Why Won't You Date Me? with Nicole Byer - How to have a WAP (w/ Donnell Rawlings)

Episode Date: April 8, 2022

Comedian Donnell Rawlings (Chappelle's Show, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty) chats with Nicole about the powers of having a WAP, why successful Black women have the hardest time in relat...ionships, being a throat goat, and hottest locations to meet new people. Meanwhile, Nicole gets her tiddy caught in a car window. Crazy dating story? Looking for advice? Want to leave Nicole a dirty message? Submit it all to whywontyoudatemepodcast@gmail.com for a chance to have it read on-air.   Black Lives Matter. Click here for a list of over 100 different ways you can support racial justice.   Follow Nicole Byer: Tour Dates: linktr.ee/nicolebyerwastakenTwitter: @nicolebyerInstagram: @nicolebyerNew Merch!! podswag.com/datemeNicole's book: indiebound.org/book/9781524850746

Transcript
Discussion (0)
Starting point is 00:00:00 Why won't you date me? Why won't you date me? Why won't you date me? Please tell me why! Ooh baby, welcome to another episode of Why Won't You Date Me, a podcast where me and Nicole Byer tries to figure out how I'm still single, even though I'll suck the soul out your dick and say thank you. My guest today is a hilarious comedian and podcaster that you know from Chappelle's show,
Starting point is 00:00:41 Pixar's Soul. He currently co-stars in the miniseries, Winning Time, The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, available on HBO. It's Donna Rowling! This, this, this, this, this bitch got me Paying her rent, paying for shit Diamonds on her neck And I don't know all the song,
Starting point is 00:01:04 but the part I do know that resonates with me is this bitch got me that's the that's the story
Starting point is 00:01:12 of my life wait I don't think I know this song what song is this what you don't know the song I don't think so I don't know lyrics
Starting point is 00:01:19 to anything you don't have to know the lyrics to it you just need to know that phrase Anna Sue Potts and Bruno Mars basically it's a story about a guy being in a relationship where he feels like the woman may have been taking advantage of him because of his celebrity and his financial status.
Starting point is 00:01:36 And in the song, there's a lot of frustration when they say this part right here. And this is so profound. This bitch got me paying rent, paying for shit, diamonds on her neck, paying for trips, and I'm here all alone. I'm so cold, I'm so cold. You got me
Starting point is 00:01:56 smoking off the window. Smoking off the window. Saying how could this happen to me? How could could this happen to me? How could you do this to me? Oh, I thought that girl was only for me. Whatever.
Starting point is 00:02:13 But I was wrong. She belonged to everybody. And whoever's listening, you, you, you, everybody. That's a song. Kind of a sad song. Yes, if you're the guy. It's a beautiful song if you're the woman. No.
Starting point is 00:02:32 I'm not trying to steal or, like, take shit from a dude and then not be with them. That seems so mean. It is mean, but that's a function in the streets. And this usually applies to chicken heads or people that don't want to work hard for the things they want. And they want other people to work for them. This might not apply to you, but maybe, wait a minute. Have you ever been in a situation where you were, how do I say this? Where I was dating somebody
Starting point is 00:03:07 purely that was doing everything for you, but you still wasn't. No. Never. No, I could never in good conscious date somebody and take shit from them without I'm more of a caretaker. I like to take
Starting point is 00:03:23 care of people. If you're taking care of me, it's like a mutual thing. I don't know. Have you had any chicken heads in your life? No, I haven't had chicken heads, but I've had some people that I felt that I was doing a lot for them. And we weren't equally yoked or I wasn't getting the things out of the relationship that I wanted. I have had those situations. I'm not going to call them chicken heads.
Starting point is 00:03:45 Some of them are opportunists. Some of the people are like this. You want to call yourself deity, so you got to act like deity. And there's a difference between deity and deity. You know that, right? No. I thought they were the same word, but you're just putting the emphasis on a different syllable. Yes, that's it.
Starting point is 00:04:01 And deity, deity usually is reserved for young women dating older guys. Hey, deity, I see you with your silver, your salt and pepper deity. It's the difference between that and like, it's the difference between that and daddy, I need money to go to the movies. That deity is the one, and then you find yourself. one and then you find yourself and then some of you misspell it with a z z now zeddy is borderline you're about to have a baby with them and then it's going to be your baby mom for the rest of your life that's the zeddy do you have you has anyone called you a zeddy oh my god that's how i got a baby i watched a clip you have a very it's i think it's on New Negroes where you talk about naming your kid Austin because on paper you wanted him to look good. And I understand that. My name is Nicole because on paper you see him, you know, they can't tell your ethnicity through the paper.
Starting point is 00:05:02 Unless you give them an abbreviated nickname. You say Nikki. That's usually associated with an African-American. It's safe to say that. Uh-huh. Yeah, that's what my mom said. She's like, that's why you didn't get a nickname. She was like, I didn't want you introducing yourself to like Little Boo Boo to everybody.
Starting point is 00:05:15 She's like, you are Nicole. Yeah, Little Boo Boo is not a bad guy, but I understand where her thoughts were. Mm-hmm. So, okay. I want to know, where are you? You're in a hotel. Are you touring right now? Yeah, I'm going to tour till I die.
Starting point is 00:05:28 I'm in Philly right now. So do you love the tour life? I love, I used to have more fun with it when I didn't have a kid. When I was only responsible for myself and it was all about party and rock out with your cock out or whatever. But since I have my son and he's six now, it's not as exciting anymore because every weekend I'm away, it's a weekend away from him. So it's been kind of tough on that end of it. But I do love going out and talking to the people. I do love going to these places year after year, people seeing the growth in my standup. And for me, I've never been like a working actor. I get
Starting point is 00:06:03 bits and pieces of stuff, but it's not enough to say that that's how I can support myself. So majority of my career, it's all been on the road and stand up. So I do have a big thing for being a road warrior. But road warrior. But it does cut into the time that I spend with my son now. Would you ever bring your kid on the road with you? I've done it. I love it.
Starting point is 00:06:28 Any opportunity I can get, I love to do it. I love the fact that he knows what daddy does for a living. He's kind of excited about it. You know, he's a funny kid already. But, you know, I think any dad that, you know, you don't want to force your kid into what you do, but you do appreciate the fact that they appreciate it and at least know what daddy does. So any chance that I get to have him on the road with me, he goes. I went to the Montreal Comedy Festival with him. And I brought him on stage. Oh, that's sweet. Oh, my God.
Starting point is 00:06:56 That's so fucking sweet. But no, it got fucked up, Nicole, and I'll tell you why. Because my son always asks him, are you going to tell a joke? Are you going to tell a joke? So the only joke he has is just one word, caca, caca. He just says caca. It don't have a setup. There's no callback.
Starting point is 00:07:16 It's just the punchline. There's no callback. He's just saying caca. No, no. He's saying caca. Right? No transition. No nothing.
