Dive into the world of Belle Collective, a reality series following a group of successful Black businesswomen in Jackson, Mississippi. This episode continues to explore their personal and professional lives, highlighting their entrepreneurial ventures, friendships, and rivalries. Witness the drama and triumphs as these powerful women navigate their complex relationships and strive for success.
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00:00Previously on Vail Collective.
00:02I'm having a birthday party.
00:04I'm celebrating my thriving 45.
00:07What up, fam?
00:08Cedric lost his brother, and that death
00:11brought us back together.
00:14We're taking things slow.
00:16Happy birthday!
00:24I have rekindled things with my ex-husband.
00:28And I also have a friend I've been
00:30seeing for quite some time.
00:33Come on.
00:34I like him.
00:35What in the poly is going on here?
00:38I went to a wedding venue.
00:40And before we go down this aisle,
00:42I always want to make sure we on the right track.
00:46I don't even know where the hell to start.
00:47I cannot go into this marriage.
00:50Without communication.
00:52Right.
00:53How do you feel about the reconnection of Latrice
00:54and Leticia?
00:55Oh, God.
00:56Douglas, M-I-D-U.
00:58What?
00:59What?
01:01What's your answer, girl?
01:02Amanda's my girl, and Leticia's my girl.
01:06So where do I go from here?
01:07I can tell you.
01:09What's your째?
01:11I can tell her.
01:12We got my pen next to Lake City in length.
01:14I'm the TΓΌrkm kraut Intercektor.
01:16You let's see once you see any p advancing a walk.
01:16I'm the guy next to wife.
01:17She's a little rabbit.
01:19With him, Not everyday.
01:19I honey.
01:20She's down to deep side.
01:21I'm the guy, too.
01:22I'm the guy.
01:23I'm the king now.
01:24I want my eldest of my culture.
01:25I guess your girl and my brother.
01:26I have no Jordan and I have two brothers ineil.
01:27It's the guy.
01:28Oh, my brother.
01:28And I have a quarterback.
01:29I emergency.
01:30I'm the guy the man in right now.
01:31Let's go.
02:01Hey, well, how you doing, ma'am?
02:02Welcome to Monti's.
02:05Table for two, please?
02:06Yes, ma'am.
02:07We have a table right over here for you.
02:08Oh, perfect.
02:14This is Letitia Pearson, your bail bondsman from yesterday.
02:17I just wanted to call to give you an update
02:20on your next court date.
02:22The people always want to know, what's going on at Letitia
02:25Pearson's Enterprise, OK?
02:27It's more than brunching.
02:28I am a paralegal.
02:30I'm a bail bondsman.
02:32I have a mentorship program.
02:34I'm literally a Jill of all trades.
02:37I can file your divorce for you, honey,
02:40and go over here and bond you out of jail.
02:42Stop playing with me.
02:43Living my best life 24-7.
02:46Yeah.
02:47All the pressure is applied.
02:49You should feel threatened.
02:53OK, thank you.
02:54I'll talk to you soon.
02:55Bye.
02:56Hey, my girl.
02:58The one, it's giving.
02:59It's giving.
03:00Um, Whitley Gilbert.
03:01Yes.
03:02Jasmine.
03:03Yes, girl.
03:05I'm super excited to see my girl Carrie today and catch up,
03:08not just on the mess that happened at Marie's party,
03:11but to talk to her about an upcoming event called the Relunch
03:14Social that I want to collaborate with her on.
03:17Girl, can we hear?
03:18Can we what, girl?
03:19Can we what?
03:20Can we what?
03:21Can we what?
03:22Baby Jackson showed out last week when I saw y'all.
03:25So I want to ask you, so what did you think about the party?
03:28Like, what did you think?
03:30I had a great time.
03:31Mm-hmm.
03:32I mean, I thought it was Jackson.
03:36It wasn't giving coastal vibes.
03:38Well, oh, not the shade.
03:39Here you go, not the shade.
03:42Now, Carrie, you my girl and all, but you
03:45know how to throw some shade when it comes to Jackson.
03:47If you want to be a part of this collective,
03:49you're going to have to tread lightly, OK?
03:51We don't play over here.
03:53I guess everybody was stressed out.
03:54There was some tension.
03:55Mm-hmm.
03:55There was some tension.
03:56I could feel it.
03:57I think it was, I don't think it was a lot of tension.
03:58I think it was confusion.
04:00How you doing?
04:01Oh, you look amazing.
04:03Good to see you.
04:05Thank you for the invitation.
04:06Absolutely.
04:07Hello, Jess.
04:08I'm good.
04:09Because I was like, what is going on?
04:11Like, is this a love triangle?
04:13Like, OK, here's the thing.
04:16I invited Martin first, and I invited Cedric,
04:19but Cedric said he wasn't coming.
04:21So, Maureen, you mean to tell me they don't even
04:23know anything about each other?
04:25Well, Cedric is aware that I had a white friend guy.
04:30I do not know, honestly.
04:32Nearby.
04:332 plus 2 is definitely not giving 4,
04:34so I don't know what this is.
