Melissa Rivers & Reza Farahan: Destruction & Wedding
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When you're Jeff Lewis, the drama never stops.

I've learned from my mistakes, and that's what I want to teach people. Don't do what I have done. This show, I mean, you guys really start some shit. I'm sorry if I'm coming off as an asshole. I just want people to do their jobs. Jeff Lewis has issues. Hey, welcome to Jeff Lewis Has Issues. In today's episode, Melissa Rivers and Reza Farahan join the show. We chat about Melissa's experience with the L.A. Fires, her recent wedding, and the comedy special she produced that pays tribute to her mother, Joan.

I don't even know where we start. - Okay, I wanna start with something. - Okay. - There it is. - And say, completely having nothing to do with the show or anything, you were so wonderful about checking in on me during the fire. And I recognize that and I love you so much for that. For nothing to do with the show, you reached out a number of times and said, "Are you okay?"

And thank you. You're very welcome. You're very welcome. I was also very invested in our home. Yes. And you really actually a number of times just said, what about the bathroom? I don't think. Just take the compliment. Let's not do the deep dive. Okay. However, I do want to ask you because I did this for Kate Bosworth as well. The fire went rampant.

right up to her house. But fortunately, fortunately the house was saved, but it was, there was so much smoke damage that she went through the same situation. So when I do these projects, I have these very detailed Excel programs where I have every single penny accounted for with like check numbers, credit cards, the whole thing.

And I told Shane, I'm like, we need to send that to Melissa for insurance. And that, thank you, I was going to say, and you guys came like, boom, here's the list, here's everything, you know, you can put it towards your insurance. And again, you didn't need to do that. And...

Just says a lot about you as a person for as silly and wild and, you know, crazy and bitchy we all get. You and Shane were actually amazing humans and showed so much care and help. And it is so appreciated. You're going to ruin my reputation if you don't shut up. Okay, sorry. Do you want me to ruin someone else's too?

I can ring Josh's right now, too. You know, the thing is about these insurance companies and also the IRS, for example, when I sold my house on Valley Vista, you know, I drove by that house yesterday. Oh, you did? Yeah. Well, I went through and I had done my taxes and there was a gain, but it wasn't like a huge gain. And the IRS was like, wait a minute, you spent X amount of money.

X on this house. And I'm like, yeah, I fucking did. I thought it was going to be my, you know, I thought I was going to stay there forever. And I built that house for my family. And I remember the IRS wanting to know like,

You didn't spend this much in your nursery bathroom. I'm like, yes, I did. And so I ended up with that Excel program. And I kind of I was thinking I thought a lot about this when you were going through all this. And I thought that insurance company, there's no fucking way I'm going to let them put her through that because I know how much money we spent. And when they saw that, was it a $700 T-shirt?

TP holder that we bought? Something like that. We bought a Waterworks toilet paper holder for like $700. And I'm like, there's no way the insurance company is going to believe this. So that's why I wanted- You had the receipt. I had everything. Amazing. I had everything. So you now, you're settled in another home. We're settled in another home. Are you happy there? Yes. Okay, good. It's the first time. You know, everything is still so unsettling.

And we moved five times in 11 weeks, three of which during the first 10 days of the fire.

Was it hotels, Airbnbs, friends? Hotels, friends. Just we were bouncing. And also because we have pets. Yeah. So that's a lot. Marty, yeah. Marty. Well, and luckily- I have a Marty. My dog's name is Marty. But luckily, my dogs are big. So I had a friend step in and say, I'll take the dogs. And they have play dates with their dogs. So they were-

you know, very happy. But poor Marty got, like, schlepped around from place to place. So...

And then, you know, with cats and dogs, when they get stressed, their hair falls out. So like Marty's hair was falling. It was just a whole thing. And I looked in the mirror and I was just like, oh, dear God. You know, you look at yourself after a couple of days. Well, you're settled and you're happy in the new place. And will that be a long term place for you, do you think? I think so. OK, good. I think for the foreseeable future, meaning a couple of years, we're not going anywhere.

