TALES FROM HOLLYWOOD BY ERMANTOURAGE

Hi guys, happy Tuesday.

This is episode 98.

Woohoo!

We are counting down to episode 100, which I am dropping on Valentine's Day.

So stay tuned, some super cool stuff coming up.

Today, I have a very, very special guest here.

His name is Erman.

Tell me if I'm pronouncing right, Berardi.

Hi, how are you?

I'm great.

You can hold off for 100 Bernie?

Come on, cat.

Well, maybe I'm going to invite you to be back for the 100.

How's that?

Okay.

I'm thinking about inviting like a bunch of people.

I don't mind being a plus one in that case.

Awesome.

Let me introduce you to my crowd.

You are

multi-talented.

You are a producer, right?

You're a screenwriter, and you organize events all over Hollywood, correct?

Correct, yeah.

I mostly do industry events, so film, music, all that good stuff.

I've done it in LA.

I've gone international too.

I've done London and Toronto internationally, so, but mostly I do them in LA.

Yes, okay, super cool.

Oh my god, you gotta hook me up.

I'm very excited.

So, you're willing to come and talk to Cat on the Loose about dating and relationships.

Feel free to talk about sex if you want to, because this is a podcast about sex, dating and relationships.

I would guess working in Hollywood and working in LA, you have tons and tons and tons of cool stars, correct?

Yes, ma'am.

You want to hear something funny, and this is what drew my attention to the nerd podcast.

Yeah.

When you hit me up, when you hit me up about it, I was like, you know what?

Why not?

Because I very rarely get a chance to talk about the stuff.

Uh-oh.

Dating and sex in LA.

So, funny story, just two things I'm going to drop.

I'm going to drop some bombs on the bottom.

Drop the bombs.

Drop the bombs.

First off, this person you know I already told you this ahead of time.

But I didn't actually start getting into my 30s.

Oh, yeah, yeah, you told me that.

That's unbelievable.

You were like a 20-something-year-old virgin.

I'm 32 right now.

Oh, my God.

Yeah, I'm 32 right now.

I just turned 32 back in November.

And my second bombshell for you,

I didn't tell you this yet.

But

living in LA,

crazy enough, people don't even, people are surprised I tell them this.

I'm actually celibate.

really

yeah

so you never had sex

well i'm not gonna say that i might just say never ever ever okay so i had you had sex before

what i get what i will say for your audience

and i know some church friends will probably listen to this as well so what i will tell you is that in this current space and time

i am celibate

i'm not gonna tell people if i'm a virgin or not i'm just gonna say okay i'm celibate so

surprising Wow.

Yeah.

How long?

How long have you been celibate?

Several years, actually, because I moved to LA in 2017.

Oh my God.

Is it?

No, I think it's kind of cool.

Is it for religious reasons, for personal reasons?

Why?

Because, you know, I, being in the Hollywood scene, people expect me because I host a lot of events.

I'm like the guy.

Herman, can you be a little closer to your microphone on your computer?

Thank you, because the audio is not that good.

thank you okay it's people are surprised because of the fact that you know i host a lot of events i'm in the scene i know a lot of people exactly on social life yeah um but for me it's like i don't want to be that guy who just utilizes my my status to get women you know

um and and and for me wow

i i didn't want to be that okay because i love even you know the show entourage i love that stuff it's really cool i do too i'm a huge huge fan of entourage

but I didn't want to be, I don't want to be just like any other guy.

I don't want to be known for that stuff, you know?

Unbelievable.

Amazing.

So, but are you looking for someone?

Like, do you want to be in a relationship?

Yeah, so I'm all for it.

I'm all definitely all for it.

If something comes along my way, comes along my way, comes along, let's say express if something comes my way for sure.

I'm open to open to it.

Open to it.

But you know, it's hard in LA because,

you know, that expression, like, you know, there's something better around the corner.

Yes.

And I think think

I've run into that

when it comes to a lot of women in LA, you know?

Yeah.

I've never had, here's a funny thing.

On the dates that I have had,

they've been all great.

They've all been fantastic.

I met really great women along the way.

And, you know, they've always ended well, you know, whether it's making sure or heading.

Yeah.

But funny enough, there's always something that it stops it there.

It's like, free for stay, we're talking for a little bit.

I'm busy,

I totally understand that.

I agree.

The LA dating scene is tough, and I do think a lot of people just want like a one-night stand or something that is not serious.

It's a complicated industry, our industry, and I'm super surprised because, like you said, this industry in general, especially you being out there, night life, parties, that a lot of people are party people, but not everyone.

I'm not either, you know.

I'm not salibate, I have done man diets.

if you listen to my past episodes like meaning i go on i go on super long breaks from dating because i get sick of it and yeah i prefer many times to just stay home with my dogs than be out there with somebody i don't want to be with you know

so this is kind of funny so this happened a few months ago okay uh my my roommate lito and i we lived together and then for a good portion of 2021 our friend jonathan came in to room with us in la So there's two bedrooms here.

And so when he came in, I was, you know what, let me give up my bedroom.

