Coffeez for Closers with Joe Shalaby
Aug 6, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min · 15 segments
Celebrity event planner David Tutera sits down with Joe. The star of My Fair Wedding built an empire designing events for the biggest names in the world. He gets into how an ugly decor comment…
David TuteraGuestJoseph ShalabyHostYou said, you know, even, "I just walk up to a random stranger, and if I sense that their energy is off, I walk up to them and try to make them feel better."
So give me some illustrations so the audience knows, like, how can you make people feel better?

I could see him from here, and he was an agitated man, and he was i- I don't know what part of the world he came from, but he was not a night ma- nice person just by looking at him.

And then there was, he was trying to get his ticket to get to his destination, so the woman had to come out from the other side of the, side of the desk, and she came out, he went to her, and she, he started screaming at the woman because she was a Mexican.

This woman was probably 60 years old working at the behind of the counter at JFK.

Why don't you just go back behind the counter and go find somebody else to help you right now?" And she did, and then they came out and I gave her a big hug.

There's no reason why somebody has to ruin somebody else's life for no fucking reason.
You said, you know, even, "I just walk up to a random stranger, and if I sense that their energy is off, I walk up to them and try to make them feel better."
So give me some illustrations so the audience knows, like, how can you make people feel better?

I could see him from here, and he was an agitated man, and he was i- I don't know what part of the world he came from, but he was not a night ma- nice person just by looking at him.

And then there was, he was trying to get his ticket to get to his destination, so the woman had to come out from the other side of the, side of the desk, and she came out, he went to her, and she, he started screaming at the woman because she was a Mexican.

This woman was probably 60 years old working at the behind of the counter at JFK.

Why don't you just go back behind the counter and go find somebody else to help you right now?" And she did, and then they came out and I gave her a big hug.

There's no reason why somebody has to ruin somebody else's life for no fucking reason.
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