MADDI: Previously on Southern Hospitality...
TJ: Conga line!
MADDI: ...we let it all hang out in Folly Beach.
[all screaming excitedly]
But only after Emmy got reigned in.
Why did you say that I made you feel unsafe?
Brad, you're scary when you're pissed.
That can come off as, like, a microaggression.
MADDI: ...and for a moment, it felt like the seas were parting.
I'm sorry. I know I said some horrible sh-- to you,
and I'm sorry, like, I really am.
I appreciate the apology.
MADDI: Meanwhile, Justin learned just how fast
word travels in Charleston.
Door busts open.
- Was it Mia? - Jordyn.
She was like, "I heard you tried to get with Mia,"
and I was like, "Ah, you got me."
MADDI: But it was Grace who had some choice words for me.
Maddi, shut the [bleep] up.
Way to tell me that I needed to wear pajamas.
You're just not a reciprocal friend.
All over a ----ing nightgown.
[tense music]
- LAKE: Grace-- - I really need to be quiet
before I say something I'm not supposed to say,
so let me just stop talking right now.
- [water splashing] - [Lake exclaims]
- [Maddi gasps] - [all laughing]
MADDI: Oh, my God. Michols!
Y'all are doing too much. I'm ready to play.
MOLLY: Okay, let's explain the game.
Okay, we're gonna go bobbing for penises.
- [all giggling] - Slash bobbing for cucumbers.
- I can't get it. - I can't even.
LAKE: Wow!
[all exclaiming, laughing]
That's a big one!
I'm used to having big things in my mouth anyway.
BELLA: That's huge!
And don't act so innocent,
'cause you all do it too.
TJ: Some of these cucumbers have been on our penises.
- MICHOLS: Yeah, sorry. - GRACE: Ew!
TJ: I need a smaller one.
MICHOLS: You think I should get bigger shorts?
Ow, this hurts.
No.
MIA: So the rule of the game is,
somebody has to answer a hard-hitting question,
if you don't feel like answering the question,
you can bob for the cucumber.
Why is the water black?
Isn't that your thing?
[all laughing]
TJ! What's the name of the last person you had sex with?
- Tell us. - No, I'm just gonna do it.
[all laughing]
MIA: No, y'all, he was gonna do it anyway, sure.
It's been 16 months since I've had sex,
so, no, I don't remember the guy's name.
You look good, TJ. You look good!
- LAKE: Yeah! - [laughing]
- Get it, get it! - [all cheering]
I would watch you on gay porn.
[all laughing]
- Who's next? - MIA: Who's next?
Molly, when's the last time you hooked up with Bailey?
- Wednesday. - [gasping]
Today's Wednesday.
[all exclaiming]
- Oh, my God! - [cheering]
- JULIA: There you go! - BELLA: Yes, Jordyn!
When was the last time you had sex with Justin?
Um... it was, like, Thursday, probably.
- MICHOLS: Damn! - You can still go bobbing.
MICHOLS: Your hair! Wait!
[all exclaiming]
I'm about to drown!
JULIA: Hold her hair!
[all cheering]
I'll go. I'll go.
Did you say yes to going on a date with Justin, and why?
I said yes initially.
And why? Because...
Did you think about me?
No.
I am not friends with Jordyn. I barely know her.
Like, I literally just got out of a relationship.
So, a hot guy in front of me?
I'm not thinking about you. I'm sorry.
...and Marbled & Fin is my favorite place to go.
That was my favorite restaurant!
♪♪♪
MIA: Well, that's why I said yes.
But then I canceled it because I'm not into him.
I couldn't imagine being on a date with him and looking
across at him and being like, "I'm actually into this."
So that's why I canceled, and... yeah.
So I actually rain-checked my date with Justin,
but his whole situation with Jordyn here,
it's giving baby mama drama without the baby.
It's a bit too messy for me, and I just kind of wanna
- leave it where it lies. - All right.
Girl, you should've known better.
I'm also like, you can't get upset.
I'm not upset about him asking Mia out on a date.
- Like, that's not my issue. - But you're upset right now.
- JORDYN: I'm upset right now-- - MICHOLS: He's a liar.
Jordyn can't get mad because she knows
that Justin hooks up with other girls.
She's at this man's house every single night.
They have a relationship. He has a toothbrush for her.
Like, it's just ----ed up.
