Today on Girl Chat, it's National Margarita Day. We have Adam's recipe. Cheers, everybody. And Lindsy Bond's bronze medal disappoints her dad. Oh crap. That is serious right there. Then we're talking about positive stereotypes. Could they really be a negative? Wait, wait, wait, wait. YOU GOT TO SOMEHOW EXPLAIN IT. PLUS, from Love and Hip Hop Miami is Amara LGra. The real starts now. Start right now. we got a choice. Start right now. All right. Okay. WE SEE YOU GUYS CAME TO PLAY TODAY. YES, they did. Okay. But the question is, HAN, WHO'S READY FOR SOME GIRL TRAP, BABY?

OKAY, THIS is a good one, guys. I feel like our skill fam is good today. This week in Pyongqeng, South Korea, American skier Lindsey Van won the bronze medal in the women's downhill race in what many believe to be her last winter game. Now, Lindsay finished less than a second behind the winner. And while it's still an incredibly impressive feat, not everyone seemed to feel the same way. Lindsay's father, Alan Kildo, had a few critiques following her run, saying, quote, "She needed to go for it a little more. She needed to risk more." Kildo also incorporated a quote from the famous skier Buddy Werner, saying, "There's two places in the race, first and last, and I only want to be one of them."

Really, really stern words from her father. But what do you guys think about this? I mean, Tam, you're a parent. like how does this make you feel seeing her dad talk about her performance? Um I mean I think he was a little harsh honestly because she was third in the world. She wasn't third in the country or of a state or town. Yes. And I mean could he do it? Could he do better? That's all I'm saying is you're talking about I only want to be first. Well you wasn't first.

Yeah. She was third. Like you're not even on the slope. Like I can't stand that. It's not. Let me remind her dad of the nerve. Let me capacity. Let me remind her dad. Lindsay is one of two world championship gold medals she won in 2009. Three silver medals in 2007, 2011, and she's won four overall world cup titles. So to me, that makes her first place in my head. I don't care what anybody say. He's being greedy now. It's about him. It's It's It's not really about He said, "I only want I but you're not the one up there." Well, I just never What did you say? That part right there. Exactly. But I just don't get how you can critique

someone that has obviously been so successful, especially as a parent. Like, you're supposed to be the one encouraging your children, saying, "I'm so proud of you no matter what you do in life. If you're successful, if you're not successful, and if she did her best." Yeah. What's wrong with you? And as you get older, you do slow down a little bit. You know what I mean? It's like she's been doing this a long time. You get older, you slow down a little bit. She was just within seconds. So, it's just, you know, she did a good job. It wasn't even a second. It was like what, Milly? Millie sec like I hear what you're saying. I hear what you guys are saying. However, if you were to bring

this up in my family, in my culture, right, my family, I'm not talking about every Asian person out there. But in my family, we always say there's a reason why we are Asian, not Beian. You know what I'm saying? So, let me explain. Let me explain. So, my momian, we don't get are amazing, right? But what I'm saying is it depends on. Yes, it's right. No, that's Blazian. We're not going to race. We're just You guys, it was A FUNNY JOKE. OKAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE PROTECTED.

OKAY. Thank you. But that this is what I mean. Um in my culture, they're a little harder on you. They are a little harder on you because they believe in your potential and they want you to strive for the best. Now, not everybody has enough have has a tough skin for that. I in particular do. Mama Maya has always been very hard on me. She calls me out on my stuff. She knows when she seen me at my best. Therefore, when I'm not, she's the first to be like, "You look tired right now. Your face look wrinkle. You mad." like she thinks she said things like that, but it's real. Whenever she said it, it actually is real. She can watch me on any live performance and say, "Ah, today wasn't your best day." Now, I don't

think that every daughter or son can accept that. But I do think there's a magic in parents who put pressure on their kids. For example, Lindsay, we have to say she got to where she is because of some of that pressure her father put on her. Right? When you guys look at Beyonce Nol's story and you listen to her father and how he created stages for her when she was a kid, even though the pressure might have been intense at some moments, there is a good to the pressure parents can put on you because it can really push you to believe in yourself cuz they believe in YOU THE MOST.

