Lara Trump REVEALS Her Fitness Routine & Diet Rules | The Riley Gaines Show

If I can force myself to stay in cold

water despite my body screaming at me to

get out, I can probably force myself to

do a lot of uncomfortable things.

Today we are talking to Lara Trump. She

is so incredible, right? Outside of her

show on Fox News or her political

beliefs and how she is able to stand

beside the president, be a part of the

first family, how she's able to do all

that while being a mom. Um the thing

honestly that I'm most excited to ask

her about is her workout routine, right?

Come on. If you're watching on

youtube.com, we have a picture of her on

screen.

How does she look like this while doing

all that she does and doing it all so

well? Well, we're going to find out.

>> [music]

>> Well, Lara, thank you for joining the

Riley Gaines show.

>> Oh my gosh, thank you. I'm so honored.

Thanks for having me, Riley.

>> First and foremost, I want to ask you

about the World Cup because I My

understanding is you were there

yesterday. Tell us about the experience.

>> Oh my gosh, well, it was so cool. First

of all, I've loved so much how into

sports the whole world kind of has

become and especially I feel like this

World Cup, it it brought us all closer

together. I feel like it it really has

been like such a great connector of

people. I've loved all of the the

foreign people coming into the United

States, all of these people from all

over the world loving our country,

loving things like, you know, going to

Walmart or Bass Pro, things that I feel

like we take for granted here in

America. They're really loving it and I

I think that the end of this is that

kind of Americans maybe have a new found

love for soccer. Um I you know, I go to

my kids soccer games, Riley, on like

Saturday mornings and it's kind of a

tradition. I played soccer when I was a

kid. I feel like a lot of Americans of,

you know, my generation did, but then it

kind of like dies out and Americans

don't watch it that much. I think maybe

we turned a corner, cuz I got to tell

you, that stadium yesterday was packed

full of people. I think they said it was

over 80,000 people there. I was saying

saying to Eric before the game started,

I was like, "Look at Look around here.

There was not one single empty seat." It

was so much fun. Uh to be honest, both

of my kids were cheering for Argentina,

but Spain deserved to win. They played

an amazing game. Um and it was so

incredible to be there. What an honor

and something that our family obviously

will never forget.

>> Yeah, now what about the halftime show?

I I didn't really know what they I guess

what the plan was for it prior to

watching it and it was like a

conglomerate of so many different

people. How was that?

>> It was a hodgepodge. It was a hodgepodge

for sure. You know, in my mind, we could

have had a really kind of epic show. If

you took all the performers who in their

own right are amazing performers and

maybe they all collabed together or

something. That's in my mind like what

was going to happen, but in my

understanding is they've never really

done a halftime show traditionally in

these soccer games and so I guess given

that it was in America, given we like a

a big halftime show, we know how the

Super Bowl usually goes, I guess they

decided maybe last minute to put this

together. I don't know. I I was okay

with it. I know some people got upset

with it. I saw a lot of commentary

online about it. Um but to be honest, it

was kind of hard to appreciate being in

the stands, you know, I feel like the

folks at home probably got a better view

of it. You know, it was all good. We got

We got up for it, you know, a good time

or two and got a snack and went to the

bathroom. But other what I saw was fine.

I wasn't offended by it.

>> There's going to be comments online

regardless what the thing is. You could

be debating whether you like chocolate

ice cream or vanilla ice cream and

there's going to be like a a faction of

online that hates you for whatever your

your choice is. Um I watched Justin

Bieber perform and I thought it was so

cool because he sang a song Everything

Hallelujah and it was just cool to see

someone with the platform that he does

on that stage right in front of I mean

tens of thousands of people there but

millions and millions online talking

about the Lord. Um, so pretty cool.

>> I I thought of that too and I

appreciated that he had the opportunity

to kind of have all the bells and

whistles and it was just him with a

guitar. Like, you know what? That's kind

of that's kind of cool. That's that's a

little uh that's a little gutsy to get

out there in front of all those people

to your point only have the guitar to

help you out. So, I thought it was

great. I I was okay with that too.

>> Now, the president was there and he got

to present the trophy to Spain. How well

was he received? Because again, you see

different things circulating online. How

did the the team I think specifically

receive him and maybe the people in the

stadium?

