When Reality Hits with Jax and Brittany - Selling Socks, Selling Homes & Spilling Tea with Michelle Saniei

Episode Date: September 19, 2025

Brittany welcomes back her friend and The Valley castmate Michelle Saniei for a candid catch-up on life, love, and everything in between. The two open up about the realities of divorce, co-parenting, and learning to set boundaries while raising kids in the spotlight. Michelle shares how working at Hooters helped her come out of her shell, what life after reality TV fame looks like, and her dreams for the future. Plus, Brittany recaps the jaw-dropping Netflix documentary Unknown Number: The High School Catfish—and Michelle’s reaction is priceless.Please support the show by checking out our sponsors!Cowboy Colostrum: For a limited time, our listeners get 20% off their entire order, just head to CowboyColostrum.com and use code Realityhits at checkout.Hiya Health: Receive 50% off your first order when you go to hiyahealth.com/REALITYHITSEveryday Dose: Everyday Dose in Target stores across the country. Celebrate with a Buy-One-Get-One deal. Just buy any two Everyday Dose products at a Target store near you, and they’ll pay you back for one. Visit everydaydose.com/REALITY for more details.Discover Your New Home at apartments.comApretude: Bring your A-game and talk to your doctor. Learn more at APRETUDE.com or call 1-888-240-0340.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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I know. It's been a while. Yeah, I think it's been over a year. The last, you know what, the first time, I don't know if that was the first time, but the last time you did my podcast, we did it in one of my rental houses. Yes. And it was a very first podcast I really had ever done. And I was super nervous. But look at us now. I know, right? Right. Golly, that's so crazy. That's been over, it's been over a year ago since I was in those rental homes. Yeah, it's kind of going by quickly. But then when I look back, I'm like, so much has happened in the last two years.

Oh. It's incredible for both of us. Yeah, so much has happened. When are we getting divorced? I ask myself that every single day. It's just so funny. Like, you've been waiting even longer than me, but our journeys have been so, like, similar. I've been like a year behind you on everything, and you're still not divorced.

And I'm like, what the hell? Because how long does that mean it's going to take for me? No, honestly, I think you'll be divorced before me, but who knows? Why, though? He's just lagging and he has no He just doesn't want to move forward Or he always makes an excuse Like he's too busy or whatever

Like all he needs to do is one signature Well I was gonna ask like what's even left After all this time There's nothing to argue about We're in agreement about everything I'm like I have my paper Or I have my lawyer drafting everything up Just sign

Yeah And so we're at the very end of it So you already sent in all the paperwork That was the hardest part like for people who've never who are listening who have never gone through a divorce you're lucky but you have to send in so much stuff jesse didn't send me anything what but i'm not even allowed i mean technically he doesn't have at the time he didn't have a lawyer technically he says he has a lawyer but i've never gotten an email from a lawyer regardless i'm like i don't care i'm not

asking for anything right it's been for me like for him it was the easiest process because it's like i don't want anything just divorce me that's it yeah Um, he asked me for two years of documents. So that was time consuming. Yeah. And I had to do all that too. But so did he. So that's why I didn't, that's what it didn't make sense. Like, only you had to do it and not Jesse. That's wild. I know. We had a very unique situation. Like, I think most women are not as easy going as I am. Yeah. Um, but see, I don't really want anything either. There's just, you know, it was public knowledge because we talked about on the show last year that he his taxes are on my house that's really the only thing i want him to to take care of and also like he needs to help

with his son but just like the most basic way it's not like i'm asking for anything just like half of medical bills and stuff and we didn't own a house together yeah we have the house much easier yeah we have the house and all that stuff but it's just like seems like it's never ending i said it better happen this year like people get so frustrated with me like oh you can't date until you're divorced i'm like what if i'm technically married for 10 years like am i supposed to wait until that document is signed i hate when people say that because if you're separated like i've been separated for almost like in january it'll be two years since i've been separated like why should i not date it's been a long time absolutely a very

long time and you've been yeah and you have been you know separated for like a year No, I'm two years this next month. It's two years that I asked for a divorce. So were you separated before that you asked for a divorce or did you like... We were on and off for a year. Yeah. Because like mine was like literally January 24th. I moved out and said that we were separated.

