My Unorthodox Life (2021) s02e01 Episode Script

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[narrator] Last season
on My Unorthodox Life.
[upbeat music playing]
[Julia] My name is Julia Haart.
And I am the CEO of Elite World Group,
the largest conglomerate
of modeling agencies in the world.
[Silvio] Oh, love of my life!
[Julia] I'm married to an amazing man.
Silvio and I are partners in EWG.
[Robert] Some say she's a disruptor
and does crazy things.
But it's the most powerful, incredible
thing I've ever seen in my life.
I can help my talent
build themselves into brands.
And I can give them longevity way past
the runway, way past when they hit 35.
That to me is freedom.
I have four incredible children.
Three of them live here in Manhattan
and my little one, Aron,
we share custody, my ex-husband and I.
It's really hard to imagine
that just a few years ago,
I was living in an extreme,
ultra-Orthodox Jewish community
for my entire life
until the time I was 40.
When I left Monsey,
my dream for life was to be alone.
Then I met Silvio,
and that whole plan went out the window.
[Silvio] I see a strong woman in Julia.
She is one of the most remarkable persons
that I have ever met.
-I married a genius.
-[interviewer] Yeah, you did.
[Julia] He said, "I don't know
if you think it's a good idea,
but I'd like to take your name."
The name that Julia chose
to mark her new life.
Is that the most romantic, sweetest thing
you've ever heard in your life?
You are my life.
-I really love you.
-I would not be alive without you.
[Silvio] Let's toast.
Julia's been doing so much.
-I'm in awe of you, my love.
-I love you so much.
[Julia] I mean, wow.
We have come a really long way.
-[Shlomo] To family!
-[Miriam] To a big heart!
-[Silvio] A big heart!
-[Shlomo] Cheers.
[Julia sighs]
There's a lot of boxes. It's so sad.
Oh shit, all your stuff is actually gone.
[Silvio chuckles]
[Julia] That's so sad.
[Julia] Silvio, you want a coffee?
-[Silvio] Better not.
-No?
[Silvio] Okay.
Let's move on.
[drill whirring]
[Julia sighs]
[whispering] It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay, Julia. It's okay.
[sighs] I'm gonna be okay. It's okay.
You're gonna be okay.
It's okay. It's okay.
[exhales]
Okay.
Silvio is moving out today.
And it hit me, like,
as great as that feels
in the sense of, like, okay,
this is the next step
in the evolution of who I am
It's really scary.
It feels like the end of a dream.
[exhales]
You're gonna call me
a hopeless romantic or an idiot,
but I married him because I was
fucking crazy in love with him.
I thought this would be my man
for the rest of my life.
And I
I am so disappointed in myself.
I really am.
Fuck.
[sighs]
[atmospheric music playing]
[mover] We're gonna start
with the furniture.
To bring it down. After, bring the crate.
-All right.
-Okay.
-Okay.
-See you in a bit.
-Good. Thank you.
-You'll have the apartment empty.
Yeah. Muy bien.
-[Batsheva] Good morning.
-Good morning.
How's it going?
[Julia] Well
[sighs and groans]
I cannot believe we're both
getting divorced at the same time.
-Now, we're both single ladies.
-[chuckles]
-It's pretty funny.
-It's pretty crazy.
-I'm trying to find the humor in it.
-I know. I'm trying.
[laughs]
I am currently living with my mom
in her penthouse because
Ben and I have decided to call it quits.
It was a really hard decision
for Ben and I to split up
because we've always been best friends,
and, like, honestly,
we just got married at 19.
We both went from ultra-religious
to Modern Orthodox.
And then at 28,
we both wanted different futures.
His vision was to have
a Modern Orthodox family
and to keep full Shabbat
and to eat full kosher.
And that's just not what I want.
And I realized that for a little while,
I was just doing everything
out of respect for him.
I'm not really religious anymore.
I don't want to raise a family that way.
For a while, I'm like, "If you love me,
you would want this lifestyle."
But then I realized that why should
I ask him to change what he wants
because I wouldn't want
him to ask me to change either.
-[Julia] You take your rings off?
-I took my rings off a while ago.
Um
When do I take my rings off,
when we announce?
[Batsheva] Yeah.
[whispering] It's gonna be so weird.
Oh my God, it feels so fucking strange.
I was wearing mine for nine years, so
You'll put something new on your hand.
-[Julia] What if I put that here?
-No.
-You can't wear your wedding ring on
-It's an engagement ring.
-No, whatever. It's no.
-No?
It's bad juju.
It's bad juju?
So I have to make it into something.
Yeah, make it into a choker.
[Julia] Batsheva and I,
we're going through the same thing.
So I think this shared experience
is going to bring us even closer together.
[Julia] I don't know
what I'm gonna do next.
[Batsheva] Well, you were single before.
For, like, four minutes.
I've only been single for four minutes.
Yeah. But you were single
for four minutes at 28.
-Uh-huh.
-I was single for four minutes at 45.
-I'm 50! I'm new to this.
-You got this!
[Julia] Yeah, sure.
I'm fucked.
[upbeat music playing]
[Nathalie] It's cold in here.
[Miriam] I'll warm you up.
[Nathalie] Mmm.
