[woman]Previously on sMothered...
[Gabriella] I love the pageant...
but I wanna walk in your fashion week.
Since the pageant, I've been thinking a lot about...
maybe I need just a little bit more independence.
You're going to New York City.
Ooh. Skylar's.
[Skylar] We're packing up for Mississippi.
I'm going to visit my sisters.
[Deonna speaking]
-'Cause she's not young anymore and, like... -Mm-hmm.
...I'm doing what she wanted to do and stuff.
You gonna have to try
to remain yourself.
[Skylar] I just don't know how to talk to my mom about that.
[Cristina] My mom has her heart
set on throwing her birthday party...
at a funeral home.
Ooh. It's not very comfortable.
[Cristina] To actually witness my mom
get inside of a coffin...
I-I can't believe I'm looking at this.
Like, I sat there for one second
and was like...
It's very scary.
-I just want you to separate... -That's not true.
...us... from your mom. That's it.
[Sunnie] My mom has definitely not been able to let go of me
moving in with Scott.
And us not being married.
Oh, really? So I am the one who is bringing
-stress to your life? -[Sunnie] Yes.
I can't even talk... to you right now
-because I'm so frustrated. -[Eva] Because you gonna
-start to cry. Yeah. -[Sunnie] Exactly. Yeah.
At this point, I'm not sure
if my mom and I can come back from this.
It's terrifying me.
Oh. Don't even think about it.
-Oh, no. I got the bed! -[Cristina] Wait!
[Kathy] I get the bed! I get the bed!
[Cristina] I was here first!
[Kathy] It's my funeral party!
[Cristina] It's a long story.
[laughing]
[Kathy] I have to tan before I do anything.
I just have to be brown.
-I-I started her tanning bed... -She put me into tanning...
[both laughing]
She was young.
Eighth grade. She started me when I was in eighth grade.
-[laughing] -And now we're fighting over
the same tanning bod.
Whatever. Just get me anything else, I guess. I hate her.
We have literally only three hours
to get this place decorated.
Oh, my God. Can't be nerve palpitations.
Here comes my heart attack again.
[Kathy] Don't start.
Today is the funeral party.
[Kathy] It's a living funeral for my 65th birthday.
Nobody I'd rather plan my funeral with
except Cristina.
And no one I'd rather plan your death with than you.
[laughs]
-You could pull up right here. -[Cristina] Yeah. No [bleep].
-I'm so stressed. -[Kathy] Oh, God.
[Cristina] It's all right. Okay, here goes nothing.
We have three hours before the party starts
and we literally have, like, a basketball
court-size room to decorate.
-Got that? -[Kathy] Got it.
[Cristina] Check. Got it.
Yeah. We really couldn't do anything in advance
because they had a funeral.
What? I think we'll get it together.
I hope so.
[straining] Okay.
We're, like, obsessed
-with decorating for the holidays. -It's like a sickness.
[Cristina] Oh, my God.
[Kathy] One day, Cristina made a joke, 'cause I don't like flowers.
And she goes, "You know, you don't like flowers.
And you decorate all the time.
When you do die,
I'm just gonna decorate the room of every holiday.
It's just gonna be a mishmash of all the holidays
because that's what you like."
But then it... it stuck with me.
[Cristina] So now, that's what we're doing for her...
-[Kathy laughing] -...birthday party at a funeral home.
[Kathy] Oh, I love they have big turkey.
[Cristina]When people arrive,
they will walk through.
Each section will be a different holiday.
We added some fun games
like hopscotch to heaven.
And then it will end at Halloween,
which is my mom's favorite holiday.
[grunts] Here. Carry your precious gems here.
It weigh a million pounds.
[Kathy] My legs are my best feature.
So I wanted them hanging out of my casket.
[Cristina] She did not want a regular casket.
Of course not. No.
She wanted a red, sparkly one.
I love it.
Lookit.
-[Cristina gasps] Oh, it is sparkly. -[Kathy] It's metal flaked.
It's beautiful.
[Cristina] So we had to actually get it wrapped.
Like how they wrap a car.
I felt like the red would make my legs look better.
You always find something to make your legs look better.
[squeals] I love it.
Look how pretty it is.
[indistinct chatter]
Let's welcome the woman of the hour.
[clapping, cheering]
[Kathy] Surprise! I'm not dead.
-[Cristina] She's alive. -I'm alive.
She's alive and we hope for a long time.
-Well, I don't know. -[Cristina] Right?
