00:00An incident that happened between you, Melissa, and Danny
00:02has been the subject of a lot of talk.
00:04You know, was it surreal to see your drama take center stage
00:08at times during the season?
00:10Yes.
00:11It was such an interesting, like, situation
00:15because, you know, the boys were talking about this
00:18and, like, you know, you see Jesse bringing it up
00:20and I'm like, okay, we have to talk about this.
00:22And, you know, that's one thing I want to make sure, like,
00:25we're going to be real and authentic.
00:27Like, this is stuff that happened in our life,
00:29so we're not going to, like, not talk about it.
00:31And I know it made some people uncomfortable,
00:33but that's just, you know, this is our life.
00:34This is what happened, so.
00:36Well, it seemed like after his second apology,
00:39it finally seemed like Danny understood
00:41why his actions were so disrespectful.
00:44Nobody wants to talk about defending your relationship
00:46or the respect.
00:48You shouldn't have to.
00:49You know, obviously, it will never happen again.
00:53Yeah, I'm so sorry.
00:56You know, Danny already apologized to me and Melissa,
00:57but I don't need another apology.
01:00I just need for him to understand how this made me feel
01:04if he wants to be a friend in my life.
01:06Why was that conversation so important to have on camera?
01:10Yeah, I think it was really important
01:11to have that conversation with Danny
01:12because, you know, before that,
01:14I know there's this whole, like, narrative
01:16that he's apologized so many times and that's not true.
01:19It was, you know, a text and then the white party,
01:22which, to me, you can't start off an apology saying,
01:25like, why are you doing this to me?
01:26And that just kind of rubbed me the wrong way.
01:28And, you know, it took me a while to process things.
01:31And it was like, okay, this,
01:32I'm not feeling comfortable right now.
01:34You know, I'm not super close with him.
01:36So I wanted him to have that conversation,
01:38like, with all three of us.
01:39Like, look, this is why I'm feeling this way.
01:42This is, you know, why I felt uncomfortable.
01:44And still now I'm being triggered a little bit
01:46because, you know, it's like,
01:47this is stuff that happened to me before.
01:48And, you know, I cut off friends in the past
01:50because they've, you know, treated me and Melissa this way.
01:52So I just wanted him to understand, like, look,
01:55take, like, you know, your drinking and your actions.
01:57It's more about the respect
01:58if you want to have this friendship with me.
02:00And you said you'd cut off friends in the past.
02:03And I thought this, that having that conversation with him
02:07showed how much he meant to you
02:08that you even cared to keep that door open.
02:12Exactly, 100%.
02:13Like, if I truly did not care about Neo or Danny,
02:16I would be like, okay, screw him, next, like, I don't care.
02:21But I do think he's a good guy.
02:23And I, you know, saw that there's potential,
02:25like, of having a friendship there.
02:26And I just need him to understand.
02:28And I think having that conversation,
02:29he really, truly did, you know, it got,
02:31we got through to him.
02:32And I think now, you know, we're in a good place
02:34and everything's great.
02:35So I think it's good that we had that conversation.
02:37Okay, good.
02:38I was going to ask for an update on that.
02:38Yeah, no, we're good, yeah.
02:40We are good.
02:41I love Danny and Nia.
02:42And, you know, it was important to have that conversation.
02:44I'm so happy we did.
02:45I felt for you because you got sort of pulled
02:48into this two-year-old Jason takes off his wedding ring
02:52sometimes rumor.
02:53What have I done?
02:54I heard a rumor that a year ago or so,
02:57Jasmine heard that you take your ring off sometimes at bars.
03:01Never, never would have done that in my life.
03:03I'm so happy this is what it is, by the way.
03:05I was so nervous what you were going to tell me.
03:07So it's not an allegation that I'm cheating.
03:08It's an allegation that I'm, like,
03:09trying to cheat and failing at it or something.
03:11Were you surprised that Kristen chose to resurface this?
03:14You know, again, you never know what you're going to expect with this group.
03:24I'm not surprised.
03:26I just feel like, listen, Kristen, she rides for her friends.
03:30And, like, she said it.
03:32She said it best.
03:33If you mess with a friend, she's going to come for you.
03:35So she only did this to get back at Janet and Jason for, you know, messing with me and Danny.
03:43That's what I think.
03:44Because there's no other reason why she would bring this up.
03:48I think she was just trying to...
03:51Are you, Kristen?
03:52I agree.
03:53Can you walk me, though, through how this whole rumor started?
03:56Oh, man.
03:58Okay.
03:58So this rumor, it happened, like, a couple years ago.
04:04It was just more of, like, a friend group upset.
04:07And, you know, when you are in a fractured, like, place with your friends and you say things and you don't mean it,
04:14that's what I took from that whole conversation when it happened.
04:17I didn't believe it.
04:18I still don't think Jason has done anything to, you know, hurt Janet.
04:24No.
04:24There's no cheating.
04:25I'm pretty sure there isn't.
04:27We all know Jason's a little wit boy.
04:31But it's great.
04:32Like, their relationship is great.
04:33I don't think Jason would ever do anything to hurt Janet.
04:35I just feel like it was friends upset, frustration, things were said, and other people heard it.
04:41It wasn't just me.
04:42Do you feel like at one point during the season, not to get into any spoilers, that you had to pick, like, Team Janet or Team Kristen?
