Call Her Daddy - Emma Chamberlain (Part 2)
Episode Date: February 2, 2022This week, Father Cooper sits down with Emma Chamberlain for the second part of their conversation. Emma recalls feeling used by other Youtubers in order to gain views and how she was burned by the pe...ople she once looked up to. The pair discuss feeling out of control of their public perception and the need to consequently address and debunk fake rumors. Emma describes the anxiety she experiences as a result of constantly being surveillanced while out in public and the feeling of wanting to disappear. Let’s get into relationships and sex. Emma opens up about her struggles with her sexual identity, her ex-boyfriend, AND her new relationship. We also learn how Emma lost her virginity, what her favorite style of sex is, and what gives her the ick. Enjoy daddies!Â
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what is up daddy gang it is your founding father alex cooper with call her daddy
is there anything that made you almost quit
i will say there has been a lot of times where I've almost quit. And how do you not like what are the what
brings you back to not quitting? Well, I'm in an interesting spot now where, you know, I'm 20.
And I am in a spot where I'm ready to evolve things. And I don't really know what that means for myself right now but I need
to like find what mediums and what things make me excited because I was in this hamster wheel
of you know creating content every single week for four years and the thing that kept me coming
back was the fact that that's the disease it's like literally like a disease like when you start
doing youtube or you start a podcast or whatever you do which I you know I've been doing both now
for like two years or so like
you're like if I miss a week I'm done people are gonna fucking forget people won't care and you
you like guilt trip yourself into pushing through even the roughest moments because
I burped um because there's this stigma that like the second you take a break, you're out.
But I'm done with that.
I've taken a break for the past few months.
I'm like, sorry, I'm done.
Or a month or so, not that long.
But I was like, I'm burnt out, so I'm'm gonna take a fucking break when we talk about going through this hamster
wheel process it's so hard to explain like a tangible feeling that it is and like I talk about it in therapy all the time like
I started this podcast kind of like when you started YouTube and you didn't have anything
in mind of like a start or end date it was like I'm just gonna start this and then all of a sudden
you wake up and you're like I've been doing this for years yeah and like who am I without my podcast
are you without YouTube who is totally and it's like
it there's no light at the end of the tunnel it's also not like the type of thing that you can ever
stop thinking about I've been thinking about YouTube for four years straight there's not been
a day or an hour that has gone by where something about it has not come into my head and whether
it's like how do I want to evolve my my videos you know what am I gonna
film next like what are people gonna think of that video was that video shit like same thing
with my podcast was this episode did I rant too much did this episode like was this episode
fucking annoying like was I repeating myself too much you know it's like there's no end date
there's no room for a real break there is but
you don't want to let yourself believe that right and there's no room for mistakes there's no room
for mistakes there's no room it just feels like you know your boss is humanity in a way like your
boss is literally just like public opinion, it feels like. And
that's fucking weird. And it's so out of your control because the court of public opinion
evolves. It ebbs, it flows. It's not like you're reporting to one person and like being like,
here's my work for the week. You just have to be constantly trying to guess
what the people want.
And when you're living by that,
it's like, what formula are you to follow?
There's no formula to follow.
It's like uncharted territory.
And sometimes the people don't even know what they want.
So if they give you an idea, that might not actually work.
Sometimes you have to predict what people want.
And it's just this whole mind fuck. listen I'm not complaining about it because in every job in every you know
profession in life like there are elements of it that are just a nightmare and I think just with
this it's like everything could just go away so quickly and I think the way that I've found peace in it is I'm
like okay if it does then it does and I'll just get pregnant and have a baby this is Emma's
pregnancy announcement right guys I'm pregnant like no no it's like goodbye no publicist said
no I have never heard someone explain it like that, where your boss is the public.
Every single creator said does exactly what you just said.
You quickly say like, and I'm not ungrateful and I'm not saying I'm not like so happy with
what I have.
That's not it.
But in everyone's life, you have your struggles and you have your adversity that comes totally and when you have millions of people
every single day having not only an opinion on you but sort of a holdover whether you have a
career or not right it is a lot to fucking handle as a young adult well the thing is too about it
is that as humans you know we're not supposed to.
I mean, this is just an issue with social media in general.
But you're just not supposed to be exposed to that many opinions, that many people's successes, that many people's vacations, that many people's hot takes. You know, you're just like not supposed to experience that many people's lives.
Right.
You're you know, we're programmed biologically to only have to compare ourselves and listen to like a handful of people.
Right.
I've watched a video about this.
Like I'm not a fucking scientist, but like I did watch a video about.
Yeah.
I'm citing my sources.
Long story short, like you're just not supposed to hear from that many people.
It's not, like, something that we're evolved to be able to comprehend.
So it makes sense that, you know, for us, for example, like, reading comments all the time from hundreds of different people, sometimes thousands, sometimes millions.
That's just not a normal experience and so when
our brains react in weird ways it's like what else did we expect this is a weird situation
and is not natural yeah and I hate when people say like then just don't do it yeah I I understand
what you're saying but I I do love it I'm totally it's my passion
so then you have to basically I think what we're both saying is like it is there is no book yeah
that gives you here's a guideline right this is there is no one that can tell you like this is
exactly how you act the minute you get this many followers then this is going to happen and then
you talk to this therapist because they'll know how to like it there's just no formula yeah and so it's weird
you eventually moved to LA yes how did the change of scenery affect your videos and your life
should I go pee before I do this yeah okay let me pee there go in the um sorry sorry daddy gang i'm pissing now no i'm kidding you
don't want us to listen to you pee um go down the all the way down the hall okay anyways emma's back
how was your pee break hello hello check check um pee break was popping it was popping
i hope there was toilet paper in there i I don't like live here. We could literally talk for six hours.
Oh, wait.
Is this just like the podcast house?
This is the dad pad.
No way.
Yeah.
It's kind of nice to like not be in your own house.
I used to do it from my bed all the time because where do you podcast?
From my bed.
Yeah.
And like there's pros to that, but I started to feel like I could never turn it off.
So I just.
Yes.
I've been having that struggle recently
Because if that microphone is sitting on your bed or near it
You just keep being like should I start
Should I start
Should I start podcasting
I'm like I could record right now
And it will be like almost midnight
And I'm like oh I have a thought
And I'm like no I need to like set boundaries
Yes absolutely
Okay okay
So I asked you how did the change of scenery to L.A. affect your video and your life?
Well, I think a lot of people who were following me at the time when they found out I was moving to L.A. were like, there she goes.
You know what I mean? Like, there goes the girl that we fell in love with.
She's about to die.
You know what I mean?
Like, she's not going to be here anymore.
And I think to a certain extent that was a valid concern.