Yeah. It's like I have exact date. So I know January 24th coming up will be two freaking years. But yeah, I hate that. Like you want to be happy and we both have kids and I think it's important, you know, to be, whenever you're dating obviously to be safe then you know you're not just going to let your kids meet whoever obviously but also your kids are so much happier whenever their parents are happy

and I think that's so important yeah I agree I've had such a weird day today one of my fingernails fell off are you okay not only that my one of my contacts I took an Uber over here because Cruz has speech therapy while I have the studio time so I took a Uber here because I let my nanny have my car for like the car seat and stuff and also my i have a jeep so it's just still safer whenever he's like in a bigger car so i always leave my my car for my nanny and right whenever i pull up to the studio one of my contacts popped out oh can you see me barely so like

i am like negative 6.25 in both eyes i don't know if i don't know what that means but i know you're blind yes i can't see for crap so if i don't wear my contacts i have to wear a So for this, my, it's my left contact that popped out of my eye. And I didn't have any backup contacts. I didn't have my glasses because I was in an Uber. All I had was my purse. Yeah. So I'm over here trying to read my phone.

Like, if you see me, like, start squitting my eye, like one eye, it's because I'm trying to focus. Well, you did a good job texting me. You did a really good job. Because I hold my phone, like, all the way up to my nose so I could see. That's funny. I also had a very, like, unique day. It's been nonstop. I had a nanny last night so I could go to a cancer chair.

event and then she accidentally took the booster seat so when I was ready to take Isabella at school I'm like where's the booster seat so she had to Uber it to my house oh no then I had to rush um I had a bunch of showings now doing this and then I got to go back to showing house you are hustling I love it talk about more about your job like your job other than us being on reality TV because you post about it sometimes but I did get a lot of questions like what does she what does she do for her like day-to-day job I guess some people still don't know my full time job is selling luxury real estate if you want to buy a house if you want to sell a house so for example i just listed jeremy pivens house the entourage actor oh cool i just listed it for 7.8 million

wow so i did a showing right before i met you and then i have a client that's out of town so he's like can you go look at three houses for me tell me what you think so i'm going to go preview them then i have a twilight showing which is you know if you have incredible views a lot of buyers want to see like that sunset and like what it's like to see the property at night so i really am juggling like dealing with buyers especially who are out of town so i do a lot of previewing and then listing presentations listings i do it all are you like on face time with with like clients i'll do both i've done uh zooms face times i've sent videos i've done i mean i've had situations where people buy the house without actually seeing it so it's really unique what i do you know what i

did not see my house in person before we put a bid on it. Oh, really? Because it was Kristen Dodey's birthday and we all went to Nashville and I had been on Zillow like every day. I didn't even have like a full on real. And we would, we did use a realtor. This was before we were closed. Yeah, this is

before that. Yeah. But I never like, I didn't go around looking at a bunch of houses. I just kept like looking for different things to pop up and we were on the plane going to Nashville from L.A. and a thing popped up on Zillow. It had been up for like 17 minutes. And it was my house.

And I loved it. I knew like a bunch of my friends had started moving to the valley. Like Katie had moved over here. Yeah. So you knew the area. You knew the lot was great. You had an incredible lot. Yeah.

Yeah. And they were a brand new build. Nobody else had ever lived there. So Jacks flew back from Nashville. And I stayed in Nashville for Christmas birthday. And he like FaceTime me and he went with our realtor like around the house. And I was like, let's do it. It's crazy because that's how it works now.

Buyers are so smart. Everybody's on Zillow. So that's another thing. On Tuesdays, I make sure, like, any property that goes on the market, I go look at it. So that, let's say you're on Zillow and you're like, have you seen? I'm like, actually, I have. I know the layout. I know how much it is.

