The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Show Me Something - Sophie & West welcome Meredith Marks who Spills on DJ Life, Jen Shah's release & The Plane Footage
Episode Date: December 23, 2025This week, Sophie Cunningham and West Wilson welcome Real Housewives of Salt Lake City icon Meredith Marks for an episode that goes everywhere—in the best way. Meredith breaks down the infamous ...airplane incident (and why the “footage” would’ve made things way less interesting), plus she shares her favorite seat on a flight and the wildly calming secret she falls asleep to: airplane cabin noise. From there, it’s pure Bravo-meets-business. Meredith gets real about being more than a “housewife,” what fuels her entrepreneurial drive, and how a major life moment pushed her into building her luxury empire—jewelry, caviar, and everything in between. West also has one burning question: was he robbed of the Fashion Forward award? Meredith weighs in, and they swap style talk—from fashion inspirations to what it’s actually like pulling looks for big events. And because it’s Meredith, we’re talking DJ life too: how Pride gigs turned into a full-blown career, what crowds hit the hardest, and what her DJ tour schedule looks like now. Plus: Brooks Marks tracksuits get their flowers, and Meredith dishes on the chaos of live appearances—including her and Jesse Solomons’ on-stage singing adventures.Get an Arby's Double Roast Beef or Double Beef 'n Cheddar in-store or Doordashed today. https://www.arbys.com/Shop SKIMS Fits Everybody Collection at https://www.skims.com/showmeAll lines provided by Hard Rock Bet#VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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cell phones and stuff. I wonder if she's gotten to like watch the show. Do you think?
I think probably not. I would think that they're not airing it there, but I don't know. I don't
really know. Could you just walk into a prison and it's just Salt Lake City Housewives and all the
Like that she's in?
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Hello, everybody.
Welcome back to Show Me Something podcast.
Today is a very, very exciting day for our podcast.
We are doing something new, something we've never done before.
And we're starting it all with a freaking bang.
Guys, it is, I want to say best friend first, but also she's an entrepreneur, uh, fashion jewelry powerhouse, a DJ.
We love DJs in the Bravo world and also a WNBA lover.
The wonderful, beautiful, incredible Meredith Marks, our first guest.
Can not be any better.
This is so fun.
I'm so excited to be the first one.
First thing's first.
Happy belated V-Dade.
Thank you.
Did you do anything super silly?
You know what?
I had a really chill day.
I had lunch with an old friend of mine and Brooks and his boyfriend.
and then I got a massage
and then I went to dinner with my family.
Really chill.
It was amazing.
Exactly what I needed.
Was that in New York?
In New York.
Yeah.
Oh, in New York.
Oh, beautiful.
Yeah, the kids all live there.
So, you know, we're there somewhat part-time,
but the kids are all there.
Wait, do you think you're going to move up there?
I mean, I've been there part-time.
for many, many years.
I don't think I'll ever move there full time.
I love New York, but I also love coming and going.
You know, it's intense.
It's so much fun, but, like, I don't know if I could handle it 365 days a year.
It's a lot.
You remind everyone born in Chicago.
Born in Chicago.
Or grew up in Chicago.
Yeah.
And then, like, when did you move to Salt Lake?
And what was, like, the whole process, Giddy?
to Salt Lake Lake for you.
We were in Chicago
and Seth
he had an opportunity
as an executive at overstock.com
which is based in Salt Lake.
And
he called me from there
and was like, I think we should move here
and I was like, well, I don't know.
I've never even lived in a suburb, nonetheless, a ski resort.
So I was like, okay, let's see
what it's like living in Park City.
Let's try it out.
And it was very, very different, especially raising kids, you know, in Park City versus Chicago.
And we had, you know, we'd moved around a little bit.
The kids had gone to school in Toronto.
And, you know, Seth had commuted at times to Dallas and other places as well.
So, you know, they had bounced around a bit.
But it was wild.
Like raising your kids in a ski town is very, very different.
I think for anyone who doesn't know, part of the whole reason this trio is happening right now is because Meredith and I sat next to each other at the U.S. Open.
And I was asking her life story.
And I think when you said you were from Chicago, I was like, are you a, I always ask people like cubs or white socks.
And you're like not really into like many big team sports, but I love to.
I'm not.
I'm not really a sports girl in general.
Like I'm not.
But I went last year to the championship game.
And it was the coolest experience I'd ever had in the sports world at all.
And I do love sports with horses that I do actually do a little bit more.
