Calling a Powerball Winner

What is gonna happen? What's up guys, welcome back to Views. Today is a very special day. We have somebody here that we've never had before. Her name is— full name Isabella Lopez. You may know her as Bella from the gym. Bella's been working with us for— oh, first off, She's here because some really big shit went down. We're going to talk about that in like 10 minutes.

Oh my God, bro. Our friend.

Wait, wait, wait.

He won the lottery.

No, bro. Just the 5 out of the 6 numbers.

I heard about this guy.

He lives in town.

Wait, what?

$1.1 million.

Bella's friend just hit 5 out of the 6 Powerball numbers, winning him $1.1 million. Guys, I'm looking at the ticket here. Oh my God, did he have the Powerball? So 2 drawings ago, he hit the numbers 3, 18, 22, 27, 33. I'm gonna puke.

What?

I'm gonna puke. The Powerball number was 17. Yeah, his number came out to be 16.

No way! Shut up!

He was one— he was one digit change from $1.1 billion.

Oh my God.

Wow.

Oh my God, that's fucking great.

I would take a leave of absence from work if that happened to me.

Do you know what that difference— I'm sorry, I know $1 million is a lot. We're talking the difference between 10 years of your life from 10 generations of your family. Yeah, forever changed. You will never ever— like, it is a complete— it's a huge difference. I'm sorry, I know, I get it.

No, it is.

I get it. It's a big difference. They're every— your bloodline forever, if invested properly, will be good. Undisputed. He was one digit away. Poor guy.

I mean, I wonder if I should call him and just like tell him he doesn't have to disclose his identity.

Do you know him that well?

Yeah, I know him from high school.

Calm, calm, calm.

I just want to see—

he's crying when you call him.

Okay, we have to be positive with him, right?

Yeah, yeah.

I'm so sorry, dude.

Hello?

Hi, dude. Um, this is David. I'm with, uh, Bella and our friend Jason and Natalie.

Hey, nice to meet you guys. How we doing?

Nice to meet you.

You sound like you have a pep in your step. I've never met you, but you sound excited. This is crazy. We were recording the pod and then Bella got a text that you won. You won the Powerball. This is what's going on. How did this happen? Please explain this. I've never been in the vicinity of anybody that's done that.

So I didn't win the 6 out of 6. I went 5 for 6.

I know. And I, and I just saw the numbers. You were, yeah. You were one away from—

I was one.

Yeah, so the Powerball number was 17 and then I had 16.

Wow. Wow.

Yeah, one number away from $1.1 billion. I was just on the phone with my roommate from college. I said it's the greatest win and loss ever, maybe.

Yeah, I mean, I—

Great win, but like $1 million compared to a billion, it's a big difference.

Right. Yeah, that's what— that's what— that's where my mind went immediately. I didn't want to like talk to you about that because you should be fucking stoked that you won a million dollars. What, uh, I don't know, tell me the process of when you like found it, like when you were looking at the numbers.

So I bought it on Thursday before one of my men's league basketball games, and I just did it. It was probably like my 5th, 6th time ever buying one.

Wow.

Wow. And I was just like You know, I'll put $20 on it. I got like 10 lines and I bought a Gatorade, played my game, and then like went the whole week, went out Saturday night, kind of got drunk, got back late Sunday, and then like ordered a pizza, just chilling there. And I'm like, I remember us talking about it in the morning and like, I like looked at it, was just sitting on my apartment counter for like 3 days.

Wow.

And like, I looked down and like, I saw the number 3 on the third line. I was like, oh damn, that was one of the numbers. Like, let me, let me just pull up the app and scan it real quick, like, as I'm grabbing a piece of pizza. And then, like, the number popped up, and I read it as a billion first, because I saw 1 comma and then, like, 3 numbers, comma, 3 numbers. And then I saw, like, I thought it was another comma, but it was a period. So I, like, threw my phone on the counter, shit. And I was like, what the fuck? Oh, and I got just, like, started, like, I was like, no, what did I just read? Like, Like, did that say what I think it just said? And I kind of like crept back over to my phone and I was like, oh. And then I was like, wait, hold on, that says a million. I just started running around my house. I was like, oh shit. Oh shit. Like, took my shirt off.

I was like, wow.

Who's the first person you called? Did you call a bunch of people or did you call nobody? What did you do?

So Bella will know these two people. My friend Carson and Jordan. They were coming over because we had to do our fantasy draft. So I had two fantasy drafts in like 15 minutes after I scanned this card. So I'm like freaking out before I'm drafting my team. And like they walk in the door and I just had it sitting there. I'm like, you guys got to go look at that. And like they both just like looked at the phone and like looked at the ticket and they're like, oh shit, like no way. Like, and we just all started jumping up and down and stuff.

What are you going to spend the money on?

I have no idea yet. I think I'm going to I've been trying to— me and my dad have talked a little bit about things to do. I got to get a new car soon, so it was kind of perfect timing.

Wow.

I think a car is probably in the future.

And then were your parents stoked? Was your dad like—

oh yeah, my dad's been playing lottery for 40, 50 years, probably every week.

Oh my God.

He was like, I've always dreamed of this day. Like, he met me in Sacramento to turn it in together.

Wow, what did it— so when you scanned it on your app, I've always wondered this, like, what is it? It's just as a basic— does confetti pop up on your phone? Does it just say congratulations?

I have a screenshot of it. I'll text it to her number right now. Like, it's kind of basic, I'm not gonna lie.