You can take my bedroom.

I'll take, I'll take the couch.

How nice of you.

Yeah, for summer, summer months, I was on the couch.

And Ludo and Jonathan had their bedrooms.

And the bedroom, sorry,

the living area is smack dab in the middle of both rooms.

So there's been several occasions where, like, I kid you not.

Like, Leto will have a girl in his room doing their thing.

Jonathan will be in the room.

Oh, you poor baby.

I hear them.

I hear them.

And here I am in the center, like, on my phone, writing poetry.

So I like writing.

So, like,

they're having sex.

And I'm like on my phone writing poetry.

Like, hey, guys, quiet down.

I'm trying to write.

You're like the nicest friend in the world.

Oh, my God.

I don't know if I would do that much for my friends.

That's super cool.

Sacrifice to be a good friend.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay.

So let's get down and dirty.

You dropped the bomb there yourself.

But I think that's super cool.

I'm sure a lot of girls out there are going to listen and say, Wow, he must be like a really nice guy.

So I don't think that's a bad bomb.

Good for you.

You stick to your guns.

But you're around Hollywood.

Do you have any juicy,

fun stories?

Even if you can name names, like anything cool that you've seen out there, anything crazy that you've seen out there.

You told me, remind me of something that happened in Noble.

I have no idea what happened at Noble, but you mentioned that.

Oh, okay.

Well, that's another Hollywood story.

But that is a funny dating story that i can jump into awesome so yeah yeah let me get to the hollywood stuff later okay okay so this happened last uh

may so there's this girl that i was uh following on instagram for a while and we chatted every now and then we met at one of my events and we were friends you know just friendly right

and eventually i was able to get her to dinner so i took her to nobu and it was funny which no boo no boo west Hollywood or West Hollywood?

Malibu.

For you guys that don't know, let's do a parenthesis.

For you guys that don't know Nobu, any Nobu is great.

But Nobu, Malibu is like extra, extra fabulous and special, correct?

Not to mention how expensive it is.

And yo.

I was trying to go all in.

I was trying to impress.

So I...

I did a Nobu in Malibu.

Wow.

And what's funny is we didn't even solidify if if it was a date or not.

We're just like, it was kind of an assumption, I think, on both our ends.

Because it's.

Yeah.

So

what's crazy is, you know, I did the whole thing.

I did, I spent like 340 bucks on this dinner.

And

my friend,

one of my roommates I was telling you about, he was a trooper.

At the end of the night, after tipping and everything, I was like down to my last 20 bucks.

And I was like, and we took an Uber.

We took an Uber to Novu.

Oh my God, that is so far away.

That must have been so expensive.

I'm freaking out.

Like, what do I do?

I'm going to look so dumb right now.

How do I get us out of here?

I met my friends.

And then,

this is so embarrassing.

Can you like zone me like 30 bucks to get me a ride back home?

That is so cute.

So we take it back to her place.

We take the ride back to her place.

It gets dropped off.

And

we're back at her apartment.

And she likes, what is it called?

Um

I forget what it is it's called it's like inhaling in a way like you inhale air.

I forget what it is.

It's completely illegal, but it's like a thing where you it's like a mechanism to get high.

I'm sorry.

To get high?

Yeah.

I forget what it's called.

I have no idea.

I'm gonna ask, if you guys out there listening know what he's talking about, please send us a message.

I have no idea what it is.

But okay, she wanted to inhale some air to get high.

Okay.

Yeah, yeah.

And so she does it.

She gives me this look.

And in my head, I'm like, Are you about to vomit right now?

Are you really gonna vomit?

And she goes, She goes, and she goes, No, no, I've done this many times before.

I'm not gonna vomit.

I'm looking in her face, like, I'm pretty sure she's gonna vomit.

So I said, I said it again, no, you're gonna vomit.

Next thing you know, she's like, grab the trash can, grab the trash can.

Oh, grab the trash.

I grab the trash can.

She vomits.

Oh, that is so funny.

Here's the reason I bring it up.

And I actually kind of like it.

So, being on this first date with her, I like the fact that she vomited.

Really?

And what?

Here's why.

I'm going to explain.

Here's why.

She vomited her $300 no-boo dinner and you liked it.

That was weird, but here's why.

It's because for

those few months that I was following her on Instagram, like I had this impression of her, like this beautiful woman, flawless.

There's nothing can go, nothing can be wrong with her, right?

Then when I see her vomit,

it kind of gets me this

vulnerable, like I I see her in her most vulnerable state, right?

You know, drunk and vomiting, her guts out.

Like, I don't see her as a model anymore.

I don't see her as like this beautiful Instagrammer anymore.

I see her as human, right?

And I thought that was, and I thought that was great.

So, it didn't turn you off.

It didn't turn me off.

No, my God.

Wow.

Yeah, you are from another planet.

I think most guys in the world would be pissed.

Seriously.

Well, luckily, it wasn't in the Uber.

Luckily, it wasn't in public.

It was in her.

Right, right.

