Queen of Versailles

0:00:12 > 0:00:15- I'm in pain.- Is this Santa Claus? - I'm in pain.

0:00:29 > 0:00:32He always said, "Trust me."

0:00:32 > 0:00:37And I put my trust into him, so if, so...

0:00:37 > 0:00:40We'll see what happens.

0:00:40 > 0:00:43Look, look. Mm-hm...OK.

0:00:52 > 0:00:55BABY CRIES

0:00:55 > 0:00:58In the breakfast room, the lock, if you pull on it, it comes out.

0:00:58 > 0:01:01But I'll be there in two minutes and I'll show 'em when I come in.

0:01:01 > 0:01:04Damn, the house is falling apart.

0:01:04 > 0:01:06Why do you think she's trying to block you?

0:01:06 > 0:01:08You said, you, you don't care what I do.

0:01:08 > 0:01:10I said, "I don't care what you think."

0:01:10 > 0:01:12We're home.

0:01:12 > 0:01:17There's no place like home. There's no place like home.

0:01:17 > 0:01:21- It's always nice to be home. - And no place like your own bed.

0:01:21 > 0:01:23Through these hallowed gates.

0:01:25 > 0:01:28Mrs Florida 93.

0:01:28 > 0:01:30SHE LAUGHS

0:01:32 > 0:01:35Aw, look, look at her. She's worn out.

0:01:37 > 0:01:40Look at me, I got to come home in my socks.

0:01:42 > 0:01:45Cos my children took my shoes.

0:01:49 > 0:01:53My name is Jacqueline Siegel. I am in Orlando, Florida.

0:01:53 > 0:01:59I'm a 43-year-old mother of eight. I am from Binghamton, New York.

0:01:59 > 0:02:02I'm not a city girl, I'm a small town girl.

0:02:03 > 0:02:08Tell me when you're ready. My name is David Siegel.

0:02:08 > 0:02:10I'm 74 years old.

0:02:10 > 0:02:15I am the founder, president, CEO, of Westgate Resorts,

0:02:15 > 0:02:18the largest privately owned timeshare company in the world.

0:02:18 > 0:02:21When I grew up in Binghamton, NY,

0:02:21 > 0:02:25pretty much the only place to work and make money, was IBM.

0:02:25 > 0:02:28And I figured I could either be a secretary

0:02:28 > 0:02:31and work for an engineer, or I could be an engineer.

0:02:31 > 0:02:34So I got my computer engineering degree.

0:02:34 > 0:02:36And then I worked at IBM.

0:02:36 > 0:02:39I had this little cubicle, but there's hundreds of other people,

0:02:39 > 0:02:43engineers in their own cubicles, and then I came into the office

0:02:43 > 0:02:46early one day and I asked my manager,

0:02:46 > 0:02:49"Which project are you working on?"

0:02:49 > 0:02:56He says, "I wrote my own programme to count down the years, days,

0:02:56 > 0:03:03"months, weeks, minutes, down to the second of when I retire."

0:03:03 > 0:03:07And I said, "Well, why would you do that?"

0:03:07 > 0:03:11He said, "Because that's when I'm going to start living my life."

0:03:13 > 0:03:16And I said, "Wow!" I put in my resignation.

0:03:16 > 0:03:18I was out of there in a week.

0:03:18 > 0:03:22I packed my bags and I moved to New York City and started modelling.

0:03:24 > 0:03:28Then I met a man on Wall Street, I got married,

0:03:28 > 0:03:32he moved me to the Everglades, and while I was down there,

0:03:32 > 0:03:36I saw an ad in the newspaper to win Mrs Florida.

0:03:36 > 0:03:37I entered it.

0:03:37 > 0:03:41Ladies and gentlemen, I give you your brand-new Mrs Florida.

0:03:41 > 0:03:43Here is Jacqueline Salomon.

0:03:43 > 0:03:46And then I ended up getting a divorce.

0:03:46 > 0:03:50And I met my current husband through Mrs World.

0:03:50 > 0:03:56Mrs Florida 95 invited me to her husband's 40th birthday party,

0:03:56 > 0:04:01and being a bachelor that had just gotten out of a 27 year marriage,

0:04:01 > 0:04:06first person I saw was Jackie, and, uh, I was smitten.

0:04:06 > 0:04:09I thought she was the most beautiful girl in the world.

0:04:09 > 0:04:12It took me a while to fall in love with him.

0:04:12 > 0:04:16It just really felt wonderful to be so adored.

0:04:17 > 0:04:19That's what attracted me.

0:04:20 > 0:04:22There's 30 years between us.

0:04:22 > 0:04:26- Tell ya, he doesn't need Viagra. - SHE LAUGHS

0:04:26 > 0:04:29But at least there is that option if he does, like,

0:04:29 > 0:04:31I don't know, ten years from now.

0:04:31 > 0:04:33But at least there is that option.

0:04:33 > 0:04:36It's show-and-tell there, so I got to get them to school.

0:04:36 > 0:04:37Bye.

0:04:38 > 0:04:40All right, let's hurry.

0:04:40 > 0:04:43C'mon. Let's go this way so China doesn't bite us.

0:04:43 > 0:04:45THE GIRLS CHATTER

0:04:45 > 0:04:47Bye, have a nice day.

0:04:49 > 0:04:54Can't see what she sees in me, but, uh, we have a great relationship.

0:04:54 > 0:04:58What she lacks in being a housekeeper, she makes up in,

0:04:58 > 0:05:02she loves people, has more friends, she's a big extrovert,

0:05:02 > 0:05:07but a good person, good heart and a good mother.

0:05:18 > 0:05:20Oh, look at the dog, he's eating a cockroach.

0:05:23 > 0:05:26I grew up in a one-bathroom, three-bedroom house,

0:05:26 > 0:05:32and I can remember I would have to wait in line to use the bathroom.

0:05:32 > 0:05:36In this house, we have, I think, 17 bathrooms.

0:05:36 > 0:05:39In our new house, we have 30 bathrooms.

0:05:39 > 0:05:43- SHE CHUCKLES - So you won't have to keep your legs crossed very long.

0:05:43 > 0:05:46The reason why we really want the bigger home, for one thing,

0:05:46 > 0:05:48I think my husband deserves it.

0:05:48 > 0:05:51I think it'd be like, like a lifetime achievement.

0:05:51 > 0:05:53I think he's worked so hard.

0:05:53 > 0:05:58And, even though this house, which is 26,000 sq ft, is so big,

0:05:58 > 0:06:00we're bursting out at the seams.

0:06:02 > 0:06:04< Bye, girls.

0:06:04 > 0:06:05I'm going to go look at our new house, OK?

0:06:21 > 0:06:23Look at this thing! Oh, my God!

0:06:23 > 0:06:26We went to France and we saw Versailles

0:06:26 > 0:06:29and we were inspired by the French architecture.

0:06:29 > 0:06:33I drew it on the back of an envelope on my way to Las Vegas.

0:06:33 > 0:06:35In Las Vegas, we looked out our window

0:06:35 > 0:06:39and we kind of copied the top three floors of the Paris hotel.

0:06:39 > 0:06:42Probably should have used smaller envelopes,

0:06:42 > 0:06:45because it turned out to be the largest home in America.

0:06:45 > 0:06:49We never sought out to build the biggest house in America.

0:06:49 > 0:06:52It's just, it just, like kind of happened.

0:06:52 > 0:06:55- This is so beautiful. - This is our grand ballroom.

0:06:55 > 0:06:57We have the grand staircase on each end.

0:06:57 > 0:06:58Mm-hm. This is a palace.

0:06:58 > 0:07:01Can you imagine like the dances and the parties?

0:07:01 > 0:07:04I said, "Well, I'd like to have a bowling alley."

0:07:04 > 0:07:05And then he says, "I want a health spa."

0:07:05 > 0:07:08And then I said, "We need maid's quarters."

0:07:08 > 0:07:11I forgot how many kitchens. Ten kitchens. We have a sushi bar.

0:07:11 > 0:07:14Two tennis courts. One will be a stadium court.

0:07:14 > 0:07:16A full-sized baseball field,

0:07:16 > 0:07:20which will double as the parking lot when we have parties.

0:07:20 > 0:07:23This is our ice-skating/roller rink.

0:07:23 > 0:07:25The children have their own wing.

0:07:25 > 0:07:29They have their playroom with a stage where they can perform

0:07:29 > 0:07:31and do their little whatever they do.

0:07:33 > 0:07:36OK, this is the staircase that I would come up

0:07:36 > 0:07:38if I was going to visit the children.

0:07:38 > 0:07:43We wanted to put everything that we could dream of in this home.

0:07:44 > 0:07:47- And we're going to have, like, an orchestra up here.- Uh-huh.

0:07:47 > 0:07:49For black tie affairs.

0:07:49 > 0:07:55The house will be filled with Louis XIV type antique furniture.

0:07:55 > 0:07:57That's our observation deck.

0:07:57 > 0:08:01Every night, we go up there to watch the Disney fireworks.

0:08:01 > 0:08:04So by the time we both got what we wanted,

0:08:04 > 0:08:05now it's 90,000 square feet.

0:08:05 > 0:08:07Jackie, is this your room?

0:08:07 > 0:08:10- No, that's not my room. - Where is your room?

0:08:10 > 0:08:11That's my closet.

0:08:11 > 0:08:13Oh, no way! No way.

0:08:13 > 0:08:17My husband filled the garage up with from our marble from China.

0:08:17 > 0:08:20This is what 5 million worth of marble looks like.

0:08:20 > 0:08:23Oh, I've got to go kiss my dog.

0:08:24 > 0:08:27My husband knew how special Chanel was to me,

0:08:27 > 0:08:31so he had her stuffed for me and now she's upstairs.

0:08:31 > 0:08:36And this one, a staff member ran over him in the driveway,

0:08:36 > 0:08:38but now he's on my piano.

0:08:39 > 0:08:43So you ask me why I'm building the largest home in America,

0:08:43 > 0:08:45my answer is because I could.

0:08:45 > 0:08:47You mention being a kingmaker

0:08:47 > 0:08:51and having a big role in the 2000 election.

0:08:51 > 0:08:55I sure did. I got George W elected President.

0:08:55 > 0:08:57Personally got him elected President.

0:08:57 > 0:08:59It is nice to be here

0:08:59 > 0:09:02with so many good folks from the great state of Florida.

0:09:02 > 0:09:06'Businessman David Siegel says America owes a lot to him.'

0:09:06 > 0:09:10I think we are responsible for George Bush becoming President.

0:09:10 > 0:09:13Now, had I not stuck my big nose into it, um, there would,

0:09:13 > 0:09:15there probably wouldn't have been an Iraqi war.

0:09:15 > 0:09:17HE CHUCKLES

0:09:17 > 0:09:20And maybe we might have been better off, I don't know.

0:09:20 > 0:09:23How were you personally responsible for the re-election of George Bush?

0:09:23 > 0:09:26I-I-I'd rather not say.

0:09:26 > 0:09:30Cos it may not necessarily have been legal.

0:09:32 > 0:09:34LAUGHTER

0:09:34 > 0:09:37Jackie, can you imagine falling down these stairs?

0:09:37 > 0:09:42- Here she is, Miss America.- America.

0:09:42 > 0:09:45This is so pretty!

0:09:45 > 0:09:49This is like the nicest, grandest house in all of the United States.

0:09:49 > 0:09:52Right here.

0:09:52 > 0:09:55What I have today is what I worked hard for.

0:09:55 > 0:09:57A fellow came to me in 1980 and he said

0:09:57 > 0:09:59he wanted to buy ten acres of my orange grove.

0:09:59 > 0:10:01He said, "I'm going to time-share it."

0:10:01 > 0:10:04I said, "What's that?" He explained the concept to me.

0:10:04 > 0:10:07I fell in love with the concept, I didn't sell him the land.

0:10:07 > 0:10:09I decided to build a time-share resort

0:10:09 > 0:10:11in the back of my orange grove.

0:10:11 > 0:10:16I started building 16 units, which I thought was more than I'd ever need.

0:10:16 > 0:10:18And people started buying them.

0:10:18 > 0:10:21We now have 28 resorts in 11 states.

0:10:21 > 0:10:25The three largest time-share resorts in the world are all

0:10:25 > 0:10:26Westgate Resorts.

0:10:26 > 0:10:31We are considered the Rolls-Royce of the time-share industry.

0:10:31 > 0:10:34They call me the time-share king.

0:10:34 > 0:10:38I built one of the icon properties in Las Vegas.

