- How would my exes describe our relationship?
[Hip Hop Beat]
- We met at?
- A social organization about 12 years ago.
Both our families are friends.
- Probably on the beach.
- At Soho beach house in Miami.
- My type is?
- Tall athletic guys.
- Somebody who could keep up with her,
be able to, you know
just keep that same energy.
- Someone who's equally as athletic as she is.
- They are attracted to my?
- To her smile.
- She's got great skin.
- Dimples, accents the smile.
- And I was attracted to they're?
- My dance moves.
That's how I used to get all the ladies.
- His lips.
- My confidence.
- I love Cam's face.
- My smile and my personality, I think.
- And mysterious kind of swag.
They thought I looked like?
- She's a celebrity at home right?
So she looks like Savannah.
- Gabrielle union.
- Like What Naomi Campbell Must've been like,
just coming In.
- I thought they looked like?
- There's Nobody that I personally would compare myself to.
- I don't really think he looks like anyone.
- When I have my baby face and got the dimples showing,
maybe Tyson Beckford.
- With hair.
- These days I get a lot of The Weeknd.
- Dave Chappelle and Denzel Washington.
- He's like my Denzel.
Who made the first move?
- Me.
- Definitely Savannah.
- I did, Yeah, A hundred percent.
- What was the move?
- I probably made the first move.
Like while we were dancing.
- Back in the day we used to
like grind and stuff.
[laughs]
- We knew each other all our life.
So she sent me texts.
- Like what's up?
I'm in New York, you are too.
- It was just a kiss.
It was the way she smiled.
I was just like, all right, I can't take it anymore.
- Our first date was?
- At this party that we went to.
- We went ice skating.
- First date was P.F. Chang's, it did not go well at all.
- Oh gosh.
That first date.
- The wine wasn't good.
The food wasn't good.
She wound up sending both back.
We barely spoke towards the end.
I dropped her off and no kiss.
- It was terrible.
Our first kiss was?
- It was at this party that we went to.
- on our first date,
she made the first move on that as well.
- She has a great smile and I just went in for it.
- I easily forgot about P.F. Chang's.
They thought my best personality trait was?
- She's very outgoing.
- Outgoing.
- Definitely the can-do spirit.
- I thought their best personality trait was?
- My calm and laid back demeanor.
- I'm pretty charismatic.
- I'm a good listener.
And I'm very supportive.
- Their first impression of me?
- Her height, and she was goofy.
- A lot of energy.
- Well cultured, educated.
- We bonded the most over?
- Sports, basketball and football.
- We both definitely like to laugh.
- I would say black films.
- The best picture of us is?
[upbeat music]
- We loved to?
- Party, a lot of house parties.
Like multiple in one night.
- Going to events.
- Art galleries, going to check out book signings,
local artists.
- I introduced them to?
- She definitely put me on to yoga.
- Second layer of the nightlife, getting the connects
who would help you get past lines or VIP area.
- Her organization, and you know, those, those
those levels of skills.
- They introduced me to?
- Drake and partying.
I was definitely a bad influence.
- knowing when to just ease up and relax.
- Movies.
- Our go to date restaurant was?
- Joe's pizza in New York.
- From dollar pizza to like artichoke, Roberta's and such.
- It was a little bistro that served breakfast all day long.
- who takes longer to get ready?
- Savannah definitely.
- Definitely Savannah.
- Savannah takes longer.
- Yeah.
I'll end up walking out the door with like jeans
and a T-shirt on after like trying on a million outfits.
Our song was?
- It's a song by Pretty Ricky called on the hotline.
- We didn't have a song in particular.
- In the morning with Drake and J Cole.
- We went to?
- We both vacationed on Martha's Vineyard
and she would be with her friends
and I'd be with my friends and family.
We would link.
- Farthest We got was out in Sag Harbor.
- No where Specifically.
- We love to watch?
- We would watch a lot of basketball games together.
- We didn't really have a TV show.
- The show we could come to terms on was shark tank.
- Our sex life was?
- were in college, so it was as good
as it could be for that, that time and age.
But I got better over time.
[chuckles]
- It was healthy.
- No complaints in that department.
- In the morning I would always?
- Get up too [beep] early.
[chuckles]
- She'd wake up lot's of yoga.
- She would do a random dance routine,
with a random Drake song every morning.
- And with Ryan, I always sing his
favorite song in the morning.
It's not his favorite, but it's mine.
My parents thought they were?
- They liked me.
Our parents knew each other so,
I kind of had that working in my favor.
- I think they always appreciated me.
My mom knows her mom.
I always knew her dad.
- Her mother liked me a lot.
I was raised as a Caribbean little boy, you know?
So I try to be polite, respectful.
Their parents thought I was?
- They thought she was, she was a good person
and that she had good energy.
- My parents always liked Savannah.
We went to prom together,
so my dad was always like, Oh, damn Cam, nice work.
- Oh, they loved her.
- Parents love me.
- Tall, beautiful, well-spoken.
- I pass with flying colors, every time.