I do like horse racing or equestrian, any of that I do love.
But, you know, in terms of like watching a basketball game with these women who are insanely incredible and just like rock stars on the basketball court,
It was phenomenal.
It just felt good.
It was like a really feel-good moment.
And so I am a huge supporter.
I can't say I watch every game or anything because like I said, I don't watch a tennis sports, but I love it.
I love it.
I'm like such a fan.
You have no idea.
Oh, well, thank you.
We need to get you to a fever game because they're just like so different and so much more fun compared to all these other games.
But kind of with you.
Like I, when it comes to.
to Housewives. I actually watch two-year seasons, which is like a lot for me because of how busy I am.
It's hard for me to keep up. But I have gone down a damn rabbit hole and oh my gosh, do I have so many
questions for you. This is so awesome. So I'll get into like the housewives and you being a complete
badass. But I have got to know and so many people are wondering, how did you get into this DJ?
Because I think it's awesome, but you, Bravo loves a good DJ. Like I'll always go out.
Honestly, it has been the most fun thing I have ever done in my life. It's.
like having a party every night, but not really having to do all the heavy lifting.
And people are having fun, you know, that's the whole thing.
It's so good, just engaging with people, just literally having a good time.
But it came about really because I was asked to DJ for pride.
And so I thought, okay, well, this will cut.
Wait, where?
Like in Utah?
No, I had, at first it was Pittsburgh and then West Hollywood.
And they were like back to back.
I think literally like the next day.
And, and I was very nervous in Pittsburgh.
Like, anyone who is at that show must have been like, oh, my gosh, she's terrifying.
But it was really cute.
They rolled me out in a bathtub.
And then it was so fun.
That is awesome.
And then West Hollywood was huge.
It was like, I don't know, maybe a couple thousand people.
I'm not really sure.
It looked like a lot of people, though.
I can tell you that much.
And I had the best time.
And it was just, that's how it all started, was with pride.
I was like, okay, sure.
And then the phone started ringing.
Wow.
Wow.
I appreciate that because I obviously am friends with Kyle Cook,
who has gotten in a lot of hot water for his late DJ career.
And so you being able to do it and almost have his back in a way,
just making sure people know that you can be a DJ.
Honey, I've got like 10 years ahead.
I've got like 10 more years on Kyle.
As much as I hate to admit it.
Well, you don't look like it at all.
So I think you're doing just fine.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Yeah.
No, I love it.
I think Kyle's great.
We had a lot of fun.
We did an Amazon event together.
And that was super, super fun.
And, you know, I adore him.
And I think he's a great DJ.
So I fully support.
I was the bottle girl for you.
Do you remember?
That's right.
I brought this.
Yeah,
I brought the sign down that said DJ Meredith's.
That was so fun.
Oh my gosh.
That was so much fun.
Wasn't that a great night?
What's been your favorite city or like venue that you've DJed at thus far?
I mean,
like it depends.
Probably Times Square just because that's like such an iconic place.
and like anything you do in Times Square is incredible.
But it was less engaged because, you know, you are in the middle of Times Square.
You've got people like walking in and walking out, you know.
But like any venue or West Hollywood, you definitely have people that are like, they are there,
they are staying, no one's moving around.
And it's great.
But Times Square for sure has, it's just, it's just not something I ever thought would happen in my life.
Like if you had told me five years ago, you're going to do.
DJ in Times Square, I'd be like, you're crazy.
I mean, if you had told me 20 years ago, I'd live in Utah, I'd say you're crazy.
So, you know, my life has been this very bizarre roller coaster that I never anticipated.
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You're clearly a fan favorite.
You're witty.
You stay calm in situations where I would probably knock someone's head off.
I do not know how you do it.
And West can attest to that.
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I want to get into,
this is so fun,
am I even allowed to ask this?
Jen Shaw just got out of prison.
And I think there's so much buzz about it.
People are wondering,
has like anyone talked to her?
Have you personally talked to her?
Do you think she'll be back for next season?
Like, what is the vibe around that?
So I have not spoken to her since she got out.
She did call me once from prison about a year and a half ago or so.
And it was a 10-minute recorded call.
so it was very basic, you know, nothing, all that interesting,
just sort of how are you and, you know, whatever.
But no, I've not heard from her.
I'm guessing I will at some point in time.
I'm sure she wants to get her affairs in order.
It's been a moment.
It's been a few years.
So I'm sure at some point I will hear from her.
I don't know what will happen with her coming back or not, you know.