Starting point is 00:07:24 He just says caca and it? No transition, no nothing. He just says caca, and it rips, right? So we were at the Montreal Comedy Festival. I had a show, and I was on stage, and he was on the side of the stage. The curtain, he couldn't see the audience, but he could hear them laughing, right? And he was in the back, Nicole. He was like, oh, man, this dude is the best thing
Starting point is 00:07:43 since sliced bread. He'd laugh and like, oh, my dad is killing him. And I'm over there looking at him like, I'm about to kill it. I don't know what I was saying, what joke I was doing, but I said caca in my joke. And he looked at me like, did this motherfucker just steal my shit? No, he looked like, he hit his head like the SMH face. He hit his head and he looked like, he hit his head, like the SMH face. He hit his head and he was like, I got one joke. One joke.
Starting point is 00:08:10 This is what he was looking. He said, you take my one joke, caca. He looked at me like that. So I finally brought him out on stage. And I was like, hey, Austin. I said, you want to tell a joke? And he looked at me in my face like, was gonna do my caca shit right but then you you joke thieving ass old grandfather age that's why you shouldn't have had me so late
Starting point is 00:08:35 you forget that you're supposed to let your son get those opportunities yeah but i love him been on the road with me. That's so, every time you leave, he's like, you're going to tell my joke. Yep, caca. You're going to tell it, and the people are going to laugh, and that's my fucking joke. I want to let them know, this is the world, bro. You got to get some new jokes. Yeah, you got to beware. People be out here stealing.
Starting point is 00:08:58 Yep, and they love to steal from kids that can't defend themselves. But, you know, what I'm doing is I'm training him to be a better writer. Mm-hmm, yeah, because that's the first draft. You got to get the second draft'm doing is I'm training him to be a better writer. Mm-hmm. Yeah, because that's the first draft. He's got to get the second draft, third draft going.
Starting point is 00:09:08 He's got to do some rewrites. Yep, get that rewrite. But going back to your question, the best feeling in the world is when he's on a roll with me. You know, I just did some shows in Ontario a while ago
Starting point is 00:09:20 and one of my friends, one of my openers, he has a son and we both brought our kids to the show and we had the nanny take care of them. But then we felt bad because I said, Austin, are you going to stay for the
Starting point is 00:09:33 second show? He was like, no, daddy, I'm ready to go back to the hotel. I was like, oops. Excuse me. I fucking love this kid. I'm like, you didn't. Just, you know. I'm like, you didn't get over, you still, you still holding on to that contact joke.
Starting point is 00:09:49 You won't let it go. He's like, no, I'm done. I can't watch you steal from me again. Yeah, but he's the love of my life. I, did you always want to be a dad or did you have a kid and then you're like, yes, this is what I fucking want. It was a combination of both, but it was like, you know,
Starting point is 00:10:03 one thing about our business is that sometimes you pursuing what you want so much that you don't put the focus on other things. You know, it's like I got to make myself happy. I don't think I'm in a position to have a kid. It'll slow me down. So I always thought that I always fantasized about the idea of being a father. But then as time kept going and just kept going, it was just like them years started adding up. I was like, you know what? Looks like I probably won't have kids.
Starting point is 00:10:36 And I was settled with that because the toughest thing, if you're not settled with the fact that you may not have kids, it'll drive you crazy. And like a lot of people, I was like, yeah, I got nephews, I got nieces, whatever. I'll be cool and I'll just bury myself. Most people that don't have children at a certain point in life, they just get obsessed with their career. That's the thing that drives them.
Starting point is 00:10:59 That's where their happiness is. And I don't have a problem with that. And then just like the woman that I was dating at the time, you know, we made a goddamn baby. And it wasn't like somebody said, was it planned? I was like, well, if you're fucking the way I was,
Starting point is 00:11:15 you know, it might not have been planned. But the possibility of it happening is great. Uh-huh. Yeah. If you raw dogging, I mean, that's kind of planning. But we don't think that that happens. We don't think, you know. Like, I don't know, maybe it's that Cardi B phrase you say,
Starting point is 00:11:35 a wet-ass pussy make that pull-out game weak. Uh-huh. Yeah. It's weak. You just want to stay in there. You say, it's nice and warm. Oopsies. Boom, boom, boom.
Starting point is 00:11:44 I win. But it was like, I'm going to tell you, it's weak. You just want to stay in there. He said, it's nice and warm. Oopsies. Boom, boom, boom. I win. But it was like, I'm going to tell you, it really, the situation with me having this kid, it really made me really understand how dope it is to procreate. When you're younger, you just take advantage of shit. You know, you're just like, oh, I just hit it and it happened. But then I look at the people that have kids later in life, the people that have to do a lot
Starting point is 00:12:10 to have kids, you know? That do those shots and all that type of shit. I'm like, wait a minute. You can't take this for granted. In fact, when my lady was pregnant the first time, we found out, you know, the doctors, it just didn't start out good, you know? It was basically like, it's a 40% chance that this would be a healthy situation or whatever.
Starting point is 00:12:29 But at my age, I heard 40%. I was like, oh, I got a chance. Let's go. I started juicing and shit. I'm like, what the hell does it got to do with me? I already did my part, right? And it was like, it wasn't a good pregnancy. Three months in, she lost the baby. Right.
Starting point is 00:12:50 And at first I was like all about, yo, God, thank you. This is the best thing ever. And then when I lost the baby, I was I'll be honest, I was a little fucked up with God. And I'll say that because I was like, damn, God, I'm like, I mean, I really don't be blowing your line up. You know what I'm saying? I really, I'm not one of them dudes that be like, oh, oh, my God, the light's about to turn red. God, please don't let me get this ticket. I don't want to pay this $50. I don't pray like that.
Starting point is 00:13:21 You know what I'm saying? I pray for some shit that I really need. And I was frustrated. I was like, damn, God, I'm saying? I pray for some shit that I really need. And I was frustrated. I was like, damn, God, I can't even believe this. Right? And then three months later, and my lady, she's a young Latino, so you know it's easy. You can blow a kiss to them and they'd be like, oh, my God, I'm five months pregnant. Right?
Starting point is 00:13:40 So after we had the miscarriage at three months, three months later. It happened again. And now I got to go back to God. And be like, come on, man, I was just having a bad day. I needed a prayer, but now I need it, need it. Yeah. I was just fucking around. Please let this be OK. Yeah. And anybody's have been in so many. I found that so many people have been in the same situation where you get excited about something that doesn't happen the way you want you know and um i was like this is like like a extreme extreme blessing and but you're
Starting point is 00:14:17 nervous because you're like if you get to three months you have miscarriage you don't want to get too excited you're just trying to get to where you were the last time. You know what I mean? Like, when she said she was pregnant, I was like, yay. But then I was like, okay, let's get three months. And then we got to the fourth month. And nowadays, with, like, medical technology and everything, it's like you kind of know how things are going to go work out in advance. So we just kept getting good news, kept getting good news.
