Scheananigans with Scheana Shay - Mercedes "MJ" Javid

Episode Date: September 4, 2018

Mercedes “MJ” Javis from Shahs of Sunset gets into some Scheananigans talking about married life, sarcasm leading to arguments on the show, trying to be real with her fellow cast mates, and what lies in store this season. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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And now, here's your host, Sheena Shea. Hello, everyone. Welcome back. Today, we have a good friend of mine sitting next to me. Yay. The gorgeous Mercedes MJ from Shaws of Sunset. Thank you. How are you?

Finally, right? Finally. Congratulations. Thank you. On this show. Yeah. I love it. I love doing it.

Yeah. And I love that you're here. Thank you for having me. Yes. So what are we going to talk about? All right. Well. Like, what's the vibe?

We're going to get into some shenanigans. See what I did there? That's a double entendre. We're going to, yeah some shenanigans. See what I did there? That's a double entendre. We're going to, yeah. Shaw. Uh-huh. Nanigans. Isn't that your show?

Yeah. Shana Nanigans. It's spelled with my name. Shana Nanigans. I just met your amazing parents. Yes. And I already met him on Instagram. Yes.

So do you have like a big football background? Yeah. My family loves football. We've been Charger fans ever football background? Yeah. My family loves football. We've been Charger fans ever since I can remember. That was so cute. Yeah. Did you guys turn up? I was on a Z-Pack this past weekend.

So I was the sober one. My dad always turns up. And people let you get away with it? Like, oh, I'm on antibiotics, so it's just better and there's no pressure? Yeah, sometimes. Or I'll just say like, oh, I drove like, my car is blacked out and, like, it already is, like, a cop magnet. So if I'm like, oh, I'm on antibiotics and I drove, like, usually people don't give me

shit. Because I want to. Or you just fake drink. Yeah. See, I don't know if I can fake drink. Where are you going to pour it out? No, no. Like, you just get a Sprite and you tell people it's a vodka soda.

No one's going to sip your drink. No, but if you go, so if we are, this is the thing I get peer pressure cause I don't like to drink as much at all anymore. So people are like, you're still going to have a drink. Like there's so much drinking peer pressure. So in our setting, I can't go to the bar and come back and say it's a vodka soda. If we're at. Oh. And they're like pouring wine or champagne. Yeah. Like, let's just make a toast. And then there's the, so there's things being ordered. Mm-hmm.

Learn how to say no, MJ. I mean, I do. I'm just kind of. No, trust me. I have that group of friends as well where this summer I just decided to stop being Sheena with a stick up her ass. And I just kind of let loose. And I was like, sure, I'll drink that sugary shot.

Yeah, pour me another glass of wine. Ooh, champagne, cheers, all this shit that I never drink. Because you usually be brought to soda. Yeah, Tito's, soda, lemon. That's my shit. And there should be no pressure ever. We should do whatever we want. No, totally. But sometimes it's easier to

just give in and have fun. The sugar ones might make you drunk because it has sugar, but then it's a headache too. Yeah, I don't like being hungover. I haven't been hungover in years since I switched what I drink. Never hungover. Yeah, me too. And I'm actually surprised with the amount of wine I've consumed in the past month after our girls' trip to Solvang. I still haven't been hungover. I had a date last weekend. We had a couple amount of wine I've consumed in the past month after our girl's trip to Solvang, I still haven't been hungover.

I had a date last weekend. We had a couple bottles of wine. Woke up the next day. Flew to Vegas. Wasn't hungover. Great. The Dutch town. In Santa Barbara.

Yeah. Danish. People don't know. Danish. Yeah. People don't know. I thought it was Dutch, too. It was Danish.

Okay. Yeah. All right. Yeah. I haven't been there in 10 years. It's such a cute little town. I hadn't been there since I went with my family last time when I was like a teenager. So I hadn't been as an adult.

But now we are. We did a nice little girls trip. We took the PJ. Lala's boyfriend fueled up the jet for us. Oh, yeah. They're going strong. Yes. They're getting engaged soon?

I mean, I would see that in the future. I don't see them ever not together. They're such a great match. Yeah. They look really cute. Yeah. She loves on him a lot. Yes.

And I haven't met him, but I hear he's really nice. Oh, my God. You'll fall in love. Like, not in love, but like, he is amazing. Like, don't worry, Tommy. You're safe. Exactly. But no, I love Randall.

He's just so much fun. We just went. He invited my best friend, Adam, and I to this event at Dodger Stadium last week. He was playing in a poker tournament for Kershaw's Challenge. Okay. And they had, it's like an annual ping pong tournament they do every year, but I guess they added a poker element to it. Nice.

And so we're there, and Adam was literally like a kid at Disneyland for the first time. He's the biggest Dodgers fan. And the whole thing was set up on Dodger Field. Like, in the stadium. They're playing poker on home plate. We're walking through the outfield. He met every single Dodgers player. It was like Matthew McConaughey, Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis.

They're, like, joking around with us. And he met Bryan Cranston, his acting idol. Got to meet him. It was so cool so he has no connections whatsoever no none no he's like he's it sucks hanging out with him like our dinners at craigs are just like i heard you like southwest better than private yeah obviously you know i'm a list on southwest so for sure forever lifer yes so wait let me see i know i've You know, I'm A-list on Southwest, so. For sure. Forever. Lifer. Yes.

So, wait. Ooh, let me see. I know I've seen it before, but. Thank you. So sparkly. Your nails look bomb. The ring is gorge. The lady, my girl, Amy, who I will never, no one else can touch my hands.

