Hello, Bethenny.
You look lovely.
Thank you.
I wore silver because one of your producers
told me this is my 25th appearance on your show.
Silver is the 25th anniversary color or material, metal.
Yep.
And this is the only silver thing that I own.
Well, it's a good thing that you own.
And yes, this is your 25th appearance.
And you look fantastic
Hey, you texted me recently because you
said you were going to do stand-up,
and you wanted some tips from me.
How did it go?
Well, first of all, I have to thank you
for responding and giving me the three tips.
And I asked a few really serious comedians,
like, you, like, Chris Rock and Whitney Cummings and Kevin
Nealon.
And everyone responded immediately,
which really gave me so much respect
for the art form and the passion that comedians have for it.
So that was really interesting.
And it helped because it wasn't that I needed the material.
I wanted the structure, sort of the advice.
And it went well.
I did it for seven minutes.
And like life and like business, because I was prepared and had
an understanding of what I was going to do,
it ended up being great.
People laughed.
It was fun.
And I felt confident up there.
And I felt secure in what I was doing, which was great.
Where did you go?
What club?
It was the only one open.
It was called New York Comedy Club.
And it was really interesting.
I just thought it was really just courageous.
I was nervous to do it.
And the idea of it was even worse than actually doing it,
like many things in life.
Yeah.
So is it daytime friendly?
What kind of material did you do?
Some of it-- I talked about how you go in
with your plastic credit card and you get your beverage
in a plastic cup.
And they sell sandwiches in plastic.
And then you go up to the cash register
to drink what you came there to drink.
And it's served in a paper straw.
And I did say something inappropriate.
But that's where we're drawing the line.
Everything in the store was plastic
except for the one vehicle that you
need to drink the actual beverage because halfway
through the beverage, you're drinking out of, like,
a paper airplane.
Yeah.
So I talked about that.
I talked about the "Kaledashians", how
I want to be kale's publicist.
How you're assaulted by a massage
kale and kale Caesar and kale every which way but Sunday.
And there's baby kale, like, the "Kaledashians" have kids, too.
And so I talked about just the onslaught of kale everywhere.
So it was daytime show friendly enough for you.
That's fantastic.
That's good stuff.
It has to be relatable.
That's the most important thing for people to laugh at it.
You were here last time.
You were single.
We played a game.
You were going to date Bradley Cooper.
That's who you chose.
But now you're engaged.
Congratulations.
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Thank you.
Are you planning a wedding?
We will have a wedding.
But I'm not planning a wedding right now.
I started planning a wedding and setting a date,
and then it became the only thing that we were discussing.
And I just want it to be in the moment
and not be planning a wedding.
I'm trying to do things differently and have
my priorities in the right place versus the pomp
and circumstance.
And it is still a pandemic.
And it feels weird at my age to be worrying
about the superficiality of it all versus just
the meaning of the commitment and the relationship.
It's sort of a paradigm shift.
Well, congratulations.
I'm glad you're happy.
You have a reality competition show.
It's called The Big Shot with Bethenny.
Tell everybody about it
The show was created out of a true need for me
to find my second in command.
Anyone who has a business or is taking on too much
realizes that you need someone else
because you can't do it all.
And I've never really taken the time to stop, then,
and find that person.
And it just became a situation where I needed that person.
I thought would be an interesting process
to cover it because you need to take the time.
And it's based on my real business.
It's based on my real products, my real brands,
real projects going on.
And the job is very much real.
So it's a pretty warts and all show
about what it's like to really keep it together
as a business person.
Well, I thought it was a great idea because you're
getting paid for finding someone who you needed anyway,
and instead of a process of auditioning,
you actually get to do a show with them.
So I thought, again, that's you, making money.
All right, Bethenny.
Thank you.
We have to take a break.
More with Bethenny after this.
Your dogs are famous on Instagram.
How are they doing?
They're doing well.
I actually am training them.
They're going to be 5.
And I decided that you can teach old dogs new tricks
because they do mark.
They do pee on certain surfaces.
And I realized that everything that you
tell people, which is to hydrate 24 hours a day,
and to release your bladder at all times,
is the opposite of what I'm telling my dogs.
I'm trying to get them to hold it
in for hours in between walks.
And I'm trying to control the water, only due the water
before the walks.
So it's confusing.
Right.
I don't know about any of that.
I think your dogs are, as you said,
I don't think you can teach old dogs new tricks.
And I think your dogs are going to continue to pee.
Sorry to tell you that.
But hey, listen.
You got COVID around the same time as me.
And I think you had it worse than me, right?
Were you in trouble?
I had it for 12 days.
And it was relentless.
I did not lose my sense of taste.
But I just could not get out of it.
And it was a fever non-stop.
And I did chip my teeth on the chattering.
And it was just--
it was like this monster, like, in a movie when
you think that going to get out of it
and then the monster's hand pulls you back.
It was really brutal.
I have to say, I did not expect that.
I kept thinking, oh, it's going to get better.
We're going to get out of this thing.
And it went on forever.
Well, I'm glad you're better now.
I'm glad that you're over it.
Yeah, mine was not as bad as what
I've heard from some people.
But hey, I don't want to run out of time before I mention
your work with disaster relief.
BStrong hit a milestone of $100 million in aid
while helping Texans in the storm.
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Thank you.
It's been great.
And I have to always mention that you,
in the very beginning, and always,
have helped me and donated and been
public about supporting us.
And it's made a difference because to be honest,
having credible people talk about it
makes other people donate.
It's always been 100% directly to people.
We've always been transparent about where the money's going.
We've been helping in St. Vincent now.
And we did PPE in all 50 states.
And I'm really proud.
And it just takes one step, and then you put another foot
in front of the other.
And like anything, like business,
you become credible in it.
And you're able to really make a difference.
But I thank you and The Ellen Show so much.
You've helped us so much all along the way
throughout the three years.
Well, thank you for doing what you do, Bethenny.
You're always there to help whenever
there's anything going on.
So thank you for doing that.
New episodes of The Big Shot with Bethenny air
Thursdays on HBO Max.
We'll be back.
Thanks, Bethenny.