01x01 - She Wears the Pants

[bunniefuu]

[upbeat music playing]

[Batsheva] So, Mom, when we first

got married, Ben and I had come to you,

we didn't exactly know

how things worked in the bedroom

You know, we came from a place

where sex is so taboo,

and nobody talks about it

My bridal teacher

wouldn't even say the word "sex,"

like, really knew nothing, and you gave us

some really helpful advice

So, now we've been married

for seven years

Ooh, I love this conversation

We don't wanna know personally

about your experience

You sure you don't want me to tell you

about really great sexual experiences?

I love you, but that's a little too gory

for your daughter and son-in-law

[Julia and Batsheva laughing]

So, mix it up. Try role-playing

You know, naughty nurse

Try different positions

You know, 69 it

- No, no, no!

- What about shoes? Sexy shoes?

- Oh, he does like that

- [Julia] There you go

- [laughing] I'm gonna get in trouble

- Okay

What does dinner do?

Does dinner do anything?

Going out to dinners and stuff?

I find that if I've eaten a big dinner,

I don't want sex because I'm too full

And when you've eaten that,

it's hard to eat anything else, yeah

So, just saying

[Batsheva] Ew! I just got that!

I'm done! I'm really just feeling

Netflix and no chill

[all laughing]

Oh ♪

Oh ♪

[cheering]

[announcer] Miss Julia Haart!

My name is Julia Haart,

and I am the CEO of Elite World Group,

the largest conglomerate

of modeling agencies in the world

Pretty much every major model,

Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford,

you name them,

has come through Elite World

Ooh, love of my life!

[Julia] I'm married to an amazing man

I have four incredible children

Three of them live here in Manhattan,

and my little one, Aron,

we share custody, my ex-husband and I

I know I have oysters on the table

There's also kosher things coming

[Silvio] Next time, with bacon

- Let's do one step at a time

- Oh, my God!

[Julia] It's really hard to imagine

that just a few years ago,

I was living in an extreme

ultra-Orthodox Jewish community,

yeshivishe heimishe,

from my entire life

until the time I was 40

There are a lot of Jews

who live perfectly regular lives

It has nothing to do

with Judaism or religion

This has to do with fundamentalism

I love being Jewish, but I do believe

whether it's Jewish fundamentalism,

Muslim fundamentalism,

Christian fundamentalism,

it is so dangerous

The women in our community

are second-class citizens

We only exist in relation to a man

A woman can't sing,

because a man might get attracted to her

You can't ride a bicycle,

because your knees might show

and some man

might have bad thoughts about you

The women in our community

were covered from head to toe,

and it was your mother's responsibility

to teach you modesty

Your entire purpose

is not to attract attention

Think about where we came from,

that we're sitting at this table

[Batsheva] Mm-hmm

Do you remember when I first took off

my wig? How, like, angry at me you were?

Yeah

[Julia] If any of your body parts

were uncovered,

there's a very special form of hell that

is reserved for both you and your mother

In this hell,

your mother would dip your clothes

in acid, put them on your body,

and so throughout the day,

your body would decompose from the acid

And then, the next morning,

it would start all over again

for thousands of years

or however many years hell lasts

When you learn this as a child,

and everyone around you believes it,

you believe it

I remember in school, I was taught

that men are better than women

[Julia] Yeah

[Miriam] Guys are just better than girls,

that's how it is

I think that mindset's crazy

We said it every morning from the time

you were a baby. What do you say?

"Thank you, God,

for not making me a woman."

Thank you very much

In our community,

a woman basically has one purpose,

to follow her husband

and to be a baby-making machine

A man can divorce a wife

for burning his food,

but a woman, even if she's being beaten,

cannot divorce her husband

Marriage was prison

I hated being married

But I had no education, I had

no way to support myself. How do I leave?

So I thought, okay, what is the one thing

you can do without a degree?

You can sell

It took me many years,

but I started to sell

life insurance and annuities

without my husband knowing about it

And I slowly, slowly started building

my little escape fund,

and I just packed up and left

No plan, wasn't organized

I just couldn't sit there

for another millisecond

Ben and I have been married

almost eight years

Well, I walked out two months

after you got married

- [Ben] Two days!