YEAH. LIKE LANA and Tanya Harding. And that's a bad that's a perfect bad example of pressure that's not loving, right? Okay, because this is the thing. I understand what you're saying and there is pressure but then there's also embarrassment and that's the problem that I have is that after knowing everything that his daughter has been going through with trolls and things like that you're going to add on to that to me that for me that was not fatherlike for him to do that and do it in public and I think yes like the conversations me and mama have are between me and my text messages she don't come out here and tell you guys my trash which I yes you're right about that exactly and so that was my real issue

It's like, hey, you know, just support her, be there for her, you know. Well, and I think also there needs to be a balance. I think as a parent, you need to know how far you can push them by encouraging them cuz you can push them too far that they feel so much pressure that they actually underperform as well. Exactly. So, it's all about finding that balance and realizing that if she's doing her best, did your daughter do her best? Then you got to let go. THERE YOU GO. BUT WHAT IF HE FEELS she didn't do her best? What if he feels like that WASN'T HER BEST? THAT'S NOT HOW YOU SAY IT THOUGH, THOUGH.

PUBLICLY. That's not how you SAY IT. I WOULD SUPPORT I'M SUPPORTING MY BABIES. Let me tell you, I support any kid that's trying to do something. I'm not going to sit back and be like, you know, you could have did better. You're saying I hear what you're saying. What if you know your daughter or your son and it wasn't their best? He shouldn't have said it in broad daylight. Maybe this is a conversation where they have like Yeah. But between them two, that's a fair question, Adrian. I feel like you should push people maybe at the rehearsals, maybe at the practice. You could tell them, "You got to go harder. You got to go harder at the practice." But it's done. That's it. The Olympics over. You're

going to make her feel worse about not winning the first place. It doesn't help anything at this point. This is possibly her last time ever competing. It doesn't do any good to tell her, "Well, you didn't do all the way. You didn't risk hard enough." Like, what does that do at this point? Yeah, that's what we saying. I think we all kind of saying it in a way. Do push your kids. Do encourage them. Believe in them to the potential. The embarrassment part is what I don't like. I agree with that. Speaking of living up to expectations, a recent article on NPR discussed how positive stereotypes can of certain races, no matter how well

intentioned, can actually have negative effects. According to the writer, stereotypes such as Asian-Americans are really smart or African-Americans are naturally good at sports create unrealistic expectations about who you're supposed to be, setting people up to fail if they don't meet them. On the other hand, someone who does fulfill a positive stereotype often isn't given proper credit for their effort because it's simply what's expected of them. Like if you're a b like if you're black and you're a basketball, oh well, he's black. Of course, he can play basketball. They don't get the proper credit. What do you guys think about that?

I think a lot of stereotypes that's supposedly positive are not true. Okay. They say the black men are all wellendowed. Well, I can tell you. Hey, I'm I can tell you. I'M JUST KIDDING. HE SAID, "LET the truth be told." WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE TWO. WAIT, there's another one right here. Stay tuned. WE'VE ALWAYS SAID THOUGH, WE'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT THE men who come to our show are real men. That's right. Just letting you know. But let me know.

