
Natasha Leggero, Zach Noe Towers, & Shane Douglas join Jeff Lewis in Los Angeles.
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Natasha Leggero
We got you, baby.
Zack Noe Towers
When you're Jeff Lewis, the drama never stops.
Natasha Leggero
I've learned from my mistakes, and that's what I want to do. What I have done this show.
Zack Noe Towers
I mean, you guys really start some shit.
Natasha Leggero
I'm sorry if I'm coming off as an asshole. I just want people to do their jobs.
Zack Noe Towers
Jeff Lewis has issues.
Jeff Lewis
Hey, it's Jeff Lewis and I have issues. Today's episode, Natasha Leggiero and Zack Noe.
Natasha Leggero
Towers join the show.
Jeff Lewis
We talk about circus camp, knockoff tour guides and international brothels.
Natasha Leggero
For those of you who don't know Natasha, she's one of those famous people that you recognize her but you don't know her name. You have a very.
Zack Noe Towers
That's so flattering.
Natasha Leggero
You have a very familiar face.
Zack Noe Towers
Thank you.
Natasha Leggero
So you must get. Because this happens to me, too. How do I know you? They think you know. They know you from the gym. They think you're your neighbor. You think that you.
Zack Noe Towers
You've got to help them figure out how they know you.
Natasha Leggero
Doesn't that suck?
Zack Noe Towers
It does.
Natasha Leggero
I'm stuck at that level of fame also.
Zack Noe Towers
I think I prefer it.
Jeff Lewis
You do?
Zack Noe Towers
Yeah. Who wants to be bothered all day having to tell people, no, I'm not going to sign your picture.
Natasha Leggero
But we do get bothered all day. But you're right. We have to, like, explain to people who we are, who are.
Jeff Lewis
Who are you?
Natasha Leggero
How do I know you? And then you're like, well, I did this. No, that's not it. Well, this not. That's not it.
Unnamed Speaker 1
No.
Zack Noe Towers
You know, I'm short and I can really go under the radar.
Natasha Leggero
You are very short. I. You are almost.
Zack Noe Towers
You asked me if I was a.
Natasha Leggero
Little person well, because you're that short, but you're, you're still.
Zack Noe Towers
I Wore Heels for 25 years. I can't do it anymore. I don't care.
Natasha Leggero
You're about 11.
Jeff Lewis
No.
Natasha Leggero
You're three inches away from being a little person legally.
Zack Noe Towers
You know, I love it. Love being small. My daughter's mad at me. We were at Disneyland and she's like crying because she said it's my fault that she can't ride the rides yet.
Natasha Leggero
Can you ride the rides?
Zack Noe Towers
Shut up. I could if I wanted to, but listen, this is why I tell you one of the benefits of going through perimenopause, because I'm 50 is, is you don't care anymore. It's kind of awesome. You don't care about the male gaze. You're like, whatever guy. I mean, I care about the gay male phase, the gay male gaze. A little bit still.
Natasha Leggero
Yes.
Zack Noe Towers
But like, I don't give a shit. It's like as you enter your 40s and your 50s, what happens as a woman is all of the estrogen starts to drain from your body. And another word for estrogen is tolerance. And you just have no tolerance for anything anymore. It's kind of how you are naturally probably like you just kind of get to turn into.
Natasha Leggero
You know, it's funny you say that because I feel like I have gotten soft and I've talked about on this radio show and I feel like the softer I get, the more taken advantage of. And so especially in the construction world. So if you've noticed, I've gotten nastier and nastier to those contractors. Cause I'm fucking over them because they will just, they take your kindness and they will take advantage. So all of a sudden they don't show up on Wednesday and then they're not showing up on Friday. And so it's unfortunate that in this business you kind of have to be a dickhead. But I always start with nice.
Zack Noe Towers
You know what I say to contractors? I'm always like, I'm throwing this huge party for my daughter June 20th. It has to be done by then. So I'll try to do that kind of stuff. Sometimes that doesn't work.
Natasha Leggero
And then you can't let him. You can't let him get away. What happened? The fabricator yesterday, where I said, you.
Jeff Lewis
Have, you have single handedly delayed this project.
Unnamed Speaker 2
And then he tries to blame you. Oh, no, I didn't have the edge detail.
Natasha Leggero
I didn't have all the edge details. I said, don't do that. I said, you had every edge detail. You had every. You had every detail. I said you haven't been here. You haven't been answering your phone, and then that. It just didn't go very well.
Unnamed Speaker 1
How many fabricators are there in Los Angeles? Is there, like, a supply and demand with fabricators where you have to be?
Zack Noe Towers
I think contractors in general are probably hard to get.
Jeff Lewis
Yes.
Natasha Leggero
Fabricators especially.
Zack Noe Towers
What's a fabricator?
Natasha Leggero
Okay. They're the ones, like, you buy the slab and then they cut it, and they may make, like, the vanities or they make your kitchen countertops.
Zack Noe Towers
They're like, in the Marble District or something.
Natasha Leggero
I'll tell you where I. Oh, down in the distance. I meant to say, like, where do I know this girl? Where do I know this girl? The Justin Bieber roast was so fucking funny. Thank you. I'm like, that's exactly where I know her from.
Zack Noe Towers
You're like, that's how I should talk to contractors.
Natasha Leggero
I mean, talk about riding the line. You weren't riding the line at all. Like, you were over the line, which I loved.
Jeff Lewis
I loved it.
Zack Noe Towers
Well, thank you. I mean, that was a different time.