04:37Watching Maureen juggle this love life triangle thing
04:41with Cedric and Martin, I'm concerned,
04:43because you're putting your heart out there on the line,
04:46and I do not want you hurt.
04:48So you got to figure this out.
04:50Now, you know, I'm trying to get back to my purpose,
04:53which Bruncher has always been a part of.
04:55So we're talking about a relaunch,
04:57and it's a social to introduce Women Brunch Mississippi
05:00is coming back.
05:00OK.
05:01Brunching is not going anywhere.
05:03Well.
05:03For me.
05:04You got to get some sponsors.
05:05Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
05:06That's your first step.
05:06And I've been doing this on my own.
05:08That's the thing.
05:09So is the venue, is it going to be like a sit down,
05:11or it's just a chill, air body mingling, social type?
05:14Um, no, it's the socials.
05:15It's not a sit down brunch.
05:16It's not a brunch.
05:17OK.
05:18But we're going to have brunch food.
05:19I want to have an intimate party called the Relunch Social
05:24to announce the upcoming tour of Women Brunch Mississippi.
05:28And Kerri is a good partner to help me on the Relunch Social,
05:32because she is a social butterfly,
05:34and she's good at hosting events.
05:36So hey, it works.
05:37She is perfect.
05:39I've been doing this on my own.
05:41Not anymore, honey.
05:42Good.
05:42I got you.
05:43As long as we got our mimosas, baby.
05:45Yes, mimosas queen.
05:47Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
06:06Good morning, Jessica.
06:07Good morning.
06:08How you doing?
06:09All right.
06:09How about yourself?
06:10Good.
06:10I'll be with you all shortly to begin our meeting.
06:12OK.
06:14Good morning.
06:15So how you been?
06:16We really hadn't talked since the party.
06:19We have not.
06:20But first, real quick.
06:22I've updated and revised Hamilton Davis Mental Health,
06:25the opioid treatment clinic policy.
06:27OK.
06:28As well as the mental health policy.
06:31OK.
06:32Business is great.
06:33Hamilton Davis is doing exceptionally well.
06:37Currently, we are renovating a 26-bed facility
06:40for some of our patients.
06:43Overall, Hamilton Davis is thriving.
06:47How's your health?
06:48I'm feeling OK.
06:49For the most part, I'm doing well.
06:50I'm doing well.
06:51I had a great report in Birmingham last week.
06:55So everything is moving right along.
06:58Good.
06:59You know, God got you.
07:00God got me, so.
07:01Yeah.
07:02Currently, Essie is traveling to and from Alabama
07:06for her lung transplant.
07:08And in spite of what Essie is going through,
07:10she's pushing through.
07:13I want to have a conversation with you about a conversation
07:16I've had with you previously.
07:19OK.
07:20HD Hamilton Davis is doing phenomenal.
07:24Yes.
07:24And I am so proud of us, of how far we have come.
07:29Mm-hmm.
07:30We have planted the seeds, and we are reaping the harvest.
07:34With that being said, it'll be great for me to retire.
07:38You know, I've been an entrepreneur for 25 years.
07:41I've put in a lot of work into building the Hamilton Davis
07:45brand.
07:46And there's pretty much nothing else I
07:48can do when it comes to health care.
07:51I've put in the work, and I feel like it's time for me to retire.
07:55No, you cannot retire right now.
07:57Give me another year.
07:59You said that last year.
08:00Yeah, give me another year.
08:01So we can't hire another executive director
08:04to do what I do.
08:05No.
08:06Nobody's going to do it like you do.
08:08So 12 more months.
08:0912 more months.
08:11And I say, OK, Ri, you can go.
08:12I'm sorry, so I can't do it.
08:14If you stop trying to juggle all these men,
08:16you will have time to do it.
08:18Yes.
08:22No the things like that.
08:24Yes.
08:25And see, with the mess, she never stops.
08:28Like, I'm living my life.
08:30Difference between me and others is I'm being upfront
08:34with what I'm doing.
08:36The party I thought would be a disaster
08:38when I saw Martin walking in.
08:41If Martin had been a different person,
08:43or Sid had been a different person,
08:45it would have been some stuff thrown, some furniture moved.
08:49And then, Hesla, you out here dancing with both of them,
08:52just like.
08:53And I was shoot twirling with both of them.
08:56I'm like, oh, my God.
08:57Look at that.
08:58Hi.
08:59I'm like, yeah.
09:00I'm like, yeah.
09:01I'm that bitch.
09:05I'm like, oh, my God.
09:07Even though the party was fun, I'm conflicted.
09:12Honestly, it's a lot for me to process,
09:14because, like, you know, I love Cedric.
09:17Mm-hmm.
09:18And, you know, I like Martin.
09:22People think that Martin is a fly-by-night,
09:24oh, I'm just doing something to pass time.
09:26But actually, I have grown to care about Martin.
09:30I do.
09:32That man had me on the back of that jet ski,
09:36drive me from one side of the ocean.
09:38So then I would not have never did anything like that ever.
09:44Yeah.
09:45So, you know, he just.
09:46He just brought something different.
