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From season 2 of Netflix’s hit show Love Is Blind, Iyanna McNeely sits down with X Mayo and gets real about the money talks happening in the infamous pods. Iyanna reveals just how much contestants made during the intense love experiment, who pays for what, and which money questions she asked her ex-husband Jarrette.

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SPEAKERS

Iyanna McNeely, Speaker 1, X Mayo

Speaker 1  00:56

What money questions would you ask on a blind date?

 

01:36

Oh, a blind date? Um, that’s a little personal. No, I mean, I might ask what kind of hobbies they have. That kind of gives you an idea of the financial flexibility they into. You know, if they like going skiing, they probably got money for games.

 

01:54

I would want to know if they were in a lot of debt. I would want to know if they believed in budgets or not. I just want to get an idea of how they handle their money.

 

X Mayo  02:07

Welcome back to The Dough, it’s me, your host, X Mayo, that’s right. And baby money makes people blind, but not here at The Dough, let’s get into it. I want to take y’all back to February 2020, right before the world ended, and the only thing holding our nation together was Tiger King and toilet paper memes. Yeah, that happened. I watched it two times, but back in February, 2020 Netflix changed the reality dating show game and gave us Season One of love is blind. Well, really, they gave it to Cameron and Lauren so they could find each other and the rest of us could just watch anyway. The show has amassed millions of viewers over the years, with new versions popping up in countries like Sweden and Japan and most recently, season six of the OG American Love is Blind took over y’all. It took over the socials my life, and it united us once again over our favorite villains, fuck boys and Mean Girls, and ended with a predictable, cute ass wedding. All right, so you’re probably wondering why the fuck we’re bringing up love is blind on a show about money. Well, listen, girl, okay, don’t rush me. I’m about to make my point. Love is Blind contestants either meet the future love of their lives or their worst sex get paid ever through a wall. They get engaged after just 10 days of conversations, and right after they get married. So we over here at The Dough wondered how the fuck they’re handling the money talks. Well, let me tell you I got some of the answers sway, Iyanna McNeely is joining me today to talk about what’s going on with the money behind the scenes at Love is Blind. If you don’t know the lovable, emotionally intelligent and sweet Iyanna McNeel, she got married on season two of Love is Blind. Iyanna, is currently a content creator and co host of fill in the blank pod. Welcome to The Dough, Iyanna.

 

Iyanna McNeely  03:58

What’s up?

 

X Mayo  04:01

She had me like, get it sexy. Okay, so Iyanna, we start every episode asking, yes, where the hell their money went this week? But I’ve got a special question for you. Okay, I would like to know what’s the most expensive thing you bought in the name of love?

 

Iyanna McNeely  04:23

In the name of love.

 

X Mayo  04:24

Yes, like, there was somebody you love real bad, like, real bad, and you was like, okay, you know what, I love you. So I’m gonna get you these exclusive Jordans and in your size 11. So they’re $725 not that I’ve done that.

 

Iyanna McNeely  04:38

You know, it wasn’t even Jordans or, like, clothes. It was a tuition.

 

X Mayo  04:46

Iyanna, okay, are we talking DeVry PWI? We’re talking Stanford, like, what? What level tuition?

 

Iyanna McNeely  04:55

It’s just a State University, you know, I got my refund cheque. I was considered an independent student, so they love to, like, throw money at me that I now have to pay back. And I was like, well, I got a little extra change. You know, your parents won’t help you. I can give you $800 to pay the rest of your tuition. Yes, that was probably the most expensive gift that I’ve given, yeah.

 

X Mayo  05:18

Oh, absolutely okay, yes, state school. That’s pretty expensive because that’s not barber school. You know, that ain’t a train, no, right. Like, you know, you want to go to electrician school. That’s totally different from he wanted to be an open heart surgeon. You know, you can’t, that’s no DIY. You can’t go on YouTube for that. He got to go to real school. Okay, well, you are the you are so sweet. Can we talk about, what a fucking mess these last couple seasons have been, because this season, especially, girl, I could not look away. I know, like I got some of the hoodest family members and homies from where I’m from, that they are talking about AD, like they was like, Yo cuz, did you see love? Like everybody this specific season, and I it’s like a love hate Iyanna, because I hate that. The the most watched season has a black woman, a dark skinned black woman, being disrespected, you know, like, I hate, oh, my god. It’s so bad.

