#437 Breana Bright Eyes
Scott Benner
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Scott Benner 0:00
Hello everyone and welcome to Episode 437 of the Juicebox Podcast on today's show, Brianna Raquel Briana is 20 years old. She's had Type One Diabetes for two years. And just recently, she made a commercial with Nick Jonas for Dexcom
a few days ago, I found out that Nick Jonas had made a commercial for Dexcom that was gonna air on the big game. I don't know why the NFL doesn't let you say the words Boland super together but they don't. Anyway, I found out about this looked into it really cool. I was able to get some images and video which I shared back on Juicebox Podcast calm. And as I was making my way through everything, I found myself thinking, who's this girl with the sparkly eyes. And I asked around and found out that Brianna has type one diabetes. She's a user of Dexcom. And they reached out to her to be in this commercial. So I said, Can I get her on the show? That sounds like fun. And so here she is, and fun it was. Please remember while you're listening that nothing you hear on the Juicebox Podcast should be considered advice, medical or otherwise, always consult a physician before making any changes to your health care plan, or becoming bold with insulin.
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Breana Raquel 3:17
My name is Breana Raquel, I grew up in a small town in Maryland. I am a singer and an actor. I've been in LA for about five years now and I I also do real estate as like a little side thing, but, ya know, my lifelong dream has been has to be an entertainer. So I don't know, I guess I would just live in the dream working hard and like trying to make it. You know that big break?
Scott Benner 3:44
Yeah, I understand. I have a side hustle too. I take care of what my wife tells me to do. So
Unknown Speaker 3:50
yeah, that is a job. Yeah, sure.
Scott Benner 3:52
It really is today, she's told me that I'm taking my daughter to get her nails done when I'm done with this. Oh, okay. As you can imagine as much important work. Yeah, it's my dream for this afternoon when I was making my, my vision board today, which by the way, I don't have. I definitely said go to the nail salon with Arden. Yeah, so I get you with Maryland and five years. How old are you?
Unknown Speaker 4:17
I'm 20. Wow.
Scott Benner 4:18
Okay, so did you and your whole family move out when you were 15? No, actually,
Breana Raquel 4:23
my parents stayed on the east coast. I moved out with my older sister. Wow.
Scott Benner 4:27
That's crazy. She's still there. Yeah,
Breana Raquel 4:29
she actually leaves in two weeks, though. So sad. But you know, it's time. It's been five years.
Scott Benner 4:36
So how old were you when you're diagnosed with type one?
Unknown Speaker 4:40
I was 18. Okay,
Scott Benner 4:42
I'm doing my math right now. So that was like two years ago. Yeah,
Breana Raquel 4:46
yeah. November 3 is my two year anniversary.
Scott Benner 4:49
Would you mind Tell me a little bit about being diagnosed and how it went?
Unknown Speaker 4:52
Yeah, of course.
Unknown Speaker 4:53
Um,
Breana Raquel 4:54
so I actually thought that nothing was wrong. I'm the type of person that's like, Oh my god, you're amazing. things up, don't go on webcam D, you're gonna just see something you don't want to see. And of course I did. And I was like diabetes Like what? But what? Now I remember that three nights before I was like on Web MD, after I told myself not to. And I was like, there's no way. My mom actually has a thyroid disease. And so when I was losing a bunch of weight, I thought it was that in so I went to go get my bloodwork done. I had a bunch of people telling me I was getting kind of skinny. And it was true. When I weighed myself I was 87 pounds. So my sugar was pretty high. And it was like in a span of one month that I just dropped the weight, like so fast. And I just remember waking up like, three times a night having to use the bathroom and I was drinking everything under the sun. Like I was just so thirsty, nothing could quench my thirst. And all my friends were like, oh, wow, you're hungry, huh? And I was like, Girl, yes. But I didn't realize that that was a symptom. And I was just like, you know, I'm
Unknown Speaker 6:07
a growing girl. I need some food.
Breana Raquel 6:10
But yeah, all of those symptoms. I typed into Web MD and they were like diabetes, and I was like, Okay,
Scott Benner 6:17
well, you know, there's that that magical thought that you're eating whatever you want and losing weight. You found the
Breana Raquel 6:22
exact I was like, This is great. You guys must be jealous. I was eating anything under the sun. And I was like, I don't gain weight.
