The Big Shot with Bethenny (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - First Impressions Are Everything - full transcript

- I'm Bethenny Frankel.

I'm a mom, a phila--

What now? What the fuck now?

Oh, now he's up.
We're all up. Now what?

It's anarchy.
What are you doing now?

Sound, you want to do
anything else?

Do a manicure?
Anybody have anything else

they want to do here?
All right, we're good?

Okay, let's go.

I'm Bethenny Frankel.
I'm a mother,

a philanthropist,



a businesswoman,

and a bit of a clown.

I'm going out.
I have one Tic Tac in here

and my vagina.

That's my night,
ladies and gentlemen.

I'm the HBIC of
a major empire.

I have 25 brands
and businesses

that bring in close to
$100 million a year.

That's crazy, isn't it?

And I have a skeleton crew

running a massive business.

I'm melting.

Now I need a VP of Operations

to help me run it all.



I need a number two

that can really
carry the torch,

that can go to the top with me.

That person that can
interface with clients,

partners,

know how to manage a staff,

be a bad cop, hustle,

have some vision,

represent me,

basically be me.

Here's to finding a boss.

I've looked through thousands
of applications

and narrowed it down to
a group of top contenders.

Buckle up.

This is going to be a ride.

Grab a product.

- I'm excited for this one.

I feel like you're making me
do all the work.

You're running the show,
not me.

- Oh, shit.

- Were you drunk?

What's going on?

This will be
the toughest job interview

these candidates
will ever face.

- You ready for that?
- Got it, got it.

- This is not your friends.
We're doing real.

They will never know
what's coming next.

This is a disaster.

So I could let two people go,

fire everybody,
hire everybody.

I could do whatever I want.

Guys, be quiet!

I can promise you
this is all gonna stop.

God, this is hard.

This is the chance
of a lifetime.

Let's do this.
- Yeah!

- I'll know
who's the real deal...

- I have to do this,
more than ever.

- And who's wasting my time.

Garbage.

- You know what?

I'm not done.

- You look like a boss!

- I am a boss.

- Hi.
- Hi.

The dogs are with you?

- Yeah, the dogs are with us.

- Okay, I'm on my way
over now.

Right now, I have to not only
be the big idea person,

I have to be the talent,
I have to be the CEO,

I have to be
the vice president.

It's like,
where is that proposal

and when is that happening?

I want to get this

interview process started.

What I need is a
Vice President of Operations.

But come in here and
get this fucking shit done,

I'll call you
anything you want.

I'll handle it myself, or it--

we'll just get it handled.

I'll call you Mickey Mouse,

Donald Duck.

I'll call you Mommy, Madonna,
the Dalai Lama.

I just need somebody
to run this goddamn circus.

Going forward, I think,
with the deal that I'm closing,

I'm doing, like, a multi-year
deal with iHeart.

I think my work ethic
comes from

my money noise as a child.

There was a lot going on,

and I never knew
what was happening next,

Going from being broke

to having six cars
in the driveway

to gambling debts.

This whole action
hustler lifestyle

made me want security
and stability.

I wanted to do
something on my own,

and I wanted to make
my own money

and no one to be able to take

what's mine away from me.

I have the update.

The money's that good
that I should be?

- Nope.
- Thousand, I think, a week.

- But--
- Get the fuck out of here.

- But--hold on, my driver's
getting into a fight

with somebody.
Okay, hold on.

There's like a full fight.

We have to not be in a fight
with the car next to us.

- Um...

porn,

firearms,

drugs.

I can't think of that many.

Home sweet home.

- Lovely.

- Hi.
- Hey.

- I notice nobody took
the carrot

or the pomegranate juice.
- I've got a white sweater on.

- Look at this dog.
I love him so deeply.

- Smallzy.
- Smallzy.

I love you so much.
I love you.

You're my baby boy.
You're a baby.

You're a baby.

They're licking each other now.

- Come here, Smallz.

- All right, what--I mean,
you're very dressed up.

So just what the fuck
is going on now?

- You did tell me
no Yankee jersey, so.

- All right, well, you have
sneakers on so that's good.

Barry is my business manager.

He is a 6'4" Jewish man.

- I'm a Jewish seven-footer.
- Yeah.

- Yeah. I'm like--
- Jews who are 5'10"

say they're 6 feet.
- I'm like

the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
of the Jewish world.

- Barry and Matt are a

father and son team

that are my business managers.

I take up 92% of their life.

They literally also
vet my dating life.

They do everything short of
getting a W-2

from someone I'm gonna date.

- I have to look at
your stupid sweater.

- Oh, my God, this is the most

gorgeous sweater ever.

- Korey worked with me
on my talk show

and he worked at "Ellen"
for years.

He's here to consult
until the end of the year.

We suck at social.

- Hundred.
I hate social media.

- I hate it, too!
- Hate it.

- We're not great. Yeah.

- You're supposed to like it.

- Oh, yeah, 25.
- Yeah, what the fuck?

And then there's Sarah,
my assistant.

Sarah's a workhorse.

And she is a silent assassin.

She doesn't want someone
stepping on top of her

and pushing her
down the ladder.

So this is what's happening.

I need somebody.

The number two person.
VP of operations.

You have to, like, understand

ecommerce, branding...
- Business.