 

Iyanna McNeely  06:18

It’s so bad.

 

X Mayo  06:18

So since you watched it. Okay, we’re gonna get into a group chat real quick. So everybody listening, you’re now in me and Iyanna’s group chat. Um, welcome. Let’s get into the wedding day ad and clay on the wedding day. I wasn’t shocked. I wasn’t shocked at all, because when he first saw her, all he could do was focus on her ass, right?

 

Iyanna McNeely  06:42

He was like, Oh, you got that shit on. I That’s all you can say to your prospective wife on her wedding day.

 

X Mayo  06:47

First of all, that’s what my homeboy would tell me. I said, that’s what my home I told my bestie. I said, That’s what Marcus would tell me, like, Oh, you got that shit on. X, that’s somebody who’s like a brother who’s encouraged.

 

Iyanna McNeely  07:00

Not you look beautiful. You look radiant, like you got that shit on. Oh, okay.

 

X Mayo  07:05

First of all, if I don’t see two thug tears come out of one eye, I’m turning around.

 

Iyanna McNeely  07:10

No, for real, redo.

 

X Mayo  07:12

No, it ain’t redo. It’s redone. You’re by, you’re out of here.

 

Iyanna McNeely  07:18

No, that was nuts. That was nuts. It was the fact that he kept trying to, like, preemptively let her know, like, I just want you to know that I’m probably gonna cheat. This is such a big fear of mine, I’m probably gonna cheat. It like, reminds me when people, like, don’t think about a pink elephant, don’t think about a pink elephant, and you’re thinking about a pink elephant.

 

X Mayo  07:34

Like, why are you? Why is that so heavy on your mind? I was like, AD, he don’t want you. Girl, he don’t want you. It was sad.

 

Iyanna McNeely  07:41

It was very sad.

 

X Mayo  07:42

I’m not team ad and clay. I’m Team AD to be free. I want her to get free.

 

Iyanna McNeely  07:47

I don’t think anyone is Team AD and Clay. Everyone just wanna say, like, please go and be a thing. I hope you find a man who respects you and loves you and cares for you as much as you deserve it.

 

X Mayo  07:58

Absolutely.

 

Iyanna McNeely  07:59

I cried on the wedding day. And she was like, why? Like, what is it about me? And I’m like, It’s not you, boo, it’s not you, it’s him.

 

X Mayo  08:06

Something that comes up on these seasons Iyanna, over and over again, is the fact that y’all still work during the process and have to find time for one another. So what did you do to work before love is blind? And did you keep working during fillings?

 

Iyanna McNeely  08:19

Yeah, before Love is Blind, I was a project coordinator at a surrogacy agency.

 

X Mayo  08:25

At a surrogacy?

 

Iyanna McNeely  08:26

At a surrogacy agency.

 

X Mayo  08:28

I guess because I’m an actor, when you say agents, I’m like, yes, I need representation. I want to have babies, Iyanna, I want to come to your agency.

 

Iyanna McNeely  08:36

I mean, it kind of is like that to a degree. We have like the our clients who are the intended parents, and then we have our clients who are the surrogates who, like, want to voluntarily do this. And then we just try to match them up as best as possible. And then we just follow along their journey, make sure everything’s going well, physically, emotionally, legally, financially, and then, you know, at the end, it’s a happy baby.

 

X Mayo  08:59

Okay, Iyanna, Okay, before we move forward. Have you ever had anybody that lied about being pregnant?

 

Iyanna McNeely  09:06

No.

 

X Mayo  09:07

Okay, like, you had a client she had got, like, 125k and you’re like, and you’re like, well, your stomach hasn’t grown in six months. Not to body shame, you not to say that your bump should be at a specific place. But you know, is there a baby in there?

 

Iyanna McNeely  09:20

No, they have, like, medical processes where they do a preliminary scan, a full body scan, make sure they’re good. And they they’re constantly going to the clinics, you know, doing blood tests, ultrasound so we would know. The clinic would know, and they would tell us.