So currently I am living in New York,
staying at my mom's apartment.
I am taking the quarter off at Stanford.
But I'm finishing this year, and my major
is science, technology, and society
because eventually I do wanna be running
the tech division at my mom's company.
-I love you.
-I love you.
[Miriam] I met Nathalie
through a dating app.
-Miriam swiped on me first.
-[laughs]
-This is true.
-You did. Didn't you?
But you said "I love you" first.
-That's true.
-[laughs]
That's way later on.
[Nathalie] Miriam and I are
very lovey-dovey and cheesy.
[Miriam] I'm so cheesy with Nathalie.
I write poems about her.
We just had, like, an instant chemistry.
-It's true.
-Mm-hmm.
-Yep.
-You have beautiful eyes.
-So do you, baby.
-Very beautiful eyes.
-Thank you.
-Yeah.
-Love you.
-Love you.
[Miriam] Wait, does my breath
smell garlicky still?
-It better not. Does it smell garlicky?
-[laughs]
-Does it?
-No.
I can deal with a little garlic breath.
[Miriam] Aww, true love.
[playful music]
Miri, are you ready for Silvio
to make the big move?
I'm so excited.
-[Batsheva] Yeah?
-Yeah.
-Not like that, but just like
-[Batsheva] It will definitely be nice.
I'm excited.
I think it'll be interesting to,
like, see the shift of
energy in the house.
I think that we're all gonna feel
a sense of relief
when Silvio leaves because there was
so much tension in the house.
Us having to avoid him,
to avoid uncomfortable feelings.
[Miriam] I think we'll notice
because sometimes
I feel like I'm tiptoeing a little bit.
And so I feel like
I won't be tiptoeing as much anymore.
[Miriam] I am so happy
that my mom is standing up
for herself and saying,
"I don't wanna be with you anymore."
"I wanna start a new life."
It takes a lot of guts.
Batsheva is doing it too.
It's really commendable.
My mom not only deserves more,
but she deserves love
and to be loved by a partner
who treats her with respect and kindness.
Um, yeah. So it'll be
But I'm moving out too.
You ready?
You have to check on me
to make sure I'm not dead.
-That's my fear.
-How often do you want me to check?
-On a daily basis.
-Okay.
[Batsheva] I mean, it's so weird to see
all of his stuff out there.
Really, the things are moving.
[Julia] Whoa.
It's really empty.
Guys, you ready to do dinner
all together at the same time?
So I was thinking to do,
for the first time since last summer,
Shabbos here.
The challahs and all the stuff.
-Mm-hmm.
-[Batsheva] Mm-hmm.
It'll be, like, an actual
family style Shabbos meal.
[Batsheva] Love it.
-[Miriam] Cool.
-I'm very excited about that.
We haven't done Shabbos
in this house since August
because Silvio doesn't love
hanging out with my children.
You know, in my wildest dreams
it wouldn't have occurred to me
that we couldn't blend our family.
So honestly, I thought that given enough
time he would fall in love with them,
and we would be able to
all be together in this, like,
happy family,
and he totally didn't get it.
Okay, I'm on my way.
-[Batsheva] Oh my goodness!
-[Miriam] Okay.
Where are you heading?
To out of here.
[all laugh]
[Miriam] Okay, well
-[Silvio] Bye, ladies.
-Bye, Silvio.
It's been a pleasure. See you soon.
[Silvio] Yes.
-See you soon.
-See you soon.
-[Nathalie] You haven't seen me much.
-Nathalie.
-But
-[laughter]
-Good luck.
-[Silvio laughs]
-Good luck.
-Bye.
-[Julia] I can walk you.
-[Silvio] Okay.
Um
That was so awkward. [laughs]
He was, like, out of here.
"I'm out. Peace, everyone."
[sniffles]
[Julia cries]
[sad music playing]
[Julia] Knock, knock.
-[Miriam] Hey, Mama.
-Hey, Bubba.
-[Miriam] What's up?
-What's up? [chuckles]
-Yeah.
-My whole life. [chuckles]
-The whole situation?
-The whole situation.
Mom, it's happening.
I know there's no reason for me to cry.
It's just
[Julia] I feel like I failed.
There's something not right.
There's nothing we could have done.
We couldn't have been nicer.
You did everything you could.
He just didn't treat you well.
The way he was with you guys,
I mean, you know?
-I felt torn every single day.
-Yeah.
-No matter what I did, I was wrong.
-Yeah.
And, like, the fact that, like,
we had to tiptoe around the house.
You know, he wouldn't let me
have friends over, um,
even, like, Kiara.
He would say, "She's just using you."
-Did I show you this text message?
-No.
-Should I show you?
-Yeah.
[Julia] "I know you want to be generous
with her, Miriam, but it is not okay."
"She cannot use our home as a hotel."
You never told me this.
I didn't wanna upset you.
You had so much going on.
I hated seeing how he made you feel
and what he put you through, and
I really didn't know what to do.
It was It was a lot.
And no one deserves to be treated
the way that you were treated.
[sad music playing]
-I mean, like, yeah
-Well, it was I mean, it was all
-Because of us.
-Yeah.
-But even so, it wasn't okay.
-Yeah. It was awful.
I always thought that
the marriage with Abba didn't work out
because I didn't choose him.
