My Big Fat Fabulous Life S12 Episode 4
My Big Fat Fabulous Life S12 Episode 4
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00:00Previously on My Big Fat Fabulous Life.
00:06Hunter is bringing a date to the premiere.
00:08No one's met her, so she'll be meeting Hunter and all of us
00:11for the first time on the first date.
00:13How do you feel about Karen?
00:14I'm feeling that I don't like all these questions.
00:17This is gonna be the first time that we actually meet.
00:20I haven't had a serious girlfriend in a long time.
00:24I've really enjoyed being single.
00:27Everybody, this is Karen.
00:29Hi, Karen.
00:30I usually don't bring my sister and my father along on a first date.
00:35I've had weirder first date experiences in this family,
00:37so this is pretty tame.
00:38If Karen can survive this, then maybe Hunter has found the one.
00:42Ooh, look at the lights. How exciting.
00:44If I pass out and fall on the ground, just fan me back to life.
00:47This is my first lead role in a feature film.
00:51This is a beautiful thing.
00:52This is a really big night for me.
00:54It's a big night for my acting career and my relationship with Karen.
00:57Let's go.
00:58Let's go.
01:05I know which one I'm going for now.
01:08I'm going for the chalk.
01:10Chalk.
01:29Hey, girl.
01:31Hey, girl.
01:33Come here.
01:35She's just Christmas enough.
01:36And she looks good.
01:38Come on, honey.
01:40This is the first time Goosey's come to pick out a tree.
01:45You okay?
01:46No.
01:47I'm fine.
01:48I'm fine.
01:49I'm fine.
01:50I'm fine.
01:51I'm fine.
01:52I'm fine.
01:53I'm fine.
01:54I'm fine.
01:56You okay?
01:57No.
01:58Well, we're going to try to do a Christmas to make mommy proud.
02:01Yeah.
02:02A year ago, we lost my mom on December 7th,
02:05so clearly we were not in the headspace to celebrate Christmas.
02:10But if there's one thing that I think my family can agree on,
02:13it's that my mother would want us to be celebrating Christmas
02:16and decorating because that was such a huge part of her.
02:21Of course, the first step to restarting our Christmas tradition
02:24is to find a tree.
02:25So we've come to our favorite tree lot called Wagner's,
02:28and the owners have gotten to know us a lot over the years,
02:31and they're really sweet people.
02:33Goosey, girl, do you have a friend?
02:36Whose doggy is this?
02:38It's mine.
02:39How you doing?
02:40Good.
02:41How are you?
02:42How you doing, Mr. Thorne?
02:43Good.
02:44Good to see you, sir.
02:45Good to see you.
02:46Good to see you.
02:47Thank you all for coming.
02:48Hey, Gleam.
02:49Of course.
02:50How are you?
02:51Today was the day that Babs passed away a year ago.
02:53I hear about that.
02:54That's a tough lose, lose somebody.
02:56Yeah.
02:57You know, as special as she was.
02:59Yeah, she really was.
03:00She was, yeah.
03:01Christmas was her favorite thing.
03:02We had people from all over Greensboro
03:04come to just tour the house during Christmas.
03:07So I told Dad we would try to do a Christmas to make her proud.
03:10I could never do it like her.
03:12I mean, we shopped for Christmas ornaments
03:14when we were at the beach in the summertime.
03:16Yeah, she was obsessed.
03:18Finding the perfect Christmas tree,
03:20which, by the way, as my mom taught me,
03:22has to be perfect on all sides.
03:23You cannot offend the wall
03:25by having a tree that has any imperfections anywhere.
03:27It's not going to be easy, but I'm determined to get it done.
03:31Well, let's go shopping.
03:32Yeah.
03:33Okay.
03:36What you think, Goose?
03:39Now, something maybe this height.
03:41How tall is that?
03:43That's 7 to 8 footers.
03:45Look how full this is.
03:46Oh, that's full.
03:47Ooh.
03:50Oh, I like the wider one.
03:51Do we care about length, or do we care about girth?
03:53And that's the question.
03:56That's what they call a concolor fir.
03:58You put them in the house, and you put them in warm water,
04:00it smells like tangerines.
04:02I like that.
04:03Well, your mom wouldn't stand for that, so we're not.
04:05Okay, so we won't do it, huh?
04:08That's nice, that's full.
04:10I think that's it.
04:11Let's do this one.
04:12Yeah.
04:13Yeah.
04:14It's the one?
04:15Okay, that's, um...
04:16No going back, eh?
04:17If Mom comes to me in a dream
04:18and says it wasn't the right tree,
04:20then we'll be back, but I think that one's good.
04:22All right.
04:23Awesome.
04:24I'll get it set up.
04:25Thank you so much.
04:26No problem.
04:27Ah.
04:29All right, this is the part where I go sit in the car
04:31and don't do anything else.
04:33I'm hoping that we can kind of rekindle
04:37this wonderful, like, family feeling of togetherness
04:40that we've always had around this time.
04:42Thank you.
04:44We found the perfect tree.
04:45That's done, step one.
04:47There's still a lot to do.
04:48It smells so divine.
04:50Ah.
04:51Oh, night divine.
04:53It's the smell they were referring to all along.
04:57Wasn't it just perfect enough?
05:01To pull this off?
05:02Yeah.
05:03Did you see Dad's Christmas sweater?
05:05Look.
05:06Mom got it for him 20 years ago.
05:07He's been wearing it every Christmas since.
05:09I love his bright teeth.
05:11Yeah, he looks like a little beaver.
05:13Oh, yeah.
05:15It's legit.
05:17How exciting.
05:19Well, I don't have much experience
05:21really with real Christmas trees
05:23because we were always told that we were allergic growing up.
