Mention It All - Currently Cringing Ft. Anisha Ramakrishna

Episode Date: November 27, 2020

Bari and Dylan are joined by Anisha Ramakrishna, star of Bravo’s Family Karma and host of the Currently Cringing podcast. Anisha shares how she’s doing after nine months in quarantine living with her parents, and complains about the recent (lack of) developments in her love life. Next, they discuss why people loved the first season of Family Karma so much, and who from the cast she’s been keeping up with lately. Finally, Anisha shares her thoughts on some recent Bravo events, including the RHOSLC premiere and Erika’s divorce. Aurate: Get 15% off your first Aurate purchase when you go to AurateNewYork.com/MENTION and use promo code MENTION at checkout.  Headspace: You deserve to feel happier, and Headspace is meditation made simple.. Go to HEADSPACE.COM/MENTION for a free one-month trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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With Dylan Hafer. Who going to check me, boo? And Barry Rosenfeld. I need to start drinking alcohol. Now go to sleep, we. Hello, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of the Mention at All podcast. I'm Dylan Hafer.

And I'm Barry Rosenfeld. And today we are joined by a very special guest. We are very excited to have her here. You know her from, Bravo's family karma and she also now has her own podcast currently cringing. Please say hello to Anisha Ramakrishna. Hi. Hi. Thank you so much for having me. You know, I am a betch. Of course. Thanks for coming, Anisha. You know, we only have betches on here. I know. How's it going? How's life these days? It's been a minute since we saw you on our TV screens, but obviously keeping up with you other places.

Right. So let me tell you, being single in a pandemic is rough. I was never that girl that was waiting for guys to text me. Guys were always texting me and messaging me. And let me tell you, since COVID, crickets. Girl, you're preaching to the choir over here. Dylan started laughing right before you even said that because he knew I was going to chime into this. Like, I know. What's happening? Like, where did they all go? You know, it's funny. I was actually. actually talking about this yesterday with somebody. You don't know now who's taking COVID seriously or not. And you don't want that to be like the first thing you say in the chat. And so we've spiraled into a whole other issue. Indeed. Right. And I live at home with my parents. So I have to be extra careful. And you know, my iconic grandparents, they were on the show. I, you know, I can't just be out and about. So I'm laying low.

I'm staying home and I don't believe in dating apps. We have to talk about this. I've never been on an app. I got on an app for a week, for a week this past week. I swiped over 200 guys and I only liked two. One left me on red, honey. No. Yeah, goodbye.

He's a loser. It's unacceptable. And the other one was taking too long to reply and then I, I, I, left. I was like, this isn't for me. But are you guys on apps? What's going on? But that's the problem. So now don't let that just be your only like experience in the app. Of course we're on the apps. Like, like you have almost now you have to be. It's like a game. I'm like honestly though in quarantine, I found it like less. It's less interesting because the stakes are so low. I'm like I'm not going to meet any of these people before. But in the before times it was like, oh yeah, like I'll get a drink like

whatever, it doesn't matter. And how I'm like, okay, well, I'm not going to, like, I'm not going to, like, go to someone's apartment. Like, I don't know. No. We're not going to have one night stands, essentially. That's what's happening during COVID. And it's, you know, to each the throne.

It's a bummer. I know. It's a bummer because this was supposed to be like the start of my whole year. This was going to be my whole year. And at 36, I'm living at home. I'm probably going to move out. But I can't be a hoe right now. Well, I feel like you...

I mean... I feel like you got the short end of the stick because your show premiered, like, beginning of March, your premiere party was like the last event on Earth. I got COVID from our premiere party, by the way. Oh, you did? Because no one knew. So it was like this COVID, you know, black hole.

And everyone, a bunch of people got COVID from our premiere party, but it was pre-COVID, so no one knew. That's wild. I have ended. antibodies. But- Well, we're glad you and everyone else was there is okay. Thank God.

Yeah, we're all okay, thank God. But no one had a clue, right? People flew in from all over to celebrate season one. And season one premiere, we got put in a lockdown. And I'd say while the show was airing, you know, March, people didn't know what was going to happen. Right. People were hitting me up, sliding into my DMs.

