Culinary Emotional Intelligence: Carla Hall’s Recipe for Leadership

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All right, so you all know that Carla Hall, top chef legend, food network legend,

the judge of judges, what you don't know and what you're going to hear in this conversation

is how powerful she is with emotional intelligence and mental health. We talk about just that,

we talk about her journey, we talk about some really cool things that she has going on to make

she go to the end, because I'm going to give 10 of you that are watching or listening the

opportunity to join me and robber her vine at Carla Hall's One Woman Show later this summer.

I am truly honored to bring you my good friend, chef Carla Hall.

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Chef, how you doing? Mick! How you doing? I am great. Thank you for having me.

I'm honored. I'm truly honored. I was selling you before my son, 25 years old,

football coach, football guy, just in general. He would be considered a guy as a guy,

right? A man's man. But five years ago, he started baking and really got into baking and the

technical aspect, because as you know, like for me, I can cook, right? But I don't need to measure

anything. I can just eyeball it. I can taste test and like, yeah, it's good. You know, grandma

taught me how to do all that. Baking is a skill. Baking is precision. So for him, my son,

who also may have a little ADHD to, right? For him to take baking on and not just take it on,

but say dad, I want to do everything that Carla Hall knows. I was like, what? Because we've been

watching you for years since he was like knee high, you were his inspiration in the kitchen.

And I owe you so much because it rounds him out. It relaxes him. He's got a tough day at work,

coaching kids and teaching kids. He's like, I want to go in the kitchen. And here's what I think

draws him to you because you said it to me offline. You're a teacher. He's a teacher. You have

that connection. Dude, why are you going to have me cry at first thing? I mean, wow, that

means the world to me. It really does. And I'm going to tell you, I have a baking book coming out

at the end of the year. So one September. So your son's going to be getting one of the first

ones off the press. I just want you to reach back out to make sure that I get him a sign.

Jay, you heard that. Carla's got you covered, but absolutely, absolutely. Carla, again, I'm honored.

I always ask my guest this question. And for you, you're probably going to make me cry when

you reveal your answer to this because I know the heart that you have. I always ask my guest,

what's your because that mission that you have, that thing that's deeper than your why?

And Carla, I know, like, I always feel like I connect with you when I see you on TV.

What is your because? Why do you continue to do what you do? What's that purpose behind Carla?

You know, I tell people, I, I really love people. Like, I, I don't pretend to like people. Like,

I really like people. I am the person who will be in a line at a restaurant in the airport. And

there's a person behind me and there's singlet. I'm a singlet. I'm like, Hey, do you want to eat,

do you want to eat with me? Because I, I am curious. And I just really like people. And I think that

we don't, we don't know each other. And it is my joy to break down walls to even at like a person

who is unhoused. And if they ask you like, you know, can I have some money? I may be like, no,

thank you. I don't, I don't choose to participate in giving you money. But I will look at you in the

eyes and see you as a human. Like, I really, I really like people. But I love connecting with people.

You totally do. And it comes across on the screen. It comes across off screen. You know, I told you

Robert Irvine is my best friend in the world, right? And you're the polar opposite, but the same,

right? Like, Robert is going to break you down. But then he's going to give you the love and all

the support that you need. And everybody knows that, right? Like he has the biggest heart in the

world, but he wants to get through to you in his way. And Carla's like that mama bear, right? Like,

when you see Carla, she's like, all right, I know this is tough, but you've got it. Come on. You

can do this. And you just have that encouragement. Where did that come from? Um, my grandmother.

My grandmother said, it is your job to be happy, not to be rich. Also, I have this model say,

yes, adventure follows, then growth. So that paired with everything happens for a reason.

When I am judging, when I am encouraging folks on my team, I don't want to break them. I want

to encourage them. I know you can do it, but I will also be honest with you. And I think sometimes

people think, well, how do you deliver bad news? I'm like, I don't deliver bad news. I deliver

constructive news because I really believe in that person. And I believe that when you allow

them, because they've already said yes, and you help them through the adventure, the hard part,

I know that when they get to the other side of that, they're going to be amazing. And they're

going to be like, wow, I did that. And they're going to say yes to another hard thing. And I am

a part of that journey. And my grandmother did that for me. My mom did that for me. My dad did that

when somebody believes in you, you're like, okay, they believe in me. I can do it. And I'm

sure your son in coaching, he's like that too. The first time somebody hits the thing,

the feel, I am not a support person. What's the little box? The little rectangle thing with the

ones. You know, it's hard. You know, you're like, you got to ran track. You know, you step

with the feel, you step on a track. And it's hard when you first, when you first do it. And then

you get to the end of the season, you're like, wow, oh my gosh, I can't believe my progress.

