JIU JITSU WITH VINNIE HACKER Ft. Grace Amaku | Episode 159
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Length
1 hour and 6 minutes
Words per minute
181.68976
Harmful content
Misogyny
40
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Toxicity
169
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Hate speech
48
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Summary
Grace Amaku is one of the funniest people I've ever met. She's a stand-up comic, writer, and all-around delight. Grace joins us to talk about how she got her start in comedy, her love of all things social media, and her love for the Oscars.
Transcript
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The silliest? This guy came up to me and he was like,
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you shouldn't say you know what I mean because they don't know what you mean.
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Hey everyone and welcome back to another episode of the comment section show starring me,
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your fave, who cares about me. On to the guest. Today we have yet another all-star episode with
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the one, the only, the hilarious, the gorgeous, the stunning, oh my god, so many adjectives,
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Grace Amaku. You're making me feel so good. Oh my god, you're so welcome. That's the goal.
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You're my valentine. Yeah. I would love to be. Belated valentines. Thank you. I literally posted
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my valentine pic today. I don't care. It's valentine the whole month. It's okay. The time's
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a construct. It doesn't matter. Honestly. Me and Grace, we go way back. We do. You and I. You were
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like one of my first, first influencer friends. Yeah? Yeah, for real. And boy, they be dropping like
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flies. Yeah, you gotta be real careful. That roster gets smaller every year, huh? Don't let it be an
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election year. Who's calling my phone? Who's calling my, oh my gosh. I say, who, Trump? Oh lord.
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Yeah. And it's like, sometimes you know. Right. Sometimes I feel like you, yeah, you get this.
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Sometimes you know, but you're hoping for the best. You're like, I, I, I feel like I know and I hope
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you prove me wrong. And then when they don't, you're like, ah, see, I knew. And then I also,
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I'm like, I'm so open-minded. I'm so empathetic. I never put anybody in a box. I wouldn't want
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that to happen to me. Man, put me in a box. I joke all the time about how you are one of
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the funniest people I've literally ever met. But I was just telling Dylan, because I had
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Dylan on earlier. Yeah. I was just telling her that hanging out with you, I feel like
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what people describe hanging out with Will Ferrell's like, which is you could just never
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tell if it's a bit or if it's for real. You can never tell with Chris. Will Ferrell, for
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real. I should be a lyricist. That's the shit I'm talking about. I should be a lyricist.
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No, honestly. And I think about it. I'm like, because I'm like trying to find a new manager
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right now. Okay. Because I'm actually rebranding. Okay. T, love that for you. T, I decided I
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needed to take my content creator career seriously. You've done a really, really fantastic job
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if you haven't been taking it seriously. If this is you just free-balling, that's crazy.
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It is. You're doing great. It is. But like, so. That's because you're a comedian. Right.
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Stand up. So that was my goal. Yeah. Comedy, acting. It's always been your goal, which I've
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known. Yeah. So even before I was a nurse. So yeah. And when I'm looking for managers
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and I'm like, how do I explain to them my career? It just doesn't make sense. I'm like,
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I'm a creator for the Oscars, but I also speak for Forbes, but like my views, like they come
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and go, you know what I'm saying? Then there was the meet and greet. And it's also one of
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those things where you're an artist who fell into making content. Yes. That's, that's, and
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that tends to happen with a lot of the people I've had on my show too, who are like, they
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are artists who just so happen to go viral. Yeah. And then it's like, and then it's just
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that never ending balance of like, no, I am a creator, but I've also been doing this longer.
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Like it's, they're just kind of working. They sometimes work at odds, which is annoying.
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Yeah. No, because like people, they're, they're just now trying to respect the content creators,
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but for real. And even that's barely, they're like, wait, what are you? They always just want
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to know how we get money. I'm like, which is the least interesting thing. I think about
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what it is we do. Yeah. Yeah. The money is interesting. Sure. But like, it's, it's the
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shit we get to do that fascinates me. I'm like, damn, you guys really want me in there, huh?
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I can get money anywhere. I can get money. I go to McDonald's, get some money right now.
