Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 516

I am lucky to have my longest
lasting friendships to be with
strong opinionated women and
it is a lot of what informs this
tour, I Gotchu, Girl! where I talk
a lot about having each others
backs. I have learned that
my relationships with women
shaped me more than any of
the relationships that I’ve had,
until I had met my husband,
shaped me into the man that
I am. And I am so grateful for
it-and I am grateful for them.
MC: Speaking of kind and
powerful women, you and
Drew Barrymore have
put a seventies style spin
on daytime talk and its
wonderfully revolutionary.
own special ingredient into
the recipe of daytime talk
and the result is something
beautiful.
RM: Thank you so much, that
means a lot because it was
elements of Regis and Kathie
Lee with a whole different
heartfelt and takeaway, and
that was all purposeful. It was
like when you eat something
and you know its a little bit of
that and a little bit of that but
“whoa what is this, I’ve never
had it like this before”!?
know how to digest it, but
luckily we got time because
of Drew and who she is, the
network gave us a little time
And now, it is amazing to
say this, we are the fastest
growing show in daytime!
What Drew has created and
brought me on board with, it
thing about Drew is all that she
wants from me is to be me and
to love her and let her love me.
It is the healthiest and most
of friendship in adulthood.
Did you feel that way at some
point, like I have enough
friends; I’m not meeting new
people. When I met Drew in
2020, it felt like I was meeting
a sibling, that’s what it felt like.
Right away, the trust level
that I felt…here she is, one of
the most iconic people in the
world, but I never thought of
her like that once I met her.
And I just felt like could speak
the truth to her. Even with our
relationship out there we so
support each other, but if she
says something that I disagree
with, I’ll roll my eyes and be
like “girl come on”. The fact
that I can do that to someone
of her stature and notoriety
says so much about her
behind the scenes.
MC: Meeting friends like you
have met Drew and I have
met friends of my own in
adulthood are almost like
when you say you’re “done”
dating; that is when you end
up meeting someone who is
truly a game changer.
RM: I think you’re right. I
believe my mother made this
all happen, she passed away
in 2020. 2020 is when I came
to New York, got engaged,
and met Drew Barrymore. It’s
almost like when she passed
away, she was like, “Let me
carve out some paths for you,
you have some weeds in the
way”.