That's way out of my league.
that, you know, it's something I don't know.
Andy seems to say no.
So my guess is probably not then.
I was going to say someone, someone asked Andy and he like, it sounded like he kind of axed it pretty quick.
But yeah, maybe, but like people love a comeback and people, I don't know, writing their wrongs and growing and learning.
My opinion, and I don't know if it's true or not, but my opinion would be that he would probably be much more receptive if she had.
paid her restitution and he like knew that there was a change, you know, that she had been
reformed and changed and grew.
And there was something like a positive ending to the story.
I think my guess is he would be much more open to it.
But, you know, I'm not in his brain.
That's just my opinion.
Do you guys like miss her?
Do you like want her to come back or do you like the vibe of the show now?
You know, that's something I can't really answer because I don't know what the vibe would be
like now if she were here.
Things have changed so much.
much, even within just, you know, those of us who have been there from the beginning, who were there
with her, our dynamics have shifted so many times by so much. Everyone has grown a lot. And I'm sure
she has too, you know, it's been six years. And so I don't know what the dynamic would be.
Damn. I'm sure that so much has changed. Like, even just like with you and everything you're doing
outside of the show, like, I'm sure, like, she would be shocked to even see, like, where your career has taken
off. Like, I just think it'd be weird, in my opinion. Yeah, who's going to tell Jen in the next few days that
Meredith is a DJ and she's in DJing in Boston today? I have a feeling she knows all that already.
I think she's probably been kept, you know, a prize done on information from her family and her manager
and other people around her. So I think, I think she has a clue as to what's been going on.
I always see videos of people in prison with, like, cell phones and stuff. I wonder if she's gotten to, like,
watch the show.
Do you think?
I think probably not.
I would think that they're not airing it there, but I don't know.
I don't really know.
Could you just walk into a prison and it's just Salt Lake City Housewives and all the
cafeteria TVs that she's in?
Like that would be so wild.
Yeah.
So wild.
It would be crazy.
Did you guys, you guys filmed their reunion already?
Yes.
So that's out of the way.
Do you?
I, like, personally, couldn't hate anything more?
Do you enjoy a reunion or do you, like, count down the minutes till it's over?
You know, I think it really depends on the year and what's gone on.
This year, it was very cathartive for me.
I kind of really got to say the large majority of what I wanted to say.
I missed a few things for sure.
We always do.
But I really felt like I got things off my chest.
And, you know, whether the air or not is not my decision.
I'm okay with that.
Like, it's fine.
For me, it was more, I just had to kind of say my piece and,
and know that the ladies heard it and, you know, everyone else.
And if it is great.
If it doesn't, then say lovey, you know.
You know, I think that it's such great advice because I think everyone knows that,
you know, your kids are kind of getting into this spotlight.
And I think that they can rely on you a lot for kind of the things to do,
maybe just stay away from.
But does, like, what advice do you give them?
Because, I mean, this life can be brutal, but it can also be awesome at the same time.
100%.
I mean, I always say it's like a love-hate relationship, and I have a lot more love than hate.
And if it ever flips to the opposite, I won't do it anymore.
But, you know, the positives are off the charts.
The negatives can be rough.
And my main thing for them, and I think for really for anyone on any kind of reality TV,
is just to really be sure to be true to yourself.
There's a lot of people around you.
You're talking to a lot of people.
You have a lot of people, you know, saying, oh, you should do this.
You should do that.
You should do what you want to do and what resonates as authentic and true to yourself.
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Did you have pause when they, when next gen wanted to like full-time cast Brooks?
And like, are you like do it? It's been so good for me. Like I want you to have the same
experience or like you're, but at the end of the day, you're still his mom. And I'm curious
if any of the bad experiences you've had kind of like made you, uh, worry about his experience.
I mean, he kind of helped put it together. So it wasn't like he came in all of a sudden, like,
I have a surprise for you.
You know, they reached out.
He had been very much an integral part of putting the show together.
And so, no, it was kind of brewing for a long time, a very long time.
They took a really long time to, you know, figure out the right mix and get everyone on board and the whole thing.
And I think they did a phenomenal job.
I think the cast is absolutely amazing.
And both on screen and off, you know, I think they're.
really, truly great people.
And I'm very proud of all of them.
I feel like the mama bear.
I was just going to say at the Bravo Awards or whatever, I presented the rookie of the
year award and it was to their whole cast.
Oh, I didn't know that.
Yeah, rookie to year.
