In anexclusive interview with The List, Manny MUA and C.J.
Perryshared their insight into the “pressure cooker” experience of being filmed 24/7.
“It’s something you’re always constantly aware of.
You’re literally in a … You’re in a pressure cooker.
The situation we’re in, it’s literally this little pressure cooker.
You’re being recorded 24/7.
Things are going on.
There’s moments where you literally have to be late.
For me, it’d be at nighttime, I’d be laying in my bed.
Like, ‘What the f*** am I doing here in this crazy house?’
You have to steal these moments for yourself, truly, and then reconnect and reassess.
You’re like, ‘B***h, you’re sickening.
You’re fine.'”
Perry, aka former WWE superstar Lana, the lack of privacy didn’t end there.
“It was wild.
We have no doors,” she stated.
Living with anyone randomly with no doors is like, ‘Whoa, this is a lot.’
Then it’s a stranger.
Then on top of it is a famous person.
Then you have cameras everywhere, mics everywhere in the bath, everywhere.
I don’t even know how to exactly describe in one word how you feel."
“I completely agree,” added Manny MUA.
I’m the social media person.
Are these celebrities going to even get what I do?’
I didn’t know what to think of the situation."
As a result, MUA zeroed in on a strategy: “I’m like, ‘You know what?
I knew that about myself.
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