The Comment Section with Drew Afualo - JIU JITSU WITH VINNIE HACKER Ft. Grace Amaku | Episode 159
Episode Date: March 5, 2025It’s time to add another All-Star episode to the vault because Grace Amaku (@grace_africa) is back!! Grace and Drew talk Grace chipping her tooth on a chicken wing, explaining Tiktoks to Ariana Gran...de, Drew teaches Grace some Samoan phrases to impress a man, the lore of the Golden Globes shrub, how to charm your way through Hollywood, and so much more. Shop Billie in-store and at https://www.mybillie.com Grace IG: https://www.instagram.com/grace_africa/?hl=en Grace Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@grace_africa?lang=en Follow The Comment Section on IG! https://www.instagram.com/thecommentsection/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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What's the silliest piece of advice you've gotten?
The silliest...
This guy came up to me and he was like,
you shouldn't say you know what I mean
because they don't know what you mean.
Damn.
Hey everyone and welcome back to another episode
of the comment section show starring me,
your fave, who cares about me?
On to the guest.
Today we have yet another
all-star episode with the one, the only, the hilarious, the gorgeous, the stunning.
Oh my God, so many adjectives.
Grace, Amaku.
Woo.
You're making you feel so good.
Oh, my God.
You're so welcome.
That's the goal.
You're my Valentine.
Yeah.
I would love to be.
Bladed Valentine's.
Thank you.
I literally posted my Valentine pick today.
I don't care.
It's Valentine the whole month.
It's okay.
The time's a construct.
It doesn't matter.
Honestly.
Me and Grace.
We go way back.
We do.
You and I.
You were like one of my first, first influencer friends.
Yeah?
Yeah, for real.
And boy, they be dropping like flies.
Yeah, you got to be real careful.
That roster gets smaller every year, huh?
Don't let it be an election year.
Who's calling my phone?
Oh, my gosh.
I say, well, Trump, oh, Lord.
And it's like, sometimes you know.
Right.
Sometimes I feel like you, yeah, you get this.
sometimes you know, but you're hoping for the best.
You're like, I feel like I know, and I hope you'll prove me wrong.
And then when they don't, you're like, see, I knew.
And then I also am like, I'm so open-minded.
I'm so pathetic to others.
I never put anybody in a box.
I wouldn't want that to happen to me.
Man, put me in a box.
I joke all the time about how you are one of the funniest people I've literally ever met.
But I was just telling Dylan, because I was just telling Dylan,
because I had Dylan on earlier.
I was just telling her that hanging out with you,
I feel like what people describe hanging out with Will Ferrell's like,
which is you could just never tell if it's a bit or if it's for real.
You can never tell with Chris.
Will Ferrell, for real.
I should be a lyricist.
That's the shit I'm talking about.
I should be a lyricist.
Honestly, and I think about it, I'm like, because I'm like trying to find a new manager right now.
Okay.
Because I'm actually rebranding.
Okay.
T, love that for you.
See, I decided I needed to take my content creator career seriously.
You've got a really, really fantastic job if you haven't been taking it seriously.
If this is you're just free-balling, that's crazy.
It is.
You're doing great.
It is.
But like so.
But that's because you're a comedian.
Right.
So that was my goal.
Yeah.
Comedy.
It's always been your goal, which I've known.
Yeah.
So even before I was a nurse.
Mm-hmm.
So, yeah, and when I'm looking for managers, and I'm like, how do I explain to them my career?
It just doesn't make them like, I'm a creator for the Oscars, but I also speak for Forbes, but like, my views, like, they come and go, you know what I'm saying?
Then there was the meet and greet.
And it's also one of those things where you're an artist who fell into making content.
Yes.
And that tends to happen with a lot of the people I've had on my show, too, who are like, they are artists who just,
happen to go viral.
Yeah.
And then it's like, and then it's just that never-ending balance of like, no, I am a
creator, but I've also been doing this longer.
Like it's, they're just kind of working.
They sometimes work at odds, which is annoying.
Yeah, no, because like people, they're, they're just now trying to respect the content
creators, but.
For real.
And even that's barely.
They're like, wait, what are you?
They always just want to know how we get money.
I'm like, which is the least interesting thing I think about what it is we do.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
The money is interesting.
but like it's it's the shit we get to do that fascinates me.
I'm like damn,
you guys really want me in there, huh?
All right.
I can get money anywhere.
I can get money.
I go to McDonald's,
get some money right now.
Sometimes I think to myself,
I'm like,
I,
you guys want me there all right.
I mean,
I'll go.
Right.
The pop out and I,
and then like,
okay,
so I,
sometimes I feel bad because I'm like,
okay,
it's kind of imposter syndrome,
but don't worry about that in it.
But like,
because there's other,
creators, I'm like, they would probably be better for this.
That is your imposter
syndrome. I can tell you that confidently. Oh, yeah.
That's what that is for you. And I sit in that.
I sit in that. Okay. But you are
doing, you've been doing stand-up for a while.
And is
Santa up what you've always wanted to do, or do you want to do
acting or porcunelos dos? Do you just want to do both?
Porque.
Dose. Yeah, dose. Yeah.
Poor for four.
Yeah.
Los Yenta.
I think, and you know, I always tell people, like, one of the first times you and I ever hung out was at that ambulance premiere.
Which was also.
Which was ridiculous and we should not have been there.
They never should have let us in there.
Why was Waleigh following me?
So I was like, Waleigh was a huge fan of grace.
Like, I was like, come on.
It was our first time meeting.
Right.
And you met Jason Lamoa, too.
Oh, my goodness.
Which I loved because you were like, I'm going to take.
a lap and then you came back here a look and you showed me pictures that you took with it.
What?
How long were you gone for?
I thought you were only gone for a couple minutes.
That's all it takes on me.
For Grace.
Yeah.
That's what I, but that's what I love about you.
You are like, Grace is one of the most fearless people I've ever met for many reasons.
One of them being like, you truly will walk a party by your fucking self.
You don't care at all.
Oh, yeah.
I admire you because I am a fucking bitch when it comes to stuff like that.
I tell my team all the time, I'm like, can I at least bring two people?
Yeah.
And they're like, no.
Can I bring one?
Yeah.
Okay.
Last answer, three.
And they're always like, no, you have to go alone.
I'm like, fuck.
I'm not going to go then.
Alone.
But Grace doesn't just go alone.
Grace makes friends.
Like all the famous people in the world want to be friends with Grace.
You remind me a lot of Teffi.
Teffi's the same way.
Oh my gosh.
Yes.
She knows how to work a fucking room.
That's you too.
She's modern-day Marilyn Monroe.
Oh, we're a fine sell. Tiff, you seeing this?
Call me.
Oh, my goodness.
And you know what?
Having Tuffy as a friend, like, all my guy friends are like,
Gris, please.
Give me one chance.
I'm like, I don't know.
I don't know.
I know.
