Sabrina Soto is stepping into a new role 10 years in the making.
The interior designer and TV personality, 48, tells Us Weekly exclusively that her new Design Network series The Sabrina Soto Show, which she first began developing in 2015, was created with viewers in mind. Soto wants to encourage people to “redesign their life” in all aspects, including wellness, beauty, food, and more.
“I want people to watch a show and feel motivated to redesign their life. I know that sounds so cliche and just so, what I should say when I’m doing interviews, but I seriously mean it,” Soto said. “My whole goal in creating the show is so that people watch it and go, ‘Oh my gosh, I can do that.’ The fact that I’m already getting DMs from people saying that they feel that way makes my heart just explode.”
The show, which is filmed in Soto’s home, features a long list of accomplished experts and celebrities, including New Thought Minister and author Michael Beckwith, Iron Chef alum Cat Cora, and Fast X star Jason Momoa, who is Soto’s longtime friend. The HGTV star tells Us that she and Momoa first formed a friendship in their 20s.
“Everyone who was on the show is really, for the most part, a friend of mine,” Soto explained. “Jason Momoa, he and I have been friends since we were in our 20s. What’s funny is when Jason and I were first hanging out, we both didn’t have anything. He would come over to eat, but I had no money so I would make the cheapest best meal that I could make, which was boxed, baked ziti.”
Luckily, Soto can now cook a much more delicious version of her signature ziti. The TV personality revealed that, during Momoa’s episode, she makes “bougie, baked, handmade pasta with organic tomatoes and all of the better ingredients” in remembrance of their fond memories together as 20-somethings.
“We laughed about how I used to make him baked ziti,” Soto said about Momoa’s segment, sharing that the pair also discussed grounding, a practice that involves making direct skin contact with the Earth.
Though Soto began her career as an interior designer on HGTV, she wanted her new series to delve into a wide range of topics, in part because she is a “mom,” “in my late 40s” and “a business woman.”
“At the end of the day, I just want to be the best version of myself,” Soto said. “I realized that I came from the generation that didn’t have social media. We had magazines. Now, we’re on social media and there’s so many tips, but some of them are clickbait. I wanted to create some sort of place where people can go and experts in their fields could share their knowledge to redesign your life, whether it is in wellness, fitness, [or] beauty. That when you watch the show, you have some sort of takeaway to make your life better.”
The Sabrina Soto Show premieres on The Design Network Monday, March 17, and will be available to stream on Hulu.
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