Haley Baylee Talks Viral House Tour, Social Media Strategy, Red Carpets and Let's Marry Harry

About this episode

Hot on the heels of her hosting the ‘Let’s Marry Harry’ Reunion (woof - that was a car crash she navigated with aplomb!), Haley Baylee joins us to talk about her accidental path to becoming one of the internet’s biggest creators, from growing up with two mechanical engineer parents and wanting to become a doctor to pageants, modeling and eventually betting on herself following her divorce. She looks back at applying to a Sports Illustrated open call after being turned away by the only modeling agency in Minnesota, quitting modeling, and the 2022 Caleb Simpson apartment tour that first put her on millions of people’s feeds. She also gets into the nitty-gritty of her TikTok posting schedule, treating the internet like her group chat, how her audience has evolved, and why she’s grateful that her biggest success didn’t arrive until her 30s. She (diplomatically) explains what she really thinks of Harry Jowsey and whether dating and marriage shows can ever really be feminist. She opens up about being a self-described goodie two-shoes who was a virgin until marriage and who didn’t have a sip of booze till she was 22. Plus, she candidly discusses how her online community gave her the c