05:26No, but that was a lie.
05:30But this one looks real.
05:31I mean, it looks beautiful to me.
05:33It looks like...
05:34It's big.
05:35It's robust.
05:36It fits nicely in the corner.
05:37It smells good.
05:38The fragrance, the aroma.
05:39Yeah, yeah.
05:40We're going to get this house looking good
05:42for your Christmas party.
05:43You having one this year?
05:44Well, we can do a party.
05:45That's fine.
05:46You think we should do costumes?
05:48Well, I mean, like, what's a Christmas costume?
05:51I don't know.
05:52Just anything seasonal.
05:53That could be fun.
05:54I was always a shepherd.
05:56Well, Dad, you're just doing it.
05:58How does it feel?
05:59Like old times.
06:01Ooh!
06:03That's looking good.
06:05It was much easier putting this tree in than before.
06:08Yeah.
06:09Well, we used to have a huge tree at home.
06:11I meant to cover that whole wall.
06:12Yeah.
06:13It would take me, you know,
06:14two or three hours to put all the lights on.
06:16But once I did that, then I turned the tree over to Babs.
06:20My mom was amazing at decorating for the holidays.
06:25Every detail was taken care of.
06:28This is the Santa Claus display.
06:30And since it's Christmas, we have Father Frost and whatnot.
06:34Look at his face.
06:36Mmm.
06:37And she had themes for every tree.
06:39Yeah.
06:40In the living room, that was the memory tree
06:43where it had ornaments, things that were significant
06:45from, like, our lives and stuff like that.
06:47This is me when I was, oh, about fifth grade.
06:50You love it.
06:52This is the den.
06:53And then in the dining room,
06:54she had a fake tree that was the Father Christmas tree,
06:57and it was all cream and gold.
06:58Oh, yeah, I remember that.
06:59This is the dining room.
07:02Father Frost.
07:04That was a $2,000 or $3,000 tree.
07:06And that was a beautiful tree.
07:07Oh, my God, yellow, yeah.
07:08In the playroom, we had the snowman tree
07:10where it was all snowman themed.
07:12This in here is the playroom, and that's Frosty.
07:15Hey, I didn't do that.
07:17Oh, yeah.
07:18You're not a hot girl.
07:19Mmm, who was that?
07:20Christmas Eve was our big thing.
07:22Well, that's when she had the whole neighborhood come over.
07:24And we'll finish where we started, Santa Claus' plan.
07:28Feliz Navidad.
07:30Lovely, lovely, lovely.
07:34Well, I want to make sure that this Christmas
07:36we have a really nice one, and we enjoy it,
07:39and we do it in a way that would make Mommy proud.
07:42That's what I want to do this Christmas.
07:44Well, and you'll feel her here more than the whole rest of the year.
07:46Yeah.
07:48Losing my mom was hard,
07:50and losing her at one of her favorite times of the year
07:54is a little bit harder.
07:56It was just such a big part of our lives,
07:58and all those holiday themes and decorations
08:02just made me feel so special,
08:06and is a way that she showed, you know, her love for us.
08:10And so I feel like we owe it to her.
08:14I mean, we'll never be as good as she was,
08:16but I think we need to incorporate
08:18a little bit of holiday cheer into our lives
08:22as a way of remembering Mommy.
08:26Well, you know, I think we need to try to figure out
08:28when we're going to have the party,
08:30because, you know, I really think Hunter would like Karen to be here.
08:33Well, if he wants her to come,
08:35we can try to plan it on a day that she can sleep.
08:38Well, you can talk to her and find out when she can come
08:40and see if it, you know, corresponds with when you're thinking about having a party,
08:44because she's a really neat girl.
08:46Okay.
08:48Things between Hunter and Karen definitely went well
08:51the night of the premiere,
08:53and my dad is so excited,
08:55but my brother is too,
08:57and that's the most important thing.
08:59Dad, like, texts Karen on his own.
09:01Like, they talk.
09:03And she seems to be fine with it,
09:05so I'm like, okay, I guess it's cool.
09:07I think she must really be interested in Hunter.
09:12It was getting a little concerning that Hunter was getting, you know,
09:15to the point where he might just decide to be a bachelor
09:20for the rest of his life, you know,
09:22and he even made a comment he didn't mind being a bachelor,
09:25but the way this relationship with Karen and Hunter is going,
09:29this could be the start of something special.
09:31I want to be like Mommy, and I want to decorate like Mommy,
09:34but I don't have a husband. I don't have kids.
09:36I feel like, who am I doing it for? The cats?
09:38You can't have the husband and kids first,
09:40and then do the decorating for them.
09:42You have to do the decorating, and that's how you get the husband.
09:44Oh, if you decorate, then the husband will come.
09:46Well, I mean, you've got to live the life that you want to live.
09:48Then you've got to do the treetopper, because you're tall.
09:50And this is all we've got. Nothing but shining, sparkling.
09:52That is the treetopper. Let it live.
09:54I'm about to put a light inside of it.
09:55Let it live.
09:56I dropped it.
09:57Todd!
09:58Goosey girl. Goosey girl.
10:00Come on. That is the treetopper.
10:01Goosey.
10:02No.
10:03Goosey girl.
10:04Goosey don't.
10:05A little lackluster, don't you think?
10:06No.
10:07That looks ridiculous.
10:08Don't talk to the tree that way.
10:09Ta-da!
10:10Oh, yeah.
10:11Um, well, that's all right.
10:15That's beautiful.
10:17What's up?
10:18Dad is in the vicinity.
10:19Dad's here?
10:20Dad is here.
10:21I'm on a date.
