On Display with Melissa Gorga - Shah-ty's like a Melody (w/ Reza Farahan)

Episode Date: July 28, 2022

Summer is hot, but there's something even hotter; the real estate market!  Join Melissa this week as she invites real estate mogul, undercover gardner, and THE Shah of Sunset, Reza Farahan, onto the show to talk about living life on (and off) display, the reason he no longer watches Bravo, the insane housing market, and why there's a cute little town in Arkansas that is tugging at his heart.  Melissa also makes a summer plea to all the moms out there.  This week's sponsors: Apartments.com - Apartment Rentals: apartments.com  Apostrophe - Personalized Skin Care: apostrophe.com/melissa, promo code: MELISSA Huggies - Special Delivery Diapers: huggies.com 

This episode of on display is brought to you by Huggies special delivery diapers. If anyone listens to this podcast and thinks, I'm so glad to have you back for another episode of Melissa Gorga on display. I literally cannot believe that we are like almost done with July. If you live on the East Coast, you know that summers in Jersey and like in New York, they go so quick. Like by the time the kids get out of school, it's the 4th of July. And then it's the end of July. And then we're like, we're like literally like salvading to just hold on to August because it's the home stretch. And that's only like another four weeks. So it's insane. We are like holding on to every moment here if you're like me.

I don't know, like the mom's out there. I don't know if you ever have five minutes to yourself, but like I literally don't ever even have like five minutes alone ever. Like even in the morning, you know how much you love that cup of coffee in the morning. Like I come down my stairs, I make a cup of and usually the kids are

at school. Now it's like they start shuffling down at me and they're hungry. my god, like, why are you I don't know, I'm already to school start, they need and they need stuff to do. And it's crazy. Does that make me bad mom?

But like I love to be home alone in the morning. And when they come down the stairs, I'm just like, what? Why are you here? I don't know if I'll ever, ever not love my alone time in the morning for my cup of coffee, but DM me on Instagram if you feel me because I love to

read your comments and I love to know that you know I'm normal because I don't know like I like summer but then I'm just like they need to go to school like when do they go back to school. My summer is flying by especially because we're building the house right now. We're almost done so I

can't wait to give you guys an update on the house. Two, but you're going to love, love, love this next guest. He is someone I have known for quite a while. You've seen him on television as one of the Shaz of Sunset. I know you guys are so excited. He's my Bravo brother. Guys, I got the one and only Reza Farahann. First of all, welcome to Melissa

Gorga on display. I'm so excited. I display, I display, I display each and every day, every day. I'm so happy to be here. Finally. I love you and I miss you so much. You know, you're definitely one of my favorites.

Always have been like, I feel like since the first day we met, we just clicked. Like I was like, he's my kind of guy. Like, love you. Did it all. We've been right here. And although we don't see each other or connect as much as I would like,

I feel like you guys, you and Joe are right there. And like we stay connected on social media. And I feel like I'm a part of your lives. I know. That's the thing about social media. We all get to like see and with you. Wait, hold on. I always see you just like I see the mustache on. I see the mustache off. Ladies and gentlemen, today we have the mustache is on.

We have like a little beard working. Have you taken it off recently? Do you go back and forth still? You know, I like I like to change up, you know, the facial hair game and like, yeah, I like to keep it like, you know, the facial hair game and like, yeah, I like to keep it like, you know, fresh fresh and new. Sometimes you post like throwback photos and they are the most gorgeous for I love when you throw up like these older photos of your young, young, you're probably like 18, 19, 20, how old are you when some of these like super

model? And you're still the most handsome man. But I mean, super model, super model. You're so kind. I have fun, girl. Like, yes, I didn't appreciate it as much then because I didn't know how good it was because I grew up like with a bunch of like white people feeling like I was too dark. My hair was too dark. I should have been light scanned and like blonde with blue eyes. And then you realize later on in life how great those things that make you different really are so special and why didn't I appreciate it more when it was happening then. I know it's always should have could have what of, right? Like if I can go back to even my 20 year old self right now,

