ADMIT IT - YOU LOVE ATTENTION Ft. Paige Gallagher
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In this episode of Comment Section Show, your fave, Paige Gallagher, joins us to talk about the joys of being in the sun and the things that go on in her life when it's cold outside.
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Okay, we're gonna be so vulnerable and honest here on the podcast today. I shit my pants during a yoga
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class. I don't know what I thought you were gonna say, but that was not it.
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Hey everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the Comment Section Show starring me,
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your fave. Everybody knows me. Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye. Who cares about me? On to the guest. Today we have the hilarious, the amazing, the extremely talented, Paige Gallagher.
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Thank you so much for having me. Dream come true, truly.
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I saw her, I said, now that's off my bucket list.
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Oh, you know, it's unfortunately raining today, which is sort of taking a toll on my mental health,
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I don't want to be like picky, but, um, 70s sunny is like kind of my girl, you know?
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I think my ancestors are just like, every time it's cold.
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And I'm, and I sweat too, which makes no sense really.
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I just want to pick them up, do a couple of these, you know, throw them.
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Put them in my pocket, pick them up, throw them.
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So you were just telling me that you're actually not from LA, but you're from up north.
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Some people get upset when I call Sacramento Bay Area, but like.
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But I did go to San Francisco State for one semester before I dropped out famously.
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Any particular reason or you just weren't vibing?
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Well, in high school, I also moved to schools a lot too.
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We had to move the first time for my dad's job.
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And then when we moved back, I was like, I just want to like change schools.
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That's how you know you were meant to be an actress.
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And college was sort of like the same mentality.
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It was like, I'm not getting enough attention here.
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But no, San Francisco State was, it was really fun.
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It was like the traditional college experience.
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You know, like frats, sororities, all that jazz.
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But the weather was honestly really, really tough for me.
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And then I went to community college and then I auditioned for a performing arts school.
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So I want to go to a school where everybody needs attention.
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You're just like, sometimes you're like kind of fighting for attention, but it's a good,
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Did you just jump right into the entertainment industry?
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I worked at Olive Garden for a very long time, famously.
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It was, I still have nightmares about working at Olive Garden.
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Like not getting the pink lemonade to table 60 in time.
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I like said to like, sometimes I thought like when I was a server for like a brief stint.
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I was like, sometimes I think people just go out with the intent to harass me.
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I'm like, they, they came in in a bad mood and they were planning on making my life miserable.
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People do and they get like hard over it for some reason.
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Like I'm literally just a little girl and I'm going to cry in the back.
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You're going to make me cry in the walk in freezer for 20 minutes.
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I was like, I was like, I was like a scare actor, you know, working the craft.
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I like did all of those things at the same time too.
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We were also also like sleeping with each other.
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Like I love the drama of being a barista and sleeping with your coworker.
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Um, server is just like, if you're hooking up with your coworker as a server, it's very
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We're like Olive Garden at 9 30 PM on a Tuesday.
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It's specifically at the Olive Garden in Glendale because that, there's some hot tea in there.
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Um, but yeah, I, I got into TikTok over the pandemic as a lot of people did.
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It took a really long time for me to give in and down.
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My little brother and sister were like, you got to do it.
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What like made you actually make the move to download it?
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I actually downloaded it because someone I knew, like one of my family members was on there.
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And I literally downloaded it just so I could go watch what she was posting.
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She was just shit posting like little like teenager shit.
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You know, and they're like, they're feeling themselves and shit like that.
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Because I saw that she was on there and I just was curious.
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And I remember I like downloaded it because like the song TikTok by Kesha was trending or
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Well, you guys didn't say you were doing this in here.
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And so I remember the choreography from, what was it?
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So I posted a video doing the choreo to that as like my first thing.
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And I would spend mornings like waking up during the pandemic, like hours just scrolling.
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But I didn't post for a while until my therapist like suggested that I did because I was going
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I was a part of a sketch comedy team and we were writing a like a Zoom show, which it
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Have you ever watched like a Zoom improv or a sketch show?
