Join Jen and Tirralan Watkins, the renowned Tinseltown Mom, as she delves into the inspiring lives of high-profile moms from all walks of life. Through candid interviews, Tirralan takes you on an engaging journey, revealing the challenges, triumphs, and relentless pursuit of success that these remarkable women have faced. So, kick back and relax as Tirralan offers you a delightful timeout from the daily grind and offers a glimpse into the lives of those who have conquered it all while being extraordinary moms. Tune in and get ready to be entertained and empowered!
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Jen: Welcome to MomCave LIVE where we may have lost our minds, but we haven't lost our sense of humor. Hi, I'm Jen, and I'm here with Tirralan Watkins, who is the Tinseltown mom. Hi, we're going to go live on all the platforms. So give me one second. Let's see if it goes live on Instagram as well. Maybe we're... Oh, wow. Okay, there we are. So, Hi, tell everybody how you became Tinseltown Mom.
Tirralan Watkins: Well, it started when I was just a child, of course, a daughter. So growing up, I was always pursuing acting. I'm from the Bay Area. So in the Bay Area, I was doing theater and commercials and everything that I could do in the Bay Area. But we all know that the capital of the entertainment industry is Hollywood. Totally. Yeah. So after I got my undergrad degree in communications, I decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue my acting career further. So as I was pursuing my acting career, I, and I'm not telling the full story because it's so long. So, of course, you know, as you're pursuing a career, you do dabble into other things. So at the time, I started my own talk show, a local talk show called "Impact." It was on a cable access station, yes.
Jen: The internet's, yes, cable access.
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Jen: Welcome to MomCave LIVE where we may have lost our minds, but we haven't lost our sense of humor. Hi, I'm Jen, and I'm here with Tirralan Watkins, who is the Tinseltown mom. Hi, we're going to go live on all the platforms. So give me one second. Let's see if it goes live on Instagram as well. Maybe we're... Oh, wow. Okay, there we are. So, Hi, tell everybody how you became Tinseltown Mom.
Tirralan Watkins: Well, it started when I was just a child, of course, a daughter. So growing up, I was always pursuing acting. I'm from the Bay Area. So in the Bay Area, I was doing theater and commercials and everything that I could do in the Bay Area. But we all know that the capital of the entertainment industry is Hollywood. Totally. Yeah. So after I got my undergrad degree in communications, I decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue my acting career further. So as I was pursuing my acting career, I, and I'm not telling the full story because it's so long. So, of course, you know, as you're pursuing a career, you do dabble into other things. So at the time, I started my own talk show, a local talk show called "Impact." It was on a cable access station, yes.
Jen: The internet's, yes, cable access.
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00:00 (phone ringing)
00:00 (children shouting)
00:03 (upbeat music)
00:07 - To MomCave Live, where we may have lost our minds,
00:14 but we haven't lost our sense of humor.
00:16 Hi, I'm Jen, and I'm here with Tara Lawn-Wadkins,
00:20 who is the Tinseltown mom.
00:22 And hi, I'm gonna go live on all the platforms,
00:26 so give me one second.
00:28 Let's see if it goes live on the Instagram as well.
00:30 Maybe we'll- - Oh, wow.
00:31 - Okay, there we are.
00:34 So, hi.
00:36 Tell everybody how you became Tinseltown mom.
00:40 - Well, it started when I was just a child.
00:44 - Of course, it always does. - I was just a daughter.
00:46 (laughing)
00:48 So, growing up, I was always pursuing acting.
00:51 I'm from the Bay Area.
00:53 So, in the Bay Area, I was doing theater and commercials
00:57 and everything that I could do in the Bay Area.
01:00 But we all know that the capital
01:02 of the entertainment industry is Hollywood.
01:04 - Totally, yeah.
01:05 - So, after I got my undergrad degree in communications,
01:10 I decided to move to Los Angeles
01:13 to pursue my acting career further.