oh my God, like it's just not fair, like we need that knowledge. We should get like, we should hit 40, this is what I always say, we should hit 40, right? And then they should just like send you back 20 years and it's like, okay, knowing what you know, you get one last try, here you go, you're 20. Like I don't know, I always think we should just be scaled back one time and get one more time

around. I think that's Antonio, right? It's like, whatever you learn, like you're like, here you go. Here are those like nuggets. Now, don't suffer. You may suffer in other departments, but at least don't let your mother watch you suffer and the things that I can share with you that like, here's a golden nugget, don't suffer in this department. Exactly. No, and that's, you know, that's the great piece that I get to share my knowledge with. Or sometimes she just rolls her eyes at me and looks at me and I'm like, you know, she looks at me like cross-eyed and I'm like like are you good? Like you look was like chew. I sip my to be honest, anything is

a little inside every time attitude because I'm like, I'm getting it all back. Everything they say is true. She rolls eyes at me. Car, karma, all of the seeds that we plant and we water good or bad. They come back. Sometimes it's quick. Sometimes it's 20 years later, but it's a car. and I had her at like a young age. So I'm like a young mom with her, like having a 16 year old daughter, you know? And it's just, it's crazy. It's crazy. But I am trying to teach her. That's for her too.

Now look at your fine ass. As old as you are, fine AF for a woman that has three kids, knocking it out of the park. It is like, if I were someone coming up watching you, I'd be like, it is a lot of pressure. You make it look easy. You look good.

The house looks good. The kids look good. The husband is happy. Like, and the body is tight and right and still looking like. Thank you. Thank you. That's very sweet. I think that's like a double ed short because sometimes she's also like,

you know, like the boys at school, they want me to FaceTime you and it's so annoying. So I try to like dress appropriately when I know I'm gonna be like around and not like with my like half shirts or whatever I really wanna wear deep down inside. So I try to make that as easy as possible. I'm noticing that

the most probably with Gino my middle one because he's a boy and like. Detective. Yes. And he'll be like, is that what you're going to wear? Like are you coming to the school like that? I think it was her. It was eighth

grade graduation in June and he was like, I don't think you should come. And I'm like, Gino. And he's like, yeah, like you're like famous. It's weird mom. Like just don't come. I'm like, oh, Gino." And he's like, yeah, you're like famous. It's weird, mom. Like just don't come.

I'm like, oh, you're gonna have no parents. Like he's actually the most, like I would say awkward or uncomfortable with like the fame family. Do you know what I'm saying? Like he's definitely doesn't, my little one is a ham. He doesn't know what to do or who to do it to

or who to show, who to talk to. But like Gino's definitely like, mom, just stand over there, you know? Yeah, I see it with all of my girlfriends that I went to high school with who were like sexy and cute and were out there. Their kids are way more conservative because they were like trying to tone their mom

down the whole time. Yes. So they're constantly like, I watch them now, they're weighing more uptight about it because their mom got to be wilded and free. So like, isn't that funny how that works, but I try to not be embarrassing. So I try to be like that, that equal bit of like clarity. But like, yes, too. I got to live, you know? How old am I going to be in this body? I'm not sure. Hell yeah, let me tell you, the fame thing is so hard

because like, you know, there was news about Shaw's in the press recently. Yes. Yes. When that news comes, Melissa, there's regardless of how prepared you are financially, which not gone what I'm good. The whole thing about, like, wait a minute, like, I'm not going to be living my life on TV anymore. Like, that, there's

this whole thing that, like, it is- Resa, I feel you with this because this is something, and I want to talk about, like, the fact that they just canceled shots and how you feel about all of this. And I, you know, Joe prepares me a lot for the day that they either fire me or they cancel the show because he says, you know, I see these women, you guys, I'm scared Melissa, it's become my life. I mean, I've literally been on the show since I'm...

We would do summer bright bravils together in bravo. 12 years ago, 12 years ago. Yeah, And then I see you guys practicing for like that number at bravo con for the upfronts that I wasn't invited to. Oh, I know.