Scott Benner 6:31
Well, I normally I say stay off the internet and and don't look for stuff there. But once in a while, you know, for stuff like this. It works out. Hey, your mom hypo thyroidism hyper, um,
Unknown Speaker 6:43
she had
Breana Raquel 6:44
hyper and then when she went to the military, they actually I think they either removed it or they gave her some sort of medicine to help levels stuff out. Not sure she was really young. So she was like a military just take care of it.
Scott Benner 6:58
She had the scar
Breana Raquel 7:00
on her. Oh, no, she doesn't. She doesn't. So I'm thinking maybe it was just medicine?
Scott Benner 7:05
Yeah, I think I actually don't know that. There's some radiation thing they do. And oh, by the way, this is in the weeds. But I think that if you're hyper sometimes they're also people who bounce back and forth between hypo and hyper and then they hit it with some radiation to kind of calm it down a little bit. So she takes like Synthroid or some sort of a hormone every day. Yeah. So when you first started having symptoms, that's where your head went.
Breana Raquel 7:28
Yeah, cuz I was just really, really skinny. And that's what she was telling me when she was younger. She was like, 100 pounds and like, five, two, and so just very petite and small and stuff. And I was like, Well, you know what I mean? This could be the same. You have it, maybe I do, too. So
Scott Benner 7:43
So we, when you're 18, and you're living in another town with your sister, and you think you have diabetes, what's your next step?
Unknown Speaker 7:53
Like, is there an answer for that? But what is the next step?
Scott Benner 7:57
What did you do? Did you like did you just run outside and scream? Or did you go to urgent care? did you how did you handle? Actually, my
Breana Raquel 8:04
grandpa was in town and I was on the way to go get some waffles when I got the call from blood lab results. And they were like, I'm your sugar is really high.
Unknown Speaker 8:15
I suggest going to the ER.
Breana Raquel 8:17
I was in such a pissy mood to I was like, Are you kidding me? I want waffles. I'm starving. This is a waste of time. And yeah, it was it was pretty crazy. The nurse she was like, yep, this for the rest of your life. And I was like,
Scott Benner 8:32
so you went to the you went to the emergency room then when you got the phone? And then that is also the time when you found out you did not have a superpower where you could go eat those waffles and not
Breana Raquel 8:43
crush you. And I found out this is gonna be for the rest of my life. Yeah, always remember that nurse said that.
Scott Benner 8:49
And and so you're at the ER, I've talked to a ton of people who are diagnosed. That's not a great setup, right? Would they? Did they give you any insulin? Or did they send you to a general practitioner to go talk to somebody else about it.
Breana Raquel 9:01
So they took me to the ICU informing on an insulin drip, and I was in the hospital for I think, two and a half days, they wouldn't let me eat solid food for like the first night. And then they were putting me on the insulin drip and they would wake me up every four hours to come draw blood. I had bruises all over my arms. And when the veins in my arms wouldn't work anymore, it was my hand. So that was pretty. And then they will call you up every two hours to come prick my finger. So it was a night
Scott Benner 9:35
and you're in LA primarily to be an actress or to sing or what is it you're doing. They're
Breana Raquel 9:40
a little bit of both their their careers that are kind of on and off sometimes. And so when one slows down and pick up the other
Scott Benner 9:47
and vice versa. That's amazing. What what what kind of acting do you do?
Breana Raquel 9:52
theatrical more. theatrical is film and television. Not to be confused with like theater and stuff although I would do musical theater That'd be fun. But mostly film and television.
Scott Benner 10:02
Gotcha. Have I seen you in anything? I mean, not that you know what i watch, but
Unknown Speaker 10:07
I don't know. Do you watch SEAL team? Sure. Like, we're like
Scott Benner 10:11
that big handsome guys are running around and doing like military stuff.
Breana Raquel 10:15
Yeah. David Briana stars in that.
Unknown Speaker 10:19
Yeah, I played
Breana Raquel 10:21
with her name in the show. I'm like thinking of all the different characters. Now. I think her name is Emma in the show, right?