[Miriam] Mm-hmm.
-But I chose Silvio.
-Mm-hmm.
When we got married, it didn't even occur
to me that that would be a thing.
Everyone I know
loves to have their kids around,
not just Jews, non-Jews, doesn't matter.
People are just close.
I literally felt like I had to choose
between him and my children, and I chose.
No one is coming
between me and my children.
And I mean, like,
you were in a very bad state.
And you were super stressed
because of work and things like that. And
And I walk in, and I go see you,
and you're like this, holding your legs,
crying, and I come over to you,
and I start hugging you.
I'm, like, "Are you okay?"
[Julia sobs]
[crying] I love you so much.
I'm sorry, baby.
[Julia sobs]
I'm really sorry, baby. [cries]
Sorry.
[whispering] I'm so sorry, baby.
[sniffles]
So ever since that moment, I didn't
I wasn't cordial with him anymore.
-I just couldn't be, for you.
-[Julia sighs]
[Miriam sobs]
[Julia] I think I got snot in your hair.
Sorry.
[laughing] It's okay.
[both laugh]
[laughing] It's okay.
I'm really proud of you.
[upbeat music playing]
[Ra'ed vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
Let's vacuum! ♪
Let's vacuum! ♪
-[Ra'ed] Let's vac! ♪
-[Robert vocalizes]
[Robert] My name is Robert Brotherton.
I'm the Chief Operating Officer
of Elite World Group.
I am the man behind Julia Haart,
and she's my best friend.
Over the last year,
I've lost about 85 pounds.
I bought a house in Danbury, Connecticut,
about one hour out of the city.
It's my 12 acres of heaven.
-[Ra'ed] That was a good warm-up.
-[Robert] What do you want to do first?
Um, I wanna vacuum.
[Robert] So at the beginning
of the pandemic,
I got a call from a guy
I had dated in college.
His name is Ra'ed.
I thought we were stepping
into this friend moment but
slowly the whole thing kind of evolved.
Bam, we're no longer friends.
Now we're officially dating.
I mean, he moved into my apartment.
-[Ra'ed] Richard, come here.
-[vacuum whirring]
[Robert] He was running in the snow.
[Robert] Whose dog is Richard?
-Ask Richard.
-[scoffs] Richard likes me best.
Absolutely not. I'm the fun Dad.
We talked about this.
[Robert] So that's why he jumps
on top of me and snuggles me?
A sensitive topic, but suffice to say
the dog was paid for by Robert Brotherton.
[Ra'ed] Rob!
-Rob!
-What?
[Ra'ed] Can you come help?
I wanna get I wanna take a shower,
but I need you to shave my back.
[Robert grunts]
Get laser.
First time I met you
was on the Setnor School Auditorium,
while you were dressed in the most
dramatic coat with the largest neck piece.
-I cannot forget that day.
-Okay, I remember this.
We're like those loser friends
who in high school prom
If they never find anyone to marry
-Shut up!
-by the time they're, like, 34,
they're just gonna get together.
We just remained really good friends
over the last 15 years.
And I think just as we went along,
we both were looking for a partner.
We were both looking for someone
who we could see a future with.
And I knew that I wanted to just be a part
of whatever you were serving.
-One thing you have to know.
-Okay.
And this you have to keep
in your mind, Robert.
You are stunning.
[Robert] Okay.
[Ra'ed grunts] I love you.
-Will you crack my back? Love you.
-Yes. [laughs]
-Are you ready for this?
-Yes.
[Robert grunts]
[Ra'ed laughs]
[Robert] That was good.
-There you go.
-Now if that was sex.
[Ra'ed] Oh!
-[Robert] Girl!
-Ohh!
Imma be, Imma be ♪
Imma be more like myself ♪
Can't be, can't be ♪
Can't be nobody else ♪
Oh! ♪
Can't be nobody else ♪
Oh! ♪
Can only be myself ♪
-Hello, hey guys!
-Nice to see you!
Hey, everybody.
-Good to see you.
-I love your outfit.
Thank you.
We have to try.
Tell me everything. What's going on
with Fashion Week this season?
[Donat] It's a longer Fashion Week
even if it's shorter in time.
-There were more shows
-It's spreading out.
It's spreading out,
but we're getting more shows.
-We're dominating.
-We are.
-Let's be
-By far.
[Julia] All of you, I mean,
my God, this company
literally in the last six months,
just literally went through the roof.
I'm the CEO
of Elite World Group since 2019.
And I'm the creative director of e1972.
I oversee around 5,000 models.
[cheering]
[Julia] This is, like, our time.
There has been a lot of growth,
a lot of change.
I was trying to change an industry
that I thought was archaic,
anti-feminist, and patriarchal.
And we've almost doubled the talent
we represent because they love our vision.
And in the next month or two, we will be
able to announce that we're going public.
Yes.
I feel pretty proud about that.
-Hey, my dear. Sorry I'm a little late.
-No worries.
-How's your day going?
-Very, very busy, as usual.
So I want you to get on your calendar
for a bit to give you a couple of updates.
We have some preliminary numbers in
for the month.
[Julia] Gotta make these bigger.
I am fucking old.
-I can't see shit. [chuckles]
-[Zaffiris chuckles] Will do.