10:22This is my second date with Karen.
10:24Definitely hoping it would be my first one-on-one.
10:27Thanks for the warning.
10:28Bye.
10:40I'm going to quit getting that curry every time.
10:42Because it is so right going in,
10:43but it's not always right coming out.
10:45I always loved going to Elm Street.
10:48And Robbie is such a...
10:49Dad!
10:50I mean, you know, you go to any other restaurant
10:52and you get a server.
10:54Yeah.
10:55And they're polite.
10:56I mean, this is like going...
10:57Dad.
10:58To some place as family.
11:00I'm surprised you didn't say
11:01I have to invite Robbie to the Christmas party.
11:03Ask Robbie's wife if you can be in a thruple.
11:07Because Hunter and Karen are not going to let you in.
11:09My dad, you know, became a widower last year,
11:11and I know that he's really lonely without my mom.
11:14But he has made some connections with other people,
11:17I think, to lessen that,
11:18and I'm really glad that he's done that.
11:20For example, there's Robbie.
11:21Robbie owns his favorite restaurant.
11:23I don't know what the feelings are there,
11:25but they're strong.
11:26And then, of course, his daughter Angie.
11:28Now, the newest is Karen,
11:30my brother's new person he's dating.
11:34But if it makes him happy, I'm all for it.
11:37I want to take you to a place, get you some dessert.
11:39Now?
11:40Yeah. Stay to your right here.
11:42Okay.
11:43I do like downtown at Christmas.
11:45I got a lot of decorating to do before the party,
11:47so if you could make yourself scarce the day of,
11:50I can get all my decorating done.
11:51So what time do I need to be there?
11:53Everybody's coming about 6.
11:55Well, the parking lots I sleep in all close about 4.
11:59Dad!
12:00I was kidding you about the dessert shop.
12:03I'm taking you to a skating rink.
12:05I wanted to surprise you.
12:07Isn't that something you do at Christmastime in the winter?
12:11I mean, I don't...
12:13Right here.
12:14...do that.
12:15Well, I don't know.
12:16We just watch people having a good time skating around.
12:18Okay.
12:19Oh.
12:20I'm on this curb.
12:25Okay. We made it.
12:27Maybe my dad has been possessed by the Christmas spirit.
12:32We've never been ice skating,
12:34and I don't think my ankles are equipped,
12:36but I'm going to go with it because, you know,
12:39who can say no to Glenthorpe?
12:41Looks pretty, doesn't it?
12:43Yeah.
12:44We've never been ice skating as a family.
12:46Well, we went once up in New York.
12:48Dad?
12:50What?
12:52What?
12:54Can someone take me off the planet?
12:56I knew something was shady, okay?
12:59And right in front of me, I can see my brother
13:02and the new girl he's dating, Karen,
13:04and we should not be here.
13:05Dad.
13:06We're just going to kind of stay in the background
13:08and watch them skate.
13:09How did you even know they were going to be here?
13:11Well, Karen told me that they were coming to go skating.
13:14When did Karen tell you?
13:16Well, she texted me.
13:17Dad, this is not right.
13:20This is a sabotage.
13:21Dad, I'm not having no part of it.
13:23I'm not doing it.
13:24No, I'm not doing it.
13:25Well...
13:26I will not be a part of this
13:28because I know what's happening here.
13:30Dad has come here to spy on Hunter and Karen.
13:33I knew it was unhealthy, and now it's confirmed.
13:35If we want Hunter and Karen to, like,
13:38have a successful relationship and get married,
13:40this is not the way to ensure that.
13:44What's up?
13:45Dad is in the vicinity.
13:47Dad's here?
13:49Dad is here.
13:50I'm on a date.
13:51Well, I'm just trying to warn you.
13:53Okay, I'm going back to the car.
13:55Okay, well, thanks for the warning.
13:57Bye.
13:59This is my second date with Karen,
14:01and I was definitely hoping it would be
14:03my first one-on-one with her,
14:06but that doesn't seem like it's going to happen.
14:10Uh, yeah.
14:12Apparently, uh, my dad is in the vicinity.
14:17What's he doing?
14:18I think he's spying on us.
14:20Romantic, I know.
14:22Just the most awkward thing imaginable.
14:24That's it.
14:27All right, so he's somewhere here.
14:29He's, yeah.
14:30Okay.
14:31I'm just going to ignore him.
14:35Yes?
14:36Come on down.
14:37I got some hot chocolate for you.
14:39Come on.
14:40Hunter's starting to get where he can skate a little bit here.
14:42Karen's holding him up, though.
14:47Bring my camera.
14:48What camera?
14:49I put my camera in the back seat.
14:51Bring it with you.
14:56So not only does he want to insert himself
15:00into Hunter and Karen's date,
15:02he wants photographic evidence of it?
15:04He's unhinged.
15:06There's nothing about this?
15:08That's right.
15:10You are not taking photos of them.
15:12Just sit down and have your hot chocolate
15:14and let me take care of this.
15:16Wanderies have never been a big thing in the Thor household,
15:21but it is time to make some.
15:25Dad?
15:26What?
15:27Daddy, don't.
15:29Ooh!
15:31I love to get a stretch.
15:34Some people could call this spying,
15:36but I think this is more of a documentary.
15:38As a photographer, you've got certain license to go
15:40and get photographs that you think
15:42are going to be important in the future.
15:44Over the years, it has been my place
15:47as the father of the Thor family to document everything.
15:51I want Hunter and Karen to have something to look back on
15:55in case this moves on to something more serious.
16:01Hunter! 3 o'clock!
16:02What? What? What?
16:04Hey, Karen, how are you? Good to see you.
16:06He's got the camera with the lens.