So they crushed.
Yeah.
Well, I think that was kind of my thing.
It's really cool to hear that those people like spending time off the camera together
and like they're good people off camera.
Do you guys feel like that's how you guys are out in Salt Lake?
Like, do you have even the time to spend time to go to dinner, get coffee, hang out?
Or is it really just like in season?
You're doing this.
And then out of season, you're busy as heck.
You don't have time.
It varies year to year.
You know, all of us have different things going on at different times.
And like this year has been insanely busy for me.
And last year it was like that for Lisa, you know, like she was running around like a crazy person.
and that's, you know, what I have this year.
And so everyone kinds of ebbs and flows.
And because I, you know, really only live in Park City about five months out of the year, I'm gone a lot.
Don't you kind of love that?
Like, I, like, because I'm telling you, like, for the W, I love my time with them.
And the majority of the time I could hang out with them year round.
But there are people in our league that I'm like, I need a break from you.
And I don't want to see you until next season.
Like, don't text, don't wall.
That's why I travel as much as I do, you know?
like, I mean, I don't need to spend that much time with anybody, except my family, my husband and
kids. I mean, my mom, you know, my sister, like my family, I could be with all the time.
But even they can get on my nurse sometimes. I love them too.
But that's why you're DJing.
Yeah. Get another gig.
I will say with reality TV and like the cast you have, it does feel like, and I think my show is
a show where like, I think the reason people like it is because they can tell that we all do
like really, really, really like each other. But even in like this environment where like every
aspect of your friendships and who you're with doing what, it's like so heavy and talked about and
like so much like such a big deal at all times that like when you're not filming, it is refreshing
to like kind of take a second to yourself. And like when you're with each other, it's so intense
during those filming months that like when it's over,
taking a step back is like,
it's not like offensive to anyone.
Like everyone just takes their time to kind of like figure themselves out.
And then like, you know,
you film again and bring it back together.
I think that,
I mean,
I think taking a moment to yourself is normal.
You know,
I think that it's healthy,
normal,
you know,
like,
I mean,
these last,
like when we ended in Greece,
I've stayed and I didn't go home for about a month.
Yeah.
I took a month in Europe.
Favd.
Oh my God.
No, Seth came and met me
like a day or two later.
We had a wedding a few weeks later
in the English countryside
anyway. So
I mean, he was planning
on going maybe a week later, but I
called him. I'm like, this was
Roth. Come now.
Oh, good for you.
I was about to say, you're better than me. I'd be like,
give me a week and a half to myself, then come
and hang out with me. But I feel you on that.
As someone who is very proud of where they're from,
and I feel like I'm an obnoxious tour guide
when people visit Missouri or Montana,
I related to Angie Kay being like so over the top
about everything, Greece,
because she's proud and just wants everyone to love Greece or whatever.
I found that so endearing and cute
because you know people don't care as much as you,
but you still give it a shot.
And I just found her Greek pride to be something I kind of like,
saw I myself.
There's something coming up where, you know, we learn a lot more about her family and I don't
think it aired yet, right?
Yeah, no, it's near yet.
But it's coming.
And we learn a lot more about her family.
And for me, that was really very helpful to get insight into her as a person, you know,
and it was honestly my favorite part of the trip because, you know, I learned more about
Greece.
It was a beautiful setting, everything else.
But I also really got a much better understanding of her and her family and where they came from.
And I just thought it was really cool.
I love that.
Sophie, at BravoCon, everyone just kind of mingles and is like all over the place.
I have to say on the record that the Salt Lake City women are like are the queen bees everywhere you want.
Everyone wants to take pictures.
Like center table at the award ceremonies like always stars of the show.
Meredith, I don't think I've said this to you yet, but like, your cat, like people like are so infatuated with you guys.
And every single one of you are like so uniquely themselves and like powerful.
And I just am as someone who like doesn't watch every housewife show, I, you guys are like such a dynamite cast.
And I think everyone knows that.
But it was so crazy to see it in person.
She's sitting over there like, we know.
Like you're not telling us anything we don't know.
You know, we never know what's going to like work or not work.
You know, we just do our thing and cross our fingers and hope for the best, you know.
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And speaking of being a powerhouse, I really do, like,
like I said, I went down a rabbit
hole the past two nights and I, like, went to bed at 3 a.m.
Because I was just, like, wanting to know everything.
West, what was it? Is that not true?
Like, I would.
Yeah, she was, she's about
to order your jewelry for everyone for Christmas.