Imagine that expectation and you're like, "Oh, I'mma find me a black mana." And then it isn't that or as a black man if you're being raised and let's say you've heard your whole life black men are supposed to. Right. And then you don't have that, you might feel some type of way about yourself. And that's what we're talking about. That's seriously what we're talking about taking certain stereotypes to me are just wrong in general, you know, because it gives you false impressions whether good or bad. It gives you a false impression and gives you unneeded pressure, you know. Yes, that's a big one. Yes. I think, you know, let's be honest, I think all of us are guilty of having fallen into a stereotype, whether you believe in

it or you play by it, because they're funny. They're there a lot of they're good material for even, you know, I'm sure some of your comics uh comedic skits, but they do add an unnecessary pressure. I know that a lot of Asians are believed to be good at math. I couldn't figure out your tip on a $30 bill unless you were paying for it. Okay. But you know what I mean? Like I don't I'm not good at all the things that are expected of me. But I didn't understand the unnecessary pressure until I it didn't hit me as something not funny until I became like 30. And when you're 30, if any of the women know out there, 30 to 40, all of a sudden the questions about becoming a mother started hitting you. When are you going to become a mom?

Are you going to have some kids? Don't you want to be a mother? And so when I found the pressure that if you're a woman automatically God gave you a gift to have children, you better have children or you guys you're doing yourself wrong. That broke my heart because I don't want to have kids and I'm not less of a woman because of that. That's right. So that's where those stereotypes are not cool and that's where it hit me hard myself. Oh, you know the strong black woman, you know, we strong nothing's Yes. All women I feel are strong, you know what I mean? But we put this stereotype on black women, you know. So when stuff happen, WHO THE FIRST PERSON THEY looking at?

The biggest black woman, which is me. AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, SOMETIMES I NEED HELP. OKAY, I GET TIRED TOO. SUPPORT ME. Or that like Latinas are like super fertile. Like if you look at me, I'm going to get pregnant. Like these hips don't lie. That's right. They don't. But that doesn't mean like that's not fact for everyone. Exactly. Yeah. Well, and then well there are a lot of negative stereotypes about mixed races actually. Um but I don't let other people's stereotypes, you know, define me. I let that go whether it's good or bad. I'm going to let myself and my actions define me. I love what you're saying right there because when um when I read this, I was like, "Okay, I get it. There are negative and there are positive

stereotypes, but we can't let these things define us." Like, I'm sorry. At some point as individual people, we have to take responsibility for how we feel. We have to take ownership for why we do the things we do. I'm not going to say, "Oh, this ruined my life because someone had a bad stereotype about me." Like, not to be harsh, but get over it. Like, we as people can say, "I'm not going to allow anything anyone says about me to define me. I'm going to define myself. I'm going to break through those stereotypes."

Yeah. You can't let what people are saying blame that on why your life went bad. Absolutely. Well, up next, a single guy named Sam recently broke the stereotype of what a dating profile should actually look like. Sam created a PowerPoint presentation about himself as a way to get more matches on the app Tinder. Twitter user Gracie Barrel1 discovered Sam's profile which had one slide listing things he enjoyed dating enjoyed doing like petting dogs and telling dad jokes and another slide which listed his notable qualities and skills including owning a Netflix account and quote not being the worst at sex. All right, so now Genie accomplishment.

Yes, that is. Hey, he owned it. Now, Genie, since you're about to reenter the dating scene, we thought we'd make a PowerPoint presentation we feel best represents you, Nancy. For me? Yes, we did. We had fun. Oh, for this? Yes, I am. Wait, wait. Get my good side. Okay, look out, America. Here she comes. Here we go. So, Genie, it is really important to have a great cover picture because it's the first thing people are going to see when they're swiping.

Oh, I want you to pick that one, Adrian. I did, girl. I did. Okay. I PICKED YES. GIRL, I'm not a lesbian. I still choose you. Yes. I WHAT DID YOU THINK? AND THAT'S SUCH A GOOD I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHY. CUZ all your amazing assets. I'm going to tell you why. I DIDN'T EVEN FACETUNE THAT ONE. YES. You look amazing. Your face looks very natural. It's not packed on makeup. It's still you in your natural habitat. Like, yes, girl. But the other thing is, as much as we all know and love Jeanie, she's got a great spirit. She wants to

do things for human trafficking. Her interests are amazing. She's kind. She's thoughtful. She's funny. When somebody looks at you, they don't see all of those things. We just going to keep it real. There has to be something that attracts them at first. So, I'm like, "Girl, I'm giving you the best shot. We going to show them all the good." Exactly. That's that good. Does she have to be upside DOWN LIKE THAT WHEN SHE NEED HIM? NO. SHE LOOKS GORGEOUS STANDING UPRIGHT. If they date me, right? I might. All right, Miss Genie. I was in charge of putting together the things I like slide for you. So, here's here's what I chose.

