How Wayne Brady: The Family Remix Differs From Other Reality Shows

Hey it's Adam with Young Hollywood and we are in this lounge right now with the stars from Wayne Brady, The Family Remix. It's on Wednesdays on Freeform and available the next day on Hulu, so there's no reason not to watch. Welcome beautiful people. Thank you. Now Wayne Brady, I'm going to put you in the hot seat right now.

Sure.

Five time Emmy winning host, introduce your beautiful family.

Alright. Uh this is my daughter Maile Masako Brady. Um this is my business partner/ex-wife, Mandie Taketa. That is her partner, Jason Fordham and all around great guy.

I watched the show and what I love about the show, this is what we need right now, happiness. The secret is forgiveness and acceptance. And then this is possible. Yes. Tell me, what have you learned from watching yourself on the show? Not even from watching, from being and doing and being in it.

That's the thing that I think about a reality show that that and I'm going to use the air quotes, because not all reality shows are made the same. Some are just, it's entertainment and it's fake and we all know all the tropes. So we specifically when we created this, there's no fake in it. That is what it is. So what you've seen is what it is. So what I've learned, I learned when we were doing it. I learned about trying to be transparent, I learned about being vulnerable. I learned about showing up on that day, there are cameras in your face. The last thing you want to share is some personal stuff. You're mad. You're kind of clenched. But you have to let go. We kept coming back to the intention. And the intention was, what do we want to share? What's the message? I learned that doing this. Even Wayne, two years ago, would not have been able to do this show. No other incarnation of me would have been able to do this, share all the stuff that we share in the show.

Knowing the trolls that live under the bridge that is the Internet. And you had a beautiful Instagram post that it took years of therapy to get to this point. When you thought about doing the show, any reservations that maybe the show would jeopardize all this good work?

No, because we're strong. We've gone through thick and thin. We've loved each other and we've been able to work our way through our worst times. And I feel like we're ready for this, because we have the privilege of going to therapy and working through those things. So we knew what we signed up for.

You're called the Core Four. Who coined that term?

Me, I think. It really just like blew out of proportion, because in like your texts you need like to name your group chats, to separate them from other texts and I called our group chat the Core Four. And now here we are. I wasn't expecting it to become like the whole brand, because I was just like, oh I needed like a shorthand to put in my phone, but I think it's really funny how it's blown up so much.

Oh your glasses are are really dirty. So that that's a good dad. Does he annoy you?

No.

Generally, yes.

Yes, I annoy him. I don't know what daughter whose dad doesn't annoy them.

Now that we're 21, when it comes to dating is he having input? And does that annoy you?

He does not have input on my dating. No.

Which is odd because No one has input on my dating.

Really?

She has input on mine. Because I got a good picker. Period.

So let's speak on this. Do you try to set your dad up?

No, absolutely not.

But you give input?

I do give input, because I don't always trust his picker.

Okay.

It's like his radar. But for me for my dating, I don't know, you guys have like zero.

We've learned not to say anything if we want to be a part of dating conversations with Maile Masako Brady.

As we cower in fear in a corner of the room.

You're like Adam has a question.

Well you have to give full context. They were very strict about dating when I was younger. Yes. So now that I'm grown, I'm like, well now we don't have input. You guys wasted all your cards when I was younger.

Wait, Mr. Wayne Brady, have we had any silent input in your head when some people have walked in you're like, Oh sure. Uh huh. Uh huh. Sure. But you're like, oh, they're taller than me.

I never said that.

Whoa. Is that a thing? Do you not like anyone taller than you?

No, because I don't have short man's disease. Okay. Which is not a bad thing. I'm six foot tall, so I'm fine.

But you had to you had to justify. I'm six foot. I got no problems here.

No, because a lot of guys do. That's never, I have so much to worry about. Height has never been that thing. Because a lot of guys are like, oh well you know I was like, yeah, you won the lottery. We. You know.

But also in LA everyone's really short, especially guys.

That's so true. That's really true.

