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00:00:54.540 Hey everyone and welcome back to another episode of the comment section show starring

00:01:04.780 me, your fave. Everybody knows me, who cares about me. On to the guests. Today we have

00:01:09.100 the iconic, the hilarious, the unbelievable Grace Coolidgeman. Woo! Keep going. Yeah, right.

00:01:17.360 I know, that's how I jerk everybody off. What other adjectives do you have for me?

00:01:20.860 You guys have about 10 written down. Stunning, gorgeous, amazing. Oh, thank you. Never been

00:01:25.660 done before. No, whoa. Cool. Yeah, right. I'm really, really happy to be here. I'm so happy

00:01:31.580 to have you. I was so kind of honored and shocked. Honored and shocked? Why? Oh, my self-esteem

00:01:37.140 is so low. I bet I'd never be asked on a podcast. Okay. You've been on many. No, but I really

00:01:45.560 was like, whoa, this is so fun. Oh, I'm so glad. I'm glad to hear that. You are so funny

00:01:49.680 that I really am flattered. Thank you. I find you equally, if not more, funny than me, personally.

00:01:55.400 I love saying, I find you equally funny. Equally funny. Just as. No more, no less.

00:02:01.800 Don't test it. I did want to say, I literally was playing your clip. I favorited it, actually,

00:02:08.600 when you were on Caleb's and you were talking about, um, being a softball player. You were

00:02:14.200 saying like, I was so convinced I was straight. I mean, yeah, there, no part of me thought I was

00:02:19.020 gay. Yeah. Not a single part. When did that come to fruition, you think? It actually hit me like a

00:02:24.100 brick one day. Really? I was in college and my friend texted me, hey, my friend has a crush on you.

00:02:31.020 She's a girl. And I was like, oh, I'm gay. But like, and she was like, do you want to hook up

00:02:37.500 with her? And I was like, no, actually, she's not really my type. You just discovered and you're

00:02:42.540 all, that's rude that you would assume. But that girl like actually made me gay, even though I was

00:02:46.480 like completely uninterested in her. It just never crossed my mind to be gay. Right. You just never

00:02:51.120 really saw it like that? No. Did you ever have crushes or anything? On boys, plenty. I do think

00:02:56.840 there might've been a best friend I was in love with in high school. It's so funny

00:03:00.800 because that's like my sister's story too. Is it? My sister's a lesbian, honestly.

00:03:04.600 But I, again. Not obviously. Not all sisters are lesbians. You're right. Not all older sisters

00:03:11.040 are lesbians. But mostly because I always bring up the fact that my sister's a lesbian. And

00:03:16.840 I said that it's the hidden Mickey in all my episodes. It's like when I bring up her. And

00:03:22.660 the fact that almost all my entire team are gay. So like, you know. I love that. When I

00:03:27.180 told Chapo that she's like, I can tell. And I was like, clocked dirty fast. Fast, bitch. Shit. Damn.

00:03:34.140 Yeah. Chapo's like the jealousy in your eyes. You want to be gay so fucking bad.

00:03:38.440 Your brain, your body just won't let you. She's like, the pheromone, the smell is coming from

00:03:42.340 outside. I can smell from what I got out of my car. But that's, that's so funny you say that

00:03:46.040 because I had no crushes at all when I was younger. Like none. On anyone? Anyone at all.

00:03:50.860 Like I had like a few celeb crushes. Like I was a big Jonas Brother girl.

00:03:55.340 Oh. So who was your guy? Mine was Nick. Which I feel like is the straight

00:03:59.280 sister. Whoever loves Nick is like, well, yeah.

00:04:02.880 Why? Because he's the hottest? Naturally? No, I feel like the pipeline from Joe. You're like,

00:04:06.500 because a lesbian wouldn't have a crush on a really hot guy.

00:04:09.560 No, because lesbians love Joe Jonas. Oh.

00:04:13.500 It's always Joe or they, or they don't want to pick any of them. So they pick Kevin.

00:04:16.720 Right, sure. Like that's like kind of, I think, that pipeline that goes that way.

00:04:20.220 Were you proud to be a Nick head? Yeah. Yes, I was. I was very proud. I was so proud,

00:04:25.580 in fact, that I did like a home ec, like kind of unit once in middle school. I think it was in

00:04:31.580 eighth grade. And we had to do flower babies, right? Like, like a 10 pound sack of flower.

00:04:36.720 And we had to like carry it around like it was a baby. We had to dress it, name it, all of that.

00:04:41.320 And so we got to pick our marital status like out of a bowl. And I really wanted to be single

00:04:45.920 because I wanted to control all of it. Like I was like, I want to name my kid.

00:04:48.720 I want to like, and I was like super like, like a lot about you probably. Right. Me being neurotic.

00:04:54.680 And of course I got married and I got married to this kid in my class. And I remember his name

00:04:58.320 was Freddie. And I was like, Freddie, listen to me. Um, this is what's going to happen next.

00:05:02.840 This baby is named after Nick Jonas. If you have any questions about that, you let me know.

00:05:07.780 Right. And he was like, I don't care. So I named the baby.

00:05:10.680 Like I actually don't want to be in the baby's life. I seriously, like you can tell anyone that

00:05:16.520 anyone else's dad's sperm donor. I don't give a fuck. He's like, that baby doesn't even look like

00:05:20.200 me. So nice try. And honestly, I named it Nicholas Jerry Jonas. That's literally what I named it.

00:05:25.640 Is Jerry Nick Jonas's real middle name? Yes, it is. Really? Yeah. And I would know because I was

00:05:30.420 obsessed with him. Right, right, right. But other than like him, and I think I had a thing for Corbin

00:05:34.720 Blue too. Well, that makes perfect sense. Those other than those two. They have the same kind of

00:05:39.940 like cuteness, hotness combo. Right. Don't you think? Yeah. And I'm like a long hair girl. I

00:05:44.820 figured that out later in life. But like, I love long hair on a man. And I felt like they had the

00:05:48.840 longest hair I could see at the time. On Disney Channel, that was like, whoa. They had to come in

00:05:54.520 every day and get like two snips. It's looking a little fucking girly. Hey, long, that long of a hair

00:06:01.240 is for girls. So go ahead and tighten that up. Exactly. But I had no crushes. And my sister had

00:06:06.180 a crush on everyone. Like every man possible. Right. To the point where sometimes I was like,

00:06:10.240 what are you talking about? I, well, you know, that might, cause I feel similar. Right. Like I was

00:06:15.620 like, I have a crush on Nick. Oh, fuck. Nick has a crush on my best friend. Okay. Who's next? Who's next?

00:06:21.440 Like I always had to have someone else. You had to have someone. Yeah. Yeah. I had a roster

00:06:25.520 basically. A roster of guys who wanted nothing to do with me. And, but it was like important

00:06:34.940 to me thinking that I was straight. Right. It's like something to hold on to. But you

00:06:40.880 know, even when I like talk to people about like when I was closeted, it comes off sad.

00:06:46.360 And I really want to like emphasize, like it was not sad for me. Like I so didn't know

00:06:51.560 I was gay that it was not like, I don't look back on it. And I'm like, I had to have a crush

00:06:56.360 on a guy. I really was like, no, I wanted to. And I was happy, happy, happy. Yeah. I was like,

00:07:02.780 sure. Right. Yeah. It's almost like living in ignorance. Yeah. And then being gay was like,

00:07:07.300 oh, this is actually gonna be a lot easier for me. Yeah. It just made it, you're like, oh,

00:07:11.900 and the pieces kind of, that's kind of how it is when we, when my sister and I laugh about it now,

00:07:16.200 because like I, there were no real signs outside of her having a million crushes on only men.

00:07:21.380 Right. Um, there were like, so sad. That's the gayest thing you can do.

00:07:26.000 Yeah. Right. We need to inform middle school girls. Don't have too many crushes. Otherwise,

00:07:31.640 I'm gonna start calling you. That's the real gay agenda. What I would laugh about then now when

00:07:38.040 I look back is that my sister really, really loved the movie Lemonade Mouth. And objectively

00:07:42.980 speaking, that movie is terrible. That movie is like, is Demi Lovato in it? No, Hayley

00:07:47.680 Kiyoko's in it. So, you know, um, and, and I remember cause like, she doesn't really like

00:07:56.960 musicals and there's a lot of music in that movie. The movie itself objectively is terrible.

00:08:00.340 Like the storyline makes no sense, but Hayley Kiyoko was new on the scene. Yep. And I remember

00:08:05.260 she wanted to watch it so often. And at one point I genuinely remember looking at her and going,

00:08:10.440 why do you like this movie so much? Do you have something you want to tell me?

00:08:13.820 And I, and I truly, I, I had no concept of that. Like I was literally just like,

00:08:17.960 what is it with you in this? And then she was, she literally was like, I don't know. I just think

00:08:22.240 it's good. That's what she would always tell me. And I'm like, you're a liar. You're like three words.

00:08:26.480 I'm a lesbian. Say it. I have like that interrogation lighting on her. Do you have something you want

00:08:32.960 to say to me? That's why I looking back, it's hilarious. So Lemonade Mouth. Yeah. It's a movie with

00:08:39.500 Hayley Kiyoko. Yeah. She's like a main character. I always wondered, and that's Disney. Yes. I always

00:08:43.380 wondered how, where she came about. Like onto the scene. Yeah. I knew she was Disney, but I didn't

00:08:48.900 know it was a movie. It was like that movie. And then she became like, I think she was a side

00:08:53.360 character in like Wizards of Waverly Place, which like her character in that, gay. Okay. I actually

00:08:59.460 read something. First time for everything. I read something that said that apparently the creator,

00:09:06.960 and I can't, I can't tell you where I read this at all. I'm frankly, yeah, it could have

00:09:10.560 been a TikTok, but apparently the creator of Wizards of Waverly Place wanted Selena and

00:09:16.560 Hayley to like date in the show. Right. Right. Okay. I did see that TikTok also about that.

00:09:21.440 All right. Fuck you. It was a scientific article I read. I think it was the Washington Post that

00:09:29.340 wrote this. No, I actually did see that too. And I, and it would make a lot of sense. So that's

00:09:34.040 the only thing I remember her from is from Lemonade Mouth. And then she did that. And

00:09:37.320 then I'm sure she did other things too, but now she does music obviously, but looking

00:09:41.020 back makes a lot of sense. Yeah. It's a pretty, I mean, to go immediately from liking boys to

00:09:46.580 Hayley Kiyoko, I think it's pretty, it's pretty hard left. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And then it's

00:09:51.080 like all, it's all the pieces fall to like in place. When I look at it in that lens, I'm

00:09:56.260 like, yeah, that does make sense. But then I think that's why I thought maybe that might

00:10:01.560 be the case for me because I never had crushes, but it wasn't because I didn't find men attractive.

00:10:05.840 It's just like, they genuinely enraged me. Well, for sure. And even now, and like recently

00:10:10.840 I was talking to my, I was actually talking to my fiance about this first and then I was

00:10:14.540 telling my sister about it, but I was like, sometimes when, when men like specifically

00:10:18.700 a very specific kind of like cis straight man, when they want to be sexy, like they want

00:10:23.960 to be perceived as sexy, it incites a rage in me that is borderline tangible. Like, and I'm,

00:10:32.080 I'm so serious. I feel like a bad person. I sometimes, I'm, I'm so serious. I brought it up

00:10:37.940 in therapy because I was like, sometimes I think something's wrong with me. But that's why Nick

00:10:42.600 Jonas was an easy crush to have because he never tried to be sexy. He just had diabetes. Right.

00:10:47.600 And you know what? That's all I needed. And that was his like sexy quirk.