I don't say that, but I was going to say I absolutely love, love, love, love your jewelry.
I want to hear about your caviar.
I want to hear about your bath bombs.
Like, tell us about this stuff because I, like I said, I'm like new to all this.
But so many people are like, oh my God, ask about her jewelry, how that all started.
I'm like, hell yeah, let's hear it.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I started my jewelry company.
What are we going on now?
I think we're on, we're almost on our 20th year, but not quite.
I think it's 18.
I have to double check.
No.
Yeah, 2008, so 2028 will be 20 years.
We're almost there.
And it was kind of crazy because, you know, I had been in real estate development and I
owned kind of like an alternative health club, like we specialize in Pilates and Gerotonics and
yoga and stuff like that.
And, um, pause, Meredith.
I started Pilates in hot yoga this week and it is kicking my ass.
Because you have like muscles you never knew you have.
Get this right.
Oh my God.
Sorry.
Not to cut you off.
That is like, it is so, so good.
Like I'm starting to become like addicted and obsessed.
No, it's amazing.
And so I had had this gym and one morning at 9 a.m.
I dropped my oldest son, Reid, who you guys don't really get to see very often off at school
and went to some meeting in the school after and got very aggressively mugged at 9 a.m.
And broad daylight on a very safe street in Chicago walking home.
I was like dragged across the street.
It was bad.
And, um, what?
Wait, what?
Why does no one know this?
Do people know this story?
I don't talk about it all that often, you know?
I don't know.
It was really, it was, it was.
was insane. The guy was dragging me across the street by my handbag because I wouldn't let go,
not because I meant to not let go. It was like the, you know, the fear, you brace yourself and
you're not thinking, you know, and so he's dragging my whole body. But a taxi driver stopped
and started chasing him. He went to prison for three years for aggravated battery. Yeah. Oh, so we got him?
We found him. We found him. He found him. Him and Jim were talking about you in prison.
No, different prisons.
He was in state.
He was in state.
Oh, man.
But I should not be saying this.
I don't even know Jim like that.
No, but she was with Gilaine Maxwell and Elizabeth Holmes, though.
They served in the same prison as her, which is wild.
What the yellow?
That's crazy.
That's like a story to hear for sure.
I'm very curious to hear about that.
But in any case,
So I decided in that moment that I didn't want to be in real estate that it was dragging me
away from my kids too much.
And I sold everything and as is condition, like just dumped it all.
And then the real estate market crashed like a year later.
You know, it was like the whole mortgage back security debacle.
The whole, it was a disaster.
So I would have been in a lot of financial trouble and I got saved by getting mugs somehow.
I don't know.
And that was at the same time, I said to Seth, I don't know what I really want to do now.
And I was trying to figure it out.
And he said, well, I'm going on this business trip to India and Hong Kong.
I said, you know, a lot of the really fabulous gemstones come out of India.
And Hong Kong's a major trading center for it as well.
I think I'm going to tag along and I've started a jewelry collection.
And my mother called me screaming.
She's like, we are in the worst recession of my lifetime and you're starting a luxury business.
And I said, yeah, I am.
And I did.
She wouldn't be your mom.
She wouldn't be your mom if she didn't do that.
No, I appreciate it.
You need that.
We all need that.
We all need people to tell us not to do it so that you fight harder for it, you know.
And I did.
And that was it.
I basically went.
I got a lot of manufacturing contacts, a lot of contacts for loose stones.
I studied at the Gemological Institute of America to learn a little bit.
And I just dove in head first.
And that was it.
And I loved it ever since.
Jewelry is, it's my passion, you know.
And from there, when I got on the show, I really wanted to figure out something consumable
that also sits in the luxury space.
And caviar was another passion.
Yeah.
So we kind of ran there.
And, you know.
Caviar is having a moment right now.
now. I would say. It's a stain. It's everywhere. But it's great. I'm thrilled.
Wait, random question. Do you, not like take offense, but do you, like, you guys are called
the housewives or housewives of Salt Lake, whatever, but everyone is, I mean, at least,
at least you are so much more than a housewife. It's almost like such an outdated name. Like,
they're never going to change the name of the show. But like, you guys are all entrepreneurs or
and business owners and like you were in real estate like does that name bug you like when
people say Meredith's the housewife do you take offense to that anyway?