16:09Look over your shoulder.
16:11That way.
16:123 o'clock.
16:13Clint's lens is ready to go.
16:16I told him that you knew he was here,
16:18that you were not happy, and he still refused to concede.
16:21I'm sorry.
16:22This is a first.
16:23I'm dying, Karen. I'm so sorry.
16:25I swear to you, we're not weird.
16:27I'm so sorry.
16:28How about this? Do one lap, and you get there,
16:31let him get his shot, and then I will get him out.
16:34All right.
16:35I promise I will get him out.
16:36Okay.
16:37Karen, I'm so sorry.
16:38What a journey.
16:40You know, my dad can be real funny
16:42about his excitement about Karen and I,
16:45and I think my father wants what every father wants.
16:49He wants to see his kids happy and get married,
16:54and he's got grandbaby fever.
16:56Like, it's, you know, it's ridiculous.
16:59He's just on overload right now.
17:01He just, he can't help himself.
17:03He can't contain all the emotions
17:05building up inside of him.
17:07There's a part of me that's like,
17:08yo, leave me alone.
17:09Let me be a grown-ass man on a date with this woman.
17:13Well, hey, guys.
17:14Hi, Glenn.
17:15Hey, how's it going?
17:16Fancy meeting you here.
17:17Oh, yeah.
17:18What a coincidence.
17:19What's up?
17:20Just thought we'd stop by
17:21and see you guys having a good time.
17:24Yeah, very appropriate.
17:26Get your shot, and then get out of here.
17:29Come here.
17:30Oh, God.
17:32All right.
17:33Bye.
17:34Bye.
17:35See ya.
17:36Well, we got a nice picture,
17:37so should we leave?
17:38Yes, yes, yes, Dad.
17:39We should leave.
17:40Okay.
17:41Because I don't feel good about myself,
17:42and I'll just, we're leaving.
17:45Bye, we're leaving.
17:47Goodbye.
17:48See ya, guys.
17:49Bye.
17:50Karen, are you still coming to the Christmas party?
17:53Absolutely.
17:54Costumes.
17:55Dad?
17:56Karen is great.
17:58She, like, doesn't think this is weird.
18:00She and Hunter, like, I can feel a vibe between them.
18:03Like, I'm very hopeful about this.
18:05I was afraid you were gonna jump on the next flight home.
18:08After, you know.
18:10Couldn't take more than that.
18:11Papa Duke showed up.
18:12Day two, almost a disaster.
18:14Almost, but not.
18:15Not, not, still good.
18:17I'm glad to hear that.
18:20I've only been on two dates with Karen,
18:22and you and Dad have been on both of them.
18:25I have begged my dad to exercise some chill
18:30when it comes to Karen.
18:31You know they text.
18:33Oh, my God.
18:34I like her.
18:35I really don't want to run her off.
18:49Woosie girl.
18:51Let's go see Uncle Tal, Woosie girl.
18:55Oh, oh.
18:57Tal and I have a tradition of doing a little Christmas drive
19:01through Greensboro to see the balls.
19:03Greensboro is kind of nationally famous, actually,
19:06for our balls.
19:09And they're iconic.
19:11They're lighted up and beautiful,
19:13and there's, like, a whole neighborhood
19:14that does it really extensively.
19:15So Tal and I love to drive through and see those balls
19:18and just catch up on life.
19:21It gets us in the Christmas spirit.
19:23I'm so happy to see you.
19:24Happy to see you.
19:26It's been an eternity too long.
19:29I know.
19:30Look, I brought you hot chocolate.
19:31Oh, my gosh, thank you.
19:32I know.
19:33And we haven't actually done this in a couple years.
19:35I know.
19:36Our tradition has been...
19:37It's been lapsing.
19:38...thrown off.
19:39You were a bit busy last year.
19:40How were you doing?
19:41A little bit, yeah.
19:42Well, you know, it's, we just passed the year anniversary
19:45since Mommy died.
19:47Y'all have been on my mind and on my heart.
19:49Yeah.
19:50So where's most of the balls at?
19:51Straight here, I think.
19:52I see lights ahead.
19:53Yeah.
19:54Where are the most of the balls at in this town?
19:56That's what we want to know.
19:58They're also starting to do the balls
19:59in my parents' neighborhood.
20:01Balls in your face everywhere you look?
20:02Balls everywhere.
20:04Oh, my God, this is my...
20:05Oh!
20:08My mommy grew up on this street.
20:10I didn't even think about it.
20:12Aw.
20:15The holidays are tough with grief, too.
20:17I know.
20:18And especially, I know as much as your mom loved Christmas,
20:21I think the holidays just feel a little emptier.
20:24One of the most common things that people keep saying
20:26is, like, she's with you and you can feel her, but I don't.
20:29I don't believe that I'm going to be reunited with my mother.
20:32I wish I did.
20:33Mm-hmm.
20:34My mother and I were extremely close,
20:38like, dozens of past lifetimes intertwined close,
20:43and I miss her, especially around Christmas.
20:48And I'm craving some sort of connection.
20:51You know, there's nothing that can fill that void.
20:53I mean, like, if she were able to connect,
20:56In fact, you know, I have that video of her
20:59where I said, are we going to be together forever?
21:01And she said, I hope so.
21:03And I said, are you going to be with me forever?
21:05And she said, I'll try.
21:07I'll try.
21:08You know?
21:09And so, like, I know if there were a way, whew.
21:12Made me cry.
21:17But that doesn't mean that she's not trying.
21:19No, I know.
21:20And I'm like, no, if there were a way, like, she would do it.
21:22So I'm like, is it me?
21:24I'm like, is there something wrong with me?