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Sometimes I think to myself, I'm like, I, you guys want me there. All right. I mean, I'll
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go. Oh, right. Pop out and I, and then like, okay. So I, sometimes I feel bad cause I'm
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like, okay, it's kind of imposter syndrome, but don't worry about that in it. Um, but
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like, cause there's other creators and I'm like, they would probably be better for
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this. That is your imposter syndrome. I can tell you that confidently. Oh yeah. That's
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what that is for you. And I sit in that. I sit in that. Okay. But you are doing, you've
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been doing standup for a while and is standup what you've always wanted to do or do you want
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to do acting or por que no los dos? Do you just want to do both? Por que? Uh, dos.
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Yeah. Por favor. Yeah. I think, and you know, I always tell people like one of the first times
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you and I ever hung out was at that ambulance premiere, which was also, which was ridiculous
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and we should not have been there. They never should have let us in there. Why was Wale
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following me? I was like, Wale was a huge fan of Grace. Like I was like, it was our first
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time meeting. Right. And you met Jason Momoa too. Oh my goodness. Which I loved because
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you were like, I'm going to take a lap. And then you came back, you're a look and you
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showed me pictures that you took with it. How long were you gone for? I thought you were
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only gone for a couple minutes. That's all it takes on me. For Grace. Yeah. That's what
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I, but that's what I love about you. You are like, Grace is one of the most fearless people
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I've ever met for many reasons. One of them being like, you truly will walk a party by
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your fucking self. You don't care at all. Oh yeah. I admire you because I am a fucking
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bitch when it comes to stuff like that. I tell my, my team all the time. I'm like, can I
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at least bring two people? Yeah. And they're like, no. Can I bring one? Yeah. Okay. Last
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answer. Three. And then they're always like, no, you have to go alone. I'm like, fuck. I'm
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not going to go then. Alone. But Grace doesn't just go alone. Grace makes friends. Like all
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the famous people in the world want to be friends with Grace. You remind me a lot of Teffy. Teffy's
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the same way. Oh my gosh. Yes. She knows how to work a fucking room. That's you too. She's,
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she's modern day Marilyn Monroe. Teffy, you seeing this? Call me. Oh my goodness. And
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you know what? Having Teffy as a friend, like all my guy friends are like, Grace, please
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give me one chance. I'm like, I don't know. I don't know. I know me. Me being so judgmental
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as soon as men talk to me about it. I'm like, why? What do you need? You need something from
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her. Are you okay? Well, don't. Yeah. Back off. She would hate you. She would. Not intellectually.
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No. She's a sapiosexual. Hey. Wait, back to your standup really quick. I'd love to know
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how that's going and how you like it. Because I'm a, I'm a big scaredy cat of standup. And
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you know this, I think I've told you, I've been trying to work up to it, but I'm a big
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scaredy cat. You'd be a great, um, uh, heck, like not heckler, but like crowd work, crowd
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work. You'd be great. I think I'd be good at crowd work too. But I also like, I love standup
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so much that I want it to be like 98% material and then crowd work. Yeah. Maybe. Yeah. You'd
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be amazing at crowd work. Thank you. And like on social media, like that's how most comics
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are doing their shit now. Yeah. I've seen, I've had a few. Matt Rive. Oh girl. Back to
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back to back to back. Yeah. Have y'all ever heard him actually do a say, I don't know.
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It's your question. No, I've heard a joke or no. It's just mostly making fun of the audience. Okay.
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Okay. Cool. It's like Drewski on stage. Sensational. Like, yeah, it's already been done before
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actually. Yeah. Um, which is even by an actual black man. Um, he wishes. Oh, anyways, back to
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standup. Um, I'd love to know how that's going for you. How you like it. Yeah. I mean, I like it,
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but like, same thing, like being a content creator, they don't respect you as much as
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like a standup. And it's weird. Cause like people like come up to me and like, I bring
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a lot of people to the audience. Yeah, totally. But then they're like, who are you? And I'm
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like, well, if I make you laugh, isn't that what the job is? Like at the end of the day,
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you gotta get done. Yeah. We're getting done. But my last show was at the comedy store,
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which is love the most legit place. If you have an LA, Los Angeles came out to the comedy
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store. It's like the like number one comedy club in LA. So yeah, I was super happy to do
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that. Oh, how to go. It was good. I was definitely nervous. I was stressed out. It was like the
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week after the wildfires. Yeah. So it's a little harder. Girl, I couldn't think, but I still
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people were like, you're so hard on yourself. I'm like, you are so hard on yourself. That
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is true. I know that's true because I, you critique yourself far more than you compliment
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yourself, but you're also an artist and that's what artists do. Yeah. Right. Where do you
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pull most of your material from? Do you think? Definitely life. I mean, people like men see
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my fro and they don't know how to act legitimately. Like it's crazy. Like you start short circuiting.