I mean, that's life every day, right? It is. It is. So when did the culinary journey start for you?

Dude, I fell into this. When I tell you, it was like a hole in the ground.

So I was an accountant. I wanted to be in theater. I didn't get into the school, Boston

University. Well, they were going to defer my admission. So I'm like, well, I'm not going to go

there. So my sister was going to Howard and I said, okay, I'll go to Howard. And I was so rejected

by theater that I didn't even, I said, I'm not even going to go to Howard to do theater.

I like my county teacher in high school. So I majored in accounting. And you know, and then

my whole thing is I'll measure in something. I'm like, okay, what is the pinnacle? What is the gold?

They're like, okay, big aid accounting firm. Okay, you know, CPA. I'm like, okay, I'll do that.

So but then I did the things I took the test on. Oh my gosh, I hate this. And so I quit.

I started modeling and I went to Paris as one would do. You quit your job, you go to Paris,

you know, you don't have any money, you know, back in the day. And that's where I fell into food.

And food became an act of gratitude. You know, I would cook for people who allowed me to sleep

on their couches. And I did not start clicking until I was in my mid-20s. I mean, I did not cook.

I went to my grandmother's house every Sunday. I knew nothing about any of the recipes that she

was making. And it was only when I went to Paris and everybody started cooking. And they're like, well,

my mother makes macaroni cheese. Like, this is my mother makes it like this. I'm like, oh my gosh,

I have no idea. And I'm very competitive. So I'm like, okay, let me get on that. Let me go get a

cookbook. You know, it's funny how we see these moments or challenges. And all of a sudden,

we take it on like, I think my competitiveness and my stubbornness protects me. And it

propels me forward. Yeah. So you started cooking in your 20s. And now you're a TV star in multiple

facets. But one of those facets, obviously, is cooking. How did that happen? I think Top Chef,

I think that was the big moment. I also think that because I did theater, I don't watch myself.

I'm okay with being the weird girl. I'm okay with being myself. And I'm okay with the challenge.

So, and I'm okay with being vulnerable. So when I, when I said yes to Top Chef, being in a

position of, you know, you have to be comfortable with the uncomfortable. I grew and I learned from

every challenge. Right. Oh my gosh, I'm still here. Okay. What what I'm on the bottom. But the

thing is about being on the bottom, you get feedback. You know, back in the day when they were doing

Top Chef, when you were on the bottom, you got feedback. When you were on the top, you got feedback.

If you're in the middle, you don't really get anything. So sometimes having the constructive

criticism on the bottom is much more valuable than having the praise when you're on top.

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Agreed. And I want everybody that's watching or listening to understand this, because again,

Robert Irvine is my best friend, so I've got to see a lot of things behind the scenes. And

me watching, I've been a food guy forever. Me watching, sometimes I'm like, yeah,

this is somewhat set up, right? No, that stuff is real. You were really cooking

some time, and these are the things I know. Sometimes your food sits out for 45 minutes

before it gets tasted. That's right. And it's like, you got to understand salt. I understood

that. You got to understand salt when your food sits out, right? That's right. That's right.

But talk to us about just that. The things that people don't understand on the competition shows

of TV. There's a lot that goes into it. You're not just making addition here.

No, so there's the timing. So they create a pressure cooker, because it's more fun when people

don't have a lot of time. And also, you don't know the kitchen. So the first few challenges,

I mean, at least on the baking championships, you're in the same kitchen. For top chef, you

were not in the same kitchen. So every time you win, and you're like, where's the equipment,

you know, how did the ovens work? You know, are they calibrated? You know, all of that. It's more

like next level chef, you know, because you're in different kitchen, so you have to navigate that.