- Licensing, social media.

Oh, fuck!

Get my thing out of the car.

The book--
the thing, the board.

- Got it.
We have it right here. Yep.

- So that's what we need.
I need to write this

stuff on the board.
Okay.

So I spent this weekend
with the Sharpies

doing this right
so you can see it.

'Cause it was really--

I have the original in here.

This is my original
"Beautiful Mind."

This is--
this is my little light--

I'm building this empire

and all of my businesses
are on this

giant piece of paper
with this chicken scratch.

Because that's literally
like the wall

in the "Beautiful Mind."

It's like string theory.

An algorithm equation.

This piece of paper
represents and reflects

the lambs screaming and
the noise inside of my head.

But I know where it all is.

This is a world.
It's called "Bethenny," okay?

We keep living in
the Skinnygirl world,

we need to live in
the "Bethenny" world.

So basically,
this is the marketplace.

This is a store, okay?

So for example, podcast.
That's one floor of the store.

And now, with iHeart behind us,

I would add--
can I have a--get me a pen.

iHeart in here because now
we're gonna have radio.

But the reason it matters
for the Instagram posts

is because that's your floor

to sell your product.

So it's--I'm not even
really joking.

The dogs, they're talent.

They don't do anything,

but they have 37,000 followers,

which if we get up to 100,000

we can get them a pet deal.

So that's that part.

So we're building Bethenny,

we're building multiple brands
at the same time.

I really fucking don't know how
we're gonna get this person.

- It's a big job.

- I don't even know
if it's possible.

So tonight there's
an actual cocktail party.

And all these candidates,
they're coming here.

It's a welcome
sort of reception.

They don't know who you are.

Okay,
they don't know it's my house.

They're coming here tonight
to this cocktail party

and they don't know
that I'm upstairs.

Just see how they act.
- Right.

- Who gets too wasted.
- Read the room.

- Who gets too wasted,
who's fanning out.

You guys, they don't know you,
so you can--

- Oh, I'm gonna have
a whole different character.

- You don't have to.
They're not--why?

- Well, like, you know,
they're gonna say,

"Oh, what's your job?"
I'm gonna say--

- Yeah, you don't have to
have a different character,

you just say whatever.

"I want the job."
- Done.

I have never really
met someone

in the workplace
that can keep up with me.

I don't know if you'd
get the fucking job.

So this is
a next to impossible search.

They have to be at least
as strong as him.

My therapist calls this

kind of thing
"magical thinking."

- It's not gonna be easy
to find this person.

- Because he's got to be able
to work with all of us.

You don't want to have
a person in their 50s, me--

- Oh, you're in your 50s.
Are you?

I am, too, motherf--
I'm not.

Tomorrow.
- Tomorrow?

- That was a kick
in the fuckin nut sack.

- You don't have a nut sack
but that's all right.

- How can you know?
- What are you doing later?

- Oh, my God!

- See you at that
cocktail party.

- I'll see ya.

- Serious side sweep part,
like, seriously.

You go from all the way
over here.

- The hair person came in,
they said,

"You need anything
done with the hair?"

I said, "It's good."
- How much gel

does that require?
- Not much, just a little wax.

I wake up like this.
- How's my hair?

I know we're talking about
your hair, but how's my hair

right now?
- Looks good.

- Oh, I'm gonna go get a
super modeling contract now.

- Right now, they may think

they're there on, like,

get to know you--
- No, no, no.

They know that they came for--
- Game.

- Like, I'd be--

I'd be real focused.

I mean, I really
would be real focused.

I'm not even sure what
I'm walking into, honestly,

and I think everybody
on my team is probably

rolling their eyes, being like,
"There's nobody that's gonna

be able to please this bitch."

And I don't like
people in my house.

I'm not a fan of, like,

a lot of people in my house.

I'm having anxiety
about just that.

- Hey, what's up, man?
How's it going?

- Good.
We got red, white, rosé.

- My name is Brody Alashi.

I am originally from Lebanon
but live in New York City.

I definitely have a drive that

if I want to succeed
in something,

I'm going to do it 120%.

Perfect. Thanks, man.

I am definitely
sacrificing and risking

my job, friendships.

I'm here to do one thing

and it is to become

the VP of Operations
for Bethenny Frankel.

- Hi.
- Hey, how's it going?

- How are you?
- Great.

- I'm Nicole Rosé.

- Brody. Very nice to meet--

- Nice to meet you.
- Nicole Rosé?

- Nicole Rosé.

'Cause I age like a fine wine.

- They have rosé. Ooh.

- Do they they have rosé?
- They have rosé.

- I'm a DJ,
I'm a podcast host,

and I'm a content creator.

Cheers.
- To meeting new--

Cheers to being
the first two.

- So there's, like, DJ Rosé,

and then there's Nicole,

and you never kinda know

which one you're gonna get.

DJ Rosé is the wild child.

She's always down for a party,

she's head to toe in sequins.

She probably has a glass
of champagne in her hand.

- Nicole Rosé. Oh!
- Cheers.

Nicole is
all about the business.

She is just ready all the time
to go to work hard,

kind of like Bethenny.

- Hey.
- How are ya?

- Good, how are you?
- I'm Nicole Rosé.

- I'm Jenna Leveille.

- Jenna, nice to meet you.