And I think, well, well okay here's the thing it it was such a huge life shift in my
foundation in my reality changed so much that my sense of identity kind of went out the window
and I was having to like rebuild my new, I mean, and this happens regardless of if you're moving to LA and doing YouTube or if you're just literally a teenager.
You know, like there was a lot of shifting that was going on.
It was like I was making new friends.
I was starting to try to date guys like I was like living on my own and like trying to figure out what that entailed.
And like there was so many life changes all at once that like a whole new group of people, a whole new scenery.
It was just like whatever. My sense of identity was fucked. to like making videos the shift from moving from home to moving to LA took such a psychological
toll on me that I don't think I was willing to admit to myself at the time but it was so exhausting
to you know find your footing in a new place especially LA that like I was very drained just
from life itself and so when it came time to like make YouTube videos, I was like, I am so fucking tired just from like existing here right now that I think my content at certain
times throughout the first year and a half, two years of being in LA, like my content had moments
of suffering because there were just moments when I was, my life itself was a mess and not even a mess in a bad way just
simply a mess where I didn't feel like I had a foundation can you explain in your opinion like
the good and the bad evil parts of LA when you're talking about your experience? I think the good is that there
are so many people here that are in a similar industry to me and to you. It's so being here
is nice because there's a lot of people around that can relate because it's a very unique
situation and it's comfortable to be around people that
are in the same industry as you. But, but, well, also another good thing about LA is that,
you know, there's a lot more opportunities here and it's a lot easier. Like if you have to do a
shoot for something or if you have to do an interview for something you know everybody's in the same area so it's just a lot more convenient to get a lot more done
because everything's here it's either here or New York and usually it's here actually a lot of
people from New York fly here to do stuff and so living here is very easy uh to get the most done
and I can't take that away from LA also LA you know it's like the weather's nice and like
you know you're close to the beach like there's great things about LA but I will say that
there is a lot of toxic stuff about it number one being that you can't walk anywhere that makes me
really upset number two that's like the stupidest thing to complain about but it sucks um number two
being around people that are in the same industry as you
Is also not always the best thing
Because there's a lot of competitiveness
There's a lot of trying to
You know use you to get farther
And that's something I didn't anticipate
You know it's great when you can find
Someone here who is in the same space as you
That like Just wants companionship but that's actually more
rare than you think yeah so there's a lot of room to get fucked over when you're being friends with
people in your industry and that's something that I really struggled with and experienced
when you say that can you elaborate a little bit on like when was a, and you know, obviously
you're not naming names, but when was a moment that you realized like, I think I'm getting
used right now.
Oh my God.
It's like been so many times.
I mean, like I, and sometimes using is not always a bad thing. Like sometimes you can even find yourself being
like, well, yeah, they're maybe using me, but I guess I'm kind of using them too, you know, like
in certain types of collaborations, things like that. But I think that's kind of different because
usually when it comes to like a collaboration of some sort, uh, it's a mutual benefit. Sometimes
it's not though. And in those moments,
you're like, okay, I'm not benefiting from this at all. This person's like profiting off of
me in some way. And I don't feel number one, like it's having a positive impact on me. And number
two, like, I don't think that they actually care about me. And so that's when it gets a little messy is when it's not a mutual thing
and you can tell that they actually don't even care about you at all and you know it's a part
of it again like it's a part of it and so I in retrospect now that I'm far away from all people
or all things that could ever put me in a spot where
I would be used or would feel taken advantage of in some way like now that I'm far away from
those things and I can look back at that those moments when I did feel that way and I was wrapped
up in those things I forgive because I understand that you know it's like we're all just trying to prove that we deserve to have dropped out of college or to have dropped out of high school or to have moved to L.A.
Like we're all just trying to make it happen.
And so if somebody thought that they could benefit from me in some way, yeah, that's not nice of them.
But also I understand where their head was at and I'm able to forgive now.
When you say you're able to forgive.
So you've been burned by people.
And like, again, so not saying so surface, but not going to into actual detail.
Like when you say burns, like, can you give an example?
Like, was it someone asking you to be in a video?
Was it someone asking to come in your videos?
Was it someone a brand deal like what are you
referring to there was like a few instances where you know people would want me to appear in their
videos for example and you know I would be like I can't today because like I need to be working
and I need to like I have to be doing they'd be like and you know maybe because they
were more successful than me in some ways or whatever when they would be like you have to
I would be like okay you know and so I was young and very yes man when I first moved to LA so if
somebody and these like YouTubers who are maybe more established they I think that they knew that they could kind of
push me around a little bit not only on camera but off as well just by you know like they just knew that I was really also still kind of a fan of everyone I think they could sense that as well
so a lot of people I think knew that they could take advantage of me and that it would be fine and
listen again it's fine like I get it but I'm also like but it still sucked and it it made me a lot
less productive and it made me depressed because I felt like just an object in some ways which again
I don't think that was their intent but I felt like I was just like a fucking drone a corporate drone you know what I mean like a YouTube corporate drone right um and I honestly would say that the
ways that I was burned the most though were like more personal ways like the ways that just like
people who were like kind of bullies to me like behind the scenes like you would never
like not necessarily a on camera but like most of the shit that was like bad was like behind the scenes where it's just like
shitty friends yeah point blank you know what I mean and and I feel like when you're also saying
that would it also but it would always somehow tie back to content well I mean I think that our
friendship was based in content you know know, a lot of the times
it was like, what was our friendship without content? Yeah. Um, like if we weren't friends,
like if we weren't making content together, would we be friends? It's hard to say.
That's what I think a lot of people, um, aren't able to, obviously aren't privy to that information
on the internet. You see these people, they're hanging out Oh my god they're new friends most
Of the relationships that
I have seen in LA are transactional
A thousand percent I don't
Know a lot of people that like
Genuinely when we're all home like for like
Holidays like
Those people are not
Conversing yeah being like
Hey girl like how are you doing like it's not like that
It's all based on we're back in LA You want to shoot a TikTok yes and it and and you're promoting I remember
doing it in the beginning of my show when I co-host it was like we were promoting being like
best friends we had met like three months before of course and it was like but you sell this like
fun lifestyle and it doesn't look great I guess people think that
If you're standing with someone
That doesn't have followers
That's actually your friend
From your hometown
Right
No one's interested in that
But if you're standing next to
If I'm standing next to
Tana Mongeau
Yes
That is logistically
Going to get more downloads
And views
Of course
Than if my friend
Jackie from home
Is going to be next to me
Like who the fuck is that bitch
Yeah
So there is like an incentive
To create these dynamics
But it's really dark Well it's interesting Because actually Some of the friendships So there is like an incentive to create these dynamics.
But it's really dark.
Well, it's interesting because actually some of the friendships were like quite close friendships where we were talking a lot.