[kisses]
-[Kathy] Thank you. -[Cristina] So, everybody, have a good time
-and then we'll read some... -[Kathy] And then we'll...
-[Kathy] Uh-oh. Great. -[Cristina] ...eulogies.
-[clapping] -Yeah.
-[woman] You look great. Very pretty. -[Kathy] Thank you.
Thanks for coming to my funeral.
-Thank you for coming. -[woman 2] Oh.
-I wouldn't miss it. -[Cristina] Okay. Listen again.
Thanks for coming to my funeral.
[Cristina] Mom, stop saying that.
-It's your birthday. -She gets mad that I say it's my funeral.
-Happy birthday. -But this is the funeral.
-It's not like... Yeah. -It's not.
I'm calling it a living funeral party,
but Cristina's calling it a birthday party at a funeral home.
Which really sounds stupid.
My way is much better.
[Jenna] Happy birthday funeral.
Finally saying happy birthday. It's fun.
Are you shocked?
[Jenna] This seems appropriate. [laughing]
-[Cristina] Totally. -[Jenna] What?
They're my pants.
I think everybody was a little bit taken back...
-[Carlo] Yeah. -...by what you had on.
Did you notice that your pants matched
the legs in the casket?
[Cristina] I was so exhausted from decorating,
I just grabbed something.
-Oh! My ass. -I sw... [chuckles]
[Cristina] I swear.
I should've showed up in all-red suit like the devil.
-[Kathy and Cristina laughing] -For your party.
Oh. We had it made.
That's her casket. That's what she will be buried in.
I swear to God. She wanted a red, sparkly casket.
-Wait till... -[Jenna] Oh...
my God. Ew.
It felt very strange
walking into...
a funeral home and seeing all the decorations.
And a casket at the front.
But... it's not
that surprising for Kathy and Cristina
to pull something like this off.
Doesn't it really look like her legs?
[Carlo] Listen, I'll give 'em credit.
They throw phenomenal parties.
I mean, the legs looked beautiful
-'cause I did it. But... -[laughing]
other than that, it's just weird.
-And then-- -My question is did you do
-the hopscotch up to the coffin? -[Carlo] No.
-Well, see, you didn't participate. -I didn't even-- No.
[indistinct chatter]
[Cristina] It's been and up and down
-roller-coaster. -[Kathy] Yes.
Making me throw this party.
And now, I have to give a eulogy.
-That's right. -[Cristina] Yeah.
Mom, do you mind if I go say hi to somebody?
I'm really stressed out about this eulogy
that my mom wants me to give.
I have to tell my mom everything
I've ever wanted to tell her
in a couple minutes speech.
Hey, Rene.
Are you gonna read something?
[Cristina] I would like it if you did.
If I can get through mine
Every time I read it myself,
I break down in tears.
So it's like, how am I actually going to do this
in front of not only a bunch of people,
but my mom.
Will I be able to get through it? I don't know.
[exhales] Okay.
Okay.
[indistinct chatter]
♪ Everything is changing♪
♪ We cannot escape♪
-Hey. What's up? -[Sunnie] Hey.
Nothing. I was just getting a drink.
[Scott] You goin' to work today?
[Sunnie] No.
-Sunnie. -What?
-I'm sick. -[Scott] You're miss... You're not sick.
This is not like you at all.
♪ Everything is changing♪
[Sunnie] I mean, I just feel like I can't, like...
really...
focus on work right now.
So it's been about two weeks since we've moved in together.
[Sunnie] Things have just been
really bad between me and my mom.
My mom has definitely not been able to let go of the idea
of me moving in with Scott.
[inhales] All right. I'm just gonna go to bed.
[door creaking]
Uh, Sunnie and Eva's relationship right now is extremely rocky.
It's very rocky.
-[line ringing]-You know, which honestly, is sad.
I want them to have a good relationship
And I want them to be... happy together.
I just want it to be a good, healthy, normal relationship.
She's-She's extremely depressed.
[Sarah on phone]Give me, like, 20 minutes.
I'll be right over there.
[Scott]She cries all the time.
She's upset all the time.
Almost like a breakup.
That's when you know that a mother-daughter relationship is unhealthy.
And I feel like there's nothing I can do.
[door opening]
-Well, hello. -What's up?
Hi.
-How's it going? -Good.
-For me anyways. -Yeah?
So she's been having... she's... it's the same thing.
-It's the same thing. -[Sarah] I mean...
I need to go talk to her.