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My sister actually did improv over Zoom during the pandemic.
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She said she she said she couldn't get into it.
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There's something so humbling about like sitting there and being like, you know what I'm saying?
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And to like black out the scene or like run across the scene, you know, physically you
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But you just turn your camera off and just like, but like, it's so weird.
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You're doing your own effects and everything at home.
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So I was experiencing, experiencing writer's block and my therapist was like, have you heard
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She's like, you should just like improvise on there.
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And then, um, I posted one of my like popular, the first popular girl character video on there.
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She lives on to this day for some reason she lives on.
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And I know that everyone in the comments was very like, I can't tell if you're.
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I actually like this or if you're pretending anymore.
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You know, I famously went to three different colleges studying theater.
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Like, I can't tell if you, if I actually hate you or this character.
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That's what they think when they see multiple sketches in a row.
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But also I'm so terrified of putting like my actual personality on the internet, which
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Like it's no, you're so authentic and like, or it's like organic and just seems like so
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I mean, maybe that's a testament to me not being a good actor.
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You know, I thought that reminds me, I've told, I've told one other person this.
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Very, very similar arcs and born to be actresses.
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I saw Kristen Wiig do an interview once and she was talking about, well, actually it was
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Jon Hamm because he worked with Kristen Wiig in Bridesmaids and he was saying how he thinks
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most people would be surprised that she's actually very, very shy and she doesn't like showing
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She likes doing characters because that's what makes her such a good like improv sketch comedy
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She feels more comfortable being on camera in a character.
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There's something about being able to like hide behind a character that feels so safe.
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Like, don't like, so, but if it's me, it's like, oh.
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Your Taurus and your Aries are very, like, I feel like opposites almost.
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Because your Taurus is very, like, grounded, very, like, level-headed, very logical.
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That and the Virgo because I'm also a Virgo, and I also love attention.
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I think you have to, to some extent, to do this for a living.
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And anybody who says that they don't like attention who are grinding at this, liar.
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I just talked about this on my podcast with my sister, but I was saying, I think that there
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are more people in the world that love attention than don't, but I think more, like, most people
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believe they don't like attention and say that out loud.
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But I feel like their life would be easier if they just admitted that they love attention.
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Like, the humble, like, oh, I just don't want to be tired.
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In my lifetime, I've only met maybe three people, one's my dad and one's my boyfriend.
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I could, like, literally live off money and never be seen again, and I'd be cool.
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There's, like, very few people I've met that are actually like that.
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But I feel like most people don't want to admit it.
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They're like, oh, this is crazy, but, like, I'm going to join this local talent show.
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That's why talent shows are, like, such a thing.
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Oh, I actually just dug up some old footage from, like, fifth grade, I think.
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It is such a treat because it's, like, my friends and I, we were, like,
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in fifth grade in these, like, booty shorts, like, trying to be, like, hot,
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We did a choreographed dance to Toxic by Britney Spears.
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And I remember our moms hired this, like, choreographer to come to our house
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after school, teach us this choreo to Toxic by Britney Spears,
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We, like, had little hats, like, threw it off to the side.
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That's so funny, though, because when I did a talent show,
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when I was in fifth grade also, my sister, me, and, like, my friend at the time
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and, like, her two sisters, mind you, my sister was in middle school.
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One of those other sisters was in high school, or both of them were, I think,
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So we did a dance to Thriller by Michael Jackson.
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Yeah, it was an end-of-the-year carnival, and they announced, like,
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oh, we're going to do a talent show, and I was like, well, clearly,
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I don't know why I wasn't even really a big Michael Jackson fan.
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I knew nothing about that song, like, not even a little bit.
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I didn't even watch the music video at the time that we decided
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And then when we did the dance, you might be thinking,
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I was like, well, clearly, I don't need to watch the music video.
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And they don't show the whole dance in that movie.
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And then we wore, like, big black t-shirts and, like,
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And there was, you know, it's like a three-minute song.