I know everything about the house. Michelle actually showed me how many houses, like two different houses? Yeah, when you were debating whether to buy a second little home for yourself and cruise. And because I didn't know, like, what was going to happen if I was going to get the house, if I was going to have to sell the house, like all those things. So Michelle showed me like two different houses. And it's crazy how the prices have like changed. Oh, you bought at such a great time before COVID. Yeah. I bought in 2019. If everybody's like that's such a good time. Yes. Great interest rates. Yeah. And yeah, the market has gone up. And we live in L.A. So the market is going to continue. Even if it goes up and down, like it's set. It goes up naturally. It will. always just keep going up keep going up i mean my whole street as you've seen is being like rebuilt which is good for me oh yeah and so many families that lived in beverly hills hollywood hills west hollywood they want more space so everybody is really moving to the valley

whoo go the valley let's do it i'm not selling my house by the way i get asked that question all the time and i say it all the time i'm not selling it honestly if i were you i would keep it forever if you ever buy another house just rent it out that's a great investment property. Yeah, I love it. And Cruz loves his pool and I have a backyard. So that's just amazing. Okay. Oh, another weird thing that happened. This is so random. But as I was like in my Uber, I looked over and I was like, is that Tom Sandoval? I could have sworn it was Tom Sandival riding a bike without his shirt on. Oh, by the way, I just ran into him when I went out with Zach after the Y2K party. He took me to the gay bars, which I've never really been. Staying.

Did you go to the Abbey? No, but we went to all of the ones around. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I love it. And then randomly ran into Tom Sandoval and his girlfriend. How are they? She was so nice. Yeah, she's always nice. Yeah.

I've never actually, I'm trying to think, I don't think I've met her. You were at Melissa's birthday party, and she's, they like. Oh, I didn't meet her. Yeah, you might not have met her because there were so many people around. But they, like, popped in there. They were really nice. And he looked at me, and he's like, is that how you normally dress? And I'm like, no, it was a theme party I went to.

Oh, was it after like the Western party that we had? No, it was after the Y2K. So I was wearing like butterfly clips and I looked like a little girl. Oh, my God. I was like, no, I don't normally dress like this. Yeah, she like, straight up ass you, you normally dress like that. I did look ridiculous. It's like one in the morning out at a bar in West Hollywood.

Oh, my goodness. That's hilarious. Okay. Do you remember the first time that we met? Yeah, I walked into your home, I think. Okay, because my memory sucks, so I was hoping you would remember. I think Jesse and Jacks reconnected. Yeah. You guys were having a barbecue.

You always had barbecue parties. We came in. You were listening to, I don't know, Little Wayne or something, and you were, like, rapping. So then I started rapping with you, and then the rest was history. There we go. Okay. I knew, obviously, I knew that we met through Jesse and Jacks because they knew each other from their muddling. days a long time ago so like 30 years ago yeah seriously so uh jesse and michel were married i was

married with jacks and then me and michel just like hit it off instantly immediately between the music and working at hooters it was like we had always known each other yes okay let's talk about hooters that's on my list of things that i can barely see with my one contact um yeah okay what what what made you start working at Hooters and how long did you work at Hooters? So I was living in San Diego and I had just started Cal State San Marcos and there was a Hooters right off the freeway like five minutes away and I needed a job really bad because I had to support myself and I'm like where can I work and I was like I had short hair. I was super quiet like introvert and I was like I'll just try this restaurant.

I don't know and I just went in there and I'm like I need a job and they hired me immediately and I ended up coming out of my shell. I ended up making so many girlfriends. Yes. We had the best time ever because we all went to school together at Cal State San Marcos. And it was just like this like girl community. And I ended up staying there for almost six years. Yeah, I was that Hooters for a long time too.

I love hearing that it helped you come out of your shell. Oh, yeah. Like you have to just talk to random people about random stuff. All the time. And I say if I didn't work out Hooters, I wouldn't be who I am today. Yeah. I think the same about it, too. I freaking love Hooters.

Everybody knows that. I'm like, I want to buy one and keep it the last remaining Hooters that ever exists. That would be like my dream one day. That's funny. But, yeah, what is one of the craziest stories that you have from working at Hooters? Well, it's not crazy, but the only thing that I did do, and now looking back, I'm like, how did I do that? I would do the bikini contest and, like, be all about it because I wanted to win the cash prize. And so, yeah, I definitely walked down that walkway in like a bathing suit.

