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Brooks Marks · On with Mario Interviews

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  Speaker 1: With Mario Lopez. You are on with Mario and Courtney
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  Speaker 1: Lopez and joining me right now from Bravo's Next Gen
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  Speaker 1: NYC fashion designer and reality TV star, Brooks Marks. How
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  Speaker 1: are you, Brooks?
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  Speaker 2: Hi, I'm great. Thanks for having me.
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  Speaker 1: How are you? I'm wonderful. Thank you for being here
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  Speaker 1: with me. So season two of Next Gen NYC is
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  Speaker 1: wrapping up and the part two reunion special is airing.
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  Speaker 1: So for the people who haven't seen the series, what
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  Speaker 1: is your storyline exactly?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I feel like this season, particularly viewers are
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  Speaker 2: seeing me try to take my clothing brand to the
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  Speaker 2: next level. I have a really important launch with my
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  Speaker 2: brand and there are a lot of stakes on the line.
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  Speaker 2: So viewers are getting to watch all of that play
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  Speaker 2: out and see if I hit the mark or not.
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  Speaker 2: As well as obviously, you know, the dynamics in this
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  Speaker 2: friend group are pretty wild. So there's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: like ever-changing conflicts and resolution and new friendships and friendships
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  Speaker 2: tarnishing and all of that amidst trying to build a
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  Speaker 2: career and a name for myself in New York City.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you also grew up around the cameras already with
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  Speaker 1: your mom being on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.
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  Speaker 1: What do you think is the biggest difference between your
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  Speaker 1: cameos on that series and now being a lead and
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  Speaker 1: having this role on the next gen NYC?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. I mean, I feel like with that, I like
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  Speaker 2: you said, I was like just a child of a housewife,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it wasn't like the focus was really on
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  Speaker 2: me or so I didn't think it was. And then
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  Speaker 2: in this situation, it's sort of like I have the
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  Speaker 2: full platform to get to show my life and myself
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  Speaker 2: and people that I'm more than just a fashion show
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  Speaker 2: at Park City Fashion Week and like seven years ago
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  Speaker 2: at this point, you know.
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  Speaker 1: Well, who do you think brings the most drama to
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  Speaker 1: the series in your opinion?
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  Speaker 2: I think like everyone really carries their weight. Everyone is
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  Speaker 2: very opinionated and different. And I think that's what makes
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  Speaker 2: this group so amazing and unique and why I consider
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  Speaker 2: most of them great friends.
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  Speaker 1: Now the reunion is coming up and everybody loves a
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  Speaker 1: reunion because we never know what's going to happen. What
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  Speaker 1: are people going to see? What can you tell us
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  Speaker 1: when they tune in for the reunion?
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  Speaker 2: I think viewers will see a different side of me.
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  Speaker 2: I guess I've learned how to address conflict more directly
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  Speaker 2: and just in a better way, I'd like to think.
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  Speaker 2: So I think viewers will be surprised to see that
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  Speaker 2: as well as, um, some timelines about like relationships and whatnot.
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  Speaker 2: So there's definitely a lot to unpack and uncover at reunion.
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  Speaker 1: Well, your mom is a pro at reunions. Does she
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  Speaker 1: give you any, any tips? Yeah, of course.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I called her halfway through the reunion. I
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  Speaker 2: was like, this is how it's going.
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  Speaker 1: I hope I'm doing a good job.
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  Speaker 2: She's the best. And I honestly felt guilty. I'm like,
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  Speaker 2: I feel like I have a leg up that I
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  Speaker 2: can call my mom who's done like, I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: six of these at this point.
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  Speaker 1: So that's true. Leg up. All right. I want to
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  Speaker 1: go back to your fashion line though, because I think
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  Speaker 1: it's so great. You know, that's like you said, your
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  Speaker 1: story is your fashion line. How did you end up
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  Speaker 1: getting into the fashion world? Was it something that you
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  Speaker 1: just were always into?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I feel like I've always just loved
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  Speaker 2: anything creative since from as early as I can remember.
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  Speaker 2: And it started with me just like taking old clothes
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  Speaker 2: and cutting them up and sewing them together and creating
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  Speaker 2: like new garments out of old ones and just like
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  Speaker 2: refreshing things. I guess it was really like ahead of
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  Speaker 2: the trend with the sustainability that everyone seems to be
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  Speaker 2: jumping on. But yeah, I loved like all things creative
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  Speaker 2: and I wanted to create a brand that made people
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  Speaker 2: feel comfortable in themselves, but also comfortable to wear. And
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  Speaker 2: I feel like I'm really proud of the fact that
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  Speaker 2: I've accomplished that creating a label that truly is meant
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  Speaker 2: for everyone and no one is forgotten.
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  Speaker 1: What is your favorite clothing to design?
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  Speaker 2: Um, It's all so fun for me. Like I greatly
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  Speaker 2: value a good hoodie and a sweat pant.
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  Speaker 1: That's what I'm wearing right now. It's the best. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's the best.
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  Speaker 2: It's the best. But I also have so much fun
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  Speaker 2: doing like the custom looks that I've designed for like
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  Speaker 2: my mom for some events. And I've also done a
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  Speaker 2: custom look for Gertie on Real Housewives of Miami. So yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I love stuff is really fun too.
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  Speaker 1: That's amazing. Do they come to you and just let
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  Speaker 1: you do whatever you feel or do they come to
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  Speaker 1: you with ideas?
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  Speaker 2: Um, they just let me do whatever I feel. I
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  Speaker 2: kind of just send them like a mock-up of my,
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  Speaker 2: or I send them the design of the gown that
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  Speaker 2: I want to create or whatever the garment is. And, um,
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  Speaker 2: as long as they're aligned, we just move forward with
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  Speaker 2: making it.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you also, you have a very talented family. Your sister,
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  Speaker 1: Chloe does music. Um, is it true that you've been
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  Speaker 1: helping her produce her songs?
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  Speaker 2: That is true. It's so much fun. We're actually recording
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  Speaker 2: more music tomorrow. So I'm super excited about that. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I feel like I posted that on Instagram the other
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  Speaker 2: day and I got so many messages that were like,
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  Speaker 2: I didn't know you could sing blah, blah, blah, whatever.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm like, no, I'm just sitting in the room
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  Speaker 2: producing it and writing and whatnot. So can you sing? Sorry,
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  Speaker 2: what was that?
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  Speaker 1: I said, can you sing? Have you ever tried?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he's on the finale. Apparently, I'm really good
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  Speaker 2: at the national anthem.
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  Speaker 1: So very good. Are you going to also make her
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  Speaker 1: clothes for the videos when she makes them?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, that would be I kind of want
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  Speaker 2: to take control of creative direction. But then again, she
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  Speaker 2: is the artist, so it's ultimately up to her. But
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  Speaker 2: I definitely have a vision for what I see.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you guys together, I'm sure we'll just kill it.
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  Speaker 1: All right, everyone. Be sure to check out next Gen
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  Speaker 1: NYC Wednesday nights on Bravo and streaming on Peacock and Hulu. Brooks,
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  Speaker 1: thank you so much for checking in.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you for having me.
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  Speaker 1: Good luck with everything. Thanks. Take care. You too. On
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  Speaker 1: with Mario Lopez.