This week on Barely Famous, Kail talks to public speaker, realtor, and social media influencer Amber Boone. Amber has gained a large following on social media by making content that chronicles her life as a young grandmother. Kail and Amber discuss the "hot grandma" story that went viral, getting attacked online by other creators, their idea to revamp the Teen Mom franchise and the role addiction has played in their families. Amber's TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@getrealwithab Amber's Website: www.amberboone.net Please support the show by checking out our sponsors! Hello Bello: Go to hellobello.com/FAMOUS, to get 30% OFF your first customized bundle, AND a full-size freebie product of your choice. Hers: Start your free online visit today at forhers.com/FAMOUS Posh Peanut: Go to PoshPeanut.com/FAMOUS, and use promo code FAMOUS for 20% off your first order. To watch the full episode + other exclusive content, join my Patreon community! Patreon.com/kaillowry See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Chapter 1: Who is Amber Boone and why is she popular on TikTok?
Welcome to the shit show. Things are going to get weird. It's your fave villain, Kale Lowry. And you're listening to Barely Famous. Hey fuckers, it's Kale with another episode of Barely Famous. Today I have a TikToker or grandmother that went viral or mom who is just real as fuck on TikTok. Her name is Amber. And I think you guys are gonna really love her story.
I think she has a lot to offer and I can't wait to talk about her viral grandma article because I thought that was so cool. So let's welcome her to Barely Famous. Hello. Hey. Hello. I was just... I did your little intro and I was talking about the... So I followed you on TikTok forever ago, right? And I had just seen you on my For You page.
And once I got to your page, it had been like a significant amount of time that I had been following you when I saw this article that you... I guess it was pinned on your thing about going viral as being like a hot grandma or something like that. And I was... because I was like, wait a minute. So what was the deal with that?
Chapter 2: What is the story behind Amber going viral as a 'hot grandma'?
So I don't even know, like, how does this even happen with TikTok? I randomly, you know, did a video about somebody. I don't know. I don't even know. I did a video talking about something and someone left a comment like, grandma, like, aren't you like 27? And I responded like, 27, girl? Like, you know, so I just like genuinely, like,
just responded and that blew up to like 20 something million views um it was crazy because it was just nothing that's so funny i'm crying because i was like wait a minute i didn't know any of this i just had followed you for other reasons but anyway hi how are you i'm good how are you Okay, it's been, like I said, just a shit show today. But okay, let's talk. Tell me about yourself.
Tell me about, I know that you were a teen mom. I knew that from TikTok. And you had two kids as a teen, which obviously we can relate on that. What was that like? And you grew up in Michigan, no? I did. And have you ever run into Eminem? Because I'm a huge fan.
I've had that. Which is like weird, because I swear we'd be at the same places. I'm like, how do I keep missing him? Yeah. Do you live anywhere near 8 Mile? No. Actually, I used to live right off 8 Mile for years, but I no longer do. Yeah. It's not like everyone's like, 8 Mile, the movie. I'm like, it's just the divider of the city, really.
Oh, okay. Okay. So that's not like a place. It's a divider. It's a street. It's literally a street that divides Detroit from all the suburbs. Okay. Okay, so where's 313? 313 is like... 313 is Detroit, the city. And that's where you live?
No, I'm not in the city anymore. I'm in the birds now.
You're like, I'm a suburban mom slash grandma now. Okay, so am I allowed to ask how old are you? Yeah, I'm 37. And you are, in fact, a grandmother.
I am, in fact, a grandmother of two.
wow of two yeah you have the little girl um i don't know if you ever say her name or not so i don't i do just like casually her name is elena but yeah so i have her she's three and then her older sister yesenia is five okay do you have both of them or you just have the little one i just have the little one the older one's with her dad because i know everyone always asks me where's the older one unless she's with her dad she's
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Chapter 3: How did being a teen mom shape Kail and Amber's lives?
And do they get together? Yes, yes. So I get her. I used to get her a lot more, but she's in school now. She's in kindergarten. She has a whole life of her own. So I get her a little bit less often. But, you know, the part of me getting my younger granddaughter was, like, to preserve that sibling bond despite whatever is happening with their parents.
Yeah, I know how that goes. It's hard. It's hard to... I mean... It's so easy for people to be like, oh, you know, this is what I would do. But it's just not. I mean, I'm glad that you have one so that you're able to kind of keep them together and make sure that, you know, they get to see each other still. But let's run it back. So you were a teen mom.
You had your daughter first or your son first? I had my daughter first. Yep. I had my daughter when I was 14. Okay. I don't know how you did it at 14 because I did it at 17 and I thought I was going to lose my mind. At 14, you're like a baby baby.
I know, and it's crazy because now my son's 14, my youngest is 14, and I'm like, you could never.