 

X Mayo  09:35

Okay.

 

Iyanna McNeely  09:36

So no fraud going on.

 

X Mayo  09:38

I want to do a whole nother episode on this I have so many questions. Okay.

 

Iyanna McNeely  09:43

It’s an it’s a cool niche.

 

X Mayo  09:45

It is. It’s cool, and that’s what I’m gonna utilize. There will be no baby journeying through my body, amen, okay.

 

Iyanna McNeely  09:50

Amen.

 

X Mayo  09:52

Okay, so, Iyanna, take me back to the day you found out that you would be on the show. Like, what did you tell your job? Like, how did they react? Did you did you be. Like, hey, I know you beautiful lesbian couple want to have a baby, but gotta go find love.

 

Iyanna McNeely  10:07

It actually wasn’t that bad. So my boss, who’s the owner of the company, is a is a gay white man. He watches reality TV.

 

X Mayo  10:16

Oh yeah.

 

Iyanna McNeely  10:17

So when I told him that, I was like, hey, so I’m gonna be on this show, and I need three weeks off of, like, you know. And he was like, you gonna be on what show? He’s like, Oh, go, please go. Okay, granted, it was, like, a lot of it was unpaid, but even still, like, he was like, please go. And I was like, okay, I’ll go. Like, that’s no problem to me. So they took it. They took it, right, really, well.

 

X Mayo  10:38

Did you work your day job and film the show, or you just left and just was doing Love is blind?

 

Iyanna McNeely  10:42

So for the first three weeks, you won’t have access to internet, your phone, a computer, like you’re kind of just in this bubble. You’re constantly getting, like, escorted or supervised, unless you’re like, in, well, we were in hotel rooms because it was covid, unless you’re in your hotel room, but anywhere outside, like you’re constantly being supervised, making sure there’s no, you know, looking people up, or, like, you know, trying to meet with other people. So, I mean, yeah, first three weeks, I was able to just be completely disconnected from work, and then as soon as we came back to where we had to move in together, that whole process when we were in Chicago is when I was working and I was doing the show, which it felt like having two full time jobs, it was pretty exhausting. But, I mean, it was, it was interesting. So I kept the push.

 

X Mayo  11:29

Can you tell me what you guys got paid and how often to do love is blind?

 

Iyanna McNeely  11:36

I think, wow, that was, like, a lifetime ago. I feel like, whatever it was wasn’t a substantial amount. It was like a stipend to kind of cover whatever we were missing from work. Because, again, a lot of us had to do unpaid if I’m not mistaken, I want to say it was like 1000 a week and then an appropriate for just as long as you were on the show. I think that’s what it was. So I think in total, it was a the entire experiment may have been seven weeks, maybe eight weeks long.

 

X Mayo  12:10

Inappropriate, Iyanna, and then you’re doing your own glam, your own […]

 

Iyanna McNeely  12:17

Glam, our own hair, makeup, our own clothes, yeah, but it was an experience. Experiment, so they didn’t have to pay us. And again, we’re there for for love, for love.

 

X Mayo  12:28

God bless. I need to do love is money. I’m there for the money. Okay, period.

 

Iyanna McNeely  12:34

If y’all see me on TV again, just know I’m there for the money. The first time y’all got me with that love, the second time, though, pay me.

 

X Mayo  12:42

No, she didn’t wised up. Did production have certain rules you had to follow, like, in your contract in order for you to get the money? You’re like, Iyanna, if you fall in love with the woman in that pod you’re out of here.

 

Iyanna McNeely  12:54

You know, no wait.

 

X Mayo  12:57

Because you’re with women all the time. Like, I don’t know. You know they could be like, listen, you’re always with women. Maybe you think you found love over here, but this is heterosexual. I don’t know what child I don’t know what Netflix is doing. I don’t know what’s in that contract.