I know. It's a it's like and you by the way, and let me tell you about you when it comes to upfronts. Guys, for those of you don't know when bravo had their upfronts, which is, you know, where you're kind of like showcasing what Bravo has this year to like the press,

that's basically what an upfront is. They used Reza. They had Reza go on stage and speak for Bravo, like on behalf of Bravo, right? I feel like they chose you a lot for a lot of things you're very well spoken, you're very're very well liked. You, you know, you have a lot of different categories and you checked off a lot of boxes. They used you a lot to, to say, like, Bravo's back. We have a lot of shows and Resa would come out on stage and,

and talk about Bravo. So I can, I can only imagine, like, what it feels like. And I feel like Joe preps me all the time and he says are you you can't lose it like I know you this can't be your whole world He's always wanting to make sure that there is life after bravo because you never know right when it was gonna happen No, you do know you do know because nothing lasts forever Right, it's inevitable. It's inevitable. And it's just like where you are emotionally spiritually and you know where you are with it. And I feel like it was such a blessing. And it was like we have a good amount of time. It ended before I wanted it to end. But I'm also not like a Jacqueline Lareda

where I get to watch it continue without me. Like that would be much, like that would be much different if I had to. That would hurt 10 times. Wait, so just paint a picture for me. Do they call you first? Do they tell you this is not happening anymore before they put it in the press. How does this go?

So first and foremost, we thought it was going to happen twice like we, you know, something happened and then it did it. And then I started to get this weird like sinky feeling and we had a zoom. and we had a Zoom and it was with our production company owner who never zooms with us and I saw that in the subject line it was only me going to send MJ and Mike was not on that zoom and then I hit up the OG which was me going to set up Jan Mike and I was like yo what's up and like, yeah, I'm not on that zoom. And so we ended up having a zoom, and they were like, there was also a TMZ article about like potentially the network talking to three of us

without Mike about a potential other project. So we heard something about this other potential. And then I was like, wait a minute, are you distracting me from a shots funeral? And then my tears just started like, oh my god, I'm so sorry. I know it's so crazy. And it's just, it's like a divorce, you know, like, that has become your career for for how long? I mean, I know you're in real estate too, and we're going to talk about your real estate because I want to know all about it. But you know, that's definitely a huge piece of who you are. It's your baby. It's your legacy. It's something that I was so proud of. It was, I literally,

later on that day, I was walking around. I was like, if I'm not a shop sometimes anymore, what am I like? Who am I? Like all of a sudden, you know, like, I was like, these existential conversations. And it was really, really, really hard just emotionally. And then all of a sudden, I was like, you know, it was a beautiful time. I was so grateful for it. And that is it. It is what it is. It is what it is. Sometimes it's there's things that are beyond your control.

And you need to tell yourself, like, listen, we had a great run. Right. We were a hit show on Bravo for many, many years. The Kardashians and eventually, right. I mean, like, everything, everything eventually comes to an end. on Bravo for many, many years, the Kardashians and eventually, right? I mean, like, everything, everything eventually comes to an end. And it's bound to happen to our show too. And I'm prepared, but like you're never fully prepared because you sit there

and say, was there a piece of you that felt like, were the people around me going to start treating me different? Am I still going to get the reservation? And am I still going to be res of the guy on TV to everyone? Or am I suddenly going to have this, oh, I'm a regular guy presence? Oh, I'm talking about moving to small town.

You're like moving to a small place and just like disappearing, like nothing. Why are you noticing changes? Are you noticing anything? No, not at all. But what I do notice is how repulsed I am by people that were formerly on shows. And now they do commentary and it's all negative. You know, don't, yes, you're not going to do that. That's not going to mention the people's names. But like, not going to do that. That's not. I'm not going to mention the people's names, but like, I would never do that. It's not my thing. But like, Raza, Raza, mentioning, I would disappear. Well, like Kelly Dodd or, um, Daniel, the most horrible things about me. Can I just tell you, anytime I have ever seen the woman, she is run to me, she's

hi. I'm, I can't tell you in the world. She talks about my looks. In the world of housewives, if I was going to put people that you could be envious of part in the pun with the boutique mention, if there were, you know, you would be on the top of that hit list, like you've been on your show for so many seasons, you do girls trip, you have so much success, you know, you have your relationship. So if you are a former housewife or you wanna be a housewife or your Kim D or Kim G or

