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Haley's Upper East Side Rich Kid Origins

from Rich Cunt with Hailey Sacks · #119

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4 min

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Haley (Mrs. Dow Jones) is introduced and grilled about her wealthy upbringing — doormen who are ex-military or drug dealers, drug use among rich UES teens, absent jet-setting parents, rehab culture, and a friend who goes to chic rehabs and hangs with Scott Disick.

In this bit11 moments
  • 3:10Tim notes that Haley's brand is built on being wealthy and leaning into it.
  • 3:28Upper East Side doormen serve as protection against street violence, and many of them have military backgrounds.
  • 3:54Doormen in fancy buildings were hiring ex-military personnel and also dealing drugs on the side.
  • 4:08Haley admits she was a drug user in high school, though just weed compared to the pills and cocaine other Upper East Side girls were doing.
  • 4:30Tim points out that wealthy girls who do cocaine young will have to give it up later, and asks about drug prevalence in the upper class.
  • 4:55Rich girls would get in minivans on Madison Avenue to buy dime bags rather than venture to the Bronx for drugs.
  • 5:18Tim observes that wealthy parents are usually absent, though Jewish families are different in that regard.
  • 5:51The lifestyles of neglected rich kids either end when money runs out or when they end up in rehab.
  • 6:27Haley describes a wealthy friend who cycles through exclusive rehab facilities and sends photos from treatment, with therapy that suggests horseback riding as a cure.
  • 6:47Tim notes that rich kids return to New York from celebrity rehab, decide drugs are necessary to avoid boredom, and use again.
  • 6:58Tim begins asking about the differences between rich Jewish kids and other wealthy children.
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