Beyond the Pole (2018–2019): Season 1, Episode 4 - Up Your Game - full transcript

- Previously on Beyond the Pole

- In real life for real
cause I'm gonna let you know

I got like six personalities.

Don't let one them mother
fuckers come out on you girl.

- You

- That's what I'll do.

Don't mother fucking
play with me little girl.

- Angel, she don't even
know the situation,

but she was really
talking bad about you.

- I don't even know her.

- Well she knew you.



- You know my daughter she's
sixteen now and I don't

I'm gonna eventually tell her.

- So you don't think
she even thinks at all?

- Girl when I leave out the
house I have on my scrubs.

- Justice said that her
dad told her I dance.

Like oh your momma a stripper.

- He just really like
just told her like that?

- Uhhhh

- As soon as I walk out the room

everybody wants to
talk about LeaLea.

When I'm in the room,

everybody is quiet as fuck.

Like I don't like that.

- What's the average
income like per day?



- $1000

- So when we getting
together again so I can show

yall how to make more than
that and keep your clothes on?

- You was going through
something in your life

and you dropped the ball, man.

- I'm sorry you guys,

can I have a minute?

- Let me find out you
tryin to lure me somewhere.

Oh poor Louie! Louie!

- I made it.

- I think the interview
yesterday went really good

with the lady from Rolling Out.

- Yeah I had fun.

And you left out of there
all in a hurry yesterday.

- Yeah cuz I didn't
like the energy.

Like I don't like uh I dunno
when I walked in it was

like a little tension
with me and LeaLea I guess

because that day when
you guys went to Stormy's

and before I got there I guess

she had gotten into
it with Stormy.

- Yeah.

Why would LeaLea get
upset because of that?

- Cause she said
I said she wanted,

which I did,

I said she always wants to
be the center of attention.

- Okay

- And she was like
don't bring up her name.

You know.

So I'm like okay well I'm
sorry I brought up your name.

I actually defended you and

unfortunately it's the
truth in all aspects.

- First of all you
don't have to apologize

for the way that you feel.

If that's how you feel,

that's how you feel.

You didn't have to
defend her either

so I mean if she don't want
you to bring up her name

then don't.

Just let her fight
her own battles

but if you felt like she always
want the attention then uh.

- I like LeaLea so I think
she has an amazing story,

she's a beautiful girl,

and I wish I had that
kind of confidence

because I would be really uh

I would really be
in Hollywood girl.

Nobody could tell me nothin.

- As much shit as we
put up with in the club,

for one of us to give our
opinion about something

or talk about it,

nobody should get offended.

Like that's the purpose
of all of us talking

and having these conversations.

So we can see what we
need to do to change

the views and how
people do view us.

- Right.

- I do feel like I'm
gonna go out and travel

to actually go to
the different schools

and mentor young women

who always had
questions about dancers

and they didn't know who
to go and talk to about it.

And I'm actually doing
my turkey drive so

- That's gonna be nice.

I'm comin.

- You gonna come?

- Yes.

- Thank You!

- I can't cook no turkey girl,

but I'mma come bring one.

- You can bring your
son if you want to.

I'm gonna invite
some of the girls,

if they do decide to come,

my organization is
basically for the kids

to give back to the community

and things like that.

You think the other
girls will come?

- Yeah. Why not?

I think it's awesome Dime
is wanting to give back

to the community.

I'm here to help,

go pass out turkeys,

do whatever we need to do.

- It's getting cold
and I'm ready to go.

- So Laina, you never been
painted before, right?

- No I haven't.

- Well I'm about to
take your body paint

virginity right now so,

you mind getting naked?

- Of course.

I'm a stripper.

Today I'm getting painted

by Ed the Artist for a shoot.

I heard he was a
very good painter.

- Look at you.

- I don't like not
too many people

seeing my naked body
and they not paying

a little homage to
my dancing business,

I feel a little nervous.

Little nervous.

- Yeah.

You don't mind if I
cover your tattoo do you?

- No.

- Hey Laina.

It was very very
interesting for me to go in

and see the body paint.

I was just interested to see

was she gonna come out of her
shell cause she's so quiet.

You seem like you
are just so nervous

and you on stage
naked all the time.

- No it's my first time
getting body painted.

Letting a man just touch on me.

I'm not getting paid.

- How's everything
with your mom?

I remember we talked.