When Sunnie and my mom disagree,
they both get really depressed. They get upset.
they don't eat, they don't get out of bed.
They just sulk instead of talking to each other
and working through whatever the issue is.
Hi.
-Hi. -What are you doing?
[Sunnie] I was just trying to take a nap.
[Sarah] Heard you were sick again.
I mean, yeah. I've just been...
I've just been sick like...
-Yeah? -I haven't been feeling good, so...
-[clears throat] -I don't think you're sick. I think you're depressed.
I think you're in your feels because you and Mom are fighting.
You have so much going for you right now.
Like, these are all things that you asked for and you prayed for
and you manifested for years.
Trust me, I get it. And like, I'm happy, like, about all of these things.
Like...
[voice wavering] And I'm like, so grateful for everything, but...
Like, whenever I fight with her or anything happens,
I always think about, like...
My mom will not always be in my life.
And that is the reason why...
I am so attached to her.
[sniffles] I have to take every day and every moment and...
Even the worst moments, like, I still have to take those moments
and be so grateful.
[Sarah] Get up. Take a shower.
Brush your teeth. Put some clean clothes on.
-I love you. -[sniffles] All right, I love you too.
And I'm serious. You need a shower, dude. You stink.
Okay.
I hate disappointing my mom.
But I love this man so much.
But I know it disappoints my mom
that we're gonna, you know,
evolve our relationship without being married but I get it.
She has my best interests and she doesn't want me
to end up with some [bleep] boy
that's just trying to, you know, get into my pants.
But clearly if Scott was trying to do that,
he would have been long gone.
And so, that's what I just wish that she would see.
So at least she's in the shower.
-Yeah? -That's a bonus.
Hey.
I literally, like, told her to get over it.
It's like, you have Scott, he's a great partner,
and my mom will eventually get over the fact
that you guys moved in together.
Me and Sunnie have so much good
and we bring out the absolute best in one another.
And no one can take that away from us.
I think it's time I tried to assure Eva
I'm serious about my relationship with Sunnie.
Just everything that's been going on lately has made me realize
that I can't live without my Sunnie.
We are on our way to New York to audition
for a runway show for New York's Fashion Week.
-I'm Catherine. -Nice to meet you.
Hi, nice to meet you.
[woman speaking]
What's your next big event coming up?
I worked on a few music videos.
Who's this leaning up against the car?
-[Sky] That's Sklyar. -[Skylar laughing]
-[Betty] Oh my goodness. -[Debra] You didn't tell me you were pole dancing.
-That's not pole dancing. -Then what is this?
♪ One, two, three, uh ♪
♪ I'm gonna dance until I can't no more ♪
-Hey! -Well, hello there!
-Hi! -How you doing?
-[Debra] Good to see you, girl.
-[Betty] Where's Sky at? -Skylar's back there, and Ma.
Hi, Skylar. Hi, Skylie.
[Skylar speaking]
So we're here in Mississippi visiting our family for a few days.
[Skylar] And my grandma and my great aunt are coming over
and we're gonna, you know, kick it.
-[Debra] Sky, really? -[girl giggles]
Where's the rest of the outfit?
[Debra speaking]
[Skylar] Oh my goodness.
[Debra]
So far, everything is going good.
However, Skylar's been talking to her sisters about me.
And I think that's pretty odd.
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Dance, dance ♪
♪ Whoo-hoo Funk with the rhythm ♪
♪ Whoo whoo ♪
♪ Funk, funk, funk, Funk with the rhythm ♪
-Skylar, you still doing your thing? -Mm-hmm.
[Debra] The thing that I don't like you doing?
-[all laughing] -What thing?
But it doesn't matter 'cause I'm just the auntie, right?
Oh my gosh, hey, auntie. How are you?
Where's your clothes, baby? Where's your clothes?
[Sky laughing]
I'm damn redneck. You known I've always dressed like this.
-You know me. -I know, I know.
[all laughing]
[Debra] We both are very different from Sky and Skylar.
We're kinda country, laid back,
very conservative.
-Sure. -And Sky and Skylar are just the opposite.
And I don't know how that came to be.
[Betty] You know, I have three daughters
and Sky was the difficult one.
-You know how you have one child in the family-- -[giggles]
There's one child that's different from all the others.
-She gave me a run around. -She was the different one, right?
-She was the difficult one. -Yeah.
-Hey, Mom. -[Skylar] Her shorts are shorter than mine.
[Debra] I know. I see all that.
She's tryna dress like me.
Okay, but, there is, you know, definitely an age difference between you two.