>> Well, I wasn't physically on the field

with him. We were kind of like

backstage. What I could tell, I feel

like it was it was all good, you know, I

know there was some chatter prior to the

uh the game you know, as to whether or

not some people were going to engage

with him or shake his hand or whatever.

I think at that point to be honest,

these athletes were just so thrilled and

elated to have won and have been able to

to be there on that field together. I

kind of think that hopefully they they

left all the politics aside. So, from my

vantage point, I felt like it was okay

um and I felt like everybody was

probably just on the high of a win. Um,

but I'm sure to your point, Riley, that

there were a lot of people online who

had a lot of hot takes on it as they do

and as they will continue to do.

>> Um, I told a couple people that you and

I were going to have the opportunity to

chat today and every single one before

they said anything about the president

or your your role in media or in

politics, they told me to ask you, "What

is your fitness routine?" So, that's

like the pressing question of the day.

We got to know like is it cardio? Is it

lifting? What's the split?

>> That's so funny. Well, thank you. That

that is so nice to hear. Um you know, I

do a little bit of everything and I feel

like that's First of all, let me let me

start by saying I love that people are

getting more and more into health and

fitness. I think it's so great. I'm I'm

a big fan of the Maha movement. I love

all that we're doing with transparency

on that front and I love that people are

really focusing on making sure that they

feel better and they're healthier and

they're not turning to pharmaceuticals

for that rally. They're they're

realizing that the food you eat and what

you put in your body and how you move

your body can actually do all of that

for you and you don't need to put any,

you know, foreign substance in there.

So, this is kind of been my life. My

entire life I have always worked out.

I've always kind of prioritized that for

myself and even if it's, you know, 45

minutes, 30 minutes sometimes is all I

get.

Uh sometimes very early in the morning I

I try to take it because not only is it

something that is physically good for

me, but it's also mentally good for me.

And I think a lot of people who have a

consistent workout routine know what I'm

talking about. You need that time to

just like settle yourself and do

something for you. And so, I do I do a

little bit of everything. Like I said, I

I train for triathlons. I try to stay

kind of ready in case something comes

along. So, I do a lot of biking. I do

less running than I used to, but I still

I love to go for a run if I can. I try

to get weight lifting in. I love

CrossFit.

Um I'm also into Pilates whenever my

schedule allows, but I just try to do a

little bit of everything and I think

that keeping your body guessing is

always the key. So, it once your body

gets used to some workout, I mean, I

know I don't have to tell you. You're

you're the athlete here between the two

of us, truly. But you once your body

gets used to something, it stops

responding. So, people might go to the

gym and they get on the elliptical and

for the first like 2 months they're

like, "Oh my gosh, yeah, I'm seeing

changes. I They might lose some weight

or they might gain some muscle here or

there. But ultimately, your body's going

to get used to that. So, you got to

switch it up. So, I try to kind of keep

my body guessing as as best I can.

>> You talk about, you know, kind of making

those sacrifices and, you know, setting

time aside so you really prioritize

that. Do you wake up pretty early and do

this?

>> Yeah.

Sometimes it's like ridiculously early.

Sometimes I'm like, I know anyone who

sees me going to the gym or like going

out for a run right now thinks I'm a

total lunatic. But I need that time. I

mean, I you know, most days I wake up in

the 5:00 hour. But there are times if I

have an early flight, if I need to wake

up at like 3:45, 4:00 in the morning,

I'm going to do it just to get that in,

get it done cuz I you know, I think all

parents out there appreciate this. If I

tried to wait till the end of the day to

do any of this, forget it. I got my

kids, I got my dogs, I got my husband, I

got work stuff going on. It's not going

to happen. So, my goal is to get it in

the first thing in the morning and then

I don't have to think about it the rest

of the day.

>> 100%. I have always urged this audience

cuz I find it to be the same way and I

think to your point especially once you

become a mom,

um setting that time aside for yourself

in the morning, gosh, it's the best way

to start your day.

Um now, I just watched um you and Griff

Jenkins do your bike ride.

Uh what's your like favorite distance

try?

>> Uh I like an Olympic distance try. So,

that's like a mile swim, it's around a

27-mile bike ride, and a 10K run at the

end. And I feel like that is a

manageable training regimen. You know,

you go more than that, you go into like

the half Ironman distance and it starts

to be, you know, a a lot Yeah, like a

lot of training which I honestly just

don't have time for right now.