All right, here we go.
- Wait, go for the dark one! - MOLLY: Go for the dark one!
[all cheering]
- That is so funny. - MIA: Who's next?
Lake. Lake, question.
Whose team are you on more, Brad's or Emmy's?
Emmy's.
[all gasping]
- MICHOLS: You are? - MIA: No hesitation.
MICHOLS: I'm gagged.
Why is everybody so shocked?
Like, literally, Brad friend-zoned me.
Just like I'm gonna keep getting to know you.
- Okay. - But more as, like,
- a friendship kind of way. - Oh?
And then he made out with me.
And then he got a girlfriend.
And so obviously I would choose Emmy. Like, huh?
MIA: Eat a cucumber. Get in there.
- Oh, that was an easy one. - [all cheering]
You straight as hell. [laughs]
- MICHOLS: Oh, wow. - MIA: All right, Grace, go.
Hell no. I'm not doing that.
- MICHOLS: Grace, come on! - GRACE: No.
I'm not comfortable doing that.
You gotta participate in these events.
I don't think it's appropriate. Sorry.
Grace Lilly does not get on her knees
to bob for ----ing cucumbers, come on.
I get on my knees for God.
- [angelic music] - [laughing]
MIA: All right, Maddi, your turn.
- I go? - GRACE: No.
- MIA: Yes. - GRACE: No.
Are you sure, Maddi, you wanna do this?
I'm sure. These are gluten-free.
- All right. - MADDI: Come on!
Maddi Reese, have you ----ed Joe's ass?
- [gasping] - MIA: Oh, my God!
LAKE: What?
Why, 'cause I have a penis?
I mean, he likes it in the butt, right?
No.
I just thought I'd ask.
She's got a heat on-- She's coming for me.
GRACE: No, that's a real question.
No, you've been coming for me since the moment I arrived here.
It's super clear that Grace is just
trying to embarrass me, and I'm over it.
GRACE: That was a real question.
But she was gonna ask you a question.
If you wanna ask her--
- What? - What?
Grace, if I was her, I would never talk to your ass again.
- But that's what TJ said. - LAKE: It's not true.
So I thought that that was, like, a real question.
Goddamn it, Grace.
I've never talked to Grace about Joe and myself.
I slept in your bed. I, like, touched you.
And since then, people are like,
"Oh, we heard from TJ that you're gay."
I'm finally in a better place with Joe and Maddi,
and this is the last thing I want.
You took it way too ----ing far.
MIA: You act like this and you're like, "Why doesn't
"anybody call me or text me or want me to do anything?"
That's who I am.
Take a ----ing joke. We're playing a stupid ----ing game.
I say one wrong thing, I'm just crucified, and I'm ----ing...
Like Jesus Christ. And you know what?
I think the biggest reason why I relate to that man so much
is because he was human.
You wonder why people don't invite you anywhere?
It's because of sh-- like that.
And your [bleep]-ass attitude that you have is ----ing crazy.
And for you to look at her and say some crazy-ass hurtful sh--
like that is ----ing wild!
You're a ----ing crazy bitch.
I thought that was a legit question.
- That's not a legit question. - I thought they hooked up.
That's not a legit question. They didn't, and you know that!
- I don't know that. - You do know that.
You do know that. You do know that.
- TJ said that, though. - TJ never said that.
You do know that. Get her out of my ----ing face.
I'm gonna ----ing punch her in the head.
Even though Maddi and I are not the best of friends,
this is wrong, and I know right from wrong.
I think that you came in here
and were off the bat disrespectful to me.
You then created a really awkward environment
for everyone in here, and you then came for Maddi.
Now, I think it's time for you to leave.
Okay. I understand. It's okay.
Thank you for inviting me. I appreciate it.
LAKE: No! Y'all, this is girls' night.
Um, my phone's right behind you.
Do you mind handing it to me? Over here.
- Which one? Which one? - I was right over here.
It's gone.
- Jesus. - GRACE: Yeah...
I think it, like, slid in between.
- It's right here. - Thank you so much.
Appreciate it. Thank you.
Okay. Coming through.
Coming through. Coming through.
- MICHOLS: Are you good? - I'm just exhausted.
Maddi, you should've been exhausted last year in Vegas,
bitch, I've been telling you!
- You are so fake. - JOE: She's had your back--
No, she has not had my back!