Also, everybody is running for the same things. The more organized you are, the more you can run and

get all of your equipment, the better you will do. Because now you're not waiting for somebody,

you're not fighting for everybody. There are not, there's not a pan for everybody, the exact

pan, right? You will have a pan. But in terms of your first choice equipment, you have to run and

get those things. Also, knowing that you're going to be judged, changes things, looking over,

and here is somebody, your competitor, and you're like, wow, they're doing something that looks

really cool. You know, is my dish really cool? So if you have that element of second guessing

yourself, you know, it is a lot of pressure. And some people realize you may be a great cook,

but you may not be able to cook under that pressure. That is the key. You know, how do you handle

stress? How do you regulate your nervous system? That is really the key. And I think because I was

44 when I did top chef, I was probably, I may not have been the best cook, but I knew I was the most

I think mature and the cook with the emotional intelligence to do that show.

And that's exactly where I want to go next, because in the world, that's what I teach, right?

I'm an emotional intelligence culture person, but I'm also a huge mental health advocate.

And I tell people all the time, Carla, if there's two people

that you see that deserve big hugs and conversations, it's comedians and chefs.

Comedians, everybody expects them to be funny all the time, right? So you got to deliver it,

right? Like, even if they're just chillin' watching a game, they expect you to be funny.

And chefs have this hard thing because when people go to restaurants,

I got to figure out how to say this the right way. When you go to a restaurant,

you expect the food to be superb all the time, right? Like you expect to be wowed.

So chefs never hear that as much as they hear what goes wrong. Exactly.

And so you've got to really make sure that you're checking on your friends that are comedians,

that are in the restaurant business because they usually only see the negatives most of the time.

Again, you get the pat on the back, but I'm sure, Carla, you can count pat on the back more

than you can count. How many times have people, they go to a restaurant and they're like,

I could do this, mine is better. But are you cooking for 100 plus people? Are you making one dish?

You know, are you managing a team? You know what I mean? Also, you can just have a bad day.

You really can. When I go eat, people always ask me, do you judge the food? And I don't.

I really don't. Unless now, I have to say this, when I go to certain restaurants,

the higher end they are, the more my expectation rises, right? But there are certain restaurants

that they aren't high-brow. They're consistent. And I go there for the consistency.

I don't go there for the intellectual, you know, let me be wowed and blow my socks off experience.

I rarely go to those restaurants. Yeah. How do you help others in your field with that?

Because I, again, I know enough about Carla that, you know, you are the voice of

reason for some of your peers. And I can just see, you know, how people gravitate towards you.

How do you help them with one of the emotional intelligence side, but then also the mental

health side of the culinary business? Well, I think there are two things. When someone says

something about you, and I take them through this process of social media, I think social media

trains us to say a little, because we get those main tweets or whatever, I think it may prepare

you a little more for the restaurant world than before, because everybody has an opinion.

And you hear it. You see it. So for me, I ask my friends, was there some truth to what was said?

You know, because we get a little, we want to protect, we get a little defensive about our food.

And sometimes there is truth to it. Could it have been said differently? Yes. Could they have

said something in the moment so that you could have corrected it? Yes. But if there was truth to it,

take it as constructive criticism, you know, and work on that dish. If you believe that dish

was perfect and you would not change it into story, it doesn't matter what that person thinks.

It doesn't matter that that person says, my grandmother's dish would beat this, okay,

go to your grandmother's house. I mean, you know, at some point, you really just have to have that

bucket of efforts because you have to, I mean, you know, just allow them to have their opinion,

but you also have yours. It's not a one way street with opinions.

Totally, totally, totally agree. Again, I think one of the many, many reasons I love you so much

is just that, right? Like just knowing that you're that person, people can depend on, knowing that

you come from a place of maturity, you come from a place of, you're not judging. And I think that

also is critical as well too. Like people aren't going to allow themselves to be vulnerable if they

feel like they're judged. Right. That's right. That's right. And I also think that this is another

thing that I've said to some young chefs, you know, and especially when, you know, they're young

managers, managing people. And a lot of times it's hard for them to deliver what they consider

bad news. And I say, in this moment, you are the messenger of this person's lesson. Do you care

enough about them to deliver it? Because if you just kick that can down the road, you know,

they're not going to get what they need. Somebody else is still going to deliver it eventually. Right.

But also, it is your lesson to learn how to deliver it. So there's, it's a two-way street.

A lot of times when I have, when I bad news is delivered to me or constructive news, I'm like,

oh, okay. And I may not see it in the moment. I'm not going to lie. I will have it. I twitching moment.

