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And you can find us on Facebook at Facebook.com/WatchWhatCrapins. We have a really fun Facebook page. People talk a lot of crap on there, so make sure you get over there. And I will shut up now and get on with the show. Here's Leah Black. Hey, Leah. Welcome to the show. Thank you so much for coming on. Yeah, of course. Leah, we have to admit right at front that we love you. And on our show, we like doing a lot of impersonations of the housewives. So I'd like to officially say, "Leah, welcome to the show, Leah." Oh my God, I'm so excited. I hope I'm your favorite. Leah, how fun is that? How fun is that? Leah, if you don't like this podcast, please don't tear it down. Oh my God. You know what? I have to say, Leah, you know, you are not only our favorite today, but I have to say you've honestly become one of my favorites of all the housewives of all the franchises. And I realize I just sound like a total kiss-ass right now. And I know I get it to all the listeners out there. I realize what I sound like. But it's the truth. Leah, I sort of got you're one of my favorites. Oh, I thank you so much. But, please, I'm glad I at least have one fan because I have a few people gunning for me. Who's gunning for you? I don't want to show where I'm always gunning for me. Well, I think you feel like that. I think everything else to do or they have to be relevant. They thought it's like, attack me, right? I guess. But I think that you just feel like that because you're only looking at your wall. I think it's pretty natural if you're a housewife that people are always gunning for you, right? Like, even if Mother Teresa was a housewife, I think people would be gunning for her. Yeah. Part of this show, for sure. Part of this show. Yeah, they'd be like, what's the deal with your habit? Why are you always wearing that same habit every same day? Can't you help more people today? You know, helping. You only hang out with sick kids to make yourself feel better, don't you? How different is this season from the first season for you filming-wise? Has it been a complete turnaround? Yeah, you know, well, it's it's a little more intense. It took a little more time. There are a lot more cast members, so it's a little more complicated. And they integrated some people into the show that, you know, kind of had to kind of build a foundation for that, from what it didn't know very well. So, you know, it's been it's been different. Yeah, the last year. So, just to give the listeners some perspective, the people that you knew coming into this season, that was Marisol and Alexia, and obviously Adriana, right? And then those are the only three right now, right, that you knew prior to this season. I knew and I did not know Anna, Joanna, or Lisa. I had met Anna for five minutes, you know, last year, but the others I hadn't even met. And same with Dr. Karen Sierra, correct? Yeah, I didn't I didn't know her either. Now, you know, when I watch the show, it looks to me like you're just you just are there for the ride. It seems to me like you're just like sitting back and watching these women go crazy and just laughing the whole way. Is that far from the truth? Well, I do find it very humorous how people react, how they overreact, how they don't react, how they observe, how they participate. I find the whole thing rather an interesting thing to watch. You know, I I sort of think television brings out the best and the worst in people. You know, it definitely brings out the worst in a show like this, but it sometimes brings out the best because you'd be surprised how many endless hours some of these girls have spend into looking pretty. Classically about right there. My name is at a new level. Well, Leah, I have to say, you've heightened the maintenance over there. I mean, your hair, first of all, your hair looks like my hair like five inches. Your hair looks so good. I remember last year it was always sticking up or like if the wind would blow, it'd be all huge. And this year it's always co-op. I just went to your Twitter account to do some spying and I was like, look at that hair, Leah, that's a girl, a lot. I mean, what happened is I just one day I just pulled it back in a ponytail and cut it myself. And then I went and got it safe and I'm actually like it better, shorter because it's just less to fool with. You know, what I do like it on my hair like long is it's easy to twist up. So I try to keep it long enough to twist it up be short enough. I feel like half your cast members probably just fainted at hearing that you cut your own hair. Oh my god, they probably are fainted and calling 911 for oxygen right now. Because I'm cutting my own hair. They're spinning five hours. How much time do you think Lisa takes getting ready? I mean, she looks like she has, I mean, just just a touch makeup. I don't know. She takes a long time, according to her. Those are her words, not mine. How are you getting along with Lisa? Because they're trying to make it seem like there's some friction between you guys. Is there actual friction? It's interesting. It's really interesting because I never knew there was any friction. And I'm only hearing it and seeing it next on. I find it kind of asking me the way that you could be so nice for someone's face and invite them to your home and have them invite you to their home. And I don't see them. And then when they're not there, say these horrible things got them behind your back. It's kind of fascinating to watch because I haven't been around people that do that that much in my life, to be honest with you. Well, we don't know. Kind of taken back by it, you know, it's a little bit shocking. Yeah, but you don't know if people have done that before because they don't have cameras following them home. Well, that's a good point. That's a very good point. Wouldn't that be great to just have a camera in everyone's car so you could hear the shit they're talking after the dinner party? Oh my god, it'd be a very lonely life. We wouldn't have any friends. Do you like, do you dread any time