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Scheana Shay · On with Mario Interviews

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  Speaker 1: On.
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  Speaker 2: It's Mario Lopez. What's everyone? Mario Lopez joining me right now?
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  Speaker 2: The back from the current season of The Mass Singer
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  Speaker 2: Vanderbilt Rules stars Sheena Shaye.
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  Speaker 1: How you doing, Sena. I'm so good. I'm still on
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  Speaker 1: a high. I'm like, did that happen? Pinch me? Was
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  Speaker 1: that a dream? It was so surreal and iconic, very
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  Speaker 1: proud of myself.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, congratulations, that's very cool. Is it something you always
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  Speaker 2: wanted to do? Did they approach you? How did you?
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  Speaker 2: How did you fall into the Mass Singer?
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  Speaker 1: No, it was not something I ever thought I would do.
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  Speaker 1: I got a call that they had a costume in
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  Speaker 1: mind for me and they wanted me on the show.
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  Speaker 1: And I was like new, new, now hard pass And
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  Speaker 1: when I asked myself, like, why am I passing on this?
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  Speaker 1: It was strictly out of fear. Fear of being made
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  Speaker 1: fun of, not sounding good, not having you know, my
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  Speaker 1: band and an auto tune mic and a backing track
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  Speaker 1: behind me singing live on national television. Again. I swore
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  Speaker 1: I would never do that, but then I was like,
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  Speaker 1: you know what, I want to face my fears. I
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  Speaker 1: want to raise my daughter to say yes to things
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  Speaker 1: that are outside of her comfort zone and to take chances,
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  Speaker 1: and if you fall, get back up, you get sent
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  Speaker 1: home the first night, you know what, leave them wanting more.
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  Speaker 2: Good for you. That is a very smart and mature approach.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm sure you're thrilled now that.
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  Speaker 1: You did do it. You were the bat.
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  Speaker 2: Did you have an option of costumes or they said,
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  Speaker 2: you know what, here's the bat.
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  Speaker 1: So they said, we have this costume in mind for
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  Speaker 1: you specifically, and here's why. Like your daughter's middle name
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  Speaker 1: is moon. Bats are nocturnal. I'm like, I'm just going
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  Speaker 1: to stop you right there. Bats are one of my
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  Speaker 1: favorite creatures of all time. So the fact that I
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  Speaker 1: don't even think my husband or mom know that it's
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  Speaker 1: just something I've always I loved vampire movies growing up,
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  Speaker 1: and I've always loved bats, but it's not something I've
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  Speaker 1: ever publicly talked about. So the fact that, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I would have thought I would be like a rainbow
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  Speaker 1: unicorn or something with like sunshine, and so the fact
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  Speaker 1: that it was this like dark bat with the gold
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  Speaker 1: details everything, I was like, this is so perfect, and
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  Speaker 1: like these are my normal nails. I just I give
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  Speaker 1: bat energy on a regular basis. I like it. I
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  Speaker 1: like it.
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  Speaker 2: So Halloween must be a big, big time year for you,
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  Speaker 2: right there, important time.
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  Speaker 1: And this was all right around Halloween. So that was
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  Speaker 1: so fun too.
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  Speaker 2: Fun fun, and you got skills.
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  Speaker 1: Good for you. I didn't even know you saying, but
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  Speaker 1: you worked on the fun side hobby. You know. I
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  Speaker 1: love performing, but it's not something I've ever taken seriously.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not trying to get a Grammy. I'm not a trained,
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  Speaker 1: well at least not well trained vocalist, but I enjoy
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  Speaker 1: doing it. And you know what, I don't want to
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  Speaker 1: not do something that I enjoy doing that's fun because
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  Speaker 1: other people tell me to put the mic down. I'm like, no,
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep picking it back up.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I like that. I like that right on.
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  Speaker 2: And you also have a memoir on the way called
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  Speaker 2: My Good Side. Uh I do hey, look at that
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  Speaker 2: right over you shoulder there? What what are you? What
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  Speaker 2: are you talking about there?