So then, okay. But there's stuff that throws you still. Like, you forget what you don't have. So, again, this might be too intimate, but I've already talked about it. So I'm on this press tour for our special that we're going to talk about. Yes. And I'm packing, so I have no clothes. So my stylist is getting me clothes, and we're going through all this. And suddenly I realize, oh, I need Spanx for this dress. And you go to your drawer to get them, and you're like,

fuck, I don't have any space. You know, and then suddenly it's the day before you leave and you're scrambling to find a strapless bra. And that's when it still catches up with you. You're like,

Oh, my God. It's something you don't think about. And you don't think about things until you need them. Are you buying, like, are you trying to replace things you had? Or do you just buy as you go because you need something? Very early on when we were all just panicked and scrambling, I had a moment of clarity where I said, stop.

We're going to go buy the same brand of T-shirts. We're going to go start replacing rather than just running and grabbing whatever. And I think that was sort of a smart thing to do. A lot of it has been staying sort of, I call it emotionally disciplined. So I'm not just going to go buy random whatevers. I'm going to go back and replace the brands I like and the brands I want. I actually have hated shopping.

I look at his face. Oh, my God. It's just, it feels really laborious. I'm sitting there half the time. Like, I couldn't remember what brand my pajamas were. But do you realize when all this happens, like, how little you actually need? It's unbelievable. It's unbelievable. And, you know, you walk around or I'm online looking and I'm like, eh.

But then you go to get it, and then you're like, oh, I have those shoes. And you're like, oh, no, I don't. But you were talking, so when you were evacuating, when you were told to evacuate, you had evacuated before, and the fire never came anywhere near your home. No. So when you were packing the car, you were thinking, okay, I'm going to go through the motions here, the exercise, but nothing's going to happen in my house. Right. Do you end up packing less because you had packed less?

previous times and nothing happened? Did you end up packing fewer items? No. I grabbed a photo of my... I first thought, you have to get your passport, you're this, you're that. And anyone who's like, you must have that stuff together. You must. So obviously that's the first thing. Fortunately, because I work out of my house, my assistant was at the house, she started running around and videotaping everything, especially like all the art.

I grabbed half, you know, you know, some jeans, a couple of sweaters, a couple of t-shirts, handful underwear, because how long am I going to be out? Right. So it was a matter of, I grabbed my, my travel bag, grabbing what you need for the couple of days that you might be away from the home. Right. And then Cooper grabbed a painting that he loved. I grabbed another painting that I love. I,

I grabbed a couple things of my dad's because those I can't replace. I grabbed my mom's Emmy because I knew how much it meant to her. And of my mom, I grabbed this little drawing that she did of me and Cooper because she loved to doodle and that I have framed in my house. And I grabbed one picture of me and Cooper. And...

you know, hit the road. So in hindsight, we probably could have taken more, but it was so crazy and the traffic and we could see the flames coming, but we're like, oh, that's, that's at least a Canyon and a half away. Yes. So there, was there any part of you, any part that thought your house would burn down? No.

So you were telling me this morning that you lost 99% of your wardrobe, your shoes, your bags, maybe more. Okay, I'm going to say more because basically I showed you the picture of what we had. So I basically lost everything. I grabbed, strangely, the first Birkin bag my mom ever bought because I remember her buying it. It was such a big deal.

And this was years ago. And I don't know what possessed me to grab that, but I did.

Now I will never carry it. It's just like in my closet stuffed perfectly. You had the bag that you were carrying. You were like, God, it wasn't even one of my favorite bags. Yeah. That needs to be like in a shadow box, like in a museum somewhere where other people can appreciate it. It was one of the bags that I had just thrown crap in like for a couple days. But I literally stood there and went, should I change bags? Nah. Do you beat yourself up now thinking the things that you should have taken? There's one pain.

painting that literally brings me to tears when I think about it. Really? God, I mean, just you had such, I mean, look, I was there. I worked there. I saw your closet. I don't want to make you feel worse, but God, what a gorgeous closet. Oh,

I mean the gowns and the shoes and the bags. Oh, God. The Margo bag. The Margo. What about the pink mohair chairs? Oh, everything's gone. I've been there. I didn't invent the Joe. Okay, we're making her feel more stressed. No, you don't actually. But no, for example, in my back storage, God only knows when it was. Let's say it was, I'm going to make up the date, 1975. My mom.

Parents had just really started making some money. They went to Paris. And I remember my mother bought a Crocodile Kelly bag. And then she bought one for her mother. So I had two of them in the bag. Well, then how do I quantify for the insurance how much those are worth? Right. So I spent a lot of time doing deep dives on like Christie's and First Dibs and stuff like that. So I was writing, well...

