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November 4, 2024 • 14 mins

WONDER WOMAN in the house for the QUEEN'S Halloween bash. Baller booth, amazing venue, low diva quotient. PLUS: It's my birthday and I like a deal made, but not a BIG deal.

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Speaker 1 (00:12):
Okay. So I went to the Heidi Klum party last night.
So I saw Heidi Klum at the Laurel fashion show
in Paris. She was super sweet, so supportive, and when
I got the invite, I think there was a connection
she had just seen me. Unless I'm reading too much
into it, but I think I've been to her party

(00:33):
once before, a long time ago. I don't remember how
I got invited. It was much bigger. I think I
went a share with an ex and it was much
bigger and overwhelming, and I didn't know what to expect.
So I went with my friend Dan and I was
wonder Woman. And I love the costume I chose because
for me, it was comfortable. It wasn't unwieldy, it wasn't

(00:55):
a ton of makeup. I feel like wonder Woman lately,
and I feel like I stuck the landing. I did
original wonder Woman, seventies wonder Woman, Linda Carter wonder Woman,
you know, original makeup, original costume, had it made, took
it seriously, did it within a week and a half.
Two weeks though. It was like a cram, but I
didn't really think about it. It wasn't dramatic. I'm not one

(01:16):
who wants to do seventy five fittings and stress out
about something. I just think the things you think of
kind of towards the last minute and just pull it together.
Always work best, and I do it all myself. Like
the makeup, I had a makeup artist do it, but
I really directed how I wanted it to be done exactly,
and even like right when it was done and the
people around me thought it looked good, I was like, no,

(01:37):
we need to pop this, We need to pop that,
we need to do this, we need to do that.
So I'm getting more and more involved. And I always
dress myself. I never borrow clothing. I only like to
buy or be given. I just I like. I like
styling myself. It's become this sort of creative thing that
you try to figure out for the event, what makes
sense in your life in the moment, like what it means,

(01:59):
and I don't rush, Like I will have an outfit
with tags on it in my closet or a dress
for years, I buy it on sale, it's sitting in
my closet and then the moment arrives where it's perfect.
And if you force something for the wrong event, it's
not perfect, So you got to kind of just trust
the process and so many different types of things you

(02:20):
get invited to dictate what you'll wear. I just went
to a Madman themed wedding, you know, Like I went
to the US Open and wore this cute, like denim
flirty skirt that I've been wanting to wear for long,
like maybe two years. I just like sort of deciding
based on that year, that experience, and who you're going

(02:41):
to see, what you're going to do. So I love Halloween,
but I only love it when you're doing it right,
meaning like the half asked when you go trick or
treating with your kids and just stick on the skeleton
suit or the witch hat. Like I have all that,
and that's fine for the neighborhood, but I always feel
kind of like, make make an effort. I have a
massive Halloween box, so I have a big plastic storage

(03:03):
bin that all costumes are separated by zip block bags,
and then I have wigs separated by zip block bags, accessories,
jewelries separated, shoes separated, and I just edited it today
thinking that it was already organized because I've organized it,
but now I went through every single costume taking it
out of its bag. Looking at it, does it look cheap?

(03:24):
Is the wig grows? Is it too ratty? And I
just threw out one giant, entire bin of old Halloween stuff.
It felt so good. So I also like to purge
holiday stuff, not just like normal clothes. I'm constantly refreshing
and purging and organizing, and today was a day that
I did that for Halloween and it felt so good.
It's just nice to go back and like, no, you

(03:46):
have all good things. Or if your kids coming over
with their friends, like you have a costume for them.
I don't know. I like being that mom that my
daughter comes over with her friend and looks through the
costume bin and chooses something. So that was a big
task today. But back to the party. So it's Heidi
Klum's party. She came with her life partner. I don't

(04:06):
know if they're actually married, but as like Et, like
aliens like Et and missus Et, and it was so
amazing and the eyes were real and like she goes
all the way in, like she goes eyeballs deep in
the costume and that's a commitment and she really really
owns Halloween. And her party is iconic and it's a brand,

(04:29):
and it's every year, and this year it was at
the hard Rock Hotel in New York City, which was
like New York Times Square, and I didn't know there
was a hard Rock hotel in New York City. And
all I could tell you is this venue was amazing.
It wasn't gigantic. It was a reasonably sized venue that
had like velvet booths, banquettes, and it felt special. It