on these housewives shows that they're like, okay, there's gonna be a dinner party. Do you secretly dreadics? I feel like there's never been a dinner party on the real housewives that has ever ended nicely and politely. You know, I don't dread them because I kind of like stepping outside my comfort zone a little bit and just kind of watching what happens. I kind of dread watching the shows a little bit because you never know what happened in your mind compared to what happened in the viewer's mind. So I don't think those always line up, you know, but I don't really dread the party. Some of the girls, I don't look forward to seeing it. I do look forward to seeing it. I like the way you put that. Well, also you're very good at dinner parties because on the show at least, you'll just throw them outside. You know, if you guys are going to throw food at each other or throw wine in each other's face, we're outside in the middle of nowhere. Go for it. Oh my god, you are not going to believe tonight's episode and Sundays, so they're doing it to two parts because it's all a big party. And talk about throwing things and throwing people and throwing into the pool and putting wine and throwing people out of parties. I mean, it is beyond really anything I can say a perfect experience at a party. It's just like crazy that night. Do you think it's because there were cameras there or is this just part of the course for Miami? I think it's but it was Miami. I think it was very organic. I don't think any. I think people, you know, have a little to drink. They were best of long to array, which gives you permission to really kind of, I guess, be a little less covering up who you might be. Literally and physically. And I think people just, you know, I think people forgot the camera because they remember the cameras that are cannot have some behavior to be honest with you. You know, speaking of organic things and parties, I have a question about your sort of organic luncheon from season one when you brought all those women out to the boondocks. Were you just screwing with them? Were you just like, I'm going to take you guys to some hot humid place where you'll be miserable and you're just going to have to deal with it. Was that was, or did you actually really want to go there? Well, yes, I was screwing with them because if you put up with three months of high maintenance girls and have to have five haired rushers and 25 wardrobe assistants and 10 makeup artists and every here in place and every here and every room, you would be tired of it too. So I thought to myself, let them see, you know, the other side of life. So that was one. And the second thing is that organic garden is one of the most famous well-renowned organic gardens in the world. And it's really a treat and a pleasure to get to go there. But I knew that they wouldn't get it. I mean, they didn't get it. You know, I told them to wear white gloves because I wanted to depict their own vegetables. And I told them to wear hats if they didn't want to be in the front. I never said it was going to be a silver service. I just said, wear your hats and gloves and then they and their mind, you know, we've already been somewhere else. And we're hats and gloves. People might have shown every cowboy boots and hats and gloves. And I found that in itself a social study. Yeah, sure was. And you know what else was funny? It's like, these girls are acting like they're so classy and they're being served by Michelle Bernstein as I recall. Oh my gosh, fabulous. Oh my god, what a treat. And she's so classy and so fabulous. So, I mean, she's like as good as it gets. And they're really complaining about whether the food was chopped fine or not, or whether there was a fly buzzing around there. I mean, it's really funny to watch. It's funny to watch. I gave them gifts after that. And I gave Laura so one of those those nets that you never had. I gave Marisol a picture up and that was difficult. I had all those chicken fluff on the top of it. You know, really funny gifts afterwards. But he had nothing to think about the most funny either. Some people just need to get a sense of humor. So what happened with Larsa? Well, I called you Chicago because they had based out of there for years. So, Scotty started doing a lot of work for the bulls. And so, she wasn't going to be here anyway. So, whether or not to have anything to do with her coming back, I don't know a hundred percent, but she couldn't have been here anyway. And Christie, you know, I think it was kind of mutual. I think she was tied up a lot with her kids and a lot with her husband and her ex-husband. And, you know, I don't think she was really thrilled with how she came out. I don't think it was kind of mutual. It's something that she didn't come back. But I don't know. I mean, you know, I can't 100 percent say that through that, I don't know. Well, I really miss doing Christie's voice. I wish she was totally still on the show. You know what? It was cute in her own way. And she's just a free spirit. And, you know, I think they made a whole lot more out of the ticket than it had to. But I kept saying to her, you know, just say, look, I'm a free spirit. I crash parties and here's a donation. And that'll be the end of it. But if you're going to keep digging yourself into this hole that you didn't invite these girls and you didn't show up, I'm going to keep defending myself that you did. So, you know, and she just wouldn't take my coaching. I really tried to help her dig herself out of the hole. But the more I tried, the more she could get in. Yeah, and that was really a silly hole to get stuck into. I mean, I was like, come on now. Yeah, I know it's already. Yeah, there's no way you're going to come out of this looking right. So, just say you're wrong and move on. Agreed. Totally. Move on and laugh at yourself. You know, I mean, there's really nothing wrong with three beautiful single girls crashing apart. I mean, come on. Really? I'm just not going to want them there. Yeah, right? Yeah, hear that. Maybe her ex-husband. Now, another