It could be between this much and this much. But that's the stuff that gets me. We need a disclaimer. This is so important for people because how do you even, thank God you remember all of those items. Well, she videoed. Well, no, they didn't video that. That I literally would close my eyes and walk through my closet. And all, you know, you have scheduled and unscheduled.

This was all part of the unscheduled property because the scheduled is the art and the major jewelry and all that. I don't know scheduled and unscheduled. Like it's on insurance or not accounted for. It's a separate policy? It's a separate policy. Oh, got it. Okay. That's unscheduled? No, that's scheduled. Scheduled. It was like my mom's jewelry, the art, things that are like-

Itemized. Itemized, big ticket. Please tell me you got all your mom's jewelry out. My mom's jewelry and the Fabergé was in the safety deposit box. Thank God. So we went through all that waiting to see what happened to the safety deposit box. The bank. The bank burned down. Yes. And I have become sort of an amateur expert on different kinds of safety deposit boxes and how they're built. Something, again, I never thought I needed to know. Our safety deposit box survived.

There's some water damage. And not really. There's some soot, but it was mostly water. We were at Wells Fargo, and it survived. My cousin was at B of A. No, we were at B of A, and that survived. Yes. And Wells Fargo didn't. Now, they say that B of A—again, why do I know this now? They say that B of A, if you are putting safety deposits in a bank, you want a bank that built it with poured concrete, not cinder block.

Correct. Because of the heat. You know this? Yeah, my cousin's house burned too. Yeah, it's the heat can get through the cinder block more than the poured concrete.

Again, why I have this knowledge. You guys, it's uninsured. You're not covered for things you lose that were at the bank. That is not covered. Unless it's scheduled. So you think it's safe. Oh, unless it's scheduled. So you can insure it. It could be at the bank, but it could be insured. Right. But the bank is not responsible. Correct. The bank is not responsible. That's like the storage units. They're not responsible. No. No.

Wow, we're learning a lot today. Yeah. This is an education. Welcome. It's a seminar. So the fires happened on January 7th. And I think I was supposed to come here on like the 10th. 6,800 structures burned. So they're still clearing the lots. They have not cleared your lot yet. No, so hopefully this week. So it's just all debris and... And I've gone up there digging and... Did you find anything in the debris? I did find a few things. What'd you find? That's amazing. I found some china.

It was amazing what didn't burn. I found some bits and pieces of silver that I took just because like all my grandmother's silver, like everything is gone. I found some vases. Is it a vase or a vase?

I mean, I obviously think Voss is pretentious. I say vase. That were from my mom's house in Connecticut that I loved. If they were Jones, they're Vosses. Yeah. Was it damaged? No. Two of them came out whole, but now I want to take them and have them properly cleaned because people say like, oh, you can't use it. It's toxic. So I'm still waiting to take all that stuff to be cleaned. Oh, yeah. We probably should not serve anything in it. Oh.

Not right now. I had breakfast on it this morning. Like a decanter. Yeah. That's not a decanter. But my front gate survived. Really? Yeah, because it was metal. And my pergola was right. So this company that built all that, I'm like, would you like to use it as an ad? And then to put the gate in for free at my new house? They're like, no, we already went around and took pictures of all of our gates that survived. I'm like, oh. So what are you going to do with that property? Don't know.

So they clear it. They clear it. You've got the lot. And now you'll just hold on to it. For right now, yes. People are buying and selling and people are already breaking ground. And I'm just kind of like, I just want to wait and see no one on my particular block.

Has made a big, has made a decision. But we should at least, when I say we, we should at least start working on plans and getting them permitted. I have the architectural plans. Great, great. Which then make my- Are you going to rebuild the same house? You can move a few walls, but because I have the plans, it makes my lot more valuable. Oh, yes. That's what I was going to say. You want permitted plans. Yeah. So, but I don't know. Steve and I are kind of just like-

You know, I went to Cooper, who's all of 24, and I said, do you think you're going to want to raise your family in the Palisades? I'm like, this is a very weird question to be asking, and I don't expect you to have an answer. And he's like,

I never thought about it. I'm like, neither did I. If you have plans and you rebuild the identical home, you don't have to re-permit? Oh, no. You have to re-permit. But you know they've already passed. I see. I see. I understand. And you can make minor changes. Gotcha. But you're many steps ahead. The thing about that house is there was a lot of unused space, like attic space, remember? I don't think we discussed that since that was unpermitted space.