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They're like, look at you. I want you to be my activist queen. I'm like, no. You know
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that like, you know that Dr. Umar audio that's like, at ease my queen. At ease my queen. Beautiful
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chocolate, melanin, goddess. What do you mean you want to eat up the prince? What'd you do?
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I love him so bad. They automatically turn into Dr. Umar when they see you? A hundred percent.
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They do. And then I'll be, I'll be like, okay, this is what you see right now. But best
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believe I'm finna throw on that 30 inch blonde wig. And they're like, oh girl, what do you
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mean? Well, why would you do that to your beautiful African, your beautiful African? I'm
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like. You said, don't piss me off. Calm down. Enough. Enough. Enough. Okay. You got, you got
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two for the price of one. You should be happy. Math isn't math. Yeah, no, they never know
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Do you ever get critiques from men? Unsolicited advice from other comics?
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Or even the audience. I've heard that too. Like some female comics that have been on,
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they're like, literally audience members will come up to me and try to give me notes.
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Yeah. And I'm like, bro, what are you talking about? Like, I'm open to critiques, but like,
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not from an audience member. I'm like, you don't even know anything about the crap.
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You don't know anything. So why are you coming up to me telling me I shouldn't be saying something?
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Yeah. Jesus Christ. Hannah. Yeah. Make it. Yeah. Anxiety. Stop.
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That's what mine sounds like too. Just sirens going off like crazy.
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Just no rhyme or reason. Okay. We were talking about notes, unsolicited notes on your sets.
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Yeah. I had one girl, Mary Beth Marone, when she was on my show, she said that some guy
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followed her out of the club and was like giving her notes on her tags.
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And then he said, you should be writing this down.
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She's like getting in a car. She's like, oh, I'm not doing that.
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What's the silliest piece of advice you've gotten?
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This guy came up to me and he was like, you shouldn't say you know what I mean because
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Because some people, I don't want to name names, don't know what you mean.
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Because I was like, yeah, I came up in the club looking cute.
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What do you typically say when you get unsolicited?
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I had a Paige Gallagher on and she told me that a guy went before her and completely bombed.
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Then she went on killed and then the rest of the comics went and then she said at the end,
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the first guy came back and told her, hey, I have a bunch of notes for you, how you could
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And she goes, well, I mean, the goal was to make people laugh, right?
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It's like, they think they're in a whole nother tier.
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But it's like, we are actually in a whole nother tier.
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And even if you were to remove some sort of bigotry or prejudice, they don't think online
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Like, they think they can't be funny because they were online.
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They've never actually, like, seen you as a comic, like, or even a human.
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Just because I'm a woman on the internet doesn't mean I have an OnlyFans.
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That's so real because even when I was trying to move, like, two years ago with Billy, we
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were, like, touring homes and then I would tell them, like, oh, I work online.
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Like, and I didn't want to tell them exactly what I did because it's, like, privacy for
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Because they're older, though, they're like, oh.
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Like, they think it's sex work, which, like, even if it was, who gives a fuck?
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But then, like, then I started just telling people outright what I did because I was
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like, I need you to understand so that you don't get too judgmental before you approve
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And I'm sure you've noticed, too, because we go to a lot of the same things.
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Like, sometimes when you meet traditional celebrities, they either love you or they think...
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They're so offended that they have to share space with you.
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They're like, oh, my God, I've seen your stuff.
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Or they are like, I can't believe I have to fucking sit at a table with this person.
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Like, because it's like they have to fit into this little box in order to become a
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celebrity, mysterious, quiet, private, and I'm over here, who calling my food?
