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Welcome to the shit show. Things are going to get weird.
It's your fave villain, Kale Lowry. And you're listening to Barely Famous.
I want my house to be the fun house for the kids, the, that's how it's going to be. The safe space.

Because you just don't know what the heck goes on.

Exactly.

That's how it has to be.

Yeah.

I would never let.

Yeah.

Yeah, no sleepovers.

No sleepover.

I mean, we can talk about it after.

We are rolling and ready to go when you are.

Where do you want our hair, Gab?

Yeah, my hair's going to be on this side.

That works.

So you want my hair on this side?

Sure.

She's the boss.

No, whichever side.

Just make sure that you're going to be able to do it. yeah my hair's gonna be on this side that works so you want my hair on this side?

sure

she's the boss

no whichever side

just make sure the other one's not coming through the front

she is the boss

like people think that I'm the one in charge

I'm the one getting the content

making sure everything's in order

I do the hair and makeup

so we make sure it's all perfect

are you serious?

yes I'm serious

wanna take a selfie?

yeah

she's on it

Thank you. I do the hair and makeup, so we make sure it's all perfect.
Are you serious? Yes, I'm serious. Want to take a selfie? Yeah.
I'm done. She's on it.
And then we'll do the major content later. Wait until.
You got to do your other. Okay.
Wait until you see her when she takes out her camera. Oh, yeah.
Oh, my gosh. It's a big pink camera.
But this camera literally makes you look like the most glowing goddess ever. And no editing.
Just, it's the camera. It's just the camera.
For real. It's amazing.
Welcome, Catherine and Gabriella, to Barely Famous Podcast. Thank you.
I am just, please don't edit any of that out. No, we're not.
Like, we were already rolling. Just leave it in there.
I'm blown away. So I started watching Smothered.
Okay. I would love to know your thoughts.
So I have some questions.

Yes.

And I don't know if you're under contract.

I obviously don't want to get you guys in trouble.

I met you guys at two events.

Yes.

Back to back.

I think we were in LA for both of them.

Yes.

Is that right?

Fabulous.

How do you like working with Johnny?

We love Johnny.

We love Johnny.

I also had Johnny on the podcast.

Oh, fun.

Yeah.

I had him on for a Patreon episode.

And he was just, because Johnny and I have worked together for years.

And then I ran into him for the first time in so long. And I you guys yes so when did you guys start filming Smothered so we actually started filming in April of 2023 last year right yeah so we started filming last year and then it debuted on the 12th of Decembercember but it's actually today is actually a very big day because one year ago today we were announced as the cast on smothered how did you get casted though did you apply for it yes you did the mama let's give credit where credit's due yep yeah this was all my mom's doing and up the show.
I had never seen it before, and I was concerned. You were concerned? But do you feel like you have that sort of relationship? I am definitely smothered, for sure.
So we definitely fit the show, like, perfectly to a T. But before, the people on it were weird.
They were concerning. They were concerning.
I've definitely seen other casts. Yes.
And I was like, okay. But we made it our own, so it was okay.
100%. I mean, I saw the casting over five years ago when it was called Mini Me.
And I always dressed the girls alike. We were always so close.
We always all looked alike, going, you know, wherever, the four of us. I was one of the sisters.
So I sent in pictures. I am.
I sent in pictures of us, you know, all matching. Yeah.
And I didn't realize until after that the show was named Smothered. And then I kept in contact with the casting agent, Paul, who we love.
And we did get the opportunity to audition three years ago. But it wasn't the right time.
You know, we did we did send in our you know homemade tape but i just kept on keeping contact with him and yeah and then i learned how to do instagram and social i was like if you want to actually be on the show like we need to get the social media going because like i was doing social media for a while and i was like mom you got to learn instagram so and she's been doing she's been good. She shows up in my TikToks.
I keep telling her to start her own TikTok. Well, you actually came up on my For You page, I think, last week, just organically.
Really? And I was like, wait a minute. I know her.
And you were doing the curly girl hair, how you get your hair, stunning hair. I'm assuming it runs in the family.
It's all natural. Or is yours natural as well? Yes.
I hope that my daughter has the hair that you guys have. It's just some obsess.
It's curly hair. It's very different.
It's like a full-time job having to work with it. Well, once I saw the video, I was like, do I want Vali to have curly hair? I know.
And your sisters have it too from what I saw on the show. Correct.
Yes. And when you originally were wanting to go on the show three years ago, was it for all your daughters or was it always with Gabriella? It was always with Gabriella.
Oh, period. Because, you know, I mean, I feel like because when you looked at past episodes and I didn't watch Smothered that much prior.
Okay. It was always with one daughter.
And I think with Gabriella, because we are so close, we are so much alike. Where the sisters were close, we're're a close family but they don't like to do the pageants they don't like the modeling and the glitz and the glamour okay so it was more with gabriella and then when we started doing the social media together with her tiktoks when initially when i would show up the numbers would go crazy and everyone would go viral.
It would be like a transition. So like I'd be sitting here, I threw a shoe, that was the first one, and then my mom caught it with her foot and it went boom and then it went to my mom sitting there.
And it was a very iconic video. And people went crazy on it.
So you know my saying is when mama shows up, the numbers go up. Yep, that's true.
It's true. Hey, the proof is in the pudding.
Look at the numbers. No, I believe you.
You don't have to convince me. When I watched this, I was like, okay.
But my question is, how do your sisters feel about that? Like, are they upset by it at all? Or this is what they've been used to kind of their whole life? Because I did see on one of the episodes that they didn't want to be matching anymore. But you still didn't mind it.
No, if anything, they're embarrassed. And it makes it seem like they're left out.
But they don't want to be matching. They do not want to be doing pageants.
They're just embarrassed. And we do ask them all the time.
I mean, they're in school. So, you know, we do ask them all the time.
Yeah, I mean, they're a good sidekick. They are the fan favorites.
Correct. They are authentic just as you see them.
The little one, Sophia. I mean, she's funny as could be.
And, you know, yeah, I get the hate. But, you know, I say, why hate? Appreciate.
Right? Do they really call you calf? Well, I don't like that. No.
Oh, you don't like it? No. The oldest one, she is.
I don't like it. No, that's not.
You're the youngest? That's disrespectful. No, I'm the middle child, actually.
Interesting. That's disrespectful to call me that.
But no, the little one doesn't. No, Sophia does not call me that.
The little one, you know, she sees as her princess. She is my princess.
Maybe she's not a princess. But I'm obsessed with all of them.
The sisters, they secretly like the show. They secretly had fun filming.
Oh, sure. So they secretly like it.
But, yeah, they don't want to do all the fun things that we do. They just don't want to.
We invite them. We invite them to everything.
But they didn't want to walk like a flamingo. No.
No. They didn't want to learn.
I really tried to get Sophia to do the teen pageant I was like this would be wonderful she can try for Miss Connecticut you can be for Miss Connecticut teen I'll train you both and she said no no but you were former Miss Connecticut is that right okay can you tell me about that how did you get into pageants so I was a dancer growing up and I know I just thought that pageants would be a good stepping stone from dance okay I was in the Miss America system because dance was 50 percent of the score at that time the two different pageant systems I didn't know that Miss Connecticut or Miss USA that goes to Miss Universe and Miss America so Miss America is the talent that's the difference between the two so I was always in the Miss America system, and I just couldn't win.

