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03x05 - There's Something About Janice

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Bling Empire". Aired: January 15, 2021 – October 5, 2022.*
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Series focuses on the lives of wealthy, materialistic East and Southeast Asian Americans, socialites based in the Los Angeles area, described as the real-life Crazy Rich Asians.

03x05 - There's Something About Janice

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[upbeat music plays]

♪ All I see is money
All I see is fame ♪

♪ Diamonds sparkle, sparkle
Keep going up my vein ♪

♪ Hear nobody else… ♪

[Kim] Ooh!
What is that smell? It smells so good.

-Good morning.
-[Kevin] Morning.

-Oh. Good morning.
-Ooh. Good morning.

[Kim laughs]

-[Kevin] Is everybody up?
-[Kim] I don't know.

I see something else up, for sure.

-[both laugh]
-Sorry. I didn't see anything.

[Kevin] You're not supposed to look
at me like that anymore.

-[Kim] It's right in front of my face.
-Let me help you out a bit.

[laughs]

[laughing] What-- What is that?

Oh my gosh.

-Smells like a heart attack.
-[Kevin] I know.

-[laughs]
-Oh my gosh.

Why are you naked?

-[Kevin] What's up?
-[Kim] Morning!

That's not the view
I wanna see in the morning.

-[Kelly] It's way too early for this.
-What do you mean?

[Kelly] I don't wanna look at this.

-[Kevin] What are you looking at?
-[Kelly] I'm not looking.

Kevin, I changed my mind.

-[Kane] No, no, no!
-[Kim laughs]

-[Kim screams and laughs]
-[Kane] No! Ew! Ah!

-[Kelly] So gross.
-[Kane] Don't, don't!

-I made my--
-[Kelly] Please don't.

Just put that--

-Oh my!
-Never use that again.

-[Kevin] Okay. Fine.
-[Kelly] Put an apron on. Cover up a bit.

-[Kevin] Check it out.
-[Kelly] That's a lot of f*cking pancakes.

-That's a lot of love.
-Who's gonna eat this much pancakes?

We are. Have a seat.

[Kim] Maybe you can get a job at IHOP.
This looks professional.

-[Kevin] Really?
-[Kelly] Yeah.

All right, let's eat.

-Um…
-[Kelly] This is so thick.

Wait. Are these the famous pancakes
I've been hearing about?

-The ones you make for your girls?
-[Kelly] This is what you feed them?

Why point a knife at me when I say that?

-[Kim] I'm just asking a question.
-f*ck. Yes, they are.

-Yes?
-Yes.

Okay.

Hmm. Pretty good.

I'm surprised by your culinary skills.

[Kevin laughs]

[Kevin talks indistinctly]

I honestly thought
the pancakes would be a lot better,

just because we've been talking about--
his famous pancake forever.

But it doesn't look that good. [laughs]

However, it's so good
to see Kevin goofing around,

and just be his happy self.

-Can you give me the recipe?
-[Kane and Kevin laugh]

Okay. I'll give you $100
if you eat those in five minutes.

[Kevin] Really? I can do it.

-Five minutes. Go!
-[Kevin] Five minutes.

[Kelly and Kane laugh]

[Kane] Thirty seconds. Yeah. Hold in.

[Kane laughs] sh*t.

-Don't choke.
-[Kim] There's a hair in there!

-I know. It's gross.
-[laughs] Ew!

[screams]

-[Kelly] It's yours.
-It's so long.

It's yours.

♪ Don't you know
You're playing with fire? ♪

♪ Don't you know
You're playing with fire? ♪

[doorbell rings]

♪ Don't you… ♪

-[Kelly] Hi, how are you?
-Hi! Good.

-Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.

[Kelly] Let's go over there.

Okay.

-Kim?
-[Kim] Yeah.

[Kelly] Kevin? Kane?

Are you guys ready to get healed? [laughs]

[Kevin] I'm ready. Let's heal.

-My Gemini queen!
-[Janice] Hello.

-Yes!
-How are you?

I've been doing a lot of healing lately.

And I've been working with
an amazing Reiki Healer named Janice.

I've had some deep conversations
with Janice and she's been a big help.

I feel like in this group of friends,

there are still more issues
that need to be solved.

I just hope the four of us
can get back on the same page.

-Kane. Nice to meet you.
-[Janice] Nice to meet you.

[Kane] I'm looking forward to this.

I just wanna warn you, like,
you might be pregnant after this.

-My God!
-This is Kevin.