00:10:59.340 That's crazy. That's true. There you go. Not trying too hard. No, exactly. You don't need

00:11:03.680 that much attention. No, just get a diagnosis. Okay. How old were you when your sister came

00:11:10.440 out to you? I initially I've talked about it and this is like kind of a bummer, but I wasn't

00:11:15.920 as receptive as I wished I was, but not because I thought it was gross. It's just like, I couldn't

00:11:21.080 believe she didn't tell me because when she did tell me, she was like fully in a relationship

00:11:25.080 with someone already. And every week she was at college, I was like, are you dating anyone?

00:11:29.400 Are you talking to anyone? Like constantly I was asking her and she's always like, nope,

00:11:32.100 nope, nope. And then she was living this whole other life. Yeah. You have to do that sometimes.

00:11:36.320 Right. And I'm glad she did. And I joke, we joke about it now because like I got into the

00:11:40.460 same school she went to. She went to U of O, the university of Oregon. And I got into that school

00:11:45.520 too. And my mom was like, oh, you guys could go to the same school. And I was like, I think I want

00:11:49.740 to go to a different school. And like, we both kind of were like, we should go to separate colleges

00:11:53.040 so we can like grow and all that. And she tells me when I was like entertaining it, she was like,

00:11:58.120 oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. Cause she's living a double life. She's like, I need to be a

00:12:02.760 secret lesbian and this does not go according to plan. I was like, she's being Hannah Montana. So I'm

00:12:07.020 like, so when she did come out to me, initially I didn't handle it the way I wish I did.

00:12:11.440 But then obviously I was like, I am a dumbass. I don't care. I don't care at all. I'm happy

00:12:17.740 for you. I'm happy you're happy. And so after that, it was fine. Like we were totally fine

00:12:21.620 after that. It's funny too. Cause like even like the way like my dad found out, like my

00:12:27.660 dad was like, I don't care. Just do good in school. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I don't care about

00:12:31.180 that. Right. Just do good in school. See then that's actually beautiful. That is all that

00:12:36.080 matters. Right. At the end of the day. I did poorly in school. So damn, you're looking

00:12:42.300 at a double whammy then. So actually fuck. Should I call my dad? I do want to ask you

00:12:48.140 like what were, did you always want to be in comedy and entertainment? Did you always want

00:12:52.880 to do that? Or did you kind of find it along the way? Like I went into college, just like

00:12:59.540 a little backstory. Like I really always had bad grades, like always. And going into college,

00:13:05.540 like my senior year, I had this college advisor who was like, getting into schools is going

00:13:10.720 to be really hard for you. So we're kind of looking at like, you know, no offense, but

00:13:16.520 like University of Arizona, he was like, that's a place where like you can go. He's like, you're

00:13:21.180 a wildcat. I can sense that by you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But he was like, but this is so random.

00:13:27.360 My best friend, you really remind me of him. And he went to this school. Of him? Yes. He went

00:13:33.640 to the school Skidmore College and you will be like the dumbest person there, but you

00:13:38.620 should apply and just see. Right. And so I applied early decision, which is like a binding

00:13:44.960 admission, which is basically like if you're like really fingers crossed, that's what you

00:13:49.020 would do. Right. And I ended up getting in there. Damn. I'm going to that school and they

00:13:54.860 had a comedy program there. Oh, nice. So it happened really seamlessly, but I went into college

00:14:00.080 thinking I was actually going to be a neuroscience major. I failed out of neuroscience about seven

00:14:07.220 weeks into the class. Neuroscience, bad grades? I, well, so the class was graded on two exams

00:14:13.840 or no, three exams. The first exam I got a 34%. So the teacher like sat me down and was like,

00:14:20.440 so you have to get like at least an 80 on the next test. And I was like, no problem. And I was like

00:14:25.520 sobbing to him being like, I don't know what went wrong. Like I really like come to this class

00:14:31.140 every day. And he was like, well, what's your study routine? And I was like, you said you're

00:14:37.880 trying to change the subject. And that's, yeah, I was like, I've thought of doing note cards.

00:14:42.460 And he was like, well, like, have you just like read the textbook? And I was like, I haven't bought

00:14:47.380 the textbook. So I was kind of fucked there. And then the second exam, I'm thinking maybe you're

00:14:52.780 like, maybe I'm like goodwill hunting. And I just like, that's a little bit. Well, to be fair,

00:14:58.340 I do have, I do have a brother who is kind of like freak genius. And so I was kind of like,

00:15:03.620 that's going to hit me and me day. I love the undying confidence of like, well, obviously brain

00:15:12.540 surgeon. Yes. Like I need to study thorough pathways. I mean, it's just so insanely dumb.

00:15:17.900 Like that, that major is so hard. Like you're literally becoming, yeah, it's just was really

00:15:24.320 cuckoo. Anyways, got a 50% on the second exam. So automatically had to withdraw. Damn. And then I,

00:15:31.440 I just, I ended up majoring in psychology, but of course I've done nothing with that. But, um,

00:15:35.940 and of course that's helped me none. I'm honestly one of the few like dickheads on the internet that I

00:15:40.640 think my degrees kind of play a role a little bit. Okay. What were they? I was journalism and

00:15:45.500 communications. That is true though. I'm a liberal arts girl to my core. You know what I'm saying?

00:15:49.720 Like I was like math, science, fuck that shit. Right. Right. And I remember when I was in college,

00:15:55.060 like when I first met with my advisor, like my freshman year, I'm a Virgo to my fucking core.

00:15:59.840 Like I'm so neurotic. It's insane. I was literally, I never ditched a class until I was a senior.

00:16:04.580 Oh my God. And it was the end of my senior year. And it was purely because I just didn't have to go

00:16:08.760 if I didn't want to. Whoa. And then my sister was like, I've been ditching the entire time. And I

00:16:13.260 go, what the fuck? I've been following the goddamn rules and you've been doing that. Granted, I was

00:16:17.820 getting fucked up when I was underage. Do as I say, not as I do. Right. But like, I was super into

00:16:24.380 school. I just loved going to school. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I love going to school. See, I think I liked the

00:16:28.140 idea of school, but to me, it wasn't that I was ditching classes. I was too hung over to go to class.

00:16:33.700 So medically incapable. No, completely. Exactly. Did you do theater?

00:16:38.760 Anything in college? No, I just did comedy. So it's really weird. This school, unbeknownst to

00:16:44.140 me, like I didn't go to the college for it, but there's like a huge comedy program there. That's

00:16:48.500 cool. So I was in like an improv and sketch group. And then how was that? Amazing. I'm just being

00:16:55.460 honest. We can like shit on improv groups all we want. It was some of the most fun times of my life.

00:17:02.440 It's funny because when Sabrina Breyer was on and we talked about it, she said, Oh, I saw some

00:17:07.200 clips of her talking about improv. We talk about improv because she was the president of her

00:17:11.060 improv group in college. And she told me, and she goes, I go, I'm glad how you, you made sure to

00:17:15.780 tell me you were the president. She goes, you know, it's funny. It's like, I joked about it with Caleb

00:17:19.420 and we laughed and we were like, Oh, that's so embarrassing, but I am really proud of you guys.

00:17:25.000 That's exactly what it is. Of your time serving. Because I'm like, I think that actually made me,

00:17:28.580 me. I don't know who I would be without yes anding some of my closest friends.

00:17:36.440 I know. I'm like, I, I'm going to take acting classes and stuff this year because I'm going to

00:17:41.860 try to like, but I did do theater classes like in high school and I did them in college. Cause

00:17:45.920 those were just like fun ones for me, but I love doing it. Like I had so much fun doing it.

00:17:50.960 Amazing. And I, there was a section of my theater class in college that we did, which was all improv.

00:17:55.560 So we did like a whole unit on improv and like, you know, they, you pick a character and like,

00:18:01.200 that's the character you are. And I remember we picked one and like my best character was a drunk

00:18:07.280 bitch. Like I was like a really drunk girl and I, and it killed every time. And I remember every

00:18:12.980 time I did it, every time I got a laugh, I'd be like, fucking got him. I'm walking in my purpose.

00:18:19.500 There's also something cute about like that age when you're doing stuff, because it's like,

00:18:24.940 I actually found like an old sketch that I wrote in college and I like could not figure

00:18:29.960 for the life of me, figure out where the jokes were. I was like reading through this, like

00:18:34.520 maybe that part would have gotten a laugh. Like I have no clue, but I know when I performed

00:18:41.080 it, it fucking slayed.

00:18:43.020 I'm like, I murdered that shit.

00:18:44.940 I'm like, what the fuck?

00:18:46.100 And I did, um, like in the theater class too, we did like a unit on like more serious stuff

00:18:51.780 like plays and all that. Um, and my final for that class was doing a monologue, like

00:18:56.600 a dramatic monologue. And it had to be at least like two minutes long or something like that.

00:19:01.040 And so you had to block it and all that shit. And then we performed it on the stage in front

00:19:05.000 of our class at the end of the semester. And I did the monologue from Fences of that Viola

00:19:11.160 Davis in Denzel Washington. It's like when she's like, well, I've been standing with you.

00:19:15.060 Like that one, I did that intense ass scene. Like it didn't have to be that. Like it could

00:19:19.680 have been anything like, you could do a monologue from Pitch Perfect. You're like Fences it is.

00:19:23.720 I said, I'm thinking fences. I'm thinking fences. That's what's calling me. But I had

00:19:29.300 a blast. I loved doing it. When did you start doing standup? Did you start doing it while

00:19:32.980 you were in college or after? Um, after, so after college moved to Chicago, which is where

00:19:37.260 I met Caleb. Right. And I did, I did stand up like three times before the, before the pandemic.

00:19:44.080 Oh, okay. So after the pandemic, I had this like huge platform and was, could like sell

00:19:51.180 out a show. And I was like, cool, this is my fourth fucking time doing standup. No one else

00:19:56.360 knows that. Yeah. Um, but I think the first standup show I did was with Caleb. Oh, nice.

00:20:02.440 And I don't do mine too. Really? Yeah. But I've only done one. You've done it now. Yeah. But only

00:20:07.720 one. And it was a five. So like, as in five minutes. Yeah. What's wrong with that? It's just

00:20:12.420 the baby is five. Like it's, yeah, but who cares? And he didn't tell me to like, got there that

00:20:17.200 Chris Fleming was the other opener. And I was like, well, thank God I went first.

00:20:20.460 Shit. Obviously I'd go first, but thank God. Chris Fleming is like.

00:20:24.820 Unbelievably funny. If I could, I would like slice open the top of his head and just look

00:20:29.700 inside. I know. Chris Fleming randomly went to my college as well. See, we were not there

00:20:35.100 at the same time. It's turning out. Yeah. Obviously. Cause he's a hundred, but. Yeah. Cause

00:20:38.640 he's a hundred. I'm four and a half years old. Super mature. My body is specifically very

00:20:44.700 mature for my age, but. Well, he and I were built the same, but he's way older than me.