Okay. All right. So, I did the things I enjoy, you know, slide. So, I like eating chia seeds. I like singing off key at the top OF MY LUNGS. MY SPELLED M A cuz you always like to do that. Okay. Um, I like drinking a gallon of water a day for good colon health cuz HEALTH IS WEALTH. YES, SHE'S CLEAN on the outside. You know, you're all about that. Make you like to make fun of your mom. Um, you like to listen to old school R&B all day and you like to go to dance class THREE TIMES A WEEK. ADD SOME HUMOR IN THERE, TOO. You know what I mean? Because you're naturally funny. I want them to know that upfront that you don't take yourself too seriously.

Thank you. THAT'S OKAY. WELL, finally I was in charge of listing your qualities and skills. Okay. Oh, no. LET'S SHOW THE SLIDE. PLEASE BETTER DO ME. VERY TALKATIVE. See the picture I picked. But I said her qualities is that she's talkative. She's energetic. She's welltraveled. She's a stylist. So, she can help you dress. She's a multitask multitasker. And she can educate you on how to have a bowel movement. Don't you hell to bow movement. See, this is why your front picture was very important to hopefully distract from all the that you talk about.

What is happening? There's anybody else out there like me where you just love to talk like you make sure that your number TW's are good and healthy. You just want to be like friends, BUT WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT ON the first date. ON THE FIRST DATE, I KNOW. But I also don't want people to be surprised about that either. You know what I mean? So, what would you say? Are we close? No. This is honestly for the self-esteem that kind of dwindles when you go through a divorce. This is the most beautiful moment I've ever felt in this time that I'm going through. Thank you so much. Beautiful. Thank you. I do want to ask though honestly

can in our friendship it doesn't have to be right away but in our time I would love for you guys to set me up and it can be a blind date but I want to see who you would pick for me to just go out on a date just to see why don't we each pick a guy and do like a little dating show type thing RIGHT OH MY GOSH that would be so No, but I mean that would be so I could come up with somebody I GOT LIKE FOUR OR FIVE GUYS IN MY HEAD ALREADY thinking yeah it can't be any of I've got LIKE TWO. NO, NO, NO. None of my head brothers though. Maybe. I like the brothers. Okay. Oh my gosh. I meant brothers and relate. I'm thinking I think I have one.

Well, we got to THINK ABOUT IT. WE GOT OKAY. I LOVE IT. THANK YOU GUYS. Thank you. I love you so much. These girls were here through me with me through this. You have no idea in so many ways. I love you and I couldn't get through this without you. Thank you. I love you guys. We have to take a break, but there's so much MORE GIRL CHAT RIGHT AFTER THIS. DON'T go anywhere. YOU'RE WATCHING THE REAL. Welcome back to the real. Let's get into some more girl chat. Now, did you know that today, February 22nd, IS NATIONAL MARGARITA DAY?

OH MY GOODNESS. THAT'S RIGHT. AND LAST NIGHT, I went over to the houses WHO DECIDED TO START THE CELEBRATION A LITTLE EARLY. Check the tape out. Oh, the key is lemons. You got to have good We're making lemonade kind of. We're making daddy lemonade. Yeah. When you're older, you can have daddy lemonade. Adult lemonade, buddy. I don't want lemonade. Yeah, it's okay. You're not going to like his lemonade either, which I hope you don't. Oh my goodness. Yo, Adam is a good cook. I see him do and he's a good bartender. What did we have the after we had Do we have that tape? Oh, when we were a little lit.

