Turning the Paige (2026) s01e04 Episode Script

- [Paige] Hi, my name is Paige Neimann.
I'm 20 years old, I'm a content creator.
I have over 11 million followers.
- [Reporter] Ariana Grande
lookalike, Paige Neimann.
- Paige Neimann. - Paige Neimann.
- [Reporter 2] You need to be yourself.
- [Commentator] God
really hit copy and paste.
- A lot of people share stories
about who they think I am.
But now, it's my turn to share my story.
I'm just also looking for
people to not hate me.
Despite everything, like,
you're still my dad.
You know I love you no matter what.
- Is that really my little Paige?
Is that really my little Paige?
(upbeat pop music)
Oh if I'm gonna crash and burn ♪
In somebody's car, I hope it's yours ♪
Driving me crazy, loving me, baby ♪
That's the only way I wanna fall apart ♪
If I'm gonna end up hurt ♪
In somebody's arms, I hope it's yours ♪
Driving me crazy, loving me, baby ♪
That's the only way I
wanna break my heart ♪
(Paige screaming loudly)
- [Paige] Oh my god, that's crazy.
(Paige screaming loudly)
- [Michelle] What's the matter?
- The photos, the photos, they came.
- I thought you were a horse
coming through the house.
- I'm sorry.
- Oh my God!
Oh, I don't believe it, girl.
I'm so happy for you.
(Paige laughing genuinely)
- Thank you. - Oh, wow, look at that.
- We should call Mom and tell her.
- Yes, definitely call your mom.
Oh, honey, I'm so proud of you.
- Thank you. - I'm so excited.
- Honestly, showing my mom the pictures,
I feel like I needed her approval,
because if she didn't like them,
then I would also
probably hate the pictures.
I feel like her support and her approval
is important to me.
Okay, I'm FaceTiming Mom.
- [Michelle] I think your
face is much better than mine.
(both laughing happily) (gentle music)
- Hello? - Hi.
Okay, so the "Rolling
Stone" photos came in.
- Hi honey, how are you?
- Oh, look at my mom.
- Oh, look at your mom.
(Michelle laughs happily)
- What are you guys doing?
- The "Rolling Stone" photos came in.
I wanted to show you.
- What, wait, what?
- The "Rolling Stone" photos.
The photo shoot.
- No way. - Yes.
Okay, I'm gonna show you and be honest.
- [Gina] Okay.
Oh, oh my God.
Is that my baby?
(Paige giggling cutely)
Okay. Wow.
Look at this.
Oh my gosh.
- Doesn't it look like her?
So pretty.
- [Gina] Blonde bombshell. Holy shucks.
- Don't say "bombshell."
She's just a baby.
- I just can't believe
how beautiful she looks.
I think, this is what I think.
I think she's a natural
poser in front of the camera.
I think, like, everybody can use direction
and everybody needs a little education,
but I think she's a natural poser.
And I just saw these pictures of her
and I'm shocked at how beautiful she is.
I'm shocked that she
is doing things like this.
Aw Paige, you look gorgeous.
(stirring music)
- Thank you.
- [Gina] Is that the one
they're gonna put in?
- This is just one of the many photos.
- [Gina] Oh. Oh my goodness.
Paige, you're all grown up.
(Paige giggles loudly)
- Yep. (everyone laughs genuinely)
Yeah.
- Congratulations! - Thank you.
- [Gina] Aw, I'm so proud of you.
- Oh, there I am. - Look at you.
Aw, my dear mother.
- Did you see the lady cut my hair?
She almost balded me.
- [Gina] Well, you love it bald.
- No, I don't. (Paige giggles)
- [Gina] You wanted to be bald.
You look like Mom.
- Oh my gosh. - It's just amazing.
Is that really my little Paige?
Is that really my little Paige?
(laughs happily)
That's amazing.
(jet engine roaring)
(birds chirping sweetly)
- [Paige] Today's bittersweet.
Jon has to leave already
and I have to work.
I don't know, I just
feel like he just got here
and I just wish I had more time with him.
- I'm gonna miss you.
(both giggling cutely)
(open doors silently)
Can't be looking that sad.
(gentle music)
- I don't want you to go.
- I know, but I'm gonna call you a lot
and I'll FaceTime you.
- But it's not the same.
- We can meet as close as possible.
- Why don't you just stay?
- I wish I could.
I'm gonna miss you.
(melancholy music)
For the first time ♪
I won't lie and say I'm ready ♪
There's so much on my mind ♪
You know I have to answer ♪
I raise my hand ♪
- Call me every day. - I will.
- I love you.
