Your Questions Answered with Michelle and Craig

0:00It's hard for me to remember specific scenes. But of course, Teresa Giudice's table flip, you know, prostitution whore, you know. Prostitution whore!

0:22This episode is brought to you by Theraflu. Hey, how you doing? I'm good. How are you? I'm really good. I'm really good. I'm excited about this. This is going to be fun. Yeah, this is something new that might become something permanent. Yeah. Yeah, in the rotation, in the IMO rotation. I know. Tell our listeners what we're about to do. So folks, as we always welcome you to IMO, we're going to do something a little different this time because we get a lot of questions and we really appreciate all the questions that we get from you folks. But some of them aren't necessarily made for our whole show.

0:59So we took a bunch of those and put them together and I have them here. And I thought it'd be a good idea for you and I to try and go through some of these, which are, there's a whole gamut of these. Yeah, well, this is more of the Michelle and Craig portion of IMO with Michelle and Craig. So it's just us. No guests. It's just Michelle and Craig. So we can do whatever we want. Okay. Woo, let's go. Let's kick it off. First question. What is one thing you've learned about the other from doing the podcast and working together? Oh, do you want to go first? I will go first. Okay. What I've learned is that you tried to get your ears pierced and thought I didn't notice.

1:48And I see you got all these new piercings in your ear. Yeah, yeah. Which I still don't think. I don't think you noticed. I did notice. So we have been having a fight this whole session about whether or not I noticed it. And I noticed it, but we were in the midst of a show. And I noticed it like this. We were sitting like this. We're together all the time. I mean, you know, it's not like we are just we walk in, we sit in a show. I mean, I've been we sit in the hole. We had lunch together. It was days. It was days. It wasn't days. I saw it. I just went. I said, oh, I saw that. But when I saw it, we were in the midst of a show.

2:29So I didn't think to comment on it until I saw it again. But until you mentioned that I'm waiting for the men in my life to notice. And I was like, what is she talking about? Well, anyway, just to let you guys know what happened is that I have always thought about getting some extra piercings in my ear and just never got around to it. I had a second hole that I had got like before I had kids. but then I just got lazy and stopped putting an earring in it. But nowadays, the young people in my life are doing more piercings. They're just more beautiful and dormant. You see there's more of a cluster, the constellation sort of look of twinkles that goes.

3:13Yeah, it was five. Yeah, I got. So I was going in for a few and then I did my normal self and was like, oh, put one there and put one there. Oh, yeah, now let's try one there. So in one sitting, I got 10 piercings. Ouch. It actually was not that. It wasn't that at all. It's not that painful. Not for me. It's really beautiful. Do you like it? Beautiful. I like it. I like it. It is. I want our listeners to let us know what they think. If I didn't like it, you know I would say I didn't like it. So that's a big thing. Barack finally noticed. Took him a couple of days. and he was like, you haven't had your hair up.

3:54You've had your hair down. And I was like, I don't know. I like to sleep with you every night, dude. You know? But he noticed yesterday. Okay. And I got them done like four days ago. So don't tell him that I noticed before him. I think I did. You did. Ouch. Anyway. But the more serious thing that I learned from doing this show with you is that you and I grew up in the exact same house with the exact same parents, but our memories can be vastly different at times. But our experiences have been different too. I was commenting to our producers earlier how dad would take me and do stuff that he wouldn't take you and do stuff.

4:44So I'm sure that's no surprise to anybody. And there were conversations that I had with mom that apparently I thought she was having with you. Like how she thought about leaving dad every spring. Oh, she, and, and, you know, given. She probably, you should probably know your little heart probably couldn't take that. I would have been worried. I would have been worried about that every year. It's like, oh my God, it's spring. Oh, shoot. Well, it has been fun working with you. Oh man, this has been a joy. You are, you know, you're, I didn't, it's not something I didn't know. you're very professional.

5:18You're very prepared. You're a great partner to have. You take everything you do seriously. But I kind of knew that about you. But it's fun to, you know, have a partner that shows up in the same way. It is. It is. Everybody knows how diligent you are. So I have to keep the bar high for myself. You're doing a good job. All right. Next question. When is the last time you cried? Oh, this is easy. I watched Hamnet. Okay. Hamnet, this is my, you never watch movies because you're too busy on social media. No, I watch movies, but I haven't watched Hamnet. But Hamnet is the story of Shakespeare, his early life, his family life, his relationship.

