Lipstick Jungle

Wendy Healy:
I think I was too hard on Nico about Kirby.

Victory Ford:
You think?

Wendy Healy:
Well, he was obviously giving her something in their life that she was missing.

Victory Ford:
Mmm-hmm. Great sex with a 25-year-old.

Wendy Healy:
No. Being adored. There's a lot to be said about that.

Victory Ford:
Oh, keep talking. I just might take Kelly and Parks up on their offers. I go from dating a billionaire to dating a couple. Is that a step up or a step down?

Wendy Healy:
I'd say a step out. You know what they say: when fortune knocks, offer her a chair.

Victory Ford:
What is that code for? Has someone offered you a chair that I don't know about?

Wendy Healy:
You know me better then that. I've played it way too safe my whole life to report girl-on-girl action. Except for that mini girl-crush freshman year. Katya. She was from Prague.

Victory Ford:
[laughs] So, this Katya chick was pretty hot? Prague?

Wendy Healy:
So... how was your big chat with Maddie about that guy?

Victory Ford:
Uh... you know what? At the end of the day, I didn't feel like I needed to make a federal case out of it.

Wendy Healy:
Oh, you didn't? Hmm. 'Cause, it looked to me like they weren't planning on stopping anytime soon and that might have merited a little talk, but what do I know? I'm just her mother.

Victory Ford:
Okay look, so he might have been a little too old for her, but nothing bad happened, and it was really good for her self-esteem, so what's the harm?

Wendy Healy:
Maddie doesn't have a problem with self-esteem.

Victory Ford:
Uh... yeah, she kind of does. I've been helping her with it. You've been so self-involved with your personal life to even see the problem, even when it's right in front of you.

Wendy Healy:
All right, Cool Aunt. You should stop there and back off. Raising Maddie is my job. If she has a problem with having low self-esteem, I'll talk to her about it.

Victory Ford:
I don't think that's a good idea. Confronting her could only make it worse. Did it ever occur to you that you are part of the reason why Maddie doesn't feel totally good about herself?

Wendy Healy:
What?

Victory Ford:
Come on. Look at yourself. You're... eight-feet tall. You're gorgeous. People what to get to know you the minute you walk into a room. The five-foot tall, unattractive Maddie can't compete with that. I mean, try having that as a mom. Imagine your own mother getting all the attention and leaving you in her shadow.

Wendy Healy:
You don't know what you're talking about.

Victory Ford:
[sarcastic tone] Okay, yeah you're right. I'm not married. I don't have children. I don't know anything about life or love or feeling insecure. How could I possible know what I'm talking about?