But she was always, like, first runner-up.

She was, like, right there.

Yeah, I mean, I got tired of being first runner-up, second runner-up.

So then I was like, okay, it's pretty clear maybe they don't want me.

Hey, that's kind of familiar what happened.

But anyway, maybe they don't want me.

So I went to the Miss USA system.

Okay.

And the first year I was first runner-up, the second year I was second runner-up. And then the third year I won.
And I don't know. I just thought the world was here.
The world was right at my doorstep. Right.
After trying so hard and dancing since I was a little girl. And then six weeks after I won Miss Connecticut preparing for Miss USA, my mother died suddenly.
So which you'll see on the show. I never really told anybody.
I mean, what you saw on the show was very authentic. It was the first time that I really opened up and told what really happened.
I don't know if I was just like, embarrassed. So when I went Miss USA, I was certainly not in my right headspace.
I found my mother dead. And it was really a tragic time for me.
And I just, you know, had a hard time coping through such loss. Was she a huge support for you in your pageants? She was a huge support for me.
She was my, you know, she was my mom. I mean, you know, we were together all the time.
So were you as close with her as you are with your daughters? I was very close to my mom. Yes.
But you know, it was a little bit of a different time. Like she never drove.
Okay. You know, she just, she, she, she had her license, but she never drove.
But yeah, I mean, my mother was my playmate. My mother was, you know, who I went to the store with.
We even had a little part-time job together. So you did.
Yeah. Yeah.
When I was in high school, I worked at a little clothing store when I was 16 and she worked there at night. Yeah.
So, you know, we, we would walk to work together because neither one of us drove and it was a long way I mean it was at least like two miles I mean that's a long walk I don't know maybe it was a mile but no it was like a it was a while that we would walk to like the plaza and we'd have our little job together so yeah I mean it was tragic. I was very sheltered as a child.

I never like I didn't even know how to do the laundry. I never knew.
I do not do laundry. I saw on the show that your mom does.
No, I do it all. Not that I like it, but you're like, I didn't have to do it for as long as I did.
Forget it. She does not to do it.
So, yeah, I was very close to my mom. And think that's gives me a real heart of compassion for people that have been through any kind of loss or any kind of struggle, because I know how it is.
And I know how difficult it is to stand up again after you've really been, you know, everything's been taken away. How did that shape your relationship or the, you know, the impact on you becoming a mom with your first daughter? Because I know that you're the middle child.
So what did that look like for you when you became a mom? Well, number one, I had no idea what to expect. Because if you don't have a mother or a very good mentor – I mean, I had my friends.
But to kind of guide you through, I was scared. I was like, oh, my gosh.
Is know, is my career I was always been I've always been very career oriented. Is my career going to to fail now? What am I going to do? How does it look like and then you read those books that are horrendous, you know what to expect when you're expecting I'm like, Oh, my God, I'm going to go through this.
And this is terrible. And what? Yeah, you know.
So yeah, I mean, it did impact because I didn't have that guiding force to help me and to call and to say, what do I do with this?

And many women write to me and say the same thing when they have lost their mom or, you know, a key figure in their lives.

So when I had the first daughter, yeah, I'm very protective.

I mean, I'm very close to all three girls.

Very protective. Never wanted them to all three girls.
Very protective.

Never wanted them to have sleepovers.

Very careful.

You know, if they were in the car with someone, you know, if I didn't know, I would always be the one to, again, have the kids over to my house.

Always have the safe place at my house.

Always be the ones that would drive the kids to wherever they needed to go right so yeah all our experiences impact us how do you feel now that you know that um i i have known it i just didn't know details that you worked with her that's kind of really cute yeah because now we work together open a shop now i know we can just like go walk do you also do hair that you do hair. Yes, I'm a hairstylist.
No, my mom does not do hair. She actually works for a radio station.
Oh. So we kind of have our separate jobs.
Yes. And also, people think that just because we're on reality TV, we don't work anymore.
And I'm like, no, I have a ton of jobs. Yeah, we still have a lot of jobs.
But how do you get time off for this? Because you're from Connecticut. Is that right? Yes.
Which is not too, too far for New York-based things, right? Yeah. Yeah.
No, it's really quick. I mean, we just take the train, and luckily, I have the best boss in the world.
She lets me take time off, and I just move my clients around my schedule. Oh, good for you.
So it makes it nice and easy. Yeah.
Our schedules are very flexible. I love that.
And do you still live with your mom? I do, definitely. And do you have a plan to move out, or do you think that that's going to be as long as you possibly can? I have no plans to move out right now.
Mom's hype about that. You know it.
I also feel that way. Like people thought it was crazy.
I just bought 20 acres in Delaware and I'm like, I want my kids to live with me as long as possible, especially with the climate of the economy. I'm like, you don't need to move out anytime soon.

