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[4] Hey, Bree, meet Conan and Sona.
[5] Hi, guys.
[6] How are you?
[7] How are you doing, Bree?
[8] I'm so good.
[9] It's very nice to talk to you.
[10] Where are you right now, Bree?
[11] I am in Providence, Utah.
[12] You're in Utah.
[13] I love Utah.
[14] That's a beautiful state.
[15] Yeah.
[16] I don't know Providence that well.
[17] Where is Providence?
[18] So it's pretty small.
[19] We are by Logan.
[20] Do you know Logan?
[21] We're like an hour and a half north of Salt Lake.
[22] Okay, Salt Lake, I know.
[23] But it's a beautiful area I've gone.
[24] Yeah.
[25] Spent a lot of time in Utah.
[26] I've done a bunch of skiing there and just walking around.
[27] I absolutely love it.
[28] The people are fantastic.
[29] And tell us a little bit about yourself, Bree.
[30] Hey, I have been married for almost 19 years.
[31] We have six boys.
[32] Oh.
[33] Good Lord.
[34] You have, hey, Bree, I have to tell you something.
[35] No. My mom had six kids.
[36] Yeah.
[37] And that doesn't happen as much anymore.
[38] I have two children after our second child.
[39] My wife told her I'm never to touch her again.
[40] And Sonia, you have two, and that's it.
[41] We're done.
[42] And boys, six boys.
[43] No. Yeah, and I have twins, too.
[44] You have twins also.
[45] I do.
[46] You are a superhero.
[47] That is a lot.
[48] What is the age, is there much of a gap between all the kids in years, or did they just come I'm fast and furious.
[49] They're kind of fast and furious.
[50] My oldest is 19.
[51] So 19, 17, then a gap, because we moved for school.
[52] So I was like, we need a minute.
[53] 13.
[54] I need a minute.
[55] I need a minute.
[56] Give me a break.
[57] And then our twins are 11, and then our babies eight.
[58] Oh, my God.
[59] Well, goodness.
[60] And can I ask if you are.
[61] I think I can ask this, and you're free to tell me it's not on my business, but are you Mormon?
[62] I was.
[63] Oh, you were?
[64] Okay.
[65] Yeah.
[66] Did you, you left the Mormon church, the Mormon faith?
[67] We did.
[68] Okay.
[69] About a year and a half ago.
[70] That must be quite a transition, because when you're Mormon, there are, you know, there's a lot of rules.
[71] And as all religions have, trust me, I grew up Irish Catholic, and there were a million rules, many of them, which I fled.
[72] But I'm curious, that must be quite.
[73] quite an adjustment.
[74] Yeah, especially in the beginning.
[75] It was a lot for sure, especially, like with our kids and trying to now explain how things are going to be different and yeah.
[76] What would you say in your daily life is the most different thing for you now that, because I know there are a lot of, there's restrictions about, have you tried any alcohol or anything like that?
[77] Yes.
[78] It's okay.
[79] You're talking to, you're among friends here.
[80] Isn't it so fun?
[81] Sona is drunk right now.
[82] And so you should feel very much at home talking to us.
[83] What was the first drink that you tried?
[84] My husband and I made a rum and Coke in our bathroom.
[85] You did it in your...
[86] You know, it's...
[87] You're allowed to have a drink.
[88] You're not making...
[89] We're hiding from our kids.
[90] Okay.
[91] It's just so like, let's go have a little bit of rum and put it in some coke.
[92] If the police find out we're in trouble.
[93] So I love that you also say, we each like you made one drink and you tried it did you like it yeah it's okay okay i mean they're all not great but that's true actually it was good what's they're all not great liquor oh yeah yeah so some of them you're just kind of like oh what is this no i have to be honest with you there's a bunch that you know people rave about and i try and it just all tastes like gasoline to me and i wonder why does someone want to drink gasoline um that said especially after 36 years of not having any.
[94] Right, exactly.
[95] That said, I'm still open if any major liquor brand wants me to advertise.
[96] Oh, God.
[97] Adam's giving a thumbs up.
[98] Oh, my God.
[99] Adam just put five hours.