09:47He brought something different into my life,
09:49and just showed me a different way of life,
09:51a different culture.
09:52And I like that.
09:53Mm-hmm.
09:54You know, I really enjoyed him.
09:56So I'm wrestling.
09:58I have not heard a word from Martin for two weeks
10:01since he been out of town.
10:02And now I'm at a crossroads as to, you know,
10:07how am I going to proceed with him in my life?
10:11I do love Cedric.
10:12I do.
10:14But then on the other hand, you know, I was having fun.
10:17You need to get your stuff together, baby,
10:19because you got too much going on.
10:22My heart is leading in a certain direction,
10:25but I need to have a conversation with Martin.
10:28I need clarity at this point.
10:31Now, I need to know who to root for.
10:33Both of them.
10:37Coming up on Bell Collective.
10:39Communication is key.
10:40Sometimes you be moving like you my boyfriend.
10:43I'm my fiance.
10:44The way you got me is the way you need to keep me.
10:48I have not heard from you.
10:49I have not seen your butt.
10:50Like, my friend seems like she a little distant.
10:53I've been in my pillows.
10:54I ain't going to lie.
11:00You know, I really like you.
11:03I'm so sorry.
11:05Go ahead, pop another bottle.
11:07What?
11:08Because I'm stepping on the scene.
11:10Oh.
11:11And we about to celebrate.
11:13Yeah.
11:14We about to celebrate me.
11:15Yeah.
11:16Why you tripping all the time?
11:18I be tripping all the time.
11:19I be getting to the paper.
11:20You know I'm against mine.
11:22I be putting in that work.
11:24Yeah.
11:25Baby, I'm going to make it work.
11:27Yeah.
11:31Ri, what you cooking in there?
11:33It's a surprise.
11:34Stay tuned.
11:37All right.
11:38You're going to love it.
11:40Mm-hmm.
11:41Mm-hmm.
11:42Say it.
11:43Yo.
11:44What do you think about my birthday party?
11:46It was lit.
11:47It was nice.
11:48It was nice.
11:49I'm glad you came.
11:51Oh, yeah.
11:52Had to.
11:53Look, I'm still torn between Cedric and Martin,
11:58but had a date night with Cedric,
12:00and one thing led to another, and here I am.
12:04Did you enjoy yourself at your birthday party?
12:06I did.
12:07I enjoyed myself.
12:09You know, I felt at first uncomfortable a little bit.
12:15Why were you uncomfortable?
12:18I had, you know, you were there.
12:20I had you there, and then my friend showed up.
12:24Well, I told him, you know, my name.
12:28I told him that we have a daughter to go.
12:30Marie and I have a 12-year-old daughter.
12:32Yes.
12:33And I've been married before.
12:35Yes.
12:36We had two children, so yeah.
12:37Oh, OK.
12:38So that's 17 and 19.
12:39Oh, that's great.
12:40Yeah.
12:41Oh, OK.
12:42But it felt awkward, though.
12:44Here you are dancing with this guy,
12:47and you trying to dance with me, too.
12:50Come on.
12:53It's my birthday.
12:55It's my birthday.
12:56I felt like a sucker.
12:59I just felt unsettled.
13:01I was unsettled, too, because you know what?
13:02Think about this, just like I said.
13:04I feel uncomfortable having you there
13:06and having my friend there.
13:08And I don't ever want to be in that position ever again.
13:13The reason why I think that I'm right for Marie
13:15is because I got unconditional love in my heart.
13:19Why?
13:19Because we got so much of history together.
13:21We got a whole baby together.
13:23We done built our family around each other.
13:25You know, we're taking the one day at a time, Marie.
13:29But that moment made me feel like,
13:33maybe, this is not right now for us.
13:37I get it.
13:37I get it.
13:38But, like, just bear with me.
13:43I'm working through it.
13:44Yeah.
13:45I'm here with you.
13:47Yeah, that's true.
13:48OK, I could have been over there with him in his bed.
13:50I'm here with you.
13:53Marie, in terms of that guy,
13:55your friend and everything, you know,
13:58what I do want you to know is that
14:01it'll mean the world to me for you just to be happy.
14:04Mm-hmm.
14:06I'm going to wait until you communicate with me
14:10that you are settled.
14:11All right.
14:12I like Martin.
14:14I really like him.
14:15He's a great person.
14:16But I love Cedric.
14:19It's...
14:20It's complicated.
14:22Keep going.
14:26Keep going.
14:31Keep going.
14:33Keep going.
14:34Get the coins up like a Mario.
14:38Running on your fools.
14:39Better keep up with my cardio.
14:43Run it, run it.
14:44Run it, run it, run it, run it, run it.
14:48I have had so much on my plate.
14:50I have been one busy mama.
14:52My daughter Skye has a baby on the way.
14:55Then also, I want to do the all-white event
14:59in honor of my son, Quincy Johnson.
15:01I'm trying to see if it's the right spot for my event.
15:04This is like my baby, you know.
15:06This is memories of my son.
15:08The last thing I need to deal with
15:10is these communication problems I have with Mike,
15:13because it has gotten worse.
