The One About Traveling

Summary

Sibling Rivalry – "The One About Traveling"

Release Date: September 17, 2025
Hosts: Bob the Drag Queen & Monét X Change

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Episode Overview

This episode, “The One About Traveling,” finds Bob and Monét riffing on their travel experiences, attitudes towards tourism, and how they approach exploring the world while on tour. True to form, the conversation swerves through cultural observations, drag touring stories, food reviews, and hilarious debates about everything from pickleball to comedy club dinners, all sprinkled with personal anecdotes and the duo’s signature banter. The episode is especially rich in both practical and philosophical takes on how travel shapes their lives and careers.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Drag Touring & Travel Habits

• Cruises & International Gigs

  • Both have worked on Mediterranean cruises, hitting hot spots like Athens, Santorini, Istanbul, and Alexandria. But while Monét gets off the boat for adventures, Bob prefers staying onboard unless friends drag him into sightseeing.
  • [24:00–25:20] Monét shares: “Girl, I had eight days of going to all these amazing and beautiful and fierce countries.”
  • Bob confesses: “I don’t love tourism as a hobby for myself.”
    They both agree, though, that sharing meals with locals often becomes their most treasured memory from travel.

• Tourist Landmarks vs. Local Culture

  • Bob is ambivalent about seeing world monuments: “I don’t really get a big kick out of seeing buildings and structures, even when they’re really old. I don’t really get a lot of joy out of that.” (26:25)
  • Monét feels differently, aiming to hit iconic sights, but realizes these don’t leave as strong an impression as attending house parties or going out in local neighborhoods.

On Illness, Vaccines, and Working While Sick

• Discussion about Pressure to Work While Ill (19:28–21:54)

  • Both admit to working shows and gigs while under the weather, reflecting how economic necessity in the entertainment industry (and service jobs) often overrides health.
  • Monét summarizes: “If I don’t go do this eight-hour shift, my check is going to be $100 less, and I just can’t afford that.”

• Vaccines & Public Health (16:05–19:06)

  • The hosts sharply critique anti-vaccine trends, highlighting personal connections–Bob’s grandmother had polio, and Monét is strict about keeping up with shots.
  • Bob’s quote: “Vaccines seem really important. My grandmother had polio, and her legs were all messed up from her bout with polio as a child.” (16:58)
  • They discuss practical aspects of getting vaccinated on tour (Target, Walgreens, side-effects).

Favorite Experiences Abroad

• Connection Over Attractions

  • Both express that their most meaningful travel memories stem from sharing meals and time with people rather than visiting monuments.
  • Bob: “Being in a home in Brazil was more exciting than going to see the Christ Redeemer.” (29:05)
  • Monét: “The most fun I had in Brazil was going to the favelas—these amazing street parties and clubs.” (29:21)

• Nature & Adventure (or Not!)

  • Bob confesses disinterest in wild animals or aquatic tours: “I don’t want to have an encounter with a dolphin. I don’t want to pet a stingray.” (25:25)
  • He prefers cultural exchange and hospitality.

Group Sports & Pickleball Curiosity

• Volleyball, Basketball, and Pickleball
  • Monét proposes they join a volleyball league; Bob swiftly bows out, preferring casual games over formal commitments. (30:33–31:30)
  • They debate their skills in basketball and tennis, reminiscing about playing as kids and trading sports terminology.
  • The duo muses about becoming “an iconic pickleball duo,” and joke they’re not sure what the game even involves (“It’s just like baby tennis, right?” – Monét, 31:45).

Comedy Club Food & Dining On the Road

• Comedy Club Food Reviews

  • Monét gets heated about the quality of food at various comedy venues. She gives shoutouts to the Zebulon (LA), Joe’s Pub (NYC), and select Improv clubs, but trashes others: “They literally just took a bag of chips, sprinkled some cheese, and heated it up—like, that’s the nachos.” (43:30)
  • Bob reflects on how some clubs surprise with elevated food, while others serve “awful food.” (41:52–43:52)

• Eating Pre-Show

  • Both discuss their eating habits before a gig:
    • Bob prefers a protein shake, rarely eats during work, and happily skips dinner if it means avoiding “gig stomach.”
      • “Honestly, when I’m on gigs, I don’t like to eat. I don’t like to have a full stomach doing a show.” (45:21)
    • Monét eats a proper meal early, knowing that adrenaline will stave off hunger.