Natasha Leggero
Oh, yeah.
Zack Noe Towers
You know, we're not. But I. You know, we're not so over the line these days, but you are, so. I like that. I'm afraid to get to know you, though, because I'm like, I'll become your enemy in, like, six months or something.
Natasha Leggero
I don't think so. No. I'll tell you where I really related to you. It took you nine years to graduate college? It took me five, plus two years of summer school.
Zack Noe Towers
Oh. I had to do summer school because I was like, how do I get past the science? And they're like, if you take summer school and if you take science summer school, a D is passing. So I would take all my science classes, but my degree is in theater criticism, which is an absurd degree.
Natasha Leggero
Mine's in criticism.
Zack Noe Towers
Is it really?
Natasha Leggero
Yes.
Zack Noe Towers
You have a degree in criticism?
Natasha Leggero
Just criticism.
Zack Noe Towers
It's my minor, but it actually really, really helped. Wait, what was your degree?
Natasha Leggero
Pre law with a minor in business.
Zack Noe Towers
Cool.
Natasha Leggero
Yeah. I sound smart, but I'm not.
Zack Noe Towers
Well, my problem. Do you sound smart?
Unnamed Speaker 1
Is the smart in the room with us?
Zack Noe Towers
My problem was that I was putting myself through college in New York, so I had no money, so I just kept. You know, the matriculation doesn't count. And then you go from. I went from, like, Hunter College to Brooklyn College, Then I'd go to England for a year. Then I'd go to Australia for a year. I was just trying to like, then I was at Illinois State University. I mean, basically, I was just trying to get to Hollywood.
Jeff Lewis
See, I had a different theory.
Natasha Leggero
I was like, oh, she's a rich kid and she didn't want to leave college.
Zack Noe Towers
That's so funny.
Natasha Leggero
And she stayed as long as she possibly could until her parents were like, no more.
Zack Noe Towers
Oh, no, no. I paid for everything myself. Which is interesting, because now I have a daughter. I have an only child. As I said in my book, one is an accessory, two is a lifestyle.
Unnamed Speaker 1
Only one baby with a little handle, like, on it.
Jeff Lewis
I also have an accessory.
Zack Noe Towers
Yeah. I mean, but the thing is, like, I couldn't imagine making her waitress at the whiskey bar in a leotard for eight years, putting herself through school. I would never do that to my child. But it made me so, for lack of a better word, successful.
Natasha Leggero
Yeah.
Zack Noe Towers
So it is such a challenge because it just made me very scrappy and tenacious and never taking no for an answer and, you know, resilient. And I, you know, I just. It's. I don't know how my daughter is gonna have that stuff.
Natasha Leggero
I know, I know.
Jeff Lewis
What do we do?
Natasha Leggero
Same boat. So my daughter's a year older than your daughter. We haven't even done chores yet. Have you started the chores?
Zack Noe Towers
Yes. And all chores are. Are begging her to put the silverware away, and then they'll just silverware. Because I was like, this is her job. And, like, the silverware sit out. I clean the kitchen. The silverware is still sitting out. And then she comes home from school. I'm like, put away the silverware. And then I have to ask her like, nine times. She kind of, like, throws them in there and then just goes. It's. It's. It's challenging.
Jeff Lewis
Okay.
Natasha Leggero
So Monroe feels like taking her own dishes to the sink.
Jeff Lewis
Not even putting them in the sink, not even rinsing them.
Natasha Leggero
She feel that's. She's very put out by that.
Zack Noe Towers
I know.
Natasha Leggero
And she feels like that's her chore. And Are you constantly picking up your kids clothes and shoes?
Zack Noe Towers
Not just my kids, my husband's. It's like, it's basically an ADHD household. So there's either like eight of something, or it's gone. It's so annoying. It's like, constant with everything. Like nine spatulas, ten nail clippers, and then all of a sudden, one day, they're all gone. It's. It's. It's hell. It's hell.
Jeff Lewis
Does your daughter have uniforms?
Zack Noe Towers
No, but that seems like that would be cool.
Natasha Leggero
It's actually cool. It's great because we would be a.
Zack Noe Towers
Uniform without the religion.
Jeff Lewis
Yes.
Natasha Leggero
Oh, we have uniforms without the religion.
Zack Noe Towers
That's cool.
Natasha Leggero
But the problem is I don't know.
Jeff Lewis
Where all the uniforms go.
Natasha Leggero
I don't know where she's leaving them.
Unnamed Speaker 2
I don't.
Unnamed Speaker 1
She probably thinks they're disposable one time use, and she throws it away.
Natasha Leggero
She could be doing that. But does your. Okay. So does your daughter. Does she want to dress herself and pick out her own clothes?
Zack Noe Towers
She does, but it's funny. She wants to be a fashion designer, but she bases her clothing every day on, you know, how comfortable the waistbands are, you know, so she's just all about comfort, but then she takes that comfort thing and, like, tries to do something cool with it.
Natasha Leggero
Monroe was so, so cute, like, 3, 4, 5, when she just put on whatever I told her to put on or I put her. I got her dressed.
Zack Noe Towers
Oh, yeah.
Natasha Leggero
But now it's like, everything's a fight. It's itchy.
Jeff Lewis
It's too tight.
Natasha Leggero
It's too big.
Unnamed Speaker 2
It's the buttons.
Jeff Lewis
There's buttons.
Natasha Leggero
I don't want the buttons. It's such a nightmare. That's why I like the uniforms.