00:20:48.780 Like, uh, no, I know that's crazy. I didn't know he went to your guys. That would make

00:20:52.700 sense. That makes a lot of sense in my head. Yeah. You didn't know that he went to my college

00:20:55.840 and do that research before. You didn't look up all the alumni from my college. I didn't

00:21:00.100 know they were turning out greats like that at your school. I need to look into Skidmore

00:21:03.460 a little bit more. So when you first started doing it, then how did it go when you first

00:21:07.460 started doing your standup? Okay. I have a video from the first time I did standup and there's

00:21:12.540 laughter, but mostly I hear five of my friends in the audience, like they're laughing in a

00:21:18.260 way that's basically going. Like they're like, and I'm like, Oh, and you're saying, and you're

00:21:28.220 literally like, you're like, I know for a fact that's my, that's my tribe. They were doing

00:21:31.900 me a favor there, but it was fine. I've always been like semi funny. Like I don't think, I

00:21:38.040 think if I start crying a little bit, I've always been a little bit funny, but I think

00:21:47.120 if I ever really bomb on stage, it's because I'm like not feeling well or not feeling like

00:21:53.320 confident going on stage. That's honestly tea. That's all it is. I think that's tea. Cause

00:21:57.920 I, I, I've ran from standup for a while because I'm, I have told, I've told my team this because

00:22:05.060 my manager's like, please, please, please, please. Um, but like, I feel like, first of all,

00:22:10.360 it's an art form and I love it. I love standup so much. So that's why I'm like, well, I'm not like

00:22:14.480 that. Right. And if I'm not the best, I'm not doing it. That's like how I feel. I'm like, I'm not

00:22:18.840 going to try if I'm not the best. Um, but I feel like it is purely a confidence thing. Cause I've

00:22:24.480 always known I'm funny. I know I'm funny, but like that doesn't always translate. And I don't

00:22:29.460 want to be one of those guys that like, they make comedy videos on YouTube and then they start doing

00:22:33.640 standup and it's like, it's fucking horrible. Yeah. But you already can't be one of those guys

00:22:38.240 because no offense in case you don't know, you're not a straight white guy. So what already you're

00:22:45.220 going to be fine. Like anytime I think like, Oh, this could come off obnoxious. I'm like, yeah,

00:22:50.440 but I'm not, I'm not just another like dude who's trying to do comedy. Yeah. They're

00:22:55.920 like blind confidence. That's why I think that white straight guys have the hardest time in

00:23:00.080 the comedy scene. Right. That's true. They're so underrepresented. Exactly. They don't have

00:23:04.020 enough people in media to look at and idolize. No, not at all. Not at all. This is my favorite

00:23:10.200 question to ask, like standup people who do standup that are not straight white guys. But

00:23:15.320 like, have you ever gotten advice from a audience member? Like after a set? Um, I always like to

00:23:23.500 ask women, especially because sometimes when they do, they do lineups or cards with other dudes and

00:23:28.880 they're all like older, even if she goes and kills, they'll be like, have a couple notes for you.

00:23:34.040 Oh my God. Which is crazy, but maybe it's because you're doing better shows. No, I think it's because

00:23:39.020 I perform in like a queer scene. That's what I mean. Like it's so, yeah, yeah, yeah. The environment

00:23:44.160 is completely different. Yeah. Like I really feel like when I'm on a lineup, there's maybe one

00:23:51.160 straight person on the show and I've kind of made that happen for myself. I love that. That's

00:23:55.900 beautiful. There's plenty of amazing shows that happen in Manhattan, but I really don't do them

00:24:00.680 because I'm like in Brooklyn. I know my people and that's going to be fun. That's so true. And very,

00:24:06.700 I think it helps a lot with the experience. I think when you're trying to like get your feet wet

00:24:11.300 because you're performing in spaces that want you there, but also like that understand your

00:24:15.280 humor. Well, that's the thing is like, sure. Maybe it would be good experience for me to like

00:24:19.720 go do a show in Manhattan for like exclusively straight people, but that's not really who I'm

00:24:24.460 aiming to get after anyway. That's what I mean. Yeah. So it's when we'll, and it's like, we have

00:24:29.720 different POVs, different lives. And that's, it's funny you say that because when I did Caleb's,

00:24:34.840 I explicitly told him I didn't want to advertise that I was going to be there because I was like,

00:24:38.280 I, I don't want it to be my fans. Not that I don't think there will be any people who don't

00:24:42.180 like me there, but like, I want to find out for real if I'm funny. Like, I love that. And I was

00:24:46.280 like, so I'd rather like kind of cold plunge it than be like, fill the seats with people who

00:24:51.540 actually love me and they'll laugh at anything I say. I really want to know if I'm funny. And he

00:24:55.100 was like, I admire that about you. That's great. And so I did it in front of his fans, which

00:24:58.840 there's a lot of crossover, but not too. Yeah, of course. And so I think it did pretty well. It didn't,

00:25:03.560 it didn't go poorly. Fuck yeah. Yeah. So I was like, so it went pretty well and I was exciting.

00:25:07.340 I was going to do another show like later, later on, like much, much later. But then as I got

00:25:13.480 closer to it, I started thinking like, I don't think the crossover of audience is going to mesh

00:25:19.620 well because a lot of my jokes are about white people. And like, if I'm performing to an exclusively

00:25:25.180 cis straight white room, it's not going to hit the same. Even if the jokes are well-written,

00:25:30.140 they may not react the same. Yeah. But that is going to be a problem of the audience and not your

00:25:35.580 problem. That's true. Because I know people who do like a lot of jokes that are fucking like

00:25:41.020 perfect jokes about the white people in the audience being stupid. And I've seen it. Like

00:25:47.540 there's this one comedian who I know who I've done been on lineups with her before. Yeah. And

00:25:51.400 she's done it in front of audience that have like laughed so much. Yeah. And then in front of audience

00:25:55.520 who like honestly get stiff. Yeah. And it's like, you guys chill the fuck out. Like it's a comedy

00:26:02.640 show. Like we're meant to laugh. And we're not like going to leave here and be like, all right,

00:26:07.040 like everybody, like there's no, like nothing's happening after the show. You can go back to your

00:26:12.880 regular life. Yeah. It's like, it's escape for a second. And also they're not, they're not jokes

00:26:17.880 that are punching down in any way. Right. Which is crazy because in the same audience that doesn't

00:26:21.840 react well to a joke like that would laugh really hard at a racist joke or a homophobic joke. Oh,

00:26:26.460 of course. And I was like, well, you guys are going to chuckle at that, but you're not going to laugh at mine.

00:26:29.640 All right. I know. Whatever. Okay. One thing that I thought of about your question earlier,

00:26:35.720 my aunt who is about 85, she told me, she was like, so Grace, I watched your videos and none of

00:26:45.020 them make me laugh. And it just got me thinking the lesbian stuff is fine, but I'm wondering when

00:26:53.920 are you going to start making comedy for people above 70? And you know what? Clocked your teeth.

00:26:59.940 She said that. So as if, as if I've been having meetings with my team, like, I don't know if

00:27:06.320 this is landing for 70 and above. Did we, did we ask AARP? I'm like, babe, you can barely turn on

00:27:13.620 Netflix. I'm not, you're just not the demographic I'm going for. Hey, noted. Thank you. I appreciate it.

00:27:20.600 Thank you. When are you going to start making her going? Lesbian stuff. Okay. It's just also just

00:27:27.200 me doing like fully like age, um, age discrimination jokes. How's your wheelchair?

00:27:37.040 Bullying old people. I make old people jokes a lot. Like, especially when I'm like, uh, with older

00:27:43.880 comics, like if we're doing something, like I did something with that involved older comics and it was,

00:27:48.520 I made a few old people jokes and I honest to God, I felt like they were a little like

00:27:54.380 offended to which I'm, and I'll tell you who they are after. Okay. They're like old heads in the comedy

00:27:59.360 circle. Like they've been around for a long ass time. And I was like, I made one joke about you

00:28:04.940 guys being fucking old. And all of a sudden I lost the room. It's just you guys. Yeah. And it felt

00:28:09.820 weird. Cause they're all like for real standups. I'm just a dickhead on the internet. So it's like,

00:28:13.740 okay. I hate, don't do that to yourself though. Because to me, there are so many standups who

00:28:20.620 are like really bitter. Yeah. And even though I feel like I do stand up a good amount, I still

00:28:25.800 feel like there are standups who see me and are like, you're just a fucking internet personality.

00:28:30.080 Yeah, exactly. Which is bullshit. And I'm kind of like, you're fucking jealous. Yeah, exactly. You are

00:28:34.960 fucking jealous that I have been able to figure out another section of comedy that you literally can't

00:28:41.460 do because even though you have 500,000 followers, your videos get 300 likes. So I'm sorry.

00:28:49.400 I know that, that never ending debate of that is, is upsetting to me. Cause I'm like,

00:28:53.780 first of all, you're a comic that started utilizing the internet. That's a very different

00:28:57.700 thing from being like a sketch comedy creator. Like those are two very different things to me.

00:29:02.920 Right. Like I once saw someone write something cause they always associate me, Caleb and Brittany.

00:29:06.700 Like they're always like, Oh, the funniest, whatever. I love these episodes. And which is fine. I get it.

00:29:10.900 Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Oh yeah. I love them. I love them. I'm so sorry. We just talked about

00:29:14.880 myself. Um, but someone said like, Oh, I love that the internet like has created people like

00:29:21.400 drew Caleb and Brittany. And I said, don't you let Caleb see that comment. He's going to be pissed.

00:29:27.260 I was born on the internet. Yes, that is true. Does that mean I, I wasn't funny till I got on there?

00:29:31.960 No. But like, obviously me and Brittany started differently than Caleb. Right. I was like,

00:29:35.800 don't you let him see that comment. He's going to hate that. Well, but you started by, cause you were,

00:29:40.460 you'd been posting and then some stuff of yours blew up. Right. Yeah. Just roasting dudes.

00:29:45.300 Well, how does Caleb tell you his career started?

00:29:49.620 I'm like, I'm like him in the comedy scene. Like him actually doing standup.

00:29:52.600 Okay. That's fair. That's fair. Cause he hates the internet. Um, like he hates the internet.

00:29:56.440 He hates the internet. So that's why. And I, I love it. And I always encourage more people to follow me.

00:30:02.100 Speaking of, I know, same. That's why. And I, and I agree with you too on that point. Cause it feels like,

00:30:07.780 um, that happens to me sometimes when I go in to like do TV things or anything that's not internet

00:30:14.060 based. Um, it's always like, so you're like on tech talk. And I'm like, yeah, that is. Yeah. That

00:30:19.500 is how I grew up. Yeah. I always, cause I'm not ashamed of it, but I'm also like, you're using that

00:30:23.680 to look down on me. And that's weird. Like you're just mad. Cause we're in the same room. I got

00:30:27.520 recognized on the subway like a year ago by someone across the subway car. So approximately 40

00:30:33.680 people in between us goes, you're on Tik TOK. And I was like, I need to get in the middle of,

00:30:41.720 I need to go under the train. I need to die right here. This is horrible. Yeah. It's yeah. It's

00:30:47.840 pretty bad. It really, and just for 40 strangers to know, then look at me and go, that person is on

00:30:54.180 Tik TOK. Oh, it killed me. Killed me. I, one time I was somewhere in this, uh, I forget where the

00:31:01.500 fuck I was. And people were coming up to me, like, like two or three people came up to me and

00:31:05.880 said, they love my stuff and they wanted to take a picture with me. And I was like, yeah, sure. And

00:31:09.920 I said, hi to them. There was this older dude next to me. And then like these three people leave.

00:31:14.280 And then he goes, what are you fucking famous or something? He's like, I'll take a picture too.