04:51I think there was times where I felt like I don't think I had to pick a team, Team Kristen or Janet.
04:59I just started seeing things that made me question certain people's behaviors.
05:04Like, I didn't really like how Janet was treating Kristen and Zach.
05:07And it kind of made me, like, step back, like, okay, you know, what's that about?
05:13So I didn't really pick teams.
05:14Just more, like, eye-opening things that were happening.
05:18Well, there's one team you're on, I know for a fact, and it's Team Brittany.
05:24Yes.
05:25I, you know, I think you were all of us when we found out that Jax had not paid the mortgage since May.
05:33What?
05:34He has not paid our mortgage since May.
05:37He what?
05:39Since May.
05:40He never asked me for help.
05:42He never told me anything.
05:44He never did anything.
05:46And then he goes and signs a lease.
05:47And you walk us through that moment.
05:49Oh, man.
05:50When Brittany, you know, dropped all this Jax information on me, I was just blown away.
05:55Because I know he's an idiot, but, like, what are you doing?
05:59Like, it was just, like, one thing after another with him.
06:02And it's like, she just can't win.
06:03It's like, when is it ever going to, like, you know, she's going to have some peace in her life?
06:06And I just, at that moment, when she was telling me all this information, Jax not paying this or that, I was just like, why are we even in this bar right now with his name on it?
06:14Like, let's throw everything out.
06:16Let's start over.
06:17Like, get him out of your life.
06:18It's just another Jax thing to add to the list.
06:21Do you think there's a world where Brittany and Jax can eventually reach a good co-parenting place?
06:29Oh, man.
06:29Um, I don't know.
06:32I think Jax and Brittany, they're just always going to have some kind of, like, issue because Jax, I think it's all on him.
06:38You know, Brittany is ready to move on and move forward to her life and everything, but Jax is the one that just brings, like, this negative energy and just bad, toxic behavior around her.
06:48And so if he can change that, maybe there might be some future for them.
06:52But right now, no.
06:53I want to talk about Zach.
06:55Obviously, I love your two's friendship.
06:57Um, have you ever picked anyone up from LAX before?
07:03The only person I ever pick up from the airport is Melissa.
07:06That's it.
07:07Everyone else, you're getting an Uber.
07:09Um, yeah.
07:09Nope.
07:10Zach is very lucky.
07:11I love him, and I know he would do the same for me.
07:13And, you know, um, he seems to be going through his own issues with Brittany.
07:19Brittany, I need your help.
07:21That's all I want!
07:23As a friend with both of them, how difficult was it for you to watch that?
07:28It's been really, like, tough watching Zach and Brittany, like, you know, have this, like, frustration in their relationship because I know how close they are and how much he loves her and I know how much she loves him.
07:40And I just think, like, right now, Brittany has been going through so much that, like, she's just, like, her brain, she's just spread thin.
07:46She's like, I can't handle, you know, dealing with, you know, you, Zach, and your drama with Janet, and Janet's drama with Zach.
07:53So I think it's been hard for Brittany to navigate, like, being a good friend, plus, like, trying to take care of Cruz and deal with his Jack stuff.
08:01So it's been really tough, like, watching them go back and forth, but I know they're going to be fine.
08:05They always bring it back.
08:06I know you're Zach's bestie, so I have to ask, what is the deal with the Monster Energy drink mini fridge on his kitchen counter?
08:14Oh, my God.
08:16Zach has had that fridge forever.
08:19He's a monster boy.
08:20He just loves it.
08:21That's all it is.
08:22He just loves that fridge, and it's so Zach, yeah.
08:25Is it just a Monster Energy drink in there?
08:27There's no Monster.
08:28There's no Monster drinks in it.
08:30It's just a fridge.
08:30He uses it for, like, I think his liquor's in there.
08:33Maybe some, like, Red Bulls, but not even, like, a Monster drink.
08:36But he just loves the fridge.
08:37Well, everyone has seen the Valley reunion seating chart.
08:41How do you feel about the order overall?
08:43I thought it was great.
08:44The seating chart, look, this is my first reunion.
08:46I was just happy to be there, like, excited and nervous.
08:49I didn't care where I was sitting.
08:51But, yeah, I know everyone gets all, like, upset about the seating charts, but I thought it was great.
08:55I was next to my bestie.
08:57It was good.
08:58And I know you can't say much, but do you feel better or worse having gone through the reunion?
09:06I feel like the reunion, for me, I blacked out because I don't remember much.
09:12I feel like it was just kind of overwhelming for me.
09:15I was nervous.
09:15I was scared.
09:16But at the same time, I think that we got through to everything that we wanted to talk about, and I think everybody hit their points.
09:21So I think we did good for the first time.
09:25Yeah.
09:25And did you address everything you needed to?
09:27Yes, I did.
09:28I wish now we kind of had the reunion just because I feel, you know, people are starting to do podcasts, and you're starting to get, I'm like, wait, you weren't saying that.
09:35Now you're saying this.
09:36But I think, you know, I got everything out I wanted to say.
09:39I think I, you know, we, you know, talked to the right people I needed to talk to, and now we're all good for now.
09:45What can you tease about the rest of the season of The Valley?
09:51I tease.
09:54Gosh, it's going to just, okay, I would say there's going to be some more, like, more drama, of course, but there is going to be some fun.
10:05Because I know right now it's been a little, like, damn, are they ever going to have fun?
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