Well, I'm just saying like in the future. Yes, it could be permitted. We could permit it. Yes. And get a little more square footage. Yes. But we don't mention that right now. Well, it's gone now. Yeah, doesn't matter.

By the way, I like we. Are they making special concessions for fire victims, like expediting the process for you guys and signing off on existing non-conforming? They are making a huge effort to expedite. They have been doing that. So was Cooper home when all this happened too? Oh, poor Cooper. So he had just was getting ready to move into his first place, you know, just with his college friends.

And he had been moving all weekend, but like straight 24-year-old boy moving. You know, he had half a duffel bag of clothes, a couple surfboards. Like, you know, I mean, not like things like we would have had. Still didn't have towels. And I kept saying, Cooper, we got to get towels. Cooper, we got to get towels. And the night before, I'm like, Coop.

He goes, what's up with you and the towels? I'm like, that's what mothers do. Like, you need sheets and towels. He goes, I have towels. I was like, why don't you get them? He goes, well, I was just going to take them from here. I'm like, this is not how this works. I'm like, you touch one towel that I haven't. You don't take all the happy, fluffy ones. Like, apparently he was shopping at the house. And then the next day everything was gone. Now.

During all of this, you're planning a wedding and it's not like deposits are down and guests have been invited. And not refundable. So you had to go through with it, which was only 60 days really later, right? It was a tough decision. I was going to ask you about that. Did you think about canceling? 100%. And a couple of people very close to me said, you have to cancel.

Like, you're in shock. You're not thinking. And then a lot of my closest friends were like, you are not canceling. We will get this done. You are not going to run away. And a number of people, believe it or not, who lost their homes were the ones who also said, no, no, no, no. We do this. Well, life goes on. Life goes on. And we looked at the calendar and we're like, in the next 60 days, we're going to want to take a vacation and get out of all this horror.

So, you know, again. Why Wyoming? Jackson Hole. We love Jackson Hole. We love it. We wanted it to be a fun week. You know, if you do it in L.A., first of all, it's going to be too big. Second of all, in L.A., it's like everybody comes in, but nobody hangs out. Yeah. Sorry. And Wyoming was like. Destination the whole weekend. But also I did not overschedule. There were three things that you needed to be at. You need to do an apres ski.

You needed to do the wedding. And the third one was there'll be breakfast available to grab and go if you want it. And I made everything at the same time. So nobody could mess it up. But people were still asking. Everything's at five. Did it all go well? Yeah. Like you planned? Well, nothing was like I planned. Right. But yeah. And I ended up having a really good time. And my friends all had a really good time. And everyone was very supportive.

Apparently, everyone had a very good time, according to the bar bill. And then was that considered the honeymoon? Did you guys stay a few extra days? Did you go somewhere else? Well, the best is Steve's like, yeah, we're staying a few days and having a honeymoon. I'm like, what planet are you living in? We're going to sleep the first day. I want to get a couple of ski days in. And the last day is spent packing. That is not... Stop telling people this. It's not a two-for-one. This is not a one-stop shop. No. You need your separate trip. Yeah.

Yeah. Your relationship. But we're not going to do that for a while. Sure. Because, well, A, the house. B, the bar bill. The bar bill is the vacation. That was the honeymoon. You should be glad Jeff didn't go then because it would have been exponential. By the way, it would not have made a difference. People went hard. Your relationship, I imagine, will you tell me, was it really tested with all of this stress? Because you were also in the middle of...

producing this special that you're here to promote. Was it tested? You know what we found out, and this is going to sound so bizarre, and thank God we found this out before we got married. We do crisis well. We found out that in crisis, we work well together. So that's a bonus. Okay, good. Yeah. I mean, of course we were snipping at each other and arguing, but in general, overall, we did crisis very well together.

So you got to have a lot of grace for one another during a crisis when you lose everything. The sense of loss has to be tremendous. So everyone is like, well, you're just in such shock. And what helped was neither of us hit grief first. Both of us hit angry first. And we're like, grief is going to come back and bite us in the ass. We know that. But it was very interesting to say that we both went directly to angry.

Is Cooper living with you now, or did he move in with his friends? He moved in with his friends, and then in all their wisdom, because, you know, they know everything, they decided they didn't want to keep the unit. And I'm like, y'all are idiots. You're not going to be able to find anything else for... You're not going to get this for what you're paying. And they gave it up, and then guess what happened? They were all in a panic, but they did find a place. Did you... Is one of the reasons why you've landed in a great place is because...