the many Kim's you guys have had, all those hater Kim's, you know, like you can look at you and be a huge hater because you're also much younger age wise too than the average housewife. You're like on the youngest end. Yes, yeah. I was always about 10 years younger than the rest of the crew. Now, I can't say too much because the Bravo gods are watching, but we are definitely starting to film and try to pull in some young

blood and some younger girls, which I am extremely excited about. I can't say any names or can't guarantee, but we are filming right now and it's it's been fun to say the least. I mean, we've seen young guns come and go. We saw those twins

that were very promising. And they came and it was like, boom, I don't even remember their names. They came almost so far. God, yeah, they don't even remember their names. They came up with so fast. God, yeah, they almost like they almost knocked us off the grin. Let's put it that way. We had to like regroup after that. People were living over that season, live it.

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I haven't been able to watch Bravo since we got the news. It's been so painful. Like I can. Oh,'t. I'm sorry. Yeah, but like, Do you know Tamra judge unfollowed when she told me when they took her off the show, she unfollowed every

single housewife and every single bravo person. Because she literally couldn't look. It was like devastating to her. Yeah, I still want to support everyone that I've connected with. So I follow you guys. I like I see the clips and stuff and I've stayed

abreast via social media, but I can't like bring myself to watch it. It is the weirdest thing. I don't blame you. I don't blame you. I think I would need a detox as well. Like I would need one year to be like, don't talk to me about Bravo. Don't show me a Bravo show. Maybe I can circle back next year, but I need to like detox all things Bravo, you know?

Yeah, it felt like, oh my God, it's like my ex who's thriving without me. Like I felt like, like I know I hear you. I hear you and I'm so sorry, but I feel like you are, like you are in your own right, such an amazing human. I feel like you're a hard worker, right? You're a successful guy.

Thank you. I mean, you mentioned about like refining yourself. Like, who are you really outside of this television show? Like, give me Reza on the daily. Like, with your husband, I mean, you're in real estate, talk to me a little about that. Totally. So, you know, yesterday I spent the entire day

either looking at houses. Obviously it was Sunday, there were open houses and the market is softening up and a lot of people that couldn't find homes are able to find homes right now because interest rates have gone up. There's not the multiple opera situation. So that's happening, and Adam and I have been thinking

he loves farming. He's obsessed with growing his own vegetables, he's vegan. So it's funny that like like if you go in my closet It's like fendi fendi Gucci Gucci like But I spend most of my time in the backyard with my husband like Gardening and Friday we have tickets to go to a plumeria show which is like this plant that he is in love with and it's to go to a Plumeria show, which is like this plant that he is in love with. And so-

Unbelievable. Yeah, I have this definite life that I have, which is, you know, gold and diamonds and marble columns and Persian and all that flash. But the day-to-day with my husband is definitely the farmer's market. And, you know, we compost,

and we do things that are really important to him and now me because of him. I wait, new series idea, the Gucci Gardener, Reza. I love it. Melissa Adam has this show he's obsessed with. It's called Escape to the Chateau. It's a British couple who bought a chateau in France. And it was dilapidated. They remodel it.

And it has a huge farm. And they turned it into a wedding venue. And they grow their own fruits and vegetables. Then they cook the wedding meal. And they officiate the weddings. And the people stay in the chateau in the hotel rooms. So I have literally been sending atoms like hotels that we could buy. Like states that we could move to.

Oh my god, I can totally see you doing something like that. I mean, how amazing would that be? But are you really seriously contemplating moving out of California? So like the part of me that wants to like crawl in a hole and not be known as like Are you guys interested in contemplating moving out of California? Um, So like the part of me that wants to like crawl in a hole and not be known as like resin from jobs of sunset may have Googled like the gay friendly small towns and I have, I may have found a list of 22 cities in the most obscure places you could imagine. And I may have gone on loopnet and searched hotels for sale in those corresponding cities and fantasized with my husband.