Every time she's like, yours sparkles the most. Aww. I'm like, you probably see a million. Wait, where do you get your nails done? Only Butter Nails on Sunset. Only. And only Amy. Is it called only Butter Nails? million. Wait, where do you get your nails done? Only butter nails on sunset. Only. And only Amy. Is it called only butter nails or is it just called butter nails?

Butter. See, nothing on the bottom. Like, I also. See, I know. I hate that. I won't. I know. I won't.

And I'm like, can you drill, like, under? Like, can you make it in there? She changes the lid thing, the tip, and makes it the pointy thing. But no, dude. I just get them full set whenever it grows to you know show is she like you have to like go like three weeks like make an appointment ahead of time no oh because my guy chan it's like so hard to get in with them sometimes and then he's been bouncing around and like i'm like you're too far no mine only takes one day off a week which is actually bad

because she has two kids but she's married yeah i think she's the breadwinner in the family okay and then i always take really good care of her but no you can make an appointment in less time than you're gonna you're in good shape you can go to yeah no I just um I just started going there's this place um in Marina that's right by me oh yeah I thought I moved to the west side what made you do the west sider is that the guy from who you went to Hawaii with? No. No, no. Robbie, we're just friends. Okay. And yeah. So what took you to Marina?

So when I moved to Vegas, I had the dopest condo. Like, it was so nice. And then every week, I would fly back to do my podcast here. And every time I went to my old apartment, I was just like, this is not – like, I don't want to come back to this after living in such a nice place in Vegas. And I would stay with Robbie or Adam, like my guy friends on the West side, I would stay with them a lot. And after just waking up in Venice and being able to walk to the beach and walk to the pier, I'm like, I think I might make the move when I get back from

Vegas. And one of the times I flew back, my mom and I went and looked at this building that I'm in now it was the seventh unit we looked at there and I was just like this is the one this is it and so is it the same price point no it's twice as much as my old place okay but it's worth it it's so worth it like it's on the water I get to just wake up and look at boats I feel like I'm on vacation every day. My deck is like the size of this entire office. No, it's such a lifestyle. And like, so my friend Destiny, who's also like you've met a couple years now.

She was, you know, working out like to be like full on and now she's full time with us. And she lives there and it's a lifestyle. She's in Marina? Yes. Oh. So maybe the three of us will yes so i'm jealous of you guys because you have bicycles you have on foot like you do everything birds and limes yeah seagulls sand and i would just i mean for me it's i'm in laurel

canyon so yeah all right yeah i was meaning birds like the scooter but there are bird animals there as well those motorized things yeah did you hear that people are taking them and destroying them? Oh, I know. There's like a bird graveyard like Instagram. Well, people have birds here. Yeah, it's like a thing. Now they're, yeah, they got banned from Beverly Hills. I guess they just got banned from Santa Monica.

Oh, yeah. But they're still in West Hollywood. They're still in Venice and they're still in Marina. I want to actually be on one. Like, I've never taken one. They're so fun. Because they're motorized. Yeah yeah they go 16 miles per hour i thought at first when i saw them for a while i thought that you were like had to like flint like yeah yeah no no you just stand on it and you just

hold it down and zoom that's so cute so fun so here atanigans, I like to start with a game. Okay. I actually forgot to play a game when Gigi was here. Last week? Yeah. She wanted me to say hi and let's do Voda soon. Oh. But like.

Okay. But now I think I want to go to a different place because that place smells like fish. Did you listen to that podcast? No. Oh. No, I haven't. Okay. But I will.

Yeah. I wasn't sure if it aired yet. Yes. Like you'll have to tell me when. Oh. No, I haven't. Okay. But I will. Yeah. I wasn't sure if it aired yet. Yes. Like, you'll have to tell me when it does. No, it did. Like, when ours does. Oh, yeah. This will be next week.

Okay. So there we go. So then it just barely did. The Russian guys that are the Russians and the Armenians that hang out there. Yes. I feel like they're part of, like, a club. And it's like Voda is a private club and we're just like barging in on their.

Oh, totally. You know, I feel so out of place when I'm there. So I always just like go with my little group and then they like feed each other with like giant leaves and there's sweats all over the place. Yeah. Tiny little sauna. And I'm like, no, it's okay. Yeah.

I went last week after, um, after here I went, got a massage and did the whole thing. Does it ever smell like seafood soup when you walk in and it's two conflicting scents? It does sometimes. When I go, I got their moisturizer and then there's a combination of someone just ordered seafood both at the same time. That doesn't sound appetizing or like fresh. I mean, I'm sure it's good. I've never had that experience.

That's amazing. You know Justin Bieber goes there? I know. And so was, I think, was he there last time? Someone really Bieber-ish was there. I've been there the same day he was there, but he was like in a massage when I was like in the pool and then I never saw him.

I went with Craig and Brandon and they saw someone like that was either him or, you know, whatever. I mean, he's a child, but I'm sure you could – someone else could. You're single. He's engaged now. Whatever. Whatever. When you have like – when you travel in a pack of three, I just think a lot of that stuff is too bad. Yeah. You know? Like they were in that jacuzzi shot and then someone was there to take the picture. Yeah. you travel in a pack of three i just think a lot of that stuff is too bad yeah you know uh-huh like

they were in that jacuzzi shot and then someone was there to take the picture yeah contrived uh-huh all right have you played heads up oh this one this one yeah i'm gonna be really bad at it but i'll do my best okay so no i don't play it regularly i know what it is sometimes it's fun to play with people who are bad okay I'm sure I've played with some people who are like really good and then some people who are really bad so I'm gonna be I might be the really bad bad not the good we're gonna find out

entertaining bad okay um so I will let you describe first okay I have to describe what is on your yes without saying the word and I have to guess oh okay okay okay screen yes without saying the word and i have to guess oh okay okay okay oh so that's pretty good for me and then we're switching am i gonna even know the category okay yes three two one okay he smokes pot he's really hot snoop dogg oh

no he's really hot he co-hosted the oscars with that girl that everybody hates anne hathaway oh they bombed um he's. He's like in every movie. He's like super hot. He has like a boomer. Chris Pratt. Who's really hot? James Franco. Oh, oh shit.