question though, is this whole thing with Christie and that party? Is that the, is that the bone of contention that's going on between you and Marisol over this red carpet? No, that has nothing, nothing, nothing to do with that. What happened with that one is another whole complicated story. You'll have to call me at the end of the season and I'll tell you exactly how it all went down. It's another example of somebody just not owning up to what their mistake was and moving on and continuing to justify, continuing to spin it, continuing to tell a story about it. And every time someone does that, they put me in a position to unveil the truth. You know, and it's not that I really want to, but I'm not going to let someone to sit around and criticize the charity and the volunteers and not stand up for them. I'm not going to do it. Well, this whole thing with the lane and the red carpet, it seems like Marisol's explanation was that wasn't even Leah's party. That was something completely different. And I did it because the client, I couldn't do it because the client told me to. So it was, it was at your party. It was the red carpet at your gala. It was, it was at my gala the year that the governor was there. And if you go back to the tape, it was the same year that she didn't let Adriana on the carpet. So it, those two were not on the, that was not the problem. That was like a little tiny pebble on the beach of the real problem. That was just a little nothing that kind of was a red herring. But, you know, this was, and you should interview Elaine sometimes. Elaine will give you chapter and verse, time and time again, when he feels Marisol's gone out of her way to keep him from working or walking a red carpet. And I used to not believe him. You know, I used to think, you know, James, I can't imagine anybody doing this. But then people, you know, first-hand information would tell me. And then I'm like, wow, why would anybody do that? So it's really kind of a strange thing. And I don't know, it's just either very Miami or, you know, there's something that underneath it that we don't all know about. But it's very bizarre, I find. I like everybody to be on the damn red carpet. You know, the one, if you wanted the on the red carpet, the on the red carpet, who cares? She better be careful. She better be careful because you don't want to miss off drag, you don't want to piss off drag queens. I mean, she'll have an army of those girls after her. Well, not only that. I mean, like, Elaine says, my life is a red carpet. You know, I mean, they're all hilarious in their own way. They really are. Are we going to ever see? Are we ever going to see Frida on the red carpet? Oh, you know what? I have tried to get her to go to the galley year after year. I promised her a pretty dress. And she never wants to go. But I would take her even if she wore a sweater. I went and bought her every Juicy Couture that they have matching tops and bottoms in every color. And I take her to California the whole summer. And I say, just wear a Juicy Couture where we go. She wears a different color pants, a different t-shirt, and every time with a different color shoes. And those balls in her hair. And I still said that Beverly holds her tail with her and have lunch because I think she's cute. Can we come to lunch next time? Yes, she is so cute. She's going to be really famous now. Oh my god. And you know what? She hasn't even asked either. So she's so funny. Where did you find her? How did she come into your life? Oh my god. 20 years ago, I wasn't even married yet. And I had these two big governments and I had a hard time getting anybody that wanted to help. But now they were scared of the dogs. And so she came to me through my friend Vivian. And when she walked in, I found out that she had not been paid in over two months by these people that she was living with. And she was didn't have her papers. And she was scared to death. And she had nowhere to go. And I said, you know, I'm going to figure out a way to take her in. And the minute my dog came in the room and she just started loving them and kissing them and hugging them. I said, that's good. I'm taking her. And I took her and and I spent a lot of money getting her into the system and getting her lawyers and getting her paperwork and making her officially here. And treated her really like family ever since because she deserves it. I mean, who lets two double men sleep in the bed with them? You know what I mean? Really. So she's very sweet that way. My son loves her and she's his family. So what about your, what about all your charities? Are you still doing that one that we saw in season one where you're doing career counseling for girls? Well, that was someone else's charity. And that was really kind of a pathetic I thought because I spent four hours between getting there, doing the event, and coming back on my own time to volunteer to go and meet these girls from another charity. And they clipped it into a complete mockery of these girls. And I was really not happy about that because I felt sorry for the girls, you know. And those were foster kids that don't have anybody or anything. And instead of showing the good side of them or showing nothing at all, they chose to try to make them look bad. And I did not appreciate that because those girls really had nothing. I mean, to them, they were scared to death that the cameras were there. They were probably a little intimidated by me. And you know, it's just one of the things I did in the favor of someone else that had a charity. It was like, sorry. Yeah. I thought it was here. So which one, which ones you have? You're involved in a lot of charities, aren't you? Well, I found one here when I came. But mostly I have the charity that I started this year will be 19 years if we have an event this year. I mean, every year I say I'm a skip a year and then every year I wind up doing it. But I started this charity about 19 years ago because a judge was telling me how these kids get arrested. Oh, and then once they get a record, there's no way out. And so I