- [Julia] Two days

- We got married on a Wednesday

- We left Thursday

- And took off ten days later, Sunday

- [Julia] And then I took off

- [Ben] Right. Then you took off

- [Julia laughing]

[Julia] So when I left, Batsheva was

already married, she was living in Israel,

Shlomo was away in yeshiva,

so there was only Miriam and Aron at home

Miriam came and moved in with me,

and Aron was really little,

he was seven years old,

and so half the time he's with me

and half the time he's still in Monsey

I'm very lucky to have been married

to be married to Batsheva

- Not "have been," to be married

- [all laughing]

We're very much

on the same level religiously, and

[Shlomo] Are you guys?

[Ben] Very much,

on a lot of things we are,

and a big thing, you'll see

when you're in a relationship one day,

is that communication is basically,

arguably the most important thing

[Julia] Batsheva is my oldest daughter

She'd been brought up

in that world the longest,

so of course for her,

it was extremely difficult

Ben and I are at a different level

than you, and I think that's okay

Ben is my husband and best friend

He's a real estate agent in the city

We got married when we were 19 years old

Getting married that young is very common

Right after I got married, my mom decided

she no longer wanted

to be religious at all,

and that was really challenging for me

because I was brought up one way,

and she was basically saying,

"I don't believe

in any of that, I'm going."

I still live

a very religious Jewish lifestyle,

but I am obviously not where I used to be,

and I've found my own way in the religion

[Miriam] I was taught

"One way or the highway."

[Julia] Yeah. One way or the highway

But I think that's crazy. At the least

[Julia] My daughter Miriam

is very much like me in the sense that

we're both not religious at all

Somebody asked, like, what a l*sbian was,

and my teacher said that doesn't exist

Means I'm not breaking any rules

Growing up in my community,

I really, really had a hard time

All I wanted to do was run around

and play sports and I couldn't as a woman

I was around constant sexism

I wasn't able

to explore my sexuality at all

So my mom took me

out of the community when I was 13,

so I'm very much in debt to her

and grateful for everything she's done

Let's toast

Julia's been doing so much

I'm in awe of you, my love

I love you so much

I want my children

to have every opportunity

I want them to be part

of the outside world

- [Miriam] To Ima!

- Cheers! To family

- [Miriam] To a big Haart

- [Ben] To a big heart

- [woman] Your next meeting's here

- Okay. Send them in

Since the day I took over this company,

it's all about, "The talent is the voice."

When I left Monsey,

I was almost 43 years old,

and I needed to figure out

a way to make money

Ever since I can remember,

I've always loved fashion

So when I left my community,

the first thing I wanted to do

was start a fashion brand,

and I chose shoes

because even in my community,

even though I got flak,

I kept on saying, "Show me a law

that says I can't wear high-heeled shoes."

So my entire life, I've been wearing

high-heeled shoes because I'm tiny

But then what I realized is

I couldn't make shoes for women

that were uncomfortable

So I wanted to free all women

from suffering for beauty

So I started the shoe brand Julia Haart

In one year, I was being sold

in seven countries

And then La Perla bought my shoe brand

I became creative director

of the world's most premier

renowned lingerie brand

I did to clothing the same thing

that I had done to shoes,

is I made it comfortable

Why do we women suffer for beauty?

Because way back when,

some dude had some idea

of what a woman's shape should be

Women were wearing corsets

that literally broke their rib cages,

and made it

impossible for them to breathe

Sorry, that's where I came from,

I don't want anything to do with that

The idea that any woman should suffer

for anything was outrageous to me

So when I was first asked to become

CEO of Elite, we made a deal

Deal was, if I'm taking over,

I'm taking over

We're doing it my way

I want to change and modernize

the entire modeling industry

Our models are not treated like bodies

They are treated with respect

Rob, can you do the combination?

Yes!

If you f*ck with Julia,

she will bulldoze you

If you stand in her way,

if you try to block her or her vision,

she's gonna run you over

And it's the most powerful,

incredible thing I've seen in my life

No one knows me better

You know me better than myself ♪

We got a Bonnie and Clyde type of vibe ♪

Don't we make a mighty fine pair? ♪

Peaches and cream ♪

[singers vocalizing]

Okay, babe

Just have an open mind

[laughing] What are you wearing?

[Batsheva] This is what I want to wear

We agreed when we moved to the city

that I was giving you a year

to get used to having a more "modern"

style of dress, like wearing pants

And what did I tell you?

