The Big Shot with Bethenny (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Choose Your Words Wisely - full transcript

- I always say:

only the strong will survive.

"Only the strong
will survive" means

the cream rises to the top.

You just have to be
exceptional and extraordinary

to be the best.

This is not for
the faint of heart.

This is rough.

So many people think that
they want to work for me

and most people
can't handle it.

But if you want to work
in a life of adventure,



experience intensity and fun,

and learn about
business and branding,

this is for you.

- No, it's from a new line,
but it's not ours,

so I don't know
where it came from.

- Okay, so this
is for the project.

- Hi.

- Hey.
- Hey, morning, B.

How's it going?

- Well, I'm excited to do this

because I haven't
really been in here.

- I know.
- It's empty, isn't it?

- I mean, I never believed you.
- Okay.

- So walk me through



the office upstairs.
You walk in the door

same exact spot?
- Same door.

- It's literally parallel?
- Mm-hmm.

- We're moving

into a new office.

Correy, all these drawers

get emptied out
in all the desks.

- Nothing's going upstairs
that's not perfect.

- All right, all right.
- Where do you think all the--

so this coffee and all this
stuff will end up upstairs?

- Yeah, we're just gonna
bring it all upstairs.

- For months
I've been planning

and obsessing

and OCDing and ADDing.

I've been told that
the entire office

has been cleaned out
and that it's perfect

and that we're ready to move.

This whole thing
has to be taken out so--

- Yes, we will.
- No, no.

- We're--we're--
we are here now.

Like, there's no "we will."
We're, like, out of here.

Do you like this?

- It's cute, yeah.

- Do you want this?

- Yeah, I'll take it
for myself.

Nah.
- No, I like it.

I would wear it.
- You want it?

A Sasquatch could swing from
the Empire State Building

into my office and
I wouldn't give a good fuck.

But the fucking
Snuffleupagus jacket from HSN

that's still sitting there?

I-I can't.

This makes me feel sad inside

so I'll throw this out.
- Okay.

- That's like roaches
in Manhattan.

If I saw one, there are 500.

This makes my lamb
start screaming

inside of my soul.

So if I see one thing
in one drawer,

you think it's only one thing
in one drawer?

Hell no,
there's shit everywhere.

Oh, the keys to the apartment.

I am Michael Phelps.

I am looking at that wall,

I am swimming towards it.

Does that make you
feel safe right now?

'Cause it doesn't make
me feel safe.

I am Secretariat
coming around the far turn.

This is why I don't ever
come to the office.

I am "Mommie Dearest."

No more wire hangers
ever in this closest!

This is exactly why.

- See some more stuff.
- Yup.

All right, is this garbage?
- Yes.

- Hell hath no fury
than an office disorganized.

So let me go through
this kid's résumé.

- I have it, right here.
- Okay.

Barry sent it over to me

and I need to review it.

- Okay.

- I don't want this to be
a revolving door

and every week,
someone's coming in

and someone's going out.

But I need a killer.

And I don't know
if we have it.

So I've brought back Brody.

- Oh, my God.
- What are you doing?

- How are you?
I'm back.

- And now this guy, John,

also looks great
and you know what?

I have, like, an orphanage here
of applicants

and I want to throw
all the meatballs into the pot

at the same time
and let's see what we got.

This is a very complicated--
- Résumé?

- The first whole entire
paragraph is a run-on sentence.

John Batchelor's résumé

is the length of the
Declaration of Independence.

I'm, like, opening a scroll
with, like, a big feather.

I mean, he, like,
had a lemonade stand

in third grade.
Do we need to know that?

Did your résumé
look this complicated?

- That's a long résumé.
- That's a lot.

- "War and Peace" was shorter
than John Batchelor's résumé.

I guess we can
bring him into the fold.

We shall see.
- Mm-hmm.

- All right, so I'll bring
whatever over.

- All right.
- All right.

We're on
the last leg of the tour,

you're doing great.

You're all beautiful.
Don't change.

Okay, I just want
the next place to be

immaculate, fresh start.

Hi.
- Hey, there, how are you?

- I'm good.
- I've been so excited

to meet Biggy and Smallz.

- Oh, you have?
- Yeah, I have.

I'm John.
- Hi, nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you as well.

- I'm throwing John
into the mix

because I'm still
looking for a unicorn.

Let's go.
- Let's hit it. After you.

- John Jacob
Jingleheimen-Schmidt,

I don't know.
I don't know his last name.

Just bring him in
and let's see what we got,

- We have, like,
the same color story happening.

Oh, nice.

So what have you
been doing before now?

- I've been working with Ice T.

- I know him.
- Yeah.

- I know him, he and Coco.
What are they up to now?

Like, what have you
been doing for them?

- I'm the COO for
his cannabis company.

- So what did you do for them?
What was your every day?

- I work with
an accounting department,

I work with a legal department.
- Got it.

- I'm the point person.
- Got it, okay.

- And then I'm also the guy
that makes it happen for him.

He doesn't even really
have to ask me.

I just know what
the next step is in the process

and I take that step for him.
- Got it.

- And what I've kind of
recognized in myself

as I've hit my 40s is that
I'm really that person.