Zack Noe Towers
Well, that sounds awesome. Her. Her preschool teacher was like, she has clothing sensitivity. It's on the autism spectrum. And I'm like. My husband's like, no, she doesn't.
Natasha Leggero
Oh, is that.
Zack Noe Towers
No, it's just. They made that up. No, they just made it up to, like, cuddle children, I think. I don't know. But it's. She's fine now.
Natasha Leggero
Or.
Unnamed Speaker 1
We all have autism.
Zack Noe Towers
We're in this together.
Natasha Leggero
Are you happy with your school?
Zack Noe Towers
Yes, Yes. I. My daughter, she's. She's at a nature school. I really love it.
Natasha Leggero
What?
Zack Noe Towers
She does a lot of gardening and knitting.
Unnamed Speaker 2
Is it preschool or is she in kinder?
Natasha Leggero
No, it's not married.
Zack Noe Towers
They're learning calligraphy. They're learning Roman numerals. You know, I'm a luddite. I really am cooking great for the super bowl. Cooking. They do cooking.
Natasha Leggero
All right, so you're just getting her ready to get her married off?
Zack Noe Towers
No, I need to put Monroe in that school.
Unnamed Speaker 1
She's ironing. She's preparing cocktails.
Zack Noe Towers
She's trying to please an old Italian man who wants his things hung up in a certain way. She's making all the beds. No, I mean, the truth. It does seem like a trad. Wife training program, but it is not. But think about it. We probably have two years left till the end of the World, like, she should learn how to like grow food, you know, why does she need to learn all this math when I, I mean, I was so bad in science and math, so it's really hard for me.
Natasha Leggero
Yeah, no, it took you nine years to graduate.
Zack Noe Towers
I love that you thought I was a rich kid. You didn't go that deep in the Wikipedia.
Jeff Lewis
No, I didn't.
Zack Noe Towers
It's okay.
Natasha Leggero
Yeah.
Unnamed Speaker 1
No, because it was quite the opposite, wasn't it? Poor in Illinois.
Zack Noe Towers
Poor in Illinois. Yeah. I don't really go back there very much. I took my husband once and he goes, this place has major get me out of here vibes. I was like, that's how I felt my whole childhood. It was so awful. So. But yes, it is a just, it is a definitely a very challenging thing raising a child in, in this new world that we have. Having one child, you know. But I will say I'm reading this book right now called Capote's Women. It came out a long time ago. It's all about Truman Capote. And he's just doing this deep dive of all these aristocratic women. And it's so fascinating to me, like how they grew up like that makes me feel happy. At least my kids putting away the silverware if I ask 10 times. Like these people, they thought it was so, so low class to be a professional at anything. They're like, ew, a job. Like a job even if you were something like a lawyer, a doctor, that was just like, oh, like you were just supposed to like live your leisure life.
Natasha Leggero
Well, I hate to tell you this, but that's what they're teaching at your kids school. You're going to be supporting her forever.
Jeff Lewis
Until you marry her off.
Zack Noe Towers
I know. That's why you need to have adjoining lots with, with like two houses. You know, it's so hard because I, it's, it's a, it's actually my, my per. My own personal meditation every day is saying no to her. Finding out, trying to figure out how to say no to her because it is impossible. She's so freaking cute. She knows exactly. She's like wheeling and dealing every single, you know, turn. So yeah, it's.
Unnamed Speaker 1
They should do kid swap. You know how they did wife swap? You send your kid to like a.
Zack Noe Towers
Wife swap was amazing.
Natasha Leggero
It was. Yeah.
Zack Noe Towers
What. Where's that show that was so funny?
Natasha Leggero
And then they did celebrity wife swap. Yes, they sure did.
Zack Noe Towers
Wow. I mean, how would they even do wife swap now? Every, every person would be like, you should get off your phone.
Unnamed Speaker 3
Well, Bravo just announced that Bravo is doing. Is it Housewives Wife swap?
Natasha Leggero
Yeah, they just announced it yesterday.
Unnamed Speaker 3
Yeah, they'll be doing a version of it.
Zack Noe Towers
But yes, kid swap would be good.
Unnamed Speaker 1
You know, send them to a farm or whatever.
Natasha Leggero
Oh, and then a little with all the predators and you know, we're not going to send our kid away.
Unnamed Speaker 1
Well, yeah, you would never.
Zack Noe Towers
But no. My husband literally googled summer camps that accept seven year olds and he's pitching them to me and I'm like, like sleepaway camps. And I'm like, sleep away. There's a reason why no camp in America. Only one camp in America and it's a trapeze camp for, like, to train them for the circus. Seven year old.
Natasha Leggero
Are you gonna send her?
Zack Noe Towers
No, but she really wants to too.
Natasha Leggero
Tritrapis camp.
Zack Noe Towers
Yes.
Jeff Lewis
Wow.
Zack Noe Towers
Well, it's actually called. It's like Wavy Gravy's camp. It's like, in San Francisco. A lot of like, cool people went there, but that's what it's called.
Natasha Leggero
I'm sure.
Zack Noe Towers
But it's all for, like. Yeah, like my daughter. Because I was always, always. Because my mom really was on point in terms of, like, my, you know, career and extracurriculars, and she got me into acting. And it really looks like it's called.
Unnamed Speaker 3
Camp Win a Rainbow.
Zack Noe Towers
Yes.
Natasha Leggero
What?
Unnamed Speaker 1
This is clown camp.