I don't want you to pay any more bills than you have to pay.

There's no reason for us to be in this rush to be so independent.

No.

Exactly.

If what we have is working, there's no reason why you need to move out if you don't want to.

No, what's the problem?

I love that.

Maybe we should look into more land.

Just build a compound.

Right.

I like that.

We do have land right next to us that we own. I mean, it's not 20 acres.
You don't need 20 acres, just one. Right.
I mean, I like that idea. And even if you're not necessarily in the same house, you can be right next door.
I don't know. It's hard to find people that you trust in life sometimes.
And if you're so very close to your family, why not? But has that impacted relationships with maybe significant others? I don't know if you've ever had a partner. You're married, right? Has that ever interfered with a relationship, like a romantic relationship? I mean, for me, I'm definitely staying single right now.
I mean, I've had boyfriends in the past, but, like, right now it is kind of hard because, like, one, in this industry, it's kind of hard to have a boyfriend because it's just a better look to be single.

And also, like, we're just – we're traveling all over.

So it's like a man, like, needs time and attention.

And, I mean, I'd love to give him attention and I love boys for sure.

But I am looking for a boy who's very independent in his own career. That way we're kind of like busy and independent in that.
No, that makes sense. But do you think that they would think that your relationship with your mom is weird? You know, my mom calls it a love triangle.
So whoever she's dating, you're dating because you have to vet him out. Kind of.
They have to get along with my mom. And I mean, if we're going to go to a gala

or an appearance, and he wants to come

and take our picture, sure.

Only take the picture. He can't be the

plus one because you guys are each other's plus ones.

I am the plus one or she's the plus one.

It'd be great if he was a photographer too. So if he's

a trained photographer, come take our picture.

But he has to be able to come and

hang out with us.

So But like he has to, you know, be able to come and hang out with us. No, I think that makes a lot of sense, though.
You need someone who is there to support, not to sort of interfere. Unless he wants to have the spotlight because we do have our eye on one boy.

Ooh.

You have we as in you.

No, both of us.

Who's the one that brought it up?

Well, yes. Okay.

His name is Juan Soto. He's number 22 on the Yankees.
Now, but he might be

traded. Whatever.

It doesn't matter where he's going.

I'm not with you two too my mom's down for him

i'm down for him well no he's he's mine is he single who knows and how do you know about him

well we actually cute we went to the yankees we did go to the yankees and we did see him in we

walked in a fashion show at yankee stadium on the in the same outfit right yes did he see you

how could he miss her hello this is true so like we're working on that so are you talking to him

Thank you. In the same outfit? Right there.
Yes. Did he see you? How could he miss her? Hello? This is true.
So, like, we're working on that. So, yeah.
Are you talking to him? Maybe. We'll see.
You never know. We're working on him.
We're working on him. Mom's doing it, too.
But he has to. But Juan, baby, he has to, like, accept both of us.
Because, in other words, he's got to come to the compound. think he's got to be with us in the compound he has to build the house he's in the mlb right so i think they don't have a cap salary wise i think payment wise so he needs to build the compound for you yeah he's doing well and also the good thing no we can do our own i want strong women you know what we're gonna do our own.
He's only 25. I had three kids by 25.
This is true. But yeah, no.
But I think I always want the girls to be strong and independent on their own and not to be Reliant on a man. Reliant on a man.
Because then you're going to feel like you're in quicksand and not going to be able to get out. No.
Do your own thing. If someone comes and they can add to your relationship and add to your life, wonderful.
But you have to know them for a long time. And I don't know.
I feel like in addition, you know, I have very good instincts of people. I'll be able to tell right away.
Yes. 100%.
And your sisters would be able to tell you right away too. Yes you know so i guess the big picture is yes she is available but right now we are very busy and it would be a package deal the dating would be a package deal and with your sisters too or no yes what sisters don't care they don't care no okay but but you know, I mean, I want to be a part of everything.
Of course you will. Yeah.
Yeah. On the show, you mentioned your dad on one of the episodes, but not really.
I haven't seen him on the show. Yeah.
Is he not wanting to be on the show? My dad likes to stay behind the cameras. Okay.
He likes to, like, check on the lighting, like, if anything breaks. Like, he's there to to fix it.
He has like, so I call him Dewey instead of dad. So we just call him like Dewey because he has these Dewey skills.
So Dewey is your dad? Yes. His name's Todd.
Okay, so with the way it's on the show is Catherine's husband. So I assumed dad's not in the picture and that is your second husband is how I took it.
Screaming. So dad is on, so Dewey is, because it said todd's and then dewey in quotes so i was like oh i wonder where like dad is but that is dad that is dad got it how does he feel about all of this like does he is he on board with the pageant to the looking the the dressing like and everything yeah he's very supportive he just likes to stay in the background okay got it and if anything needs to be fixed he could he's doing it he knows that so he would braid our hair growing up like he's a dewy like he's got the skills and we love that he knows we love that yeah and like right now he's home taking care of the six chihuahuas you have six chihuahuas yes i saw two on the show so far yeah so far i know they interrupted a lot of they interrupted with like the sound guys like we had to like you know the little feet had to, like, put them away for a lot of the sound.
Well, I can't help it. I do a lot of pet adoptions.
We work with the rescue. So, I mean, I just want to give all the dogs, all the animals a home.
I love that. Again, I'd like to build a rescue one day.
But I do work with a wonderful woman that, you know, we do a lot of events together well actually we have one coming up on saturday so that's really exciting yeah it's

nice well you know what's so funny is that you brought up you know people think that we don't

work um since you've been on the show but that's a really good point that's probably something that

people don't necessarily think twice about and have you ever talked about the adoption or the

foster with the animals um not on not yet but we good for no they need to hear this

