Growing Up In The Spotlight: Nova takes the Mic!
Cate & Ty Break It Down
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4.5 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode, Cate is joined by a very special guest: her 11-year-old daughter, Nova! The duo dives into Nova's unique perspective on growing up in the reality TV spotlight since birth. Nova opens up about her relationship with her sisters, including the deep impact of meeting her adoptee older sister, Carly. Nova also answers fan questions about her favorite things to do with her parents, her dream of becoming a veterinarian, and her love for space and science. Joined by her pet dragon, Mochi, Nova proves she’s a natural co-host in this heartfelt episode!
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| 0:00.0 | So this is Nova's first time on Kate and I break it down. |
| 0:14.0 | Tyler had like a dental emergency we had to run to this morning. |
| 0:17.5 | I was telling Nova about it. |
| 0:18.9 | He's got to get a wisdom tooth pulled. |
| 0:20.7 | How do you feel |
| 0:21.3 | sitting here with mom? I feel happy. You do? Yeah. Uh-huh. You got out of school today. How was school today? |
| 0:28.6 | It was really good. Was it? Mm-hmm. Yeah. You did all your work, what you're supposed to? Yeah. |
| 0:34.9 | Okay. Middle school problems. You know. So I, I talked to a lot of our fans. Oh, yeah. First, let's acknowledge the dragon in the room. |
| 0:51.5 | Nova takes him everywhere. He is in the middle of a shed, so he looks crazy. Where is he going? |
| 0:59.3 | I don't know. He wants to explore. He's like, what's up with all these lights? So yeah, for people |
| 1:03.0 | that are watching the video, yes, Noah's got her mochi with her. That's her best friend. Is he your best |
| 1:08.2 | friend? Oh, he's my child. He's your child? |
| 1:11.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:13.8 | You do kind of treat him like a child. For sure. |
| 1:18.5 | So I reached out to fans today, well, like our supporters and stuff. |
| 1:20.9 | And they had a bunch of questions for you. |
| 1:25.3 | But I, as your mom, have a couple questions for you, too. |
| 1:25.8 | Okay. |
| 1:31.0 | So one of them, which is something that is a lot of people can't relate to. Okay. Is you were born on reality television. So your birth was filmed and |
| 1:41.0 | everything. And you've just, you've been raised around cameras having cameras in |
| 1:46.8 | your life for 11 years so your whole life the whole time you've been alive yeah what is it like |
| 1:54.7 | for you being a child and then a you know a pre pre preteen, what is it like for you growing up with |
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