-This is Kevin.
-It's not true. If I take my clothes off.

-[laughs] I don't want--
-[Janice] Nice to meet you.

-[Kim] Wait. You know Janice?
-I don't.

-You told me about her.
-You went to find her on Instagram.

-No. I found her on Google.
-Did you stalk me? I wasn't aware.

No, I just saw a photo
of who she was talking about.

There's another story here we don't know.

-Let's sit down.
-[Janice] Let's go here.

-[Kim] Should we sit down?
-[Janice] Let's sit on the floor.

-I like this. I wanna do this.
-Yes. Good. Get comfortable.

So, I'm gonna light this candle to signify
that we are now entering a safe space.

This is about cultivating empathy

and compassion for one another
and finding common ground.

It's gonna be about
nonviolent communication.

-[Kevin] About what?
-[Janice] About their feelings.

-[Kevin and Janice] About their feelings.
-[Kelly] About the group?

-[Kevin] Yeah.
-About the group.

If you're feeling a certain way,
this is the space to just share.

Nobody's judging what you're saying,
and we all wanna listen.

[Kelly clears throat and inhales]

Um, for me, it's just been
a journey of self-healing

and self-discovery,
which I've never, ever done before.

I've always, um, put, kind of,
me on the back burner.

-[Janice] Mm-hmm.
-Where I--

It's the most growth I've ever had.

So grateful for each one of you
and our friendship.

You guys are family to me.

Kelly, it's not easy to see you struggle
with Andrew for, like, years.

I'm sure that one day you're gonna find
someone so f*cking amazing. [sniffs]

And I'm so proud of you,
and, like, you're good.

-Thank you.
-[Kane] Thank you.

-[Kim] My turn.
-[Janice] Yeah.

I think I still
definitely need more healing.

Continue having this guard,
you know, with friendships,

and, like, I need to trust more here.

-[Janice] Yes. Trust.
-[laughs]

Trust is the basis of all relationship.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

Okay, with Kevin, I'm learning
to appreciate our friendship more.

And Kim, you're one
of my really good friends as well,

and we went through a lot together.

And I'm always there for you.

You know, I was in the middle
of both of you guys' business.

Not business,
but you guys are my true friends.

[Janice] Mm-hmm.

[Kane] You know,
and, like, I try to be a friend.

I try, and, like, it's not easy.

[sad music plays]

[sniffs] Kevin, you mean a lot to me.

-[Janice] Mm-hmm.
-[Kane] That's why I felt hurt.

You have to know that because I know
this friendship here will be a lifetime.

-[Janice] Mm-hmm.
-[Kane] Yeah.

I wanna open it up to Kevin

'cause it seemed like
that really affected you in a way.

I wanna hear how it feels
to hear that from Kane.

[sniffs]

[Kane] No? [chuckles]

[Kim] Aw. It's okay.

[sobs]

-[Kane] Cry.
-[Janice] Let it out. It's okay.

[Janice] It's so good to release.
Tears are great.

[Kevin inhales deeply]

[Kevin] I'm surprised by Kane

because I didn't believe him
that this friendship meant anything.

I thought the friendship was lost,
that he didn't care about it.

Kevin's been a great friend to me.
He's nothing but, um, just kind.

-Thank you. You mean the world to me.
-You're welcome. [laughs]

If I'm right,
I get to pick a pair of your shoes.

-Oh my God! Yes!
-[screams] No!

-[laughs]
-f*ck! [screams]

[Kim laughs]

[Kim] Oh my God!

[Kim laughs]

So to hear him
and believe that he missed this as well,

that just… really moved me.

-[Kane] It's not easy.
-You said you missed…

-[Kane] It's not easy.
-[Kevin] …this. I know. I miss it too.

Yeah. [sniffs]

I didn't realize how much it
was weighing on me, you know? I just like…

-[sobs]
-[Kane inhales]

[Kane] Growing up, you know,
I've always had trust issues with people.

I've learned to cut people off so well
that it doesn't affect me.

And that's not a good thing
to have sometimes.

I look at Kevin, I know he's struggling.
Deep down, I know he's a good person.

And there's a true friend right there.

And I'm learning how
to be friends with him again.

Okay, guys, so I would love to end
our ritual on a Buddhist tea ceremony.

So the purpose of this is its symbolism.
We're filling the other person's cup

to whatever it is that you're putting
intention into the tea.

Envision you're giving that into their cup
and they're receiving that.

So, let's begin.

