Okay
One time for the big girls In the crowd
Hey
Hear me now
Go on, sis, yeah Show 'em how to work it out
Mm-mm-mm!
I don't know how this ball stays so moist, but it sure do!
Thank you.
I think you're the first woman to ask me that.
You know what I love about having a husband?
Is having a husband.
Oh wow. Why are all these pictures of Jade kissing in the booth?
She's just a horndog.
She said she gets it from her great-great-great-great-great-grandmother.
It, like, runs in her family tree.
But it looks like everyone had a really great…
You still haven't talked to him?
No. It's been 163 hours, and I have not talked to him,
and I don't wanna talk to him.
But it was my idea not to tell you, but you're not mad at me.
Yeah, but you were protecting me, and… and he was like--
-He what? -He hurt my feelings. He ruined my day.
I mean,
I miss him.
I do. I miss him sending me selfies every day.
Asking me to delete them right away,
"Because the government might be watching, Mave."
Or, I don't know, "The iCloud, Mave." I don't even know what the iCloud does,
but I'm still mad at him.
You guys have been in an argument before.
Yeah.
Yeah, but not like this.
-Are you afraid to talk to him? -I'm not afraid to talk to him.
I am, like…
I am just feeling very vulnerable right now.
What happens when we have a hard conversation
after a disagreement?
We get closer.
Then, my beautiful wife,
maybe you should talk to him.
Did you just rapido-fire me?
Ew! I hate it when you're right.
But I also love being your wife. This is very confusing.
We gon' keep the good vibes
Thanks for comin'.
I… got you somethin'.
That's for… that's for your feet.
It's supposed to help with… with nausea and, you know, just to relax.
And that's lavender.
You fuck with lavender? Put that… It's a little roller.
You tap it behind your… Right before bed, and you…
How do you know about that?
'Cause I got friends, and… and a nigga reads, okay?
Okay, I was just askin'.
Thank you.
Look.
I want to be involved, and I know it's your body.
I know it's all that. I get that. It's… And you right.
That's yours. Some of me is in there now, but it is yours.
And I'm not one of these lazy-ass niggas, like… like Nelly.
Changing diapers at midnight. I'm… I'm… I'm down for all this baby shit.
If he needs somethin', I'm that somethin'.
Okay? And if you want me there, I'd love to be there, and I mean that.
My plan was to have my baby in Central Jersey.
My aunts, they got a whole system set up.
There's always gonna be someone there to help me, to take care of us.
We believe in the village, and my community is locked and loaded.
-Uh… -Thank you.
Did you say commune?
It's a house of three generations, one shared checking account.
-You call that whatever you want. -It's called a commune.
It's commune-ity.
It's… literally in the word.
-Yeah, I see how you got there. -So…
Look, this is my plan
because I know I can't do it by myself.
-What's your plan? -Uh…
I don't… I don't have one plan.
I got plans.
So many.
My cup overfloweth with plans.
That's how many plans I got. I got the commune and the ity.
-Okay, Khalil. -Yes.
I believe you. That's awesome.
I'd love to meet 'em someday.
Mm-hmm… Yeah.
Khalil, are you home?
And if you're in the bathroom, just say bathroom.
If you're still mad at me, you can say that too.
-Hey. -Hey, hey.
-Hey. Wait, hello? -Hello?
I can't hear you.
Why do you sound like you're in a haunted submarine or somethin'?
-This is awkward. -It is.
I brought you some Black-owned toilet paper 'cause…
-You know I needed some. -Yeah.
-Appreciate it. Two-ply? -Not with those pipes.
I know we both said some, like, pretty hurtful shit at my wedding,
and I was triggered.
And I really wish we didn't do that.
I hate it so much.
I hate it so much too.
-It's awful. -Like…
I been watchin' you in these baby trenches for a year
trying to get pregnant,
and I've been running from it my whole adult life, and…
and then boom.
The universe is a asshole.
Who you tellin'?
I shouldn't have said it was fucked up and that it ruined my life.