I'm really that person that
my life is my work

and my work is my life.
- Same.

- Let's do this, guys.
- Okay, Brody.

Welcome to your first day.
- Thank you.

- What made you attracted to
this job or working with me?

- You're, like, next level.
You know?

You don't have one business,
you have 11 businesses.

- Oh, way more than that.

- Like, you're
the mothership for me

because I feel like,
"Oh, my gosh,

"I would be so busy
all the time.

There would be so much to do
all the time."

Hi, everybody.

- How's it going?
- Good.

You guys can go inside,
you guys can go inside.

Just make yourself comfortable.

- Thank you.
- Morning.

- I figured that he was

a business associate of hers

that we were doing
a project on today.

- Guys, there's a new name.
- New name tag.

- Okay, okay.
- Oh, God, I'm done.

- Turns out, he's joining
the interview team.

Oh, my God, really?

- Wow, I really thought

I was the last surprise.

Yikes.
- Brody, there's always

a surprise here, always.
- Good to know.

It is a little bit of a blow
to see another name tag.

I'm really trying
to redeem myself,

so it sucks that

she felt that she needed
to bring on someone new.

But I mean, hey,
at the end of the day,

it's a competition,
so we'll what he has in store.

- All right, let's go,
gentlemen.

Hi.
- Good morning.

- How's it going?
all: Morning.

- How is it going?
all: Good.

- This is John.

all: Hi, John.
- How are you?

- So John is going through this

process with you.
So meet John.

Come in and meet everyone.
- All right.

- Welcome.
- Hey, John, I'm Krystin.

- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

- Hi there.
- Nicole, pleasure to meet you.

- I just feel like
we can't even catch a break

and there's always gonna be
curveballs thrown at us.

- So if you want to
take a seat down there.

Or here--there's your name tag.
- And your name tag.

- Yeah, yeah.
- Don't forget that.

- Thank you, thank you.

- Listen, these applicants

are stressed out.
It's stressful.

So Brody and John
definitely have a leg up

because they are
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

But at the same time,

it's a sink or swim
Brody, John moment.

You wanted this.

You begged for the opportunity
to come back, Brody,

so you better come correct.

I don't know
if all of you know,

but I have
a big philanthropic effort.

It's very important to me.
It's called BStrong.

And it is disaster relief.

We have distributed $77 million

in aid worldwide.

PPE in all 50 states,

120 homes rebuilt,
4 schools rebuilt.

We are the first people there

trying to just give people

the basic necessities

and then it moves on to later,

when it's construction
materials, labor,

and anything they need
to rebuild.

100% of donations
goes to the effort.

I pay my own way.
I pay my staff.

There's no playing games.

So it's intense.

So today,
you are going to direct me

in a call to action
BStrong video.

This whole project is to create
an informational video

expressing what BStrong
has done to date.

You're gonna grab
people's attention

and you're going to
be messengers.

The person that does
the best at this

will be somebody
who understands

how to crystalize and convey

an informative, important,
educated message.

And I'm old-school.
That includes grammar

and spelling and vocabulary.

Just clear communication.

I need this right now.

And this will be posted
immediately.

I have millions of followers
so this BStrong video

will have millions of
impressions around the world.

And so this is a great,
really functional product

about something
that's so important to me and

that I'm so passionate about.

So for the first time,

you're going to do something
where you're working with

somebody else here, a partner.

So three of you
have been here longer

and get a sense
of what's going on.

And three of you are newer

so some of this is based off
gut instinct.

Okay, I'm gonna put
Milokssy with Nicole.

- Okay.
- Okay?

Wendy with Brody.
- Sounds good.

- And I'm gonna put
you two together.

I want to see if
Milokssy and Nicole

will work well together

because of what Milokssy
said to me on the roof

when she vouched for Nicole.

And then Krystin and John
are the late entries

and supposed to be
these rock stars

and I wanna see how
they're going to work together.

And that leaves
Brody and Wendy

so I paired them together.

All right, that's your dossier.
Enjoy.

- Thank you.
- Okay, go with mama.

Go.
- Wendy is amazing.

She's my habibti,
which is Arabic for "my love."

I don't know,
I think Wendy's very cute,

but I'm not gonna let,
you know, any of that

blur why I'm really here, so.

- All right, let's see
what's going on.

- All right, let's see
what we've got.

- "For this project,
you will be directing me

"in a 45 second call to action
video campaign

"that you create for BStrong.

"Our loft is your studio.

"Each team will get 30 minutes
with me to shoot their video.

"Once you finish shooting,
each team

"will work with an editor.

"The best video will premiere
on BStrong website

as well as my social media.
Bethenny."

- This is awesome.
- I'm excited for this one.

- Yeah.
- I am obsessed.

- So this video,
- This is good.

I want tears, I want tears.
- This is good.

- Well, I don't want to
waste any time, John.

- See you on the other side.
- See ya, have fun.

- Thanks. You have pens?
- Bye.

Yup.
- Okay, cool.

We have a laptop?
- I have a laptop.

- Perfect, let's go upstairs.

- I heard that Brody
has a crush on Wendy.

- No way.