Thank you. And have you ever talked about the adoption or the foster with the animals? Not on, not yet.
But we. Good for, no, they need to hear this because it's not just reality TV.
You guys actually have other things going on. Oh, yeah, a lot of things.
Yeah, we do one or two pet adoption events a month. And, you know, hundreds of dogs get adopted out.
And it's really nice. I mean, you know, when you hear the stories of these poor, innocent animals that are just basically thrown to the wolves and, you know, the brave people rescue them.
And then we try to give them wonderful, loving homes. It's wonderful.
Good for you. I love that.
So who picks out the outfits that y'all wear? It is a little bit of both of us, but I definitely get the final say. She has the final say.
People think that I'm the one that smothered. She smothers me, too.
Well, I make sure it's all, like, done to a T perfect. Yes.
So she's like, okay. I'm texting Johnny.
I'm like, send me the background of the event. Like, so I know, like, the aesthetic.
I know what we're going for. Oh, you're in depth.
It's in depth. No, we usually try to match the background like we make sure i actually love that we bring back up so she brought in a sec yeah your backup outfit she's like this might clash with the chair i've never had in my life had a guest do that and i love it and i respect it and i think that you you should put in the effort because why not gotta match the aesthetic but what happens if you something that you're wearing, but you don't necessarily love how it looks on you? What do you do? You just say no? Or do you ever dress separately, like differently? We never dress not matching.
And so it has to be matching to a tee, even like the earrings, the necklace, the boots, everything. Usually, like sometimes, like she's like, the only difference is she's like a little taller than me.
So if something's like a little too long on me, I'm like, it's not going to work either. I have to pin it up or we got to wear some different.
Yeah. We usually compromise very well.
If I feel not comfortable in something and she'll be like, oh, okay. If sometimes if material is a little too thin, but normally we're pretty good.
We have the same style. We have the same size.
Yeah. And the nice thing is the brands will send us like matchings.
And so I just make content for the brands and then they send us whatever we want, which is very nice. And the brands love it because it's like you get two generations with the both of us.
And usually the moms are the ones. See how it looks on the mom.
It's how it looks on the daughter. And usually the moms are the ones that have more, you know, the money to spend for the daughters.
So brands should target two target two generations no because that's a genius marketing plan and i feel like johnny johnny where are you hello i saw on um the show that you guys refer to it as matchings which is the first time i've ever heard matchings with the s so i think that that is the brand like you guys need to do your own brand on matchings. That would be cute.
Because now I have a daughter. I want to.
Absolutely. Yes.
You want to buy matchings. Absolutely.
Of course you want to buy matchings. No, I literally do.
I'm telling you, it's really, there's something so psychological about it too. It's, it's sharing.
It's love. It's like you go to the store and again, I always bought three or four, you know but like for the for the girls by the time from the time that they were born the first one would match with me when she came along the two would always match it was easier because i never wanted her to feel like left out and i'm not like spending a fortune i go to marshall's and tj maxx even if it was a 9.99 you know with the little socks i love the ruffle socks yes i still wear always always in the little plat you know the little shoes and now we're just upset like we're obsessed with matching each other but like we're obsessed with like the whole look being like matched like i have this swimsuit line it's literally a bikini and then it has a matching headband and i literally want to pass away every time i wear it because it's just that good like i just i don't know anything that makes me more happy the matchings that we bought last week the matchings yeah no we were here in New York last week the matchings that we found and she loved these no and she loved them and I wasn't 100% because it was all like a little bit sure and the top's gonna have to be I mean this girl loved them so much I was like okay that's fine so but there's something so nice about if I'm in the store by myself and taking a picture and saying do you like this and then buying two and again it's it's not you can do it very frugally yeah right we also met someone in LA and he literally said to us because like we're obviously one one two he goes the, the outfit is the third person.
And we were like, genius. Genius.
The outfit's the third person. You need the matchings at all times.
Yes. You love the matchings.
You love that word. I love it so much, the matchings.
But I also need your sisters to get on board. Yeah, well, they always did.
I mean, up until maybe 16. For Christmas, matching PJs, just wait.
Like, I'll make a TikTok with them with the matching PJs for Christmas. They'll get on board with that.
They'll do that. Yes, or for Christmas pictures.
Always Christmas pictures with, you know, like a pretty dress or whatever. Or maybe we'll force them to do something.
We'll work on it. We'll see.
Maybe if I just ask, like, hey, please just do this for me. Yes.
Like, I really need the matching. Yeah.
Can you get Dad on board? Dewey on board as well. Yeah.
Oh, yeah. He'll do it.

Whatever.

Oh, yeah.

He'll do it.

Yeah, he'll do it.

But sisters, yes.

But, you know, again, they did match for years.

I mean, and again, I never want them to feel uncomfortable.

Right.

Oh, of course.

And even when they would go to school, sometimes they didn't want to be matching if they were,

you know, on the bus and when they got a little bit older. So always want them to be feel comfortable could you imagine if you had twins like oh my god the matchings that you would do oh my gosh wow i know that would be incredible and i don't know i just feel like it brings us closer it brings us closer so what you're saying is that when i get home i immediately need to match my daughter you need You need to buy matches.
And you'll feel. You need to go to the store.

Yes.

Go to the store.

And then it's funny because, like, we'll be walking down the street and people will look at me and then look away and then they'll look at her.

And they'll just be so confused.

Confused.

Like, did I see the same person?

What did I just say?

Like, what did I just say?

Twins?

And, of course, mommy loves that.

I'm like, yep.

I love it.

Literally.

You know it.

We just had a guy.

Yep.