-[laughs] -[Sky] Exactly.
-So-- -And I told her. I don't know
why she's always tryna dress like me.
-[Skylar] No! -[girl laughing]
I can dress that. I'm young and turnt.
[all laughing]
[Skylar]
I'm old and burnt?
I don't get why everybody's making fun of me dressing like Skylar.
Honestly, Skylar's dressing like me.
I'm the mom.
So Skylar, what's your next big event coming up?
I worked on a few music videos.
-For my songs, yeah. -Oh, okay. Okay.
-And-- -That I-- I directed it.
This is typical for my mom to do.
People ask me about my career and how my career's going,
and then she just takes over to make it about her again.
Come over here. Let me see it.
Betty, can y'all see this? I want to see this.
[Betty]
[Skylar singing on phone]I got that yum, yum.
I know you like it like that.
♪ And I make you clap, clap ♪
♪ Mmm, 'cause you slap, slap ♪
[Debra] Is that you over there?
That's Skylar.
Who's this leaning up against the car?
-[Sky] That's Skylar. -[Skylar] Yeah.
♪ Gonna hit you back You know it slap♪
-Oh, baby. -Oh, Sky.
What? [laughing] I did that.
Skylar is definitely following
-in her mom's footsteps. -Right.
[Debra] My personal wish is that she would take a different path.
She's gifted, you know, talented, makeup and everything.
[Betty] That's what she started off doing.
Makeup, Skylar.
But I think it's more of her mother
convincing her to do things her way.
♪ 'Cause you slap Slap, slap ♪
-[Betty] Oh my goodness. -[Debra] You didn't tell me you were pole dancing.
-That's not pole dancing. -Then what is this?
-That's her twerking on her birthday. -You know, I was performing.
Their career path, I don't like it.
They have young children that's watching them
and may want to pursue that same path.
You can't tell me this ain't it right here.
-Mom and daughter. -Yeah, that's a little bit too much.
-No, listen. -No, no. I need some antacid or something
'cause that's just too much.
As far as my mom and aunt goes,
they don't want Skylar following in my footsteps at all.
Is that what you want to do with your life, Sky? The rest of your life?
-What? -Being a naked entertainer.
I mean, that's the best way I can say it.
She's mimicking a lot of things that, you know, you did.
[Sky] But I'm not asking her to do that.
She's doing that on her own.
The problem is I don't want them to get into her ear
and tell her that she don't need this,
this is not good for her,
and then she just decides to give everything up
after I've invested so much time and energy and money,
thousands and thousands of dollars, into her career.
I don't want Skylar to give this up.
[Gabriella] We are on our way to New York to audition
for a runway show for New York Fashion Week.
So in order to walk in a runway show in New York Fashion Week,
you have to submit an application, which we did.
Both of us.
-Together. -Together.
[Gabriella] I love New York.
I feel like when I'm in the city, that's just me,
that's my vibe, it's my energy.
And ever since I was little I've always wanted to live in an apartment
with the floor to ceiling windows in New York City.
But my whole life I've lived at home with my mom.
Maybe today is the first step towards changing that.
-[Melo] Hello. -Oh, hello.
-I'm Melo. -[Catherine] Hi.
Hi, Melo. I'm Catherine.
-Nice to meet you. -Hi, nice to meet you.
-It's a pleasure. -This is Gabriella.
Nice to meet you guys.
Seeing a mother and daughter apply at the same time was very, like, touching.
And that made them stand out to us.
[Melo] But, um, I definitely thought they were sisters.
We were still waiting for the mom to come through the door.
-Yeah. Yeah, yeah. -You know? We thought she brought her twin sister.
-Nice to meet you. -This is Maria. She's our assistant.
-Oh, hi Maria. -Nice to meet you.
-And one of our models as well.
-Oh, how nice. -Gabriella.
Did you guys come with casting clothes?
-Yes, we did. -All right, you can get changed right back there.
-Oh, okay. -[Melo] Maria'll help.
[Gabriella] Walking in and seeing the other models,
they are very intimidating.
I walked in little shows,
but this is actually my first real New York City audition.
I have no idea what we're walking into.
It's the first mother-daughter duo that I know
that would be auditioning for New York Fashion Week
and potentially walking in the show together.
-Yeah. -And how exciting is that.
Okay. Let's go.
♪ I am a force of nature ♪
[Aria] Gabriella.
♪ Nature, nature Nature, nature ♪
♪ I am a force of nature ♪
[Gabriella] I dreamed of walking in New York Fashion Week for years.