Starting point is 00:14:46 And, you know, nine months later, I had the best thing in my life to come to me. That's a sweet story. You know, it started off rough and shit. And I do appreciate you talking about it because I feel like we don't women very rarely talk about miscarriages. And it's a very common thing that happens. But to hear from the male perspective was interesting because it's like it is two people in this it isn't just one person two people are affected and it's devastating it's devastating and i could like psychologically that could i mean i know people that like like just just keep trying keep trying just keep trying. Just keep trying. I mean, we're talking about years. Yeah. And that's why I really respect the whole process because it's not, for some people, it's not that easy.
Starting point is 00:15:39 I know, especially for the women's psychological situation of like, will I have kids? Can I have kids? It can weigh on you. So I really know the importance of being supportive of your partner. And like, if you can get there you can get there you know yeah um not to completely flip the switch and change lanes or whatever but i have a question about touring do you have chuckle fuckers yeah i've had them not not not too much anymore they don't really approach me i guess you know that's like i think that's um more when you first start, you want to take advantage of everything, especially when you broke.
Starting point is 00:16:09 You want to take advantage of everything this business can give you. And a little funny pussy never hurt anybody. But yes, I do have chuckle fuckers. I do have chuckle fuckers. They're the best ones. What's the wildest way a chuckle fucker has thrown themselves at you uh i was shooting pool or whatever and i was trying to convince her that it's time to go let's do something and she i was like this yeah you know um you know we could go
Starting point is 00:16:37 to my room i know this sounds like a me too about to happen right i? I was like, this is how it always starts. No, this is how it always starts. And she was just, she was like, she was like, you don't have to convince me. I'm going to fuck you. It wasn't,
Starting point is 00:16:59 it wasn't anything to do with my personality or anything. He had everything to do with it. I'm a fan of the show, Chappelle's show. This was back then. And I'm fucking someone from that show. And it just so happened that the robot guy wasn't available.
Starting point is 00:17:20 You know what I mean? Charlie Murphy was married. Dave was married. So I had to take all the hits. I was like, I'll take that pussy. And you get a chuckle fucker. Everybody gets a chuckle fucker. No, that's funny.
Starting point is 00:17:35 I mean, you were on a hit TV show. So, yeah, I'm sure people were just like anybody from Chappelle's show. I want it. I want that dick. I just want that story and it got so bad for me that I wouldn't even go to a bar if it wasn't
Starting point is 00:17:51 you know how you have a show and it's a bar next door if it wasn't a bar next door I would not I didn't have time to start over to get to know me I would just go to a bar and be like this I'll go to you I'll be like this I hope you enjoy the show if they say I didn't go to a motherfucker and be like this. I'll be like this. I'll go to you. I'll be like this. I hope you enjoy the show. If they say I didn't see the show, I'll be like, next!
Starting point is 00:18:11 I didn't know next. Well, I didn't know next. No, that's so fucking funny because you're like, I'm not doing the work. I already worked for an hour. So I'm just going to say hello. If you've seen it, let's go. If you haven't seen it, I got to move on. I can't be putting in the work. I mean, I feel the same way. If you haven't seen the show gotta move on i can't be putting in the work that's i mean i
Starting point is 00:18:25 feel the same way if you haven't seen the show i don't want to get to know you i want to find someone who already understands what they're getting but i'm gonna tell you something chuckle fuck like one thing a woman could like you for multiple reasons right but if you want to get your brains fucked out connect with a woman that loves the fact that you make them laugh. That's one of the sexiest traits a man can have, a sense of humor. And a sense of humor can compete with some of the richest people in the world. Shout out to Pete Davidson putting it down, being funny. Too soon?
Starting point is 00:19:01 Too soon? It's so wild. Don't let the funny motherfucker take your girl. too soon too soon it's so it's so wild every like don't let the funny nigga don't let the funny motherfucking take your girl that is horrible
Starting point is 00:19:11 anytime you look at anything Kanye's spinning out he said I don't know what to do but the thing is like I know people
Starting point is 00:19:18 that are really close to Kanye and like I'm not critical of him but I'm like this bro that's the toughest thing to do on a breakup the toughest thing to do
Starting point is 00:19:25 on a breakup the toughest thing to do is like who's going to start fucking first who's going to find their happiness first you don't want that person to get their happiness first
Starting point is 00:19:35 you say it we bullshit and say stuff like I just want you to be happy I don't want you to be happy not before me bitch not before me let me go happy first and you go happy second I don't want you to be happy. Not before me, bitch. Not before me. Let me go happy first, and you go happy second.
Starting point is 00:19:48 I don't want you out here fucking around with no 6'7 basketball player with some great sweatpants that keep trying to do jumping jacks every chance he gets. But I think Kanye should leave them. Leave them alone. Yeah, leave them alone. Leave it alone, bro. And if anything, I know, I understand the side.
Starting point is 00:20:07 And I understand it because I'm in a co-parenting situation now. I understand the frustration of that. But, man, leave the boy alone, man. He could be so nasty. He could be so evil to shit. He's trying to take the high road. Y'all work that shit off off of social media. Put that shit in private.
Starting point is 00:20:27 You know? Yeah. Get you a therapist. Also at this point, I'm like, you're stalking this woman. Like this is sick. This is what men do in real life.
Starting point is 00:20:36 And it's not publicized as much. And then you just hear about women getting murdered. So it's like, step off. Yeah. I doubt if it gets that serious, but just the psychological part of just every time you turn around this dude is saying something and he's of that celebrity
Starting point is 00:20:51 level that anything he says that it's going to be noted and somebody's going to talk about it yeah yeah uh i just i don't know i just can't fathom breaking up with someone and then haunting them you're like he's being a fucking he's like a ghost he just won't leave well you know that there's um this phrase i would call pussy whipped right pussy whipped is the type of pussy that's so good it distracts you from normal thinking you know i'm saying and it's usually with women with wop i don't know if you're sitting on wop or not but um i don't think you can gauge your pussy as being fire until you have someone that's psychotic, that's really like overdosing. So I
Starting point is 00:21:33 don't know how, what level you put your, if you ain't had, if you don't got a crazy motherfucker in your life to go, it might not be as fire as you thought. Oh no, I don't have a WAP. I don't have any crazy people chasing me. And I've been digmatized. But this is eye-opening and kind of upsetting. Yeah, I mean, you know, well, maybe they keep it to themselves. But usually it's the psycho. You know your pussy is fire when you have a guy screaming that line, this bitch got me.
Starting point is 00:22:04 That girl had the WAP. That was a WAP. He was That girl had the WAP. That was a WAP. He was a recipient of the WAP. I wish I had a WAP. This is really upsetting. How does one get a WAP? I just think. I guess practice?
Starting point is 00:22:17 You can. How do you get wet ass pussy? I think it's. Well, it has to probably be part of your partner, too. Your partner has contributed. I think it's important for your partner to contribute to your whoppiness. Okay. You know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:22:30 Because if a woman is really, really not into you, it's probably hard for her to get to the point where you need a mop and a bucket for her wet-ass pussy. You know? for her wet ass pussy. You know, it's... You know, I'm saying... You have, I mean... To be able to say that with no laughter, you probably need to get
Starting point is 00:22:54 a bucket and a mop for that wet ass. It's so funny. The song is so fucking funny. Yo, give me everything you got for this wet ass pussy. And here's another fun fact that people don't respect about the song.