I got used to you not covering the hair,

but, like, pants,

- I said I don't feel comfortable with it

- I know

So, where I came from, wearing pants

is one of, like, the biggest sins

I learned I would be shunned

and never marry anybody

because it's, like, so inappropriate

But my view on modesty has really changed

Now I'm kind of at the point

where I'm like,

"This is something that I want to do."

So I want him to come around,

to understand where I'm coming from

Why do you care about pants?

I don't think

that the modest dressing is important

We're in New York City,

nobody gives a f*ck, it doesn't matter

The only people that I think

that you care about is your family

- It is! Okay

- Okay

I don't care if my parents know

That's not how you live your life

Because your mother [chuckles] I know

you don't care if your parents know. Like

When I married Batsheva,

her last name was Hendler

and Julia's last name was Hendler

Like, Julia Haart didn't exist

I thought I was marrying

a regular Orthodox religious family

and knew what our lives

were gonna look like

But literally like

a week after our wedding,

Julia, like, left the community

abruptly overnight

We didn't realize

that it would change all of our lives

so dramatically

and so drastically as it has

And it's my thing

I I understand it's your thing,

that's why I don't want to be forcing,

"Oh, my husband's making me do this."

I don't want that type of resentment

But at the same time,

I would hope my point of view on the

matter would also affect your decision

- I know, but you've gotten better

- I'm trailing behind you

I've gotten better about a lot of things!

I've been open-minded in our marriage

- I know. You don't have to be into it

- I do, though. Then, what

Then what are we doing, then?

Ben and I got married when we were

living a very different life,

so I still respect his feelings,

but I'm frustrated

that Ben still isn't where I'm at

It's like

It's a very, very, very big step

Like, give me a chance

to talk to my parents

- What are you gonna say to them?

- I don't know

- It doesn't make any sense

- It it doesn't, but to me it does

- What will you tell them?

- I feel this is something

I don't have anything lined up

'cause I wasn't expecting you

to come out in pants,

so I'm asking you now to give me

time to process, that's all

Okay. Fine

Me and my friends

Livin' like celebs ♪

It will never end ♪

We'll dance ♪

Oh, oh ♪

Oh, oh ♪

Oh, oh ♪

[Julia clears throat]

- Hey, Mama. [laughing]

- [Julia] Miriam

- Babe

- No, I'll put it away after. Don't worry

But can you Literally, my underwear?

[humorous music playing]

- [Miriam] It's so cute. Freedom panties

- [Julia] No

I adore you to death

Please let's not share underwear

- Okay. I guess that's a little

- That's a bit much

[Miriam] I am 20 years old. I am currently

a student at Stanford University

Growing up in a super fundamentalist

Orthodox Jewish community,

my education was terrible

We didn't learn basic grammar,

we didn't learn history

It didn't really matter because

we weren't going to college anyways,

we were just becoming wives

So, everything I learned was self-taught

I'm passionate about building apps

that empower women

An app that I built recently

helps women do self breast exams

People say "think outside the box,"

but I don't even think a box exists

There are so many issues in this world

that I want to make better

What is all this for? Can I just find out?

I'm going on a date!

- What?

- Yeah

- Tell me more, tell me more!

- I'm getting set up with a girl

- Okay, okay. Something sexy

- Mm-hmm

Maybe like a little mini dress

or a romper

[Miriam] Not a dress, no

[Julia] And babe, like, just go for it

if you feel attracted to her

- [Miriam] I will

- [Julia] Kiss her. Have fun

No, seriously, there's a reason

I bought you a vibrator

There's no way

you can have someone pleasure you

if you can't pleasure yourself

- Okay, Mama

- [both laughing]

One of the great Miriam stories

is when she was 16 years old,

she found this robotics class in Manhattan

and she really, really wanted to take it

The professor said,

"We don't take high school students."

And Miriam said to him, "Look,

if I can break into your system,

register myself as a student,

will you let me stay?"

Thirty minutes later,

she had broken into the system

and, sure enough,

he let her stay in class

- What about this?