Unnamed Speaker 3
We're looking at them.
Natasha Leggero
It is clown camp.
Unnamed Speaker 3
They're on the ropes. They're on the trapeze. They're clowns.
Natasha Leggero
You can't do that.
Zack Noe Towers
I know, I know and see.
Natasha Leggero
No, no, no, no.
Zack Noe Towers
Here's the thing. Like, my mom, like, I, she, she enrolled me in acting class at, in Illinois. Somehow she found it in Rockford and it, like, changed my whole life. And I got to be a part of a theater, you know, since I was like 10. And so I've always told myself I will follow my daughter's passions and find her passions, because my mother did that to me. That's the only thing she's been excited about is doing aerial silks.
Natasha Leggero
No, no, no, no.
Unnamed Speaker 3
Camp Winter Rainbow is a unique and magical overnight camp for children's ages 7 to 14 that provides circus and performing arts classes. And in the beautiful hills of Mendocino County.
Natasha Leggero
It's none of my business, but I have to step in. She cannot go.
Zack Noe Towers
What do I do?
Natasha Leggero
We went to clown school. Does that give you an idea?
Unnamed Speaker 3
And I turned out fine.
Natasha Leggero
He went to clown school. No shit. What was your name?
Unnamed Speaker 3
Freckles. Freckles the clown.
Zack Noe Towers
That is cute.
Unnamed Speaker 3
See? Thank you, Natasha.
Natasha Leggero
Freckles Sad.
Zack Noe Towers
How do you not call him Freckles?
Unnamed Speaker 2
We do.
Unnamed Speaker 1
And then later in life he's Melanoma the clown.
Zack Noe Towers
Okay, well, I, I just am very sensitive about following her passions, but I wish it wasn't something that was like, dangerous.
Jeff Lewis
You have to guide her though.
Zack Noe Towers
I know.
Natasha Leggero
She's got to have other interests.
Zack Noe Towers
I took her to the ballet. She goes, mom, the ballet is like watching yoga. Oh, she's just boring. So like, she just knows what she likes. Like, she doesn't like team sports. She's just like, no, I know.
Natasha Leggero
I'm having the same problem.
Zack Noe Towers
She just kind of wants to like. And I'm like, am I modeling something?
Natasha Leggero
No. You went to Disneyland? You took her to Disneyland?
Zack Noe Towers
See, I would have just kept this under wraps. Like I, I would have never told her about Disneyland. I would have let her naturally find out like at 12. Wait, what's this place that all my friends get to go to? Then I would have taken her there. But yeah, my husband was so excited. He got her like platform sneakers so she could like reach the rides. Some of them we went recently and I spent the last three hours in the car because I'm like, we got there at 7am we spent the night at the Disneyland hotel. Met a guy at 6:55 at like the. The hat. Whatever. Like the magical hat is.
Natasha Leggero
Yeah.
Zack Noe Towers
So by like 3pm I'm like, done. Bye guys. We didn't have the hotel for another night and all these people were with or just like trying to snort Disneyland. Like, just like can't get enough of it.
Natasha Leggero
I know.
Zack Noe Towers
I'm like, I don't need any more of this.
Natasha Leggero
Did you drink at the park?
Zack Noe Towers
You know, you can, you can drink there.
Natasha Leggero
Yeah, you got to find out there's not that. Oscar, how many places can you are bars at Disneyland?
Unnamed Speaker 4
All the restaurants in Disneyland now have like alcohol options, but you can't carry them around.
Zack Noe Towers
You have to go to California.
Unnamed Speaker 2
Yeah, you have to go to California and keep going.
Unnamed Speaker 4
Or do what I do. Bring a metal flask and pour it in there when they're not looking and.
Natasha Leggero
They want he's really into Disneyland.
Zack Noe Towers
Or drinking.
Natasha Leggero
Here's the other thing. Like when you introduce them to Disneyland too soon, then as adults, they want to go every weekend.
Unnamed Speaker 4
My parents deprived me of Disneyland. It wasn't until I became an adult that I started becoming obsessed with it.
Unnamed Speaker 1
So you have to micro dose Disneyland.
Natasha Leggero
Well, I think they sensed there was going to be a problem.
Zack Noe Towers
Wait, you're a Disney adult?
Unnamed Speaker 4
I am, yeah.
Zack Noe Towers
Wow.
Unnamed Speaker 4
Say it like it's A bad thing.
Natasha Leggero
No, she's not. She's just.
Zack Noe Towers
I said this on my podcast, but, like, I was with a friend, sophisticated woman. She lives in the Bay Area. We get there and she goes, isn't the castle beautiful? I go, what? That? I go, no, it's a pro. Like, have you never seen a castle? Like, you've been to Europe?
Unnamed Speaker 1
Golf course blown up.
Zack Noe Towers
Yeah, people are just under the influence. Influence there. And then just. They let too many people in. Like, it's just not enjoyable.
Jeff Lewis
Too crowded. You're right.
Zack Noe Towers
It was just like, why is the. Why not? Why don't they let a hundred less people in? So, like, just getting to my car from wherever the hell we were, like.
Unnamed Speaker 1
It was just like a tram and then like, escalators.
Zack Noe Towers
Yeah.
Natasha Leggero
So you got very tired. And at 3 o' clock, I didn't even get tired.
Zack Noe Towers
I'm just like, I don't need to go on another ride.
Jeff Lewis
So you went and sat in the car for three hours?