Starting point is 00:23:06 This pussy that we speak of is not employed in the song. She says, I don't cook, I don't clean. But let me tell you how I got this ring. And it was because of her wet ass pussy. So I don't know what message that sends to the youth of today. They're not wanting to cook or clean, but I'm an old school dude. You're going to have to do one or the other. I don't cook.
Starting point is 00:23:29 I can't cook. I'm not good at it, but I do clean. I will, like I dust. So Nicole, is this safe to say? And I think I'm getting close to what's going on here.
Starting point is 00:23:40 And you're trying to close it now. You know what I'm going to. You know where I'm going with this. Open your mouth. Open your mouth. That's what it is. Your mouth game is, yo. Your mouth game has to be fire.
Starting point is 00:23:55 Okay. Since I don't have a wet ass pussy, I got to start sucking them dicks better. Not dick suck. Dicker. Or. One. It don't have to be better.
Starting point is 00:24:05 No. I'm assuming that you're already nice with it. That's what they say on the street. Oh, she nice with it. I'm assuming you're nice with it. Okay. I thought I was nice with it. Where's the goddamn confidence, man? Wait a minute.
Starting point is 00:24:21 Where is the confidence? Okay, I'm good at it. I'm good at sucking dick. Nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom. Nobody's going to believe that. Nobody's going to believe that? They believe this sentence. I'm nice with it.
Starting point is 00:24:36 I'm nice with it. There you go. There it is. And they got, I don't know what level. It takes a while to get to a level of like a throat goat. You're not a throat goat. I would love to be a throat goat because I love that. What a fun title for someone.
Starting point is 00:24:54 A throat goat. Throat goat. And the fact that you could be called a throat goat at any age. Nancy Reagan was considered a throat goat in her senior years. In her senior years. She probably had more practice when she was younger, but we didn't know her throat goat-ism until she was a senior
Starting point is 00:25:14 student. Until she was old. And she was old. And I heard that throat, here's another way, I heard it was fire. Okay. That throat is fire. Yeah. Alright, so I'm going to become gonna become that okay so in order for me to find someone i gotta become a throat goat uh and be a little bit more confident with my skills and do i just tell how do you hit on somebody like how do you like to be hit on me i i'm i i
Starting point is 00:25:40 you know at my age i can't deal with your favorite color, your signs or anything. It just got to be, you just got to be, you just got to, I don't want to, I don't want, you know, what's your sign? Sagittarius? Oh my God, I'm a Sagittarius too. We get along. I don't think you hit on anybody. I don't think, here's the thing.
Starting point is 00:25:58 I think people, when we aggressively try to find something, we never get it. You know what I'm saying? And I know it sounds crazy. And people like, and I know women get to a certain point like, yeah, but I'm getting older. And we always say shit like, you know, that right person will come to you. I think that when you're not looking, when you're not looking, that's when you'll find it. And men know desperation. They know women dealing with time and everything.
Starting point is 00:26:28 And they don't want it. Unless you catch a guy that's, like, equally yoked like that. Like, they're looking at time. They're looking at some things they want to do. It don't, you can't find it. It finds you. It may sound corny, but it finds you. And it usually finds you when it's the last thing on your mind,
Starting point is 00:26:46 when you are embedded into your career. And, like, even in your case, if you're not, it's going to happen. It's going to happen. It's going to happen. And it's going to happen when you're just doing your normal shit, you're living your life, you're following your career, and it's going to be the weirdest encounter. I thought it almost happened at the Critics' Choice Awards.
Starting point is 00:27:08 I co-hosted with Taye Diggs, and I was wearing this tiny, tiny little dress. And I looked down. The stage manager was like, staring at you. And I looked down, and was staring at me like, ooh-wee, like I had a wop. And I just smiled at him. And then he left, and nothing happened. And I just smiled at him. And then he left and nothing happened.
Starting point is 00:27:26 And I was very upset about it. Well, you smiled at him because he looked like a wop. And you was going to get a knot on your forehead, okay? Because, I mean, the fantasy is there, but he's married. Oh, he's married? Yeah. And he's figured out a way to keep whatever. I'm not saying he does.
Starting point is 00:27:44 But if he does anything extracurricular, he's figured out a way to keep it on the low, which a lot of people can't. Okay, good to know. But I really thought it was going to happen. I was like, ooh, yeah. Ooh, be looking. But you know what's going to be tougher? See, you're in a tough situation too, Nicole. Mm-hmm.
Starting point is 00:28:11 Because I know it sounds crazy, but I've found that successful black women usually have the hardest times in relationships. Mmm. Mmm. You hate to hear that. I know. But just show us. It's the truth. Like, so many men, it's going to take a special person.
Starting point is 00:28:24 So many men are insecure. You know what I'm saying? And men, one of the things we want to do, we always want to feel like we're, and I know people are going to try to argue with me about this, but we want to feel always like we're in control and we are needed. And the minute,
Starting point is 00:28:41 the minute you take that away from a man, we're like, I don't need a man for anything. And guess what? Stay single. You know what I'm saying? If you don't want us for anything, and if you don't want us to feel like men, then you have a problem finding a God, period. Your followers, your listeners, they can argue with me all they want. I see so many executives in this business that have got everything in their career.
Starting point is 00:29:10 They're the boss bitches. They do everything. But there's one part that they don't have, and that's that companionship, and that's loving someone and someone loving you back. It's a tough thing. thing well how do i if i don't need a man for anything other than like love and emotional support and shit like that how do i how do i make a man feel like a man if i don't need him like financially it could be just it could it could be inspiration it could be motivation and you could make him feel like you know i like to listen to listen to you, honey. When you say, even though I got this going on, when you say certain things, it makes me feel good. It makes me feel wanted. It's appreciating. It ain't always got to be the financial part.
Starting point is 00:29:52 It's just the mental support, the mental support also. And a lot of women, this is an art, right? This is an art. A lot of women don't know the art of shutting the fuck up listen and now don't get me wrong they're gonna try to dog me i don't give a fuck but the art like it doesn't mean shut the fuck up all the time but in certain situations knowing when to shut the fuck shut the fuck up knowing what battles to, knowing when to shut the fuck up. Knowing what battles to pick. Knowing when to just calm yourself down and just relax. All right.
Starting point is 00:30:33 Yes. I mean, I do think that is a good... I mean, people might argue with me too, but it's like you can't fight over everything. Because then that's not fun. And I know you, and I want to be specific to you. me too but it's like you can't fight over everything because then that's not fun and i know you and i wasn't specific to you i know you know the artist shutting the fuck up because when i even said learning the artist shutting the fuck up you shut the fuck up i was like gotta be quiet yeah you could you could have been like oh you know but i was like oh my god she took she knows
Starting point is 00:31:03 she knows a lot of people think i'm crazy, but, you know, this is a matter of opinion. This is my buddy thinks you're crazy. People think everybody's crazy. I guess so. You know, people got a lot a lot of shit to say about a lot of stuff, if that makes sense. Yeah. Real quick. We're going to take a break.
