Kyle Tequila

I asked my dad about this. She said you were quite the schmoozer.

I asked my dad about this. She said you were quite the schmoozer.

During the years I filmed these conversations with my dad, we spent hours and hours talking about all the sensational mafia bullshit you would come to expect in a story like this. But when he remembers the girls that worked in the club, there's an immediate shift in his demeanor.

During the years I filmed these conversations with my dad, we spent hours and hours talking about all the sensational mafia bullshit you would come to expect in a story like this. But when he remembers the girls that worked in the club, there's an immediate shift in his demeanor.

A calm washes over him as he smiles in memory and begins diving into dozens of stories from his 10 years as a doorman and eventually manager of the clubs. Many of these stories I will feature in later episodes as they relate to the larger overall story. But first, I need to say what's on my mind. None of this has been an easy pill to swallow for me.

A calm washes over him as he smiles in memory and begins diving into dozens of stories from his 10 years as a doorman and eventually manager of the clubs. Many of these stories I will feature in later episodes as they relate to the larger overall story. But first, I need to say what's on my mind. None of this has been an easy pill to swallow for me.

The drugs and the murders make this whole thing bad enough. But where I get the real pit in my stomach is hearing him talk about his time in the clubs with these girls. Especially knowing my mom was very much in the picture during these years. And as hard as that is to digest, the fact is, this is not my story. It's Kenny's story.

The drugs and the murders make this whole thing bad enough. But where I get the real pit in my stomach is hearing him talk about his time in the clubs with these girls. Especially knowing my mom was very much in the picture during these years. And as hard as that is to digest, the fact is, this is not my story. It's Kenny's story.

And I have a responsibility to let him tell it the way he wants to tell it. And right now, he wants to talk about these girls. So that's what we're gonna do. First up, Cindy.

And I have a responsibility to let him tell it the way he wants to tell it. And right now, he wants to talk about these girls. So that's what we're gonna do. First up, Cindy.

Some funny shit, man. There's Ming and Ling, the Chinese identical twins.

Some funny shit, man. There's Ming and Ling, the Chinese identical twins.

And I can't help but notice that in its own twisted way, it sounds a lot like how someone would tell stories about their crazy college years. You know, the debauchery and stupidity of 20-year-olds living together with only one thing on their mind. It was just amazing. It was really an experience for me.

And I can't help but notice that in its own twisted way, it sounds a lot like how someone would tell stories about their crazy college years. You know, the debauchery and stupidity of 20-year-olds living together with only one thing on their mind. It was just amazing. It was really an experience for me.

For Kenny, who never finished high school, this club was as close as he ever got to the university experience, with a slightly different core curriculum.

For Kenny, who never finished high school, this club was as close as he ever got to the university experience, with a slightly different core curriculum.

Underworld economics, the business of sex, crooked cops and politicians, how to give a beating and stay alive, keeping secrets 101, and the girls, a welcome distraction from the overwhelming dark reality that once you're in the outfit, there's no getting out. I want to be clear here. In no way do I condone my father's infidelities to my mother as acceptable in any way.

Underworld economics, the business of sex, crooked cops and politicians, how to give a beating and stay alive, keeping secrets 101, and the girls, a welcome distraction from the overwhelming dark reality that once you're in the outfit, there's no getting out. I want to be clear here. In no way do I condone my father's infidelities to my mother as acceptable in any way.

I am merely trying to understand the psychology behind his actions during this time. Proposing to my mom at 19 years old, while knowing exactly what kind of lifestyle he lives, is an extremely odd decision, which he must have known would fail miserably. Why would he do that? Why would he put himself and Holly through that? What could he possibly have been thinking?

I am merely trying to understand the psychology behind his actions during this time. Proposing to my mom at 19 years old, while knowing exactly what kind of lifestyle he lives, is an extremely odd decision, which he must have known would fail miserably. Why would he do that? Why would he put himself and Holly through that? What could he possibly have been thinking?