01:16 So, as I was pursuing my acting career,
01:19 and I'm not telling the full, full story
01:22 'cause it's so long.
01:23 So, of course, as you're pursuing a career,
01:26 you dabble into other things.
01:28 So, at the time, I started my own talk show,
01:32 a local talk show called Life Impact.
01:35 It was on a cable access station.
01:38 - Yes, but before the internets, it was cable access.
01:43 - Yes, do you remember cable access?
01:45 - Yeah. - Yeah.
01:47 - So, I was doing my show on cable access 20 plus years ago.
01:51 And actually, my first Tinseltown mom,
01:53 before I became Tinseltown mom, was Sherry Shepherd.
01:57 It was before she was a mom as well,
01:58 but she was my first-
02:00 - Your first guest.
02:01 - Yeah, for my show.
02:03 - Very cool.
02:04 - So, I did the show.
02:05 You know, I interviewed like an Olympian,
02:08 another, some other actresses, comedians, et cetera,
02:11 while I was still pursuing my acting career.
02:15 But eventually, at my church,
02:19 I decided to join a small writing group called Write On.
02:23 And there is where I met my husband,
02:25 who was pursuing a directing career.
02:28 So, anywho, long story short, we eventually got married.
02:32 I went back to school, USC,
02:34 got a master's in professional writing.
02:37 And that is where I started writing, blogging,
02:40 and eventually I started my own blog,
02:42 which my husband came up with the name Tinseltown Mom,
02:45 because I was a mom at the time.
02:47 You know, we lived in La La Land.
02:49 He's pursuing his entertainment career and mine.
02:52 - You were writing the school blog with that.
02:55 - Yes.
02:56 So, that's how I became Tinseltown Mom.
02:58 - Awesome.
02:59 Well, if you're just joining us,
03:00 this is Tara Lynn Watkins, known as Tinseltown Mom.
03:03 And she has interviewed so many celebrities
03:07 and high profile moms, successful in anything
03:11 from business to medicine to, of course, the acting world.
03:15 And so, that's what I kind of want to ask you about.
03:18 - Okay.
03:19 - Okay.
03:20 And everybody who's watching, feel free to jump in,
03:22 ask anything in the comments.
03:24 This is all just for us to hang out
03:26 and get the dirt, really.
03:28 We need to get the dirt.
03:29 - Yeah.
03:30 - So, is there any common thread you saw?
03:35 What made all of the successful women
03:38 that you interviewed alike in some way?
03:42 Something in common?
03:44 - Yeah, that's a good question.
03:46 I feel like they all had something in their background
03:50 that they had to overcome in some way.
03:53 Because to get to the status
03:55 that these high profile moms get to,
03:58 it's not just a walk in the park.
03:59 You have to overcome some things,
04:01 you have to develop grit and all these other things
04:05 that you have to develop to get to the status level
04:07 that they're at.
04:08 So, I feel like all of these women, these moms,
04:12 went through something challenging for them
04:15 to be able to actually break through
04:16 and get to that next level.
04:18 Sometimes people go through things,
04:20 whether it's traumatic or just a challenge in their career,
04:25 and they stop and they don't keep pursuing that thing.
04:28 But if you can actually go through it
04:30 and just keep going and keep your eye on the thing,
04:34 that passion or whatever,
04:35 I feel like you can break through
04:37 and then you can help someone else along the way
04:39 because you went through something
04:41 that they might be going through.
04:43 - Yeah, well, when you look at...
04:45 Yeah, that's a good answer.
04:46 When you look at these people in magazines and such,
04:50 they just look so happy and perfect and well-rested
04:54 and all of the things that we don't feel.
04:57 And it's easy to forget that every human being
05:02 has their story, right?
05:04 - Yeah, yeah.
05:05 I mean, I've interviewed people who,
05:07 like for example, I mentioned Sherry,
05:09 she's been homeless,
05:10 plus some other things that she went through.