But for me, I was like, yo, this is a real her.

This isn't like an Instagram model.

I get to see the real person.

Okay, so she vomited and then you left.

Did you leave?

I left because she had to go to bed.

Yeah.

But did you guys date again?

Did you go out again?

We've hung out a few times.

Nothing romantic.

Nothing romantic.

You know, I'm busy.

That kind of thing.

Yeah.

She was probably embarrassed.

I mean, I would be embarrassed because I understand you saw humanity in her.

Like, nobody's perfect, blah, blah, blah.

But honestly, if somebody takes you to such a nice dinner, it's such a special place, you know, and then you come home and you make an ass of yourself.

You're doing whatever this drug is and you puke the dinner.

I mean, it's not the nicest behavior, at least in my book.

If somebody touched me, I'd be pretty hurt.

Well, I'm not going to lie to you.

Sometimes when I see her, I kind of laugh about it.

She's going to bring it up.

I hope she listens to this podcast and we're not naming her name.

We are not even giving any clue that people can find out who she is.

But I hope she listens to this podcast and calls you an apologize.

Oh my gosh.

Yeah.

But I have another story for you, girl.

Go for it.

I'm loving your stories.

So, I don't even know why I'm telling you this.

I hardly tell anybody this, but I feel like you're only telling my about 12,000, 13,000 downloads per episode.

So hopefully yours is maybe yours is going to be 15,000 downloads.

So you're not telling the whole world.

so go for it there you go so this happened back in i want to say 2018

and i get free tickets to the comedy club i'm not going to say which one i get three tickets to the comedy club here in la

and so i'm actually the first one there for the show i'm sitting at the bar waiting for the doors to open for us to go inside the main auditorium to to hear the to watch the comedy And so I'm sitting there by myself having myself a drink.

And this girl comes in.

And we're the first two there.

So we naturally chatted up.

And I'm not gonna lie to you, she wasn't

her physical, like she wasn't like my first choice, right?

For someone to approach, right?

But you weren't physically attracted to her.

She's she's still, she still had a cool vibe.

She still had a cool vibe.

She chatted up, had this really cool, like

dark,

I don't know, she

wore all black, had the tats and everything.

So she reminded me of like a really cool, like, MUA, like a makeup artist or whatever.

So we're vibing.

and eventually we get a little

handsy um and so we finally makes it the show we we're inside the

comedy show and

i'm not gonna lie i'm not a when i get drunk i'm not the type of person to make a scene i i still have some type of right yeah me too me too i can hold my alcohol yeah

but the the more and more we drink the more and more she gets rowdy And I'm like, we're at a comedy show.

Please don't embarrass me.

Please don't embarrass me.

Please don't embarrass me.

That's not good.

Yeah.

And so, and so, and so, mind you, we just met the night, so I have no obligations whatsoever.

So, I'm not gonna lie to you, when she got super vocal and it got embarrassing, I like walked out.

Yeah,

I don't see anything bad in doing that.

Like you said, you didn't walk in with her, she wasn't like a pre-planned date, and she was embarrassing you in public.

I would have walked out myself.

I

didn't leave her alone, per se.

Like, I stayed in the lobby, waiting for the end of that

show.

Uh-huh.

And

just, I don't want to leave her, I don't want to leave her hanging so I could check on her at the end of the night, right?

Yeah.

And so I'm waiting in the lobby.

The crowd clears out.

This white guy who sat at our table is like, hey, go get your girl.

I'm like, first off, in my head, I'm like, get my girl.

I don't have a girl.

But secondly, I knew what he was talking about.

And so I go in there and she is basically.

Practically passed out, but not passed out, passed out, but she's like in a drunken stupor.

And the employees are trying to get her out of there.

Oh, my god.

And I'm looking around, like, it's my responsibility, but at the same time, like, you know,

gentlemen, there's no one else around.

How are we gonna get home?

Oh,

I call an Uber.

We get to her apartment, the address that's on her ID.

First off, it takes like, it takes like 10 minutes for us to get out of there, out of the car, because she's like in a drunken stupor.

And the Uber, yeah, the Uber writer's like, please get her out of here.

I don't want to to be here any longer.

So,

outside her gated apartment.

So,

no help because she's like laying on the grass, like trying to be funny and stuff.

I'm like, I've been with you for an hour on the grass.

You're being the nice guy.

Yeah, you're being the nice guy, taking her.

Yeah, you're a major gentleman.

Yeah.

I'm like, can you please unlock your, can you unlock this gate?

Can we get to your apartment and bring you to bed so I can go home now, right?

And so, after an hour of just playing around, she finally goes, Ah,

my old address, I don't live here no more.

Oh my god,

seriously?

So,

at this point, I'm getting super frustrated.

I'm like, I just want to be gone with you.

So, but still, I don't want to leave her on the grass.

I call yet, I call yet another Uber.

Yeah, I'm really just grinding.

I'm grinding my teeth here at this point, Kath, because I'm like, this is not my responsibility.

You're an adult, I'm an adult, but this is not my responsibility.