Scott Benner 10:27
That's amazing.
Breana Raquel 10:28
What was her? I was her best friend. Yeah. So yeah, if you see, I don't want to give any spoilers in case no one's seen anything, that's fine. Don't do a few episodes of that. And then I did a guest star role was pretty fun criminal minds. That's cool.
Scott Benner 10:45
I have I have 111 specific and only one experience. So when the iPhone first came out, which I'm gonna guess came out when you were like seven years old. They did this thing where they rounded up a handful of people who had stories about getting an iPhone, and they brought them all out to LA and they filmed these commercials with them. And the day that the iPhone came out, and I had it, I was getting it all set up on my computer. I was amazed. I know, this is gonna sound so silly to you because you're younger. But I was amazed that my pictures were on my phone. Right? Like That was amazing to me. And I stopped my wife as she left the house to go to work. And I was like, Look, you have to see this. And she's like, I have to go. And I'm like, No, you really have to see I have a magic thing in my hand, right? Look at this. And so I'm showing it to her. She pauses for a minute or two and looks goes out, gets in her car drives away. And as she drives away, and gets to the end of our driveway, this giant tree falls across the road, like just down the street from our house. And so I was like I saved you from being crushed by a tree by showing you my iPhone, right? So I told my buddy this story, and I'm sure I did a better job of telling it to him. He's like, you should send that to Apple. So I wrote it down. I sent it to Apple. and a month later, I was in LA like on the soundstage making this commercial. And I had such a heady experience that I have to ask you about. I was thirsty As I stood in front of the camera, and I said, Hey, can I get a bottle of water? And I heard a voice over a radio say the talent needs water. And I was like, Am I the talent. And then it goes through all the the different walkie talkies in the place. And then this harried 18 year old girl ran at me with a bottle of water. And I was like, I feel so special. And this has got to be why Britney Spears is crazy. But like it is just such an odd feeling to like watch everybody brings something to you.
Breana Raquel 12:44
Yeah, I kind of like when you're on a set. I think all the crew members especially like directors and producers and stuff know that like, they don't have a show without the actors performance. So they're like treat them like royalty, because I've had people like what are your food preferences?
Unknown Speaker 13:03
Are you vegetarian? Are
Unknown Speaker 13:05
you vegan?
Unknown Speaker 13:06
Or I'll be like,
Breana Raquel 13:07
I'm kind of thirsty. And then magically water appears.
Unknown Speaker 13:11
It's It's weird. Yeah, for almost
Scott Benner 13:12
a week, I thought I was handsome. I was very confusing. at home. My, my ad never made it to air. And yet I was still paid for it. And I was fascinated by how much money I made to basically do something no one ever saw. It was really crazy. But you now have a you see my ham fisted segue? You? You obviously have made an ad. And it's going to be in a much bigger light than than mine ever would have been. So how do you end up in a Dexcom commercial on? Are we allowed to say the way people I don't know. It's been a while you were filming? The commercial for the big game? Was there bowls of food around?
Breana Raquel 14:04
Okay, so on a set there is a place called crafty. And that's the nickname it's called craft services. It basically you go and they have all kinds of snacks and drinks and with COVID it was very safe. So everything was packaged individually and someone handed it to you behind like a little screen and yeah
Scott Benner 14:27
COVID is ruining my way of getting you to say balls that I get asked if it was a super experience for you. And now we have to say the big game instead. Nevermind, it's fine. COVID ruins everything.
Unknown Speaker 14:38
I was thinking I was like
Unknown Speaker 14:41
I was thinking very literally. Yeah,
Scott Benner 14:43
well, that's fine. So how does this happen for you? So you're a Dexcom user? Is that right? Yeah. And you were trying out to be in a commercials or something or they found you How did this happen?
Breana Raquel 14:56
So I've done a few things in the past. With Dexcom I was I hosted a little like guests who event with Derek feller for children or diabetes like a couple months ago and stuff. So I've done some PR stuff. And I've been familiar with them for a while. And so they reached out, they called me and it's like, we're thinking of doing this, would you be interested? And I was like, 100%? Yes, I would.