[metal clanks]

[Kim] Kevin, I just wanna say that, um…

that I do trust you.
I appreciate our friendship so much.

[emotional music playing]

[Kevin] I am honoring my word when I said,
no matter what happened between us,

we would always be friends,
and I feel good about that.

Kevin and I make better friends
than a relationship,

and we got something
that's so special and so unique.

And I'm happy that he understands,
and he's not holding any grudges.

We're gonna definitely
be friends for a very long time.

Should we end on a group hug?

-[Kevin] Yes.
-Yeah.

-Like a make-out session.
-A make-out-- [laughs]

-[Kevin] Let's do make-up.
-[inhales]

[Kevin grunts]

-Thank you, guys.
-[Kane] Thank you so much.

♪ You tried to kick me when I'm down
Now I'm popping champagne ♪

♪ Popping, popping
Popping champagne ♪

♪ Popping, popping
Popping champagne ♪

-♪ Popping, popping… ♪
-[man] Okay.

How familiar are you
with my work and all that?

On the down low, I am a fangirl.

-[Tyler] Oh. Amazing.
-I'm a huge fan.

Tyler Shields is one of the most
iconic photographers of our time.

His works of art
have been sold at Sotheby's

and is shown in galleries
around the world.

It's kind of insane that he…

wants to sh**t me.

I wanna do something
really interesting, unique, um…

And so I guess the question to you is,
you know, how far are you willing to go?

Oh my gosh.

There's always a conversation to be had
about your work and in perpetuity.

I mean, it always raises questions.
It opens dialogue.

[Tyler] I love that!

[Christine] It evokes
all sorts of emotions.

[Tyler] Is there any you would hang
in your house or wouldn't hang?

I might hang, um, any of the destruction
that you've done to Birkins.

-[laughs]
-[Tyler] Oh. Okay.

-[Christine] Whether it's lighting it--
-Yep. Yep.

-Having--
-Do you have Birkins?

I do.

Do you have any
that you are willing to part with?

It may not come back,
but I promise a picture will come back.

[whimsical music plays]

[Christine] Are you gonna set me on fire?

-Have you been set on fire?
-No.

Well, maybe.

I'm quite introverted and shy.

Okay, what's something you've done
in your life where you were like,

"I was terrified of doing this,
and I did it."

Oh, well,
I was recently asked to, um, join

the 30th season of Dancing with the Stars.

-You're an introvert?
-Yes.

Okay. Your idea of,
"Let me do something for fun"

is "I'm gonna dance in front of millions
of people." You think that's a good idea.

Now that you put it that way,

and the fact that
I'm gonna get in basically nothing.

-Dancing with the Stars, they want you--
-Right, half-naked.

-Like a third naked.
-Okay.

I heard-- Yeah or entirely naked.

-Eighty-four percent naked.
-Wearing pasties. [laughs]

Are you comfortable
to get naked on our sh**t?

Oh. I guess I just have
a bit of an identity issue

every time I have to show
more skin because,

in my culture, it's really important
to be pale and white,

um, because that's a sign of--
Or at least in the ancient days,

it's a sign of wealth and prosperity.

You're indoors.
You're not outside working.

In the Western culture, when you're fair,
you're, like, viewed as unhealthy.

People would say that I was sickly,
that I was unhealthy.

And so I've always been caught
in this, like, East versus West, um,

-ideology of, you know, beauty.
-Mm.

There are certain things
I know about your culture

but there's clearly things
I have no idea about.

So I would love
to do something culture related

-with the photograph.
-Mm.

-If we're talking East and West, right?
-Mm-hmm.

The… classic East would be the hairdo,
the thing, the whole kind of deal.

-Very traditional, ancient, dynastic.
-Very traditional.

Then when you think about West, right,
I think about Western.

-Mm-hmm. Yeah.
-Right? Like a vintage Western town.

-Uh.
-You know, like the classic, like, saloon.

So you've got, like, the literal East

and the literal West
with you in the middle.

Uh, what I'm seeing is very different
than what I thought I would be seeing

when we sat down and talked about this.

-So I'm very excited.
-Ah.

Um…

-How should I prep for this?
-You should do nothing.

You've been prepping
for this photo your entire life.

-Oh my gosh.
-All you have to do is just show up.

-I'll do the rest.
-But in clothing.

-Allegedly.
-[laughs] Oh my.

♪ Flex, flex, flex, flex ♪

♪ The competition is boring
And I won't do it six ♪

♪ Flex, flex, flex, flex ♪

♪ Ha ♪

♪ If you come for me
Make sure you come correct… ♪

[Kane] Oh, Kelly, you're so domestic.