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  Speaker 1: What are you revealing everything? Which is terrifying but also
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  Speaker 1: so exciting because I feel like the mass Singer was
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  Speaker 1: my best kept secret of all time. But anything else
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  Speaker 1: that's maybe been kept secret in my life is all
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  Speaker 1: in this book. So part of me feels like this
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  Speaker 1: will be a free and moment that I'm just putting
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  Speaker 1: it all out there. It's all so scary though, to
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  Speaker 1: be completely raw and open and vulnerable. But I hope
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  Speaker 1: by sharing my story that I'm showing other people it's
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  Speaker 1: okay to go through these things. If I could go
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  Speaker 1: through it on a public platform, you can go through
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  Speaker 1: it in private. You know, you can open up to
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  Speaker 1: your therapist, your partner, your family, And I really hope
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  Speaker 1: people take away from this book some things that they
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  Speaker 1: can relate to and know that they're not alone. Nice.
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  Speaker 2: Well, congrats on that. And you also have a weekly
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  Speaker 2: podcast called Shenanigans Shenanigan Janette, I like that clever title.
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  Speaker 2: You spell it with your name right there.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. I came up with that. It's one of
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  Speaker 1: the good things that I've come up with. Okay, And
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  Speaker 1: what do you talk about there? Honestly, everything depends on
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  Speaker 1: the week and the guest. Today. I have Danny Pellegrino
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  Speaker 1: on We're gonna recap last night, talk hot topics and
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  Speaker 1: all things. But it's just a really fun space for
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  Speaker 1: me to take control of my narrative that I haven't
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  Speaker 1: had for eleven seasons. On a TV show, which is
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  Speaker 1: another big reason why I wrote the book, because I'm like,
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  Speaker 1: unless you listen to my podcast, people just feel like
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  Speaker 1: this show is one hundred percent truth, that is the
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  Speaker 1: full story. And I'm like, you think you know, but
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  Speaker 1: you have no idea. There's so much more to me.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and there's a lot of editing going on. Man,
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  Speaker 2: eleven seasons. I didn't realize it was it was that long.
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  Speaker 2: And you've left the show, correct, we it.
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  Speaker 1: Got rebooted, so got it. That was a choice.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I mean that's a hell of a run though,
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  Speaker 2: that's a great.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, eleven seasons I never could have imagined honestly.
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  Speaker 2: And you mentioned your daughter.
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  Speaker 1: I know your mom.
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  Speaker 2: How old is she?
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  Speaker 1: Know? She'll be four in April. It's fun, isn't it? Yes,
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  Speaker 1: it is such a fun age. And watching the show
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  Speaker 1: with her last night, she had no idea until that's
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  Speaker 1: the best, such a core memory and fun experience to
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  Speaker 1: just be able to watch that with her and to
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  Speaker 1: watch her be like, oh my god, like you're the bat.
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  Speaker 1: That's great.
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  Speaker 2: And you know it's funny because the few times I
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  Speaker 2: think I've ran into you have been at Charger games.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, so you've been a Charger fan. Yes, I'm a
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  Speaker 1: big Charger. He with the bull. I love it. See
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  Speaker 1: you got taste my whole life. I've been a Chargers fan.
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  Speaker 1: I've got season tickets front row. I'm now at the
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  Speaker 1: thirty yard line. Yeah, I'm like, let's let's move to
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  Speaker 1: the front row. I will be there every home game.
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  Speaker 2: I am fired about this next season.
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  Speaker 1: Cool.
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  Speaker 2: I look forward to seeing you there. Meanwhile, everyone, please
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  Speaker 2: be sure to catch a new season of The Mass
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  Speaker 2: Singer Wednesday nights on Fox, and be on the lookout
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  Speaker 2: for she Anda's new memoir My Good Side, which is
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  Speaker 2: dropping this summer.
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  Speaker 1: So why available for pre order now.
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  Speaker 2: There you go, available for pre order right now. Shina,
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  Speaker 2: thanks so much for checking in and hope to see
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  Speaker 2: you soon. And if none, I'll see it in the game.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, for sure, I'll see you here all right, sweetie,
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  Speaker 1: take care, Bye
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  Speaker 2: You with Mario Lopez