- This is so cute! I love it

[Julia] I'm excited

- Wait, this isn't your first date

- It's my first, like, blind date

- [Julia] That's gonna be really fun

- Yeah. I'm excited

You don't have to worry, just be yourself

Obviously everyone loves you

I love you, so that's it

- Actually

- No one's allowed to mess with you

Um, I was telling Bat

that, like, I'm bi, whatever

Not "bi-whatever," bi

- Right

- Own it

- Yeah, that I'm bi

- Okay

I don't know. I guess she just didn't

She thought it was a phase

Batsheva and I are

definitely at different mindsets

Even though she's out

in the world right now,

she still believes in a lot of the things

we were taught growing up,

and I definitely don't

If you feel this way, it's how you feel

Like, you're attracted to women

- Yeah

- And she needs to, like, acknowledge

It's fine. I don't care. Like

I care. I'm so proud of you

I love you so much

I love you too

Thanks for always accepting me

You are incredible and awesome

and powerful and kick-a*s

Okay, now I want to see you in the outfit

[upbeat music playing]

- Oh, my God! Well, yes, queen!

- [Robert laughing]

Excusez-moi

- I need a mirror

- [Robert] Find her a mirror

- I have some concerned areas

The only thing is you see the corset

- [Miss Fame] I'm concerned about my candy

- [Robert] Candy!

- Disregard

- Candy man!

I'm the creative director for e1972,

which is the first fashion brand

of Elite World Group

"E" stands for Elite,

1972 is the year that Elite was founded

I'm really excited,

and I'm also absolutely petrified

about our debut fashion show,

because no one's ever done this before

No modeling agency at all

has ever started their own brand

So there's a lot riding on this

And if I mess up, I'm in big trouble

That's really nice

- [Michele] That's cute

- [Robert] Yeah, beautiful

Yeah, the the outfit is amazing,

but I f*cking hate the shoes

No, we gotta

Too traditional. Too ladylike

- [Robert] I know she's a lady, but

- [Miss Fame] But this lady's a tr*mp

- Praise the Lord!

- Plus, they're not easy to walk in

Can I just do something super crazy?

Can we try the combat boots?

I mean Yeah

You know, in the world I come from,

I was covered up my entire life

So to me, every low-cut top,

every mini-skirt is an emblem of freedom

Oh, my God! Now we're talking!

It's about individuality, uniqueness

- Oh!

- Wow!

Oh, my goodness!

Careful, there better not be a breeze

The beauty of fashion is that

it's expressing yourself as who you are

Everyone should be themselves

Now, that that's you

Okay, guys. Hello!

Executive decision here

- We are throwing out all the shoes

- [Robert] What?

I want like 60 pairs of those

Where is someone who can go get them?

- No. Julia, we have one day

- [Julia] Perfect

Some might say she's a disruptor

and does crazy things,

but name another genius who's not

I'll wait

My name is Robert Brotherton

I'm the Chief Operating Officer

of Elite World Group

I am the man behind Julia Haart

Who do you think is gonna have

to find 60 pairs of boots?

I love all your great ideas

[both laughing]

Me

What we have to figure out

is who do we want

in slot number two, three, five, six

What about Jasmine?

Hello? Jasmine? What about Jasmine?

- [Michele] She's, uh

- Ugh

- I just got a call from Madeleine

- Okay

[Robert] Jasmine is sick,

and she's not coming

Are you f*cking kidding me?

- [Robert] Hey, Madeleine, I'm here

I feel like she needed to be home

sleeping in her own bed

and recovering at home

Okay

Is she ill-ill? Like, she's really ill?

- Yes, totally

- I mean

f*ck!

We sent her chicken soup

to the hotel, we sent a doctor, an IV

Madeleine's, like, sending everything

to her. Here's the other problem

Okay

The website is launching with her

as the face, and she's not in the show

Okay, that's really bad

We're looking for another solution,

but we're not sure

[Julia] What will we do?

Poor Jasmine being sick

She's the face of the show,

she's the face of the ad campaign,

and I just hope she feels better,

but I now need to find someone

to replace her

- One of the girls is sick?

- Not one of

- The girl

- One of the main?

- One of the main

- [Miss Fame] Can she get an IV drip?

- I'm gonna send a shaman, honestly

- I've done it. It works

[Robert] I'm aware. I signed the invoice

[laughing]

[Miss Fame] Oh, God!

[upbeat music playing]

[Batsheva] So, it's almost my birthday

Where are you going with this?

[chuckles]

- No, that I'm turning 27

- Okay

First we said when I turned 26,

we'll think about kids,

and now I'm almost 27, and I don't know

No? You're not sure?

I definitely want kids,

I just don't want kids now

On the topic of who's gonna have

a baby first, Shlomo or Miriam?