- I'm curious
to see if sparks fly.

- I like Wendy

but she has to be very careful

with what she says.

- All right.

- Will she be able to stand

in a board room

or go into a meeting and
not call someone "habibi."

- Habibi!

Habibti!

All right.
- So let's do this.

- The music, the emotion.

- We should ramp that up.
I totally agree with you there.

- Big emotion.
- Yeah.

- So our strategy really,
to utilize Bethenny is

get as much of her speaking

and then we'll slice those
in strategically

as we gather all of
the supporting B-roll.

So what we want people to be is

"Be part of the solution."

So I think that's
the whole premise of...

- I like that.
I love it.

- Of the message.
- I like it.

I feel like I'm walking
completely blind,

not understanding
who I'm about to work with

and what we're about to
have to do

in the three hours
that we've been given

to produce this video.

- Okay, so all right.

- Have you done a charity video
like this before?

- Not a video
but I watch plenty of them.

Um,

so you and I were raised
differently, right?

So I had nothing growing up.

Like, this means a lot to me
because I know what it's like.

I go every year
to the Dominican Republic;

that's where my family's from.

And there's children there,
like, begging.

And we're talking about
little, little kids.

No shoes, like, no clothes.

So my heart, like--
this is big to me.

- Yeah.
- So I need your heart

to go into this.

Every time there is a disaster,

I want to be out there.
I want to help.

But I can't.
I don't have the resources.

So knowing that Bethenny
is doing something that

I wish I could do
in a greater scheme,

I mean, this is big.
This is really big for me.

- I understand what
you're saying about

this being very real for you.

- This is very real for me.
- I have also been on

virtual mission trips
in Rwanda as well as

on the ground in Haiti.
So I do have

a little bit of experience
seeing this.

- This is perfect, then.
Okay, so we both have lived it.

- Charity work is
very important to me.

- Okay.
- Oh, I'm sorry,

this is a really
important point.

100% of the proceeds.

That is a question
everyone asked me for UNICEF.

I mean, I think we might
want to lead off with that.

When you donate to BStrong,

100% of your dollar
goes to disaster relief.

- That's the most
important thing.

- Okay.
I think we are

not at the bottom of the class.

Milokssy has, you know,
this is a personal note

for you as well, too.

And this is work
that I've done with UNICEF,

so I think
it's a match made in heaven.

- "At BStrong,
we are a part of the solution.

"Join us by donating...

"to our initiative
and see where

your dollars are going."
- "Where you can see

where your dollars--"
oh, that's fucking wordy.

- I know, but that's,
that's like--

I feel like the most
important part of it.

Can you Google really quick

how many words in 45 seconds,

just so I can get,
like, an idea?

We have everything...

- In our heads all over.
- We just have to put it in

one space and then do it.
- Yeah.

That's the difficult part.
- Yeah.

- Who's up first?
- both: We'll do it.

- Awesome.

Where might you want to begin?
- Roof.

- Yeah, let's check out
the roof and then

we may end up
shooting somewhere else.

- We're gonna do the roof.
Don't listen to him.

All right.

- I wanted a solo project
to showcase

my abilities 100%

and working with Wendy,
I know, is gonna be

a little bit challenging.

We have to find
a way to work together

to accomplish this task

without trying
to outshine each other.

- I think we're gonna--
"By donating," period.

- Join us by don--by--
- By don--

Join us--
- This GivingTuesday, join us--

- Today,
I'm going to be observing

all aspects of this shoot.

It's really important that you
can work well with others

and collaborate because
it's how the sausage gets made.

Gorgeous.
- Hello.

- So what's happening?
- Perfect.

- Sit right there, please.
- Okay.

I know we have to hustle 'cause
everyone has a time limit.

- Yes.
- Yeah, so you're really

only gonna be on camera for

the intro and then the outro.
- Two lines.

- We're still setting up,
so I'll put your jacket

over your shoulders
and then take it off.

- Okay, oh, okay, thank you.

- So you're--yes.
- Thank you.

- Yep, yep, yep.
- Awesome, thank you so much.

- Yep, uh-huh.
- Perfect.

- Oh, shit.
- You okay?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

- "During these trying times
when millions of people

have lost their jobs
and love ones--"

It would be "loved ones."

- We forgot a D, oops.
- Yes, yes, it would.

Absolutely.
- "And the state of the world

is fragile, period."

It's a run on.
- Too much?

- You cannot underestimate

how bad it is when someone

does not know how to write

grammatically correct.

Clean that up.
Take out the N

and make that a "the,"
then it's--then it's

grammatically correct.
- Absolutely.

- And the "loved ones"
not "love ones."

What I was shown
on this board,

I could not send
to millions of people.

Writing and messaging
is really, really important.

- Absolutely.
- Spelling, writing, grammar.

I'm a grammar freak.

Oh!

When people do things that are
grammatically incorrect,

I secretly want to kill them.

- Absolutely, okay.
- Fantastic.

- I totally get that.

- Rolling.
- You have to think logically.

I'm now looking at you
because that's there.

You got to be over the camera.
- Gotcha.

- The way that Wendy
told you to do it.