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We played the full song and just kept, like, starting over the few parts that we didn't know.
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I think my sister was so terrified because she, like, hates attention that she was, like,
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she was just standing in the back, like, frozen with fear, like, in between the parts she didn't know,
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And then I remember thinking, I remember actively thinking, this is a really long song.
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And I got off the stage, and I was like, well, clearly that's first place.
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Obviously, everyone else is playing for second.
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If somebody recorded it, like, we have to find that.
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She was like, do you guys want to, like, watch the music video?
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And I was like, I mean, Jennifer Garner kind of told me everything I needed to know, but
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I'm pretty sure I did it, like, every year until they told me to stop.
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And then in high school, I did, like, dance shows.
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Any opportunity that I could take to get in front of an audience?
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And for a while, I really was that girl that was like, no, stop.
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Actively trying to be in front of as many people as possible.
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The other ones, I feel like I were more, like, because I was a competitive gymnast growing
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But I would always, like, whip out those backflips and always, you know, just, like, shock the
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It's the button to every talent show is a backflip.
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The last time I tried to do one, I was drunk at a wedding and ate shit completely in every
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Why are all the moments in your life being documented?
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I will leave a digital footprint if nothing else.
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I'm, like, making fun of you, like, poking fun, but, like, I did the same shit at weddings.
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If there's a soul train, bitch, I'm going down it.
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One of the weddings I was actually in, but I was young.
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And I was a real big fan of, like, the move where you, like, hold your leg and you, like,
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Like, fold it up and then you, like, scoot down.
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Then I bumped into someone and they dropped something and it made a loud noise and then
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And then I remember feeling actively, not embarrassed, but annoyed that that person got in my way.
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So, naturally, I got mad at her instead of taking responsibility for closing my eyes.
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Well, the thing about weddings is, like, oh, you think this is your special day?
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What's the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to you?
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Because I feel like you're like me, where, like, embarrassment or shame of any kind, it's
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Like, I don't get embarrassed very easily, but when I do, it's bad.
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Okay, if we're going to be so vulnerable and honest here on the podcast today, I shit
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I don't know what I thought you were going to say, but that was not it.
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Well, let's hear what you thought I was going to say.
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No, I thought it was going to be something silly like falling or something.
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I felt at graduation, my high school graduation, it was on purpose.
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Apparently, double dog dares still mean something to me.
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Yeah, I did shit myself one time out of the yoga class.
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Any particular reason or just kind of one of those days?
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I think it was like recovering from food poisoning.
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You're crazy for going after getting over sickness.
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I think I was probably still delusional from the illness.
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It's like, oh, I can handle food poisoning for two days.
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Forgot to get my parking validated, which is the saddest part of the whole story.
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It's funny because when Katya was on my show, she asked me the same question.
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Yeah, it'll happen to you one day, and you'll remember it, and you'll talk about it on your podcast.
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Was it in the beginning or the end of the class?
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It was, like, somewhere in, like, the beginning middle.
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I think it was, like, 15, 20 minutes into, like, an hour class.
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And I was like, oh, I feel like nobody even, like, looked at me or cared or anything.
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Or noticed, really, except for me, and I knew it happened immediately.
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And I was just, like, I tried to, like, play it off, like, oh, I think I'm getting a call.
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Girl, no, you don't understand what just happened.
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But I feel like after food poisoning, I'm sure that's happened to literally so many fucking people.
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There's nothing you could do about, like, food poisoning especially.
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I think it was, like, I was, like, in, like, down dog or something.
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Oh, it was, like, the position where, like, your stomach is, like, pressure.
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And it was just, like, I think maybe I was, like, oh, I think I have to fart.
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Maybe it's just, like, an embarrassing moment for me as a grown adult woman.
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I mean, that's a good, I mean, I think you handled it as best as anyone could in that moment.
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I don't know what anyone else could have done better than that, to be honest.
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Thank you for sharing that vulnerable moment with me.
