Albanian Diva - The Gabriels sit w/ Max Amini | Eva & Javier | Wild Truth Ep 202

I didn't grow up with money.

Like, it was...

My, my father left my mom when he, when I was, I think, three.

Um, so I didn't grow up around my dad much.

I saw him occasionally.

And my mom had to work two, three jobs just to take care of me and my sister.

And, uh, my mom, it was like the scarcity mindset, which I know Albanian parents have, too, where it's like, "We're gonna...

We, we might lose everything at any moment."

Yeah.

That's every day of my life.

Yeah.

You know what I mean?

Yeah.

And, and-

And-

... you are the oldest, uh-

I am

... you're the oldest.

Is there a lot of pressure on you?

Yeah.

I mean, I have to be a good example.

I wasn't always a good example.

I've, I've made plenty of mistakes, but you know, I try my best.

And I think if I'm being honest, I had to push against that mentality of, like, scarcity, and we could lose everything, and only rich people get rich, and, uh, o- only privileged people can taste what success feels like.

I had to push against that-