Zack Noe Towers
Yeah. You think Humphrey Bogart went on the log ride? I mean, this is just such a thing. Like, why are adults doing this? Like, I just like my idea of, like, what is a sophisticated, glamorous person would do? That's why I'm, like, confused by adults who want to go there without children. Like, you want to, like, get jerked around on a ride and then, like, eat bad food?
Natasha Leggero
And at our age, like, my neck hurts, my back hurts, my feet hurt. I'm with you. I have, like, a very little tolerance with it. I'm going to probably have to have to go back this year every. She wants to go every year for her birthday.
Zack Noe Towers
Once a year is doable, I think.
Unnamed Speaker 2
And especially how you do it with the.
Zack Noe Towers
Yeah.
Unnamed Speaker 2
You did the guide?
Natasha Leggero
The guy, too.
Unnamed Speaker 2
Not waiting.
Zack Noe Towers
I did the cheap guide. I did a guide who Knock off. It was a knockoff guide. And she was like, literally, like, not supposed to be on the park premises. It was.
Natasha Leggero
So explain. You didn't do the Disneyland guide?
Zack Noe Towers
No. This woman used to work at Disneyland. Someone told me about her. It was awesome. She knew every single person there. Wait, what?
Natasha Leggero
Nothing.
Zack Noe Towers
Wait, what do you say?
Natasha Leggero
Nothing. Go ahead.
Zack Noe Towers
I don't know if I'm spoiled, but she was like. I was asking her, and I'm like, have you ever gotten in trouble? She's like, yeah, well, last week I was with Mario Lopez, and the park did ask me to leave, but they were like, see you tomorrow. Like, they know that she comes every day. She has an assistant, and they used to work the park. Like, work. So she Knows every single person, and she's literally doing this, like, Hollywood schmooze at the front of every line. She has a whole system. One of them's working the app. She's like, talking everybody. And. Oh, and they got us food. That was the most amazing thing. But this was. Look, Paul, you look broke ass, dude. I'm not paying $10,000 to let my kid not wait in line at Disneyland.
Natasha Leggero
How much did you spend?
Zack Noe Towers
Not that much. It was like, I don't know. We went with another family. Maybe 1200 per family.
Natasha Leggero
Wow, that's a good deal.
Unnamed Speaker 2
And she still got you to the.
Natasha Leggero
Front of the line, so 2400.
Jeff Lewis
What do we spend?
Zack Noe Towers
No, it was less than. It was less than 10,000, you guys. 10,000 you guys got. Do you gu.
Natasha Leggero
A.
Zack Noe Towers
Do you have a little. A sound bite for. You got ripped off. Nouveau riche. I'm a boss, and I'm surrounded by a bunch of amateur. I mean, think of all the money that I saved to, like, play tennis every day or whatever I want to do, you know? I'm not trying to spend all my. Give all my money to the public.
Natasha Leggero
What is it now? 700 an hour?
Unnamed Speaker 2
It's like. Yeah. Seven an hour plus the tip, plus 10 tickets.
Zack Noe Towers
Did you just say 700 to take people around Disneyland?
Unnamed Speaker 2
Yeah.
Natasha Leggero
Yeah, but you get right in, you know, go right up to the front, don't wait in line, and you go.
Unnamed Speaker 1
Behind the scenes and stuff.
Zack Noe Towers
My woman was awesome, and I know you're gonna want her number after the thing. I don't know if I'm legally allowed to talk about her program because she was very cagey.
Natasha Leggero
Yeah. It doesn't sound like I don't want to be in a situation where, you know, the park authorities come over and ask us to leave.
Zack Noe Towers
Why not? I feel like you would thrive in.
Unnamed Speaker 1
Actually, Yeah.
Natasha Leggero
I do love conflict and being asked to leave.
Unnamed Speaker 1
You get to leave.
Zack Noe Towers
I wish. I. Is it from childhood that you. That you can get. Because, like, my nervous system is not set up for conflict. Like, if conflict happens, like, I get, like, gi. Issues. Like, I'm just like, immediately. I'm such a mod. I'm a modern person. I think we should just be able to work it out. Like, I can't yell at other people, and I've had neighbor issues, and I'm just very inspired by your. By your vitriol. Yeah, it's cool. Like, does that come from childhood?
Natasha Leggero
Things are a little different now, so I really. I very much try to start with nice. I also. I tell myself all the time. Is this the hill I want to die on? Normally the answer is yes, and then I will get in an argument. But I do think that people do. A lot of people just, they don't respond to nice. They don't until you push back or, you know, threaten them.
Zack Noe Towers
They mistake it for your weakness. I see, Right.
Natasha Leggero
I find that my office is more efficient when I'm a little more stern. Don't you agree, Shane?
Unnamed Speaker 2
Oh, yeah. Love the stern.
Zack Noe Towers
I can't do it. Although I have, I have done it in the past and it has been amazing, thrilling. I've gotten what I wanted. When I had my own show, like an editor was just like, oh, I'm not doing that. And I had, I was listening to Amy Poehler's book and she was talking about standing up. It's just as a woman, sometimes it's hard too. And I was just like, you know what? You wouldn't talk to Blank like that. And I know you worked with him, so I want you to do it. And he did it. And I had never stuck up for myself. And honestly I haven't done it much since. But it was thrilling and I loved it. And I was. And he was, you could see him kind of shaken, you know, like, because he just wasn't used to like, especially me because I just try to appease, you know, with comedians too, A lot of times we're the diffusers, you know, the natural diffusers. We grew up having to diffuse these situations and everyone's fighting and I mean, most comedians you talk to like their parents are divorced. Like there's not just not improvisers, but if you talk to like stand up comedians, like they all come from broken. It only takes a couple minutes. And then you're like, oh, yeah, that happened to you. Or there was a death or you know, like there was just something dark. Like I was reading Tina Fey's autobiography and it's like, you know, you do.