Um so, that that's my perfect perfect

distance try.

>> What about your diet? Like is that

something that you're hyper-focused on

or do you kind of work out so you can

eat whatever you want?

>> [laughter]

>> I feel like we all do that to a certain

extent. Um, you know, I it's it's really

hard when you travel and I think people

who travel regularly will tell you like

the airports, it's like no man's land.

You can you have a very hard time when

you're traveling and you're on the road

to maintain some quality of eating, but

I really try to prioritize protein. So,

I'm not traditionally like a breakfast

person, but I kind of force myself in

the mornings to eat at least egg whites,

eggs, something like that with high

protein. Sometimes it's like a protein

shake, um, because I feel like that at

least starts me off right. And then if I

end up, you know, traveling and I'm like

not really eating perfectly, it's okay

cuz I've gotten that in. And and protein

also fills you up. This is I feel like a

lot of women out there have this notion

that if you eat protein and you lift

weights, you're going to bulk up. You're

not bulking up unless you're like on

something. Unless you were injecting

yourself with something, you're not

bulking up. You're not going to look

crazy, but it's great for your body.

protein you have and the more muscle you

build, the more calories you burn just

existing. And so, I I want to urge

everybody out there, get the protein in,

lift some weights cuz that's I mean,

that's really what's going to actually

change your body.

>> What about any other wellness trends?

Like, do you do cold tubs, sauna, red

light therapy?

>> Well, I I have have gotten very much my

husband and I both gotten into sauna and

cold plunge and I wish I had so much

more time to do it. I find that it's

usually weekends that I can get it in,

but I think it's it's great. You know,

you look at the studies, you look at the

research, you look at places like the

Scandinavian countries where they've

been living like this for so long and

and you look at their health and

longevity and there is a lot of truth to

it. The cold plunge stuff I find really

interesting though, because to me

it's Yeah, I know there's physical

benefit to it, but it's also one of

those mind things where I am in this

cold plunge and it's like 45° and it's

miserable. But I'm like, you know what?

If I can force myself to stay in cold

water despite my body screaming at me to

get out, I could probably force myself

to do a lot of uncomfortable things.

Anytime I get in a sticky situation or

something that doesn't feel totally

comfortable, then guess what? I'm going

to be prepared for it mentally. I've

already prepared myself by getting in

this cold plunge. So that's another

thing that I kind of think people don't

realize the benefit of those things goes

far beyond physical. But yeah, I Eric

and I both get into a to a sauna cold

plunge. We're both into that.

>> It's so funny you say that about the

cold plunge because I have this vivid

memory of my dad, which my dad was a

professional football player, very very

big guy, played for the Eagles, maybe I

think a couple other teams.

Anyways, when I was younger, he had a

work trip and I went with him. We stayed

at this hotel. It was the middle of

winter and we go down to the lobby and

he pulls back the cover on the pool. You

know, it was one of those outdoor pools.

Again, it's like December, maybe

January. Pulls back the cover of the

pool and he says jump in. I'm probably

like 8 years old at the time. I'm like,

"Dad, this is child abuse. I'm not

jumping in that pool."

>> [laughter]

>> He says, "No, you are and you're not

going to chatter your your teeth and

you're not going to say, 'I'm cold.' You

can get out of the pool when when I

say." And so I did this, of course, and

I remember being so confused at the time

and I, of course, eventually get out.

And I said, "Dad, like what was that

about?" He said, "It was a It was a test

of your mental toughness." He said,

"There is no such thing as cold. There's

absence of heat, sure, but there's no

such thing as cold." And it has stuck

with me. I mean, here I am 26 years

years old now.

>> Yeah. So it's By the way, your dad and

my dad would have been really tight.