Really? You know what's weird is when and this is so off topic, but I just don't get the psychology of it. Folks will come up, hey man, I love your show. You're taller. So my line to them is like, well then you need a bigger TV. There's nothing that makes me look short.

I kind of understand it though, because on whose line those guys are so tall. And so they

But that's one show. And people are like, oh I'm probably average height you look short compared. Right. That's one show. Everybody's shorter than six five. Most folks are shorter than six five. But but six is like short man for tall people. Like six is baseline.

But don't you feel a lot of fans, they mean well but like, oh my God, you're so much more handsome in person and you're like, I get it. I get the fact that when you meet someone, sometimes your brain just goes, I would never. Right. Right.

But the way that I was raised, I'm a southern boy. I don't, maybe I judge people by the yard stick that my grandma used on me literally. I don't comment on people's appearance, even if I've been a fan of someone. The first thing that I would say is not, huh, your forehead. It's not, no, because I know how I would feel. So instead I go, I love your work and then I run away. I don't want to talk too much because I don't want my mouth to get away from me. So I leave. So that goes back around to. I've never had a problem judging her her suitors that come through. And I've never and I don't think that Jason has either. I've never done the thing of why you date my daughter? Huh? Like the Will Smith thing. That's more like

Right, because at that point, we've raised a girl, she's bright. She's not gonna have some weirdo step into her spot. So I'm not gonna try to threaten somebody and say, oh, you know, I've got the shotgun. That's that's an insecurity.

You're just cleaning it on the porch.

Right.

Yeah, I'm just cleaning it. You know, I just broke it down, put the shells in and put it back there.

You're a strong mama bear. Yes. Do you ever the guys chase away? Like, no, no, no, you can't come here.

We would if you had to. I Pick your words wisely. They should be afraid of me more than Wayne.

Uh huh.

You're a strong presence. Hurt my daughter. You see what happens. One day, I'll get even. One day I'll get even and maybe years from now and you won't expect it. That's the thing. You know, I mean, there's a couple waiting for theirs actually. Oui. I just have to, I just have to wait on a way that I won't get caught or, you know, get sent to jail.

Once I had to actually Don't go to jail. Hold her. Like Mandie. No. Don't get in your car right now.

I get a little crazy. I can't help it. Don't go to his house. It's what we do in Hawaii as moms.

Jason, you seem super chill. You're good with the feistiness?

Oh, yeah. I mean, Mandie's like hotter than cold really. Like she's like,

You get really upset though when a guy irritates me or like

Yeah. Acts on her or whatever. Really, really upset. Yeah, I kind of always encourage her to call him out like early stages. And Maile's like, that's not really the social thing to do and I'll start Instagram stalking their family.

Yeah. Not even them but like where they're from, who they know.

Maile, growing up in the entertainment world, would you date a celebrity? Or are you like, no, no, no, I'm staying far away from this as possible. I'm just

I would I would date another person in the public eye. Yes. But I also have dated a good amount of like actors and performers and I don't know if it's necessarily what my goal is. I think it's a lot of energy in one relationship. If you can, don't date an actor. But I'm not like I'm not directly opposed to it.

I could be your father. So let me say this. Lawyer, doctor, business people. People who are just very chill. Finance people.

You're right. Lawyers are super chill. Notoriously chill.

Meet the Brady sarcasm.

Listen, they're chill. Certain aspects of their lives. Okay. It's not like they have a high adrenaline job or anything. That's true.

I didn't say I'm a smart dad. I just said let me be your dad. Okay. Thank you for trying. You know what I mean. Thank you for trying. Welcome. That's an example of weighing in on. There you go. And now you know why we don't. See. That's why I shut their mouth shut. Good for you.

Mandie and Jason, you have a beautiful little boy, Sundance. Yes. He turns three in August. Yes. Yeah. The birthday plan. What is he into? He's into turtles. And oatmeal. He loves his oatmeal. This is the thing in the morning. Like it has to be Starbucks oatmeal and it has to be from Postmates. And we'll sit outside and wait for them to deliver it. So he thinks the oatmeal comes from the man in the car. He loves it. He's obsessed. Yeah. He likes to swim. He's into turtles. And cones. Traffic cones. And cones. He loves traffic cones. Trash cans. Trash cans. Yeah. Yeah.