Starting point is 00:31:22 We'll be right back. Yep. Real quick, we're going to take a break. We'll be right back. And we're back. Let me, I want to know how you. I'm so proud of you. Me?
Starting point is 00:31:37 Yeah, you're doing your thing. You know, I'm trying. I'm trying to have a nice time and do things that I want to do. I'm telling you, it's just one thing. It's like, you can wish somebody happiness, but it's like when you root for certain people, certain people get a certain amount of success and you're like,
Starting point is 00:31:52 oh, whatever. They might be nasty or bad people or whatever, but it feels good when you see someone is deserving. Someone that's putting the work in. When you see them getting their shine, you know what I'm saying? You respect them. Like every time I see you pop up on, and this the the nice way i'm saying i'm like get it bitch
Starting point is 00:32:09 i'm really really happy for you really happy for you i mean that i know thank you so much i love seeing you everywhere and i like your comedy is so funny to me and i loved you on chapelle show and i just want to know, like, how did you get, how did you find comedy? Tell me. Tell me your story. So I never thought that this was what I was going to do. In fact, I was a police officer in the Air Force.
Starting point is 00:32:36 I was waiting. I got out. I was waiting to be a cop in D.C. And I used to go to this comedy club with some people I used to work with. And I used to heckle the comedians. And I started creating a following of people that wanted to come and hear me just heckle people. And, of course, the club owner wanted me to be quiet, so he asked me to go on stage.
Starting point is 00:33:03 Then two weeks later later I went on stage and it's been what I've been doing for 27 years it was all by chance I never thought that this would be something that I wanted to do it just happened wait that's so magical that you got on stage crushed and then just kept doing it yeah I knew it was the first thing and first time in my life when I said this is what I'm going to be doing for the rest of my life. Of course, I was younger then, but I was like, oh, shit, I love this. It was incredible. And then how did you meet Chappelle?
Starting point is 00:33:33 So when he cast you on Chappelle's show, had he seen you? Were you friends? Well, I mean, technically, he approved of me being on the Chappelle show. Neil Brennan casted me on the Chappelle show, but it wasn't really a cast. That's what a lot of people misunderstanding. People like, yeah, you guys were the cast members. We weren't the cast members.
Starting point is 00:33:52 Nobody was the cast. The only cast was Dave. That was the only person. Everything else was like, you come in, you get a sketch, if you're good, you might come back. It wasn't like SNL, we were like this. And the new cast member, it wasn't that. It was like, if you're funny, you come back.
Starting point is 00:34:08 But I wouldn't have been on the show if it wasn't for Neil and if it wasn't for my relationship with Dave, of him knowing of me coming through the DC ranks, because he's a DC comic. And whenever someone leaves, we look at them as people that we look up to, no matter what their age, because they finally left their hometown to do it. And then Dave, he became fond of, he was already a fan of my stand-up. But then he became a fan of me as a comedic actor.
Starting point is 00:34:39 He never saw me doing these sketchy things. It was just like, I'm going gonna pick people on the show that i think are funny and hopefully it works out that they could make it work in front of the camera also you know yeah i i just kind of like how i don't know you've been like authentically yourself and then good shit has happened to you and i like that i like when that happens to people yeah i don't i mean it's i can't be I know it sounds crazy, but I only can be myself. You know what I'm saying? And like, hopefully, like if I can build a fan base of following off of me being authentic, you know, I like that idea, but I can't front, I can't lie. I can't not be who I am. And I'm never trying to be anybody else.
Starting point is 00:35:25 In almost 30 years, I've built a strong following of people that understand that and see my work and my work ethics. You were on The Wire, and what was that like? Was that like... I personally have never seen The Wire, but that's drama.
Starting point is 00:35:42 Right? Yeah, but it's drama. But if you're a fan, if you're a real real fan of The Wire, you know that drama, right? Yeah, but it's drama. But if you're a fan, if you're a real, real fan of The Wire, you know that that was a series created by David Simon. And it was a police officer. David Simon was a police journalist in Baltimore. It was a police officer. They wrote a book called A Corner. And it followed this one family in Baltimore and their child's tribulations of being of that environment and um the choir was basically a spinoff of the corner but the corner show was so dope and was so much dope literally and figuratively speaking because it was about these heroin addicts that
Starting point is 00:36:22 you can't continue that story it's the same story So they had to figure out a way to the popularity of that neighborhood, the writing styles of David Simon. They had to find something else to do. And that's where the wire came up. And David Simon is one of those guys that if you notice any project that he's worked on, you usually see the same people. He's very loyal and keeps like the same cast of people around him. I was, I was able
Starting point is 00:36:46 enough, I was lucky enough or worked hard enough to position myself to be on the corner. And then The Wire came around. I auditioned for that. I got it and I continued our relationship, but it was a great show. Like people that, it's interesting when I go places, people like this, yo, you are one of the greatest shows in history. And I'm like, I don't know what you're talking about. And the reason why I say that is because The Wire is considered
Starting point is 00:37:14 one of the greatest shows in television history. And The Chappelle Show is considered one of the greatest shows in television history. So for me to be able to align myself with both of them, I said, yo, if anything happens to you today, whatever, yo, just those two. And being a part of history, I was like, you did your job. Yeah, that's really fucking cool.
Starting point is 00:37:33 Like to be two of the greatest shows in the history of television, like one's comedic, one's dramatic. Donnell's got the range, honey. That's what she said. He can do it all. That's what she said. He can do it all. That's what she said. I love saying that. I love saying that for
Starting point is 00:37:49 anything. That's what she said for anything. That's what she said. Yep. So wait, so you were in, you were, you were going to be a cop. So have you ever fucked anyone in the uniform? I did. I was, I used to shoot dice in my uniform
Starting point is 00:38:05 because my last duty station, I was stationed at Bowling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C. And I grew up in that area. So, yo, I was the worst. I used to shoot dice
Starting point is 00:38:16 in my cop uniform. I used to fuck chicks in my cop uniform. I was the worst cop ever. Boy, thank God that I got out of the military. I'd have been corrupt. I definitely would have been corrupt. Did women,
Starting point is 00:38:31 were they like throwing themselves at, did they like, were they like, I love a man in uniform? No, I'm telling you, only the, almost all the relationships I ever been with,
Starting point is 00:38:41 it wasn't, it was always because I was a funny guy. Like I would laugh, i would laugh i would laugh you into some pussy you know i mean he's so funny he's so funny next thing you know bong bong bong you got it were you were you like funny and a ladies man in high school has this always been you or did you like i wanted to be a ladies man but i was just a ladies friend you know i'm saying they didn't want to fuck me they wanted to hang out with me they was like oh man make sure daddy will come he gonna make us laugh like i would make these motherfuckers
Starting point is 00:39:14 laugh and then the football players would snatch them up i would get them warmed up i feel like i was a horse breeder i thought i was you know horse breeders that's what they do they have when they bring horses they got one horse they get the the female hot right uh-huh they get them hot like and then soon as the dude is about to like think he about to go they bring the thoroughbred in and all he do is this ah and then he's out so the dude is doing all the all, the horse man, the man horse, or whatever you call him, they get him, they got one, did just all the foreplay, and then the fancy horse come up and just busts a big load. Bloop, and then there's out.
