Hollywood Love Story (2018): Season 1, Episode 5 - Mei & Remy - full transcript

I love being
a businesswoman and a brand.

The important thing when
building your brand is to focus

on exactly what you want
to show the public.

I'm definitely the OG
of building brands.

In this town, you have to be
unique to stand out.

There are so many copycats,

but always remember
they can copy your past,

but they can't copy your future.

My name is Mei.

I run Ozcult,

which is a handmade
lingerie brand.



It's, like, a celebration
of divine femininity.

My name is Remy Fox.

When I come to Hollywood,
I come to party,

make headlines,
suck some dick, make some money.

I wanted to make money
through my art,

and I didn't want to lead a life

where I was constantly
depending on men,

especially because most of them
were pretty creepy.

Insta-famous, I hate that word.

I'll, like, joke about it.

I'll be like, "Yeah.
I'm famous on the Internet."

Without my followers
I probably would be, like,

a typical Latina
working at Western Dental,

eating my Hot Cheetos
with my ghetto nails.



I don't know.
It's not real.

Like, it's all kind of, like,
a mirage of reality.

I've always wanted to
live somewhere warm.

My body just cannot
deal with the cold.

Like, I get severely
depressed here...

Ow.

...but I also want to be,
like, in a community

where I can interact
with other people in the arts,

and I'm really into
the fashion scene in LA.

I just, like, want to get
the... out of here.

I'm just, like, ready to go.

My boyfriend's gonna be sad,
but he's coming later.

My dog.

I don't think
I'm escaping Philly

'cause I could escape Philly
a lot of ways,

but I definitely am interested
in being in, like,

a very opposite environment.

I worked, and I came home early,

and I drank a 40 by myself

so I could go to sleep.

My "home strip club" I want to
say is... in East LA.

There was a lot of customers.

A lot of broke ones, though.

It's a hole in the wall.
It's ghetto.

There's people doing crystal.

There's people doing coke,
ecstasy on the table.

It's - It's like
a mom- and-pop strip club.

The ones that are just, like,
window shoppers

are the... worst,

where they literally just go
and don't even order a beer

and just stare at you
and don't tip you at all,

and then they get mad when
you ask them for a lap dance

'cause they don't got no money.

This is why I want to be famous,

so I can own my own strip club.

Probably like...
$6 million.

And then obviously I favor
the rich - the rich ones.

I dream about them every day.

"Aye, papi, come here.

I think you're ready
for a lap dance."

You know, grab their micropenis
or something.

Make them feel big.

Money. Just kidding.

Someone with a... bed,
like damn.

Like y'all really don't
have... frames.

Y'all just have, like,
a... piece of toast bread

looking mattress on the floor,

and their dick smells
like... swamp dick.

Like, they don't know
what the... a shower is.

Those are the guys
that are attracted to me.

It's sad.

I wonder what Beyoncé's doing
right now.

LA is, like, creepy beautiful.

I mean, not all of it
but most of it.

I mean, I want to build
my brand here.

I'm nervous because in Philly
people are really real.

Like, they say what they think,

and they call you out
on your bullshit.

But from what I know of LA,
people, well...

I think the brand
will definitely grow.

I'm just worried about making
friends, like, real friends.

One of the reasons that I moved
to LA is to connect

with a lot of the girls
that I see on the Internet,

so right now
I'm going to meet up with Remy,

who is an Internet girl
that I know of.

She's been on my radar
for a little while,

so I can't wait to meet her.

I've been following you
on Instagram.

It's, like, totally cool
to meet you in real life.

Thanks for coming.

Yeah. Of course.

You're, like,
really good at dancing.

I, like, basically
hand-make lingerie.

I think I lurked your page
a little bit.

- Oh, really?
- Yeah.

I'd love to shoot you sometime.

- I'm so down!
- I made my bra.

- I love it so much.
- Yeah? Thanks.

Yeah. I'm down.

It's, like, stuff like that.

So tell me, like, more about LA.

I just moved here.

Honestly in LA
it's either, like,

you're sucking dick for money

or you're sucking dick
for money.

'Cause - Even if not,
like, literally, like -

No. I mean it literally
and, like, figuratively.

And figuratively?

- Yeah, like -
- Like, both.

Yeah, well, you know, I-I dance,
and I'm a sugar baby.

I've been a sugar baby before.

Don't you just love it?

It's pretty fun.

I did it on and off for, like,
all through college,

pretty much, but,
I mean, ultimately,

I don't think it made me really
happy, having sugar daddies.

What's, like, the best
sugar daddy you've ever had?

I was, like, 18, when I got -

He was kind of like
my first real sugar daddy.

He was the best one ever.

- Aw.
- He gave me $500 every time.

So, like, you would just, like -

I was his full-time sugar baby.

Aw.
That's cute.

And the sex was good.

Word.

I was, like, 18.

I just, like, went on Craigslist

and, like, found a job
for a call girl.

It seemed really glamorous
and, like, fun,

and I was also really
wild at the time,

but some things were not so fun.

For example, I got raped,
and then afterwards

there was nothing that my
"pimp" could do about it.

There's really no
legal protection

for sex workers anywhere.