You talk about your mom.

How's everything with that?

- Well I went back to
Minnesota to try to find her.

- Mmm-Hmm

- Couldn't find her but she's
still out on the streets.

My sister says she just
recently talked to her, so.

- I'm sure that's gotta
be tough for yall.

- It is.

I just want to have like

a one on one
conversation with her

face to face.

- Do you have any expectations

out of how that
conversation is gonna go?

Or you just wanna kinda
go in with an open mind?

- Well it's probably
gonna be a healing process

for the both of us
cause she always wanna

play the victim too so.

We both need therapy.

- It's like this missing piece.

This hole that you
just gotta fill it.

- It's gonna be a
lot of tears flowing.

- That's healing.

It's a healing process.

But give her that.

Give her that gift to say,

look mom, you weren't there,

but everything about
you not being there

made me who I am today,
so take comfort in that.

You did teach me something.

You taught me how
not to be like you.

I'm getting emotional but

I can't imagine
having to be a mom

without being a mom.

She had to be a
mother to herself,

and then she literally had
to raise her own mother so

as a child, it's not something
you should have to do.

So I sympathize with her a lot.

All those birthdays where
you feel like she missed

it will be worth it,

so don't give up on her.

Because life has
been giving up on her

so many times, and that
may be what she needs.

She may need to know that I'm
worth that fight to somebody.

Just like you wanna feel like
you're worth the fight to her.

I'm worth your
fighting for me mom.

She wants to know that she's
worth the fight to you too.

Does that make any sense?

- It makes a lot of sense.

- Counseling will definitely
assist Laina because

we all need someone to talk to

and we ought not to
be afraid of that.

I think that it's great
to have someone else

that doesn't know
anything about your mom

and knows nothing about you,

that can see it and put it
together in a bigger perspective

so that the healing
process can begin.

Well when you're ready,

I think I have a counselor that
you could talk to about it,

would probably really
you know help you,

even if just to let you vent,

like as you know that's
what we need sometimes

just to get it out.

We don't necessarily need
somebody talking to us.

We just need somebody
to listen to us.

- Aww. Bless you.

- I would hug you girl

but you got this
paint all over you

and I don't wanna
mess up Ed's work so.

- Hey, how are you doing?

Good to see you.

- Hey!

- Angel called me up today

and she said Stormy
wants to talk to you,

we're gonna go smell
some fragrances

and some scrubs.

So I said, sure, why not.

- This is iwi FRESH.

We are a farm to skin spa.

And what we do is
partner with local farms

and we hand pick all the
fruits and vegetables

and we make skin care recipes.

But you can try
testing them out now.

So we have a little
bit of everything.

- I wanna do tha I
love me some chocolate.

- So we got "love
me some chocolate"

So try that.

- I love iwi fresh
spa, it's amazing.

She grows all of her products

so I like totally admire
someone like that.

- Herbal Tea

- Thank You

- Cheers to the

- New beginnings

- Yes, and no more adult boys

- I like your hair like that.

So what's your plan?

What's goin on with the um

- As far as my wigs
I've been googling

a few companies
that I can you know

try to see who
has the good hair,

who hair is colorable.

Cuz if they're for
cancer patients

I want it to be the best
quality hair possible.

I don't want it to be something
that's irritating them.

So I'm still doing
my research as far as

which wig companies to go with.

- Have you started to
learn how to measure

and all of that stuff?

Have you gotten to that part?

- I haven't gotten to there yet.

- Well I got somebody here
that she's actually doing that.

- I would definitely
like to meet her

if you think I'm

- No I want you to meet her,

it's about relationships,

you gotta connect
with the right people.

You get the right relationships

and you got the right attitude,

doors will open, girl.

- Well I have like
a spiritual advisor

and she's just like

- A spiritual advisor?

- Yeah

- Oh my you so
Hollywood and blonde.

- I do, whatever, whatever.

Want me to tell
you what's funny?

- She's a psychic.

- She told me that I was
gonna meet somebody like you.

- Oh my god girl.

And what she said about me?

- She said that you're
gonna meet a lady,

and you guys aren't gonna
start off on good terms

and you guys are
gonna be really close.

I promise she said that.

My spiritual
advisor told me that

I'm gonna come in
contact with a woman

she used to live the same
type of lifestyle that I live

and she's very wealthy now,

and that woman is gonna
take me under her wing.