21:26No, there's nothing wrong with you.
21:29See, you're grieving.
21:30You miss her.
21:31It's just hard to, I mean, you can't just, like,
21:33live in that every single day, but you feel it.
21:38Do you have a tissue or napkin?
21:40I don't know.
21:41Sorry, I didn't mean to drive us into crisis.
21:43No, that's OK.
21:46I got cake bites.
21:47I like the sound of the hat.
21:50I mean, Whitney is a young person to have lost a parent,
21:55and there's just so much life yet for, you know,
21:59her to live and for her dad to live
22:01that her mom won't be around for.
22:03I really hope that Whitney can find a way
22:05to feel connected with her mother
22:07so that she can feel more strength and support
22:11and not just sadness when she thinks about her.
22:14Let's think about some positives.
22:16Let's think about some positives.
22:18Should we?
22:19Yes.
22:20We need to get it together.
22:21We need to do something.
22:23Because I don't want to live like this.
22:25And you're going into a new decade.
22:27On 4-14-84 in 2024, I'm going to be 40.
22:31What is the symbolism of four?
22:32I don't know.
22:33Because we need to find out.
22:34I don't like it.
22:35We should go see a psychic.
22:36I would love to go see a psychic.
22:38Look, I want a palm reading.
22:39I want a tarot card reading.
22:40I want a psychic.
22:41I want a Reiki.
22:43I want a sound bath.
22:44I want silent meditation.
22:46I want all of it.
22:47We need to get our shit together.
22:49Yes, we do.
22:50I do believe that there are people in this world
22:53that have, like, a gift.
22:55So I think going with Tal,
22:57I would be interested just to see, you know,
23:01if there's any way I can connect to her at all
23:04and possibly just give me some affirmative things
23:08to focus on as we go into the new year
23:11because I'm really trying to get my life back on track.
23:16I'm excited about the holiday party.
23:18That would be really fun.
23:19Yeah, me too.
23:20If I can bring anything, let me know.
23:21The only thing you need to bring is a present
23:23for the gift exchange game,
23:24and I'll email you who your person is.
23:26Um, you know, and it is a costume party.
23:29Winter, Christmas, whatever.
23:31Like, so just keep that in mind.
23:33Maybe I'll be a candy cane
23:34because I'm long and thin and sweet.
23:35I like that!
23:37Most of the time.
23:38scream
23:52Even Goosey has ears.
23:54You said you didn't want to wear ears.
23:56I don't want to wear ears.
23:58Okay.
23:59It's Abbott's girl!
24:01She's about to run up to that door.
24:04Just as we pass the one-year anniversary
24:06of my mom's death,
24:08I thought about coping with our grief
24:12in a way that also gives back to the community.
24:16Abbott's Wood is a senior living community
24:18that my mother and father lived in
24:20for the last 11 months of her life,
24:22and we were so grateful to have Abbott's Wood
24:24to provide her the kind of care and attention
24:27that was impossible for us to do at home.
24:29Hi, good morning!
24:31She's going to have to be just prompt.
24:33And I thought that visiting Abbott's Wood again
24:35would be therapeutic for us as a family
24:38to brighten some other residents' day
24:41in the form of donuts and coffee.
24:44One, please.
24:45Okay, this one's already ready for you.
24:47Thank you.
24:48There you go.
24:49Okay, and one more orange juice.
24:50Thank you.
24:51You want the pink one?
24:52Okay!
24:53My mom enjoyed her life here every single day,
24:56so it feels like it's a little bit of grief,
24:59but a whole lot of love, too.
25:01You made a good choice,
25:02and it's the last chocolate one in this box.
25:05Okay, love you.
25:06So I'll see you at the Christmas party.
25:10So I'm a little nervous about the Christmas party.
25:13Why?
25:14Well, it'll be Karen and I's second date, realistically,
25:17and both you and Dad will be there again.
25:20It's the third, and yes, Dad and I will be there
25:22three for three.
25:24Come talk to me.
25:27How long were you married?
25:2945 years.
25:3045 years.
25:31We had 62 in April.
25:33Oh, I thought 45 was good.
25:36I've only been on two dates with Karen,
25:39and you and Dad have been on both of them.
25:42So this will be number three.
25:44I should probably see her by myself at some point.
25:46Now, you know they text.
25:48Do you know that?
25:51Uh, I think I was aware that they had texted.
25:54I didn't know it was a regular thing.
25:56I told him he needed to chill.
25:57I said, Daddy, they're not even officially boyfriend-girlfriend yet.
26:00The last thing we want to do is run her off,
26:04because I know Daddy's not weird.
26:05Or run me off.
26:06Well, I know that we're not weird, like as a family,
26:09but if you zoom out and look at this,
26:11if I were Karen...
26:12It's strange.
26:13Right?
26:14He was like, I just want her to know that we're really excited
26:16and we're supportive of her, and we really like...
26:18I said, Daddy, she knows that.
26:20I was like, she knows we like her.
26:21Like, yeah.
26:23I told him, I said, you gotta...
26:25Chill.
26:26Chill out on Karen.
26:27Oh, my God.
26:30I have begged my dad to exercise some chill
26:35when it comes to Karen, but I can't control the man.
26:39I think Hunter might have a valid point, you know,
26:41that the third date is also going to be a family date.
26:45And I am slightly concerned about what Karen will think.
26:49I like her.
26:50I really don't want to run her off.
26:52Okay, I'm not saying we won't come on any more dates,
26:54but we won't crash them.
26:55Goodbye.
26:56I won't let it.
26:57Go serve some donuts.
26:58Bye.
26:59Love you too.
27:00Bye.
27:01Bye.