I shoulda never said that to you. I know how much you want this.
Mavis, I'm sorry.
Thank you
for saying that.
I was thinking about it, and I was like, "Why did this hurt so much?"
"And, like, why did I get so mad?"
So fucking mad.
And… it's because I'm jealous.
I'm jealous of you. You get to experience something that I've wanted for so long,
and I don't wanna be jealous.
I wanna be happy for you. I'm going to be happy for you. I am.
Yeah, well, these some crazy…
Mm-hmm.
These are some crazy life changes.
-Oh my God, yes. -You know, you married.
-I'm about to have a baby. -What the fuck?
We're growin' up together.
How… how are we adults but still growin' up?
Listen, there is no world where I am not in your life
and I am not in your kid's life.
We're family. Okay?
Okay.
I really needed to hear that.
You also need to get your apartment tested for lead
because how you gonna raise a baby in here?
-Yeah, it's rustic. -Uh, no, we past rustic, bruh.
Felt like you needed to hear that shit too.
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah!
No kissing during the green-card interview. Separate.
Makes you look like you're tryin' too hard.
And… it's gross.
Love is not gross. Like, who hurt you?
It's not about me. Don't try to turn the tables.
-Okay. -Okay?
For the record, what's your name?
Mavis "Bad Bitch" Beaumont. Okay?
-What about you, buddy? -Luca Berrada.
Husband to the bad B.
Ah-ha-ha-ha.
Question one. Who hogs the covers?
-Oh, he does. -I… I do.
I mean, it's insane how much he hogs the covers.
He's like a rotisserie chicken. Baby, it's a lot.
-Explain yourself. -My feet get cold.
-Why don't you wear the socks I made you? -My feet get too hot.
-Then your feet are gonna get cold. -Make the socks less hot.
Good one. Yeah.
Hmm. Not bad. All right.
-What side of the bed do you sleep on? -The side Mavis thinks is hers.
I'm a woman. I could change my mind.
How you doin'?
-Wendy Williams. -That's right.
That's not bad, but that's not who's in this interview.
-But I will say, it's feeling pretty real. -Yes.
So, on to the next question.
-We are killing this, baby. -Oh yeah.
You know, we can skip this one about kids. We don't have to…
We are doing so good. Ask us the question.
Just have you thought about having kids,
and, you know, where do you see yourselves down the line? That's it.
-We don't have to… -Yeah, easy.
We definitely see kids in our future, and we are trying to have them.
I… um…
I don't know.
I don't think so.
You… you don't think so?
We've been trying for a really long time, and nothing has happened,
and I'm really exhausted just, like, living in this emotional question mark,
and I really wanna feel light and bright and happy.
And I don't want to feel insecure at all. You know? So…
I don't… I think I'm done.
Yes, but why didn't you tell me?
I don't think I knew till now.
This is something we should be talking about.
Well, we are talking about it right now.
-We are talking about it at our interview. -This is not a real interview.
-True. -But this is a real conversation.
-Also true. -Okay.
Hey.
Mave, I'm sorry. I didn't…
I shouldn't ask these stupid questions.
No, it's not stupid.
It's a really good question.
I can't run away from hard conversations with people I love.
And it feels so good to speak my truth.
Give me that other hand, Berrada.
We'll be singin'…
Wow! Wow-wow-wee-wow.
It's really hard not to make an MLK joke right now.
This is my dream!
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down But I get up again…
Oh my God, these colors though.
Don't put that in the dryer. It will shrink.
Girl, this is so cute,
and if it look like I can fit it, bitch, I'mma get it.
-Babop! -That's what I'm talkin' about.
I can add a hem on that to bless that high booty.
-Thank you, girl. -Oh my God.
This capsule though. It is giving capsule.
You'd be lying if you told me these silhouettes were not
singing to each other, and this orange!
Did you take one of my Adderall? 'Cause you are focused focused.
No, I just simply decided to stop wasting my energy
on things I can't control.
Plus, the Essence cover party's coming up. No time for bad vibes.