started trying to raise money to keep these kids out of jail and keep them in, you know, after school programs and other types of facilities and get them mentoring and structure from the state for their homes and all of that. And so I've done really 19 years and over those years, we've kept thousands and thousands and thousands of young kids out of jail and in school. And some of them have gone on to major universities, one kidding, and went to Harvard on a scholarship for architecture. I think it was. So, you know, it's worth it because if you save one of them, I think if you save one, you're saving a whole community because all their friends kind of see that they could do it too or they give them hope. And a lot of these kids don't even know that there's another world out there. They had no idea that, that, you know, people have their own bedroom or, you know, that you could go to college or anything, but there is an after school program. All they know is like the streets and it's very sad that way. Wow, yeah. That really is sad. Yeah, but I mean, you know, that's the thing too. I mean, after so many years of doing it, it's amazing how people still, like I was just looking at this, you know, some of the things people say, you know, on this show about, you know, charities and this and that and really demeaning and, you know, I was doing a charity before it was popular to do. And I think it's our responsibility to do that and people that criticize that or don't get that. It makes you wonder about their social consciousness. You know what, I mean, they're probably the guy that's not even outvoting this year. How do you go from dealing with, how do you go from dealing with like these very serious things like your charity consequences? That's what's called, right? And going from that to then having to step into a conversation where women are bickering about who tweeted a photo of an artist first. Oh, those big boobs are bigger. You know, that's part of, really, it's really comic relief because I come up with my husband's worrying about somebody that's been in jail for 29 years on a first-time offense, non-violent crime that he's trying to get out pro bono. And a mother's calling me saying, you know, that her husband's got the kid and won't let her in the house and she can't afford an attorney and then they go to a party and it's all about tits and ass. I mean, it's really comic relief for me in a lot of ways. Now, do you think, so Dr. Karen Sierra, she seems to be stirring the puddle out the season. Do you think that she is all about like just, she's a star, starfucker, basically, or no? No, I don't think that at all. I think those girls didn't give her a chance. And I told her the first, you know, I, when I first met her, she chatted in my ear a little bit and it kind of was annoying and I made a couple of jokes about it. I know now I should admit she could put, you know, her hands in your mouth and you can't talk. And I just made a joke and I laughed. And then when I saw everyone else was piling on, I passed on up and I sat her down and she, you know, I was at the vending party and I said, listen, Karen, I just want you to know before you hear from anyone else that I did say that you're chattering annoyed me a little bit, but it's not that big of a deal. And she said, you know, I respect that, Leah. Thank you for telling me. And I gave her a hug and then that's it. She knew where she said with me and I knew where I said with her and that was it. And then after that, when they piled on, I always defended her because I don't think they should all be piling on. I think it's wrong. What has she done? What has she done? Besides, you know, smile and laugh and hug and be a little eccentric and maybe she's stirred the pot a little bit. So why? I mean, the punishment doesn't meet the crime. You know what I mean? It's like, they want to hang her out to dry. We're doing for what? Just being like a little bit out there. I just find it to be, I can't understand it. I don't understand it. I really can't understand it. I think there it's an overkill. Yeah. Well, Adriana, Adriana was Adriana. Is Adriana? Adriana? I think it depends on which language you're speaking. She seemed to be the most like, she seemed like totally flummoxed by Karen's behavior. But I mean, you've known her for, you've known Adriana for so many years. Is this, is she just, she runs hot and cold? Is this, is this just par for the course for her? You know, I set it on the show one of my interviews and it, it can't push us every one of Adriana's buttons. She just can't help it. And I find it absolutely hilarious to watch. I just find it, I'll laugh and I give her. That's a belly laugh. Adriana will be so upset over something ridiculous that Karen did that it just pushed one of her buttons and it's just funny to watch. It really is. I mean, I've never seen someone get so pissed off about a tweet in my life. And I don't think I ever will see someone get so pissed off about a tweet. Well, I love it. It's just a tweet. Don't hurt artists underneath it. All her artists followers. How y'all those followers? Yeah. But you know, I think it was a lot more than just the tweet. It was just that, you know, to Adriana, that was such a serious important thing and Karen made it like kind of frivolous and it was just one more little thing that Karen did that got underneath her skin, which to me was absolutely hilarious. I thought we'd so would have been there. I would have been just, I would have been literally on the floor laughing about him watching this. No, what did you think about Adriana? You know, on when you guys had your season one reunion live and watch what happens, that was like one of the craziest things I ever saw. And Adriana was going nuts on that episode. What was your impression? You were sitting right there. What was your impression of that night? You can live out your MasterChef dreams. When you find a professional on Angie to tackle your dream kitchen remodel. Connect with skilled professionals to get all your home projects done well. Inside to