[100] Brie, let me make a point.
[101] I don't care what the brand is or I will, I will drink it.
[102] I will have it in my home and I will get the tattoo on my forehead if the money is right.
[103] So Brie, all right, that's a, that's a big change.
[104] Have you had, I know that Mormons don't drink.
[105] coffee have you tried coffee i did yes i don't like coffee you don't like it it's a acquired taste what did you it's got to be really good well -made coffee what was the first coffee you tried uh i went to starbucks which i here is a mistake oh uh well i just want to say i don't know if they advertise oh god not for you guys i think they do and i don't think it's a mistake at all and i think it's a mistake for you to say it's a mistake oh my god okay my this is so people have told me that's your that's the well guess people say a lot of things i you know people tell me don't drink water because you won't get hydrated they're wrong starbucks try it make it your next stop they were right you could try anywhere else um quite so but i had a pumpkin spice latte for my first oh you got a wait your first taste of real coffee was a pumpkin spice latte that's not coffee maybe that was the mistake that's like saying i want to try this thing called food i think i'll have some captain crunch that's not i I love Captain Crum.
[106] That is good.
[107] I would do that if I've never had food before.
[108] You're right.
[109] That was a terrible example.
[110] Captain Crunch wanted to advertise.
[111] They're out.
[112] Yes.
[113] You did it now.
[114] Are they General Mills?
[115] I think I'm in good with them.
[116] Anyway, all my conversations are driven.
[117] This is the saddest thing I've ever heard.
[118] You do.
[119] It is General Mills, isn't it?
[120] Yeah, I know those guys.
[121] They're good.
[122] The General Mills?
[123] You know those guys?
[124] Yeah.
[125] The General Mills guys and I, we, we, the General Mills guys and I, we, We hang out in a boat in the Caribbean.
[126] Anyway, yes, you should try real coffee sometime.
[127] Put a little cream in there.
[128] Don't take it straight black, but just try it again.
[129] But what am I telling you this?
[130] Also, it has health benefits, coffee.
[131] Yeah.
[132] It does a lot of good for you.
[133] Yeah.
[134] That would be great.
[135] All right.
[136] Well, I just want to be sort of giving you a lot of life advice.
[137] So, Bree, I've learned a lot about you, and I find this whole area very fascinating.
[138] And you seem like a very impressive person.
[139] you do for a living what's your what's your occupation i own a bridal shop oh and can i say one thing i shouldn't have a suit you don't like what's your occupation you have 75 children yeah it just occurred to me how stupid that is because you have you you have six kids you have an incredible job but um but you do you also work uh you said a bridal shop so i was a stay -at -home mom for 18 years and supported my husband through his schooling and training and everything he was doing.
[140] And then just last October, actually, we opened a bridal shop.
[141] So I do that.
[142] All right.
[143] So you're running a bridal shop.
[144] And then I want to know if the cliches are true because you always hear that the brides can get insane or family members can get insane.
[145] You've been running a bridal shop now for a while.
[146] What can you tell us is really the deal?
[147] So brides don't tend to be too bad.
[148] It's typically the moms.
[149] Moms.
[150] Really, Sona, would you like to weigh in?
[151] Well, I wanted a small wedding, and then I had 550 people there, and I didn't know a lot of them on my side.
[152] And all but one or two were Armenian, I will say.
[153] It was amazing.
[154] It was a full -on Armenian service that was beautiful, and then it was an incredible party.
[155] Yeah.
[156] But it was like we had all been transported to Armenia.
[157] It was incredible.
[158] Anyone I've ever looked at in my life was invited.
[159] I didn't, you know, I didn't even really know a lot of the people.
[160] But so that's, yes, my parents took over my wedding.
[161] Specifically, maybe your mom.
[162] Nadia's a very, and I love Nadia.
[163] Nadia is strong, and I mean that in the kindest way.
[164] She is a strong woman.
[165] She's a strong woman.
[166] And when you go head to head with Nadia, it is the clash of the Titans.
[167] It's amazing.
[168] I sometimes sit on a far hill and watch these two go after each other.
[169] Like King Kong and Godzilla.