I don't take offense to it but I don't want to be pigeonholed into that being the whole
essence of my being like you're saying I like things to be shown in a broader picture and I really
think that's true of the large majority of the women on my show maybe not on all of the shows
but at least on mine I think we all kind of you know feel that way and that's why like people
were like, oh, she removed R-H-O-S-L-C out of her bio.
She's not coming back.
It wasn't there.
The only change I made this season was I added water bender.
So, because I just think everyone, everybody knows I'm on housewives.
So stop getting married to shit, everybody.
Leave her alone.
Everybody knows I'm on housewives.
I don't need to scream that out from the rafters.
It's the other stuff that I need to make sure people know.
Everybody knows I'm on it.
Like that's, it's already a defining thing.
So I want to make sure I'm highlighting other aspects of my life.
life like being a water bender. It's very important.
Yeah.
Hell yeah. Did you always know you had that like entrepreneur spirit in you?
Like even when you were doing real estate or did you kind of learn to appreciate that process like
when you started like getting into everything?
Well, even real estate. I mean, I was in development. I mean, that's pretty entrepreneurial.
I was buying homes, renovating them, selling them, building them new on, you know,
empty lots, stuff like that. So I've always.
had a drive for different entrepreneurial things. I kind of like can't help myself. I just like to
keep creating and building and growing. And it's, it's almost like a disease, you know? And that's,
and then, you know, it's fun. No, I think it's inspiring. No, I really do. Because I will say, like,
when the whole Bravo, like, you guys, and this is a good thing. You guys have a good cult. You guys have a
great following. Like, do not get me wrong. But when I was like going down my rabbit hole,
you know, I learned that there's so much about you. And there's so much, there's so much about
your cast members. And I was like getting inspired. I'm like, damn, like these women like,
yeah, I know they film, but they have so much more like stuff to them that people should really start,
don't just judge them off a little clip here and there. Like go and see what these women are about.
And so like, I'm not kidding. I was like, I think I love Meredith. I was like, I don't know her,
but I think I like love her. Thank you. And right back.
at you, you know?
I mean, I have to say, look, my cast lover hate them, you know, some I love a lot more
than others, but they really do all, for the most part, not all, most.
We have very, and, you know, they're very interesting outside of the show and have stuff
going on and are trying to, you know, do very interesting things.
And I think it's cool, you know.
I respect it.
Wait, does that ever annoy you guys, though?
Does that ever annoy you that, like, you can't,
the show doesn't highlight everything you guys are about
and, like, what you're doing?
It sometimes gets kind of like the bad
or, like, the sassy, catty type stuff
rather than, like, all the great things you're doing.
Yeah, of course, there are times in a very season-to-season, you know,
like this year, all we're seeing about me is not very positive, you know?
Like, we didn't see anything with me and Seth,
And it's like the first year that he's actually been fully remote in decades where he's with me 24-7.
And would I like to showcase that?
Yes, of course.
But for whatever reason, it didn't, you know, work.
And that's the nature of reality TV.
Yeah, you're seeing snippets of our lives and you're not going to see the whole story or the whole picture.
Because quite frankly, that's what makes it entertaining is, you know.
By the way, I know everyone wants this footage from the plane.
But if we actually had it, the story would be.
a lot less interesting. Let's be real.
Hey, it's us, the Jonas Brothers, and guess what? We have some big news.
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We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it.
We're the first people to do podcasts.
Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts throughout there. But this one's extra special.
So how do we actually come up with a name Hey Jonas, guys?
I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it.
Well, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band before Jonas Brothers.
This is how you guys remember it going down?
Yes.
I have a very different memory of this.
We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast, where people could call in and say, hey, Jonas.
And then I wrote down on my little notepad, Hey Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title for the podcast.
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Yeah. Well, I want it. Can you
get it to me because I've been died? You know what
actually happens?
Well, let me say this.
I can promise you
if I was screaming,
dumping wine and pulling
hair, there would have been video footage.
And I would have been an unruly passenger
and faced some pretty serious
consequences. I'm not saying
Nothing happened.
Something did, but what they're saying happened is not what happened.
When people are crazy on planes, everyone has their phone out.
You don't ever see, like, not go anywhere.
When people are weird on planes, everyone films.
Absolutely.
Everyone films.
So, like, did you ever finish the movie?
Did you ever go back and see, like, how that movie ended?
You know what?
I have watched the movie, like, before.
And I just, I fell asleep in it.
And honestly, for me, movies, I don't get.
I have that engrossed in them.
You know, I kind of am halfway
watching.
I'm halfway scrolling on my phone,
answering emails,
answering text messages.