Social Media, Boundaries, and Responding to Critics

• Responding to Online Comments

  • Bob shares his penchant for online debates, admitting: “I do. I will fight. I will. Although I fight less than I used to. As I get older, I care less.” (37:23)
  • He talks about getting “banned from TikTok lives” due to his debate streak.
  • They reflect on their willingness to clap back at criticism vs. simply ignoring it.

• Tech Boundaries & ‘Do Not Disturb’

  • The two discuss the use of ‘Do Not Disturb’ on their phones and the paranoia of missing pressing opportunities or emergencies.
    • Monét: “I don’t have a go-through list.”
    • Bob: “My phone ringing will not wake me up. Bitch, my alarm barely wakes me up.” (53:46)

Fitness and Aging

• Body Goals & Calorie Counting

  • Monét is on a strict 1800 calories/day plan and feels perpetually hungry but motivated by results.
  • Bob recounts prior bodybuilding periods and admits he will not sacrifice work for working out.

• Motivation

  • Monét: “While I’m at 35, I want to achieve a lot of things. I’m happy with my body, but I’m trying to push it to the next tier.” (48:47)
  • Bob: “I’m not willing to sacrifice any work, any gig, any writing… to go to the gym.” (50:40)

Classic Sibling Rivalry: Access & Boundaries

• Keys, Trust, and Boundaries
  • A hilarious skirmish over apartment keys escalates into playful shade:
    • Bob: “That’s why you don’t have a key anymore.”
    • Monét: “And you don’t have a key to mine.”
    • Bob: “A key to your home is a shit sandwich to me.”
    • Monét: “I'm happy you don't want it, cause you'll never get it.” (54:50–55:01)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “I don’t love tourism as a hobby for myself.” – Bob (24:53)
• “Being in a home in Brazil was more exciting than going to see the Christ Redeemer.” – Bob (29:05)
• “I'm happy you don't want it, cause you'll never get it.” – Monét (55:01)
• “Vaccines seem really important. My grandmother had polio...” – Bob (16:58)
• “If I don’t go do this eight-hour shift, my check is going to be $100 less, and I just can’t afford that.” – Monét (21:16)
• “They literally just took a bag of chips, sprinkled some cheese, and heated it up—like, that’s the nachos.” – Monét (43:30)
• “I feel like for someone with my amount of followers, I should be making more money than I make.” – Bob on TikTok (38:36)
• “I’m happy and hungry.” – Monét on her new workout routine (48:38)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Spanish banter & language learning: 03:00–06:36
• Touring & tourism preferences: 24:03–29:05
• Discussion of vaccines and health: 16:05–19:06
• Psychology of working while sick: 19:28–21:54
• Pickleball/sports tangent: 31:05–33:59
• Comedy club dining reviews: 41:09–43:52
• Debating online and TikTok bans: 36:52–38:40
• Fitness, aging, and discipline: 48:10–51:54
• Do Not Disturb debate: 52:05–54:39
• Apartment keys & boundaries: 54:39–55:05

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Closing Thoughts

The episode blends real insight into the grind of touring drag performers with the kind of personal travel philosophy we all develop as we age. Bob and Monét’s humor keeps the discussion light but honest, whether negotiating new health norms or dishing about the worst club nachos in America (“Sprinkle some cheese out the crack of someone’s ass…” – Monét, 43:30). The Sibling Rivalry dynamic is alive and well, never shying from shade, but always rooted in respect and laughter.

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Perfect for listeners looking for:

• Tales and truths about drag touring
• Hilarious, relatable travel perspectives
• Real talk on balancing work, health, and self-care
• Infectious banter from two of drag’s favorite “siblings”

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Don’t miss: The running food debates and Bob’s steadfast refusal to ever want a key to Monét's place!

Transcript

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My name is Bob the Drag Queen,

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and I'm Mon X Change.

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And this is simply rivalry. On this week's episode, we debut our new podcast, Hermanos Revalidad.

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We talk about traveling, and we find

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out what made Monet say this.

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I'm happy you don't want it. Cause you'll never get it. And we find out what made Bob say this.

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I don't think I have the time. Where's this tank top from?