[170] It's incredible.
[171] all, boulders are thrown, lightning bolts are tossed.
[172] Yeah.
[173] But it was still a beautiful wedding.
[174] So you say the moms.
[175] So tell us what you've seen, Bree.
[176] Describe some of the behavior of these moms, if you will.
[177] So recently we had a mom who wanted to have alterations done to the dress after, they had already bought the dress.
[178] Daughter loves the dress.
[179] Everything's good.
[180] Everything's happy.
[181] Everything's fine.
[182] Yeah.
[183] And then she wanted certain alterations done.
[184] said, but if we don't like the alterations, we want you to take the dress back.
[185] Ooh.
[186] And we're like, not really how it works.
[187] All sales are final.
[188] You signed a thing.
[189] You know, we explained she got really upset and it turned into a huge thing with us ending in filing a police report.
[190] Oh, my God.
[191] Now, did she get physical?
[192] No. Okay.
[193] I did bring my oldest son with me because I knew she was coming back.
[194] So he came in with me as like protection because he's, you know, six feet tall and bigger than me. So he came in just to help just in case.
[195] But she was threatening and did tell me that her husband would be coming to see us.
[196] And so I was like, well, what is that supposed to mean?
[197] Like to talk to what?
[198] And yeah.
[199] Was she using any foul language?
[200] Not too bad.
[201] No. Okay.
[202] What a weird question.
[203] Why are you?
[204] Asking about foul language.
[205] Because Brie grew up in a certain way, a Mormon church, and I would just hate the idea of anyone using foul language around her.
[206] She's drinking rum and coke's in the bathroom.
[207] I also love foul language now.
[208] Hey, Brie, you're one of us.
[209] Yeah, welcome.
[210] Fuck yeah.
[211] Well, Bree, I have to say I've not known you long, but I hate you.
[212] You just seem like a lovely person.
[213] I hate the idea of being someone.
[214] someone being mean to you.
[215] And I just wanted you to know, I'm six, four, about 200 pounds.
[216] I know my way around punching bag.
[217] Not true.
[218] But I would love...
[219] You'd be like muscle?
[220] Do you think I could be intimidating?
[221] I think you could be intimidating, but I also think everybody knows who you are.
[222] So they're just going to be like, why is Conan O 'Brien just hanging out at this bridal shot?
[223] And I'd say, trip your husband's fucking head off if he comes in here and turn it into a coarse.
[224] How's that sound to you, shit for brains?
[225] I'm going to put my foot so far up your ass, you're going to taste shoe leather.
[226] You know what I mean?
[227] I would just go monster on these people, and they would go back, and they would say Conan O 'Brien was there, and he's taller than I thought, and his hair makes him like six, eight, and he just seemed insane.
[228] And I think that would frighten them, and I don't think they would mess with you anymore.
[229] And then you and I would go to your bathroom, and your husband would join us, and we'd all share one rum and coat.
[230] each taking our turn with little district sips and then off to Starbucks for a pumpkin spice latte Starbucks doing the best coffee since 1965 You're not getting paid yet I don't do slogans and stuff Starbucks more than just coffee also pumpkin I'm just making up I'm trying doing the best I can so that's interesting that you have He owes that money now?
[231] Listen, you could, what's really cool is I think now you're starting to see that there's all those years when your kids are young and they have to take care of them and make sure they don't get hurt.
[232] But then they get bigger and older and then they suddenly become this.
[233] You've got six dudes that have got your back for life.
[234] And they love you because I can tell you're a great mom.
[235] And I'm not even including your husband who I'm hoping is a badass.
[236] But let's just say he's not.
[237] Let's just say his name is Quigley, and he's a stamp collector.
[238] Okay.
[239] But any hoots.
[240] Old Quigs.
[241] Old Quigs.
[242] Mm, I'm got my stamps.
[243] Honey, there's a guy here threatening me at the shop.
[244] Stamps.
[245] So anyway, but you blow a whistle that you keep on your person, and six monster dudes, you know, come storming in, and they hear moms in trouble.
[246] God, I wouldn't mess with you.
