This is Heather Dubros world and now you can live in it two times a week right here on podcast one. I'm so happy to be reunited with my darling friend. You know her. She's a star of stage and screen and everything and she's got this fabulous fabulous new book. My mom, we're going to talk about all that she's engaged. Oh my gosh. So much.

So much of us. Please welcome Kristen Chattanoette. Hi babe. I'm so happy to see you again. It's been a while. I know you've had I mean I follow your adventures, but I have not seen you. But my.

So many last I came in. I mean it's been like four years ago. So I said that long. Because it's right before the pandemic I think. Yeah, that's crazy. How are you?

How have you been? What's filming in? What is going on? Okay, well before I get to you because I have a few questions for yourself. Go. I am doing great. I feel very lucky to have been one of the very few people who.

Right before the before the shutdown I released an album called for the girls and I didn't get to tour it. I toured it for two weeks. I didn't get to. And then I did. I hosted Candy Land on Food Network. And then we went and did a TV show. This was pre vaccination in Canada called Schmigodun. And then last summer we did the Schmikagog season two. So I've been able to first all have had some time to.

Enjoy my my love life. I've had some time to enjoy writing this being a part of this book and just. Still working and like I'm so grateful and you as an actress and a mother and a.

And just all that you do business woman. You know how creative minds are.

Kind of it's like I call I brain ping pong brain. It's a stop. But when the first seven weeks happened. I very naively thought that this would be over quickly.

So Terry Terry was the same. He kept saying the same thing is like at the month. Blah blah. He was like on a COVID vacation for a while. And then obviously it became one is but it's interesting that you say it because it's true. And I think one of the things that was interesting.

It looking for the silver linings in the whole area is that because we know we always talk about that creativity is essential and it is. But everyone found some interesting ways to stay creative.

I know like you remember the tiger king and remember how big that was. Yeah well maybe still I don't know I did a whole my friend wrote a song that wrote Charlie Brown wrote me a song and did a whole video that went viral and I did that I did I did Carol Baskin I did things like that I wouldn't catch me on a Tuesday.

I never would I think that I would do that or you know just this book I'm telling you I was sitting around and I I don't know how you felt about being in your pod that I had a pod of girls.

And Josh just with me a lot too my my fiance who you we haven't even discussed. I know I'm dying to hear about this. He's darling he's a guitarist he was a national which is what you see behind me me attempting to move here.

I'm keeping my new York place down. Yeah I'm always in New York or back. We have to but he and I met him I miss his wedding and then my nephew got married two years later and we reconnected we were both dating other people the first time and he he was playing in a band called that time called a background anthem and just fell in love you know and and we've been engaged for a bit then COVID is like yeah.

When do you know and and I have a huge family and his family isn't small and it's not big but so we're working all that out but he's a great you know what I love about this so I've known you for like I don't know how many years now but but I know like you know you dated people but I I know that like we always we've talked about relationships and love for so many years I know.

And I have to like I cried when I watch your little engagement. It's like this is a sweet because I saw you were dating him like I'm following along I'm like I get he plays the guitar because that's in his handle so I'm like I get it and then you guys will perform together sometimes.

Yeah so I see all that I'm like okay I'm liking this I'm like and when I saw like the three stone proposal and all thing I was like oh my god I love it it feels it's so great when you find your person but I love that you've found you met him so you met him at a wedding.

I miss his so yeah that's why you always have to take the invite people. I know I thank goodness it was just me because I was singing at it too so it was me and my pianist and we were watching the band for her so I go which one do you think cute and she you know she goes I'm sorry if that's offensive anybody.

Oh I think the violinist I said ooh I think I think they guitarist and you know we I was a team somebody he obviously we weren't serious or we wouldn't even be talking that way.

And we just connected and then I went to Canada to shoot Schmiggenbühne and we became friends and we talked all the time Facebook I ended my relationship he ended his relationship then we see each other at the my nephew's wedding same band they they love this band my brothers like.

Thank God they love the band. I know I know my brothers like you not so much the band they're amazing.

But you know how you and Terry are so not that two people who are very different cannot make it work that's not that's not true I've seen it happen.

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