0:10:38 > 0:10:43It's 52 stories of beautiful blue glass. At the last Miss USA,

0:10:43 > 0:10:46Donald Trump said, "Congratulations on your new tower."

0:10:46 > 0:10:48He said, "It's got one problem with it."

0:10:48 > 0:10:51He says, "When I stay in my penthouse suite,

0:10:51 > 0:10:53"I look out the window - all I see is 'Westgate'."

0:10:53 > 0:10:56He said, "Can you turn your sign down a little bit?"

0:10:56 > 0:10:58I have the brightest sign on the Strip.

0:10:59 > 0:11:02Well, we want to go to this and we want to go tonight.

0:11:02 > 0:11:04Hopefully, we can set you up for the presentation

0:11:04 > 0:11:05tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

0:11:05 > 0:11:07We're going to do a walk-through of the building,

0:11:07 > 0:11:10and then we'll have a light breakfast or a lunch, and in return,

0:11:10 > 0:11:13we give you guys a show tickets to any of the shows listed here.

0:11:13 > 0:11:15You guys make over 60,000?

0:11:15 > 0:11:19- Yeah.- Yes. Are you married? BOTH: No.

0:11:19 > 0:11:21Are you guys, you're a couple, though, right? Of course...

0:11:21 > 0:11:22BOTH: Yeah.

0:11:25 > 0:11:28Now the top five floors of our building are like

0:11:28 > 0:11:30penthouse condominiums, full ownership.

0:11:30 > 0:11:32Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, The Rock, Usher,

0:11:32 > 0:11:35those are some of the celebrities that own upstairs.

0:11:35 > 0:11:38This isn't just a celebrity wall of fame or who's who,

0:11:38 > 0:11:40this is David Siegel, our developer and owner.

0:11:40 > 0:11:42A lot of these are different charity events

0:11:42 > 0:11:44he donates a lot of time and money to.

0:11:44 > 0:11:46So that's a good thing. Let's go on out into the hallway.

0:11:48 > 0:11:53You know, the typical time-share family will stay in a motel

0:11:53 > 0:11:57with two queen-size beds, small TV on the dresser and one bathroom.

0:11:57 > 0:12:00When they walk into the room, the kids want

0:12:00 > 0:12:03to turn on their cartoons, the wife wants to watch her soap operas,

0:12:03 > 0:12:07and the husband wants to watch his football game or sporting event.

0:12:07 > 0:12:10They get up in the morning, they go in the bathroom,

0:12:10 > 0:12:12the wife goes in, steams up the mirror

0:12:12 > 0:12:16so the husband can't shave, they go out, and we have a booth.

0:12:16 > 0:12:19And we said, "Well, if you only spend 90 minutes

0:12:19 > 0:12:23"and see what we have to offer, you can get free Disney tickets."

0:12:23 > 0:12:26And at 7 o'clock in the morning, they're lined up at my resort.

0:12:26 > 0:12:30As they're getting out of the car, the wife is saying to the husband,

0:12:30 > 0:12:32"Don't you dare buy anything."

0:12:32 > 0:12:35And he says, "Oh, don't you worry, they won't sell me anything."

0:12:35 > 0:12:38- You guys ready for the wow factor? - Yeah.

0:12:38 > 0:12:41- THEY LAUGH - All right, this is our four bedroom.

0:12:41 > 0:12:47This is 2,382 sq ft. This accommodates 14 people comfortably.

0:12:47 > 0:12:48You much of a sports fan?

0:12:48 > 0:12:51You have the choice of watching it on the flat screen,

0:12:51 > 0:12:54or this is where the projector screen comes out.

0:12:54 > 0:12:56And it just blows them away.

0:12:56 > 0:12:58That motel, if it looked bad before the came,

0:12:58 > 0:13:00it looks twice as bad after.

0:13:00 > 0:13:03And they...all they do is dream about coming back the next year

0:13:03 > 0:13:05and staying at Westgate.

0:13:05 > 0:13:07- Let me ask you guys this - do you like the unit?- Yes.

0:13:07 > 0:13:11Could you see yourself going back to renting regular hotel rooms?

0:13:11 > 0:13:12- And giving this up? - BOTH: No.

0:13:12 > 0:13:14- Absolutely not! - HE LAUGHS

0:13:14 > 0:13:16If it were affordable,

0:13:16 > 0:13:20is it something you guys would consider owning today?

0:13:20 > 0:13:21BOTH: Yes.

0:13:21 > 0:13:22Let's go downstairs.

0:13:22 > 0:13:24Let me show you what it looks like on paper.

0:13:24 > 0:13:27Everyone wants to vacation like a Rockefeller.

0:13:27 > 0:13:32We show people how they can. Everyone wants to be rich.

0:13:32 > 0:13:35If they can't be rich, the next best thing is to feel rich.

0:13:36 > 0:13:41And if they don't want to feel rich, then they're probably dead.

0:13:44 > 0:13:46In my heyday of my shopping,

0:13:46 > 0:13:49I probably spent over 1 million a year.

0:13:49 > 0:13:52I have a 17,000 pair of Gucci crocodile boots.

0:13:52 > 0:13:57I have ostrich feather Gucci pants that are probably 10,000.

0:13:57 > 0:13:59I have a ton of purses.

0:13:59 > 0:14:01I think purses are a good investment.

0:14:01 > 0:14:04If you ever get into a bind, you can always sell them on eBay.

0:14:04 > 0:14:06Course, I'm just the opposite.

0:14:06 > 0:14:09I could care less about clothes or material things.

0:14:10 > 0:14:14Mr David is real disciplined man. He's my idol.

0:14:14 > 0:14:18He exactly knows what's going on in this house.

0:14:18 > 0:14:20Every corner of this house.

0:14:20 > 0:14:23He monitors our bills for water and electric.

0:14:23 > 0:14:25Even if he earns a billion some dollars.

0:14:25 > 0:14:29He knows exactly what, where his money goes.

0:14:29 > 0:14:31- Hi, Ricky.- Hi.

0:14:31 > 0:14:34- Hey, Ricky.- Hi, Ricky.

0:14:34 > 0:14:36Hi.

0:14:36 > 0:14:37- Hi, Ricky.- Hi.

0:14:37 > 0:14:39- Hi, Ricky.- Hi, Ricky.

0:14:39 > 0:14:41Hi.

0:14:45 > 0:14:50These kids, they're the king and queen of the house.

0:14:52 > 0:14:57I have eight children. Seven by birth and one that I inherited.

0:14:57 > 0:14:59Having my children fulfilled me.

0:14:59 > 0:15:01When I was going through my modelling career,

0:15:01 > 0:15:03I didn't want children.

0:15:03 > 0:15:05First, I thought it would destroy my body.

0:15:05 > 0:15:08Then I couldn't stop having them. It was like an addiction.

0:15:08 > 0:15:09SHE LAUGHS

0:15:09 > 0:15:12Or maybe it's because I finally found a husband

0:15:12 > 0:15:14- that would make love to me. - SHE LAUGHS

0:15:16 > 0:15:18I changed a lot of people's lives.

0:15:18 > 0:15:22Uh, a lot of people are better off for knowing me.

0:15:22 > 0:15:27I certainly changed my three wives' lives.

0:15:27 > 0:15:30I brought wonderful children into the world.

0:15:30 > 0:15:34You know, I have seven under 12. I have six grown children.

0:15:34 > 0:15:38I think everybody is better off for being

0:15:38 > 0:15:41either my child or my employee.

0:15:41 > 0:15:45Rise and shine, Drew. We are leaving in 15 minutes.

0:15:45 > 0:15:50Rise and shine. Come on, rise and shine, Drew.

0:15:50 > 0:15:52Drew likes to stay in my room.

0:15:52 > 0:15:56Maybe he feels comfortable and safe in a small room.

0:15:56 > 0:15:58It's like my teddy bear at night.

0:15:58 > 0:16:01I hug him and he gives me...like I'm a mom,

0:16:01 > 0:16:03- even though I'm not the real mom. - SHE LAUGHS

0:16:03 > 0:16:07I'm not the biological mother, but I feel like I'm a mom.

0:16:07 > 0:16:10Are you done, Drew?

0:16:10 > 0:16:12Flush the toilet. Come on.

0:16:14 > 0:16:16- You're at ISO 320?- Yeah.

0:16:17 > 0:16:20My name's Victoria Siegel, but I like to be called Ricky

0:16:20 > 0:16:22and I'm 12 years old.

0:16:22 > 0:16:28I'm the oldest out of seven kids, plus my cousin Jonquil. She's 16.

0:16:28 > 0:16:32Jonquil is actually my niece. My brother's daughter.

0:16:32 > 0:16:37She was estranged from him for many years and her mother passed away.

0:16:39 > 0:16:44Jonquil grew up in kind of a broken environment.

0:16:44 > 0:16:47When we got Jonquil down here, she had no clothes, she came down

0:16:47 > 0:16:50with one little suitcase filled up with these filthy,

0:16:50 > 0:16:54dirty stuffed animals that had never been washed, and dirty underwear.

0:16:54 > 0:16:57I said, "Tell me what your room's like, so I can, kind of,

0:16:57 > 0:16:59"you know, decorate your room."

0:16:59 > 0:17:02And she says, "Well, my room's, uh..."

0:17:02 > 0:17:07You know how she talks, like, "..the dirt room."

0:17:07 > 0:17:10I said, "What do you mean, the dirt room?"

0:17:10 > 0:17:14"Well, it's in the basement and it's got a dirt floor."

0:17:14 > 0:17:15I remember one time she told me

0:17:15 > 0:17:18she got kicked out of her house or something.

0:17:18 > 0:17:19She had to like sleep on the streets,

0:17:19 > 0:17:22one time with her mom, in a playground or something.

0:17:22 > 0:17:23Now that I've had a taste of it,

0:17:23 > 0:17:27like I've had a taste of dirt poor and a taste of filthy rich,

0:17:27 > 0:17:28yeah, I like it.

0:17:28 > 0:17:30I mean, who wouldn't, getting everything you want,

0:17:30 > 0:17:33but at the same time I still want to be the old me, in a way.

0:17:33 > 0:17:37I don't want to be like totally changed. I don't want to be spoiled.

0:17:37 > 0:17:39We used to be kind of snobby,

0:17:39 > 0:17:42like, at my birthday parties, I would get like a tiger in.

0:17:42 > 0:17:45I would like brag to my friends like we had a pet tiger and stuff.

0:17:45 > 0:17:49And then I used to be like a brat to my mom, but then like Jonquil

0:17:49 > 0:17:52came here and like, I don't know, like she changed a bunch of us.

0:17:52 > 0:17:57So like, now we're just like, I don't know, normal, I guess.

0:17:57 > 0:17:59Nothing's really normal about this life.

0:17:59 > 0:18:02You know, getting everything you want, having a huge house

0:18:02 > 0:18:05and another one in construction. Having drivers.

0:18:05 > 0:18:09You know, it's like you don't really have to worry about money,

0:18:09 > 0:18:10but at the same time, you do.

0:18:12 > 0:18:14Hey, how are you?

0:18:14 > 0:18:17- I need to look like, uh, Miss Universe today.- OK.

0:18:17 > 0:18:20Do you think purple looks good in my hair?

0:18:20 > 0:18:22- I mean, I'm in a big rush, so...- OK.

0:18:22 > 0:18:25We...we got a Miss America party tonight, so...

0:18:25 > 0:18:27if you could make them look pretty for...

0:18:27 > 0:18:31we have all 50 contestants coming, and Miss America at our house.

0:18:31 > 0:18:35So they need to look like pre, pre, like Miss Teen Americas.

0:18:38 > 0:18:41Getting like 50 pieces of chicken nuggets. What do you guys want?

0:18:41 > 0:18:44- A couple Big Macs.- And a Diet Coke. And a Diet Coke for her.

0:18:44 > 0:18:47OK, just, just get, just get like 50 chicken nuggets,

0:18:47 > 0:18:48and we'll share it with everyone in the salon.

0:18:48 > 0:18:51- No, I want my chicken nuggets. - With all the sauces.

0:18:51 > 0:18:52Wow, this is so beautiful.

0:18:55 > 0:18:57CROWD CHATTER

0:19:03 > 0:19:07We're proud to present a cheque for 25,000

0:19:07 > 0:19:10to the Miss America Foundation.

0:19:10 > 0:19:12CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:19:12 > 0:19:15Hey, uh, did my stairs get shorter or are the girls...?

0:19:15 > 0:19:18- We only had 38 of them here last year.- Oh.