Natasha Leggero
A lot of reading, a lot of books for someone who could barely graduate college, you read a lot.
Zack Noe Towers
But she was like slashed in the face in, in an alley when she was a kid. Like, you know, it's like that's made up. Anyway, the point is you read long enough and anyone who's really funny, there's something happens.
Unnamed Speaker 1
Christ.
Zack Noe Towers
But so anyway, sometimes I find it hard because my natural inclination is to like, handle all the problems and take care of the family and take care of everyone. So it can be hard sometimes also.
Natasha Leggero
When you have this little kid like looking up at you like Modeling. You. You. I'm very careful about what I do.
Jeff Lewis
In front of her.
Unnamed Speaker 2
Oh, but when she leaves the room, she's in school.
Natasha Leggero
Thank God she's in school.
Zack Noe Towers
My daughter will say so many things to me. And I'm like, who told you that? She's like, you like, she's like, oh, that man has something wrong with his brain. Like, if she sees a homeless person, I'm like, don't say that. Why are you saying that? And she's like, that's what you said about blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, I said that? Like, I can't remember. They ask so many questions and you just have to be kind of like, you're right. Ready?
Natasha Leggero
I Google a lot of. Yeah, when she, when she asked me questions because I normally can't answer them.
Zack Noe Towers
Well, I try to just tell her.
Unnamed Speaker 1
Oh, I'd be like, ask Tick tock, baby.
Zack Noe Towers
Put it in. Tick tock.
Unnamed Speaker 2
Ask Chat. GPT.
Natasha Leggero
Yeah.
Zack Noe Towers
But one thing my daughter said that I don't like at all is she's like, mom, don't ever tell anyone anything I say. And I'm like, she had a knife to your throat.
Unnamed Speaker 2
Write a special.
Zack Noe Towers
But that's the thing. It's like, now I have my stand up act and I'm like, okay, well, I don't really want to make a special because what if she sees it when she's 12 or when she's 10 and learns how to read at her current school? They don't teach you how to read, like the European way.
Natasha Leggero
Oh, so she doesn't know how to read yet, but she could set a beautiful table.
Zack Noe Towers
Oh my God, it's amazing the way she folds napkins. She can identify every plant you can eat on a walk. Like, she's just like, she can.
Unnamed Speaker 1
Okay, that actually sounds helpful.
Zack Noe Towers
It's cool. But yeah, so it's. It's hard though, because I'm. My husband's just like, oh, I don't take that seriously. Who cares? But then I had a woman open for me once, and she was older than me and she's like, yeah, my kids don't talk to me anymore. And I was like, why? She's like, well, my, my teenagers got really mad about me talking about them on stage. I mean, she wasn't very funny, but still that got in my head and I'm like, oh, my God, you can like mess up your relationship and maybe it's different with mothers and daughters. So anyway, the point is having a child really makes you reevaluate your values and Things change and it's just very challenging. Do you find that?
Natasha Leggero
I do, I do, absolutely. Like I said, I'm very careful about what I do and say in front of her. So then I wait for her to leave and then I misbehave or go to school.
Zack Noe Towers
You go to her school? Do you volunteer? Do you ever like the paper cut? Like you cut paper?
Natasha Leggero
So the funny thing is they said they're. They're doing some sort of auction and I hate this. So they reached out. I donate. So that's what I do. That's my thing. I donate to them. They really shouldn't be asking my thing.
Unnamed Speaker 2
I write checks.
Natasha Leggero
They shouldn't.
Jeff Lewis
They shouldn't be.
Natasha Leggero
That's good.
Zack Noe Towers
A lot of people can't do that.
Jeff Lewis
They shouldn't be asking me to do.
Natasha Leggero
Anything because I donate a lot of money, so. But they still do it. So I guess there's some sort of auction coming up and they wanted to auction off the. The chance to come and sit in this radio show and. And I was like, I don't know what to say. Like, I waited a couple days and I just wrote, ugh. I wrote ugh. Oh, g H comma, I'd rather not.
Zack Noe Towers
That's good.
Natasha Leggero
And that was it. And I was like, you know what?
Zack Noe Towers
I'm so honest.
Unnamed Speaker 2
Let me write these, please.
Zack Noe Towers
Because I would just.
Unnamed Speaker 2
Like when he read it out loud, I was like, no, say, hey, I'm sorry. Unfortunately, SiriusXM just don't allow us.
Natasha Leggero
Yeah, that's a lie.
Unnamed Speaker 2
You could just. First of all, it's actually true.
Natasha Leggero
Well, they do charity auctions all the time.
Unnamed Speaker 2
They can.
Natasha Leggero
Without even asking me.
Zack Noe Towers
This is what I would say. Oh, that's so sweet. Let me ask. Let me put you in touch with.
Natasha Leggero
But that's a lie. I don't want to do it.
Unnamed Speaker 1
Oh.
Natasha Leggero
So I just figure, do I, Do I, Do I ghost? Do I ghost them? That's kind of shitty. So I waited a couple of days. Then I was like, you know what, Jeff? Just be honest.
