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Hey guys and welcome back to another episode of Casual Chaos.

Happy premiere day for Next Gen NYC.

So today I have a very exciting guest from my cast on Next Gen NYC.

Hudson McElroy, welcome to Casual Chaos.

Thank you so much for having me.

Happy to be here.

I'm so excited. So how are you honestly? How are you feeling post-filming and now that the season is airing? I'm doing good. I'm happy. But I mean, there's obviously a lot that comes along with that. You know, you're traveling back and forth from New York and Atlanta all over again. It's kind of like, it's been a lot. But I've been here a good amount of my time recently. How are you feeling now that the season's about to air? It's a little nerve-wracking, you know? Like, Ariana and I obviously split right at the beginning of the show. And I think that this is kind of her thing. I don't want to like intrude in her space and like mess with

her day to day. Like this is this is solely her. Like the reason that I'm here is because of her.

Yeah. So I was trying to navigate that the best I could, also still trying to run a business out

of Atlanta and figure out all that. So you and Ariana were the couple that everyone was rooting for.

What made you decide to put the next chapter on camera instead of walking away?

I think I still wanted to be present.

I wanted to kind of show that I can make it through a breakup.

Didn't go the best for me, but figured it eventually i mean i also think you know because i love

you both and i think everyone's also entitled to tell their own story as well and just also share

their perspective i thought the first episode you know really played out clearly what you guys were really going through during that time. You were both trying to also respect each other. You guys have known each other for so long. So I think, you know, that would be interesting for the viewers to hear like, how did you and Ariana really start? Like you guys were obviously so young, you were 13.

And then you guys have gone through your ups and downs,

but then you landed back in New York together.

You guys seem to always find your way back to each other.

We do tend to find a way back to each other.

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