Oh, no. THIS IS AFTER MARGARITAS. This is after how many margaritas DID Y'ALL HAVE? WELL, I HAD ABOUT FOUR. SHE HAD ABOUT ONE AND A HALF. I only had one. Lonnie, what are you? Wait, what a microphone. Mariah is looking at you guys like you've lost your mind. God, THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE AT THE HOUSE. You guys should come by. I'm coming. Five. We always have fun. But I am so embarrassed. Oh my gosh. I think I only had half a glass. I think you had one and a half. I count. But you did. Okay. We've also been eating very healthy. So that's probably why it'll hit you soon because there's

fry we've had because Adrian is really detoxing and taking care of just a couple of glasses of champagne after. It was good. But what is How'sley's recipe? Okay. So, all right you guys. He swears he makes the best margaritas. They actually were pretty good. So, okay. With a with help from a little friend, uh, his friend Matthew McConna. OH, YES. YES, I KNOW. THEY'RE like friends. Okay. You just name it. I just name dropped. Um, okay. So, they say the best margaritas, you have to have two lemons, and you squeeze those in. Uh, one lime, you add organic agave,

of course, ice, and you have to have good tequila. That is the key. And it's I want to make sure I say this right. Class Azour reposado. Yeah. Reposado. Yeah. You guys tried that? YES. I CAN TASTE SOME OF THAT. And with amazing. It is so smooth. But man, you got to watch out. Expensive though. I like kasamigos. Kasamigos is amazing. Tequila. I like free. That's what I like. Free too. That's the only reason WHY I CAME OVER THEIR HOUSE. AND THEN YOU KNOW WHAT?

AFTERWARDS, I took a little picture with Aria with a gleam in my eye. And you know, she puts up with me all the time. LOOK AT THAT GLEAM. LOOK AT THAT SPARKLE IN MY EYE. YEAH, THAT'S MY BOO right there. I secretly think she thinks we're all crazy THOUGH BECAUSE WHAT IS ON YOUR SHOULDERS? WHY ARE YOU looking so Cheetah delicious? You're walking with a That was my wrap that I had. So, you know, that's I was dancing with it and everything. It was a great margarita night. SO, ENJOY MARGARITA DAY. ON THAT, we have to take a break, but don't go anywhere. THERE'S MORE GIRL CHAT AFTER

THIS. THANKS, ADAM, FOR THE MARGARITAS. Welcome back. It's time to get into some more girl chat. That means there's that ring again. It's the real hotline bling. CALLER. OH MY GOODNESS. WHAT'S YOUR NAME AND WHAT'S YOUR BOO's name? Oh, my name is Sophia. Her name is Jay. Hi J. Jay is holding this teacup. Look at her pinky. SOMEBODY'S STILL WATCHING. AUNTIE LONNIE, WHERE ARE YOU GUYS FROM? WE'RE FROM MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. RIGHT. SO, you're watching us ON FOX 43. SO, I HEAR THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PARTIES WHILE WATCHING THE SHOW. WHAT KIND OF PARTIES y'all have? Mar, not margaritas

with the babies. Parties. OH, I LOVE THAT. OH MY GOODNESS. WAIT, we're going to cheers to you. Okay. Ready? One, two, THREE. CHEERS. OH my goodness. Jay, is there a host you want to say hi to? Which host you want to say hi to? Yes, THE BABIES LOVE. HI, HONEY. All right, girl. Well, we want to give you a chance to win some cash with our whose shoes game. We have four pictures of shoes that we've worn this season and we'll show you a picture and you have to guess which of us wore it. For each one

that you guess correctly, you're going to get $100. Are you ready? All right. Let's see the first look now. Who do you think wore them? Genie. OH, NO. I WAS GOING TO THINK IT WAS ME, TOO. THAT'S CLOSE. I know. Those are TO STILL GOT TIME TO GO. OKAY, let's see the second look. Who wore these? Genie. Yes, that's right. $100. ALL RIGHT, here we go. Let's see who rocked the third pair. Who rocked these? Ooh, LONNIE.