And he smokes a lot of pot. Yeah, okay. I really wouldn't have been able to say anything else about him. Yeah. Okay. This is something that girls get in their tits if they want them to be bigger. Silicone. Or implants.

There you go. This is a website that's not Tinder or Bumble, but it's one of those sites. Grindr. It's not for gay people that think it's straight. Well, it might. It's, keep guessing, other ones. Match. It's not match.

Oh, Hitch? It rhymes with stupid. What? Okay, Cupid. Oh, I don't know. Single and I don't know any of these things. This is something you would get at a bar. It comes in a triangle glass.

Like you have these at... Martini. Yes. This is the tattoo that people get at the small of their back. Tramp stamp. Yes. I have one. Still?

Still. Is it a butterfly? Yeah. Oh, my God. No, it's a fairy. Oh, okay. Close enough. No.

It's different. I, okay. Close enough. No. It's different. I was 18. All right. So, now it's my turn to describe and your turn to guess. Oh, wait, wait, wait. Do I have to hold it then? Mm-hmm. Right?

Okay. Jesus Christ. All right. I'm really for sure going to suck at this. Okay. We're going to see. So, if you don't know it, toss it back. If you get it right, go forward.

Right now? We're good then. Okay. She's married to Ashton Kut back. If you get it right, go forward. Right now? We're good then. Okay. She's married to Ashton Kutcher. That's a new show. Mila Kunis. Uh-huh. What are you getting?

Like a tuck? Botox? No, a tuck. A neck lift. Yeah. A neck lift. Yes. Face lift.

Pirates of the Caribbean. Johnny Depp? Yep. Okay. High School Musical. Oh, God. That guy? Zach? Neighbors. Yeah. Is that his name? Yep. Okay. High School Musical. Oh, God. That guy? Zach?

Neighbors, yeah. Is that his name? Zac Efron, yeah. You got it. Okay. Thank you. Big Ass Anaconda. Dick?

No, the chick who sings the Anaconda. Oh, Nicki Minaj? Yes. Okay. Champagne. Boom! What are we doing? Popping bottles?

Yes. It's a deodorant. It's a... Secret? Um, no. Men's deodorant. It's red. There's these, like, commercials with the guy, like, on the boat and...

Old Spice. Yes. Um, this is what you play in Vegas. Chimps. Oh, slots. Yes. Um, she... Ugh, I don't have time to describe.

Who was it? Amanda Bynes. Oh, the crazy girl with the blonde hair at the Dream Hotel. Poor thing. Oh, that's how you would describe her? Yeah. Well, that's where she was at the period when she was wearing those really bad wigs. Right.

Needed a lot of help. Yeah. So I definitely won a prize. Yeah. You won, but also I described really good. No, I think for both help. Yeah. So I definitely won a prize. Yeah. You won but also I described really good. No I think for both sides. Yes. Like for both games I just won a prize because I

want one. I feel like I won one for being able to participate in a meaningful way. Yes. That was good. You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to take this home and make my husband play with me with this game. Yeah you just download it on your phone. It's called Heads Up. I think I have it on my phone yeah scary it's great um but yeah all right amanda binds is doing well yes we hope so in life so how are you how's married life it's actually good we are like

we have productive arguments um someone was asking me earlier and I was just daydreaming that like he actually listens after we have a fight. So if it was, I mean, you've been married, you know what it's like. Yep. So if you fight over this bottle cap and you want him to put the bottle cap over here instead of leaving it here, he's actually picking it up and putting it in like where I want. So I think that my friend is the best thing I could say about married life right now bottle caps like trash cans bottle caps like anything

simple we can like we can get into a fight over nothing yeah and like the seriously the most genuine answer about being married and what's changed in the last four months is that like we are more romantic we're excited about like that we tied the knot oh yeah and like we're better and like just happier so that's really yeah it's nice i mean i'm superstitious like tomorrow like we'll file for divorce no don't say that of course not no how long have you guys been together no four years oh wow yeah it was good it was easy yeah it was like um one of those insta relationships but like i ghosted him in the beginning i totally had control i'd never questioned whether he liked me or not i was 100 like independent. And then gradually, the more I fell for him, then the more...

Well, he already knew way before me. And then I just knew that he wasn't going anywhere. Yeah. So I'm not really good at giving people advice on why he isn't calling back. I can tell you what to do not to seem desperate. But when men aren't... So now that you're single, do you have a thing where you meet someone and like you think it was a hit and then it was a miss like are there a lot of no no people like calling each other back like you're

not calling them they're calling you or there's been a couple one in particular who i can think of where it was like he was the one who was like, where are we going for like our mutual friend's birthday, which is in like November? And like, when are we going to this place? And I don't want to say too much because then people will figure out which person it is. Right. But then it was just like too much in advance. Yeah. But like this was all him.

And then like we're in L.A. We live close to each other. And then it was just like just didn't hear from him. And then I like hit him up one night and I was like, hey, I'm like, I'm not like go out with the girls in Santa Monica. Like you want to bring your boys? And he's like, yeah, for sure. Sounds good. Like we're going to go here.