- Yes, I have! - MIA: Yes, she has.
The way that you are speaking to her right now can actually
bring me to tears, which is very difficult.
No, I know.
It's embarrassing that I'm the one that's keeping her around,
and then she constantly will implode on me.
I feel like she constantly hurts me,
and goes to bed at night, like,
thinking she's, like, holier-than-thou.
Time has proven over and over and over again
that maybe we're not meant to be friends.
Thank you guys for coming.
[upbeat music]
[line ringing]
LAKE: Hey, Mom.
- Hey, baby. - How are you?
Not as of recently. It's been more of the liquor.
Sorry. I know.
I will. I will.
Me and my mom are tight.
I honestly call her for every little minor detail.
She's so smart. She is an activist.
She is everything I wanna be when I get older.
I spoke to Dad the other day.
Yeah. It's still kind of, like...
we don't talk every day.
LAKE: Yeah.
Me and my dad went from talking on the phone
multiple times a day, every single day, to a clear silence.
I think part of that reason is he wasn't able to open his eyes
to the idea of me liking girls,
let alone sharing that to the public eye,
like when I went on a date on camera.
I've known Shelby since I was, like, 16 or 17.
We started off as friends,
and then we just kind of started making out one day,
and, like, it felt so comfortable around her.
She was a lot of my sexual awakening.
I think it was hard for him to take that.
To send me a message talking about how, like, I'm, like,
disrespectful and have no respect for anybody
and, like, all this stuff,
he made me feel like I killed somebody.
LAKE: There's a lot of status quo when it comes to
Black, southern generational wealth.
My great-grandparents were millionaires
starting from the 1930s.
Like, there's a school named after my great-grandfather.
My dad cares so much about family image
and how we are perceived because he had to.
And so there is things that I have to uphold,
you know, presenting myself in a certain light.
Oh, wait. Michols is trying to call me.
Let me decline him right quick.
I know. I know he still loves me, and I love him so much.
Yeah.
♪ I'm ready for you ♪
♪ Are you ready for me ♪
JOE: Is that the dragonfruits?
MADDI: Yeah. Can you make me a tea?
JOE: Of course.
Wow. It's a nice day.
So nice. I did not have a nice night, though,
I'll tell you what.
Has Grace reached out at all? Have you texted her?
Not today. Like, I try to keep her a part of this group,
and then she just embarrasses me.
Pretty much insinuating that I peg you, which is, like, crazy.
That's, like, pretty ----ed up. I almost wanna laugh,
but that's just, like, clearly a jab to, like, hurt you,
and why is she trying to hurt you?
I don't know if it's jealousy or if she has,
like, some resentment towards you.
You do a million things for her,
and all she does is bring you down.
That's not a friendship.
It's like a toxic relationship where it's like,
she can hurt me over and over and over again,
I'm just gonna forgive her, and I can't do it anymore.
I'm, like-- It's, like, draining me.
- Like... - JOE: Yeah.
MADDI: There's something that we're not talking about
that's the reason for why I stick around as a friend,
and it's something that...
I have so much empathy for Grace and what she's going through
because I can relate to it, and I never wanted her to be alone,
or God forbid something happens and I miss that call
or something like that has always been my biggest fear.
And, like, this is what goes on with people
that are struggling with...
With substance abuse.
Everything that we're doing and you're doing right now
as a friend is clearly not working.
The selfless thing to do is...
to let her go, and hopefully she'll change
and stop hurting the people she loves the most.
I can't seem to help,
so maybe I'm not the person to help,
and that's a hard pill to swallow.
JOE: You've had a hard year too.
It's okay to admit that you don't have the energy and, like,
the support to give her right now.
I wish we weren't in the position
where you had to cut her off,
but, like, clearly that's the only logical thing
to do at this point.
[laid-back music]
All righty. Happy Sunday.
[cheering]
It's gonna be a fun Sunday. The weather is very cool outside.
- It's, um... - LAKE: It's a little bit, eh...
All righty, let's get set up. Let's get moving.
- Maddi, play some tunes. - Okay.
- Oh, yeah. - Get the tables set up.
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
Hi.
- Um... - So hard.
I know. That's why you have to push--
- Okay, go! - Okay, sorry.
[upbeat music]
Hi, ladies. How are you guys doing?
BRAD: Me and you are gonna make some juices.