NO, MY FEET AIN'T THAT SMALL. THAT'S MY OKAY, PUT UP THE FINAL PAIR. IT'S FINE. Mommy, now you know them big old folks. You know, YOU GOT TWO PAIRS OF SHOES GOOD FOR $200. YOU KNOW WHAT THOUGH? UH-UH. WE GOING TO GO ON TO GIVE YOU $500 FOR JAY. ALL RIGHT. GIVE IT TO HER. OKAY. I LOVE WHEN AUNTIE LONNIE OPENS HER WALLET. I KNOW. WE OPEN IT UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PLAYING WITH US. OKAY. TAKE CARE AND KEEP IN TOUCH. BYEBYE. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE OF THE REAL.

Welcome back. Today's guest has already heated up the Latino music scene. Now she's breaking into the American mainstream music market. And we can see all her struggles along the way on Love & Hip Hop Miami. Please welcome Amara Lenegra. We are so happy. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW. We are so excited that you're coming. I'm so happy to be here. Beautiful. Oh, you guys. Oh my goodness. OH MY GOSH, YOU GUYS. I'M SO HAPPY. Welcome to the show. Okay, so how did you come up with your stage name, Amara Lanra? Did I say it right?

Perfect. Amara. Okay. So, I used to be in a girl group and the group was called Amara. Unfortunately, one of the girls fell in love. You know how it is. So, um the group fell apart and I stayed with the name Amara. Okay. Um and then Lene cuz a lot of people didn't remember my name. So, they would be like was anita's name. WHAT'S THE BLACK GIRL'S NAME? And then Amara just kind of stuck. But at the same time, I guess that I kind of kept Lana cuz I was being rebellious cuz you know, people are like, "Oh, don't don't say Lana cuz it sounds racist." But I am black and I love it. So what's the problem? Okay.

Yeah. Crazy thing is that you've actually been criticized in the press for calling yourself Afro Latina. So please for the people explain what that term means. Jesus. Here we go again. Listen up. Take notes. Here we go again. Well, basically, um, I am Afro Latina. I was born and raised in Miami, but my parents are Dominican and in the Afro Park means I come from af from African descent. As you can obviously see, I'm black. But my culture and my family and everything, we're we're Latinos. We're Dominican. So, I guess a lot of people get confused with the term what an Afro Latino is. It just means that I'm black, but I'm Latina. You ready?

What a concept. Oh my god. A lot of people don't know that everyone from the Caribbean has African roots. Everyone from Gasonaro, we all have African root. THAT'S WHERE THE SLAVE SHIPS THEY FIRST STARTED. AND WE HAVE SO much like so many different shades in my family. I my mom's like probably a little bit darker than you are, but my father is very dark skinned and we come in so many different shades and shapes and you know this is just how Caribbeans are. So it's it's unfortunately unfortunate here in the United States sometimes because people don't get exposed to seeing or traveling sometimes don't really get to understand. That's why we have this show because we WANT TO SHOW ALL EDUCATE PEOPLE. You know

peopleact. What do you say to people that say you're pretending to be black? YES. I'VE BEEN told that I do black face. I take melanin shots to be black. Wow. I uh I tan all types of crazy stuff. Um and I think that the big issue where people kind of get confused is that when you tell a Latino that uh you are black, sometimes the confusion comes in when usually you know that black is African-American, Caucasian is white and everything else you're Latino. So you're like, "No, I'm not black. I'm Latino." But it's stupid to have to explain my color cuz you can see it. I don't have to say I am black. You see it. Yeah. So that's where the confusion comes in. And you know what? It's a beautiful color. I love it.