Now, honey, I'm like, where did they- What happened? You were supposed to- to have your like, your, like, TV glow up moment. And then I remember back when the show was first airing, we were like talking on Instagram. We did an Instagram live. And it was like, that feels like it was 12 years ago and nothing has changed in terms of like, you're still just going on your walks. Like, we're living the same day every day. That's what 2020 has been. Literally. I remember. So when Dylan and I started interviewing people, when this first started

happening, you know, our initial question would always be like, how's it going? How's quarantine going? Because everyone would be doing different stuff. And now eight or nine months later, we're like, how's quarantine going? What else are you baking? Like, it's the same thing. And it's like, no one, did you go on any vacations? No, you didn't. And it's like, oh, God. But you know what? There are some things to talk about. Like, you just moved back from New York City. Yes. What was that like? That was traumatic. Oh, God. Because you live in New York, you know, you have your New York lifestyle, you meet people all the time,

and I think you're in this bubble. And then you leave and you realize, wait, the rest of the world doesn't think like this. And now I'm in this, you know, Indian community. And, you know, it's very Latino in Miami as well. And we come from these cultures where you're 36, you're not married, you're a fucking weirdo to them. I was going to say to them, not, not generally. But in New York, that's everybody. You're just like everybody else there. So here, you know, I do feel like I have to explain myself. And no one has to, but you know, I don't mind. I have to explain to everyone. You know, yes, I was in a 12-year relationship and it didn't work out. I moved back home.

I'm starting this business. And here we are now in a pandemic. I think that's part of like what was so interesting about family karma and why people liked it so much because it was truly like a unique kind of look into a culture that, you know, I'm not from that culture. That's very like foreign to me. And it's funny to watch you guys who are all millennials kind of like, navigating that. And I think people, I mean, people love watching people that kind of are like

grappling with their, you know, upbringing and all of that. And, you know, it's problems that everyone can relate to even if they're not, you know, familiar with that specific culture. This episode is brought to you by Prime. Obsession is in session. And this summer, Prime Originals have everything you want. Steamy romances, irresistible love stories and the book to screen favorites you've already read twice. Off campus, L, every year after, the love hypothesis, Sterling Point, and more. Slow burns, second chances, chemistry you can feel through the screen. Your next obsession is waiting. Watch only on Prime. And Barry, you're Jewish, honey. It's the same. Well, yes. I mean, I'm not religious and I'm not. My family's not religious. So there are different, you know,

levels, of course, same thing. My parents, I cannot even bring up not being engaged, not having a baby. And every time one of my friends gets engaged or has a baby, I can hear the eye rolling of my parents because they're, it's not, they're not happy for my friends. They want it for me. You know what I mean? So it's like, of course, they want what they had for me. And it'll happen. I didn't ask to be in a pandemic. I didn't choose this life. It's funny because just this morning, mom's like hiding out outside, probably eavesdropping. And basically, yeah. So she said, you know, I don't like you asking people to set you up with guys because you can find your own. I'm like, where?

That's actually funny. I was just going to ask you that. Have your family or your friends ever been suggested, hey, I know someone. or do they prefer that route? Because to me, and Dylan, I don't know about this for you either. I, a while ago, was like, I don't want to be set up. Like, I want it to be organic, but then you go, hmm, okay, you don't always get what you want and you don't live in a fairy tale.

And so now I'm like, okay, you know what? I'm a little open to people like setting it up. Now the problem is nobody knows anybody. Well, here's the thing. I had all these rules. I'm not going to date up. I'm not going to meet anyone online. I'm not going to set up.

Six foot, beard game strong. They have to be funny. They have to be Indian. They have to dance. They have to be older than me. I'm talking to a 32-year-old right now who is in LA. Listen, age is just the number. I don't know what to tell you.

He can't grow a beard. He can't grow a beard. He's probably my height. And do you ever hear you make a plan in God laugh? plan and God laughs. That's what it is. A plan. Yeah, absolutely. It's so true. For me, being set up now is an option

versus the app. I'd rather get set up than be on an app. But the last guy I was set up with by my friend and castmate Bali ended up getting married in a week of her setting me up with him.

You hate to see that, really. These are people we know. I'm like, why are you doing this? I feel like that's like a rom-com plot. Like, speaking of Bali, I saw pictures of you guys together at Diwali recently, which made me super happy.