Honestly, I get it.
I deleted one dating app, and my bacne cleared all the way up.
Oh! Okay, that's a story.
That is… That's almost exactly the same thing.
Y'all, I figured out the denim harem pant.
I am so excited.
It just needed to be a lighter denim with a higher waist.
Ba-da-bing, ba-da-boom! Ah!
I'm on the one and the two. Let's go!
So you in your bag bag.
Yeah, I'm a different person when I wear fringe.
Get down on it
-Come on and -Get down on it
-If you really want it -Get down on it
You gotta feel it
Get down on it…
Welcome!
Somebody went to Macy's. I know what that is.
-Hey, Mave. -Hey!
-Hey. -Uh…
-Too much Burberry? -No, not at all.
You look like Princess Di's umbrella that got invited to a cookout.
Yeah? That's wildly specific. I can't unsee it.
I was trying to coordinate.
I gotta go restock the food and start a new game,
and I gotta check the playlist
'cause I think it connected to Luca's Spotify,
and nobody needs that much Enrique Iglesias ever.
And, uh, before I forget, I got you something else too.
-Oh, you got me somethin'? What? -Yes! Okay.
It's your zaddy cap 'cause you're a responsible zaddy now.
Thank you. Hey, thank you for this.
You're welcome.
You know, this is fun, but it's also important.
We are here to help you 'cause
you're gonna be raising this beautiful baby in a pencil box,
and, boy, you have, like, one fork, and it's decorative.
So I put forks on your registry.
Well, actually, I'm movin'.
-What? -What?
You are moving? Out of your place that you're living in right now?
Same building, same building, just down the hall.
Two bedrooms.
-What? -What?
Two bedrooms?
What, are you a billionaire? That's insane.
Okay, John Legend. What are you gonna do with all them walls?
I don't know yet. Honestly, I just felt like it was…
you know, time to gentrify my situation.
-Okay. -Oh my God.
-What? -Uh, my mom is cornering Imani. I gotta…
-Hey, love you. -I love you too.
-Come here! -Hey.
That's not how you play the game. You gotta guess what's in the diaper.
Now this is what real food tastes like.
I think real food is when you prepare it yourself,
which is what I plan to do for my baby.
Not with that stuff you make.
You still gon' be out there selling cookies on street corners
when my grandbaby comes?
Uh…
If by selling cookies you mean owning a catering business,
then yeah.
Somebody's gotta pay the real bills while his daddy pays his grandmama's bills,
since… she don't know what a job looks like.
What… what is goin' on over here?
Imani was just telling me
how my precious grandbaby is gonna grow up hungry,
and then she read me for filth.
-Imani? -I did do that.
Look, I deserved it. I deserved it, but let me tell you what else she said.
She said I could take the baby every other month to give you a break.
-I know she didn't say that. -No, I definitely did not.
But I could.
-That'd be nice. -Yeah.
That would be nice.
Mm-hmm.
Ma, what are you… What… what the hell are you doing?
What? It's a menthol.
She pregnant, and we inside.
This is not the '70s.
Keep lovin'…
Is that too… That's too many. Oh!
-Hey, girl. -Hey!
You okay?
-Yes, I'm good, I'm good. -Yeah.
Just looks like you haven't stopped movin' since I came in.
Oh, this is just how I roll.
I wanna make sure everything is perfect because babies really…
They understand vibes, you know?
They like a good vibe, and that's what I wanna provide.
Maybe you wanna, like, I don't know, sit down for a little bit? You deserve it.
LOL, you sound like Khalil.
He's always just like, "Mave, you gotta be kind to yourself."
"Know what I mean, Mave?" It's like, shut up, Khalil.
Oh my God, are you okay? Is it the garlic in the hummus?
I told Tony, "Don't put so much garlic in the hummus."
No, it was a hard-ass kick.
Oh, okay, good.
I think he likes it when you tell his daddy to shut up.
-Oh, that's a sassy baby. -Mm-hmm.
You wanna feel?
Yeah. Yeah.