Right, right, right.

Now I kind of understand why I decided to become celibate.

I think this is where, yeah, this is where we're headed.

Oh, wait.

And so, and so, and so I take her, and so I call the Uber, another Uber.

I take her to her actual apartment.

We get inside, we get inside, it's a studio apartment.

We get inside, and I'm thinking to myself, okay, once you go to bed, I'm outie.

Get me out of here, right?

Immediately,

as we get in the apartment, she throws all her clothes off.

Oh, she wanted some action.

I'm telling you, like, she's like naked, but naked at this point.

She's completely naked.

She throws me on the couch.

This is where my conscience comes in, right?

So,

I'm sober or not.

Good for you.

Good for you.

I command you.

I'm on the couch.

She jumps on me.

She tries to get me aroused.

As much as I'm like, like, you know, my consciousness.

Yeah, you're, and I think, I think maybe you were a little bit turned off by her behavior or not.

Sure, I was turned off.

Yeah, I'm like, girl,

you're drunk, I'm not.

This is where the king part

comes.

And so I put her to bed so she can sleep, right?

And she keeps trying to get me to bed with her.

Like, please, please, please.

And I'm like, it took me like 30 minutes just to reject her

her own house.

Oh my God.

Finally, here's a kicker.

Finally, she gives and she goes, Okay, fine.

Nothing's happening.

I'm like, I'm like, oh, this wet off my head.

I'm like, okay, good.

She goes, she goes, she goes, good thing we're not.

Here's why.

And she pulls out her blade stamp on.

Ew,

oh, that is so freaking ew.

I'm going to vomit.

She goes, she goes, she goes, oh, thank god we're not doing anything.

Here's why.

And I see,

And then she puts it back.

She puts it back.

She goes to bed.

Oh, my God.

This girl was a hot mess.

But,

once again,

not my responsibility, but I just sleep on the couch just to make sure that she woke up in just fine.

Wow.

So we wake up.

We wake up.

She cooks me breakfast.

She goes, hey, did anything happen last night?

I said, hell's no.

Look what's down there.

And

she's like, okay, yeah, that makes sense.

Oh, my God.

And so, you know, we spent the morning together just chit-chatting and hanging out.

Nothing happened.

And come to find out,

this is where things get really messy.

This is like a movie or something.

Come to find out that the reason, and it's kind of sad to know she's the reason why she was a hot mess that night is because it marked the one-year anniversary of her husband's death.

Okay, we give her a little bit of a pass.

Yeah, I give her a pass because of that.

And I admire you you for putting up with so much because this is like the date from hell i think most guys would have left and said you know what i don't even know you person but this is my opinion we all have our own person of hell a lot of us have i lost my husband too i don't know if you know the story i even wrote a book about it

i think I'm really sorry.

I'm going to be a little bit tough on her.

I think there's no excuse to take your mess out in public and into somebody else's life.

If you want to get, like I said, at least the other girl, when she did the inhale, inhale, the drug, whatever it was, she puked in her own house.

It's at least it's your own mess.

So, what I tell for girls out there, most men get so turned off by women that don't know how to behave in public.

You know, like know how much you can drink, know how much if you do drugs, that's your freaking problem, but no, know, you know, to which extent you can behave.

And in your case, like you said, the comedy club, you work in all over the clubs.

Your job is working a night night life i mean she could embarrass you in front of people so i think we need to be considerate you know to other people so i'm sure i'm sure she was in pain i i know it's horrible horrible to lose a husband but i'm so sorry nothing justifies you know that's just disgusting and you are a major gentleman i'm impressed thank you so much and what happened was like you know we're texting the next few days just as friends just being friendly just to make sure she's okay and then finally like on the fourth day she goes hey listen I want to thank you for being a gentleman that night and making sure that nothing happened to me.

Yeah.

But also, I am in a mess.

I'm still like getting over this, this, this heartbreak.

So this is where, this is where it ends.

Like, I'm going to stop texting.

She says, I'm going to stop texting you.

I got to be in my own space.

And I understood.

I was like, okay, yeah, totally.

That was the last time I heard from her.

That was the last I heard from her.

So

I totally understood.

Yeah.

Yeah.

My own means bigger thing.

Yeah, ladies, I think, and I remember my dad used to say that to me because my father was French and he loved drinking and going out.

And I think everybody likes a good time.

Sometimes my father used to say to me, you need to learn how to hold your alcohol, meaning you need to know how much you can drink in public, you know, especially adults.

You need to know your limit.

I think it's a huge turn off.

Like if I went out with a guy and he got hammered, I'm sorry, but I don't want to be around that person anymore.

I want to be around adults that know how to behave in public, at least, right?

100%.

And that kind of is my biggest turn off when it comes to women in LA.

Yeah.

Don't be broke.

Go ahead and party.

Like, do your thing.

But when you become a bloody, when you come become a

mess in public, I know.

Because of alcohol, like, I lose my interest.

Totally.

Nobody wants to see that.

Nobody wants to see a hot mess in public.

Yuck.