- We'll line this last one up. - You know how busy Sundays get.
Does anyone want a smoothie?
♪ I need some coffee to wake me up ♪
Whoo!
How are you ladies doing? Good?
Do you guys need anything? Yes? Good?
All righty, guys, we have some shots!
- [women cheering] -Cheers, ladies.
♪♪♪
I think I'm gonna say something to Emmy today.
JUSTIN: About what?
You know, running into her at the event
and how she went mute on me and Julia.
Oh, my God, yes.
Just the other night, Julia and I go to this influencer event
at one of our favorite restaurants in town.
We see Emmy. She greets us, she says hello.
It's good. Like, everything's fine.
And then about five minutes later, Will walks in.
All of a sudden, Emmy completely shifts.
As we're leaving the event, we look at Emmy.
Doesn't even make eye contact with us.
I thought we were in a better place.
I thought we were working towards something better.
And now it just feels like when you're by yourself,
you're able to move forward,
but the second that your fiancé comes around,
everything changes.
For me, it's like, do you really wanna be friends?
Is that something you're actually interested in?
Yeah.
I don't know, it just feels very fake. Right?
Like, it feels performative with the whole crying and everything.
- Like... - Yeah.
I don't know. It just doesn't feel real.
'Cause if the apology is genuine,
then why are you ignoring me at the event?
I see what you're saying. I mean, I asked her.
I was like, "You're making amends because you think
"you feel bad. Like, you think you ----ed up that situation."
She's like, "I feel like if I don't make amends
"with Brad and TJ, they're gonna ruin my ----ing life."
- That's-- that's what she said? - Yeah.
I was best friends with them...
Yeah.
JUSTIN: There you go.
So...
BRAD: Did I just get played?
Like, there's not one second where you've been real to me.
Everything was just an act.
You were supposed to be a groomsman.
- I'm sorry I'm crying. Sorry. - GRACE: Are you serious?
He was gonna be a groomsman?
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I know I said some horrible sh-- about you, and I'm sorry.
I'm sorry I hurt your feelings. Like, I really am.
Your apology doesn't mean sh--.
Everything you said is all bullsh--.
[bleep] you. I'm pissed.
[tense music]
GRACE: I realized I went too far when I have not heard from Maddi
for a few days, which isn't really normal.
Typically, we talk every day.
But it holds me accountable, and I need to be held accountable.
Maddi is the only one that knows what I struggle with,
and I just wanna be better for myself
and for the people around me, and I know that
I can't work on it by myself forever.
- Hi. - ISAAC: Hello.
How are you? I'm Grace. Nice to meet you.
- Isaac? - That's me.
- Pleasure to meet you. - Take a seat.
- Nice to meet you too. - Thank you for having me.
Thanks for coming in. Thanks for coming down
- to the office. - Thank you.
How's your day going?
It's going. It's going.
- Yeah? - You know? It's life.
- It's life. - [laughing]
What's going on today?
I'm definitely anxious to meet with you.
- Okay, totally. - This is the first time that
I've spoke to anyone about, like, my struggles
and the things that I've gone through in my life, and, um--
But I feel like this is needed.
It's been two and a half, three years that, you know,
I've been going through what I'm going through right now,
and I've been getting better,
but I think it's important that I talk to someone.
And you're the first person, Isaac, that I've spoke to.
Well, I'm honored to be that person.
It's not easy. Like, it's never easy for someone
sitting in that chair to, like, come in and talk about
and spill the guts and spill the dirty details
about, like, why they're here.
I think the hard thing is that nobody ever calls me
on their best day.
Like, it's never, like, something great
that's going on that makes them reach out.
But what's gonna give me the best way to help you is
to get a little bit of history, so tell me a little bit about
why you're sitting in that chair today.
[Grace laughing]
Okay, so I don't mean to laugh and smile.
I think I just do that out of nervousness,
to be honest with you.
Two years ago, I started to use ketamine a lot.
- Okay. - I had a prescription for it.
It kind of helped me out of my depression,
and there were days where I wouldn't use it,
and there were days where I would use too much of it,
um, and where I have indulged.
And unfortunately, I lost a really good friend
just recently that was using the same batch
of ketamine that I was using.
- Okay. - So that was really difficult
for me because he was a really great person,
and so that is also what's really scary.
- Right. - Because that
could have been me at the end of the day, you know?
- ISAAC: Right. - So...