We are

Shlomo doesn't seem

like he's that interested

No, he's not not interested,

but he needs to get more comfortable

around the opposite sex

- Miriam is much more

- Miriam is much more

I feel like Miriam

is, like, in the point in her life

where she is, like, trying everything out,

but I definitely think

it's, like, an experimental stage

Like, I don't think that she's a l*sbian,

that she's exclusively one

- She says she wants to explore

- No, she's bisexual. Right

If she didn't leave Monsey, would she

still have you know, be experimenting?

Well, do you think it's, like

It's like a shock value factor

I still think she'll end up with a guy

I see that, yeah. I don't see her

settling down with a woman

No

[upbeat music playing]

[line ringing]

Hello?

Hi. It's Robert and Julia

from e1972 and Elite World

Hi, so lovely to speak with you

I saw some of the photos,

the line looks incredible

Can you start by telling me a little bit

about your concepts for e1972?

- [Silvio] Hey, Larissa. [speaking Italian]

- What inspired this first line?

[Robert] I have no idea why

in this three-story,

10,000-square-foot penthouse

we have these two offices

right next to each other

But we all have to co-exist

We're using a lot of ateliers

in the New York area,

- like that entire fashion industry

- [Silvio] And what about Friday?

What you're making in the industry

- Yeah, so, the idea is to help people to

- [Silvio continuing speaking Italian]

Sorry, I'm losing my

So that they can build

themselves into brands

- and really curate their career because

- [Silvio speaking Italian]

- [in English] Sorry

- Curate their career

[Silvio] Sorry. [laughing]

- Curate their career so they can have

- [Silvio speaking Italian]

much more longevity

and financial independence

[Silvio speaking Italian]

[upbeat music playing]

- [Julia] Hello!

- Gorgeous woman

- How are you?

- Good, this is from the collection

Since Jasmine is sick, I now need to find

someone who has that same gravitas,

that same business sense,

so I called Lais Ribeiro,

who is one

of my massively incredible top models

that I'm obsessed

with building a brand together with

I appreciate you guys supporting me

I'm ready. [laughing]

- That says something!

- That's it

That's all you need! I was thinking

about this. You're an icon

- [Robert] Yeah

- Thank you

The few times that we've talked,

I know that you have the desire

to build yourself into a brand

- [Lais laughing]

- I'm serious

I really want to gel what our

first project is gonna be together

I was thinking for anything we do,

I want to put my, like, my mark, you know

Your twist, your mark

I'm Brazilian, Latina,

you know, I'm a I'm a mom

- Are you a single mom?

- I'm a single mom, yeah

Wow. We would market that

Like, "Mom and her son."

- And he's autistic

- Okay

Single mom,

11-year-old child who is autistic,

- and when we called, she came

- Yeah

[Julia] I can help my talent

utilize their digital platform

to build themselves into brands

I can give them complete control

of their own financial independence,

and I can give them longevity

way past the runway,

way past when they hit 35

Where I come from,

that, to me, is freedom

And I'm going to f*cking put everything

I have into making you successful

- Amen!

- Praise the Lord! [laughing]

I'm just very happy to be

with someone that f*cking went for it,

worked hard, and is trying

to do the same for other women

I have to

That, to me, is my mission in life

It's not a job. It's not, like, a career

This is my mission

It's the little things in life

that make a difference

- I don't forget the people who show up

- You're the best

Thank you

[Julia] You are amazing

Thank you, really

I want my nails to be

as beautiful as yours

I know, look at you. Seriously

- Hello, ring. Hello, ring

- Yes

- Come through

- Bye, beautiful

[Julia and Lais kiss]

Whoa ♪

I'll be the last one standing ♪

[Julia] Shlo

[Shlomo] Sorry,

I was getting the champagne

- [Julia] Cheers

- Cheers

So, what's going on in your life?

I want to hear everything

[clears throat] Well, I had my first kiss

[laughing] Yes! I'm so proud of you!

Seriously, hallelujah, because in my world

being with girls is massively taboo

Wow, this is crazy

They're bad,

and they can cause you to sin,

which to me is obscene and horrible,

but emotionally and mentally,

it's frightening

How was it? What was it like?

Who is she? How did you meet her?

Okay, so,

uh, I met her twice before we kissed

- So, she's frum, she's religious?

- Nope, not religious

Well, that's good, I like that

This is amazing. Okay, so you meet her?

Well, it's not that amazing

Let me give you the story

- Okay

- One sec, first let me take a sip

Okay. sh*t

Well, so actually,

I I was more the passive person

- Really? So someone came on to you?