15:15And right now, Mike is getting the solid treatment.
15:18So I guess you can say, I'm having communication issues now.
15:48What the hell wrong with you?
15:54When you was out of town, you didn't answer that phone.
15:58That's one thing.
16:00Communication is key with any type of relationship.
16:03Sometimes you don't act like you know it.
16:05You be moving like you my boyfriend, not my fiance.
16:09How? What move when?
16:10Oh, you talking about when I be going to do stuff?
16:12Yes, you're supposed to tell me that.
16:17I don't know what changed, but he used to tell me everything.
16:22And I think he's probably getting a little comfortable.
16:25And I'm like, baby, no, don't get comfortable.
16:28The way you got me is the way you need to keep me.
16:31It can be so easy, so simple.
16:34I mean, you can be so easy, too, if you
16:36be talking and don't walk off.
16:37Now, Michael, when I'm talking, you be walking off.
16:41So you really need to meet the Pearsons.
16:44They don't been through hell and back.
16:46So they're the right couple to talk to.
16:49Next week, Latisha is setting up an outing for Mike and I
16:53to help us with our communication problems.
16:56I feel like it's going to help.
16:57I mean, it can't do any worse.
17:04Coming up on Bell Collective.
17:06But wait a minute now, since all y'all up in my business,
17:09let's play a game, true or false?
17:10Oh, we can tell me that you all experience infidelity
17:13in your marriage.
17:15They all up in my business, wanting to know, you know,
17:19about Martin and Cedric.
17:20OK, I said, well, let's play a game.
17:22I want to know what's it.
17:36I want to know what's it like you want to know.
17:37Show you something that you've never seen before.
17:39Never seen before, never seen before.
17:44Oh, it's so pretty.
17:47How you doing?
17:48How you doing?
17:50Oh, my God, it's so pretty.
17:51You guys are so excited.
17:52Yes, yes, yes.
17:55Today we are at my relaunch social of Women Brunch Mississippi,
18:00the platform for female entrepreneurs to network.
18:03So my brunches are more than an expensive hobby.
18:06My brunches allow women to really come together
18:09and collaborate and be successful.
18:11And we're here to celebrate and to announce
18:14my statewide tour.
18:18Oh, I'm sorry.
18:19I get so passionate talking about my brunches.
18:36I know that little flip, that little hair flip.
18:38Hi, yay.
18:38Hey.
18:39You got your ponytail to the side today.
18:41Girl, I'm doing my little genie in a bottle thing, girly.
18:49It's just one little hair.
18:56And then it happens to be gray.
18:59Do my neck back here.
19:00OK, I see you got found for that.
19:02Oh, everybody got found for that, bro.
19:04Hi.
19:05How you doing?
19:07I am so excited to show up to support my girl,
19:10Latisha, for her relaunch.
19:11And I hope Latrice shows up, because I just
19:15want to clear the air with her, because I was supposed
19:17to be the bar manager at Taste.
19:20And unfortunately, some things happened.
19:24All right.
19:24Hey, everybody.
19:26Thank you all for coming this evening.
19:29Hey, come on.
19:30Hey, come on.
19:32I'm here at the relaunch social today
19:34to support my girl, Latisha.
19:36But when it comes to Amanda and Glenn DMing her,
19:39I'm still kind of conflicted.
19:41You know Glenn's in my DM.
19:43Hey!
19:45Finding out about the DMs has definitely
19:47made me uneasy, especially when it comes to me
19:49and Latisha's friendship.
19:50And quite frankly, I'm not exactly excited
19:53to see Selena either.
19:54We still have unresolved issues.
19:57She ghosted me on becoming a bar manager at Taste.
20:00This lady right here has been a trailblazer
20:04in the business community.
20:06We're happy to work and partner with her
20:09on expanding the brunch series.
20:11I'm going to turn it over to you, Latisha,
20:12to tell us about your vision.
20:14First, I just want to say thank you all so much for coming.
20:17Women Brunch Mississippi is a platform for female entrepreneurs
20:21throughout the state of Mississippi,
20:22where we provide economic development.
20:26And also, we promote entrepreneurship.
20:28So it's not just about brunching and looking cute
20:31in your Louboutins, but it's actually about making a change.
20:33It is important for me to give back to Mississippi
20:36with my brunches because my dream started here in Mississippi,
20:40connecting women around the state who can actually come together
20:44and collaborate and build legacy.
20:46I want to inspire every girl that's in a community,
20:50a rural community around the state of Mississippi.
20:52I definitely want you guys to be empowered.
20:55And my goal is to create a platform for over 3,000 women
20:59in the state of Mississippi before the end of this year.
21:02So thank you all for coming, and let's work the wrong.
21:06Thank you all for coming!
21:08Come on!
21:09Hi!
21:10It's very refreshing to feel and see the collective
21:14operating as a collective right now.
21:16Women are collaborating.
21:18The brunch is a hub for entrepreneurs
21:20to get together, women, and really, really say,
21:23girl, you got that, you got that, you want to do that,
21:25let's collaborate.
21:26Hey!
21:28This is your hostia.
21:30Uh-huh!