I'm like, oh my god, honey, we could buy this 81-room hotel for like two point, whatever it is, and we could make it like, so yes, I've been fantasizing about it. Unbelievable. Is there like, give me, like, is there one at the top of your list? Like, give me a city that you really, like, find so charming. Totally. It's this one city in,

it's called Yorika Springs, Arkansas. Arkansas. I love it. There's 2,000 people that live in the city. And 20 or 30% of them identify as LGBTQ+. So it's like this little... You're like, I want in. I want in and I could buy the hotel.

I could buy the red straw. I could be like the king of this town basically. Basically, you would literally rule the whole entire town. Like that you need to own the hotel, the restaurant, the nightclub, the drag show on Sunday, the brunch. You need to literally run the town. Yeah. And if people were like, you look like that guy from that chart, I'd be like, I guess that a lot.

I, everyone always thinks that that's me, you know, oh my god, well, what's stopping you? I mean, I don't know, it doesn't sound, I mean, you lived a life in California. I mean, I know there's a lot of money there and you're selling it to a real estate, but like, it's not the worst thing I ever heard. No, and California is different now.

Like, I used to wear love bracelets like this and gold Rolex every single day. You can't do that in Beverly Hills anymore. Like the Smouching Grabs, all the time. Is it really changing, honestly? Is it that bad? It's totally that bad. Beverly Hills is a ghost town.

If you go to Cartier, there's a rope. You have to put your name on a list. To go to Van Cleef and Arpelles, you need an appointment beforehand. They won't even open the door for you. Wow. It's crazy. You know, I was just there and I felt that.

I did. I said, something is quiet. Like something doesn't feel, you know, I'm there all the time, obviously, for work and stuff. And the last two times I went, I was like, I feel like a silence here or something. 100% and like, Vander, she had that restaurant right there on the corner, Villa Blanca,

that closed. It's called. Yes. And it used to be hustling and bustling in Beverly Hills, people walking around on display with the gold and the diamonds. It was like cute to be out and about. You can't do that anymore. Wait, there is a lot of crime, a lot. Totally. What do they do? They're just walking up to you, taking your Rolex off your wrist and keeping it moving.

There is a video of this guy in LA getting into his GY again. And you see this like white car pull up. People got out of the white car to get him. He took his watch off and threw it over the fence of and like it landed somewhere back on his property. Yeah. Wow.

And so did they get the watch? No, they didn't get the watch. But that was smart. There's a few of those videos on Sunset Boulevard a guy coming out of his business to get in his GWG and boom, you're getting stopped. Wow. What do you think the biggest, what caused this?

Like what's the number one cause that you think really changed areas like Beverly Hills? Honestly, like, I don't know what happened. It literally unleashed during the pandemic. I know the politics and all this stuff. I know which I don't get into. But it's just a mix of it all. It's like we were going through that time and it's not just Beverly Hills. New York is suffering as well. I mean, anyone who had a Hampton's house is living in the Hampton, they're not living in the city anymore. Everyone, like New York is quiet. Everyone is zooming. No one drives in as much anymore. I mean, New York is still New York. It's there, but it's, it's not the same just yet. It's just not, you know. I actually had to fly to New York and it was the very first time I was flying to New York,

and it was not proper related, but I flew it first class. It was for residency obsessed, and I did a Macy's live, but it was so weird being in New York and like going through the whole thing, and I was staying at the Get's of War, which is one of the hotels we would stay at,

it was crazy. Wait, so talk to me about your hair care line. It's called Obsessed. It's called Resubi Obsessed. They carry me at May C's. Wait, first of all, that is huge that you're in May C's. Like how are you walking around with your tail between like, you have a product in May C's?