- Well, hello.
- Hi there.

- I'm Wendy.
- Welcome to the party.

- What would you like to drink,
honey?

- Some wine?
- Rosé, pomegranate.

I feel like you can drink rosé

any time of the year, right?
- Agreed.

- Okay.

- What's going on, guys?
How you doing?

Good, good, good.

- Well, we're drinking first.

- Yeah,
want something to drink?

- You'll see Korey go in there,

extract a lot of information.
- Sarah, too.

Sarah's a stealthy
silent assassin.

- Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
- Look out the window

and just see what--
what's going on.

I hope Korey and Sarah
come back to me with

some good intel about
who these people are

and if they can do the job.

- I help new ecommerce
companies build their brand

and incorporate a diverse
and inclusive culture.

- Oh, very cool.
- Good person,

hard work, loyalty.

That's a baseline.

- Salud.
- Salud, amiga.

Latinas in the house.
- Thank you, yes.

- For me, dealbreakers
are drama queens.

Non-team players.

- I feel like I'm late
to the party.

- People who want
to be famous.

The job is to be a gangster
business person.

- Hi! Come here.
- Hey.

I was born in Lebanon.
- Hello, habibi.

- Hello, habibi!
- I love Middle Eastern men.

- Amazing.
- Cheers to that.

- Cheers to that, habibti.

So, there's coffee also.
Now I'm like, I wanna try--

- Hi, Correy. How you doing?
Nice to meet you.

How's everything?
- Not bad.

Good, good, good.
- What do you do for a living?

- Oh, event planner
and I do marketing.

- Come on, what do you
think of this event?

- I'm nervous but, you know,
it should be a lot of fun.

- Yeah.
- It's like a dream.

I feel like
I gotta pinch myself.

Um...

damn.

I do black tie events,

I do brunches, I do dinners.

I do different events
for different companies.

I feel like Bethenny
is the right person

to have in my corner.

She's a hustler, like me,
so I feel like we would be,

like, a perfect marriage.

All over the place.

Just trying to make
things happen, you know?

And I would also describe
myself as a ringmaster.

Like, I love putting
different things together.

Fire breather here,
we got the animals here.

When you put it all together,
we got a circus.

- And then who produces it?
Like, a production company?

Or do you do, like,
all the marketing

and you do all the--
- I do everything myself.

My edge above
the other competitors

is that I'm gonna get it done.

If I gotta step on
somebody's toes to win,

let's get to steppin'.

Cheers.
- Good to meet you, good luck.

- Nice to meet you.
Thank you, you too.

- So I do sales, marketing,
and advertising.

You know, that's, like,
my typical "9 to 5".

And then I have a lot of
side hustles.

Catering, I also am starting
a men's makeup line.

But, I mean, I wear concealer,
'cause why not.

- Yeah.

- How are you?
- I'm good, how are you?

- Nicole Rosé,
nice to meet you.

- Come on, is that a real name?

- Oh, it's a real name, baby.

But I'm Nicole Rosé

because I've been DJ Rosé
for ten years.

- You're a DJ.

- I'm a DJ, I'm a podcast host,

and I do Instagram campaigns.
- Oh, that's fantastic.

A DJ, Instagram, that's a
lot--that's a lot of you--

- She does it all,
she does it all.

- Oh, I hear him talking
louder than everybody else,

ladies and gentlemen.
- Korey?

- Yeah, yukking it up
out there,

Korey, with his
fucking velvet pants.

- Okay, Short Korey,

we did nickname you,
by the way,

- What?
- He's Big Correy,

and you're Short Korey.
- All right, that's fine.

- That's cool with you?
- That's fair, right?

- Little Korey I prefer to
Short Korey.

- Okay, so Big Correy
and Little Korey,

I like it even better.

- Wow, that's a lot.
She's a lot.

- I'm not sure if she's drunk
or if that's just her natural

personality, but Nicole was
just being kind of loud,

kind of pushy.

- You're something, Nicole.
- I know.

Did we scare him?
- No, God, no.

- We scared him.
- Nah, Korey's good.

- There's some syrups
that I'm a big fan of.

- What's this?
- Chocolate mint chip.

Sugar-free syrup.

- Can we try these or no?
It's just--

Not right now, right?
- Why not?

Can we take--yeah.

Take a shot?
- Yeah, good.

- Salud.
- Salud.

Oh.

- That's good.
- That's really good.

- It is.

- Someone's trying the product.

These girls already
have a leg up.

Only two of them.
Two of them chose

to go to the product.
The rest of them are talking

about the weather and whatever.

There are many
Skinnygirl products

littered throughout
the cocktail party.

And why wouldn't you
want to get a head start

and check out these products.

- Yeah, but maybe
they don't know

that they're on right now.

- Nope.
- Nobody gives a fuck.

Figure out what those
fucking products are.

- Yep.

- I'd be straight hustling
around that room.

I'd be throwing them
off their game.

They're gonna be
in competition together.

- I don't know if these people
are as ruthless as you are.

- So what is your
fashion business?

'Cause I have a
fashion brand as well.

So I have a fashion sock brand.

It's very much, like, my style.

Like, it's very, like,
quirky and colorful,

Like, I have really
stylish customers,

you know what I mean?
- Sorry.

