- I'm here with Gwen Stefani and Bert Kreischer,
give it up!
(applause and cheers)
Well a staggering 5 million kids are bullied
at school each year.
Our next guest was bullied so badly
because of her disability, it left her with severe
depression and anxiety,
but she didn't let it keep her down.
Instead, she decided to rise up to celebrate herself,
her happiness, and all the beauty in the world.
Check this out.
- My name is Lola Marie, and I'm eight years old.
I was born with spina bifida and I have to use
a wheelchair my whole entire life.
This year at school, the kids started to bully me
and it was really tough.
Everybody was just being mean to me.
The one thing that makes me happy is getting my nails done
but I couldn't anymore because of COVID.
So I asked my mom, "Can I make nail polish?"
She said, "Yes."
And I started my own online business selling nail polish.
I have a goal to save money for a wheelchair-accessible van.
So far I have saved $5,000.
Every day when I make my nail polish, I feel confidence.
And even if I'm in a wheelchair,
I feel like I can do anything.
(uplifting music)
- Please welcome Lola Marie and her mom Nickelle!
Hello, ladies!
- Hi, Kelly!
- Hello!
And also meet Gwen and Bert, say hello.
- Hi guys, nice to meet you! - Hey ladies,
how you doing? - Hi Gwen, hi Bert!
- Hi!
- All right, well Nickelle,
your daughter's a real go getter.
I mean, it must have been awful to see her bullied,
but like so cool at the same time to see her kind
of find a passion and do something that was beautiful
for her and gave her purpose, right?
- Yes, Kelly, it definitely was traumatic
to have Lola be bullied.
Lola has always been my outgoing, fearless,
highly intelligent, feisty child.
And when the bullying happened
I definitely saw a change in her.
She came home and she told me
kids started calling her really horrible names.
They said that she was the wheelchair girl,
she was ugly, she smelled.
And when she's telling me this, she has tears in her eyes.
- Yeah, that must've been really hard as a mama.
I mean, I will,
yeah, I don't know, I would've gone to that school
and definitely taken my earrings off.
So Lola Marie, what do you love
about being a young business woman and making nail polish?
'Cause I gotta be honest with you,
I just said to Gwen and Bert, to be that young raising
that kind of money is insane.
- When I make my nail polish, I feel happy and exciting.
I feel like I can do anything that I put my mind to.
And I love my business and I like bossing my mom around.
- You like bossing me around? (laughter)
- It's like every kid in every household.
So she is the boss,
she's a little bossy with her business?
- Kelly, she is definitely the boss.
Okay, this is her business.
And when the bullying first started happening
I definitely saw the light leave my daughter's eyes.
And as she built the business
I got to see our confidence come back, her smile come back.
And it gave her a purpose.
- What a resilient little heart you have, Lola Marie.
I was bullied too whenever I was younger too.
Not to that extent, but I was bullied, it still hurts.
It's one of those things that it's really hard to get over.
Did you guys ever deal with bullying growing up?
- I was lucky.
I was very kind of passive, I think, but I saw it
and it was just always so hard to understand
how people would act like that.
It's like, and then when you have children,
it's another level to think back to when you were a child
and you saw it and what they might go through, but yeah.
- It's hard as a parent.
- Oh, oh, I got bulleted in the nineties
when they called it they called it making you a man.
And so you couldn't talk to anyone about it.
Listen, as someone who's been bullied,
who you are always comes back, you're going through a spell.
It comes back and one day people will celebrate you
taking off your shirt in public and saying obscene things.
(laughter)
That's me, that's me, not you! - Not you!
That's him! - My god, it came out weird.
So sorry, I'm so sorry!
- We all have our lane and that one's already
taken, Lola Marie, so keep our clothes on.
(laughter)
- I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry!
- That was amazing.
Well Lola Marie, you're selling the polish
to save for a van, but you also give some away, right?
You give some of them profits away?
- Yeah, I give away my nail polish to kids
that are in the hospital so they could feel special
like I did when I was in the hospital.
- That's so cool.
Making them feel, man, you are bringing such beauty
to the world and making, and it seems like maybe
a frivolous thing to some,
but especially when you're laid up
in a hospital bed and you're stuck and you can't get out,
to make yourself feel beautiful, that's a powerful thing.
And it can totally change your spirit and transform you.
So it's an amazing thing you're doing for others.
Well, I have something exciting to share
and it certain to make your holidays merrier and brighter.
So we reached out to our friends at Canva,
a free online platform that makes design super easy.
And whether you're a teacher, student, charity
or any size business, Canva's design templates
let you create, share and collaborate, custom posters,
social media graphics, presentations, T-shirts, videos.
They really, really help you learn how to market everything.
And Lola Marie, to help you bring your design ideas to life,
they're gonna hook you up with a Canva Pro account
and a Canva Design mentorship!
They're gonna help you out with all that.
And then also they know you're saving-
- Thank you! - Oh, it's not over!
They know that you're saving up for a new wheelchair,
wheelchair accessible van, rather.
So to help you ride in style,
they're gonna give you $50,000 to help you get that.
(applause and cheers) (gasps)
How's that sound?
(Nickelle screams)
(laughter)
We want you to be able to get to all those kids
that you're helping and get around a little easier.
I'm so proud of you.
It's a hard thing to do to be bullied.
It's a hard thing for your mama to watch that.
But it's a really cool impression for us
of your soul and your character, Lola Marie,
you're a survivor in that sense and you're making the best
out of your situation and you're making the best
out of your purpose and your passion.
All right, so you keep going, all right?
- Thank you so much, thank you, thank you, thank you!
- Absolutely, absolutely.
Hey, you know what?
And audience, Canva did not leave you out,
to help you get creative with their new printable designs,
you're all getting a Canva Pro account for free!
So there you go. (cheers and applause)
Look at all those things you can make!
I love crafting, y'all.