And I was like, oh, dope. Where's that at? I've never heard from him again. It was just like so it was just so weird. And I'm like, you know, i don't first of all i don't need to try no i'm good so i haven't talked to him again and yeah so does that do you think that happens to people in general a lot like because right now i'm completely out of the loop on single yeah in la i think people need to lower their expectations of other people

because if you set your standards low you you're not going to be disappointed. If you have high standards for people, it's just going to lead to hurt feelings and disappointment, I think. So I really – it's sad, but after everything I've been through, I really expect very little from people and I'm pleasantly surprised. Because I don't – I think it's a mistake when people are clearly choosing out of each other's league. Yeah. So I have a friend who is always shooting for someone who's completely unattainable. And I'm like, if that's where your baseline is for like a man, then how are you going

to ever be happy? Because I don't think Brad Pitt is like going to knock on your door tomorrow morning. No, I have some friends like that too. It's like you got to kind of know where you stand. Yes. And then the other thing is, well, my other question for single people. Oh, where do you meet them? Where these days?

See, I am not on any dating apps, nor will I ever be. Not even? Nope. Raya? No. None of them. You will never. If you guys see me on any of these dating apps, it is not be not even nope Raya no none of them you will never if you guys see me on any of these dating apps it is not me it is a fake profile I refuse I like meeting people the old-fashioned way whether it's just in person out which actually hasn't really even happened it's been mostly all like mutual friends like a friend introduces me to this person or we'll all be at an event and then I meet this person or whatever.

But yeah, it's usually through someone I already know. That's ideal. Yeah. Because then you'll find out more about their history. Right. And you'll know like if they're married or if they're in a relationship. Yeah. Or I just, you know, go through people who the bachelorettes don't choose and then I

just go out with them instead. But those are like personal trainers. Hey, I'm not looking to get another husband, okay? Well, no. You can have a good husband. No. It's been a lot of hanging bangs this summer. Okay.

Well, that's what summer's for. You know? Exactly. May to September romances. Yeah. But I don't know. May to September romances. Yeah, but I don't know. Stay tuned, people. Stay tuned. I for sure will. Single

Sheena's starting to slow down. Slow my roll. Yeah, well why? I thought you just said you don't want to get married. No, I don't want to get married again, but maybe there's just one person who has my interest right now. Oh, okay and you might be listening maybe i'm just slowing my roll yeah maybe you are maybe next week that'll change and

i'm not in any way suggesting that you are not slowing your roll for this one particular maybe person yeah it's just it's um anyway so how did we meet you and i yeah um i don't know right now is it through gg maybe no definitely not that was my first question i'm like how did we meet because i've known you for like six years now i feel like yeah i don't remember how i met people should know that we actually hang out and there's no camera or anything like this no oh my god remember that time i saw you at pump and we had the exact same sunglasses on? Yes. We got them from the same place. Which I still have them

but they're scratched because I'm bad with keeping them. But I know that you've retired them. I don't know where they are. I think in one of my moves. You might have lost them but you wouldn't wear them anyway. I mean they were, were they Chloe? Yeah. So if you want them you might have to buff out the scratch on the front.

Okay. Kick him down. Perfect. No, I know that we probably met just in like living in West Hollywood and being friendly to each other when we met. Yeah. I think we had a like a natural chemistry conversationally. And that's how like for Oh, it could have also been like bread when we were both

in new york remember that katie you and me yeah at the top so it was like we might have already known of each other events and stuff could have been because we flew back together we did and then we shared a cab yeah oh my god we were on insta live i remember that periscope oh it was periscope yeah there was no insta live then that's no it was it was Periscope. Yeah. There was no Insta Live then. No. It was Periscope. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. That's really funny. Long time ago.

That was a good time. Okay. So, as I told you, Gigi was just here recently, and you were saying she wants to do a spa day. So, what's the deal with you guys? Because I feel like maybe you'll say one thing and she says another. Well, this is the thing. When we had every intention to build back our relationship, we definitely drifted apart. She wasn't happy that I didn't approve of Shalom, but I was being honest and I was being

protective. And I think that is exactly what someone should do for their friend. So when I said, I think he's thirsty and I don't like him, then that was one thing that put a rift between the two of us. And that explains why we kind of drifted apart for about a year. And then of course there was that time where she was like, you know, you were right, but I did hold it against you. So like if she she's around him i wouldn't want to be like going out with there's like a little social thing that was just those two and it was a really volatile one so then once he was out of the picture like because she and i feel like we always try both of us so sometimes one of us more

than the other now right before like it was around her birthday last year. So I was like, you know, I know that sometimes I've prioritized other things, like not like I've faded out of like going out so much because Tommy has become more of like, you know, you're in a relationship, you're an engaged woman, you're going to be married. Like you can't be like going out to places with these guys as much as before. So I did still want to make an effort to be close with her, and we would have one-on-one time. So cut to the first time that we got into an argument, which I said to her, you have no values, as a joke, being sarcastic. Because I was also being sarcastic saying, wait, I need permission to sleep because this was the root of the argument.

Big bear. Yeah, big bear. I said like, oh my God, if I'm going to share a bet with you, Reza, I need to ask my husband if it's okay. Obviously, that was a sarcastic joke. Right. And then she was like, what? You need to get permission?