- Yeah

- Yes, yes

- Okay. Tell me more

- Obviously, I've never kissed anybody

- Okay

- She was literally directing me

- Wow

Yeah, because I don't want to touch,

I don't want to do anything wrong

- Right. Don't want to be disrespectful

- Don't want to be disrespectful

- And I also don't know what to do

- [Julia laughing]

- It was actually a bit of a challenge

- Why?

- The bra

- You've never done a bra before

- Never done a bra before

- How long did it take

I was trying to pinch it, unpinch it,

and I was like,

"Oh, now I get

the jokes that people make."

- It was hard

- About the bra

At this point in my life,

I'm still a virgin

In the world I'm from,

dating is meant for marriage,

and it's, like, a very big sin

to just touch a girl

Recently, I decided

I'm more open to the idea of dating

Even if you go on a date

or you're dating someone,

it doesn't need to be the one you're going

to be with for the rest of your life

Shlomo is a real philosopher

He's an intellectual

So for him,

the more he's in the outside world,

the more he understands

that what he was taught is ludicrous

It really takes time

to deprogram yourself

And a little later, she wanted to, like

- [Miriam] Hey

- [Julia] Hey!

- What's up?

- [Julia] To be continued

- [Shlomo] To be continued

- What are you talking about?

[Julia and Shlomo] Nothing

What?

[Julia] Bat!

- Hi, guys

- Hey, mamacita

- Cheers

- [Shlomo] L'Chaim

To the Haarts!

- Mm. That's pretty good

- [Julia] It's a rosé

I figured instead of champagne,

we could start with rosé

- I'm very happy

- [Julia] What's going on in your life?

[Batsheva] You know

I've been wanting to wear pants,

but I'm waiting till Ben

is on the same page as me

So anyway, I came out,

I was wearing a pair of jeans, and

[Julia] Wait, a pair of jeans?

- [Batsheva] Yeah

- Oh, my God!

So anyway, he was like,

"What are you wearing?"

- Oh, my God!

- [Batsheva] And I warned

- [Julia] He got upset?

- Hey, come on

- How is that even remotely appropriate?

- Because of how we were raised

- I don't care

- and brought up

No one gets to tell you

what to put on your body

Okay, I'm telling you this

and I'm expressing it to you,

- but if you're gonna freak out

- Sorry

- Then I won't tell you

- Okay, okay, I'm going to calm down

He's my best friend,

and when we did get married,

I wasn't at that place, so I still want

to do this journey with him together,

as opposed to just doing it because

I'm like, "I don't care what you think."

So I'm still I'm telling him

that I'm doing it regardless,

but I want I wanted to give him time

to be open to it

[Julia] Okay

I don't think

that Bat would have gotten married at 19

if she didn't grow up

in the environment she did

She was pressured to get married,

and as her sister,

I feel a responsibility to hopefully

help her be able to be independent

I didn't want to say this

in front of everybody else,

but we're in the 21st century

He should not be telling you

I feel you

I feel like you'd be so much farther

if Ben wasn't in your way

[inhales sharply]

I don't think that you're in the place

that you can be judging

You've never been in a long-term

committed relationship with anybody

Your mindset is a little bit tainted

on what relationships should be,

because we did not grow up in a house

where we saw a loving relationship

- Okay

- Right?

Yeah

So I definitely think

that Ima's all about liberation

and whatever and all women's empowerment

We wouldn't be here

without Ima and liberation

Of course, I'm 100% about that

Like, what you're expressing to me

is, like, that on steroids

but without thinking of, like,

what it means to be in a relationship

- But I mean

- I am thinking about that

In a successful marriage,

there is compromise,

there's understanding

It's a give and take

The scale goes up and down,

and nobody else can tell me

how to handle it 'cause it's my life

He's taking a longer time

maybe to get to where I am

Bat, I think you just need

to, like, wake up a little bit, honestly

You just don't know other aspects,

like, you don't know anything else,

and that's why you feel this way

If I'm being really honest with you,

I don't think he's good for you

[sighs] All right,

I'm gonna drink my champagne

Okay

[uplifting music playing]

- Hi!

- [Kai] Hi!

- [Miriam] Good to meet you

- Nice to meet you

[chuckles] Do you want some coffee?

- I do want some!

- Let's do it

[Miriam] Two matcha lattes

with almond milk, please

- Sure

- Thank you

- [Kai laughs]

- [Miriam] So you live in New York?