6:10So it's a period piece, obviously. And you learn about his son, Hamnet. He had three children, two daughters and one son, and he lost his son. And it talked about how, it explained how that loss, his relationship helped fuel some of his greatest work. Chloe Zhao is the director, just beautifully directed. And it's just touching and powerful. And the ending, which I will not give it away, but it's a 10-minute ending, and there are no words. It's the end of, what was it, Hamlet? The first time his wife saw his work, after she was kind of upset with him for, you know, she kind of realized that through this all, I'm alone.

7:09And yes, you bought us a beautiful home, but I've been here alone dealing with this. So she was angry, but she had never taken the time to see what he had given up so much of his family time to do. And it was her watching a scene in Hamlet that she could see where it was about their son and the pain that he was working through. through his art. And it was just beautifully, beautifully done. And I don't like to choke up. And you know how you're trying to hold back tears. I could, I was, it was so emotional. I couldn't. I mean, I literally was sobbing. And I rarely do that in a film. But just, we watched that the other day.

7:57Beautiful. Hamnet. Okay. I'm a buyer. Has anybody seen it? Did you all feel the same way I felt about it? I mean, all of the actors, the children, amazing, amazing. It deserves to be in the running. It's a beautiful, beautiful film. Oh, neat, neat. Anyway, that was a long one. Yeah, that was a long one, but that's okay. That's all right. Mine won't be as long. I should get paid by the Hammond people. I think I did some Oscar work for them. I'll go watch it. So, as you all know, we have been cranking these shows out. So my preparation is always ongoing. And we just had Suleika Juad and John Batiste on.

8:47And in preparation for them coming on, not only did I read Suleika's book, which was a tearjerker, but I watched American Symphony for the first time. A higher ground production. The higher ground production that I recommended for everyone. But let me tell you, I was bawling almost, it wasn't quite the beginning, but early on. And let me tell you, it's a little different than bawling over great writing or great acting. It was the combination of their story together, which is a love story, and his music. His music touched me in a way that when I met him, I almost started crying. And he felt that.

9:40But it's, you know, there are some movies like the, you wouldn't know this, but the opening of Gladiator. Yeah, not a big Gladiator. It's a guy's movie and the music adds to it. I wasn't expecting that. The music adds to it. And this was the same effect in a emotional way for me. So that was the last time. Stay tuned for the episode with Suleika and John. It's a beautiful episode. Okay, next one. This is going to take a severe C-turn here. Okay, I love a turn. My partner has expressed a desire to open up our relationship. I'm not sure I'm comfortable with this, but I can tell he isn't very happy or satisfied with the way things are going.

10:30What should I do? Get out.

10:38Run. Look, I just, I wouldn't do it. Not something, I don't, I don't, I know that there is a polygamy culture. what are they are they calling it polyamorous that's what it's called not my cup of tea yeah we old not my cup of tea and I'm gonna say if you weren't into it before and want it now that is a real no go for me now if you were if you met that way or you were you have been polyamorous prior and you're thinking, okay, this might work for us, then we can have another conversation. But if you guys went into this and like, it's a, it's supposed to be a monogamous relationship, your typical, you know, partnership.

11:38And now one person wants to change up the details. Sounds a little fishy. It does sound fishy. Sounds a little fishy. Look, and for the questioner, don't talk yourself into something like that that you are not into. There's a reason you're not into it. And that's not the kind of compromise in a marriage that you get used to and adjust to. If you're unsure about it, it's probably because it's not something that you want. And if your partner is unhappy, Explore that first. Like if you don't do that to keep your partner. Don't make that kind of accommodation in your relationship because you think it's broken.

12:26You know, deal with what, if it's broken, figure it out. And it's not because there aren't enough people in the relationship. I can't think that that's ever, you know, the root of the problem is that we need more emotions thrown into the mix. You know, I never talked to dad about anything like this, but I could imagine him saying, don't make a communication problem into an intimacy problem. Do you think he will? That's deep. I think he would say something like that. Like, dad, dad, way to go. I think he would. I think he would. Yeah. So we're not into it and we don't recommend that you get into it, especially because you're not into it.

13:10Right. Right.