I know me.
Me being so judgmental as soon as men talk to me about it.
Why?
What do you need?
You need something from her.
Are you okay?
Well, don't.
Yeah.
Back off.
She would hate you.
She would not intellectual enough.
She would say.
baby homosexual.
Hey.
Wait, back to your stand-up really quick.
I'd love to know how that's going and how you like it.
Because I'm a big scaredy cat of stand-up.
And you know this.
I think I've told you.
I've been trying to work up to it, but I'm a big scared-a-cat.
You'd be a great,
like, not heckler, but like, crowdwork.
Crowdwork.
I think I'd be good at crowdwork, too.
But I also, like, I love stand-up so much that I want it to be, like,
98% material.
And then crowdwork, yes.
Yeah, maybe.
Yeah, you'd be amazing at crowdwork.
Thank you.
And like on social media, like, that's how most comedians are doing their shit now.
Yeah, I've seen, I've had a few comics.
Matt Rive.
Oh, girl.
Back to back to back to back.
Yeah.
Have y'all ever heard him actually do a set?
I don't know.
As you're the question.
You ever heard a joke or no, just mostly making fun of the audience.
Okay.
Okay, cool.
It's like Druski on stage.
Sensation.
Yeah, it's already been done before, actually.
which is even by an actual black man.
Hell.
He wishes.
Anyways, back to stand-up.
I'd love to know how that's going for how you like it.
Yeah, I mean, I like it, but like, same thing.
Like being a content creator, they don't respect you as much as like a stand-up.
And it's weird because like people like come up to me and like I bring a lot of people to the audience.
Yeah, totally.
But then they're like, who are you?
And I'm like, well, if I make you.
your life.
Isn't that what the job is?
Like at the end of the day.
You're getting it done.
Yeah.
We're getting done.
But my last show was at the comedy store, which is like love.
The most legit place if you have in LA, Los Angeles, come out to the comedy store.
It's like the like number one comedy club in L.A.
So I was super happy to do that.
And how to go?
It was good.
I was definitely nervous.
I was stressed out.
It was like the week after the wildfires.
Yeah.
So it's a little harder.
Girl, I couldn't think.
But people were like, you're so hard on yourself.
I'm like, yeah.
You are so hard on yourself.
That is true.
I know that's true.
Because you critique yourself far more than you compliment yourself.
Yeah.
But you're also an artist and that's what artists do.
Yeah.
Right.
Where do you pull most of your material from, do you think?
Definitely life.
I mean, people like, men see my fro and they don't know how to act.
legitimately like it's crazy like you start short-circuiting they're like look at you
I want you to be my activist queen I'm like no you know that like you know that Dr. Umar audio that's like
at ease my queen beautiful chocolate melanin goddess what do you mean you want to eat up the prince
what you do they automatically they turn into Dr. Umar when they see you
a hundred percent they do and then I'll be I'll be like
okay, this is what you see right now,
but best believe I'm going to throw on that 30-inch blonde wig.
And they're like, oh, girl, what do you mean?
Well, why would you do that to your beautiful African?
Your beautiful African, I'm like, you said, don't piss me all.
Come down.
Enough.
Enough.
Okay.
You got two for the price of one.
You should be happy.
Math is in math.
Yeah, no.
They never know how to act.
do they?
They think they know better
and then they never know how to act.
When it comes to stand-up,
speaking of men,
do you ever get critiques from men?
Unsolicited advice from other comics?
Or even the audience.
I've heard that too.
Like some of female comics that have been on,
they're like, literally audience members
will come up to me and try to give me notes.
Yeah.
And I'm like, bro, what are you talking about?
Like, I'm open to critiques, but like.
Not from a audience member.
I'm like, you don't even know anything about the crap.
You don't know anything.
So why are you coming up to me telling me I shouldn't be saying something?
Yeah.
Jesus Christ.
Hang up.
Yeah.
Make it.
Yeah.
Anxiety.
Stop.
Anxiety.
I say that like before I go to bed.
You say anxiety, stop.
Anxiety stop.
That's what mine sounds like too.
just sirens going off like crazy.
Just no rhyme or reason.
Okay, we were talking about notes, unsolicited notes on your sets.
Yes.
Anxiety stuff.
That's very true.
Can't stop it.
Yeah, I had one girl, Mary Beth Barone when she was on my show.
She said that some guy followed her out of the club and was like giving her notes on her tags.
Oh.
And then he said, you should be writing this down.
And then she said, why would I do that?
I thought this was for you
I thought she's sending me stuff
She said what if you don't get you?
She's like getting in a car
She's like oh I'm not doing that
Do you?
Are you lost?
What's the silliest piece of advice you've gotten?
The silliest
This guy came up to me
And he was like
You shouldn't say you know what I mean
Because they don't know what you mean
Damn
You said
Well that's
Okay.
A semantic Sammy is what I call him.
Semantic Sammy.
What?
Because some people, I don't want to name names,
don't know what you mean.
And it's him.
Because I was like, yeah, I came up in the club looking cute.
You know what I mean?
We don't know what you mean.
Hey, buddy.
It's just a figure of speech.
Hello.
So the crowd doesn't know, like if you say, you know,
and they think they're helping.
What do you typically say when you get...
Oh, I'm so sweet.
So passive, so sweet.
Oh, grace.
You say, thank you.
I didn't think about that.
Oh.
You turn into an anime girl?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Gosh.
You're like, you're right.
I'd never see them again.
That's crazy.
Yeah, that's really all you can do, huh?
I had a Paige Gallagher on, and she told me that a guy went before her and completely bombed.
Like, didn't get one laugh.
Then she went on killed.
And then the rest of the comics went.
And then she said at the end, the first guy came back and told her, hey, I have a bunch of notes for you.
How you could do better.
And she goes, well, I mean, the goal was to make people laugh, right?
So, like, I did that.
Right. Yeah.
It's like, they think they're in a whole other tier.
Yeah.
But it's like we are actually in a whole other too.
They literally, men do not think women are funny.
And even if you were to remove some sort of bigotry or prejudice, they don't think
online people are funny.
Like they think they can't be funny because they were online.
They've never actually watched your shit.
They've never actually like seen you as a comic, like or even a human.
They see you as some, they see us as like Charlie DeMilio.
They think we're like, you have only fans?
No, I don't have.
Yeah.
Just because I have a woman on the internet doesn't mean I have an only fan.
Yeah.
How I succeed.
That's so real because even when I was trying to move like two years ago with Billy, we were like touring homes and then I would tell them like, oh, I work online.
Like, and I didn't want to tell them exactly what I did because it's like privacy for whatever reason.
Because they're older though, they're like, oh.
Like they think it's sex work, which like even if it was who gives a fuck, I have.
Do you want the money or not or not?
It's what I always say.
Like, you want to.
Yeah.
But then, like, then I started just telling people
outright what I did because I was like,
I need you to understand so that you don't get too judgmental before you approve
question.