Like, there's no way. There is absolutely no way. No, literally, I have my third... Go ahead.
Go ahead. I see the kids like I see kids that age every time, even when my daughter, when she was in the eighth grade, I just I would stare at her every single day like, oh, God, oh, God, this is what happened. Like, please, Lord, no, there's no way. Thank you. Like she didn't. But like, yeah, her whole eighth grade year, every day I just woke up like in a state of a panic.
Yeah. I don't know what it is about the kids raised to. I mean, I have not, I mean, knock on wood. I haven't seen any teens pregnant. I don't know about any teens pregnant in like my son's school. My son's 13. My oldest son is 13. And it's so funny on the way to the office today. He asked me how old was I when I started smoking weed?
And because there's kids at his school that smoke in the bathroom and stuff. And I'm like, I literally said to him, I'm like, I just don't know how you would even get away with that because I'm so involved in what all my kids do. And my mom just didn't care. So I was running the streets doing all kinds of shit. I cannot picture kids today doing it.
And I don't know if it's being that we're in 2023 or it's that we're just involved parents. Like, I don't know.
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Chapter 4: What challenges do teen moms face today?
Yeah, don't do that. Oh, my God. Every time I post, everyone's like, stop encouraging this. I'm like, I'm not. Trust me. And we're not. Yeah.
at all like please don't like i'm like i saw i think you did a video about it right like someone was talking about like encouraging it and you're like no i'm literally doing the opposite like i'm trying to tell you guys the struggles i've done so many videos of like i'm not encouraging this like please no i don't even want adults to have kids like everybody just chill for a minute like stop having i don't want adults to have kids for a minute just calm down that's so funny i
Okay, so you have your daughter at 14. And then you have your son a couple years later.
Yeah, so I had my daughter at 14. At 16. We got married to her dad. And we got pregnant, like immediately after we were married. So I had my son at 17.
And how was that? You were a teen mom to two parents married? What was that like?
That was crazy. And for me, it was normal. People ask me that all the time. I'm like, I don't know. It was just my life. You know what I mean? I don't know the alternative, really. That was it for me. But at the time, like you said, you were young. Your parents wasn't really paying attention to what you were doing. You were kind of wilding out. Same thing. So...
For me, I was just like, I'm grown. What are you talking about? Like, I'm married. I have kids. I'm living an adult life. Like, what's the big deal? But yeah, but their dad was kind of a dick. Can I say that? He was kind of a dick. And like, so it just it wasn't a good marriage. It wasn't a good relationship. He wasn't a good dad. We were very different people.
But it's hard to know when you're a teenager. really what type of person you are. And you usually like just develop so quickly in those later teen years into like the person you're going to be. And we were just growing in complete opposite directions. So, um, by the time I was 19 years old, I was done and finally left him. Yeah. And that was it. So then I was 19 and single with two kids. It's,
That was me at... I don't even know how old I was when I was divorced with two kids, but my first two kids had different dads. Also, I think you have talked about your kids are biracial, right? So... We also have that in common. Was that was that kind of common where you grew up or was that like a taboo situation?
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Chapter 5: How do Kail and Amber handle online criticism and bullying?
But, you know, people love to point out the flaws or perceived flaws and others because it makes them somehow feel better about their own insecurities. It really is projection. It really and I hate like. Being this, I don't know, like, in this world where everyone's like, oh, using these big therapeutic words like narcissist and da-da-da-da and this and that.
But, I mean, no, I really do believe that people – happy people genuinely do not go and shit on other people. If you are sincerely at peace with yourself, you are not shitting on someone else. Even if you don't like something, you're moving along. Because when you're genuinely at peace and happy with yourself –
The only contribution you want to have and make is that of positivity and just uplifting other people so they can get to that place you're at, period.
Yeah, I had a conversation with my boyfriend about that last night because someone had said something about him and... He just couldn't wrap his head around it because he's like, I don't bother anybody. And I looked at him and I said, but that person doesn't realize that they're projecting.
When you're in that state, and I've been there through depression and other low times in my life where I realized, okay, I've talked shit when I shouldn't have, or this bothered me more than it should have. It's not something that truly impacts my life, but I fixate on it. is, you know, I'm projecting because I'm not happy within, you know, myself and something that's going on within myself.
And so unfortunately for him, but he couldn't wrap his head around the idea that someone would not realize that they're even projecting. So they come up with these excuses. I'm not miserable, but X, Y, you know, you do X, Y, and Z, or I'm not miserable. I have X, Y, and Z going on. And that might be true.
You might have those things going on, but you're still not happy within yourself and your own life for you to be fixating on someone else's life. in that capacity. Absolutely. I did see another video of yours that you were talking about how you don't have kids with your husband. Is that right? Yeah. Can you talk to me about that?