Come on, that's huge. No, and Melissa, like, you have a product in me. So come on, that's huge. And Melissa, like, if anyone listens to this podcast and thinks like, I'm walking around Bob humbog or like, what was me? Not at all. Like 10 times less. You know, I literally was in a dog park one day. And the my dog got into it with this other dog. And I looked over and I'm like,

Oh God, who am I gonna have to apologize to now? And I see this blonde bombshell with this ginormous rock. And like I could see a rules, Roy's done beyond me. So I saw the air mess, Berkin. I knew like I put it all together. What you were dealing with. Yeah, and I walked up to her, she's like, oh my God, she's like, I love your show. And I was like, thank you so much. And she's like, you have the best hair,

like the thickest hair. And we get into it. Turns out she's a chemist and owns a manufacturing plant. And she's like, have you ever thought of having a product line? And she let me design the product line with her Melissa. So she was like, do you want to put these crazy things that we can buy that are more than what other people would do because it really cuts down your profit margins. But it's in line with who you are.

Like we could put crush diamonds in there. It would do this at this molecular level. We could do gold. We could do the stain called a King coconut, which is only found on the island of Sri Lanka. There's something called hydrolyzed pea protein, which is great for people that use like a curling iron, a hair dryer, or like a flat iron, because it's heat activated. So once you start using it,

you unleash the benefits of the hydrolyze P protein that protects your hair. Nice. So I got into it. I need all of this, by the way. I'm sending you everything. I'm gonna get, and I'll send you here is actually, this is the dream kit that we sell at Macy's.

I, oh my, oh my God, that is awesome. I need this kit. Thank you. Of course. You're good. Guys, where can everyone find this on macy's.com? Or where? Macy's.com.

Resa, just type in resa and you'll see it. It's got, we have a leave in, we have a hair oil, we obviously have a shampoo and a conditioner. We have a pomade. Kids used to tease me and call me residue when I was in little in school and I hated that word until I had a hair care line because there's no residue. The pomade washes out. It doesn't leave your hair feeling heavy. The ingredients are so good. That's why we got into mace. Wow. That seat. But see now now that's a little like silver lining that if you if you weren't resa, right, from the shot sunset, she probably would have noticed your gorgeous hair either

way. But that's why when people say like there is a little stepping stone from having these out because it made her want to speak. It made her want to tell you what she does for everything as well. And so there's this silver lining. You could literally like blow up with this. I mean, you're in Macy's, which is huge, which means it's an awesome product. So that alone is amazing. I'm like, I'm like so happy for you.

I really am. Thank you so much. And I'm writing a book which I'm so excited about. It's called Memoirs of a Gaysha as opposed to a Gaysha. Yes I love it. Get it get it. Yeah it's so obvious and it's been so cathartic and amazing and it's funny and it talks about like just like who I was all the things you don't know about me and how I literally wanted to be the king of Iran who's called the Shah of Iran but the

monarchy was abolished and I ended up being a Shah of Sunset and having nine seasons of Bravo. So like talk about manifesting your destiny like I still got to be the shot. You still got to be the shot. The main shot. If there was a main shot, aren't all the best. I love that. Are you currently writing that right now? I'm totally, I have a ghost writer that I'm working with because although I would love to write it out myself,

it's not my forte. So I hired someone who could put my thoughts together. Yes. It makes sense. When can we expect this to come out? When are you predicting? I'm predicting April 2023. Okay.

We'll see. You look. You have a lot of stuff going on. Oh, my God. Totally. So much going on. I love it. Going on.

You as a person, you just have energy. You've always you come into a room and it's like, res is here, you know? So you've always been like a special guy. And you're doing real estate as well, right? You're in a form. I'm in real estate. My clients are my clients.

They don't like showing off or being showcased on a TV show. So like I do my business, you know, I make my money, I live my life. And it's really like blessings on blessings. I'll see you at Bravo Con, which I'm so excited. I was just going to ask you because a lot of times they do bring everyone to Bravo Con, whether you're on the air or not. So are you going to be a Bravo Con? Yes, I'll be a Bravo Con. So I'm so excited to see you there. I'm so excited about that. You know, you never know what the future may bring. You don't.

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Rapid fire questions. I'm just going to ask you a couple questions. You just give me your answers. Dude, let's do it. Your first celebrity crush. My first Tom Cruise, risky business.

Oh, yeah, I got you there. Okay, your favorite 80 song. Rock the Casbah, but. Oh, I mean, I like it. Rock the Casbah. Yeah, I like it. I like it. I'm such an 80s girl.