Yeah.
You need respect.
Yeah.
Like, it's, and even when you're amongst, and I'm sure you've noticed, too, because
we go to a lot of the same things.
Like, sometimes when you meet traditional celebrities, they either love you or they think
they're so offended that they have to share space with you.
Oh, my goodness.
There's no in between.
They either, like, love online celebrities.
people, they're like, oh my God, I've seen your stuff.
Or they are like, I can't believe I have to fucking sit at a table with this person.
Which is crazy.
I'd be thinking about that.
I'm like, dang, you really pent up.
Man, you're so mad.
I'm here.
Like, because it's like they had to fit into this little box in order to become a celebrity, mysterious.
Exactly.
Quiet, private.
And I'm over here, who called up for who?
At the after party.
Being silly, got you in the room.
There you go.
Hello.
Sorry.
goodness.
Yeah, I think that's why, too, I've always been like, I'll never turn my back on the internet.
Like, even if I move into other forms of entertainment, like you are too, I would never be like, yeah, fuck the internet.
I mean, not for those reasons.
For other reasons, maybe.
But for, like, the reasons of, like, being ashamed of coming from the internet, I was like, I don't give a fuck.
I'm not, yeah.
It gave me everything I have now.
I am grateful to the internet.
Extremely grateful.
And even, like, you said you were a nurse, which we talked about on the very first episode, that was eons.
ago.
You were different.
I like was signing the form today.
I said 2024.
No, 2025.
Oh my God.
I know it's been a million years since we felt.
I don't know what happens.
Yeah.
And I think even with like when we talked about it even then, I feel like it truly has shifted completely in my head, like how much more respect I have for people who have been able to transcend the internet.
So like, that's why I love people like Quinta.
Brunson or like Issa, who came from the internet and have transcended and still love the internet.
And we're, and we look up to them.
I know.
Because they got to put us on Abbott Elementary.
Oh my.
Can you or mad?
That would be so great.
You and DM her.
Let me go ahead, DM her.
No, this is my year of DMing.
That's actually so real.
Everybody.
I love that.
I DM a cast and director.
I say, hey, put me on.
Here's my real.
Here's the password.
How have auditions been going for you?
I've only done a few.
It's so hard.
It's so hard.
After the actor strike.
Yeah, especially.
I feel like self-tapes to make me feel like I want to die.
And I wish that wasn't the case.
And there's like skills to it.
And I'm like, do I have to lure?
Yeah, because you're taking acting classes and stuff.
I know you have been.
You've told me.
Girl, every noise in the fucking world.
Next is going to be bears.
I know.
It's going to sound like a Bugs Bunny fighter.
out there soon.
Lions?
You got to ask me about
my love life.
And trust me, I will, Grace.
We talked about it in the first one, too.
I remember it.
Me not knowing what I'm going to say,
you have to ask me about it.
Genuine.
What were we talking about?
Reels.
Oh, no, acting classes.
That's where we were.
You're taking them.
I would love to know your thoughts on them.
Because I'm going to start doing it this year.
Yes.
Okay, I'm going to refer you.
Because it's hard to
find good ones.
They like to take your money.
And you learn nothing.
Like for like three years.
I said, wait a minute.
Oh my God.
There was one school I went to.
I almost punched them.
One school.
I went to.
And like one of the classes, the scene was like there was a doctor and a patient and
the patient was having cramps.
Okay.
And the teacher was like, you're not supposed to.
to show that you're in pain.
That was my last class.
Hey, I heard all I needed to hear.
I was like, a man is not going to tell me
how I conduct myself.
If I'm on my cycle, oh my goodness,
you will not hear the end of V.
I'm shouting.
And it's like, and so that's kind of how it starts,
like how those celebrities tune themselves
in order to be in this box.
And then I come out saying,
I'm screaming, I'm willing, I'm,
listen on the be, ho.
I talked to Leo Gonzalez about this too
because we're both
neither of us have ever taken an acting class
but we're going to
and we joked about it on the
pod too but I was like I know I'm going to this year
so I need to that's on my list
Moana
Yeah
Wakanda forever
Right
Disney princesses
Disney princesses to some extent
Dude
I can I say
I did
I made a video
talking shit, but in jest, in sillies.
Saying how like every someone person I know, which is about 50 of us total, all of whom I know personally, went and an auditioned for the live action one.
Like they got reads for it and stuff.
And then I follow all of them.
So I saw all of them.
And I said, that's so funny.
Because I haven't gotten anything.
Hey guys.
Hey guys.
Quick question.
And so I made like a silly joke about it on TikTok.
and like it did well whatever on TikTok.
But then,
um,
deadline wrote an article that,
that quoted me.
And they said,
I'll play Moana's dad,
if that's what it takes,
says Drew off Wallo in pitch for Moana live action movie.
Hey,
that sucks.
Why would you quote that?
I said a lot of other funny things.
Why did you vote that one?
Yeah.
And then I did actually get a read.
Period.
As an extra.
And like,
I'm saying this now because I'm pretty confident.
I did.
didn't get it.
Um, no, right.
When the time passes.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, because they're filming it currently.
Um, so.
Yeah.
Oh.
It's not the same with the children of blood and bone.
I said, oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Well, I guess I have a couple calls to make.
So like when I did the read, it was for like three background people.
And it was like coconut farmer, angry coconut farmer.
Yes.
Fisherman number three.
Yeah.
And I was vying for fishermen.
Yes.
Because he had the most lines.
And yes, I said he, because all three of them were written for men, and they said, we don't have any more female parts.
Do you care about reading for these?
I said, not at all.
I'll do them all.
It's all the same at the end of the day.
If I turn around, topless, I look like the rock from the back.
You can't tell the difference between me and Maui.
Away, oh way.
So I did the reads, and I sent them all in and like, never heard back.
But the funny part is I was talking to someone else about it at like an AAPI event, like last May.
And I was like, oh yeah, I did a couple weeks for this.
And then he goes, oh my God, yeah, they started filming.
That's true.
And then I go, they did.
And I was telling my sister later, I was like, well, it's really heartbreaking to hear.
No, that's totally great.
I'll be right back if you'll excuse me.
I was like, hopefully I got it.
They already started filming.
They already started filming.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Like, it's such an interesting industry because it's like, it's not even rejection at that.
Like, there's no expectations.
It's ghosting, really.
You just get ghosted, which is, hey.
You know what?
Hey.
And then, like, it's so out of your hands, bro.
I know.
And that's honestly, I think what's made me feel better about it, like talking to other people
who have done reads like you, other of my friends who are also auditioning.
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.
So she was saying, so, Bill, I've seen, I've been in rooms because she's, like,
worked as, like, a writer and stuff for a long time.
She's like, I've been in rooms where, like, showrunners will watch, like, self-tapes.
The first five seconds, they're like, no.
Because it's just not who they pictured.