How has it been kind of keeping up with everyone from the cast and stuff during all of this time? It's been great. It was very weird because we didn't watch the show together because it was, you know, in the thick of quarantine and COVID. And now it seems like we're heading in that direction again.

but I'll say we have kept in touch, we see each other now and then at these, you know, functions, these gatherings. And my closest friends on the show are Bali and Sean. And then everyone else I see here and there, you know, at family events, because we are a community. We do see each other. And we are in a red state. Right. So, you know, we're not locked up in a cupboard like a lot of other states. we do have the freedom to, you know, go have a drink outside.

We do have that option. So I see them now and then. It helps that you guys have nice weather too. Like we're getting to the point in the Northeast where it's like, okay, like, I can, I guess I can put on my jacket and like drink my coffee outside and like not hate my life. But. Oh, yeah. It's crazy.

Like I was out last week and one of my girlfriends came to visit and, we were like, we have to go eat lunch outside. So, and it was one of those brisk days, like colds in New York. So we went and we're very anti, like sitting inside. And then now they're saying, don't sit in those tents because those are enclosed. So we sat inside, but at the open window. So we were physically inside, but we were outside. And then I was telling, I was like, I feel like I got a cold after. Like, you can't sit outside in 40 degree weather and just eat. Like, it's not. Nothing is normal. Nothing. The fun part about fall in New York is you get to go inside and be cozy and have, you know, your hot toddy or whatever you're going to have. And I saw those bubble things.

I was like, that looks like COVID. Yeah. They're building like huts outside of every restaurant. Wait, this is a fun question. Speaking of hot toddy, because I don't, that's not my cup of tea. See what I do. Okay. What's your drink of choice?

An old fashion. Oh. And I am old fashion as well. I don't see you as an old-fashioned girl. I'm not a whiskey person, but I respect it. Yeah, I'm not the girl that's checking boxes, but when I am with a guy, you know, I'm not paying the bill. I'm very clear.

I'm not paying the bill. This whole millennials, I don't know what my people did with splitting. I'm not here for it. Sorry. No. Have you been on a date where that does happen? And you were like, never, okay, good. I'm just like, ooh.

Yeah, no. I think, no, I would split the bill. I have no problem. But I would probably never see them again. Okay. You, wait, so you told us, I think this is really interesting that you have basically stopped watching TV in quarantine, which I want to hear about because I've been watching too much TV. And I maybe could find out. I could maybe find a middle ground. Hashtag not relatable. No, like I literally cannot relate to that. My friend yesterday asked me. is she scared that I'm ever run out of anything because I, it's all I do. That's good though, but I, that's my favorite, that was my favorite thing to do, to be honest, when I worked, I would come home and all I wanted to do was chill, change, get out of my bra, right? Remove the brawl and watch Bravo. And I would watch Bravo from six to like 1 a.m. like every day. I had like appointment, Bravo television. And then once I started my own business, all I want to do when I have time off is sleep. And so I'm either on my phone, DMing everyone in the IG fam or, you know, reading up on what's the latest news, or I'm sleeping, to be honest.

I can't even focus right now on a show. I wish I can tell my body, go to sleep. I'm bored. It is hard to focus. Yeah, it's like, am I going to watch this thing for an hour? Like, I could see so many tweets in an hour that I'm watching TV. Yeah. And you know, with IG Live and, you know, everything that's going on, you want to be in the know. I feel like the latest stuff is in the phone.

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Like, were you like, oh, my God, I have to start this from the beginning? Like, what were you watching? So I watched every housewife show like it was my religion. And right now I am tuning in into real housewives of Salt Lake City. I don't know if you've tuned in. Yes, we're enjoying. Mary, marrying the step grandfather, huh? Yes, can be?

Yes. We'll see. It's a great show. Bravo needed it. Bravo needed this. this little shakeup. I'm for clumped. Like I love...

I mean, can someone help me out there? Because... I mean, you're asking as if we know about it, like the ins and outs and like, we're okay with that. No, we've talked about it. A couple weeks ago, Bravo did this thing before the Salt Lake premiere where they paired up the Salt Lake Housewives with people from other cities.

And they had Mary on... Poor Mary was on with Teresa. Oh, no. I love them both, but they had... no idea. They were just, you know, the wavelengths were not good. And Mary was talking about this grandfather situation and Teresa was just like, huh? Like Mary, the word, the word incest came out of Mary's mouth and Teresa just, you could see Teresa was like her brain was shutting down in that moment. Well, you can't have two opposite like backgrounded people. I know.