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Yeah, I think that's why, too, I've always been like, I'll never turn my back on the
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Like, even if I move into other forms of entertainment, like you are, too, I would never be like,
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But for, like, the reasons of, like, being ashamed of coming from the internet, I was
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And even, like, you said you were a nurse, which we talked about on the very first episode,
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I know it's been a million years since we filmed.
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And I think even with, like, when we talked about it, even then, I feel like it truly
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has shifted completely in my head, like, how much more respect I have for people who've
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So, like, that's why I love people like Quinta Brunson or, like, Issa.
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Who came from the internet and have transcended and still love the internet.
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I feel like self-tapes, too, make me feel like I want to die.
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Yeah, because you're taking acting classes and stuff.
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It's going to sound like a Bugs Bunny fight out there soon.
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And like one of the classes, the scene was like there was a doctor and a patient.
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And the teacher was like, you're not supposed to show that you're in pain.
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I was like, a man is not going to tell me how I connect myself.
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And it's like, and so that's kind of how it starts.
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Like how those celebrities tune themselves in order to be in this box.
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And then I come out saying, nah, I'm screaming.
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Like, because we're both, neither of us have ever taken an acting class, but we're going to.
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I made a video talking shit, but in jest, in sillies.
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Saying how like every someone person I know, which is about 50 of us total, all of whom I know personally,
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And so I made like a silly joke about it on TikTok.
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But then Deadline wrote an article that quoted me and they said, I'll play Moana's dad if
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that's what it takes, says Drew off Wallow in pitch for Moana live action movie.
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And like I'm saying this now because I'm pretty confident I didn't get it.
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Is that not the same with the children of blood and bone?
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And I said, oh, oh, oh, well, I guess I have a couple of calls to make.
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So like when I did the read, it was for like three background people.
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And it was like coconut farmer, angry coconut farmer.
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And yes, I said he because all three of them were written for men.
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And they said, we don't have any more female parts.
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If I turn around topless, I look like the rock in the back.
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You can't tell the difference between me and Maui.
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And so I did the reads and I sent them all in and like never heard back.
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But the funny part is I was talking to someone else about it at like an AAPI event like last May.
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And I was like, oh, yeah, I did a couple of reads for this.
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I was like, well, it's really heartbreaking to hear.
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Like, it's such an interesting industry because it's like, it's not even rejection at that point.
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You just get ghosted, which is, hey, you know what?
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And then, like, it's so out of your hands, bro.
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And that's honestly, I think, what's made me feel better about it.
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Like, talking to other people who have done reads like you, other of my friends who are also auditioning.
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It's like, even one of my friends recently told me, she's like, sometimes it's truly just, like, what they were picturing you don't look like.
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So, she was saying, so, I've seen, I've been in rooms because she's, like, worked as, like, a writer and stuff for a long time.
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She's like, I've been in rooms where, like, showrunners will watch, like, self-tapes.
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Because the first five seconds, they're like, no, because it's just not who they pictured.
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And that's what, that honestly makes me feel better.
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It's more of a, like, yeah, I wasn't picturing you.
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Which I'm sure sometimes it is a skill issue, but that's what I'm going to tell myself.
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But sometimes you can tell, like, the actors, they be so curated.
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Like, I think about things like Bridgerton, right?
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And I think about part of the draw to something like Bridgerton is the fact, which, by the
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way, I think Grace would kill it in a Bridgerton.
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But also, I just think you would absolutely murder in that kind of role.
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Even something like, Bridgerton has a lot of draw because the characters don't look like
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Same thing with, like, even, like, something like Hamilton.
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They don't look like what they typically look like.
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In my head, when I read books or shit like that, I'm picturing me.
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I don't give a fuck how pale they say that bitch is.
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Because I think, I mean, it's so empowering, too.
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I always have this white lady that's saving everybody.
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The, like, tiniest white girls, always saving everybody.
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If I was in systemic power, but it would make more sense if a black woman is saving.
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Like, think of, like, A Quiet Place, the most recent one they made.
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And that's why I think creators moving over into that world in a way where they're, like,
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you and I are, we're like, that's what we really want to do.
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We just fell into content creation, which is fine.
