one's like stopping on the street to look at him. Sure. Maybe 5'10. Mm-hmm.
Starting point is 01:24:31 A good enough looking guy. The best sex I've ever had in my life. It's so funny. Like that's what I want. Yeah. You think about the things that will longevity in a relationship. I mean, you will get tired of fucking somebody. So you got to have somebody you like hanging out with.
Starting point is 01:24:45 And you guys had a great emotional bond. Yeah. There was a lot of good thing. Right. It's one with like enough emotional depth to connect. But just super good looking. I mean, I've tried that. I've tried to go on dates with.
Starting point is 01:24:54 with guys that were objectively gorgeous and I didn't like their personalities. I can't get through like two dates with those people. What about you? I choose the same guy. I would choose them too. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:25:02 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, do you get DM slides and guys coming after you? I mean, the guy in the plane obviously was a fan, but like, you're out there in the world. Not really. I mean, yeah, I can't believe that.
Starting point is 01:25:13 Sure, but it's not the right guys. Not the guy. It's always the guy who has maybe no business slipping into my deans. Okay, it's that or ever since the Sports Illustrated. Rated Swim, and it's so funny because a couple of my male teammates, they said to me, they're like, today, whatever you do, do not get in a relationship before Sports Illustrated
Starting point is 01:25:37 drops. Like this is like after I'd shot it, they were like, whatever you do, do not get in a relationship before this issue drops, meaning like just the men, the caliber of men that you are going to be introduced to, be in rooms with C, who now see you. it's going to increase. And so just like stay open, stay single. Okay. I love that advice. So listen, I haven't actively been trying to keep myself open. I'm just still open. Okay. So it's not like I've been like, all these men are trying to date me. No, it's just like there's, I haven't met anybody that. Do you have physical type at all? Absolutely. Okay. What's he look like? Let's manifest.
Starting point is 01:26:14 Who is it? Compared to an instructor. You're cute. I don't know. You tried it. You try to. Cody. I have been so shipped. More Alice. I have been shipped with almost every instructor on the team. People thought that me and Cody were together. I shit you not. Come on, guys. He's a beautiful man. He's happily gay.
Starting point is 01:26:32 He's so handsome. And gay presenting also. And gay presenting. So beautiful. So beautiful. And even more beautiful in person. He's so tall. He's like,
Starting point is 01:26:39 big boy. He walks in a room. He takes your breath away. Absolutely. I would ask you one more. Would you rather? Like is he? Well, let me give you my type. Just in case he's listening.
Starting point is 01:26:46 Yeah. Let me like also sit up. My type is I'm very hoping. Like, listen. I said earlier. like the funny guy is always going to win my heart. Funny, charismatic, a great smile, beautiful teeth are like, ah, yeah. When I'm, I'm holding a man.
Starting point is 01:27:04 When I'm being held by a man, like, I like to, you know, feel like, you know, you want to feel like a bear is wrapped around you, right? That being said, sure, I would love him to be taller than me. I think, you know, that's what most people would say. Is that a deal breaker for me? Absolutely not. Okay. Money? I would love to be attracted to him.
Starting point is 01:27:21 No, here's the thing is like when you say money, what is money? Is he, are you asking, do I need a man to make more than me? Do you have a preference? Sure, I would love for a man to make more than me. But he doesn't have to. But good luck. But good fucking luck. No, but he doesn't have to.
Starting point is 01:27:39 It's not a deal breaker for me. At the same time, like, if I say, hey, let's get up and let's go on this trip, I want you to financially. To be able to go. To be able to go, not just monetarily, but also have this space within your career to able to do that. Yeah. And so I work really, really, really, really hard and I am so fortunate to be able to enjoy my life. I would love to find a partner that is able to enjoy life with me. Totally. And I also would love for a man to not feel intimidated by my success and nine times out of
Starting point is 01:28:11 10. And when he has his own, he doesn't. So enough money. I mean, I watch Kiki Palmer in this interview and I just haven't stopped thinking about it. And she's like, I don't need money. I got money. Right. You know, like, of course, you want to, man, with a job who is, again, fulfilled, you're not paying for him. Right. I don't need you to pay my bills. But exactly. And I just love that she said that.