27:02I know you told me that you were a licensed marriage
27:04and family counselor, but does this not make you nervous?
27:06Me?
27:07Well, she knows all the red flags to look for,
27:09and she's not going to put up with any...
27:10Wendy, you told us not to ruin this tonight,
27:12and here you are.
27:26It's Christmas party.
27:28It's Christmas party.
27:31Yeah.
27:32Lilo.
27:34Sweet thing.
27:35What are you going to be, Todd?
27:37A Christmas miracle.
27:40Hello.
27:41Hello.
27:42Merry Christmas.
27:44Oh, my God.
27:45Oh, my God, the cusps.
27:46I love that.
27:47I was so afraid nobody was going to dress.
27:49Oh, my God.
27:50My mother loved to entertain at Christmas,
27:52so this is a whole reimagination, if you will,
27:54of my mother's very famous Christmas parties of yesteryear
27:58in which she would entertain family and friends
28:01and members of the community.
28:03I will not come close to achieving what Babs achieved,
28:08but hopefully we'll have a good time.
28:11Do you have any idea what I am?
28:12You look like an eagle.
28:13Some kind of queen.
28:14Statue of Liberty.
28:15Like an ice queen.
28:16Close.
28:17I'm black ice.
28:18Oh.
28:19Oh.
28:20Yes.
28:21There you are.
28:22I love that.
28:23Hey.
28:24Well, where should we put these?
28:25We can put them in there, like near the tree.
28:27I'm so excited.
28:28I like the set up, Whitney.
28:30We do have on the menu burritos.
28:32Perfect.
28:33That's reindeer food right there.
28:34I've got eggnog.
28:35I've got apple cider.
28:36You want any?
28:37I don't think I've ever had eggnog.
28:39Well, you have some.
28:40It doesn't have alcohol in it.
28:41Okay, I'll try it.
28:42Okay.
28:43Hello.
28:44Oh, my God.
28:45Is it?
28:46No, it's not.
28:47Oh, my God.
28:48Get in here.
28:49Whitney.
28:50Oh, my.
28:51Hey, y'all.
28:52Stop it.
28:53Is this a snowman family?
28:54Yes.
28:55Oh, my God.
28:56Hi.
28:57Hi.
28:58Happy holidays.
28:59Oh, my God.
29:00This is my favorite thing I've ever worn.
29:01It's pajamas.
29:02It's comfortable.
29:03It's fashion.
29:04It's candy cane.
29:05Wow, you look good enough to eat.
29:06Wait.
29:07Are you the Statue of Liberty?
29:08Okay.
29:09Is that what everyone thinks?
29:10I am black ice.
29:11Oh, my God.
29:12Oh, my God.
29:13Oh, my God.
29:14Oh, my God.
29:15Oh, my God.
29:16Oh, my God.
29:17Oh, my God.
29:18Oh, my God.
29:19Oh, my God.
29:20I am black ice.
29:21It's beautiful.
29:22I'm seasonal.
29:23I love it.
29:24Your house looks fantastic.
29:25Thanks.
29:26I got some stuff for moms.
29:27I got her best sticks.
29:28Mom sticks.
29:29Her best sticks.
29:30Oh, my God.
29:31Stop it.
29:32You're carrying on the tradition of hosting a holiday party.
29:33Yeah.
29:34Actually, yeah.
29:35I'm about to cry again.
29:36I need to quit.
29:37She would be so proud.
29:38There you go.
29:39I thought she would be happy.
29:40Babs left some pretty huge shoes to fill as far as carrying on the holiday decorations
29:45and festivities.
29:47So I'm really proud that Whitney is upholding that by having us all here in style and costume,
29:54no less.
29:55I feel like Babs would be really happy about this.
29:58Oh, Karen is coming.
30:00So this is Hunter's not yet girlfriend, but we hope.
30:03What?
30:04Yes.
30:05We get to meet her?
30:06Yes.
30:07She's here.
30:08She's in town.
30:09I haven't even heard of her.
30:10He met her in Atlanta when we went to his premiere.
30:11Then she came up a couple days ago.
30:13They were going ice skating.
30:15Dad decided we were going to crash their ice skating date.
30:17So again, we had a family date and now she's coming for the family and all the friends.
30:21Dad is obsessed.
30:22Dad literally like he texts her and like he's obsessed with her.
30:26So everybody don't ruin it.
30:28Okay.
30:29Obviously we're all thrilled for Hunter.
30:30I've never seen him with a girl.
30:32You know, I've known him for a while now, but I can't imagine what it would be like
30:35for a parent, you know, like Glenn to see his kid finally settle down and get excited
30:41about somebody.
30:42Hello.
30:43Hey.
30:44Well, you look beautiful.
30:45Glenn, you're Santa?
30:46It's for you.
30:47Santa has arrived.
30:48It's a party now.
30:49You look great.
30:50So you're Santa and you're a present, right?
30:51Okay.
30:52I get that.
30:53I'm dad's sack.
30:54The sack full of presents.
30:55Oh, okay.
30:56Okay.
30:57And everybody, this is Karen.
30:58This is Karen.
30:59Hi.
31:00How are you?
31:01I'm good.
31:02How are you?
31:03I'm good.
31:04How are you?
31:05I'm good.
31:06How are you?
31:07I'm good.
31:08How are you?
31:09I'm good.
31:10How are you?
31:11I'm good.
31:12How are you?
31:13I'm good.
31:14How are you?
31:15I'm good.
31:16I was just telling everyone about you, and Todd is upstairs.
31:18We're hoping he'll come down, and Buddy and Courtney are coming a little bit late.
31:21But now that y'all are here, I think we should go ahead and eat.