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That's why I think the internet is so important, because otherwise, like, we would never get
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Like, if we didn't force people to look at us, they would never look at us.
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And I was telling him, I was like, people talk about, like, talent and, like, money.
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Like, that's half the fucking battle is literally getting people to like you.
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Sometimes when people are considering you for things, they're like, oh, can we all hop on a call?
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And I've told my family before, like, that's literally just to see if I'm an asshole.
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Like, they just want to meet me and make sure I don't fucking suck.
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Like, because the calls are five minutes and pointless.
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But it's just so I can get on there and be like-
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I've said that, too, because recently I've been doing a lot of hosting gigs.
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And I feel like because my hosting gigs go on TikTok and Reels or whatever, sometimes
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I'll get, like, feedback on how I can host better.
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I always ask someone who has no idea what they're doing, how to do my job better.
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And I was telling people that when they hire us to do stuff like that, go to things or
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whatever, it's literally not to just stand there and be a prop.
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So they're like, no, we want to show your personality.
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And I've told people, like, I can charm the pants off anybody.
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I just remembered, too, when you posted with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
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The fact that she always does, she's like, with anybody.
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And they were, like, teasing at, like, maybe they would come.
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And since I know, like, the TikTok team, I know when they're on, when they're serious.
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So, but we didn't know when they were going to come.
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So they, like, took us all from the hotel we were staying at, which was a five-star hotel,
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to, like, a, like, hotel that looks like a castle.
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Girl, this man knocked out my door talking about what you do tonight.
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And we were making our TikToks, running around.
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There was a little step and repeat that said Wicked on it.
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And then, all of a sudden, they come out from around the corner.
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My phone is in my bag because I decided I wanted to be off my phone.
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The team is, like, the TikTok team is recording us.
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And I'm, like, in the videos, like, trying to open my bag.
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And they're like, you have, like, 10 seconds to shoot with them.
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We're going to do, like, a video where we pose, like, masculine.
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They were not knowing at all what you're talking about.
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And so in the video, you can tell Ariana was still trying to get the vibe.
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And I could have explained it better, possibly.
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Yeah, and when they say 10 seconds, they mean fucking 10 seconds.
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I talked to only Cynthia at the L.A. Wicked premiere for, like, hosting stuff.
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And I was like, yeah, I heard you the first time.
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God, when I went to the Globes, dude, I was standing on the others.
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They'll literally shoot me dead if I go on the other side of that shrub.
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Like, the shrub that's in all the videos, like, they will kill me.
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So I was standing on the other side of it before carpet opened.
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Because I was like, you know, there's no room anywhere.
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And then she, this girl starts walking past me.
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I was just standing over here because it's kind of crowded.
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If she could have killed me with her eyes, she would have.
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Well, I'll go ahead and get behind that shrub, girl.
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Like, it's so, Grace is so deeply unserious about so many things.
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Which is one of the things I love most about you.
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But my sister literally texted me and said, please bring up the video that you filmed
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So that was actually, like, refilm number, like, three or four.
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The way Markel falls back and hits the bed and just bounces right off.
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He was telling me, he's like, oh, girl, I'm going to Taylor Swift tomorrow with Charlie.
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He goes, I don't know much about that white girl, but I'm going to have fun.
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Yeah, I was like, I don't know much about that white girl, but I'm going to have fun.
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Like, he is, when you talk about Charmer, he is, like, number one.
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I remember when we were at the premiere and they were, like, pushing everyone away.
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Like, the lady was like, this is only for this area.
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And so, he was, like, hiding behind, like, a podium in the building, waiting for Ariana's boyfriend to come out so he could get a video with him.
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Yeah, I saw him at In The Mix, TikTok In The Mix in Arizona.
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Yeah, I saw him backstage after I finished working.
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He was like, oh, girl, I'm here because I know Cardi's coming here.
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And I go, yeah, they were telling me no one's really going up to her or they're not allowed to.
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And he goes, oh, I know, but I just hang out just in case.
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I have to remember, I wanted to remember to bring this up.
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One time, Grace texted me out of the blue, just a picture of her smiling with a chipped tooth.
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And then when you did, you're like, oh, yeah, no big deal.