05:14 I've interviewed moms, they've gone through infertility,
05:17 just sexual trauma and having to overcome that
05:22 and still pursuing their passions,
05:25 just all kinds of things.
05:27 But they didn't even let that stop them
05:29 from going ahead in life and doing the thing
05:31 that they feel that they were called to do.
05:33 - Right.
05:35 Well, even in your story, I think it's interesting.
05:37 You often start out feeling called to do one thing
05:41 and then for some reason or other, you pivot in life.
05:45 - Yes.
05:46 - What was for you the deciding factor when you decided,
05:51 "I'm gonna go back to school and be a writer.
05:53 I'm gonna pivot," as they say?
05:55 - So honestly, I don't wanna sound like a prude.
05:59 And I might sound like a prude.
06:01 - That's okay, that's okay.
06:02 We have people of all sorts here.
06:04 - Yes.
06:06 So because of my background, being a Christian
06:09 and just having certain standards
06:11 and things that I would and would not do,
06:13 like I came to find that there were too many things
06:16 on the screen that I didn't wanna do.
06:18 - Interesting.
06:19 - Yeah, so I was like, "You know what?
06:21 I should just write about the things that I wanna do."
06:24 So even when I went back to school,
06:25 like I double majored in screenwriting and also fiction.
06:30 So I thought I was gonna pursue the screenwriting,
06:32 which I still would like to pursue one day,
06:34 but I have so many things on my plate.
06:36 I started thinking, "Let me just write things
06:40 that I would wanna be in, I would want to promote,"
06:43 and things like that.
06:44 So that's what kinda got me interested
06:46 in the writing aspect of it.
06:48 And then just being in that small writing group,
06:51 like with my husband, 'cause he's very proficient.
06:55 He's an excellent writer.
06:56 It just kind of made that passion grow in me.
06:59 - Okay.
07:00 - So yeah, it just kept going from there.
07:03 - I think that's a good lesson.
07:05 And sometimes you start out in something
07:07 and you don't know all the ins and outs of it,
07:09 or what lines you might have to cross
07:14 that maybe you're not comfortable crossing,
07:16 or things that just don't align with you,
07:18 whether it's for a religious reason
07:20 or moral reason or whatever.
07:22 - Yeah.
07:23 - And then you have to, like, "Do I change everything now?
07:26 And is that okay in life?"
07:28 - Yeah, right, yeah.
07:31 - That's rough, but you did it, that's awesome.
07:34 Now I have to ask, do you ever work with your husband?
07:37 Do you ever write together?
07:40 - We would like to write together one day.
07:43 - One day.
07:44 - But as far as working, oh yeah, you know what?
07:47 Actually, we did produce a clean comedy
07:51 several years ago.
07:53 Yeah, I was a producer, he wrote it.
07:57 Yeah, I'm just thinking about it.
07:58 Yeah, we did work together, actually.
07:59 - And you're still married.
08:01 - And we're still married, yeah.
08:02 It was challenging, though.
08:04 It was challenging at first,
08:05 'cause you have to learn how that person works
08:08 and incorporate your personality with theirs.
08:11 - Oh my gosh.
08:12 - Yeah, and also his thesis,
08:15 because he has a master's in film at USC,
08:19 so I helped him on the thesis with his final project.
08:23 I was a producer on the project.
08:25 - Nice. - So yeah.
08:26 - Okay, so you have--
08:27 - I'm thinking way back in my brain,
08:28 yeah, we have worked together.
08:29 But we would like to do some more projects in the future.
08:33 - Right.
08:35 My husband and I have worked together
08:36 in several different capacities.
08:38 We've been actors in films together,
08:41 we've attempted to write things together,
08:44 and we were real estate agents together.
08:45 And let me tell you-- - Wow.
08:47 - It was a disaster.
08:48 - Wait, did you guys pursue the same careers
08:51 at the same time?
08:52 - Yeah, well, we met in acting school in college,
08:55 and then we were actors,
08:56 and then of course we needed money because we were actors.