[247] I'm not going to ever mess with you.
[248] Thank you.
[249] Yeah.
[250] Thank you.
[251] And I've thought about it.
[252] finding a bridal shop somewhere about an hour outside of Salt Lake City and causing some trouble but now I'm not going to do it yeah but what if they're sweet like if your mom blew a whistle like the six of you wouldn't go and be like what you're doing my mom like you wouldn't do that oh I'd be well first of all I'd say like well I've got these interviews to do and then I'm having a facial over at the spa Luke and Justin would say we're lawyers we have legal matters to attend you You know, my sister's got stuff to do.
[253] Neal's probably watching F -Troop.
[254] You know, so, no. Would we come?
[255] No, we would not.
[256] Sorry, Mom, you're on your own.
[257] Good luck with those thugs.
[258] She's 92.
[259] She can handle herself.
[260] Oh, no. She's a policeman's daughter from Worcester, Massachusetts.
[261] She can give as good as she gets.
[262] I have no compassion, Bree.
[263] You can probably see that.
[264] I've tried many times to become a Mormon.
[265] They wouldn't have me. They said I was just too malicious.
[266] No. Yeah.
[267] Yeah, absolute straight no. Very few religions I've applied to have wanted me to be part of their.
[268] You did an application.
[269] I've done many applications.
[270] Applied to be Jewish?
[271] Absolutely not, they said.
[272] Bree, did you have a question for Conan?
[273] Hey, good one, David.
[274] I did it.
[275] I finally remembered to ask.
[276] He gets literally passed a note that has a giant question mark on it when the time comes.
[277] We could probably get a parrot and train it to do this, but that's what David's doing right now.
[278] David, here's your cracker.
[279] Do you have a question?
[280] Yeah.
[281] Do you have a question?
[282] Hey, so my question is, if you were to pick a bridal dress for you, what would you want it to look like?
[283] Okay.
[284] I'm going to tell you exactly what I would do.
[285] Well, you thought about this.
[286] Oh, I think about dresses all the time.
[287] I would wear, first of all, I've talked about this a bit in my career and my life, and it's just true.
[288] I have a slightly disproportionate body.
[289] Again, very in person, you'd be impressed.
[290] I'm a good looking guy.
[291] people always say this they always say you're much better looking in person right sona and you're taller in person yeah i know a taller in person um but but but they do in person they always say you're better looking in person and i'm thinking like i kind of feel like it's an insult like how bad is it on tv and then here i am you know on these uh this little podcast studio that can't look good any hoots my point is i have very long legs and then maybe a relatively shorter torso not a short torso but relative to the rest of my body.
[292] So what I would want to do is I would want to dress that would break up where my waist was and maybe lower, give the illusion of lowering the waist, okay?
[293] I would like a padded ass because I have no ass at all, just a washboard, sheer drop, okay?
[294] And we could do a booty tuck, too.
[295] What does that mean?
[296] So in alterations, you bring the fabric in under the bum and just kind of like make it a little bit tighter there.
[297] So if you don't have much of that, you just kind of create it.
[298] We should do that with your regular clothes.
[299] I also love that you said bum.
[300] I just love that.
[301] I don't know why.
[302] I never think of my bum, but there it is, yes.
[303] No, I want lots of padding back there, okay?
[304] A lot of padding.
[305] I also do, I would like padding in the chestal region as well.
[306] I want to have a full ample bosom in this dress.
[307] Are you turning into a woman in this dress?
[308] If I'm going to wear a dress, I want to be very voluptuous.
[309] Okay.
[310] I'd like to be very curvy, too.
[311] I thought it was you just wearing a dress.
[312] But you're transforming.
[313] I want to go all the way.
[314] Okay.
[315] I'd also take hormone treatments for about six years before I...
[316] Oh, okay.
[317] All right.
[318] That sounds good.
[319] I'd like a high heel because I think it's flattering on the leg.
[320] I have nice legs, nice long legs.
[321] I can't wait until you wear a high heel.
[322] I would like a high heel, so I'll be about six, nine, okay?
[323] Okay.
[324] Okay.
[325] This towering, voluptuous woman.