0:19:18 > 0:19:20- All of them are here this year.- Wow.

0:19:22 > 0:19:24I love beautiful women.

0:19:24 > 0:19:26I grew during the Miss America days

0:19:26 > 0:19:30when Miss America was the most famous woman in the world.

0:19:31 > 0:19:34I used to actually get tears in my eyes when I watched,

0:19:34 > 0:19:36"Here she comes, Miss America."

0:19:36 > 0:19:41And I'm trying to do what I can to bring it back to where it was.

0:19:41 > 0:19:44Are you ready, David? Here we go. Jacqueline, here we go.

0:19:44 > 0:19:46Big smiles.

0:19:46 > 0:19:49I got to talk with Mrs Siegel, and she was telling me a little bit

0:19:49 > 0:19:50about her background.

0:19:50 > 0:19:53It's kind of similar how my background parallels to hers,

0:19:53 > 0:19:56cos we kind of came from not very much.

0:19:56 > 0:19:58But something that I'm very proud of,

0:19:58 > 0:20:00I'm very proud of my background growing up on a dairy farm

0:20:00 > 0:20:03in a small town in Indiana and now I'm Miss America.

0:20:03 > 0:20:06It just goes to show you that anything is possible, but not

0:20:06 > 0:20:10without hard work and dedication and a passion for what you do.

0:20:10 > 0:20:12She wants to get married and have babies.

0:20:12 > 0:20:14That's what she wants.

0:20:14 > 0:20:16And does Miss America allow for that?

0:20:16 > 0:20:18Does it create opportunities for that?

0:20:18 > 0:20:22Well, if she accepts my proposal, but she hasn't accepted me yet.

0:20:22 > 0:20:24SHE LAUGHS

0:20:26 > 0:20:29- He is a hoot! - SHE LAUGHS AGAIN

0:20:29 > 0:20:33There's a downside to everything. Of course there is.

0:20:33 > 0:20:35My husband told me, when I turned 40,

0:20:35 > 0:20:37he's going to trade me in for two 20-year-olds.

0:20:40 > 0:20:43Oh, what's wrong with being rich?

0:20:43 > 0:20:46Now, what would you rather have a rich guy or a good-looking guy?

0:20:48 > 0:20:52Have you ever wondered what it was like to be like a fish?

0:20:52 > 0:20:55- Me?- Yeah.- Um, not really.

0:20:57 > 0:20:59I think we just lost Drew.

0:21:09 > 0:21:11Good morning, Westgate!

0:21:11 > 0:21:14CHEERING

0:21:14 > 0:21:15Why are we here?

0:21:15 > 0:21:17ALL: To save lives!

0:21:17 > 0:21:18To save lives.

0:21:18 > 0:21:22And you thought you were just selling time-sharing, didn't you?

0:21:22 > 0:21:27We sell vacations. Vacations are healthy for you.

0:21:27 > 0:21:29Do you believe that?

0:21:29 > 0:21:30ALL: Yes!

0:21:30 > 0:21:33I can show you the articles. And the studies.

0:21:33 > 0:21:35Those who take the fewest amount of vacations

0:21:35 > 0:21:38are most likely to have a heart attack.

0:21:38 > 0:21:43You're just like a doctor, a nurse, firemen, a policeman,

0:21:43 > 0:21:50a lifeguard, they all save lives, and you all do it too.

0:21:50 > 0:21:53Our number one person in Orlando owns several weeks of time-share.

0:21:53 > 0:21:56You know, you should own at least week yourselves.

0:21:56 > 0:21:59And if you don't, lie and say you do!

0:21:59 > 0:22:01THEY ALL LAUGH

0:22:01 > 0:22:05Don't let these people leave here without buying something!

0:22:06 > 0:22:07Something!

0:22:07 > 0:22:11Whether it's big or small, make sure they buy something.

0:22:11 > 0:22:15Today, make a sale, save a life, let's have it right there!

0:22:25 > 0:22:29This is David A Siegel day in Las Vegas.

0:22:29 > 0:22:32Because he built the new icon on the Las Vegas strip.

0:22:32 > 0:22:35This is the most expensive, the biggest and the nicest

0:22:35 > 0:22:38that's ever been built on the planet.

0:22:40 > 0:22:45I did not grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth. I grew up very meagre.

0:22:45 > 0:22:48I lived in a 1,200 sq ft, two bedroom, one bath house,

0:22:48 > 0:22:51in Indianapolis, Indiana.

0:22:51 > 0:22:56My father wasn't that involved with me as I was growing up, because

0:22:56 > 0:22:59he was in business and had to make a living, you know, for the family.

0:23:02 > 0:23:05My grandparents were never wealthy,

0:23:05 > 0:23:08and the reason is is that they lost their money in Las Vegas.

0:23:08 > 0:23:11You know, the casinos in Vegas aren't built with the owners' money,

0:23:11 > 0:23:14but with all the losers' money.

0:23:14 > 0:23:17My grandparents were Mr and Mrs Vegas.

0:23:19 > 0:23:22When they walked into the casino, they were like,

0:23:22 > 0:23:26"We've got your favourite suite all lined up for you!"

0:23:26 > 0:23:28"We have those show tickets that you wanted."

0:23:28 > 0:23:30"You wanted to see that new guy, Elvis Presley,

0:23:30 > 0:23:31"we got your tickets for him."

0:23:31 > 0:23:34"Frank Sinatra? We got you in the front row!"

0:23:34 > 0:23:39So, basically, here's a nobody, but when he's in Vegas, he's a somebody.

0:23:39 > 0:23:45Please welcome to the stage, ladies and gentlemen, Mr David Siegel!

0:23:45 > 0:23:47APPLAUSE

0:23:47 > 0:23:51This building, I'm going to dedicate it to my mother and father.

0:23:51 > 0:23:54My dad, he's looking down on it. He would be so proud.

0:23:59 > 0:24:03I've set up all of my sales departments to copy

0:24:03 > 0:24:05what Vegas did for my grandparents years ago.

0:24:05 > 0:24:09You walk in, you're like, "Wow, this place is exciting."

0:24:09 > 0:24:12100% of the people that we're talking to are...

0:24:12 > 0:24:16it's not a nice word, but we call them mooches.

0:24:16 > 0:24:20They're coming in for a sales presentation on their vacation,

0:24:20 > 0:24:21for a free gift.

0:24:21 > 0:24:25So we train our sales people on how to take someone greedy like that

0:24:25 > 0:24:27and get them to buy today.

0:24:27 > 0:24:31We do 100% of our sales on the first day.

0:24:31 > 0:24:34We don't really take many vacations, cos it's really, really expensive,

0:24:34 > 0:24:36but if we had something that would make it cheaper...

0:24:37 > 0:24:42They will not buy today if they don't get a great deal,

0:24:42 > 0:24:44if they don't believe they're getting a great deal.

0:24:45 > 0:24:48The total down payment on this is 2,090.

0:24:48 > 0:24:50It's a whole lot better than 25,000.

0:24:50 > 0:24:51Yeah.

0:24:51 > 0:24:58We sell them as low as 8,900 for three nights in a studio

0:24:58 > 0:25:03every other year, all the way up to 149,900,

0:25:04 > 0:25:08which is a four-bedroom, New Year's week every year.

0:25:08 > 0:25:11Forever. Their entire lives, they pass it on to their kids,

0:25:11 > 0:25:12their kids pass it on to their kids.

0:25:14 > 0:25:17Time-sharing, typically, you sell every unit 52 times,

0:25:17 > 0:25:19because you sell it by the week.

0:25:19 > 0:25:20May I say welcome to Westgate?

0:25:22 > 0:25:23I can't believe we did it.

0:25:23 > 0:25:25You're changing your life.

0:25:26 > 0:25:30We were in line to do 1 billion in sales for the year.

0:25:30 > 0:25:33Everything was great, we were on top of the world,

0:25:33 > 0:25:36all we were thinking about was adding more resorts

0:25:36 > 0:25:40and employing more people and growing the company larger,

0:25:40 > 0:25:42and it came to a screeching halt.

0:25:45 > 0:25:47We got a big problem.

0:25:47 > 0:25:50'At one point, the market fell over 700 points.'

0:25:50 > 0:25:53'The day that left Wall Street reeling.'

0:25:53 > 0:25:56'Alan Greenspan called it a once- in-a-century financial crisis.'

0:25:56 > 0:26:02'September of 2008, when the financial system ground to a halt

0:26:02 > 0:26:06'with the bankruptcy of Lehman and all the banks about to go under.'

0:26:06 > 0:26:09'Wall Street is tumbling, Main street is stumbling.'

0:26:09 > 0:26:11'A lot of their customers are freaked out,

0:26:11 > 0:26:13'waiting to see how low the Dow will go.'

0:26:13 > 0:26:16Banks lend hundreds of billions of dollars

0:26:16 > 0:26:18to home buyers who can't pay them back.

0:26:18 > 0:26:22Wall Street took the risky debt, dressed it up as fancy securities

0:26:22 > 0:26:25and sold them around the world as safe investments.

0:26:25 > 0:26:30My business depends heavily on easy access to cheap money.

0:26:30 > 0:26:36We sell our product for 10% down and we take back a 90% mortgage.

0:26:36 > 0:26:38What we used to do was take those mortgages to the banks,

0:26:38 > 0:26:41and they would give us an advance.

0:26:41 > 0:26:44Well, unless we can turn that mortgage into cash,

0:26:44 > 0:26:47I can't very well pay my employees with mortgages each week.

0:26:49 > 0:26:53But the banks are frozen as far as my business is concerned.

0:26:53 > 0:26:57And it's a struggle trying to find money to finance our sales.

0:26:58 > 0:27:01I don't think I would rank myself as a billionaire today.

0:27:04 > 0:27:06I would say it's touch and go right now.

0:27:27 > 0:27:29So this used to be the employees store?

0:27:29 > 0:27:31Yep. That used to be the employee store.

0:27:31 > 0:27:32No more store.

0:27:32 > 0:27:33No more store.

0:27:35 > 0:27:38The reason they shut down the telemarketing is

0:27:38 > 0:27:40because there's no financing for the sales people.

0:27:40 > 0:27:42Banks don't want to lend the money.

0:27:43 > 0:27:46People don't generally pay cash. It's like buying a car.

0:27:46 > 0:27:48This whole side was day shift, and then the night shift,

0:27:48 > 0:27:51that would be filled up, so it was very lively in here.

0:27:51 > 0:27:55It was two days prior to Thanksgiving, um, very sad,

0:27:55 > 0:27:58so, you know, spirits were high in here, and then, you know,

0:27:58 > 0:28:00half the people were called up to the front

0:28:00 > 0:28:02and those were the people who were going to be let go,

0:28:02 > 0:28:04and then there was like 20-25 of us that were left.

0:28:04 > 0:28:08I mean, I'd never been in a situation or an environment

0:28:08 > 0:28:11where that many people have lost their jobs at one time.

0:28:11 > 0:28:12You know, I mean, the crying,

0:28:12 > 0:28:14you can imagine what it was like in here,

0:28:14 > 0:28:16it was almost like a funeral procession.

0:28:16 > 0:28:18No, it's rough out there.

0:28:18 > 0:28:21When I looked in that room and to see all those empty cubicles,

0:28:21 > 0:28:25to think of how full of life that was at one time and all those

0:28:25 > 0:28:31people that had families, and, like, overnight, all those jobs were gone.

0:28:32 > 0:28:38When you have 7,000 people less, you have a lot of empty space.

0:28:38 > 0:28:40They all had some place to go to work.

0:28:41 > 0:28:45So those same people that used to motivate me are now out of work

0:28:45 > 0:28:47and struggling, and I feel bad.

0:28:48 > 0:28:50I feel bad. I feel bad for every one of them.

0:28:50 > 0:28:53I've affected a lot of lives by what's going on.

0:28:55 > 0:28:57Everything's for sale.

0:28:57 > 0:29:01Our planes, we have an auction company listing everything.

0:29:01 > 0:29:07We're not selling everything, but everything's available for a price.

0:29:07 > 0:29:11So, hopefully, we can figure it out.

0:29:14 > 0:29:17Got 100 million just burning a hole in your wallet right now?

0:29:17 > 0:29:21Then you can buy the palace that time-share mogul David Siegel

0:29:21 > 0:29:24already wants to sell, even though it's not even complete.

0:29:24 > 0:29:28The largest single family home under one roof in America.

0:29:28 > 0:29:31It's bigger than the White House and it could be an entire land

0:29:31 > 0:29:34at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.