That takes a lot of guts. I never did the pageants. Oh, I loved it. I never did, but I got to judge the pageant. Oh, that's fun. And I was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Hooters in 2019, and they flew me to clear water. And I took Kristen Doty with me, and they put me on stage with all these other people. And, like, my manager had to write a thing about me and everything.

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You know, whenever I judged the pageant, like, Lynn Austin was there, and she's the very first Hooters Girl ever, and she was just so iconic because if you were ever a Hooters Girl, you had to learn about Lynn Austin. Like, it was, like, part of your training, and she was in, like, all your placates and everything like that. And I met her. I was just judging the pageants with her. I was like, oh, man, I have some wild stories.

I'm like, let me ask you that question. I don't have any interesting stories. We would have people that would, like, buy our socks after we wore them all shift. And, like, oh, yeah, give us, like, hundreds of dollars to, like, take our socks home. And I also, San Diego is very mellow because that never happened. Oh, it happened all the time. And I'd be like, hell yeah, extra $200 just for my socks. They cost $5 in the vending machine in the back.

Did you have a vending machine? Yeah, vending machine with the tights and the socks. The tites and the socks and you always had to have the clean white shoes. Yeah, you had to replace those sneakers. What were they? Skechers. Yeah, and they were like no slip work shoes, but they always had to be white. Like everything had to be good.

I had to take my nose ring out. You know what I just have a nose ring? Mm-hmm. Anna, did you say tongue ring? Oh, God. Oh, I hate that. I had a tongue ring and a belly button ring. I had a belly button.

That was like my crazy moment. I was like 14 years old. my mom and dad were so mad at me. Oh my gosh. But yeah, people would buy our socks, like try to buy our uniforms from us sometimes, like everything, like just wild stuff. But I made sure. To everyone or to you? I mean, multiple girls would sell their socks.

Okay. I never heard that, but interesting. We would all get excited and be like, here comes a sock guy, here goes the sock guy. Because we knew we were going to make extra money. Like, it was wild. I mean, we had to hustle. Our managers, I doubt knew that that was happening. Yeah.

But, you know, the next day you just buy another one from the vending machine and no one ever knew the difference. Okay. Make that extra cash. Oh, my gosh. All the time. Yeah, same with me, though. Some of my very, very, very best friends who I still have to this day, who you've met, all worked at Hooters with me. Like, my girls back home, like almost all of us worked at Hooters together.

And they're like my little best friend. It is kind of like a little sorority. Exactly. And it makes me so sad that it's shutting down. I know. It freaking breaks my heart. Oh, my goodness. But still, fun times.

And like I said, I love hearing that it really, like, helped you come out of your shell. Because you can still be a little quiet sometimes. Oh, I'm deaf. Out of everybody in the group, I am definitely quiet. It's just like who I am. But I have my moments. You've seen those moments. I think that sometimes you're quiet.

People, like, mistake that for you, like, not caring or, like, being like bitchy in a way but you're you're not at all no I think people forget also I come from a different culture yeah Persians are very serious they're kind of quiet timid like we're just that's just how I was raised right I'm a little bit like that yeah I wasn't this like American family and I had a Mexican mom so I just think it's part of a combination of all of that yeah but I want to make that very clear you are not an evil bitch you are very nice I honestly think I'm the Sweetest. I don't know. I don't know if I'm biased, but like, I read when I, if you're my friend, I truly care for you. I love you. I would do anything for you. You need something at 2 a.m. You call me like I am a ride or die person. You are. And I love you. So I was just trying to make that clear. You know, I should do one of those things with you. You know, those like TikToks that are going like we have so many TikToks that we need to do by the way. I know. And I've only, I never do TikToks. Like I have got to step up my TikTok game. do i'll put it on instagram reels okay but um we need to do that one where it's like the person's in

the back like being mean you know what i'm talking about we need to do that one i think that would be funny and you can be like quiet and like showing whatever you're trying to show and i'm in the back like being like you better listen we do have a lot of tic talks that you are always sending me tic talks like i have the ideas like i watch them like i want to do that one i want to do that but i don't do it we need to like actually do it whenever we because we got a lot of things coming So I have them ready. Yeah. We have a lot of things coming up, so we need to just, like, try to actually get them done.