Some of them not.
But like some of them genuinely were close like that.
But the question still remains, would we be friends if we weren't making content together when we were together?
Right.
And it's like, that's kind of where it gets foggy, right?
Because it's like, we were really close,
but if we weren't making content together,
like, would we be hanging out?
Would we even care to check in on one another?
You know what I mean?
Where was the intent?
When did those type of dynamics when did you wake up and they stop it happened like one by one I
would say like I would have kind of realization about just and it wasn't like anything some of
them there was like moments where it was like a blow up where it's just like fuck you you know like this is just like not like you are using me I can tell fuck you but then other moments
it was like it was more just like a drift away where I was like you know what how is our friendship
off camera and if the friendship was like not good then I was like you know what I'm just gonna back
away and I've always been somebody where I'm like I don't feel much sadness if a friendship's not like positive I'm I will be the first one to fucking cut it off and
just because what's the point you know even if we're profiting off of our friendship even if
we're not even if it's a private friendship both I will like walk away with no remorse if I feel like it's right and so that I
kept that principle for all friendships you know throughout my teen years have you ever stayed in
a friendship longer for fear of the public perception and the fallout yes like I've definitely like I've definitely struggled to cut off public
friendships a lot more public friendships have always been harder to kind of back away from
even if it was like what needed to happen for all parties you know like it's definitely harder
because you're like god like you know even if this ended civilly or even if it fucking didn't. Yeah. We, you know, I don't want someone else, the other party to get in trouble by the court of public opinion for our friendship ending.
Because even let's say they did the worst shit.
Let's say they were such an asshole to me.
They're going to pay enough with their own conscience.
Yeah.
You know, I don't think it's necessary to have the world knowing about that too.
What do you get anxiety about in general?
Like what are the main things that give you anxiety?
I would say the main thing that gives me anxiety is something happening where my character is portrayed incorrectly and it being
believed right and me not feeling like I'm able to say this is not me because I know, like, I don't care what anybody says. I'm not a fucking bad person.
So, and I know that. And I know that because I have too much of a conscience. Like I, I,
the guilt I feel about everything. I, I can't do bad shit. Like I, because I just, my guilt
and conscience is so strong that like, I almost wish I had less of that because I just my guilt and conscience is so strong that like I almost wish I had less
of that because I actually feel guilty about things that I don't need to feel guilty about
and it sucks you know like but I know that I'm not a bad person but I do sometimes fear that
something will get in the somebody will even spread a rumor about me that's not real and
that will become known as fact and i know how things work on the internet where it's like
people aren't digging into every single story that they see so if like a bad story that comes
out about me comes out people see it they're just going to take it as fact and let's say a week
later it's proven oh that's not true like emma emma didn't hit an old person in the street um
like people are still going to remember the article that they saw where they said where
they said that i did and that's what freaks me out is that you know i don't always feel like i'm
able to defend myself and i also don't always want to yeah and I also can't go in and uh diffuse every
rumor about myself I would be fucking that's all I would ever do yeah you know what I mean if I
went and addressed every fucking rumor or every fake blah blah blah blah about me you know I
wouldn't that would be actually my full-time job so like I can't do it and so it's just like this
process of trying to figure out like you know
like I just feel so out of control of the public perception of me because
somebody could go and lie about me tomorrow and you know what the other thing is
I don't like let's say I did do something fucked up let's say I did push an old lady in the street let's say I was having a really bad day who knows there's not a lot of room for having a bad day there's
not a lot of room for making a one-off mistake and even if that's not something that reflects
my character how am I I can apologize and say this is not me all I want but everybody does that and how do people even
know that I'm being honest you know so it's like it kind of feels like a witch hunt in a way and
I think that in some areas like yeah criticism is necessary absolutely but I think that sometimes
like people love it and so they want to feed the drama and I don't want to be the butt of that and listen
it's happened you survive but it just fucking sucks and it sucks even more when it's not
true or it's not a representation of you as a person and people make blanket statements like oh we we heard
Emma did this one time Emma is now evil all around you know there was like a rumor that I was a bully
in high school and I remember I was like okay and I saw like a girl from my high school made a
TikTok that was fully not true it was fully not true about like me saying some mean shit during class like made of this whole like fake story I'm like girl I we went to all girls school we were like
nerdy like nobody was bullying each other in high school is there a chance that I excluded somebody
in high school is there a chance that I maybe made a snarky remark to someone in high school
fuck yes there is there's a great chance that I probably did that sometimes I woke up too early I was in a bad fucking mood sure but I never did anything evil I know that for a fact and you know what
if I did I'm sorry I I don't know I don't remember do you fucking remember what you did in high
school no nobody fucking remembers and we're also kids it's like kids playing in a fucking knife
drawer we're all learning how to be good people and you're gonna fuck up in that
process but it's the fact that you know my identity is in the hands of like everyone who's ever met me
and everybody who's ever seen me do anything and i don't have control over that and the
psychological damage is quite it is crazy but also i signed up for it so yeah here we are you know what i mean
most people listening to this podcast right now are the ones that you're referring to as your boss
my boss yeah they're listening to this and they're going to make a decision yeah do we like emma
chamberlain right does the daddy gang like emma chamberlain and and i'm sure it's okay if you guys
don't no and i'm sure vice versa there's's gonna be people that are like why there's people that don't like me and they'll be like why did
Emma go on Alex's show and it's like people are unforgiving and ruthless on the internet and not
only that they are excited when there's drama like there are there have been episodes where
people are like I'm gonna cancel you for having that person on your show. Yeah. But does it say more about me for having them on?
Why are those episodes the most downloaded, though?
Of course.
So that's actually you guys are listening.
Of course.
You are the ones ingesting it.
You're clicking on it.
I don't know.
It's a scary industry a little bit to be in right now.
I agree.
And I think the other thing is that there's there's a difference between, you know, somebody doing something genuinely bad.
Right. And something genuinely bad and having an intent that's like, I actually like want to hurt people, you know, because that that happens on the Internet.
You know, you see people fuck up and do things that genuinely directly harm people.
And they actually had the intent of harming people, right?
I never, on my whole time on the internet,
have ever posted something with a negative intent, right?
Now listen, if I do something that is perceived in a way
where it's like, Emma, that's not right, and here's why,
that's fine, I'm willing to learn,
I'm always open-minded, you know,
and I think criticism constructive criticism
there's nothing wrong with it yeah this could have been perceived in a way that was offensive
and hurtful I totally get that then it's like okay we'll we'll go from there and thank you for
letting me know let's move on like I I didn't have that intent but I totally understand where you're
coming from I'm so glad that you know you let
me know yeah i'm so happy to do better next time and to be more aware of how this could be perceived
wrong but it's when people are like oh no you're done you're done because even though you had no
idea what you were doing and even though it was a complete complete 200 accident you're still done
because you made a mistake that is such fucking uncharted
territory how are you supposed to predict it's like i could fucking like put on deodorant in a
video and i feel like at this point somebody's gonna be like you're offending people that don't
want to wear deodorant like no literally you know what i mean it's like i understand that like
you have to if somebody does something wrong, holding them accountable is fair.