It's,
for me on the plane,
the movies are like something
to have in my ear
to just distract
from whatever else is going on
the plane.
Yeah.
It's like a side piece.
Yeah.
Some people can't go to sleep
without their TV on.
That is true.
I'm not one of them.
But you know what I do
actually like on my phone
when I'm trying to sleep
is the airplane noise.
I play that on my phone.
Just kind of bizarre, isn't it?
Is that just like brown noise?
Or is it its own, is that its own genre of?
Called airplane.
I don't know that, but I like it.
I actually, contrary to what everyone thinks, I am, I am not a nervous traveler.
I'm actually an excellent traveler.
I love flying.
It's my peaceful time.
It's my time to myself.
Maybe not particularly on that flight as much than mine, but generally speaking, it is a very
like zen time for me.
I love it.
You know, I kind of like get worked on and I love it.
I can't see.
This says airplane cabin white noise is a full playlist.
And all these songs are just airplane cabin white noise.
That's amazing.
That's funny.
It's so good.
That's actually hilarious.
Are you as particular when you fly as Lisa?
In terms of what?
In terms of not flying in 17C?
Yeah.
Just needy.
to be in, doesn't she have one seat that she like has to be on for every time she's on a plane?
No, but she does have a seat preference for sure. She actually likes an aisle. I like a window,
so that works well. I like, my favorite seat is the bulkhead window, you know, front row
window because there's enough room where you can easily find out if someone's sleeping. And there's,
you know, but no one's bothering me to get out. So I like it. That's my favorite seat. I think it would
be fun to just like travel with everyone, you know?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, try it.
Yeah.
She's like, don't do it.
Don't ever do it.
Dude, that is hilarious.
The trips can be so amazing and they can also be so rough, you know?
I'm sure.
Because you can't go anywhere.
Well, yeah.
How long do they normally last?
Is it just like a weekend?
Is it a couple days?
Greece was four days.
And that's, you know,
four nights, so really five days.
That's long.
Like, that's long, you know.
That's the longest trip I think we've ever been on.
So, but like usually like we have, well, this year we had the RV trip, which was early on.
You know, so usually what you'll do is you'll have like one or two little short trips that are a night or maybe two nights.
And then you'll have a bigger trip that's three or four.
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I'm going to ask this, Ms. Meredith.
Bronwyn won the Fashion Forward Bravo Award.
She beat me.
Would you be down to lobby that I was robbed of the Fashion Forward Award at ProvoCron?
I would lobby for you absolutely.
Absolutely.
Amazing.
That's all I needed.
She does.
She does have absolutely nutty outfits and they all are pretty sick.
I actually got to meet her the like second to last night.
And she's like, she's on at all time.
She was like fun.
Just we all were,
everyone was cozy in a bar wearing hoodies after four days of makeup.
And I got to know her a little bit.
Do you guys have like,
do the housewives all have like a stylist and whatnot?
Or do you guys just do your own thing?
I think everybody works with someone from time to time.
And I think it varies how much, you know.
Yeah.
I think it just depends.
You know, it's a lot of clothing, both like on the show and in real life, you know.
I mean, I can't speak for everyone else, but I go to a ton of events, you know, and that right there is a ton of stuff.
Sometimes I'll style myself.
Sometimes I have a handful of stylists I'll hire.
Sometimes I have my kids help me.
It just totally depends on what it is and what I need and how much time I have on my hands.
I love to do it when I have the time, but sometimes you just literally have no time.
Right.
So you do love that.
Like that's a...
I love fashion.
I love clothes.
I love accessories.
I obviously love jewelry.
You know, it's a lot of fun for me, but it can get overwhelming at times.
It can be just way too much.
I just don't like the going out and shopping piece.
Like, I don't have time.
I love it, but I don't have time to like go do it.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, yeah, I mean, I think sometimes people think or like want to discredit you for if you use a stylist, given that it's like not a look you put together.
But for most people, I think it's the convenience of not having to like actually think about it and put the time together to create this stuff.
Wouldn't you say, Meredith, that like half of the point of BravoCon is like what people are wearing?
I think it's just like that's like the whole point.
I think everyone wants to see what you're wearing, how you love.
what you look like in real life.
Do you look as good as you look on TV?
Do you look worse?
Do you look better?
You know, and then they all express a lot of love,
which is amazing.
I will say I use a stylist for like half of my tunnel fits,
and I have no shame in that.
Like, I think that the people who go to school
and know that type of stuff for that,
why would I not use them?