-Um, we are up double digits over 2021.
-Really?
[Zaffiris] But more importantly,
on the digital front,
remember the report
Robert and I were working on?
-That did the contracts, signed contracts.
-Obligated. Right.
Um, so that on a year-over-year basis
is up 140%. So
[Julia] Shit.
-Yeah, so
-We're up 140%?
Yes. So part of it is we got to get these
in the hopper, get them done,
deliver on them,
which we will, obviously, in 2022.
-Amazing.
-Yes.
Well, I don't want to interrupt
your good news, and this is not bad news.
[Julia laughs]
-Your face is getting very nervous.
-Is it about you or about me?
-It's about me.
-Okay.
So I'm sure you've heard
the rumors about me and Silvio.
Yes.
The reality is we are getting a divorce.
Oh my God.
So I know the word "divorce" can be scary,
especially to a company like ours.
Yeah, usually, it's a problem,
um, because
family-run businesses end up splitting up.
It can be a little ugly.
Does that impact us at all?
[Julia] So I told Silvio I want a divorce.
I fell out of love with him as a husband.
All we had left was Elite,
and I wanted to keep what I built.
-[Silvio] So
-Hello, soon to be ex-husband.
[Silvio] I am in awe of you.
In awe of what you do.
And in awe of how you do things.
And I know of the strength you have.
I was thinking
sometimes doing nothing
is easier than doing an unnecessary mess.
You mean not getting divorced
and living separate lives?
Well, what we need Yeah, exactly.
We've always trusted each other.
-Yeah. We trust each other tremendously.
-No reason to throw it away.
We see the problem in the marriage.
My problem is that your life
is ruled by your children.
Of course. I'm their mother
first and foremost, no doubt.
I don't want my life
to be ruled by your children
because I have
different approaches to life.
I think it shouldn't be their business.
It's not that it's unreasonable.
It's just not my family.
Yeah. And it is not mine.
Exactly.
-We build things together.
-Exactly.
-We'll continue to build.
-Exactly.
What is the need to get divorced
right now? What is the urgency?
[Julia] We realized that
as a husband and wife, we do not work.
[Zaffiris] Better business partners?
Exactly. We're amazing business partners.
He has seen what I have done with Elite.
-Remember where it was when we started.
-Mm-hmm.
It will be a contractual document,
so it doesn't impact the business at all,
not even remotely,
because nothing changes.
It makes total sense.
-It's a mature way of doing it.
-Yeah.
-And with the bankers, I think it's fine.
-The external I'm not as worried about.
Because the minute they see we're keeping
everything intact, they'll understand
that there's no drama in the company.
I think before we do that,
the company needs to feel safe.
-Yes.
-The people here.
-They need to hear from me basically.
-Absolutely.
You've actually handled it
impressively well I must say.
You've got a great poker face.
A little shocked, but you know,
you guys both should be happy.
It's literally
the simplest divorce in history
because there's no fighting. It's perfect.
[upbeat music playing]
I'm a content creator,
and I am signed with Elite Model Group.
They represent me. They help manage
all of my deals, my partnerships.
Just landed in Buenos Aires.
We are heading to dinner and a tango show.
This is my look, very I Dream of Jeannie.
I'm still at, like, 95% female following.
I thought maybe my following
in males would go up a little bit
once I am single now,
but it still stayed the same.
[photographer] Yes, beautiful!
I never experienced single life, ever.
I met Ben when I was 18.
I never dated
because I came from a religious place
where you weren't allowed
to, like, touch a boy before
unless you're married to them,
let alone have sex with them.
But now, I, for some reason,
am just, like, super casual about sex.
I think that's where
my brother Shlomo and I differ.
On a first date,
like, I say off the bat that I'm divorced.
Like, do you say, "I'm a virgin"?
[chuckles]
Obviously I start every conversation,
"Hi, I'm Shlomo. I'm a virgin."
Like, I think it became my tagline.
[laughs]
I don't have that voice at all.
The voice is gone.
I'm kind of like my mom in that sense.
Wait a minute ♪
[Batsheva] Last week I went on four dates
with four different men.
I don't like fuckboys,
and I don't like people who have egos.
-Hello.
-[Batsheva's date] What's up?
How are you?
Good to see you.
-Good to see you too.
-How's everything?
Good.
I automatically, like, the first, like,
three minutes, I know if I like you,
if I wanna see you again,
if this is gonna be casual,
or if maybe I would want to date you.
-[bartender] Two red sangrias.
-[Batsheva] Thank you.
Cheers, everyone.
-Cheers.
-Cheers.
Any conversation, I want some attraction,
some chemistry, but
I don't really need more right now.
I'm just in the place
where I'm looking to have a good time.
-Should we order some food?
-I mean, I'm starving.
-So that'd be great.
-Okay.
[Batsheva] Thank you.
I'm gonna combine these.
Do you mind if I touch with my fingers?
I'm weird about germs with my family,
but I'm okay to make out with people.
You think about that. It's a weird thing.
Slow it down, okay.
-Now my head is in the wrong place.
-I didn't say make out with you.
-I just said make out.
-Wait
Okay, now I know where I stand.
Got it, okay.
-Oh
-[Batsheva's date sighs]
Yeah.