(04:54):
felt adult. It didn't feel cheesy. It didn't feel like
young kids doing drugs, didn't feel like too celebrity. There
were celebrities, but it wasn't like a powerhouse a list
with security group. It was like, you know, it was
like me and Mario Canton and Nicole Scherzinger, like a
kid from outer Banks, like what's his name? Stokes? Is

(05:16):
it Chase Stokes? Like great celebrities, but it just was eclectic.
And Heidi Klum is obviously a big celebrity, but it
just wasn't giving diva. It was giving like people that
came and wanted to have fun, but not out of control.
Sometimes Halloween can be a little scary, like it gets
a little freaky and everyone's wearing costumes and you feel
a little dark, and you just feel like it just
gets overwhelming. It's too crowded. You drink, you feel like

(05:39):
you can't breathe, like you're suffocating your costume. Someone's on
top of you, poking you with an angel wing. It
wasn't like that. I call it alchemy. There was an
alchemy that was great in the room. The DJ was
a ten, the venue was a ten, the energy was
a ten. I was just hanging out with Randos. I
had a really great booth. I had like the best
booth in the place besides Tidi Klum like. I had
a corner but mac Daddy like, I'm Madonna. Booth like.

(06:04):
It was legit, and you know, they gave us beautiful cocktails.
But as someone who had been given this ball or
booth like, I participated in the party. If that makes
any sense. I posted on social media. I tagged Heidi.
I invited other people over to my booth. Mario Cantone,
who is the guy from Sex and City, the funny
you know, gay guy who's Charlotte's best friend, who's in

(06:24):
and just like that, I invited him over with his
husband of thirty four years and they ended up hanging
out like I felt like I was being hospitable, if
that makes any sense. Jonathan Cheban came and I haven't
seen him for years. He said we should do a
food video. I invited him to sit with me. Like
it was a nice experience. I really it was a
really nice experience. And it was very like I said,

(06:44):
adult DJ was amazing, the dancing was amazing, but you
just didn't feel like a fucking hot mess at one
o'clock in the morning. But you just felt like, Okay,
the music's changing and it's time, and it's I am
a person that knows when to leave a party. Like
you just kind of it gets repeent, like you're on
a loop. You've done it, You've danced to it, it's
been amazing, You've talked to people, you went to the

(07:05):
dance floor, you came back, you had a drink, you
had another drink, you took pictures, you did video whatever,
you hung with your friends, you had good conversations, and
then like it starts all over again. You're like, Okay,
we're on a loop. Like we did it. Let's leave
a party at its peak. Let's leave a party at
its peak. So I am grateful to have been invited

(07:35):
I would definitely go next year. I just think it.
She personifies Halloween, and I think that, like everything else,
every year, people perfect their stuffing recipe, their Thanksgiving, their
birthday party. Every year, she's perfected this party. I've been before,
and I feel like I think it was Bronson van
Wick who planned it. There's no food there. They had
butter fingers on the table. Who's a sponsor? Good alcohol

(07:57):
per No Recard was the sponsor, and like that's all
you needed. We had cocktails, we had good music. It
started at nine. Also, also I got there, I have
to say, like nine to twenty five. I knew it
was at nine. We're sort of like Losory. We're gonna
be on the front end of people getting there, you
know what. Good for us because I don't want to
get there at ten thirty in jockey for position. We

(08:17):
got there early. We got a great table. I tipped
the people that helped us at our table because I
think that's important. And like pigs get fat and hogs
get slaughtered, I don't need to roll in there at
ten fifteen, waiting at home for what I'm gonna do
and looking to like look cool when I get there.
None of that was important to me. It's important to
me is good real estate. So even if I wasn't
graciously given a beautiful table, I could have found a

(08:39):
corner and found a chair and made my own real estate.
I'll always figure it out. I'm that bitch. So we
got there early, early bird gets the booth. I was happy.
It was wonderful. Halloween went off without a hitch. Everybody
thought it looked exactly like Linda Carter, like I overshot
the mark. I just wanted to look good. I had
an original seventies costume, like it was a replica. Thank

(09:01):
you Garro and his beautiful assistant, Like, I overshot the
mark because I took the wig and the detail in
the makeup so seriously. So I'm feeling myself. I was
feeling myself. It was great. But people are like, oh
my god, you actually are a wonder woman, Like this
is not a costume and you are Linda Carter. People
were messaging me that they showed their daughters like the

(09:22):
original and me and like, oh my god, it's the
same person. So that was amazing. And when you stick,
I've had expensive costumes that haven't landed. I had someone
do a costume for me that was like supposed to
be Barbie, and I ended up looking like Anna Nicole
Smith like back in that day. And I've had supposed
to be sharing. It doesn't land, and it sucks when
it doesn't land because someone has to do the makeup perfectly.

