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Christmas In July With Hallmark On A Huge Cruise With Actress Ashley Williams · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: good morning. How are you doing today, Ashley?
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  Speaker 2: Good morning Arrow? How are you?
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely fantastic. I gotta tell you, I'm very jealous of
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  Speaker 1: you being on the Christmas in July bode with Hallmark.
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  Speaker 1: And the reason why is because I celebrate Christmas every day.
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  Speaker 1: I never take down my Christmas tree. That is the
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  Speaker 1: God's honest truth.
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  Speaker 2: Wow. I love your commitment. You know you are are
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  Speaker 2: perfect demographic. You would feel really at home on the cruise.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I was going to ask you about that because
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  Speaker 1: I wanted to start it off that way because there's
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  Speaker 1: going to be people that are going to hear this conversation.
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  Speaker 1: And number two, they're going to be watching it on
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  Speaker 1: Hallmark and they're going to be going I want to
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  Speaker 1: do that, So can we cover that first? How can
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  Speaker 1: people really get involved with this? Because I want them
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  Speaker 1: to be on the boat with you guys as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I get that. And you know, it was crazy
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  Speaker 2: a couple of years ago they decided to do this
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  Speaker 2: cruise and I was like, I don't understand. Hallmark fans
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  Speaker 2: like to be in their pajamas and cozy and drinking
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  Speaker 2: hot cocoa. Why would we want to put them, you know,
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  Speaker 2: on a boat in Cosmelo. But they went ahead with it,
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  Speaker 2: and my goodness, ero, It's sold out in five minutes
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  Speaker 2: and right now there is a sixty thousand person waiting
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  Speaker 2: list for the next Hallmark Christmas quth these And the
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  Speaker 2: truth is, I get it. It is some of the
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  Speaker 2: most raucous fun I have ever had. The Hallmark fans
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  Speaker 2: are like none other. And one of my favorite things
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  Speaker 2: about being on the boat with them is that I
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  Speaker 2: get direct access to them, right, I get to actually
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  Speaker 2: talk about them. I get to you know, I've been
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  Speaker 2: around a long time, Arrow and I've had a lot
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  Speaker 2: of different kinds of fans. I've been on soaps, I've
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  Speaker 2: been in movies, and much of the time somebody stops
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  Speaker 2: me on the street and says, you know, I loved
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  Speaker 2: you and such and such, and I'll say, oh, would
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  Speaker 2: you like a picture? But when a Hallmark says I
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  Speaker 2: love your Christmas movies, I fall into their arms and
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  Speaker 2: we talk for twenty minutes.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, because you can watch it year round. That's what
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  Speaker 1: we like to do, I mean, at any give And
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  Speaker 1: that's what I love about modern day streaming and things
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  Speaker 1: is that they make it so available and to me,
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  Speaker 1: that makes it, you know, it makes me a part
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  Speaker 1: of what they're doing because it is about community watching
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  Speaker 1: as well as storytelling.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I love that. I really love that idea. It's
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  Speaker 2: you know, it makes me feel it's kind of a
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  Speaker 2: little bit old fashioned, you know, that idea like cable,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and cable all of us were watching the
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  Speaker 2: same couple things. You know. So you meet a Hallmark
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  Speaker 2: fan and you know exactly what they've been watching. You
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  Speaker 2: want to know who their favorites are or what they
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  Speaker 2: thought of the most recent you know debut. It's there.
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  Speaker 2: It's it's truly cool and what's neat about Christmas and
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  Speaker 2: see is they snuck cameras onto the boat. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: not sneak, but you know, it's a way for people
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  Speaker 2: if you're on that sixty thousand person waiting list, it's
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  Speaker 2: a way to really get the Hallmark Christmas cruise experience,
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  Speaker 2: but in your poojamas with Hadcoco at home.
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  Speaker 1: What I love about what Hallmark is doing and kudos
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  Speaker 1: to every single actor, because the one thing that I've
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  Speaker 1: learned over the years and sharing conversations with you guys,
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  Speaker 1: is the fact that we always talk about the fans
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  Speaker 1: of like the Christmas movies, you know, in a how honesty,
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  Speaker 1: I swear to God, you actors are fans of us,
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  Speaker 1: and and and I feel that that your fans that
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  Speaker 1: we show up and that we support you, and and
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  Speaker 1: it's like, well you you're the actors.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, but no, It's true though. iHeartRadio has been
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  Speaker 2: so supportive of the Hallmark Channel over the years. Thank
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  Speaker 2: you and thank you for everything.
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  Speaker 1: And to me, that's a real love story because it's
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  Speaker 1: you guys. Display To me, I always look at it
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  Speaker 1: as being live theater. You're up on this great, beautiful
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  Speaker 1: stage and then when you come off the stage, you're
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  Speaker 1: one of us, and it's like, that's why I tune in,
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  Speaker 1: because you guys are just unbelievable in the we're just
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  Speaker 1: one of you departments that is.
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  Speaker 2: That means so much to me. Honestly, that's something that
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  Speaker 2: I work at. You know. It's I think so much
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  Speaker 2: of like being an actor and being a performer is
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  Speaker 2: about that separation that like wish fulfillments. You know, I
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  Speaker 2: dress really cool and my hair looks really perfect and
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  Speaker 2: stuff like that. But the truth is, you know, with
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  Speaker 2: Hallmark Christmas Movies, it all feels like family. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it feels like we're all safe. We're all together, celebrating
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  Speaker 2: talking about but you know, multi generation. We're talking about
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  Speaker 2: our grandmothers and how much they meant to us, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's kind of the great equalizer. You know.
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  Speaker 2: I feel really really safe and at home with our
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  Speaker 2: fan base.