Don't worry.
I definitely feel, like, it's important
for me to get out there, explore,
see different people, sleep with
different people, have those experiences
that I never had
because I never want to look back
at this single time
in my life and be, like,
"Oh well, I should have explored more."
And that's why I'm trying my best
to live in the moment
and be open to new experiences,
and see where they take me.
Definitely looking for New York men.
Is that the prerequisite?
New York? I'm your guy.
One of the things. Always nice.
I mean, I don't know
where I stand on that, but
-Are you not nice?
-I think I'm very nice.
[upbeat music playing]
[Ra'ed] Look at the menu.
Oh my God, look at that. Is that amazing?
-Is that what you're gonna look like?
-[Robert] Oh my God.
What if you come out
and I don't recognize you? [chuckles]
-Good luck holding on to me.
-[laughs]
[Robert] So it's a really exciting day,
a day I've been waiting for
for, like, 10 years.
I am getting my big cosmetic nip/tuck,
picked and plucked.
Take care of my stomach area, make me
feel good and strong about my chest.
I'm definitely nervous, but I trust
the process. It's gonna be amazing.
My motto is "no pain, no gain."
What if you gain, there's pain?
What pain do you wanna gain? It's kind of
like if you gain weight, then
If you have to over-explain a motto,
it's not a good motto.
[laughs]
[Ra'ed] Oh, it's Julia!
-[Julia] Hey, baby.
-[Robert] Hey.
[Julia] Mwah!
-[Julia groans]
-[Robert] Thank you so much for coming.
[Julia laughs]
Yeah.
-[Julia] Hey, handsome.
-Hi.
[Julia] Mwah!
[Ra'ed] Mwah!
-Look, they brought a throne for me.
-They knew you were coming.
-I need to speak to the doctor.
-Yeah.
-I want to put some fear of hell in him.
-Oh my God, don't do that.
-Yes, I am.
-Let's keep it very positive, please.
-Yes, you're right. Okay.
-[Ra'ed laughs]
Yes, you're gonna look fabulous.
You're gonna be handsome.
You already are handsome.
You already are fabulous.
I wanna thank you
for doing all this for me, babe.
-Shut up.
-Thank you so much.
They can nip it. They can tuck it.
Then you can fuck it.
[laughter]
-Okay.
-[Robert] Just kidding.
It just rhymed.
I understand.
Hello, Robert. We are ready.
Let's get you in a room.
[Julia] As his best friend,
do I think he needs any of the surgery?
Abso-fucking-lutely not. He's perfect.
But I understand
that that's not what he sees.
So if this is what he needs
to see himself like I already see him,
then I'm gonna be there and support him.
Okay, so we're going to review
everything we're doing, my friend.
Okay.
[doctor] We're gonna pick out
which butt you want.
This is the craziest thing.
You literally can pick out your butt.
-Here are
-[Julia] Oh, shit!
-[doctor] Here are your varieties.
-Fuck me!
Never did I think
I would have such a wide "booffet."
-[laughing] A booffet.
-A booffet.
What you really want is that athletic pop.
-[pops lips]
-[Robert] Yeah.
I'm getting hot.
Well, control yourself.
I like a bubble butt, ideally.
-[doctor] QB number 3.
-[Robert] Yes.
-Can I keep that picture with me?
-It's a gift with purchase.
Okay. So go ahead and stand up
right against that wall.
-[Robert] Okay.
-[doctor] Good.
-[Ra'ed wolf-whistles]
-[Julia] Woo!
[Ra'ed] Yes!
-[doctor] There we go.
-Rob, you are so brave.
-All right.
-I'm excited.
This is the last time
this body will exist.
[Julia] You're gonna look amazing.
It was uncomfortable
to be there in front of Ra'ed and Julia
without the scarf, without the turtleneck,
without everything.
[Robert] Tickles.
-That's the best It tickles, right?
-[laughs]
[Robert] But I was so happy to be there
that, like, a few markers
on my titties did not feel so bad.
We're gonna do the FUP-ectomy.
We're gonna do the down there.
[Julia and Ra'ed, laughing] FUP-ectomy!
-[Julia] What the fuck is a FUP-ectomy?
-You get no FUPA no mo.
-This is called a FUPA.
-That's a FUPA.
-[Julia] What's FUPA?
-Fat upper
-[Ra'ed] Fat upper pussy area.
-[doctor] Fat upper penile yeah.
Exactly.
Okay, that is it.
-[Ra'ed] Thank you, doc.
-Thank you.
-[doctor] You bet.
-[Robert] Thank you.
I was thinking last night
that I go to a fashion party,
and I stand with my arms crossed,
not because I don't wanna talk to people,
but because I feel like
I shouldn't be there
because I'm ugly or something doesn't fit.
Maybe today's the first step
in the right direction.
[Ra'ed] Amazing step.
If it gives you confidence
and helps self-love, I'm all in.
[Robert] I've always said,
if I don't love myself,
and I didn't love myself physically,
I can't love someone else.
And so I hope that after doing this,
what I see in the mirror empowers me
to drop the wall and let someone in.
[Ra'ed] Honey, you're gonna spend
a lot of money after this on clothes.
-Oh my God.
-No spending money on
What do you mean no spending money?