We do. What happens to the one on our, the ones on our Y2K night? It's going to come out Wednesday, and you know why. Oh, yeah. Girls wear pink. This doesn't come out to Friday. Oh, okay. I think so just wait.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, that's going to be a cute one. I can't wait. We look like mean girls. And we're not. We're not. At all. I hate being called a mean girl sometimes.

I'm like, really? You're the nicest. I'm like, me of all people. You're too nice. That's the problem. I can't even like pick aside. So how am I the mean one? Exactly. That's the problem.

But people really will say that we're mean girls. And I'm like, how? I don't know. Do you know how to get that in the comments sometimes? I'm like, oh, how dare you? I try. Oh, yeah. Say out of the comments section.

It's the absolute worst. Oh, my goodness. Okay. What is some of the best parenting advice that you would give to other women listening to this right now? Co-parenting. Oh, for co-parenting. Because I feel like you and Jessie, like, are in a much better place as well.

Like, you seem to, like, you are able to handle things a lot better. Of course, it's always really raw when you're first separated and going through a divorce. But you guys, like, can hang around each other. Like, you're not, like, mean to each other. Like, you guys seem like you're in such a better place. And it's so important for your daughter. Like, that's what you care about for, you know, the most. No matter what you've been through, your daughter is the most important thing.

Just like Cruz is the most important thing. So I think it would be interesting to hear what you think is the best co-parenting advice. I mean, honestly, boundaries. You don't think about it in the beginning. The amount of texting, Jesse and I used to do, about every single little thing. Oh, yeah, I know that drove you notes. Getting a text at 11 p.m. about something that doesn't even matter. And, like, I was engaging so much that it was taking such a mental toll.

and finally I kind of cut it and I'm like we're not speaking unless it's an emergency or like we have to talk about the schedule but anything else like we don't need to talk about it so we went through months of like barely messaging each other and that saved me that was like I felt like I couldn't breathe at one point you know that's great advice because I have recently finally done that as well like I tried for a long time but it was really hard for me to like just completely like only talk about Cruz like he he's the type of person that wants a reaction out of me and i would give him a reaction and i started realizing like i'm giving him exactly what he wants oh yeah you're feeding exactly they're feeding off of it exactly and that was kind of rough it was rough going through it and it was rough trying to get over it and i feel so much better now that i have like these really strict boundaries up and i do not talk to him like that like at all and you would think like oh everybody knows that but no it just gets away and you just go back and forth and it's really bad and so finally when I created that that helped us a lot and then we have a very

strict schedule it doesn't change yeah so we actually don't see each other often because i drop her off at school and he picks her up so there's much less just day-to-day interaction that makes sense yeah that is great advice listen to it ladies because co-parenting is not always easy no all right michel i've got to have got to know what you think about this if you even watch it it. I don't know. But did you watch Netflix show Unknown Number The High School Catfish? No. Oh my God! I knew. I

freaking knew. I had my note. I have in my notes. I was like, she's probably not going to have watched it. So I'm just going to go ahead and tell you what freaking happens. Okay. Tell me. Because I want your reaction. So this show is on Netflix. Obviously, it's called Unknown Number, the High School

Catfish. And it's about this couple in high school, this boy and the girl, and they're dating. They're like young kids and they're like athletic and a cute little couple and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So they're dating. They're happy. And all of a sudden they start getting like these wild text messages from unknown numbers, just the two of them. And they're saying like horrible stuff to them.