21's too young to feel this way ♪
I wish you understood ♪
I wish that I could show ♪
All the ways I love you ♪
Before I go ♪
I just wanna say, I'm sorry ♪
Your forgiveness, that's overdue ♪
You should know I'll always be there ♪
Take this heart as an IOU ♪
- I wish I got to spend
more time with my boyfriend
before he left,
but I know he has to work
and he has responsibilities,
so of course, you know,
it's understanding.
I'm just, you know, I
just wish he was here,
but it is what it is.
(upbeat pop music)
I'm gonna go to modeling practice now,
so hopefully that takes my mind off of it.
(upbeat music)
- Hi. - Hi!
- Lemme catch this for you.
- Oh, thank you.
- How are you doing? - Good, how are you?
- Good. How's it going?
Let's go over. - Good.
- How you feel? - I feel good.
I feel confident.
- Okay, what you wanna
tell that girl you got?
You know what we wanna tell that girl yet?
- No. (Tiger laughing)
- I couldn't think of anything.
- It's okay.
I'm gonna ask you every single time.
- Okay. - Okay.
You ready to work today?
All right, let's get to it.
(upbeat pop music)
- [Paige] I'm so new to walking in heels,
but I'm trying,
and honestly,
I'm feeling like I'm
getting the hang of this.
(upbeat pop music continuing)
I think the biggest thing I learned
is that I have to have
confidence doing this.
(upbeat music)
Modeling is a world I'm so excited to be in
and learning it has been amazing.
- Paige, I'm so proud.
Like, I'm a proud mama right now.
You did a great job.
So I know you gotta get outta here,
but make sure you're practicing your pivots
and do not put those heels away.
I know you'll put 'em up. Don't put 'em up.
- I won't. - Go walk.
(Paige laughing)
Go to the store, wherever you're going.
Just put 'em on and just walk.
- All right. I'll do that.
- All right. Good job, girl!
- Thank you.
- See you next time. - See ya.
I thought he left,
but I guess he got, like, the time wrong
of when he was supposed to leave.
So he came back to kind of just
say goodbye to me one last time
and that made me really emotional
because, well, obviously,
I just wasn't ready for him to leave.
(gentle pop music)
Tell what you're thinking
about me when I'm gone ♪
You're so beautiful ♪
It's so personal ♪
And while you play these games ♪
I question my faith worst of all ♪
You'll never know ♪
I knew it was coming,
like that he had to leave, but like,
I don't know,
just in the moment, I
was just really, really sad
'cause, like, he's my best friend
and I always want him here.
It's hard when he's like not
physically there to support me,
but I know, like
Sorry.
Yeah, I wish he was here, like, always
to watch me
and like, I want him to see
what I'm doing, you know,
because I know he's so proud of me
and I just want him to just, like, be here
and see everything that I do
and yeah, I just,
I'm really close with him
so I am, it means a lot for him to be here
to watch me and support me
and I'm really happy that
he came out to help me.
- [Producer] It's okay.
What is that for you?
What are you feeling right now?
- I wish he was here,
but I know he has, like,
other responsibilities
that he has to take care of
and, you know, I understand that,
and it's just hard when he's not here
because I love him.
I want him here.
(Paige crying emotionally)
(emotional pop music)
Oh, you brought me a mirror.
(producer chuckling)
Oh my gosh. Yeah.
No, it's good.
I just was worried 'cause I was crying.
But I look good.
(Paige laughing loudly)
(emotional pop music)
What you thinking
about me when I'm gone ♪
(birds chirping sweetly)
My personal life may
have to be put on pause,
but I still have business to do.
(lively upbeat music)
Today, I'm meeting with my manager
and we're going through the photos
to choose which one we want
to be the cover of the article.
(cool upbeat music)
- Hello!
- Nice to see you.
- Nice to see you again, you happy?
- Yeah, I am. - You're excited?
- Yes. - The photos are in.
- [Paige] Oh my gosh. - Yes.
So today, we are going to choose
which photo is going to be the cover
of the press release of "Rolling Stone."
- All right.
I was really excited
to see the pictures spread out.
I know I've seen them on my phone,
but to see them, like, physically,
I kind of liked them better
like that, to be honest.
(delicate piano music)
Yeah.
- I already know which one I want.
- Tell me. - Okay, so this here,
after I had a conversation
with this amazing writer
from this huge magazine,
they said that this is the look and-
- Okay. - Yeah.
And they work with many
models, many creators.
And it's, like, they
said, out of all of them,
when they saw this, they were like,
"That's it. That's her."
- Okay, yeah. (Writerboy chuckles)
Let's make that one the main one.