But I am very nervous because they're looking at you,
they're looking to see if you're the right package for what they're doing.
And I really want to nail this audition
because it can open so many more doors for me.
[Aria] Catherine.
[Catherine] So this company that we're going to audition for,
they usually just have models in their 20s.
However, they did say that they do have usually one silver model,
which from what I found is a model who is 40 or older.
[Aria] Isabelle.
[Catherine] I am feeling very nervous about this
because it's something I have never done before,
it's something that I've dreamt about
certainly since I was Gabriella's age.
When you're walking down the runway,
we want a standard high fashion walk.
Um, not so much shoulders, not so much waist.
So let's try again.
It's a very different walk.
Very serious.
You have to look like you're mad.
Arms tucked, cross the feet over.
[mimicking beat]
Can we do a walk together?
The biggest challenge is for me not to smile.
[Catherine] Oh God.
[Melo] Let's go.
Ready, set, go.
[Catherine] The audition became more comfortable for me
when Gabriella and I walked together.
We did get to like, hold hands and walk.
Yeah, I love that.
But you know that on the runway we can't do that.
-Really? -No.
-[all applauding] -[laughs]
I don't know if I could ever model with my mom
just 'cause I keep my family and job very separate.
So I don't know if I could cross that line.
It's definitely... What's the word I'm looking for?
Just a little bit different.
[Aria]
Catherine needs some work on her turns.
Gabriella, she actually has a very strong walk.
It brought me back to the pageant.
Here were the five models waiting for the results.
And all I can think about was fourth runner up.
-[laughing] -Don't even try me with that fourth runner up.
Okay, so, um, Gabriella, you had a very strong walk.
You've been practicing walking on your own. I could tell.
I do want you to work on your footwork.
And Mica, great job today.
I've seen a lot of progression with you.
It's good, it's strong.
Again, I just want you to slow down a little bit.
[Catherine] It was definitely hard listening to Melo give the critiques.
I was so nervous.
I felt like I was gonna throw up the celery juice I drank this morning.
[chuckles] Yeah. Yeah.
Um, and Catherine.
-Your posture is really good. We love your posture. -Yeah.
[Melo] I can see that you have, like, a pageant background.
We want to make sure that we can just translate that to high fashion.
In high fashion, um, your head is more stabilized.
When we're turning, walk straight through.
Um, but besides that, we still have a lot more castings
so all the models from Paris and London have time to come into town.
[Gabriella] Um, so I guess they have more auditions.
We have way more competition than we thought.
So I was like, I hope they like me, you know.
I hope they like my look. I think I have
maybe a different look than some of the other girls.
So I was like, I don't know if they're gonna like that.
If we both get picked, it would be a dream come true.
So, I have asked a few people to say some words about my mom.
-[all laughing] -Yes!
Gene Simmons.
-[laughing] -[cheering]
♪ Feel the fire Feel the burn ♪
♪ This is going down ♪
♪ We're at the part of no return ♪
♪ This is going down ♪
♪ Light the flames Say the word ♪
♪ This is going down ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
[Kathy] So the party is going great.
But the thing I'm looking forward most for this party
is to hear what people say in eulogies.
And I can't wait to hear Cristina's eulogy about me.
[Cristina]
[Carly]
[Cristina]
Writing a eulogy was hard.
You know, it's a lot on someone
to have to tell the person you love
everything that you want to say.
Just thinking about this whole thing
has really got me stressed out and worried.
So I have asked a few people
to get up and say some words about my mom.
[Kathy] Uh-oh. I'm in trouble now. [laughs]
So on behalf of Cristina and Carly,
I'd like to extend a very sincere thank you
to all of you who have joined today...
[audience laughing]
Rest in peace.
-[laughing] -Hey!
We never knew if you would show up
in jeans and a T-shirt or a chicken costume.
That's so true.
You've had the same hair for 30 years.
Yes!
-You've been tan for 30 years. -[Kathy] Yes!
[Sabrina] I reached out to a bunch of people and said
text me and tell me your first thoughts
-when you think Kathy. -Oh no.
Gene Simmons.
-[laughing] -[cheering]
[Joe] May she rest in peace.
Oh, and I forgot one more thing.
Thank God this wicked witch is dead.
[exclaiming]
What?
[Kathy exclaiming]
Oh, there's my girl. Thank you!
Thank you, ladies. Thank you.