Okay, what's your biggest regret? If you ever regret, what's your biggest regret? My biggest regret. My biggest regret is probably not furthering my education to the point of like an MD or a PhD because now I look at those people with so much respect for the dedication it took because I have a lot of people in my life who are financially much more successful than an MD. But just the dedication it takes to grind at something and like there's a weight there's people that measure and you have to get there. You know you can't find a way on your own. Yes. So that is my biggest regret. And what's the best decision you've ever made?

My best decision I ever made was to commit myself relationship-wise to my husband. He changed the way I am and I live and you know I had a lot of like PTSD from growing up with parents who had to flee a country and like start all over you know while they were watching like people being hanged back at home and like I'd be a little kid watching them watching this stuff. He comes from like the Midwest and he's like easy, breezy. And like, it's a track, baby. You know, and he's just got this very calming, like, energy that now permeates our life and our

house. Fair. Give me your pet peeve. What is your biggest pet peeve? My biggest pet peeve is I'm going to use a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a

little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a and they put their hand here, but they make a lot of noise. Like, and they move the toothpicks and they think because they're covering their hand like this, you can't see them examining what they pulled out and then chewing did or whatever. Like, no one wants to be like. Oh my God, I don't want to see that.

I decided this is my pet peeve as well. Geez. I said use toothpicks. Yeah. All right. Two picks. Yeah. Handle it. Okay, do it at home and write before you put your teeth with floss or something. Go to the bathroom.

Do it while you're in there and come back with your grill all perfectly gleaming. Shining and lowly. Yes. Facts. What's the worst date you've ever been on? The worst date I've ever been on. I mean, obviously, it's gonna be

before your husband I'm assuming. Totally. We got to the guy had Mazza Rodi Quattro Porte, right when they had come out. And we pulled up to the valley of Gura's Valley. And the valley was on the east side of the street and we was on the east side of the street. And we were on the west side of the street. And for insurance purposes, he explained

that he could not take the car and the keys on that side of the street, that he would have to pull the car around to the correct side of the street. So he got so angry, he got back in the car, slammed the door, flipped the bitch, pulled the car, got out, slammed the door and the guy pulled the hand out to like, you know, give him the ticket, he snatched the ticket from the guy. So like, imagine then having to sit down and have a meal. It was so tense. You're like, this guy's a maniac. Maniac, like chill the fuck out.

The guy's like, Oh, he should. He just wanted him to turn around the corner. That's it. And just turn around the other way. He said, dude, I cannot accept the car on the wrong side. We have insurance for this side of the street. You got to give me the car on the right side of the street.

Which makes sense. Where the business is. I'm not taking the car over there. And he literally was so entitled and angry and rich that he didn't... You know, none of that... He had no compassion for the car. That was never going to end well with you anyway. That's... That's a good thing that he didn't last. Oh, it was literally the food wouldn't go down. It was miserable and uncomfortable. Yeah, your first concert you've ever been to. My first concert, Michael Jackson.

Oh, you've been to a Michael Jackson concert. Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson. Oh, love. Okay. George Michael Madonna. You have killed everyone in the concert category. That's pretty amazing. Tell me something about us, that's something about you that's going to surprise us.

I feel like we know everything, but is there anything really about you that people just don't know? Yes. Like, if I come to your house and I see what you're wearing, the dishes you have, the appliance you have, the shoes that don't have a label on it, like I can tell you what type of wood it is, what kind of stone it is, I can tell you what kind of refrigerator it is by the handle. Like if you have a bag. Like I can tell you what both take a bags are known for.