You're lucky. You're lucky it wasn't.
I think when we have experiences like that
where we lose, like, such a close friend
or it's a position that I could have just as easily been in,
like, the big thing that I think about is,
like, what type of, like, charge and responsibility
are you gonna take with that now?
- Yeah. - Because you have
- a new lease on life. - Absolutely.
Like, what do we do with a new lease on life?
- Like, we take advantage. - Yeah.
This is something that I've been holding onto for some time.
I've always looked at myself as such a strong woman,
and I've gone through so much,
and I've always made it out, you know?
So to see, like, myself fall into something
that I know is not good for me, it really hurts me.
And I wish I could go back in time
and do things differently, but I can't.
But I think the first step is me admitting it right now.
This is the first time, honestly, I've asked for help.
Like, I have not asked from anyone, not even my parents.
Like, they don't know that we've met today.
- Oh, wow. - And I've always
considered myself to be strong enough to stop,
and I have had that ability to stop.
But are there times where I feel triggered, where I want to?
Abso----inglutely.
And I'm sick of feeling that.
I'm sick of feeling trapped in my own body.
- Right. - When I've always been
such a free spirit, you know?
Definitely.
I've heard people describe it as they're swimming in the ocean,
and they have a rock in one hand,
and they're trying to paddle with the other.
I feel like-- So my saying in life is "wavy baby," right?
- Okay. - And wavy baby means, like,
in life, there are waves.
- There are ups and downs. - Yeah.
Sometimes you're gonna get hit and crashed on,
but it's all about getting back up on the board.
And, like, I feel like I'm back on that board.
There are times where I'm like, where am I paddling to?
Yeah.
- Where am I going? - ISAAC: Right.
You know, I see so much for my future
and the things that I want in my life.
And I want to be married. I want to have kids.
I want to have my own fashion line.
And I think the one thing that's been stopping me
is this addiction from getting that, you know?
- Holding you back. - Yeah.
Well, something big, which-- This is gonna be hard,
is how do you talk to your parents about this?
Well, I live with them and I don't want them to kick me out.
But they won't do that. I know they won't.
For me and my perspective, like, I think about
if you're going to them and saying,
"Hey, I'm making a positive change,"
tell them the story about the change that you're making.
- Yeah. - You know, like, tell them
the story about the future that you're trying to get to.
And, like, this is just part of the process
of you getting over there.
I see myself having a really long, beautiful life.
We all make mistakes. I've made mistakes,
and I don't mean to hurt others.
Um... this is just a chapter in my book,
and I'ma get through it.
I got to focus and love myself a little bit more.
We're gonna keep on pushing.
ISAAC: One of the bigger things that I do is help people
get in touch with the right resources.
So sometimes that can look like a treatment center,
sometimes that can look like the right meeting,
sometimes that can look like the right small group.
- Yeah. - ISAAC: And so, outpatient.
I think that that seems like a natural way to move forward
and to go and talk to a center here in town.
And for you to go tour it and see what it looks like
and see if this is something that you want
to commit to for 30 days.
I'm, like, waiting.
I know, I just don't know what to do.
You know, that wouldn't be my first treatment center
or my first rehab.
My task for you is to always just, like,
keep an open mind.
You know, what I tell people entering recovery is, like,
everyone thinks it's just gonna be a straight line.
You're just gonna go straight up.
- It's gonna be a wave. - And it's a wave.
It's a wavy baby.
It's wavy baby, it's wavy baby.
♪♪♪
♪ Pick me up, pick me up ♪
♪ Swing around back, tell my daddy don't wait up ♪
♪ I'm ready, I'm ready to have me some fun ♪
I'm gonna get to sleep in tonight, thank God.
[knocking on door]
Who is it?
LAKE: Me.
Wait, you look so cute!
Really?
I was going for casual.
How are you?
I'm good, how are you?
You don't have to take your shoes off, I'm not you.
LAKE: I'm like that.
- What's new? What's going on? - You know, life.
Come over here, let's chat by the window.
Oh, you're cold?
A little bit.
Ugh. Oh, my gosh, I haven't been here during the day time.
MICHOLS: But you're a lady of the night.
I am a lady of the night.
Let me just sit on the Ikea bag.
It's a work in progress, I'm almost done.
Be proud of me.
LAKE: No, this looks like clean.