I do feel like it is Stormy,

because she just
came out of nowhere

and the first thing she said was

I want to sit down
and talk with you.

- But like I'm honored
to meet somebody

who can maybe point me
in the right direction.

- Exactly,

I love it.

- And I just wanna like

I just wanna take any
information that you could

pass onto me

- Well here's one thing
I would like to share

with y'all before y'all leave.

That you have to
always have a positive

mental attitude.

Your attitude determines
your altitude, seriously.

There are doors that
can open for you

because of your attitude.

And there are doors
that can close for you

because of your attitude.

I decided that I wanted to meet

Dime and Angel again
because I like them

and if a person has
something to give you

and they're willing to
freely give it to you,

don't let your attitude
get in the way.

My goal is to save
y'all from y'all selves.

Seriously.

Cause nobody came
to me and saved me

or rescued me from the club.

I just woke up one day

- I don't need to be
rescued from the club.

- Yes you do

- Because I can leave the club

I make very good money.

Like first of all,

I put myself in
this environment,

I can take myself out
of this environment.

If I still got it
and I can go in there

and make a few stacks a night,

then why not?

But I don't need to be rescued

and I definitely don't
need her to rescue me.

I date boys and athletes.

One of them could
have been rescued me.

I don't want nobody
to rescue me.

I'm my own damn lifeguard.

- It's a drug.

- Per-se

- You get addicted
to the fast money

and you don't wanna ever stop.

- I made a goal for myself,

my affirmation is July 25th

I don't know what, how,

- Until Georgia Power
turn your damn lights off

- I cannot.

- July 25th

I'm not offended by it

because I wanna rescue my
damn self out the club.

- Leave her alone.

The attitude that you have
right now is a good attitude.

You're not getting content
with being in the club.

- Right.

- It was a pleasure being
with you girls tonight

but I really want y'all to
come to my vision board party

that I'm gonna be doing.

And I want you to
bring your two little

peas in a pod,
LeaLea and LingLing.

- I love vision board parties,

so it would be great
to do with her.

Hopefully it's empowering,

that we all are able to gain
something from it this time.

- Bring that
positive energy too,

to my vision board party,

cause it's about
creating a future vision

with great energy, okay.

Alright?

- Alright.

I don't like the way
she delivers things.

She may have good intentions,

but the way she comes
off is kind of like

you know, I'm the boss,
you do what I say.

I may not be on her level,

but I feel like
I'm a boss myself.

- Alright, bye bye.

- You kicking us out this time?

- I think I own everything.

- Today is the day
that I get to meet

with Dr. Nicholas Jones

to see about getting
my butt reduced.

And Dime she is coming with me.

Hi, nice to meet you.

- Dr. Jones, nice to meet you.

- Hi I'm Dime, how are you?

- How are you? Dr. Jones.

So what brings you here today?

- Um was looking to see if
you guys do butt reductions?

I don't know if you're
familiar with silicone removal,

but something to that effect.

- Okay, tell me
a little bit more

about what you've
had done in the past.

- I got it done when I was 18.

- What

- And it was a bio gel

- Okay

- It was a little messed up

and every time I would
try to get it fixed

to make it even out,
it would get bigger.

Now I've got this big ole butt

and I don't want it anymore.

- Okay.

And what kind of problems
are you having right now?

- I don't have any problems,

my butts really soft,

I don't have any discoloration,

I've got like tons of
treatments done to it.

I went for like two years
for cortisone injections

to remove like any
hard scar tissue

or nodules or bolivars or
whatever they call them.

- Granulomas.

- Granulomas. Yeah.

- Right, now have you had
any other procedures done?

- I had my breasts done.

- Besides the breasts?

- Mm-hmm.

- Well typically for
the silicone injections

basically what will
happen is your body

sees the silicone
as a foreign object,

so your immune system reacts,

and it's cells attack the area

and you can have all
sorts of complications.

As far as the treatment,

there's really no
good treatment.

There's no real way
to remove all of it,

because it's kind of dispersed

throughout your tissue,

and as long as you're
not having any problems

I don't think there's much
that you can do about it.

- Anything that's gonna
happen to my butt now

would have already happened.

But I'm not worried because
I don't have anything

that's actually
deformed at this point.