Wow, but that's like—

you would think there would be some confetti or something.

Yeah, like a FaceTime from like the president.

Something fucking huge. Governor, yeah.

Damn, that's fucking crazy. Wow, holy fuck.

It's a crazy feeling right away.

Oh my God, it says you're a winner. You have won $1.165 million. Please sign your ticket and file a claim form. My, my big question is, how do you balance the excitement and the one number away? What's like, where is— I've always, I've always argued this. A win's a win. A win's a win.

The $1 million, that's a win, man. Like, I, I'm very grateful for that.

Like, okay, fuck yeah.

Like, I'll take the win any day, but like, it does hurt a little bit.

Like, damn, like one number. Like, nobody else had to be close like to— like that. No, I think I was the closest person.

Yeah, there was what, 3 other winners?

Yeah, I was like, no way they had like 18.

No fucking way.

I—

yeah, I think this is the closest that— I mean, the closest you can get to the grand prize.

Like, they didn't win again. Today or yesterday. Like, I'm like, dude, like, I was that close. Like, and it's still going.

And you didn't just win any lottery. You won a billion dollar— like, you were one number away from a billion dollar lottery. Like, you were in the big one.

I think that's like one of the biggest ones.

Yeah, I think it's in like the top 3 or 4. It's huge.

Yeah.

Will you play again?

Yeah. Are you going to play again?

Oh, I think I'm about to go stop at the gas station right now. Like, why not, dude?

Jay, is there a band you're looking to see like perform live or no?

Oh, yes. I want to go see The Fray.

Oh, oh, You know what I want to see? What?

The Jonas Brothers. Have you seen that? It looks so fun.

Can I help you get tickets?

Of course. Yeah.

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It's the best. I've seen Dave.

How many?

Hundreds.

And probably for damn near free.

Miles Davis. I've seen Herbie Hancock. I didn't see Miles Davis, he's dead.

You saw Miles Davis?

I saw Chappelle. I've seen Tyler, the Creator.

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Uh, I got hired at Zealot in May 2022.

So May 2022. And then like, and then like, I, I slowly, as time went on, I figured out like you watched a lot of the videos.

Yeah, I would show up with like different merch on. Yeah, like, where'd you get that? I don't know, I just had it.

Yeah, when she got like more and more comfortable, she started bringing like newer pieces of merch, and it got like really niche. We thought like shit that was like Maybe 10 pieces in the drop.

David and Brooklyn Beckham drop.

Yeah, really, it was like, it was like Natalie's pasta collection. No, no, Drake and Josh collab. David's vlog merch or whatever it was.

I thought that you— I thought you were just like, for a long time I thought you were just like pulling from the merch closet upstairs.

That's what I thought until like the Drake and Josh merch showed up.

Well, that's what people do. People come over and they need an extra hoodie and they like go grab one of the old like clickbait hoodies or whatever. So that you were just doing It's your personal collection. Yeah, I found out it's your personal collection.

How many pieces of merch do you think you have?

Had.

Had? Oh, you got rid of them after what went down? You got rid of them?

No, I had— I had— let's see, I had the Drake and Josh one. I had— I had—

you just had this like 6 months ago. What, you just got rid of them?

No, I still have that one. I would never get rid of that one.

Okay, so Bella was like low-key hiding that she was a super fan while working here.

That's so like Funny.

I think that's great when someone shows up and they're a fan. I'm like, oh great.

No, I think that's sick.

I know most people are like, that, that's not okay, but no, I think it's great. And though it turned out to be amazing.

Yeah, yeah. Okay, so you watched the videos before working here?

Yes.

How did you hear about the job? You just followed Ilya or somebody?

Actually, Jack's the one who saw, uh, everything about Zilla first because he's very into working out. So he saw that it was like a new protein coming out and he was like, oh my God, we have to try this. And then we found out it was linked to like you guys. And I was like, what the fuck? So, so then like, like your world's combining protein and trash merch. So we waited for the drop, we ordered the protein, and then, and I was applying for jobs. I was like, my last interview at Live Nation, they denied me, like just going to every interview. And it was like the final final and I just wasn't getting the job. So I was like very down.. And I was like, fuck it, fine, I'll just apply for this job because I was looking to work in social media. So I did. He emailed me back like right away. I had an interview and then he hired me, but I haven't even met him yet. So I was like, okay. And that's when the company was like maybe a month old.

So did you have a FaceTime with Ilya?

I had an interview with Ilya. It was so scary because he was very like stone. Like, you know, when he gets like super serious, like he means business.

Yeah, business mode.

And I was like trying to joke with him in the interview and he was like, so where do you live?

And it's just like, I was like, uh, you knew Ilya as you, you knew Ilya from the videos.

That's it.

The guy who was handcuffed to Dima. Yeah.

The guy who's throwing up in toilets.

Yes. So I thought he was like gonna be funny and lighthearted in the interview and I was just like not prepared, but I knew like something was telling me like, oh, I think, I think I got that job.

I don't know why.

Yeah. Yeah. Okay. That's really funny. Yeah. He, Ilya was telling me the other day, he was like, when, when he used to work at the plumbing company, he used to work for his dad's plumbing company that he then took over and, and he was just praying to God that like no one would ever see his videos or see my videos because he's just getting hammered in them. And it's like, and he really does take his business seriously and he like doesn't want anything to affect it. And then, and then one day, like his, literally his biggest client like found a vlog where we're in Chicago and he's like completely hammered and like throwing up on the side of the street and sent it to Elliot and he goes, is this you? And then it just became an ongoing joke. With Ilya and his biggest client. Every time a new vlog would come out where Ilya was getting hammered, he would send it to him.