And I also don't have your guys' talent, though.
Like, I feel like you guys are all very, like,
artsy and just like are very in touch with that side of like what looks good on you and I just
don't have the time for it so I'm like you guys go pick out my clothes I'll wear it here's your check
see you later do you do um an outfit like do you have an outfit plan for every tunnel walk like
or does it just sometimes I think the majority of my tunnel fits I do but you can 100% tell
when I did not use them because I'll be wearing this shorts and a t-shirt yeah literally
We got to get Brooks, get you Brooks tracksuits.
Yes, we do.
That can actually be.
So he just dropped his new collection.
I bought like everything.
It's fabulous.
So yes, we need to do that.
Wait, tell me what is.
Who is lone wolf?
Fresh wolf.
It's Lisa.
It's not lone wall.
It's Jack and Henry Barlow's hair care men's grooming company.
Yeah.
Oh, okay.
I knew someone.
Yeah.
Wait, tell me more about the clothing line.
Is it like, is it men, women?
It's unisex.
So he launched it with his original track suit, which, you know, had like the Brooks Margs going down the side.
But now he has a new collection that's in this fabric that he, I think, has some kind of IP on called Terry Light.
And it's like this lightweight Terry that has given it.
And it's very, like, lux and comfy and gorgeous.
And so he did
hoodies, zip-ups,
pants, shorts,
and then these matching totes
that are really cute too
in four different color waves.
And it's fab.
We got to get you guys some.
It's really fab.
I'm looking it up right now as you speak.
Yeah, it's amazing.
Hell yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Wait, these are super cool.
It's really, really cool.
I love it.
And it's like just chic and comfortable
and I don't know.
West, when you were like, oh, we were all in our hoodies at night, like a couple nights before the end of Brooklyn, I was like, why did I have a night like that? I was dressed all day and all night every day.
Well, it's crazy that sometimes people were cut or like you just by how things schedule,
you could be done at like 2.30 p.m. and some people were doing stuff till midnight.
And if you, you know, if all of your breaks came like in the middle, then you were there for,
you know, a hundred hours a day. I got, I was done it like one the last day. And I went and
showered and put on sweatpants and, like, ordered, I think I ordered pizza and then just went
and had beers downstairs.
But some people, some people didn't get that lunch.
No, I watched what happens live in the last night.
So I definitely was going to the tail end.
Oh, yeah.
You sing.
Oh, gosh.
I have to ask.
I was singing with Jesse.
Jesse's wonderful.
The singing part for me was not my forte.
When I saw I was supposed to sing on that, I kind of went a little, like I got a little
panicked. And then I just said, forget it. I don't care. I'm just doing it. And I'll just be bad.
And it doesn't matter that it's bad. People can laugh at me and I'll laugh right along with them.
And it was, it was fine. So they booked you to sing? No, they did. I just, it was in an email that
had a lot of information and I just happened to miss that little snippet until Jesse mentioned it to me,
like the day before.
And I was like, oh gosh.
No, they didn't lie to me.
It was my own fault.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That is hilarious.
Wait.
Well, it was fun.
Yeah.
Wait, I want to know because we'll let you go here in a second.
But where, like, are you already booked for like DJing for like the next couple
months?
Because I feel like me and West should go to a like a show.
Oh my gosh.
Yes.
Absolutely.
Let me know when we actually have my tour schedule.
So I have.
tonight and tomorrow night out of Boston, and then I have Chicago for Saturday and Sunday,
Forta Viorita for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. And then I start up again in mid-January.
And my schedule is on my Instagram. And you guys can tell me whatever show you want to go to.
If we're sold out, we will get you in no matter what. Just let me know what you want to go to.
Yeah, it will be so fun. I would love it. Wow. Maybe I'll get you guys to.
come out on stage for like a shot or something.
Say less.
That's incredible.
Yes, yes.
I would love it.
That would be amazing.
We have to let you go, but this was such a fun special treat.
And I'm honored that you would give this with us.
Meredith, you are a gym.
You guys, I love you.
Like, you're an actual gym.
You guys are fabulous.
And I can't wait to come see a game.
and Wes, I'll see you hopefully at another round of the U.S. Open and some other fabulous parties.
I love it.
I love it.
Thank you, we're doing.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Sending you lots of love.
Of course.
Bye.
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Grant recommends some of the most legally dubious advice known to me.
This is Help from a Hypocrite, the worst advice from the dumbest people you know.
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