21:31Girl, she looks like Marie.
21:34When she walked in on the side, she gives Marie.
21:36She gives Marie.
21:37You cut my hair.
21:38I don't know how Monroe going to feel about that.
21:41I am so grateful right now in this moment
21:45that the brunch is going great.
21:48Smiling faces.
21:49People are networking.
21:53My feet hurt at this point.
21:55So look, I was so excited to meet my fellow brunchnista.
22:00All right, yes.
22:01I missed you last week.
22:02They said that you were at work.
22:05Yeah.
22:06For Marie's birthday party.
22:07It's nice to meet you.
22:08I was trying to figure out, like, who the hell is this lady?
22:11Baby, it's me.
22:12It's me.
22:13I have nothing bad to say about Kira, honey.
22:15Kira is very dramatic, very talkative,
22:18but I absolutely love her.
22:21Anything extra to me is always welcome.
22:24Listen, I heard about the event last week.
22:27So how did it go?
22:28It was a whole little time.
22:31Come on, y'all.
22:32Let's open up.
22:33OK.
22:34Oh.
22:35You're looking good, honey.
22:36You're looking good.
22:37Oh, too.
22:38Oh, my God.
22:39I know.
22:40Oh, my God.
22:41Oh, my God.
22:42Why are you late?
22:43This why you wanted to come in fashionably late?
22:45You were on a whole spaceship navigation.
22:48You got, look, you got on your space outfit now.
22:52Let me tell you something.
22:53Marie comes in late 8 AM.
22:57You will never see me doing that to one of my girlfriends.
22:59Never, ever.
23:00Baby, I can see the natural BBL in this.
23:03Not the natural BBL.
23:04I can see the natural BBL.
23:06This is cornbread thing.
23:10Yeah, cornbread, y'all.
23:12I was literally just talking about you.
23:15What's going on?
23:16I missed your birthday, so I wanted to know, like, what happened?
23:19Who missed you?
23:20I know.
23:21I know you'll have to tell me that.
23:22Look, Marie, they keep talking about BBL, honey.
23:24It's BBM.
23:25It was bad bitch Marie that night, honey.
23:27It's your birthday.
23:29She busy.
23:31Look, ladies.
23:36I'm a single woman.
23:38I'm a single lady.
23:39You single?
23:40Because I was confused.
23:41But wait a minute now.
23:42Since all y'all up in my business, let's play a game.
23:45True or false?
23:46True or false?
23:47Come in and you all experience infidelity in your marriage.
23:51You know, the BBLs, they all up in my business,
23:54wanting to know, you know, about Martin and Cedric and Marie,
23:57this and you this and you that.
23:59OK, I said, well, let's play a game.
24:00True or false?
24:01Have any of y'all ever experienced infidelity
24:03in your relationship or your marriage?
24:05I want to know what's T.
24:09Coming up on Bell Collective.
24:11When I walked through the door, I didn't hear you,
24:13but a little bug got dropped in my ear.
24:14You were trying to shake the hell out of me.
24:16Let me make a little joke.
24:17Yes, it's giving everything that it's supposed to give.
24:20This not.
24:21It got to go.
24:22Well, I am working.
24:23Bye-bye.
24:24Bye, mama.
24:29How many of y'all experienced infidelity in your marriages?
24:36Oh!
24:37It's all up in my teeth.
24:38We can't help but be in your teeth,
24:40because the teeth was right there, baby.
24:42It was some hot teeth.
24:43Marie, are you serious?
24:45All of your relationships have had infidelity,
24:47so why try to bring up another woman's situation?
24:51The question was, true or false?
24:55Oh, man, I said false.
24:59We born.
25:00And where the hell did this come from?
25:02So, Liz.
25:03I just want to know.
25:04I want to dibble and dabble in y'all business.
25:06I'm a single lady.
25:07OK, that is something that I have a question with,
25:10because I have been so confused.
25:12The last time we all hung out as couples,
25:15Martin was your boyfriend.
25:17Yes.
25:18What happened when Martin became the friend
25:21and Cedric became my man?
25:23When did that happen?
25:24Well, so let me explain.
25:26OK.
25:27Cedric is my ex-husband.
25:29You know, death brought us back together.
25:31Unfortunately, he came back into the picture
25:34while I was, I guess, trying to figure out things
25:37between me and Martin.
25:38And I'm just trying to navigate.
25:42In my book, you know, everybody got somebody.
25:45And you deserve somebody.
25:46So I'm working on my love life.
25:48I never portrayed to have my personal life in order.
25:51Even though I am a brilliant-ass business woman,
25:55I'm human.
25:56Well, let's have a conversation, y'all.
25:58Let's mingle some more.
26:00I got a fit.
26:01Me too.
26:02Friend, we got a fit.
26:04God damn, she hurt so bad.
26:06Oh, my God.
26:11What's going on, friend?
26:12Nothing.
26:13That's what I'm trying to see.
26:14What's going on?
26:15I have not heard from you.
26:16I have not seen your butt, like.
26:18Selena was supposed to be the bar manager at Taste.
26:21Hey, man.