And in some actually places,
very good.
I've learned so much from being on the internet and from people being like,
Hey,
when you talk about this,
like this,
that's not cool.
And I've been like,
damn,
I would have never known that.
Otherwise.
Thank you.
Like truly,
like I'm grateful for that.
But it's when it's like people
twisting shit just for funsies yeah and not giving me room to be like it just discourages me and it
just makes me yeah it makes me want to disappear yeah you know how has your brand evolved when I
first started uh on the internet in general I was just kind of copying what all the girlies were doing you know
I was like okay I'll talk about makeup and clothes and things like that and then that wasn't really
lighting my soul on fire so then I was like I'm gonna start vlogging and I just started vlogging
and then I vlogged for years I mean I was like you know just like filming random shit like
whatever I thought was like funny or interesting or random at the time, I was just filming it, and so, um, in some, like, more concept-based videos,
too, like, stuff where I was, like, going to children's place and trying to pick out a cute
outfit, you know, like, shit like that, um, and just, like, having fun with whatever, I kind of
had no, I was, like, my baseline theme on my channel is me so like whatever happens
I'm just like the main theme of it which I mean what kind of like self-centered idiot 16 year old
you have to be to think that that's gonna I know right I'm like damn it's about me I'm like it's
about me okay that's it my what's your channel about babe it's about me tune in I promise you'll
love it no um but, that was it.
And then I think within the past like year or so, I've been trying to kind of make my
content a little bit more mature because I'm more mature, you know.
So like on my podcast, I've been talking about more serious topics.
And on my YouTube, you know, the last few videos i made were very like more just like chill and toned down
and just relaxed and like not super based on like a gimmicky kind of concept like just kind of just
me existing and doing whatever and like editing the videos myself in a way that i felt was like
calming and more mature to watch i would say because I just don't think that like
I want to be making you know I have to evolve the things that I'm putting out or I'll still
seem ingenuine they have to evolve with me or else it's like not gonna work you mentioned kind of having an identity crisis you have an entire life to live how do you see
this public persona that you created basically as a child evolving into adulthood. This is something I've been thinking about a lot because I think that the
last four years or whatever of me being on the internet,
you know,
I,
when it came to my career,
I was just in autopilot.
I was just like pumping shit out and it was coming from my heart still,
but it was like
I was just kind of like on go go go go go mode so I wasn't thinking about anything too deeply
and I also wasn't thinking about I definitely wasn't thinking about my own personal identity
when no one's around and I'm by myself and I look in the mirror who is that I was so focused on
working 24 7 for the past four years that I was teetering between
having no thoughts and being burnt out and just feeling like I was like dying because I just could
not look at a final cut pro one more fucking time, right?
But then also moments of just like absolutely just busting shit out.
And like it was just like back and forth teetering.
That left no time for me to ever have a free moment to be like,
okay, wait, who am I outside of all this?
So for the past four years, you know, I've just been in this hamster wheel of working and working and working and working and working and, you know, kind of exploiting myself at times to just do as much as I possibly could,
especially because I started to get so many opportunities that I was excited about. I was
like, well, I don't want to say no. You know what I mean? Like I, like I want to do everything,
but you can't do that. But I didn't know that at the time so I was spreading myself so thin and giving myself no time to sit back and
be like okay wait who the fuck are you who the fuck are you and within the past I would say
honestly especially two or three months I've been having a lot of like psychological struggles because I'm like,
I'm now having to figure out like refine my identity after like shoving it away for the
past four years, ignoring it and just putting that on the back burner. It's like now I'm left
being like, I don't even know what fulfills me, what excites me, what, you know, makes me feel
like I have purpose outside of my work. I don't know what it is because I've not let myself go
there. I didn't have the time to go there. And so that's kind of what I'm figuring out now. And,
you know, I've gotten to a place where it got so dark for me, you know, even recently that I was
like, well, I don't fucking care if everything goes away. I'm like, I don't care because I'm so, I'm so disconnected from myself that like,
I need to refine that. And if, when I'm ready to come back to the internet fully,
and if, when I'm ready to like, you know, get back into the swing of things,
like I, if, if people don't want to watch anymore people don't care anymore
I need to do what I gotta do yeah it's impossible to develop your identity
and be online at the same time because developing your identity means silence. You need silence. You need alone time.
You need to be intimate with people.
You know, you need all of these types of things
that do not align with being a fucking YouTuber
or even being a podcaster at times.
You know, I think podcasts is like,
when it comes to personal identity,
it's easier, especially too,
because like they can't always see you.
There's something nice about, I don't know.
But with YouTube specifically,
it's like trying to develop your personality and simultaneously
continue to be consistent on the internet it's like you cannot do both because you have to have
a fully formed something to show did you ever watch harry potter you know i did okay
did you watch the reunion no emma you need to it. I don't know if anyone listening is a Harry Potter fan,
but some people may consider me like Slytherin.
I'm more of like a Gryffindor Hufflepuff.
You're giving me Gryffindor through and through.
And I don't say that about many people.
People like Slytherin, but I'm like, no, I'm Hufflepuff.
Like, no, I'm not Gryffindor.
You're Gryffindor.
Anyways, it is fascinating because Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, and I think it was Ron who was like
I love how I'm calling the see I'm even calling them by those names of course of course literally
said they were like when we stopped the movies I genuinely felt uncomfortable when people called
me my real name I didn't feel like I could even identify with that name. Totally. Child stars or child performers or now internet kids that come up on the internet,
they are losing some of their identity in the characters that they're portraying.
How did the growth of Emma Chamberlain stop when Emma Chamberlain, the internet character, was born?
You know, I wouldn't say that, like, my growth completely purpose in life to like, at a certain point,
I was like, my entire purpose is to now succeed at this and take it as far as I can and enjoy
it while I'm doing it.
Right.
And so I put away and threw away all other purposes that I had even brewing in me.
I was like, I don't give a fuck about anything else.
I'm throwing all of my eggs in this basket.
You know what I mean?
I want to make, this is my only purpose.
And then now I'm at a place where I've arrived at what I wanted to happen.
And now I'm left with this feeling where I'm like, this is fucking amazing.