Yes, spending money.
Don't worry. We are going on a massive
-[Robert] Yes.
-massive shopping spree.
-YSL doesn't know what's coming.
-With one exception.
No flowy robes.
-No scarves!
-[Ra'ed] No scarves!
-We can get together with that.
-To reveal, not conceal.
My God, okay.
[upbeat music playing]
-[Miriam grunts]
-[Nathalie] Yeah.
[Miriam grunts] Ah!
-[Nathalie] You can take a loss.
-I can take a loss.
-I have you. That's a win.
-You have any balls?
-[Miriam] Did you hear what I said?
-What?
I said, "I have you, and that's a win."
-Aww! I didn't hear that.
-Yes.
Cute.
Thanks. [chuckles]
Ready?
[Miriam]
Nathalie is really amazing at tennis.
She currently plays tennis
at Queens College and she's very good.
-I suck.
-[laughs]
[grunts] Oh!
Oh! Ah-choo!
Did you sneeze?
-[Miriam laughs]
-Why did you make a sneeze sound?
Let's get some water.
[both panting]
[Nathalie] It's looking good.
[laughing] It's looking bad.
It's not looking good.
[Nathalie] That's okay.
I think we'll play more during the summer.
-Okay. After your season?
-After my season.
When I'm done with the season,
I might try to, you know, find a job,
-try to stay here somehow.
-[Miriam chuckles]
That's so stressful.
I don't even wanna start about that whole
It's, like, Nathalie
against the government.
[Miriam] Nathalie is from Sweden.
She is not an American.
She is a Swedish citizen.
And she is currently on her student visa.
When she graduates, she only has a certain
amount of time to get a working visa,
which is also lottery based.
Even if she gets a job, she might
not be able to stay in this country.
Like, my friend basically
got deported, you know?
That would suck. This whole thing
stresses me out of staying here.
You're gonna get a job.
You're so super talented. And if not,
we have a back-up, back-up plan.
Plan.
Plan G.
Isn't it plan M?
No, green card.
Oh! I thought it was plan marry.
Yeah, it's the same thing.
Plan G is our back-up plan.
It's our, like, last resort situation,
where we get her a green card
by her marrying me.
Are we really thinking about this?
Is there really a plan G?
What do you How you feel about that?
-Honestly.
-It stresses me out a little bit.
We don't have to have it as a plan
if you don't want it.
I'm saying that if you wanna stay here,
I would do that for you.
Well, you know, I'm so in love with you,
so at some point,
but maybe not when we're, like, 23.
-We'll work it out together.
-Yeah.
Yeah?
Love you.
-Okay
-How much do you love me?
[both laugh]
[rhythmic music playing]
Oh my gosh, you look so comfortable.
How're you feeling?
Great.
Doc said a lot of carbs.
How about pad thai?
-That good?
-Thank you.
This is the only time
where you can eat a shit ton of carbs
and not feel guilty about it.
Literally doctor's orders.
What's your excuse?
I can't believe you can make jokes
and be sick at the same time.
-Medication.
-[Ra'ed laughs]
It's been seven days where I've been
totally bedridden, unable to move.
And this whole process
definitely brought us closer together.
[Ra'ed] How're you feeling?
Like, I don't know how to walk.
[Robert] During the first week,
he had to empty my little blood sack.
He had to make sure I was fed.
-[Ra'ed] Look who's here.
-[Julia chuckles]
I come bringing goodies.
He needs to eat lots of carbs.
-[Ra'ed] Yum!
-All the carbs.
I'll make that for you in the oven.
My butt couldn't touch the bed.
I needed pillows under my arms,
I couldn't sleep on my side.
I couldn't sleep on my stomach.
-What's happening at work?
You know what's going on.
But you don't need to talk about me.
I don't want you stressing about anything.
I just had to lay there
for days just like this.
And you can only imagine
what that does to a person's mood.
-[Robert] It's hot! Really hot.
-[Ra'ed] Oh my God, Rob.
-It's too hot.
-Such a baby!
[Ra'ed snickering]
[Robert] Ow.
-Get it off me. It's so
-[laughs]
-It's so
-[snickering]
Get away. Get away.
-It's, like, in my neck.
-[laughs]
-It's so good, though.
-[laughing] It's so good.
I'm so glad we're smiling and laughing.
The first fucking week was terrible.
There was not a smile on your face.
[Robert] Ew.
-How's your headache? You have a headache?
-Yeah.
I would like for you to read through
the prescription medication names
with your best
Lebanese accent.
[Ra'ed clears throat]
[in Lebanese accent] Furosemide.
-[in normal voice] Don't know what it is.
-Finasteride.
Is that for your hair? Why is it here?
Did you arrange this?
We're not gonna stop taking it.
What if it all falls out?
[Robert] There's a lot of jokes.
It's, I mean
It's my humor,
but there is absolutely no way on Earth
I could have even done a fraction
of this surgery without you there
-Wow.
-and without your support.
And it was a huge gift that you gave me,
to be there and to be by my side,
and to put up with me
when I was in this very difficult state.
I mean
Thank you.
Babe, it's the first time
I hear you say that.
-Well, first and last.
-You're gonna making me emotional.
Please, I have to go the bathroom.