Starting point is 00:39:59 You know, blue balls was developed. Horses were the first ones with blue balls. I'm telling y'all. What a wild imagery. It's the truth. Fun fact. You may not know. Horses were the first people with blue balls.
Starting point is 00:40:14 Horses were the first people with blue balls. You heard it here first. Why won't you tell me? It's very educational. Wait, Donnell, are you married currently or are you a single man? I'm a single man. I got a baby mom. I was never married. I dabbled with the idea of marriage when my son was born, but I didn't make it to that. Unfortunately, I thought about it. I thought about it. I thought it was to be good know, I don't think that's going to happen in my life right now.
Starting point is 00:40:46 Fair. I also always thought I would get married when I was younger. I was like, ooh, I'm going to get married. It's going to be really cute. And then the older I get, I'm like, I don't think I need it. I think if I'm with somebody, I'm with somebody. If I'm not, I'm not. Like, I don't need to be married.
Starting point is 00:41:04 I think a lot of women don't need to be married. I just think a lot of women want that party. The biggest thing, do you want to be married? No, I want to get married. But do you want to get married? And it's so tough. We all hear the numbers. Divorce is like 50% of the people that get married get divorced.
Starting point is 00:41:22 And then you say, well, why should I even take a chance if the outcome is probably going to be that? I haven't felt that union or the person that I want to be bonded where I can say, this is who I want to be with for the rest of my life. I like pussy a lot. I like pussy a lot. You know what I'm saying? Not like in no reckless way, but, you know, like, you know, I like the company of women.
Starting point is 00:41:45 Fair. And I like that you know that I like the company of women. Fair. And I like that you know that about yourself because there's a lot of men out there who lie and they say they don't like pussy that much. And then they fuck around with one lady and then they end up cheating on her. And then it's mad. It's sad. It's not good. I got to fuck. Cheating is like, I know I'm sounding like some Will Smith and Jada shit.
Starting point is 00:42:03 You know what I'm saying? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I feel like this. Men cheat for sport and women cheat for revenge. Ooh. That, I think, is it. I think that's right.
Starting point is 00:42:21 I do think that it is like you did something so i'm gonna do something to you and then men are just like why not exactly the thrill of the chase i got you i did it well a woman of you gotta get caught cheating first thing a woman says like you say used to your guy said i love you first thing a woman says, how could you say you love me? And you cheated because I fucked her. And I know it's a tough one. Like men, we could smash something without being in love. Which is interesting to me. And I used to think I could do that.
Starting point is 00:42:59 But as I get older, I'm like, uh-oh. I went out with you a couple times, we had sex, and now I feel things. It's hard to differentiate what is just sex and what is actual feelings. Yeah, but a lot of good, you know this, they could make your feelings move a lot quicker
Starting point is 00:43:19 than what you thought. You start ignoring all those red flags, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, because that's usually lust, and you're, ding, ding, ding, ding. Because that's usually lust, and you're trying to turn lust into love. Yeah. Oh, boy.
Starting point is 00:43:32 I'm so horny right now. Oh, my goodness. I haven't helped. I got to go find something. I got my titty caught in the window of a car. My friend rolled down the window and i was titty caught that sounds like a new rap song y'all hear that new titty caught shit got my titty caught caught up caught up in the shit um i was leaning over the car window and i wasn't wearing a bra and I was talking to my friend. Wait a minute.
Starting point is 00:44:07 Wait a minute. Come on now. How did you have? See, you telling this story too fast. What was your titty doing out of the window? Okay. So I was leaning into a friend's car and I was doing a bit. I was being funny. I wasn't wearing a bra because I was going right back friend's car and I was doing a bit. I was being funny.
Starting point is 00:44:25 I wasn't wearing a bra because I was going right back up in the house. And I guess my titty was resting on the window and there was just like an inch of the window left. And they didn't want me to like lean too much on the window. So they rolled it down. And as they rolled it down, my nipple got sucked up in the window. And then I started panicking. And I was like, am I going to be part of this car forever? Am I ever?
Starting point is 00:44:50 Is this going to take my fucking nipple off? And then I screamed. And then he rolled it back up. And then I screamed even harder because I was like, I don't know what's happening. And then I ripped my titty out and it felt exhilarating. And I was like, I need to get fucked because that was exciting for me. I just want to give you a ride somewhere.
Starting point is 00:45:12 Yeah, they're going to be like this. They're going to be like this, yeah. You know, all it takes you to do something one time, yeah, that's the titty window girl right there. Yeah, yeah, that's the titty window. And then I'm nasty. I'm old school. I want to give you a ride in an old car.
Starting point is 00:45:27 It got the windows that you roll up. You got to crank it down. Yeah, crank that titty. Crank it. Oh my God. It really hurt and it left a little bit of a bruise. It sounds like you want to revisit that. It sounds like you
Starting point is 00:45:43 want to do it again. I mean, I wouldn wouldn't say no that's how horny i am that's what she said no i mean that's what she's saying you can get it whenever you want you just you just don't know when you want you can get it whenever you want i'm just picky right now i just want someone to like love me i'm like tired i just want to be in a relationship and i'm trying really hard to not look for it but it's just so hard to not look for it i mean you're in a good place now to look for this one thing to be looking for and not be successful and you're struggling but you know you're in a good place you like you're in a good place. You're like, you're in a very good place. I'm telling you, it's going, I'm so psychic when it comes to this type of shit. It's going to
Starting point is 00:46:30 happen. And you're going to be like this. You could be like, maybe a Dunkin' Donuts on me like this. I think this is going to happen, Donnell. It's going to happen. I was in a laundromat, and this dude said that I have any extra quarters, and Donnell, we're getting married! Donnell, you don getting married. You know,
Starting point is 00:46:48 you don't think I got a washer and dryer in my place. But you know, I ain't going to no fucking laundromat. No, I'm kidding. I'm not missing the point. No, no, I'm not.