And I'm so happy that I'm here,
but I don't have any more goals in this area. Right. I don't have any more thing. I don't want
to get more followers. I don't want to get more views. I don't care about that shit anymore. You
know, like at a certain point I was like, I would love to grow this as big as I can, like whatever.
Now I'm like, I don't really think it needs to go any bigger. Like I'm good. You know what like at a certain point I was like, I would love to grow this as big as I can. Like whatever. Now I'm like, I don't really think it needs to go any bigger.
Like I'm good.
You know what I mean?
I'm fine with it how it is now.
So I'm having to like figure out now what things will give me purpose outside of this.
And it's a fucking hard pill to swallow I didn't I you know I'm like I'm 20 and I'm like
where I have to now I have to find a whole new purpose but
also everybody is looking at me and is like look at that like you know but you but you have this
to look at and I'm like I need something bigger and deeper for myself that
might not have anything to do with the internet you know what I mean I just don't know what that
is yet and so that's been something that I've been struggling with is like you know I haven't
had time to like you know do hobbies or whatever but the other thing is is that I'm now in a routine
where like I don't really have a lot of inspiration to do things that don't involve my work which is a
weird thing that like because my work in my hobbies became one right right so like I don't
have like the desire to do other little hobbies that like my brain convinces me are pointless to
do you know what I'm saying well and also your your job has flowed in not only to like your purpose and
your hobby, but it's also flowed into like your actual lifestyle and living every part of my life.
You can't go, you're not even 21, but if once you're 21, you can't go to a bar and not get
recognized. And what you do in that bar is a direct reflection on your job which is your purpose and so every
single aspect of your life is wrapped up basically in your job yeah which for some people is very
normal and for some people it's like oh I work a 95 and when fucking Friday hits I am a different
beast on the weekend you don't have a weekend yeah it's it's honestly like everything in my
life is melded into one where it's like my job my social life or lack thereof most of the time
because I'm too anxious but like you know every element of my life is all connected you know I
don't have a separation of things and because that, it all feels like everything could fall apart if I just pushed the wrong domino.
And it could just all fucking fall down.
Like, you know, it's, it's, everything feels very fragile.
Which is why I'm now like, okay, I can't have all my eggs in this basket.
I want to continue doing this.
This is, you know, my passion and something that I, I enjoy doing this stuff, right? But I have to find a life outside of it and solidify that life and like make that life something where I'm not so worried about what people think of me on the internet. I'm not so worried about, you know, if this all went away tomorrow because I do have this life outside of it that's so rich that it doesn't matter.
Walk me through social anxiety now with this platform.
It is.
I mean, of course, like I do love meeting people.
I mean, I really do.
And I am generally a social person, I would say. I don't really get social anxiety about talking to people like if
somebody comes up I mean there's been moments when it's been like kind of overwhelming or something
just because it was like you know I was late to something or blah blah blah I always you know
the actual interaction itself is always pleasant you know the only thing that I'm paranoid about
is people who don't maybe like me and see me in public and they are
like want to film me or are like watching me and like making fun of me behind my back like
it's the fact that I could be anywhere and somebody might recognize me and I might not
actually know that they know me if somebody comes up to me and like says oh my god like
what's up you know like that's sweet I don't actually mind that it's it's the fact that I
don't know when I'm not when I'm just another human being
drifting through the street or when somebody is watching me
because they've seen me before.
That is what makes me anxious.
And that's what makes it hard, you know,
because I'm constantly feeling like I'm being surveillanced,
whether I know it or not.
What are you doing, though, like tangibles, in order to try to find and redefine that identity that you're looking for?
I think a big step in it was deciding like that I'm going to probably step back from YouTube.
Okay.
You know just because I will say that and I mean I don't know I'm not
making anything definite right I'm just like this is just where I'm at now I take it day by day
that's what I have to do or else I lose my mind but um I I do like for me doing a weekly podcast
is something that I can do because I mean it's very much me sitting in bed and like just talking um but I also think
that by stepping back from YouTube I have a lot more free time so that I can figure out okay maybe
I want to like you know who knows what I want to do but like I might want to do something else
that's creative that I can create for you
know the world to hopefully enjoy if they decide to enjoy it like it gives me room to explore number
one like what I could do next in my career but also it gives me more time to like develop
friendships properly because I also you know don't like to have people in my videos or in my on my podcast or anything because I just gives me too much anxiety and I like it just to be me.
And so, you know, it caused me to push a lot of people away because I couldn't combine work and play.
You know, I had to keep those very separate.
And so because of that, it was like.
I didn't hang out with people very often, so I'm taking this time to just like have as much free time
as possible and just let myself get really bored and like see what I do to entertain myself I also
hear when you're saying you're gonna give yourself that freedom to find things you like but then
don't grab the camera and film it for content like no it's yours let it be yours yeah let a
hobby be yours and don't be like oh this would make a good vlog yes like you there's got to be
a line for yourself like no because then you're working like do it for yourself i can already feel
like the tension you're like fuck i know and i've done it too where i'm like oh that was such a fun
moment and then i have to exploit it on my podcast and i'm like it's hard i and i think i have to exploit it on my podcast. And I'm like, it's hard. And I think I have to be strict with myself and be like, Emma, like, you know, you can do your podcast.
But you can't be posting videos and be trying to figure out who you are and what you enjoy to do when the camera's off.
If the camera's still fucking on every week, you just can't figure it out.
So, you know, I don't know like
what's like yeah I'm constantly like changing my like I'm like oh now I'm doing this oh wait now
I'm doing this like I'm all over the place right dude you're 20 as you should be right so it's like
I but I just don't think I also don't know if I feel like that there might be something else out there that might excite me career wise and might light me like my soul on fire.
You know, like there's something out there that I might be missing.
Yeah. And so I want to have a little bit of time to explore that and see like what I want to do next.
That's going to be exciting to me.
I think that's amazing so yeah in terms of growing up basically
on the internet you have presented a very like PC brand and no sex no like we don't even know
like has Emma Chamberlain ever had sex has she ever kissed a boy has she ever given like we don't even know like has Emma Chamberlain ever had sex? Has she ever kissed a boy?
Has she ever given like we don't know.
Right.
How has people's fascination with your sexuality affected your sexuality?
Yeah.
It's really interesting because I always I struggled with my sexual identity growing up as well.
Because as I mentioned earlier, like I was just a late bloomer.
And I just also wasn't like an ultra feminine girl.
And I've never been like a super stereotypically feminine woman.
But yet like I am a straight woman.
Like that's what I am.
But like no one ever, like I've always gotten like shit for that, you know,
and people have growing up too, you know, like people being like, that's not true.
And I'm like, you guys, like why?