- Lot of girls are starting
to fly out the country

- Right

- Like Columbia

- Right, to get cosmetic
surgery because it's cheaper

- Dominican Republic

- And the difference between
going to a plastic surgeon

is dealing with
the complications.

Like you go to Columbia,

you have a surgery done,

you come back here,

you have a problem,

who's going to take care of you?

Who's gonna be responsible
if you have a problem?

- Is there a way that
they can contour?

Did you say that some
doctor said something about

contouring and...

- Yeah they were
just saying that they

could liposuction it out.

So I was hoping you
could lipo it out but

- No, no.

That doesn't even make sense.

Because like I said,

I, we, don't even know
where the silicone is.

It's not possible.

- Okay.

Well I'm sad.

- Even though Dr. Jones
told Angel not to bother

her butt or her
hips or anything,

I know it's something that
she really wants to do

and it may help her
in certain areas.

I think it's best
that maybe she go to

another recommendation
if she should

bother her butt or not.

- If you ever
decide that you want

one of those other procedures.

Or if you ever
develop any symptoms

that we mentioned,

we're here for you.

- Can I say I got cellulitis?

I got some cellulitis
going on back there,

some cellulite.

- Well cellulitis is

that's an infection.

- Oh I thought that
meant you had cellulite.

- No cellulitis is an infection.

And so really.

- I mean I didn't waste
this doctors appointment

for no reason.

- Do you have any questions?

- You wanna go have
some drinks with us?

- Oooo. Wow. I would love to.

But after I leave
work today I have to

to basketball practice.

You should come,

you can come to a game though.

I'm the coach, we undefeated.

- So you down?

- Listen.

- He undefeated.

- Real deal.

- Okay well thank you,

nice meeting you.

- Nice to meet you
as well, be safe.

- Thanks.

- Hey

- Hi Bri.

- How are you?

- Good. Why you always late?

Girl you messing up my money.

- I'm sorry.

- I'm a busy woman

you can't be throwing
off my schedule.

- I know. I'm so sorry.

I really wanna get
Stormy's insight

to see what she thinks
about my new place.

- This place is really nice.

- Thank you, you like it?

- I think it's
really really nice.

I remember we talked
about the pop up stuff

and I'm proud of you girl.

- So that's why I popped up.

See?

I took your advice.

- Wow you listened.

I love it, I love it.

- First of all, do you
like my accent wall?

- Yeah, I'm trying
to figure out this

- It's paint.

- Oh so this is not wallpaper?

- No it's actually

- So you spent a couple
dollars on some paint

that's your business.

You can have on Louis
Vuitton and then wall cheap

wallpaper at walmart.

Okay good. I like that okay.

So when I walked in
and I saw her boutique

I was happy for her.

She's young,

you know,

she stepped out on faith,

you know I'm happy that
she didn't do anything

too big, that she
couldn't handle.

And so the mere fact
that she put her

money where her mouth was,

to me was impressive.

What are you gonna do, like

I remember you said make up,

you said boutique.

- I'm gonna put two
stations in here,

a make up station,

and a hair station.

- Okay so this is more
like a beauty bar.

- Right.

- But let me ask
you this though,

are you not concerned like

where you gonna get
the traffic from?

Like what are you gonna
do in terms of marketing

you know?

- That's why I invited you here,

to see what you would tell me

like some good ideas.

- So you wanna figure out,

what is your demographic?

And not to be funny,

but are you trying to
cater to the strippers?

- Right

- You know what I mean?

Are you tryin to cater to...

- Cuz I know that's who
would support me, honestly.

- No they won't, girl please.

- But they do though
like at my pop up shops

it was like majority girls.

- That's one time,

you talking about
365 days a year.

- Right,

you right though.

But I would cater to everyone

- If that's the case
though, that's okay.

- Regardless of
what she has to say,

it's still my business,

you know I do
respect her opinion

but it's not like she's
paying for me to do it.

- So that's good,

I like it, I like it.

Okay.

But why you got on
a turtleneck today?

Girl don't tell me that boy
done marked you up again.

Girl it's 2017.

- I knew you was gonna say that.

- That's embarrassing.

For real.

Tell him he want to mark you,

he can go down to
Pristine Jewelers,

he can buy you like a
five carat for starters.

- Okay

- But tell me who is he.

- Um he's a producer.

- Uh he a music
producer for real?

- No he's really a
producer for a group.

