Q: Is there ever regret that your parents opened up their lives to reality TV?

Alexia: Obviously, there's good parts and there's bad parts. I wouldn't change our past. I think "Housewives" and being on these shows has opened up so many opportunities for us. I don't think the Agency would have grown as fast if it wasn't for the the attention that "Real Housewives" brought to it. I'm just really honestly grateful for the experience. I know it's really hard and it's why I don't watch it in real time because I struggled to see my mom have a hard time. But I don't like to live by regrets.

Farrah: I think the last year was obviously not the best. Other than that, I wouldn't take all of it away just because there was one bad year.

Q: Alexia, I want to expand on what you said. In "Buying Beverly Hills," there's a moment when you and your sisters are having lunch with your mom and you get emotional sharing how tough it is to see your mom's interactions with the women sometimes, especially when she's in the hot seat. We saw you having to contend with some unsavory comments made by your colleagues and the professional fallout of that. How has watching your mom informed how you navigate drama?

Alexia: I definitely have learned a lot from observing how my mom feels when she comes home every day and from the bits I have seen. This is so cliched, but just treat people the way you want to be treated. Sometimes things get really out of hand, and I just like to lead with kindness. I don't like to see other people be mean to other people. I don't like people being mean to my mom or my dad or my sisters... I think all of us have that sort of protection over each other. I just never want to make anyone feel bad. I will confront somebody, and I will call you out if I don't like what you're saying or doing, but I don't think any of us are mean people.

Q: When did you watch Season 2 of "Buying Beverly Hills"? Was it hard to hear what was being said about you, namely the comments that you taking over the Agency would amount to "business suicide"?

Farrah: We just watched the whole thing. We've gotten over it.

Alexia: Let's just say we weren't shocked.

Farrah: We still don't think [fellow agent Michelle Schwartz] really had the right strategy or said the right words and kind of made her own assumptions of things that were not happening. Obviously, Mauricio's not leaving the agency anytime soon. We never said she couldn't have a seat at the table. We never said we were taking over the agency.

Alexia: And she denied everything to our face, but it was exactly how the boys say it was.

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