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Grace, what the fuck are you talking about?
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Every time you text me, I know it's going to be insane.
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Or it's going to be a picture of you with someone.
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You chipped your tooth at the Hunger Games premiere?
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Patrick Mahomes' wife probably would have guessed that.
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How about just eating too, just got too into it?
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At this point, I should probably get it done well.
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Uh, but yeah, I was like, this is the night I'm going to meet Viola Davis.
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That's why I said, you're, you are so fantastical in so many ways.
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That's like the only word I can think to describe you.
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I mean, I don't chip my tooth, but like, I broke off.
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When it comes to acting, what would you say is like a dream, like show, role, anything
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No, I would, I know I would eat that up and I got the physique for it.
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I'm like, what do you mean you're doing jujitsu with Vinny Hacker?
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He posted on a story looking for a studio and then there's this guy that owns a studio
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But I'm like, so the day after I had to leave to go speak at Harvard.
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But ever since he's been posting that he's been there ever since.
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It's been a week and you're already like a blue belt or whatever next belt is.
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You're not going to continue in your jujitsu journey?
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But like, I like to do things like hand in hand.
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I did jujitsu with Vinnie Hacker the other day.
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We did talk about that in the last episode too.
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Pull a Samoan man at a party the other day.
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Do not let anybody tell you anything different.
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White people have been in charge for so long.
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I'm going to laugh you right out of those pants.
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I'll literally hurt our sound people on the accident.
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I'll teach you lots of words that it can impress him.
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You know what's funny is, do you remember when that audio was trending where it was like,
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And they're like, me when I go to Ireland or whatever to men.
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Someone made one that said, me when I go to Samoa to look for people who look like Jason
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Momoa or Drew's boyfriend at the time, which I, we were obviously not engaged at the time.
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Me correcting, me feeling the need to correct it.
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But I said, I commented on it because it was funny, but I commented on it and I said, Jason
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And I said, Ed, too, you don't need to go to Samoa.
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There's so many in Long Beach, Carson, like Compton.
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I know when I, whenever my friends come and they see me in person and they can see it in
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person, they're like, oh, wow, it looks even prettier in person, which I'm like, and
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And that's what I'm manifesting that for your Samoan, man.
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If I could marry everyone into my family, I would.
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I was like, if I can marry you into my family, I will.
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I feel like someone, people are so complimentary to anybody.
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I was talking to Monet X Change about it on her podcast.
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We were talking about, because she was doing one of those things where she tells me like
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Disney princes and then I like pick one and then it goes against another one, whatever.
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It was like Hercules and like, I don't even know, the dude from Little Mermaid, Eric, right?
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And then I was like, okay, Hercules, because I like a big dude.
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I was like explaining this to my fiance the other day, because I was telling him, there's
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a video I have that's like one of the most popular ones I've ever made and it's about
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But the first clip is the most popular one, which is like just a clip of him running really
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And I was telling him, the bitches eat that clip up.
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Like I was telling him about it and he goes, yeah, why?
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I was like, you just, you're just like like capable.
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Like you could put me over your shoulder, carry me out in a case of a fire.
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So all the girls are like, can you do, can I hire you as the groom?
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I love when women objectify men on TikTok and they write the funniest comments I've ever seen.
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When they write like, they put like the hand emojis and they're like, don't worry.
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This is such a weird loop back to the beginning.
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But like in my standup, there's a joke I have about security guards because one time I was talking to this woman who I love.
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And one time she was talking to me and she was like, I can't believe you're someone.
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And she goes, and they make the best security guards.
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I said, well, is it racist if it's always true?
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Honestly, I was thinking about that the other day.
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Because there's some things that my African dad will do.
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And I'm like, yeah, he, African parents is pastors.
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With Samoan men, the best, always a bouncer.
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the whole thing's being bounced by only Samoan dudes.
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And two of them played football with my boyfriend.
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I think that, yeah, I was, I, I was laughing when I was thinking about security.
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I was like, yeah, I mean, Samoan dudes are, they're always bouncers.
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My dad was a bouncer for years just cause my uncle, even Billy did bouncing for a tiny bit.
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And when I went to school in Hawaii, um, every single club I ever went to was obviously Samoan dudes bouncing.