She's like, I wouldn't feel like I need to get permission. I was like, that's because you have no permission? She's like, I wouldn't feel like I need to get permission. I was like, that's because you have no values. And she thought I was serious again. So she went to bed holding on to this like it was a dig. But like both of those times I was being sarcastic. And I think that because we weren't like this spending like inseparable. At the time, yeah. It was more of a dig instead of like a joke.

It must have been just like she's defensive and I didn't in any way want to. Like I wanted the opposite. I wanted us to build. So the next morning she went in for me and like for me and Tommy, which I was offended for Tommy. I was like, do not come and insult my man and say something that's going to make him feel slighted. Because then, of course, I'm going to make sure that Tommy feels protected. So that's when she did that and said that. I actually said to her this week, I was like, you know, I was really, really deeply hurt by

that comment because I just felt like it came from such a dark, dirty place. And I think I was like, I don't think that she realized the impact of what she did because she thought it was like could have been something I could have laughed off. And if you think about it, I could have easily laughed that off just as much as she could have. When she said, how does Tommy feel knowing that like your maid of honor is someone you slept with? Exactly. So and she and Mike know that. For those who didn't see the episode. Exactly.

So she and Mike know that that was just a joke between us. It's like an old joke seven years ago. But she still doesn't take it back. I don't think I've ever been like, oh, you need to take it back. I've heard her and Mike say we know that she – like when we watch What Happens Live, they were like, we don't think that they ever did. It was just like one of those stupid things that people talk about for 10 years. stupid things that people talk about for 10 years. So I don't need, I mean, I think that we've both said to each other that we, I mean, even like since her podcast, sitting down with you, um, I've, I've said like, I really want us to spend enough time together that we won't be

defensive or think that one of us is trying to go in for the other because we really do not i mean we travel together so much like just the two of us nobody else we have the best times together so i know i have the best times with both of you yeah so that's the answer the answer is that um i don't think that we intended to like bump butt heads and that like we're i think we're gonna be okay i hope so because i like hanging out with both of you yeah and i and i'm i can never pick i'm always gonna be switzerland right like when i'm watching the show i'm like i know better than anyone that it was months ago i mean obviously like that one party she called it the valentine's day massacre i know like it's like so you know this is february and now we're in august so time It was months ago. I mean, obviously, like, that one party, she called it the Valentine's Day Massacre. I know.

Like, it's like, so you know this is February and now we're in August. So time has passed. But, yeah, you know, my side of that was like. I want to hear it. Okay, so. Because you invited a couple people there who you knew would upset her. I actually didn't think that that girl was going to upset her because. Her sister or Shalom's ex-wife?

Oh, her sister or shalom's ex-wife oh her sister oh yeah i didn't see you never know with them because they're like always like one day they're like hanging out together and the next day they're like don't talk to my sister um but i i cannot be faulted for i'm she introduced me to her sister and we became friends same and we always hang out like yeah like you know she invites her to things yeah like you and i have been out together at events like at graystone manor there's always like an event there and like i'm like wait a minute i i told your sister she couldn't come because you and like she's like oh i invited her she's here i'm like okay well then why am i being yeah like why am i being told like every day there's a different rule so that's that yeah but then the ex was like a long

time ago it wasn't like dorani purple oh i thought it was her no because they never showed her or if they did i didn't know who she was no they didn't show the girl and this was from ancient history okay i didn't know nothing to do so i mean there i would have thought that it would have affected her zero zero right so i mean that's what that was if i really wanted to you know like if i really wanted to be asked where i was in my head that night it was like um my dad's in the hospital add some alcohol and put you know put us out in a party and like we became mischievous because she was running around trying to um like what do you call it perpetuate the bullshit and the hate and the shade from the whole like reza dick stuff like which was

like what she was actually doing so reza was like do you know what's going on right now behind your back right here at this party that you threw and invited her and Reza was like, do you know what's going on right now behind your back right here at this party that you threw and invited her? And I was like, I haven't even spoken to her. I'm so mad at her because of what she said at Big Bear that two weeks later, I'm pissed at her. So I didn't feel like I was thinking about her because I had so many bigger life events going on. When I found out that she was still

talking shit, that's when I felt like, you know what? Fuck you. Like really fuck off. Like don't fuck with me right now. Like, because especially like when certain things make you react more, like going through a crisis is going to have, for me, makes me not have a a lot of patience for bullshit because i'm already like making you know a lot of other important things so it was like so trifling and insignificant that like some like for me i was like if this is what you wake up and think about compare it to what i have to wake up and deal with and go to bed with so it was just there was no it was mischief that's it for my end watching that scene with you and her sitting down and you're like really like pouring your heart out and you're like are you in or are you out like do you want to like have my back or

like not and then when she just started laughing i was like please tell me that was editing like it was like it wasn't and like she said that it was such a long conversation that like, she didn't know what you were saying. Like you were saying this thing and then you were saying that. And it was just like, she was like, what are we talking about here? We, it was not, it was a long, awkward pause, which was captured. And as soon as I said everything that I said, it was shown. And then she couldn't follow because she was lit as fuck.

She was smoking a lot and drinking a lot. You've, again, well documented that she was drinking bourbon or gin or whatever it is. And then, and she's smoking. And so she was just, that was her reaction. And I was like, I'm glad that I reacted that way in the moment because I was like, really? You're going to laugh? Then fuck this. And I got up and left. And I'm happy that I reacted that way in the moment because I was like, really? You're going to laugh? Then fuck this. And I got up and left and I'm happy that I reacted fairly.