- Has he produced in
order to afford you,

and you got on a Louis Vuitton,

you got on Rolexes,

you not dancing no more
like that, so okay.

He produce something.

- Yeah

- Okay

- Better not be no dude
in the streets girl.

Don't do that.

- No he's not he's really not.

- If he is I hope
you help him get out.

- He's a good boy.

- Oh for real?

- Yeah

- Girl you don't
want no good boy,

you lie.

- It's something different.

- Girl he's not no good boy.

- That's what I like about him,

he's something different.

- When I look at La'Bri I see
a younger version of myself.

I didn't even realize
that I see someone

who doing what she's doing but

she doesn't really wanna do it

but she doesn't know
what else to do.

I also see that she's
been extremely hurt.

I notice that she puts
up these hard walls

because in the club
life you have no choice

but I see straight through her

because she reminds me of me.

She really does.

And I see a bright
future for her.

I feel as if she
can be someone that

I could help prevent
to be a casualty.

And so because of that
I do have a sincere

genuine connection with her.

And a love for her as well.

Oh.

So now you know I'm
mad with you about

your crazy little friends

that came to my house
the other day, right?

- I'm so embarrassed about that.

- What's wrong with her?

Something is wrong with her.

- I just feel like
both of you guys rub

each other the wrong way.

- Cause I don't
like negative energy

- Right

- I don't and I'm real
mad that she made me

act like a donkey for
real I'm embarrassed.

But sometime that version
needs to come out.

Alright cool

so I guess I'm ready to go.

- Okay

- Your um thing cute

- Thank you you look cute
too you know I like that

- I got those shoes
kind of similar to that

but yours kind of look
better so now I'm mad.

So I'mma go get the other ones.

- Everybody be so focused
on like marry marry

but if I get me like
a good solid ass nigga

- I don't need to
leave a contract.

- I want me and my nigga to
go around smashing these hoes.

- Oh you wanna fuck.

- I want an open
marriage like sis

let me hold your hair back
while you suck the dick.

You know what I'm saying?

- I don't wanna fuckin see
her do nothing with him

I wanna see her do
somethin with me

- Oh I don't like
girls like that

- That's cool but I like

I mean I would let
a bitch eat my pussy

here and there before
so I can't say that

it's not a good feeling.

- I wanna be fun for me

- This is my thing.

I do want to see somebody like

literally suck my man's dick

because I want to see if you
can do it better than I can.

- Yeah.

- Now you can suck the
dick but you cannot

- See that's why I
can't find no nigga

who want to fuck shit.

- Yeah, they can
suck it all day.

- So Stormy set
up a consultation

for me to go meet
with this lady who she

knew made wigs.

Stormy felt that since
I wanted to make wigs

for kids that I should
meet with someone

who does this every day.

So I agreed to go ahead
to the consultation.

All of her wigs was
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so I can see what wigs I like

and different hair textures.

- Hey how are you?

- I'm good how are you?

- Good, I'm Yvonne.

Nice meeting you.

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Where's your home girl?

- Oh she's running
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- She's running late,

you know how long?

- Uh it's okay

go ahead I'll fill her in.

- Okay so we'll
move right along.

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some nice wigs here,

very nice.

- Thank you

thank you so much.

Stormy when she came
in the other day

she told me a lot of
great things about you

and she mentioned that
you definitely would

benefit from taking the class.

So we definitely
going to move into

the right direction so we can

get you into making these units

and get you on your way.

- Okay

Yvonne had some really
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I would definitely
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cause her hair looks
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- Today we're gonna
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I've got a couple of
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I'll just set hers in her chair

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- Um I actually want to cater

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With alopecia, cancer,

so do you cater to
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Or is it just adults?

- Regardless if it's
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With Yvonne she just
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I thought that I was
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and something that I
can go home and google

and say hey I learned
this so let me see

how I can incorporate
it into my business.

I don't wanna say
it's a waste of time

but it was more of okay
I already knew this

so why am I here?

So

okay thank you so much.

- No questions

do you have anymore questions?

- No

- Are you sure?

- Can I get that wig?

- Oh I got you

- Can I go ahead and
just take it home

with me?

- We're gonna take that out
and put this one back in.

- Thank you again so much

- Girl you are so welcome

- Sorry again my
friend couldn't make it

I'm sorry.

I'mma rearrange
consult for her to come

- It's okay we'll get
her back here soon.