Over the--the thing should be
directly over the camera

'cause I have
to be looking at that

but looking into the camera.
- Right. Like, uh--

- "Our mission
is disaster relief--"

- The hair, sorry.
- Okay, thank you.

"Our mission
is disaster relief."

Shit.

- All right.

You're covering the camera.
Okay.

- Up, up, up.
- Oh, sorry.

- A little down,
a little down, okay.

- Good?

- "Our mission
is disaster relief."

- Bethenny wants
to challenge us

and she gave me a big challenge
working with Brody.

- Help her out, help her out.
- Absolutely.

Want me to help? You got it?
- I got it, I got it.

- Thanks, Wendy.
- Brody's that person

who moves the papers
around the desk

to make it look like
they're working really hard.

Or who's just sort of sitting
at every workout machine

talking about how many
dips or bicep curls they did

but they're kind of
just talking.

You know, you just see that
they're not really working out.

- Brody, you're in the shot.
- Oh.

- So we're gonna need you to--
- I will move.

- Please, thank you.
- Let me see what

the voice recording stuff is.
- Yeah.

- It's just, like, facts.
- Where?

- While our country has been
battling Covid,

we've raised and donated
18.5 million in PPE nationwide.

- Well, we did
25 million in PPE

and it was 3.5 million units.

- Oh, okay.
- The--okay.

20--

- Million dollars.
- Right, that's what

we were getting at
is the value.

- You can't "get at it,"
you got to get to it.

Okay.
- Careful, careful.

- So we just have
a few V.O. lines

that we can just do downstairs.
- So we'll do it downstairs.

All right, so just do it on--
what do we do it on?

- You can say it into a voice
memo and then we can just, um,

mess with it.

- "In the Bahamas,
we delivered over

"2.5 million pounds of supplies

to all the victims."

Problem is, now you have audio.
- Yes.

- Guys, be quiet.

I'm gonna stand in
this, like, corner.

- Oh, boy.
- I'm gonna stand in,

like, this closet or something,

'cause it's, like, too loud.

- Yeah, the audio
is from everywhere.

Oh, perfect.
- Yeah.

- Okay.
"We've raised and donated

3.5 million units
of PPE nation--"

Bad grammar is not acceptable.

Like, when I see
a spelling error,

it's screaming at me.

It's just like,
"I'm spelled wrong!"

People just randomly
throw in capitals,

and run-on sentences are huge.

People throw in semicolons
with reckless abandon,

not having any idea what
a fucking semicolon is.

People are parentheseeing
within parentheses.

It's like, you're not
allowed to parenthesis

within parentheses.

I don't know.
So grammar is important to me.

In the Bahamas,
we delivered over--shit.

You know what?

I gotta tell you something.

- The typos are insane.
- The typos are insane.

It's--this is setting
yourself up for failure.

Wendy and Brody are drowning.

Wendy's at least
catering to my needs.

She's sort of trying
to take care of me,

which is going a long way.

This is a disaster.
This is a disaster.

You need a relief effort
for this.

- Absolutely.
- That is not gonna work

and it's gonna be crap.
I don't even want to say it.

- Okay.
- No worries.

- Wendy was the one
that typed the script up

so she was the one making
those typing errors, not me.

- Okay, thank you.
- We'll figure it out.

- Yeah, we got this. Thanks.

- Bye, guys.
- Bye, Bethenny.

- Bye, thank you, Bethenny.

I really don't know
if we have what we need.

I think we have
the bread and butter

of our shoot
but I don't necessarily know

how I'm gonna--we're gonna
make up for the--

for the lines that
Bethenny wasn't willing

to shoot with us.

- Who's next?

- So, we did a general outline.

It's gonna be an intro,

BStrong background.

We thought one or two
personal stories.

Talking about introduction,

it's not that you really
even have to go into

a deep introduction
on yourself.

It's basically like,
"Hi, I'm Bethenny.

I'm a homemaker
or I'm a housewife."

Profess--
- I'm not a mom here, though.

I'm a woman who's doing
disaster relief.

I'm not even
a fucking housewife.

I live alone with my daughter.

Like, what does that mean?
Am I walking around with

a feather duster
doing relief work?

I don't even understand
what you're talking about.

- The background of BStrong,

I don't want to tell you
what to say.

You know about this
more than anyone.

We want you to go into
some storytelling.

So what have people said
about the relief?

What have you seen
on the ground

at these hurricanes--tell a--
- Two of your favorite stories.

- So give me one minute.
You guys just go over there...

- Yes, you good?
- For one--go all the way down

there for one second.
- Okay.

- All right, yeah, we got
to be very succinct.

They're giving me

a homework assignment.

They're giving me
a homework assignment.

This is work now.
Now I'm working.

I already have 47 jobs.

Now I have to do
more relief work.

Okay.

- Just say whatever
feels natural.

Just explaining
the BStrong initiative.

- Okay.

Um, hi, I'm Bethenny Frankel.

And I created
the BStrong initiative

to help people during times
of disaster and catastrophe

and when their life is in peril
and they have lost everything.

- Okay.
Now can you--

can you go into some stories
of actual people

who've received your relief?
Like if you have any.