[cheering]
-Poor Uncle Joe. -[both laugh]
-I love Uncle Joe. -So do I.
[Kathy] Get 'em, baby.
[indistinct conversation]
Okay. Here we go.
Okay.
Those of you who knew my mom understand
nothing about her life was normal.
From the time I can remember, my mom always celebrated events
with large, over the top parties.
In my eyes, she was the da Vinci
[voice breaking]of party planning.
Stop crying.
-[audience laughing]-Shut up.
She's alive.
-Did you write anything? -[Carly] I'm embarrassed.
-Yeah, shut the hell up. -Yeah, I'm embarrassed.
[Cristina] The big reason my mom thought it would be good for me to do a eulogy,
you know, I lost my dad
and I never said things that I wanted to say to him.
So...
[voice wavering] With my mom...
I knew this was my chance to tell her...
I didn't want to have those regrets,
and my advice to anybody out there is...
Do not make the mistake and wait.
You'll kick yourself in the ass every day
for not saying the things you wanted to say to that person.
'Cause we all hope that one day we will see them again
and that we will be able to tell them.
But you don't know. So...
When you live a life, in the end it doesn't matter
what you do as your profession,
how much money you made, what your status was.
What matters is who you were as a person.
[sniffling]
My mom gave and gave, even when she didn't have it.
She was pure greatness with a genuine heart.
[Kathy] When I was listening to Cristina's eulogy,
it was just like, wow, she got it.
She got the message that I was always trying to give her.
I cry when I'm happy, I guess.
I'm just so happy that it's all turned out this way.
She's turned out so good and she's got such a great heart and...
[voice breaks] She's just good.
[all applauding]
-I didn't want to cry, but, I mean. -[laughs]
-[kisses] -I love you.
Okay, I guess I have to say something now.
[audience cheering]
Well, I'm alive.
[all laughing]
What can I say?
Who gets the chance to say thank you to everyone at their funeral?
I have one other thing to say.
Cristina can't get close enough to me,
so I have a place in a wall in a mausoleum
and I have bought Cristina the spot right next to me.
No, you didn't! Are you kidding me?
So she can stay close to me forever.
-[Cristina] Oh my God! Mom! -[audience cheering]
I was literally the happiest I've ever been.
I knew my mom would go in with my dad,
and I was like, now we're gonna be in the wall next to her.
-No, no. Not we. You. -Yeah.
-No! it's a two-person. -It's a two-person crypt!
You're in there too.
We're all gonna spend eternity together.
Please.
People buy their spots all the time before they're dead.
Okay, well, I don't want to buy my spot, so--
Well, don't worry. Mom bought it for us.
-[scoffs] -I think it was the best gift in the world.
Is this serious or a lie?
No, it's a certificate. You're right next to me.
We'll all be together.
My mother got my sister a mausoleum plot next to her?
Which all I'm thinking is like, thanks a lot.
[scoffs] I'm not involved in this plot?
Farewell. You two together, as always... Without me.
That's okay.
You guys are good together.
Can we sing to her real quick, guys?
[all singing] Happy birthday to you.
Cha-cha-cha.
[Cristina] The party overall I believe was a huge success.
[Kathy] I agree.
To be honest with you, I have learned everything I know from my mom.
She's taught me how to cook, she's taught me how to clean,
she's taught me how to parent, she's taught me how to live on a day to day basis.
So I feel like I'm my mom all over again.
You're right. We all turn into our mothers.
-Yay. -Ha-ha.
I love you all so much.
[cheering]
-Well? -Well, what?
Things have been extremely rocky with me and Eva
and I'm 100% nervous.
I need you guys to be okay. All right?
That would be great.
It's very important to me.
And that's not even the reason why I came by.
♪ Tell me how I got this cool ♪
♪ Ooh-ooh ♪
♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
I have a secret.
But I don't want to tell you because I don't want
anyone to hear.
So... I'll write it down.
Hold on. Give me a second.
We just moved, so we don't have any paper.
I got it.
[cackles] Paper plates.
Isn't that purpose?
-[producer] Yeah. -How do you spell propose?
-Oh, it's pro-pose? Oh. -[producer] Pro-pose.
[laughing] Cut!
I think I got it this time.
♪ Tell me how I got this cool ♪
♪ Ooh-ooh ♪
♪ Just tell me How I got this cool ♪
[Eva] Things have not been great between me and Sunnie.
At this point, I don't know what upset me more.
Her lying...
Or her moving together with him.
[knocking at door]
Coming.
I feel like my heart is broken.