I feel like you're good in crisis mode, as you say. You immediately like, okay, we got to find another place to live. We got to do it now because some people were numb. They were paralyzed. We got very lucky that a business associate of mine had an investment property that was not occupied. So we were able to land there for two months. They didn't gouge me on the price. And then I was up doom scrolling because why would I sleep? And I found a house for that 12 minutes after it was listed.

Wow. And we jumped in there as fast as we could. It's funny because Shane's been looking for a condo and we both have been aggressively looking online. And then I thought, so when did I find that place? Literally, it's like Saturday morning. Saturday morning just popped up because I happen to be doing the thing and like looking on. And I found it before MJ did because it just popped up.

And I think it's a real good option for you. The location is phenomenal. 1 and 2 a.m. in the morning are good because a lot of the listings go live at midnight. Yeah, so I found it Saturday morning. We saw it yesterday. Where is it? Oh, I don't tell. No, it's fine. West Hollywood. West Hollywood. Wee-ho. Of course. Yeah, he wants to be able to walk to the bars, you know. Well, stumble home. Exactly. Exactly.

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I do want to promote the new special. Yes. It's Joan Rivers' A Dead Funny All-Star Tribute. I was lucky enough to get the screener. I watched it last night. It's actually perfect for chumps, and I'll tell you why. Why? Because with no commercials, it's 42 minutes. You get like six, seven, eight funny comedians, and it's so fast. It's quick. It's fun. I literally watched it in the jacuzzi. Oh, good. Well, and the chumps, I think, will actually like the peacock version.

What's on the Peacock version? It's the uncensored version. Wait, did I have the clean version? Yes. Ours had bleeps. Now I have to watch it again? Now you gotta watch it again. The NBC version is fantastic. It's quick. It's funny. It's wonderful. It's everything it should be. And then there's the uncensored version. What I like is that I'm going to say the majority of the show was bringing up some of your mom's most funny, amazing, sometimes very edgy, uh,

But then there was also the comedians had their own jokes as well, which I liked. So it was like this big stand-up session. I did want to ask you, this all seemed based on the fact that your mom was so organized and kept most...

maybe every joke she ever wrote. And she had these filing cabinets with 70,000 jokes. Did those burn? No. By the way, everyone's like, oh my god, did you get out? Yes, I did. Where were the cards? I'm like, thank you, the pets made it and everyone else made it. Cooper's fine. The jokes are at the National Comedy Center.

Oh, good. Thank goodness. Is that scheduled or unscheduled on the insurance company? Scheduled. Okay. So something happens to those jokes. Yes. But they go on display. There's a big exhibit coming up in August at the National Comedy Center. Where is that? Way up. You've got to fly in, I think, to Buffalo. But it's where Lucy's hometown. I always wanted to say Jonestown, but I can't remember. Jonestown was the- Massacre. Massacre. So then it's Jamestown.

Well, it airs on Peacock tomorrow night. Well, no, it airs. Oh, yeah. It's NBC tonight, Peacock tomorrow night. Oh, NBC tonight. Yes. Okay, so you can watch it live tonight. You can watch it live tonight, and then you can get the uncensored version Wednesday on Peacock. With probably no commercials, right? Correct. You can fast forward. Yeah, if you add free Peacock. Wait, I have to tell you, and I don't.

We know I have like a very much like imposter syndrome and like real ego issues where like I think I'm a piece of shit constantly. I'm actually really proud of this. Well, can I tell you, I thought you look so good in the end. And I want to know who made that suit. That was Michael Kors and it burned to a crisp.

Well, of course it was in my house. It was gorgeous. Wasn't that good? I thought you looked so good. Was that scheduled? No. None of my clothes were scheduled. Oh, shit. Because you shot that back in November? We shot that back in November. Melissa, please tell me that you have plans to do a red carpet where I am sick of these red carpets. I need that Joan and Melissa vibe.

These red carpet critiques are not serving anymore. They're boring. It's a different time. It's a different time. I need you on a show where you're critiquing and giving me feedback. I have a couple of ideas that are kicking around. We still live in a time where people are scared. Yeah. And that's really hard. And we need to like stand up and not be so scared anymore. And I hope this special reminds us that you can be funny and

And you don't. And it's OK to laugh because the sketch that they can meet the comics we had were amazing and they did not hold back. No, we had Tiffany Haddish. You had Chelsea Handler. You had Joel McHale, Nikki Glaser. I love Brosnahan. Yes. I mean, we had I didn't love that bit. And then I also. Oh, my God. You didn't love Rachel doing as many vagina jokes in 60 seconds as she could.