- Okay. But which ones did you like?
'Cause you know, we're
gonna add more to it.
- I wanted to take some of them home
and just put them on my wall,
but I didn't ask 'cause
I didn't wanna be weird.
(Paige giggling loudly)
I like this one. - [Writerboy] Okay.
- That one's probably my favorite.
- Yes, it gives you. - This one.
(both laughing happily)
- Full transparency.
This is the battle between you.
It's the shy and sweet princess
and then the edgy girl. - [Paige] Yeah.
(Paige giggling)
That's really dope. I love this one too.
- Yeah.
- This makes you look very grown, very.
It gives me "woman."
Full transparency.
I love that you styled yourself here.
- Oh, thank you.
- Yeah, you did a good job.
You did a good job.
I do want us to revisit Royal.
I wanna see-
- I'd love to work with her.
- Which brings me to my next point.
With this, you coming outta your shell,
I'm gonna make you come
outta your shell even more.
I wanna do a release party for you.
- Oh, really? - Yeah.
I think it's time for, like,
as you're coming into your own
and becoming your own,
I think doing an event
that allows you to be in a
space with so many other people.
- [Paige] Yeah.
- Yeah, I think it's gonna be really dope.
Just announcing the
new era of Paige Neimann.
- Oh my gosh. It's gonna be so much fun.
- Yeah, once this drops, we're gonna do it.
We're gonna do it.
- Okay. Word.
- Did you say, "Word"?
(both laughing loudly)
And I love even when they interviewed you
and you did the article
and everything like that,
you talking about you being, like,
triumphant over everything.
And I even remember when we was talking
and how you didn't want to
let people know how you felt
and how it did hurt that
your page got taken down.
I love that you had the confidence enough
to like, keep it in there.
- Yeah.
I want it to be like authentic
and how I genuinely feel.
- And I understood what
you said to me that day.
Do you remember what you said?
You said something like,
you just don't want them to see-
- I don't want them to
see that it affected me.
You know, it would probably make them happy
to see that I was sad.
But I wanna be this, like, you know,
like nothing affects me.
(Writerboy laughs happily)
But it does.
I'm a human being. I have feelings.
So yeah, but look where we are now.
- Yeah.
And if you are gonna
tell people how you felt
in that moment,
why not do it in the
"Rolling Stone" article?
Why not do it in there?
Like, "You tried to break
me, yet I still stand,
and I'm still gonna figure it out."
Yeah. I think it's dope.
(birds chirping sweetly)
- [Lizzy] It is hot out here.
What you been up to lately?
- As you know, I got a feature
in a really big news article.
And I got the photos,
so I would love to show you.
- Yes.
I've been dying to see
these since tennis, girl.
Girl, this is amazing.
This looks so beautiful.
Okay, let me see another one.
- Thank you. - That's the one.
That's the one right there.
- You think? - Yes!
Didn't you style this?
- Yes, I did. - Girl!
- When my manager told me
that he's throwing together
this event to just, like,
celebrate me in this moment,
I was really excited
and was just wondering, like,
what is it gonna be like, you know?
I was just like really excited
and I really didn't know what to expect.
- [Lizzy] This is amazing. - Thank you.
So there's gonna be an
event tonight to celebrate
and I wanna know, like,
what do you think about it?
- So it's an event celebrating you
for doing something fire?
- Yeah! (giggling loudly)
- Girl, that's amazing.
I'm just like, "Girl, are you ready?"
And she's, like, "Yeah."
And I'm, like, "Paige."
She was showing me how nervous she was
and I'm like, "Girl,
this day is about you."
Everybody's coming to support you
and this is only one in a million.
Like, you're gonna get
used to it over time.
"You could be nervous now."
I let her breathe in it,
but at the end of the day, I'm, like,
"You gotta get used to this, girl."
This is what you want.
You're gonna have to get used to it.
The people are gonna be there
whether it's good, bad, fake, nice, evil.
At the end of the day,
"the people are always gonna be there."
So I was just trying to prep her
and let her know more of
these events are gonna happen
and being in this industry,
it's gonna get easier over time.
I don't think Writerboy would continue
to do these things for you
if he didn't believe in you.
Like, I think he sees
a bright future for you
and you just gotta see for yourself, girl.
- Yeah, you're right.
Lizzy always has, like, the
most encouraging words
and you know,
I knew I had to get out of
my shell for this moment.
So one more question. Do you wanna come?
- I can go? - Of course!
- Bro. Seriously? (Paige giggling)
Yes, of course I wanna go!
For real?
I'm like, "No way."
- No, of course.