- Yeah, no, go for it,
of course.

I have always loved socks.

Like, I have a thing
for socks with sandals,

socks with flats,

socks with clogs.

I am the founder of

a women's fashion sock brand.

So I have a fashion sock brand.

I was a fashion influencer
and then I actually founded

a women's fashion sock brand.

So for me,
I would like this job because

I want to build myself up.

I'm actually wearing
a pair tonight.

I've got some socks on
right now.

I'm wearing them today
but you can't really see them.

- Those are cool.
- Fun socks.

I just said the word "socks"
again, yes, I did.

- There you go,
you're plugging it in.

You're plugging in the socks.

Mary is all about her socks.

- Like, take a drink
every time I say "socks."

- No.
- Because it's gonna be a lot.

Yeah, obvious and blunt.

- Sweet girl,
but I want to hold Mary,

and I want to gently put
my hand over her mouth

and say "Mary, shut up."

- It's a statement, whimsical,
quirky, colorful.

It's like my personality
and my style.

- Wow.

- I'm a first-generation
American, right.

My mom immigrated
from Honduras.

But now that
I have this amazing career,

I've been able to
channel my creativity

by empowering other women.

I was raised by a single mom,

so I had a rough start.

So I had to grow up
really fast.

Never thought that I would
work for a tech company.

By hustling, doors open,

and you never know how far

you actually can go with
what you have.

- I have a movement
for weight loss called

Getting Closer Every Day
and a business.

I lost 140 pounds,
and so I do both.

- Oh, yeah, you started out with
Skinnygirl products, right?

- Yeah, so I'm very familiar
with Bethenny's brand.

The dressings are amazing.
- Dressings are so good.

Like, what do you expect
out of all of this?

Like, how--
- Uh, to be her

second-in-command.
- Oh, good answer.

- Love that. I love that.

- Are you a mom?
- I'm a mom.

- Come on.
- I have two boys.

- How old?
- 7 and 11.

- Good for you.

- I've never been
away from them.

I come from a very big family.

My grandmother had 28 kids.

So family is a big deal to me.

Um, so when I say
I only have two kids,

I'm, like, putting my family
to shame.

They're like, "What?
Your grandmother had 28.

You only have two?"

- She gave birth
to 28 children.

No twins.

How--

I have never left my children.

It's tearing me apart.

- Are you getting teary-eyed?

- I'm fine. I'm good.

You know, with my boys,

it's just pushing me
even harder.

I've been away from
my children

and that's why
I need this job.

Such a huge sacrifice

but they know that
I'm doing this for them.

- Hello everybody.

- Oh, my God.

- Ow, ow!

- You look like a boss!

- I am a boss.

- Correy, his eyes light up.

Like he just saw
the coming of Jesus.

- Whoo!

- Let the games begin.

- Welcome to my home.

And Korey P. and Sarah,

can you please come up here?
- Wow.

- This is a real thing.
- Shit.

- Have fun. Enjoy the drinks.
- Thank you.

- Wow. She looks incredible.
- Nice to meet you.

- There's no way, that--
- Wait, what?

- Oh, you think
they're, like, spies?

- Oh, yeah!

Well, Little Korey

for sure hates me.

- Maybe 'cause you
called him Little Korey!

- I was trying to differentiate

and remember everybody's name.

It came from a genuine place.

This is kind of embarrassing.

Little Korey
works for Bethenny.

I'm literally blushing, like,

how did I just make fun of
somebody who works for her?

Whatever.

They'll either love
my weirdness

or he'll be pissed.

- They must have
been thinking,

like, a social event.
Get to meet everybody.

- Hi.

Ooh, wow. You turned it out.

Lady of the night.

So let's--let's get to it.

Is anybody great?

Let's go, fast.

- Fast? Correy.

- Oh, you can handle another
Correy in the house?

- To me, he seemed like
a great person.

- Move on, agreed.
- Yep, yeah.

It's a house of two Koreys.

- I was impressed by Brody.

He took me by surprise,
honestly.

- Why?
- No.

Not interested.
I was like,

"There's a nice car waiting
for you out front, Brody.

And a muffin basket.
Thanks for coming."

- I think they were her
eyes and ears for a little bit.

Just to test out how we are

with drinks

and with just us being us.

- He was--he seemed
very charming, like--

- Is that true,
what you're saying right now?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Yes, yes.

- Okay, okay.
- Mary runs a sock business.

- What? How do you--
what kind of sock business?

- Oh,
it's a fashion sock business.

- He said I said
the word "sock" too much.

I am what I am,
you know what I mean?

- Fashion socks for women.
I was like,

"Oh, like a Happy Sock?"

She goes,
"No, these are fashion socks."

- What's a fashion sock?
- Exactly.

She seems focused on socks,
- Socks.

And not "Franks."

- Not cocks?
What do you mean "Franks"?

- "Frank" meaning Frankel.
- Oh, I was like--

- "Franks."

- She's so--socks not cocks.
Got it.

- There was a couple people
down there; Nicole,

who's running "The Nicole Show"

on the Nicole Network
and "The Nicole Podcast"

- Okay.
- And the Nicole DJ business.

- Which is brought to you by--
I'm sorry, Nicole?

- I'm--I'm not sure.

- People think because they
can post a good Instagram--

the business of social.
- No, the content, yeah.