Stunning. Thank you. I love that you have brought uh colorism in the Latino community to the forefront and there is so much truth in that. So I want to ask you, what has your experience been as an Afro Latina? I na let me tell you. Okay. I've had it all. I mean, um, it's it's hard because un and I always mention these women, they're amazing women and I admire them. I really do. But it's unfortunate that when you talk about Latinos, you talk about Jennifer Lopez, Chakira, Sophia Vgara, Talia, you talk about these women that look a certain type of way, but you never mention women that look like myself. And there isn't a Latin country where you don't have Afro Latinos, where

you don't Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Honduras. Like, it doesn't matter where you go, there's black people. But why aren't we portrayed in the magazines? Why aren't we on movies? Why aren't we on no soap opers? Like, what's wrong with me? Why am I not why can't I represent what a Latina woman should look like? So then that's really what bothers me. And I feel that it's sad for the new generation coming up because they don't have anybody to admire within their own community that's doing well that they can be like one day I want to be like her cuz there's there's nothing literally they just make it seem like we don't exist. This is why

I think we get so excited that someone like you is breaking the forefront because you're also breaking the barriers of the people that hold the key to the magazine covers and the network stations and all that. And now we got to show America to get out of your box because everything you see is not to believe what everything is. It is very true. So now you also are you've always been beautiful I think because you also won a beauty pageant at the age of one, right? At one. So wait, explain this. Is your mom? OH MY GOODNESS. WELL, you know what? My mom um ever since I was very young, I was always very charismatic. And my mom, I am so grateful. Mommy, I love you so much.

Oh, I love that. She always supported me and she saw the talent in me and instead of telling me, "No, you can't. You need to do something else," she actually got another job to be able to fund me so that I can go to dance classes and acting classes and all these other things. So, I'm very grateful that my mom supported me, you know, from day one. Love that. That's amazing. So, love Well, you know what? Something else you like to do is that you're a Zumba instructor. I used to do I used to teach Zumba. I stopped because, you know, I wanted to focus in my music and everything else in my career, but I still am a certified Zumba.

Well, you got to TEACH US SOME ZUMBA. LOVE ZUMBA. I love Zumba. So, come on. I got a dress on. I can't REALLY I got to do it, you know. Go. Oh. Hey. There you go. AND FRONT. WELL, I'M NOT EVEN DANCING off just yet. When we come back, she's telling us how she feels about being compared to other hip-hop stars. You won't want to miss this. We'll be right back with more of the real. We're back at the beautiful Amaro Lenegra. We're having so much fun. Now, ever since joining the Love and Hip Hop Miami cast, uh, you've actually been compared to Cardi B.

Yes. How do you feel about people making those comparisons? You know that it's really it sucks that people for some reason kind of want to see us beefing and having issues with each other and not at all. I support her 100%. I am so proud of her. I'm all about women empowerment and, you know, she's worked her butt off to be where she's at right now. So I admire her so much for what she's done with her career. I just feel like I'm not going to be the next Cardi B because I will be the next Amara person. All right. So with that, WE HAVE TO CHECK OUT. YES, WE GOT TO CHECK OUT THIS emotional clip from Love & Hip Hop Miami. You work in a kitchen. You're always burned and tired and you work long hours standing up all day. I'm traveling the

world and pretending to have all these expensive ass purses and all these expensive ass clothes that I can't even afford. My mom sacrificed and worked so hard over the years to support my dreams, my career. And to hear her say that what she's done already isn't enough breaks my heart. Oh, I don't you know that everybody tells me that I'm a crier because I cry all the time because I'm really emotional. I'm a lie. I can't help it. And um and then every time I see that it does make me feel some type of way because my mom

definitely I admire her so much. She's she'll do anything to make sure that I'm good. Even if it means getting three, four jobs, whatever she has to do to see me succeed. And I'm so thankful that I didn't have a good father, but God blessed me with an amazing mother. Oh, I love it. You used to work with your mom. Yes. You know, believe it or not, um my mom, you know, came to the United States obviously as an immigrant, no papers, no nothing, not knowing the language either. So, um I was born in Miami and my mom couldn't afford a lot of things. So, I ended up having to help my mom sell flowers in the streets and um I would go clean houses with my mom, too.