That's the exact way I would have reacted as well. I was shocked when I was watching. I was like, hold on. I like rewound it. I'm like, did I miss something? Sometimes I'll be on my phone when I'm watching TV and then I look up and I'm like, wait, what happened? Me too. And so I like rewound it and I was like, no, she's just laughing. I was like, that just, it was so inappropriate to so the laugh of all reactions you could have with everything you were saying about your dad and what you're going through so so like to me the bottom line is she was victiming out like totally acting like a victim

it was just bullshit like and like you said it was a long time ago and i mean she can say she could have sat here and said that we're not good you're asking me it's fine yeah like we'll be it's not it's not that she said like you guys aren't good i think you guys have like that sister friendship where you're always gonna be good like you're like ride or die but you can like go at each other's throats dysfunctional i think she just felt that some of the things you did or the people you invited was just shady whatever is i think the word she's your sister but you know i know and that was the thing i was telling her i was like yeah when at my wedding she like called me like week of the wedding and was like i'm not sitting at the same table as my sister like you need to move her to a different table and i'm like

anyone who's been married and there's been 300 people at a wedding and there's a seating chart it's not really easy to just move even one person to a different table to then take that other one person to put them at that table but i was like i don't need drama at my wedding there was enough with my group of friends i didn't need their drama too exactly yeah and i actually told leila that she couldn't come to my wedding so i've gone leaps and bounds so she didn't come i told her that you know because for gulnasa i did have to sit down and explain like you know it's just it's my wedding day and i just want it to be smooth yeah and you know so i've done nice things for only for gulnasa on my own day yeah and i told Layla and she wasn't happy.

Obviously, she was super hurt. For sure. So you can't say I don't try. I still ride for her. Definitely. A lot of fan questions came in asking if Asa was at the wedding. No.

I didn't think so, but I didn't know. She and I stopped talking after the last reunion and we probably weren't talking before that. Yeah. I thought it was just shocking that she would hold on to like, I get like people don't talk about it the first three months, but I thought it was crazy to go to the end of the second

trimester and just keep it from like even her best friend Reza and like everyone that, that just, she it all seemed shady how the whole situation with the same doctor and the IVF or not or yeah Tommy was like I can't believe that because he was like I was there because we live together and he's like you're getting you're getting your you're harvesting your eggs and making embryos and she's like calling you for like the full rundown. And she's doing the exact same thing at the exact same time. And then Reza told me that she was going to the doctor at the same time and hoping that she wouldn't run into me. And that that was her big concern.

And I'm like, well, then don't pretend to be my friend. Don't call me. Yeah. So that was that. I mean, you you know things catch up i think that's why people kind of like if she wasn't being genuine then maybe all of that came all that shadiness came to surface finally yeah took long enough uh-huh are you glad she's not on the show anymore no i i stand with the james kennedy thing whatever's good entertainment

yeah you know i mean james he's he's a riot yeah no i get it like he's very funny he gets he makes jacks like he gets a rise out of him in like 2.5 seconds all he has to do is call him or someone else like old and fat and it's over. Yeah. You know, so like, I understand that James is really polarizing. Is that the word that they use on TV for it? But like, you know, you got like, why isn't he humble? Is he, is he just snobby to everyone? I don't know. Like I don't see him. I don't, he's, I just, that's just my thought is like that. I don't care. Conversation for a later day. Yeah. Some of the time. What do you think of the new additions? Love them.

Um, Nima, Mona, Erica. Nima, Mona, Erica, Destiny. Destiny. Yeah. Well, Destiny, I feel like she's been around, but. I feel like Destiny is where I was in life before I met Tommy because she's single, doesn't have a whole lot of time left because she looks really like she started out being very like, I don't want to meet anyone.

I'm completely closed off to it. And now she's like opening up. And that's how I was. I was like, no, like I will have like casual things I will never take anyone seriously and so I love her I think she's so funny destiny and then Nima and Mona there's like um Nima so you can't lump them together right so right Nima is like emotionally younger than his age 30 he's 35 or so and so i think he just is like really excited about being at this place in his life so he kind of cheated on her or maybe he didn't he

just almost did um that was the most awkward conversation there wasn't a kiss but there was almost a kiss oh Ugh. I know. It was, yeah. So, I mean, you guys all saw it, so you kind of know what you saw. And, I mean, that's exactly how it was. I love that our editing is very true to what, you know, telling the story accurately. Yeah, that's good. Yeah, so, like, but then the whole thing with Erica sucks.

Erica's a really nice girl. She's beautiful. She's beautiful. She's smart. I like her from what I've seen so far. Yeah. And the way that she held it together was amazing. Dude, seriously. That was a champ.

Yeah. He just should have kept doing the hike and let her walk away. Yeah. That was awkward. That's true. I want to take a second to talk about your amazing lips. Oh, thank you. And your whole body. I know I got some fan questions that I want to take a second to talk about your amazing lips. Oh, thank you. And your whole body.

I know I got some fan questions that I want to get into. But I gave you the liquid lips by MJ. Do you like it? Yes. Do you know which one is your favorite color? Oh. The Vita is like the desert rose. I think it was the Vita one that I liked the best.

And then MJ looks like your nail polish right now. It's like a cooler. And then like the peachy one is Natalie when you put like glowy, bronzy, and then that. now it's like a cooler and then like the peachy one is natalie when you put like glowy yeah onesie and then that and it's great and you have to also know i'm telling people because it's summer and like matte is the way they come off unless you put like a base of like your favorite lip balm yeah and when you do that i will put like i'll change my lip liner color and i can make these colors just like pop in any direction. They're really versatile.