He was going down the S-letter.

He's like, oh, sisters.

Mm, sisters. He's like, wow.
And then he got to the bottom. He's like, is that a mom? Ha! Nope.
That's a. Nope.
She says no, no. I'm obsessed with this.
I'm obsessed with it. No, Vali's not ready.
My daughter's name is Vali. She's not ready when I get home.
Oh, cute. So how old is she? She's one.
Okay. But she's a twin with a boy.
Okay. So the boy, I can't do matchings with boys the same way.
Yeah, you can give them a little tie or a little, yeah, same color combination. For sure.
That's so funny. But yeah, it's so much fun.
And you'll see, like, she'll love it. Everybody will love it when you walk down the street.
Yes. People smile all the time.
It's just like a happy thing to do. It's nice.
It's really lovely. It's not just for the holidays.
Just random. Like middle of summer, middle of winter, whatever.
Do people in Connecticut think all of this is crazy that you're matching all the time? Because they surely had to have known who you guys were before you started filming. So now that you're filming, do they also think that this is just insane? Yeah.
I mean, ever since it came out on the show, going out in our hometown has been a little odd. Because it's like, you know, it's a small town.
You also have a pink Jeep. So you don't blend in.
It's not giving small town vibes. I know.
So it's odd. You wanted pink.
Oh, for sure. Okay.
It's the only color. Do you also have a pink car? Well, no, because then I wouldn't be in with her.
She wants to be in the car with me. Yeah, no.
It's too far away. I would get a matching car, but then if I get a matching car for her, she's like, no, she wants to be closer.
No, because then we'd be in separate cars. So y'all drive together? Yes.
I mean, when we go to work, her favorite color is actually white. She loves everything white.
So the house is white. She has a white car.
But I made us paint the front door pink But it was green or teal It was actually green And one of the rooms in your house That I saw on the show are also painted pink We're working on doing a lot I really hope in the future Maybe on TV We'll see I would really love the garage doors pink next We We have three garage doors. It would be so good.
So good. I want to do the whole house pink.
But it's siding. We have siding.
And so I'm like, Dad, what if we take off the siding off? We have it painted with cement and then we paint it pink. That's too big of a project.
Dewey will do it. Dewey is like, he would do it.
But that's too big of a project. But that's a big project.
But maybe for TikTok. But we just have a lot of pink accessories.
Listen, TLC will give you your own show if y'all just... Live in a big pink house, pink pillars.
We gotta make the pillars pink. Well, I did say, here's a little tip.
I did say we do have the land that's right next to our house. It's all paid.
I said, I've been telling her that constantly. We can make a whole pink Barbie house right there and that's where we can film.
Yeah. Just to film, not to live? We can live there, too.
Sure. Whichever.
I've been telling her. We can do whatever.
We need better natural lighting in the house. It's like all I'm about is natural lighting.
So our house does need better natural lighting, but we'll see. You're never going to hear a no from me.
There's always a way. This next question, you might tell me no.
Okay. Okay.
Can you define philanthropy? Um, I can. Oh shoot.
I remember this. And how could it help society? Oh my goodness.
Um, so I've learned that philanthropy is like, it's like helping people, right? Yes. Yeah.
It's like charityic endeavors. Period.
Your animal rescues, your animal givebacks, those are philanthropic activities. So much.
Actually, we're working on Toys for Tots we're going to do next month. I have so many.
I work with the Marines, and we have so many Toys for Tots events that we're going to be doing. Why don't we just call it charity events? Why go philanthropic events? She doesn't know big words.
That's all right. No problem.
That's what you got the mama for. And if I don't know it, so what? Dumb and dumber.
Whatever. Whatever.
But you know what? Everybody has gifts. You know, I'm not the best speller.
So what? Can you spell philanthropy? No. P-H.
Oh god, it's not an F? No. P-H philanthropy? No, I think it's an F.
I don't know. Just say good works.
Just say charity events. Just say charity events.
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See nerdwallet.com for details. so what is your favorite part what was your favorite part i don't know if you're still filming now i obviously don't know if you could talk about that but um what is your favorite part about about filming and did they think you're crazy because you guys are so different from anyone else on smothered did you like it did you not like it would you do it again we would definitely do it again we love love love filming and like i'm a content creator on social media so like it's it's basically the whole thing but like seeing it and like such a big scale with the production we love the producers love them we love the cast the crew it was just so i feel so blessed that we're able to do it because we're doing it together and just sitting on that couch you know gabrielle and i with our little matching and then sisters.
Yes. It was like so beautiful.
Because when we do the confessionals, like the producer obviously like stood next to the camera and like would ask us all the questions. And so it'd be like a therapy session with like the sisters.
And they obviously are forced to sit there and like answer the questions. And it was so funny.
The talks got funny. And it's like home movies that we're going to have forever.
Exactly. I mean, the sisters love home movies, but they're like, oh, this is a lot of work.
I'm like, guys. Do the sisters know that you refer to them as the sisters? Yes.
They do. And they don't care.
We always did. Always.
Yes. They're the sisters.
I would be one of the sisters, too. Yeah, my mom wants to be one of the sisters.
Like, we have friends from dance competitions, and they'd be like, oh, Catherine, yeah, you're one of the sisters. But you're also one of the sisters? We're all the sisters.
Yeah, we're all the sisters. We're all the sisters.
But if I'm with Gabriela, then there's the sisters. Yeah.
If I'm with Sophia, the little one, I'd be like, there's the sisters. Okay.
So it's not just Sophia and your daughter's name is the other. Lauren.
Lauren. Lauren and Sophia are not the only ones referred to as the sisters.
Correct. People think, oh, we don't even use their real names.
We just say the sisters. No, no, no.
They have names, but we're all the sisters. Yeah.
If I'm shopping with Sophia, for example, I'll say, oh, maybe sister would like this. Or maybe, you know, the sisters would like this.
Referring to Lauren and Gabriella. Yeah, we use a lot of plurals.
The sisters, the matchings. I don't know.
It's so funny to me. But it would be wonderful.
We would definitely, we definitely want to continue

on reality TV.

