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On with Mario Lopez.

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Mario Lopez joined me now on Zoom from the Real Housewives

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of Dubai at Leasta Milan.

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How are you?

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I'm good? How are you?

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By the way, my husband's like, oh, you're

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gonna have a zoom with Mario

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Lopez and I'm.

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Like, yeah, I know. It just takes me back to stay by

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the bell.

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And uh, tell

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your husband, tell me to say what's

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up? Thank you so much, You're so sweet. Well,

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this is exciting.

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Season two.

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Real Housewives of Dubai just announced

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premiere's June second on Bravo.

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What can we expect the season?

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Well, the desert is hot, but

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nothing is hotter than me.

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I'm kidding. Hey, is that your

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tagline? That's

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great? Nice?

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No, Honestly, it's going to be

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such an amazing season. Season

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one was good, but I felt like that was the warm

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up. Season two is going to be so good. We

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have new addition and we've

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gotten rid of some of them, and

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I think overall overall, it's

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going to be good.

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The viewers are going to really enjoy this season.

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Now, Dubai is the first international

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franchise of the housewives, right, how

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did uh?

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It's the first one on Bargo. But

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they have so many.

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They have Franceagos, they have Melbourne,

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they have Cheshure in the UK.

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Oh wow, that's interesting.

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But the first one?

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And oh that's how did you? How did you end

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up being involved?

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So I got cast in.

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Actually my friend Shanelayan,

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she heard about the casting and they were like, do

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you know anyone that would be interested? And she's

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like, I have a friend that's actually a real housewife,

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like and I think she'd be perfect.

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So I did the cast in, I got picked

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and the rest is history.

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Good for you. It is the show popular

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in Dubai. Do you get recognized out there?

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Huge? Yeah?

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But you know what, it's so different when I come

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to the US because people ask you for

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photos. It's illegal to ask people for photos

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or do paparazzi and stuff like that in the midleaset.

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Is it really?

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Yeah? So I still have my privacy

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and they'll call you just do a little wave.

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Yeah, but you don't get the

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paparazzi and that level of

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exposure.

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I guess we get to maintain our

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privacy.

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And are you from Dubai or did you move there?

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No?

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So I was born in Jamaica and I

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grew up in Miami and now

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I live in Dubai. I always say, Maide in Kingston,

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packaged in Miami, exported to

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Dubai.

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Oh wow, how did you end up there?

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So?

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I met my husband at a night

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club.

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I was going through this really horrible breakup, and

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my girlfriends were like, no, you know what, let's

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go to live.

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If you know Miami, you know live on

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a Sunday.

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Oh yeah, oh yeah.

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So they were like, let's go to live, let's

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go party.

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And I went to like Detox

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and get you know, my ex out

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of the break and my.

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Husband look at that. That worked out

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well.

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They say you can't meet a wife and a club,

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but he did twelve years

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later.

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There are no rules. Good for you.

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Good for you. Now.

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I've been invited and I was actually

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supposed to go like two or three times to Dubai, but unfortunately

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something always got in the way. And I've been

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always wanting to go and

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visit. I can't wait. I hear nothing

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but awesome things for those who have never

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been.

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What's it like?

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Dubai is amazing? You know, we

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always say, have baby come to Dubai. It's

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so safe. I mean, I was saying to the

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lady in the lyft earlier lift, I'm

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so, I'm so British.

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Yeah, I'm an elevator.

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But I can leave my phone somewhere

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and two days later it will be in that

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exact place where I left it. You know,

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there's no crime really, so that that

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helps. I have three little boys, yeah, you

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know, their safety is my top priority.

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So it's very safe. It's very

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liberal. You know, we party. We

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you know, we dress up, we look cute.

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Oh that's cool.

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We make money tax free. Well, I have

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a US passport, so the government still

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taxes me. But most people who don't

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have a pastor and don't

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have global tags, they live tax free.

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Good for you. Well, I'm gonna definitely have to make a

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trip out there. This radio station

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love it.

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The show comes out on Dubai ninety two

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out there the radio station that'd yeah,

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I guess it does.

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We want the cub We want to come, I'm telling

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you for sure, for sure. You've

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also created the world's hottest luxury maternity

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brand in the world. What kind of products

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do you have at mina Row?

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Yes, so I.

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Started mina Row when I was pregnant

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with my second son and

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I couldn't find maternity where that was like,

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you know, young and she can trendy, and

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if you ever speak to a mom who's

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pregnant, the last thing she wants to

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worry about is what she's wearing.

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So we've kind of.

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Taken that you know, guessing

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game out of it because we feel like when

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you look good, you feel good. So

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we created a luxury maternity line

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that, in my opinion, competes

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with the very best of non maternity

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fashion, and.

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It's been growing.

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So this year we've introduced

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our skincare side

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of the brand, which is amazing, so

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belly oils, belly mask, whatever

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you can think of that will make a mom feel

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good during pregnancy, we have it.

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And you've had a lot of super moms, Beyonce,

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Rihanna Kardashians all wearing your brand.

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What a nice endorsement, Oh, I.

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Have Honestly, I'm

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so humble. Beyonce

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has worn our stuff twice, and so many

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amazing moms across the world have

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and they've trusted us, and I think,

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to be honest, my favorite thing about the

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brand is a portion of

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our sales go towards moms

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and villages throughout the world. So far, we've

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donated in Kenya and Philippines

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and the list goes on, and I

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just love it. I'm super passionate about it, and

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I just love helping moms because Almama.

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Yeah, good for you. Well that's awesome. Look

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forward to going Dubai and and hopefully

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meeting you, Lisa.

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I'll talk you, I'll take you out. Okay,

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I'm gonna take you to be there

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to chaperonas.

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Okay sounds good, it sounds good. I'll become

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my wife. Well, have a great time, make a

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chaperone, both of us. There we go.

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Well, be sure to catch season two of

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Real Housewives of Dubai starting June

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second on Bravo.

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Lisa, thanks for your time, Thank you so

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much. Take care of me with

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Mario Lopez.