This sounds like something my dad would

have have done. My dad I I for so much

of my mental toughness and my kind of

work ethic because

the quick story I

I tried out for the JV cheerleading

team. This is in high school and I got

cut and I was so devastated. This is in

like ninth grade, maybe 10th grade and I

was so devastated by it and I remember

my dad being like, all right, well you

can have a pity party or you can work on

what you didn't have to make the team

for next year. And I stood in my

backyard working on getting a back

handspring with my dad. I mean hours on

end and he was not easy on me and he

wouldn't, you know, baby me and I worked

so hard that I got a back handspring and

I got so much more that when I tried out

the next year, I made the varsity team

and I was like, you know what? Had my

dad not pushed me in that way, had he

not encouraged me in that way and then

like, stop feeling sorry for yourself,

get up and do something about it, then I

wouldn't have made the varsity team and

I think of that story all the time. It's

it's similar to yours because it created

a level of mental toughness and kind of

work ethic and an understanding that

look, your life is basically what you

make of it and I think we have a culture

that teaches kids that kind of things

are owed to them right now and I love

the old school parenting way like it

sounds like your dad taught you and my

dad taught me because I think it

creates, you know, great human beings.

If if I don't say so myself, Riley.

>> No, 100%. Well, now I feel like at least

what you see on the social media

is you see this like whole gentle

parenting model. And I our child again,

she's nine months old now, but I can't

imagine that neither myself nor my

husband will have the approach of, you

know, this this super duper soft voice

and you baby them until they're 18 years

old. Like I just I just can't really

imagine never telling my child no and

that seems to be the new parenting

model. So I guess

maybe a good question for you is between

you and Eric, who's like the more strict

parent? Like, who do your kids go to if

they want a yes answer?

>> Mhm. That's a good question. I think I

would say we're probably both pretty

tough parents, and I would say I am more

regularly with the kids, and so I think

oftentimes they're like, "Let's try dad

first." And then if dad And then of

course they get in trouble cuz I'm like,

"Oh, dad said no." That I'm I'm

obviously No, we got to be on the same

page. Other advice to parents out there,

stay on the same page. You got to have

each other's backs. Um but it you know,

it's easy to say yes to kids. It's easy

to give your kids too much. It's easy to

let them off the hook for acting like

brats. It's easy to hand them an iPhone

or an iPad. It's much harder to do the

other things. It's much harder to

discipline kids. It's much harder to see

your kids upset, but it's teaching them

a lesson. Eric and I don't give our kids

any devices. Nothing, ever. We go to

dinner, they have to sit and talk to us,

or they come up with their own games and

play with each other and use their

imagination. And you know, I go to a

restaurant and I see all of these kids,

Riley, on phones or on tablets, and I

I'm sorry. I cannot condone that. It

just to me, you're setting your kid up

for failure. They're getting this

dopamine hit from looking at a screen

at, you know, 3 years old or whatever it

is. They're never going to be able to

get that same feeling from interpersonal

communication if you don't teach it to

them. So, it's much harder to say no to

your kids than it is to say yes to your

kids, but I think that's what we owe to

them. We owe to them to be great human

beings when they grow up, great adults.

This is our future, you know, we're

raising who will ultimately guide our

country whenever we're all old and and

it's up to our kids' generation to take

over. So, we better do the right thing.

>> It's so true. Um I had my phone just

sitting on the the little coffee table

the other day, and our daughter, she

just started walking this weekend. It's

the cutest best thing ever. It's like

the best phase. But anyway, she's over

at the coffee table and she grabs the

phone and she picks it up and I'm just

watching her and she starts like

scrolling. It was like she knew what to

do and it was a big, you know, it kind

of that moment like hit me in my face.

I'm like, "Oh my gosh, she's watching

what I'm doing." So not only do I not

need to give her a screen or of course

that's the the route of parenting that

my husband and I at least thus far are

choosing to go, but but not only that, I

need to watch how I am around her

because she's picking up everything. So

being more intentional in in the time

that I spend with her. I was like, "Oh

my gosh, I I can't believe she's so

young, she's so little, but she's

soaking it all in." It was wild to me.

Okay, so what about I guess another kind

of controversial parenting thing now is

vaccines. Where do things stand there

for you and your family and maybe maybe

your approach now? Maybe it was

different than when your kids were born

with RFK in President Trump's

administration.

>> I got to say I'm so grateful for Bobby

Kennedy.

You know, if you really kind of take a

step back and look at what this man did,

he his name is synonymous with Democrat

politics and yet he went out and and not

only endorsed President Trump in the

2024 election, but then put all his eggs

in this basket that he could help that

he could do something as HHS secretary

that really Riley we've never seen

before. We've never seen such

transparency. We've never seen what

feels like somebody finally giving us

the truth about so many things. I mean

my gosh, you look at the old food

pyramid, what a joke. What a complete

joke and what a Yeah, what a horrible

way to try to guide our country to to

guide the citizens of America. We're

just doing everybody such a disservice.