It could go one of two ways. It could go like, I don't want to work with you, or it could go like, damn, I love this guy.

Yeah, yeah. But that's usually how business is, is it not?

Yeah, yeah.

Like everybody that we've ever met and is like— like, I don't want to throw everybody that we've ever met under the bus, but they're all cokeheads. Um, no, but like, it really— like, they are like the craziest party, like every— everybody has a side to them. Every human being has a side to them that's like a human being.

Yeah, I think there's like a point where like everybody, everybody parties, everyone lets loose, everyone does whatever. I think Ilya, I think it worked for Ilya just because he was the head and owner of the company. Like if he was just like a random plumber, they'd be like, okay, you kind of got to get out of here.

This is like a little bit too much. So that to that point that like everybody has a side to them we work with, We have somebody that works with us here. Her name's Brooke. And she does like—

All the business administrative stuff.

Yeah. All the really boring stuff on the computer. The stuff that I'm terrified of, just like helping Natalie, whatever, brand deals. And she keeps to herself on the computer. But when we'll have our parties, for some reason, Zane always like—

Yeah. Zane did— That was how I— got like integrated into the friend group was just Zane one night decided that he was gonna hang out with me and make it his mission to like just take shots.

I think Zane does that, like at like his—

he loves to like alleviate like the awkward.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, I've seen him do that.

And I think he'll like find the person that like he knows that's been like hanging around the house but maybe they haven't been like broken into like having, having like the, the amazing time. And it was Brooke like this last party, and it's actually been like two parties. And then like, and then like Zane will just go shot for shot with Brooke. Oh my God.

And then like I've never seen Brooke drunk before.

I've never seen it in my life, really, ever.

Yeah. Oh, I mean, it's your employer, so yeah, she's always on her best.

Well, it was just really funny because like I came upstairs, there's like a bar upstairs, like, like on my balcony, and Brooke's like, Brooke's like— which is like, if you know Brooke, she's like so quiet. Yes. She's like, Dave, let's take a shot. Oh my God. And I'm like, I literally, I like, like, like a cartoon, I had to like squeegee my eyes because I was I was like, wait, is this really what's happening? I was like, I was like, oh, I can't right now. And then, and then like, I'm not kidding you, like, like at least 2 more times she goes, come on, come on, Dave. I mean, speaking of drinking, Bella, I'm sober. How are you sober now?

Yes, 0 days starting today.

6 hours.

That was the craziest. That was the every— Bella gets drunk like than no other.

Oh my God, you do? Is that true? No, no, please, please.

Oh, that's so funny.

And I know Bella's hammered because it'll be like 3 AM, I'll be asleep.

Yeah.

And I'll hear— no, no, no, no, no, no, no, she'll be here on the couch, usually on her own.

Yeah.

And I'll just hear Endgame or like any Avengers movie just blasting. That's what she does at like—

at like she gets hammered and then watches.

She gets hammered and she puts on Endgame. And then cries, falls asleep. Yeah, but like, you hear, like, you hear the house shaking because it's so loud. It's like, it's like your drunk dad coming home. It's like, oh, fuck, Bella's here.

Oh my God. Okay, this doesn't happen that often.

It's happened 4 times.

Okay, 3 or 4, which is crazy.

Which is crazy because it doesn't happen that much. It's not that many movies.

5 or 6 times.

That's not a lot.

But no, it's okay. I'm also like not— I'm also like not leaving like my house and like just getting drunk and coming to David's and watching Endgame. We're all doing stuff together.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, there's actually been moments where you're like completely on your own drunk. What? Bella, be honest with you. I don't remember. Oh yeah, you probably don't remember, but there are definitely moments where Bella's just drunk and then she'll be like, I'm swinging by the house, and then she'll bring her drunk storm and she'll be like, we got to put on Endgame.

I just take over. I'm also like this fitness fucking health person.

Yeah, no, you balance it really well.

Yeah, yeah. Um, back to— that was really interesting, Bella. You were saying like Ilya was scary. What was the vibe with everybody else?

When I first, uh, got flown down to, uh, to meet like Sean, who's part of Zilla, flown down. Oh, Alex put me on that. You know about that one day?

I mean, first class, it was a private jet. They went and picked up Bella, the Zilla jet, flown down. Flown down to be hired as a social media manager?

Are you kidding?

That's insane.

But how else would you get here?

You'd cart your ass down. How did Ferris get here? Ferris was in Arizona. He fucking carted his ass up here.

India. He drove.

India.

Malaysia. But okay, I guess you're right.

But when I first met Alex, I hugged him and he said it was so weird that I did that. He was like, that was so weird. Like, he told me months later, like, because I was like, hi, like, I just, I'm not like this. Like meeting in Chicago. Um, cause like that was my first job. I was also a student and I'm just like so giddy. Yeah. I was like, hi! He was like, I'm a hugger. He told me after, he was like, that was so weird that you hugged me.

Oh, I guess. I guess in like a regular like.

Yeah, I hug everybody at our meetings.

First time. They're probably like, now he's so weird.

First time though, Matt?

First time you need my hug?

I—

okay, when we start the meeting, it's a handshake, and then we leave the meeting and it's like a hug.

Oh, usually. Oh, that's pretty good. That is perfect. That's actually perfect.