00:31:19.740 Why not? And I've had that too. I've had that too. I've had men be like, I don't know who the fuck

00:31:24.080 this is. And then take a picture with me. And I'm like, you don't need that. No. And when he said

00:31:29.460 that to me, I go, no, not really. Oh my God. There's nothing like, especially older people,

00:31:35.320 like explaining it to them is, I know, is truly, I once in an interview got asked, like, how do you

00:31:40.120 explain to like grandparents what you do for a living? And then I go, typically that conversation

00:31:45.800 goes, um, I just make fun of dudes on the internet and then they go, they pay you to do that. And then

00:31:51.240 I go, yep. And then that's where it ends. Yep. They pay me. Yeah. And that's it. I was like,

00:31:57.580 they have no further questions after that. There's nothing else really to talk about after

00:32:01.360 that. I saw a video of my muse, Shawn Mendes, where this guy comes up to him and a big, oh

00:32:09.560 yeah, yeah, yeah. Senorita. All of those things. What's another song? Stitches. I was about

00:32:17.100 to say Havana and I'm like, that's actually Camila Cabello. His ex-girlfriend. Yes. What

00:32:21.880 the fuck is wrong with me today? Take my mic. Um, a video of him and this guy comes up to him

00:32:29.540 and it's like, can I get a picture? And he literally is like, who am I? And the guy was

00:32:34.180 like, um, um, and he was like, do you know who I am? Or you just think I'm a famous person

00:32:38.900 so you want to take a photo with me? Damn. And the, I know. Damn. Okay. Shawn Mendes. I thought

00:32:43.600 that was awesome. That is so awesome. I love that. Right. I think that's great. I can't even

00:32:47.600 tell you. There was, I did a thing, um, with Dylan Mulvaney. I, I like did a little book

00:32:53.440 signing thing with her. I, I moderated it for her at the Grove this past weekend. And

00:32:58.240 so like at the end of the day, when I was leaving this, this woman came up and she was

00:33:02.760 like, I fucking love you. I fucking love you, dude. To you or to Dylan? Yeah, to me. Okay.

00:33:07.560 That's exactly how she said it. And then she walked away and I said, thank you. And she walked

00:33:12.000 away. And then when we walked away, my fiance goes, that lady was in Barnes and Noble. And

00:33:17.080 I was like, Oh, was she at the little talk thing? And he was like, no, she walked by.

00:33:21.180 And I remember because I, I was standing, he was like standing in the back and she walked

00:33:25.680 by and she was like, Oh my God, I fucking love that girl. She's on TikTok again. She

00:33:29.700 has not said my name once. So I know she doesn't know it. So she's like, and then she goes, Oh

00:33:35.120 my God, I fucking love her. And then someone goes, who? She goes, the girl with the mic.

00:33:38.540 Like I in the black jacket. Oh my God, she's so funny. And my fiance is just, she doesn't

00:33:43.160 see him. And so she says that. And then she goes, God, she's like way better looking

00:33:48.220 in person. And then she just turns and leaves. And then my fiance told me that. And then she

00:33:52.840 came up to me later and told me, I fucking love you. And then he tells me that whole story

00:33:57.080 and I'm like, nice. And I go, and you know what's funny is, that was the third time I

00:34:00.960 heard that that day. Yeah. Right. So I was like, right, right, right, right, right. Love

00:34:05.240 that. Thanks guys. Appreciate you. I don't know if you ever get things like that from

00:34:09.160 the internet. Yeah, of course. People who just, they say, it's almost like all rational

00:34:14.080 thought leaves. I think like maybe 10 plus times someone has said to me, I love you.

00:34:21.580 What's your name again? It's like really like, and I'm like, Grace, they're like, yes, are

00:34:29.600 you sure? Grace, yes, I think I love you. If you're the girl I'm thinking of, sometimes

00:34:37.240 they'll be like, oh my God, wait, I know you. Wait, hold on. I know you. Wait. And

00:34:42.160 they're just making, they make me stand there and wait while they try to jog their

00:34:45.460 own memory. Okay. Which unfortunately I've done that to someone before. Was it

00:34:50.620 Shawn Mendes? I know. I know him through and through. Gosh, yeah, we fuck. I knew it.

00:35:01.960 So I was at like, I was at Amber Ruffin show. Okay. Okay. And I was backstage. She like

00:35:08.940 invited me. I'm backstage with like four other people. And I see this one girl in there and

00:35:15.580 I'm, she walks in and I'm like, oh my God. Hey. And she's like, hey. And I'm like, we've

00:35:24.320 worked together. And she's like, I don't know if we have. I'm like, no, we have for

00:35:28.880 sure. You look so familiar. I'm positive we've worked together. Find out two days later. It's

00:35:35.160 Lori Hernandez. Wait, is that her name? Yeah. Lori Hernandez, who's an Olympian. The gymnast.

00:35:40.060 Yeah. I was going to say, I know this. She's my mutual. I was like, yeah, for sure. I said,

00:35:47.720 are you an actor? She goes, yeah, I am. I'm like, yes. Also at that point I'd been on like

00:35:54.060 three TV shows, like all just like one day shoots. Me being like, we've worked together

00:35:59.200 in my illustrious career. Check my SAG card. Why don't you? We have to have worked together.

00:36:05.580 It's so embarrassing. But I mean, like actually could not have been sweeter about it. She was

00:36:11.380 like, yeah, you're probably right. We probably have worked together. For being really nice

00:36:17.480 about it. Too sweet. I'm sure this has happened to you too. I'm really, really bad with like

00:36:22.880 knowing. I know the like most famous people in the world. Obviously I have a general understanding

00:36:27.340 anything past that. I have no knowledge. I don't know why it doesn't imprint. So like any character

00:36:33.680 that anyone that's not like an Ariana Grande or a Beyonce. Sure. It's going to take me a while to

00:36:38.580 like think of the name. Okay. Gotcha. And so like we joke because my sister knows and remembers

00:36:43.160 everyone. So like when I take her with me to stuff, I rely on her to tell me who is who and where

00:36:48.840 they're from. And like, I went to the Elton John after party, like after the Oscars, which is like,

00:36:55.760 that's a dangerous place for me to be when I'm fucked up and I don't remember anything.

00:37:00.220 And there were many people coming up to me and being like, Oh my God, I'm such a huge fan. I'm

00:37:05.060 such a huge fan. And then I'd be like, Oh my God, thank you. Like once I was talking to this girl,

00:37:09.600 I was talking to this woman. She was so nice. And she was like, Oh, you may literally have made me

00:37:13.440 so much more confident in like standing up for myself. And I was like, that's so sweet. And she

00:37:18.880 goes in like, you know, like hating men. And then I go period. And then she goes, well, like not hating

00:37:24.880 them. Like, I know what, like they're not all that I go. And I'm, because I'm fucked up. I'm like,

00:37:28.780 girl, I ain't here. Fuck them. And then she like, she giggled. And then we laughed about it. And then

00:37:32.600 when she walked away, Deason was like, do you know who that is? And I still don't remember her name,

00:37:36.460 but she is an actress. She's in the Handmaid's Tale. I didn't watch Handmaid's Tale,

00:37:39.400 but it's not Natasha Lyonne. No, it's not. She's the one with the robot eye. It's not Uzo Aduba.

00:37:45.740 No, I would know her. I love you. Like, like Meryl Streep coming up to you and being like,

00:37:50.220 I love you. And you're like, move out of the fucking way. You're not Ariana Grande.

00:37:54.440 Thanks. I guess. Some people like don't recognize because sometimes I'm like, I don't know who that

00:38:00.440 is. I don't know who that is. I think that's fair because, okay, I went to the Emmys this year

00:38:04.940 and when you're there, like kind of no one looks famous. Yeah. Cause everyone's famous.

00:38:09.920 Everyone is famous. And it's almost like, why the hell is like Elle fanning in line for popcorn?

00:38:16.540 You know? Yeah. When I went to the Grammys and I went to the Grammys carpet,

00:38:21.380 they had like a little, like, it looked like a queue for a Disneyland ride to go on the carpet and

00:38:26.400 take photos. I'm not kidding. And then I saw Gracie Abrams standing in there and I laughed. I'm

00:38:31.040 laughing. Why is she waiting in line? No, I know Martin Short and Steve Martin were in line for

00:38:36.560 people in front of like me and my cast. Yeah. And we were like, this is fucked up. Like we need to

00:38:41.920 get them a chair. They should be in a golf cart. You know, I was like making all, I was like,

00:38:49.380 I really do believe that it's crazy to look down on internet people if they just so happen to get

00:38:53.580 in the door, especially because when you're marginalized, like it's so much harder to get

00:38:56.660 into entertainment. And that's why a lot of us have utilized the internet, which is a beautiful

00:38:59.980 thing. That being said, when I was at the Elton John after party and I saw all those people in

00:39:04.560 there and a lot of them were coming up and talking to me, I started thinking to myself,

00:39:08.200 yeah, I'd be a little mad at me too. Yeah. You know what? I, you know what? I get it. I

00:39:14.020 empathize a little bit because I got in here because I tell men to go fuck themselves and

00:39:18.260 or to suck my wiener. And now I'm in the room too. And I'm laughing. You have to like, you have to

00:39:24.020 have a come up story, right? Unless you're just truly a Nepo baby. Right. Exactly. But

00:39:29.440 it's like, Oh, the transition to me doesn't bother me. Cause I'm always like, I think they

00:39:33.740 work hand in hand and it's inevitable to fight it. Like the marketing at the end of the day,

00:39:38.100 but no, people do love to be like, why the fuck are, um, you know, uh, influencers doing red carpet

00:39:43.640 events. And it's kind of like, well, they're there. You aren't. It was really that simple.

00:39:49.860 I know. One girl said that to me on one of my carpet videos and I was like, well, what

00:39:53.500 do you care? I'm not taking your seat. Right. Like, what do you care? Yeah. And also you

00:39:58.660 really would just be taking like, I don't know, someone from the news is seeing anything.

00:40:04.400 I know. I'm like, who actually, who does, who would do that job otherwise? I don't remember.

00:40:08.840 Cause I'm like, you guys don't check credentials on anyone unless you recognize them from the

00:40:13.120 internet. You're never, if it's a person you don't recognize and they work for a media outlet,

00:40:16.900 you're never like, did you have a journalism degree? Right. You never do that shit. You

00:40:21.340 only do it cause you recognize me and that's different. And I do have one. And I tell people

00:40:24.700 too, I'm like, they invite us because we draw a crowd. Like we draw attention and obviously you're

00:40:30.140 an actor. So like, there's that too. I'm like, you guys, it, the, the view of it is so skewed

00:40:34.800 sometimes of like influencers there. That being said, I do understand why, how some influencers

00:40:39.860 act. I get why you don't like them. Right. And I was like, I think it's fair to say though,

00:40:44.180 that there are bad apples in every bunch, not just influencers. That's not an influencer

00:40:49.480 specific problem. It's just easier to pick at them because they're more accessible than

00:40:54.720 a celebrity, which is why I'm always like true talent. Like I was like, if you guys only

00:40:59.180 knew, like when they invite us to shit like that, I don't walk when Ariana Grande walks.

00:41:04.140 I walk at 12 noon. Right. And then I sit in the sun. Totally. You're there for like fucking

00:41:08.860 10 hours. I'm there for nine and a half hours. She just got here and I don't go to the show.

00:41:15.460 I'm not kidding. I do carpet and I fucking leave. Yeah. I like, I literally walk home.

00:41:20.500 Like you spend three grand of your own money on like random things for the day. You're like,

00:41:25.600 this is a loss for me. Yeah. I'm in the red for sure, but that's not the point. And that's

00:41:31.260 what makes me laugh. Cause I'm like, I, especially when I did what carpet was it? The Grammys.

00:41:36.300 Is I had to walk what could only be described as fucking the trek up Mount Everest. I had

00:41:42.840 to walk two miles in a, in a corset bitch. I was walking and I had like a tote bag and

00:41:48.040 a bunch of, a bunch of my other shit and I'm vaping the whole way. While I'm going there,

00:41:53.900 I'm like, surely this will make it easier to breathe. It's my oxygen. Tighten my corset

00:41:59.940 and give me another fucking vase. And I was like, that's literally what I'm doing as

00:42:05.460 I'm, as I'm getting there. And then they're like, can't believe you get to stand there

00:42:09.180 too. Trust me when I say it's not nearly as fun. You're like, you, you, you weren't

00:42:13.560 standing. The corset was keeping you up. I know girl. I felt like Elizabeth Swan in

00:42:18.580 that shit. It was so bad. Wait, so you've been to the Grammys. What other award shows have

00:42:23.540 been to? I've been to Golden Globes, Grammys, SAG Awards. And I know this. I know this. Golden

00:42:31.320 Globes is which one? What again? That's like, that's TV and film, I think. Okay. Me asking

00:42:36.500 like, I don't know. And I don't really. Okay. Is the Grammys the most fun? Honestly, I had

00:42:42.700 the most fun at SAG, the SAG Awards. Oh, that makes sense. That looked really fucking fun.

