Summary
In this episode of The Bathtub Diaries, Karina Jadhav reflects on her experiences as a mother and business owner, triggered by the appearance of her restaurant in Molly Mae's documentary. She discusses the emotional challenges of motherhood, the impact on her work and memory, and the complexities of celebrity culture in hospitality. Karina shares personal anecdotes from her restaurant, the chaos of her weekend, and her struggles with insecurity, emphasising the importance of self-care and finding balance in a demanding environment.
Takeaways
Molly Mae's event at Menagerie and forgetting it had happened.
Motherhood, sleep deprivation and running a business
The Paps; Crucial to success but sometimes a curse?
Being a secret keeper
Transcript
Welcome to The Bathtub Diaries. I am Karina Jadhav and I am sat in the bathtub at Menagerie. I decided this week it made sense to sit in the bathtub to record this. So last week I started getting messages on Friday night saying, Menagerie's on the Molly Mae documentary.
was thinking, how is this possible? I do not remember Molly Mae being in Menagerie. Anyway, Molly Mae has a new documentary out, I can't remember what it's called, it's on Amazon Prime anyway, and I watched it last night to see why we were on there, and basically she hosted a BeautyWorks event.
for her Beauty Works line at the restaurant in October 2019. And it's a gorgeous event. I think she looks stunning. They're saying that her face has too much filler in it, but she just looks so glossy and glam and yeah, just fresh faced. But she held this event and they got all the branded balloons around the bathtub and there's photos of her with the bathtub that I'm sat in right now.
There's photos of them being packed outside, inside, press board. It looks great and it's full of celebs. It's amazing. But when I looked back at why I did not remember when this event happened, it's mad. Like I remember most things. There is a roster of celebrities that have been in the restaurant. And generally, I have been here somewhere in the background and have worked on the event or know what went on. But I've...