Confessional: I love my father down, but being a vet and then going into politics meant that he had to run a tight ship. Even now, he's paying for school so keeping daddy happy is top priority.
Mariah was conditioned to keep her personal business to herself, because of who her father is. It wasn't on purpose for her to be guarded, but the way her life was molded. People would kill to have any information against her father and his legacy.
"What's wrong is that he never does pop up and not to mention I told my brother I was thinking about changing my major, the tabloids talking about us, and then the reality show. He's going to lose his shit." Mariah was a daddy's girl and keeping him happy was the main goal, plus he made sure she didn't have to work.
Confessional: Being on the show is a great opportunity for me to explore all of life options, but my father is old school and the depiction of black people on reality tv hasn't been the best.
They stopped in front of the same stainless grill with an attached smoker that she continued to stop at. Mariah was really trying to figure out how she was going to get thru this one. "Ohh, and I hope you being on the show in a few scenes with me isn't messing with your kids and wife." Mariah was going to address Jayde as such, because against public opinion she did respect their union.