It's really made me
want to fight

for the perception
of sex workers,

and just that
they're real people.

Because I'm a visual artist,
I wanted to create sort of,

like, an aesthetic
surrounding somebody

who has been involved
in the sex industry

and, like, raise those
woman above humanity

to, like, a form of divinity,

and, I mean, that's definitely
what I'm trying to accomplish.

My number-one trick
ended up spending money

on some other bitch
at the club without me,

so I got to go find a new trick,
a new sugar daddy,

so I'm gonna have to
interview some

and see how much money they got,

and what's their
credit score like?

Food.

Ooh, that sounds bomb.

Is anybody having
a barbecue that we know?

We can just go there.

I'm one of those girls
that I can't -

I don't keep
a sugar daddy that often.

I change it like underwear
'cause they bore me.

My ideal sugar daddy,
in my fantasy,

would be kind of muscular
but not too muscular.

Yeah, like,
I don't want him to be ugly.

I've mostly just gotten
a lot of money out of them.

I don't really ask
for material things

'cause I rather just get the
money to buy myself what I want.

To hang out with me.

Me pretend to be, like, I'm
your girlfriend or something.

But you know I'ma get,
like... Shrek-looking.

Sometimes, y-you know,
you got to suck it up

and, like, give them
the sugar that they want,

but lately I've been
getting the ones

that I don't have
to do anything.

Like, they just want
companionship,

so I'm getting -

I'm happy that I don't
have to do that anymore.

I'm telling you, we need
to go to, like, Beverly Hills

and, like...

We do.
We'll go.

We'll sit down
and just be the bait

and then reel them in.

Like a Venus fly trap.

- Yeah.
- This is so cute.

I'm producing content for, like,
Ozcult's Instagram.

- Hi!
- Hi.

Hi.
Good morning.

Good morning.

It's gonna be my first
photo shoot here in LA.

...I, like, never have
a vision for things.

I just kind of, like,
do what feels right.

But in our world today,

there's a really violent,
like, masculine culture.

I think it comes from, like,
the way that,

like young boys are raised,

and how those boys are raised
to not feel like

they can be emotional or girly,
and then, in turn,

they kind of put that mentality
onto women as well.

Like, it's not cool
to be a pussy, you know?

But, like, sometimes
it's important to be soft

and see things
from that perspective.

I've never seen this type
of little...

It's like this weird, like,
scribble scrabble lace. Yeah.

That's why I chose it...
- Yeah.

...'cause it's not, like,
conventional lace. Right. Exactly.

Part of my goal as an artist
is to get in touch

with that softer side

And, like, access that
in people,

male or female, you know?

Whoo!
I just got a brand-new car.

- You did?
- Yeah.

My sugar daddy.

My car broke down,
but my sugar daddy managed to,

like, purchase me,
like, another one,

literally within
the hour of calling him.

Very nice.

Become a stripper!

How is this tied right now?

It's, like, falling off.
- Oh.

All right.
You should come to my party.

Where's it gonna be at?

Um, it's just gonna be
at my studio at Think Tank.

It's, like, literally, like,
around the corner from here.

LA is a weird place.

It's just full of people
chasing their dreams,

so every one's here
to try to get something.

And most of the time
it's not friends.

Like, sometimes you
actually end up being,

like, really close with them,
but it's really rare.

Maybe I'm just shy.

Like, I'm always, like,
weird afterwards.

This is where Maddie
was being awkward.

The whole - The whole roll.

And then this is when...

No, it's not better yet.

...Maddie was told
to arch her back.

I've been going through
a lot of periods of,

like, being extremely depressed,

but then I just have to, like,
constantly remind myself

of, like, where I am and, like,

I'm meeting all the people
that I wanted to meet,

and I'm doing all the things
that I wanted to do,

so sometimes I just need
to get out of my head

and just, like, yeah.

Look around.

Maybe.

If I've learned anything at all,

it's that you can't
go backwards,

or should I say, you shouldn't,

and stick to your guns

because building a brand
takes sacrifice.

Keep your eye on the prize
so one day you can drive

around these streets,

look up past the palm trees
and lights to the hills,

and think, "I did it.

I did what I came
out here to do."

That feeling alone is worth it.

- Hi.
- Hi.

I miss you.

I miss you!

How is it going over there?

It's okay.

I'm, like, trying
to throw this party.

I'm just trying to, like, have
as many people come as possible

because, like, I'm trying to,
like, get my brand out here.

I literally came to LA
to meet all these cute girls

that I follow on Instagram,

the sunlight,

the flowers.

I want to be, like,
a successful designer.

I don't want to work
for anyone else.

It would be great to have money,

but I don't really want
to be famous, though.

I want to be famous.

I want to be tabloid famous.

I want to have drug scandals.

I want to be seen jumping over
the Burger King counter

saying,
"Do you know who I am?"

Ashley Simpson style.

I have seen some girls,
like, come to LA

and, like, think
they're gonna make it,

but they just are
so overwhelmed with, like,

I guess, the w-to put in work.

If I'm doing the LA thing,
like, fully,

and, like, reaching my potential
here, then, like,

I'm sure I'm gonna love it here,

but I don't feel like
I'm there yet.