-[Kelly] I don't cook, but I clean.
-[Kane] I completely hate cleaning.

That's like hard labor.

It just relaxes me.
But I think I wanna put this away.

-In case we get hungry.
-Kelly, the cake's here, so…

Pretend I'm Postmates or something.

-[whispers] You'll go outside?
-Yeah, and ask Kevin to open the door.

[Kelly laughs]

-The most random place in Pennsylvania.
-[Kelly] Having an important conversation?

No, just talking about cousins
that are reappearing.

-[Kelly] Cousins?
-Yeah.

[Kelly sighs] That's pretty cool.

How was dinner? Did you like dinner?

-[Kevin] We just ate together.
-Did you like it?

-Did you like dinner?
-Yeah. I loved it.

-Didn't you eat the same sh*t?
-I know. I'm just asking--

-[doorbell rings]
-Can you open the door, please? Thanks.

[Kim] Somebody's impatient.

-[Kevin] Oh my God!
-[Kane] It's Postmates!

-[Kelly, Kane] ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
-[Kevin] Wow!

-♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
-Oh.

-Wow.
-Let me put it here.

You did remember.

Make a wish. Make a wish.

-Can I tell you what my wish is?
-[Kelly, Kane] No.

-[Kelly] It'll come true.
-[Kane] Put it in the universe.

-[Kane and Kelly] Yay!
-Happy birthday, man. Come on.

[Kevin grunts]

-Happy birthday.
-[Kevin] Thank you.

-[Kelly] Happy birthday.
-[Kelly and Kevin grunt]

-Happy birthday, Opa!
-[in Korean] Thank you.

[Kim in English] Crack my back! [laughs]

I thought you forgot.

I appreciate you. [grunts]

I've given a lot of cakes to Kane
for his birthdays, apologies.

I think his way of saying,
"I'm sorry. We can amend things,"

is by giving me a cake too.

Even though it's not the high-quality cake
that I give him, it's a start.

When I first got here,
I think I was feeling a little tense.

I feel like there was some
unresolved things. And now I feel--

Dude, I feel so good now.
I feel like myself.

-I didn't unfollow you.
-You unfollowed me?

-No, I didn't. I muted you.
-[all laugh]

Wait, to be real--

-I muted him.
-I muted you too.

[all laugh]

-Let's unmute each other.
-Yeah, we should unmute each other.

-[Kane laughs]
-Okay, go to following.

-I don't want to.
-I wanna see this now!

-Go to following--
-[Kane laughs]

[Kane] So--

-[laughs]
-Stories and posts!

Oh my God, you did stories and posts!

But I still liked your pictures.

[all laugh]

[rap music plays]

♪ You got a bell
What are you gonna do about that? ♪

♪ If the team stops me
Who are you doing for? ♪

♪ That's a small car
This is a Billy truck ♪

I do what I want, you do what you can

♪ We playin' runnin' some bands
What'd you say, what'd you say? ♪

-♪ What'd you say… ♪
-Hello!

-Oh my God. It's the legend, the man!
-[Tyler] How are you doing?

-Thanks so much for doing this.
-Thank you. I'm excited.

So when Mike and I were coming today,
I started telling him,

"We're going and it's this great show,"
blah, blah, blah.

And I said, "Oh yeah."

The biggest problem on the show is that

you are completely bullied by Anna.

Now I'm getting the inside scoop.

-Ooh.
-So I'm like, "What's the real deal?"

She doesn't like me, and she's trying
to find things to pick at.

[Tyler] Mm.

It seems like she hates the thing
about you that she lacks from herself.

[Christine] Oh.

I find that unhappy people are,
you know, not happy about happy people.

You know, you just seem
like a happy person. Right?

Aside from your fear
of imminent death today.

-Yeah, that therapy session. Sign me up.
-Right.

-If I survive, I'll use it for therapy.
-It's good. If you survive, we'll do it.

What's your typical pep talk
for your subjects, and models,

and victims, I mean…

-Victims.
-…participants.

"Participants" is a better word
than "victim."

Even if moments get uncomfortable
or if you're afraid of doing something,

be willing to go to that line,
to go to that edge. Um--

I mean, sometimes I go to a sale
at Neiman Marcus, but…

[all laugh]

I don't think anyone, like, really loves
stepping outside of their comfort zone.

But, you know,
I'm not getting any younger.

So I better just try it all at some point.