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Stand-up is probably one of my favorite things right now in my life.
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I've only been doing it for, like, maybe a little over two years, like, off and on.
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There's definitely moments where I've taken, like, a few months off just because of whatever.
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It's tough because, like, earlier where you were saying, it's really hard for me to show
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And doing that in front of a live crowd is, feels a little bit.
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Yeah, which is also a little bit scarier because it's, like, immediate feedback.
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Like, the high of when a joke does do well and people do relate to it is so worth it.
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But I'm also not too proud if I'm not stand-up funny.
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Like, you know, there's some people who can be funny online, like, in clips and bits and
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But when they try stand-up, it's like, oh, it's hard.
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Yeah, that's kind of where I'm, like, I don't want to find out the hard way that I'm really
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Like, I'm, like, they're, like, man, this bitch isn't funny.
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But I think, like, even just your video clips in itself is a stand-up bit.
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And it's just making fun of people and ourselves.
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Yeah, I feel like, I feel like there's just, like, such an art form to it.
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Or, like, do you see them very differently, like, when it comes to sketch comedy, when
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Do you see them, like, do you put them in two separate buckets entirely?
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Yeah, I definitely think they're two completely different art forms.
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Like, but it's cool because you can make fun of, like, the same sort of situation or thing
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I just feel like there's a lot more vulnerability in stand-up because it's, like, this is me.
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Like, telling you my point of view and my thoughts and my story.
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Whereas a character, I could be doing the same thing, but I can hide behind a character.
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And I can be like, well, if you don't agree, me either.
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Like, it's, like, there's so much, it's just easier to, like, write off, like, a bad
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sketch, I think, personally, than, like, a bad stand-up joke.
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And stand-up is still so new, which might be why it's so exciting and fun, but, yeah,
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the vulnerability of it is, it can be really tough, but it's also so admirable when you
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see a stand-up comedian who I, like, look up to so much, and they're telling all these
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stories that have really happened to them, and telling millions and millions of people.
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There's just something really cool about that and powerful.
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I feel like, too, there's been a real war on male comedians lately.
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Which I feel like, if you've been watching, because I've watched stand-up forever.
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I've watched, like, the oldest stand-up specials on YouTube.
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I used to do it a lot in college when I was really sad.
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I used to go look up comedy specials from, like, the 80s and the 90s.
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To watch them, and I admire, I just love being able to make people laugh, which I think
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Entertaining people, making them laugh is, like, so awesome.
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That's why I feel like the discourse and the critique of, like, male comics right now
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It's literally just, it's just the fact that the joke sucks.
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I'm like, I was like, I respect the craft till I die.
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If you're going to be offensive, make it funny.
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And it's just like, oh, no, you're not, like, we don't hate you.
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You just don't like your jokes because they're not funny.
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Like, the other day I actually had a stand-up show and I, there was this guy who has been
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He has, like, some big name in, like, the LA comic community.
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And he was so old school about just everything and he bombed.
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I was, like, oh, God, I hate watching people bomb, too.
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I've been to a show recently where I watched, I watched two white guys bomb.
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Even for me, I can't imagine, like, being on the stage.
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Like, I got, like, laughs and stuff and it was fun.
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And then I went back and he just immediately started critiquing my entire set without me asking.
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He was, like, so how long have you been doing this?
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Isn't it fun to have people not expect anything from you?
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So, so you're just, like, mad that I got, it was so weird.
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I'm actually not taking feedback, but thank you so much.
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But it was just weird because it was, like, I feel like stand-up comedy is shifting a little bit.
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We're, like, talking down to younger comics or female comics just doesn't fly anymore.
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Like, that's just not the way it's working anymore.
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And he was so adamant about, like, no, like, I'm old school.
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I, literally, I was, like, oh, we got the same time.
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I am happy to see that the stand-up, like, world is shifting in the right direction.
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It takes a long time because, you know, it's famously a boys club.
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And, like, an old straight white man club, specifically.