00:42:46.860 Yeah. That one was a lot more fun. That's the most recent one that you went to? No, the

00:42:50.000 Oscars is the most recent one I went to. Okay. But the SAG Awards were this year's.

00:42:53.220 Yes. Okay. So the Grammys are cool, too. The Grammys are fun, too. But like, SAG, I

00:42:58.200 feel like is different because my theory is because they vote for each other. It's

00:43:02.640 like less pressure. So they're having more fun. Like they're more relaxed. Totally. It's

00:43:07.020 not like being controlled by the Academy or anything. So it's like, it's almost like

00:43:10.940 they're, that's like their fun one. Like, and it's also the second to last one. So

00:43:14.960 they're like, it's like the last lap on a marathon. God poop in the pants, bloody

00:43:19.660 nipples. They're like, just get it over with. Just finish. I just want to finish. So I

00:43:23.100 feel like SAG was the most fun because they were the most relaxed and it gave me a better

00:43:28.100 energy. Right. But like Globes was stressful as fuck. And I feel like because that's the

00:43:32.640 first one of the season. Yeah. And it's TV and film. It's double the things. It's simply

00:43:39.940 mathematically double the things. Have you ever had like a weird or embarrassing carpet

00:43:45.320 experience? I wouldn't really say this was weird or embarrassing, but, um, fuck, am I

00:43:52.480 really going to forget her name? Okay. Cut the silence for me. Was she in something? Or

00:44:00.180 keep the silence. Um, okay. Not Jamie Lee Curtis, but you're like, who's a similar, who's a

00:44:14.420 similar? Like old woman? Old woman? Yes. And short hair, perhaps? Jane Lynch. Jane Lynch.

00:44:23.160 Thank you. Video Village. You meant to say it's Sue Sylvester. Right. Exactly. Thank you so much,

00:44:28.100 whoever that was. Is that Laura? Looking up into the clouds like it was God. Thank you,

00:44:33.720 angels. And who says God isn't real? Exactly. Okay. I am on The Daily Show. I saw that. That's

00:44:41.640 fucking awesome, by the way. Thank you. It's very cool. Yeah. And we got an Emmy for the show this

00:44:46.420 year. So exciting. So do I personally own an Emmy? No, I don't. But I'm on a show that does.

00:44:53.940 Anyways, I got to go on stage. And then you leave stage. Um, I gave a really long speech,

00:45:00.520 longer than Adrian Brody's. Um, it was about seven and a half minutes.

00:45:04.420 I got to say nothing. You leave stage. And then there's all this like press backstage that you

00:45:12.240 have to like sort through like little, you know, penguins. And, um, and then you finally finish it.

00:45:18.880 It takes like 45 minutes. Yeah. And I literally was like the dumbass who was like, we're missing the

00:45:23.540 show. Like, they're like, Oh, come over here. Vogue wants to say hi to Jon Stewart. And I'm like,

00:45:29.840 ugh. Like, like, Oh, geez. I'm like, they're about to announce another thing. Anyway, um,

00:45:38.460 we're leaving. And, um, finally about to go back on stage. And Jane Lynch looks right at me and goes,

00:45:44.920 congratulations. I said nothing back. I literally was like,

00:45:51.560 Hey, that's sick though. And just kept walking. I was like, this is fucked up. That was the coolest

00:45:58.160 thing that I, I wish I could have just gone Jane. God, babe. I love you. You look good.

00:46:05.160 But nothing came out of my mouth. Right. I, I just fully me to myself. I'm like, Whoa, Jane.

00:46:13.820 I had nothing. I couldn't even say thank you. Right. Words escaped you at that moment. Cause

00:46:19.840 then now I have to wonder to myself, does Jane Lynch know who I am? Yeah. That, that was

00:46:25.260 she's saying thank you to every, or congrats to everyone. If I were you, I would tell people

00:46:29.980 she was thanking you personally for enhancing the experience of the daily show. Yeah. That's

00:46:34.380 what I would do if I were you. I think so. I take full credit for it. I think so. And

00:46:37.500 who's going to correct you? Jane Lynch, please. I don't know. Well then maybe she should come

00:46:40.860 hang out with you and then she can correct you. I think so. I think that's what she comes on this

00:46:43.920 podcast next week. She's like, no fucking clue who Grace Collins is. And I don't appreciate her.

00:46:49.340 What she said was disgusting. Slanderous and libel. It's funny. Cause I, I like thinking

00:46:57.820 about that. I, when I was at the Grammys, this woman who I have met, uh, about three or four

00:47:06.480 times. And the only reason I, I hold it. I'm already, I already know where this is going

00:47:11.080 personally. I, I can't hold that against you because I can forget. Right. Sure. Like the

00:47:17.060 reason why it, I do kind of hold it against her is because we were represented by the same

00:47:21.700 PR company for like two years. So we saw each other often and met frequently and shared a

00:47:28.160 publicist. So like, I know she was, and she obviously, she's like a reality person. Yeah.

00:47:34.440 And, um, I'm like, okay, whatever. I have no like ill will towards her. I saw her at this

00:47:39.060 Grammys carpet. And like, again, she's seen me at other events has never said anything to

00:47:43.920 me. I'm not no skin off my nose. That's fine. Right. But then she, she made it a point to come

00:47:49.480 up to me and be like, Oh my God, how are you? Doesn't say my name. Cause I know she doesn't

00:47:55.620 know it, but I'm sure she's like, she's registering my face to some extent. And I go, I'm great.

00:48:00.640 How are you? I said, congrats on everything. Cause I, and I can't say what it was. Cause she

00:48:04.540 was just recently on a show, but like, I was like, congrats on that. Like whatever. She's

00:48:08.920 like, thank you so much. Congrats on your movie. I'm not in a movie and I haven't been in a movie.

00:48:17.260 She goes, and she says that to the point where like, cause she's saying it across. So it's like

00:48:22.020 other people are looking. And then I I'm like, what am I going to do? So then I just go, thank

00:48:26.260 you. And she goes, God, I'm so happy for you. All your success, the movie congrats. And she walks

00:48:32.200 away. Oh my God. I haven't been in one. And then I started thinking, Oh, okay. She

00:48:39.120 recognizes me from the few, the many times we've met, um, but doesn't know my name. That's

00:48:43.440 fine. She's telling people, she's like, that girl's in Dune. And she thinks I'm Timothy

00:48:47.580 Chalamet. That girl's in Dune. It's amazing what she did for the role. Yeah. That girl's

00:48:52.580 in Dune. She wears the little thing. She, she actually is like the monster in it. So you can't

00:48:57.680 see your face. You can hear her voice. Her laugh is in it. She's like, she's in conclave.

00:49:06.940 Dude. That's where I'm like, when she said it, she kept saying movie, movie this. And

00:49:11.260 then I was like, Oh, she has no clue who the fuck I am. Okay. And I quite possibly, unless

00:49:16.300 you think I'm the rock, I don't know who you could confuse me with. It's like, I don't

00:49:19.980 look like that. You were the rock. Yeah. And that I would laugh. You'd get a giggle out

00:49:25.740 of me, honestly. Damn. I'd love to know how your experience on the daily show has

00:49:29.380 been though. It's been fabulous. Yeah. I mean, it is very cool because I was living

00:49:34.680 in New York city, craving stability financially and it happened. So the show

00:49:42.780 is like so cool. I frankly had not watched it. And when I auditioned, I did not think

00:49:49.740 I was going to get hired. I was like, this is good. Um, experience like audition experience.

00:49:55.240 And then like, I had a meeting with the executive producer. She was like, Ontario, the wait is

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00:51:00.960 going to look like. And I like called my team and was like, I got the job and they were like,

00:51:05.160 Oh no, no, no. We'll double check. I was like, no, no, no. I got the job. I'm not believing you

00:51:08.800 Yeah, they didn't believe me. Let's cross check it before we get excited. Sure, sure, sure. Just

00:51:12.700 fucking chill. You're still on the block. They can hear you. Um, that's so cool though. It's

00:51:18.180 really cool. Has the writing for that changed? Like, is the experience different than writing

00:51:22.940 for standup or writing for yourself? For sure. Well, the show has a writer's room. Oh, okay. That's

00:51:27.360 good. So, um, there's like, I want to say like 20 writers and they write almost everything. If I'm

00:51:34.360 doing like a man on the street segment, then it's pretty much improvised. Okay, cool. But,

00:51:38.700 um, yeah, like on the show, the writers write it and I can like do some punch ups and stuff like

00:51:43.360 that. Oh, nice. But yeah, I mean, my other stuff is, it is funny, like going from basically being

00:51:51.280 on TikTok and like Instagram reels. And I'm like, not to really like, you know, sound like I think

00:51:57.440 I'm amazing. Flex on these hoes. But I'm like, you know, we are ultimately like writing,

00:52:01.540 directing and acting in our own thing. It's true. I had never thought about that until

00:52:06.320 Caleb painted it that way. Fully is. Yeah. Like, you know, there's certain videos that,

00:52:12.260 you know, sometimes there will be a video where, you know, it's like one or two takes. Yeah. But

00:52:16.660 I have videos where I've done like an unbelievable amount of takes. Yeah. With like the smallest

00:52:22.300 changes each time. And I'm like, oh damn, I'm a fucked up director. Man, they would hate

00:52:28.600 me. I'm my worst nightmare. That's so, that's really cool too, especially because how is

00:52:35.080 the experience filming it? Like filming after a minute or after a minute, I said that was

00:52:38.740 on my brain. Filming the daily show when you're like in studio, like how is that experience?

00:52:43.800 Because when I did studio television like that, it was completely different than anything

00:52:47.660 I've ever done, which is kind of interesting. Well, yeah, it's super different than like being

00:52:51.100 on set for like a scripted show because it is like I'm reading off a teleprompter.

00:52:56.040 Okay. I think I'm allowed to say that. I think I'm allowed to say that. Yeah, I'm reading

00:53:02.220 off a teleprompter, all late night TV is. Yeah. And it's like one take. So you don't have

00:53:10.460 the like freedom to be like, oh, I fucked that up. Can I try that again? Yeah. Or really

00:53:15.020 for any notes. It's just kind of like you got to go with what you talked about in rehearsal

00:53:20.180 and then just try and do it the same. And if you fuck up, well, you fuck up.

00:53:26.580 Really? I didn't know they do. They don't do takes again or anything like that. The only

00:53:30.060 time I've ever refilmed anything was because someone in the audience's phone was going

00:53:34.280 off. Oh, damn. Okay. And it was really actually horrible to watch. It was this really old

00:53:39.820 couple. And the man's phone was going off and he had about 15 pockets on his body. Like he was

00:53:50.260 opening every fucking pocket. Like no phone. I don't know. It took him like 90 seconds to get it.

00:53:57.340 And his wife just darts through him the whole time. And I think it's possible they're divorced.

00:54:03.860 Wouldn't be surprised. I bet they'd been together for fucking 55 years. And I think

00:54:09.060 they're divorced. That was really hard to see. Because of that one experience on the set of the

00:54:13.940 daily show. No. And then like, yeah, the producers were like, we got to do it again. Obviously,

00:54:17.680 you know, we didn't even get to get through it because the phone and I was like, someone want

00:54:21.800 to check in on them though? Are they okay? What's been like, have you ever said a joke like

00:54:29.820 that was pre-written or whatever and it got like no laugh at all. And then you kind of

00:54:33.840 tweaked it, improv did anything like that? Or do you kind of just make peace with it?