One, two
-[Robert groans]
-three.
[Robert exhales]
[Ra'ed] Think how sexy you're gonna look.
Think about that.
[Robert] I just wanna think about peeing.
[upbeat music playing]
-[Ulla] Hi, honey.
-[Julia] You guys look great.
Thank you, guys, so much for coming.
We need to drink, like, a lot.
Just warning you.
So why did you guys make us all wear
black leather biker outfits?
Because it's all about freedom,
strength, and being badass.
Oh! I brought this for you.
[Ulla] That's what it's all about.
[Julia] A lot of my friends
have been through divorce.
We really understand each other.
-[Beryl] Cheers to badass bitches.
-Cheers to badass women and close friends.
I lost my whole group of girlfriends
when I left my community.
So to have a group now of girlfriends
who care about me, who love me,
it's really special,
and we'll always take care of each other.
[Beryl] Oh.
[Julie] How are you doing?
-So you just did it?
-He moved out. All his stuff is out.
-Wow! Congratulations. [laughs]
-[Beryl] Yeah.
-I just didn't see this coming.
-[Beryl] I feel for you.
-[Ulla] It sucks.
-[Julia] It sucks.
-That's the emotional part about it.
-It's so fucking disappointing!
You had to choose between your kids
No. There was no world in which
that decision wasn't being made.
-Why didn't I see it?
-[Beryl] The situation was untenable.
[Julia] Untenable.
We do everything together.
We're best friends.
They're here all the time.
He wanted them to make appointments.
For the last two years,
I've had two dinners every night,
downstairs with my children,
upstairs with my husband.
-[Julie] You're still that skinny.
-Truly.
[laughing]
You think I ate at both of them?
[laughing continues]
-[Julia] That's what I've had to do.
-What are you gonna do with the last name?
[Julie] Yeah, what's your last name now?
-Haart.
-[Beryl] He has to get rid of his.
-He changed his name.
-Tell him to change it back.
Change it back.
-I told him to change it back.
-[Julie] Good.
[Beryl] What are your kids thinking?
Are they sad for you?
-[Julia] My God, they're ecstatic.
-Like, "It's over. Thank God."
Because they feel
so uncomfortable coming to this house.
He just really wants
nothing to do with them.
Work taking time away from him,
that was difficult.
But I was making him so much money,
he's, like, "Okay, you can keep working."
But kids?
No.
He wants private time with me
to the exclusion of all else.
Back in your old life,
being controlled by a man.
[Julia] Literally.
Literally back where I started.
[laughing]
What made you turn?
It was when Aron started to cry.
[sad music playing]
I've seen my son cry
maybe twice in his entire life.
[Christina] Mm-hmm.
Aron comes to me,
and he's crying hysterically,
and he says to me,
"Did I do something?"
"I've been here for eight days.
He hasn't said one word to me."
-[Julie] Ugh. Horrible.
-[Ulla] Terrible.
[Julia] Aron and Silvio
did not have a tense relationship.
They had no relationship.
I think Silvio said five sentences
to Aron the last two years.
Okay, also, Aron wants to do Shabbos here,
which is for me, the greatest thing ever.
That means he doesn't
have to go there to do it.
He can come here.
-[Ulla] He's integrating his two lives.
-Exactly.
I said, "I told you from day one
this is what's gonna happen."
I haven't had Shabbos here since August.
Because it caused such a drama
and so much fighting. It wasn't worth it.
Heartbreaking.
I've tried to make it work because
we've made each other really successful.
The only point of contention
we've ever had is
-Around the kids, yeah.
-[Beryl] I feel sorry for him.
I feel bad for him
that he can't open his heart
because he could've had
such a wonderful, full life.
And I must add that I'm super pissed
that I made all of our silverware,
all of our towels,
half of our furniture JHS.
-[Julie] Your next husband will have
-He better have the name S.
[laughing]
I'm talking a couple million dollars that
have been branded with both of our names.
So we're going to do the weirdest
divorce in the history of the "univorce."
-We're not going to split anything.
-[Julie] Wait, so how does that work?
-If we're not splitting assets and
-And you don't have sex, it's marriage.
[laughing]
I love this Cinderella divorce.
-[Christina] I do too.
-What's a Cinderella divorce?
Life is a fairy tale, and it still works.
Is there such a thing?
-What?
-[Julie] A divorce that's simple?
We came up with a good solution,
and I think we're happy with our solution.
You're half-pregnant with this situation.
I vote against it.
[pop music playing]
[Robert] I hope everyone came.
[Ra'ed] Don't be nervous.
I'm excited to show off the new body.
I'm a little nervous.
But it's been about a month
since I've seen the entire family.
This is my big evening. They're gonna
see why the hell I've been in bed.
-[Robert] Woo!
-[cheering]
-[Miriam] What?
-[Nathalie] Yeah!
[cheering continues]
-[Miriam] You're looking great!
-You haven't seen anything yet, baby!
[Nathalie] Why, you are New York.
It's been a while since I've seen Robert.
I know he's been working really hard
on getting the body that he wants.
Because Robert always wore that scarf
and was always that guy to hide his body.
And to see him now really shining
and feeling confident,
I'm so proud of him.
-[Julia] What is this jacket?