Like, the last time I came over here, it was like--
A mess. There was clothes everywhere.
LAKE: Yeah, there was clothes everywhere.
Welcome to my crib.
This is nice, dude.
This is perfect counter top height for all your tweets.
- LAKE: I'm proud of you. - Thank you.
How do you feel after your intervention?
My intervention?
MICHOLS: About Emmy.
Whose team are you on more? Brad's or Emmy's?
Emmy's.
- What? - No hesitation.
Obviously, I trust Emmy more than Brad.
I don't talk to him anymore.
Like, we made out twice.
It's not like we had, like, a million-long relationship.
- No. - Like, I don't owe him sh--.
But you also have to understand how Brad is feeling, too,
because today, I worked out with him.
He said, "I thought Lake would have more sympathy
"for the comment that was made."
- The unsafeness? - MICHOLS: Yes.
Like, the microaggression?
Yes, because he was, like, truly so upset.
I hear this FaceTime call from Justin.
- Yeah. - You're not actually upset.
You said something wrong.
MICHOLS: You're not actually sorry.
You're not actually sorry about saying that
I make you feel unsafe?
The only reason you're saying it is
because you're worried about what I'm gonna do to you
or how I'm gonna ruin your life.
- Yeah. - I'm here to vent to you
and tell you how I'm feeling
because I feel like you would understand.
Oh, yeah, for sure. A hundred percent.
And I would think that Lake would understand
where I'm coming from, but I don't feel like Lake
is condemning anything that Emmy said.
It's, like, disheartening.
MICHOLS: Like, that was a moment where he was looking for you
and, like, friendship, whatever you want to call it,
he was looking for you to be like,
"Hey, you can't say that."
Yeah.
I wish he would have came to me right after that moment.
- MICHOLS: Yeah. - With the microaggression.
I did not.
- Like-- - It's uncomfortable.
It's uncomfortable in the moment.
Like, I know that it is uncomfortable
because I face it every single day myself.
You face it every single day
being a person of color in this city,
being a person of color in this world.
This is really pissing me off.
This whole conversation is actually pissing me off.
I'm a person that's always defending people of color,
always defending my people, always advocating.
I understand you.
Like, and I understand him when it comes to that.
I'm actually so shocked.
In that instance,
I thought me co-signing with Michols saying,
"Yeah, that does sound like a microaggression," was enough.
MICHOLS: You can't say you were scared because, like,
that can come off as,
- like, a microaggression. - Yeah.
She should have said, "That situation
"made me feel uncomfortable," and left it at that.
Calling him scary is crazy.
MICHOLS: You shouldn't say anything about this to Emmy.
That's a conversation Brad wants to have with her,
and out of respect for Brad,
just like, don't say anything.
But I just wanted to let you know that's how he was feeling.
LAKE: I don't want to be labeled as this person
that is blind to racial problems
because I'm the last person that does that.
Like, you know who my father is?
- MICHOLS: Yeah. - LAKE: My father made us read
outside of school, read books
that were based off of African American heritage, everything.
I know my sh--. Trust me. I know.
So, I don't wanna be framed as that person
that doesn't know sh-- about it, okay?
MICHOLS: Well, you're not being framed.
I just want you to be--
LAKE: But that conversation makes me feel like I was framed.
Ugh. Don't get me heated.
Don't.
I don't know why you're getting heated.
I'm just having a calm conversation with you.
I just want you to be, like, a little bit more empathetic.
Like, I can be there for you in that sense,
but I also want to be there for Emmy as a friend sense.
And so that's why I was comforting her
because my closeness now is with her.
I don't talk to him every day.
I talk to her every day.
Brad, he doesn't know who I am.
He doesn't know who my family is.
He doesn't know how I was raised.
I'm a very educated woman.
I come from a very prominent Black family
that has come from the bottom to the top.
He doesn't know me.
♪ Pull out my card, swipe it and buy ♪
♪ 'Cause I got it like that ♪
♪ Run up a tab, pay it no mind ♪
♪ 'Cause I got it like that ♪
BELLA: Hola.
Ciao, Bella.
LAKE: Hey.
- Ella. Hi. - BELLA: Hi.
- How are you? - LAKE: Sweaty as [bleep].
BELLA: No, I'm sweaty as [bleep].
- LAKE: Staff is low. - Staff is real low.
We're gonna get our asses kicked.