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  Speaker 1: Please do not move. There's more with Ashley Williams coming
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  Speaker 1: up next. Can you believe that Hallmark is celebrating Christmas
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  Speaker 1: in July by putting the fans of Hallmark on a ship?
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  Speaker 1: Sixty thousand people waiting to get on the next one.
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  Speaker 1: We are back with Ashley Williams, one of the things
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  Speaker 1: that I watched with Hallmark was when they did the
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  Speaker 1: recap of the last Big Ship going out and they
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  Speaker 1: had all the fans and they put the focus on them.
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  Speaker 1: I cried. And the reason why is because A I
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  Speaker 1: was jealous, and B it's just that to see so
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  Speaker 1: many happy people in one place is just amazing, and
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  Speaker 1: you go, wow, this is through creativity. This is how
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  Speaker 1: it starts. Somebody had to write it, somebody had to
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  Speaker 1: act it, somebody had to produce it. You see what
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  Speaker 1: I mean. It takes a community to bring people together.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I appreciate you saying that, because making
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  Speaker 2: movies is close to impossible and likely only at Hallmark.
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  Speaker 2: Is it the kind of place where they'll let me
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  Speaker 2: come to them with an idea and then they say, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: yeah we should let's make let's make that up. And
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  Speaker 2: then I have Now I'm you know, I have a
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  Speaker 2: movie that I wrote and produced and then cast myself
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  Speaker 2: in the lead of, premiering August twenty ninth on Hallmark,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, it's it's really a little piece of
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  Speaker 2: my heart. And I appreciate you talking to speaking to
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  Speaker 2: like how complicated and kind of impossible it is to
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  Speaker 2: tell stories, and it really is such a group effort.
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  Speaker 2: And one thing that I'm so proud of is that
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  Speaker 2: over the years getting to interact with the fans means
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  Speaker 2: that I feel like I understand what they like, what
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  Speaker 2: will appeal to them, and now getting to produce for them,
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  Speaker 2: it just means so much to me, and I think
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  Speaker 2: ultimately will lead to more connection with the fans, which
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  Speaker 2: is really all I want.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, because there's one thing that I've always loved about you, Ashley,
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  Speaker 1: is is it I believe in one mantra? And people
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  Speaker 1: say so are people happy to see you?
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  Speaker 2: Know?
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  Speaker 1: But they're happy that I see them? And that's what
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  Speaker 1: I see in you. You are so happy to see
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  Speaker 1: other people that you make me go, oh my god,
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  Speaker 1: Oh my God. And then all of a sudden the
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  Speaker 1: relationship is on its way and it just continues to
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  Speaker 1: build that platform of real, honest to God's story sharing.
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  Speaker 2: What an amazing compliment, Erro that is so kind. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I've got a big sister. One of the things she
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  Speaker 2: always says about me, because I'm I'm the youngest of
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  Speaker 2: three is that sort of my ethos in life is
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  Speaker 2: always just do you guys want to play? Do you
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  Speaker 2: want to play. I'm always, you know, the one who's
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  Speaker 2: like just feels so excited to be included. And I
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  Speaker 2: think that's just my third born just coming out all
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  Speaker 2: over the place. So I'm glad it works in terms
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  Speaker 2: of my relationship with a Mark.
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  Speaker 1: So now do you think that being the youngest, because
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  Speaker 1: I'm the youngest as well, and it just seems like
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  Speaker 1: the youngest is always the most creative. What is it
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  Speaker 1: about being at that stage in the family tree that
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  Speaker 1: where we do kind of just come out of this
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  Speaker 1: shell and just bring creativity to life?
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  Speaker 2: You know, I was born into a super creative family.
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  Speaker 2: All three kids are really creative. I've got my big
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  Speaker 2: sisters and actress, my death a writer. Yeah, So you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think part of what was going on when I
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  Speaker 2: was a kid was I felt so kind of safe
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  Speaker 2: because in order to do the right thing, all I
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  Speaker 2: had to do was copy what everyone else was doing,
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  Speaker 2: you know, And that meant that I immediately could sort
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  Speaker 2: of feel out like what was breaking the rules and
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  Speaker 2: what wasn't. And then if I'm honest, I've got this
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  Speaker 2: little devilish side to me that's like, well what if
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  Speaker 2: we do it on our heads? You know? And I
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  Speaker 2: think ultimately, because I grew up feeling really really safe,
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  Speaker 2: really surrounded and also nobody, and I'm sure you know
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  Speaker 2: this is the youngest nobody will give you the honest truth,
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  Speaker 2: like a sibling older than you, and they'll go, like,
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  Speaker 2: my sister will look at me sometimes and go like,
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  Speaker 2: what are you doing? Stop doing that? Don't do that
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  Speaker 2: with your face. She's absolutely right, And I'm like, I
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  Speaker 2: was trying on using my eyebrows more and she's like,
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  Speaker 2: don't do that. That's weird. Yeah. I actually got to
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  Speaker 2: help my big sister get ready for a certain wedding
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  Speaker 2: on Friday, and I posted if anyone's interested, I posted
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  Speaker 2: a little video on Instagram of me getting ready process
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  Speaker 2: for this certain wedding. I was instrumental in the getting
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  Speaker 2: ready and by that I mean I sat and watched
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  Speaker 2: and did stupid dances around her.
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  Speaker 1: Always the little sister. Always. You got to come back
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  Speaker 1: to this show anytime in the future. The door is
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  Speaker 1: always going to be open for you.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I would love that. Accept All I want to
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  Speaker 2: do is play.
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  Speaker 1: That's it. That's it. That's me too. Will you be
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  Speaker 1: brilliant today?
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  Speaker 2: Okay, Ashley, Thanks Sarah, you too, have a good one.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you,