Starting point is 00:46:53 I get it. That's where the men are. That's where they are. That's where the men are. Yeah, in the laundromat. Go to the laundromat. And I go to,
Starting point is 00:47:02 you know what? I go, when I was younger, I remember we used to go to the laundromat. And I still go to the laund man and I go to you know what I go when I was younger I remember we used to go to the laundry man and I still go to the laundry man just I just it's something about being in there the smell it just reminds me of my childhood running around with my little brother and my mother telling us get down you don't get a quarter. I'd go in there sometimes just to wash a load of clothes just to reminisce with that time. That's so sweet. I
Starting point is 00:47:29 hate it going to the laundromat because when I lived in New York, I lived in a six-floor walk-up, so I had to take all of my fucking clothes down the stairs and then take them all the way the fuck back up. It was truly awful. I'm going to tell you one thing. For the guys that listen to this you want to
Starting point is 00:47:46 you want to get your freak on go to the laundromat because you got to remember usually women have washed all of their shit so they got the skippiest booty short i'm telling you man the laundromat in a high rise be poppin wow this is funny because jan Janelle James told me to go to Target to find men. So you're saying men should go to the laundromat, and Janelle's like, you should go to Target to find a man. Yep, or Home Depot. Either way. Ooh! I never fucking
Starting point is 00:48:16 thought of Home Depot. But Home Depot, I feel like, is probably full of married men running errands for their wife. I don't know. Fixing shit around the house yeah that's a good point but i'm telling home depot home depot laundromat post office all right home depot psychos psychos post office but yeah um okay so that's that's good advice those are good locations i think to try to find somebody
Starting point is 00:48:42 right you said don't really hit on anybody. What other advice do you have? I don't, like, it's just strange to me. I don't think, but see, I don't know. I'm only, I'm probably getting one side of you. This is like, hey, I'm available. But we don't know the psychotic side of it. Because I don't see, I can't see you with your personality. I can't see you, like, not having a guy you know i mean it
Starting point is 00:49:06 doesn't make it doesn't add up oh well thank you i do appreciate that yeah i guess i'm like uh i mean i am a crazy person i don't think anybody's not crazy yeah yes yeah i said in an interview the other day they were like uh what drives you to do comedy and i was like mental illness to leave your comfy cozy home at night to go to a strange location to make people laugh in the dark that's mental illness and i love it and people don't understand like it's people always say oh man comedy is therapy it's therapy for the people that's doing a comedy also because that's the place that we feel the most comfortable. That's the
Starting point is 00:49:47 place that we're not afraid. That's the place that we're in total control. We create the narrative and we see it through. So it's on both sides. And I always, people are like, oh, I really needed you tonight. I'm like, no, I needed you tonight. I needed you. Yeah. I once
Starting point is 00:50:03 wrote a joke about a friend and like an issue we were having. And then they were at the show. They're on the same show. And they were like, can you not talk about our issues on stage? Like, that sucks. And I was like, oh, fuck. You don't work the same way as me. I was like working out the issue on like I was trying to make it funny.
Starting point is 00:50:19 So it was OK with me. And they were like, yeah, don't talk to me about it. And I was like, oh, okay. Oh, no, that's not the right person. That person, if you got to understand, and like I've been in relationships where it was things I want to talk about and I might switch the name up a little bit.
Starting point is 00:50:34 I don't want to go hard, but I got to work it out there because when you decide that you don't want to be with me, I'm like, at least I can get 20 minutes worth of material. Thank you for being my writer bitch thank you for writing for me bitch yeah it's funny because i dated somebody who asked me they were like do you ask permission before you talk about people on stage and i was like oh i mean no i uh yeah i just changed the name but most part, it's like, it's both of our experiences.
Starting point is 00:51:06 And if you want to talk about your side of it on stage, you could go. Let's you could do that. A comedian is never going to be with somebody that's sensitive about what they talk about on stage. It will not happen. Yeah. It will never happen. Yeah. I don't think that would it wouldn't work.
Starting point is 00:51:24 It is funny, though, like, sometimes I'm like, maybe I should stop talking so much about my life. But I was like, I don't know, shit keeps happening in my life that it's like, I have to talk about it. It's like the good Lord. You have an interesting life. Yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:51:37 I mean, my titty got sucked up in a window. That doesn't. Here you go. So you know what's so funny? You can get away with that. Now, if I would have told you, it's so weird, because I was in this car last week, and I was just hanging. My dick was out the window, and my dick got caught up in the window.
Starting point is 00:51:52 Yo, my dick got caught up in the window. Everyone would be like, why is your dick out? What happened? What are you doing? You're terrorizing this person in this car. How is your dick out? I would have had about 40 other people like, yeah, I remember I was in the car with him and his dick hit the windshield wiper.
Starting point is 00:52:10 Why do I talk about this 20 years ago? My dick was out 20 years ago. Why didn't anybody see about it then? Real quick, we have to take another break. Donnell, I have a question. you you have a netflix special coming out well i had well it's interesting i taped off netflix special five months ago right about five or six months ago this was when like we were still like in the pandemic i did it at the film or theater in charlotte did the show i got a stand-in-old. I stand like there was a producer, Ricky Hughes, everybody's all excited.
Starting point is 00:52:52 And we did promos for the release of it, which was supposed to be March the 17th. I get a call from Dave last week saying, Daniel, I want to shoot the special over. And I was like, what the fuck are you talking about? Right. And when he broke it down, it made a lot of sense. First, my ego was like, what do you mean it wasn't funny? It was funny.
Starting point is 00:53:09 But you've been there. It's a difference between, he said to me, Danielle, I could put you in any room any given night and you would rip it. He said, but that does not make it special. You get what I'm saying? You can have, and it was a good,
Starting point is 00:53:22 it was a good special. But what he's trying to do, especially with the home team with earthquake and other people doing he's not trying to do a good special he wants to do classic he wants shit to be evergreen he wants stuff that it's just part of your legacy part of your time capsule and when i looked at it took a look at it i had a lot of covid jokes and there i had a lot of current event stuff which in the moment it felt good it was for it was for like it was more stuff like if you're doing like the fallon show when you're doing topical stuff in that moment it felt great at that moment but then when i look at it with us coming out of the pandemic
Starting point is 00:54:03 everything i was like this it would have been dated you know and um i had already started even when i taped the first one i had already started working on a new set because i need i was going to need um jokes to tour with yeah you know so it just like it was a blessing in disguise we just postponed it i had already been in a situation where i was working on some new stuff. And now I had to check myself. I'm like this. If the joke is not talking to me, if it doesn't have a strong point of view, I don't want it. If it's not me being an older dad, if it's not me talking about dating a younger woman, if it's not anything that's reflective of who I am, I don't want to do it. And the way I got to go at it now is like,
Starting point is 00:54:50 I want to do a special where it doesn't matter when you play it, it would make sense. The only thing you might not understand is like the only thing, only thing that would date it is like clothes or something like that. But I really want to make a, I don't want to just have a single on an album. I want to make Miss Education Lauryn Hill. I want to make the chronic. I want to make Snoop Doggy dog style. So that's where I'm at. And it's going to come out soon.
Starting point is 00:55:16 And I already got the check. If the check clears, you know, who cares? They can make that shit an NFT. I don't give a fuck. The check clear. I got to say, like, that's, I love fucking hearing that. I love that you were able to look at your shit and go, oh, this is topical stuff. This isn't evergreen.
Starting point is 00:55:42 Ten years from now, people are going to be like, wait, what? Oh, I guess I remember that. Because there was a lot of specials that came. And I'm not knocking anybody. But there was a lot of specials with a lot of COVID stuff. And when I did mine, I was like, I want to keep the COVID stuff to a minimum. Because we will be out of this. 10 years from now, I want someone to look at it and be like, oh, I get that.