- Hi, everybody. - GIRLS: Hi.
Happy Thursday.
What's going on?
Can you turn for me, please?
Yeah, I was trying to. It got...
Okay, tonight we have a few bodies missing,
obviously, because Brad is having one of his like events
for Body by Brad up the street.
Maddi, Joe, and Justin are over there
they will be coming down and working later on tonight.
TJ and Brad will not be working this evening.
But they're gonna bring in a crowd
and we're gonna be placing them at table ten.
Good to go?
Yay!
All right, let's get dressed and set up.
Thank you, baby. Thank you.
Thank you for coming through.
- Enjoy. - Enjoy.
Everything look good?
Yeah, it looks so good.
- Okay. - You did good.
- Any critiques? - No.
Okay.
I started my personal training company
about four years ago now.
And to see the amount of growth that it's experienced
in such a short amount of time is nothing short of amazing.
The event tonight is to not only celebrate
how far we've come, but also announce what's next.
Hey!
- What's up? Hello. - Hi.
- Glad you could come. - How are you?
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Wouldn't miss it for the world.
Thank you, brother. Appreciate you.
- Congratulations. - I appreciate you.
Thank you. You like the new logo?
- TJ: Yeah. - Hello. What up, what up?
Look at you.
Oh, yeah.
You thought you ate.
- You thought you ate. - You thought you ate.
Go ahead.
Hey, Justin.
- JUSTIN: Hey, how are you? - Good. How are you?
Hello, lovely.
I turned into a three-step.
I like it.
It was good. You played it off.
You played it off well.
So Mia had rain-checked our date,
and then ultimately just ended up canceling it altogether.
But, like, as I put the puzzle pieces together,
my mind, like, went right back to Jordyn.
You can do whatever you want.
Just don't hook up with anyone I know.
Just don't hook up with Mia.
That's all I ask.
Yeah.
But Mia canceling her date only makes me want her more.
So, uh, challenge accepted.
Justin, beautiful young man.
But I don't want to be juggled with other girls.
Is that so crazy?
I heard bits and pieces about the girls' night,
and, uh, it wasn't good.
TJ: I texted Grace the next morning, and I was like,
"Hey, like, are you good?"
And her text back was, "I'll deal with the consequences."
So she knows that she ----ed up.
Honestly, I have a soft spot for Grace Lilly.
She was one of my very first clients.
I'm gonna do one more.
That's fine.
- One more. - I'm shaking.
If the legs aren't shaking.
The booty ain't baking.
I'm sad that she isn't here,
but whatever is going on in Grace's life,
I just want her to take the time that she needs
to get herself together.
Check, check. Yeah, that's on.
Hello, hello, hello.
Woo!
I wanted to try and expand my reach beyond Charleston,
and I didn't really know where to start
or what that would look like.
I have an amazing girlfriend named Julia,
and she had the idea.
She was like-- Yeah, give her some love.
So I, she said, "Like, why don't you go on tour?"
So we decided to, uh, take it on the road,
and we're calling it the Keep It Moving Tour.
I'm gonna show you guys what it looks like right here.
We're gonna do something at home,
we're gonna do something on the road
all throughout the Southeast.
So, we're gonna start here at these special places.
So, thank you guys so much for supporting me,
cheering me on, we wouldn't be here without y'all.
So thank you. Thank you guys so much.
JOE: You know, I'm almost 30. Brad's 28.
But in a lot of ways, I look up to him.
He's a hustler. He gets sh-- done.
He wakes up before noon.
I see all these other people younger than me,
you know, like more ahead of me in life.
Age shouldn't matter, but it matters.
I'm turning 30. Gotta get my sh-- together.
How I'm gonna support you
is I'm gonna set up the after party for you.
- We gotta get to work. - That's fine.
Get to work. No worries.
I wanna work so that you guys can celebrate.
But I was not gonna miss this.
- You're good to go, baby. - Bye, I'll see you in a bit.
I'm gonna come party.
- You coming with me? - Yeah, I am.
Are y'all excited to work?
- Oh, my God. - Yeah.
MICHOLS: What's up?
Hey, brother.
- Hi. - Oh, golly.
How was Brad's event?
It was good. It was packed.
Well, the capacity's only 93 people.
Okay, wait. I'm gonna go change in here.
I'll see you guys in a few.