So yeah, I think he's been incredible.

I'm such a fan of so much of what he

does and not the least of which is also

doing the right things for animals,

which I could talk about you know till

all day long. But when you talk about

vaccines, I think it's

I at least love that parents have the

choice now because when my kids were

born, they're 6 and 8 now, I really

didn't have a choice and and I my kids

were both born in Manhattan in New York

City. I remember very vividly taking our

son who's our older child to the the

pediatrician for his first visit, I

don't know, 2 weeks old or something, a

baby baby, and I remember this doctor

laying out for me all the vaccines and

the schedule that he had to be on and

and when I even kind of asked a question

about, "Okay, but can I come back, you

know, and spread these out?" I was it

was like crazy, like I was some lunatic

asking a question like that. And so I'm

I'm almost embarrassed to say, but I

feel like I got bullied a little bit

into giving my son these vaccines early

on that I I kind of inherently as a

parent felt like maybe was wrong. This

is a little baby, you're just injecting

them with all of this stuff. Um and I am

so happy that kids now do not have to

have that path if their parents choose

differently, right? We have a an

administration who really I feel like

wants to give people the truth and wants

to give people the choice and that's

really key here because that's what our

country is all about. We as Americans

should have a choice in terms of how we

do so much in with living our lives, but

especially as parents when we're talking

about vaccines, you should have a

choice. If you want to spread it out, if

you if you feel like what they're

offering you doesn't feel right, then

you can make that decision as a parent.

And so I personally am really grateful

to see this happening.

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Yeah, well, you trusted your healthcare

professionals as we should be able to,

but I think COVID opened a lot of

people's eyes, certainly mine at least,

I'll speak personally. You know, that's

when you started to ask questions and

now I do think we have this this new

younger generation that that's now

having kids that is starting to push

back and kind of go against the status

quo, um, which I find to be optimistic,

at least gives me hopeful for the

future. Um, do you think your kids, like

do they realize who

their family is, who their mom, who

their dad, who their grandpa is?

>> It's a funny question. I I kind of think

they're they're starting to appreciate

it, but I'll tell you I go so far out of

my way to try to raise my kids like

normal kids, to try to raise them as

close to how I was raised as possible.

And, you know, they they play on all

these sports teams during the school

year and it's, you know, just like the

rec leagues near our house and it's it's

very normal and they have, you know,

playdates with friends and we try to

keep things as normal as possible, but

then, yeah, then we go to the White

House or they're flying on Air Force One

or these things and they realize that

grandpa is president. Now, the gravity

of all that, I don't know that you're

grasp, you know, when you're in first

and second grade or I guess they're

going into second and third now. Um, but

they're they're starting to appreciate

it and it is kind of cool because both

of my kids were born during my

father-in-law's first administration and

I remember Eric and I having the

conversation like they'll never really

get to experience this stuff and have

these memories and yet it's it's

incredible what God does because I truly

feel like he put President Trump in the

White House for his second term in this

time and in this moment right now. I

don't think he ever intended him to have

the two consecutive terms. And you look

at so much that the president's been

able to do and it's actually amazing cuz

he wouldn't be able to do all of these

things had he had those two consecutive

terms. And just the way he operates, but

certainly for us, um it's a gift because

our kids get to experience these things.

They'll have the memories of going to

the White House for the UFC fight,

flying on Air Force One, spending time

with grandpa in the Oval Office. And I

know that had he had the 8 years

straight, it wouldn't have been the same

thing. So, it is very cool to see that.

>> I was at the RNC convention, uh of

course back in, you know, leading up to

the 2024 election. And if I can recall

right, you were sat next to the

president. I think your kids were there.

>> Yeah.

>> Um but this was right after President

Trump had an assassination attempt on

his life. Actually, the bullet, I mean

it it it hit him in Butler,

Pennsylvania.

Is there a part of you that's fearful

that you're going to get a phone call

that President Trump has been

assassinated?

>> Every day. I mean, if I'm being really

honest, I think all of us in our family,

unfortunately, think that way. Um you

know, to have seen the number of times

that that people have tried to do this

to one person.