Yeah.

Yeah, I guess that makes sense.

What do you do?

I mean, like, I, I've always like wished I was a woman so I could like just strictly go—

fine, I have the title.

Okay, I have the podcast.

Now here it comes. This is where I completely pivot. It has nothing to do with meetings. We never get to That's a long time. No, like, I've always— because I feel like women get away with, like, hugs more often, and my hands are so sweaty that, like, for a while the handshake, like, made me not want to do any meetings. Yes. Um, but, like, women always hug, so, like, I, I dabbled in, like, saying I'm a hugger. Yeah, yeah. But it just comes off weird.

Well, hug is better, then they don't feel your hands, right? Yeah, that's exactly right. Sweat is on their shirt.

Yeah. Or I'll, like, fist pound. What's on their shirt? Yeah. Or I used to do this pro move. Like when we had meetings at the house, I'd like eat something right before and I'd be like, oh my God, cream cheese all over my hand.

It's not a pro move.

I'd be like, here's my elbow.

I just got into a chili dog. You do not want to shake my hand right now.

No, literally. And then I'd have to like go right before the meeting would end. I've done this 5 times. I've done a handful of times. This is real. And like right before the meeting would end, I would have to go back and make a new food item, grab Hot Cheetos, grab chips or something.

There's no way you do this. This is crazy.

I don't do it anymore. My hands for some reason don't sweat as much.

Oh, that's good.

I don't know what happened. It's like happened like last, like 3 years. Like, it's like I stopped doing it. Yeah. Well, actually, my hands are sweating now. Bella, you want to feel it? Yeah. Wait, really? Yeah. Dude, you're going to be—

Oh, you're like a germaphobe though, right?

Bella, your mind's about to be blown.

You make me open the door at AMC.

Okay, Niagara Falls. I don't make you open the door.

No, that's not what I said.

No, I was— I, I, I left. We were watching a movie and I left the bathroom and I saw Bella coming. Yeah. And I just stood outside. I just stood outside the movie theater because I hate touching the handles. Yeah. And I was like, I'm just gonna wait till either— I, I usually wait for a random stranger to come out so I can catch it with my elbow, catch it with my foot. Yeah. Because I'm going back into my popcorn and my burrito that I have inside, so I'm like, I can't touch this fucking AMC door, right? And then Bella just stood there, she's like, are you not going in? I'm like, yeah, after you.

He has like a napkin to open the door.

I'm like, okay, okay, you ready?

It's really sweaty.

Yeah, look at this. Okay, it's like, it's like I got out of the shower.

Yeah, it's really gross.

Let's fucking disgusting.

It's like leaving a mark on my pants.

Sorry.

Holy shit, you could get Botox in there.

No, I know, that's just because I'm holding the mic and it's like this material against my hand.

It's called hyper—

the mic is dripping.

The podcast is— yeah, how hot this episode.

Yeah, that's— I mean, that's why I like started to suck at tennis, because my rackets were just flying out of my hand. I couldn't get a good grip on them. And then you met— you met Jason, you met me, you met all of everybody. You were here working basically every day because the office was in—

it was like a TikTok. I had a film of Jonah and Ilya making out like It was so weird.

Oh, was that— that was one of your first things?

Yeah, one of my first things. My first task was filming Nick.

Filming your boss?

Yeah, with this other guy. And then they both run to the backyard and throw up. I was like, I love working here. No, I loved it. Everybody was so amazing. And I genuinely loved coming to work so much every day. It was like, I didn't have a desk. We all like, Me, Alex, Emma, and Ilya all fit into, um, which is now like a guest room, but the office at the time. And I didn't have a desk for a full year. I sat on the floor and worked on my laptop, and Ilya's next to me in like this huge fucking cubicle desk. I'm like, I just sit on the floor.

Ilya's sitting in a throne, Bella's on the floor.

That's right, because Zila was here in that room.

Who was your favorite from the videos? Probably Ilya. Ilya?

Oh wow.

We're all going to your wedding in like a month.

Oh yeah, now we're going to your wedding.

Isn't that funny? We're all going to be there at Bella's wedding.

That's really funny.

I actually haven't given Jason his invite yet, so he's probably a little confused.

No, I heard about it because I, I, I got— I think I got Alex a gig and, um, um, to DJ, and then he was like, oh, that's the night of Bella's wedding. And I was like, oh, okay.

Wait, when is the wedding? Is it that soon?

You got October 17th.

October.

It's so— oh my God, coming up. That's crazy.

Yeah, we talked about it yesterday. You're, you're ready? You have a lot of trepidation?

I'm— I mean, I'm nervous, but, um, how long have you been with your boyfriend?

9 years. Fiancé. That's fucking crazy.

Yeah, since they were 17.

That's fucking wild. Yeah, that's crazy.

That's fun.

Was he like your first boyfriend?

No, I had a boyfriend before that for like 2 years. Same name.

Wow, that's nice. I kept it easy.

Yeah, yeah. But yeah, I mean, like, technically, I guess, like, probably first boyfriend. I'm his first girlfriend.

Is that like a normal thing for people from Torrance or wherever you were?

From, uh, Bay Area.

Is that like— is that normal for you guys to just like find the first person in high school and then like stick with them?

I mean, like, I— we just had the same path. Like, I think COVID actually like helped a lot because I was gonna go to college.

People always say like What is it, like the second or third year is where you kind of figure it out?