08:59 - Yeah.
09:00 - So we both decided to go and become real estate agents,
09:03 and then we got hired at the same office.
09:06 And then they said, "Oh, you're married,
09:07 "you should be a team."
09:09 And man, that was challenging,
09:11 because to be 24/7 working with the person that,
09:14 it's nice to go home to someone
09:17 who wasn't with you working all day
09:19 and have someone to talk to about something else, right?
09:22 - Yeah, and you guys were still actors at the time too,
09:24 doing real estate during the day?
09:26 - Yeah. - Wow.
09:28 - That was a ways back.
09:29 So we don't do that anymore, but--
09:31 - That's so funny, I got my real estate license too.
09:35 - Yeah.
09:36 - When I was, I think, doing the acting thing.
09:37 Yeah, 'cause you're thinking, "What can I do that's flexible?
09:39 "I can still go on auditions and things like that."
09:42 - Yeah, and that kind of brings us also
09:44 to the life of motherhood.
09:46 So when you're an acting kid,
09:48 you have to find a way to make a living
09:51 that fits in around the all-encompassing-ness
09:55 of being a mom.
09:57 - Right.
09:57 - When you interview all these really successful moms,
10:01 how do they make it work?
10:02 How do they be a good mom, but still work?
10:06 - Yeah, I feel like a lot of them have,
10:09 they all have different stories.
10:10 'Cause I asked that question,
10:12 as far as the proverbial work-life balance.
10:16 And I feel like there's no one answer, or no common thread.
10:20 - Yeah. - Like some people,
10:21 they make it work.
10:22 Like some women who, let's say they're traveling,
10:25 they may not see their child for a couple of months,
10:27 but it works for them because they see them
10:29 during some of the off months.
10:31 - Right, that's right.
10:33 - And some of them, they may take their children with them
10:36 when they're on set, and they're there with them.
10:39 So I feel like there's a lot of different answers
10:42 with that one.
10:43 - Yeah.
10:44 - Yeah, especially, I feel like
10:46 when you have a high-profile position.
10:48 I mean, and honestly, most of them,
10:50 they have nannies and people that's gonna help them
10:54 balance it all.
10:56 Because when you get to that level,
10:58 I mean, you can afford to have that,
10:59 and they hire help to help them.
11:02 But I know like the everyday mom, a lot of them,
11:04 they're just doing it on their own,
11:05 and they can't afford a nanny or someone else.
11:08 So it's a little different.
11:10 - Well, going back to like the everyday mom,
11:12 all of us here, watch these moms,
11:15 and when we think, wow, she's doing so great,
11:19 we have to remember that she might have a lot of help.
11:23 - Yeah. - Yeah.
11:24 So that's good, and we're there someday, we will too.
11:28 - Yeah, and it's still hard,
11:29 even though you have all that help, it's still hard,
11:32 but it's just different.
11:33 - Different things are difficult when you've got help.
11:36 - Right, exactly, exactly.
11:39 - Do you have a favorite celebrity that you've interviewed?
11:43 - I've been asked this before, I think it's Sherri.
11:48 - Yeah?
11:49 - I've interviewed her twice, yeah.
11:51 She's actually a longtime friend from back in the day too.
11:55 But when I interview her,
11:57 I feel like she's so authentic and real and funny.
12:01 Like even the last time I interviewed her,
12:04 like our interview went so long, like way over an hour.
12:07 Like I had to like call her back,
12:08 'cause we were just like,
12:10 she can just talk and just be transparent.
12:12 And like, in my mind, I'm like,
12:14 oh, I'm definitely not gonna put that there.
12:16 But she'll, you know, she's so honest,
12:17 like she just says what she wants to say.
12:20 And I'm like, I'm definitely not gonna put this in the piece
12:21 like I don't want to.
12:24 So yeah.
12:25 - How deep are we gonna go here?
12:27 How deep are we gonna go here?
12:29 - Oh, right.