Scott Benner 15:22
100% Hey, not to get too far off track, but I've interviewed dark twice. Is he as tall as I think he is.
Breana Raquel 15:29
I actually haven't seen him in person. But I will say he is attractive.
Scott Benner 15:36
He told me that he has to lie about his height and make himself shorter, which he's probably the only person in in California doing that, I would imagine.
Unknown Speaker 15:45
Yeah, I don't have that problem.
Scott Benner 15:47
So okay, so So they said, Dexcom just reached to you. Yeah.
Breana Raquel 15:52
What did they say when they called you? They're like, we know with everything going on, and may not be something you might be up for. But we thought of you. You're in LA, and you're an actor. Would you want to do this Dexcom commercial? And I was like, without knowing a lot of the information. I was like, Yes. Yeah.
Scott Benner 16:13
We have done the same thing. Where does it get filmed that
Breana Raquel 16:17
it was actually at the new stadium? The LA Rams one. Okay,
Scott Benner 16:21
that was that's one thing I kept wondering was like, they're not gonna take them all because the Super Bowls in Florida this year, I believe. So they're not gonna take them all the way there. And then, but you were clearly in a stadium for like the stills and everything. So I
Breana Raquel 16:34
know, it was really cool. That's always the first time I've seen it, too. And I was like, wow, this is what they've been working on.
Scott Benner 16:40
How long is the shoot? How long does it take? Um,
Breana Raquel 16:44
let's see my call time was nine or 10. I left around five, maybe six. I mean, it's some commercials. They vary. I I've had some commercials where they were like, strict 14 hour day. And then some commercials where I left after an hour of doing my scene was like, Alright, bye. But for Dexcom I think it was. I think it was like a normal eight or nine hours a day. Wow.
Scott Benner 17:07
Did you get the COVID test before you went? Yes, we
Unknown Speaker 17:10
all did I go on your nose? Yes.
Unknown Speaker 17:13
I take that as a yes. Yeah,
Unknown Speaker 17:15
I know. It makes me shiver.
Scott Benner 17:18
And you get there. Do you meet Nick Jonas?
Breana Raquel 17:22
You know, we made eye contact once. That was enough for me. I saw him walk by and I was like, wow, you have no idea that I watched you on Disney Channel when I was eight years old.
Unknown Speaker 17:36
And I think if you'd have gotten face to face with them, you would have said that?
Breana Raquel 17:41
No, no, I definitely would have like winning actor mode and like, wow, sorry, Nick, right?
Unknown Speaker 17:48
No, I'm kidding. inside my heart would have been like doo doo doo doo doo doo.
Scott Benner 17:52
That's amazing. So you are. So I've seen the ad. And it's interesting. What they What did they do to your eyes, like your eyes look like they're bright, or sunny.
Breana Raquel 18:02
So the art department actually made these like LED strip lash type of things. And they were connected to a battery pack. And so the battery pack was in my hair that you couldn't see and then it was
Unknown Speaker 18:16
sorry about that. You're fine.
Breana Raquel 18:18
So the battery pack was in my hair and then it connected all the way and she had to use regular strip lash glue to glue it on my eye. It was so heavy the first time she put it on I couldn't open it.
Scott Benner 18:30
So basically, you're telling your friends look when you're watching the Super Bowl if you're seeing some blinking eyelashes. This is me. That's me. Are you are you in any of this? like are they gonna do a still campaign behind it or anything like that? Are you Do you know what?
Breana Raquel 18:46
Yeah, they have a few really cool stills that I saw of like me showing off my decks calm and like my numbers and stuff. And they have a really cool behind the scenes like interview. They actually recorded my reaction of them telling me that Nick was going to be in it on a zoom call and so you'll see they put it on their Instagram today. Excellent. Yeah, it was pretty. Pretty cute.