- A point of contact.
- Yeah.

- I feel like you're making me

do all the work.
- Okay.

There needs to be direction
and like, now you're--

it's the same thing as
what happened with HSN.

You're asking me the question.
If you want to interview me,

you can ask me and then
I can answer the question.

But it cannot be
what you're doing.

- We'll take two minutes,
one minute and then you can--

- Okay.

- John, he has
no fucking clue what to do

but I feel like he's letting
me lead and I'm okay with it,

because I'm not getting
frazzled by the friction

that I have with Bethenny.

- So we're thinking to go

back to that original outline.

You already covered--
- You guys tell me what to do.

I don't hear how
the sausage gets made.

Just start the damn thing.

- Okay.
- Okay? Start the thing.

- So how can we be part of

the BStrong initiative at home?
- I'm looking at you.

Do you want me looking
into the video or--

- Feel like she should be
facing forward, maybe--

- I want you looking
at the camera

but just answering my question.

- Okay.

Krystin kicks into high gear.

And she corrects the situation.

But you could see John
getting flustered.

He was flailing.

- Yeah, and then we have--

we've got a camera gentleman
back there.

Maybe--yeah.

- I can see out of the corner
of my eye that he's just,

like, a little, like--

I think he's a little
overwhelmed.

- Okay, can you just say, um,

"Our goal here is for you
to be part of the solution"

or something to that effect?

Just "be part of the solution."

- The goal of BStrong is for
you to be part of the solution.

To be involved,
to be connected,

to help people survive
and thrive and rebuild.

And to make a difference
in the world.

- Yeah, I think we're good.
I think we're solid.

- Cut.
Thanks, guys.

- Thank you.
- Thank you so much.

- You'll do that--
- When she starts reading

this one,
- as quietly as possible.

- I'll pass it slowly to you.

And then when she's done
with that one,

you'll put it down.
I'll slowly pass this one.

- Perfect.

- Yeah, you're good.
- Okay,

I think we've figured this out.
Good, okay.

Right now,
I'm just trying to not be

on the chopping block
again this week.

I also want to
show Bethenny that

I can tone down my energy
around her

and that she can feel
safe working with me.

- Okay, you guys ready?
- Hello.

- Hi, yes, we are.

- I like that you
wear the shirts.

That looks great, so cute.

- We want to be
a part of the squad.

- I like the squad.
Okay.

- And if you can stand
where the X is.

- Okay, let me just look
real quick.

"Knowing where to donate
in times of extreme disaster

"is challenging and you want
to make sure your dollars

make an impact and save lives."

Grammatically correct,
legible, and organized.

Finally.

"Knowing where to donate

"in times of extreme disaster

"is challenging.

"And you want to make sure

"your dollars make an impact

"and save lives.

"With BStrong,
100% of your donation

"goes straight
to disaster relief.

"To date, BStrong has donated

"$77 million in total aid.

and be part of the change."

You have enough?
Now you have enough.

- Thank you.
- Amazing.

- The last one made me cry.

- You guys
definitely crushed it.

It was amazing.
You made me feel safe.

In this job, what's important

is making me feel safe and
being collected and organized,

you know what I'm saying?
And this could--

and this is
the most important project

by far of this entire time.

What could be
more important than this?

This is the most important.
So you were the most

teed up, organized,
and you crushed it.

Could not have done better,
honestly.

You just were together

and you worked well together
as a team

so I appreciate it.

Everybody in the loft,

your editors are
gonna be here soon

so you can put together
all your videos.

Who knows?
Maybe their videos will

somehow miraculously be better.

You know, execution is the key.

Everybody has a good idea
so you got to execute.

Everybody has to execute.
Make the best videos possible.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

- I'm so excited.

Yes!
- We got this.

Oh!

- Let the game continue.
- Yeah.

- We have what we have.

- I hope we have a good editor.

- That's what
I'm hoping for too.

Nicole and Milokssy ended up,
you know,

putting the BStrong shirts
on and...

I thought all of it
was a little tacky.

They were like, "Whoo!"

It was, like,
trying a little too hard.

- I'm so excited.

You did awesome.

- At the end of the day,
the project's not over.

The project is an edited

final version of a video.

When Wendy and I
put our spin on it,

I think that
we're gonna come out on top.

- During these trying times
when millions--

- Everybody's gonna harp on
the statistics, right?

But we want to harp on
the emotion.

There is no victory yet.

We know that the video
is the end product,

so we've got to
get our shit together

for lack of better words

and kill our videos.

- So I think we wanna
start it intense.

- Flashing disasters.

- According to Bethenny,
we crushed the shoot.

But I still want
to come through

with a perfect video.

We want to grasp
their attention

from the very beginning.

- How long is this
supposed to be, 45?

- 45 seconds, yup.
- Okay.

- Right there, right there,
right there.

- So basically,
we cannot use most of it.

- I really wish I had more
content from Bethenny.

It is becoming a little bit
more difficult

to find creative pieces

to add to the video.

So we really--

we're really being tested

on our creativity here

to work with what we have.

I swear, we better kill it.

- So this is where
we're showing catastrophe.