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He gives me so much advice about stand-up because he's been doing it for so long.
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And he's even told me before that, like, nothing's worse than a comic who bombs and
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We're expecting one thing from you and, like, that's literally it.
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He was like, it's painful to watch people that just refuse to pivot.
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Which, like, you've been doing sketch comedy forever and now you're doing, you've been doing
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stand-up for a long time, too, so you're a writer at the end of the day.
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That sounds cool to me than I'm a sketch comedian.
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It's the same thing with, like, things, like, whether it's a stand-up special or, like,
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And I've even said, too, about, like, I feel like with stand-up comics who are, like, you
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can't joke about anything or you can't say anything these days.
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I feel like there's a way that you can talk about literally anything that doesn't involve,
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If the joke ends with, like, you being racist, it's not a good joke.
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If it ends with misogyny, it's not a good joke.
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And it's, like, well, just because your friends told you you're funny doesn't mean you're
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But most men like that are, like, I should go to Laugh Factory, see if they have any openings.
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My favorite bit is, like, when somebody's, like, thinking they're being funny, I'm, like,
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Has anybody ever told you you should do stand-up?
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It's, like, my favorite bit because it's so true.
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Like, people who think that they're, like, funny amongst their friends when they're really
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I'm going to be that, like, what are you talking about?
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And they don't let go of that, like, entitlement.
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There are so many comics that are just in it because people growing up were, like, that's
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He just makes silly faces and talks shit about girls.
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But there's definitely, like, and that's the thing about stand-up when people are, like,
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oh, you can't say anything anymore or comedy is dying.
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There are plenty of comics who have been around for a while.
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And they're kind of, like, some things you could joke about back then.
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That's why I'm, like, you don't have any other material.
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I'm, like, you seriously have nothing else to talk about?
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Even when Leo Gonzalez was on the show, we talked about how.
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He was, like, my favorite kind of bit that they resort to is when they're, like, fucking hate my
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That's how I feel about when men like that joke about having sex with women, too.
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Like, find a different way to tell me the joke.
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And then I'm in the green room, like, get off the stage.
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Have you ever had any other run-ins like that when you're doing comedy?
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Like, when you do, like, you did well that night, but even, like, so, have men ever felt stunned by you?
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It was, that was, like, the most obvious because it was just, like.
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He just walked up to you and started talking to you.
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Started talking at me and I was like, girl, what?
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I think I was just, like, like, I was so shocked I didn't say anything.
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And then I kept trying to, like, talk to my other comic friend who's in the green room and he kept interrupting.
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And then I think eventually I was like, how'd you do?
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I think the biggest thing that I've run into in stand-up and, like, green rooms is other comics who sort of look down on people who do social media.
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That's been a very common thing, which is tough.
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And I understand, like, the old school grind of it all.
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And I just tell them, like, dude, everybody should be on social media.
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Like, you can get in front of so many different types of people.
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And, like, that you, what, you think the whole world is at the fucking Hollywood improv?
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And that's, like, the biggest thing that I've had to, I feel like, face in green rooms.
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I didn't bring it up, so we don't need to talk about it.
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Well, and there's something, like, I feel like they would respect me more if I was, like,
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still working at Olive Garden and still doing that, the grind.
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But it's just, it's a weird, it's a weird thing, I think, right now.
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And hopefully people are, like, adapting and using the tools that are there for them.
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And so, there's a shift right now, and I think people are just feeling a little bit uncomfortable,
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But, yeah, that's been, yeah, it's been weird and awkward.
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Yeah, the social media thing is huge, especially in entertainment.
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Like, even when I host and stuff, like, I stand with other media.
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Like, when I did the Oscars, I stood with a lot of people that have been doing it for,
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And when they ask me what I'm doing, I'm like, oh, I'm, you know, working for the Academy
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Oh, I think I was just listening to, I think it was your episode with Trixie or Katya.