I want you to be there.
- What do I wear?
Okay, what are you wearing?
You gotta show me what you're wearing.
- Okay, so I was thinking
this, like, gray outfit.
- Because now I'm thinking
it's gonna be fabulous.
Everybody's gonna be wearing-
- It's kind of, like, an
elegant, classy kind of vibe.
- Okay. And I gotta do my hair.
(Paige giggling cutely)
(upbeat pop music)
- Today is the day of my event
and I'm just hoping people will show up.
I don't know how many
people are gonna be there.
(cool upbeat music) (laughs softly)
I get a lot of hate online.
So a night where I'm surrounded by people
who wanna show their
support towards me in person,
like, it's just gonna feel amazing.
(phone ringing) (upbeat pop music)
- [Paige] Hello? - Hey, girl.
You ready?
- [Paige] Yeah, I'm ready. - Let's go!
I got the Uber.
He's pulling up right now, okay?
- [Paige] Okay.
- Ooh, I see you. You look so cute.
Come on, girl. Let's go.
Hi! - Hey!
- You need help? - I'm okay, thank you.
- [Lizzy] You're welcome. - Okay.
- [Lizzy] All right.
I think we're good on time, yeah?
- Yes. - Okay, let's go.
Now, this fit is fab.
- Oh, thank you. - Welcome.
How often do you go to,
like, networking events
to actually network,
be like, "Hey, I'm Paige, I do this,"
and then they're like, "Hey,
I'm so and so I do this"?
- Never. - No?
It's not just a Hollywood thing,
it's a life thing.
Everybody goes to these events.
At least minimum once a month, you have to.
- Oh wow. - Yeah.
You wanna practice? (laughing loudly)
- Yeah.
- Hi, my name is so and
so and I work for Gucci.
Who are you?
- My name is Paige. (giggling cutely)
- Oh, girl, you gotta be like,
"My name is Paige. I do this."
With like,
the confidence. (Paige laughing gently)
- My name is Paige and I am an influencer.
- Okay. How many followers you got?
- 10 million.
- Would you like to
come to the Gucci office
and put on some merch and
shoot a commercial for us?
- Sure. - No, wrong.
I'll put you in contact with our manager.
You guys can talk, discuss details.
- Okay. - Because you say sure,
and then now they got
you in a free commercial
and get no money. (Paige giggling loudly)
No money. - [Driver] Facts.
(both laughing loudly)
- Bro.
Right, so who are you?
- My name is Paige.
I'm a content creator.
- Yeah, you make content?
I own this bar.
If you make a video for me on the internet,
I'll give you a free section.
You can invite however many girls you want.
- I'm gonna need money.
(both laughing loudly)
- She said, "I'm gonna need money."
(upbeat pop music)
Is that the sunset?
- Yeah.
- I feel like when we got in the car,
the sun was up.
Or maybe we just got a
really trashy Uber driver.
(Paige giggling loudly)
I'm joking, I'm joking.
I just feel like it's the
pun of the ride, you know?
- Sometimes you see numbers on a screen,
sometimes you don't see
that support in real life.
And I'm hoping I see that today.
(crowd cheering loudly)
Getting out the car was nerve-wracking.
That's why I had Lizzy with me.
She is definitely one
of my comfort persons.
(people cheering loudly) (upbeat pop music)
Signing autographs and
people screaming my name.
Like, that felt crazy.
Like, it's never happened to me before.
(everyone cheering loudly)
On my wrist, on my neck ♪
Baby what is next ♪
Roll it on me, Philippe Patek ♪
Screamin' we the best ♪
I got dough give me respect ♪
Baby, what is next ♪
Tell me what is next ♪
- [Everyone] Congratulations, Paige!
- Seeing everyone in the
room when I first walked in
was crazy
and there was a lot of people,
but it was amazing.
Like, one of the best nights of my life.
(everyone cheering)
- I wanna thank everyone
for coming out here.
Today, marks the start
of an amazing journey
for this young woman,
actress, model Paige Neimann.
Let's give it up for Paige.
(crowd cheering and applauding)
I met Paige when she was 17 years old.
And to see her journey from then to now,
from that shy little girl to
this amazing young woman
that stands next to me is amazing.
I cannot wait for you guys
to see this amazing show.
Her amazing shots and her amazing career
that is to come after this.
- My manager's speech warms my heart.
Like, I can't even like put it into words.
- I just wanna thank you for trusting me.
Thank you for showing
up when I asked you to.
And just thank you for trying
and doing everything
that you've done thus far.
Paige, I love you.
I think you're gonna do an amazing job
and yeah, I just wanna
say that I am proud of you.