 

Iyanna McNeely  13:11

To be honest, this is bad. This is really bad. But I basically, I could have signed my life away. I didn’t really look at that contract. And even when I was I was like, this looked like gibberish. I don’t know what this mean. I had my mom read it, and she was like, oh, it looks pretty standard. I was like, okay, fine. And I just signed it. And the only time I looked at the rules was when I realized I wanted to get a divorce. And I was like, do I need to, like, are they gonna pay for this divorce? Or, like, at what point does this come out of my pocket? So that’s the only time I really looked at the contract.

 

X Mayo  13:40

Okay? And then who paid for the divorce?

 

Iyanna McNeely  13:42

I had to pay for it because I made it to the year mark. Now I think if I had made it, or if we had divorced before the year mark, then they would have paid for it, but I was like, I just want to make it to the year mark. This man keep saying he needs more time, so let’s, let’s try to reach this milestone and see what’s what’s going on. I should have did it before, but it’s okay.

 

X Mayo  14:01

Yeah, okay, but I see that’s you. You would have read the contract. You’d be like, Okay, I’m giving this snicker 90 days. This is it, and y’all pay for it, and I’m out. I got it, I’ma listen when I see you. You gonna get a whooping because you got to read the contract, baby. Even with Apple, I’ll be looking like, are they gonna put a chip in my kidney if I get this upgrade? Yes, absolutely.

 

Iyanna McNeely  14:24

I definitely read it now.

 

X Mayo  14:26

Okay, so, Iyanna, so they set y’all up real nice, right? Like, y’all got, like, food snacks, Charcot, right? Y’all got liquor and engagement rings. Then y’all go, like, into an apartment, okay, who pays for that?

 

Iyanna McNeely  14:37

They pay for all that stuff.

 

X Mayo  14:39

Okay, so you never came out of pocket for no breathe. They was like, hey, we need extra prosciutto. Iyanna, you gonna put in on this?

 

Iyanna McNeely  14:45

Uh, well, for our for our food when we moved in together, then that was our responsibility. But, uh, for the food and the pods and stuff, and like, when we were in our hotels, they would take care of that stuff, because at that point we don’t have access to our phones, and so we can’t order on food. But like after, when we moved in together, that’s when we paid for our own food. But as far as, like the apartment itself, they took care of that, the wedding they took care of that, the wedding rings, the engagement rings, they took care of that.

 

X Mayo  16:07

All right, y’all already know what time it is. We’re taking a quick break, but don’t go too far. Okay, don’t go turning on love is blind. To rewatch Iyanna season. Matter of fact, here’s a 32nd recap. Girl Meets Boy through a wall. Boy was terrible. Girl leaves boy there you got it. Okay, good. When we come back, Iyanna is going to tell us how she navigated Money talks in the pods.

 

X Mayo  18:19

Okay, so going into the pods, did you have any like, money deal breakers with the guys, like, are you, like, he has to make a certain amount of money, or his debt can only reach here? Or, did you have any, like, um, non negotiables when it came to money?

 

Iyanna McNeely  18:34

I did have some just concerns about, like, how much debt do you have? And I wanted, at the time, I think I made, like, 60k so I was like, I just want someone who makes up either about that much or around that much. I don’t, I just don’t want someone who makes under that because I’m already struggling with 60k myself. And to come incomes of 60k we can, we can make that work. So that was really the only concern that I that I had just debt and then that. But as far as the producers, they, I know you’ve seen like, when people are in the pods, they have these books and sometimes every day, if you need prompting questions, they’ll add like, depending on the day, like questions for you to ask, like for that specific day. Like, oh, let’s dedicate this data finances. If you guys want to talk about finances, have any prompting things. Like, here are some things that you can start the conversation with so they definitely helped out a little bit there, although I don’t think it was necessary, and not a lot of people really utilize it when they probably should have. But you’re in those pods for hours on end, so typically, like the conversations would come.

 

X Mayo  19:35

Okay, so during your season, you married, what was his name? Girette, Gillette?

 

Iyanna McNeely  19:42

We’ll call him Gillette because he was terrible.

 

X Mayo  19:45

Um, but before y’all jumped into the marriage, did y’all talk about, like, personal finances, like at all, like on your dates and stuff, or.

