When you go on national television, it can be a bit nerve racking. But in in my case and Alison’s case, it was a lot nerve racking.
Alison and I both have a television background because we’ve both worked as on-air reporters. But knowing what we know about television probably gave us all the ammunition we needed to become worry warts.
I was honestly okay until I got an email from Alison about a week before we were to leave for NYC. You could tell from the tone of the email that she was completely scared for what could happen during a live television interview. She being nervous made me nervous.
Dawn and Tonya were like old pros. The two that have the least amount of public speaking experience were the ones who didn’t have butterflies or the jitters. Although the morning of the show I could tell Dawn was nervous deep down because she was talking a lot.
The morning of the show, Tonya and I rocked out to “Club Can’t Handle Me” by Flo Rida. Alison prayed. Morgenne seemed normal. But I know she was a bit concerned about Tonya and I’s behavior because she had a talk with us the night before about acting ‘professional’ as soon as we got inside NBC studios. She pretty much laid down the law. No fart jokes, no rubbing each other in inappropriate ways and no sex jokes. Damn, there went our fun. But I think Tonya and I did a very good job of not acting like our “normal” selves.
On the walk home from the restaurant, we kept shouting obscenities on the streets of New York City to ‘get it out of our system’. Tonya and I kept coming up with ones we hadn’t used in awhile or in some cases never used. Needless to say, it made for a great time. And just for the record, Alison would be completely embarrassed that I’m sharing this story and I honestly can say she was NOT shouting obscenities with us, rather just laughing at our stupidity.
The weird thing was, everyone was so incredibly nice at NBC it made us all very calm and relaxed. It was soothing to get your hair and make-up done and everyone there was so excited for us to share our story.
At one point Kathie Lee came up behind me, put both hands on my shoulders and asked how I was doing. That made me feel completely relaxed.
Alison made her way back to her normal self which I was thankful for because that made me feel better.
But like I told the girls the night before during a toast, “If I were going to do this interview on my own, I know I would probably be crapping myself right now, but since I have my best friends by my side, all my worries have been lifted away. And knowing you girls will be there to support me will definitely help me make it through the interview.”
During the actual interview, I wasn’t nervous at all. It felt like just a bunch of women sitting down and gabbing.
p.s. don’t eat a bunch of seafood the night before a big interview, it’ll go right through you.
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