0:29:34 > 0:29:39My dream house that I was building. It's about 50% complete.

0:29:40 > 0:29:43I finally had to list it and put it on the market,

0:29:44 > 0:29:46to satisfy my banks.

0:29:46 > 0:29:49It's the jewel of the United States.

0:29:49 > 0:29:50There's never been anything like this.

0:29:50 > 0:29:56This is a true visionary, modern-day palace, and we all know that

0:29:56 > 0:29:59you can't go to France and purchase Versailles,

0:29:59 > 0:30:00because it's used as a museum,

0:30:00 > 0:30:04so it's your own Versailles in your version as you see it.

0:30:04 > 0:30:07Well, we're listing the house finished for 100 million,

0:30:07 > 0:30:09unfinished for 75 million.

0:30:09 > 0:30:14We've got over 50 million into it, plus the land and all that,

0:30:14 > 0:30:19and the bankers want us to unload it for under 15 million.

0:30:20 > 0:30:22I hope they left the door open for us.

0:30:24 > 0:30:27I can jump through a window, Mom, don't worry.

0:30:33 > 0:30:36So who likes the beautiful window?

0:30:36 > 0:30:38Yeah, that was over 250,000.

0:30:40 > 0:30:42Mommy, is that lake?

0:30:42 > 0:30:44That's the lake, yes.

0:30:45 > 0:30:47Look all those spiders! Wow!

0:30:50 > 0:30:52So, Marissa, just think of the bright side.

0:30:52 > 0:30:54You might not have to clean this house.

0:30:54 > 0:30:56..good! how are you? Very good.

0:30:56 > 0:30:58Well, this is just incredible.

0:30:58 > 0:31:02I'll tell you, it gives me goose bumps every time I walk through here.

0:31:02 > 0:31:04You know, for me, personally, it's kind of an emotional day.

0:31:04 > 0:31:05Of course it is.

0:31:05 > 0:31:06This is our dream home,

0:31:06 > 0:31:10but you can't cry over things that you cannot change.

0:31:14 > 0:31:16Do you think that somebody's going to buy it?

0:31:18 > 0:31:19I don't know.

0:31:21 > 0:31:23I don't know if they'll buy it or not.

0:31:26 > 0:31:29Not that many people can afford that kind of house.

0:31:29 > 0:31:32In that 75 million range, there's not too many people.

0:31:33 > 0:31:35Even the ones that have money,

0:31:35 > 0:31:37Orlando would have to be the place they want to be.

0:31:38 > 0:31:42Tiger lives here still, Shaq,

0:31:42 > 0:31:44and there's a lot of real estate people,

0:31:44 > 0:31:45Orange juice families, and...

0:31:48 > 0:31:49Here it's like feast and famine.

0:31:49 > 0:31:51Some of the people have so much money

0:31:51 > 0:31:53they don't know what to do with it, they're spending it like crazy,

0:31:53 > 0:31:57and the other ones can just barely afford to keep what they got.

0:32:02 > 0:32:03Since I was young,

0:32:03 > 0:32:06I've been dreaming how I wish I could go to America.

0:32:07 > 0:32:12Every Filipino, it's our dream to have our own house.

0:32:12 > 0:32:15Those Filipinos that was here, they have their families

0:32:15 > 0:32:18in the Philippines, and they have big houses.

0:32:18 > 0:32:23I bought a piece of land, so if, God permit, I can go home,

0:32:23 > 0:32:28maybe I will build a house for that piece of land that I bought.

0:32:28 > 0:32:31I need some money to go home.

0:32:31 > 0:32:33If you go without money, it's not easy.

0:32:35 > 0:32:37So I need to save some money.

0:32:37 > 0:32:38Come on, let's go.

0:32:40 > 0:32:44But, Virginia, I have, like, I still have like five more tardies left.

0:32:44 > 0:32:45It doesn't matter.

0:32:47 > 0:32:49It's already 11 years.

0:32:50 > 0:32:53The children are really attached to me.

0:32:53 > 0:32:56I really love them like my own.

0:32:56 > 0:32:58Since I don't not have my family here.

0:33:03 > 0:33:04It's just that.

0:33:06 > 0:33:08The last time I see my kids, my youngest one,

0:33:08 > 0:33:11he's only 7 years old, and now he's 26.

0:33:13 > 0:33:16The Siegel kids, they always say, "Nanny, I love you."

0:33:16 > 0:33:20One thing that I never heard from my children. So, I'm happy for that.

0:33:22 > 0:33:23I miss them.

0:33:26 > 0:33:29It's OK, I still have kids.

0:33:29 > 0:33:30The Siegel kids.

0:33:42 > 0:33:45Hey, you need to go faster if you're going to burn calories.

0:33:55 > 0:33:56You want French fries?

0:33:56 > 0:33:57No, I'll wait.

0:34:03 > 0:34:06Hey, what's going on with this building? It looks kind of vacant.

0:34:06 > 0:34:08It's all in foreclosure.

0:34:08 > 0:34:12It's a shame. This is a nice area, they built a nice thing here.

0:34:12 > 0:34:13It's a pretty building.

0:34:13 > 0:34:17I heard there's like 65 foreclosures where I live.

0:34:18 > 0:34:19It's kind of sad, you know?

0:34:20 > 0:34:22Yeah.

0:34:24 > 0:34:27It's changed a lot in the last three years.

0:34:27 > 0:34:31A lot of people don't like to be seen in limos any more.

0:34:31 > 0:34:33They think it sends the wrong signal, when times are tough.

0:34:33 > 0:34:36Are you ready for our cheeseburger in paradise?

0:34:37 > 0:34:40I met Jackie and David at a Little League baseball game.

0:34:40 > 0:34:42Our boys play Little League together.

0:34:42 > 0:34:45She was volunteering behind the concession stand.

0:34:45 > 0:34:48A lot of people are afraid to talk to them.

0:34:48 > 0:34:51You know, cos they're very powerful people,

0:34:51 > 0:34:52but they're just like everybody else.

0:34:52 > 0:34:54They're down to earth.

0:34:54 > 0:34:57Hey, Drew, do you know which field it's on?

0:34:59 > 0:35:00Ha!

0:35:01 > 0:35:05You'd have to show me that. I don't, I don't follow you.

0:35:05 > 0:35:08But they're not funding me enough for Vegas.

0:35:08 > 0:35:13I will... Look, I'm at my son's baseball game,

0:35:13 > 0:35:15and when it's over, I'll call you back.

0:35:16 > 0:35:17Hey, hey.

0:35:17 > 0:35:19Hey.

0:35:21 > 0:35:23Come on, Drew, one more strike!

0:35:23 > 0:35:24Come on, Drew!

0:35:24 > 0:35:25Is that cute or what?

0:35:27 > 0:35:29I want to see our house finished so bad.

0:35:31 > 0:35:33What do you think of the dome?

0:35:33 > 0:35:34It's like from the Vatican.

0:35:34 > 0:35:39With the sun shining through, it'll look like jewels up there.

0:35:39 > 0:35:42You know, I paid cash for the house and then I put a mortgage on it

0:35:42 > 0:35:43and put the money in the company.

0:35:43 > 0:35:45Just like with the house that I'm in now.

0:35:45 > 0:35:48Why have an asset that doesn't have a mortgage on it

0:35:48 > 0:35:50when you're using money to make money?

0:35:50 > 0:35:52I got you a lottery ticket the other day.

0:35:52 > 0:35:54That's a waste of money.

0:35:54 > 0:35:55Not if you win.

0:35:56 > 0:35:57Ugh...

0:36:05 > 0:36:07C'mon, Drew. How was it flying commercial?

0:36:08 > 0:36:11The first time I took the boys on a commercial plane,

0:36:11 > 0:36:15they said "Mommy, what are all these people doing on our plane?"

0:36:15 > 0:36:18OK, now we got to get a car or something, right?

0:36:18 > 0:36:19Yeah.

0:36:22 > 0:36:24Florida? What brings you here?

0:36:24 > 0:36:26I'm coming here to visit some friends and family

0:36:26 > 0:36:30that I haven't seen in, like, over ten years, some of 'em maybe 15.

0:36:33 > 0:36:34You're from here?

0:36:34 > 0:36:37Binghamton, actually, but it was cheaper to fly here,

0:36:37 > 0:36:38and I'm on a budget now.

0:36:42 > 0:36:43What's my driver's name?

0:36:45 > 0:36:46I'm sorry?

0:36:46 > 0:36:48What's my driver's name?

0:36:48 > 0:36:51Oh, it doesn't come with a driver? Included?

0:36:51 > 0:36:53There's no driver, no.

0:36:53 > 0:36:54Sorry.

0:36:56 > 0:36:57Oh, here's Beth.

0:36:59 > 0:37:02I got my kids, I can't wait to go swimming and stuff.

0:37:03 > 0:37:07Oh, I miss you. Thank you, again.

0:37:07 > 0:37:08Yeah, oh, yeah. It's good seeing you.

0:37:08 > 0:37:12Jackie and my granddaughter Beth became very good friends.

0:37:12 > 0:37:15It think everything that happened to her is unusual.

0:37:15 > 0:37:19I don't know anybody that married such a wealthy man.

0:37:19 > 0:37:23Jackie worked at a diner and did very, very well in school.

0:37:23 > 0:37:28But engineering, back then, was kind of unusual for a girl to do,

0:37:28 > 0:37:31but I figured, well, she was smart, so that's what she wanted to do.

0:37:47 > 0:37:51Come on, kids. Come on, come see where Mommy grew up.

0:37:51 > 0:37:52Daniel!

0:37:52 > 0:37:54Come on! I want to show you where I grew up.

0:37:59 > 0:38:02Oh, my God, look at how big those trees got.

0:38:02 > 0:38:03There she is.

0:38:05 > 0:38:09Well, the American Dream is raising well up above what you started with

0:38:10 > 0:38:15and achieving something way beyond what anybody would dream that

0:38:15 > 0:38:18you would achieve, and that is exactly what she has done.

0:38:19 > 0:38:23Typical middle-class America just wasn't going to make her happy.

0:38:23 > 0:38:27She wanted to do something really exciting and really big.

0:38:27 > 0:38:30Hi, kids, come on in!

0:38:30 > 0:38:32I miss Jackie a lot.

0:38:32 > 0:38:35Everywhere she was, I was, and everywhere I was, she was.

0:38:35 > 0:38:37Everyone would ask, "Where's your other half?"

0:38:37 > 0:38:40And that's how it was all through high school.

0:38:40 > 0:38:41It was supposed to be that way after,

0:38:41 > 0:38:45but then we made different choices in our life.

0:38:45 > 0:38:47She decided to go to college,

0:38:47 > 0:38:50and I decided to marry my high school sweetheart.

0:38:50 > 0:38:52Tina, no, I am so impressed, it's a beautiful home.

0:38:52 > 0:38:53I'm so happy for you.

0:38:53 > 0:38:55Thank you!

0:38:55 > 0:38:57No... It's like a dream come true.

0:38:57 > 0:39:02I would be lying if I didn't say I envy her life to some extent.

0:39:03 > 0:39:05I mean, there's a lot of things in the world

0:39:05 > 0:39:08that I'd like to see, that I'd like to do.

0:39:08 > 0:39:11I've never owned a new car in my life.

0:39:11 > 0:39:15If I didn't have cash to buy a car, I didn't have a car.

0:39:15 > 0:39:18I never had a car payment. I don't own a credit card.

0:39:18 > 0:39:20How do you guys think you could do in a house this size?

0:39:20 > 0:39:21I like it.

0:39:21 > 0:39:23You like it?!

0:39:23 > 0:39:26I would love to have more money,

0:39:26 > 0:39:28but I don't know that I would want that much,

0:39:28 > 0:39:31because my dreams don't even go that big.

0:39:53 > 0:39:55What about the For Sale sign on the front of the building?

0:39:55 > 0:39:58Have you had a lot of inquiries about that?

0:39:58 > 0:40:00- From the team members, you mean? - Yes.

0:40:00 > 0:40:02After they got past the auction...

0:40:02 > 0:40:04- That was a little bit scary. - The For Sale sign is...

0:40:04 > 0:40:07So when we put up the foreclosure sign, that's going to probably...

0:40:09 > 0:40:14David Siegel is spending all of his time looking for money still.

0:40:14 > 0:40:17Every day, all day long, weekends included,

0:40:17 > 0:40:21he is looking for money to keep the Vegas project going.

0:40:21 > 0:40:24He's been to Donald Trump's office a couple times trying to get help.