Starting point is 01:28:29 She was like, I have the money. I want the support and all the other things that a partner could provide. And I just love that she said that. So we had a guest on recently. Her name is Amy Chan. And she's a dating coach. She's moving to New York so you guys can connect. She does this date and experiment and you go on dates with nine people and you can't get in a relationship with any of them.
Starting point is 01:28:46 And they all need to be very different. I heard this on your podcast. It's great. Yeah. And you can't, because then the stakes are low and they need to be different than your quote-unquote type. But it sounds like you're pretty open in the first place. But it's just, I like to recommend it and keep it in mind because it's just a good way to like get outside of yourself. Okay.
Starting point is 01:29:06 I have an idea. This is my idea. Amy Chan, I listened to this episode. Amy Chan and I, this is what we need to do for my last single summer. You have me back. You have Amy back. She sits down. She therapies me.
Starting point is 01:29:19 She makes me do the nine thing. And then this time next year, we are back and I implemented Amy's rules. And I tell you how the hell that single summer went. I love this. And this episode will come out on June 1st. So, like, June 1st, 2027. Beginning of a single summer. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:29:39 I mean, it couldn't be more perfect. Yep. We need to connect you with her. I need to be connected with Amy. She's moving here. She's phenomenal. And she's, brain has had sessions with her before and she'll, like, kind of draw stuff out to you.
Starting point is 01:29:48 and she says everyone she meets with for the most part is like one to two tweaks away from like meeting their person getting into a healthy relationship. What did she say your tweak was? What do you need to do? I was still in love with the person that was ruining my life. So I was allowing to ruin my life. And then I wrote an hour of comedy about it. I've been touring it. I turned my pain into money. Take your broken heart. Turn it into ours. That's what they say. That's all right. Helping others heal. Thank you. Well, let's let's end with you. Anything you want to tell people where to find you other than Sports Illustrated. and Peloton, anything else you have coming up? I am also on Tyler Perry's hit show Sisters. Hell yeah. I'm a series regular on the show, so check that out on B-E-T. That's been very fulfilling. We keep using this word today, but just like fulfilling energy role, no pen intended for me to just step into, again, in this chapter of my life.
Starting point is 01:30:40 And then, of course, yeah, find me on the Peloton, babe. Oh, yeah. Pick on my book, speak. And we didn't mention this, you guys, but if you haven't taken the magic mic ride, tune as a instructor. It's the best thing I've ever seen
Starting point is 01:30:51 aside from her Beyonce class with Alex and all of her classes honestly. But this ride is wild. And we talked to you
Starting point is 01:30:56 a little bit about the behind the scenes and you didn't quite know how they were going to incorporate the guys.
Starting point is 01:31:00 I don't want to give any spoilers, but find this magic mic ride and take it. There are married women
Starting point is 01:31:06 across the country who have been waking up at 4 a.m. before their husbands or partners to take that class for the last
Starting point is 01:31:15 several months. And so it's hot. Enjoy it. I came up from the basement. My belt on to the basement. Chezscheonk was in the couch. I was like, I'm so horny.
Starting point is 01:31:23 I got to be honest. I'm stretching. Just he was like, yeah, I can tell. We've visited so many emotions together. You've cried during the Beyonce ride and now I've like sparked new feelings in you. It's like my therapy. I don't work out for my weight or anything. I mean, I genuinely work.
Starting point is 01:31:41 I'm just perfect way. No, no, no. But like I don't get on the bike with that intention. Yeah, whatever. I want to look a certain type of way. but it's my mental health. So it's just, you know, you guys really change lives. We aim to please.
Starting point is 01:31:51 Yeah. Thank you. Okay. Well, your Instagram. I love, we're trying to be serious now. So, yes, my Instagram is tuned to tune to tune day. Yeah, this was so much fun. Thank you so much for me.
Starting point is 01:32:00 I'm sad. It's over. When you come back to Newark? I'll be back. I'm hopefully signing at least today for July 1st. Right. Let's hang. All right.
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