outside. Repairs to renovations. Get started on the Angie app or visit angie.com today. You can do this when you Angie that. With Credit Karma finding the right credit card for you is easy. Our app analyzes user profiles to suggest personalized recommendations. Visit credit karma.com today to explore cards tailored to your needs. Credit Karma simplifying your financial choices. Well, I say, Adriana, once again, you know, she's got a hot temper and that year it was crispy that was pushing her buttons. And she was not going to have any of it. So she just she's unfiltered. And she says what's on her mind when she said that. I mean, it was live challenging. I mean, my jaw drop. I said, Andy, I said, Andy, welcome to my world. This is what I've been living in a few months now. That was awesome. I remember watching that and I remember thinking this was one of the craziest things that Bravo has ever aired. It was just just screaming. Nothing but screaming. Well, did you notice that it was live? I mean, well, thank you to do a live reunion with a bunch of hot tempered girls. Well, they know what they're doing. They're bravo. It's not like you're watching, you know, like the nice TV. I prefer that they do it live and don't edit it. I prefer that any day of the week because I will always take responsibility for what I do and say, but I don't like the response from how someone else perceives it and paints the picture, you know? Oh, yeah. Well, I think a lot of us who watch the housewives a lot, it kind of becomes a sport in a way, I guess, a blood sport in a way. And especially when it's on so much, you know, becomes kind of part of your life. It's like your little friend. And I remember when that reunion came on cheering out loud because I thought they just got themselves another season. Because when filmed as a different show at first, you know, we all know that and it was made into a housewives later. So it didn't really fit a lot of the parts in the season. But man, with that reunion, I thought they just earned themselves another year at a girl. By the way, I'm so good. I think the second season has been so much more entertaining because I feel like the first season, you know, they put it together from another show. And I feel like you could tell that somehow like it just tonally was just not quite where it needed to be. But this season, it's full of all sorts of crazy ridiculousness that I love. All the the fights and the the fights and the petty talks about boobs and tweets. I mean, that's what I live for. That's all I got going on real. I tell you, it really is comic relief because you can't have pins again though. I mean, if you're going to get upset every time someone says, because I mean, look at how many times everyone on the show has said something about me. I have just kind of said, you know what? That's their perception. They're entitled to it. So what? And then once they say it enough, I say, okay, time for me now to defend myself. But I'm going to put them in their place. And then I do and I pick fun. I think that's I think that's one of the reasons why why I like you. And I think probably your fans like you is that, you know, you sit there and you sort of just like laugh at all off and you're just amused the way we are. But you know that if anyone truly steps to you, we get a sense that you're just going to destroy them at some point. Down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down to pick my, pick my, pick my fight, you know, because some of the fights, you know, you some of the things you have to consider the source. You know, they know not what they do. Some of them, though, are calculating and conniving and very much know what they're doing. That is, that's a different kind of an argument. And the ones that just don't know what they're doing, I mean, how seriously can you take it really? But the ones that sit around and spend days and weeks, you know, there's conniving and figuring out how to say something or how to get to you in some way, those are the ones that are worth taking on because it's not, it's like, you know, they're just trying to be relevant at someone else's expense. I don't agree with that. Who are the connivers? The connivers, yeah, I just don't agree with that. I mean, you spend your time on something, spend it on something good. Well, you can kind of tell who they are because, I mean, you know, we have the benefit of seeing the diary room sessions or whatever. So you can see who they are, and like they're starting at the beginning of the year, the them versus us, you know, like the first season cast versus the new cast members, you see that kind of breaking out a little bit right from the very beginning. And I mean, we have the pleasure of seeing that, obviously, because we see what they're saying behind everyone's back. But oh, I didn't see that. Good for you. Well, no, just because you can sort of perceive, you know, like in the beginning of the first fashion, well, you know, in the first episode, you know, they started to set up this whole thing with like Lisa, bemoaning the fact that you walked into the party and just gave her like a perfunctory hug and then moved on to Elsa. And she was away. Let's just clarify this. And is it me? Are you just just hilarious? You walk to a party where you probably there's 400 or 500 people there and you probably know 75% of them. It takes you 30 minutes to even get to where the girls are with all the hello's, hello's, hello's, hello's, hello's, right? You finally get there. You give a girl, you've never met in your life, a hug by nice meeting you. And then you walk over to somebody else. And by the way, Elsa had called me that day and said she didn't really want to go because she knew that the girls were not going to be talking to her and she was going to be by herself and she was uncomfortable. And I said, if you go, I promise you that I will take the time and spend my time with you and I'll stay with you. So I walk up to her and I'm in the intent and spirit of making her feel comfortable and welcome in one of the girls. I brush