Yeah. So do you have more colors than the three right now? I think – yeah. I think I'm toying with – so I'm expanding my merch line and my brand to other things that I think are really solutions for women every day. So they're things that I can't talk about yet, which I'm excited and I wish I could. And so we'll expand a little bit on everything and add new things. Well, until you do expand, I have some extra colors you can try with Wet n' Wild. Awesome.

Yes. I would love to. So for our interviews- Like the first brand that I've ever had. Right? No, me too. For sure. Like junior high.

And dude, every time I say junior high, people tell me I'm old. I'm like, oh, is it only called middle school now? Oh, no. Tell them to go fuck themselves. Yeah. So I would ride my bike to the drugstore and I would get wet and wild, obviously. I still wear it. So they have this Megalast liquid catsuit lipsticks.

And it's like, I mean, you don't need to waste money on the expensive brands when you can get good quality makeup. Definitely. That's affordable. I agree. So they have 22 vibrant ultra pigmented shades and they do last for your whole interview that you're doing. They're long wear. Yes, they're long wear. They have these new metallic shades too too, that I just got.

So people should know this. If you want to know how to make your lips look plumper, you use a metallic. Mm-hmm. Is that why Kylie came out with a metallic line? Yeah, well, because a metallic will deposit into, like, every little part of your lip, and it'll make it pop. Yeah. Yeah, and my mom taught me that, too.

Oh, my God. I love that. Yeah. All. And my mom taught me that too. Oh my God. I love that. Yeah. All right. So yeah, they have all these new metallic shades. They're lightweight, moisturizing. And I, you know, I talk all day. I need something to last.

I need moisturizing. And yeah. And Liquid Lips by MJ are kiss-proof as well. So it sounds like these are long wearing. Yeah. So there's some extra colors until you come out with more of yours. And that I'm definitely going to check out because I was going to say I'm chronically will have dry skin unless I'm constantly applying like lip balm.

Yeah. I'm the same way. So you need that moisturizing aspect that it has. And they are available for $4.99 at wetandwildbeauty.com slash catsuit or at a major food drug and mass retailer. Awesome. So, you still have yours.

Okay, can we talk, baby? Yeah, sure, Jesus. It's so crazy. I know, I'm sure this is all everyone keeps asking you about. No, no, no.

It's not that way. It's just that I saw a clip of me saying I'm going to get pregnant tomorrow when we were in Tel Aviv. Uh-huh. And I was like looking at Golnessa's straight in the dead in the eyes like, okay, this might be my last big hurrah because I'm going to get pregnant next month.

And that was, that's not how it goes, ladies. Like, so anyone who is, who is single at 35, I think you should go for it. Get your eggs frozen. I'm doing that this fall. Good for you because you just decrease your odds of success in general. Yep. And number two, just like be really patient. If someone is out there is going through IVF, just be patient and like talk to other people who are going through it because everyone's experience is different. And most people have had a lot of way more grueling

experiences than even I have it's not easy the meds make you crazy I have an amazing doctor named Dr. Shaheen Ghadir at SCRC yeah that's the same place that I went to you did that's where Gretchen yes also she just went there totally yeah so I went to the same place I'm going to go back this fall I didn't want to do it over the summer I didn't want to do when we were filming yeah you don't want to do it while you're filming but now you're ready and it's the perfect time I'm still single I don't know when that's gonna change or it doesn't matter no but see the thing is for me I I don't need a kid like for my life like it's not like one of those things where I'm like oh my god I have to be a mother for my life to be complete I'm okay just doing me but that may change I like one of those things where I'm like, oh my God, I have to be a mother for my life to be complete. I'm okay just doing me, but that may change.

I've gone back and forth where I'm like, oh my God, I want two kids. I want three. I want to have twins. It runs in my family, but I just, I don't know. So I'm like, I'm just going to freeze them this fall just in case, you know, I do meet that right person who wants kids and yeah. Okay. So this is what you do you do it and

you make sure that you have i don't know they'll tell you but one thing i wish people would have told me is to like do the other round right away not like back-to-back period cycles but like just get it done don't think about it's expensive don't think about the cost don't don't stress over that if you are someone who just sat and told me that you might want two or three kids, then believe me, by the time like tomorrow comes, you're going to change your mind. And this is not – this doesn't mean you have a baby tomorrow. This just means you have eggs and eggs don't equal children. Right.

Because then – Oh, no. Totally. You know, making embryos and how many eggs you have are two different conversations. So, I mean, just do it all the way. And like, you know, you and I are going to talk off the air. Oh, yeah. And I'm going to make sure.

I'm going to have a million questions for you about this. And I'm going to tell you, like, we're going to talk for sure. We're going to, because there was like a surprise at every turn. And that's just something that really fucked with my head. And I don't want you to go through that or anyone else. And that's why it's really important to talk about it. Yeah. It is. And then just do whatever I tell you. Okay.

I promise you won't regret it. You'll probably name one of your daughters after me. Ooh. I mean you do have a dope name so. Thank you. I feel like season 9 of Shaws of Sunset is going to be like you pregnant Gigi pregnant, Adam and Reza having kids yeah i think that you

know that's something so interesting like our show is gonna turn more like toward jersey's family reunion yeah we're like everyone's back now and they have kids now i mean it's really cute yeah i feel like i mean even us like we're starting to get to that age where it's like you know katie and tom are getting married and now they're talking about kids. And Jax and Brittany are getting married. Stassi and Bo are in a great relationship. Kristen and Carter. I'm like, oh, my God.

Everyone's like, I'm the only single person in this group of friends. You're fine. Yeah. You'll be fine. But they're still, like, Tom and Katie. Those are the only ones that are married. Right now, yes. Jax and Brittany are engaged.

