What you agree to when you sit down.

This is a plain-language summary of what you agree to as a guest. It is written so you can actually understand it. It is not the full legal document. Before we record, we provide a formal Guest Appearance Agreement to sign, and you are welcome to have your own counsel review it.

The conversation is recorded

Your sit-down is captured on camera and audio, start to finish. We film in Miami on three cameras and broadcast microphones. Every minute is recorded, including the moments before and after we get to the one that sits at the center of the show: what makes you sad.

How consent to record works

Florida law requires everyone in a private conversation to agree before it can be recorded (Fla. Stat. 934.03). We do not treat that as a formality, so here is exactly how it works with us.

In the studio

The cameras and microphones are in plain sight, and you sign the Guest Appearance Agreement before anything rolls. On top of the signature, we ask you on camera, out loud, to confirm that you agree to be recorded. That confirmation is the first thing on the tape.

You grant us permission to use it

By appearing on the show, you give us permission to record, edit, and use your name, voice, likeness, and the footage of your conversation. That use covers the full episode, short clips, and promotion of the show across all channels, formats, and platforms, now and in the future. This permission is worldwide and it does not expire. The signed agreement, not this page, is what sets the exact wording of that grant, so read it.

We may edit for length and clarity

Episodes run about an hour, and we cut clips from them. We edit for length and clarity and to shape the story into a finished piece. We do our work with care and respect, and the final edit is ours.

What you share is yours to share

You confirm that the stories, details, and anything else you bring to the conversation are your own to share. You are not disclosing someone else's private information or anything you are not free to talk about openly on camera.

Most guests pay to appear

For most guests, appearing on Sugar in the Raw is a paid booking. Your fee covers the production: the sit-down, three cameras, a professional edit, and a set of captioned vertical clips, at least six of them, delivered to you. Some guests, usually everyday people with a story that deserves to be heard, are invited at no cost or a reduced one. We are clear about which applies to you before anything is booked.

What the fee does not buy is a specific outcome. We do not promise a set number of views, a viral clip, or any particular reaction. What you get is the seat, the room, a real conversation, and finished content that is yours to keep and post.

If you paid, both of us have to say so

Because you paid to appear, anything you post promoting the show or your episode is a materially connected endorsement under the FTC Endorsement Guides (16 CFR Part 255). The connection has to be clear in the post itself, not buried in a bio, a comment, or a wall of hashtags. When we send your clips we tell you exactly what to put in the caption, and it is as plain as "paid appearance". We disclose paid appearances on our own channels too, in the episode and in the posts that carry it.