- Can I take her packet too?

- Yes absolutely take that,

make sure she get it.

- Okay thank you

- Have a good one hun

- You too.

So I invite Laina to come
out to the consultation

so she can learn about the wigs

since she say she
wanna make wigs.

But Laina does not even
show up to the consultation

I literally sat there and waited
on this girl for two hours

What the hells?

- Girl I'm so sorry

you know how Atlanta traffic is.

- Oh my god but two
hours late though?

- Yeah

I missed a lot?

- Yes.

What took you so long?

- The traffic

- Mmm-hmm

so you wanna head over
to Anna's with me?

- Yeah I'mma just ride with you.

- Okay

After me and LeaLea and
Angel went to pole class

I decided to look for a
pole class teacher myself

so I found some girls
who work at Magic City

and they are beasts on the pole.

So I decided to invite
all the girls out.

- Hello ladies

- Hi

- Welcome to Magic City

Okay well I didn't
take pole classes

I just kind of taught myself

well, not taught myself,

watched other people pole dance.

That's how I learned to
climb a pole

Why you sitting down?

- I'm nervous and this
is high like for real.

- Stand up, you
gotta get used to it,

we gotta get you on the pole.

Okay so pretty much
we're gonna teach you

how to climb up the pole.

I don't know technique so
I'mma be honest with y'all.

Okay so how I climb the pole

your right shin right here,

and my right arm,

left over right.

Up. Down.

Okay do any of y'all
put baby oil on?

- Drenched in it.

- Drenched? Are you serious?

You came to a pole
class and you wanted to

drench yourself in oil?

- I don't wanna be ashy.

- It's fine I have ice.

- Oh you got some dry hands?

You definitely gonna need it.

- For girls who really
can't do the poles.

- Won't be trying to climb
on nobody's high stage

I'm gonna stay on the floor
and we gonna take baby steps

but until then I'm
just gonna twerk

and just keep moving like that.

- She's scared of heights.

- You could have at least made
her twerk across the stage.

- Left leg I mean right leg

- Right leg, yep.

Left over right.

- Do I have to go all
the way up this thing?

- You don't have to
go all the way up

just pull yourself up and
get comfortable with it.

- Ooh yeah.

- We'll see you later

- Come down the
same way you went up

- Oh y'all gonna drop me.

- No we not.

Loosen your legs a little.

- Put your feet down.

Use your arms.

There you go.

Straighten your legs a little.

- Good job

- You getting it!

You getting it! That's
all that matters.

- Alright, so we gonna do this.

- You playing. No ma'am.

Never. Nope.

Where's my net?

Let me pay this lady
because she's amazing.

- They say they
want us to do that?

- I be scared.

- I can do that on the floor.

- I can't even do that
shit on the floor.

- This why I can't find no man

- They going up
and down that pole

and all I'm doing
is just shaking

a little leg here and there.

I know some dudes
wondering like,

what be going on
in that bedroom?

- Pay the lady so
we can go home.

- That's why I can't find no man

cause they ass got
'em with all the

fucking tricks and shit.

- Girl I'mma tell y'all
before I started dancing

did y'all do that too

go to like strip clubs
and scout that shit out

- Girl I was in the minor.

- I was in the white
clubs and gentlemen clubs

when I first started.

- I went to the club girl

and I was like I'm
gonna go in there

and I'm gonna see how
these ladies be dancing.

And girl the lady was on
stage girl and she was just

real like she was real
almost majestic like

she was moving but it
had this sass to it too.

- Where was this at?

- It was Memphis because
that's where I'm from.

- Was it a gentleman's club?

- Yeah it's gentleman's club.

- Like yeah I like that,

that's where I started
gentleman's club.

- And I said oh I'mma do
that but I'mma do it better.

You know what I mean?

I was that kind of person,

I'm like I'mma
learn how to do that

but I'mma do this
shit so much better

cause I'm scared of heights

so I was like I
can't climb no poles,

and shake this ass, I'm about
to have to shake this thing.

And honey it's paying off girl.

Now I can teach
other people girl.

Lookie there.

Look at how that worked out.

Walked in a strip club one day

and now I can teach other
folks how to do strippin.

I don't know if that's
a good thing or not.

But I ain't trying to
keep them from it either.

If they gonna be strippers,
they just gonna be strippers.