13:18We played a summer tournament about two hours away. And as I think back, I wish we had considered staying in an Airbnb home instead of staying at a hotel. We would have had an opportunity to eat together, watch film together, as well as control the curfew of a bunch of 13-year-old boys. I also think that it would have given our parents a break from their children. As you can imagine, coming together as a team outside of the game is as important as what you do on the court. And having the ability to hang out together at an Airbnb would have given us that extra opportunity to bond. And if you're thinking about the big tournaments that come into your town, now is a great time to think about hosting fellow fans and players during the season.

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17:08All right, next one. How do I combat FOMO? I was thinking about explaining what FOMO is. I think everybody knows what FOMO is. But I paused. It's not Hamnet. I paused. We are in the— I did pause because I was going to say, and for those of you who don't know what FOMO is, and then I was going to say, but you're right, everybody knows what FOMO is. I'm broke and I barely see my friends anymore because they always go out for dinner get coffees or go on vacations together generally doing things I can't afford to do right now how do I combat my FOMO or how do I get my friends to do broke things with me plan some broke things and invite your friends I mean, you know look, yeah if you can't afford to do what they do I'm sure that that is hurtful and you feel a little left out, right?

18:04But your financial position is what it is, but there's so many more ways to have fun. The question that I have is, are they not a planner? Are they just somebody who is waiting to be invited in? It's like, look, if you're not invited to a party, then have your own. Make your own. Invite your friends to a picnic. Do invite people over to your, if you're broke, to your small ass apartment and make it a potluck. Right. You know, if they're your true friends, they would love to do something broke with you. So my first thing would be make sure that they're your real friends because, you know, my wealthy friends will include me in stuff.

18:57and will be happy to come and do my kind of stuff. Yeah. And that's how it should be. Your real friends don't, it's not about what you're doing or how much you're spending. It's being together with people who you enjoy to be around. So what you're saying is they may not be your friends. It's what I'm saying. It's what I'm saying. Okay. Okay. What is something you're curious about right now that would surprise people? gosh i tell so much about my life i don't know if anything would surprise people what am i curious about um it's not that i'm curious about but that i really enjoy given how you know sort of snarky i can be about sports i actually is a nice word i i do enjoy sports i i really do i am i'm you know I know football.

19:54I know basketball. I know the game. I've grown up with it. If I'm sitting there watching it, I definitely do find myself drawn into it, analyzing, well, why they do that and what's going on here? So I can get into it. But what I'm really into are the sports documentaries of any kind. I mean, I love the story of an athlete's rise, fall journey. And I tend to, I tend to watch all of it, you know, the, you know, and I'm going to get the Netflix stuff on tennis and the, our, our work that we did, um, uh, starting five. Um, I watch all of that. If that comes up, if something good comes up in sports.

20:41So you'd be surprised that I'm into it in sports too. But I'm into it in, you know, just watched on Apple, a documentary about, and that was old, Sidney Poitier. You know, I love just running, I've gone down all the lists of television, you know, bios, and I just love the story of a person's life. But I'm particularly interested in the story of an athlete's life and the work that goes into it and their psychology and how they get through a season. I'm fascinated by that. That is a surprise. Yeah. That is a surprise. So I did it. Yes. What about you? So I think most people now know. He likes fashion.

21:30That's so funny. That would be funny if I said fashion. He watches the spring shows in Paris. I think people are well aware that, because I've said this a lot, and now that we do this show, I probably talked about this a lot, but how much of a race fan I am because I wanted to be a race car driver. Another thing. You wanted to be a pilot and an astronaut. You wanted to do all things. Yeah, I wanted to be all the stuff that you can't do. You grew out of your dreams. I grew out of my dreams. And my legs just got too long for the cockpit. They got too long for the driver's seat. But I am a, people don't know that I'm a huge Formula One fan.

22:14And I just found that out a couple of years ago. And that was funny when you found out that you were so kind to treat Kelly and me on one of my birthdays to a trip down to Miami. It was the first Formula One they did in Miami. Because a dear friend of ours, Melody Hopson, is friends with both of us and George Lucas. Love you guys. True Blue, Melody is a Princetonite, but George Lucas is a huge Formula One fan. And Melody invited me, and I don't know anything about Formula One. But then I heard that you were into it. I was like, let me go for you, right? Yes, you did. You did because you had no idea what was going on.

