In some ways, 2019 was a perfect storm of bad circumstances.
When California’s restaurants are closed, so is Bravo’s production.
With filming indefinitely postponed, the cast was hit with another blow largely at their own hands.
First, new SURvers Max Boyens andBrett Caprionicame under fire for a string of past racially-charged tweets.
Next, former SURver Faith Stowers came forward accusing Kristen Doute and Stassi Schroeder of racist bullying.
Allfour cast members were fired, andJax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright later decided to leave the showtoo.
After that came therumors that “Vanderpump Rules” was canceled but then it wasn’t.
Among the new cast members was Scheana Shay’s fiance, Brock Davies.
For Davies, the pandemic was a blessing in disguise.
He fell in love with Shay away the camera, and the pairwelcomed their daughterin April.
He also laid the groundwork forHomebody, the Cameo-meets-Peloton fitness app he plans to launch in January.
I think she’s one of my favorite ones on the show.
She has a really good heart, and that was what got me when we first started dating.
She was just a good person.
I love you."
It annoys me to see her left out to dry, all these episodes before.
I just don’t watch it because I’ll get upset with the whole situation.
It will p**s me off.
I feel the same way watching her.
We met in San Diego.
It’s where we are right now.
We met down here at an after party at 2:30 in the morning.
She went to a music festival.
I was like, “Perfect.
We met back in the day in San Diego and then went from there.
The best part for that was the timing.
It’s a lot.
It’s definitely a lot.
What’s it like suddenly becoming a reality star?
I definitely don’t consider myself a reality star.
That’s first and foremost.
In my world and in our world in San Diego, I already considered myself the man.
That’s how I approached it, just filming.
It was just like, look, these are real people.
We’ve got real issues.
If you say those words, you are accountable for what you say.
Well, I’m not going to repeat that because I’m not going to say that.”
She does hold it together with creating interesting plot points.
What did you think about her criticism of Scheana?
Do you think she had a right to get involved?
He has a past and this is the past."
I heard your concern.
I wanted to just to let you know this is an issue that I’m dealing with."
At that point, that’s when you needed to be like, “Okay, look.
This is what this group does.
It makes this group deeper, which is really weird to say.
F*** off.
I’m drinking scotch.”
But it started off, she was being a b****.
You guys got to see that firsthand.
What do you think?
I think [Lala] was uneducated.
It came from a point of like, “Oh my God.”
In her terms, she’ll do anything for her child.
She’ll kick in a front door.
… Who knows, you know?
Then the forthcoming of that relationship is look where we are now.
There was so much energy put into something else when your own house is on fire.
You guys, at once, just got dumped on your laps a whole bunch of information.
How does that affect our future relationships?
You guys get to see that now.
Have you spoken to your kids yet?
There’s some people talking about like, “Oh, you did it for the show.”
When I was younger, I wasn’t in a good position.
We weren’t in a good environment for my kids.
They’re in a productive environment with their stepdad, and that’s a responsibility I took on.
I’m like, “Look, well, okay.”
But could I handle it differently?
How am I going to explain this?
To be away from my kids for [so] long?
I have nothing."
That pushed me to go into the next venture, which was owning F45 gyms.
That drive pushed me to …
I was setting myself up for success, and then we had the pandemic …
It was so long ago, it was 2019, mate.
January, February, and March we shut down.
From there, we went into lockdown.
We’ve been dealing with COVID for over a year and a half.
During that year and a half, it put a cog [in] my wheels.
Before that, in 2018, I was speaking with child support.
There was no actual government-enforced [child support].
Once we stopped communicating …
There was like very bad [bickering].
At that point, she started claiming child support, which I was not aware of.
I didn’t pay attention to it, to be honest.
That was a downfall from me.
That was in ‘20.
That was before the pandemic.
I was like, “Perfect.”
We’re very close.
If Lala comes for me next season for some reason, whatever.
But we’re pretty good right now.
You’re a dad again for the third time.
Your first with Scheana.
What have you brought from your past experiences to this new baby?
Here’s a fun one.
I didn’t think I was a good dad, and I knew I was good with kids.
Once we’ve had Summer, I just really enjoy it.
I really enjoyed being able to watch her [mannerisms] and kind of just train her.
She’s a whiteboard, and we get to teach this human how to be a good human.
With my first two, I was involved.
Like, rah, rah.
I was like, f*** it.
I’m not good for my kids.
Now, I’m a different situation, different partner, different support system.
Now I’m good at this job.
What is the one thing you love most about Scheana?
There’s a lot, but I think it’s just her presence for me.
How she just makes me slow down and just think outside of my own objective.
She’s a good person.
She [has] a good heart.
She takes care of everybody.
That’s a few things, but that’s it: her heart and she’s all right.
You have a live-streaming fitness and health app.
How did you decide to get into the wellness app business?
I think during the pandemic, a lot of businesses had to pivot.
We went into the pandemic as a business as a brick-and mortar-gym.
It didn’t really help.
So we went to live class.
We were doing Zooms just like this and I just felt there was a better way to do this.
I wanted to have a way where we can still connect with people.
I don’t expect myself to be a tech startup guy.
I thought about this, and I was like, “Surely somebody has this.
Surely something’s going to pop up, and I’m just going to be like, alright.”
And it didn’t.
Cameo takes celebrities and gives you a way to interact with them from a video shout-out.
Homebody came and swooped in.
Is that how it differs from the Peloton app, where they have their select group of trainers?
Peloton has a great, probably let’s say 400 coaches.
They might have 100 really great quality coaches.
We have a platform that’s an open ecosystem.
That’s such a good idea.
I’m really excited to have that connectivity with people.
Not a problem, and I get to do that from my own house.
It’s not going to be a full-time workout schedule.
Brock’s advice for fitness newbies?
That’s going to be our biggest niche of our market.
But fitness is mentally fit.
Our first 28 days, we do a 28-day habit creator.
All this is is you writing simple things down every morning to complete.
That’s just my routine.
All you got to do for 28 days is do that.
What you’re teaching yourself is building accountability up.
Slowly add more things.
It’s about connecting with other people and sharing stories and being inspired.
Be an inspiration for some others, and then inspiring them to do things.
and then also leveraging that.
It seems like this app will really help.
I want to do a beta [test].
There’ll be cash prizes, so we’ll cash incentivize, and there’ll be apparel and everything.
There’ll be merchandise given out through the challenge.
People find that similarity in it.
We’re looking forward to the new year.
It launches in January?
So we’ll be launching in January, and then we’ll be doing three back-to-back 28-day habit creators.
It’s going to take time.
Yes, Brock Davies does actually relate to Aquaman
You are a reluctant reality star.
I’m going to call you that because I think you are one.
Do you watch reality TV outside of it?
What’s your favorite reality show?
My favorite show is “Below Deck Med” just because the concept of the drama is perfect.
AndDan [Zureikat].
That would be an amazing crossover that I will definitely be watching.
You’re a celeb couple.
Once you’re on"Watch What Happens Live,“it’s cemented.
Other than you, who’s your favorite celebrity couple?
Oh, I guess you could go … You got John Legend and Chrissy Teigen.
They support each other, and I’m wavering really.
If I could serenade Scheana, like he does to her … ooof.
To be honest, howJason Momoais as a person, he’s a free-spirited island boy.
I’m from New Zealand.
I’m very traditional as well.
I vibe with his look.
Now Jason Momoa, if I can hang out and drink with him, that’d be fine.
I’ll throw axes and drink some Guinness any day of the week.
Homebody Appis expected to officially launch in early 2022.