You kind of feel like at what point do

you run out of all of your chances, you

know? And I think that it's very clear

that this is a different time. We're

we're in a different space. People

everything is heightened. And and people

have used really horrific terminology to

describe this one person in particular.

Um but yeah, of course we we think about

it, but I don't think any of us

dwell on it because I always take a page

from my father-in-law. And you know, if

you ask him, you know, do you think

about these things? Are you ever

worried? He'll say, "Yeah, I can't think

about that." Because I think the reality

is if you start letting that get in your

head, I mean, this is again, this is

kind of like an athlete mindset. You

start thinking about the what ifs. What

if I lose this race? What if I, you

know, my team doesn't win? What if I

mess up and I and and I I the goalie and

I I, you know, they score the final goal

and on my watch. You start thinking that

way, it takes you down the wrong path.

And I think he's very focused on the job

at hand and understanding that he's got

a finite amount of time to execute

exactly what the American people sent

him to the White House to do. And I

think he just kind of puts it out of his

head. I mean, I call him a political

athlete cuz I truly believe that. I've

never seen somebody like this man in my

entire life. And so he, when he's not

dwelling on it and he's not overly

focused on it, I think the rest of us

look at that and we're like, you know

what, we have to live our lives the same

way. But I mean, yes, we all think about

it all the time. And and unfortunately,

um I think that's just kind of the world

we're in now.

>> It is amazing, um just how and the word

fearless gets tossed around a lot, but

but I don't think that's, I mean, maybe

it's a good way to describe President

Trump, but I'm sure he has fears. I

mean, you just mentioned some of yours.

It would certainly be a fear of mine. So

I guess, you know, someone who has fears

but is willing to do the right thing,

the just thing, in this case, the thing

he was elected to do, I guess you would

describe that person as as courageous.

Uh and he he certainly is one of your

whole family is one of the most

courageous families. He's one of the

most courageous people, um I think any

of us will ever encounter or be able

even to witness from afar in our

lifetime.

Uh one thing I I was actually watching

your show recently and I saw you kind of

come out swinging against the

Charlie Kirk assassin conspiracy things,

which I will say, I'm right there with

you. I think the treatment that Erica

Kirk has received from this online

that is so not real, let let's just be

very clear. Like whatever, you you

portion of online chatter that has

things to disparaging things to say

about Erica Kirk or Turning Point USA.

It's not real life. Like it doesn't

exist in real life hardly. It It seems

so much bigger online than it really is

in person. But you came out swinging and

I'm so glad you did. Can you Can you

talk about that a little bit and maybe

some of the the insane theories that are

out there and why you you decided now to

say something about it?

>> I mean, from the beginning it's it's

kind of disgusted me. It was It was

hours after Charlie was murdered in cold

blood in front of the world that some of

these people started coming out with the

conspiracy theories, with the crazy

stuff. And you know, for our family it

it probably hits a little closer to home

than others. As you just noted, my

father-in-law has been you know, the

people have been trying to kill him

constantly for years, it feels like. And

whenever that happened in Butler,

Pennsylvania, I'll tell you Raleigh, the

next week as you said was the RNC

convention. I had reporters asking me to

my face, "Well, what do you think about

the fact that there are a group of

people out there who are suggesting that

this was staged? What do you think about

people suggesting that President Trump

made all this up? That this was some

sort of a publicity stunt for him?"

>> Ketchup packet on his ear.

>> No, exactly. That is how crazy some of

this stuff is, but there are people out

there as crazy as you can put it out,

there are people out there who will buy

it because it's a clickbait culture,

because we've lost touch with reality.

You're right, in the real world this

stuff doesn't make sense. But online you

get enough people to say, "Oh, I don't

know, maybe. Did you see it from this

angle? It might" It's It's nuts and this

stuff catches fire and it it grows out

of proportion and it's total insanity.