 

Iyanna McNeely  19:53

Yeah, no, we I had before, so I knew a year before, when I applied that I could possibly we end up on the show. So I started formulating questions then, and I had, like, a whole nice list of things that I wanted to ask, and finances was definitely heavy on that list. Just talking about, you know, what are your financial goals? How do you see us doing finances? Are we combining finances? Are we keeping things separate? You know, what are the general household goals. So yeah, we definitely had plenty of those conversations, plenty, although I realized it didn’t matter then, because he didn’t know what he wanted, and things completely shifted after we were married. So I was just like, okay.

 

X Mayo  20:35

Okay, did y’all get extra money for getting married on the show?

 

Iyanna McNeely  20:40

No, I mean, I don’t know how to answer that. Technically, no, but, I mean, again, you get paid per week of being there. So if you make it to the wedding, technically, you get paid just for the extra week.

 

X Mayo  20:51

Yeah, but they didn’t throw in, like, an extra $100 it was just the same $1,000 the not, yeah, not livable. Um, okay, so we talked about the divorce. It seems like you’re in a better space to talk about it, right? So it’s not too sticky, okay, great. Did you guys have a prenup in place?

 

Iyanna McNeely  21:09

No, but we didn’t need one. We didn’t come, anything? We didn’t have any assets together. It was literally just, like, a formality of, like, you know, he take his, I take mine let’s go.

 

X Mayo  21:19

Yeah, cuz, you know I need to, because, let me tell you, my vinyls, you’re not taking my Teddy Pendergrass, that’s what you’re not doing, okay?

 

Iyanna McNeely  21:25

Oh, you ain’t been a surprise.

 

X Mayo  21:27

Absolutely you’re not finna come up in here, you know, like, first of all, my jewelry, you know, I don’t know if I, motherfucker, want to get petty. Those are my bamboos you’re not gonna take even have them on. No other bitch, you know. And he talking about some, well, I bought them bamboo like, absolutely not.

 

Iyanna McNeely  21:42

Oh no, he would. He wouldn’t have done that. He knew he was in the wrong, so he wouldn’t have done that.

 

X Mayo  21:46

Oh, did he know he was in the wrong?

 

Iyanna McNeely  21:47

Behind the scenes, he would have admitted but in front of people, he like, I don’t know what you’re talking about. So God bless. He was in the wrong.

 

X Mayo  21:53

God bless, so how did y’all handle money, money together during the marriage? Did was there like, conversations that happened was like bill’s 50-50, or, you know, was he generous? Some women feel like, Oh, you got to get a man with money. It’s like, Oh, he got money, and be selfish or he can have just a little bit of money, but be so generous, you know, like, it’s case by case.

 

Iyanna McNeely  22:13

So that’s one in 1000 ways that we were very incompatible. I was looking for more emotional connection and intellectual connection. And he was very focused on, I’m a husband. I need to be a provider. And that’s what he thought, was being a very good husband. I’m like, no like, I don’t need you to provide for me. I can pay my own I’ve been taking care of myself this long time. Although I appreciate that. I think that’s beautiful. So you do that. But also, don’t forget about what over here, what I need. So he was very good with, like, making sure things were paid for. I moved in with him, and he said, well, you don’t have to pay rent, since I’ve already been here, paying my rent anyways, whether you were here or not, I was always paying it. So I said, Okay, that’s great. I can save some money on that and put some money toward my debt, which I really, really appreciated. But as far as, like everything else, we had one joint account where we both put money in, but I barely touched it unless we needed, like, groceries or something. But for the most part, like, we kept things pretty separate.

 

X Mayo  23:13

See, but that’s interesting that men only look at providing for women. We’re talking about in a heterosexual sense, um, only financially. It’s like there’s emotionally, what we need to be provided for, mentally and physically. And I feel like that’s why patriarchy has to die, because it tells us that that’s how all that they’re worth like, it literally like diminishes the value of a man. Patriarchy by because it’s like, you provide money and that’s it. It’s like, no you can provide more. Also you can receive more than just sex from a woman, you know, like, it goes so deep and it’s so layered, but I feel like he doesn’t know what that meant. So he could not be it for you so.