And that's what, that honestly makes me feel better.
Right.
Because it's so subjective.
It's not really, like, a skill issue.
It's more of a, like, yeah, I wasn't picturing you.
Which I'm sure sometimes it is a skill issue, but that's what I'm going to tell myself.
Yeah.
But sometimes you.
you can tell, like the actors, they'd be so curated.
I'm like, yeah, exactly.
Y'all pick the most cartoon.
I know, and I feel bored.
Like, I think about things like Bridgeton, right?
And I think about part of the draw to something like Bridgeton is the fact, which, by the way, I think grace would kill it in a Bridgeton.
Oh, stupid.
I think you would kill it because you're so good at accents too, but also.
I just think you would absolutely murder in that kind of role.
Shonda rhymes if you're watching this.
Jonda, please.
even something like Bridgeton has a lot of draw
because the characters don't look like
what they typically look like
like Hamilton.
They don't look like what they typically look like
in my head when I read books or shit like that
I'm picturing me.
Period.
I don't give a fuck how pale they say that bitch is.
Hello.
Or how tiny and small I'm picturing me.
Because it's so empowering too.
Right.
Because those stories they create
always have this white lady that's saving everybody.
I say, well, sis,
When.
Hey, since when?
The, like, tiniest white girls always saving ever.
And I say, you know what?
Y'all can have it.
Y'all got the systemic power right now.
Y'all have it.
If I was in systemic power, but it would make more sense if a black woman is saving.
And that's what they...
I agree.
Like, think of, like, a quiet place, the most recent one they made,
Lupita and Yongo had cancer.
And she saved everybody.
Yeah.
Yeah, they're going to do it.
She had no pain medicine.
Right.
I said,
P.
Hollywood.
Right, for real.
That's what I, and that's why I think creators moving over into that world in a way where
they're like, you and I are, we're like, that's what we really want to do.
We just fell into contact creation, which is fine.
But that's what we're, where we're headed.
That's what we would like to be.
That's why I think the internet is so important because otherwise, like, we would never get seen.
They would never pick us.
Like if we didn't force people to look at us, they would never look at us.
You're going to look at me.
I'm so talented and I'm charming.
Which is half the battle.
Bro.
It's literally charming people.
Literally talking to join the stallion.
Yes.
And I was telling him, I was like, people talk about like talent and like money.
Charm?
Worth its win and gold.
Make me sweat.
Make me harder.
It's true.
It's so powerful.
It is so powerful.
That's why I said you're just like Tevi.
That's why you remind me of Tevi.
Like that's half the fucking battle is literally getting people to like you.
And like, and you know this too.
Sometimes when people are considering you for things, they're like, oh, can we all hop on a call?
And I've told my family before, like, that's literally just to see if I'm an asshole.
Yeah.
Like they just want to meet me and make sure I don't fucking suck.
And then they're like, yeah, yeah, yeah, okay.
Yeah.
Because the calls are five minutes and pointless.
Right.
But it's just so I can get on there and be like.
What's good y'all?
Yeah.
I just like,
y'all want to see my puppy?
I get on there, is this thing on?
I start doing a type five.
And then they're like,
yeah,
I love her.
Yeah.
I've said that too because recently I've been doing a lot of hosting gigs.
And I feel like because I,
my hosting gigs go on TikTok and reels or whatever,
sometimes I'll get like feedback on how I can host better.
Right, right, right.
You need that.
Yeah, I do.
I always ask someone who has no idea what they're doing.
how to do my job better.
I always do that.
That's the first thing I do.
That's what you need.
I need to learn to take criticism.
And I was telling people that when they hire us to do stuff like that, go to things or whatever,
it's literally not to just stand there and be a prop.
Like they want you to be.
Personality hires.
Yeah.
So they're like, no, we want to show your personality.
I want that to be evident.
And I've told people like, I can charm the pants off anybody.
And that you can too.
Real recognized real.
I just remember too when you posted with Cynthia Rebo and Ariana Grande.
Oh my gosh.
Grace, you piss me off, dude.
The fact that she always does, she's like with anybody.
Doesn't matter how anybody.
Okay, so this is what happened, right?
Yeah, please tell me about that.
So we were in London for the Wicked premiere.
Yes.
And they were like teasing at like maybe they would.
come. And since I know like the
TikTok team, I know what they're on.
Right. Right. Right. I said, they're coming.
We are coming. No doubt.
So, um, I, they, but
we didn't know when they were going to come. So they like,
took us all from the hotel we were staying out, which was a five-star hotel
to like a, like, a, like, hotel that looks like a castle.
Wait, I know the hotel you're saying it. You filmed with Markell.
That's where you filmed your wig video. Okay. I stayed in that hotel,
too. It's fucking nice. It's so nice. I've stayed in that same
girl this man knocked out my door and talking about what you do tonight he said you and a little
something else probably a little extra too it was when markell was in the room
i was literally in a robe i was like i'm assuming with my friend i said he probably think i do
only fans with markelle all right chan we love markelle we fucking love you we love you
Okay, so finish you're telling me about
Yeah, so we got to the castle basically, Castle Hotel
and we were making our TikToks, running around.
There was a little step and repeat that said Wicked on it.
And then all of a sudden they come out from around the corner.
Everybody's screaming, everybody got their phones out.
My phone is in my bag, because I decided I wanted to be off my phone.
So I'm over here struggling, opening my bat.
I'm like screaming.
The team is like, the TikTok team is recording us.
And I'm like in the videos like trying to open my bag.
Everyone's recording that.
Anyway, so we all line up and they're like, you have like 10 seconds to shoot with them.
I said 10 seconds.
I say, I know what I'm going to do.
That's even more time than I need.
That's seven seconds too long.
So it's my time.
I get up to them.
I'm like, hey guys, it's so nice to meet you.
Cynthia, I love you.
Ariana, I love you.
We're going to do like a video where we pose like masculine and then we're going to end feminine.
And Cynthia was like, all, absolutely.
And Ariel was like, what?
They're not knowing at all what you're talking about.
I was like, Ariel, please, we got this, we got this, we got this.
And so in the video, you can tell Ariana was still trying to get the vibe.
She was not to follow your lead.
I'm trying to get the vibe.
And I could have explained it better possibly.
But we got 10 seconds.
Yeah.
And when they say 10 seconds, they mean fucking 10 seconds.
Like literally.
I talked to only Cynthia at the L.A.
Wicked Premier for like hosting stuff.
But they said one question.
One question.
Okay.
Only one question.
I was like, yeah, I heard you the first time.
When I went to the Globes, dude, I was standing on the others.
They'll literally.
shoot me dead if I go on the other side of that shrub.
Like the shrub that's in all the videos, like, they will kill me.
So I was standing on the other side of it before carpet opened because I was like,
you know, there's no room anywhere and I'm really close to everyone.
So I was standing on the other side and then she, this girl starts walking past me.
