USA’s She’s the Boss is a wholesome family show starring Nicole Walters, her hubby Josh, their three daughters Ally and Krissy (who she affectionately nicknamed “The Tinies”) and Daya, along with their manny Eddie. The family was tapped to star in their own show because of how dynamic they are as a family. Nicole, a Ghanian-American, and Josh, a Jewish lawyer, adopted the girls after meeting their birth-mother while she was panhandling on the streets of Baltimore.
We see the family deal with real-life learning events. But long before Nicole was on television, she had a viral moment when she quit her job at Fortune 500 Company Periscope in front of 10,000 viewers. As a result of that ordeal, Nicole has started her company Inherit Learning Company, a business that helps business owners and entrepreneurs go from idea to global impact.
When asked to describe her swagher, Nicole responds, “I definitely think that a lot of it comes from the strengths I have in different areas. I don’t pretend to know everything about all things, but what I do know I carry that with a lot of confidence and a lot of swag. So I understand business and I know the answers for business, and I know how to support people and their businesses. That’s something that you will see me have a little pep-in-my-step about because I know what I am doing.”
In several episodes, Nicole has admitted to thinking with her business brain, which made me wonder if she ever turns her business brain off. “I mean, I try to because a business brain definitely doesn’t belong in parenting. It pops up where it shouldn’t and it gets me into trouble all the time. You’ll see that on the show a lot,” she says with a laugh.
It is often these moments that Nicole is referring to when asked what she likes least or most about having her family on television. Nicole replies, ”I think the hardest part is going back and watching moments and saying to yourself, ‘How could I have done that differently? How could that moment have been improved?’” She continues, “You know–and it’s rare–but we all make parenting mistakes or errors when trying to grow as a parent, but being able to watch them on replay or repeat with millions of people is a different energy.”
We had to know a little more about Nicole and Eddie, the family’s manny, because their relationship seems so genuine and funny. “I always joke, ‘Don’t bring home guys that you meet at the mall, right?’ Because that’s what happened with Eddie. I bumped into him at a store probably three and half years ago. It’s been some time–like long before the show–that Eddie’s been in our lives. He’s like our fourth child,” Nicole jokes.
That’s believable as Eddie might have long ago been fired for his many antics and carrying on (no shade Eddie), but he and Nicole seem to have a great relationship.
You can catch She’s the Boss on USA. Learn more about Nicole and her tips for businesswomen in our Bossy issue slated for release in April.