- No they gonna be strippers

- Um today I'm meeting with
Andrew Michael Phillips

a photographer who reached
out to me on social media

and we're gonna do a
shoot for cancer survivors

and a couple other things I'm
trying to do in the community.

- Ready? Up in 3, 2, 1.

Boom.

Just like that.

That's gorgeous.

Let's try that one more time.

Ready and 1, 2 up.

Boom.

The whole reason why I'm liking

and why I'm using the pink
and everything like that

is because of your story.

So seeing your story,

seeing that you
pushed through it,

you persevered and you're
coming even further.

So amazing.

- Everybody knows
cancer is a monster.

You know what I mean?

It's ugly.

Like it's very very ugly.

But there's beauty
in the struggle.

- Yes.

- You know there is
beauty in the struggle

and I wanted to kind
of show that you know.

Because it's not about
what you go through,

it's about how
you go through it.

- And so many people
can look at you

and say man you survived
and you're pushing through.

I wanna be like her.

- No I mean I get it.

I think because of the
fact that I think people

think that once you hear that
oh cancer free phone call

and then that's it.

- Right.

- No there's so much more.

You have to pick up the
pieces of your life.

So this piece is more important
than just showing the story.

It's shows how you pick
the pieces up of your life

after a struggle.

A lot of times I'm on
stage naked every night,

full covered,

if that makes any sense.

But this is the first time
that I get to be fully covered

and naked.

- Would you be opposed
to being top down

but just covering?

Let's try that then.

- I'm gonna show
off these new tits.

- Cause everything you
just said was so powerful.

- Hello Hello

Sorry to cut you guys off.

- It's LingLing

- Today I'm shooting with
Andrew Michael Phillips

and I come in and I just hear
LeaLea and Andrew talking.

And she's telling him how
she overcame breast cancer.

So I kind of just
creeped to the side

and just listen and I just
kind of take it all in.

Like I didn't know
whether just to interrupt

or you know kind of just listen

and really hear
somebody else's story.

- Alright. Ready. 3, 2, 1, up.

Good.

I think I got the shot.

- Thank you

- I feel that the
photo shoot went great

I got to see her amazingly
work in great action.

She had me smiling
the whole time.

- I'm so excited to see you.

- I'm just really
shocked to come in

and kind of hear
everything that you know

you're going through
and you went through.

That's so strong.

- Oh yeah

- Like I really haven't
met anybody else

that's my age frame
that's in the industry

and you know you
beat yours, correct.

- Oh yeah, I just celebrated
one year cancer free.

- Congratulations.

I haven't told anybody this yet,

but a few years ago I
noticed some spots on me.

I though maybe I just knocked
myself, bruises, you know

in the middle of my sleep.

But um I decided
to get it tested

because it was not going away.

I'd have it there for
weeks and start spreading

and I actually was
diagnosed with melanoma.

I have stage two skin cancer.

I'm currently fighting it,

so now when people
see me they say

oh you know you're being abused,

you know you're getting
beaten up by your man.

You're going through things,

you know, this is
just part of it.

I have it all over my body.

From my hands to my feet,
to my face, my neck.

You know, my butt.

Everything and I

- I'm about the say
the same thing to you

that people used to say to me.

Well you don't
look like you sick.

You don't look like any of that.

And I know that's so ignorant.

But I really cannot believe it.

- I know, shocking, right.

- Like now, I feel like I
have to take care of you now

Like I feel such an
obligation to do that.

Because I know
what that is like.

- My first year I was in denial.

I'm I was in such
a bad depression,

I didn't know who
to talk to about it

I didn't know who
to really tell.

I told my family and
they didn't really care

they kind of brushed it off.

You know, so it was
just like I really had

no support so I was like okay,

all I really have is me.

I gotta really
just figure it out.

Not give up. Not
give up. Not give up.

I think I might try and do
this the all natural route.

- Right

- And so far now I've been
ten months completely vegan

hopefully I can
take it that route

without having to go
through chemo, you know?

- Yeah

- I'm kind of scared of that.

- Well I think honestly had
I known what I know now.

Chemo probably would have
been my last resort too.

It definitely wouldn't
have been my first one

but because I had never
had cancer before,

so you know you
just you get scared.

You have got to go through that.

You have to realize,
either I'm gonna fight,

or I'm gonna let
it kick my butt.

So when you decided to fight,
what was your turning point?