She comes back.
She goes, are you press?
And I go, yes, I am.
I'm within style.
She goes, behind the shrub.
I was like, oh, okay, no, I know.
I was just standing over here because it's kind of crowded.
So I was waiting until carpet opens.
well it's 2.30 and carpet opened it too.
Behind the fucking shrub.
Right?
And then I go, all right.
And I go, so behind the shrub, not one laugh.
She could not.
If she could have killed me with her eyes, she would have.
And I said, oh, okay.
Well, yeah, I'll go ahead and get behind that shrub girl.
Thank you, sweetie.
Thank you.
Needed that.
Needed that.
That's the best, though.
I love, I did that yesterday at the airport.
They're like, you need to talk to that agent.
I say that agent.
that's why I said Grace
You're so me, dude
Because she started it
Like, no
So deeply unsurious
Like it's so
Grace is so deeply insurious
But about so many things
Which is one of the things I love most about you
Other than how fucking hilarious you are
But my sister literally texted me and said
Please bring up the video that you filmed with Markell
Where your wig flew off
Oh yeah
I was just going to say.
And I was like,
Marquelle,
he was so quick to want to post it.
I said, wait, let me.
He's get my makeup on.
So we refil,
that was actually like refilm number like three or four.
Yeah, at that point.
The way Markell falls back and hits the bed and bounces right off.
And he did that every single time.
He's so energetic.
He's got so much energy.
And he must be an Olympic gymnast or something.
He has to be.
In another life, he could be.
Yes.
In this life, he could be.
When I had him on, he was all over the place.
He was telling me, he's like, oh, girl, I'm going to Taylor Swift tomorrow with Charlie.
And I go, really?
He goes, yeah, he goes, I don't know much about that white girl, but I'm going to have fun.
Yeah.
I was like, I don't think what I'm going to want me.
Literally, everybody loves, like, he is, when you talk about Charmer, he is like.
Mark Hill's the one.
Number one.
I remember when we were at the premiere, and they were, like, pushing everything.
everyone away like the lady that was like,
this is only for this area.
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 and he got it.
He just gets that
like he always gets it. No fear.
No, not at all. He ends up to these people.
Yeah, I saw him at In the Mix, TikTok in the mix
in Arizona. Oh yeah. Yeah, I saw him backstage
after I finished working.
He was like, oh, girl, I'm here because I know Cardi's coming here.
And I go, yeah, they were telling me no one's really going up to her or they're not allowed to.
And he goes, oh, I know, but I just hang out.
Yeah.
I was like, any better.
So, jokes on me.
So cool.
I wish.
That's why I feel when I see yourself too.
I'm like, Grace, what are you?
Grace, get down from there.
Grace.
Get down from there.
I have to remember.
I wanted to remember to bring this up.
one time Grace texts me out of the blue just a picture of her smiling with a chip tooth.
No context.
Like none at all.
And I said, Grace, what is this mean?
You didn't pick up your FaceTime.
Oh, that's right.
You shouldn't face it on me.
So you should have picked it up.
And then I said, Grace, what does this mean?
And I said, are you okay?
And then you didn't text me back for hours.
And then when you did, you're like, oh, yeah, no big deal.
Grace, what the fuck are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
Doesn't it make life more.
Does it make life more
Every time you text me
I know it's going to be
Incine, whatever I mean
Or it's going to be a picture of you
With someone, I'm like
What are you doing with that person?
Get out from there
That was the day of the Hunger Games premiere
You chipped your tooth at the Hunger Games premiere?
The night before the carpet
How?
On a chicken wang
Really?
Yeah.
Damn.
Patrick Monholm's wife probably would have guessed that.
Fried chicken.
Fried chicken, chicken.
Chicken fried steak.
Um, no, tacos.
Both wrong answers, by the way.
That's your husband.
That's my man.
My man, my man, my man.
My man.
My man.
So you chipped your tooth on the chicken meat.
How that just eaten too, just got to.
to it or just enjoying myself.
At this point, I should probably get it done well.
I don't know.
But yeah, I was like, this is the night I'm going to meet Viola Davis and everyone compares
me to Viola Davis.
Why make it good?
I'm going to chip my tooth.
It was such a hectic.
Every day is, every day is a winding route.
Like, I'm legit.
That's why I said you're, you are so.
fantastical in so many ways.
That's like the only word I can think to describe you.
Because it's not like awful, but it is insane.
Like you know what I'm saying?
It's crazy and unpredictable.
But it's not bad.
It's just a lot.
It's just a lot.
Yeah, that's what I said.
It's literally a lot.
That's why I'm always like, are you okay?
I feel like I texted Grace.
That's so many times.
Are you okay?
She's like, yeah, why wouldn't I be?
Yeah, why wouldn't?
Of course.
I mean, shit my tooth, but like,
But other than that, I'm chilling.
I can breathe better now.
Right?
With one less tooth.
No, yeah, yeah, yeah.
A lot more air in there.
You said mouth breathing's never been easier.
Look, okay.
Women in STEM.
When it comes to acting, what would you say is like a dream, like show, role, anything like that?
Wakanda forever.
What's happening?
What's happening to me?
Hello, Drew.
It is me again.
No, I would, I know I would eat that up.
And I got the physique for it.
Right.
Anything Marvel.
Because Grace is jacked.
You're jacked, bro.
And I mean that very literally.
I started jujitsu with Vinny Hacker.
I saw that.
That's, see what I mean?
That's the shit I'm talking about.
I'm like, what do you mean you're doing jujitsu with Vinny Hacker?
What are you talking about?
He posed on a story looking for a studio.
And then there's this guy that owns a studio.
he's in love with me so I was like oh you can get a
so I said hey I got a guy for you and then you went to
he's legit he trained Chadwick Bowman
like he's legit yeah
so how is jujitsu with viny hacker
is it fun first class he came back
he came to me he said we gotta do a tournament
I said wait
what are you duos
the two of you should do WWE
he would kill at it
I mean he did boxing now he's he's
doing jiu-jitsu but i'm like so the day after i had to leave to go speak at harvard yeah random fun
which we will talk about yes please gone but ever since he's been posting that he's been there
ever since i'm like dude come on like i'm not gonna work it's been a week and you're already like
a blue belt or whatever next belt is i don't even know i just you're not going to continue in your
jujitsu journey? I want to, but like, I like to do things like hand in hand. Like, he ran.
He sprits it ahead without me. He ran. I'm walking. That's fucked up.
You should start doing something about him. Right. You should go and watch the anime.
He loves anime. He loves anime as you said. Well, like, I'm like, I mean, that's a guy that would love anime, to be honest. Right. To me. He seems like he does.
Very, very chill, but very, like, nerdy.
That's why it's like, oh, well, I did jujitsu with Vinnie Hacker the other day.
Right.
Right.
And you know what's funny is when I brought up WWE, I realized that one time Grace
texted me and said, do you want to go to WWE Raw with me?