- My Achilles heel
is social media.

Ann.

- Ann did not

leave an impression on me.

- Ali.

Can he do the fucking job?

- He's a nice guy.
I just am not 100% sure

he can get the job done.
- Great, next.

Superfan, who, like,
lost all this weight.

- She's in an HSN dress.

I was like "I love your dress."

And she didn't say to me, like,
"Oh, my God, it's Bethenny,"

which I kind of admired
'cause she wasn't--

- She was waiting
for me to notice.

Bingo.

- She knows my brand.
That's valuable.

Yes, queen. Yas, queen.

- Milokssy...

- Yeah?

- Is not fucking around.

She's not.
That girl, you know what?

She didn't move one moment.

She found a chair
and she was like,

"I'll be in this chair.
You people come and get me

when you want to talk to me."

- Let's do this.

I have a very clear
vision about

who I want to hire or let go.
- Yeah.

- But I want to see for myself.
- Great.

- What's this garbage here?
I'm your trash receptacle now?

- I'm gonna go play bartender.

Who's doing a shot?
I'm gonna go make shots.

The shot glasses are gone.

I don't know, I would
really like a shot glass,

but this will have to do.

- You are wild.

- I'm a people person,
but I always maintain control.

So I feel like Bethenny and I

are gonna have
a night out together,

we're gonna fucking bond,
we're gonna be like,

"Let's empower
all the babes together."

And we're just gonna
go off to the race from there.

- Hi, sweetie.
- Hi.

- Can I offer you
a Skinnygirl shot?

- Skinnygirl shot of what?

- It's--it's, we--we made

a special blend with tequila,

Skinnygirl vanilla
and Skinnygirl chocolate.

- What mixers?
- We used these.

We mixed a little bit of these
together.

- Oh, can I see this?
- Of course.

Hold on,
I heard somebody saying--

yeah, these are coffee syrups

and it should say that.

I think that
people often think that

I'm just the life of the party

and that working for me

means we're gonna be
blending cocktails

and putting lip gloss on
and just having a fun party

'cause I'm so fun.
Hi.

- Hi, Ashley.
- What's your name? Okay.

- Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you. Brody? -
Brody, yeah.

- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you as well.

- I don't believe in no.
If you say no to me, I'm like,

"Does that mean maybe?'

- Hi.
- Hi.

- Hello.
- What are your names?

- Wendy.
- Milokssy. Milokssy.

- Milokssy?
Hello, how are you?

- I'm Jenna, nice to meet you.
- Hello, how are you?

This is my house.
This is one of my homes.

Which I've actually
never slept in.

Tonight will be the first
night, but I'm selling it

because I bought
another home nearby that's--

it's one of my businesses
that I'm getting into.

I have 26 categories
of product.

I have a podcast business,
a television business,

a book business,

and I'm building a marketplace

for the whole entire
Bethenny brand.

I am busy, and everyone thinks
that just working for me

means that we're just gonna
be drinking cocktails all day

but I take my business
very seriously.

I have built it,
I have started from nothing.

I do it all, right--even now.

So buckle up, because

only the strong will survive.

Going with your gut is
hugely important.

So with that,
you have, basically,

30 seconds to tell me
about yourself.

I know that there are not

ten people that
can do this job.

I could tell you that
right now.

And truthfully, the future

is for me to have
other people sell for me,

so they must be able
to sell themselves

in an elevator pitch.

Brody.

- Hey Bethenny,
thanks for having us.

I feel like I'm in
a corporate stand hold.

So I run different
social, digital campaigns

for Fortune 500 companies

but I don't
see myself fulfilled

long term there whatsoever.

- Brody seems like
he's got a script.

I also have to
be able to trust

my teammates
and their opinions

because they have to work
with these people.

- Hi, my name is Ann.

I'm a publicist
and a brand manager.

I work with influencers,
celebrities.

I help them build their brand.

- Okay, how do you help them
build their brand?

- Uh, I've helped them curate--

- But how? Like, how
do you help them curate?

- We sit down,
we have a conversation,

and I bring it to life.
- How?

- I put it together.
- How?

- From top to bottom.

Find the location,
find the products,

find what has to be given out.

Whatever the event is

or whatever the task is,
put it together

from top to bottom.
- Got it.

- Do the research
and put it together.

- Got it, okay.

There's just something
about Ann that

seemed uncertain and tentative

and she who hesitates is lost.

What about you?

- I help startup tech companies

create diverse and inclusive
work cultures.

- So how?

- Not be problematic,

how to speak to their
employees with kindness.

- Ali seems like
he's really friendly.

And I want someone who's
not afraid to say something

that might ruffle
someone's feathers.

I want a killer.

All right, great.

Hi.
- Hi, sweetie.

I'm Nicole Rosé.

I am a podcast host

and I'm an Instagram
content creator.

I hate the word "influencer."
- You do?

- I would be happy to
let that go immediately

'cause I actually hate it.

I feel like it's really

inauthentic to who I am.

- Okay, got it.
- But I do it.

Nicole could talk
the hind legs off a donkey.

- Because you and I
have the same mission,

which is lifting women up.

- She just really needs to jam
it all in on the first date.

So you're an influencer.
So you get paid to post?

- Correct.
- Wow.