I would call them?
- Bae or like Mr. Boogie.
Cause I'm from the Bronx, boogie down Bronx,
and I dance so it was Mr. Boogie.
- It's always Cam, Cam Cam.
She once heard my mom call me Cammy,
and she was like, Oh okay, Cammy.
- Yan, just the last three letters of my first name Ryan.
- And they would call me?
- Savvy.
- Sav, Savvy.- Sav, Savvy.
- It's definitely like a universal nickname now.
But I would like to say or think that
I gave it to her first.
- She wanted me to call her Savage.
I was like, no.
[laughs]
- We communicated most often via?
- Text message.
- Mostly texts.
- I was more comfortable texting,
she would randomly FaceTime me all the time.
- In a relationship, I'm really good at?
- Being spontaneous.
- Showing me some new things.
- She's very attentive.
- I could be better at?
- Dancing, She knows.
- Not going off the grid or communicating,
when you are traveling.
- She's too much of a people pleaser.
She could just be, just herself.
And that would be more than enough.
- We like to dance too?
- Mostly like Hip Hop and like R&B
- Drake.
- If there was a beat, we would dance to it.
Even if we couldn't dance we still danced to it.
- Ryan, maybe a little Salsa we were in Miami so.
They always had, every spot you go to
they always play a little Latin flavor.
The best thing they did for me?
- I tried to be there for her
when her father passed away
and just support her in any anyway, that she needed.
- She's been through a lot.
So I've always just been there
as a kind of a support figure for her.
- Being there for her as a beacon of light,
as she was starting her company
and pursuing, just beginning
to pursuing her fashion modeling.
- And the best thing I did for them?
- She would Like tell me about different job opportunities
in sports management.
Cause we're both interested in the same field.
- She has a lot of drive and ambition.
So she just kind of constantly showed me how to
keep that always top of mind,
and kind of keep going after it.
- Really helped me, as I was pursuing a new career path.
We were really both anchors of support for one another.
- Did we say, I love you?
- Not in a traditional sense.
Like we said like love you.
- We dropped the eye.
- We did not.
- Yeah, but I don't think we were in love.
You know, it hadn't gotten There yet.
[cheerful music]
- They knew my favorite food was?
- She likes Truffle fries.
- A pizza spot.
- Thai.
- Truffle fries.
Truffle everything.
My favorite restaurant is?
- Joe's pizza.
- It's called like John's.
- Something Thai.
- Joe's pizza.
My favorite ice cream flavor is?
- Chocolate.
- Vanilla.
- Chocolate.
I liked my ice cream Like I like my men.
- My celebrity crush is?
- Drake.
- Drake
- Matthew McConaughey.
No, Idris Elba.
- Drake.
My favorite movie is?
- Any Given Sunday.
- Mean girls.
My favorite musician is?
- Drake. - Drake. - Drake.
- It's Drake, it's all the answers.
Probably why Ryan doesn't want to be with me anymore.
My favorite sports team is?
- The Lakers. - The Lakers. - The Lakers.
- Lakers.
My favorite flower is?
- I don't know if she likes flowers.
- I don't think I know that one.
- I remember seeing roses at her place in Miami, so.
- Roses.
They know I love to travel to?
- Everywhere.
- I mean everywhere Honestly.
- My God everywhere.
- Everywhere.
Catch flights, not feelings.
[laughs]
They know I've always wanted to visit?
- Anywhere with a beach.
- Somewhere in the Mediterranean.
- Maybe Thailand?
- Barbados.
They probably don't know that though.
They know I'm really proud of my?
- Becoming a yoga instructor.
- Definitely her ambition and her drive.
- Pursuing her dream, making it a reality.
- Yoga business.
They know I hate?
- When people are late.
- People who can't keep that same energy.
- I needed to fall asleep to the television, she did not.
So probably that.
- Pigeons, ugh I can't even say the word.
My greatest skill is?
- Networking.
- Being able to work the room.
- She's great at talking.
- Communication.
One word that best describes me is?
- Tenacious.
- Driven.
- Energy.
- Vibe.
My most used emoji is?
- The laughing, crying one.
- Crying, laughing.
- The red heart.
- I have two.
Her hands and a heart.
They knew I always dreamed I would?
- Becoming a yoga instructor.
- Becoming successful, in the space of yoga and wellness.
- To really make it within modeling.
- Become a model.
My favorite hobby is?
- Yoga.
- Either yoga or traveling.
- Running.
- Yoga.
I'm most afraid of?
- I'm not sure, she likes to conquer her fears.
- whatever she does want in life,
not being able to do it or achieve it.
- Failure by her definition.
- Not going for my wildest dreams.
Something that always makes me happy is?
- Alcohol.
- Traveling or living out that dream.
- Being recognized for any one of her achievements.
The beach.
My most cherished item is?
- Her dog it's a little Pomeranian called Nola.
- Her father's ring.
I think it's very special and close to her.
- It would have to be something her father gave her.
- My Dad's ring.
He passed away when I was in high school.