Wow. and I would do it out. Whatever I have to do next to my mom, we're doing it together. That's it. We're here. Okay. So, since the show premiered, you've actually had a lot of movement in your music career. So, what's going on? Tell us. Okay. So, I mean, I don't want to be cocky with it or anything, YOU KNOW. TUNING. I JUST SIGNED a multi-million dollar contract. And um and then I also just signed to UTA as well. I'm working on um on my EP. Um my first single is about to be out real soon, which is called Insecure. I mean, there's so many amazing things happening in my career right now. I'm working on a small shoe line, clothing line, baby dolls that I've always wanted

to have, you know, LITTLE AMARITA DOLLS. SO, I'M PUTTING in that work. I really am. I've worked all my life for this moment and it's this is it. You're here. What does your mom think right now with all of this? Did she ever dream that this would happen for you? I think that I am more I panic and I'm more emot like excited. She's more like I knew this day was going to come. I KNOW EXACTLY. WELL, WE'RE BOTH SINGLE on these streets and we got to find our man. Anita, get ready, world. Well, Amara, thank you so much for stopping by. You got to come back and visit us soon. Be sure to catch Love and Hip Hop Miami

Mondays at 9:00 p.m. on VH1. And be sure to check out our YouTube page because Amara is answering your questions. We have to hop to a quick break, but we'd love it if you come back for much more of THE Welcome back. Everyone loves a good deal. So today we're going to help you detect and secure the best ones on the market. This is seals on the real. It's a big travel day here at the real airport, but lucky for us, we got the best security agent in town. It's Shay Wilbur from morningsave.com. Thank you for being here, Shay. Hey, Oh, good. There's not much of a security line right now, so this should be a breeze. Oh my gosh. Okay, let's do this.

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Oh, yeah. Check again. There we go. I PUT MY FLAT IRON IN my pocket instead of my suitcase again. Okay, listen. It's okay. I DON'T BLAME YOU. I DON'T BLAME YOU, ADRIAN. Don't we all WANT SOME SLEEK, SHINY, HEALTHY HAIR? RIGHT. WELL, this infusion vapor flat iron is the best beauty secret, you guys. This is a revolutionary straightener that provides vapor treatments for your hair. It's so cool. The vapor actually infuses your hair with one of two included treatments as it straightens. So, we have the argan solution, which you know, argan oil is so good for your hair. It deep conditions and protects as you're

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Okay. Hi. I'm such a nervous flyer. I hope this line goes quickly so I don't miss my flight. Okay. All right. Let's see. What? What did I do? What am I in trouble? Oh, what you got in there? There's my epilator. WOW. YOU HAVE THE EPILATING Cosmo Epilator. This, let me tell you, is the best alternative to shaving and waxing on the market. Tamara, this epilator has 56 tweezer discs, okay, that provide up to 70,000 tweezes per minute. It's also got two different operating speeds. One for delicate areas and one for more coarse body hair. Yep.

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right back. You're watching the real. Yes. Welcome back. How dope was today's show? It was great. And before we go, I JUST WANT TO WISH GOOD LUCK TO OUR HAIR AND MAKEUP TEAMS. THEY HAVE BEEN NOMINATED THIS WEEKEND FOR BEST hair and makeup at the Gear Awards. So, also hosting. So, they're amazing here in a row. So, thank you guys. I'll see you there. Thank you again so much to Amara for sitting down with us and a big thank you to all of our amazing viewers for tuning in and TO OUR STUDIO AUDIENCE. YOU GUYS bring amazing energy. We hope you ALL HAD A GREAT TIME TODAY. We'll see you next time on What? again. Start right now.

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