[squealing]
They are two of social media's most popular influencers,
with a combined TikTok and Instagram following,
of almost 40 million people.
I met Jules and Jayden on the Paramount lot in Los Angeles,
where they're currently filming
the second season of the hit Nickelodeon show, Side Hustle.
There!
Do you feel a responsibility
when there's that many people following everything?
- For sure. For sure. - Absolutely.
Yeah, especially when you have younger kids watching.
You have to be a role model.
If you've ever heard the phrase art imitates life,
then Side Hustle is an example of that.
On the show,
Jules and Jayden's characters, Presley and Lex, are BFFs.
And it's that same loyalty, love, laughs,
and finishing each other sentences,
that continues once the show wraps.
Tell me about this set.
- This is... - Oh, we're singing it.
♪ This is the basement ♪
What's it like for the two of you to work with your BFF?
- It's the best. - It's the best.
- I would not be able to do it. - Yeah.
We wouldn't have to do without each other.
- With anyone else. - No. We'd say that the show
has brought us closer more than anything.
How, like our relationship has gotten...
We were actually just talking about.
when the show's over, not working together,
how weird that's going to be.
Yeah, like working with someone else...
- is gonna be so weird. - Yeah.
Can you give me a play by play of when you show up,
Kind of what the day's like?
Mondays are great! Love Mondays.
Mondays are great because...
Says no one ever! What are you guys talking about?
- Because we get here... - We get here...
We spend like two hours in our trailer.
[laughing]
No. Mondays are great because we have table reads.
We really enjoy table reads.
And then we have rehearsals, which are great.
So, Mondays through Wednesdays, we just do rehearsals.
We do run-throughs.
We do rehearsals.
- Monday is... - just to get it up on its feet.
- Show everybody it. - Thursdays and Fridays,we film.
And it's the same thing every week.
- Over and over and over. - Exactly.
So, how do you manage everything?
How do you balance it?
- Honestly... - No. Here's what we do.
Mondays through Fridays, we work.
The weekends, we hang out with our friends.
- Yeah. - It's a good balance.
You are also influencers.
So, when you go to create content online,
do you have to think about it?
Do you worry about being bullied?
Do you worry about what could potentially happen?
I don't worry about being bullied.
Like, I'm never like what will people think of me.
I'm more worried. Like, I wanna put
a good image out, and I wanna set a good...
you know, I wanna be a role model, 'cause,
kids who watch Nickelodeon, like they're super young.
So, now being on the show, our demographic is getting younger.
So, now we have to be a little bit more cautious
of what we're posting online, as well.
So, I don't feel like I ever am like I'm like,
oh, my God, I'm so nervous that people are going to...
pick apart everything because there's some influencers
who like no matter what they do,
people were pick apart everything they do.
And just luckily for us like, that's just not how
were cards were dealt.
But I would definitely be scared
to post if I were like someone like that.
But for us, the fans tend to enjoy
everything that we've put out.
Dealing with bullies has come a long way
since the days on the playground.
The Internet makes it a lot more difficult
to figure out where bullies come from,
what their problem is, and why they're so angry.
There are always those people
that just no matter what, come back with negativity.
I mean, are you ever impacted by it?
Like, I just don't look at it.
It doesn't matter to me that's not why I'm posting.
I don't really care what they have to say.
I'm just doing it because it's fun
and I wanna show them things.
But it doesn't matter what they have to say.
I just don't really look at it and I never grew up
looking for the negativity.
- Yeah. - I just never responded either.
How did you learn how to do that?
Because so many people, you can hear that,
but how do you actually apply that?
I mean, that's something that my parents taught me.
Because I was so young when I started.
Like, my dad used to always tell me, like,
just don't respond, ignore it.
because when you respond, they fight back.
And then you wanna fight back and then it's just...
They'll leave their comment and you'll have to move on.
It doesn't really matter. Just be the bigger person.
So, it was something that I just always grew up with.
It wasn't really something that I was like, oh, I know...
don't care.
If your followers or people who watch you,
are feeling really alone,
what would you have to say to them?
Well, you're never alone.
There's always going to be someone experiencing
the same thing or something similar to you.
You just need to build a really great support system.
- Reach out. - And that can be one person.
What advice do you have for kids
who may be bullied at this point,
and they're looking for help, but don't know what to do?
If you're in school, there's always a counselor, teacher...
Yeah, go talk to somebody higher.
If your parents... your parents um...
But honestly, if you really can't
reach out to anyone else,
journaling... anything to talk to yourself
or get your emotions out.
I think female friendships are so important that the two of you
are setting a good standard for other teens.
Yeah, for a healthy friendship.
Do you feel like that's important?
- Yes, Absolutely, absolutely. - Oh, 1,000 %, yeah!
I think that friendships are actually like, they take work.
- Oh yeah. - You have to be in agreement.
Obviously not in just your friends,
but like when you have a friendship like this,
where it's for years on going, and you spend every day together
You're going to have to work some things out.
And it's important that you have a healthy relationship.
Yeah.
- That was really well put. - Thank you so much.
It's important to remember,
bullying is a choice made by the bully
and never the responsibility of the victim.
For more information about what you can do
to stand up against bullying, go to nickhelps.com.