[Kai] I do. I grew up in Brooklyn

[Miriam] Oh, cool

[Kai] I was home-schooled growing up,

and so it was like, home-schoolers are

really absurd people

- Mm-hmm

- and they're all g*y. Every single one

So if you're straight, you were like,

"Oh, you're straight? I'm so sorry."

[Miriam laughing] That's pretty funny

That's, like, so different for me though

Everybody when I was growing up

was super straight

- Seriously? Oh no

- Super straight

Yeah. So, I grew up very, very religious

Wow! Oh, my gosh!

Not only was being g*y or being l*sbian

Like, it wasn't even a thing

[Kai] My adoptive dad

is conservative Korean

And so it's always like,

"When are you gonna marry a man?"

- [Miriam] Yeah

- [Kai] I'm like, "Never marrying a man."

My dad's like, "What? Like, who are you

gonna marry?" I'm like

- [laughs] Yeah, yeah, yeah

- Like, "Take a guess."

Has no clue, which is really funny to me

My mom never forced anything upon me

I still was religious until I was 16

There is some friction in my family

in terms of my sexuality

So I guess we'll see

how things go with time

- Should we sit next to each other?

- Yeah, obviously

What got you into computer science?

Was that something you were into?

I assume not

Like, I tried coding once,

and I was like "Stop!" [laughing]

- Mm-hmm. Yeah

- It's so hard

Do you think you're gonna make apps

for the rest of your life?

- No

- No?

No

What do you want to do,

like, when you get older?

- Something for women

- Yes!

- [laughing]

- We love women!

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I think women in tech

is, like, so inspiring

I think you being, like, so successful

in what you do is really inspiring

- Thank you

- For a lot of people

You look really pretty

Is it okay if I kiss you?

- Yeah, totally

- Okay

- Thanks

- [both giggling]

Wow

- Should we continue walking?

- Yeah

- Do you want to link arms?

- Yeah

- [Kai] What a cute moment for us

- [Miriam] I know

- [Kai] The gays win today

- [Miriam] Yeah

[Julia sighs] I'm so happy we get to

actually spend a little time together

- [Silvio] Yes. [laughs]

- [Julia] A crazy week

[Silvio sighs]

So much looking forward to this

- Thank you

- [Julia] Thank you

Cheers

We never get alone time

I want to do nothing but kiss you all day

[Silvio] Mmm. I like that

You know what I was thinking last night?

Like, I'm not afraid of much,

like, I don't get nervous,

but this fashion show

freaks me out completely

And

I mean, this is going to sound so goofy,

but it's like being massively naked

in front of millions of people,

and then people make judgments on you

I met you literally like, what,

two years after I came out?

I had my own company,

I was creative director of La Perla,

but I was still inside,

like, this big ball of fear

- I was always afraid that someone

- I remember

Yeah, and someone would say,

"You're such a fraud." Like

"You're a faker,

we know that you don't know anything."

- You were exposed

- To so many horrible people

Horrible people, yeah

I see a strong woman in Julia

She is extremely intelligent and creative

Energy like a small nuclear plant

She is one of the most remarkable persons

that I ever met

After I met you,

whenever I would get really scared,

I would literally say to myself

And I kid you Like, literally, out loud,

I would say,

"Julia, channel your inner Silvio."

- [Silvio chuckles]

- "Channel your inner Silvio."

I love you so much

And it made me stronger

And it's like

my kids and I have that expression

Whenever we're nervous about something,

we say, "Channel your inner Silvio."

When I left Monsey,

my dream for life was to be alone

And then I met Silvio,

and that whole plan went out the window

Here's this guy. Brilliant, brave,

extraordinary human being

He brings fiber optics

into the home for the first time ever

I remember asking Silvio,

"I don't get it

Why would you want to go out with me?"

And he said, "Well, you're not easy,

but easy's boring."

When we got married, he said,

"You made your name from scratch."

"You worked for this name."

"Julia Haart is someone that you created

and you fought for,

and I'm never giving her up."

"I don't know

if you think it's a good idea,

but I'd like to take your name on

instead of you taking mine."

"Haart" is the name

that Julia chose to mark her new life

We are entrusting

our freedom to each other

[guests applauding]

Is that the most romantic,

sweetest thing you have ever heard?