How'd you build up
to 100,000 followers?

- I've been DJing for
eight years all over the world.

Art Basel, Coachella,
Super Bowl, you name it.

I've played with
major celebrities.

'Cause I was at large
PR and social media

and digital media firms.
Before going off on my own,

building my own business,
I had my own headphone line.

- Listen, she's the fucking
expert on social media posts.

It's very important,
very valuable.

Got it, okay.
And what about you?

- Hi.
I have a fashion sock brand.

It is a female statement
fashion sock brand

for your inner maximalist.

These are, like,
the new holiday collection.

I'm trying to balance
on one feet.

- Oh, nice.
So what happens to the business

if you get the job?
Who's depending upon you?

- I would still love
to obviously be involved

and still oversee the overall
development of the brand.

I think that I can do both.
I'm a multitasker.

- Oh, you can't do both.

There's no way.
- I think I can do both.

- Oh, you think you're gonna
be the Vice President

of this company
that I just described to you

and do both?
- Well, I think at night,

I can oversee Sock Candy.

- Then you can never be good
at that business.

- 'Cause that's my baby.

- That's your baby.
- It is my baby.

- Well, you should have thought
of that before you came here.

Yeah, just, no.
My other sock business?

I'll just do that on the side.

What side?

The dark side?

- I would love to do both.
I really would.

- Yeah, no, if you
literally have to do both,

then you should not be here.

- If I get this job,
then I'm gonna have to

make a really hard decision--

- No, I think you're gonna have
to make a hard decision now.

So you should take
one of her cocktails,

take a moment, think about it,

and make a life decision in
a really short period of time.

First impressions
are paramount.

My gut is just
what I've lived by

and I'm not big on foreplay.

I rip the goddamn Band-Aid off.

So if someone's not right,
their ass is out of here.

I first want to just
thank you all

for coming and taking time
out of your life.

Life is business
and business is life.

You will learn so many things

about your life
through business.

You will learn so many things

about your business
through your life.

And for me, most things,
not all things,

are just black or white.

And being a businessperson
means making a decision.

You just have to
make a decision.

My personal life
is a whole different story.

Ordering a bowl of pasta
at a restaurant

could take a half an hour

and my personal relationships
may be a shitshow,

but in business,
I have to just know

in the moment,
what you should do

and go with your gut instinct.

So with that, I'm going to
let four of you go.

Because I know immediately,

I don't think
this is going to work

and we don't have
time to waste.

- Shit,
this is happening already?

Could this be it?

- So...

Ann, I'm sorry.

Thank you for being here.

I would like to just say--

no, please don't--

I don't want you to be
very upset because

I've been where you are

and doesn't mean

that at another time
it might not work,

it doesn't mean that another
position might not work.

It's just that right now,
in this moment,

it's super important that
I make the best choices, okay?

- Thank you
for the opportunity.

- Ali, I don't think it's
the right fit, at this time.

Okay.

Brody,

I don't think it's gonna work

and I do like your shoes.

- Thank you. Thanks.
- I like your outfit.

And, um, this is not that easy.

- I did not have a chance
to prove myself.

I was literally given
a fucking sentence.

I feel absolutely shocked.

I would like another chance
to be able to prove myself.

- I can't believe
she eliminates Brody.

Brody is awesome.

I am about to, like,

shit my pants, literally.

Holy cow, what if I go home?

That's gonna be so insane.

- So with that,
Mary, I'm sorry.

It just wasn't the right answer

and I'm sure you're wonderful
and I do wish you luck

with your business,
but I do want to tell you,

you can't ride two horses
at the same time.

So with that,

I'm gonna ask you guys
to leave.

- Can I say something?
- Sure.

- So look, Bethenny,

I understand that we didn't
get off to the right start,

and I understand that.

You know, I wanted to
show you my passion.

You know, that I had an idea
and I had the passion,

and I was able to
take all the steps necessary

to execute that passion.

- You did show me that.

And I let you double down
and triple down.

I respect that.
I didn't think you guys

were all jerking around

waiting for, you know,

your prince to come.

But here I am.
Your prince came.

You don't--this is rare air.

So when I gave you the chance
at the golden ticket,

you were supposed to say
"I'm dropping it all."

I never have to push you
to do the right decision.

You should have come here
and been like,

"I would kill for it."

- I really want to
prove to you--

- I know, I know,
but now you're taking up

other people's time so
you're making me realize

that I made the right decision
even more now.

Don't take up
all the oxygen in the room.

That wouldn't work, okay?
- Okay, I understand.

I felt like I needed to
speak up because I felt like

we got off on the wrong foot.

She immediately was turned off

by my answer.

- Thank you. Thank you so much.
Okay, guys.

- 'Cause she herself has
multiple businesses, you know.

So I think I just gave
the wrong answer.

- Good luck. Kill it, guys.

- Wow.

I was certain that
I was going home today

because of, you know,
the awkwardness.

I don't even know
what to call it.

- Okay, so

we're almost done,
but not leaving yet.

This is just a taste of
what's coming.

Oh, it's cold.

Okay, you're gonna get to
come inside.

- Yay.
- Here's what's going to ha--

I have multiple products.

These products have been
on the table for a reason.

Okay, you're interacting
with them.