It was— that was like the worst. Really? It was like our senior year of high school and like you could just feel like the separation and you either like lock in with that person and like try to keep going or you don't. And there was just like this middle. He'll say the same thing where it was just kind of like, do I like this person still?

Like, is that how it was for you, Jay? No, I'm being serious. Like what? Like you've had a lot of relationships.

Yeah.

How long have you been with Naveen?

Not married. Not married, uh, 3 years.

Oh, this is the time. You're already married? This is when you figure out if it's gonna work.

Yeah, we rushed right into everything, so—

Yeah, that was crazy. Wait, how fast did you get married? In like a year?

Really fast, yeah.

Yeah, well, I guess if you're your age, it's like, who cares, right?

Yeah, yeah, it's my— yeah, because it's— for me, it was like, well, I'll probably just be alone for the rest of my life, and then someone wants to marry me, and I'm like, oh, you'll take it? Okay, you know what I mean?

Are you sure?

Yeah, I didn't even want to get married. Right. You know what I mean? Like, it was not something—

starts complaining about it.

It's not something that I was like, no, no, no, no. It was like not something I was looking for at all. But I mean, I don't want to go on a router, but yeah, she's the best. I mean, like, I got really lucky.

What about your previous relationships? Like, have you ever heard of the 2, 3 year thing is like, that's where like it gets challenging?

I've heard of 7 year, 7 year itch, which is more of an older— it's like more of a marriage thing. And 7 years in, you're like, it's called the 7 year itch.

Uh, 7-year itch to hook up with other people?

Uh, yeah, or just to get out. Yeah, I mean, my marriage lasted 10 years, and so—

damn, so you were itchy for 3 years. That's crazy. When you got a divorce finally— yeah, right, 10 years— what was that like? Was it just like, fuck yeah, I'm single? Or were you like, fuck, I'm so much older than when I was single?

Um, no, it was, it was just mostly like crushing, like, for the kids.

I'm just like, I'm like looking at it completely wrong. What club did you go to immediately?

No, because by then my kids hated me. By then you're like, you're, you're too old. You're too old to experience, like, what? Like, if, if you, if you had a girlfriend and you broke up right now, you're like, oh fuck, I'll go to Zouk, you know? But by the time you're 42, it's like, oh, it's over. So it's like this complete rebuild of this completely different person. And then this constant thing where you're like, can I work it out? Can I work it out for the kids? Can I go back? Can I go back? And when you're away for a while, you're like, okay, things are good. She doesn't hate me anymore. And then you're like, hmm, maybe I could go back, you know? But you can't.

You called for the divorce, no?

Yeah.

Yeah. I mean, I don't think you wanna be like rude. It was mutual, but I think you probably threw it out there.

I mean, she's awesome. We just didn't get along anymore. She just had a— we just didn't get along. It was really— it was tough. I loved her. She was so fun to be with. She's the best. She's really fun. You know, I figured something out like 3 years after we were divorced. We were all hanging out and all the women got bombed. And my friend turned—

all the women got—

oh, like we were all hanging out with like shit-faced— we were all hanging out with like her friends. We were hanging out with all her friends and they all got bombed and they were being so fun. And my other friend who's married to her friend was like, yeah, he's like, you just have to get them bombed. Just like you just have to get them drunk. And I was like, oh, damn, I wish I knew that.

Oh, because then they're fun.

Yeah.

Oh, interesting. But I never thought that way. I was always like, oh, I can't get drunk.

Yeah. But you also can't just be like, my wife's only fun when she's hammered. I don't think it's going to fix your itch.

No, she's fun when she's not hammered. I'm not trying to say anything negative, but yeah, that was just like a funny thing I noticed.

I also wanted to say, um, should I tell the story of how Ilya told me about him?

Oh wait, do you want to hear it? Yeah, of course. Okay, wait, wait, let me give backstory. So, so Ilya and Emma are dating. They've been dating for like, what, 2 years? Yeah, a year and a half. Emma started working at Doughbrix, and then she was our first hire. She was the first hire at Doughbrix, and Ilya was running Doughbrix. And then they started dating and no one really knew.

Yeah, no one knew it at the start.

Yeah, yeah. And then this is the story of— Ilya was also running Zilla, so, and Bella was working for Zilla. So then this is how you found out.

And all of the offices were under— were one office. Both companies operated out of one office. You guys were hanging out a lot and you and Emma became like close friends.

Yeah.

Oh yes, that's the big one. Ilya and— or Emma and Bella were best friends. Yeah, and best friends. Yes, she's emphasizing this because I think she was pissed that it took Emma so long to tell her.

She didn't even tell me. Ilya did. Oh, it's like, like it doesn't matter anymore.

I can see the rage in Belle's eyes.

It doesn't matter anymore.

Wait, how many, how many months was it?

They were dating for like a year, and everybody knew. You, Alex, fucking everyone.

Yeah, I was like, I definitely knew within a year.

You guys knew. I Ilya lived here.

But wow, that's crazy.

No. Yeah, I didn't know for 2, 3 years. I think I just found out.

I really didn't.

And that kind of pissed me off a little bit. Wait, it kind of made me kind of mad that you didn't know because I really like Ilya and I think he's like the best. And the fact that he didn't tell me, I was kind of like, well, all right, we're just shitting on Ilya this time. I think Ilya is the best. So it does bother me a little bit because then you're kind of like, Why didn't I know?

Wait, how did you find out?

I literally maybe heard you gossiping once and I was like, what?

You assumed that I knew, right?