Yeah. Teresa's like, I became a yoga instructor. in prison. Like, what are you talking about? I don't get it. I love Teresa. Oh, yeah. We're in competition for a small forehead. Like, if there was an award for smaller, I don't know who would win. Because I shaved half of mine off because people on Twitter were like, when we watch Anisha, we can't look at anything but her forehead because I have a very... No way. Yes. So on IG Live, of course, I removed half of it. You did it on. Instagram. I will say Bravo. Bravo Twitter can be a very

savage place to hang out. I can't get too deep into Twitter. I'm a batch. I'm a batch. So I have self-awareness. Okay. I already knew that about my forehead. So I was like, totally. Yeah. But now I'm intrigued. Do you keep up with it or did you get it lasered? Like, what'd you do? I don't want to get it lasered because I have the same forehead as my father and he is a man but now his is like receded all the way here right all the way to the middle of his head so you don't think that's going to happen to you yes eventually it will fade i think so i don't want to do anything to it and now i do the dermaplanning to it oh okay i saw someone um i remember one time on

america's next top model they threaded someone's hairline back oh my gosh like like threading eyebrows they did it on her hair line that sounds that sounds painful painful oh my god i do you You have to say, never have I ever gotten my eyebrows threaded. Never, really? Ever. I have not. I was a huge waxer and I haven't touched them in over five years. Nothing.

What? I have, I know I have really good eyebrows. I'm sorry. You have a natural arch. I just do a little tweezers. That's, that's my. You know, like, yeah, that one that just comes out and you're like, where the fuck did you come from? Tweeze on out of here.

Right. Okay. Can we talk about Doreet's new face? I love Derreet's new face. I think she looked forward. We need to use the word new lightly because I'll tell you why. I'll tell you why. This happens with, first of all,

I don't know if you follow that account on Instagram. I don't know what it's called. This is terrible. But they say, I wish this happens to my face when I cut my hair. You know what I'm talking about. Oh, it is so funny.

But we are now seeing people who we've seen years on television. So have they gotten tweaked here and there? Yes. Are there housewives who have legitimately gotten new faces like Sonia Morgan? Yes. Victoria Gondelson. Three or four. Exactly.

But Doreet, I think, is still young. She's aging beautifully. She's getting like that natural. She's like a Melissa Gorga to me. She's pox and prods. Fucking beautiful. But can I say exactly. Dorete is fucking beautiful.

And I didn't know she needed anything. until she got her new things, right? You were like, you're gorgeous with or without, but now I'm just like, holy smokes, how do I look like you? Where do I go? She doesn't look bad. Like, she doesn't look bad. You know, you see people and you're like, oh, my God, oh my God,

you should have, someone should have told you to stay away from the needle, you know? But she, it's helping her. She looks 20 now. Yeah, she looks great. Okay, so Barry and I, Barry is hardcore Erica Jane fan. Personally, De Reet's looks are more exciting to me. If you had to pick the wardrobe of one, who would you pick, Derreed or Erica? So because, you know, Erica wears a lot of stage outfits as well.

So I'm going to say Doreet. Okay. Wait, you've never asked me this question, though, Dylan. But Erica's like your favorite housewife. I am going to say Erica, though, because. How dare you assume, but yes, you were right. Because in the earlier episodes, she has, and Doreet has started doing this. So I appreciate every single one of Doreet's looks.

I think they're ridiculously gorgeous and iconic. Erica has a legit team. She has lookbooks. She has like, she has brought the stage life into her life. So it is like a job. And the detail that goes into it is just like absolutely ridiculous. And I love it. And I want to go into her closet.

And help clean it out. I think half her stuff is like custom made just for her by Versace. Oh my God. I know. You know? Same. I don't know what you're talking about. It's like a casual dinner and she's in like Balenciaga head to toe.

It's like, okay. Yeah. Well, because that's the stuff we need. I love when those brands like they're like, we need this woman wearing or man wearing our stuff. Like we like that's old school. Like I, they want that camera time. And there's, I feel like now you do.