- Yup, I gotcha, I gotcha.
- Then we'll build up to aid--

- I want to be
doing a lot more

but coming into this stage

of the interview process
is a little bit overwhelming.

- Have rebuilt 4 schools
and 120--

- This is a lot of words
for her, you know?

- How much time
do we have so far?

- 55 seconds.
- All right, we're fucked.

- What is it?
What do we need to adjust?

We literally
have three minutes.

- I know.
I'm a little stressed

'cause timing's getting to me.

- Brody, you don't
seem convinced.

- Yeah, no, I like it.
- Like, I'm gonna

throw this heel.

- Sorry, I'm like--
it just has to be perfect.

- Brody, you are actually very
difficult to work with, mister.

- I don't want to think about
the pairing right now.

Wendy and I are
very talkative.

We have a lot of, like,
great ideas.

It's just we're
in crunch time right now.

We got what we got

and we're gonna make it
the best we can.

- Great, let's get music.
Can we go over to the website?

- 100%.

- What is that shit, though?
Clip it, yes.

- Oh, that's good, uh-huh.
- Okay.

- I love it. Done.
- Yeah.

Whoo!

- It's over, you guys.

- How are you?
- Finally.

- Whoo!
- How are you guys?

- Good.
- Good?

- We feel really good.

- Everyone seemed
very confident

in their videos.

I don't know
if it's all an act.

Who knows?

But I think we still
have a shot

and we're definitely
still in the game.

- How are you feeling?
- I'm feeling good.

- Are you guys still feeling
good about, like, what you did?

Your--your video?
- I've had nightmares.

- And I enjoyed
working with her.

It was very easy.

- She was very excited
by you guys.

- Yeah.
- Yeah, she definitely was.

- She also had been through
two seemingly traumatic...

Recording experiences.

I didn't think we were
that bad, honestly.

- You guys turned it around.

- She definitely
had words for me

which did not seem like
it was positive in that moment,

so I'm not sure how
all of this is

going to impact eliminations.

- Brody, how do you feel?
You're back, you had--

that's your first challenge,
right?

How was it working with Wendy?

- Too peppy.
- Yeah.

- You're too peppy, right now.
- Yeah.

- Be real.
- We're just both

very strong personalities.

I'm very proud
of what we accomplished

at the end of the day, but--
- Be honest.

- Yeah, well,
I'm gonna be honest.

You know, no offense to you--
- That's fine.

- But I would rather have
done a project by myself.

- By yourself? Same here.
- To showcase my abilities 100%

because I do think that

the team that goes home,
it's gonna be a duo.

- You think so?
- I do.

- Do you think that's fair?

- I do think it's fair
because--

- I don't think it's fair.

- No?
Why?

- The people that
should be leaving

are the ones
that are the weakest.

So I think it should be
based off

what our previous performance
has been.

- Krystin only did one project.

- I know but I think overall

Bethenny's a very smart woman

and she would, like--
she would

be able to really understand,

"Okay, does this person
work for me?

Does she not? Does he not?"
You know.

I think she would be able
to make that decision.

- I understand what
you're saying.

She always goes with her gut.

- She's very instinctive.
- I agree.

And you should be.
- And she does trust her gut.

- Nicole, I do have to
call you out on something.

- You guys.
- Every fucking time.

I mean, I'm sorry,
I actually don't really care.

Can I be honest with you?
- That's totally fine.

- I don't really care
what you have to say anymore.

How many times
are you gonna call me out?

It's exhausting.

- You shouldn't be saying
things that you don't know.

I heard that you said
that Brody likes me

and that's, like, the most
unprofessional thing you can do

in this environment.
- Wait, what?

No--that's simply not true.
- Honestly, stop.

You're trying to make something
out of nothing.

I said that he had
a crush on you.

If it's not true, I apologize.
- And that's not true.

This conversation's about me
so I'm just gonna--

I'm here for one reason
and one reason only,

and we can leave it at that.

- Nicole can say
whatever she wants to say.

I don't think she has the balls

to say that
in front of my face.

- I just said I was excited
to see how their project

went together knowing that
they have chemistry.

- Hello, habibi.
- Hello, habibi!

- I love Middle Eastern men.

- Amazing.
- Cheers to that.

- Cheers to that, habibti.

So cool.
- Oh, wow, like,

you're right next to me.
I mean,

we can share seats if you want.

- And I think it got really
blown out of proportion.

Like everything I say
with Wendy, so.

I'm really not here

to have fights with Wendy

over really silly stuff.

Bethenny felt like
her experience in working

with Milokssy and I
was the best by far.

So I think she's just
genuinely intimidated by me,

but I can tell you that...

real queens lift each other up.

And I'm a fucking queen.

- Whatever.
She's not a competition.

At all.
- Okay.

- So that was
an interesting conversation.

- How are you guys
really feeling?

- Just, like, every time
she opens her mouth,

she becomes less of a threat.
Like, I can't take her serious.

- So is this, like,
the bad table--

the cool table
and not the cool table?

- I definitely think we're at

the cool table if that's--

if this is between
cool and not cool.

- This is petty.

I see things that Wendy does

and it's like that child that
tries to get mom's attention.