That's really funny. Because it was that far gone. It was that late.

2 years after.

Yeah. And I was like, what are you saying? What are you saying right now?

Emma and Ilya? That's really funny.

Yeah. I didn't know. So they did a good job hiding it. Yeah.

Or some could say— Nat, when did you find out? Yeah.

Not for a while.

Oh, okay. So you found out year one, Bella?

Not— you guys knew before me because I asked you the next day.

Yeah, I knew before Bella, for sure.

I think that's weird. I think that's weird to like not tell somebody that you're— well, together.

I think it was like because they were working together.

But so he, he owns the company, right?

But they had like— nobody had like a GM and like things were rolling at Doughbakes that I don't think they wanted to like mess it up by like, oh, okay, HR, this weird relationship. Okay, I take it back. Of 4 people that work there. Um, but that, that is what was weird. It was just like 5 of us and then I was like, okay, so Ilya picked the only other girl in this office. I was pissed.

Could have been me.

Did you get flown down? Well, I did.

Okay, okay. So how did you find out?

Okay, so this is when Zila was like doing so much shit. Remember we went to like Vegas and that was—

Oh, right. You guys were like planning trips every week.

Every week, like for Susie's documentary. So we went to Vegas for Spartan, we went to Maui and—

Emma, you guys went to Maui.

It's crazy. Miami. Yeah. Yeah.

Wow.

Yeah.

Budget was like through the roof. Marvel movies.

Yeah. $500,000 for a YouTube documentary.

What?

Yeah, we were ballin'. See that office on the— So we went to Vegas and that was the first night that it was weird. It was maybe like 10 months before I found out about them. So we— it was me and David and Alex and Emma and Illy in the elevator. And Emma's like, I just want to go back to the room. And I was like, because we were going to your hotel room to like eat Taco Bell or something. And I was like, okay. And Illy's like, yeah, I'm just going to walk her there. And they like stayed in the elevator and we left. And like, I think you knew already. You and— I don't know if Alex knew, but I knew you knew.

I'm sorry, I missed it. Where is this? What location? Vegas elevator.

Okay, after Marshmello, we were with Joe and Kate. John, Julie, Kate.

I have such a bad memory.

Okay, yes, yes. Anyway, we're just in Vegas for Spartan and we went out to the club. So I'm like, I didn't think anything of it, but I remember when I found out about Emma and Ilya, you were like, are you dumb? And then you brought that up. You're like, in Vegas, they literally like went back to our hotel room. Then the next morning she was like late getting to the car to like— because we drove to Vegas to like drive back. We stopped at this Dairy Queen because Ilya said Emma like loves the cherry dip cones there. Why the fuck are we stopping at Dairy Queen for Emma right now? I want to get fucking home. She just loves the cherry dip cones. I'm like, why do you care so much? So that was okay.

So anyway, That's really funny.

Things go on. Like, I'm just noticing weird things in the office. It's like, by— at that point, like, back rubs, like editing sessions. She's like on his lap.

I'm like, okay, maybe.

Oh my God, I swear to God.

And you still were like, Bella, come on.

Why would I lie?

No, I don't know.

Why did you know?

How are they just like, what are you talking about?

Yeah, I mean, it was me and Daryl and like, I don't know, we just—

she's on his lap and you were just like There they go, adding the dog.

I just thought maybe like we didn't have— we didn't have like an extra chair. Shut up, shut up. I'm kidding.

Okay, so Alice is feeding Ilya grapes. Bella comes over with her mouth open like, I'll take one.

I'll do a grape. Bella sits on Ilya's lap.

I think that's the protocol.

Time to watch dog.

Room?

Is there some room? Give me that knee.

Oh my God. Okay, so It was like this random Sunday night. Sorry, this is how I found out. Ilya calls me. It's like 6 p.m. He's like, I need you to come to the house right now. I was like, I remember this.

I remember this.

I remember this Sunday. I was like freaking out. I was like, oh, he's going to fire me.

Yes, yes. I remember this.

He's going to let me go. And I was like, okay, but no one works there.

You were the— I think you were the most anticipated, like that I was going to—

he thought I was going to quit.

He was most scared of telling you. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Horrified. Yeah, so I like walk, I walk into the house, pitch black downstairs. So I'm like, no one's here. I sit on the couch, he runs downstairs, he goes, come on, just like that, come on. I'm like, okay. So I follow him, I'm like, where are we going? He's like, get in the car.

I'm like, what the fuck?

Execute, get in the car. So I get in the car and I'm like freaking out, I'm like shaking, I'm like, what's going on, what's going on? Not saying anything, he's like laughing and giggling, and he like backs up his car and starts racing down the street. And I'm like, I was like, just tell me, please. I'm like, the Virgin Tears gonna start freaking out, just fire me already. And then he goes, he stops the car like this, slams on the brakes. All right, me and Emma are dating. And I was like, what are you talking about? I was like, no, you're not. Like, why, why the fuck would you do this, like, this whole thing if it's just you and Emma dating? And he goes, we're dating. I said, no, you're not. No, you're not. He like keeps driving, he's fucking like dying laughing because I don't believe him.

You thought it was a lot more dramatic.

Yeah, I was like, no, you're not dating Emma. I was like, Emma Pilmer? He's like, no, Emma Bogan. Yeah. I'm like, what the fuck? I'm like, what the fuck? I can't believe it because I'm in shock about my friend Emma hiding it from me for months. Yeah, Ilya hiding it from me, Alex hiding it from me, everyone hiding it from me. And, uh, and then also just like how he positioned it, like I was gonna Yeah, lose my job tomorrow.