But, you know, that person is the messenger of my lesson. And here's an example. When I was on

the chew, the first three years, I thought I was going to get fired. When I tell you the learning curve

or street was steep, the learning curve was incredibly steep. And nobody, nobody knew that. But it's

just because I'm tenacious. I'm a tourist. I'm like, I'm going to get it. I'm going to walk up this

really steep hill. But I would go home and I would, oh, my gosh, I can't do this. When I am not

living my truth, that's when I get a lot of feedback that is hitting me left right center. You

know what I mean? When you are living for somebody else's truth, that's when you get them, get beat

up the most. My prayer at that job every day was to find my authenticity. It took me three years.

Because I didn't know the job. And I am dependent on someone else to help me find that thing.

Right? But eventually, I got it. And I, after this show ended, I ended up calling the executive

producers. I thank you for being the messenger of my lessons because had it not been for him,

I wouldn't be, I honestly can tell you I wouldn't be where I am now. I wouldn't because the lessons

were hard. I stayed in. I got them. And I took that to the next venture, the next project.

And it's almost like you can read my brain with where I wanted this conversation to go because

I was going to talk to you about authenticity next, right? Because from your southern roots to

national stages, one of the things that I can say, if people that say, how would you define

Carla Hall? I would say consistency, evolution, and authenticity. So with all the things that you

do, like, how do you evolve and stay authentic? Because that's usually hard, especially today when,

you know, like on Food Network, there's a new show, a new theme, like all the time. You're doing

things with Gordon Ramsay now. Like there's a lot of things that are evolving because society is

saying, we don't like this format anymore, right? Like now we need to do this. How do you stay

authentic? Authentic? Authentic, right, right. How do you say authentic when

everything's constantly evolving around you? But the thing is, I'm evolving too. What I would have

wanted, like Top Chef was 18 years ago. What I would have wanted leaving that show is very different

from what I want now. You have to allow yourself to grow and change. I think a lot of times when we

see people on television, we sort of keep, we take a snapshot of whenever we saw them, and we expect

them to be that person. So Top Chef replays those episodes constantly, right? Well, people will come

up to me if they, let's say if they just have, what if for whatever reason, they just discovered

the show, they expect me to be the person that I was at 44. Well, I'm 61 now. So I allow myself to

change unapologetically. I am not trying to be the person that is on the television to match that

person because I have fans from that snapshot of my life, right? So then you have to, so Deborah

Grayson Regal. She is an executive coach and she talks about the things that tick you off and the

things that make you tick and I'm paraphrasing. But there could be something that makes you tick

and all of a sudden that ticks you off. The difference is your values have changed and you have

to recognize your values changing and you're growing. So all of the experiences that you have out

here, they change you. So when we jump on somebody like, oh my god, at 18, you did blah, blah, blah,

oh my god, if you are still the person at your 50 something and you're still the person you were at 18,

I'm sad for you. If you have not changed and grown and you know, and that is also a part of

emotional intelligence and that's also a part of your, I think our mental health and allowing

ourselves to change and allowing ourselves to like really check in and be who you are so that

people see this this consistent person and the consistency is the authenticity. I will say things

now that I wouldn't have said before because I know who I am. I also know what I bring to the

table. I also know what I expect from my employer. I am going to walk into a set now saying,

even though I haven't been there before, if I'm judging, I know I know my style of judging.

I'm not going to ask you how should I be in this moment because this is a new job. If you hired

me, you're hiring all of this. You're hiring everything I'm bringing to the table and if you don't

want all of this, then you don't want me and you have to get to the point of that is your north star

because you are here, you are actually here on this earth plane to be yourself. That is the work,

into story. That is the work. Yeah. Yeah. I could end the segment now. Like you

you're giving us a masterclass on emotional intelligence and I don't think people realize that

coming into the episode. But that's what again, that's what I've known about you just by following

you for as long as I have in the evolution of Carla Hall and again, just how you generally touch

people. You know, you just said something just now that reminds me of my grandfather, right? My

grandfather used to say all the time, the same thing that make you laugh and make you cry.

Like growing up in the south, we always heard that saying, right? And it's true in the business world.