It takes, like, years and years.

Like, I'm still, like,

10 years deep in
trying to be famous.

Mei just needs to, like, let go
of whatever she's holding back

and just use what
LA is giving her.

There is some days
where I'm like,

"...I want to go home.
Like, I hate it here.

Like, what am I doing?
Why did I come here?

Like, I had everything," but...

Yeah.
That's actually a lot of days.

Tonight's the night
of my landing party.

I'm really nervous.

I hope people come because,
like, if they don't I'm, like,

worried about money.

I'm pretty much just gonna
invite as many people

as possible, like,
who's ever down to come.

The party is starting
really soon,

like, in, like, 20 minutes.

My set designer
still isn't here,

and she still needs to hang up,

like, the lingerie which is,

like, kind of the point
of the party.

Then I'm just gonna
give up on life,

and then give up my brand
and throw it all to the wind.

So, the way that I use, like,
the LA party scene

to my advantage is just, like,
exposure to the underground.

Like, you make a name
for yourself,

and you can be kind of,
like, you know, known for that.

I would just get drunk,
and they just started knowing me

as a - as a party drunk girl

who takes ecstasy pills
and gets... up,

and then I moved on to cocaine.

Me and this other stripper
were just buying 8-balls

and weren't even working
at that point.

We were just working
for the next 8-ball.

Hey, it got me a job
with an artist

for, like, a good two years.

I only go to certain things if
I - if it's gonna benefit me.

I just go out if, like, there's
someone there that is, like,

important to, like, connect
with, then I would go.

Rarely do I just go to, like,
just... have a good time.

In Hollywood,
you pay with your looks.

Let me see her Instagram.

It's, like, become a big tool
for a lot of these girls.

I didn't think social media was,
like, as important as it is,

but actually is, like,

one of the most important
tools in Hollywood.

You're looking at your
Instagram, like,

there's a constant, like,
comparison, and, like, a battle.

Like, having to live
this way day to day,

like, this isn't organic.

This didn't exist before.

So people that got really
wrapped up in this, like,

I would understand why they
would be, like, so depressed,

and why it would rule
so much of their thoughts

and their lives
and their reasonings.

That's, like, such
a shitty way to live.

It's all kind of like a mirage,

the balance between
social media and real life.

I'm not really happy right now.

I just want to be comfortable,

but I feel like
I'm really scraping by.

I still want to be able
to have my work have a positive

and genuine impact

to the people that purchase it,

and feel financially stable,

but I don't right now.

I think my mom is proud of me.

I think that she wishes that I
was a little bit more clean-cut.

I've definitely come a long way,

but I want to feel like

I'm not stressed about
my rent next month,

and I want to be making enough
money to feel comfortable.

And if I'm... miserable
by the end of it, I'm leaving.

I'm going back to Philly.

So tell me how it went.

Like, a lot of people
came but, like,

I thought it would translate
into sales but it really didn't,

so I didn't really make
that much money at all.

Got to get you some press, girl.

Get any sort of publicity.

Good, bad.

I prefer, like,
the scandalous, you know,

DUI charges, cocaine charges.

Oh, my God.

What's wrong, man?

You want - Do you want -
Do you want snacks?

- Yeah.
- Here.

He just turned 6.

He's autistic, but it's the best
thing that can happen to me.

He can tell you 12 different
types of sharks and whales

and what their functions are,

how they eat,
and where they live,

and he's smart, so it's good.

I'm not, so...

So, tell me about
your new sugar daddy.

Oh, my God.
Okay, so - okay.

So I was working
as a waitress, right?

And he is friends
with one of my homeys.

- Okay.
- So he came in.

He looked at me
like I was a snack.

Like I was, like,
a five-course meal.

I was like, "Hello."

My friend that knows him...
- Yeah.

...was like, "You need
to... with him.

Like, he's rich.
He got money.

He'll make sure you're p-like,
your bills are paid

and, like, you're just good."
- Yeah.

And I was like,
"Ah! Finally!"

So we'll see how that works out.

- Aw.
- Yeah.

Cool. Do you want me
to ask him if he has,

like, friends or something?

You know?
- Oh. Um...

You need one.

Like, during the slow
times of, like,

summer, you need a -
you need a sugar daddy.

I know, but I'm, like,
good right now.

- Okay. That's good.
- Yeah.

But, you know,
whenever that runs low...

- 'Cause - I know.
- ...I-I-I'll help you.

See, like, when I'm around you,
like, I get all excited.

I'm like, "Yeah.
Let's do it! Whoo!"

And then -
- I have to be -

I have to be around you
all the time.

And then when I get
by myself I'm like,

"Hmm.
Maybe I shouldn't do that."

I find it sad that this
whole sugar-baby lifestyle

is being glamorized
all over online.

It's almost like girls think
it's a guarantee

to success and happiness.

Yes, it's an option,

but one that can
knock you off course

if it goes wrong.

Mei seems like a sweet girl
who's doing anything to survive.

I hope she finds
the right influences

and sees that every overnight
success is years in the making.

With the right people around
you, anything is possible.

Do the hard work.

I believe in you, Mei.