So you've been in a million parties.

You organize all the super cool events around town.

Do you have any juicy celebrity stories that you can share?

Juicy celebrity stories.

Have you seen anyone behaving badly, or have you seen anybody dating anybody out there?

Anything at all or not?

Unfortunately, nothing too juicy, but what I can see.

I do have my moments where, you know, the expression, don't be your heroes.

Yeah.

Yeah.

There's been a few celebrities.

I'm not going to say them, but I will give you, I guess I can give you some type of.

Okay, I'll tell you something.

All right.

So, back in 2012, I

went to Hollywood for this big management and production company.

And there was a certain comedy actor

who

I met one day

because he was hosting some type of, I think, auditions in the conference room at our internship.

And so I was like, yo, this guy's really nice.

He's like the coolest dude I've met so far in Hollywood.

Mind you, we didn't get on a buddy-buddy level.

It's just that I was an intern at the time and he just happened to have auditions at the office.

Cut to maybe six years later, I see the same comedy actor at a pizza shop in Vos Police.

And

in my head, I still have this impression of him.

Oh, nicest guy in Hollywood.

Like, nicest person I've ever come across.

I see a fan approach him

and I keep not, he gave the ugliest like stare at her to tell her to back off.

Really?

Oh my god.

Yeah, yeah.

So

he did this whole thing.

I get it.

He's with a friend.

He's having pizza with a friend he's having a dinner but he didn't have to do that he he did this whole like

oh oh yeah he's you're doing like this gesture with your hand like go away go away yeah that's not nice and i'm like

she's a fan dude like

she's a fan like why do you do that i know that that that just

for me of uh liking him as a person as an actor totally still like him i know as a person maybe i'll tell you who it is after the recording

okay

who Who knows?

Who knows?

Maybe I'll work with them in the future.

Yeah, no, no, I agree with you.

We try, we talk about everything here, but I don't want to make anybody feel bad or anything.

You know, yeah, I don't want this guy coming and like, oh, that's not true.

I agree, but I don't think it's nice because they treat fans super nicely, like if they're promoting a movie, if they're la.

And then if they, I don't like, and there are a lot of people in this industry, I agree with you.

I've seen a bunch on set that they're super nice to you if it's something they're trying to promote.

And then when you're working with them on a movie set or something, just because you're not as famous, whatever, they're like super mean.

And I think that's disgusting.

I think the nice, the super nice ones treat everybody with respect all the time, right?

Exactly.

Yeah, yeah.

And so,

um,

like I said, that completely changed my perspective on celebrities, just seeing it in person, you know?

And what was crazy is you could have easily been like, hey, not now, like maybe after dinner, you know, if you stick around, maybe I'll be must have felt so bad.

I feel bad for her after dinner.

But then the way they just, the way he shoot her off and like the expression on her face as a fan and killed me.

I would, I, I told myself, I told myself, easier said than done, obviously.

I told myself, if I ever get that big, if I blow up that big and get that famous, I know, I know, I could never, I agree.

I think I try to treat people always the way I want to be treated.

I believe in karma, and I think it doesn't matter how huge my podcast is getting.

I'm joking.

I'm always going to treat people with so much respect because I think it's just, I don't appreciate people being nasty.

I agree with you.

It's so much fun having you here.

We're going to take a two-minute break

and come back and see if you spill some more juicy stories for us.

So stay here, okay?

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All right, guys, we are back on episode 98 of Cat on the Lose with this super cool guy, Erman Baradi.

He's a multi-talented guy.

You do

screenplays, right?

You organize events all over Hollywood, which is super cool.

You guys, check out his Instagram, Erman Baradi.

I'm going to put all the videos on mine, like always.

And you are here spilling the beans.

You told us two super funny stories that happened with you.

But I want to ask a few questions about your work.

Are you

okay?

Let's go because what you do

obviously attracts a lot of attention and people are interested in it.

And I think, especially people that don't live in Hollywood, that don't work in our industry, they sometimes want to know like inside information about Hollywood.

So I'm going to ask a few questions and you tell me if you want to spill it or not, okay?

Oh, for sure.

So, all right.

So, when you, is it true, like when you organize an event,

how do people get in?

Is it true that you like invite beautiful people?

Like, if a girl looks really cool, really hot, or this is just like a myth about Hollywood?

Okay.

I'm gonna tell the truth.

However, I do recognize the fact that in the social media age, to attract people to what you do,

you have to have attractive people.

So

a lot of my events, there will be pictures on social media of beautiful models, actors of both genders.

So when it comes to my events for social media purposes, of course, I am going to offer free tickets to some people.

Right, right.

Who will make it look better in press.

Yeah.

So say that there's like a really attractive actress.

I know it sounds bad, but let's be honest with you.

Like, how can I get more people through the doors?

It's going to be attractive people.

Right.

So sometimes

I'll give free tickets to certain people so that for social media.

Absolutely.

Okay.

I'm glad you were honest because you know what?

It's interesting that you said I'm not superficial.

And I understand that because...

I'm not either.

