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Teen sports. I was having a business dinner in Texas, and this is with some liquor guys, Like liquor guys that make a nice living. They're not billionaires, you know, they're sales guys and they make a nice living. I'm sure they have nice cards, but like they're not flying private you know, they're not billionaires. And I hesitated to say how much this sports program that Brinn is in cost because I thought that's like crazy and only rich people could do something like this. But I had sticker stock, and I was like, this is insane, Like people pay this for their kids to do sports, you know, And I'm going to tell you the number, and then I'm gonna tell you what these guys in Texas said. So I was they had said something, and then I felt like I could share my story, and I said, no, this team sports stuff is crazy. Last year was seventh grade, and I think that was the first time I was like, wait, sports are like real at seventh grade, Like people are like competitive and some people play and some people don't play, and like people have like records and win and don't win, and like it's serious. And then we're going to sports camps and then we're doing sports leagues outside of school, which adds to pressure because the practices are like six to nine on a school night, on two school nights and then a weekend, like the whole day is a practice and then they go travel and do tournaments and like on the day that they have the six to nine, what the fuck are they supposed to do? Between three and six, they like hang out at the school. Like it's like, so they get home at ten o'clock, sweaty and with you know, teen acne, and then they have to start doing homework, Like they can do the homework between three and six, but it's more distracting. I think after school, I don't then being at home. But anyway, so like it's a lot of pressure. And the kids that I know are all decent at sports, but like none of them are going to the Olympics. It's like it's not at that level. None of us are raising Tiger Woods. You know when he was five years old, you knew he was like a wonder kind or like David Beckham. So I am my kid in this volleyball program because she wanted to do it, and other friends are doing it and they're going and they're traveling And this price I'm about to tell you doesn't include the tickets to travel any of that stuff. This is just like to do this volleyball program two nights a week and on the weekends. Eight thousand dollars. And I think it was like eighty six hundred and eighty four hundred, like more than eight. I'm just trying to round down because I'm embarrassed I wrote that check. I was like what, Like what, what is that not the price of someone's private school? Like what? And I was sitting with these guys from Texas and they were like, oh no, it's crazy. They said, I have a friend who has a kid in a baseball program. It's thirteen thousand dollars. And these guys don't roll have got it like I do. Thirteen thousand dollars if this fucking kid is not you know, Derek Jeter. And there's a certain point where you know if your kid's like it or not, Like you have an idea, like I see some kids at my kid's school and I'm like, that person's an amazing athlete. It seems compared to the kids that person's playing with at this school. I don't know if or some sort of freak alien sports player, but like, what are these thousands of dollars? This guy said to me that there's a bet that was like titanium or something that one of the kids wanted or got, like three thousand dollars. I was like, what for? Like a kid? A kid's beat Like, it's not like Alex Rodriguez his bat or his kid. That's just like a regular kid. Like how how do people afford anything? I find it to be like I would think, like I'm doing this program. I would honestly if you said to me brings enrolling in a volleyball program for a couple of months, how much would you think that would be? I would think it's a ball and a net somewhere, and I would think eight hundred dollars plus like a uniform and like snacks, Like that's what I would really think. I saw eight thousand. I was like, what in the fuck where's that money going? Like what are they spending? What's eight thousand dollars not including travel? Is it a scam? Like what's going on? Where's the Someone tell me is this what's going on? I want to understand the sports thing, because you gotta do it. The other kids doing it, they want to do it. It's competitive. I love kids sports. I think it's great we're doing it in school. Wonderful. I just thought, what is going on? Like I'd like Gabrielle Reese, who I had on this podcast, to like, come over and tell me if this kid has got it, because we're eight thousand dollars. I mean, I'll buy you a goddamn Cardier Love bracelet. What the hell? I would not buy a Cardia Love bracelet for my child, nor would I think that would be a good use of the eight thousand dollars. I'm just saying, like, let's put it. Let's start all the money on this stuff that's not going to be something you're doing in your adult life. Let's put it in an account. You can buy your own one bedroom apartment when you're twenty