But your own show maybe.

Who do I need to write to at TLC?

We're working on that.

Okay, because I just feel

it would be so good.

So good. I also want my

own show. So you can just be like

hey, you give them a show, I'll do a show.

You get two for one. That's right mean that's like one big production um yeah you know what i mean yeah double for any trouble period that's true it says that in the bible yeah like if you've been through a setback you're not only going to get one blessing you're going to get two says it double for your trouble double for your trouble so you're going get double.
Like if something bad happens to you, just keep going forward. Be good.
Be good to people. Keep doing your thing.
And you will be blessed double. If you ever had grandkids, would you also want them to match? Yes.
She was like, wait, I don't know. We actually joke that she's going to hold my kids because like I have abs.
She doesn't want to have them. So I take them isn't that disgusting i'll carry having another human being inside of you it's weird that's weird but it's cool that's weird that's disgusting i will take i will carry your children are you being so serious you would carry her children that would be really ideal if she wanted that would be of the sisters.
No. I could ask them.
I don't think they would do it. This would be iconic, though.
I would do it. But we got plenty of time for that.
Yeah. No.
A hundred percent. I'm not pushing kids on anyone.
If she asks. No.
I've had enough for all of us in this room. There's so many.
Yeah, there's some. We've got.
You have seven? I have seven. We have ten between us.
I want seven kids. We have ten children.
Your mom's going to carry seven kids? I don't know if I'm going to carry seven. We can adopt.
No. That's philanthropic.
We could. But like seven, you're not going to have seven.
Seven is crazy. You won't even make it with one.
You know what? Do you have hobbies that you don't do together? So I know you're a hairstylist, you're a radio,

like a personality in Connecticut?

I work in advertising for radio.

Oh, got it. Okay.

So do you have hobbies that you don't do together?

I don't think so.

I mean, we do most everything together.

We like everything.

You know, we go for our walks together. We go to the gym together.

We take dancing lessons together.

So do you do anything with Dewey?

No. I only do it with the kids.
Poor Dewey. What? What? No.
Dewey cooks. He makes really good dinner.
I always cooked for all these years. A little bit.
But now it's all Dewey. I always cooked.
Always cooked, shopped, cleaned. But now, you know, we're traveling so much.
Do the sisters do things with Dewey? Yeah. I mean, they're in school.
Okay. What is the age gap? You are 23, 24? 24.
24. Yeah.
And then my little sister's 19. So there's five years in between us.
And me and my older sister are 16 months apart. Oh, so you guys are really close in age.
Yeah. Okay.
And so they're both in school? Yeah. And then that doesn't really leave a whole lot.
But he's probably getting a lot of manly time by himself. He works a lot.
He's fine. We're busy.
We love Dewey. Yes.
There's a lot of Dewey fans out there. We love Dewey.
We love him. Okay.
So what are your favorite mother-daughter duos in pop culture and media? Ben Affleck's Jennifer Garner and her daughter look a lot alike.

And she's in Yale in Connecticut where we are.

Oh, wow.

Yes.

Who else is there like mother-daughter duo?

There's not a lot.

I'm not like, okay, I'm not like a huge Swifty, like I will not die, right?

But like if you see her, she's always with her mom. And it's literally the sweetest thing ever.

I don't think I've ever seen her mom.

Yeah, but her mom sees in the background.

Her mother's always with her.

Oh, yeah. Swifty like I will not die right but like if you see her she's always with her mom and it's literally the sweetest thing ever like I don't think I've ever seen her mom yeah but her mom's always with her always she's mother's always every time she's at like the baseball not baseball always football games her mom's always there the concert good for her I love that and her mom um her mom's always at the concerts with her whenever she's on tour and she picks out have you seen like the the 22 hat that like the little kids get? No.
There's like this little 22 hat that she puts on like one of the kids and the mom picks it out of the whole crowd. That's cute.
I didn't know that. Who else is there? Like what other, I'm trying to think, what other mother You got it right here, baby.
That's it. Look no further.
Maybe Riley Keough and Lisa Marie Presley. Are they kind of like a mother-daughter duo maybe? I don't know.
Cindy Crawford has a daughter that's kind of a lookalike too. Her daughter is modeling now.
I don't know their names. A certain mother-daughter duo just walked in the Victoria's Secret fashion show.
There was a mother-daughter duo that walked,

and I was like, we should walk. But it was like a mom and then her daughter.

We're like, call Johnny for everything.

Okay.

I just, I wonder what that's like.

It's fun.

I mean, we've walked in New York Fashion Week now.

We walked in Miami Swim Week last,

when was that, June and July?

We went to Miami.

How was that?

It was nice.

Yeah?