And they gonna curse
and throw things

and throw tantrums.
I see that.

- She's trying to get attention
by coming at me.

- And she'll keep
coming after you,

just know that.
- Oh, yeah.

She's not gonna stop.
- Here we go again.

- It's like,
stop saying my name.

Lose my name
from your vocabulary.

How 'bout that?

- Thank you.

Good, how are you?

Okay.

What's interesting is that
as I go through this process,

I've never spent so much time

thinking about what I need

in a staff as a whole

and then in individuals as

individuals.

Wendy and Brody together

were half a disaster.

I'm not sure what half.

John and Krystin were

a catastrophe.

Nicole and Milokssy
worked well.

It seemed like
Nicole took charge.

The job isn't
to produce videos.

These are vehicles to find out

how someone performs

and I feel like people
often lose the plot.

- I'm not mad.
I'm disappointed in you.

- Why?
- That's sloppy.

I'm trying
to hog this conversation?

You think that I want,
like, more attention?

Do you see that in me?

- Yeah.

But I want people to be mindful

of what we're dealing with.

I'm not here to be a bitch.

I'm just here to be honest

and call people out
on their bullshit.

And she sees that as

an unfavorable thing,
that I should carry myself

in a more polished
and tactful way,

but, you know,
at the end of the day,

I really don't care
what any of these girls

think about me.
Like, I'm here to do one thing

and that's win
the competition and work

my ass off for Bethenny.

And I really just don't want
to deal with them anymore.

- What you're doing,
it's not gonna work.

- I don't think so.
- No, no, no.

- I'm standing up for myself

and I'm being honest.

- Hello.
- You look fabulous.

- You look fabs.
- What's been

going on around here?

- We finished our videos.

Our videos came out.

- Everyone likes their video?

- Yeah.
- Wow, okay, great.

All right,
so we're gonna do videos.

- Oh, boy.

- Okay, so everybody had

their own road to this video.
I cannot wait to see it.

- Oh, boy.
- We'll get into the details

after but let's see...

the videos one at a time.

Okay.
Wendy, Brody.

Our mission is
disaster relief.

At BStrong,
we're part of the solution.

- BStrong has raised
and donated $77 million

in emergency assistance
to individuals

and their families
in times of need.

- During these trying times,

when millions of people have

lost their jobs and loved ones,

the state of the world
is fragile.

This GivingTuesday,
join us by donating.

Okay, it's the first,
so I don't know--

Let's start with the process.

- It was horrible.

- It was a little bit of chaos.

It was very disorganized.
- It was.

- It was
grammatically incorrect.

And so, um, I remember
when you came to me

and you had
these random details

that you had me saying
and I got frustrated.

You didn't seem like you guys
had a handle on it.

So that made me
not feel totally great.

And you seemed, Brody, like
you were flailing a little bit.

You know, to a degree.
- Yeah, absolutely, absolutely.

- I could see you were
in over your head a little bit.

Wendy, you were stressing out.

But you managed to worry about
where my hair was.

You managed to worry about
my purse and my glasses

and, you know,
keep it composed.

But it was good.
It was good.

I have to see everything
and then I can, like,

visit back 'cause I don't know.

Let's see the second one,
Krystin and John.

Hi, I'm Bethenny Frankel

and I created
the BStrong initiative to

help people during times
of disaster and catastrophe.

It's because of you
that we've been able

to raise $13 million.

You have been
part of the solution.

You have made a difference
in the world.

We are looking for you to be

part of the solution.

It is your donations,

your communications,

your love, your generosity

that really fuels BStrong,

particularly during
times of crisis.

That was really good.
- Thank you.

- That was good.
In fairness,

theirs was produced by them

and yours was
partially produced by me.

- How so?

- Because it was me telling her

that you needed to interview--
You know what I'm saying?

Like, I did not produce theirs.

I produced yours.
- I see what you're saying.

- We actually tried to use

less of that individual chunk

that you did on your own
just to level that--

- For that reason.
- Yeah.

- But your whole thing was

"Be part of the solution."
So that was like--

but that was just sort of a,
like, a tagline.

It wasn't a plan.

John, you said to me,

"So you're gonna call yourself
a housewife or a mom,

and you're just gonna
get on and say that."

Then Krystin said,
"Tell a personal story."

And I felt like,
"Oh, my God, I'm working."

- But I do think we did
take your advice and pivot

and then we got it together--
- I agree.

You took ahold
of the situation.

And I appreciated that.

Okay, let's see this last one.

Right now, the world is in

a state of panic and despair.

Want to make sure
your dollars make an impact.

With BStrong,
100% of your donation

goes directly
to the relief effort.

To date, BStrong has donated

$77 million in total aid.

BStrong is a global initiative

that has visited
over 23 countries

and now you can be
part of the solution.

and be part of the change.

Okay, that was

the best produced video.
It had everything.

It looked like it was
held at the Gap

is the only problem.

You know what I mean?
- We wanted to show

the T-shirts.
- Yeah, I appreciate that.

But it felt like we were
in the T-shirt store

selling the T-shirts
but other than that,

as far as what I wanted,
it had all the ingredients.