Seriously. - Thank you.
Thank you.
(crowd cheering loudly)
It just made me feel, like, really happy
and it really touched my heart.
I thank you, everyone, for being here.
I really appreciate it.
This is really cool.
(Paige laughing loudly)
Yeah, and I hope you
guys are having a good time
and yeah.
Thank you. (crowd cheering loudly)
- [Man] Give it up for grandma here!
- I think that she has
really come a long way
getting out of that feeling of anxiety
when she's in public
or in front of a camera.
But I think she's doing so much better
and she's growing that way every day.
I wanna thank everyone for coming
and supporting my granddaughter.
She's a very special person.
Not only because she's my granddaughter.
It's because once you get to know her,
she's the sweetest, wonderful
person you'll ever meet.
She's kind, she's sweet.
She never has a bad
word to say about anybody.
I hope and I pray that
her dreams come true.
And with the help of Brandon,
his mother, she's a doll,
and all his crew,
which all have become my
grandchildren by the way.
(everyone laughs loudly)
And I'm just filled with happiness
and I have never been
so proud in all my life.
- My grandma's speech,
I was trying not to cry
'cause she is the most
important person in my life.
- The only time that I think
I've been happier than this
is the first time I set eyes
on her when she was born.
- Since I've started all of this,
my grandma being there
for me has meant so much
and I really, like, I
couldn't do it without her.
She's my best friend.
You know, watching her tear over, cry,
was making me wanna cry.
To feel loved and to be loved,
it's just really special,
and you know, especially coming from her,
it means a lot more.
- Been my angel ever since.
I appreciate your support and your love
and God bless all of you.
(everyone applauding loudly)
- I love you.
- [Writerboy] Let's enjoy this night.
Let's turn on the music.
(crowd cheering)
(upbeat pop music)
- I don't normally socialize
but being there, like,
I felt pretty comfortable.
Everyone was super nice and friendly
and everyone had encouraging words.
I just felt, like, really good and happy.
(upbeat pop music continuing)
- It's so exciting to
watch her finally step into
what she sees for herself, you know?
When you see a friend talking about,
"Oh, I see this, I wanna do this,"
and they're actually start to do it.
I'm proud of her.
And that was the moment, the beginning,
the start of something
new. (cool upbeat music)
- I've never really been
in a scenario like that.
It was really cool. I hope they liked me.
(upbeat pop music continuing)
- You hungry this morning?
I'm starving to death. Hmm.
I'm excited and I'm tired.
How'd you like last night?
- Last night was amazing.
- Wasn't it something else?
My God, I was so nervous.
I didn't think you'd ever get up there.
(both laughing loudly)
I was so nervous. It was out of this world.
- Thank you.
Last night was so incredible.
One of the best moments in my entire life.
Just, like, one night dedicated to me.
It felt unreal. It felt surreal.
(Paige giggles loudly)
I love the speech you gave.
It was very beautiful.
- Oh, came from my heart.
There's so many words I wanna say,
but I was just overwhelmed.
And you looked so happy
and you kind of,
you shined.
You shined.
And I didn't think anything
like that could ever happen.
So I was really proud of you.
- Thank you.
- I think my favorite moment
was when you first walked in the room
and everybody was standing
around you and clapping
and you look so starstruck
and you looked so beautiful.
- [Paige] Thank you.
- And I just was so proud of you.
- Thank you.
- [Grandma] What was your favorite moment?
- Just, like, the surprise.
- [Grandma] The surprise?
- Yeah, seeing my face everywhere.
It was just so crazy.
It just didn't feel real.
- It was.
And everybody was walking up to you
and just loving you.
It was great. It was great.
Last night really, really showed
your beauty and your love.
- [Paige] Thank you.
- And it was just,
I didn't expect anything like that.
You know what was amazing
is the way you worked the room,
the way that people came up
to you and congratulated you
and showing you all their love.
- I think it went really well.
I socialized.
I felt, like, yeah,
I felt really good in the moment
and just really happy.
- You overcame some
of your shyness out there
and it was amazing.
I don't know,
I just couldn't believe
that it was happening.
It was just like sitting there
and everybody coming
up and calling me grandma,
which I absolutely loved.
I think I adopted everyone in the room.
(Paige giggles loudly)
So it was amazing.
- [Paige] It was. - Yeah, it was great.
And I think you deserve it.
- Thank you. (laughs loudly)
- Because you're very special to me.
- Thank you.
- I'm just happy for you. - Thank you.
(gentle music)
You're my baby. (Paige laughs softly)
(gentle music continuing)