And I cannot fix it, and I'm just so worried.
[door opens]
-Oh, Scott. Hi. -Hello.
-Doing okay? -Yeah, I'm good.
-Well? -Well what?
Things left off kind of heated.
-[groans] Yeah. -I know Sunnie's really...
She's been really upset. Really down.
-I know you have been too. -Yeah, sure.
That's for sure, yeah.
And I'm not particularly how excited about how things left off
-but-- -[Eva] Yeah, me too.
Of course I am.
I am mad at him. For sure I am mad at him.
I need to talk to you for a second.
Let me see your hand.
even with everything being rocky because at the end of the day,
I love Sunnie, and it's-- it's time.
I would say living together 100% solidified my decision.
Things have been extremely rocky with me and Eva
and I'm 100% nervous that she won't give me her blessing.
But this is my way of letting Eva know
that I respect her as Sunnie's mom.
-Eva. -[Eva] Yes.
I love you very much.
I love Sunnie very, very much. Okay?
And y'all's relationship,
it means a lot to me. And I know sometimes, you may think it doesn't.
But it's important to me.
I need you guys to be okay, all right?
That would be great--
[Scott] It's very important to me.
And-- and that's not even the reason why I came by.
I was wondering...
-if you would give me permission... -[Eva] Mmm-hmm.
...to marry your daughter.
What?
-Are you serious? -I'm so serious.
-Seriously? -Absolutely.
Like, your face and like... So like, you're just
-joking or something? -No.
-This is not a joke. -[Eva] For real?
[Scott] I'm super serious right now.
If it's okay with you.
Yes, of course.
-[Scott] Yeah? -[chuckling] Yes, of course.
[Scott] Yeah?
I need you guys to be better, okay?
Oh, my God. Yes, yes.
-Yes, for real, of course. -[both laugh]
I feel Scott is proposing for the right reason.
He saw the goodness in my daughter
and he saw how much she loved him.
-Does she know? -No!
-You better not tell her. -[Eva] No, of course.
I wouldn't say a word but I'm kind of like
so shocked and surprised, like I wouldn't...
I thought you gonna come and start a fight again.
-[laughs] -You made my day.
Not only my day...
Now if I'll die... [laughing] ...in a few days,
-I would die happy. -[chuckles]
Because she's gonna be in good hand. No, seriously.
Well, now since Sunnie is getting married,
I will put all of my angers apart, that's it.
No more, you know...
I just want to be happy and there for my daughter.
I trust you, I believe in you.
And I know you are a good man
and I know you're gonna take good care of my daughter.
-I am, 100%. -[Eva] You're serious.
Come here.
Whoa.
[Eva] I know I crossed a line,
but it's working.
You know, it's like finally got in his head,
you know, I'm gonna keep getting in the middle
of their relationship until he will do so.
So it's happening, and I'm so happy, and I'm so blessed.
You made my life,
-not just my day. -I'll see you tomorrow.
[chuckles]
[Skylar] I think Mama just lives through me,
so I just don't want that to continue to happen.
You-- you "actually gonna listen" to
and just throw everything that I've invested out the window.
[crying]
[woman] Oh, wow. I just can't wait.
[all laughing]
[Sky] So today, I'm bringing my whole entire family
to the spa.
-[all exclaiming] -Oh, my goodness. This is so nice.
It's actually a salt cave where you release all the toxins and negativity.
-[woman 1] Nice. -It's a scene right out of campfire, right?
[woman 2] Beautiful.
[Sky] I think we all need to rid ourselves of the negativity, for sure.
All of my family has been ganging up on me.
I really just want to understand why my family has a problem with me
and how I raised my daughter, Skylar.
-You okay, Ma? -Oh, yes.
-You like it? -Yes, I love it.
I figured since we're all together,
we could just have a open conversation
and discuss, like, what is it that you guys
actually have against me.
I'm your mother and I'll have nothing
against you and I love you.
Maybe some things that you may-- that I disagree with you on
what you do like when you're, um, dancing and...
You know, shaking your behind
and all of that stuff like that and...
The way you dress, that's the only thing that I dislike about you.
Mom, what I do on the site like that,
it's just entertainment purposes, and it's just a job.
And now that Skylar's of age, she's right there with me.
Sky, do you see what you're doing?
You're molding her to be what you want her to be.
-[Sky] Aunt Debra-- -And I understand that.
I understand what you're doing.
But you see that, right?
Sky, are you going to, like,
create your own path and not be so much like
Mom manager getting older.
