I'm turning the tables. I'm turning the tables.

Welcome back to turning the tables. Today my guest is a model entrepreneur, total fashion guy

who's built his own brand in a really tough industry. We're talking modeling, self-confidence,

and how to keep it real when your job is literally about your image. Please welcome model,

Matt Dillon. Thank you for having me, Teresa. Hi, Matt. How are you? I'm good, sweetheart. How are you?

Good. Thank you for having me. Oh, thank you.

It's a beautiful introduction.

Oh, thank you. The last time I saw you was in Miami. I know. At Tasha's big birthday party. Yes. And then you did the cover. Everything. Yes, I know. I was supposed to come out there at the end of October. I was still having a party, November now, now?

Well, she said she canceled it for the end of October. I was still having a party in November now, now? No.

Well, she said she canceled it for the end of October, so we'll see what happens. We're waiting for you with better breath. Thank you. And it turned out beautifully. Yeah. Did you like it? I did. I did. Everybody was talking about it. Yeah, I mean, they put a lot of makeup on Louis. I'm a, I'm a fifth on that, yes.

Yeah, and so, yeah, so he didn't like the makeup. It's okay. Wait, so the next one will be, the next one will be even better. And the next one will work together. Yes. Done. I would love that. Done. Yeah. Okay, so let's start. okay, so you focus on modeling, fashion, confidence, identity in the social media age, right? Yes. I love that. So, give me your background in your career journey. Okay, so for 20 years, I was in PR. So I worked with Housewives in New York City, and then that kind of matriculated into me going to L.A.

And then I started working with actresses that were on Grace Anatomy.

So I was more so in front, no, take that back, behind the camera, pushing other people's narratives and you know and you know how that

is it's like some days it's fabulous and other days we're taking left's rights and everywhere right

and then it kind of COVID happened and it was this decision time to be like all right budgets is

shrinking where are we going what do I really want to do?

I moved from Australia when I was 19 to New York City. Oh, that's your, yeah. I was trying to figure out your accent. I got it. Yeah. I just went to Australia this summer. I know. And you were with Justin. Yes. Who I love. Yes. Yeah, he's awesome. You guys had a boy, I could tell.

Yeah, he was awesome.

He's a great, great man, great man.

Great man. And we still keep in touch. Like, you know when they say, like, somebody's like, is that person really that nice? He is. Yeah, he really is. He really is. No, like, agendas, none of that. And I think that's super important in what we do.

Right.

Because that's where I was like, when I first came here, I worked for two big names.

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