‘Heart & Hustle: Houston’ Exclusive: Chloe…
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The home of chopped-and-screwed beats, Beyoncé, and Megan Thee Stallion, is once again in the highlight on OWN, and two boss babes balancing business, friendship, and personal therapeutic are talking out forward of Heart & Hustle: Houston’s explosive second season.
Chloe Cooke and LaTorria Lemon are persevering with to embody what it means to be business baddies, and followers will see that when the show returns Saturday, May 30, at 9 p.m. ET.
The new season follows the ladies as they navigate the fallout of a major friendship divide that splinters the once-tight sisterhood into opposing factions, all while balancing entrepreneurship, relationships, and personal reinvention in Houston’s hyper-competitive social scene.
“Girl, I’m scared,” Chloe admitted to BOSSIP’s Managing Editor Dani Canada when requested how she feels about viewers finally seeing Season 2. “It was a lot of ups and downs, a lot of highs and lows, heavy on the lows, but I’m hopeful.”
LaTorria agreed, describing a season consumed by battle and stress among the ladies.
“It was a lot, friend,” she said. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen or experienced this much drama in my life. It was a lot going on. But I guess it’s to be expected when there’s six big, beautiful personalities, six leaders, six CEOs, six women who are about their business.”
For LaTorria, the emotional pressure of the fractured friendships hit particularly laborious because she naturally sees herself as a peacemaker. That intuition ultimately pulls her instantly into the middle of the drama after she turns into concerned in serving to plan Jordan’s proposal to Chloe, putting her in the center of an already fragile group dynamic.
“It was tough,you’ve know me a long time, I ain’t never been in no drama. I don’t be in no riffraff,” she told Dani Canada. “I’ve always been the fixer, and I fix things. So I tried that method of trying to fix whatever was going on with this group, and honey, somehow it backfired on me. I was like, ‘How did I get here?’”
She continued,
“I feel most people that know me and that’s been around me, they know me as the lover woman,” she said. “I’m gonna call, I’m gonna text, and check in on you randomly or whatever. So to see that maybe I wasn’t received as a friend amongst this group at some point, that bothered me. And that’s just the honesty of it.”
That emotional vulnerability also spills into Chloe’s relationship with Jordan, which seems to be transferring toward the next degree this season. But revelations from his past and issues surrounding the couple’s 17-year age hole create further strain on their relationship.
“Jordan and I we’ve have our ups and downs,” Chloe said about her boo who recenlty modeled alongside her for a a wedding-style photoshoot. “No relationship is ideal. We’re all going to go through one thing. There’s always going to be one thing. Nobody is ‘{couples} objectives’ to me.”
The actuality star also defended relationship youthful males amid growing conversations around age-gap relationships.
“Don’t knock it until you try it. I was the one to say I would never date a younger man,” she admitted about her boo who’s also intentional about their relationship life. “I’ve always dated older, established men that had a little coin and had it going on. But I understand now that you can find that in a younger man. I feel like Jordan’s life is more together than mine is.”
She continued with a chuckle,
“It’s working for us, and the sex is great! I done been lifted and pulled in ways I couldn’t imagine. It’s whoever’s gonna go to war for you and who’s gonna fight for you,” she added.
LaTorria’s storyline, meanwhile, facilities closely on grief and survival as she continues processing the loss of her father while reflecting on years of compounded personal tragedy behind the polished image viewers often affiliate with her profitable PR profession.
“A lot of people are familiar with my success,” the powerhouse publicist said. “But all of this comes with a lot. I’m truly a person that’s endured a lot in life, and I just keep going and keep going.”
She went on to element the devastating losses she has skilled in latest years, including the deaths of her father, sister, best good friend, and a number of purchasers.
“In the past five years, I lost my dad, I lost my older sister to cancer in 2020, and she was my best friend… I’ve lost clients from Beat King to DJ Michael Watts,” she said. “Everybody I lost, I did their funeral.”
The entrepreneur also acknowledged that viewers will see her navigate a scary health scare this season while concurrently making an attempt to carry emotional weight for others around her.
“When people think you’re strong, sometimes they don’t realize that the load is heavier than most,” she said.
At one level, LaTorria candidly admitted to BOSSIP that she and Chloe are also navigating challenges within their own friendship in real life, though she emphasised there may be still mutual respect and love between them.
“Chloe and I have always been close, and we’re experiencing some difficulties in our friendship right now,” she said. “But it’s no love lost. This is how you handle it maturely, maturely I still have love for Chloe, and I still want the absolute best for Chloe.”
She added,
“In friendships, sometimes you need grace, sometimes you need space, sometimes you need tempo. It just relies upon on what order that comes in, so we’re all making an attempt to navigate this factor called life; it’s laborious.”
Chloe echoed that sentiment, noting that one of the largest classes she’s studying is how to navigate battle without letting it harm significant relationships.
“I feel like female friendships can be hard,” she said. “Learning to overcome people’s flaws is important because nobody’s perfect. Everybody has something about them that the next person might not like or might be offended by. I’m just learning to be less abrasive, not so sharp and not so impulsive with my words.”
Despite the emotional heaviness, both stars said they’re excited to showcase how the town of Houston itself stays a central character on the show.
For LaTorria, the town’s tradition is unmatched, from its signature slab automobiles and slowed-down sound to the hometown legends who stay deeply related to the neighborhood.
“I love our culture in terms of our music and our slabs,” she told BOSSIP. “You can see slabs riding down the street on a Sunday just blasting music. We’re very humble, and that’s what I really love about Houston.”
Chloe, meanwhile, credit the town’s various food scene for conserving her rooted.
“I’m a Creole girl,” she said. “I’m right by Louisiana, but I’m also by Mexico too, so I can get a little Mexican cuisine, a little Tex-Mex, a little Cajun food. We have such talented chefs and restaurant owners, and that’s one of my favorite parts about being from Houston.”
Together, they hope viewers come away with a deeper appreciation for a metropolis that provides far more than nightlife and social media moments, showcasing a neighborhood wealthy in tradition, entrepreneurship, and Southern hospitality.
They also harassed that the show’s authenticity is what continues resonating with viewers.
“I truly want to acknowledge our producers,” Chloe said. “They understood that we’re not looking to be anything other than us.”
LaTorria echoed that sentiment, saying the manufacturing workforce allowed the ladies to focus on their real lives instead of forcing storylines for tv.
“Some stuff is heavily produced to where when you’re watching it, you’re like, ‘This ain’t real,’” she said. “But no, that wasn’t our case.”
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Season 2 of Heart & Hustle: Houston premieres May 30 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on OWN before transferring to its common 8 p.m. timeslot starting June 20.
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