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And you were talking about how you were hosting, like, hosting gig, and you were like, or no,
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you were walking the carpet in Vegas or something, and they're like, the real talent will be
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There's a bunch of other people who don't, they do something similar to me, and they walk
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There was this, one of my content creator friends, he just had this, like, A-list celebrities
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people reach out to him, and he's like, we've got to get him on social media.
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Like, begging my content creator friend to put this A-list celebrity in a YouTube video.
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And I was like, oh, yeah, the times are changing, baby.
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Like, in order to get to the younger generation, you've got to get on the internet.
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Yeah, I hate, I hate that shit, especially when they're, like, uh, when you go to premieres,
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About to give me a train, make me start serving.
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And, but then when you go, like, you meet, like, sometimes when you meet people who are
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at the premier or even, like, waiting outside to meet people, a lot of times they know you
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They're like, oh, my God, I've seen you on TikTok.
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And I think social media has changed a lot about the entertainment industry as a whole.
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I think it's for the better and for the worse in a lot of different ways.
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But I feel like fighting it just makes you look terrible.
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I'm always like, what are you so mad for, girl?
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I'm never going to turn my back on the internet.
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So I'm like, I'm not too good for the internet.
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But I'm good enough to be in this room, clearly, because we're both in there.
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When that guy was talking shit to me at the Oscars, like, he was like, oh.
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You say that because I went into the show and where the fuck did you go, bitch?
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It sucks that, like, the whole stigma around it is, like, really gross and shitty.
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And unfortunately, sometimes I do lean into that.
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When I'm pissed off, I'll just be like, yeah, you're right.
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Like, I'm so quick to, like, get on that and try to be like, no, I hate it.
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When it fits my narrative, I'm all up in there, girl.
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Well, see, this is the problem with social media when it helps to propagate my worldview.
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Okay, so we're talking about sketch comedy versus stand-up comedy because obviously you've dabbled
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And we're basically talking about how playing a character versus finding humor in your real
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life, personal experiences, kind of the difference between the two.
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And obviously, like, as women and women of color on the internet, plus in the industry.
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Okay, so I'm going to read this first video to you.
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So this one is, a female comedy creator makes a video with the caption, POV, your wellness
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In the video, she plays the character of a woman who just went on a walk with her friend
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and is now intensely telling her friend to take care of herself and eat turmeric, like
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Like, she's basically like, oh, well, you should really try doing, like, one of those.
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And, um, obviously, uh, men aren't big fans of women who are funny.
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Do you ever, before I get into these comments, when you post your skits, do you ever have
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people going like, I can't believe you're like this and nobody cares?
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They're like, oh, you guys actually like this girl?
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People are like, I can fucking, fucking can't stand this girl.
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It's tough for people to sort of be like, is this real life?
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Even though you have a caption on there that says.
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If anyone was like this around my boyfriend, I would beat her up.
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They're like, if this happened to me, I would literally punch in the face.
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This comment says, as a guy, we would slap someone with this much possessiveness.
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See, I think when men resort to like, I'm gonna punch you in the fucking face.
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When's the last time you punched someone in the face?
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It's very like, oh, I'm gonna punch you in the face.
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And then like, when you just said, it's like, what?
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It's a lot of times, it's the character, which is also just, whatever.
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It's just like, well, let's all use our brains.
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So, um, but, um, a lot of times it'll be from like, specifically like, men who comment
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It's a lot to do with like, my physical appearance.
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And I, one time somebody commented on my, one of my popular girl videos and it was like,
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I thought the popular girl was supposed to be pretty or like, supposed to be like hot or
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And I clicked on this thing and in his bio, I wish I screenshotted it to this day.
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Cause it was like, um, proudly a high school counselor.
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And commonly, I think you should want to fuck the girl.
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And I responded something back, like saying that he was like some high school counselor
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and he like deleted his thing and I can never find him again.
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Cause I want his full name, full government name.
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And I feel like I normally personally want to fuck the most popular girl in the high school
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I personally want to fuck all the popular girls.
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So I got a comment once from a guy who was talking about my body.