0:40:24 > 0:40:27He's gone to Dubai and Switzerland.

0:40:27 > 0:40:30We're looking for about 400 million.

0:40:30 > 0:40:32So any of you that want to write a check,

0:40:32 > 0:40:35we'll pay you back in a few years!

0:40:39 > 0:40:43Basically, we spent 660 million to build it and right now we owe

0:40:43 > 0:40:49about 240 million, so we have over 400 million into it, you know.

0:40:49 > 0:40:52We don't want to walk away from that money, obviously.

0:40:53 > 0:40:58He will tell you that the lenders are pushers.

0:40:58 > 0:41:02They got us addicted to cheap money

0:41:02 > 0:41:06and once we were addicted, they took away our money.

0:41:06 > 0:41:08And now we're addicts.

0:41:08 > 0:41:09We have to have that money

0:41:09 > 0:41:11in order to maintain the company that we built.

0:41:14 > 0:41:18When this first started, we were taking anybody that was breathing.

0:41:18 > 0:41:21If they had the down payment, we would write 'em.

0:41:21 > 0:41:24Our lenders basically said, "You're selling sub-prime

0:41:24 > 0:41:27"to people that really can't afford your product."

0:41:28 > 0:41:31I was actually calling in reference to your uh,

0:41:31 > 0:41:33looks like you were set up at the Westgate Town Center.

0:41:33 > 0:41:36Your account, obviously, it's on the default list.

0:41:36 > 0:41:39I don't know if you were having a hardship or what happened, but...

0:41:44 > 0:41:47..see what we can do and be able to help you out with this...

0:41:47 > 0:41:49dilemma that you're going through.

0:41:56 > 0:42:01One morning, everybody, we walked in, and they gave us the bad news,

0:42:01 > 0:42:03they had to let people go.

0:42:03 > 0:42:07All together, with the nannies, there were 19 people,

0:42:07 > 0:42:09and now its just, with the nannies and myself,

0:42:09 > 0:42:12it's just four people and it's very difficult.

0:42:20 > 0:42:24The nannies are working more now. They're working around the clock.

0:42:25 > 0:42:27OK, here's the school.

0:42:28 > 0:42:30We've cut back everywhere we could.

0:42:30 > 0:42:32Hi, my children.

0:42:32 > 0:42:35The kids were in private school, they're now in public school.

0:42:35 > 0:42:37Debbie, get in the back.

0:42:39 > 0:42:41- Have a nice day.- Bye.

0:42:41 > 0:42:43You already served a detention on a weekday, remember?

0:42:43 > 0:42:45For two consecutive weeks.

0:42:45 > 0:42:48What is the explanation why you get Saturday detention

0:42:48 > 0:42:50for three hours, why?

0:42:50 > 0:42:52I don't know.

0:42:52 > 0:42:55I told them that they might have to go to college now.

0:42:55 > 0:42:57They might actually have to make their own money.

0:42:57 > 0:43:00And that's kind of, like, I mean, they're realising that now.

0:43:00 > 0:43:03That there might not be money there for 'em, you know?

0:43:05 > 0:43:07So I said, start thinking about what you want to be when you grow up.

0:43:16 > 0:43:18Have you fed the lizard here?

0:43:18 > 0:43:20No, because nobody takes me to the pet store.

0:43:20 > 0:43:24He hasn't eaten at all? Ugh, I feel so bad he hasn't eaten.

0:43:24 > 0:43:27Well, I feel so bad nobody takes me to the pet store. I always...

0:43:27 > 0:43:29Look, he's starving. Look, he doesn't even have water.

0:43:29 > 0:43:31But that's because they never take me to the pet store.

0:43:31 > 0:43:32All right.

0:43:32 > 0:43:35I always ask Marissa and Richard, and they say they're too busy.

0:43:35 > 0:43:38All right. I'm going to go get a piece of turkey.

0:43:41 > 0:43:44I can't believe you guys don't feed the lizards.

0:43:45 > 0:43:46It's not moving.

0:43:46 > 0:43:48He's not moving?

0:43:48 > 0:43:50I don't know if he's dead.

0:43:50 > 0:43:52Did you kill him?

0:43:52 > 0:43:54You got to give him water too.

0:43:55 > 0:43:57Oh, you guys killed him!

0:43:57 > 0:43:58What?

0:43:58 > 0:44:00You killed him!

0:44:00 > 0:44:03I know, I apologise for being such a horrible person.

0:44:03 > 0:44:05Oh, Debbie!

0:44:05 > 0:44:07It's not my pet.

0:44:07 > 0:44:09David. Look.

0:44:09 > 0:44:10He's dead.

0:44:12 > 0:44:14I didn't even know we had a lizard.

0:44:14 > 0:44:16Nobody would take me to the pet store. Ever.

0:44:16 > 0:44:18Well, he didn't even have water.

0:44:18 > 0:44:20It's not like that would have made a difference.

0:44:20 > 0:44:22Maybe he died of dehydration.

0:44:23 > 0:44:26Oh. I apologise that I'm a horrible person.

0:44:26 > 0:44:27I didn't say you're a horrible person.

0:44:27 > 0:44:29Well, you're making me feel like one.

0:44:47 > 0:44:50My father's first wife is my mother.

0:44:50 > 0:44:57They were married in 1961 and they divorced in 1968.

0:44:57 > 0:45:00Now my father was paying my mother child support

0:45:00 > 0:45:02but even when he had millions, we were poor.

0:45:04 > 0:45:08I mean, I even remember getting swamp cabbage for us to eat for dinner.

0:45:08 > 0:45:12However, we were the best-dressed kids at school,

0:45:12 > 0:45:16because every year, my father would give us money to go clothes shopping.

0:45:16 > 0:45:18So we always had great clothes, but we had no money.

0:45:20 > 0:45:23Finally my father called us one day and he said,

0:45:23 > 0:45:25"Would you like to come live with me?"

0:45:25 > 0:45:29That was in 1980. And I said yes, I didn't even think twice, yes.

0:45:29 > 0:45:33That first year in Orlando was one of the best years of my life.

0:45:33 > 0:45:36We had a housekeeper and they had a cook and they got a chauffeur,

0:45:36 > 0:45:38they bought a limousine.

0:45:39 > 0:45:42That summer, before I went into my junior year,

0:45:42 > 0:45:43my stepmother said,

0:45:43 > 0:45:48"I've already raised my kids, I'm not going to worry about

0:45:48 > 0:45:51"your father's kids, so you all need to move out."

0:45:52 > 0:45:56I never held a grudge against my father because, even though

0:45:56 > 0:45:59I only lived with him for a year, he still paid for me

0:45:59 > 0:46:03to go to boarding school, paid for my college, he gave me a car.

0:46:03 > 0:46:06My father and I aren't close on a personal level

0:46:06 > 0:46:08because it's always been a business relationship.

0:46:08 > 0:46:11When we talk it's all about business.

0:46:11 > 0:46:14We're father and son, employer, employee,

0:46:14 > 0:46:15but we're not close.

0:46:20 > 0:46:22Work is my life. I'm 24/7.

0:46:24 > 0:46:26and I don't know any other way to do it.

0:46:26 > 0:46:29I'm a victim of my own success.

0:46:29 > 0:46:30Or failures.

0:46:34 > 0:46:37The company and myself was the same thing.

0:46:37 > 0:46:41So whenever the company was signing on the dotted line,

0:46:41 > 0:46:44they wanted my personal guarantee, my signature, fine.

0:46:44 > 0:46:46Everything I had was in the company

0:46:46 > 0:46:49cos I'd never taken anything out of the company.

0:46:59 > 0:47:04Wendy, you're the only one working out of, like, 25 people.

0:47:06 > 0:47:07OK, I guess I'm the chef now.

0:47:09 > 0:47:12OK, now what Wendy, now what's our next step?

0:47:13 > 0:47:17Um, corn. Almost done. Is done?

0:47:17 > 0:47:19Hey, how was the baseball game?

0:47:19 > 0:47:22I never would have had so many children if I couldn't have a nanny.

0:47:22 > 0:47:25When I grew up, I didn't know there was a such thing as a nanny.

0:47:25 > 0:47:29So I figured I'd probably have one kid, and then maybe two.

0:47:29 > 0:47:31But then when I found out I could have nannies,

0:47:31 > 0:47:34I just kept having the kids, I mean, they're just bundles of joy.

0:47:36 > 0:47:37Come on.

0:47:39 > 0:47:42Wendy, let's do it like a proper dinner.

0:47:44 > 0:47:46Can we just sit together like a nice family?

0:47:46 > 0:47:48- OK.- OK.- All right, fine.

0:47:50 > 0:47:53Right, over there. They're crying.

0:47:54 > 0:47:56Just, tell them it's a princess party.

0:48:04 > 0:48:05Drew, come here.

0:48:05 > 0:48:07We're trying to get Daddy's dinner ready.

0:48:07 > 0:48:11We're going to do a surprise for Daddy's birthday!

0:48:11 > 0:48:13We need everyone. It's Daddy's birthday.

0:48:20 > 0:48:24OK, now, could you go get some plates and, like, put them around?

0:48:26 > 0:48:28Hey, Pamela? Found another one?

0:48:38 > 0:48:39Oh, is he home?

0:48:40 > 0:48:41Oh, the TV's on.

0:48:43 > 0:48:44You just noticed?

0:48:44 > 0:48:47- Yeah.- Hurry up, Dad.

0:48:51 > 0:48:53Hey honey. How long till you're ready?

0:48:53 > 0:48:55- Ready for what? - Ready to come out.

0:48:55 > 0:48:58I'm not coming out, I've got work to do.

0:48:58 > 0:49:01What do you mean, come out? Turn the bathroom light out.

0:49:26 > 0:49:30Daddy's going to be in a better mood in a couple of minutes.

0:49:41 > 0:49:43Let me go wash my dirty, filthy hands,

0:49:43 > 0:49:47and so I can sit on that dirty, filthy seat.

0:49:47 > 0:49:48Yuck!

0:49:51 > 0:49:55Why is this night different than any other night?

0:49:55 > 0:49:57Cos we eat at the table.

0:49:58 > 0:50:02Nobody is crazy enough to build a building that size

0:50:02 > 0:50:09and that expensive unless they have a guaranteed market.

0:50:09 > 0:50:11They just think they're doing us a favour by letting us be there.

0:50:11 > 0:50:13They don't seem to understand.

0:50:13 > 0:50:17# Happy birthday to you... #

0:50:17 > 0:50:20By not taking any money off the table,

0:50:20 > 0:50:22I'm at the mercy of the bankers.

0:50:22 > 0:50:24They say jump and I say how high?

0:50:26 > 0:50:29I think he's humbled. My husband's humbled.

0:50:30 > 0:50:34Which I kind of like it, actually.

0:50:36 > 0:50:38What would you wish for?

0:50:38 > 0:50:40The last 25 years of your life.

0:50:41 > 0:50:45Besides me, of course.

0:50:47 > 0:50:50If I have to live to 150, that's what I'll do, you know,

0:50:50 > 0:50:55if that's what it's going to take to get back on top again.

0:50:55 > 0:50:57Wow. Those aren't edible candles.

0:51:11 > 0:51:12Right now, I just need to sell it.

0:51:14 > 0:51:19And, you know, there's not too many buyers for 90,000 sq ft houses.

0:51:21 > 0:51:22At that price.

0:51:24 > 0:51:27Oh, my God.

0:51:27 > 0:51:28Ah.

0:51:28 > 0:51:32I just want one picture, can you take a picture with my cell phone?

0:51:32 > 0:51:34This was going to be in our spa in our big house.

0:51:36 > 0:51:38David's barber chair.

0:51:39 > 0:51:41It's a beautiful chair, isn't it?

0:51:41 > 0:51:43I picked out so much stuff over the years,

0:51:43 > 0:51:45it's, like, been ten years in progress.

0:51:45 > 0:51:47The majority of it is probably French

0:51:47 > 0:51:50to go with the theme of Versailles.

0:51:50 > 0:51:51These things over here?

0:51:51 > 0:51:55All from the genie bottle from the Aladdin hotel. Right here.

0:51:55 > 0:51:59What do you call it? The eggs from Russia?

0:51:59 > 0:52:00Faberge eggs.

0:52:00 > 0:52:02But look, I got the giant ones.

0:52:04 > 0:52:06If we do sell the house, then we probably would auction it off,

0:52:06 > 0:52:09but we're going to wait and see what happens.