- I'd have to just say it
was when my son was like

ma you're going to be okay

- Yeah

- And I'm like you know what,

my son needs me

- I think that's probably why

I'm so in love with my daughter

because just think about
had she not been here

I would have never
known I was sick.

So Maleah is probably
the best thing

I never knew I was gonna need.

Literally.

When I first got diagnosed,
Maleah was three months old.

And I didn't hold her again

until she was about
nine months old.

Because I was in the hospital
for a long long time.

So I went through
post partum depression

really bad.

More so mentally too
because I was telling myself

look if I'm gonna die,
I'm not gonna get close

to this baby because
that's not fair to the kid.

Maleah was upstairs crying
and I remember saying

somebody needs to
go get that baby

because she's just
upstairs crying.

And I could barely
walk, like again,

I had been in the
wheelchair and everything.

I'm like oh I gotta
drag myself upstairs

to get this crying baby that
I really don't wanna pick up.

In that moment, I
saw how she saw me.

I saw exactly how she
saw me and in that moment

I knew, like I absolutely knew,

that

- Don't cry

- I knew I couldn't give up

because when this
baby touched me

it was kind of like she
recharged my battery.

She shocked me back to life.

And I knew that life for me
was never gonna be the same.

Not just with cancer, but
my entire outlook on it.

Because not only
did I always said

that I wanted a purpose.

And it was like
this is my purpose

staring me right in the face.

- I do feel very comfortable
and more closer with LeaLea

knowing that she is
a cancer survivor.

There's something there that
most people can't relate to us

on and we have that bond.

- Next on Beyond the Pole

- Would y'all like a turkey?

Would you like a turkey?

- Always pay it forward

because one day
somebody had to help me,

one day somebody will
have to help me again.

- Are you a spiritual advisor?

A prophet? A psychic?

- You need to fall
back and breathe

and be in a place of quietness.

- Hey hey

- I've known young
Jock for some time

and I wanna ask him
would he be willing

to help do the fundraiser
save the tatas.

- I lost a aunt.

I lost other breast cancer.

My sister was diagnosed
with breast cancer

- I just you know like

just taking on too much.

- Who's taking care of you?

- So I went searching for
love in all the wrong places

basically he was pimping me.

- You put your tongue out
every time you think about it

- That's how I suck on my straw.

- I bet you do.

- Laina is this too big?

- Yeah

- It's a seven.

- That looks little.

- We really gonna
see who the freakiest

out of all of us.

- You just use your front
juices for your back juices.

- Smart girl.

- If they see another challenging
situation in your life

and you're not even 30.

- So I have stage two melanoma.

Which if you don't
know is skin cancer.

It's external but it
spreads internally.

It's a very aggressive cancer.

- Right

- It could spread to my lungs,

it could spread to my heart,

it could spread anywhere,

my blood system,

my bones.

People don't see it like that.

When I got diagnosed,

I was

- Devastated

- Such a bad depression.

I was like you know I'm
just gonna let it win.

I don't have my son,

I don't have this,

I don't have that,

and I was like you know what,

your little boy
is doing wonders,

he needs mom.

- Yes he needs his mom.

- That's gonna be right
there rooting for him.

I've been at stage two
now for a few years and

- Really?

- I've changed my diet

- That's what I was
going to ask you

- I've used every
experimental drug possible

I've used creams, bleaching,

I keep telling myself, you
know, I'm gonna beat it.

- With you having been
diagnosed with cancer

and you also being a dancer.

How do you just juggle the two?

- At first, I felt
like I had to stop

or give up one
because of the other.

And I think when I
started to do that,

I started feeling worse.

Because it wasn't normal.

Music is so therapeutic for me.

I'm not I don't drink

and I didn't start
smoking until I got sick

so it was like medicine for me.

Like I have to get
back to being myself

if I want to beat this thing.

- Did you have any surgeries or?

- At first I had
two lumpectomies

where we were just going
to take the lumps out.

After that, the
lumpectomies didn't work.

The cancer was still there.

I was opting to
get the mastectomy.

I was like, take 'em off

I don't need 'em.

And them my doctor
was like you too young

why don't you want some breasts?

I'm like because I don't
wanna go through this again.

- Exactly.

- He was like well you
can't get breast cancer

from fake boobs.

I'm like well load me up.

it's like having a Lamborghini
with some rims on em.