00:54:37.860 The show is so like, it's been on for so many years, like decades. So I feel like it really is

00:54:45.980 like a very specific process. There's not like a whole lot I can like switch up last a minute.

00:54:51.200 And not that I really think I'd get in trouble. I'm just not a risk taker. Yeah, I feel you.

00:54:56.220 I don't drive above the speed limit. I'm not like, especially with productions like that too.

00:55:01.420 Like you just want to be a team player in a lot of ways. Yeah. I was just curious if

00:55:04.400 it's ever been a hard sell, a joke in the live studio audience. I mean, for sure. There

00:55:09.300 have been jokes where we're like, oh, that's going to do great. And we do it and not a single

00:55:13.340 laugh. But to be fair, our audience is like almost entirely tourists. Yeah. Huh? It's

00:55:18.900 like the same people that go watch the Tonight Show or anything. I mean, it's on 52nd street

00:55:22.680 in Manhattan. It's like, we are ultimately a few blocks away from Times Square. Yeah.

00:55:29.500 That's true. That is true. And you know what I will say is what I did after midnight recently

00:55:35.340 as like a panelist person. That's Taylor Tomlinson. Yeah. Cool. And so the experience was really

00:55:40.120 fun. Like we, I had a blast doing it and it was like, it's like mostly improv or no, it's

00:55:46.420 mostly written, but you do it beforehand and then you do it with a writer or whatever.

00:55:49.760 Um, but I did make a joke, like, cause there was a bit where we were talking about, um,

00:55:55.580 dogs, like, and we were saying if they were, we thought they were good or bad and why.

00:55:59.140 And we just naturally started like appealing as if we were their lawyers. And so like one

00:56:05.020 of them, I was like, this is a cop dog. Uh huh. Case closed. Guilty. Fuck cops. Right.

00:56:11.700 Like that's the joke. Right. I got like maybe a couple laughs. And then I think to myself,

00:56:16.540 and this was early on in the show. So it was probably like 20 minutes in. And when

00:56:20.060 I made that joke, I go, Oh, big cop lovers in this audience. And everyone started laughing

00:56:25.000 and I go, Oh, after midnight backs, the blue, my fucking bad. And they cut that joke, but

00:56:29.720 it was funny. Wait, that's so good. I know. And I was like, and I, I kind of like saved it

00:56:35.520 at the end, but I was like, what are you guys fucking cop lovers? Also hilarious that they

00:56:39.140 cut that. Did they cut the whole thing or they cut just the part where you got more

00:56:42.740 laughs? Where I got more laughs. Oh, fuck. Yeah. So it looked like it really fell flat.

00:56:48.800 Yeah. But I'm teary to tell you the truth. You're like watching with family friends. You're

00:56:51.960 like, just wait for it. Just wait for it. I'm really going to get the audience on my

00:56:55.880 side this time. Cut to the, cut to commercial. Right. Wendy's. What the fuck? Well, maybe

00:57:02.940 this is a different cut. Maybe they're sending me another edit. So I would love to know who

00:57:08.740 were your comedy, like idols. Like who are people that you really looked up to in that

00:57:13.680 world? Um, Chelsea Peretti has my favorite standup special. I feel like as a standup

00:57:19.860 people like ask like, what's, you know, what specials do you watch? And I'm like, well, I

00:57:25.120 think I've seen five, but you know, I really just can't watch men. Right. And I'm not saying

00:57:30.700 that from like a, it's like not even that I've tried. It's like, I'm just like, I'm not

00:57:37.040 interested. Yeah. And that's okay. I'm good with that. Um, but you know, of course

00:57:41.720 like Broad City was huge for me. Um, love Alana. And then really like when I was living

00:57:49.300 in Chicago, like I had so many like idols who like now feel like peers and friends to

00:57:54.200 me. Love. So like, you know, Sydney, Washington, I think is one of the funniest

00:57:57.940 people in the world. Pat Regan and Catherine Cohen I've always been obsessed with. Love.

00:58:02.160 Marie Faustin is the funniest person. So period. I said one guy, he's gay. So yeah, doesn't

00:58:09.140 count. Yeah. So different. It's super different. Gay guys and straight guys are actually so

00:58:15.840 completely different. I don't know if anyone knows that. Why aren't more people talking

00:58:20.100 about this? I don't know. I don't know. Is there anything that you're looking like

00:58:25.880 would be a dream of yours in terms of like achieving or doing or being a part of in the

00:58:31.980 terms of entertainment, whether it's a movie show, anything? Yeah. All of the above.

00:58:38.340 Dreams. I'm like, I mean, I really just want to act like me too. That's just always been

00:58:43.840 my dream. And it's like a dream show you'd love to be in, even if it's not the exact show,

00:58:49.060 but like the framework of one. I'm not even that big of a, of a viewer of it, but like

00:58:55.040 something like always sunny that's like been on for so fucking long. Yeah. They have it down

00:59:00.000 to a T and they can just, Oh, like workaholics was my favorite show growing up. I loved

00:59:04.900 workaholics. The episode of them when they take Molly and go to the baby shower. It's

00:59:09.860 unbelievable. It brought me to tears. I was laughing. Sorry. It brought me to tears. It's

00:59:13.020 unbelievable. And like, were you a stoner when you were watching it? No, actually no. Oh

00:59:17.600 really? Not at the time. No. That's probably rare. I think so. Asking me now? Yeah. Yeah.

00:59:22.800 Yeah. Yeah. Asking me then? No. I was like, just so in love with Blake Anderson. I couldn't

00:59:29.360 even fucking think straight. I really was like, woof. I got, I loved his long, long hair,

00:59:36.180 long hair. Yeah. Anyway. Um, the day he followed me on Instagram, I actually was like, I think

00:59:43.800 I should be straight. I think it's worth a shot. Um, yeah, I just want to be in like

00:59:51.460 silly, goofy shit. And you know, eventually I'd actually like to make, um, media about

00:59:58.560 lesbians. That's really sweet. Yeah. I love that. I think that they're, you know, lesbians

01:00:05.860 are so fucking weird that, that, and I don't know much about them yet, but once I do my research,

01:00:11.880 I think that I could make some show about them. Yeah. Do some more research about their

01:00:15.280 culture. Definitely. I'll have to read some books cause there's nothing, there's frankly

01:00:20.400 really not much media about them yet. Not enough to be honest. No, not at all. Not enough

01:00:26.380 at all. When I was on After Midnight, there was like, they showed this clip of Luca, what's

01:00:31.580 his name? Guadagina. Guadagina. Guadagina. Guadagina. Right. Right. And he was saying all the

01:00:35.760 best movies in the world are gay. Uh huh. And I was like, okay, tea coming from him. Tea. And

01:00:40.000 then we had to say a movie that we thought was super gay that like nobody talks about.

01:00:44.200 Yeah. Mine was Fight Club. Oh, you're right though. Easy. You're right. I was like all

01:00:49.060 a bunch of naked men keeping a secret. I know. Yeah. I've seen that before. Well, I mean,

01:00:52.940 think about how like queer, like Top Gun felt when it came out recently. Dude, I wish I said

01:00:58.160 Top Gun. Honestly, I thought about that joke after. That football scene. I mean, that was

01:01:02.860 the opening to the best porn I could have ever seen. Can you imagine if they just started

01:01:09.360 fucking right after that? And who's to say they didn't? I know. I haven't seen the director's

01:01:13.440 cut. Have you? No, I haven't. We demand it. I literally saw, I watched a Family Guy episode

01:01:21.860 probably like two days ago that is purely just about Top Gun. It's like them making fun of Top

01:01:26.960 Gun. And it's so funny. But in my head, I was like, I have never watched these movies

01:01:32.600 ever. But if this is really what they're about, that's insane. I know. What a dumbass plot.

01:01:38.620 I know. Well, most movies actually have horrible plots. That's true. But just like I'm like,

01:01:45.280 I've never seen a more like, this is not for me. Kind of like, it's like there are certain

01:01:50.480 pieces of media, like you were saying about male standups, like there are pieces of media

01:01:54.920 that I don't ever need to see. Right. Because I've seen Who Loves It and I'm good. Right. That's

01:02:00.460 how I feel about it. Right. Like something like Top Gun. I'm like, I don't ever, I don't ever need

01:02:06.000 to watch that. Right. And it's not made for you. No, I'm not the Democrat. It reminds me of what I

01:02:10.240 was saying earlier of like why like I don't feel like I need to do shows for straight people is

01:02:14.980 like, well, yeah, then of course I don't need to watch straight male standups. They weren't making

01:02:18.900 it for me. Yeah, we all have our thing. Yes. Right. That's why I'm like, I don't, there, there are like huge

01:02:24.480 movies. I, if I could think of one right now, like The Godfather, I've never seen it. I'm okay

01:02:29.660 never seeing it. Right. That's all right. Yeah. And I, and I think to myself, no, The Heat starring

01:02:35.000 Melissa McCarthy. That's a movie that I will, I will promote till there is no more bread in my lungs.

01:02:42.320 It is really funny. I'm so glad you've seen it because I have come to find out that a lot of

01:02:47.260 people have never seen that movie. No, it's so good. And like, if I were to say like a dream movie

01:02:51.700 of me would be a buddy comedy like that, you'd be so good. We should do one together. We should

01:02:57.240 do one together. Yeah. Like as The Heat part two. I'm dying to see the SZA Kiki Palmer movie. Oh yes.

01:03:03.080 Yes. One of them days. I watched it. Fuck. I want to see it so bad. And it's so cool. Cause I, I,

01:03:06.960 I figured too, because have you ever seen the Friday movies? The what movies? Friday, the movies.

01:03:12.500 Okay. So there's Friday and then there's like Friday after next, like those movie, the movie,

01:03:16.420 one of them days is like loosely based off like Friday. Cause that was two men, like starring two

01:03:20.640 men and this, and there's a whole lot of lore and history behind that movie. And it's fucking so

01:03:24.480 funny. But one of them days is kind of a similar thread line. Amazing. But I love a silly ass movie.

01:03:31.100 I know. I know. Even when I, I interviewed Quinta at the Golden Globes, I asked her like,

01:03:35.300 what do you want to see more of in TV and film? And she was like, honestly, silliness. Like I want to

01:03:39.280 see people being funny for the sake of being funny and not like in a way that's harmful or hurtful to

01:03:44.780 anyone. Or also needs to be a political really. Yeah. Kind of like, I actually think goofiness

01:03:49.700 could save the world. That's actually a really great segue into our, our new segment, uh, grace

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01:04:15.400 life list. So in the spirit of the life list, we're going to talk about our own kind of bucket

01:04:21.320 list. I want to know what you used to have on your bucket list that you've already checked

01:04:25.360 off and what you still want to accomplish that you haven't quite crossed out yet.

01:04:29.480 Oh, hmm. Okay. Netflix, you are really good with this question. Um, okay. What's on my bucket list

01:04:42.520 that I need to do? Yeah. Like what's, what's something you've crossed off already and something

01:04:47.220 you want to cross off if you've already crossed anything off. Okay. Something I want to cross

01:04:53.540 off is, um, I bought a fancy bed frame. Oh, nice. I love that. That's pretty crazy to

01:05:02.440 do. I would say yes. No, seriously. It's really crazy to do something that cool. And this is

01:05:10.180 the life list. You crossing it off. I mean, just was like the first time I bought a bed

01:05:14.220 frame that was not like from Ikea specifically. Right. And I was like, whoa. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

01:05:19.680 yeah, yeah. I was like, oh my God, I'm a billionaire until I spend this money and then I have back

01:05:25.140 to nothing. But perfect. So that's something I've crossed off. Perfect. Something I need

01:05:30.400 to cross off. These are both purchases, whatever. Something I need to cross off. I need to buy

01:05:35.320 pans that aren't going to kill me. Right. Do you know what I'm talking about? Like the, as

01:05:40.460 far as like when it gets all, like I have pans that like when I, when I have looked them

01:05:46.160 up, people are like, this will give you cancer in 10 years. You know what I mean? Right.