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And they were, he was basically saying like that I was gross to look at like fat and gross
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Like, wrote a very colorful comment to that, of that nature.
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And then I went on his profile and it said, proud girl dad in the bio.
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And he had lots of content with his daughter and his daughter's like nine, 10.
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And I hope that no one ever talks about your daughter's body the way that you talked about
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And I hope she knows that you do that in your free time.
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And then he wrote, he wrote back this fucking, he wrote back like 12 comments.
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Well, first of all, what does my kid have to do with this?
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Cause you're commenting on women's bodies, right?
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He goes, my, my daughter's never going to be a fucking whore.
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And I was like, what does me being a whore allegedly have to do with you having a daughter?
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And then they write, they're like, yeah, they write a response and then they, they put one
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at the end and then as soon as they're about to send another one, I block it.
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Sometimes I'll get men saying shit, like saying really, really, really fucking disgusting
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And then I'll look and see that they're like, taken.
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And then I do a lot of research and I find their girlfriend.
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Does your girlfriend know that you objectify or Google other women on the internet?
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Sometimes they're like, they're like, I don't even know what you're talking about.
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And then I will literally screenshot that and I'll DM it to that bitch.
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And I'll be like, Hey, you don't know me, but, uh, your boyfriend is saying shit like
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If my man was doing that, I would want someone to tell me.
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I can't even tell you how many times I've sent that exact message.
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I've blown up relationships left and right, bitch.
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I did get one hand comment the other day that, that actually kind of made me laugh.
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Cause this guy was like, he just wrote, go to the gym, chunko.
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I literally just like, that's where I sit on my shower floor with a t-shirt on.
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I love when women make jokes and we're just high, apparently.
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Check in on your girlfriends who make funny videos.
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This one says, is she intense or is she just gay for you?
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As someone who is a devout ally to the community, I'm not, I can't see that pipeline.
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Because if not, I feel a little out of the loop.
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The funniest part is like, she's just fucking annoying.
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I can only imagine how exhausting it is to do like sketch comedy like that and then have
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Brett kind of told me a little bit about that too.
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He is so good at just being like, he's such a good actor.
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And that's funny because you're acting so well.
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Like your popular girls kids do so, do well, so well too.
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And people, most, most people are like, this is so funny.
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But there's a lot of people that are like, this person is rude.
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They're like, who would actually do something like this?
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I would love to just like live a day in one of those minds just to like.
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Are you so tired being so incredibly concerned about every person you see on the internet?
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Like they're so chronically online and they're the first people to call out.
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Obviously you've been in the game for a while now, both like off social media and now that
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So what's your best piece of advice for people who are like aspiring actors, aspiring, you
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know, sketch comedy writers or standup comedians, what have you?
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I honestly think just like the, it sounds so cliche and stupid, but it's like, just fucking
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Make fun of others, like in a loving way, obviously.
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But it's just like, unless you're me and there's no love, no love.
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I think like there's been so many times where I've spent months writing and performing things
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that I thought other people wanted me to perform and write and I was so miserable and
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I didn't believe in anything and just getting back to like getting grounded again and being
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trying to be authentic and genuine to what I think is funny, producing things that I am
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proud of regardless of how it performs is what keeps me sane.
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Like just, you know, if you believe in it, let's, you know, let's fucking party.
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Especially caring about like how it performs as a measure of whether or not you're good
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I get so, so caught up in that, um, especially on social media, especially cause it's right
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Like you can count measured actually, actually like how funny or valuable you are to the public.
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Like totally it's, um, which is so inaccurate and just unfair sometimes.
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But, um, but yeah, that's, that's what I would say.
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I can't wait to watch you be super, super famous.
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Thank you all so much for joining us on this episode.
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Thank you so much to my amazing guest, Paige Gallagher.
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Uh, TikTok at P Galli on Instagram and YouTube at Paige A Gallagher.
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Do you have any upcoming anything shows, anything like that?
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And if it's as funny as the talent show, I'm sure you won first place.
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