Um, okay.
Shut up, Khalil.
I don't know.
Shut up, Khalil.
Oh my God! Oh my God!
Shut the fuck up, Khalil!
I wasn't even talking! Damn!
Shut the fuck up, Khalil.
Hello, little person.
I love you already.
Can't wait to meet you.
Honestly, I am very clear that I wanna be a mom.
Like, that's what I wanna be. I wanna be a mom, I'm also very clear
that I do not wanna put my body through that shit again.
I really don't.
Mavis, you have choices that I can walk you through.
Please walk me through all the choices. I need you to do that for me.
Okay, well, I was just about to say that before you--
I don't mean to cut you off, but I just really wanna know,
so please, please.
Please just tell me.
We have options here to explore.
Dr. Terri, please!
Will you just walk me through the options?
I… I gotta be honest. You're very long-winded.
You take a long time to get to the point,
and I'm sitting here, I'm like, "Dr. Terri,
when are we getting to the choices and the options you keep talking about?"
It's like my eggs are drying as we're talking to each other.
Girl, will you shut up and let me talk?
Damn!
I mean, I'm trying to be nice right now,
but you making it hard for a bitch.
'Cause by the time you let me get out a sentence, I'll be retired.
Emphasis on tired.
-Good Lord. -I'm scared.
It's okay to be scared.
Actually, it makes sense to be scared.
I feel like
having a baby is, like, the most natural thing a woman can do,
but it's, like, the hardest thing for me to do.
And it's so unfair
because it feels like most of my life, I've been trying not to get pregnant,
you know, with birth control, condoms, other holes.
Sorry. I thought… I thought it was a safe space.
I'm a fertility doctor, not a therapist.
But, Mavis,
this is a safe space.
Okay.
Because I need one.
You know? 'Cause if we're really talking about me not being able to carry,
then it's, like,
how do we talk about, like, those feelings around that, you know?
Like, will I feel…
less of a mother?
Or, like, less of a woman? Or, you know, like…
There's so many things you don't think of.
Like a birth story.
I didn't even know, like, a birth story is, like, things people talk about,
but everybody at Khalil's baby shower was talking about their birth story.
"Oh, your birth story is just like mine."
It's like, holy shit, what's gonna be my birth story?
What's it gonna be? I don't know.
Wha… Is it gonna be, like, hard, you know? Is that what I'm gonna say it is?
It's hard and sad and fucking traumatic and expensive?
Like…
The goal here is to bring home a healthy baby
and for you to be healthy enough to take care of that baby.
It's nobody's business how you start your family.
Dr. Terri, you know everybody gonna be in my business.
And unless they're a pediatrician,
you tell them to fuck off.
Oh.
Okay.
I can tell 'em to fuck off.
Why didn't you bring up that option earlier?
Thank you.
There is a house
Built out of stone…
I'm here.
Hmm?
No matter what.
I know.
-I'm here. -Thank you.
This is a place Where I don't feel alone…
So, we… we just gonna sit here?
You may as well come inside if… if you just wanna sit.
Well, this is a first for me.
'Cause, you know, it's not like… You know, we don't talk like that.
But… I'm gonna be havin' a baby.
For real?
She a jump off, huh? You… you just like your daddy.
I bet she look just like your mama when she was young.
See, this is why I… I shouldn't even have come up in here.
No, no, no, you came to talk to Tariq Da Freak.
-Then we're going to talk. -Nigga, stop calling yourself that.
What…
Look, I am…
I'm tryin' here.
I'm having a baby.
And I'm thinkin', I'm…
I'm hoping that when little man get big enough, I can bring him in here,
and he can know his grandfather. That's… that's my hope.
And I honestly don't know if it's a good idea.
I know you don't.
But I think…
Man, I think it could be stupendous.
I… I could be the grandfather
to the father that you never had. I mean…
Or some shit like that.
I know you think that makes sense, and I'mma give it to you. It don't.
But I'mma give it to you 'cause I know what you mean.