[inhales] So here we go.

We gotta take a shot
of this Johnnie Walker Black.

-[Tyler] You know what?
-We're just gonna--

I'm gonna do a little.
Let's f*cking get this going if we can.

Come on. There we go.

-Okay. Yeah.
-You know.

-This is a new thing for me.
-Cheers.

-Cheers.
-To you surviving today.

[both slurp]

-It's tough. Let's go. We're losing light.
-Let's go, b*tches.

-[Tyler] Here we go.
-I am ready!

She's saucy already.

-[Christine laughs]
-Mm?

Let's go, guys.

-Okay. I want you just to be very stoic.
-Mm-hmm.

Okay.

-'Cause everything's blowing that way.
-Okay.

Um…

Yeah, keep that. That's nice.

Okay. Ready? And action.

[rap music plays]

Great. Freeze there.

[camera shutter clicking]

Hold it. Yes, perfect. That's it.

Ready to get uncomfortable?
Take it all down.

[laughs] We're letting it go?

[Tyler] Everyone's been naked.

-Perfect view. Perfect stance.
-[Christine laughs]

Just stay in it. Get that long.

-Yes. Yes.
-[Christine laughs]

Very good. Now you're strong.

And yes. That's it.

Perfect.

Right there. That's great.

-[camera shutter clicking]
-Yes, right there.

Hold that right there. Freeze that.

That is fantastic.

Look that way. Yep, that's it. Hold there.

I can't remember the last time
I've been stretched this way, emotionally,

physically.

I feel like I'm discovering

new parts of me
that I didn't even know existed.

-[Tyler] Done!
-[Christine] Yay!

[Tyler] Was that so painful?

-[Christine] No.
-[Tyler] Thank you.

-[Christine] Thank you.
-[Tyler] Go get warm.

Ooh. Thank you, thank you.

-You wanna learn how to drive?
-Sure. Let's do it.

-Now hold it, a little gas.
-[car engine revving]

Now pull the clutch back.
There you go, there you go!

-Now a little more gas! A little more gas!
-[screams]

We're f*cking driving it!
Clutch all the way in!

-You did it.
-[Christine] Yay!

♪ Then I'm gone for the night ♪

♪ In another city
Had to the catch the next flight ♪

♪ All right… ♪

-[Kane] It's not.
-[Kelly] What is this?

It's double eyelid tape.

How does this work?

-Wait. Let me figure this out.
-I wanna see.

[Kane] Made in Japan, so I trust it.

Oh, sh*t! "Decide your--" Oh.

"Decide your ideal double eyelid line."

"Put the tape on your eyelid."

-"Dramatic change."
-Let me read.

Let me read this really quick.

-"Paste from thinner side of the stick."
-[Kane] Let me just try it.

I thought it was just pasted on
and it's done.

[whimsical music plays]

Do I have a dram--?

[laughs] It's so all crooked.

-Do I look dramatic now?
-Let me see.

[both laugh]

-[Kane] What the f*ck did you do?
-Try another one.

Are… your eyelids real?

Okay, so my--

So, basically, my eyes,
when I was little, it was single-lidded--

The older I get,
one eye got bigger with double-lid.

Then I got this eye fixed so they match.

But yours are the same.

That's a really long explanation
to say that you went for surgery.

[both laugh]

But I was so--

Whatever traumatic childhood
you went through, you got surgery.

I'm really proud of myself, by the way.

-Oh, yeah. Oh.
-Look how good it looks.

I've always wanted, um, you know,
just bigger eyes growing up.

I felt it was uneven.

Hi, guys. I'm considering

double eyelid surgery
and I need your help.

If you look closely,
you can see the crease here.

I kind of wanna make my eyes more even,
as you can tell. Look. Like…

If you look,
my left eye is bigger than the right.

I'm like, "Dad, what's wrong? What did you
and Mom do that made me lopsided?"

[laughs] You know?

-Hey, like it.
-Close.

Dude, now I wanna do both.

Can you pick me up
at the hospital if I do it?

[Kelly laughs]

-It's better?
-[Kelly] It's a little bigger.

It's such a common thing growing up
in Asia, like, when the girls turn 13, 14,

like, they go for surgery
and the parents actually support it,

you know, but being a guy, like,
no one does surgery.

I mean, they don't talk about it.
It's like taboo there.

For me, my dad has always disapproved
of all these, like, treatments and stuff.

He's just, like, "Looks not natural."
But for me, it's something that

I feel like I'm at this point where
I've worked so hard for my body

and everything, like, just losing weight.

