Podcast Summary: Disgraceful with Grace O'Malley

Episode: Katherine Blanford: Twerking, Temu & Taylor Swift

Air Date: October 2, 2025
Host: Grace O’Malley
Guest: Katherine Blanford

Overview

In this high-energy, irreverent, and bit-filled episode, comedian Grace O'Malley auditions Katherine Blanford as a potential permanent co-host for the DisGRACEful podcast. The duo, with regular interludes from Grace's sister/HR head Nora, riff on everything from viral shopping, childhood nostalgia, and pandemic debauchery to the nuances of comedic careers, generational pop culture gaps, and the logistics of twerking and “grinding.” The episode is packed with sharp asides, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and the comedic chemistry between Grace and Katherine as they trade stories of southern youth, coming-of-age odd jobs, and the unpredictable world of show business.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Life of the “Bonus” Sibling

• Opening Banter on Bonus Jonas (Frankie Jonas)
  • The episode begins with playful roasting of "bonus" siblings, especially Frankie Jonas, and the oddity of not making the main Jonas Brothers lineup.
  • "He’s the younger brother that he just gets to around…He just stands outside the concert and sings to the fans before the show." – Grace (01:30)
  • “There's one girl looking at her friends like, 'Hurry up and get ready. I don’t want to miss Frankie in the merch line.’” – Katherine (01:54)
• Extended this conversation to other “successful younger brothers” like Kieran Culkin.

2. Comedian Life: LLC Names & Trashy Commerce

• Tax Season, Funny LLC Names, and Period Panties
  • Katherine reveals her business name “Sissy Britches LLC.”
  • The two brainstorm the potential for branded granny panties.
  • "These are period panties for your undercarriage. This is a one time wear teamy period panty that you have shoved in the inside of your fanny pack..." – Grace (07:10)
• Discuss Temu, influencer brand deals, and the sketchiness of e-commerce countdowns and discounts.

3. Nostalgia, Drugs, and Partying

• Adderall, Ritalin, and the Comedian Grind
  • Both admit to recreational and “necessary” Adderall use:
  • "I was told by a doctor, maybe I coerced him...that I needed Adderall. And then I realized it helped in my education. And now I’m hooked on phonics, literally." – Grace (13:24)
• Katherine reflects on differing life paths of friends—some settling, some still wild.

4. Women, Friendships, and Changing Relationships

• Friends Settling Down & Pregnancy Announcements
  • "I still get so mad when my friends tell me they’re pregnant. I get legitimately depressed and sad, and it’s like them telling me they’ve been diagnosed with a terminal disease." – Katherine (15:35)
  • How female friendships evolve and the emotional labor of big life changes.
  • “Female friendships will help you live longer. Did you know that? Jane Fonda said that.” – Katherine (38:39)

5. Pandemic Antics: Nannying, Partying, and Moral Dilemmas

• Katherine tells the story of quitting a nanny job in 2020, breaking quarantine for Florida foam raves.
  • Story of being a “feisty nanny girl” vs. a safety-conscious employer.
  • Contrasted with Grace’s locked-down experience: "I was so deep in liberal thought…I was watching you on the news, being like, these fucking pieces of shit." – Grace (23:18)

6. Southern Roots, Comic Careers, and Sisterhood

• Discuss ‘stepping back’ when you laugh hard (“the further you go, the funnier it was”).
  • "If you tell something and the farther they go is how funny it was in my head. Wow. I've had a 30 yard line—" – Grace (19:07)
• Reminisce about their early stand-up—nerves, opportunity, and mutual support.

7. Pop Culture Gap: Music, Viral Trends, and Millennial/Gen Z Split

• Grace quizzes Katherine about ‘90s and 2000s music; jokes about only knowing trends from TikTok.
  • “You said you knew ‘Where is My Mind’ from TikTok. If someone said that to me about songs I like, I would punch them in the face. So thank you for refraining.” – Katherine (40:54)

8. Dancing, Twerking, and Growing Up Southern

• Embarrassing middle/high school dance stories: grinding, twerking, wall-twerking, and awkward invention of moves.
  • “I twerked…I was the kid who would be like, hey, you think your dad's gonna be mad? My head just totally went through your wall.” – Grace (45:33)
• Tag, freeze tag, Red Rover: who thrived, who was picked last, and the social politics of playground games.