Look, man,
a lot of people in here,
their families don't fuck with them like that no more.
But the fact that you fucks with me,
I fucks with that.
A'ight.
-A'ight, man. -Yeah.
A'ight.
-We gonna try this. -Yes.
-Don't mess this up. -I'm… I'mma try not to mess it up. I am.
A'ight.
And speaking of that, how's your… your… your friend, the big-boned girl?
You bein' messy already. I just…
I just asked you how the big girl was doing…
-I asked you not to be messy. -You know what?
Okay. I'm sorry.
When I think about style, I think about intention.
Clothes are never just clothes. They're communication. They're memory.
Do you think they will allow me to take it home?
Babe. No, you got the real thing at home.
But also, let me ask. It's a good question.
This is fire.
It's so insane. Don't make me ugly cry. It's too easy.
Oh my God, you guys.
That's Bradley Ode over there. Bradley Ode.
Oh, Bradley's the best.
I love Bradley.
Who Bradley?
Bradley is a HSN executive.
-Yeah, I knew that. -Oh, very dope.
And I'm only wearing my own design
with a guy that can put them on television.
I'm cool, I'm calm, I'm collected, I'm relaxed!
Thank you, and sorry that I went over time.
Wouri Vice, everyone.
Take your space, Wouri.
And now our final stylist.
Oh, I mean designer.
Honored on our September cover, Mavis Beaumont.
Oh my God!
Give me some.
You look the fuck good.
Oh my God. Hi, everyone.
Keep clappin'! I'm coming!
Hello, hello!
Thank you.
Hi, everyone. Wow, um…
Oh! Okay.
Uh, when I look around at this beautiful room
full of love and light, I, um…
I'm so happy to be here to celebrate with my colleagues
and my coworkers and my chosen family.
Thank you, Sydney, for this honor.
It actually reminds me how long it takes to achieve your dreams.
When you dream big, but don't look like everyone else,
sometimes it feels like your dreams will never come true,
but they can.
That's right.
You know, I used to do this thing
where, um, I would always have to ask for somebody else's opinion
about what's right and wrong,
but…
I don't do that shit anymore.
I look within.
We have to start doing that more often, you know?
Intuition is the most powerful thing you will ever have.
No one can take away your intuition.
Sometimes, shit, that's the only thing that fits.
If you don't remember anything about tonight,
please remember this.
You need your people.
Stay like a child…
And the good ones…
-I love you, K. -I love you too.
You are a lifesaver.
…oh, they show up when you least expect.
Right when you need them.
And in ways, honestly, you couldn't even predict.
How was your day?
You ready, baby?
And sometimes, you really gotta go through the bad shit…
It's okay.
…to understand how good it can get.
Oh my God! Cuddle puddle huddle, bring it in.
But when you find your chosen family,
life gets a little bit sweeter.
It makes me so excited.
They give you the power to celebrate the good stuff.
And trust, there's gonna be a lot of good stuff.
All my women
All my women sittin' here trying
To come home before the sun…
Oh my God.
And all my sisters…
Yes. Yes! Oh my God!
That's me up there!
-Who's there? -Oh my God!
Hi, bubba! Hey, my love!
-Look at that. -Wow!
Hi, bubba. Look.
And like I always say,
it's not us that needs to catch up to the world.
It's the world that needs to catch up to us.
Thank you guys so much.
Okay?
Oh, let me tell you I am Superwoman
Oh yes, I am
-Yeah -Yes, she is
-Oh yeah -Tell 'em
'Cause even when I'm a mess I still put on a vest
With an S on my chest Oh yes, I'm a Superwoman
-That's right -Yes, I am
-Said I'm a Superwoman -That's right
-Yes, you are -Hey, yeah
-Ah, ah -Oh yeah
Yeah, come on
-Ah, ah -Ah, ah, ah
I'm tellin' you
Tell 'em, girl
-I'm super -So super
-Yes, I am -Yes, I am
-Yes, we are -Say what?
-Yes, I am -Yes, I am
-That's right -Yes, you are