the other one off a little faster than maybe I would have. That turned into Snubgate. Listen, you don't even have to explain because we saw it. You know what you did? You had like a normal human interaction, you hugged her and then you saw someone that you knew and you gave her a warm hug and like it was a totally normal thing. But you know, they want to make something out of it. She turned into Snubgate and she took she made an incision right then and there that she had to have a conflict with somebody. So it's going to be me. Give her a big long hug and then send her an invoice for it afterwards. No, I'm going to give her a big long hug and then I'm going to give her a big long hug and then I'm going to send her a pacifier. I just figured you thought that she was Mariah Carey and you felt awkward about commenting on the beast analogy. That's just an example of making something out of nothing. Well, you guys have had a lot of press while you were filming this year, which, you know, some of the housewives do, but there was a lot of stuff. I mean, I feel like I remember reading like police being called or all sorts of drama on it. Does it just, does it even get crazier throughout the season last year? I mean, last week, they showed us this extended preview of the rest of the season and it looks insane. Yeah. Let me tell you this tonight is, it really heats up and then Sunday night, it goes to the next level and then I think from there, just action packed because by now people are building alliances and they are having like either resentment towards people or not lacking somebody or looking for what's wrong with people and is starting to build and it takes a while. I mean, they introduced a whole lot of new characters that are starting to build and I think starting tonight, actually a little bit last week, but tonight from here on out, people are going to be flabbergasted with the amount of drama and conflict that these girls can conjure up literally out of just being at a party and having something be a catalyst that escalates everything out of control. It's insane. And you're just, and you're just there laughing. You're just enjoying the ride. I do find it funny. I mean, there's just something wrong with that. I see it again. So much criticism for laughing at it, but how do you laugh at some of it? Well, that's the thing. I mean, that's what I'm always saying about some of the other housewives on this show and the other shows that, you know, they just take it so seriously. I mean, the ones, I think that the housewives that the fans like the most are the ones who seem to be able to sit back and see it for what it is. So it's like you, Lisa Vanderpump on Beverly Hills, Carol Radzewell on New York, you know, people like that when there's someone that is able to have some sort of perspective on the ridiculousness that's swirling around. Oh, I'm so glad to hear that because you see, I didn't know that and I'm happy to hear that. The only feedback I get, you know, if you go to borrowcheany.com, they have their blogs. So people go, I write my blog every week and goes on every night after the thing and I tell my side of the story about what I think really happened. So the only feedback I get are what people write in my blogs and I have to say, my blogs are very interesting compared to the others. Well, you know, the commenters on the Bravo blogs, you know, those are the greatest minds on the internet, I have to say, so be sure to take those very careful lessons. What do they say to you? Like, give us some examples. Say things like, okay, like, let's say I clarify something. This didn't happen this way. It happened that way. Or I didn't mean to say this and I say that. And then here they all come out. I agree with you. You are right. You're my favorite. The next one is, are you kidding me? You said that. Why are you lying about it? And the next one is, I love you. I thought you were said, honey, I loved your outfit. The next one, I hated what you were wearing. Why were you wearing them? It's a 90% minor positive. But it is kind of an organic feedback because these are people that are just observers and viewers that are all across the country and maybe even some internationally. I don't know exactly where the show is. And they're just giving their honest feedback. But it's interesting how best to take it. I mean, some of these people write 10 patterns about what they thought about you on the show. Well, we're recappers. We're recappers. So we do write 10 pages about it. And we have a podcast. We're grown men with a podcast about this. We're okay. We're just sad. We're sad. Yeah. We understand their sadness, Leah. We understand it. We don't know what's wrong with us. You know, it's a beautiful day here in Los Angeles. It's beautiful and sunny and we're here inside. You can add. You know, I spend all summer in Los Angeles. So when I'm there in the summer, I have to come to meet you too. Oh my God, you're making my dream come true. Don't tease me like that, Leah. Oh, no, I absolutely will. In fact, I have parties in my house all the time and you'll have to come over and meet some of them. You probably know a lot of them. But some of my fun, fabulous, crazy friends too. Because we actually really do have fun, fabulous parties. You know, I'm glad to say that because, you know, we had Jill Zaren on this podcast a few months ago. And she's all fun. Like, Hey guys, da, da, da, da, da. And then randomly, I was in the Hamptons over Labor Day weekend. So I texted her. I was like, Hey, like, I'm in the Hamptons. Because she was, she said this whole thing like, you know, like feel free to like, if you're in the city, whatever, whatever, come over, we'll have a drink. And I got, I got silence from her. So I'm, I'm. I have, I have lost my faith. I've lost my faith. That doesn't happen with me. I collect people. Some people collect things and I collect people. Do you know that I had in my house this summer, I had all the producers came at one time or another. Anybody that was editing the show came at one time or another. Anybody