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And when I was underage and I was using a fake, I would be like, I'd go up to them and I'd be like, hi, oh my God.
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I'd be like, ta lo fa, ta lo fa la mama loli so ifua.
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Okay, so like, well, we'll just say hi first is ta lo fa, ta lo fa.
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And then bye is, bye, well, when you say goodbye and you say like, you say to fa so ifua, which means like, to fa so ifua.
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So you're like to fa so ifua or just the shortened version is fa, which is just bye.
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And it's also someone's language is all about inflection too.
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So they're very like, their words go up and down.
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So like, when I say ta lo fa, ma lo le soy fua, that means like, it's good to see you in good health.
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And then when you say it all together, you're like, ma lo le soy fua.
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Well, you could say an easy one is I love you, which is alofa atu.
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Ufa means fuck, which could be like, fuck.
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It's like a, it's a colloquial way of saying dick in someone.
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It's like, when you say, it's so funny because when I was learning someone language in college,
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my professor, the first year, was obviously a full Samoan man and he moved from Samoa
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And he said, like, he didn't know any English when he moved to Hawaii, so he was like learning
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So he said, like, whenever people would offer him P-O-K-E, he thought they were fucking with
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Like, he was like, are you, what are you trying to say?
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I can't believe I didn't bring up your love interest sooner.
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Let me find out you're marrying into my family.
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I do want to give you some silly little fun facts about yourself.
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Well, obviously we have in here that you were a pediatric nurse, which we already knew.
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You were a featured speaker at Harvard Business School panel this past month.
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I'm like, I taught content creation, but like, but like, it's like.
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Me, when I did anything for Forbes, I'm like, girl, I don't know why the fuck they asked me.
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I'd be like, I ain't got no businesses with your kids.
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In 2013, she was voted most humorous at her high school.
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And I was like, for people to vote, they have to know me.
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Like, I thought I was just being like a little gremlin, like, running around just like doing mischief.
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I was voted most likely to want to be stranded on an island with, which I felt was racially charged.
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If we get stranded on an island together, you're crazy.
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I would go up to the, how was I going to say, the pastor of the school.
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It says, for your high school dancing with the staff night, you did a seated dance performance to Thinking About You by Frank Ocean.
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Yeah, it was a promposal for one of my friends.
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For like, you were asking someone or they were asking someone?
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And just like everything else in my life, no rhyme or reason.
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So now that I think about it, I thought it was a talent show to this day.
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You said, well, I heard there was going to be attention given to me, so I will be there.
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It was like Timothee Chalamet's dance that he did at the talent show.
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This last one says that your mom is a professor who started a shea butter company.
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After years of making homemade shea butter for Grace and her siblings when they were growing up.
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But actually, even funner fact, Aloe Yoga came for us.
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It's just you're like, funny you bring that up.
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But it's a beautiful thing that your mom did that.
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Like, she has like, her elixirs that she makes for us.
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Because I have like, eczema and then my other sister will have like, psoriasis.
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So she'll like, make us our like, own natural, like, home-based treatment.
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Like, if something's happening, if a man, if a broke man trying to text me, hey, tufiakwa.
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I would love to know if you have any advice for anyone who maybe wants to get into content
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creation or maybe as an artist and finds themselves feeling like they need to lean towards content
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I would say, I think for us, like, the reason why we have such longevity is because money wasn't
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Which is hard, you know, because it's like you want to make money doing your art.
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But I saw this video the other day talking about, like, having a plan B.
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And that being a power because then, like, you're not putting all your eggs in one basket.
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And your art will flourish because you have your source.
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And then, like, you can creatively, without pressure, create.
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That's why I was like, one thing about me, I'm going to ride for Grace.
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But just in case, just in case, they have no idea who you are, which would be insane.
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But just in case they don't, where can everybody find you?
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You can find me, Grace underscore Africa on Instagram, TikTok, and on YouTube as well.
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And hopefully the two of us in Abbott Elementary soon.
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They should make us both PE teachers, but we're bad.
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Thank you all so much for tuning in to this episode of the comment section.
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Thank you so much to my amazing all-star guest, Grace.
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