- We dated for?
- About a year.
- Probably around four months.
- Four or five months max.
- We broke up because.
- I met somebody else.
- It was doomed to happen.
College man.
- Just made sense for us to,
as we were growing apart, kind of do the split.
- I got a job in Miami.
So again, long distance not going to work.
- She was moving.
And it just wasn't going to work.
- My worst habit was?
- She's definitely impatient.
- Moving around so much.
- Her highs were really highs and her lows were really low.
- I'm impatient,
got to get [beep] done.
And their worst habit was?
- Mumbles.
- He's a flirt.
- Us being both very social probably would go nonstop.
- He's a flirt to.
- Well, I'm more of a homebody, She was more of a socialite.
So, we just never really met in the middle.
You know, enough.
- They're all flirts.
Can't trust them.
They hated my?
- I guess sometimes she didn't know when to like call it.
The night is over.
It's time to go to sleep.
- Just kind of that non-stop life scene.
- She would oftentimes beat herself up.
Or inundate herself and overwhelm herself.
And it just seemed unnecessary.
- I hated they're?
- I have a lot of female friends
and I've been called a flirt before.
So she definitely, definitely hated that about me.
- Probably me trying to get out
of the scene and just,
you know, focus on growth.
- At times I could be a guy who
looks at the glass as half empty.
For me it was realistic for her it was pessimistic.
We just never met in the middle there.
She was extremely optimistic. So.
- The Worst thing they did to me was?
- I cheated on her.
- Thinking it's a good idea for us to split.
- No, nothing comes to mind.
We didn't really date long enough to have those moments.
- And the worst thing I did to them was?
- She didn't necessarily do anything.
- She didn't really have any bad things.
- Nothing really comes to mind.
- I'm an angel.
We always fought about?
- I'm always late.
- To him texting other girls.
- Probably where to go next or where to eat.
- Same thing, texting other girls.
- You know I appreciate my downtime,
where she doesn't really give herself much downtime.
So we would definitely come
to a little bit of an argument there.
- We didn't fight at all.
Were we in love?
- Naw.
- I thought I was, but I wasn't.
- I don't think we got there.
- More lust, than love.
- We weren't in love yet.
- We were in love.
I got over the breakup after?
- Probably not long either,
she's not the type to wallow in it.
- Probably like a few months.
I was heartbroken.
- I don't think long because it was a productive breakup.
- Two weeks.
I was in Miami.
So, I got over it pretty quick.
- I think she bounced back pretty quickly.
- It was really Just like a day or two
because we developed our friendship
really quickly and like, that made me feel better.
They got over the breakup after?
- Not long.
- I think I was pretty okay, right afterwards.
- I think I bounced back pretty quickly.
- How did things end?
- And I kind of just told her that there was somebody else
and she kind of had an idea that there was somebody else.
- We both knew that she was moving.
And I think that we also both knew where we were at.
So it wasn't a long drawn out argument.
- It started off as a phone call,
led to us meeting up at either a coffee shop or a park.
And we just talked, discussed us.
It was better that we part ways
but still remain very good friends.
- Would we date again?
- I mean anything is possible, but I enjoy our friendship.
- You know, there's always opportunity and chance.
- Yeah.
- I'd date all them again.
[chuckles]
Why not?
- I mean the only reason we split is pretty much
for a geography reason.
- The best thing to come out of the relationship was?
- Definitely our friendship.
- I don't want to say he's like a brother
because that's weird.
- When you're with somebody who's social
you get to experience that growth.
- We still support each other.
So that relationship that was left
in the end is definitely of great value.
- Are we still on good terms?
- Yeah. - Yeah. - Yeah.
[laughs]
- We stayed friends because?
- We were friends first, that was like our foundation.
- because we were so close
and friends before we started dating.
- We didn't have a bad breakup.
We knew we were going to stay friends.
You know, we didn't over complicate a new relationship.
- They would say they miss my?
- She was always down to like go out
or do whatever, or go on a trip or whatever.
- Always being up for going wherever.
- Our conversations.
- And I would say, I miss there?
- I would go out and be more outgoing and hype.
- those lips.
- I'm fun.
- The good times we had.
- My cool temperament.
- His love, and kisses and lips and everything.
[giggles]
Want to get back together?
[giggles]
The best memory of our relationship is?
- How she became like a part of my friend group.
- Actually, we went to prom together.
We had a good time.
- We decided one night with a bottle of wine
to just go to the beach at night,
eight or nine o'clock at night.
And we just talked for hours.
We were there until like
three or four o'clock in the morning.
I was talking to her about the stars.
She was talking to me about dreams,
and things she wanted to pursue in life.
It was, it was awesome.
- I think they would tell my future partners?
- Don't be boring.
- You gotta be open to being social.
- Be patient with her.
- What I'm looking for is?
- A good friendship, first and foremost.
- Someone who's ready to fully commit and take the dive.
- A companion.
- A guy who knows what he wants, is a nerd on the inside,
but likes to have a good time.
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