You see a lot of brands, like, we don't need, we don't need that person wearing it. We don't need it. But like for that, it's like, it's cool to see. So, Anisha, I'll get you a brand. Who should dress you out? I'm going to say, I'm going to say my own. But, you know, tell us about that. I'll wear Beverly Beach, right?

Beverly Beach. I do want to try a bathing zoo from there. And what, did Melissa Garga have a boutique? Envy by Melissa Gorga. I've been there before, actually. I want to be envied by Melissa. It's really cute. My sister-in-law bought a few bathing suits from there and we were there.

It's like Melissa wasn't there, unfortunately. But that's why you're going. Wait, tell us about your clothing line. What's the deal with that? How's it going? So I have a size inclusive, sustainable clothing line. All my dresses are made out of recycled fabrics. But right now with COVID, you know, the other part of my brand is I don't want to just throw out product into the market.

I feel like there is a lot out there. And part of being sustainable is, you know, releasing maybe two to three collections a year. And so that's what I'm doing right now. I have been picked up by someone, but I can't reveal it now. Okay. Very exciting. Yeah, so things are in the works. But, yeah, it's very exciting.

It's one of my businesses. You know, I have my own podcast. So I'm very happy that, you know, we're going to be on each other's podcasts. And so that's what's happening right now. Honestly, my focus at this very moment is my dating life, which is non-existent. You know, let's focus in. We've got to put less focus in. But that's what I've done my whole life.

I've always ignored it. Yeah, I don't, I'm not a fan of the like, it comes when you least expect it. I'm like, no, nobody's falling into my lap at this point. Right. And I want the fairy tale. I don't want my story. to be, you know, we met on an app and I'm happy for everyone who did meet on an app. But my story is going to be like, we met at Whole Foods and we grabbed the same pineapple.

I don't know. Doesn't everyone want to be like, oh, we met online getting coffee. Yeah. He poured my sugar in for me. It was so cute. Oh, that makes me all so sick. No, I want that. I want that.

Or you know what? We met at BravoCon. I don't know. Oh, BravoCon. Civilcon, 2021. That's where I need to find my future, you know, soulmate. Oh, my gosh. Anisha, also people ask about, you know, family karma another season. Is there anything you can tell us about that?

Nothing at all. Where do I, where do I go with this one? Fingers crossed because I think I want to see what happens to me. We all want to do. happens. Yeah. Yeah. So I would hope so. Fingers crossed, I think we brought something really unique to the audience. And I hope, you know, we get another chance. Certainly. I hope so too. Before we finish up, can you just tell us about your new podcast and kind of what the vibe is, what you're excited about doing with the podcast and where people can find it? Of course. My podcast

is called Currently Cringing with Dear Media. I'm so excited. And, you know, there are a network that fosters female diversity. And as an Indian woman, I can say in media, there aren't many of us. So I'm very grateful for the opportunity. And I'm not afraid to speak up. And my whole life, I grew up in a very conservative home. And I'm not that girl that's checking the boxes.

So I feel like I'm just as strong. female voice sharing my cringe-worthy life experiences, honey, and tune in. It's fun. And you get to see a different side of me because I think, you know, on Bravo, I'm reading people and then on Instagram, you know, you're living my day-to-day life. But on the podcast, we're going deep. Yeah, I love, first of all, I love the name. I think it's so perfect for you, especially. and I like so far that you've already had kind of a mix of some more personal episodes and then like on your last episode you had Jen Shaw from Salt Lake City like it's a very fun you know it feels very like authentic to you which I always appreciate when someone starts

a podcast yes um so guys-marisal patent come on you know we had tea we had tea two oh Dylan's dying of real houses of Miami is my shit Okay. Yes. You guys need Mary, you guys need Mary Sol on your podcast. I'm going to connect the two of you. She is amazing. That's a good tip. Barry would die. I love that. I just someone fell off my chair. Yeah. So everyone, don't forget to check out Anish's podcast, currently cringing. You can listen wherever you're listening to this podcast right now. Anish, thank you so much for joining us. This was so fun. Thank you. I feel like I don't want to go. Well, you don't have to. Luckily, we're going to be on an episode of your podcast soon so we can continue all the shenanigans there. Yeah.

Thank you so much. This was so fun. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thanks for listening, everyone. Don't forget to rate, review, subscribe. And we will be back next week. Bye.

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