A big part of my business--

now, I'm not great at
technology, social media.

It's don't hate the player,
hate the game.

But I have to play the game
and it's torture.

And none of us are great at it
in my world

and we just have to do it.
I'm freezing!

Okay.

Let me just get warm for a sec.
Okay.

Let's see how well
you know my brand.

You're each going to be given
20 minutes

to do a social media story

and it has to be 30 seconds.

It is first come, first served.

So each of you will
grab a product

and no two of you
can do the same.

Now, I know this is brutal.

Someone will be going home
tonight.

So get to it.

- Go grab a product.

- Excuse me.

- Ooh, sorry.

- That's a lot.
Okay, wow.

Jesus, Mary,
and fucking Nicole.

Nicole checked somebody
to get her product.

- Okay!

- The first project,
it's just a social media

15-second video to
promote one of my products.

This can show that
they have good instincts,

that they understand my brand.

- Go, go, go.

- This is just a hand job.

- Where's the phone?

- It's attached to
your ring light.

- Oh, my God.
- This job is about

being thrown into
different fires all the time,

so it's just, don't hesitate.

Get it done. Or go home.

- Shit.

- Okay.

- Hey, guys, this is Correy.

And I'm here to endorse
the Skinnygirl vanilla syrup.

Now--

Damn.

Four people got sent home,

so now everybody's
on their A-game.

And I don't think anybody
was really expecting

a challenge on the first day,

after we were drinking.

Some of us are probably tipsy.

But there's a challenge.

And the person who loses

goes home,
so I'm just thinking about

how could I be different.

I had to talk to myself,
and I said,

"Self, just be yourself.

Just be Correy Kaye."

Skinnygirl.

- I chose the Skinnygirl
collagen enhancer product

because I thought that I would
have a lot to say on that,

given that beauty is something
that's very important to me.

That sounds really superficial.

I got this on lock.

I get paid for this.

Welcome to your
new best friend, ladies.

I'm pretty sure
I'm the only person

who's ever gone viral here.
Am I right?

So that you can let your inner
glow sign.

So that you can--

- The phone is the smallest
phone I have ever seen.

I don't have my glasses
so I have to wing it

right now, right here.

I have one chance at this

and I can't mess up.

This is a great product.

2013 and '14,
I was doing all the fad diets.

Lose 20, gain 30.

Everything else mattered but me

and I finally decided
to not cheat,

do all the right things

and I had lost 140 pounds.

I ate Skinnygirl popcorn like
it was going out of style.

I know the brand
inside and out.

I've got this.

- Look no further,
because I have

the perfect dressing for you.

Skinnygirl dressing.

- Be authentic, be strong.
- Not only does it

taste amazing, but guess what--

- You can forget
those $200 serums,

you can stop getting
painful shots.

- And it's hard
to concentrate because,

of course, Nicole stands
a few feet away from me

and she's recording her spot.

Hey, guys.

How many of you
out there enjoy--

- Now you can glow
from the inside out

with our new Skinnygirl
collagen enhancer.

- So I'm watching everyone
do their videos

and some have special effects

and I'm, like,
getting a little nervous

just because I didn't review
my one shot.

It's so embarrassing.

- So all you have to do is
pop in your Skinnygirl cup,

fill this with water,
and hit start.

And within a minute you
will have the perfect blend.

- I actually handle
being under pressure well.

I also am a huge believer
in, like,

the secret of
manifesting things.

I actually wrote,
like, 20 times,

"I will be on
the Bethenny show"

in my notebook,
and so here I am.

- Okay. So take one.

My strategy is just to
keep it short and sweet.

The time is ticking.

Make sure I look presentable.

Okay.
So now that I know

someone else is gonna
get eliminated,

I'm a little nervous.

I'm starting to feel
a little bit

self-conscious about myself.

Hey, friends,
it's Wendy with Skinnygirl.

I want to introduce you to our
raspberry preserves.

It's one of those pantry items.

- Our new product lets you
throw away those $200 serums.

Now you can glow
from the inside out.

- Eight minutes, eight minutes.
- Fuck.

- With Skinnygirl
collagen enhancer.

This product will help fight
signs of aging,

fight dark spots, and--

- Obviously I can hear
Nicole in the background.

- Painful shots of--

- Only has five grams of
carbohydrates and it's--fuck.

There's a lot of noise
happening

as I'm trying
to film this video.

And I think I filmed it,
like, 20 times.

These--
Fuck.

What, did I delete
the right one?

Ah, shit. Nope, nope, nope.

- Five minutes.
- Oh, shit.

- Okay, I think I'm done.

- Where's my video?

- Skinnygirl collagen enhancer.

- Cheers.

- Okay, everybody. Time's up.

What's not great is someone's
bronzer is all over my couch.

- Shit.

Okay, everybody,
let's see what you guys did.

Feel good about it?

- Great, yeah.
- Yes.

- I didn't have
my reading glasses.

I did it in one shot.

- What's going on, guys?

It's your boy, Correy Kaye.

And as we all know,

life is a celebration.

But we gotta celebrate
in a healthy way.

So today, I'm gonna
introduce you to this product.

It's the Skinnygirl
sugar-free,

flavor infused syrup.

Now, we could use it
for many things,

but today we're gonna use it
to make a shot.

