First and foremost, we just need to address
the elephant in the room.
To my left and to my right.
You guys, we just found out that your divorce is finalized.
This is your first appearance.
How are you guys feeling?
Being on stage, being all together,
like, let's talk about it.
Oh, we start with Katy.
Sure should we a.
Who do you guys want to start with first?
OK ladies first.
I mean, how are you?
Oh, I'm good.
I'm great, actually.
Thanks by the way.
Thank you.
Yes, that's it.
That's it.
It's your turn.
Oh, man.
It's been an emotional roller coaster.
I feel like for the first few months, I was a sad sack.
And I think I'm guilty of indulging in those feelings
a little bit, milking it.
I got addicted to the sadness.
I think I turned to emo for a while.
Yeah, I was kind of wallowing in my own little pity party.
But I'm good now.
I feel great.
This is fun.
Yeah so fun.
So fun.
I mean, it was probably really hard because you
guys are such public figures.
And clearly, I mean, a couple people
are interested in what you have to say.
So what made you guys decide to finally go public
together the way you did?
Oh, gosh.
I mean, we kind of had to I think there was some rumors
and I think I just wanted to live in my truth
and, you know, just we'd already shared so much of our lives
and, you know, we kind of it was a bummer
because we got divorced.
And then we were working through it
and and I had made peace with it.
But then when we had the conversation about going public
like that was so painful.
Yeah, it was hard, you know, how do you
how do you capture 12 years of a relationship
in an Instagram post?
I know.
I tried.
You did try.
I did.
You were very honest.
Like I read it.
I don't know about you guys, but I read it and I could
hear your voice as I read it.
I appreciate that.
Yeah, it sucked.
That's yeah, it sucked.
I'm going to ask you because Schwartz is your boy.
How did you take it when he came to you and told you this news?
I mean, I was really just I felt like my mom
and dad were getting divorced.
Like it was really sad for me.
I actually like, weirdly with like this, not weirdly,
but I like listen to music and, like, cry
about it sometimes in the car.
Yeah, it was.
It was a lot for me, I think.
Like, I don't know, like, I think like one of the songs
I listened to was paramour the code.
I swear it was evil.
But yeah, it was.
It was a lot to take in.
But, you know, obviously Schwartz and I were very busy
opening this bar.
He had a lot of stuff going on with his family.
It's a good point.
So it was a lot.
You know, we had a lot of pressure on us.
But on top of that, with, you know,
with going through this divorce, like, you know,
I try to be there as much as possible, but also just tried
to, like, not talk about and distract him,
you know what I mean?
Just to keep it positive and keep him,
you know, out of his head.
And we about to kiss or even to kiss.
No way are we.
But we love when you do.
That's my favorite picture inside tomtom, by the way.
Just just throwing that out there.
You know, obviously, you guys have a lot of history together
and, you know, La La, actually, you recently said, like, this
is your new wing woman.
So do you want to kind of elaborate on that?
How much fun of you guys then having?
The best I know here.
Mobs, earmuffs.
I just.
I love this, Katie.
She her face looks different.
I feel like.
Like she said, she's living in her truth.
And I just feel like we deserve to be happy.
And if something's not working, whether it's
been five years or 12 years, you got to let it go.
So we've been having a lot of fun,
and this girl is the only reason why I ended
up finally having sex again.
I'm going to ask you, Sheena, what is it about this cast that
just clicks?
I just think we're a resilient bunch.
You know, we come back from a lot.
And at the end of the day, we may not always like each other,
but there's always love, sometimes even deep down.
But we all love each other.
I love that.
I love I mean.
Well, I love here.
I genuinely do.
Whether if we're fighting or not,
I still have love for everyone here.
OK Raquel, how about you?
I mean, I'm going to ask you the same question.
What is it about this cast that says you came in,
you know, kind of like what, like mid weight
of where we're at right now.
So how do you feel it's clicking like now versus then?
I feel like I've been able to open up
a lot more throughout the years and share more of who I am
as a person, and I feel like that's
translated into my friendships with my fellow classmates, too.
If somebody wanting to say something over here.
No oh, I think they want me to call on James.
James, what's up?
Hello? oh, my God.
Hello?
OK.
So you've definitely had your fair share of drama.
I feel like that's fair.
Yeah, just slightly.
What is it about this cast that you feel like clicks?
You know, I feel like ever since the get go working at sur,
you know, we've always been a close, tight knit group
of family and true friends.
You know, like she said, you know, on the UPS and Downs,
we all kind of bound together.
It's like can't really get away from each other even if we cry.
But yeah, I just feel like it's.
There's not really another group like it.
I don't know. It's hard to explain.
Because we all worked in the restaurant
and now we've all moved on to bigger and better things.
And well, what's so funny about that?
Yeah, well, I'm like everyone, to be honest, but
no, what do you have to say?
I'm just obsessed with James Kennedy.
But, yeah, she's obsessed.
And you guys, your guys' relationship over the years
has really weird.
I feel like that's a really fair way to wrap it up.
In a word, weird.
But where are you at now, brother?
Like we've hooked up.
Just roll with it.
I hooked up with your brother. That's what I mean.
OK I actually have to ask the question because speaking
of hookups, somebody from your cast
has hooked up with someone from the Southern Charm cast,
I believe it was Austin.
So does anyone want to elaborate on that?
It's no one up here.
I can tell you that they're not on o show anymore.
But can we confirm that did happen?
I don't know.
I wasn't there.
Oh, god, that is awesome.
I happen.
Not with anyone on this OK OK.
Stasis wedding.
There was a.
There was a lot of drama around who did
and didn't make the invite cut.
So who do you think got the most offended and why?
Who would like to take that question?
I'm looking at all of you.
Gina I wasn't offended because I understood
I was planning my own wedding at the time
and we would have loved to have 300 people there,
but 120 was the maximum, so I was not offended at all.
I feel like that's been a little lost in translation,
but I completely understood.
The second I got the message, I texted her and I was like, I
just want you to know I get it.
Oc OK how about you?
You guys are still really tight.
Yeah, Yeah.
So, I mean, what do you think about who
didn't, didn't make the cut?
I mean, it was a very, very, very small wedding.
There was like less than 40 people there.
So, I mean, I was there.
So she's like, I made the cut, so that's
enough speaking of weddings, Raquel,
there have been some rumors that you may have made out
with a few of your co-stars.
Do you have anything to say about that?
She went there?
Yeah, I'm single and I'm living my life.
OK OK.
Live your best life, girl.
That's what I have to say.
Live your best life with all of you up here.
We have seen so much growth over the years.
So let's start with you.
Who do you think has grown the most?
Oh, man.
Who is growing?
And you can totally say yourself,
given all of you guys.
I would.
I would say, honestly.
Yeah Let's get.
Yes spiritually, emotionally, professionally.
You've come so far.
She's a grinder and a hustler.
We got into it this season.
I love you.
And she's an amazing mother.
She is an incredible mom.
Yeah who are you going to answer?
You can totally say yourself, too, by the way.
I think I am going to say myself.
Yes I'm really proud of how far I've come in this life.
You know, I've been sober one day at a time,
but I'm approaching four years on the 27th.
So I feel very proud.
I still have, you know, the sharp tongue,
which I go home immediately regret and have to pray.
But we do the best we can.