0:52:09 > 0:52:10You know, I'm fine with it.

0:52:10 > 0:52:14I married David for richer or poorer, and if we...

0:52:15 > 0:52:17I want to use some of the antiques now,

0:52:17 > 0:52:22so I'm kind of picking some smaller pieces

0:52:22 > 0:52:25that could fit into our current home.

0:52:25 > 0:52:27I know there's like a superior source

0:52:27 > 0:52:30or something that's guiding us in the right way.

0:52:33 > 0:52:35I've been up and down my entire life.

0:52:36 > 0:52:39I mean, I've been married before and I didn't have to worry

0:52:39 > 0:52:42about anything, I was making tons of money modelling.

0:52:42 > 0:52:44And then I was poor again.

0:52:44 > 0:52:48I've been a cocktail waitress, I mean, I even, in the nursing home

0:52:48 > 0:52:51I used to clean dead people and prepare them for the morgue.

0:52:52 > 0:52:53For 3.35 an hour.

0:52:57 > 0:53:00This building used to be an old Home Depot type of store.

0:53:00 > 0:53:02My husband bought it years ago.

0:53:02 > 0:53:06So I thought this would be a perfect opportunity.

0:53:06 > 0:53:09I could raise money that I could give back to the community.

0:53:09 > 0:53:12I bought some of the inventory from hotels and stuff like

0:53:12 > 0:53:16the old microwaves and things like that and we get donations.

0:53:19 > 0:53:23All this, and this over here, is my personal stuff from the house.

0:53:23 > 0:53:24It's the stuff that I've donated.

0:53:24 > 0:53:28With the bankers just not funding the companies any more,

0:53:28 > 0:53:31we were forced to lay off 6,000 people.

0:53:31 > 0:53:33And the bankers made us do it,

0:53:33 > 0:53:35so, they're probably going to get mad at me for saying that,

0:53:35 > 0:53:38but that's what I heard, that's what I understand.

0:53:40 > 0:53:42Most of the people here are Westgate employees.

0:53:42 > 0:53:45I just felt that it was a way that I could really do something to

0:53:45 > 0:53:48help people in a desperate situation that don't deserve to be there.

0:53:48 > 0:53:5030 brand new.

0:53:50 > 0:53:53We got them from the same vendor that Macy's gets them from.

0:53:53 > 0:53:5579.99 at Macy's.

0:53:55 > 0:54:01I have evolved from being someone who just went out to charity lunches

0:54:01 > 0:54:04all the time and went shopping

0:54:04 > 0:54:06to wear something to the charity lunches,

0:54:06 > 0:54:11to actually doing something more in my life to make a difference.

0:54:12 > 0:54:13Hey, Tina.

0:54:13 > 0:54:15Hi, how are you?

0:54:15 > 0:54:17Good. I haven't talked to you in a little bit.

0:54:18 > 0:54:21I know. It's been a while.

0:54:21 > 0:54:25But, um, hey, that money I sent you. Was it able to save your house?

0:54:25 > 0:54:27No, no, it was not.

0:54:27 > 0:54:29It didn't save your house?

0:54:29 > 0:54:35No. I talked to the mortgage company and, you know, I was all excited

0:54:35 > 0:54:38saying, OK, I got the money that you told me that I needed to pay you.

0:54:38 > 0:54:42They run it through their system or whatever and he says nope,

0:54:42 > 0:54:44sorry, they won't take that.

0:54:44 > 0:54:45Oh, my God.

0:54:45 > 0:54:49And I only owed them 1,700 to begin with.

0:54:49 > 0:54:53Unbelievable. So you actually lost the house?

0:54:53 > 0:54:54Well, it's in foreclosure.

0:54:54 > 0:54:56They're not going to let me stop the foreclosure.

0:55:15 > 0:55:18Jackie's a friend. They help me with a lot of things.

0:55:18 > 0:55:21You know, occasionally I have a wedding that somebody wants

0:55:21 > 0:55:25a Rolls-Royce and I will borrow that so the bride can go

0:55:25 > 0:55:27to and from the church in a Rolls Royce.

0:55:27 > 0:55:32My wife's working double shifts and I'm doing as much driving as I can.

0:55:32 > 0:55:35We didn't even put our tree up yet.

0:55:37 > 0:55:38I got into the limousine business

0:55:38 > 0:55:41when I saw that real estate wasn't doing that well.

0:55:42 > 0:55:45And that's the only thing that kept us afloat.

0:55:45 > 0:55:46I had a good job in New York.

0:55:46 > 0:55:49I worked for a commercial real estate company.

0:55:52 > 0:55:54We moved down here for a better life for the kids

0:55:54 > 0:55:59and you try to keep going and make more money and buy more houses

0:55:59 > 0:56:02and all together we had about 19 houses.

0:56:03 > 0:56:06My net worth? Probably about 3.5 million.

0:56:06 > 0:56:07Now, zero.

0:56:12 > 0:56:14Everything changes.

0:56:18 > 0:56:21Within a month after the bankruptcy court was finalised,

0:56:21 > 0:56:23the lawyer told me we had to be out of the house,

0:56:23 > 0:56:25and we moved in here.

0:56:25 > 0:56:27My friend's rental.

0:56:27 > 0:56:31It happens pretty fast. But, you know, you survive.

0:56:32 > 0:56:35Hey, Tom. Did you get a doughnut?

0:56:35 > 0:56:37'It's hard going back to renting.'

0:56:37 > 0:56:38No?

0:56:39 > 0:56:41You can see, there's nothing on the walls,

0:56:41 > 0:56:45so doesn't really feel like it's your house.

0:56:45 > 0:56:46It humbles you a lot.

0:56:47 > 0:56:51Our family, and house and the kids are the most important thing.

0:56:53 > 0:56:56And friends, you know, you can get by without owning a house,

0:56:56 > 0:56:58you can't get by without friends and family.

0:56:58 > 0:57:01You know, that's the most important things.

0:57:05 > 0:57:06This is my palace.

0:57:08 > 0:57:11This used to be the twins' playhouse.

0:57:11 > 0:57:14But they don't use it, so I used it.

0:57:14 > 0:57:15Yeah. And it's good to have this.

0:57:17 > 0:57:21Like, when it's too noisy in there, just run here, quiet.

0:57:21 > 0:57:27I ask Jackie, if I can use it. And then she said, "Are you serious?"

0:57:27 > 0:57:30Yes, I am. This is the bed. I'm using this.

0:57:32 > 0:57:36But then I folded it because when you get in it's all over here,

0:57:36 > 0:57:39you cannot get in through.

0:57:39 > 0:57:42I love this place and I'm so glad Jackie gave it to me.

0:57:50 > 0:57:53I promised him before I left that I'm going to have money

0:57:53 > 0:57:56and then we can do that, we can build our own house.

0:57:56 > 0:57:58Before that happened, he passed away.

0:58:01 > 0:58:05I'm supporting not just my children, my brothers, my sisters.

0:58:05 > 0:58:08All the money that I had, I'm sending it to them.

0:58:23 > 0:58:25So, maybe that's still good for him.

0:58:43 > 0:58:47David Siegel said, "Do not touch anything in that room.

0:58:47 > 0:58:50"I don't want a chair, a table, a copier, a computer,

0:58:50 > 0:58:54"I don't want anything taken out, cos we will be re-opening."

0:58:54 > 0:58:57And here we are seven months later, everything has stayed the same.

0:58:58 > 0:59:00Well, this was my office.

0:59:00 > 0:59:03I wish I could turn on the lights but they shut them off

0:59:03 > 0:59:04to save money, I guess.

0:59:04 > 0:59:08The lenders kept trying to get us to stop sales in the building

0:59:08 > 0:59:11which we wouldn't do and finally they were so mad

0:59:11 > 0:59:13that he kept doing it when they said not to

0:59:13 > 0:59:18that they laid the law down and we had to stop sales of this building.

0:59:18 > 0:59:21This is where we sold at least 100 million a year

0:59:21 > 0:59:25and we could do up to 200 million a year and now it's just empty.

0:59:28 > 0:59:29The reason that they wanted us

0:59:29 > 0:59:34to stop sales is that they wanted us not to pay them so that they could

0:59:34 > 0:59:36go and foreclose on the building which they have already done.

0:59:40 > 0:59:45I almost feel like the bankers are like vultures,

0:59:45 > 0:59:47circling around waiting for the animal to die

0:59:47 > 0:59:51instead of helping out the situation.

0:59:52 > 0:59:56No-one knows that this building is being foreclosed upon.

0:59:56 > 1:00:00If our owners found out, we would have a mass exodus in our hands.

1:00:00 > 1:00:02They would be stopping payments.

1:00:02 > 1:00:06All of our people in our company are paid by those monthly payments.

1:00:06 > 1:00:08So we live and die by those monthly payments.

1:00:14 > 1:00:17I really don't understand the financial community.

1:00:17 > 1:00:19Especially when they get all that money from the government.

1:00:19 > 1:00:27I thought that rescue money two years ago in September of 2008

1:00:27 > 1:00:33was supposed to go, be passed on to the common people or, you know, us.

1:00:43 > 1:00:47She knows we need to cut back but it's difficult for her.

1:00:47 > 1:00:49She's still compulsive.

1:00:49 > 1:00:52Where she slows down one activity,

1:00:52 > 1:00:55she accelerates another one.

1:00:57 > 1:01:00'My husband, all the time, tells me not to spend money.

1:01:00 > 1:01:01'He says if I keep spending

1:01:01 > 1:01:03'then he's going to shut my credit cards off.

1:01:03 > 1:01:06'Or just not pay them.

1:01:06 > 1:01:09'And he says he might not have the money to pay them anyways,

1:01:09 > 1:01:11'so it might not be either of our choices.'

1:01:13 > 1:01:15Wait, wait, wait. I got Daniel.

1:01:15 > 1:01:19Daniel needs a ramp, not that one. He doesn't need this.

1:01:19 > 1:01:23No, I need all the perfume and stuff for the stocking stuffers.

1:01:23 > 1:01:26The boys like this. For the stockings.

1:01:28 > 1:01:29For Bear.

1:01:29 > 1:01:33You know how Bear likes to walk around with something in his mouth.

1:01:33 > 1:01:35You're taking everything out.

1:01:39 > 1:01:42- It's too much.- I know.

1:01:53 > 1:01:56My wife collects everything.

1:01:56 > 1:01:58She can't have one bird, she's got to have a dozen.

1:01:58 > 1:02:01Can't have one dog, she's got to have a dozen.

1:02:01 > 1:02:04Can't have one child she's got to have seven.

1:02:04 > 1:02:06So what can I tell you?

1:02:09 > 1:02:13Oh, my Lord.

1:02:13 > 1:02:15Excuse me, get down.

1:02:15 > 1:02:16Oh, shit.

1:02:17 > 1:02:19Yeah, that's for Drew.

1:02:21 > 1:02:22That's too small.

1:02:30 > 1:02:32Oh, gosh.

1:02:57 > 1:03:00I can't believe we don't have a bartender.

1:03:01 > 1:03:02I just cleaned my cup.

1:03:02 > 1:03:05Who's coming over to serve the food or...?

1:03:05 > 1:03:08- Is there any bartender?- No.

1:03:08 > 1:03:09How do you do? Seneel.

1:03:09 > 1:03:11- Teneel.- Teneel, OK.

1:03:11 > 1:03:13I'm going to get organised here.

1:03:13 > 1:03:16Honey, we've got people coming and you're not even ready.

1:03:16 > 1:03:18And they're arriving and...

1:03:18 > 1:03:22- Give me five minutes.- Hurry up.

1:03:22 > 1:03:24I don't want David to buy me any Christmas presents.

1:03:24 > 1:03:25I don't need it.

1:03:25 > 1:03:29All I want is just for us to be happy together, get along

1:03:29 > 1:03:33and I want to see our family and our friends with smiles on their faces.

1:03:36 > 1:03:40Nothing makes me happy these days.

1:03:40 > 1:03:43I'll be happy when I find a solution to this.

1:03:46 > 1:03:49I can't separate business from personal.

1:03:52 > 1:03:56And here's the hostess with the two mostest. It's Grandma.

1:03:56 > 1:03:59- Bring presents for Jackie. - Grandma.- Reema!

1:04:01 > 1:04:03Give Grandma hugs and kisses.

1:04:03 > 1:04:06If I could have anything that I want for Christmas,

1:04:06 > 1:04:11I would say 300 million to take care of what we have in Vegas

1:04:11 > 1:04:12and I will be just fine after that.