 

Iyanna McNeely  23:58

And he didn’t bless his heart. And as I say, I bless your heart, because, like, it must be exhausting feeling like, that’s the only thing that you can provide. I feel like, to some degree, like that sell, then, like, started to make money for themselves. And then men just haven’t. They’ve kind of stayed in that mindset of, like, well, we need to be providers. Like, well, now we’re providing for ourselves. So what more can you do that I can’t do for myself. And it’s like, give me the emotional connection, the intellectual connection. So I do feel bad for him, in a sense that, like, that’s where he was stuck. And I’m like, you don’t understand just how much more enriching it can be.

 

X Mayo  24:31

Absolutely.

 

Iyanna McNeely  24:32

Or, like, actually one with someone aside from just providing for them. So yeah, I feel bad for them. Yeah. And

 

X Mayo  24:39

also, to put women in a specific category, that we are the emotional providers. It’s like, no, everybody’s emotional. Everybody’s emotionally provided. Like, what, like, absolutely like, I think it just there’s such a more full life that men can have once they dismantle that whole idea. That’s like, I provide money and that’s it. So I like, no, you are a fully functioning emotional human being that has ideas and thoughts and needs to be cared for, and you need to care for others.

 

Iyanna McNeely  25:09

Yeah, there’s a Tiktok that I saw that said something about, like, a lot of men talking about, like, I’m just super logical. It’s like, No, you just lack empathy. Like you’re just not in touch with your emotions at all. So you think it’s logic which is such a sad state.

 

X Mayo  25:24

Because jealousy is an emotion..

 

Iyanna McNeely  25:27

Hello.

 

X Mayo  25:27

When you get jealous, that’s emotion. Hello, okay, y’all, we’ll be back right after this quick break to talk about the money lessons Iyanna learned from this experience and whether or not she is dating now.

 

X Mayo  25:44

What money lessons Iyanna, did you learn from getting married and divorced? What advice would you give to our listeners.

 

Iyanna McNeely  27:52

From my own experience and now seeing a friend who just recently got married have those financial conversations and really make sure that you understand each other’s spending habits, that you understand each understand each other’s goals, because if you don’t, I mean, they say people argue a lot about finances, and it’s the reason why, because it’s your livelihood. So I say, have those conversations. Save your money, pay your debt, but also live your life. Find that balance, or whatever that looks like for you, single or married.

 

X Mayo  28:24

I will say, to quote the great Diane Carroll, who played Whitley Gilbert’s wife on a different world. She said, your dad promised me the world, but at the end of the day, it was the judge who gave it to me. So get a damn prenup. When I saw that, I was like, 13 or 14, I was like, Oh, this is yep, didn’t know really all what that meant, but I was like, oh, what? I have to get a prenup. Like, she was like, Whitley Gilbert, you need a prenup. Like, I don’t care. I know you love Dwayne Wang, but you you have assets, like you have things, like you have heirlooms. So I feel like, child, if all I got is my Anita Baker vinyl and two pairs of bamboos, that’s in the preda, that’s mine. Okay, yeah, for sure. I think just protect yourself. So now that you’ve had that experience, I would I’m very curious to know, what questions would you ask your prospective partner now?

 

Iyanna McNeely  29:12

Oh, I well, I have a partner now, and so we’re having kind of a lot of these conversations now, where we’re talking about finances and what we see, where we see our lives going and how that would work. Because, I mean, I’ve always wanted to be a stay at home mom, but that’s a very vulnerable position to be in for a woman. So we were also talking about, it’s funny that you brought up prenups. We were also talking about prenups and what that would look like for me, make sure I’m taken care of, but then also, you know, making sure things are, are almost like equal, but equitable. So we’re definitely having a lot of financial conversations right now, and parenting conversations and and you know what our goals are in the next five years. So it’s, it’s been, interesting kind of open up this, this, this part of my life, again so.

 

X Mayo  30:00

Yes, and I think, too, Iyanna, I think being a stay at home mom is, uh, grossly, um, underappreciated and not recognized enough. Like, literally, you raise children. What like you hold down the forest so very the most important, like, what mothers, excuse me, um, or even fathers. Because there have been, there are a few stay at home dads, not half as many as moms, of course, but I would say, Iyanna, listen.