12:29 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:30 - Yeah.
12:31 - So, yeah.
12:32 But, you know, I started off initially
12:35 just focusing on celebrity moms,
12:37 but I've expanded it to just high profile moms,
12:39 you know, moms at the top of their game in their career.
12:42 So.
12:43 - Well, there's so much crossover too.
12:46 In our world today,
12:47 it's not like movie stars, other people now.
12:49 It's movie stars that start businesses
12:52 and business people that get reality shows.
12:54 - Yes.
12:55 I know.
12:57 - Right?
12:58 - Yeah.
12:59 Like, I feel like a lot of businesses,
13:02 there's high profile businesses even.
13:05 Like you can be a celebrity designer, a celebrity chef,
13:09 a celebrity shoe shiner.
13:11 Do you know what I'm saying?
13:12 Like. - Yeah.
13:13 - Yeah.
13:13 - Like in any field, like you can elevate it to that level.
13:16 - I think that the internet and social media
13:18 sort of gave us that, which you might not have had before.
13:22 - Yeah.
13:23 - Okay.
13:24 And tell me about your kids.
13:27 How old are they?
13:29 - Yes.
13:29 My kids are, I have two boys.
13:31 They're 13 and 14, soon to be 15.
13:34 - Oh, wow.
13:35 - Two teenagers, yes, going into eighth and 10th grade.
13:38 - Wow.
13:40 Well, not only do you look too young for that,
13:43 but you look- - I know.
13:44 I look like a teenager.
13:45 I know, I get that all the time.
13:46 - My oldest is about to turn 13.
13:50 So about the same as one of yours.
13:52 - Yeah.
13:54 The teen years are going to be quite a ride,
13:58 I can tell already.
13:59 - Yeah.
14:00 I mean, can't you tell that you feel like
14:02 it's going by too fast once they hit the teen years?
14:05 - Of course.
14:05 I know it's a cliche, but it's totally cliche
14:08 because it's true.
14:09 - Yeah.
14:10 You start thinking about how many more years
14:13 you have at home with them.
14:14 - Right.
14:15 - Like I feel like, you know.
14:17 - And then what will you do when they're not at home?
14:20 Like you have a whole life ahead of us.
14:22 - Yes.
14:23 - After that.
14:24 So that's the whole challenge in and of itself.
14:27 - Well, I think that's why it's good for moms
14:28 to have passions outside their kids too.
14:31 - Of course.
14:32 - Because some moms, when their kids graduate or go off,
14:35 they feel like they don't have anything for themselves.
14:37 - Right, right.
14:38 You don't want to have lost all the things
14:40 you were interested in in the meantime.
14:42 - Yeah.
14:44 - That's really good stuff.
14:45 Can you tell everybody where they can find you
14:48 on all the social media platforms, et cetera?
14:51 - Yes.
14:52 So you can find me at tinseltownmom.com.
14:55 I also have a podcast, "Time Out with Tinseltown Mom."
14:59 You can find that on all the platforms.
15:02 And I have an online shop,
15:05 Accessories for Women that I sell.
15:06 Yeah, on Etsy.
15:08 - Like accessory?
15:10 - Well, like tote bags.
15:12 - Oh, okay.
15:13 - Phone cases.
15:14 - Fun.
15:15 - AirPod cases, things like that.
15:17 - Very fun.
15:18 And I know your kid is going to steal half of those things.
15:20 So you're going to need one.
15:22 - Exactly, exactly.
15:23 (laughing)
15:25 - And if you get one that's mom themed,
15:26 maybe they won't steal it.
15:28 - Yeah, that's a good point.
15:29 Yeah.
15:30 I have a lot of mom themed stuff on there, so.
15:33 - That's great.
15:34 Well, thank you so much for talking with me
15:36 and sharing a little bit of what it's like
15:38 to talk to all of these high profile women.
15:41 And I hope we can do this again soon.
15:43 - Yes, I hope so.
15:43 Thank you, Jen.