23:02I did not. It was such a scene, too. It was a scene. It was so confusing. It's a scene. But once, after we got through all the scene part and we were watching the race, you were interested in trying to figure out. Well, like, it's a sport. It's a sport. You were like, so why? What's this and that? So that was really fun to see you be open to. And you knew everything about it. Well, I've been watching for a while. It's a complicated sport to watch. It's a difficult one to watch because there's the qualifying. And what does that mean? And what does that mean for your time? And then I didn't realize it was like the tire rotation thing.

23:39And how many times you visit the pit, you know? And what's the penalty? You know, you were explaining all this stuff. Yeah, there were some time penalties for infractions and things. And yeah, but I, that was a bucket list day for me. But most people do not know that I'm an F1 fan. You got to walk down in the... Oh, we were in the paddock. We got to sit in... Yeah, that's what it's called. The paddock. The paddock. We got to sit in the paddock and we got to sit in the seats that are in the paddock and listen to the engineers talking to the racers and hear what's actually going on, which you and Kelly had no idea, but I was enthralled.

24:23Well, it was good having you there because you were like our little mentor on the side. Yeah, it was really neat, really neat. So, all right, good question. All right, now this one's just for you. No. You can imagine what it is. No. What is one of your favorite scenes from any Bravo Real Housewives franchise?

24:46Yeah, that's right. You, in all this time, have you not looked at any? I'm going to do it because you recommended it to me. Which series are you going to? But there's a new one coming out called The Real Housewives of Rhode Island. And since I lived there, I was going to watch that one. Don't start with a new one. No. Don't start with that. Well, then I'm jumping in and I won't know the story. Well, then you have to do two. because it takes some time for the relationships to cultivate, right? And, you know, we don't know whether the new ones are going to make it, right? We don't know. I mean, I wish you all well, but we don't know y 'all yet.

25:25You know, they may not be interesting. I want you to dive into, you know, one where— One that you know is good. Yeah. Okay, I get that. I get that. All right. But scenes that stand out, you know, I mean, And it's hard for me to remember specific scenes. But of course, Teresa Giudice's table flip, you know. Prostitution whore, you know. Prostitution whore! She flipped the table. A lot of them involved. And was stuff on the table? Oh, it was at a nice dinner. There were wine and tablecloths. And these are the Real Housewives of New Jersey. Is that one you recommend? Because it said the follow up question here says, what's your recommendation for the best Housewives franchise to get new viewers into?

26:16New Jersey is going through some stuff right now because it wasn't even clear that they were going to film together. Well, because Teresa Giudice and her brother Joe are central, but they don't they haven't been getting along. And it got ugly. There's a brother sister situation. Yeah, their brother sisters and their, you know. And their spouses are on there. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But I think they are filming. It's a good one. Okay. Because the Jersey folks don't play. So that's, there are a couple of ones from Teresa, who was one of the housewives that actually went to jail. Like real jail? She served time because her first husband got them into tax trouble.

27:03So they both went to jail. Really? And the first husband is not allowed back in the country. And they have kids. They have five, four or five beautiful girls. So we saw all that. This is not faked. No, no, no. She went to jail. She went to jail. And they had her on the show. They showed her going to jail. Yeah. And then when she got out and then she came back on the show. And she's back on the show? Oh my gosh. Yeah. That's a journey. That's what I'm saying. Go to New Jersey. Okay. But you got to start. Pick a season that you can start maybe right around the time she's about to go to jail. Okay.

27:37Would be a good one. But Teresa's a pill. And there was one time in the reunion when she like almost knocked out Andy Cohen. A fist fight? She was going after another housewife and he was trying to stop her. This is the host. She takes one arm and just pushes him out of weight. And she's a little, these are little ladies, but she's strong. I love that one. That was another one Okay Alright Back to reality But that's something We're going to have to do another one And the next time we do a mailbag You will have to have seen one I'll have to have seen one And then we can talk about it Alright Aaron you're in charge Does Kelly watch any?

28:25Yes Oh well then watch with her Watch the one that she this is a good couples activity. The women in my family all of them are smart intelligent. This isn't about smart and intelligent. This is about Leslie Juice. This is about tea. They all watch this. We all like tea. Other people's tea. Okay. Alright.