[sighs]
I... I do want to become my own person.
Talking to my mom about a lot of things
is a little more easier for me to bring it up around the family,
because she won't have, like, the same reaction
as if we were alone and I was bringing this to her.
You've been doing this since how old?
Since you were seven years old, since you first moved to Atlanta.
You've been doing the same things that-- as I've been doing.
I'm just always wondering what my life
would have been like if I stayed in Mississippi.
Because I didn't have any, like, choice because I was the baby.
[Debra] All reality, Skylar,
you're gonna have to choose
your path, the path for your life.
-Or do you see-- -This is what she wants to do,
-Aunt Debra. -Is this what you want to do?
She wants to do exactly what I... Right, Sky?
Is-- is it not what you want to do?
You tell me now and we'll stop it.
-[Debra] I mean, do you-- -Do you want to stop singing, rapping and dancing?
Do you want to stop being a music videos?
Do you want to let that go?
[Deonna] Well, that's all she know anyway.
You're giving her, like, manipulative vibes.
-I'm not being-- -[Deonna] Like you're trying to convince her...
-No. -...that this is 'cause she's--
It started out as what you want, it seem like.
Do you feel like that's what happened, Sky?
-Or am I wrong? I could be wrong. -[Sky] Yeah, just be honest.
-Just be honest. -And I could be right.
What is it that you want?
[Skylar] I don't know.
I think Mama just,
what she want-- she wanted for her...
And I feel like she lives through me.
So I just don't want that to continue to happen.
[breathes shakily] Oh, my God.
So, you mean to tell me that
everything that our family said,
you-- you "actually gonna listen" to
and just throw everything that I've invested out the window.
-All my time, all my money. -It's not about that.
-This is still what I wanna do. -Everything.
I'm not throwing nothing away.
-It's about you. -Well, why you-- why you just said
-you don't wanna do it not more? -It's about you,
-the way you are. -How am I then?
-You know how you are. -How?
You try to live through me and you try to be me.
What do you mean, I'm trying to be you?
-That's embarrassing. -I am not trying to be you, Skylar.
Well, if it's gonna be like this, I don't want to do it.
[voice shaking] Hold on one second. I...
[crying]
I'm normally the first person that Skylar runs to.
The first person that Skylar calls,
the first person that... [chuckles] ...she can't be without.
The only person she can't be without is me.
[crying]
And I'm just thinking to myself, like...
"You really gonna go behind my back to the family?"
I just couldn't believe she did me like that.
I just want her to be able to change.
[Betty] To change? So you want her to change?
This... You can't change her.
You just have to pray for her and continue to talk to her.
[Sky] Skylar is my best friend.
And I feel like I'm losing it.
It's not fair.
[breath trembling]
[Scott] Ladies.
Every weekend, Sunnie and I
go to places where aliens have been spotted.
Y'all need to be looking for UFOs.
The real plan is to propose.
I think we could plan people's funerals
in like a celebration way, not a sad way.
I love the idea. [laughs]
I've always had that feeling like I'm destined for more.
You think this is a glamorous life?
There's no glamor here.
I am definitely feeling more driven to move into New York.
I kinda want to talk to you about something now, regarding the future.
Mothers and daughters don't keep things like this from each other.
You want to move?
-Now, you got him telling me to move. -Good.
To be hurt by my best friend is...
It's like a piercing in your heart.
Y'all are acting like I said she gotta go right now.
-But that's what you mean. -Well, tonight.
-But that's all right. -I didn't say that.
-[India] Let's go.
-Move on. Let's go, let's go. -I wasn't talking to you.
The only way that they ever gonna fix anything
is to get professional help.
I think it is time to let your mom know the really good news.
What's the good news?
I really didn't know how my mom was going to react.
-Are you ready, sir? -I...
If Scott doesn't follow through,
it will be a major problem.
Cristina has something to tell you.
-Great. -So, my mom and I are gonna
go into business together.
-[bleep] no. -What do you mean, "[bleep] no"?
When I wake up in the morning, I'm scared.
[sobbing] I go in your room and I look at you sleeping.
-You need to calm down. -[Catherine] I'm not gonna calm down.
-You need to calm down. -[Catherine] I can't believe you!
You felt betrayed by the relationship that they had together?
You can never go back to how you was.
I'm not gonna allow her to be with somebody who can't [bleep] support her.
[TJ speaking]
What kind of man are you, a wuss?
-[crying] -It's okay, it's okay.