26:22Listen, this is Selena.
26:23This is our bar manager.
26:25Yes.
26:26And when I had the grand opening,
26:29Selena was not there to help me at all.
26:32I actually want to have a conversation with Selena
26:34because y'all just felt like she left me out the drive.
26:37So it's just all sorts of things that's going through my head
26:41right now.
26:42I know I'm supposed to be working at Taste,
26:43but then I had my car accident.
26:45I wasn't able to work.
26:46So I had to recover and all that.
26:48And I'm just like, my friend seemed like she a little distant.
26:51I was in my feelings a little bit about you not working
26:53at the restaurant because I felt like it was an excuse.
26:56And yeah, I felt I did feel some type of way.
26:59I wish we would have had a conversation early on.
27:01Like, honestly, I should have called them and been like,
27:03hey, Selena, you know, I feel some type of way about you not working at Taste
27:06and you not being vocal and letting me know you just not showing up or whatever.
27:10Okay, because my feelings was, I've been in my feelings.
27:13I ain't gonna lie.
27:14You know, after the accident, I lost my dog.
27:17And my dog that died, that was my son's dog.
27:20I'm like, that dog was there when my son was murdered.
27:23So I just felt like I lost another part of my son.
27:27It's like a hit after hit after hit after hit.
27:30I apologize for not letting you know.
27:34I miss my friend.
27:35So we good?
27:36Because I miss you too.
27:37I miss you, friend.
27:38I'm very appreciative that Latrice and I got the opportunity to connect
27:44because I do value our friendship.
27:46We've been friends for over a decade.
27:48So I don't want her to think that I abandoned her.
27:54Let me talk to you.
27:55Come on.
27:56So big.
27:57So how's everything going with you?
27:59Girl, it's good.
28:00I've been doing all this back and forth to Jackson.
28:02I'm thinking about how I can expand my presence up here.
28:06Yeah, yeah, yeah.
28:07When I walked through the door, I didn't hear you.
28:10But a little bug got dropped in my ear.
28:11You were trying to shake the hell out of me when I walked in here.
28:14I'm talking about I look like I came from space.
28:16No.
28:17It's a futuristic outfit.
28:18It's silver.
28:19You're looking good.
28:20You were on a whole spaceship navigating.
28:23Look, you got on your space outfit now.
28:26I'm saying you were going on a journey.
28:28And I said you had your spaceship ready.
28:30But I mean, like, that's how I talk.
28:31Like, I love to make jokes and puns.
28:33OK.
28:34But I mean, if you're looking in the mirror, you look fabulous.
28:36Look at this.
28:37You're beautiful.
28:38But this drop stream ponytail, it got to go.
28:40But like, I'm telling you a bad girl.
28:42This grandma-ish?
28:43No.
28:44No, no, no.
28:45This is timeless classic.
28:46What do you mean?
28:47You got to be hazed in, girl.
28:48You can't just come in here and be throwing shade everywhere
28:51like you an OG, baby.
28:52You got to take baby steps.
28:54You need to kind of take some steps back.
28:56Yes.
28:57That's giving everything that it's supposed to give.
28:59This not.
29:00That's giving grandma old school, old fashioned.
29:02It got to go.
29:03It's giving Sunday morning worship.
29:05It got to go.
29:06Bye-bye.
29:07Bye, mama.
29:08Paging Dr. Marie, please come back to Earth, honey,
29:11because you are clearly in a whole nother universe than us.
29:14Because you and the Martian hairstyle,
29:16it was time for y'all to fly away.
29:18Latisha, this was amazing.
29:19Congratulations on everything that you're doing.
29:24Y'all have amazing things going on, all of us here.
29:26You're right, Latisha.
29:27I would like to invite the Bells to something.
29:29What's happening?
29:30I'm doing an all-white affair in memories of my son.
29:33I want to build like a safe space for people who is dealing
29:36with grief.
29:37They don't have anybody to turn to.
29:39I love that.
29:40So, yes.
29:41I want to invite all of the ladies to my all-white event
29:45in memories of my son, Quincy Johnson, in a week.
29:49Because losing a child is the worst feeling in the world,
29:53and it's something you would never get over.
29:55But I have to start somewhere.
29:57OK.
29:58So, Carrie, you have a restaurant in Biloxi?
30:01Gulfport.
30:02In Alabama?
30:03In Mobile.
30:04Carrie's really that girl on the coast.
30:06You are that girl.
30:07And that's my point.
30:08That's why you got to look.
30:10Carrie, tell me you can dress how you want to, baby.
30:13OK.
30:15Like, I don't want to look the same as everybody.
30:18We made it through.
30:20Leticia's relaunched social without any drama.
30:25We survived.
30:26I am proud of the collective.
30:28I think we have arrived.
30:31Coming up, one bill clicks.
30:35When you ghost me, I feel like you ghost me,
30:40and you stop communicating with me.
30:43So...
30:44Wow.
30:45So, something happened in the meantime.
30:47With your heart.
30:50Oh!
30:50Ah!
30:53You did it.
30:54You did it.
30:56Probably.
30:56It was great for you.