- No, I didn't love it as much. - Gays don't like vagina jokes. - No, no, I just didn't love it as much as some of the other comics. I don't know why. - That's fine. - And that's the thing, there's something for everyone. - Oh yeah. - Right? - Oh yeah. - So you're gonna have seven or eight comics. - There's so many acts that move so quickly. - Just like when you go to a comedy show. You like, you know, I love Tiffany, I love Nikki Glaser. - Nikki's funny too. - But I have to say, Aubrey Plaza. - Aubrey was hilarious. - She's so fucking funny. - Probably the best. - That was one of my favorite segments. And when we were putting it together, we wanted to make sure we could tell a story

and keep it modern and use her material as just a jumping off point. So we really curated and carefully picked who was going to take on what topic.

And what part of it. So it was very... It was a very interesting process because basically we were like, what's the story and who fits where? In her set, she was lucky enough to be able to tell Joan's most provocative jokes. It was the in memoriam. Which she could not get away with today. Yeah, it was... Which is amazing. Yeah, it was the jokes... I'm so jealous. I cannot wait to watch it. Oh, you'll love it. You're really going to love it. Of course I will. I was...

The biggest still am Joan Rivers fan of all time, not just because she was so funny, but she was an advocate for so many communities that I feel near and dear to.

You were on her show. I was on her show. It was one of the biggest honors. I guess your show too, Melissa. Yeah, it was in my house. It was in my house. By the way, and it was my ridiculous idea said sarcastically. You were shooting the reality show. I'm like, why don't we just shoot another show out of the house? Let's just do a talk show sitting in your bed. And we look at each other and go, that's a really good idea. In bed with Joan. In bed with Joan. It was the biggest like...

If you say like, what have you done since you've been on TV that you're most excited and proud of? The fact that I got to do that with Joan Rivers in Melissa's house and with Melissa, one of the biggest honors I've ever had, like since I've been on TV was doing that. I have known you and I adore you. And I'm going to tell you something very honestly as a friend. That's a very low bar.

It's that and this. I know. I thought of that. I have to say, I thought about it. Here you are doing today's show. Watch what happens live. Today you're here. I got to hang out. It's a lie.

Low, low, low bar, my friend. But I like that. I got to hang out with your mom and drink wine in a bed, and we were talking shit. We were just talking shit, and it was so cool. She's such an icon. So it was about just having her for that amount of time. You guys got all silly and cozy. Yes, it was so fun.

But I'm very excited about the special. You know, very, we all know, very often we're like, it's a job, it's this, and we're not necessarily super proud of what we did or, oh, it was fine. I'm actually really proud of this show. I'm very excited. I thought it was perfect.

Because we didn't see you at all until the very, very, very end. And you did kind of the final speech, which was very impactful. I felt like that was perfect. Because first of all, I was like, where's Melissa? When are we going to see Melissa? Is Melissa even in this? And then when you came out at the end looking amazing, how much was that suit, do you think? Michael Kors was nice enough to dress me for. But what is it retail for? I have no idea.

We need it for the insurance. - It's not scheduled. I just need it as a gift. I'm like, can I have a new wardrobe? - Wait, can you ask anyone for anything when you've been a fire victim? - Nobody, well, by the way, a lot of people have been amazing and a lot of companies have given really deep discounts to replace stuff. - Really? - A number of companies have just sent me care packages.

But as time goes on, that stalks. I think it would be bad karma to say that we're a fire victim when we're not. Just for discounts. I mean, the definition of bad karma. Yeah, that would be bad karma. I bet people do it. I am sure people do it. I bet chumps do it. But I gotta love, you know, the chumps are so loyal.

- They are. - I saw the ones that were like Chump Con. I saw that. - It was so fun. - And the Chumps got so mad at me I was here last time. - They were mad at you? - Yes! - Why? - Because we were going back and forth about the wedding.

It's okay. It's fine. They got really mad at me. Oh, I think they thought I was hurt. I wasn't that hurt. You weren't hurt at all. You were not hurt at all. Don't worry about me. I'm just obviously oversensitive. You do not hurt. You were so not hurt by the first person, the first call after, oh my God, are you okay? I love you. Anything you need to the bathroom survive?

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