And then what about, yeah. But then what about Ariana and Tom? Are they going to get married? Ariana's anti-marriage. Yeah, like I was. Yeah. Which. And I feel like after one failed, I'm almost anti it, unless it's someone very fucking special.

Yeah, well, I think that you were, that what happened with you happens to everyone in a relationship. Yeah. Well, I think that you were every, that, that what happened with you happens to everyone in a relationship. Yeah. I've been, I've have also been in a relationship with someone who ended up being not the person that I totally, it was not transparent with me. Way worse. Do you think that my huge wedding canvas photos were like a bad omen? And that's why not at all. Your,

your bad omen was an unfortunate thing that was bigger than both of you well and we thank you for that i hope he's good yeah um story for a later day yeah we see we need to have like a catch-up because i'm like i'm on a time schedule here so i'm like i gotta wrap it up and like yeah. How many minutes do we have? 30 seconds? We're good. No. So going back to the canvases. Okay.

So, I mean, you watch Vanderpump. You saw those huge photos I have everywhere. Yeah. So there's this company called Canvas People. Okay. I was telling Gigi about this. I was like, when you get pregnant, you know, you're going to have photos of your baby, your wedding photos, whatever, all over the apartment or condo or house or whatever.

Yes. So I even took my big canvas of myself with me when I moved to Vegas. I know. Brought it back. I think that's amazing. You should celebrate yourself with these giant canvases. See, it doesn't mean I'm narcissistic. It's just like.

Dude, don't let the haters get to you. Yeah. You know, jealousy is a very bad thing. Like the fact that you did the canvas, these beautiful large canvases. They were gorgeous photos. And they and it's a it's a reminder if we're if we're supposed to have a vision board. Yeah. Then what's better than a canvas that's blown out of what is it?

What are you going to tell me about right now? Like, I want to do what you're going to tell me. Yeah. So, I mean, if you think about it, like all of our favorite photos, like granted the cloud crashes one day. Okay. Where are they going to go? Like God knows everything's on Instagram. It's all just in this cloud. What is the cloud? Right. Like, I don't even know what the cloud is. We don't know. But people, I feel like never print out photos anymore. No. So with canvas people, you guys can upload your photo, enter my special code Sheena. With Canvas People, you guys can upload your photo, enter my special code Sheena.

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And this is a special limited offer for today's listeners at canvaspeople.com. Tommy asked me for pictures up in the house. See? Well, you got to use Canvas People. I know. Yesterday he said, we don't have any pictures of ourselves in frames.

Yeah. And oh my God, your wedding, you looked so gorgeous. Thank you. Please tell me you have at least one of those framed. Not yet. What?

Nothing. Nothing? Nothing yet. It's been months. I know. Print them out. Canvas people, 11 by 14.

That's what I was thinking. And he just asked me yesterday. It's a sign. It is a sign. It's a great sign. One thing that I know is obviously difficult to talk about, but gg was saying when she was here that she felt that your father's passing was something that kind of brought you guys closer

together again do you feel the same that it brought the two of us yeah um i hope so i i really like i said before i don't mind i don't like if she like hypothetically if she wanted to say the worst things and and i'm not saying that she did i um i ride for her and i'm really happy and you know that we that she said that. And I'm happy, like, I'm happy for us to, like, have a stronger future too. Yeah. Because when you're, when you're married, it's hard for you to be able to go out with your girlfriends the same way that you could when you're single. And she's like living her best life right now. And, you know, I have to kind of bob and weave and make sure that I can still like, you know, we need to we definitely need to build new bridges like bond again.

Yeah. And no, it's not hard for me to talk about because he is in a better place and he's resting peacefully. Definitely. You know, enjoy all the time. Like I was not someone who neglected my parents. Yeah. not someone who neglected my parents. And so if someone is,

his quality of life is waning to that point. And I really have to make sure that I'm speaking to my fans about this as well because so many people reached out and there was such an outpour of people who've also had loss in their life. But when you know that someone is just bedridden, bed bound, it's sad. Like you don't want that.

So you let go knowing that they're in a better place. Yeah. That's the end of it. Definitely. Yeah. So yeah, if she said that, that's great. Yeah. Yeah.

Do you feel your relationship with your mom has gotten better? Yeah. My mom actually became so much more nurturing. And I think that it was the biggest blessing there was a huge shift you're gonna see her i think you did in last week's episode a little bit and in general she like transformed because i think she did not expect him to pass and she wanted to make sure that i was okay and this is like this is when vita's amazing sides come out is when there's a crisis. Like, she's so gangster and so baddie. She's awesome.

Yeah. So, like, when something happens to me, then she just goes into this amazing protective mode. Yeah. So. Are her and Tommy good? They're so good. Okay. You see, like, that, like, starting to develop.

But, oh, I love that. Yeah, they were, like, cooking together. She was so anti. So anti. So anti. But now they bonded over beef stroganoff or whatever they do. Yeah. Oh, my God.

I was just asking my mom if she would make that for me recently. Really? Yeah. Okay. I'm just going to ask you one quick question. Princess Deb 100 said, MJ, you look so fabulous. What are your beauty secrets? You and Reza are my faves.

Okay. So it's not a secret. If I work out and eat well, then I'm going to deflate my bloat. And if I drink too much and I am sedentary, then I will, you know, like I'm only 5'2". Yeah. So like everything that I do to my body will show so I mean Deb is that yes so I just wanted to say to Deb that all you have to do is just be kind to yourself and your body will pay you back I promise boom all right you guys catch new episodes

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