So, when I saw what was happening for

Erica Kirk, a woman who I cannot imagine

being in her shoes with two young

children, having to go through this,

endure watching her husband murdered,

and then figuring out life forever on

the other side of that with her kids,

she deserves respect, she deserves

people to, you know, help prop her up

and try to support her during what I can

imagine is probably the most awful year

of her entire life. And instead of that,

she got people who I think at one time

she probably considered friends coming

after her in such an aggressive way that

I just, you know, for for us in our

family, it it hit very close to home,

like I said. And so, I just felt like

with with this

trial coming up, I I think it's so

important that all the information is

disseminated, that there's full

transparency, because I think people out

there need to appreciate that what you

read online, as you said, Riley, is not

real life. Check your sources. Go seek

out more information, because some crazy

podcaster out there is not giving you

the full picture in terms of what's

going on. And I would say that for a

whole host of things, but specifically

with this stuff, I I think Erica Kirk is

an incredible woman. I I I hope God

gives her the strength to see her

through this upcoming trial. I cannot

imagine, again, what this must be like

for her, but we should all be supporting

her, we should all be praying for her,

and we should all be praying that

justice is served and that all the

information comes out.

>> You know, I think people are so critical

of her because God has given her the

strength. And it is, like it's a

relatively unnatural thing when you see

someone who is so strong in their faith.

Like, I try and put myself in her shoes,

which is impossible to do, and I

recognize that, but watching that

memorial service, and what was it, like

10, 11 days after Charlie had been

murdered in front of thousands there on

campus, but millions online, where this

video will live on the internet forever,

Erica chose to get up there and forgive

her husband's assassin. Like, only

through God can a grieving widow do

that. And so I think normal people, even

people who call themselves Christians,

they they look at that and they see it

as unnatural, but guess what? It's

because it is unnatural. Like Like only

through God.

It is. Oh my gosh. It is It is Yeah, she

is one of the the strongest, most

compassionate, most most I mean just

What What's even a good word? Like I

think what she displayed was serene. It

was total serenity and strength. So I'm

right there with you.

You've alluded to like trusting in God

and your faith several times now. What

does it mean to you? Like Like how does

your faith guide you in all that you do?

In your marriage, in your your political

career, in your media career, being a

mom. Like what What does your faith mean

to you?

>> You [snorts] know, it's funny cuz I I

I think back to the moment I drove out

of my parents' driveway in Wrightsville

Beach, North Carolina to move to New

York City my gosh, 18, 19 years ago and

I had honestly, Riley, I had no idea

what was in store for me, but I prayed

about it and I feel like I have done

that in every, you know, moment of my

life that has mattered. I I've prayed

and asked God to guide me and look, you

you every person out there can do the

same thing. You have to listen. You have

to be open to receiving,

you know, what kind of God's direction

and I feel like it has led me to some of

the most incredible places imaginable. I

never in my wildest dreams would have

imagined I'd be part of a first family.

I would have a show on Fox News. I would

have these two incredible children and

an amazing husband. It's just God is so

great, but he has guided me down this

path and and I feel like he will

continue to guide me. And so in

everything I do, whether it's being a

mom, a wife, in my career. Before I go

on TV, before any television hit, I say

a prayer to God to to make my words

smart and strong and serve his will. And

I do it every single time. And I feel

like that that is the foundation of of

everything. And I wish more people

understood the power that exists there,

that, you know, it it is it's endless.

And we should all be able to tap into

that and it doesn't matter where you

are. And that's the thing I'm trying to

teach my kids right now, too. It's funny

because

they they ask about praying. We say

prayers with them before bed at night.

And my daughter asked me something the

other day. She was like, "But when can I

talk to God, Mom?" And I said, "You can

talk to God whenever you want. All you

have to do is stop what you're doing."

And she was like, "Do I have to say it

out loud?" I said, "No. You can say it.

You can be quiet about it or you can say

it in your head. He's going to hear you

and he's going to answer you." And it's

amazing to see my kids now kind of

picking up, as you say. They're watching

everything we do. They're they're

absorbing so much more than we ever

anticipate them doing. This this space

is a space where I'm really proud of of

where we've led our kids, for sure.

>> That's so awesome. And yeah, it's it's

true. Even if, you know, those listening

or watching this aren't necessarily

strong in their faith, maybe they're

tinkering with the idea of of going to

church.

>> late or never too early. There's never

the the, you know, right moment or wrong

moment. It's now. It's do it now. What

what do you have to lose? Just try it.

>> And you lose nothing by trying,

especially in prayer. It's not like it

requires time out of your day or or

extra thought. It's it's literally just

having a personal conversation

to God.