I'm pretty sure it's true in your field and your genre as well too. Like people don't understand

that that's what evolution is. The same thing that makes you laugh at some point is going to make

you laugh. Yeah. So let's talk about what you have going on now. Where does Carla Hall

do today? So wow. I had the meme in you. The meme menu is a self-directed

personal growth program that I'm doing with Deb Grayson Regal is online. It's called The

Me Menu and we don't discriminate but really we chose to do this for women's 50 and older

because a lot of times I think as you age, you feel like you're aging out, you know, of, you know,

work, you know, social, socially. And we're all about helping women have main dish energy.

And this program came out of a one woman show that I'm doing but we distilled all of these

what we call flavors that you will work on one week at a time. I mean, you can work on them longer

but it's possibility, hope, imagine, reframe, open and acceptance. Those are the different things

that you work on. And when you look at a situation in your life and you're like, okay, you have a

situation like how would I imagine myself doing this? You know, and after you move through all of these

flavors, hopefully you have a better idea of who you are, what value you have, what you bring to

the table and you can create something with the wisdom because my thing is a lot of times people say,

oh, she's just old and they want to put older people out to pasture. But actually we're the ones

we have the wisdom. Menopause and a lot of people have said it is just an upgrade. It's an upgrade

and I've already said it. The bucket of buckets is real. When you stop caring about other people

and you can step into your brilliance. But if you listen to others, then you minimize your brilliance.

And this is about lifting you up. So I'm working on that to meet menu. Like I said, I have a

baking book. It's called Carla Bakes, which is coming out in September. And so remember,

I started out. I was into theater. I didn't get into Boston University. For the last five years,

I have been working on my consciousness to bring through a one-woman show.

Tell us about this one woman show. I'm ready to do it. Okay, it's called Carla Hall. Please

underestimate me. Okay, I'm intrigued already. And it is a story of my life. It is a play.

It, there are some flashbacks. I talk about when I was 12 and I wanted to be the black

carapunette. I talk about my challenges at two. I talk about, you know, some other things that

have happened in my life. So you understand who I am and why I am this way. And I take you through

this, but not only that, but I'm hoping that people see themselves in my story how you don't stop.

You keep going. You pivot. You know, there's a fork in the road and you have choices and you take

those choices and there's not a bad choice. You will learn with either path. And so I'm really

excited about that. And I love talking about it because about five years ago, I had the chew

ended when in 2018. So that was seven years ago. And after that, I was like, you know, what am I

going to do? And, you know, about five years ago, I'm like, I really, I really want a variety show.

I mean, carapunette had a variety show. What if I brought back up a variety show? I don't know

who would pay for it, but that would be amazing. No, I was going to realize I was trying to do that.

But then I started saying I really want to do a one woman show. And I started asking people,

I told my agent that I wanted to get me on voiceovers, get me cameo rolls. I got an acting coach.

I mean, my thing is if I say that I want to do something, I don't just say it. I look at

I break down everything I would have to do to change my consciousness to do that thing.

Right? So if you say, hey, I want a car. I want to Mercedes-Benz. And you don't have a car.

You don't need to have Uber on you. You know what? You don't know how to rent a car.

You have work to do on your consciousness. So you have to build it up and you have to dissect

how to get from point A to point FZ or whatever, right? And that's how you manifest.

You don't just manifest by saying you want to do something. That's no, there's no work in that.

That's just talking. No, absolutely. So I'm excited about this one woman show.

But I am really excited about it. When is it going to be ready for people to come attend

or view it? It's an only theater in Old New Maryland, O-L-N-E-Y. And it starts June 6th through

July 12th, unless there's a two-week extension. If there's a two-week extension, it goes until

July 28th. So here I am. My first solo show. It's seven shows a week. It's for six weeks or

eight. So it's it's a proper thing. And I am at the moment just sort of working out trying to

have the stamina and the strength to do it. I've yet to get a voice coach because that's also a

muscle that I have to work on. Again, breaking down what's necessary to be successful.

Look at that. Always evolving. Always getting better, right? Challenging yourself to be the

best version to you. That is Carla Hall summed up. Like I'm I'm coming to the one woman show.

I might just go up there for a week and just go to a show a day because that's what I want to do.

How about that? I would love that. Seriously. And you know what I should do. What?

I should invite and pay for 10 people to join me. What if we do that? What if it's like

Mick and 10 friends are coming. So if you message me one woman show,

you're going to get the chance. I'm going to pick 10 people. And you know,

Robert Irvine's going to have to be one of them. So it's going to be me, Robert,

and 10 other people. So that way it's fair. We're going to come hang out and we're going to come

be a part of this show. I love it. I love it. I'm serious. Yeah, I hear it. I'm bringing in.