Unnamed Speaker 3
But maybe just. I'd rather not. The ugh is like bothering me.
Unnamed Speaker 1
But that's how they know it's from Jeff.
Zack Noe Towers
True.
Natasha Leggero
And they're not gonna ask me again.
Zack Noe Towers
That's true. The ugg. He's just got him bought himself five years.
Jeff Lewis
I sure do.
Zack Noe Towers
The new person comes in or he puts his kid in a nature school.
Natasha Leggero
And I think some people do appreciate. I think people do appreciate honesty. I do.
Unnamed Speaker 2
They love the ug.
Unnamed Speaker 1
Well, it saves everyone time because the truth is going to come Out. Do you know what I mean? Like whether you had volleyed it back and forth and then canceled on them like before the charity self happen. Do you know what I mean?
Natasha Leggero
The other thing, I really, I don't want to do this, but I feel like I need to do this. I'm feeling very compelled that.
Jeff Lewis
So they have these moms, these two moms.
Natasha Leggero
And every, every year, like they're in charge of fundraising and honestly I think they do a terrible job. And, and they'll speak like in, you know, if there's like a big parent event, they'll speak.
Zack Noe Towers
Good thing they don't listen to this.
Unnamed Speaker 1
Yeah, this must get back to them. There is no way these two moms have not been sent a link to this exact moment in the show.
Natasha Leggero
No. I told the school, I said, look, I think they're doing a terrible job. I think we can raise a lot. I think we can raise a lot more money because I would.
Zack Noe Towers
You said you could do a better job.
Natasha Leggero
Yeah, because I think they're too powerful.
Unnamed Speaker 2
But that did not offer his services, but just that I could if I wanted to.
Natasha Leggero
Cause I would call people out, right? I'd be like, hey, we know Euphoria was picked up for another season, you guys, you have plenty of money.
Jeff Lewis
You can donate. So I'll just call people out individually.
Natasha Leggero
I think I would be more effective. I think they're too passive.
Unnamed Speaker 2
Do you want to host an auction? Is that what you're saying?
Natasha Leggero
Not an auction, but what they do is they'll, you know, they go on and I don't know why we were there.
Jeff Lewis
Why were we there?
Natasha Leggero
There's some sort of kid event.
Unnamed Speaker 1
Your daughter goes to school there.
Natasha Leggero
Yes, but we were there for some reason.
Zack Noe Towers
Some child. I think she was in my Birkin.
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Natasha Leggero
Is it true that you used to work in a brothel?
Zack Noe Towers
I worked in a brothel in Australia for one day.
Natasha Leggero
Would you get fired or quit?
Zack Noe Towers
I quit.
Natasha Leggero
Why?
Zack Noe Towers
Because. Well, I thought it was. It was like the most. The job I found online on, like, it was like a. A newspaper. It was like, you know, $20 an hour to answer calls. But then they wanted me to clean the towels.
Natasha Leggero
Oh, God.
Zack Noe Towers
And that was a little crispy, crunchy towels. Yeah. And the girls were so funny. Like, the girl who was training me, she would just be like, held on, we got a hair. Harry Mary on line three. Like, she knew, like, every type. It was like, I can't do an Australian accent, but, like, they had all these, like, nicknames.
Natasha Leggero
Tell me the nicknames.
Jeff Lewis
What's a hairy Mary?
Zack Noe Towers
A guy who wants a big pussy. I don't know, like a bushy pussy or something. And then we would. It was actually, it was a. Because prostitution's legal there. So they would walk. My job would be to walk the businessmen into this room. And all the girls were there with, like, their little numbers on. And then they were just like, eating cake and drinking champagne. And then the guy would tell me which one he wanted to take upstairs. Wow. And then I would have to tell the girl. And you could just see they were kind of like hanging out, doing this for the day.
Natasha Leggero
What numbers were most popular?
Zack Noe Towers
I only worked there for one day.
Natasha Leggero
I don't remember that day.
Zack Noe Towers
Let's say three.
Natasha Leggero
Wow, she was hot.
Jeff Lewis
Three.
Zack Noe Towers
Does that help you? No, I don't remember the numbers, but I just.
Natasha Leggero
What number were you?
Zack Noe Towers
I mean, I. I was just there facilitating.
Natasha Leggero
You wanted to be a number.
Zack Noe Towers
This is part of a longer story where I got abducted. By a con artist and taken to Australia. I was with this older man.
Natasha Leggero
I dated a con artist a few years ago.
Zack Noe Towers
You did a few years ago. See, I was so happy when it happened to me because I was like, oh, I'm young. This isn't going to happen when I'm old.
Natasha Leggero
Yep.
Zack Noe Towers
But it happened to you as an adult. Well, not old, but you know.
Natasha Leggero
Thanks for listening.
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Podcast Summary: Jeff Lewis Has Issues
Episode: Natasha Leggero & Zach Noe Towers: Circus Camp & Brothels
Release Date: May 16, 2025
Host: SiriusXM
Guests: Natasha Leggero, Zach Noe Towers
In this episode of Jeff Lewis Has Issues, Jeff Lewis is joined by comedian Natasha Leggero and actor Zach Noe Towers. The trio delves into a variety of personal and professional topics, ranging from the challenges of parenting and handling fame to humorous anecdotes about their careers and personal lives.
Discussion on Undeserved Recognition: Natasha and Zach share their experiences with fame, highlighting the frustrations of being recognized without the public truly knowing them.
Natasha Leggero (00:54):
“I'm stuck at that level of fame also.”