I was like, Grace, it's a Thursday.
I forgot.
And then I remember I didn't respond yet.
And then the next thing you go, never mind.
Yeah.
And I said, oh.
Because I'm not going to let you.
I didn't think it was a never mind.
The way you wrote it made it sound like you just decided not to go anymore.
You said, if you were thinking of going with me, forget it.
I think it passed already.
Yeah.
Why do you have tickets to WWE Raw?
Like, why do you have those?
I don't have the tickets.
I just saw that this dude was going viral and he's Samoa and I think.
Oh, Roman Raines.
Yes.
Yeah, everybody loves him.
Roman Raines looks.
Fun.
I would say Roman, when people say that Billy looks like Jason Mamoa, I don't get that really, but he does look like Roman Rains.
They do look a lot of like him and Roman Rains.
Way more than Jason Mamo, I would say.
But like, yeah, Roman Rane, yeah.
Oh, my goodness.
I would love to see you with Roman Rains.
I know he's married, but that would be great if you were.
Don't worry, I got some.
Get to your next questions.
Yeah, I was going to say, actually, say to my next question, which is, how's the love life?
We did talk about that in the last episode, too.
Oh, my gosh.
I don't know where to start.
What do I do?
Like, good or bad?
Is it good?
Bad, mid?
I've, like, kind of, like, sworn off men.
Right.
Because I'm valuing myself more.
Which is a good thing.
This is a good thing.
Yeah.
We're saying it through tears, but we're happy about it.
I'm like, forget.
I love myself.
You little things.
No, I, yeah, so I value myself more.
So I just.
That's just, I don't really have options.
But I did put a Samoa man at a party the other day.
Wait a second.
Now I need to hear all about it.
Whatever you can tell me.
And you could tell me the real stuff offline, but you can tell me whatever.
Girl, I got him videos.
Yeah, I got to see those for sure.
Oh my gosh, he is so fun.
He's like, he's like 6'3.
Yeah.
He got a nice drawline.
You got like curly hair
Long hair?
Wolfcutte.
I love wolf cuts on dudes.
I think they look great.
I think they look great too.
I'm an advocate of especially minority dudes
long hair.
Please.
I love it.
White guys?
You guys are okay.
It could be 50-50.
It's either thick and luscious makes you look like
somewhat spicy ethnic.
Oh yeah.
Like Vikings or whatever.
Or the other side is stringy and greasy.
What's happening?
Cut it off.
Yeah.
Please.
But make it better sure.
Minority men always look better.
I think it's just, it's a look for everyone.
Oh, majestic.
What's that horse that everyone's like, hear be out?
Spirit.
Yeah.
Yeah, it's giving spirit.
Yeah.
I love that, though.
Okay.
Actually, no, the story is actually, it's hilarious.
So it was a party, one of those parties that's like, they like invite everybody.
Yeah.
But then they like, come.
cut it off, but they only let like VIPs through.
And I'm like, bro, why would y'all oversell a party?
Yeah.
Anyway, so we get to the party.
It's bare because they keep not letting people in.
But I see him from a distance and I'm like, oh my gosh, I know him.
And so I go up to him and I'm like, bro, you remember me?
And I believe you.
I believe that's exactly what you said to him.
And he was like, you know how hot guys thought?
like they've never
it's all noises
all noises and good posture
right yeah
yeah I think so
and then here
these things
oh there it goes
yeah that's why I'm not a hot guy
right here we get
we get stuck I'll be like
oh give me a second
he was like no I'm not sure
but I'm like
you're gonna be
feel stupid when I show you
this is our mutual friend
that I'm in introducing
us and I showed him a picture and he was like, wait, I think you're talking about another,
another, um, guy that looks like me. And I said, oh, I'm sorry. And then this old white dude
comes up and he's like, okay, guys, if we're talking about whose hair is better, it's definitely
her hair. And I was like, no, no, actually I was, he's like, no, you are beautiful black queen,
okay? So you do not let anybody tell you anything different. And he turns to him, he's, he's,
like you need to worship the ground she stands on okay okay okay she tells you to tap dance
you're gonna tap dance if she tells you this you do that you guys are the future okay
what the fuck you guys are the future okay white people have been in charge for so long you guys
though I look into your eyes and I see the future oh god and I'm over here like and then you're
like this he looks at you and you're going I did actually at one point I actually did not at one point
And the dude was just like so intently listened to him
Even though it was like a lot of it was like
Come on dude
Yeah hey all right enough
He was like listening to him and he was being like
Intentally I say
Hold on who is this man and where can I
Follow you like was good
And so he leaves and then we just stopped bantering
You united against a common enemy
We did
Those are the best though
That's true that is true
to me cute.
Anime turn lovers in five minutes.
You're like, I'm going to laugh you right out of those pants.
Yay.
But yeah.
Well, I'm really happy for you.
I'm happy for me too.
And if it's a someone, dude, most likely I know who it is.
So, like, I can't wait for you to give me more details after the five.
You're going to scream.
I hope so in a good way, hopefully.
I'll be by your family.
Imagine you show me and then I go, like in a horrifying thing.
Oh, my God.
He taught me.
Um, he, he,
what, something someone?
Wow!
Oh, the, uh, a faumu, that's what it's called.
Yeah, I'm not doing it right.
I kept not doing it.
He sounded like toad, but it's close.
Wait, how is it?
Sorry.
It's, it's a chi-hoo.
Chi-hoo, yeah, yeah.
I can't do it on here.
I'll literally hurt our sound, sound people on the accident.
But, yeah, it's a fa-umu.
If you say that to him, it'll impress him.
Yeah.
Yeah. I'll teach you lots of words that it can impress him.
You know what's funny is, do you remember when that audio was trending where it was like,
do you have your passport? Did you get your shots? And they're like, me when I go to Ireland or
whatever to men. Someone made one that said, me when I go to Samoa to look for people who look
like Jason Mamoa or Drew's boyfriend at the time, which we were obviously not engaged at the time,
me feeling they need to correct it. But I said,
I commented on it because it was funny, but I commented on it and I said,
Jason Momo is Hawaiian, so you will not find him there.
I can promise you that.
And I said, Ed, too, you don't need to go to San Juan.
I just go to Long Beach, California, go to Oceanside.
A whole bunch over there.
Go to, you go to Utah?
Hell yeah.
Okay.
There's so many in Long Beach, Carson, like Compton.
There's lots of Samoa.
Road trip.
Yeah, go on over there.
It's a little much shorter trip than going to Samoa.
Okay.
Okay.
I'm so happy for you
I'm happy for me to
girl let me see your ring
I'm happy for you
oh
ring finger what a rocket
oh my gosh
it's so pretty
thank you
I know when I
whenever my friends come
and they see me in person
and they can see it in person
they're like
oh wow it looks even prettier in person
which I'm like
and period
that's what it's for
and that's what I'm manifesting that
for your Samoan man
If I could marry everyone into my family, I would.