Because clearly I've had a problem across the board with, I seem to have children with pretty much every single person I'm with. So I'm just wondering how that dynamic works for you. And do you ever feel like you know, your marriage or your relationship is missing something because you haven't had kids with him.
No, I feel like the only way it is going to survive is if we don't have a child. Okay. So here's, there's a couple of different things that play into this. Number one, you know, obviously I had a kid at 14 years old, got married and was like, we're going to be together forever. I don't want to have multiple partners. I was like, I only want one person my whole life.
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Chapter 6: What are the dynamics of Amber's blended family?
Let me tell you, like, my jobs that I picked, they were jobs that I, where I could make sure I got my kids to school and get them home from school. And on their lunch hour, I was up there volunteering at the book fair. And then I was taking them to, you know, cheerleading, football, soccer, whatever. And, like, all the things. My whole life was them. And then it was, like, as they got older, okay.
I finished my college degree. I started, you know, working and like developing like a brand and like a corporate persona and all of this stuff. And I was like, okay, cool. But still it was somewhat revolved around my kids or whatever, but it was just like, but I started to realize as my kids got older, I was like, oh my God, they're going to leave. And then what am I going to do?
And that's when I started looking at my husband at the time differently. Cause I was just like, when the kids are gone, are we going to choose each other when they're not here? Cause I don't, I'm like, so like, So it was like this identity crisis. And I started finding myself. I got divorced, you know, like all of the things. And I literally I started a podcast, got 30 Flirty and Thriving.
I was like on top of the world, finding myself, exploring what I liked, what I didn't like, because when I got divorced from my husband. I had to get a new car and I was like, I don't even know what kind of car I want or like because every decision I've ever made has always been tied to my husband or the person I was with.
And like, what's going to be good for all the kids that we have to lug around? I never was just like, oh, this is the car I want. And that was like...
mind-blowing for me like I don't even know what kind of car to get um and so yeah so that was like 30 flirty and thriving I'm in my early 30s I'm thriving I'm figuring myself out I'm learning who I am bam back into this bullshit so now I'm like like I'm still trying to figure it out like I I feel like I meant for something so incredible and maybe this is it right maybe maybe my persona is always really tied into being a mom and a grandma and caring for others but like
I just feel like I'm meant for something. And it's so hard to just keep my eyes focused on just building and building and building and figure out who I am when I'm literally always like have to be available. Like you said, like it was a crazy day today. You have packets and all this stuff. Like literally before we got on, I'm like my daughter's calling me with some craziness.
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Chapter 7: How do Kail and Amber define their roles as mothers and grandmothers?
And like I just had to be available for like all of these outside things. And I was like, how the hell do people just do their thing? Like imagine if I just could do my thing. I was like, does mom's energy go off?
I don't even know if that's, like, do moms ever, well, like, now you're a grandmother, so, like, do they ever just, like, turn off that and can be just a human outside of all, like, I don't know. Like, is that even, is that a thing?
So that's my point. So, like, it's funny, because when Teen Mom came out, I watched the first season and the part of the second season. You're on the second season, right? Like, the OGs? Yeah. I stopped watching after you, because I was like, but... I was like, it was also frustrating.
Cause I was, but anyways, nonetheless, my point is that as I was watching that, I was just like, at the time I was already well into raising my kids, like in my twenties. But I was like, I wish there was like a teen moms all grown up.
Like I, I mean, I had this thing like teen moms all grown up because for me, the hardest part about being a teen parent was not figuring out how to buy diapers at 15, but it's like, it's buying your kid braces when they're 12. It's figuring out.
Amber. Get out of my fucking head because Kristen and I, she's on this call or she's on the Zoom or whatever. I tell her that all the time. I'm like, I'm so sick of the fact that people will talk about teen parenting being hard because of diapers and not having a job or a license or whatever. But nobody talks about the teen... Nobody talks about the teen years.
Like I cried because I had to take my son's phone away from him last weekend. And I didn't know why he was sneaking behind my back, trying to play a game on his phone. Like nobody talks about how much braces, my insurance doesn't cover braces for these kids. I got to pay $6,000 for three out of four of my kids. So, and their dad, I mean, one of their dads doesn't help.
And so one of them is completely on me. And so they don't talk about, the later years, like no shit. And we're exhausted when they're babies. Every mom is exhausted when you're a baby, no matter how old you are, but the teen years and the tween years, forget about it.
Yeah. And, and that's, and that's my point. Like teen mom, all grown. It's like the hardest part comes later on when you are just starting to figure out who you are as a human being, while your kids are growing into human beings and you're trying to like get them to be a good human being, but like, you don't even really know yourself. You're just figuring it out.
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