You're my life

- I really love you

- I will not be alive without you

[upbeat music playing]

- Let me go look at the board

- Okay

I want to see

what was the major alteration,

what do we need to refit

- [Michele] That was fine. Yes

- That was fine

This was a lot of alteration

- All the sewers are available?

- All available, yeah

[Miriam] Oh, my goodness. This is so cool!

You're gonna be great

It's gonna be great, it's gonna be great

- It's gonna be awesome

- [Julia] No jinxing it! Stop talking

[Robert] I'm gonna

check the schedule with Jonathan

[Ben] So Batsheva told me

what you spoke to her about

That I was holding her back

I was very hurt

- [Batsheva] And so was I

- [Julia] Guys, what's happening?

Can I hear what's going on? I don't like

all this whispering in my room

I just said that I don't want

anybody holding Batsheva down

It's true. I mean, that's not

a bad thing to say. It's her body

She's an adult woman. She should decide

I'd say the exact same thing to Shlomo

It's not your decision to make

- It wasn't couldn't It just

- Anyway

[Julia] No, I'm sorry

But Miriam, that's all you said?

- I mean, like, it was

- All? It's a little over-the-top

- [Miriam] It was out of love for you

- No. Regardless, it's still hurtful

I was still very hurt

We're still

getting comfortable and expanding

our, you know, religious freedom

This is a very, very, very

big thing for me,

so for me,

it's taking longer to get used to

I've never given a sh*t about anything

you, Miriam, or Batsheva's worn

- [Julia, sarcastically] Well, thank you

- You're such a good man

- Thank you for approving

- I'm the best

The reason I understand Binyamin,

he's not coming from,

"Oh, you can't wear it 'cause

you're gonna make someone come."

He wants time

It's nothing about controlling women

[Julia] That is what it's about,

you just don't realize

You hear people say,

"They should dress more modestly."

Or, "Oh, women should be more covered."

Hold on one second

That whole concept, men can't control

themselves, is ludicrous

- That's not what this is

- But it is. Where do pants come from?

- It's that a woman's legs are too shapely

- Correct

and a man's

gonna think bad thoughts about her

That's where it comes from

A man should learn

to grow up and control himself,

and a woman should wear

whatever she wants

By me asking her to just give me time

is not me being restrictive of her

All I'm saying

is just let me catch up to you

I'm sorry, that is literally

the most f*cking stupid thing

I've ever heard in my life

[tense music playing]

Well, everybody,

this is my personal relationship,

this is nobody else's relationship

Ben has been my rock

between your whole ordeal

We got married,

and you went on your entire journey

I was on my own

And, like, when we weren't talking,

he spoke to you

Right. Well, we weren't talking

because you didn't want to talk to me

I didn't want to talk to you

So he was the one

who kept that bond going

Can I just say one thing?

I've heard what you have to say,

and the rest is between me and Ben

If I asked her

to talk to Ben, fine, but I didn't

I didn't ask her to get involved

I I just want the best for you

So, everyone needs to just back off

and stay in their lane

[Robert] Julia, we're going in

in 15 minutes. Thank you, guys

[announcer] This is the very first show,

the debut collection,

for e1972

We are all so excited to be here

Hey!

[Kai] How are you?

- [woman] Congratulations

- Thanks. I married a genius

- Yes, you did

- [Silvio laughing]

Sorry. I need to talk to you

I have an emergency

- What?

- This look

- Yeah?

- The model has gone missing

She texted me,

"I'm at the police station,"

and I cannot reach her since then

- What the f*ck? Where is she?

- In a precinct

- I don't know which one

- A precinct?

- Have you called her?

- I called her 20 times!

We don't have time to alter the clothes

They've been fit for her!

Michele!

- I don't want to be in a position where

- [Donat] We're stuck with nothing

My daughter's fuming at me

I've lost a model

It's minutes before

the show's about to start

What is actually happening here?

- [Robert] Faretta only has one, right?

- [Julia] Two

- sh*t

- Okay, Faretta has two

- I'm so excited!

- Yeah!

[announcer] Good evening, everyone

[Donat] Oh my God, that's her! Hello

Where are you, babe?

[Julia] Put her on speaker!

They pulled us all out of the car

and searched us

[Donat] Why did they arrest you?

Is she in the police station by herself?

Babe, hi, it's Julia

[crying] Hi, Julia

I really did not want this to happen

Oh babe, no, don't cry

I'm literally in a f*cking cell!

[dramatic music playing]

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