Yeah, it was fun. That's really cool.
Yeah, we had a really good time. So it was great.
Mama was in a swimsuit, rocking it. You walked in a swimsuit? Yes.
Good for you. Thank you.
I love that. Yeah, no, it was good.
I just like a little cover up or a little something or a little skirt but yeah it was fun it was great so because of the show that you're on and that you guys do this in real life what what are some of the things that people have said to you that's like maybe not the greatest oh god like misconceptions maybe or just like what is maybe something that people say to you all the time that you're like wait what, what? When we first started doing the TikToks together and I would show up and they would all go viral. They were wonderful comments.
Lovely. Oh, my gosh.
It looks like your sister. You two are great together.
So lovely. There was hardly any bad ones.
But as soon as we started on the show, then the bad ones come. It bothers me because I'm a mama bear and I don't want her to be hurt i'd never be hurt but she's very strong and it doesn't bother her i think because she grew up more with social media media like with our generation it's like we know like it's honestly sad if you're sitting in your basement literally commenting about like us like who are you what are you doing you know right so like it's not gonna hurt me but like for my mom it's like they it hurts sometimes sometimes in the beginning i will tell you after don't even say it i'm gonna tell her when the first show came out i mean i got so many bad comments that i didn't think there's anything wrong with it i mean i do drink celery it is very healthy it's great for your skin yes i drink.
I've drank celery juice every morning for the past five years. I follow the medical medium protocols.
What is wrong with that though? What is the back? Exactly. What is the problem? But so, but there were so many terrible things.
Like they talk about my looks. They'd say that I got plastic surgery to look like her.
I haven't had it. There's nothing wrong.
She's never had plastic surgery. I haven't had had anything done there's nothing wrong if you do want to do anything but like terrible things about me like what like i shouldn't wear the same outfits because i don't look good in them because i think you look great what's the problem i would i would be i mean even if you weren't here and wearing the same outfit you look fantastic what's i would wear these outfits or the dresses no matter if we were matching or not.
I'm comfortable with it. So there were so many bad negative comments.
I literally went in my closet and kind of cried a little bit. I did.
I did. I admit it.
I have feelings. I'm emotional.
But since then, it's fine. I don't really look at look at it anymore you know there's a handful of things that'll be like you know i'm stealing her spotlight i'm not stealing

her spotlight we're going through life together we like it together i ask her not often but you

know are you happy even less are you happy i want to make sure she's happy are you comfortable

if she wanted to stop matching and not do shows and not model with me tomorrow i'd be like okay

I don't really. When we went to L.A., we had a wonderful time.
We were there for a week. Going to that reality show, Star of the Year for Us Weekly was incredible.
But I would still have to go with her even if I wasn't part of it. But what's wrong with with the mom? What's what's the problem? So if she you know, if Gabriella said to you today, I don't want to do this anymore.
Would you be okay with it? Yes. But you would it would it hurt? I would imagine.
I mean, I always think of her first and her happiness I I think that it adds to her life and her career. But if she really in her heart just woke up one day and was just like, I'm going to wear Crocs.
I'm going to, you know, whatever. Are we slandering Crocs? Well, my older sister wears Crocs and she's just like, youck it and you know there's nothing wrong with the crocs but we it's like a family joke okay where you know they won't wear shoes the oldest one will only wear crocs so it's a little bit there's nothing wrong with crocs get matchings yeah exactly so but if she woke up one day and she did not want to do our career anymore or whatever i'd be like okay trust me that's not gonna happen I've always felt like I was destined for more and I feel like this is this is where I belong and I feel like it's an inspiration to women no matter what your lot in life what challenges your age your demographic whatever I think it's an inspiration that you can still follow your dreams regardless of what's going on in your life.
I mean, you know, for 20 years, I was home raising my girls. She did the whole thing.
And now we're like, now you're best friends. Yeah.
Now we're living life and traveling constantly. And it's been, yeah, I mean, it's wonderful.
I mean, I couldn't think of anyone else I would want to do it with. And if I was just doing it on my own, it wouldn't be as much fun.
And like I said, like we it was literally one year ago today that it was in Access Hollywood announced us as the cast. So like one year ago, like this is such a special day.
Yeah. And like my mom was actually out working and I was luckily home.
And like I made the announcement post on my Instagram and like I had like prepared it to get people like excited for the announcement I was like oh something's coming and it was like such a big secret because when you're announcing the cast like you cannot tell anyone for months and you're filming she knows for months and so it's like and I post on social media every day yeah keep that big secret for so long was crazy but but you were so excited it was were you so excited was incredible. Yeah.
Yeah. And it's good to have a good relationship with your production team.
Yes. Because there's nothing worse than having a horrible relationship with the production team when you're not happy and you're like.
We were happy. No.
Good for you. Yeah.
I actually said if I was to have my own show, I would want to go to TLC. Yes.
At first. We loved TLC.
But I've never worked with TLC.. So I'm just speaking off of what I see.
Yeah, we loved everything. The biggest shock is how many people watch.
I mean, we know that TLC is like a big network. But like, how many people stop us on the street, even if we're not together? Oh, really? Yes.
What about when you come to places like New York and LA and things like that? Oh, it's constant. If we're together, it's constant.
No matter where we are on the street, oh my God, smothered, oh, your mother, oh. Everywhere on the street, do they go? No, they don't.
No, they just say the mother. And a lot of men.
And they're like, oh no, like my wife watches it. No, they do.
And I was like, no, you watch it. I was like, I know you watch it.
And they're like, yeah, I know. What is your favorite reality TV show?

Do you watch reality TV?

We do.

So we do watch The Bachelor and The Bachelorette a lot.

We just finished The Gold and The Bachelor.

It was kind of good this season.

It was kind of really cute.

So wholesome.

Oh, my goodness.

I didn't see it, so I have no idea.

It was kind of good.

But it was good.

Personally, I love the show Too Odd to Handle.

My mom thinks it's a little scandalous.

It is, but that's why they get their ratings.

I love it.

Do you watch Love is Blind?

No, we don't actually watch that.

I watched the first season a little bit.

Me too.

And then we love Dancing with the Stars.

Okay, would you ever go on Dancing with the Stars?

But what would you do if one of you got picked and the other one didn't?

We would have to go together.

We're a package deal.

Could you imagine one of them having both of you out there?'d be i know honestly it'd be good with both of us because like yeah imagine they're filming and we're in separate rooms we'll have separate partners don't worry you would go against each other oh no we're going against each other well i mean we're going whatever you know we'd be in two separate rooms matching wouldn't that be it's like, oh, which one's which? Have you pitched this idea yet?

Johnny.

Johnny.

Johnny.

Yes.

Yes.

I think we'd be so fine.

We would love to be on Dancing with the Stars.

We could dance.

I can't dance.

You could dance.