And I mean, listen, like I don't ever want to complain like sexuality is such a tough and like
intimate and emotion filled subject that like I don't want to complain about people like
you know questioning my sexuality because I know it can be so much worse and so much more complex
um so I don't want to sound like I'm complaining, but at the time I was like, you know, people
like, I remember my ex boyfriend, uh, was like, we were dating and like one of his friends
like was like, dude, like she doesn't actually like you.
Like she, I don't think she actually likes you.
Like she's, I think she likes girls.
Like I don't think she likes you.
And then he came to me and told me that.
And I was like, why the fuck would you say that And I was like why the fuck would you say that
Like just why the fuck would you say that like why are you
Assuming that like cause that's not
True and if it was true so fucking
Be it but like why is this like
Why are people speculating like
I'm like I'm dating it like
Why do you think he thought that
So he actually told my ex-boyfriend why he thought
This and it was because I didn't wear makeup
And I wore sweatpants a lot so all of a sudden now i'm like not allowed to like
boys i was like shut like right holy fuck i mean seriously like just stupid and i mean i've always
thought like i mean i get it we're humans like we're curious about other humans and so i don't
think it's like i don't think there's anything wrong with within the privacy of your own mind to look at somebody
else and be like hmm I wonder this this or that about their sexuality if you do that within the
safety of your own mind totally sure but don't go to my boyfriend and be like dude like I think
you're barking up the wrong tree here like Like that's so fucking rude. Did that affect your relationship then with your boyfriend in terms of psychologically for you?
Was it always, I was like, well, all of a sudden now I feel like I need to start being like,
not myself. Like, this is me. Right. You know what I mean? This is just who I am.
Like trying to prove now you're straight. Like, no, I do like guys. I do like you.
And I'm like, why the fuck should I have to prove that anyway nobody should ever have to prove shit about never it's like it's so incredibly
nobody's business which is I think why like I've always kind of been afraid of getting into it
is just because I'm like sexuality is also something that has ebbs and flows too like
some moments you're like,
Oh my God,
I'm on like a roll.
I'm just like hooking up with everybody.
And like,
I just,
whatever.
And sometimes you're like,
I literally can't remember the last time I felt like any kind of excitement
about anything sexually.
Yeah.
Like there's so many moments.
Things are constantly evolving there.
But,
um,
I also think that I'm just not somebody where,
actually let me rephrase, because I was a very late developer as a young person.
And because I didn't get any attention from what i was talking about
and like what i was and how i was behaving and like that was what i started to lean into more
because i was like well people don't i don't have boobies so like nobody's looking at me for my
boobies so you know i have to figure out some other way to get attention and so that kind of
became muscle memory where i was like well now i just feel like nobody's ever looking at me for my boobies. So, you know, I have to figure out some other way to get attention. And so that kind of became muscle memory where I was like, well, now I just feel like nobody's
ever looking at me and is like looking at me in a sexual way.
So in order to like get attention, I just have to like utilize my personality and then
hope that like through that somebody will be able to be attracted to me in a more
sexual way like if they maybe like like me personality wise so that's kind of what i
became used to but it always made me feel shitty because i was like i just don't think guys are
looking at me and are like looking at me in a sexual way ever and that fucked with me because
I was like but but why like you know what I mean I was like this sucks and even now that I'm older
and like I like my boob has grown like maybe like this much like like a tiny little little tiny bit
but now that I'm older you know it's like even though like that's not
really as much of an issue anymore it's still there's a little trauma there you know where
in the back of my head I'm like number one I remember people always not believing that I was
like that I was somebody who preferred dating men uh which like fucked with me but then also like I
uh like have memories of like just guys not being attracted to me physically and then on top of that
like I'm also just not a super outwardly sexual person like I never present myself in a very
outwardly sexual way I'm just not comfortable doing that and I don't have there's nothing
wrong with doing that I just it's never felt right to me um and I've always felt like well
because I'm not an outwardly sexual person um like does that make me less attractive to in some ways
you know what I mean so but like that's just it's so interesting
though because the perception of me is is so interesting for me to like watch like people
are like i've seen comments that are just like there's just no way like emma's ever had sex
and i get it but i get it but then that fucks with me because I'm like I get why they think that so it like creeps me
you know what I mean I will admit I'm a tomboy and I have been my whole life and so my brand is
weird because I was so over sexualizing myself totally that I felt imposter syndrome sometimes
where I'm like that's not actually the full truth like I don't I'm not incredible in bed every night
that's the truth some days I'm really tired
and like and so for me it was like weird to acknowledge that but for you do you ever find
yourself like pushing yourself to try to be more feminine so that you feel something like does that make sense a thousand percent I I mean my like experiences in throughout
my life actually I haven't had like a lot of one-off experiences like I've mainly just been
in relationships which I think was good and bad you know what I mean well I think okay I would say when it came to like
any experience I've ever had in my life where it's been like a sort of one-time thing which
hasn't actually happened a lot but every time that it has I feel like I've been able to kind
of play a game where maybe I'm being a little bit more feminine because it's like it's just fun
like it's just fun it's like I can just like be whatever the fuck I want right now and it's like
a fake confidence you give yourself by acting it out you're like I can be this way I am you can't
do that in a relationship no because the fucking the colors come out far too quick so like I've
never really been able to like play that game in a relationship.
I definitely have done that in the few times that I've like, again, like so it's happened,
but never in relationships.
But I found that in past relationships, I didn't feel as respected by guys that have
dated in the past just because I feel like they kind of.
Well, especially like one relationship in particular, but it was just like i just felt like
you know he was very critical of the fact that i like maybe wasn't a super feminine
girl and like sometimes he was like oh it's actually super cool and chill and then sometimes
he was like he was like like if i'd like put on jeans and come over he would be like oh my god like you finally like put effort in like that's crazy like it was like and you're
like and I'm like dude shut the fuck off like I'm like or you know if I would be wearing makeup
or whatever it would be like a big deal and like it would be like oh my god you're wearing makeup
like whoa you know what I mean or like or like you should wear heels tonight and I'm like what
the fuck are you talking about like I'm like no like I felt like I wasn't enough yeah and in like
the areas that I was feminine weren't enough so I felt like you know there was an effort to like
make me more feminine to fit what they wanted but just like again it's like we were fucking kids we
were all my relationships happen you know at such young ages
that it's like of course there's gonna be shit like that yeah um but I would say I'm fully
comfortable now in like what areas I'm more feminine and what areas I'm more masculine
because I simply just getting into a relationship where my masculine and feminine traits are appreciated but also like
you know dating somebody who like just doesn't care about that shit and is just like enjoys
people for like being a person like that it's like in less about like and also it's like kind
of similar to me in the sense where like maybe not the super traditional
super masculine super feminine like that's not playing any roles in our relationship yeah you
know so and that's what it is is like anyone listening like sometimes it just takes finding
the right partner that you don't need to change yourself no you just need to find someone that
like aligns with making you feel like you can be 100% authentically yourself around them.