[326] Yeah, very voluptuous, ample.
[327] I also would like...
[328] What?
[329] No lace.
[330] I'm not really into lace.
[331] I don't want any lace around that.
[332] neck okay okay uh plunging just around the neck or anywhere i don't really want lace okay i don't not much of a lace person but i want a very long train very long train and um i know this is i don't if this has ever been done before but i want a very long train and then i want to put like little characters and little figures on the train that travel with me as i'm walking down the aisle you know what i mean and it's sort of like contribute to my career like different figures that oh there's Conan in the late 80s.
[333] Oh, he's on the Simpsons.
[334] And I always, you know what I mean?
[335] Whatever.
[336] Just stuff that tells my story that's on the train.
[337] And it's kind of glued to the dress so it doesn't fall over.
[338] And that's another thing where all my bridesmaids are there to make sure that the little figurines don't.
[339] The little figure of Lauren Michaels doesn't fall over.
[340] The little figure of, you know, the masquerading bear.
[341] Sorry.
[342] I mean, you're formerly a Mormon.
[343] Anyway, there's triumph, insult, comic dog.
[344] You know, like, just stuff I'm kind of that are associated with me over the years, you know?
[345] Yeah, I love it.
[346] I think it'd be kind of fun.
[347] What kind of dress?
[348] And what material we?
[349] would you suggest?
[350] I would maybe do, if you want more simple, there's like crate fabrics, there's satin, there's, it just depends on what feels good to you, what you think you would look good at.
[351] I like a highly flammable.
[352] I feel like you're a taffeta guy.
[353] Oh, taffeta.
[354] I might like taffeta.
[355] Yeah, I feel like you're on, you're in the taffeta world.
[356] I'll go taffeta.
[357] And did you, I'm sorry, did you say plunging neckline?
[358] Yes, yes.
[359] Oh, okay.
[360] I thought I heard that.
[361] Yeah, we're going to create a bosom, you know.
[362] If you got it, show it.
[363] I've never said because I never had it but you know what I mean?
[364] Yeah, you know, I want those I want those bald men on the balcony you know Look over the railing Oh man Okay, someone just told me that I no longer have a podcast I love this dress I love the idea of this dress I'm very impressed with you Bree You've Jesus, you're raising six boys I think you're doing an amazing job And then you sounds like you You ran a tight ship, and then you started this business.
[365] Now you're dealing with hooligans and thugs that come by and threaten you, and I've got your back, okay?
[366] Thank you.
[367] I really do.
[368] I really appreciate that.
[369] And I love, I do love Utah, so I'd love to figure right away to stop by and then just sort of wander around your shop and hope this abusive woman comes in.
[370] Okay?
[371] I'll let her know.
[372] And then if her husband shows up, oh, man, you know, manslaughter.
[373] Yeah, can't wait.
[374] I would love that.
[375] You're going to kill him?
[376] I'm going to kill him.
[377] Okay.
[378] That seems extreme.
[379] Like, it's just a, it's like a dispute over a dress.
[380] Now, they're going to file a police report.
[381] I know.
[382] I don't care.
[383] I've had a good, I've had a good career.
[384] And also, I think it's going to really trend online.
[385] Conan O 'Brien murders difficult man with his bare hands.
[386] Murder is a difficult man?
[387] Murder's slightly difficult man. He's just there.
[388] What if he comes in?
[389] Bree, what if he comes in just to apologize for his wife's behavior?
[390] and I don't get him a second.
[391] I'm like, it's shit time, motherfucker!
[392] And then I just start ricking his lungs out.
[393] He was just there with a very nicely worded note.
[394] I apologize.
[395] He hasn't been a part of this.
[396] I haven't heard from him.
[397] He could be a very nice man. I'm sure he is.
[398] Bree, I really like talking to you, and as I said, I'm a fan.
[399] And I hope our paths cross someday.
[400] That'd be cool.
[401] I would love that.
[402] That'd be amazing.
[403] Take care, Bree.
[404] Next break.
[405] Okay, thanks, guys.
[406] Nice to meet you.
[407] Bye.
[408] Bye.
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