Um so, that's amazing. Okay, rapid fire

for you. Last last thing. You ready?

>> Ready.

>> Okay, a rational fear that you have.

>> [laughter]

>> Spiders and cockroaches. I can't do it.

I I'm so so courageous. You used the

word earlier in so many different

things. You throw a spider, cockroach at

me, it's not happening. Spider web in my

face, I'm done.

>> Okay, hidden talent.

>> Oh my gosh. Well, I am a pastry chef,

which not a lot of people know. I moved

to New York to go to culinary school.

Now, my husband would argue that I

haven't baked him a cake in ages, but

maybe this is the week I'm going to do

it. Maybe this will be my inspo. So,

yeah, I'm I'm a pastry chef.

>> Okay, last time you cried.

>> Oh my gosh.

>> Probably [laughter]

when you

>> You know what? We we went to

we did a trip to Camp David, and our son

got up, you know, speaking of of

religion and and the power of it. Our

son got up. They have a a chapel there

at Camp David. Our son got up and wanted

to read a prayer. The the pastor there

said, "Did Did any of the kids want to

come up?" Our son got up and read a

prayer, and it was a waterworks. Forget

it. Like, not not even close. Yeah. Good

cry.

>> Guilty pleasure, like comfort food, I

guess.

>> Peanut butter. If you just like, yeah,

as much as I can get. And if it had no

calories, I would just eat it all the

time.

>> Okay, morning person or night owl? We

kind of touched on it.

>> Morning Morning person, yeah. Coffee in

the morning, I'm ready to go.

>> Okay, luxury item that is worth the

money.

>> Ooh, great sheets. I mean, you're

sleeping in these things, right? Yeah,

it's got to be good sheets.

>> Okay, uh something you've changed your

mind about in the past few years.

>> John Fetterman.

>> Oh.

>> Yeah. I know, random, right? But I think

I just I think he's so common sense. Who

would have thought?

>> Not not me, but he is. It is like when

John Fetterman is is the most sane

person in the Democratic Party at any

level, by the way, like local, state,

and federal, then yeah, that that's a

telltale sign.

>> Incredible respect for him, yeah.

>> Yeah. Okay, what's one thing one opinion

you have that would get you canceled?

>> [snorts]

>> Oh my gosh. Well, we've talked about not

gentle parenting. Yeah, I can't do it.

Um

I don't know that it would get me

canceled, but it might get me arrested

if I ever see someone out there being

abusive in any way to an animal. I told

my husband time and time again, you're

probably going to come have to bail me

out of jail cuz I might kill that

person.

>> You know, there it it's so true. There

is nothing like an

>> [clears throat]

>> animal's love, your love for an animal.

I have three dogs, we've got alpacas and

donkeys and cows and a horse and all the

things and it really is like an

unconditional kind of love. And I love

my husband and I love my my child, of

course.

>> But their trust in you is so it's so

different and and it's just so great. I

mean, dogs spelled backwards is God, as

they say. I don't know what's going on

there, but they're they're a gift and

they're so special and any animal out

there I ever see, watch out cuz if you

see me, I'm coming for you.

>> I love that. Okay, last last thing, one

piece of marriage advice.

>> Never stop dating your spouse. You know,

whenever people get married, I think

they have this idea that it's just

sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows the

whole time and I'll be the first one to

tell you, you got to work at it. You got

to do maintenance on a car, you got to

do maintenance on a house. You have to

do maintenance on everything. You have

to do maintenance on your relationship

and you got to check in with your spouse

and I think the best way to do that, set

aside a date night every week. Eric and

I do this. It doesn't matter who shows

up in town and they're like, "Hey, want

to grab dinner?" We're like, "No,

because we set this date night up for

ourselves. You have to keep dating your

spouse." And I promise you, it's worth

it. Get through the tough times and your

relationship is even stronger on the

other end. It's like building a muscle,

Riley. You know,

put a little put the work in, maybe it

hurts a little bit, you're going to get

through it and it's going to be so much

better on the other side, even stronger.

>> I love it. I love it. Well, thank you so

much for joining the Riley Gain Show and

hopefully next time we'll get to do it

in person.

>> Yes, we'll see you in person. You're the

best Riley. Thank you so much. Thanks

for having me. Thanks.

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