00:00You know, we talked earlier before and, you know, about the most sensitive parts of this movie and obviously the drug use with your mom.
00:07When did you kind of notice that things were changing with her?
00:10And I wonder if the movie depicts it, because I know you said you didn't see the scenes, but there is a scene where you kind of walk in and see her for the first time.
00:18Is that kind of what happened?
00:20No, not really.
00:21It was kind of more of like I just noticed her locking her door.
00:24And when she locked her bedroom door, it threw me off.
00:27But when she started locking her bedroom and bathroom door, that threw me off even more because my mom has always had like an open door policy.
00:34And like we can come in and talk about anything to her.
00:37And it's like when she started locking her door, that threw me off because she's never done that ever in her life.
00:41Like even when she goes to sleep, like her door is never locked.
00:44So that was for sure was like a trigger for me.
00:47Sure. Yeah, definitely.
00:48And I know that in the film and I know that you spoke about it as well.
00:51There was some times that you had no food in your home.
00:54Yeah, I mean, there was food.
00:56I mean, there was never like a point where I was like hungry to the point of like, oh, my God, there's nothing here to eat.
01:02But I'm just saying like there wasn't many home cooked meals.
01:05And when she got really bad in her addiction, like there wasn't home cooked meals.
01:09I had to figure it out on my own.
01:10I was eating a bowl of cereal or noodles or whatever it was that I could cook at that time.
01:14How do you feel like your mom is going to feel once she watches us?
01:18Honestly, I don't know how she's going to feel.
01:20Well, I hope that she's not mad because I did make it very well known to Lifetime that I didn't want her to be like a villain in this movie.
01:28I didn't want to make her out to be a bad guy.
01:30I did want to make sure I told my truth to the most truthful I could have told it.
01:35But I didn't want to make her into a bad guy.
01:36So I tried to tell it in a way of like not just like jabbing at my mom the whole time.
01:43But it was kind of hard because, I mean, she has done a lot wrong.
01:46And now we're at a really good spot.
01:48Like right now we're at probably the best spot we've ever been in our relationship in a very long time.
01:53So I am very proud of how far she's come.
01:55Do you still worry about her, though?
01:56Like you said, she's three years sober, almost four years sober.
01:59Was that ever in the back of your mind anymore?
02:01Honestly, no.
02:01Like at first, 100%.
02:03I can say like the first year or two, 100%.
02:05I was like, what if it happens?
02:07But now it's like, I don't think it's even a thought in my mind just because of how anti-drug she is now.
02:13Like she doesn't like any drugs.
02:15She doesn't smoke cigarettes.
02:16She doesn't do alcohol.
02:17Like literally nothing.
02:19She doesn't do it.
02:20Like she hates it.
02:21So I'm very proud of her.
02:23And I don't even think that's like a concern for me anymore.
02:25Sure.
02:25How did you kind of avoid all of that?
02:28The pitfalls of fame and, you know.
02:30I don't know.
02:30I think it was good to see my mom go through it just because it was a good representation of somewhere I never want to be in life.
02:38So I think it was more of like almost like a role model to like never do that.
02:42Sure.
02:42Yeah.
02:42No.
02:43Good for you.
02:43Were you ever tempted?
02:44I mean, because I mean, I've never ever even been tempted to even try a drug to do any of that.
02:51So, I mean, I don't know.
02:52I just don't think I would ever do it.
02:53It's like, oh, why would I put that in my body?