in the cast that was here came at another time. It's a girl that did the makeup came. Another guy that was doing some photos. Everybody. I then recently a guy from Bravo said I'm not a layover from here to wherever he was going to visit his family. I'm going to be in town for like four hours. I ran out to the airport and bought a drink. I am so calling you, we are, because I've been rerouted to man a few times and I've had to go back home to New York and I've been stuck in that airport with nothing but eating some like old plantains in the food court. And now I'm going to do. You know, I'm fine. And now I hook them up. When the other guy came down here and he stayed after everything was done for the weekend, I invited all my friends and I introduced them to all of them. I made sure they always change numbers. And I said, you guys work shifts and you make sure he has a good time this weekend. And I didn't see him again until he got back. But when he got back, he told me he was so exhausted. He had this way for today. So my friends warm out. I like this. I like where this is going. Now I have a question, by the way. Speaking of, speaking of this, actually, there's no transition. I tried to say speaking of something, but that's not the truth. You know, I know, you know, your house, I've noticed has all sorts of funky art. And one thing in particular that I can't help but notice is you have like a giant, like shiny alligator crawling up your wall. Can you tell me what that's all? What is that? Well, you know, Greg Lotus is a big photographer. He's got 100 covers for the. I keep on that one day because he was invented. But when I got home, the guy calls us as, you know, it's in the middle of a divorce dispute and they don't want to sell it. And this and that. And I had to fight for that alligator when I got it. I realized it was so big that anywhere you put it in your house, you're going to trip over it. So I have it on the wall. But I have it. I love it. I think it's just fabulous, especially being from Florida. You know, it's just, it's great. Well, so, oh, sorry, man, we brought up Jill's errand before. Did you watch that interview she did on Watch What Crapin's Live? I mean, Watch What Happens Live? Sorry. Yeah, you know, I had tea about it. And I, because I automatically keep on this. And I half the time don't go back and watch it. But so many people tell me to watch it that I went back and I did watch it. So, you know, and a lot of the some of the bigger things that she said, I mean, she she didn't shut up through the whole thing. I mean, one of the things I always say on the show is shut up, Jill's errand, because she won't stop talking. But she she's a motor mouth man. But one of the things that she said that I thought was really interesting was when she was telling Andy Andy, I don't you remember when I went to Bravo and pitched a storyline to you. And she was talking about pitching storylines and the network's involvement and all of this. How relevant is that to your show? Do you do you guys do that? Is that true that you guys actually go and stuff and? This is probably one of the reasons she's been a long career. I don't think Bobo needs any housewives only telling them what they need to put in their storylines. I think they want to put it together and have it be organic and have it be real. And I think the minute you start trying to contrive your story, or turn it into something other than that's really how life is working out, I don't think one may want to hear it. And I don't think the viewers want to watch it. And I think that, you know, if that's your goal of life, they'll be a producer and don't be on a reality show. Yeah, I mean, yeah. So yeah, because Kyle Richards from the Beverly Hills Housewives was saying that that's absolutely not true and their show is completely real and nothing's ever staged. And we're just always curious about how much of this is staged, you know? I can tell you from my point, from me, from my character, nothing is pre-planned and it is all organic. What the other girls do, I don't know. But I worked the show into my life. I didn't work my life into the show. I did what I was going to do anyway. I give them this is my calendar. This is my schedule. This is what I'm going to be doing. Whatever you want to film, you want to film. And you tell me what I need to show up at and then I managed it. I don't know. Some of the other girls, I'm sure, had agendas. You know, maybe they were promoting certain things and they were trying to integrate it in. I really didn't have an agenda on the show. I've been just kind of having fun and making fun of it and just enjoying it because I think the minute you make it a make it an agenda, you lose your authenticity. And the minute you're not authentic, why would anybody want to hear what you have to say? That's true. Well, how are we going to find out about your secret porn career? Oh my God, there's a DVD and I have Joe Francis who's going to be coming out with it the day now. Oh yeah. We'll get him on here as a counterpoint tool. He's on the show tonight and oh my God. He's into it with the supermodel and it just goes from there. Was this the first time you'd met him? No, I've known him for years. He's like a brother to me. You know, and I kind of this party is my guest. You know, it's the lingerie party who met him and he went looking like Hugh Vopner in his little box of shorts and his little six pack of showing in a little road. And then he shows up and it just thinks just kind of got out of control. I love that you brought Joe Francis to a party. Like of all the people that would be bringing Joe Francis to party, I just would not expect it to be you. I would think it'd be like Marta or something like that. But it's you. I thought it's you makes it awesome. There happens to be a little history with me because part of it plays out tonight as well. Oh my God. I kind of hang out with crazy people. I'm not interested in nine-to-five boring people. You know, I mean, I had enough of that in my life. I'd rather hang out with people with