Everyone I love, I would.
I've been planning that for Teffi for years.
I was like, if I can marry you into my family, I will.
I'm going to try my hardest.
Low key.
That's what I'm saying.
Teffi with a Samoa man, and I'm saying.
That's what I'm saying.
I feel like someone people are so complimentary to anybody.
They are because they look good with anybody.
The genetics.
Yeah.
The skin.
athletic and the hair
the hair and you like athletes like me
you like big dudes
like tall oh my gosh the like
the big dog trend
she don't want no puppy she but
I wouldn't go to sleep
I wouldn't go to sleep I said there's big dogs
I know I was talking to Monet
exchange about it on her podcast
we were talking about because she was doing
one of those things where she tells me like Disney
princes and then I like pick one
and then it goes against another one
whatever it was like
Hercules and like I don't even know the dude from Little Mermaid Eric right and then I was like
Okay hercules because I like a big dude I like big tities oh my goodness yeah I need I need some meat up here you know I mean yeah big big big
I was like explaining this to my fiance the other day because I was telling him there's a video I have that's like one of the most popular ones I've ever made and it's about him it's just pictures and videos of him
but the first clip is the most most popular one which is like just a
clip of him running really fast on like a treadmill topless right tits out and everything
slut tit's out yeah I get your nipples and I was telling him the bitches eat that clip up
like I was telling him about it and he goes yeah why is it just because my shirts off and I was like
you don't know anything you don't know anything you're a dumb ass you don't know anything
I don't know happening I was like I don't know how to explain it I was like you're just like
capable I don't not explain it right so like you could
Party.
Yeah, like you could put me over your shoulder, carry me out in a case of a fire.
There's this app going viral right now.
It's called Protector, and it's like all security guards.
Oh, in a good way?
Yeah.
Sounds kind of horrifying.
Men of a common goal scares me.
They're like, they're like security guards for hire.
Oh, okay.
That's kind of smart.
Yeah, it is.
That's really smart.
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.
When they write like they put like the hand emojis and then they're like, don't worry.
Big mama's got this.
Don't worry.
Don't worry, ladies, I got this one.
I'm laughing.
It's so good.
You know what's funny?
This is such a weird loop back to the beginning.
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, she is very sweet.
White.
She's very sweet, though.
And one time she was talking to me and she was like, I can't, I can't believe you're someone.
I didn't know that.
And she goes, I know a bunch of them.
And I go, do you?
Because she's from here.
She's from L.A.
And she, I know where she's from in L.A.
So I'm kind of like, I kind of doubt that.
But like, really?
I was like, oh, are you?
She goes, oh, yeah.
And she goes, I know a bunch of them.
Such like sweet people.
And I go, yeah, yeah.
And she goes, and they make the best security guards.
And I said, oh.
How did you?
Right, right.
I said, well, is it racist if it's always true?
Or is it more of a Pemdos situation?
Like, honestly, I was thinking about that the other day.
Because there's some things that my African dad will do.
Like, just the loud phone calls.
like you can hear him from the parking lot
it's not cute
and I'm like yeah he
African parents is pastors
yeah
that's why I was like
with someone
with someone men
the best mount
always a bouncer in L.A
always a bouncer
the first TikTok party I ever went to
the whole thing's being bounced by
only Samoan dudes I knew two of them
but I didn't want to stuff
I did like, I hosted a gig for Disney with Wanted 2.
The entire band, I knew.
I was related to two of them.
And all of the dancers, I knew.
And two of them played football with my boyfriend or with my man.
Oh, wow.
So I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah.
No, that stereotype's always true, which I, I don't know.
I can't believe that you said, well, never mind.
I can't.
Whatever.
I think that, yeah, I was, I was laughing when I was thinking about security.
Because you said security. I was like, yeah, I mean, Sama one dudes are, they're always bouncer.
My dad was a bouncer for years, just because my uncle, even Billy did bouncing for a tiny bit.
Just big dudes who can fight. So they're like, and y'all look good.
Yeah, and they're charming as hell. And when I went to school in Hawaii, every single club I ever went to was obviously Sama and dudes bouncing.
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,
like, hi, oh my God.
I'd be like, Talaofa, Talaama
Malolay soi Fua. Yeah.
Teach me that.
Oh, I would love to teach you that.
Yes. Okay, so like, well,
we'll just say hi versus Talaofa.
Talaofa.
There you go. That's just high.
And then bye is...
Bye, well, when you say goodbye
and you say like, you say Tofa soifua,
which means like,
Tofa soifua.
Tofa soifua.
Yeah, that means goodbye. I wish you good.
and I wish you good health.
Good health.
Yeah.
So you're like Tofa, so I foo or just the shortened version is fa, which is just by.
Fa, yeah, fa, that's just.
Fah.
Boy, fa.
That's so funny.
And it's also someone's language is all about inflection, too, so they're very, like, their words go up and down.
Yeah, they're up and down, up and down.
So, like, when I say, Tala Lofa, my Loli soi Fua, that means, like, it's good to see.
you in good health. It's good to see you. So you say,
malolay soifua.
Malolay soi foo. There you go. And then when you say it all together, you're like,
malolay soi foo. That's perfect. Look at you.
Look at you nailing it. There's a lot at stake here.
I don't think you. You have no idea. I don't think you understand.
Well, you could say an easy one is I love you, which is alofa atu.
Alofa atu. Alofa atu. Yeah, it's just means I love you. It's a little too soon for that.
too soon.
Yeah.
Keep that in the chamber.
I will.
You could say, um,
ki-oh means shit.
Oh.
Yeah.
Ki-oh.
Ki-oh.
K'o.
Yeah, you go.
K'o.
Shit.
Ufa means fuck.
Which could be like,
fuck.
Like, exclaim,
when you exclaim it.
Ufa.
Ufa!
Yeah.
He cut me off.
Ufa.
Susu-Poki means
suck my
dick.
I want to say that.
Just in case.
Pokey.
Wait.
Pokey bowls.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I know.
It's unfortunate.
How does that?
Poky means dick.
It's like a, it's a colloquial way of saying dick in someone, Poki.
P-O-K-I.
P-O-K-E is the Hawaiian word for like fish.
Oh.
They cut the fish.
Wow.
So.
Poke-A.
It's like when you say, it's so funny because when I was learning someone language in college, my
professor the first year, was obviously a full someone man and he moved
from Samwa and he was teaching.
And he said, like, he didn't know any English when he moved to Hawaii.
So he was, like, learning as he was going to school and stuff.
And pokey and pokey are two different words.
Like, pokey means fish.
Poki means dick.
So he said, like, whenever people would offer him, Poki, he thought they were fucking with him.
Like, he was like, are you, what are you trying to say?
What are you trying to say?
You want some Poked.
So that's a good one for you.
I would say Talaofa.