I actually have a question for you oh okay what is it who would get sent home first for dancing with the stars wait but let me ask you this you have a dancing background do you also have a dancing background a little bit they dance you girls always dance competitive mean, that's what people don't see. Like, the girls dance.

We both dance competitions. So we both did pageants

and, like, pageants is a little bit like dance where it's

like, it's a competition, it's kind of an individual

sport and it's competitive.

I don't know because if you both

have a dancing background, I don't know.

Maybe you should go on different seasons.

No, we want to do it together.

Well, I know. If we did two different seasons then we could live in LA twice and then I could win, then you could win.
You could both be winners. Whatever they say.
As long as they go on. As long as we can get on the show, it doesn't matter.
Whatever. But I think it would be really fun together.
No, that would be really fun. What other shows could you guys picture yourselves on? I'm trying to think.
Would you ever do something Special Forces or – have you heard of that one? No, I haven't heard of that one. I think it's on Fox and you go to like a different country and you do these like crazy challenges.
I know Jamie Lynn Spears was on one where she had to fall backwards out of a helicopter into the ocean. I don't want to do that.
No, I don't want to do that. Immediately, no.
What's that show with the bad cooking? Oh, Nailed It. Nailed It.
That would be funny. Is that on Food Network? Someone had mentioned that for us.
Nailed It would be funny because it's just about bad chefs and like I'm a horrible cook. Or Celebrity Family Feud would be really fun.
She keeps talking about that. That would be cool because like we have a whole like roster.
The sisters, get them on. They would go in and they said that they would do that so why don't you do it why don't you do that next we put him to work john i said how what are what are we going to talk about is there anything that you guys don't want to talk about he's like just talk to them they're fine just talk to them ask them whatever you want i said okay fine but okay so what is your favorite perfume do you wear the same perfumes we hate perfume we don't wear perfume no my mom says it's toxins it is because they're their hormone disruptors yeah and she also says if you wear too heavy of a perfume you're hiding something yes my mom is very specific about she does not like perfume and no candles yeah scented candles it's just again i follow the medical media protocols and everything he says is true i wish i had more time to read his books and to even implement more of his protocols but the scents are not good you know gets in your brain whatever mom says so i don't like a lot of scents okay so perfume no what about like essential oils would that be fine i don't know i didn't do any research on that as long as it's pure and natural because we breathe in toxins all the time now so that's why it's very important you know the celery juice you know that wild blueberry juice you know trying to get as much fruit and vegetables in your body as possible to get rid of the toxins that we have to breathe in and that we're, you know, subject to.

Hopefully counteracting those toxins.

Correct.

You have beautiful skin.

Your skin is beautiful.

I was on chemicals to get rid of.

I did Accutane in order to have.

It was rough.

But you're a writer. Are you a writer? Is that true? I'm a big book girly.
I would have brought you my books in. I am a big book girly.
I am obsessed. So where can people find your books? So after I lost my mom, you know, I didn't even want to live.
I mean, I had no experience in writing. I had no degree in journalism.
But I did have a heart that wanted to help people. So I started writing a newspaper column.

and it's still been in the paper after all these years.

It's been in like literally half my life.

It's in the paper in Connecticut, the New Haven Register,

and it's in other papers around the country that that group owns.

So it's a newspaper column and the country that that group owns.

So it's a newspaper column.

And then from that, I wrote three books with real publishers.

I self-published my first one and then did three others with real publishers.

So I think if you go online and you go on Amazon, the books are on Amazon.

No, absolutely.

I would love to share your books in any way that I can help.

So, yeah, I mean, through the years, it's crazy because I've gotten so many beautiful letters through the years from people that have read the column and the books that to just help them overcome if they've been through a tragedy or loss, but they're inspirational books. Oh, I love that.
Okay, cool. So I'll also put them in the description of this episode for you.
But is there anything else that you guys want to share or let the listeners know? Well, we do have something for you. Thank you.
The diamond crown. Is this one of the necklaces? This is the necklaces.
Yes. She's a sister.
She's a matcher. She's got her matchings.
Oh my gosh. So we have the rose gold and this one is gold if you prefer the gold.
Whichever one you want. Oh I do wear gold.
Okay then take the gold. The box got a little.
We also have silver. We design them and then we wear them on the show.
So, you know, you see them on the show. I saw them on the show.
You can have one on for yourself. Oh, I'm going to wear this.
I'm going to do a video on it. Actually, can I put it on? We can take a video for a story.
And then you can tag the Diamond Crown collection on Instagram. Because when we found out that we were getting the show, I was like, oh, you know, we should have something that people could, like, feel that they're a part of us.
I love that. So yeah.
They get the matchings. And then we're all matching.
Alessandra's going to open it for me while I'm. Yes.
And she designed the whole thing. I mean I have sold products on QVC for many years inspirational of nature so I had a manufacturer.
So Gabriella literally drew the emblem that you'll see the the crown yes and from that he made the sample yeah i love a thick chain like the thick chains are super modern i used to wear like this prada necklace that was like a thick chain and then i love like a triangle shape i think it's also very modern um the diamond is my birthstone and then the crown you know we did pageants and like whether you're gonna wear a crown on your head or wear it on your chest like it just it's kind of like a confidence piece it's also just like bougies up an outfit like even if you're gonna be casual you're gonna love bougie with the necklace on right like this is like i was like oh this outfit's kind of dull and i'm like but put the necklace on and it's another story it all together yes all together. I love that.
You can even put it on any

of the chains. You can adjust it and make it more of a choker.

Where can people find you on social media?

Obviously, we want the accounts to grow. We want people to be able

to find you. Tell us where we can find you.

You can find me on Gabriella

underscore Vigarito on TikTok

and Instagram. And are you on social media

or is it just her accounts? I'm on

Instagram, CatherineGalassoVigarito

on Instagram.

I love that.

Thank you so much for coming

on the Barely Famous podcast.

Thank you.

So happy.