To talk like that, to be that dramatic, you know, to be—

to speed the car and then be like, I think we told him that too though.

Cancer.

Yeah, yeah, like it's like, it's like, yeah, we told him that. We're like, you just gotta tell her. Yeah, yeah, like, and it wasn't just like he was like— he really loved Emma and still does. So it's just like, I was just like, you just gotta fucking tell her normally, like it's fine.

How he found out she liked him, have you guys heard that story? Like she had like a notebook and was writing like stuff about— yeah, I think it was in her Notes app actually. I don't think it was like a physically physical diary, but she was like in the car like looking at it.

She was like, no, no, wait, what was it? What was in the notes? Have you seen the notes?

All 5 days? She just like had a crush on him or whatever.

Today came into work and ordered 500 units of treadmills. Susie Strawberry Shortcake protein. I can't believe how many grams of protein he's fit into this new batch. It's gonna be epic.

I'm so proud carbs, all while also making pizza. This man can do it all. Do you believe, um, as girls, do you believe that you can make new guy friends as like if you're in a relationship?

Yeah, Alex is like one of my best friends, and like, that's new.

You're, you're pretty good at it, I guess. But that's also, that also came from work. It wasn't like you, you know what I mean?

Yeah, I mean, I don't know. I've like kind of been single for 2 years, so I have lots of guy friends.

No, but when you're in a relationship—

no, when you're in a relationship, like a lot of people say like once you're in a relationship, like to make a new guy friend is strange.

Yeah, I think—

well, vice versa also. Sorry, vice versa.

Yeah, just make a friend of the opposite sex is kind of interesting. I know it's like frowned— I think it just depends on the context. Like I feel like our, our job is just so social. Like I meet people all the time.

I'm like, it's just a part of the job.

Yeah, but I think there's a difference between it's a part of the job and it's like this is getting like really social.

Yeah, I'm not like befriending some random dude at a bar, right?

Yeah. I feel like I— with Naveen, I feel like I've locked her down and stolen so much of her life that, you know, I mean, because she's so young. And, uh, and so I'm always like, oh, if she wanted to— she has like a guy friend that she goes and sees, and I'm fine with it.

She flies her out on boats. She has a guy friend in Mykonos, and sometimes in Chirpé. Actually, there's a couple of them.

I haven't heard from a while. It's been a minute. I should text her.

Hey baby, are you coming back? Taylor just texted me right now. Do you know What A Peach? Yeah, yeah. What A Peach is like a, uh, what is it, like a smoothie place? She just texted me, Hillary Duff at What A Peach. She's there right now in all caps. What am I, what am I, the fucking Hollywood fix?

Grab the camera.

That's what I'm supposed to do.

You'll have to wait.

So, and how did that affect your relationship with Emma? Like, how did you confront Emma? Were you like, Emma, what the fuck?

She actually called me. I think Ilya probably like told her, right? And then she called me and she was horrified, like, to tell me. And I was just like, damn, like, what kind of, what kind of things do I give off that it's just so scary to tell me?

Yeah, right.

How do I describe it? I don't— I can't describe it. But we're still, we're still really close. She came to my bachelorette.

You said you had— you didn't have Chippendales, but you had pool boys. What's a pool boy? Is that like a hired person?

Yeah. You like— there's like this thing in Scottsdale where you hire like pool boys to be bartenders. So they're just like pouring shots, playing games. They like make it really—

oh, they make it fun where they come to your house. Shut the fuck up.

It's so fun.

How many pool boys came to the house? 2.

Okay.

2. Were they super hot?

No. Oh, they kind of were just like, like Love Island kind of guys. Like, guys listening.

Yeah.

The pool boy's crying right now.

Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, she's bringing us up. Turn it up, turn it up.

Oh fuck, no way. Damn shit. Ah fuck, thought we had a good time.

They were a great time. And now finally, sorry, what happened to you? This is why we had you on the pod, but we really sidetracked with talking about your come up.

So I've been, I was gone in Scottsdale last weekend, I guess 2 weeks ago now. So my car just was sitting in my apartment car garage, just like unattended. Um, and when I got back on Monday, I noticed my license plate was like a little slanted. Yeah. And I was like, weird. Okay, must just be coming loose because Jack put the plates on. I just like don't trust that he screwed it in all the way. Um, so I was like, oh, they're just coming loose. Like, I've just— I'll have him fix it this weekend. I'm not thinking anything of it. So my life is pretty consistent right now. I should get up, go to the gym, come home, watch my dog. Um, so I Got up at the regular time, was driving to Young LA for the whole week at the same time. So like 10 a.m. So anyway, the last day I'm driving to the gym and two cop cars pull behind me and they're like on my ass. And I'm like, okay, maybe they're trying to scare me. I was on my phone. I don't know. So I'm like swerving in and out of lanes trying to get rid of them and see if they're following me. And they're obviously following me. So I'm like, okay, I turn right, I'm going down the street, and then I see two cop cars ahead of me. And I see them get behind the other cops. So now there's 4 cop cars.

Shut the fuck up. Yeah, there are 4 cop cars following you when you're going to the gym.

Going to the gym. So I pull into the Young L.A. parking lot and they just go, whoop, whoop. And I see people in the gym start to come out because there's 4 cop cars in the parking lot and me. And then I roll down my window. I'm like, they're a problem. They're all like still in the cop cars. No one's coming to my window and they're like, drop the keys out of the car right now. Hands like above your head.