three. Eight thousand dollars. WHOA. I talked about this recently and talking about The Apprentice, but I think I want to go into it more. It's about what you do once you get in the door. And it was kind of in the reverse concept for The Apprentice because I was saying I came in second, nobody cares who came in second. But no matter how it happens, if you come in first, you just what when you get in that door, what do you do? So I say that because I got the MTV Lifetime Achievement Award, and I think it was really supposed to be Andy's award, and I didn't care. I wore my dress, I gave my speech. I was excited to be there. And Andy Cohen got a star on the Walk of Fame and like they say, it was purchased. Okay, who cares. Go get your star. Enjoy your life, take a picture and keep it moving, be excited, take the press day, live a life. And then tonight I was at a Carnegie Hall, sold out house in front of six thousand people for this NPR show that gets six million listeners, and I was an A plus plus list persons understudy. They canceled and they came to my publicist and I did it and I was like, I don't I don't give a shit. Yay, I'm here, I'm at Carnegie Hall. It's to sold that house. Let me make it what I'm gonna make it. So I just there's this concept of people having the Emperor has no clothes or it's not real or I heard people criticizing thirty under thirty people who that you have to pay to be on the Forbes list, Like who actually does any who cares? You're there? You're there, Go in there and prove yourself. It does not matter. My speech was great at my Lifetime Achievement Award, my appearance was amazing at Carnegie Hall. That's all that matters. So I just think that's a concept overall. It's like, get yourself in that door. Life is hard enough. Figure out a way to get yourself in that door. I posted a bagel the other day with whipped cottage cheese and salmon row. You would have thought that I abducted someone's child. Okay, I got hate comments just about me, ugly ogre grim reaper. People are fucking sick, and I don't mind. I sort of is it weird that I like tingle a little? I go when people are hating, I'm like, ah, I'm doing something right, Like I'm fucking pissing people off and triggering them. I get a little like, Okay, we see each other. And I mean the comments were insane, like insane. The video is so viral and every time I do something and people get crazy. It rates, so your mind is like blown, like you're eating seafood in a hotel room. People are going crazy about it, but they they're hate watching. They can't help but watch. Well, okay, I'll take the views, I'll take it. So it's triggering them. But I did a video about the fact that for people who don't have thick skin like this, it would make me really sad thinking about them reading these comments. And you can't believe the love and you can't believe the hate. You have to just be in the middle and realize who's sending it and that it says more about them than you. It's like a little kid hitting a girl at school and her wondering why because they and it's just driving them nuts. And I think like success is the best revenge. So people are really hating you. I mean, I have hate pages against me. What does that tell me I'm doing something right? Like people sit around and do posts and have like lives and just to hate me. And you know what hate cells Now, it's really sad, like hate cells because you're shocked. I thought on TikTok I was being canceled at one point and I was being renewed because people are talking about you. So it's like the upside down. It's very very strange. Drew Barrymore had Oprah on her show and they were entangled, they were embraced, and I didn't couldn't remember who the first time I saw this happened with with Drew, but she had Dolly Parton on and it was like her legs were up on the couch and like grabbing and touching and embracing Dolly, and I was a little uncomfortable. You know, Drew, I've I mean, I know Drew. I've met Drew, I've done her show. I was not on the PDA program. She did not do the interpersonal, you know, touchy Philly program with me, and I was thinking a lot. I was thinking. My inside voice was saying, if Drew is embracing me even in the most emotional thing, like really tight, And the only request I have is that SNL do a skit on this. I need like what happens, Like first you have to Dolly on and we're like criscross apple sauce and embracing, and then we have Oprah on and we're like, you know, like arm wrestling, like you know that that yoga pose where like you're intertwining your arms and like we're like so deep in conversation that my eyeballs are like glued to yours. I'm not that girl. I'm not that like touchy peely bitch. I just need a little personal space, particularly at work, particularly in interviews, particularly anywhere, airplane, store, elevator, you name it. Like, I need a little personal space. And I'm not a close to and I'm not interested in a close soccer people are always like grabbing and touching. So I found that really interesting, and it's a style that's unique to Drew. And I wonder if Oprah and Soide was like, well, okay, we're like you're gonna fuck now.