1:04:12 > 1:04:15Marissa, you need to put the Rudolph costume on.

1:04:15 > 1:04:17- Here, I'll come help you. Come one. - OK.

1:04:17 > 1:04:19We've got to hurry. Everyone's arriving.

1:04:20 > 1:04:23I don't know why they didn't set up a bar.

1:04:23 > 1:04:24No, no, no, no.

1:04:26 > 1:04:28Should I send my mom in here to help?

1:04:28 > 1:04:30Cos I've got to go get some Christmas presents.

1:04:30 > 1:04:33- No, I have to just... I don't need help.- Are you sure?- Yeah.

1:04:33 > 1:04:37All right cos I've got too much to do and I don't have enough help.

1:04:37 > 1:04:39This is a pain in the ass.

1:04:41 > 1:04:44I really miss having a manager that does all this stuff for me.

1:04:53 > 1:04:54Let me just...

1:04:56 > 1:04:58Let me just open it.

1:04:58 > 1:05:04# Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose. #

1:05:13 > 1:05:15Oh, Rudolph is here!

1:05:15 > 1:05:19Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer.

1:05:19 > 1:05:21Hey, you got the key to my Rolls?

1:05:21 > 1:05:24- No.- Did you drive it?

1:05:24 > 1:05:28Yeah, I brought it in and personally handed it to Jackie.

1:05:28 > 1:05:29I don't know, I don't...

1:05:29 > 1:05:32They came back in and they said the lights were on and they...

1:05:32 > 1:05:35- I went back out I turned them out. - I never saw the key again.

1:05:35 > 1:05:36Did you use it?

1:05:36 > 1:05:39Yeah. Yeah, we did a quick wedding.

1:05:39 > 1:05:41- Did I get paid?- Absolutely.

1:05:41 > 1:05:43Who'd you give the money to?

1:05:43 > 1:05:45Jackie.

1:05:45 > 1:05:48- I never saw the money. - It must be where the key is.

1:05:48 > 1:05:50I never saw the money.

1:05:50 > 1:05:53No, it always drips off now at this time of year and stuff

1:05:53 > 1:05:54but it'll pick up and stuff.

1:05:54 > 1:05:57We'll sell David's house and everything will be fabulous.

1:05:57 > 1:05:58Tricky couple of years.

1:06:02 > 1:06:04Now the loan comes due.

1:06:04 > 1:06:06"I'll pay you the interest like I'm doing now."

1:06:06 > 1:06:10And they said, "No." So now, I send a third party

1:06:10 > 1:06:15to go see how much they'll sell that loan for.

1:06:15 > 1:06:20They wrote it down, 11. They sold the loan to the third party.

1:06:20 > 1:06:24they didn't know I was involved. 3.2 million.

1:06:24 > 1:06:27- Oh, yeah? - Yeah, I'm getting it back.

1:06:27 > 1:06:28What a bunch of idiots.

1:06:28 > 1:06:34So I'm going from owing 18 million for 3.2 million.

1:06:34 > 1:06:37I mean, that's why banks are in trouble.

1:06:37 > 1:06:39Who the hell's making those...? I mean, I'm glad they did

1:06:39 > 1:06:41but who's making those decisions?

1:06:41 > 1:06:42- Love you.- I love you too.

1:06:44 > 1:06:47- Merry Christmas. - I'll see you tomorrow.- OK.

1:06:47 > 1:06:51- Honey, let's go. Everybody out. - All right.

1:06:51 > 1:06:55It's almost... It's getting late.

1:06:55 > 1:06:57I love to be with you.

1:07:00 > 1:07:01Merry Christmas.

1:07:06 > 1:07:10Our life is definitely more challenging today

1:07:10 > 1:07:12than when we first got married.

1:07:14 > 1:07:20I tried to put blinders on and do my thing but it's there.

1:07:21 > 1:07:25OK, Merry Christmas and we'll see you in the morning.

1:07:25 > 1:07:29The stress has actually made us closer, stronger.

1:07:29 > 1:07:31And I think, you know what they say,

1:07:31 > 1:07:35when you're down is when you find out who your true friends are.

1:07:56 > 1:07:59Where's all the kids clamouring for their toys?

1:08:02 > 1:08:04Where should I put these?

1:08:04 > 1:08:08Next to Daddy. Wait, I lost BB's puppies.

1:08:08 > 1:08:12I need to find it because the python will eat them.

1:08:12 > 1:08:14Eat the puppies. Oh, my God.

1:08:15 > 1:08:17Are her puppies lost?

1:08:17 > 1:08:19Yeah.

1:08:21 > 1:08:23Puppies!

1:08:23 > 1:08:25Jonquil,

1:08:25 > 1:08:27since it's your snake going around the house,

1:08:27 > 1:08:30can you help me find the puppies?

1:08:30 > 1:08:32All right, I'll look for them.

1:08:32 > 1:08:35- INTERVIEWER:- Do you get strength from your marriage?

1:08:36 > 1:08:37No.

1:08:39 > 1:08:40Not really.

1:08:42 > 1:08:44It's kind of like...

1:08:46 > 1:08:48..having another child.

1:08:49 > 1:08:53Oh, I found it. Look.

1:08:53 > 1:08:56Oh, my God. They're like trapped in the corner here.

1:08:59 > 1:09:02I don't know where to pile my presents.

1:09:02 > 1:09:04I'm putting mine over here.

1:09:04 > 1:09:07Maybe you could put yours in the centre.

1:09:07 > 1:09:09I got the crystal growing thing.

1:09:09 > 1:09:12When I lived in New York and I would see rich people on TV,

1:09:12 > 1:09:15I'd be like, "Wow, you know, their lifestyle must be nice."

1:09:15 > 1:09:17Like, if I had that lifestyle,

1:09:17 > 1:09:19I would just wake up everyday with a smile on my face

1:09:19 > 1:09:21but now that I do, it's like I wake up now

1:09:21 > 1:09:23and it's just I'm used to it.

1:09:23 > 1:09:25And then it's like you want more and more.

1:09:25 > 1:09:27I got another Yahtzee.

1:09:29 > 1:09:32Good morning, Victoria, merry Christmas.

1:09:32 > 1:09:34Merry Christmas to you too.

1:09:37 > 1:09:42I got Monopoly. What am I going to do with Monopoly?

1:09:42 > 1:09:45Well, actually I gave you these gifts like five years ago

1:09:45 > 1:09:49but the kids were too young for you to play with so I'm re-gifting.

1:09:49 > 1:09:52- Cos you never opened it. - Risk. What's Risk?

1:09:52 > 1:09:55That's a great game. That's when you take over the world.

1:09:55 > 1:09:58'We're not the typical family, that's for sure.'

1:09:58 > 1:10:05And I don't want you to get the impression that we're penniless.

1:10:06 > 1:10:10But we're going through a very difficult time.

1:10:10 > 1:10:16'Our lenders, I mean, they have cut my pay cheque, my CFO said,'

1:10:16 > 1:10:20"Well, that's not enough for him to make his mortgage payments on,"

1:10:20 > 1:10:24so one of them lenders said, "Well, then let him move into an apartment."

1:10:24 > 1:10:27Look what I got. It's a present to myself.

1:10:27 > 1:10:30Oh, I just can't wait to eat my caviar.

1:10:30 > 1:10:33How much is this? Like 2,000? I don't even know.

1:10:33 > 1:10:35Ah, it tastes so good.

1:10:35 > 1:10:38Whoever got you that's going to get fired, I'll tell you that.

1:10:40 > 1:10:43If the company fails they may have to go to work

1:10:43 > 1:10:48and not be able to go to college or get a college loan or...

1:10:48 > 1:10:51I haven't put anything aside.

1:10:52 > 1:10:56This is for my mother who isn't here today.

1:10:56 > 1:10:58When your grandmother was on her honeymoon

1:10:58 > 1:11:02she was on a train going to Chicago and she asked my father

1:11:02 > 1:11:06if he would buy her a Hershey bar and he said, "I don't have a nickel."

1:11:06 > 1:11:12And so ever since, every birthday, I got her a Hershey bar.

1:11:12 > 1:11:16She said if she's not here to eat it, I should eat it for her.

1:11:16 > 1:11:21So, I'm going to...I'm going to eat it for her. Thank you, Mom.

1:11:25 > 1:11:28On my wedding day, my father gave a speech

1:11:28 > 1:11:32and he looked at my wife and he said,

1:11:32 > 1:11:35"You will never have anything to worry about in your life."

1:11:37 > 1:11:39We worry every day.

1:11:39 > 1:11:44Everyone in this company has had not one pay cut, two pay cuts,

1:11:44 > 1:11:47three pay cuts. We've all taken big hits.

1:11:47 > 1:11:50I went to him last week about money.

1:11:50 > 1:11:55"You have to give me some money. I need money."

1:11:55 > 1:11:57And he said, "I would give it to you if I had it.

1:11:57 > 1:11:59"I can't give you anything."

1:12:00 > 1:12:02So right now I'm applying for a home equity loan

1:12:02 > 1:12:06and I just upped all the limits on all my credit cards.

1:12:07 > 1:12:11Vegas is what's causing our big problem

1:12:11 > 1:12:14and the bank's answer to a solution is,

1:12:14 > 1:12:16"Just hand us the keys

1:12:16 > 1:12:21"and give up the 390 million that you put into it."

1:12:21 > 1:12:24and my answer is, "Over my dead body."

1:12:25 > 1:12:28I mean, he told me, "I'm not giving it up.

1:12:28 > 1:12:30"If I have to bankrupt it, I'll bankrupt it.

1:12:30 > 1:12:33That's what David said to me too and I said, "David, I'd take it."

1:12:33 > 1:12:35And then Michael said, "Your dad's going to go down with the ship."

1:12:35 > 1:12:38- The ship's not going down. - He bankrupts that, they stop funding

1:12:38 > 1:12:41- the rest of the company and the company goes down.- No, they won't.

1:12:41 > 1:12:43- They have too much to lose. - That is correct.

1:12:43 > 1:12:46This building is much more important

1:12:46 > 1:12:49than building the largest house in America.

1:12:49 > 1:12:53He has built the largest time-share company in the world

1:12:53 > 1:12:55and this is the pinnacle of it.

1:12:55 > 1:12:58I'd be a real shame, though, to actually lose it.

1:13:00 > 1:13:06If they use every method they can to try to get the building back

1:13:06 > 1:13:10and at the 11th hour I bankrupt it and buy time.

1:13:10 > 1:13:15Time is...what I need.

1:13:15 > 1:13:20If he throws this building into bankruptcy then he risks the rest of

1:13:20 > 1:13:25the company because our lenders are financing the rest of the company.

1:13:25 > 1:13:28They have made it very clear to my father that

1:13:28 > 1:13:33if he turns over the keys to the building, that his company

1:13:33 > 1:13:37would become a cash cow, they would continue to finance it, he wouldn't

1:13:37 > 1:13:40have to worry about anything and he would go back to life as normal.

1:13:40 > 1:13:43He would go back to building his house, flying in his plane,

1:13:43 > 1:13:45buying other resorts.

1:13:45 > 1:13:47He'll have more money than he knows what to do with

1:13:47 > 1:13:50if he turns over this building.

1:13:50 > 1:13:53Everyone is against him trying to keep this building.

1:13:53 > 1:13:55I've had arguments with my own brother

1:13:55 > 1:13:57who screamed and yelled at me,

1:13:57 > 1:14:00"What are you doing to this family? What are you doing to this company?

1:14:00 > 1:14:02"How can you support him?"

1:14:02 > 1:14:05All of his people, his attorney, his closest friends,

1:14:05 > 1:14:07his executives, all turning against him.

1:14:07 > 1:14:10He's the one that made a lot of people a lot of money.

1:14:10 > 1:14:12If he says he's going to continue to try

1:14:12 > 1:14:14and keep this project then I'm going to continue to support him

1:14:14 > 1:14:17and right now him and I are the only ones standing alone.

1:14:23 > 1:14:28It's amazing, I think, when you first started filming this,

1:14:28 > 1:14:33we were on top of the world, building the largest home in America,

1:14:33 > 1:14:37everything was wonderful, no worries in the world.

1:14:37 > 1:14:42If I remember, you said why am I building a large home?

1:14:42 > 1:14:44And I think I said, "Because I can."

1:14:46 > 1:14:50A lot of things have changed in the last two years.

1:14:50 > 1:14:54So this is kind of like a reverse of a rags to riches story.

1:14:54 > 1:14:58This is almost like a riches to rags story.