So so when it's time send me the information. I'm going to buy 12 tickets.

And me, Robert and 10 people are going to come hang out with Carla Hall and be your biggest

supporters front. I'm going to send it's a small theater. I love I will actually see you.

Um, tickets are already on sale. So I'm going to send you the link. Uh, if you like Carla Hall,

please underestimate me, only theater. It will come up. Oh, I can go. Look, Google exists.

I can find it. If tickets are available, I'm going to buy 10, but I'm going to take a screenshot.

So you see that I actually bought 10 or 12, sorry, 12. So you can see Robert, me and 10 people

are coming to support. So I love it. I love. Thank you. That is huge. I appreciate that.

That's what you mean to me. It's the least I could do with what you've done for for my family.

So thank you. I love that. Thank you. All right. I'm going to get you out of here on my rapid

fire. Okay. Ready? All right. So you said you ran track. What was your event? Um,

880 and the 2 mile relay distance. Oh, say I could miss anything. Anything over 200. I'm

passing out. I don't have the family for that. I have the stamina for that. So you learned to cook.

What was the first dish that you wanted to make when you started chicken pop pie? Yeah, it was

chicken pop pie. All right. The baking book coming out. What's the one recipe in there that's

going to shock people? Oh, um, it is going to be the, um, patissue. So the patissue recipe,

I really worked hard on that recipe so that it is very simple. I think people are going to,

the tricks and techniques that I'm giving you. You will have perfect patissue and it's sort of out

the box. Hmm. All right. Patissue. It is. Patissue. It is. When you were making a meal for

yourself, it's like you've had a long day, a long weekend. It's like I just won't comfort food.

What does Carla hold? Um, eggs, salad and toast. My friends know that they know if I come

to their house out of the blue, they had better have some eggs. Um, I love eggs.

Yeah. Oh, my God. I love scrambled eggs. Dude. Okay. Okay. Time out. Why don't you? Okay.

What, what, what don't you like about eggs? Do you know why you don't like eggs?

Yeah. I don't like, they don't taste like anything to me. Uh, yeah. Salt pepper herbs. What,

what are you even saying? I don't know. They're just like, yeah. Okay. They're eggs. Cool.

Oh, I'm getting in trouble by you and Rob. No, you're not, you're not getting in trouble. I just

want to, I want to make eggs for you. Okay. Yeah. Let's do it. Yeah. Let's do it. I want to make

you a beautiful French omelette that's creamy with herbs and maybe a little goat cheese and,

you know, as nice salad, you know, with some crispy toes, like grilled toes, what?

All right. I'm there. Minus the goat cheese. Okay. I think it'll be any cheese. You want

Chatter? What do you want? What? Let's go to you. We could try to change the Gs. Shall.

Love it. Love it. Last question. One word that Carla Hall would use to describe Carla Hall.

Uh, oh my god. Uh, I was going to say energetic. Okay. And energetic.

And, and I say that because I literally energy and energetic are two different things, but

I'm encompassing both of those.

I know when I walk into a room, I give energy.

When I show up, I send my energy ahead of time to greet me, to meet me, to be with the

people who are there.

When I am tired, I have to call forth energy deep to get through the thing, right?

So when I'm excited, I have a lot of

happy energy.

But so energetic, so energetic, yeah.

Okay.

I like it.

I like it.

Carla, again, thank you so much.

You don't know how my day has been made because of you.

Oh, first of all, let me just tell you this.

You are so welcome.

I am an audio person, so I listen to a lot of audio books.

And when I, secretly, y'all, okay, it's a little judgy, but when someone speaks, I'm like,

oh, I can't listen to their voice in an audio book.

Ooh, I can't listen to that voice.

Your voice, I can listen to.

I love your voice.

Oh, now you're making me blush.

I see you.

You're real, but I see your brush, you're literally blushing.

Your ears are changing.

They are.

They are.

They are.

I like it.

I like it.

Carla, again, thank you.

You mean the world to me, however I can support you, you know, I'm going to, I can't

wait to see you in June and July in Maryland.

It's going to be dope.

Thank you.

That's so generous.

Thank you so much.

You got it.

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