[splutters] And I think
it just feels the right…

It's just, like, the last improvement.

But when do you think it's enough, though?
When is enough?

[Kane] This is my last one.

-[Kelly] I don't know--
-I can tell. I actually do--

I'm very, like, torn between surgery
because for me, now that I'm older,

"You should love the way you look.
You're beautiful no matter what."

But now that I'm older
I have more money so I can do it. [laughs]

It's not about money. But me also,
I don't wanna sound like a hypocrite

'cause when I was younger,
I was feeling very insecure.

I don't regret it. But at the same time,
I don't wanna encourage plastic surgery,

and I feel like-- Now that I'm older,

I'm like,
"You should love the way you look."

You know, double eyelid surgery
is very common in the Asian culture.

But I feel like
it's not really discussed much.

It's almost like a secret
that people tend to keep.

People think that if you try
to do a double eyelid surgery

it's because you wanna look Westernized.

I never thought about that because.

like, there's beauty in single-lid eyes,
and then there's beauty in double-lid.

I think it's just personal preference.

Here's the thing, for you,

whatever you decide, obviously,
I'm gonna support you on it.

If you don't decide to get it,
it's still the same thing.

-Honestly, the change is so little.
-Can you tape this every time I want it?

No, I don't wanna-- I'm really bad
at this. I'm bad at make-up.

But I'm-- I'm not a girly girl.
I'm really bad at that stuff.

[upbeat music plays]

♪ We're young and beautiful
It's almost criminal ♪

♪ That we can have it all ♪

♪ We're young and beautiful
It's almost criminal ♪

♪ That we can have it all ♪

♪ Can have it all ♪

[upbeat music ends]

-[Kim] Gosh.
-[doorbell rings]

-[Kevin] What's up?
-Hi.

Hi.

-This is for you.
-No way.

-[Kim] Oh my goodness.
-[Kevin] Just cleaned.

-You don't have to take your shoes off.
-Okay. You sure?

-Yeah. You look good in heels.
-I really do.

-I wanna keep them on. [laughs]
-You look great.

Oh, wait, this is for you too.

-Thank you.
-I hope you like them.

[Kim laughs]

Are you trying to say something
with these sheets?

-Yeah, that you need new sheets.
-Okay. I don't know where this is coming--

[Kim gasps]

[Kim] Kev! We should put it over here.

-This is where we should put it.
-[Kevin] Okay.

After Malibu, Kevin and I's relationship
is so much better.

I feel like we got so much off the table.

Um, we're more straightforward
with each other.

-I'm gonna sit.
-Why are you looking at my abs?

[Kim] I was not looking at your abs.

Look at my face. Stop looking at my abs.

[Kim] But he does not know
how to stop flirting.

Like, this guy can't help it,
but I get it. I don't blame him.

If I was him and Kim's in front of me,
I get it. I totally get it.

[laughs]

-Um…
-What is that? Is that a Korean website?

Yes, so…

I met up with somebody

and… she's gonna help me with

the search for my birth parents,
my birth family.

-No way.
-Yeah.

Susan Cox, she's old OG
in the Korean adopted world.

Like, she was one of the first people

to be adopted
and actually find her birth parents.

So now she wants to help
other Korean adoptees do the same thing.

-We finally--
-In the flesh!

-So good to see you.
-You too!

I met Susan Cox
through the Korean Consulate,

and she's kind of made it a life mission
to help adoptees find their birth parents.

Kevin, when I did a search
for my, uh, birth family,

I put an ad in the paper.

I would do that if I were you.

Every piece of information,
every bit of intelligence you get,

can lead, perhaps, to something else.

I always thought that I had a lot of
closure with finding my birth parents.

Especially after doing hypnotherapy,
and sharing my experience with it,

but after a while, it just opened up
a whole new Pandora's box of questions.

And I realized,
"Man, this was just the beginning."

She gave me
like some action things I could do.

Writing an ad in the paper,
the Korean paper.

What do you think I should write, though?

"Kevin Kreider, model, fitness model,
trying to find…"

[laughs] I don't know.

They'll be like "Kevin Kreider?
That doesn't sound Korean."

[Kim] I know.

-[Kevin] Sounds a white dude.
-How do you say your name in Korean?

Tae Jin Kim.

So what I want to send is, um--

-[Kim] That's you?
-It's a little sketch.

Oh my God!
Look at you and your mushroom haircut.

-[laughs]
-Kev!