But because of my social media, my photos, everything, many times people misread me and they think, oh, she's just this dumb, blonde, bimbo, partying every night.

So yeah, I don't think it's fair to judge people by the way they look.

But I agree with you.

People see us from the outside in.

So I think your image goes a long way for what you want to do and promote.

Do you agree?

I agree.

Yes, 100%.

And also, I will let it be known that...

if you were to attend my events in person you'll see that anyone's welcome it could be a a one, it could be a 10.

Everybody is there, really.

So, you don't have the bouncer at the door that might say to somebody, like, no, you're like the Chateau Marmont.

No, you're not coming in.

No, no, no, no, no, we don't have to do that.

Everyone is well.

But I actually don't even care how old you are.

You could be 60.

Oh, wow.

Oh, okay.

So, you're like a little nicer than the average.

Yeah, you could be, you can be in your 20s wearing a counter dress, or you can be a

70-year-old man in dad jeans you can come in i don't care like

you do you okay okay you can do you so your events are like all inclusive and they're like a meet and mingle uh sometimes people uh need to get tickets uh sometimes you give out tickets so how do people reach you through your instagram yeah my instagram erman barati uh r-m-a-n-b-a-r-a-d-i other page is my uh brand page or montourage oh yeah montourage yeah yeah yeah yeah i was trying to remember that.

I love that or Montourage.

So you think a Montourage, you know.

I'm never going to forget that because I'm like an obsessed entourage fan.

I stalk them on so I freaking stalk.

My dream guest is Doug Allen, and I'm always like begging him, please come to my podcast, please record.

So fine.

You're gonna laugh.

You're gonna laugh.

I got my story for you.

Oh, tell me the story.

Tell me the story.

Is it a Doug Allen story?

It's a Doug Allen story.

Okay, wait.

Let's do a shout out here.

Let's do a shout-out on camera for him.

Doug, I'm doing my podcast with my dear friend Irma, and we are talking about you.

I said you're my dreamcast guest, and I'm an entourage-obsessed woman.

Can you please just freaking accept it already?

Thank you so much.

That way, I'll stop stalking on your Instagram.

Tell me the story.

Yeah.

This is going to be this is not this is the juiciest thing ever, but it's fun.

It's gonna be fun.

Yeah, I love fun.

So

2018 this is four years ago summer of 2018 i hosted an event and somebody who attends the event uh who became a ventural friend of mine she worked at the time for one of the media companies that produces the bus bench ads in la

and so she's like hey i like what you do let me take you to lunch and i'll tell you more about the bus bench ads and so i take the lunch and she's like because of the fact i like what you do and you're you're a cool person i would love to offer you

a promo to take up five bus benches in LA

for three months.

So she gave me a really good deal.

I took it, I couldn't turn it out.

And she says, you know, you can do whatever you want with these bus bench ads, bus bench ads.

So I decided to do one on my brand, but also make it funny in a way.

Okay.

So, yeah, so it was the bus benches were a silly picture.

I don't say silly, but it was a non-professional picture of me just standing against the wall.

And it says her montourage and

says top networker in Hollywood in quotes because that's what people call me.

Like, it's kind of like a, I guess, like a title, right?

Top Networker in Hollywood.

And so the reason for me doing it is because it's cool to promote my brand, but also if my friends see it, it's like a funny, they'll laugh.

It's like a funny thing because it's an ugly ass, it was ugly, girl.

And it was

because I wanted to make people laugh.

Yeah.

and so

um but also the day that it dropped october 23rd 2018 the day that these these five ads dropped by pure coincidence my my parents were coming into town so i surprised them yeah i was able to surprise them with these uh these bench ads and so

yeah yeah so it was pure coincidence the day that they come in um but um

The thing is, so it's up for three months and it gets good attention and people who I know on social media, they'll send me videos of them passing by yeah

one day out of the blue my instagram notifications start blowing up i'm like why is my phone blowing up right now

and our buddy doug allen

and i'm not saying nothing bad i'm not saying nothing our buddy doug allen not knowing who i was seeing my bus bench ad being called her mantourage kind of like entourage and it said tough networker in hollywood he low-key joked me on social media.

He posted a picture of my Buzzbench ad on Instagram.

Oh my god, that is so cool.

The caption, the caption said, the caption said,

Who is this guy?

Like, what can he do for you?

And I'm like, oh no,

he's making fun of me on his Instagram.

Now, mind you,

no publicity, bad publicity right now.

No, not at all.

If they made fun of me, I would feel so honored.

I kind of felt

in recent history is making fun of me right

so but but the reason why my my

notifications were going up that day is because people who know me who follow him right were defending me they were defending me in his comments

and so

after like People were in the comments are like, no, Irman is a good dude.

He's a real deal.

Like, he's not some joke.

so I DM'd him and he was very gracious I was like hey Doug uh so I see that you joked me on Instagram

here's what I do you know some people that I some people that I know know you so you can look you can look me up I'm not just some dude just like who just had a bench ad

he responded and he was you know like he said he was gracious enough to to tell me like hey I like what you do it's cool you do what you do and so that was that but um yeah it was funny because I was like oh my god this dude just joked me in front of all his followers and all these celebrities following him and all these, you know, these big time hall people.