And basically it's saying like the girl isn't good enough for the boy and he's going to leave her. And then she's and then they start saying like nasty, like sex. messages. Like, I'm going to see you in Ellen him and blah, blah, blah. Like, it's like all kinds of, like, very dirty talk starts happening. I don't even like say in all the words, but you can imagine, like, his pee and my be, like, just like vulgar, vulgar, vulgar, telling her she has a flat ass that she's ugly, she's not good enough for

the boyfriend, texting the boyfriend 24-7, like just all these wild stuff. This went on for years. They can never track the phone numbers. They can never figure out who did it. So it's real. Oh, this really happened, yeah. And the couple ends up breaking up and everything. And they thought, well, if we break up, the messages will stop because whoever it was didn't want us to be together. It continued. They were getting up to like 50 messages a day, if not more.

So as you're watching this show, like their parents are interviewing, like about how crazy it was. And, you know, there's their kids. Did they find out who it was? Just wait. Their kids are so upset. And they can't, like, they're like not even wanting to go to school because it was very personal stuff. They were like, it has to be somebody that's in our close friend group or a family

member or something. So they're like going through all these people that they think it could be, like different friends and stuff. Guess who it was? Oh, my God. The mother? It was the mother. You got it right. It was the girl's own mother. She was texting for years

and harassing and writing those vulgar things to her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend. Yes. She must have had some mental issues. Oh, it was awful. And the mom was on the show interviewing, like... By the way, I never guess anything right. So the fact that I did...

I'm very shocked because I'm like, who could it be that would be like the craziest person? And the mother would never do that. The mother, Michelle. That would be like you messaging Isabella and her boyfriend. Could you imagine... Obviously something mentally. Obviously. She had to go to jail and everything.

Like, it was... Because they were being harassed and stalked for all those years. And it's like the wildest thing. And this is a show? It's a documentary. Wow. And on the documentary, the mom is interviewing, like, like, oh, they were so upset. They were such a cute couple and blah, blah, blah, ball.

And never until, like, the very end you found out who it is. And then she, like, is saying, like, things like why she did it and stuff. Why did she say she did it? She didn't really have a good reason. No. There's never a reason for that. No, that's so sad. So did they get back together?

I don't know. The couple didn't get back together. And, like, the poor daughter, like. Oh, yeah. She's going to need a lot of kids. Like, can you imagine? No. And then, like, the moms were best friends, became best friends because they were trying to figure out who did it.

And the whole time it was the girl's mom. It was wild. That is really wild. I don't want to laugh, but my God. Oh, it's like the craziest thing ever. You need to watch it. Okay. It's been out for a long time.

That's the only reason I don't care to, like, do a little thing. But it is, it's good. Like, oh, everybody's been talking about it. So I was like, even if she didn't watch it, she might have, like, seen something about it. I mean, that sounds really crazy. Now that I told you about it, you're going to get stuff on your phone. You know how that happens? It's so weird.

Like, it's listening to us 24-7. All of a sudden, you'll have something pop up and add about something you're talking about. Always, always, always, always. Okay. Any shows that you've been watching lately? You don't really watch that much TV, do you? I don't know. I don't have time.

By the time I put her to sleep, it's nine and I go to bed at 10. So it's like I have an hour and I'm like, I don't know. putting my clothes away or something boring. Unless I'm out to dinner, then it's not boring. Okay. Well, I ask all of my guests this before I get into some fan questions for you. These are the two questions I always ask. What is your favorite reality TV show?

I know you don't watch much, so you better stay in the valley. Definitely the valley. There we go. Who is your favorite reality TV star? Do you really have to ask me reality questions? Okay, let me think. This is called when reality hits. Of course, I'm going to ask you.

Oh, you know who I love that I met in New York? Who? Housewives of O.C. Shannon. Mm-hmm. What's her last name? With the B? Yeah. Brin. We should know.

I know. We should know, but I don't know. I had such a great. It was just like random. She was saying at my hotel, and then our hairstylist was like, oh, you guys, you should catch up and me. And we met, and she was so lovely. I went out to dinner with her and her two daughters. I absolutely loved it and I was like oh my god this is my future when Isabella grows up

That is amazing when Isabella grows up Yeah I love Isabella she is so funny Did you see my story? Yeah She put the cowboy hat I'm like how do you know that that's an accent She's like I know how cowboys talk Every time she's around me she starts talking in my accent