So let me think for a sec.
All right, so--

well, you two can go.
I mean, you two can go.

I want to talk
to the rest of you.

- Yes!
I'm so excited

and I'm so happy to not be
in the hot seat again

and it's, like,
probably the best moment

that I have experienced so far.

- Um, now this brings me to

what I'm supposed to do
and who I think is really,

you know, can do this job
and who can't do this job.

So, um...

the process was not the best.
You know what I mean?

The process was
really sort of sucky.

Um,

Wendy, I think
you held it together.

You, in the face of a crisis,

you were worried about

how I was doing, if I was cold;

you worried about the wind.

I know that
you were freaking out

and you held it together.

So you can leave.
You're not gonna, you know.

- Thank you.
- You can leave the room.

Thank you.

- Okay, um,

Krystin,
it made a difference when

you knew that
you had lost control of the car

and you decided to, like,
to pull it together.

And you got organized
and you came back.

And I give you credit for that,
so you can also

go back with your friends.
- Thank you.

- I do hope
I get one more shot,

or multiple more shots,
at a project where

I'm working with Bethenny
one-on-one

so I can really showcase to her

what I'm about because

I think I would be
the best person for this job.

- All right, gentlemen.

Here is the thing.

- I'm completely numb.

I am completely numb.

The one thing
I don't want to do

is go home on my first day.

- Brody,

I went with my gut

at the party and I said that

I didn't think this was
going to be right for you.

And you wrote me a letter
that was really, really nice

and a really great thought
and beautifully written.

- Thank you.

- Brody,
I wish that your grammar

in this project was as good as

your grammar in that letter.
- I know, I know.

Absolutely.

- And, John,

I think you're
really delightful

and positive and, you know,

and polished and together
and corporate.

This is so much more difficult
than I thought it would be.

I'm like, you know,
breaking up.

"It's not you, it's me."

Um, I know you
really want to be here.

And I know you'd be, you know--

you know, I think you
probably--I don't know.

Let me think about this.

This isn't that easy.

I may seem tough
and I am tough,

but I don't love
this kind of stuff that much.

Okay.
Whew, so.

I just--

I can feel--

All right, I'm not pitting
you against each other.

I don't like this at all.
I have to say this

from the bottom of my heart.

Brody, this job
is not right for you.

And, John,

this isn't the right job
for you either.

They're both leaving.

- Oh, God.

- Neither of you are
going to be able to

hold this position.

I am so, so sorry.

I just don't think you have
what it takes to do this

and it's for different reasons.

Like, I just know

who will thrive here
and who won't.

And this is really hard
but it's as important for me

to do this for me
as it is for you,

to not waste your time.

- This is crazy.
- This is insane.

- I want to thank you
for this experience in general.

I know it was cut short
and then

I got brought back on,
which was great.

And I'm definitely gonna

take everything I learned
and,

you know, just keep it moving.
- Okay.

- Thank you so much.
I know, I know.

- Okay, thank you so much.
- Hopefully we can,

in the future, maybe.
- Yes, thank you so much.

- Thank you, Bethenny.

I was lucky enough

to even be a part of this

not once but twice.

I mean, I've done more

exit interviews
than I've done projects.

But I think that this whole
experience actually lit a fire

under my ass
and I think it's showing me

that I'm not necessarily ready
to work for anyone right now.

And it's more so

I need to be focused on,
you know,

a million different
side hustles

that I'm a part of.

- John, I feel terrible

'cause I know
you've only been here

for one project.

I don't know, I'm the worst.
- May I ask

for your feedback?
- Yeah.

Oh, my God,
I want to give you a hug now.

Yeah.

Oh, my God.
You're the hardest one,

I think, to me.

Because I think you're lovely

but I saw you get
a little flustered.

And I kept saying,
"Do you have any questions?"

You were like, "No, we got it."

And it was loosey-goosey.

None of these individual things
are such a massive deal at all.

I'm just going with my gut
and it's not that easy.

So I'd like to maintain
a relationship with you.

- I understand.
- And guess what?

You will stand out because you
are the only person that said

"Can I have feedback?"
And by the way,

it's the smartest thing
anyone has said here.

- I want to cry.

I want to cry right now.

I think she thought that
I got flustered.

Uh...

I didn't even recognize it.

- Stay in touch.
- Yes, I will.

- Thank you so much.

Oh, my God.

- What I do understand is

this is going to be
a really important position

and it really is gonna be
about a special relationship.

- Okay, so I'm gonna
hit the road

but before I do, um.

So you know that
Brody and John are gone.

So, on a positive note,

your video was great
and it will be on my website.

Nicole, you really did the best
in this project of anyone.

You just took control
of the situation

and your personal video

will be on my Instagram story

when this launches.

- Thank you.
Thank you so much.

It's so exciting
to finally have a win.

I feel like an Olympian, like,

making an epic comeback
or something.

Although I'm terrible
at sports.

- All right,
so most importantly,

now it's game time.

The windows are sealed.
The doors are locked.

This is it now.

I'm down to four women now

that have really shown me
different

and strong sides
of their personality.

And now the game is real.

So this process
will get really intense now.

So bring your A-game.