01:05:50.460 Cause that's lead. Nice. Where are you getting these pans? Like amazon.com. Or no, I should

01:05:57.660 say netflix.com. So perfect. So you bought a bed frame, need to buy pans. I need to buy

01:06:04.780 pans. I want, I have my eye on them. There's this brand called like all clad, I think. Oh,

01:06:10.840 Hexclad. Hexclad. No. I know Hexclad. But that's different. Right. No offense. Sorry

01:06:18.400 for yelling. Everyone's scared. That's my, that's my culture. It's not the same thing. Hexclad

01:06:25.260 is different. Yeah, you're right. All clad, I think is different. And if I'm wrong, fucking

01:06:30.420 delete this episode. I hope you are wrong. Cause that's so funny. I don't know if you are,

01:06:36.260 but I hope you are. What about you, Drew? Oh, what's on my life list? Yes. I've been

01:06:41.120 fucking dying to ask you, girl. That's right. That's been burning at the back of your tongue.

01:06:45.580 I bet. I would say something I've already crossed off, um, that I really wanted to do.

01:06:52.340 Hmm. Interview me. Sorry. Interrupted. Interview me. Check. I was at the very top. Lifeless,

01:07:01.040 crossed. Um, I would say I wanted to retire my parents. Oh, so I did. Love that. God damn.

01:07:09.820 And I also. That's the coolest thing you could have ever said. And I also bought a bed frame.

01:07:14.600 So that was also on mine. All right. Now you're like flexing. Something I would like to cross off.

01:07:21.760 Doing a buddy comedy with you. Yeah. We got to make that happen. Right. Now Netflix is on the hook.

01:07:26.060 Now they have to do it because this is sponsored by Netflix. Right. Sorry. It's the way it goes.

01:07:32.260 Kind of a binding contract that you guys signed that I sent over. Yeah. Sorry about that. Get a

01:07:37.520 better team. Good answers. I would say. And also if you guys are interested in watching the life list,

01:07:45.060 it is starring Sophia Carson, Connie Britton, and Kyle Allen. And the life list premieres only on

01:07:51.640 Netflix, March 28th. Grace and I are going to be tuned in. Yes, we are. Love you, Connie.

01:08:00.040 She's my fave. Connie Britton. Yes. I love that. Were you a Friday Night Lights girl?

01:08:05.580 Um, Nashville. Oh, nice. Nice. Nice. Did you ever watch that show? No, but was Hayden Penetier in that

01:08:11.340 show for a while? Yeah. Okay. I thought so. I thought I recognized the name from her and Connie

01:08:17.040 Britton. Yeah. I once saw a Family Guy joke about Connie Britton that said like, uh, the joke was

01:08:22.060 literally that her hair is so perfect. It looks edible. That was the only joke. That's a really

01:08:27.960 good point. It does. She woke up and he was eating her hair. You could kind of like carve it off and

01:08:32.480 place it on top of ice cream. Is it cake? Now my question is how much Family Guy are you watching?

01:08:37.580 Because it's the second time you've brought it up. Yeah. That's not a question I think I feel

01:08:41.140 comfortable answering. Totally. Totally. Someone check on her. You know what's funny is Caleb once

01:08:47.240 told me that he thinks Family Guy is one of the funniest TV comedies I've ever written and I in

01:08:53.420 that moment had never felt more validated in my entire fucking life. Yeah. I actually just thought

01:08:57.880 of something else that has nothing to do with what we're talking about, um, that I need to bring up to

01:09:02.420 you because I was, I saw your vlog yesterday that you posted and it was so funny. Thank you. But I was

01:09:08.860 like, went on your page to show my fiance because I wanted to show him your vlog. And then I found,

01:09:13.700 I saw this picture of you where you said it's Gagne, right? Yep. So you were Eric Gagne for

01:09:18.940 Halloween in 2006. Yep. No one here is going to know who that is. Right. But my fiance thought this

01:09:25.540 was the funniest thing he has ever seen. No, I have never had more, um, like I've never had more DMs

01:09:34.000 and comments from straight men than the day that I posted that. Is, is your fiance also from Southern

01:09:39.940 California? Yes. Like, is he a Dodgers fan growing up? No, he wasn't a Dodgers fan, but he just knows

01:09:44.380 that he loves baseball. He loved baseball, but he was a big baseball. He knows about all sports. No,

01:09:49.040 I seriously was like, Oh my God, if that was straight, I would have fucking gotten laid the day

01:09:54.160 I posted that. No. And he was saying like, he, he was telling me his whole lore, like about Eric Gagne.

01:09:59.860 First I said Eric Gagne and he goes, and then he goes, it's Gagne. And I go, well, my fucking

01:10:05.460 Canadian, you fucking idiot. He's like, he's a Canadian dude. Throws like a hundred miles an

01:10:10.900 hour. Yeah. And he was like, he was like, that's the funniest costume I've ever seen. Then I opened

01:10:16.000 the comments. I see Caleb in there. And I was like, I should have fucking known. I know that's

01:10:19.560 like the straightest part of Caleb. He's a straight guy in disguise. Yeah. Like I was going to say

01:10:23.220 that's the straightest part. He's gay for pay for real. He's doing it for fame and fortune. Right.

01:10:30.220 Right. And one day it's all going to come toppling down. He's queer baiting. Yes. That's what he's

01:10:34.120 been doing. He is queer baiting. Because he's been inside me and he's good. And he didn't call.

01:10:41.900 No. And that's, that's pissing me off. And yeah, I'm personally offended by it. I wanted to bring up

01:10:47.820 the Eric Gagne thing because my fiance was like, that's the funniest costume I've ever seen.

01:10:51.780 Thank you. I'm, I'm really honored. Unfortunately, something like actually negative about me is that

01:10:57.420 to me, like gay people can compliment me left and right. The moment, like a straight guy

01:11:01.260 compliments me, I'm like, what the hell? Yeah, it must really mean something. He said,

01:11:07.840 do you mind saying that again for me for the record? I just want to make sure. Oh God.

01:11:12.240 Tell him I love him. I will. I promise I will. That's so special. I sent it to his brother

01:11:16.540 because his brother's a big baseball fan too. And he also thought it was the funniest thing ever.

01:11:19.800 I also, you doing that at, how old were you in 2006? I'm, uh, 11. You doing that at 11 is crazy.

01:11:27.280 I know. I mean, I'm fully in drag, right? I'm being, I'm a drag king. Absolutely. Um,

01:11:31.920 you're gender bending. Yeah. My mom like painted on a goatee with like her eyeliner or something.

01:11:36.440 But I saw that photo like in my parents, like, you know, online, like just the photos that we have.

01:11:41.580 Right. And, um, I, I sent it to my brother. I'm like, who am I in this? And he goes,

01:11:46.180 holy fuck, Eric Gagne. It's uncanny. He was like, I knew immediately. And if you look at

01:11:52.960 pictures of Eric Gagne, it is pretty uncanny. It's, it's also so funny you say that. Cause

01:11:58.400 when I was in fifth grade, so I was 10, um, when I had to do like a, we had to do a report on someone

01:12:05.360 we admired from history. That's imperative context. Um, and I picked King George the third

01:12:12.040 and I was the only woman who, the only girl who chose to be a boy. And you get to dress up.

01:12:17.820 Yeah. And I had to dress up in drag. I'm fully in drag. Yep. I had a wig and everything. Yeah. And

01:12:22.600 like, I dress like a Royal and I, my mom like stayed up with me late that night, like helping

01:12:26.760 me make my costume. But my teacher called my mom and was like, I feel like maybe she should pick

01:12:32.800 somebody else. Like, you know, like kind of like concerned about me because he's one of the worst

01:12:38.320 British monarchs in history. And like truly was so terrible. And I was like, that's my fucking guy.

01:12:44.300 I remember I dress, I was so excited to wear my costume to school. Mind you, when I'm 10,

01:12:49.920 I'm five, four. So it's even more horrifying. And so like, I go fully and like one inch shorter

01:12:54.920 than me right now. That's so powdered wig, all that shit. Yeah. Like I had like my mom, I remember

01:13:01.600 had like a tiki torch from our backyard and she covered the whole thing in foil. So it

01:13:06.080 looked like a scepter because I was five, four, almost taller than the tiki torch. That's

01:13:10.220 weird. And I'm like holding it. And I remember the first day we came to school in the costumes.

01:13:15.800 We all like all fifth graders went in the library and then they were like, oh, if anyone wants

01:13:19.620 to do their monologue now, you get extra credit. And especially if you have an accent and you

01:13:24.380 do the accent. Bitch, I was first. I was like, oh, I know what the fuck. Yeah.

01:13:28.660 Yeah. Yeah. I sound like Dick Van Dyke. For real. And I, I literally was like, I remember

01:13:34.560 when I think back on it, I'm like, I have wanted and needed attention for as long as I

01:13:39.620 can remember. Yep. It has been imperative. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That day was huge. I love

01:13:45.200 that you're, I, there, my mom also went so hard on like homemade costumes for stuff. And

01:13:51.120 that is like, I can't admire anything more. Like there's something about like a parent just

01:13:56.480 being like, this is what you want. Your mom has headphones on, isn't even listening.

01:14:00.420 I'm like, what you've done for your daughter is unbelievable.

01:14:05.700 She weren't, you weren't listening. I was telling her about King George the third. And she was

01:14:08.940 like me trying to talk to your mom and your, her headphones are on. I'm like, you have raised

01:14:12.680 the most beautiful daughter. No, there is something so beautiful about fostering that kind of creativity.

01:14:18.660 And being like, my kid's going to look so dumb and I'm going to make sure they look

01:14:25.200 as dumb as possible. They're like, okay. Like it's so cool. I know. And my mom was

01:14:30.680 like, I mean, if she wants to do it, let her do it. Right. It's not against the rules.

01:14:33.980 Right. And then she was like, no. And I was like, I was the only one in drag. I was a drag

01:14:39.300 king that day. And I, I left on top that day. And there were many Halloweens where I, my mom

01:14:44.240 was like, are you sure? And I was like, yeah. Yeah. Like I, like I wanted to be, um, I was,

01:14:49.660 I could have been Trinity, but I wanted to be Neo from matrix. Oh my God. And ask me, have I ever

01:14:55.320 seen the matrix? No, I just saw the, I thought it was sick. And then I told my mom, no, I want

01:15:00.660 to be the guy. And she was like, why? And I was like, you could be the girl. And I was like, no,

01:15:04.600 I understand that. I want to be Neo. Yeah. I could be a girl every day of my life.