Oh my God! How could anybody give that up?

-[Kevin] That's what I was thinking.
-That's so cute!

All right, so…

"Kim Tae Jin,

uh, grandson
of Kim Hwa-Jung of Suwon City…"

Looking for--

-"…is looking for…"
-For--

-My birth family.
-Your birth family, so anybody.

Like your mom, dad, grandfather.

"…or anyone who could…"

-Help.
-"…help."

Explain. Like, who are you?

Where were you born?
When was the last time you were…?

-"He was born in the month of July…"
-Mm-hmm.

-"…in the lunar calendar, 1983."
-[Kim] Okay.

-Where were you adopted?
-"He was adopted from Hunong baby home."

"He came to a Philadelphian family…"

There you go.

"…at the age of three."

Should I say he's cute?

[laughs]

You look great.

-[smacks] I know. Focus.
-[laughs]

I'm trying. Should I say
I'm just looking for closure?

Yeah. Write what you feel.

This is it. This is a message to the world
and for people out there. You never know.

I feel for you, you know?
This reminds me of, uh…

-Yeah.
-…what I was going through.

I'm gonna try my best

and do whatever it takes
to help you find your family.

-So you can find that closure.
-Thank you.

What if you have brothers and sisters?

-I know. That's what--
-What if you have a hot brother?

Wow.

-Excuse me?
-Huh? [laughs]

-No, just imagine. [laughs]
-It's--

♪ I'll be floating like spaceships ♪

-♪ Out here grinding, getting chips ♪
-♪ Oh yeah ♪

♪ If it ain't about money ♪

♪ You ain't got nothing for me… ♪

-Doctor V.
-[Dr. V] Kane.

-Hello.
-[Dr. V] What's up, man?

-Look at you.
-Good to see you.

You always have the best suits.
Is this Tom Ford?

Uh, Lanvin.

-[Kelly laughs]
-Look at my doctor in Lanvin.

-So the reason I'm here again, Dr. V, is…
-Tell me.

I've always disliked-- Not disliked,
but, like, something that irked me was

-um, double eyelids.
-[Dr. V] Uh-huh.

I have two…

here and one is, like, missing.

-I love your eyelids.
-Thank you.

[laughs] So I feel like
if I do correct it a little,

my face would be better.

'Cause I like my face from here.
I just don't like this angle.

If you look at
the whole Asian population in general,

about half of Asians have,
like, an eyelid crease…

[Kane] Yeah.

…and the other half
doesn't really have it at all.

This person is a perfect example.
They have partial fold there.

-The fold ends there.
-I feel like I'm partial.

-That's what you are.
-Does it hurt?

I won't feel a thing.

-[laughs]
-What's the procedure like?

[Dr. V] You can do it awake or asleep.

You'll have stitches
in the eye for about a week.

You'll have swelling for about four months
until most of the swelling is gone.

-Wow.
-Four months?

[Dr. V] But you'll start seeing
the fold right away.

The main risk is gonna be
an asymmetry of the lid.

Do I get a refund?

-I'm kidding! I trust you.
-[laughs]

-A 10% refund.
-[Kane] I'm just--

-You can revise it too, right?
-Um… So you can revise it, yeah.

-You try and get it right the first time.
-[Kane] Of course.

In terms of pricing,
is it like a Hermes bag?

Like a Chanel jumbo 2.55?

-Let's get Jessie and she can go over--
-[Kane] Dr. V, if I guess correctly,

I want a 30% discount.

[Kelly and Dr. V laugh]

You know, this is the last thing
on my list that I wanna do.

I just want my face symmetrical.
I mean, look at Angelina Jolie.

Perfection, right?

I'm happy. I'm excited to look perfect.

So, Jessie, I'm thinking 20,000.

-Twenty thousand with anesthesia.
-Thirty percent discount!

-What if I pay cash?
-You give a cash discount?

I'll go to an ATM right now.

[all laugh]

♪ If they try to tell me no
I gotta have it ♪

♪ If they tell me take it slow
I'm going faster ♪

♪ If they tell me it's forbidden
I gotta do it ♪

♪ If they're standing in my way
I'm going through 'em… ♪

-[Tyler] Oh!
-[gasps]

Hello.

[Tyler] Hello!

-Oh my God. By the way, I just realized…
-[Tyler] Yeah. Uh-huh?

-Oh!
-…I brought a Birkin. [laughs]

Please don't burn my Birkin today.

-[Tyler] Let me see this.
-Not today.

Let's see this thing.