Scott Benner 19:07
I can imagine I but um, I mean, I don't think I'm this type and he's not really mine. But I think I think I'd still get a little fluttery if I saw him he's fluttery handsome boy so so you're there you do your part he does his part. I imagine people don't understand that. Not everybody might understand that you might not even intersect with each other and me doing things off in different places. Is it something that well, I guess Is it is it The kind of day that impacts your blood sugar's like it. Do you have to plan differently or not? Particularly I guess you're accustomed to it. Um,
Breana Raquel 19:44
ya know, I've I've been on set multiple times like with it and stuff and I've never really had to adjust too much. Ya know, and they with Dexcom being Dexcom they had like really good options. That were safe. That was like, Oh, yes, carrots. Thank you. Well,
Scott Benner 20:04
how do you crafty? So how do you handle your insulin? Are you do you use it? injections? Are you in a pen? Do you have a pump?
Breana Raquel 20:10
I actually am using Omnipod. So I know it's my favorite little combo cuz it's wireless. And so if I have to shoot or I'm doing anything like physical, I don't have to worry, I'm a klutz, right? I don't have to worry about pulling it out or hurting or anything like that. So
Scott Benner 20:27
I use, my daughter has been using Omni pod since she was four, and she's six. So for a very long time. So I love your choice. I think that's terrific. So you don't so you just it's your regular life, right? Like it's you. You have your basal rates set up in a way that everything works for you. And are you super active on a set? Or is that a lot of sitting around? What's it like?
Breana Raquel 20:51
So it's yes and no. So they'll give you a call time and it's like, go go, go, go Go your hair, your makeup, your wardrobe, you're figuring it out. For some projects, they might have you come down, and they'll run through whatever you're doing and stuff. And then you sit there until they're actually ready for you. And that could be a couple hours. So it's like Hurry up to sit down a lot of the time. I don't
Scott Benner 21:13
want to switch to I don't want to give you a whiplash by switching gears so hard. But I am really wondering if you're willing to talk about it, like what was it? What was that like trying to figure out diabetes, kind of on your own without like a parent around you.
Breana Raquel 21:28
My mom actually came out both my parents came out for like the first two weeks ish. It was really hard, especially being the age that I was like kind of a I grew up with my sister. And so it was like, for every one in my family to know what's going on inside my body with the share. feature. It was, it was weird. And he was I know is out of control. Like I didn't know everything there was to know about it. And so it was really hard in the honeymoon phase was just so unpredictable. And I just always felt like it was my fault. And I hear and it's they call it the lonely disease and stuff, which I get. And I have a great support system. But it was I kind of do feel like an outsider. And so emotionally, it was harder than actually learning how to deal with my sugar.
Scott Benner 22:23
Yeah. How long did your honeymoon last for?
Unknown Speaker 22:27
Oh, I'm good. two, maybe
Unknown Speaker 22:32
three months. And
Unknown Speaker 22:33
then after that, I was like, Yeah, no,
Unknown Speaker 22:35
she said she's not coming back. Well, bu is no,
Scott Benner 22:38
it's crazy. Because you can figure something out say like, Alright, well this meals definitely three units and you give yourself a raise and all of a sudden your your pancreas is like, you know what? I'm here today, I'll help out. And then you get super low when you're eating and how long have you had Dexcom
Breana Raquel 22:56
I got Dexcom honestly, like, a month after I was diagnosed because I was like little fingers candlelit. I don't know how these people do it. And Dexcom g six, like, made my life much easier.
Scott Benner 23:11
It makes my life super easy. I mean, I've been able to my daughter and I together have been able to figure out almost all of the foods that she wants to eat because of being able to look the next comment figure out like, Okay, this is when the insulin hits this is when the food hits. You know, like, you know, you have like, sometimes you have protein and later in the day it comes back and gets you and tries
Unknown Speaker 23:31
timing of things.
Scott Benner 23:32
Yeah, it's just it's absolutely, like it's simple to to get lost in the idea that you're here talking about being in the commercial for Dexcom. So it feels like you know, somebody's just saying that but it really did change. It really did change everything about my daughter's life. For the better honestly. That's very cool. Okay, so what's next? Are you like, Do you have something coming up that you can tell people about or is there somewhere somebody could go to find out more about you?