What balance the other bags are known. You know, like, that you know a cheap shoe when you see one. Totally. Like if I see a stone. I know what the stone is because I know stones. I know like if it's good, I know about it and I can like tell you, oh, that's butchalady silverware because like my mom either had it because like my mom was like that. Yeah. So it's just something that like you're like a walking

product, Omnak. Totally, literally Melissa, I went to dinner with a girlfriend one time who was, didn't have money and really worked hard and became a successful realtor. And one of our girlfriends who had no money started dating a rich dude, and we were gonna have dinner together. And so the three of us are sitting and the friend gets up and goes to the bathroom

and my friend is like, Res is her purse real. And I'm like, I don't know, I have to see the inside. So she grabs her friends purse, unzips the purse, puts the purse in my lap. Melissa, I'm knee deep in the purse. And she comes back from the bathroom. Imagine coming back to the table at literally I was like, I'm all up in it. I was like, I'm so sorry. Your friend over here is shady as fuck. I wanted to know if your person's real. And I told her the only ways if I could see the lining because it looks good on the outside. It was a real first. That's great. That's fucking great. That's why I need you with me. I need you to be my gay.

I need to go around. Well, you don't need to go to lunch. Hell yeah. And the next time you're in LA, you hit me up. I'm in a proper style. We're gonna. All right, hold on. I'm almost done here.

Tell me your favorite late night snacks. So if you're on the couch, what are you snacking on? Probably popcorn. I just love the crunch of it, the texture, the saltiness. My husband loves it, we stock it, it's like our thing. What was your first job you ever had? My first job was a file clerk at the law offices of Lichten Lichten on Wilshire Boulevard 911 Wilshire

Penn House week. Lichten Lichten. LICHT and LICHT. Unbelievable. You remember it exactly. What what show are you binge watching right now? What are we watching? That's good. so I'm anything on ID or oxygen, anything like true crime, I'm obsessed with it. Like how did they end up like this? Like what's going on? I'm like all, I'm all about it. Anything non bravo. No.

Wow. Wow. I'm, I'm a basketball wives. I can't watch basketball wives. I've never seen. I know. A lot of people love basketball wives. Everyone loves it. So I always end with, tell me if the day would be wake up, get in Gia, my poor sister's name is Gia, I put the top down in Gia, I roll, go get some coffee, and it's not for Gia, it's not for your niece, it's for Gia, the model, like the super model.

From the movie, from the movie. That's with Angelina Jolie. Of course, because you have to understand when I was a kid, she was a real model, and like I saw that movie. Yes, I got it. Although some people would assume it's for me. This G.S.

Yes, it's definitely not. I know that G.A. you're talking about. Love that freaking movie. Yeah, so put the thumbs down. I go get a coffee. I do my workout. One of my best girlfriends, she's married and super wealthy. Her husband has 10 Grammys and she lives like five blocks away from me. And I go to her house. she has a huge motor court,

and we work out in her motor court, our trainer rolls up with a van. It pulls all the equipment out of the van and sets up stations. We do a workout, then we go to like the IV for lunch, which is so old school, but it's like, I love the IV. I still go there when I go, because it's just, it's just the thing, right? Yes. And you have a gimlet and you sit outside and you feel really fabulous and good about the world.

I need to do LA with you next time I come to Beverly Hills. I really totally. Oh my God, Reza, this has been so much fun. My love for you. Just like I really do. I've always loved you always will. Thanks for proving to everyone that there is life after Bravo. You have so much going on. I can't wait to read the book. Everyone run, don't walk to macy's.com right now. Type in Reza and get his hair care line. He is known to always have the best of the best of the best. So his hair care line is going to be the best of the best for sure.

And I am gonna see you at BravoCon, not just for a couple months. I can't wait. Thank you for having me on this was a blast. Of course, of course. I miss you and- I give my love to Joe and the kids and Theresa and everyone. I love everyone on your show. I'm a huge fan of your show. I support everyone on the show and I can't wait to start watching it again

because the wound heals. And then you know, I get back on the horse and we do the damn thing. That's exactly right. Oh my God. I love you. Okay. I love you too. Okay. Bye. Thank you. Hey everyone, this is Heather Dubrow and do I have some exciting news for you. We are launching a variety of new episodes that are going to have amazing special guests, some of my close friends and so much more. It's going to be really fun and we're going to get to hear from fans, new friends and get an inside look of my world. We're really excited for you to listen and join in for Heather Dubrow's World on Podcast fun. We're really excited for you to listen and join in for Heavy Duro's World on Podcast Fun. Episodes drop on Thursdays and Fridays, tune in on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.