And then Jason, what has Wayne taught you about being a dad?

Well, Wayne's taught me about being a father is he's he's really good at celebrating moments. Small moments, big moments, birthdays, everything in between and and making things festive. So Wayne's like kind of the master of that. And so I think I take a page out of his book like, okay, yeah, let's let's celebrate today. Oh, let's get a new outfit for this occasion or or something like that. Those he's made those things really important and I do think they are important. Great memories.

And now offensive Wayne. Wayne show. You have a new son Val. How is it being this age and then raising a young kid again? Because I feel like you've been a beautiful daughter. You did a great job. So now you got to do it again. Do you feel like, oh, I got this? Or is it like, oh wow, my knee hurts. This is a lot.

Yeah, I don't think you ever feel like you got this as a parent. And then you add that all my energy would be put towards other things. Not chasing around a little one. But now I can appreciate that thing that when we were kids, old folks would say, oh, you know, the baby's keep us young. It's true. I get the energy to be able to chase him around when he's with me and I get to spend that time. And now it's just even more of a reason to try to keep yourself physically fit. Not because you're on camera, but because, oh, I do have bad knees. So maybe I need to go back in the gym so I can strengthen my quads so I could do these squats to get down down on the ground. Pick him up. Pick him up. I might even do a whole baby fitness video where I'm doing squats. That's good. Come on. Holding the baby. Come on, you hold the baby. Squats. Squats. Like, get your hands. Don't you run over here. Don't you run over there. Pick those toys up. Cuz they'll injure you. Oh, yeah. When they dropped their shoulders and you got to still grab them. Yeah. Well, Sunny's so tall and strong. He's a big boy. Val is so small. If I can still just grab him. Like grab. What's he into? Cars. He loves cars. And if I say he's because the proof is in the pudding here. He's so bright. He's super smart. He's already talking in sentences and communicating ideas. And in fact sometimes he goes, Idea. I have idea. And I attribute a lot of that to his mother. Tina, she talks to him constantly and communication so that he picks up those things. So he loves cars. And he loves Spider-Man that he calls Miter Man. Miter Man. He wants to dress as Miter Man. So when he's crying, I'll get down on all fours and run around and look at Miter Man and Miss Rachel.

And then Miss Rachel. Shout out to Miss Rachel.

Shout out, Miss Rachel.

Shout out, Miss Rachel.

You don't know Miss Rachel is. Miss Rachel is the viral sensation that got big during the pandemic with her own type of uh Children's programming. Children's programming, songs, dancing, she teaches language, colors, music, numbers. She's amazing. She and her husband. They are absolutely incredible.

Is that the new Sesame Street?

Basically, I'd say. I'd say so.

Okay. Miss Rachel. Okay. Now the Core Four. No pressure. There's been some famous TV shows of four people. I love Lucy, All in the Family, Will & Grace, Golden Girls, Sex and the City. All very iconic. Right. So that's what I'm The Family Remix, Hopefully. Yes. Let's put it out there. Yes. Yes. Yes. Theme song for the show. Does it play?

Yes. Yeah. It does. He's I thought about that the other night. I was like, Please be my damn song. It plays. Oh, okay. It's at the end of the episode. But it goes by so fast.

How does it start off?

Uh, Little black boy with technicolor dreams. Black and white TV. Oh, oh my gosh. I wish I remembered. Because it kind of sums up who I was as a kid to now being with this family. And that's the coolest part. I would have never thought as that little Wayne, what life was gonna have in store. All the cool stuff, great TV. You get to do all this stuff. You sing these days at awards. But I have a family. I actually have a family and that's the thing that he always wanted. I always wanted to belong. So how cool that I belong. Good, bad, warts and all. It's cool to belong to someone else. Yeah. Not everyone gets that. Oh my gosh. I just got to not everyone gets that.