And when you do that, it's a beautiful place to be in.
It really is.
So this is Call Her Daddy.
Yes, I have had sex, Alex.
Can you tell me when you lost your virginity or no?
Yeah.
Okay.
I was. i've never talked
about this on the internet this is so fun this is color daddy and i'll get roasted well i also like
in my personal life i talk about sex all the time yeah that's why it's so fucking weird for me that
i never talk about it like i'm not like i talk about it all the time so it's like not and you're
not saying in your show you just mean in real life yeah like in real life i'm i am like i talk about it all the time so it's like not and you're not saying in your show you just mean in real life yeah like in real life i'm i am like i talk about it all the time so it's weird
that time you were talking about it with me i'm not saying like even just sex she's not like
emma's not like a nympho like i have so much sex you guys right but like it i was surprised i
remember on that zoom how naturally you discussed just like oh yeah like i loved that like i've listened
to your show and i like and i was like oh shit i had no fucking idea your brand is very specific
and it's not that you're avoiding it it's just it's not talked about well that's the thing it's
like if something's not talked about then how are you supposed to like know how someone where
someone stands on a topic and it's interesting because yeah i just like it's so
bizarre to like talk about it but it's also kind of fun okay because i feel like i'm old enough now
like i'm finally old enough where i get to talk about it i was like the disney channel effect it
was like when miley cyrus was like i have to go to such extreme and go like dance on a pole because
like everyone sees me as a baby and i need them to not see me as that meanwhile she was like probably
like fucking smoking weed on set. Yes. Montana.
You know what I'm saying?
Yeah.
There's there's so many things that like.
The perceptions can pigeonhole you and it and then it does affect your identity. And so I can feel you being like, hey, guys, like I'm 20.
Yeah.
I can say I've had sex before.
Yeah.
That's OK.
Yeah.
Even though your publicist may be like don't say that i don't
think but also like i yeah okay so oh yeah oh i was 17 great age it was actually a really not
bad experience like it was with a guy that i was like seeing at the time that i was
pretty comfortable with and i mean he was, you know, he had had sex lots of times,
and I obviously hadn't.
But he was, like, great.
He, like, really, like, I don't know.
It was just, like, it was one of the most jarring experiences for me, though,
in my entire life because it was one of those things where it was something I just like never
believed was possible for myself because I you know growing up I had these experiences of people
like you know doubting my sexuality you know I even had moments where like I was kind of like
I don't even know if I like anyone like I went through phases where I was like I feel nothing
towards anyone and like I don't even know if like I'm ever going to like somebody enough to, you know, let them in like that.
And I also was like, I don't feel like anybody wants to do this with me.
You know, like I've never been, nobody's ever looked at me in a sexual way before, at least to my face.
So like, I don't think that this is possible.
Yeah.
And so when it was happening, I was like, oh, it was so, it was, I was like oh it was so it was I was like this is
just like feels like everything's like shifting in my life you know because I was like damn this
is like a new chapter and I felt I had weirdly like imposter syndrome with it right because I
was like I don't feel like I'm like are you sure that you want to do this?
I'm like, nobody's ever wanted to do this.
So I don't know why you want to do this.
And also, I had a huge crush on this guy at the time.
So it was even more crazy for me.
And in retrospect, I can look back and be like, no.
I was being hard on myself.
And I didn't need to be like that.
But, um, it, I mean, it hurt really bad.
That's all.
Dude, I don't, no one should ever be like, my first time was incredible.
Like, no, it was so awful.
We didn't even have sex.
Right.
It's like a movement.
And then you're like, all right, we did it because it's like one, you know, one has,
you're not gonna have an orgasm.
Yeah. It's not going to fit. You're, you're not experienced. You don't know what you're supposed to be doing. You don't know what you're like all right we did it because it's like one you no one has you're not gonna have an orgasm yeah it's not gonna fit you're you're not experienced you don't know what
you're supposed to be doing you don't know what you're supposed to be feeling it's almost like
let me just get through this not in like a creepy way it's more just like no one's going to be
relaxed and chill it doesn't get fun until you're like older older yes and even like then like
there's always more to learn. Always.
And really, I think the weird thing is, is like the as I've learned through my show is like it's really start with yourself.
And a lot of people don't feel comfortable starting sexually with themselves until you
get a little bit older.
Right.
Because there's like a lot of weird shame.
And especially if you haven't felt this like feminine sexual energy, you're so in your
head that to even like be by
yourself and masturbating you're already thinking outside of your body yes about how you're totally
I'm not sexual this is weird what am I and you get in your head well you also are like
it's so true I mean I've had moments like on a personal level but also like with other people, like when I'm, you know, like
where I've just been, I've gotten into my head and been like almost embarrassed where
I'm like, bitch, you are not stop.
Like stop being like, like stop faking it.
Like you're on top and you're like, I'm, this isn't, this doesn't feel genuine.
I'm like, I literally, I'm like, this is not, it feels like out of character and it doesn't feel genuine. I literally, I'm like, this is not, it feels like out of character.
Yes.
And it doesn't feel like it aligns with me.
And like, that's why I hate going on top.
Because I'm like, I don't want to have to fucking think about me.
No, but I think it's okay to say in terms of like, sexually, it's hard, especially growing up where there, I mean, I will admit like
my show, as much as it probably gave women confidence, it also probably drew a big hole
in people's sex lives being like, wait, I don't do that.
And like, I've never, and then it's, you get insecure.
Totally.
And again, porn and everything makes you feel like you've got to be this like sexual deviant.
And so when you're like, again, like a position like on top eyes are on you and you feel like you've got to be this like sexual deviant yeah and so when you're like again like a position like on top eyes are on you and you're like okay so i know i'm supposed to start
like moaning and then like i should like throw my head back and like but naturally right now
like i feel a little out of body imposter syndrome of like yeah i don't feel that yet and it's so
it's weird but also like if you're like for me personally I'm not like I don't
fucking like want it it doesn't excite me to like do crazy shit necessarily I just don't but it's
like people are very judgmental about if you're like I'm not I don't like I listen it's not like
I'm not a sexual person there's definitely that of me, but I also like not a super sexual person.
And like there are times when I'm like, I don't it doesn't need to be this like whole crazy thing.
Like it's just it just is what it is.
And like, I don't feel like I don't want to fucking perform.
I don't want it.
It just.
And I think that the expectation to perform might actually end up being detrimental too at times
because you're like it's all about like figuring out what the vibe is and like if you're just like
well the vibe doesn't feel like making really loud sounds right now but I'm just gonna do it
anyway because I saw it in porn yesterday and then you get over that pattern and then it's like
but then it's like kind of like but then it takes away from the intimacy of it yeah you should just
disappear and like not think.
