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Mayim Bialik's Breakdown

Taylor & Tay Lautner: You Can’t Please Everyone

Mayim Bialik's Breakdown

Mayim Bialik

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Wellness, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Thebigbangtheory, Spirituality, Selfimprovement, Mentalhealth

4.75.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Taylor & Tay Lautner on BODY SHAMING, Pressures of Global SUPERSTARDOM, & Finding LOVE! What’s it like to be married to someone with your exact name?? Taylor Lautner and his wife, Tay Lautner, open up in this deeply personal and eye-opening episode of MBB! From Taylor’s whirlwind journey as a global superstar in the Twilight series where he experienced an unprecedented level of stardom, to Tay’s relentless dedication as a nurse during the pandemic, this couple shares their unique experiences with fame, body image, mental health, and love. Taylor Lautner gets candid about the negative effects of fame that made it difficult for him to leave his house, why he took a pause from the entertainment industry, dating Taylor Swift, the pressures of being a teenage sex symbol, and overcoming body image issues that haunted him for years. He also opens up about being bullied in school for being an actor, his struggles with people-pleasing and perfectionism, the origins of his optimistic nature and sense of discernment, and his insecurities with fame now. Tay speaks to the life-and-death pressures of nursing and the obsessive compulsive tendencies she thinks it has instilled in her. She also details her struggles with burnout and boundary-setting and pinpointing her actual wants and needs, and the emotional toll of her loved ones' battles with addiction and bipolar disorder. Together, they explore the dangers of over-compartmentalizing and not allowing yourself to feel full range of emotions, how they balance their relationship despite having different love languages, and what it means to grow and heal together. Join the Lautner power couple as we break down their mental health journey, their favorite tools for mental wellness, and the most valuable things they’ve learned doing their own successful mental health podcast, The Squeeze!

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I think I was so young that it was hard for me to really accurately register what exactly was going on.

0:11.0

In the moment, it was just fun. It was just a wild ride to be on. I felt loved and appreciated.

0:19.9

I'm a people pleasing personality so it felt good.

0:26.0

You were just thrown into this whirlwind

0:29.4

that lasted years.

0:31.5

That is what developed me placing value in the wrong things for me that only were

0:38.9

going to end up breaking my heart. In the moment, I was totally fine with it because it was all positive

0:45.6

playing a role and that's what I needed to do to maintain playing this role. It's a lot easier to maintain playing this role.

0:52.8

It's a lot easier to maintain a body

0:55.2

that looks like that when you're 17, 18, 19 years old.

0:58.6

It really just had a massive effect on my self-esteem, which caused me to never want to leave my house. It only got worse.

1:09.3

I definitely suffered with body image issues in recent years.

1:15.8

That probably was a massive part of it.

1:19.4

I just always felt the need to be perfect.

1:23.0

It's My and B. Alex, break down.

1:25.0

She's gonna break it down for you.

1:28.0

Because you know she knows a thing or two.

1:31.0

And now she's gonna break down, so break down, and she's going to break down,

1:33.2

so break down, she's going to break it down.

1:36.8

Hi, I'm Bialik.

1:38.4

And I'm Jonathan Cohen.

1:39.8

And welcome to our breakdown.

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