9. Behind the Curtain: Taylor Swift Sketch & Swifties

• Katherine’s Test as Taylor Swift for Fox NFL Comedy Sketch
  • Details her acting choices, wig mishaps, and the extreme care taken not to anger Swifties.
  • "They were very careful the whole time about not saying anything that would piss off the Swifties." – Katherine (51:36)
  • "The fear that these Swifties put into 55 year old directors of the entertainment industry is insane." – Katherine (53:50)

10. Odd Jobs, Embarrassing Gigs, & Disgraceful Receipts

• Show-and-tell with old photos:
  • Drunken high school parties, wearing aunt’s wigs, being a “hungover princess” at kids’ parties, hand-made Dory costume, and her first-ever stand-up set.
  • "My friends were getting promotions at their accounting jobs...I was making a Dory costume for a crowd of six." – Katherine (63:19)
• Commercial odd jobs: AT&T, trucker interviews, and acting “choices.”

11. Sex, Relationships, and Comedy Horndog Energy

• Grace laments her romantic drought and floats the idea of friends hiring a covert prostitute for her as an “ice-breaker.”
  • “I want this guy to come up to me, schmooze me, say all the right things… I want to never know he was a prostitute.” – Grace (56:13)
• Banter about comedic wing-womaning and the city’s “closed-up” men.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Southern Laughing:
  “When we laugh, we step away…I need to express my emotions away from you.” – Katherine (18:53)
• On Adulthood and Friendship Transitions:
  “They’re in a very toxic, horrible relationship with a very selfish, tiny God.” – Katherine on friends with new babies (16:36)
• On Quitting the Nanny Job:
  “COVID hit…then I kind of secretly jetted off to Fort Lauderdale for Memorial Day weekend.” – Katherine (21:42)
• On Playing Taylor Swift:
  “I googled one music video and this was my creative choice: I decided my hands had to do this the whole time.” – Katherine (51:05)
• On Taylor Swift Fandom Power:
  “The Swifties are the–the fear that these Swifties have put into 55-year-old directors of the entertainment industry is insane.” – Katherine (53:50)
• On Playground Games:
  “Red Rover, Red Rover, they never sent Grace over...I bulldozed these motherfuckers.”—Grace (47:24)
• On Twerking Gone Wrong:
  “I put a fucking hole through the wall with my right leg. That's my luck.”—Grace (45:45)
• On Grind Dancing:
  “When I first started, I thought you were supposed to go opposite ways so that there was friction.”—Katherine (48:35)
• On Dating:
  “I get a lot of lesbians. The lesbians are a loyal bunch. And they're always trying to turn me after the show.” – Grace (33:30)

Segment Timestamps

• Jonas Brothers & Bonus Jonas (01:26–03:30)
• Comedian LLC Names, Temu Bast (06:33–08:06)
• Drug Stories, Nanny Tales & Pandemic Recklessness (13:00–24:39)
• Southern Girls & Stand-up Bonds (27:10–35:28)
• Music Generations, Pop Culture Gaps (40:51–42:28)
• Childhood Dancing and Games (44:58–49:48)
• Taylor Swift Sketch Story (50:20–54:05)
• Disgraceful Receipts (photo show-and-tell) (59:38–65:49)
• Shout Outs & Plugs (67:51–68:28)

Closing Plugs & Shout Outs

• Katherine:
  "Just come see me on the road. katherineblanford.com... I have a new podcast out, only available on YouTube called Coastal Idiot." (68:15)
• Grace:
  “Shout out anybody who wants to fuck me. Shout out, my sister. Shout out anybody who will want to fuck me.” (68:03)

Overall Tone and Takeaway

The episode is packed with breakneck comedic energy, Southern irreverence, and candid tales of shame, kinship, and hustling in the comedy world. Both Grace and Katherine riff with wild abandon, sharing embarrassing (and sometimes touching) receipts from their digital and IRL pasts, taking listeners on a journey through their millennial-to-Gen Z pop culture references, evolving friendships, creative hustle, and the constant quest for a good time.

A must-listen for fans of unfiltered, self-deprecating comedy and behind-the-scenes comic shop talk.