1:15:02 > 1:15:04OK, no more texting.

1:15:04 > 1:15:05Hello?

1:15:07 > 1:15:08I'm good. I'm at the doctor's.

1:15:08 > 1:15:09Tell them you'll call them back.

1:15:09 > 1:15:12Let me give you my... Well, OK, I'll call you.

1:15:30 > 1:15:33Raise the brows again and then relax them. OK.

1:15:33 > 1:15:38So we're just going to go a little injection. Good, there we go.

1:15:39 > 1:15:44It's kind of embarrassing for people to see me looking like this.

1:15:44 > 1:15:47I was just going to go and hide in the bedroom for a few days.

1:15:49 > 1:15:53I'm having a hot flush right now. My face is burning.

1:15:58 > 1:16:00You got a winner.

1:16:00 > 1:16:03- It's a buck.- Well, a dollar is better than nothing.

1:16:03 > 1:16:05I'm teaching my kids how to gamble. That's terrible.

1:16:05 > 1:16:07- At such a young age. - It's not gambling.

1:16:07 > 1:16:10- This is gambling. - It's scratching off the tickets.

1:16:10 > 1:16:12- Huh? - It's scratching off the tickets.

1:16:12 > 1:16:15It's gambling that you're going to win. And usually you lose.

1:16:20 > 1:16:21So what do you think?

1:16:25 > 1:16:29Maybe I should go with the zebra instead of cheetah.

1:16:29 > 1:16:31- What do you think, honey? - I love it.

1:16:33 > 1:16:36BB. BB!

1:16:40 > 1:16:43You know, if it ain't broken, don't fix it is my motto.

1:16:43 > 1:16:46- But it was broken.- It wasn't broken. I don't want to kiss you.

1:16:46 > 1:16:49- You told me... - I don't want to kiss some old hag.

1:16:49 > 1:16:53You told me when I turned 40 you'd trade me in for two 20-year-olds.

1:16:53 > 1:16:55And because I had the Fraxel...

1:16:55 > 1:16:58I'm waiting for you to be 60 so I can get three 20s.

1:17:02 > 1:17:05I've got some good prospects for getting some money.

1:17:07 > 1:17:12It would probably be my greatest achievement,

1:17:12 > 1:17:16besides having all these beautiful children,

1:17:16 > 1:17:21would be finding...finding the money.

1:17:21 > 1:17:22I'm on a quest.

1:17:23 > 1:17:25I want to spend all that money...

1:17:29 > 1:17:31..that I'm going to make in Vegas.

1:17:33 > 1:17:37I'm going to buy my yacht and my plane.

1:17:42 > 1:17:46You can't never get back the two years that

1:17:46 > 1:17:50I've lost looking... I feel like, almost like a guy

1:17:50 > 1:17:54who's in jail for a couple years, you know, you never get that back.

1:17:54 > 1:17:57The big house. You know, I really don't want to sell it

1:17:57 > 1:18:02so I don't care if I haven't had any bites. I want to really finish it.

1:18:04 > 1:18:08If I don't sell it, I'll keep it. Finish it. Right, BB?

1:18:08 > 1:18:12We're going to go live in there some day, aren't we? Hmm?

1:18:13 > 1:18:16I'll live there and Jackie can stay here, OK?

1:18:16 > 1:18:22Just you and I in the big house. How about that, BB, just you and me?

1:18:33 > 1:18:37- Every light in the house is on. - I don't know.

1:18:37 > 1:18:40I've noticed that my dad has been a lot more stressed out lately.

1:18:40 > 1:18:43I never really spend time with him.

1:18:43 > 1:18:44Maybe you ought to go look in my office

1:18:44 > 1:18:47and see all the crap that's on the floor in there.

1:18:47 > 1:18:49Versailles...

1:18:51 > 1:18:56..is in default with the bank.

1:18:56 > 1:18:57- INTERVIEWER:- What does that mean?

1:18:57 > 1:19:00It means that they started foreclosure.

1:19:02 > 1:19:06But we'll work it out before we lose it.

1:19:06 > 1:19:08We'll figure out a way to keep it.

1:19:15 > 1:19:18Do you want to have dinner in the kitchen or in here, honey?

1:19:22 > 1:19:24Why are you in such a bad mood?

1:19:25 > 1:19:29I mean, all of a sudden... I talked about it...

1:19:29 > 1:19:32I talked about it this morning and...

1:19:32 > 1:19:36Is it cos the front door was open when you came home?

1:19:36 > 1:19:37No, you know what?

1:19:37 > 1:19:40I'm going to not pay the electric bill this month.

1:19:40 > 1:19:44When they shut off the lights then you will all appreciate electricity.

1:19:50 > 1:19:52You all take everything for granted.

1:19:52 > 1:19:54I didn't know the front door was open.

1:19:54 > 1:19:58Honey, maybe you need to get a better hinge on the front door.

1:19:58 > 1:20:01Well, maybe you should become aware of your surroundings.

1:20:01 > 1:20:04Well, we have like 100 doors in this house.

1:20:04 > 1:20:06You didn't know all the lights were on either.

1:20:06 > 1:20:10They weren't all on.

1:20:10 > 1:20:11All right.

1:20:11 > 1:20:14I'm helping Victoria.

1:20:14 > 1:20:17I'm teaching her how to make the shepherd's pie.

1:20:17 > 1:20:19Do you mind if I do that with her?

1:20:19 > 1:20:22Can I at least have a kiss?

1:20:22 > 1:20:23No.

1:20:23 > 1:20:26You're mad at me just from the front door?

1:20:29 > 1:20:30All right.

1:20:37 > 1:20:41Here, I'm going to help you make that shepherd's pie, Victoria.

1:20:41 > 1:20:43Why are you going in there?

1:20:53 > 1:20:56Why don't you learn to turn off the lights?

1:20:56 > 1:20:59I was upstairs in my room the whole time.

1:20:59 > 1:21:02How would you like to live without electricity?

1:21:02 > 1:21:06I was in my room the whole time.

1:21:06 > 1:21:09There's so many people in this house and everyone...

1:21:09 > 1:21:11OK, that's right.

1:21:11 > 1:21:13When I went down to make the shepherd's pie - the dinner that

1:21:13 > 1:21:18I am making for you and the family - and you're being rude to everyone.

1:21:29 > 1:21:33Do you ever feel like you sometimes just want to spend the whole day

1:21:33 > 1:21:36in bed and then when you work and everything, you can't,

1:21:36 > 1:21:40and I think that's probably how he's feeling right now.

1:21:40 > 1:21:42You know, it's kind of, he wants to escape.

1:21:43 > 1:21:46And I don't know what happened yesterday.

1:21:47 > 1:21:49Victoria, it's not about sticking up to him,

1:21:49 > 1:21:51when people are mad, like Daddy just was...

1:21:53 > 1:21:54You know, when you're frustrated,

1:21:54 > 1:21:58it's the people that are closest to you that you take it out on.

1:21:58 > 1:22:01'I tell my mom that a lot. That she needs to stick up to him.'

1:22:01 > 1:22:04She thinks that that would just cause a bigger problem

1:22:04 > 1:22:08but I think that could, like, resolve the problem,

1:22:08 > 1:22:13cos I think sometimes my dad just needs to be told that, like,

1:22:13 > 1:22:18I don't know, he's not like the only one who matters in the house.

1:22:21 > 1:22:24How d'you feel when he's mad?

1:22:24 > 1:22:26How do you deal with that when he's mad?

1:22:26 > 1:22:28How do you deal? How do you cope up?

1:22:28 > 1:22:31I know it's nothing that I did.

1:22:31 > 1:22:33So, I mean, I can deal with that. I mean, if I'm at fault...

1:22:33 > 1:22:36He's not mad at you. He's just like...

1:22:36 > 1:22:39He's like, "Why is this?" You know. He's just wants to say something.

1:22:39 > 1:22:41And it wasn't even me so I know I wasn't the one who left

1:22:41 > 1:22:44the door open. I wasn't the one that left the light on.

1:22:46 > 1:22:49I think my dad married my mom as a trophy wife, maybe,

1:22:49 > 1:22:52to, like, show her off cos she's, like, really pretty.

1:22:52 > 1:22:54He doesn't act like he loves her,

1:22:54 > 1:22:56the way he, like, treats her and stuff.

1:22:58 > 1:23:02Just tell him how much you love him. He needs to know that.

1:23:03 > 1:23:04He's had a bad day.

1:23:05 > 1:23:06Hi, Dad.

1:23:09 > 1:23:10- Hi, Dad.- Hi.

1:23:12 > 1:23:16I love you, Daddy.

1:23:16 > 1:23:18- He just wants to say he loves you. - I love you.- Thank you.

1:23:20 > 1:23:24If you love me, you'll turn off the lights when you see them on.

1:23:29 > 1:23:32Well, we tried, honey.

1:23:54 > 1:23:56Are we getting near the end?

1:23:56 > 1:23:57- INTERVIEWER:- Yes.

1:24:00 > 1:24:02'We need to live within our means.

1:24:02 > 1:24:04'Don't spend money that we don't have.

1:24:04 > 1:24:10'Don't spend money that we think we're going to eventually have.'

1:24:10 > 1:24:15Spend what we do have, you know. Get back to reality.

1:24:15 > 1:24:17I never expected to live here.

1:24:17 > 1:24:19I never expected Versailles.

1:24:20 > 1:24:23I never expected a private jet.

1:24:23 > 1:24:26I hope we can stay here. I'm looking around now.

1:24:26 > 1:24:29It's like, I'd better start taking pictures, huh?

1:24:31 > 1:24:32For my memories.

1:24:32 > 1:24:36No, I don't think we're going to lose our house, but who knows?

1:24:38 > 1:24:41You probably know more than I do. Right?

1:24:41 > 1:24:42You spent like an hour and a half,

1:24:42 > 1:24:44two hours with my husband this morning.

1:24:44 > 1:24:47We don't talk about financial problems.

1:24:47 > 1:24:50I guess I'll have to watch the movie, right,

1:24:50 > 1:24:52to find out what's going on in my life.

1:24:53 > 1:24:55Well, if I could turn the clock back,

1:24:55 > 1:24:58there would be a lot of things I would have done differently.

1:24:58 > 1:25:03Instead of having 28 resorts, I would have had 15 resorts.

1:25:03 > 1:25:06I kind of wish he never took the mortgage out.

1:25:06 > 1:25:09I mean, we owned all the land and we just built the house.

1:25:09 > 1:25:13I guess he was going to use that money for Las Vegas.

1:25:13 > 1:25:16It's a vicious cycle.

1:25:16 > 1:25:18No-one is without guilt.

1:25:19 > 1:25:23And I'm the same way, you know. They were giving me cheap money

1:25:23 > 1:25:28and I was using it to build big buildings and buy more resorts

1:25:28 > 1:25:31and then when they stopped giving me the money, I'm suddenly,

1:25:31 > 1:25:34"Whoa, how do I pay for all this?"

1:25:36 > 1:25:39OK. This could go on for ever. Can we wind it up please?

1:25:45 > 1:25:47I didn't know our house was in foreclosure.

1:25:47 > 1:25:49I didn't know this whole process was going on,

1:25:49 > 1:25:52I didn't know we stopped paying the mortgage.

1:25:52 > 1:25:55This is all news to me. I...

1:25:55 > 1:25:56I didn't know.

1:26:00 > 1:26:03I kind of wish that I was more involved

1:26:03 > 1:26:05cos I'm not a stupid person

1:26:05 > 1:26:08but when you don't have the information,

1:26:08 > 1:26:11it makes you look stupid.

1:26:11 > 1:26:14And without the information, I mean, what can I do, you know?

1:26:18 > 1:26:21I guess I'm in this fantasy world, you know.

1:26:24 > 1:26:26Until reality hits.

1:26:26 > 1:26:28But I have faith.

1:26:34 > 1:26:38I'm here through thick and thin until the day we die.

1:26:39 > 1:26:43And that's the only way I would ever leave him, is if I died, you know.

1:26:45 > 1:26:49If we had to buy just a normal house like 300,000 house,

1:26:49 > 1:26:52four-bedroomed house...

1:26:53 > 1:26:57..I would be fine with that, make it work.

1:26:57 > 1:26:59Just get a bunch of bunk beds, you know?

1:27:03 > 1:27:06I do enjoy this view here. I mean, this is so peaceful.

1:27:06 > 1:27:11I almost think I would love to just spend the rest of my life here.

1:27:11 > 1:27:15I think this is, you know, wonderful, having my private island.

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