Breana Raquel 23:58
Oh, yeah, you guys can follow me on Instagram, Facebook, tik tok and Ah, I'm in that age group. So yes, tik tok. At Briana Raquel. I'm pretty active on there and stuff. Um, I don't have any like super cool projects. Next in line, but I'm auditioning every day and I was getting in the studio, but with COVID it's making life hard. Still.
Scott Benner 24:24
Can I ask you what it's like? How are you auditioning in a COVID world? is it happening online? Are you doing it in person? Um, so
Breana Raquel 24:32
we have these things called self tapes and you have like a little backdrop you get someone to read with and then you just put it on tape and you send it into casting.
Scott Benner 24:39
Wow. Is it exhausting? It feels a little exhausting when you decide to describe it.
Breana Raquel 24:45
Yeah, kinda because it's like, when you go in the room. It's like you have one opportunity and then then it's done. But there's room to second guess and be like, Oh, I don't know. Maybe just one more. One time, and then it can be like a three hour long taping session. And yeah, so it. It's difficult sometimes I have
Scott Benner 25:08
to listen, I want to give you a lot of credit not that you need me to. But to make a decision like that when you're 15 to go try something like this. It's literally across the country. Yeah, just to give something that's different and exciting a try. Is that is really a laudable It's, um, it's amazing, honestly, that you were able to do that.
Unknown Speaker 25:26
Thank you.
Breana Raquel 25:27
Thank you. Yeah. Well, I honestly could not have done it without my family, like my sister volunteered to come out with me. And my parents have enough faith in me that they were like, okay, that's what you want to do. Go do it.
Scott Benner 25:41
That's really amazing. And seriously, we're not, we're not saying enough about you being diagnosed with type one, you know, a couple of years into that experience. And to learn about it, get it all straight, stick it out and keep doing what you're doing is really cool. It really is. You know, of course, that makes you feel good. No, it really is somebody breaking into your house.
Unknown Speaker 26:02
You know, that would be the trash.
Unknown Speaker 26:05
Yep.
Scott Benner 26:06
I when I sat down, listen, you're lucky when I sat down, I could hear the snow melting off of my roof. And I was like,
Breana Raquel 26:12
Oh, my gosh, snow. Yeah, my parents are getting snow on the East Coast right now. And I'm like, 70 degrees.
Scott Benner 26:18
Okay, that does seem to be the good part about California for sure. I would definitely like it to be warm. Is there anything you want to talk about that I didn't hit?
Unknown Speaker 26:27
Um,
Unknown Speaker 26:27
I think we had
Breana Raquel 26:30
a pretty good conversation. I mean, I'm, I'm super excited for this commercial to come out. Like I told all my family members about it, you better recognize my eyes. But ya know, I'm just super grateful to have the opportunity. And that Dexcom does more than just make my life a little easier. They're really great people. And they work super hard for the diabetic community and stuff. And so I'm just happy to be part,
Scott Benner 26:59
I have to tell you, I tell people all the time that I you need people like this, doing things like this. And it's just you have no idea. Like you've only had diabetes for a couple of years. But I've had people on that have had it for 1020 3040 years in the technology that exists now. Like, you know, it's weird to say, but you got diagnosed with Type One Diabetes at the absolute best time. Ever. Yeah. You know,
Breana Raquel 27:23
yeah, no doubt that I'm like, if I was diagnosed when so many people were dead, I don't. Oh, my God, it's, I can't imagine the hardships. Also, you're
Scott Benner 27:31
incredibly mature. And not for your age, but just in general, because I think I'd be spending every second I had just calling anybody I knew I'd be like, yeah, I'm gonna be in a Super Bowl ad this week.
Breana Raquel 27:43
Yeah, it's it's pretty funny. And when my cousin's found out about Nick Jonas, Mimi, and and they were pretty jealous. I would imagine
Scott Benner 27:51
I listen. I see some, some middle aged moms who seem pretty excited about it to hilarious Yeah, well, seriously Brown. I really appreciate you doing this. I wish you a ton of success. And I will look for your bright eyes on Sunday.
Breana Raquel 28:06
Thank you. Yeah, of course. Thanks for talking to me.
Unknown Speaker 28:09
Of course. Have a great day. You too. Take care. Bye.
Scott Benner 28:27
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