31:24I am serving burritos and I don't want to hear anything about it.
31:28I don't have the gumption or the wherewithal to attempt to cook anything, and I didn't
31:34ask anyone to bring anything, so even though it may not seem like the most traditional
31:38Christmas meal, we're about to throw down on these burritos.
31:41I need a little guac.
31:44It's not Christmas without guacamole.
31:47How's massage school going?
31:49It's great. I'm already a third of the way through.
31:51Oh, awesome.
31:52Yep.
31:53That's cool.
31:54I don't know why I give you zero for effort.
31:57But I won 100 on creativity.
31:59And nastiness.
32:01Look at the one in his back.
32:03Like his little humpback.
32:05Yeah.
32:06Karen just patted his sack.
32:08Well, so what do you think about Greensboro?
32:11It's cute. I like it.
32:12Yeah.
32:13And tell Tal about what you do.
32:15I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist.
32:17Oh, my gosh. No way.
32:18Yeah.
32:19I'm a clinical mental health counselor.
32:20Oh, nice. Okay.
32:21Yeah.
32:22That's amazing.
32:23Well, we won't be diagnosing you this evening.
32:25Yeah.
32:26She'll have to observe over the longer term to really get a thorough assessment.
32:30I'll talk to Tal, and we'll discuss.
32:32So I just put this together.
32:34I know you told me that before, but this is my concern.
32:38I know you told me that you were a licensed marriage and family counselor,
32:41but now that I'm thinking about it, does this not make you nervous?
32:47Me?
32:48No.
32:49It doesn't make me nervous.
32:50Well, she knows all the red flags to look for,
32:52and she's not going to put up with any of this.
32:54I don't plan on giving any of this.
32:56That's a great answer.
32:57Have you come up with any diagnoses for our family since you've spent so much time with us?
33:00Other than just a blanket case.
33:02Now, Whitney, you told us not to ruin this tonight, and here you are.
33:06Geez.
33:10This is fine.
33:11I'm just trying to help facilitate the getting to know you process.
33:16Y'all don't do it. I got this.
33:18I'm sorry. I'll step out.
33:20No, Tal, I needed you to step in on that one.
33:22Whitney told all of us not to act crazy,
33:24and now she's here telling Karen how crazy her whole family is.
33:28Like, you're going to scare her off.
33:30We're all a little crazy, right?
33:32Yes, but that's—
33:33No.
33:34You guys have been wonderful.
33:35Glad you feel confident.
33:37Dad sack.
33:38I feel great.
33:39I think everybody wants to know if I'm nervous that I'm dating a marriage and family therapist.
33:43Well, I'm not married, and I don't have a family, so I have zero nervousness.
33:48I might get nervous if she tries to start diagnosing me.
33:51That might make me a little nervous, but that hasn't happened yet.
33:54You know how hard it was—
33:55It looks like you have boobs, Hunter.
33:57I want Karen to just walk around and pop your—
34:00You know how hard it was to get these balloons to stay in here?
34:02Pop dad sack.
34:03I'll do something stupid. I'll just pop these.
34:05You're going to be popping balloons all night.
34:09So we'll all just make some guesses.
34:11I came up with a game called the seasonal superlatives,
34:14where we all have to guess, like, ooh, who would that gift belong to?
34:17The person most likely to touch a naked stranger.
34:22Is it Whitney?
34:23Bitch!
34:24I want to know why, obviously.
34:34Aw.
34:36Todd! Goosey!
34:38Oh, my goodness! Hi! Yay!
34:41I love it.
34:42Did you design it yourself?
34:43See, look, it's exactly the same. We're twins.
34:45Yes.
34:46Oh!
34:48Hello!
34:50You're so festive.
34:52Oh, you know.
34:53Y'all look very good.
34:54Y'all look great.
34:55You're tights, dude.
34:57Right?
34:58I'm Rudolph number one.
35:00I'm Rudolph number one.
35:02Okay, so your cards are numbered.
35:05So the person should tell the superlative,
35:07and then we all get to speculate on who it is.
35:09So we'll all just make some guesses.
35:12So I came up with a game called the seasonal superlatives,
35:15where basically everybody was assigned to buy a gift
35:18for another person in the group, and it was a secret.
35:21So then I wrote a clue and said,
35:23this is for the person who, you know, has great buns or whatever.
35:26And then we all have to guess, like, ooh,
35:28who would that gift belong to?
35:30Ultimately, it's just going to bring us together
35:32and make us feel closer,
35:34which in my mind is the point of the holiday spirit.
35:36Okay, so who has envelope number one?
35:39Jess? Okay, you go ahead.
35:41This is to the person most likely to talk about spirits.
35:45Like booze or ghosts?
35:47Like, guess.
35:49It doesn't specify.
35:51Therapists could get deep in some spirits.
35:53They're all scared.
35:56And what does she know
35:58is she's here to conduct an intervention.
36:00This would not be the first intervention
36:02that I've been involved in, Lord knows that.
36:05It's probably me, since I bartend.
36:07It's Hunter.
36:09Okay, and Hunter, you get to get your gift and open it.
36:11All right.
36:13Oh, wow. Oh, that's so nice.
36:15So it's a whiskey glass and what?
36:17And a shaker. For the bartender.
36:19For the spirits. Yay!
36:21Okay, who's number two?
36:23This is for me.
36:25Mine is to the person most likely to incur grievous bodily harm
36:28and require medical intervention
36:30after a night of adult entertainment.
36:32Tal!
36:34Tal, go ahead and admit what you did.
36:36Well, we all had the most wonderful trip to Alaska
36:39several years ago,
36:41and we invited an adult entertainer to the home.