Yes.
And like let it happen.
Yeah.
And that's it.
You just have to get out of your own way.
I will also say, like, I think when what you're saying is the majority and the norm and, and,
but people publicly don't admit that.
I know.
And so it's like, let's just say it.
I will admit that i like will enjoy
like it okay i know you're gonna hate what i'm gonna say wait but should i say it anyways what
and then i'll cut it out on call her daddy i will admit that i enjoy vanilla sex i think that's okay
like you're not trying to like like boring sex like you're not trying to like swing from the i think that's totally fine what's wrong with like fucking like like a good missionary and
then like one other position go to bed what is wrong with nothing i don't need to fucking like
literally do a helicopter background fucking right fuck flip all over i don't want to do that i also
like feel like like i mean listen okay yeah there's moments
when you can be crazy there's moments when you can be fun I get it that's like once in a blue
moon in reality it doesn't need to be like that and I think it's also like I'm thinking about like
the sex I was having at 20 like I'm excited for you because it's like into at 20 I was faking
things and I was performing and I knew like I it was it was all a game to me because
I was like if I do this then he'll be obsessed with me and then blah blah and it was all right
it kind of all corresponded to like a bigger goal of mine not just like the immediate bedroom but I
do think as you get older and again as you get to know yourself sexually you begin to like actually
find things that you know you like and then it's not even about vanilla sex it's like
what works for you you can start to implement in the bedroom totally not like you're faking it but
you have to actually find those things by yourself okay let's move on um case like i'm gonna what
gives you the ick i'm gonna do some rapid fire and then we're done i know this is going so long
we need to go i know really go for six okay no no i know and i like that i agree dude i think that also like is is really yeah it's
like real and it's not like jarring i thought you were gonna say something crazier then i was like
oh that's a good answer emma loves anal i'm kidding promo of it okay I'm gonna go rapid fire and then we're done I'm ready what gives you
the ick with guys or in general oh both okay uh with guys I get the ick when just like any kind
of like cockiness and bragging and like trying to like signal that they're like successful
to me this is not rapid fire with me nothing will ever be rapid fire with me i'm so sorry
being cocky and honestly when people like just have bad taste in like clothing and fashion
i feel um not that i know around emma right now stop with my outfit i'm like i'm not saying like if there's
like a certain like but they're like braggy about it so like got it being cocky about like having
bad taste that's really icky to me it makes me have the ick every time is that you that's not you
you you're always hot you always look like you don't you're not allowed so anyone wondering who
we're talking to it's our mutual publicist on the right side who's been crying this entire and who's also so gorgeous
so gorgeous and dresses like the hottest she's a full sweat outfit on with heels like nobody's
cooler than her yeah they're like flared sweatpants no she genuinely is slang and nobody can tell
anyways um okay have you ever been cheated on you know Emma you're like it can
never be short it can never be short not technically but like I've been in situations where it was
maybe not right for people to be going out and they did fair you know have you ever cheated on what is the longest relationship you've ever been in a year and
like 10 months is that the one you're in right now i will not say um okay fine better question
after that do you own a vibrator yes i have one downstairs it's in a box i got one when i was like
17 that's amazing who got who told you to get it you just got it yourself it was somebody I was talking to at the time okay um what is the
most hurtful thing someone has done to you in a relationship oh I would say like just like not
be supportive of like things that I was doing, like simple things, like work stuff,
what I decided to order on a menu, like just like being in a relationship where somebody was
constantly disapproving of every little thing I was doing and like being genuinely mean about it.
Good answer. How is the relationship you're in now different from previous experiences with
partners? It's, I mean, so many, everything about everything about it i mean obviously being like best friends
with your significant other is the best fucking thing ever and i don't think that that's ever
been true prior also like just the most like not like incredible i I can't even it's just like it's almost like when you're
in a good relationship it's like you found somebody that's like a missing piece yeah and
like they just have all the things that you wish you had and you learn from them and they learn
from you and they treat you with respect and there's a mutual respect and it's like all these
things and it's like also your best friend and then it all comes together and you're like i don't have any complaints and i
don't know how that's possible you know could you share what do you argue about in this relationship
not a lot we don't argue can I ask you how you guys met?
Through the internet.
Why do you think fans have become so invested with gaining access and insight into your dating life?
I think that, like, even for me,
like, as a consumer of the internet,
like, things are interesting when there's mystery around them.
And because I don't ever confirm or deny anything,
that's why I think it's so interesting.
It's almost like if I were to share it,
it would become possibly less interesting.
But the problem is that I want to protect the people that I'm dating
or the people that I'm like even just lightly talking to
or the people that I'm hooking up with, like whoever it is,
at whatever given moment, like even at whatever stage it's at,
I want to give them complete privacy and I don't want my life to like affect them are you frustrated when you do see like if like god forbid like a paparazzi thing comes out of
you like how does that make you feel I mean for me personally I'm like I don't care like I mean
I it's more like I'm concerned about how it affects them and and I don't ever want to like
lose an opportunity to like have a good connection with somebody because my life style creates them
stress right um and that's something I've like worried about in like relationships that I've
been in that have been positive I'm like I just like I'm scared that this is going to get out
because I don't want them to feel violated and like they didn't sign up for this like I you know
what I mean and so that's why I keep it private but also if things come out or things are speculated
about most of the time people that I've been with or people that I haven't been with where it's been
speculation and they're like this is silly right but I just decided to talk about none of it because I'm like if it's true
or it's not it doesn't fucking matter because if I chime in about stuff when it's not true then that
means everything I don't chime in about smart I just leave it all to the imagination and honestly
it's kind of fun to see it's kind of fun to see like what people assume so yeah okay wrapping up in 30 40 years what do you hope people say about Emma Chamberlain
I would hope that people would say that in one way or another
like something that I said something that I shared made them feel inspired or made them feel
comforted in some way like that's my main goal is I shared made them feel inspired or made them feel comforted in some way like that's
my main goal is I want people to feel comfortable and heard by listening to me but also kind of like
safe in a way too Emma Chamberlain thank you for coming on Alex Cooper We did it We finally Dude it's been a long time coming
I'm fucking sweating
I'm sweating
Dude
I am dehydrated
My legs are cramping
You're a mess
You look great
Thank you
I'm literally
Well I mean that was
This has just opened up
A whole new chapter for me
That was two hours and 42 minutes
This is gonna be another
Two part series
I can't
Wait
We needed this though
We did
I could've kept going too
I do feel
Yeah it was like therapeutic
yeah we need great work thank you Alex thank you for having me