But like I said, no publicity is bad publicity.

I agree.

No publicity is bad publicity.

Talk about me.

That's all that matters.

I got some publicity.

I got some followers out of it.

So

I don't know.

The picture is still up.

I am definitely going to find out.

When we're done with the podcast, I'm going to do some zooping.

I honestly love those guys and I've been trying.

That's the, it's interesting too, I tell you in my case, right?

Because I started my podcast two years ago.

Way before most, now I know also every celebrity has a podcast.

Everybody has a podcast.

I started Cat on the Loose before almost everybody else, because I used to do a radio show.

I don't even think you know that.

Most people don't know that.

And then the pandemia hit and the radio station shut down.

And I started like organically just venting about all the horrible people I was dating.

And i and it grew it grew it grew and i was getting hundreds of messages on my social media and i kept going but i'm not a celebrity right i'm just an artist trying to do my stuff so most of the time when i try to invite celebrities for my podcast they don't want to come because of course they only want to go to the big famous podcasts but i keep trying and trying and trying because i think all of my guests are special and all of you guys are amazing and all of you guys are celebrities so i'm super grateful for all of you and I know that as it grows hopefully I'll get bigger and bigger guests because we want to get exposure but to me it's interesting because if I were the super famous celebrity I would pick to be interviewed by the podcast of the underdog

you know

I'm the same way I told myself that if I ever make a dig or when I make a dig I told myself exactly not if when when when yeah I'm gonna I'm gonna look for those podcasts with like one follower exactly yeah

exactly

so say that the podcast blows up hey I was there in day one but also how cool would it be to help elevate that podcast I know I agree with you 1 million percent so I keep sending them these messages and of course I understand they want like to promote their projects they want to go to the super high-end ones to the ones with millions of views but I'm like like, come on, you know, sometimes it's cool to help a new growing project and just help be a part of the underdog success.

So let's see, maybe we'll get one of the entourage guys here.

I'll let you know.

Send them this episode, maybe.

For sure.

No, I'm always annoying them.

I sent Doug like 10 million messages.

I said, hey, if you want to bring Sarah with you, I'll do an episode with you.

And Sarah, anything you want.

So we keep trying.

But let's get back to you.

So, you have a bunch of super cool events coming up.

People can get the tickets.

By the way, guys, you can go to his website.

Your website is on your Insta, right?

That's right.

Hermontourage.com.

Hermontourage.com.

So, if you guys, if you guys are in Hollywood, in LA,

for people that don't know, we start our super busy

award season now.

I mean, we've been crazy busy.

This weekend is Super Bowl, which is super cool.

Then we have all these award seasons.

So, Herman has a bunch of cool events there, like networking events, events of our industry.

And you're saying that anybody listening to us that wants to participate can get a ticket and get in, correct?

Correct.

Yeah, I'm not one of those people who are like,

you know, I don't care about social credit.

You know, I don't care about how many followers you have.

I don't care if you have any credits on IMDb.

Like, I, hey, as long as you want to have a good time and you're a good person, you're welcome.

They can come.

I think that's amazing.

It's incredibly nice of you because let's be honest, not everybody in this industry is like that.

There are a lot of events that are super private and they don't welcome anyone.

So it's kind of like a good opportunity for people that want to mingle and get to know more people in these industries actually reach out to you, right?

Absolutely.

Now, is there any...

Sorry, go ahead.

Oh, no, I was going to say, you know, the reason why I do this, the reason why I do that kind of stuff is because I know what it's like to not get into something.

Oh, yeah.

Hello.

Yeah, me too.

Yeah, like, I've never, I've never been to One Oak.

I've never even tried.

I've been probably like, who the hell is this guy?

I know what it's like.

So that's why I'm like, our platform is so accepting to anybody.

You're like, I kid you not.

There are a few people, I'm not going to name names, but there are a few regulars who I have at my events who come in in like, you know, jogger shorts and like really messy looking shirts because I'm not going to turn your way oh really

that was gonna be my next question irma like do you have a dress code because usually when my friends from out of town like i have i know a lot of people in miami because i used to live there they ask me oh how is the la scene do you dress up and i always tell them it's you don't really dress up we are very casual but it's kind of like casual sexy or casual social dress to impress

at least that's what i usually tell people.

Because, like we were saying, people will look at you from the outside in, no matter how nice you are.

So, I would think if a dude shows up for

an industry event that you organize, like wearing shorts and flip-flops, I mean, come on, he can make a little bit more of an effort, right?

Oh, for sure, yeah, yeah, and he should.

And I recommend dressing up, but if they don't, I don't turn people away because I don't want to add to their mental health.

Wow, I'm you're, I'm shocked at how nice you are.

I'm not here to make you like, you know, like

speaking of which, I have such a passion when it comes to mental health and entertainment because

of all the industries, of all the cities in the world, like it's really bad here.