Wow.

God.

-She's an ostrich.
-This underwater…

-Oh no! Go easy on her.
-The bottom of the ocean would be amazing.

Think about it. Right?

-So we're gonna look at--
-Oh, it's that big?

Oh, we went big.

Wait! I don't wanna
see myself in that size.

-You're about to.
-No! I don't want to.

-So--
-I prefer… myself in a square.

-[Tyler] So--
-[Christine] Holy…

Oh!

So I think we really nailed
the East meets West.

It's really crazy 'cause the saloon vibe
with the Ferrari with the Eastern culture.

Like I said, it really worked out.
Then we're gonna look at number two.

-Number two?
-That's right.

[Tyler] Jorge is gonna bring in
number two.

-It's nice, though.
-[gasps]

Oh, I have the chills.

I can't stop staring at my face.

Had we not had that conversation,

where you were telling me about
your childhood and all that, it's like,

I don't know,
I feel like a part of that conversation

-is in this photograph.
-[Christine] Wow.

[Tyler] I'm curious to see how you feel
about this one because it's different.

I don't even know
if you knew I was taking this one.

[Christine gasps]

-Oh my God!
-Right?

I f*cking love this.

[gasps]

[Tyler] Isn't this fun?

[Christine] The-- I mean, this is like
the wildest time capsule ever.

Yes, I also just love the microphone,
like, the walkie-talkie--

-And the water.
-The water, the whole deal there.

-Here, he's got the sound bag.
-Oh my God! [gasps]

I have chills, and my heart is pounding.

It's also fun
because he's got his mask on.

Because, you know, again,
it's like this was done during COVID.

You know what I mean? We'll
always be able to remember from the mask.

-It was made in this time period. Right?
-Oh my God. Yes!

This is so good.

-[Tyler] Pretty fun.
-This is my favorite.

[mellow music plays]

-[Tyler] This is your least favorite.
-[Christine] Mm-hmm.

-But still, I love it.
-[Tyler] You still love it.

-You're making me choose.
-Right.

So the thing with the least favorites
is unfortunately--

Oh my God! Are you f*cking kidding me?

-Don't do that.
-They get destroyed.

They don't get to exist anymore.
Just grab a little piece of it.

-[Christine] No!
-Just go ahead.

-Is this some sick kind of therapy?
-One, two, three.

-Oh!
-[screams]

No, no!

-[Tyler] It feels good.
-It does not. [laughs]

-[Tyler] Done, done.
-Wow.

-Amazing.
-Thank you, thank you.

-It was awesome.
-I cannot wait for our next project.

-I'll see you later.
-No! Not that one! Not that one!

-[Tyler] I'm out of here!
-No! [laughs]

No! [laughs]

[mellow music plays]

[groans]

[phone rings]

[Kevin] Hey!

-Hey, Kevin.
-[Kevin] How's it going, Janice?

Wonderful. How are you?

Good. [sighs]

I was just doing some yoga.

Getting, uh, my, you know, energy and chi
leveled out, just thought of you.

[laughs] It feels so good.

It's awesome. Like, you get to release

the negative energy and emotions
in your body by opening up your hips.

-True.
-I think we're on a similar wavelength.

Vibes, right?

Yeah.

You liked it when I did this, huh?

Yeah. For the wavelength. [laughs]

[laughs] So, um…

yeah, I just wanted to ask you
if you were free some time to, like,

uh, go on a date or something
because it's, like,

we kind of do similar stuff
when it comes to spirituality and like…

Uh…

Yeah, I'd love to learn more
about what you're into.

Yeah? Let's do it.

-I'll text you a place, uh, and time.
-Okay.

And make it work out.

-Okay. Sounds good, Kevin.
All right, sounds good. See you, bye.

I mean,
that's what Reiki healing is all about.

Just sweeping out bad energy.
Let the new energy in.

Let Janice's good energy in.
I think it's a perfect new start.

Yes!

[sighs]

♪ I got your boyfriend ♪

♪ I got your boyfriend ♪

♪ If that was your boyfriend
He wasn't last night ♪

♪' Cause he was laid up with me
Freakin' all night ♪

♪ Going left, to the right, up and down ♪

♪ Going left, to the right, up and down ♪

♪ If that was your boyfriend
He wasn't last night ♪

♪' Cause he was laid up with me
Freakin' all night ♪

♪ Going left, to the right, up and down ♪

♪ Going left, to the right, up and down ♪

♪ Oh-oh ♪

[music ends]