Zach Noe Towers (01:04):
“We talk about circus camp, knockoff tour guides and international brothels.”
Handling Public Misconceptions: They discuss how people often mistake them for others or assume things about their lives based on their appearances.
Natasha (01:37):
“How do I know you? They think you know. They know you from the gym.”
Zach (02:27):
“I love it. Love being small. My daughter's mad at me. We were at Disneyland and she's like crying because she said it's my fault that she can't ride the rides yet.”
Managing Children's Expectations: Both Natasha and Zach talk about the difficulties of enforcing chores and responsibilities with their young daughters.
Natasha (04:25):
“I didn't have all the edge details. I said you had every edge detail.”
Zach (08:10):
“I'm always like, I'm throwing this huge party for my daughter June 20th. It has to be done by then.”
Balancing Discipline and Encouragement: They share strategies on maintaining order while nurturing their children's independence.
Natasha (10:07):
“But now it's like, everything's a fight. It's itchy.”
Zach (12:03):
“It's hard though, because I'm... My husband's just like, oh, I don't take that seriously.”
Role Modeling and Influence: The conversation touches on how parents' behaviors and responses shape their children's perceptions and actions.
Zach (26:31):
“Do you know what I mean? Like whether you had volleyed it back and forth and then canceled on them like before the charity self happen.”
Natasha (27:43):
“I do, I do, absolutely. Like I said, I'm very careful about what I do and say in front of her.”
Zach’s Brief Stint in a Brothel: Zach recounts his surprising and brief experience working in a brothel in Australia, highlighting the unexpected nature of the job and his quick departure.
Zach (35:36):
“I worked in a brothel in Australia for one day.”
Natasha (35:36):
“Would you get fired or quit?”
“I quit.”
Zach (35:42):
“Because I thought it was the most... the job I found online was $20 an hour to answer calls, but then they wanted me to clean the towels.”
Educational Journeys: Both guests share their lengthy and winding paths through higher education, reflecting on their degrees and the time invested.
Zach (06:04):
“I took my husband once and he goes, this place has major get me out of here vibes. I was like, that's how I felt my whole childhood.”
Natasha (06:35):
“Wait, what was your degree?”
“Pre-law with a minor in business.”
Dealing with Unreliable Contractors: Natasha expresses her frustration with contractors who fail to meet deadlines, leading to project delays.
Natasha (04:25):
“I have single handedly delayed this project.”
Unnamed Speaker (04:57):
“How many fabricators are there in Los Angeles?”
Strategies for Effective Communication: Natasha and Zach discuss methods to assertively handle professional setbacks and ensure projects stay on track.
Natasha (05:32):
“I was like, don’t do that. You had every edge detail.”
Zach (05:29):
“You're like, that's how I should talk to contractors.”
Impact of Careers on Family Dynamics: The guests explore how their professional lives intersect with and influence their roles as parents and partners.
Zach (07:23):
“Now I have a daughter. I have an only child. As I said in my book, one is an accessory, two is a lifestyle.”
Natasha (27:54):
“Zack, do you ever like the paper cut? Like you cut paper?”
Maintaining Personal Identity: They discuss the importance of preserving individuality and personal interests amidst the demands of parenthood and public life.
Zach (16:17):
“But that's the thing. Like, my mom, she enrolled me in acting class...she found it in Rockford and it changed my whole life.”
Natasha (16:50):
“She's got to have other interests.”
Disneyland Adventures: Zach shares a humorous account of his family's chaotic trip to Disneyland, emphasizing the challenges of managing a young child in a theme park.
Zach (17:02):
“We went with another family. Maybe 1200 per family.”
Natasha (17:36):
“Did you drink at the park?”
Zach’s Stand-Up Concerns: Zach reflects on the potential impact of incorporating family dynamics into his stand-up comedy, balancing honesty with privacy.
Zach (25:09):
“My daughter will say so many things to me...she's like, mom, don't ever tell anyone anything I say.”
Natasha (28:00):
“I donate. So that's what I do. That's my thing. I donate to them.”
Personal Approaches to Conflict: Natasha and Zach discuss their differing approaches to handling conflict, with Natasha embracing a more confrontational style and Zach striving for modern, conflict-free interactions.
Natasha (23:12):
“I find that my office is more efficient when I'm a little more stern.”
Zach (23:43):
“I can't yell at other people, and I've had neighbor issues...”
Influence of Background on Conflict Resolution: The guests explore how their upbringing and personal histories shape their methods of dealing with disputes and disagreements.
Natasha (23:37):
“I find that my office is more efficient when I'm a little more stern.”
Zach (23:42):
“They mistake it for your weakness.”
The episode concludes with light-hearted banter and reflections on maintaining honesty and integrity in both professional and personal spheres. Jeff encourages listeners to tune into more episodes of Jeff Lewis Live available on SiriusXM.
Jeff Lewis (37:33):
“If you want more of this, listen to Jeff Lewis Live every weekday on SiriusXM.”
Natasha Leggero (28:41):
“I just figure, do I ghost? Do I ghost them? That's kind of shitty.”
Zach Noe Towers (35:36):
“I worked in a brothel in Australia for one day.”
This episode of Jeff Lewis Has Issues offers an engaging mix of humor, honesty, and relatable challenges faced by Natasha Leggero and Zach Noe Towers. From the intricacies of parenting young children to navigating the pitfalls of fame and professional life, the conversation provides valuable insights and entertaining anecdotes for listeners.
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