So, like, just that one,

I don't want that one episode to cause you to go into a stir, you know, like, oh, I was turned away from an event because that's how it looked.

Yeah.

You know, I don't want to make people feel bad.

That is incredible.

I already admired you before we did the podcast.

I follow your work.

I love everything you do.

But now I'm like, I swear to God, I'm a huge fan.

I think you're an amazing guy.

Obviously, you're a gentleman.

You are super sweet.

And I think you're demystifying a little bit about, you know, Hollywood events and this industry.

And it is a closed circle.

It is a tough industry.

It's not for everybody.

People ask me all the time, like, why do you put up in LA?

People are so shallow.

Listen, I think people, there are shallow people people everywhere.

So that's number one.

And yeah, it is a tight-knit community.

But like you were saying, just be nice, right?

Be a nice human being.

And very likely you're going to be welcomed in here.

Absolutely.

Yeah.

So do you want to talk about any, like what is your main event coming up?

If you want people to know about it?

I know you have a bunch.

I have several coming up.

And I actually...

I do virtual as well for those who are not in LA.

Oh, cool.

If you want to connect with other creative people, if you want to connect with special guest speakers, I have some virtually.

I'm in LA, actually, tomorrow, Thursday night.

Oh, I see here.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I have a

gathering at Social,

sorry, State Social House, which is in West Hollywood.

A really cool, like, first off, shout out to State Social House.

It's a really cool, like, upscale bar.

It's not like a

dive bar with the dive, like die bar food.

It's like actual cool.

Awesome.

I think I gotta go to to this one.

Yeah.

Check it out.

West Hollywood.

Okay, guys.

So, yeah.

In the spirit of Valentine's Day, Hermont Tourage is hosting a special mixer for the entertainment industry.

It's tomorrow, 7 to 9 p.m.

If you guys are in the LA area,

you can find all the details on his Insta, Hermantourage, and your website, ermontourage.ticketleap.com.

Yeah, everything is there.

And after I drop this episode, I'm going to put the videos and all the information online just so people can.

Yeah.

Actually, funny enough, so because it's Valentine's season, so seven to nine is like the singles night, the singles aspect.

And then after that, anyone's welcome.

Yeah, I love that because a lot of single people feel so bad about Valentine's Day.

You know, they're like, oh, I'm going to hide under the blankets.

I'm going to stay home.

And I think, no, see, there are events out there welcoming us single people.

Hey, I've never actually had a Valentine's.

So this year might be my first it might be my first like actual like take a girl dinner yeah we'll see her man i had the worst valentine's day story ever

no it's that it's there on on season one i'll send you the link i told people about it and i asked I actually asked my listeners if anybody ever had a worse Valentine's Day story than mine and nobody ever found a worse.

So I'm like living proof that you can survive Valentine's Day trauma.

Basically, in two sentences, I was dating a long-term boyfriend.

We were madly in love, I thought.

And the whole Valentine's Day day,

he was with another woman, having sex with her, whining and dining her, buying her cardiac bracelets.

While I was waiting, I thought he was in a business meeting.

And I was waiting for him in his bed, in his apartment, wearing sexy lingerie.

He comes home at 10 p.m., doesn't shower, jumps in bed with me, has sex with me.

And at 5 a.m.

in the morning, I find out because this other woman starts texting me.

I know, disgusting, right?

It's like the, it's right there.

It's on season one, guys.

You got to go there and listen to this.

It's Valentine's Day turned Halloween story from hell.

This reminds me of.

This reminds me of the Tinder Spindler.

Have you seen that?

Oh my God, yes.

What a cripple.

Your stories remind me of it.

Like, hey,

I'm thinking about you, honey.

I'm thinking about you.

You text them.

I'm thinking about you.

And then

meanwhile, you're having dinner with somebody else.

I know, but look, this is what I say.

Make fun of the situation.

Of course, I suffered like an idiot back then when it happened two years ago.

But hey, move on and stay around people that deserve you, that respect you.

There are a lot of nice people out there.

And I always try to make fun of all the situations that happen to me because I believe in karma.

So moving on, let's get together at your event tomorrow night.

The LA people,

they can buy tickets, right, on your website.

Yes, ma'am.

Awesome.

It was so amazing to have you, and I hope you come back.

Of course, 100 episodes, right?

Yeah, 100 episodes.

I'm going to drop on Valentine's Day.

Then, I am going to take a super quick break for like a couple of weeks, and then I come back for season five, if you can believe that or not.

And I know I'm going to have a million questions for you because I know, like, we open this whole box about talking about Hollywood, Hollywood events, and there is always so many questions people have about this lifestyle.

So, if you guys have more questions for Irman, DM me, DM him if you want, and I'll invite you to be back in a few weeks.

Amazing, thank you

so much.

This was so amazing.

This was Cat on the Loose on Tuesday.

I come back for episode 99 on Friday, just before Super Bowl weekend.

And until then, I hope you guys have an amazing week.

I'll talk to you soon.