01:15:10.500 Let me live a little. Yeah. And then I went to a party and I, at that point I was probably

01:15:14.140 like eight and I went dressed as Neo, uh, to the party. I had like latex, everything

01:15:19.380 on the glasses. My mom's like all my hair back, like Keanu Reeves. I'm walking around

01:15:23.500 the party and only the adults are like, that's fucking sick. Like only the adults are like,

01:15:27.980 are you supposed to be Neo? And I'm like, yeah, they're like, oh, that's so sick. Oh my

01:15:30.900 God. That is cool. It's fun though. That's why, that's how I feel about your Eric Gagne. Do

01:15:36.500 you still like dress up for Halloween and stuff? You go hard. I love it. I lost it. You

01:15:41.960 did that sparkle. You lost your sparkle. Yeah, I did. I don't know where it went. You

01:15:47.900 know what? It's sad. Crossing something off the life list would probably bring back your

01:15:51.240 sparkle. You're right. You're right. I need to buy some pots and pans. I do have some fun

01:15:59.360 facts about you that I want to read to you really quickly. This says in 2012, she started

01:16:04.100 a petition for her school to put a microwave in the cafeteria. Yes. Oh my God. How fun you

01:16:08.980 found that. Grassroots, a woman of the people. Yeah, for sure. That was my first kind of

01:16:13.060 like, um, when I dipped my toes into politics, um, and yeah, we ended up getting, I got like

01:16:21.160 150 signatures and we got a microwave. Why did you guys need a microwave that badly? Because

01:16:26.860 all these kids were getting hot, hot food in school and my mom would not pay for it. My

01:16:33.680 mom would not pay for it. And so I was eating fucking cold spaghetti every day and we needed

01:16:40.100 a microwave. You did. It's basic human rights, girl. Something you clearly don't give a fuck

01:16:45.360 about. You're right. Well, we did roll back DEI here, so that's probably why I don't care.

01:16:51.040 That's probably why I don't give a fuck. Uh, it says you played, you were a catcher on your

01:16:55.020 high school softball team. Sure was. Which I- Third base too. That was one of my favorite clips

01:16:59.720 from Caleb's podcast of yours when you said you're on the fence, like, let's go, girls. Yeah.

01:17:05.000 I- Just so straight, like, boy, I hope James says yes to my promposal. So fucking gay.

01:17:13.740 It's funny, there's a couple, I'm actually surprised, um, that there aren't more comments

01:17:19.220 about this, but there were like two comments that were like, actually, she couldn't have been

01:17:22.860 designated hitter and catcher at the same time, which is true. And I'm like, whoa, thank, let's get

01:17:27.860 these, let's put these comments away. Be careful, they might, they might find out I'm lying.

01:17:31.580 Like, they have two likes, and I'm like, whoa, they almost canceled me there.

01:17:35.700 Phew. They almost found out. Literally. Uh, it also says you once convinced Phoebe Bridgers

01:17:42.340 to sing a duet of Monster by Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber with her on a college Zoom comedy

01:17:47.380 show. Yeah, and that video is public, and it's not gone viral. I wonder why that is. I reposted

01:17:56.620 every kind of, um, 11 months or so, and it's not gone viral. It actually got the most likes

01:18:02.740 ever by an account that has about 100 followers. That is a curse that I have sometimes. My videos

01:18:10.160 go most viral, not posted by me. It's not fair. They're like, well, now that someone else showed

01:18:16.100 it to me, it is actually pretty funny. And then the comments on that are like, who the fuck

01:18:19.400 is the other girl? Was it hard to convince Phoebe Bridgers? No. No, not hard enough. It really

01:18:27.800 wasn't, but I was pretty sure she was not gonna show up. Okay. I basically, I don't know why, I had

01:18:34.740 like just, Caleb and I had just done a favor for Phoebe. Okay. Can't go into more details on that.

01:18:39.940 We killed someone. Right. So you called in a favor. Yeah. And, um, and so I was like,

01:18:49.000 it was like a couple of weeks later, I got asked to do this comedy show and I was like,

01:18:51.560 you know what would make these fucking liberal arts kids like shit their pants is if Phoebe

01:18:54.940 Bridgers comes on and sings with me. Right. So I texted her and she was like, yeah, for sure.

01:19:00.400 And then like, I sent like a paragraph of what I wanted to do. I was like, so we're gonna sing

01:19:06.000 monster by Sean Mendez and Justin Bieber. You're Sean Mendez. I'm Justin Bieber. And she never

01:19:11.020 responded to that paragraph. And I was like, Oh no, I lost my shot. And then a week later I was

01:19:16.240 like, Hey, just making sure, you know, if you don't want to do this, no problem at all. I think

01:19:20.300 I even said I can pay you $200. And I knew that was stretching it for me. I was like, and that was

01:19:32.020 pushing it for me. No takeout for six months for me. But, um, yeah, she said yes. And we did it.

01:19:39.500 And then after the call, I was like, thank you so much. She was like, no prob. And, um,

01:19:44.080 and how did I talk so much sense? I see her and she's amazing. And how did the duet go? Did it go

01:19:51.180 over? Well, really good. I, I actually think I sang better. I'm being dead ass because I think that,

01:20:00.200 um, Phoebe was like kind of viewing this as a joke. I wasn't.

01:20:05.260 No, this was my time. Phoebe's like holding her pug and she's like singing and I'm like,

01:20:09.720 and I, the monster.

01:20:14.540 You know what this awful is? I don't even know what song that is. It's really good.

01:20:19.260 And there's a music video. I don't even need to watch it. I'm just going to watch your version.

01:20:23.160 Yeah, just watch. I'll send it to you. That's the only version. It's really good. That's the only

01:20:25.880 version I need to be quite honest with you. I like that you took that real. Guys,

01:20:30.200 are we doing this for real? Yeah. I'm like, if you're not going to show up, you're not going

01:20:34.360 to get that 200 bucks. No call, no show, no payment. That's how it works. Okay. It says

01:20:41.420 you were in college improv group called skidomity. Unfortunately, did you pick that name? No,

01:20:48.180 that name had been around for generations. True. That's a legacy name. Yes. And the Chris

01:20:53.300 Fleming college, the college you and Chris Fleming went to. And then lastly, it says in third grade,

01:20:58.780 she won creative writer award. And then there's a picture. Yeah, that is like, I'm scared.

01:21:07.420 I have to poop or I'm about to cry. You look really upset. I look really upset. I have no idea.

01:21:15.940 I have no idea. But that photo is so scary. They're holding your family hostage on the other

01:21:20.180 side of the camera. Yes, that's what it is. I'm like, please,

01:21:22.000 can I see them finally? I've given you everything you've asked. I won the award.

01:21:28.960 Well, I don't remember that award either. I can't believe you didn't put this on your life list.

01:21:34.360 Yeah, you're right. You should cross this off on your life list. What year is that?

01:21:38.060 It says in third grade. Third grade. In Miss Williams class. I don't know what that even means.

01:21:42.800 Miss Williams. Oh, she's an awesome teacher. Miss Williams. Yeah. Shout out. Shout out.

01:21:47.320 For real. Yeah, she was cool as fuck. Plus size queen.

01:21:54.880 She just actually, she was cool. I loved her.

01:21:59.240 She was really curvy and very fun to hug, as am I.

01:22:04.960 Is that impossible to say? No, no, of course not. Thank you very much.

01:22:08.640 She's a white woman. I'm not, like, doing anything weird here.

01:22:14.980 And then you go, and you're her. And then you pull it up and you're Phoebe Bridgers.

01:22:19.340 Yeah, exactly. I'll let Phoebe get canceled for this.

01:22:23.800 Okay, to kind of wrap us up, I would love to know if you have any advice for anyone who's, like,

01:22:30.640 looking to pursue, whether it's comedy or acting or both at all, like,

01:22:34.580 if you have any advice for them in terms of pursuing it as a job.

01:22:40.160 I mean, like, literally just post on the internet.

01:22:43.240 Yeah, that's true. It's actually, like, really low stakes.

01:22:45.920 That's true.

01:22:46.820 And, by the way, Caleb is the reason that I,

01:22:50.100 Caleb's the reason I have a career.

01:22:52.600 He really was, like,

01:22:54.180 he had gone viral once on Twitter,

01:22:56.120 and he was like, Grace, I think if you post a video,

01:22:58.200 it's going viral. And we were laughing, like,

01:23:00.100 and then I did it,

01:23:02.620 and it went viral, and we were like, oh, my God.

01:23:05.100 You said, I'm so powerful.

01:23:06.240 Yeah, we were like, what? We have too much power.

01:23:08.800 What is this taking over me?

01:23:11.440 That's so wonderful, though.

01:23:12.600 Yeah, just post, like,

01:23:14.280 and just do what you think is funny.

01:23:16.300 Right.

01:23:17.060 It wouldn't hurt to have a parent in the industry.

01:23:19.960 You need that, yeah.

01:23:21.180 I would definitely recommend that

01:23:22.780 to people.

01:23:25.900 So.

01:23:27.300 That's it, yeah.

01:23:28.160 I guess that's pretty much it.

01:23:30.420 Well, I do want to say on a serious note,

01:23:32.420 I think you are

01:23:33.420 so unbelievably funny.

01:23:35.960 My sister and I have loved your videos

01:23:37.440 for a while,

01:23:38.280 so I'm glad we're finally meeting.

01:23:39.800 Same.

01:23:40.160 But I do think.

01:23:41.160 Your sister?

01:23:41.960 Also crazy funny.

01:23:43.220 Right.

01:23:43.680 Yeah, exactly.

01:23:44.460 And gay.

01:23:45.200 You guys have that in common.

01:23:46.120 What the fuck?

01:23:47.000 Stay out my lane.

01:23:48.960 She's coming for your fucking gig.

01:23:51.760 I feel like,

01:23:52.760 I want to say, too,

01:23:53.880 like,

01:23:54.460 something I love about your comedy

01:23:56.360 is that it's so,

01:23:57.880 it doesn't hurt anyone,

01:23:59.160 but it is so unbelievably funny.

01:24:02.100 Thank you.

01:24:02.660 Like,

01:24:02.880 that's how I feel about,

01:24:03.500 like,

01:24:03.720 EJ Marcus,

01:24:04.500 too.

01:24:05.140 The way that you're able to create

01:24:07.920 something hilarious

01:24:08.780 out of the silliest,

01:24:10.100 most minute things

01:24:11.040 is a skill and a talent,

01:24:12.180 and I just want to commend you for that,

01:24:13.860 and I'm so happy that you're,

01:24:14.900 like,

01:24:15.260 finally getting a lot of the recognition

01:24:17.120 that you deserve.

01:24:18.000 I appreciate it.

01:24:18.720 Yeah,

01:24:18.940 I think you're so talented.

01:24:20.180 Thank you so much.

01:24:21.300 That's so nice.

01:24:21.860 Shout out Skidmore,

01:24:22.380 you know?

01:24:22.880 Yes!

01:24:23.380 Shout out fucking Skidmore.

01:24:24.940 Seriously,

01:24:25.420 this podcast would probably not exist

01:24:26.900 if I hadn't come to Skidmore College.

01:24:29.900 Well,

01:24:30.280 thank you so much for coming on the show.

01:24:31.360 Thank you.

01:24:31.700 I think you're fucking hilarious.

01:24:32.940 I love you.

01:24:33.580 I love you.

01:24:34.400 I love you.

01:24:35.300 Oh,

01:24:35.520 this is my first time saying it.

01:24:39.200 Oh,

01:24:39.660 I just got a little chill down my spine.

01:24:41.120 Thanks for having me.

01:24:41.980 I just fucking rocked.

01:24:42.820 Oh my God,

01:24:43.260 I love you.

01:24:43.800 I think you're amazing,

01:24:44.500 and thank you all so much

01:24:45.240 for tuning in to this episode

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01:24:47.840 Thank you so much

01:24:48.440 to my amazing guest,

01:24:49.360 Grace.

01:24:49.700 Where can everybody find you?

01:24:52.420 At G. Cool and Schmidt.

01:24:53.940 Period.

01:24:55.740 The end.

01:24:56.900 On The Daily Show.

01:24:58.100 Oh yeah,

01:24:58.500 on The Daily Show.

01:24:59.460 On TV,

01:25:00.440 in music,

01:25:01.380 whatever.

01:25:02.280 In your dad's fucking bed.

01:25:04.180 Yeah,

01:25:04.520 yeah,

01:25:04.780 you can help me fucking buy me there.

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CRAVING STABILITY FINANCIALLY Ft. Grace Kuhlenschmidt ｜ Episode 161

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