Talaifa.
And puka means chubby or fat.
Like, it depends on how you use it.
You're trying to think of regular...
Hey, puka.
Pookie.
Yeah.
I hope you're happy.
We've been talking about all kinds of things.
I can't believe I didn't bring up your love interest sooner.
It's over.
I know.
Let me find out you're marrying into my family.
I'd be so excited.
I'll ship myself.
I do want to give you some silly little fun facts about yourself.
Oh.
That we've been...
Are you serious?
Yeah, absolutely.
I'm trying to turn...
I'm trying to take Narnmoor's gig.
I'm trying to...
I'm trying to overrun.
Well, let's see.
True.
Well, obviously we have in here that you were a pediatric nurse, which we already knew.
You were a featured speaker at Harvard Business School, a panel this past month period, smarty pants.
We love that.
People are like, what did you even teach?
I'm like, I taught content creation.
But like, it's like.
You said, just to be yourself.
Yeah.
Just smile and be sunshine and happy.
Me when I did anything before.
I'm like, girl, I don't know what the fuck they asked me.
Oh my gosh.
That was one about, I'd be like, I ain't got no business as what you're going.
She got me up in hell, fuck.
The son says, in 2013, she was voted most humorous at her high school.
Right.
I didn't know people knew me.
Most humorous.
Right.
And I was like, for people to vote, they have to know me.
I was like, how y'all know me?
Like, I thought I was just being like a little.
Gremlin like
running around
just like doing mischief.
Well,
turns out you were.
You were making people
giggle.
I was voted most likely
to want to be stranded
on an island with,
which I felt was racially charged.
Right.
And I said,
we're both going to die
if we get stranded on island
together, you're crazy.
I would go up to the,
um,
to,
how was I going to say
the pastor of the school?
The president.
The president of the school.
I demand a recount.
I demand.
It says,
for your high school,
dancing with the staff night, you did a seated dance performance to thinking about you by Frank Ocean.
Oh.
Hey, why did you do that?
Do you have any comments on that?
You know, and it was a promposal-ish.
Yeah, it was a promposal for one of my friends.
For like, like you were asking someone or they were asking someone?
They were asking someone.
But yeah, that was.
Dancing with the staff night?
Why that night?
And just like everything else in my life.
no rhyme or reason
just kind of happened
just vibes
100%
so now that I think about it
I thought it was a talent show
you said well
I heard there was going to be
attention given to me
so I will be there
wow I remember that
oh wow it's taking me back
no next question please
it was
it was like Timothy Shalameh's
like dance that he did
at the talent show
that's how I feel about it
his was cool though
You're just having war flashbacks to it.
Help, help.
Cut the cameras.
This last one says that your mom is a professor who started a Shea Butter Company.
Yes.
After years of making homemade Shea Better for Grace and her siblings when they were growing up.
Yes.
That's a beautiful thing.
It is.
And how do you pronounce the name?
It's Aloko Shea.
Al-a-Chi.
But actually, even funner fact, al-Yoga came for us.
So now we have to change the name.
What the fuck?
Are you serious?
Day in the Life of Grace.
Fawg.
Grace.
Yeah.
Just everything is just you're like, funny you bring that up.
It's a fun fact to everything.
Yeah, I can't like, I can say the name, but it's changed again.
But it's a beautiful thing that your mom did that.
Yeah.
That's beautiful.
She's amazing.
Like she has like her elixirs that she makes for us like.
Yeah, totally.
Because I have like eczema and then my other sister will have like psoriasis.
So she'll like make us.
are like own natural
home-based
treatment. Like tinctures
and stuff. I love that.
Okay, your mom's a smarty pants too.
She's amazing. I love that.
You come from a talented family.
And now you're going to marry into mine.
To foe.
Yeah.
What was it?
It's a talofa.
Talofa.
And then tofa, soy fua.
Tofa soifua.
I'll text it to you.
In my language,
we have Tofiaqua, so that's why I was getting it mixed up.
Right.
Because Tifiaqua is like, God forbid.
So we'll go, Tufiaqua.
Like if something's happening, if a man, if a broke man, trying to text me, hey,
Tufiakua.
I rebuke.
I rebuke.
Hey, Jesus.
It's not my portion in Jesus name.
It's not my portion.
Okay.
Last thing.
I would love to know if you have any advice for anyone who maybe wants to get into a
contribution or maybe as an artist and finds themselves feeling like,
need to lean towards content creation.
Do you have any advice for anyone?
I would say, I think for us, like the reason why we have such longevity is because money
wasn't the goal.
T, period, which is hard, you know, because it's like you want to make money doing your
art, but I saw this video the other day talking about, like, having a plan B and that
being a power because then, like, you're not putting all your eggs in one basket.
That's T, yeah.
You're not really committed.
to it fully. Like you can't be
100% in two places. Yeah.
And your art will flourish
because you have
your source
and then like you can creatively
without pressure create
creatively creator.
I fucking love you.
You're the best. I love you.
I can't wait to grow old together
honestly. Oh my God. It's going to be iconic.
I know. That's why I was like one thing about me. I'm going to
ride for Grace. We're going to be alongside each other.
I'll call you and be like, I got the house next door.
Come over.
With my cousin, apparently.
I fucking love you.
316.
Thank you so much for coming back.
Thank you.
I love you. I love this. I love you.
And everyone else loves you, obviously.
But just in case, just in case,
they have no idea who you are, which would be
insane. But just in case they don't
work and everybody find you.
I can find me.
Grace underscore Africa on Instagram,
TikTok and on YouTube as well.
And hopefully the two of us in Abbott Elementary
soon. Yes. Quinter Brunson, please.
They should make us both PE teachers, but we're bad.
Oh, my goodness.
And we can both like have our accents to...
Yes.
Look at us. Quinto, we already have it half written.
We already...
It's like 40% of the way down already.
If they let me improv, I'd go crazy.
Let's do it. Let's do it. We'll do it.
Why is this kid going slow?
No, your turn.
I don't have, I can't, I can't imitate a fob, I don't think.
I do my best.
I'd be like, yeah, what she said.
I'll just be annoying.
And you know what?
They need, they always need that.
They need more silly geese.
You and I are ready for the job.
We are.
We're equipped.
Grace is the...
50-50 if my zipper's up or down anymore.
Take my pants off at home.
They come off easy.
I'm like, I was four hours I was walking around like,
Netflix is a joke present.
Nate Bargatsy, Big Dumb Eyes World Tour,
a special live taping at Into a Dome.
I think it's because I'm peeing so much longer.
I watch young people come and go.
I'm like, tell my family I'm okay.
Nate Bargatsy, May 9th and 10, live at Into A dome.
Get tickets at Netflix at Jokefest.com.
Sillyest I've ever met.
Thank you all so much for tuning into this episode of the comments.
I just thank you so much to my amazing all-star guest, Grace.
And thank you for tuning in.
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