Starting point is 00:56:03 And I really, really appreciate that you were like, no, this can be better. I can do better. And it's like standing aside. That's like when you knock your ego aside and you go, no, no, no. I got it. I can do this. I can do way better. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:56:17 Dave helped me knock my ego to the side. It was a tough pill for me to swallow. But as I gave it more time, everything he said, it started to make side. It was a tough pill for me to swallow, but as I gave it more time, everything he said, it started to make sense. And I'm like, this was really a blessing in disguise. You know, because when I did it, we were, the place I did it, we were still dealing with,
Starting point is 00:56:35 okay, show your vaccine card, mask on. And even the first night, two nights, the first night I did it, we turned away 50% of the audience because they had their vax cards. You know, so like that first show, the room wasn't packed out. It was black in the back. So now you know you can't cut to that shot because it don't match.
Starting point is 00:56:57 It was just the circumstances was just overwhelming. But I got through it. You know what I'm saying? I did that first first night which I thought it was good I knew I could do better second night I put it all out on a table of where I was then and the beauty about me going to get down is that if you were to see me do those jokes now compared to what I did on special you will be like what the fuck happened because they just I just been building them they've been getting stronger i have one joke that that i did on special that i had only it was something that happened to me
Starting point is 00:57:31 like three weeks prior to me doing a special now this five months later and i always put new shit on my jokes and now i'm like oh and i'm saying, oh, if I could do that joke now and now I'm able to do it now. So it's going to be good. And I'm telling you, I'm when I tell you, you see me do stand up. One thing nobody's ever going to be to take away from me. They can say what they want as me as an actor or whatever. But on the stand up side, I bring heat. And now with me, with me, with more time to prepare. and now with me with more time to prepare, right, and more time to me just to work it out, when it drops, it's going to be the best that I can be.
Starting point is 00:58:13 I'm really excited to see it. I feel like jokes are like a cast iron skillet because you're not supposed to wash them and you're supposed to let the season in, season the food. And I feel like sometimes people rush. I'll never get the whole putting a special out one a year because I'm like you didn't have enough time to season that joke if you do it for a little bit longer you'll find more but I think that because of my touring schedule and because how I feel like I run a set you know you go to these do these these improvs and these funny bones
Starting point is 00:58:43 whatever you come in let's um you coming back i hate you start getting the same people to come i always flip my shit you know i'm like i always like i could see myself doing a special every two years oh yeah you know yeah because like i'm always working out i'm always and that part of that too is like me hanging out with dave and touring him when you see where his work ethics are he's like this motherfucker just did another hour you know what i mean yeah you know it will it will force you to just level up level the fuck up it ain't no like you're trying to compete level up you said the right word level up a lot of people confuse it oh you compete no
Starting point is 00:59:25 i'm leveling up just trying to get on that level i was in portland at helium and dave had been at helium i think like a couple weeks before me and nick the guy who was running it at the time was like chappelle's insane he like came in sat down and was like what do y'all want to talk about and then the next day came in with a whole new hour and i was like yeah man that's but see that's what people that's like certain people write different ways some people are just technical but i'm but i'm but i'm just some people like me personally i get to that point i get blocked when i'm not um engaged with what's going on in the world you know i'm saying like, if I could get a topic or something that I feel passionate about it,
Starting point is 01:00:07 you know, I could flip material. Like, it ain't crazy. As long as I'm like, I'm talking about this. When you're an older motherfucker dating a younger chick
Starting point is 01:00:16 and I start sharing my experiences, whatever, I can write jokes and jokes and jokes. But then when I'm kind of like, if I get to that point, we all get to the point we're two ourselves, we don't want to engage the public or anything, But then when I'm kind of like, if I get to that point, we all get to the point
Starting point is 01:00:25 we're to ourselves, we don't want to engage the public or anything. That's when I get blocked. But as long as I'm engaged with people and I can hang out with people and just see what's going on
Starting point is 01:00:34 in the world, I can write material to no end. And when are you shooting that? Or have you already shot the reshoot? I'm giving myself, I'm giving myself, I'm ready now.
Starting point is 01:00:44 Because again, like I said, we shot the original five months ago and I had already started working on different stuff. I just want to run this shit maybe for another month and a half and then go back to the drawing board and get ready to drop the heat. But until then I got, I'm on
Starting point is 01:01:00 the BMF Stars, the show Black Mafia family on stars. And also got a run. You said co-starring, but on the winning time, it's like maybe four episodes. It's a good thing
Starting point is 01:01:16 to see me on, but I'm just going to keep grounding it out and keep building my podcast up and when it special drops, I think the momentum of people will be ready and they'll be excited for it, even more excited. I'm excited for it. Well, we've come to the end. Thank you so much for doing this.
Starting point is 01:01:33 This bitch got me. No, I'm just saying, unless you're just too happy, got too great energy not to get that person, he's coming. He's coming. Aw, Donnell, thank you. He or she. It could be a she, too. It could be he's coming he's coming oh don't know he or she it could be a she too it could be he or she yeah i don't love i agree i think love is love and i don't give a shit uh well thank you so much what do you want to promote do you have tour dates well i'll just put it this way the thing that's going to really give me the freedom to say and do what I want anytime I want, it's going to be my podcast, The Donnell Rawlings Show.
Starting point is 01:02:09 I got some things coming up. You know, just keep paying your cable bill. If you want to know where I'm at, go to Donnell Rawlings. Go to DonnellRawlings.com and The Donnell Rawlings Show. You'll find me. Well, thank you so much for being here. If you like this episode of Why Won't You Date Me, you can it you can rate it subscribe on apple podcast thank you um and if you write me something dirty you send it to the uh the email why won't you date me podcast at gmail.com and hitting on
Starting point is 01:02:38 me a dirty message hitting on me i will read it this person said i want to nurse on them itty bitty titties while you use your tracy's dog on your nimble and hot dog buns after i've had my fill i'll move on to your big old rock hard clit while i'll bop it twist it pull it just like the 90s game after that i'll double fist you so hard i end up tickling your tonsils once your tonsils get a good enough tickle, I'll take one fist out to stick up your fart box so I can play you like an accordion. Oh, my God.
Starting point is 01:03:11 I'll continue to do so until you squeal in euphoria. Nicole, get the motherfuckers out of your DMs, son. Oh, my God. You are a freak. No, this they're not done. I'll do so to squeal and euphoria and squirt directly into my soda stream. I'll carbonate that pussy juice and make you a vodka soda that we can share.
Starting point is 01:03:35 Donnell, your face is everything right now. Because I lost a 15 year old writing this shit. Oh my God. Well, that's it. Bye. Bye.
Starting point is 01:03:45 That's it. For why won't you date me with me Nicole Byer why won't you date me is produced and engineered by oh the sweetest woman I know Marissa Melnick it is executive produced by other wonderful people Adam Sachs Joanna Solo Taroff and Jeff Ross
Starting point is 01:04:03 thanks for listening I love you thank you so much we'll be seeing you next Friday with a Adam Sachs, Joanna Solo-Taroff, and Jeff Ross. Thanks for listening. I love you. Thank you so much. We'll be seeing you next Friday with a brand new episode. What a dream. What a dream. Ha ha ha. This has been a Team Coco production.

There aren't comments yet for this episode. Click on any sentence in the transcript to leave a comment.