- Hello, hello. Hey, y'all. - Hello.
Welcome, welcome.
Hello, hello. Good to see you guys. How're you doing?
Y'all have a table?
BRAD: Hi.
You miss me?
Okay, okay.
I did not sleep last night.
I could not think about anything else but this
because of how important it is.
I don't know what I'm saying going into it,
but I'm just gonna speak from my heart.
Okay, we'll see.
MICHOLS: Hi.
- Hello. - Thank God for the AC.
LAKE: Hello.
I just appreciate it. Hello.
MICHOLS: Do you guys want me to stay and mediate or do you...
I don't think we need mediation.
- MICHOLS: Okay. - I hope we don't.
All right.
Good luck. I love y'all.
Um, I just wanted to pull you for, like,
a little conversation because...
Like, I don't feel like we should even be having
to have this conversation in the first place.
♪♪♪
I don't feel like we should even be having to have
this conversation in the first place.
LAKE: Well, um...
I was briefly given, like, an outline of
what you and Michols talked about,
and I really feel strongly about that conversation and...
Which part?
The microaggressions
and how you felt like
I should have defended you in that moment.
Yeah.
Because as a Black woman, I do understand.
Okay.
And I just wanted to address it to you
because I know how important it is.
I face it every single day of my life.
Yeah.
I have always defended, protected,
loved all of the Black men in my life.
I have.
But it didn't feel like that.
JOE: Oh, sorry.
I came in here to do my, like, mid-shift haircut.
And I'm out.
See you guys. Love you.
LAKE: Um...
I am never ever in a million years
ever going to defend a microaggression.
Whenever we had that group conversation
at the table at Folly,
Emmy made that comment,
Michols said that can come off as a microaggression.
I co-signed with him.
But I also was comforting her.
But me comforting her
did not discredit your feelings towards that at all.
It did not.
And I'm sorry that you felt that way. I truly am.
From the deepest pits of my heart, I am.
My brothers, my father, my grandfather, my uncles,
are all men that look like Brad.
And so when Emmy says something like,
"Because you're scary," I felt it.
It makes me feel some type of way.
So, I feel Brad on that.
I don't think that you would ever hurt Emmy, ever.
I'm not gonna hurt anyone.
I'm not gonna hurt any woman, ever.
- So, so for me-- - I know. I know that.
Like, that's why I'm like, "Okay, she was using--"
BRAD: It just felt like it was--
Ridiculous.
BRAD: I don't think Emmy's racist.
I mean, I wouldn't be friends with her
- if I thought she was racist. - BRAD: Yeah, but for me,
If you completely remove race from it,
and someone apologized to you, and then later on said,
"Oh, well, I'm only apologizing
"because I'm worried about what they're gonna do to you."
It's like a stab in the back.
Addressing this is very important. It is.
I am on your side when it comes to this.
And that's why I wanted to come to you and apologize.
I appreciate your apology.
Thank you.
This is a side of Lake that I've never seen before.
Beyond this bubbly, fun, easy-going personality,
there's a lot of depth there.
I needed to hear her out of her mouth saying like,
"Hey, I got you, I understand you, I'm with you."
It means the world to me.
LAKE: When it comes to Emmy,
I will take it upon myself to educate her on this subject.
You don't have to talk to her. I'm gonna take care of it.
- Okay. - We're chilling. It's fine.
Amicable fist bump.
I feel like Emmy is taking the low road in this situation,
being combative about it.
I feel as if she's minimizing Brad's experience.
All you need to do is make right with Brad.
Tell Brad, hopefully, right, that that wasn't your intention,
but here's the thing,
I simply don't think that Emmy knows what a microaggression is.
Yes, I know what a microaggression is.
A microaggression is basically when you make a micro--
You make a subjective assumption of someone
based off of...
You know, a-- You know...
It's like, "Women are bad drivers."
But I feel like microaggressions are more so made
towards people...
that you don't know.
Let's get out of here, y'all ready to roll?
MADDI: Next time on "Southern Hospitality..."
Michols is sleeping with us.
No, me and TJ are gonna go in here.
They're making out in that room, I'm telling you right now.
[whistle blowing]
[shouting]
Looks like she's chasing the pool boy out of the house.
- Ah! - [shouting]
I'm in a place with Lake where I know I can't trust her
and I can't have a friendship with somebody I can't trust.
Michols is mad at me.