(09:43):
It all has to come together. Don't go. If you go,
go or stay home, like do it or don't. Don't
try to accomplish something you can't get done. Don't bite
off more than you could chew. Do something cute and
creative and be simple because often the best costumes are simple.
But don't like go in it's like too hard a recipe,
and then you can't do it, and then you get
in the middle and you suck. I've sucked my Hello
Kitty sucked, my Share sucked, My Barbie sucked. My Marilyn

(10:07):
Monroe crushed eight. I would say this is my Marilyn
Monroe are the two best of my entire life. So
that was good. So I already know what I'm gonna
be next year. You're welcome. Great time had by all.
Thank you so much, Heidi and crew. Let's talk about birthdays. Okay,
it is my birthday, it is my mother's birthday. My

(10:30):
mother passed away. I was born on her twentieth birthday.
That has always been triggering for me. It has always
been a weird day. I got sick every year of
my life on my birthday. I would throw up or
come down with something. I would be locked in my room.
I couldn't get out. I was a disaster my whole year.
On my birthday, I had a nervous breakdown on television
when I there was a surprise party for my birthday.
I don't do well. I'm off to a good start.

(10:51):
It's a ready lunchtime and I'm off to a decent start.
I have been getting better, and I think my mother
passing away has helped me to release something. Knowing that
she existed on this earth and that I was born
on her twentieth birthday on a cellular level affected me.
Knowing that we didn't have a relationship, We didn't speak,
but she was like there and it was her birthday
and she alone, and what's it like and I and

(11:13):
somehow going back to my childhood and thinking about all
my birthdays and what it must have been like to
have me on her twentieth birthday, and hearing that she
never wanted to have me for my stepfather any chance
he's gotten to tell me. It just is a triggering day.
And I am so narcissistic about it because like I
don't want it, but then if I don't get it,
I feel left out, Like I don't want a big

(11:36):
deal to be made, but I want a deal to
be made, so I want you to do something for me,
but I don't want you to do too much, and
I don't want the big singing at the table. I'll
have a panic attack, but I don't want no one
to notice it. And I want cake but I don't.
It's a nightmare, Like I don't know if you're like that,
but on the goldilocks of my birthday, I cannot get
the fucking temperature right. And I've been better. And I
don't set myself up for disaster by planning some over

(11:57):
the top crazy thing on the actual day, because I'll
have a meltdown, nervous breakdown, and then I like, well,
it'll be too much. What I do is I plan nothing,
and then like literally on the day of, which is
what I'm doing today, I'll throw it together and I'll
end up being a great dinner of like fourteen people
but it'll be like I'll have a core group of
a couple of people I want to see, make sure
I'm with my daughter, if I'm in a relationship, and

(12:18):
then I start layering in people. It could be people
that work for me at my house. It could be
an assistant, It could be a makeup person. It could
be a rando I saw yesterday. It could be an
old friend I just started speaking to. I throw it together.
It doesn't have to mean a lot, and everybody has
to know. It's a hodgepodge and it's a bunch of stragglers,
and everyone's going to be a good person and you're
going to have a good time, and that's it. No expectations,

(12:39):
good food. Let's say it happened and keep it fucking moving.
I always get nice flowers. People make a big deal.
I'm very grateful. I'm terrible at remembering other people's birthdays.
I hate when people remember mine because I always forget
everyone else's, and when they remember mine, I start to
feel self conscious about Oh my god, David was Song
remembers my birthday every year, and I've never once remembered

(12:59):
his because I don't even know what his is. And
now it's been so many years of him remembering mine.
I don't want to ask him what his is. Chuck Sodano,
same thing. I suck at that. I suck at remembering
if it's your birthday, whether you're my best friend or
anyone except for my child, I suck. So I will
remember it the week before and I'll send a gift,
But then I'll fucking forget on the day to text
you because I never know what day it is. So

(13:21):
that sucks too. So I suck at that, and I'm
really sorry, and I get self conscious. So happy birthday
to all of you. I will forget your birthday. I
am sorry. I care, I do it in different ways.
I'm not perfect. So I love you guys. Happy birthday
to you and to me. Bye.
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