30:57Yeah, but anyway, of course.
30:58Do yourθ
° employees feel free.
30:59She is safe to hold off.
31:00Who are you around?
31:01Come on.
31:02Come on.
31:03So, come on.
31:04laat me drink.
31:06You're not fine.
31:08It was ok.
31:09Yeah!
31:12See you.
31:13I want, step back.
31:14You move forward.
31:16Where you want?
31:17blind!
31:18Yeah!
31:19Hi.
31:21Hola.
31:22Hey, mommy.
31:23All my little children.
31:24Who is that?
31:25Who is that, EJ?
31:26I'm stopping by to visit my girls today, especially Skye.
31:30She has a baby on the way.
31:32And while I'm here, I might as well talk to them about the issues
31:35Mike and I are having.
31:37Keep playing.
31:38Keep playing.
31:39Keep playing.
31:40How did the doctor's office go?
31:41Let me see.
31:42We still haven't started dilating.
31:44You and your nine months, but how many weeks are you?
31:4638 weeks.
31:47So we need to be going running.
31:49That's what they mean.
31:50I told her.
31:51We can go sprint.
31:52Run.
31:53Bounce.
31:54Bounce.
31:55Because you didn't see it.
31:56Bounce.
31:57Bounce.
31:58Bounce.
31:59We got some more boys added to the family.
32:00It's a lot of girls.
32:01It's a lot of girls throughout the whole family.
32:03Boy, you all go take a nap.
32:05Come on, baby.
32:06Seeing my daughters have children,
32:08it was actually something I prayed for.
32:11I do have health issues.
32:13And I'm just so grateful that I'm here to experience this.
32:16Mike, who doesn't want to see their children
32:19start their own family?
32:21But let me update y'all.
32:22Me and Mike, we had a conversation.
32:24Ew.
32:25Ew.
32:26But yeah.
32:27OK.
32:28So we were just talking about the problems
32:31before I walked down the aisle.
32:32OK.
32:33When it comes to Mike, what frustrates me
32:36the most is his communication skills.
32:39He done bought him another, what, box truck?
32:42Uh-huh.
32:43An 18-wheeler to get back on the road.
32:44Mm-hmm.
32:45OK.
32:46I found out, but he told me after the fact.
32:48Mm-hmm.
32:49Just like the boat.
32:50I'm in my feelings still a little bit, even though.
32:52We get it.
32:53Because it's just like, you ain't go and get no TV.
32:56Yes.
32:57You ain't gonna get a whole vehicle.
32:58A whole.
32:59And it's not a regular vehicle.
33:00It's an 18-wheeler.
33:02A big vehicle, OK?
33:04I grew up in a home.
33:06My grandmother was always talking.
33:08We always had communication.
33:11So with Michael, he would say a couple of words
33:14and expect me to understand.
33:16No, honey.
33:17I need you to talk to me.
33:19I'm trying to walk down the aisle.
33:21I'm trying to be his wife.
33:23When me and Mike met, you know,
33:25this was during the time when I lost your brother.
33:29And so in the back of my head,
33:32sometimes when we have, like, disagreements,
33:35I be thinking, did I make a mistake?
33:38I mean, I love this man.
33:40I can't see myself with nobody else.
33:42But then I'm like...
33:43You feel like y'all started too fast?
33:45I don't think we started too fast.
33:47It's just I was in a very vulnerable state of mind.
33:51And he just did all the right things.
33:54He said all the right things.
33:55Everything was perfect.
33:57In 2020, my son was murdered.
34:00And that took a toll on me.
34:02And I'm still not over it.
34:03And that's why I want us to start communicating more.
34:06It's not just him.
34:08Sometimes I get in my feelings and I don't want to talk.
34:11And I should.
34:12But I don't want to feel like I'm bothering him.
34:15When Quincy passed, like, I mean, you was grieving.
34:19But we were also grieving.
34:21And so, like, when it came to being there for you,
34:24it just gave you a different type of comfort where we couldn't.
34:27Yeah, we like Mike.
34:28He helps out a lot and he doesn't have to.
34:31And then when it comes to y'all two,
34:33I just feel like y'all really match each other's, like, energy.
34:36I know y'all love him to death.
34:37I love Mike, too.
34:38We just got some issues we gotta work out.
34:41We love Mike, but it's not over your happiness.
34:44So we just want y'all both to do what's best for both of y'all.
34:48I mean, it would be wrong of you to get married
34:51and then y'all going into the marriage having problems.
34:53I just want to make sure when I get married this time,
34:56it's for the long haul.
34:57They'll do us part.
34:58That's what I want.
35:00After talking to my daughters,
35:02I don't really think I'm getting anywhere
35:04because they love Michael to pieces.
35:07But to me, I don't want to go into a marriage with all these problems.
35:11We have to get over this hump.
35:13If not, there's not going to be a wedding.
35:40There you go.
35:41All right.
35:42Can I get you started with something to drink?
35:43Water with lemon.
35:44OK.
35:45I'll be right back.
35:47I have not really seen or talked to Martin.