36:43A stripper, and his name was Wolf.
36:45An Alaskan stripper named Wolf.
36:47I got up and gave the stripper a lap dance.
36:50Whoo!
36:53I didn't do that.
36:55It's okay, he's insured.
36:57On the dismount, I felt my foot roll underneath itself
37:02in a way that I was like,
37:04oh, something terrible just happened.
37:06Did you guys have fun?
37:08Oh, yeah, so much fun. Thank you.
37:10I just need people to know that I really lived, you know,
37:13and the way that that's phrased, like...
37:16The person most likely to touch a naked stranger.
37:21Is it Whitney?
37:23Bitch!
37:25Obviously.
37:27I think it's Allison.
37:29She's heard touching a stranger.
37:31Allison.
37:33Thank you.
37:35All right, let's see what it is.
37:37It feels so fun to have this Christmas party
37:39and have everybody laughing
37:41and just, like, enjoying each other.
37:43Ooh!
37:45Oh, a little bacon pan!
37:47Even newer members of the friend group,
37:49coming along with everybody so well,
37:51and so does Karen, and it's just so fun
37:53to enjoy this time together.
37:55To the person most likely to spend their free time
37:58doing an activity that includes the word pot.
38:01All right, Dad, who is it?
38:03Karen.
38:05Of course, Dad got his secret Santa as Karen.
38:07I throw pottery.
38:09Oh, cool, all right, well, there you go.
38:11That's cool.
38:13Ooh!
38:15That's cute, okay.
38:17I'm happy that I'm the one
38:19that's giving Karen a gift.
38:21I'm obviously very excited about this relationship.
38:23Seeing Hunter
38:25in a romantic relationship
38:27for the first time in a while
38:29has made me as happy as I can be.
38:31I only wish Babs could be here to see it.
38:33To the person
38:35most likely to have a daughter
38:37no one knows about.
38:39Ralph.
38:41I wonder who that one would be.
38:43Why are y'all looking at Lenny?
38:45Why are y'all looking at Lenny?
38:47What about Dad?
38:49Oh, yeah!
38:51That's old news now.
38:53It's Lenny.
38:55To the person most likely
38:57to enter into a civil union
38:59with his or her cat.
39:01It's gotta be me.
39:03Anybody that says that Christmas
39:05isn't their favorite time of year,
39:07they're lying.
39:09This is the best time.
39:11You get together with your friends.
39:13Doodly-weds, you know?
39:15A lot's changed. A lot's changed this year.
39:17We're good. Having a great time.
39:19Oh, a cat ring!
39:21Aw!
39:23That's really cute. It's actually perfect.
39:25With this ring.
39:27Very cute.
39:29That's really cute.
39:31I really did set myself up
39:33for being the person
39:35most likely to die alone with her cats.
39:37But this is the last Christmas of my 30s
39:39and who knows, maybe my first Christmas
39:41in my 40s by that time,
39:43I will have changed that.
39:45I have one more gift
39:47that I wanted to give to Daddy.
39:49And, Dad, you see there,
39:51that's the mommy tree.
39:53I thought this would be perfect
39:55for you so we can remember Mommy.
39:57Aw.
39:59The cardinal.
40:01Yeah.
40:03While she was alive, she told me
40:05that she would come visit me
40:07as a red cardinal.
40:09You know, it's special,
40:11but I think I've survived this year
40:13maybe better than I thought I would,
40:15but I miss her
40:17um,
40:19you know, more than,
40:21more than
40:23there are no words to describe
40:25how much I miss my Mommy.
40:29That is a beautiful cardinal.
40:31It is. Yeah.
40:33Staring right at you.
40:35Love you, Babs.
40:37It is so beautiful for everyone in my life
40:39and it really is so beautiful
40:41even a year after her death
40:43to see that my Dad is still so,
40:45so in love with my Mother.
40:47It makes me feel like,
40:49you know, real, eternal love
40:51does exist
40:53and it's really nice to be here at Christmas
40:55forging, you know, newer relationships
40:57like with Karen and Allison
40:59and while I'm
41:01genuinely so thrilled
41:03for my friends
41:05who are experiencing these wonderful milestones
41:07it obviously makes me think
41:09about, you know, next year at Christmas
41:11I think it would be amazing if I had a
41:13partner to join our
41:15Christmas party. Um, and if my Mom
41:17were here, I know exactly what she would tell me.
41:19You never know, it's just around the corner
41:21and I think that's really good
41:23advice. Well, Mommy would be
41:25very happy about her cardinal and her
41:27decorations gone to good use and all of us together
41:29and
41:31thanks for coming.
41:33Check the hell out.
41:35No, Mom would say
41:37Enjoy it!
41:43Oh my gosh, look at all this!
41:45Next time on My Big Fat Fabulous Life
41:47Look, cake.
41:49My niece Jamie's bachelorette party is this
41:51weekend and Angie has flown in from Alabama.
41:53I got back on the
41:55apps yesterday, do you want to see the messages that
41:57I've got? I don't think I do, but.
41:59Looking juicy, Whitney.
42:01Part of me like feels pessimistic about
42:03finding a partner. You think about going out with somebody from a dating
42:05app or somebody gotta go to a bar or like where do you meet
42:07people? Hold up, are your standards like
42:09so high that. I don't feel like
42:11my standards are that high.
42:13Oh my gosh, Whitney!
42:15That is a ride.
42:17Angie and I are on the way to the Charlotte
42:19airport to pick up the girls. I'll do one
42:21shot, that's it. I'm excited about everything
42:23we're doing. I just hope I can keep up.
42:25Ahhhhh!
42:27Ahhhhh!
42:29Ahhhhh!