 

Iyanna McNeely  30:27

Yeah.

 

X Mayo  30:28

Listen, when you would stay at home, Mama, if, if and when. Knock on wood. You and your husband or partner would would break up. You have been staying at home and you have not been working, so therefore you have to go back, depending how long it was that you’ve been working at home, right? You need to have in that prenup money set up. Ayanna needs to be taken care of, broken up. I need X amount of dollars because that is a job. I don’t even think there’s $1 there ain’t even a real dollar amount, but we gonna put a high dollar amount on what stay at home mother should be getting paid. So I’m just saying that because now you my sis now we have a group chat, and to protect you, I gotta please, please get your paper, get your money. Oh, girl, we see each other. Okay, like candy said, we see each other. Yes, okay, good. I got I just had to say that, and I want it on the record that I won’t protect my sis, because, listen, we ain’t gonna have no more Gillettes.

 

Iyanna McNeely  31:26

No, we’ve been delivered. That was a blip in the in the universe.

 

X Mayo  31:31

But we all been there. We all had our Gillettes. If you had a Gillette, please DM me. DM Iyanna posted and tag us about your Gillette story and hashtag Gillette, So Iyanna and I can get a sponsorship, amen, and have it on the next podcast. Yes, okay, Iyanna, so where can we find you, on social media?

 

Iyanna McNeely  31:51

Oh, @iyanna.amor on Tiktok and Instagram.

 

X Mayo  31:54

Amor like love?

 

Iyanna McNeely  31:56

It’s my middle name.

 

X Mayo  31:58

Yes, oh, wow, that’s so beautiful. Oh my god, Iyanna, I truly applaud you for just putting yourself out there and looking for love and doing that and going there with the best intentions. You can tell everyone who watched your season told me like she’s the sweetest girl we hate, that this is even happening to her. So many other homies just wanted to pull up on oh boy, and just be like, what is wrong? Why are you doing? What is happening? But I do believe that your future is bright. There’s so many amazing things on the horizon for you. There’s just so many blessings that are gonna happen now and in the future, and I’m so excited to see what unfolds for you.

 

Iyanna McNeely  32:38

Thank you. Thank you for having me.

 

X Mayo  32:45

So is love blind? I don’t know, maybe, but the money sure ain’t my eyes are wide fucking open, because, listen, we need to be asking the right questions. Are you in debt? How much do you make? What do you spend your extra income on Legos red light therapy, baby. Let’s get into the real shit, because if you find yourself on a blind date or somehow on the next season of Love is Blind, you need to follow Iyanna’s lead. Go into it already knowing what’s important for you for managing finances with a partner, but make sure you read the contract so you don’t end up paying for the divorce. Netflix, count your fucking dirty. Okay, and get a damn prenup. You may love them now, but will you love them if they blow your savings on my little pony dolls, also, they need to be admitted. Why My Little Pony Dog, please. I’m sorry. Tanisha, y’all admit to your business. I’m sorry girl, I love you. All right, y’all, I’m out. I’m about to call Belva so we can get into this arrogancy business. That seemed like a good check, right? Like, y’all don’t, but y’all don’t want me in charge, right? I just, I’ll be like, Oprah, you’ll get a baby. You’ll get a baby just, but I wouldn’t throw the babies. You have to come up on set okay, I’m done, bye.

 

CREDITS33:55

The Dough is a Lemonada original. I’m your host X Mayo. This series was created in partnership with Flourish Ventures. This series is presented by the Margaret Casey Foundation. Our producers are Claire Jones, Rachel Pilgrim and Tony Williams. Kristen Lepore is our senior producer. Mix and Sound Design by Bobby Woody. Original Music by Pat Mesiti-Miller. Jackie Danziger is our Vice President of narrative content. Executive Producers include me X Mayo, Stephanie Wittels Wachs and Jessica Cordova Kramer. Help others find our show by leaving us a rating and writing a review. You can follow me on IG  @80dollarsandasuitcase and Lemonada @lemonadamedia across all social platforms, follow The Dough wherever you get your podcast or listen ad free on Amazon music with your Prime membership, thanks so much for listening. See you next week, bye.