I was like, shut the fuck up.

Okay, so I dropped the keys. Open the door with your left hand. I'm like, oh my God. I'm like, I'm so in shock. I'm like, what the fuck's going on? Like, what did I do that was so bad? Yeah. So I open the door.

I would pee.

I have my hands like this and I turn and they're like, turn around, like screaming. And I turn back around. But in that moment when I look back, the cops have like 6 rifles on me, guns. And I was like, are you— I was shaking again talking about it. So they're like, get on your knees. And mind you, I'm in this like young LA sports bra and tiny shorts and all these Young LA people in the gym are watching this happen and I'm on my knees. They come, grab my hands, put me in handcuffs, walk me back to the car and put me against the car. And I was like, I was like, what did I do? What happened? And meanwhile, the Young LA people are like, let her go, let her go. She wouldn't do anything. Really? No. Wait, wait, what did they say?

Isabella 15?

What? No, they said she wouldn't do anything.

No, no, but they did. They used your code.

Oh, oh, I was like, use code Isabella. Code Isabella orders. That's how they addressed her.

Yeah. Oh, the Young LA people.

That's—

they're saying, code Isabella, that's her.

50% off. Let her go.

She's giving people 50% off.

Young LA.

She would never do anything. She just wants to help.

Um, so I'm against the car. I'm like, can you guys please just tell me what the fuck's going on? At this point they're searching my car and I'm like, okay, there's nothing in there. No one's saying anything. I said, just tell me. And they're like, in a second, ma'am. Like, calm down. I'm like, how the fuck am I supposed to be calm? I'm being arrested.

They didn't ask you to search your car. They just went straight for it.

Went straight for it. Oh my God. So finally, the deputy's like, your plates are stolen. Like, that's my car though. Like, check the VIN, check the registration. It's all in my car. They check it. And then that's when they're like, the person who has your plates is driving the same exact make, model, and year as your car. Same look, everything. They just switched the plates. So it looks like like, I have the stolen car and they have my plates. And I was like, oh my God, like, no, that's crazy. I was like, all this for stolen plates?

Like, you couldn't— well, the person—

car. Oh yeah, okay.

Yeah, yeah. But like, wow. I— first of all, I didn't know cops in LA actually like look for stolen cars. I thought that's just like a thing where it's like, yeah, your car's gone, dude. That's crazy. That's, that's actually kind of nice to hear that.

Well, this person that stole the car must have also done something else.

Must have murdered somebody or something.

Literally.

Because there's no way cops care about just a car. And the way they came up on you, were they so apologetic?

Not really. They were like, sorry. Like, it wasn't like, oh my God, we're so sorry. But they were also not—

I guess it's not their fault.

They had probable cause because everybody, um, I've like posted this fucking story on Snapchat and people were like, you have to sue. I was like, yeah, you think that's gonna go over well? I'm just gonna get a million dollars for nothing.

What's the move? They switched the plate and then what? They drive the car around? I don't get it. They have more time with the car.

Yeah.

Or they take it to a chop shop.

No.

Or they could just leave the state, whatever the situation is, without being detected by like where the car's moving. So they have more time.

But now you can track that license plate, right?

But now who knows? That person may be gone.

Right.

True. Or it could be just like a wild goose chase. He could have switched the—

keep switching.

He keeps switching the plates. Yeah.

Well, it's crazy. Just with young LA athletes all driving that car. It's crazy that it was parked in the parking garage. Like somebody Somebody in your building must be in on it, no?

I don't, like I can't confirm it was there. It could have been at Cousins, it could have been at Young LA.

The real question is, Bella, after the police left, did you go in and work out? I did. Oh, okay.

Wow, really? Did you lift heavier than you ever lifted before or less?

I was kind of just like out of it. I was just working out to work out. I was checking my phone every 3 seconds just 'cause like I was so—

Were you like a local celeb in there? Was everybody like, dude, what happened?

You okay? No, they were like, I knew you were a drug dealer.

Well, Bella, thank you for joining us. Thank you for telling us about your time here at the company and hanging with us and watching Endgame when you're drunk. It's very sweet. Go check out— plug something.

Young LA, code is Bella.

There it is. Go watch— go listen to Jason's podcast, All Good Things. And Natalie, I don't know why I'm ending on such a somber note. I think it's because Taylor's peeking through the door and I'm like, what happened with Lizzie McGuire? Tay, what's up?

Major important decisions to be made, immediate decisions, and your food is here.

Also, what happened with Hilary Duff?

Oh my gosh, she was at What A Peach.

What'd she order?

Isn't that so cool? I don't know, Reggie and Warren sent me a picture of her. Oh wow, she has a new smoothie there. Oh, I just thought that was really— I mean, that's like icon, icon.

Yeah, she is. Thank you for reporting. I already got it on the pod so everyone knows. Thank you so much.

I had a smoothie there.

Yeah, you— like, you— no, no, like, you had like your own smoothie there. I did. Like the Jason Nash smoothie.

Yeah, she has her own smoothie now.

Damn, they're getting all the celebs.

They're getting bigger celebs. They're getting big, that place. Yeah, yeah, you started it. I started it.

Hillary Duff probably walked into that place and was like, you know what you did with Jason Nash? Is it too much to ask for you to do the same thing with me? Um, all right guys, that's all the time we have.

Bye-bye. Bring back Teeny Weeny.