And what makes it so special

is that it's zero carbs,
zero sugar.

Little bit of this,
little bit of that.

Skinnygirl.

- I was shocked.

Everybody knew that
I made the shots.

- So the energy was great,
the charisma was great.

You did not tell us what
"this and that" were.

So we can't do it at home.
- Right.

- And I told you earlier that
it's supposed to be for coffee.

- Okay.
- Okay?

Let's get the next one.

- Don't we all want to glow
from the inside out?

Welcome to
your new best friend:

Skinnygirl collagen enhancer.

You can forget those
$200 serums.

This does it all, ladies.

It erases dark spots,
it helps eradicate wrinkles,

and it builds collagen
from the inside out.

Be fearless, be authentic,
be you.

- I like that you provoked
what the function of it is,

but you can't over-promise.

And I like to be
realistic about it.

So you don't need to have sex,

you don't need to do anything
if you take this product.

So it was over-promising but
you were covering the product.

So as an influencer
on social media,

you have to know,
always the product.

- I think in the beginning

I had it on the bottom
of my hand

and then I moved
during the video.

- I have to tell this group
that wants to be my

Vice President of Operations

not to cover a label
on a product?

And that is the basis
of my business?

That seems so obvious to me.

- I lost weight using
Skinnygirl popcorn.

And still use it.
It's a staple in our household.

This is a great product.

- I like the energy,

I liked your personal story
about the weight.

You seemed like you were
genuinely enjoying the product.

The only criticism, you were
sort of shaking it around.

- I know, that was a mistake.
A big one.

- I don't know,
I think it was weird

that Jenna wouldn't
pop the popcorn.

But she has intimate
experience with my brand

and that has tremendous value.

- I didn't have
my reading glasses.

- Well, be prepared
is also a really

good idea in business.

- Kay.
- Okay.

I'm surprised that
this group isn't more

social media savvy.

- Sugar-free, fat-free.

It doesn't get
any better than this.

- You know that I'm not.

I mean, I've learned,
I try.

But they're all really

in the target audience
of social media.

You couldn't see the product

but you understood
the purpose of the product.

So that was good, okay.

- Hey friends, it's Wendy
with Skinnygirl.

I want to introduce you to
our raspberry preserves.

- Nothing here is within any,
any distance of being

what I would need for this job.
That I can say.

Wendy,

I don't remember what you said.

Okay, so you have to find a way

to really drive the product.

The details matter.

- Pop in your cup,

fill with water, hit start,

and within a minute,
you will have

the perfect blend of coffee.

- You showed how to
use the product,

but it was just basically,

you made a cup of coffee.
- Yeah.

- Versus what was really
different about this product.

- I really wanted to explain,
like,

what it was for
the customer who's used to just

brewing a coffee
the old school way--

- I understand, but
I didn't love that it was just

making a cup of coffee.

Number one lesson here
is attention to detail.

That is the job.

Holy shit.

We have to pick a winner.

I mean, somebody has to win.

But nothing here
is exceptional.

So many people think
they have a brand,

and it's beyond competitive
in the business world.

And to set yourself apart,

you really have to call out
what the product is.

Because people--everyone has
a product that does X.

so you have to say
what makes it so different,

what makes it so great.

Some of you did that,
some of you didn't.

And...

Ashley, I don't think it's
the right fit at this time.

- Okay, I understand.

Thank you for
the opportunity though.

- Ashley seems very sweet.

She seems like a nice girl

who made a cup of coffee.

My daughter Bryn
can make me a cup of coffee

and then talk about it.

And it's important to,

right now, set the tone

and reflect the nature
and the spirit of this brand.

- Thank you so much.
- It was nice to meet you.

- Really nice to meet you, too.
- Thank you.

Bye, guys.
- Bye, Ashley.

- When I came here,
I was expecting

this opportunity
to be my chance

and I really thought
I was gonna be the winner.

- I'm never going to be
good at that.

- I definitely will never
look at a cup of coffee

the same way.

- So I'm never gonna ask you
to be an actress or an actor.

That's not the point
of this job.

But the point is the details
and the point is the brand.

The brand is the realm.

We protect the brand
at all costs.

So...

with that,

Correy, you won this project.

- Thank you, thank you,
thank you, thank you.

- Congrats.
- You did a great job.

- Thank you.
- Correy, it's about--

it was about the delivery.

I will see you back
in New York City.

- Yay. Thank you.
- Thank you.

All right.
Get a good night's sleep.

- Bye.
- Thank you.

- Whoo, I told you guys
I came here to win.

Five people gone
in under an hour.

Crazy.

- I was not expecting
that at all.

- Five people went home.

Whoo, definitely a eye-opener.

So you gotta stay on
your Ps and Qs.

- Correy, you have to
split the prize with me.

I made the shots first.
I told you.

- Everybody did great, though.
Everybody did great.

- It's pretty clear that
anything's fair game

in this competition.

By the way, my shot looked
like it was tastier than his.

Just for the record.

all: One, two, three,
Bethenny!

- All right.

- I'm nervous now.

I am actually really concerned
about the candidates.

Everyone's a little
too casual.

They better not think
this is a little cute party

and this is, like,
a bullshit job.

Now it's really
going to start.

This is really the beginning of
this job application process.

And they have no idea
what's going to happen.