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nourishment they need to grow into healthy adults. This is from Cray Howard. How has life changed for you since the last season of the Valley? It's changed a little bit. I'm definitely, depending on where I go, I get wrecked. And I'm not used to like the other day I went to like a random hair salon just to get a blowout and I started talking to the hairstylist not even thinking she would know who I am. And I'm like kind of telling her personal stuff. And then all of a sudden she brings up the show. And I'm like, oh shit. I just said something I probably shouldn't have said out loud. Yeah. You got you got to watch who you're saying stuff around these days. And I don't see myself like that at all. Like to me, I'm like, I'm a mom and I'm a real estate agent. And I was like, oh wait, I guess I'm a reality TV. I love it. I love it. Okay. This is from Kelly Merrick. What did you want to be when you grew up? Hmm. What did I want to be? I'm trying to think. I mean, when I was really little, I wanted to be a teacher. But then as soon as I found out how hard it is to be a teacher, I was like, that's definitely not for me.

Not only how hard it is to be a teacher, they don't make enough money. Like for what they do, it's so unfair. Teachers should make way more. more money. Like 10 times more. Yes. They make. The fact that they can take care of a group of children and they are so organized. Exactly. I think it's one of the toughest jobs.

It is. It's one of the toughest jobs. They do so much they put up with a lot. And they don't get paid good enough for it. Yeah. We should start a freaking, what is that? We should start like a petition. A petition.

Yeah. We should start a petition to get our teachers paid higher salaries. Jesus. Yeah. Okay. So it was a teacher. And then did you have any other things that you thought about? I always knew I'd do business.

I studied business. Like I'm really good at sales. I just knew somewhat selling something. Yeah. And look at you now. Selling L.A. Selling L.A. Okay.

This is from Catherine Edo. Morning routine. I have the same morning routine. I wake up. I have a glass of water while I'm making my coffee. I have to have my coffee before I speak to any. anybody. I'm either dropping off Isabella. Obviously, I get her ready for school and make breakfast. But after that, I go on a hike or a walk and I do my 10,000 steps before I start my day. My lord. I've got to get my ass moving. I have to. I just, I actually feel guilty if I don't walk. You get 10,000 steps in before you start your day.

Yeah. About six days a week. Oh my God. That's amazing. I'm telling you, like, if I'm miss if I have to miss a day or two because I just don't have time like I don't know I don't feel like myself I'm about to go home and get on the treadmill just because you said that I've got to start getting my booty on the treadmill good I like to encourage women yes or anybody I think that's why they're asking um okay I'll ask you one more question because she's got to go sell some houses y'all I do uh this is from Sarah Rasek um where do you see yourself in five years what do you want for yourself and for isabella in five years i want my own gorgeous beautiful home i want i want to have like a stable place for isabella and i but i don't know it's like i

could be alone i could be married i could have a child so you would get married again i would get married i'm so like as of right now i'm like absolutely not but i would also like have a partner forever and not get married. Like, I'm literally open to anything. Yeah. I could also just be single. Like, I don't know. I guess I'm kind of open to anything, too, because it depends on, like, who you meet

and what you, like, change your mind. It's just I'm still in the thick of a divorce than you are, too. So I'm like, I'm never signing papers again, but I'll have a commitment ceremony on the beach somewhere. Exactly. I just want a partner. Yeah, I don't need a piece of paper. When I do it, yes.

Yeah, okay, gotcha. So you want a beautiful home. Yeah, I just want. Us to be, like, I don't want a lot. I want to travel a little bit. I want to sell some real estate. I want my friends. Kind of what I want, what I have now, but like, I don't know.

You just want to keep growing. Keep growing. Yeah. I love that. Yeah. Well, Michelle, tell everybody where they can find you. Oh, I'm Michelle. Sannie-E-S-A-N-I-E-I.

Awesome. On Instagram and TikTok. Yes. Okay. So go follow her, look her up. And also, as always, as always, watch us on the Valley. Can wait. And if you're looking for a house, hit her up.

Call me. Actually, just email me. It's really easy. Michelle at lally sunny e.com. There we go. All right. Thanks, everybody. I hope you'll have a fabulous weekend and a fabulous week.

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