-Look at this sexy bod.
-[Nathalie] Work it.
-Come on!
Take it off!
[all] Take it off! Take it off!
[Julia] Robert!
-[all] Go Robert!
-This is tacky! So tacky!
[cheering]
Okay!
[pop music playing]
[cheering]
[Ra'ed] Wow!
[Julia] Oh my gosh!
[cheering continues]
[Miriam] You have a six-pack!
[Ra'ed] Oh my God!
Yes!
Thank you, doctor!
[Robert] This day represents
a whole new chapter in my life.
It represents me putting
all of my insecurities about my body,
about my self-image, behind me
and being able to kind of reset my body,
move forward in life,
and start to kind of repair
this damaged head of mine.
I hope he sees himself the way I see him.
Beautiful, intelligent, charismatic.
[Julia] Do you look at that!
Holy shit, he's got a fucking six-pack!
-[Ra'ed] Wow!
-[Julia] Come on!
Eyes up here, folks!
Robert, you look incredible.
I mean, my favorite part of my body
has to be, like, the little etching
that he created along the ab.
[Julia] He gave you a six-pack
sculpted from fat.
-[Robert] That's by far my favorite part.
-[Julia] Incredible.
-The new butt's pretty good too.
-I'm jealous of the new butt.
It's kind of funny because when I run
or jog, I still kind of feel the newness.
[Julia laughs]
-[Miriam] How is your recovery?
-[Ra'ed] You better start practicing.
[sighs] Recovery was
Uh, the first week was really intense.
-Honestly, 'cause I had so much done.
-[Miriam] Yeah.
Ra'ed was saying that
Robert only spoke monosyllabically,
like, one word.
Water.
[Julia laughs]
Lights.
Towel.
That was for a week.
But I will always wipe your ass,
baby, any time, any day.
[Miriam] Oh!
I want a Ra'ed. Please find me a Ra'ed!
-See? Did you hear?
-I want this man.
-I'm just excited for clothes.
-I'm going shopping with you.
Are you paying for it?
If I have to pay for you
not to buy baggy clothing, I may.
Oh, yes! ♪
-[Robert] Oh, Lord! ♪
-[Ra'ed] Ah! Oh! ♪
Hallelujah! ♪
[vocalizing]
[Batsheva] Congratulations.
-[Robert] Thank you, guys.
-To Robert! Woo!
No matter what your body looks like,
-you'll always be beautiful.
-Love you. Mwah!
[upbeat music playing]
[Julia] Robert!
[Robert] Julia? Hey.
-[Julia] Hey.
-[Robert] What's that face?
[Julia] Mmm, come sit down, my love.
Making me nervous.
-What are you wearing?
-A life jacket. You don't like it?
The whole point was that
you wouldn't be shy about your body.
I'm not shy. It's shiny. I like it.
Okay, good. Not a hiding thing?
-No, just a shiny thing.
-Okay, shiny is good.
-Anyway, I'll take it off anyways.
-See?
That's what I'm talking about.
Perfect body. You need to stop hiding.
-I'm not hiding.
-You are hiding.
Why are we hiding in here?
-I don't want you to freak out.
-Don't start like that then.
-You know Silvio was anti-lawyers?
-Yeah.
So our whole plan was we're gonna announce
to the world that we're getting a divorce.
But we are amazing partners.
We're business partners.
-Everything stays together.
-Everything stays the same.
This I know.
There's a lot of buildup. I'm worried.
All those conversations we've been having
with the PR people, with Silvio about
The amicable split.
Silvio's like, "I don't have a lawyer.
I don't need a lawyer."
And what do I find out?
He hired the nastiest
divorce attorney in New York City.
[tense music playing]
I don't understand
anything Silvio's doing.
He hires one of the toughest lawyers
in New York,
who is known to be
aggressive and antagonistic.
Not a peaceful divorce lawyer.
I'm starting to get a little bit nervous.
But this is gonna be a shitshow
of unimaginable proportions.
I don't understand. Now it's lawyers,
court, everything. He wants bad press?
He knows that bad press
is bad for everybody.
-Yes, bad for the business.
-Yeah.
I'm a very nice person
until you fuck with me.
You hired the wrong lawyer. Because if you
wanted to make an amicable deal,
-that's not the lawyer you would hire.
-He wants a war?
Silvio wants to make an announcement that
we're getting divorced, but it's amicable.
It doesn't sound fucking amicable.
[Julia] It's in the press.
He came out and fired me.
Then he shut off my email access.
He took me off the credit cards.
He's a fucking lunatic.
[Miriam] I'm scared that he's, like, a man
who just wants to destroy our mother.
He's gonna try to empty the apartment.
How do we stop him?
[woman] He's not to take anything,
and if you have to, call the police.
There are two art pieces
missing off the wall.
Oh my God!
This is going to become a police matter.
I have children here.
An US Weekly article just came out that
says Julia is wanted by the police.
Can you even believe this shit?
[dramatic music playing]
-[Julia] I fucking hate crying.
-[Miriam] It's okay.
No, I don't need a man
To find myself ♪
Ain't playing, stop ♪
No, I don't need a man ♪
No, no, no
I don't need nobody ♪
No, no, no, no
I don't need nobody ♪
But myself ♪