35:50And after talking to Cedric and Essie about Martin,
35:54I need to know what's going on with him.
36:04Hey, Marie.
36:05Hi, Martin.
36:06How are you?
36:07How are you?
36:08Good.
36:09How are you?
36:10How are you?
36:11You're looking good.
36:12Well, thank you.
36:13How are you?
36:14Yeah.
36:15Good.
36:16How are you doing?
36:17I'm well.
36:18What about you?
36:19What about you?
36:20Yeah.
36:21I'm tired, but happy.
36:22Yeah.
36:23Yeah.
36:24What the?
36:25You want an old-fashioned?
36:26Oh, not today.
36:27Not today?
36:28No.
36:29I think a Diet Coke is what I need today.
36:32What you need today.
36:33What you need today.
36:34Yeah.
36:35I'm glad you can come to my party.
36:37So how was it being at the party with my ex?
36:41Yeah.
36:42Um, well, I just enjoyed myself.
36:45Well, I'm glad you had a great time.
36:46Oh, yeah.
36:47Yeah, buddy.
36:48That was good.
36:49Yeah.
36:50That was good.
36:51There you go, sir.
36:53What are we doing, Germany?
36:54Oh.
36:55Oh.
36:56Oh.
36:57Yeah, so, um, Germany, did you enjoy yourself?
37:01Yeah, yeah.
37:02I went with the kids to the mountains for skiing.
37:04I love to see that, because my dad have always been in my life, so I can't even imagine having
37:11somebody in my life who don't, you know, show up for their children.
37:15Yes.
37:17One of the main reasons why I fell for Martin is his love for his children, and that is
37:24what won me over with him.
37:26I love a family man.
37:28After you came back from Germany, when I picked you up from the airport, we hung out that
37:33day, that next day, and then after that, I didn't hear from you for, like, three weeks.
37:39I didn't know if you had gone back, or if you were still here, or what happened.
37:48When I came back, it was like, I was working a lot.
37:52Okay, if, if I can just be honest, I just felt like the place we were in, we were hanging
37:57out, we were having a great time, in communication, so it went from that to nothing.
38:03I just felt kind of abandoned, or maybe, I don't know, maybe disrespected.
38:10So it did hurt my feelings, you know.
38:13Oh.
38:14I'm sorry.
38:15That was really not my intention.
38:16That's okay, but I just wanted to let you know that.
38:17Yeah, I'm like, I don't wanna...
38:21When you ghost me, I feel like you ghost me and you stopped communicating with me.
38:27It was like my, my daughter's father, he just somehow just started coming back around,
38:37checking on me, you know, just being nice, and just pretty much just, like, being there,
38:44so...
38:45So, something happened in the meantime.
38:48Which means something happened?
38:50With your heart.
38:52Well...
38:55I just feel like I can't see you anymore.
38:59Ah, Marie.
39:01I didn't expect this.
39:02I know, I know, I know.
39:08It's emotional for me because, you know, I really like you.
39:14But then, you know, I have...
39:18My daughter's father, you know, like...
39:21You know, I care about him, I have love for him.
39:24Mm-hmm.
39:25You know, I love him.
39:26I do believe in being transparent and honest and true to myself, for one.
39:31And...
39:33I don't wanna...
39:34I won't lie to you, so...
39:39Yeah, I'm...
39:40I'm...
39:41I say, I understand your situation.
39:43I knew that the breakup would be tough on me.
39:48I'm so sorry.
39:50But Martin seems to be handling it better than I anticipated.
39:54Not everyone is an emotional type of person, you know?
39:57And that's okay.
39:58So, he's handling it well.
40:00I am so sorry.
40:02I am sad to end things with Martin, but I do want the best for him.
40:10And I can now focus 100% on Cedric and moving forward.
40:17So, who's paying?
40:18I would...
40:19I would do.
40:20I would do.
40:21Okay.
40:22Yeah.
40:23All right.
40:24See ya.
40:25What's...
40:30Next, on Bell Collective.
40:35It's now going on five years since my son's life was taken.
40:41I lost my second brother.
40:43It was like I never woke up from that nightmare.
40:48I talked to him that night.
40:51So, when you leave, it upsets me when I don't know where you're at.
40:55In the traditional southern marriage, people are used to the little wife who dotes.
41:00I'm not that doting.
41:01I know you got a lot on your plate, but I think I expect just a little bit more effort.
41:05But it's like, it's only so much time in a day.
41:07I am throwing a pool party.
41:09Oh!
41:10Have you ever been attracted to someone in the group?
41:13Glenn.
41:14Are you a...
41:15I'm attracted to my wife.
41:16That's bull .
41:17I seen a DM.
41:18The man kept it.
41:19What you mean?
41:20I saw the DM.
41:21I saw the DM.
41:22You know who the I am?
41:24Heedleop!
41:28Heedleop!
41:29Heedleop!
41:30Heedleop!
41:31Heedleop!
41:32Heedleop!
41:33Heedleop!
41:34I lie Δi ΠΈ...
41:34Holy molyAN!
41:37I lie!
41:38I lie!
41:39pyramid λ§ure, Heather!
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