a little more eccentric and out there. And you know, I don't know. I think they craze you. They are probably more like them. So you know, are you going to wear anything crazy for Halloween? You know, I haven't thought about it yet, but probably not. I'm not much of a costume girl. Of course, my friend James Elaine, Brad clean, convinced me to dress up like Marilyn Monroe. She dressed up like Jane Russell. And we sang two little girls from Little Rock at the day praying for I. That's my last costume that I have worn. I could put that on again, I guess. But that was hilarious. She put it on YouTube. And I mean, people are like, oh my God, it was funny. They're going to be people that are going to dress up like you for Halloween. So what do you think they what do you think are the essentials, the lea essentials for a lea costume? Oh my God, me. Yeah, it's going to happen. Okay. A big mouth. A big laugh. Okay. Some glasses, right? Messy hair. Lots of jewelry. And a little sarcasm. Oh, it's perfect. Love it. That's a great outfit. Oh, hey, before we go, I want to ask you, did you ever meet Rosie? Have you moved into that house on Star Island and how is Rosie as a neighbor? Well, I have met Rosie, but not to be the house. And I didn't, we didn't move into the house. You rented it out because we're going to meet with a neighbor and once we resolve that, we'll tear it down and build there. Out of girl. All the neighbors on Star Island are fabulous. Actually, I love the episodes coming up. It's just a big party of Thomas Kramer's outfit. That went awesome kind of escalates out of control. Oh, that's a one. Yeah, that's the one that Mama also gets told off at, isn't it? Yeah, that's exactly right. You give them a couple of drinks and let them start speaking their mind. And you know what? Truth is better than fiction. Oh, my God, I'm comfortable with that. Being me and the Mama Elsa. I hope she's got her pocketbook. I would hit you with my pocketbook. Like, oh my God, how hilarious is that? I was so impressed. You have to go back and read my blog because I've been there about how both of my ladies maintained being ladies and I was so proud of still for being ladies. And then at the end, I said, you know, I always do a list of things to think about. And I said, thinking about this week and I list all my little things. And I said, in pocketbooks for the new maze. I wish Elsa had hit him with a pocketbook just just to see it, just to see it happen. Me too. And I wish it would have been one of those with big spikes on it, but then the designer has that right now. Yeah, yeah, we could have had a couple little, you know, marks on the face. Then we had to go to the doctor and I mean, we could have stretched that out. That could have been my God, 911. Well, we didn't read your blog this week, but we'll make it up to you in the next podcast by reading your blog as you. Yeah. I hope you'll catch up. You know, I write for that having a post about politics. Yeah, actually, I was going to ask about that. I happened to sort of skim through your article right before we started because I didn't realize this until just before you wrote a whole big thing breaking down the debates. So you're you're politically active. I feel like you're probably the most politically active housewife there is in that you actually write for the Huffington Post and no one else does excuse me. The Salahis broke into the White House. I think that's very I'm sorry. That's hard to talk about. You know, I wrote how the housewives, how the debates or like the housewives, the last four debates, you know, so last year I wrote some stuff about the housewives and politics. I kind of do a parody between political fodder and housewife fodder, you know, and it's just fun. It's something to do. Of course, you lose. Immediately, half the people probably don't like me because they probably don't believe I grew up with my political views. But you know, I would rather stamp maybe popular. So Amen, sister. That's right. I agree. Well, let's wrap it up. Leah, thank you so much for coming and talking to us. We had a really great time talking to you. All right. No matter what, you email me June, the middle of June, no matter what, and you'll I'll see you'll be coming over during the summer. You'll see. You're going to host to that. I'm going to show up with a little, like a little picnic basket and big sunglasses, and I'm going to come in and you're not going to be able to get rid of me. Just so you know, I'm happy I'll adopt you. I love it. It'll be fun. And you'll love all my crazy neighbors. I live on Sunset Plaza Drive. All of you on my streets are fabulous. Yeah, we live right by you anyway. We're kind of we're here for our neighbors. We'll just follow you around Sunset Plaza going. How fun is that? We can get a chin chin. We've got all my favorite places down the hill. The comic club will be fun. Oh, you don't know what you just started. You don't even know the kind of worms you just do. I'm telling you, I collect people. You guys will see how I do the mic collection. This is the beginning of the end for you, Leah. This is the beginning of the end. Well, tune in tonight because you're going to see some of my crazy collections on the show. Oh, we'll be there. We will be on honey. And our listeners can follow you at what Leah Black Miami on Twitter. Oh, yeah. I'm at Leah Black Miami on Twitter. Yeah. I'll be tweeting. I love my winners. I love following them. I love even when they insult me. I usually I still repeat them. All right. Well, we'll be tweeting you this in a second. We're just going to get it uploaded and get it on the road. I can't wait. Thanks so much. Have a great night. All right. Bye. I'll be there. Bye. Bye, Leah. If you like listening to comedy, try watching it on the internet. The folks behind the side show network have launched a new YouTube channel called Wait for it. It's got interviews with comedians like Reggie Watts, Todd Glass, Liza Schleisinger, slicing, driving friends with it for 10 years. 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