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It's on the tank top. It's a T shirt, and I'm talking

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about the tank top you have in the room.

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My friend Mario, who stolens a lot from me, he dropped off something from me the other day. He was like, oh, I made this for you, by the way. And I was like, oh, my God. Thank you. And I love the shirt. It says. Can you see what it says?

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It says Monet.

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No, it doesn't. Read again,

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M O N E T that. I can read the name Monet.

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I don't know. Doubts about you sometimes about whether or

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not I can read.

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Are you gonna put a hat on? I'm just asking.

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Are you?

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No.

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Also no. Okay. I'm just asking, too. You gonna put some lotion on your knees?

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No, because they're pretty lotioned up, actually. Are you gonna give me this labu?

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That is not my labu to give you. Oh, it's a lefufu. And this. This belongs to Taylor O'Rear.

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No, it's not Taylor's.

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This is mine. This is yours.

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I haven't done anything with it yet.

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Oh, this is Jacob's.

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Jacob, if you really want it, you can have it. But I can also make you one in a custom color if you. If red's not your fantasy.

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Yeah, rest of my fantasy also. I mean, this is red. It's like a. It's ab. It's like. It looks like red and blue.

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Yeah. What color do you think it was?

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Purple. I mean, I can see that. That makes sense too.

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And the faces looks gold.

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It is gold.

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And the teeth are white.

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No.

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Eyes are black. Inside, the ears are red and the bottom of the feet are gold. Cooked.

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So, I mean, I just told Bob, oh, I'm taking a Spanish class. And he was like, what did you say?

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I said, do you speak Spanish? I know, I said. I said. Lessons. To learn in espanol. Po.

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Okay, you said. You said in espanol.

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Por favor, no English. What does that have to do with English?

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Spanish or English? Which one is it? Okay.

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Solamente hablo espanol ingles.

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You don't know. Okay, so.

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Hablas espanos de los manos? No pointing. Mas grandes dedos.

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Deos.

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Deos de los manos de dos. Dedos de los manos de dos. De los pias de do De los manos de dos.

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Look like.

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Look like mismanos Muy pequito.

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Muy c. No espito es poquitoquito is non existence.

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Exactly. Exactly.

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Exactly.

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Muicant tusmanos mas grande.

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Okay, C. Mas grande to mas grande.

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Sukabesa con sukabesa mas grande. Serrados,

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Miss.

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Ojos fit perfectly,

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no?

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Si.

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No, no, no, no.

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Anyway, to those of you who don't speak Spanish, I just told Monet that she looks really stunning today.

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Hermano's rivalidar. Okay, so I was watching. The new season of the View has started.

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How long is their break?

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They do like the after 4th of July, I think, like end of August and end of July through and right through now.

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You ever gone to see the View in line?

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Yeah, I've seen it before, like several times.

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Oh, that's right. You're on the View. I keep forgetting you're on the View.

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Yeah, but.

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So I've only seen it. I mean, I've saw it once. I was on it once, but I. I've never. I've never been in the audience to watch the View.

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Yeah, before, like when I was just living in New York, I used to go see the views sometimes. I love the crowd work lady. Oh, she's great. She don't want to like that. Yeah, she got. Yeah.

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What's her name? Oh, my God. I want to get her. I want to give her a shout out. She was really lovely. And she got my. My uncle into the view. Her name was Regina. Regina de Chico.

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Chico.

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Mm.

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Yeah. Yeah, she's great. She's so. And she's really fucking funny.

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Also, the guy that does crowd work here in la, Cecil.

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You mean for After Midnight? Yes.

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I've seen him a couple times, though. He did it also for Secret Celebrity Drag Race.

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His pre shows are crazy.

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She is doing. She is working.

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No, it's like a full production. Costume changes, lip syncs. He could be a very successful drag queen.

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Yeah, he's great. He's very funny.

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Yeah.

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Cecil, right?

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I can't remember, but shout out to him.

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Yeah, I love him. He's very good. You think you can warm up a crowd? Aye, for sure. I mean, girl, I did it fucking seven nights a week.

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But that was your own crowd. I mean, warming up for someone else, though. It's not the same as opening up for someone. Like, warming up feels like. Cause it's like, also, they're standing off the side laughing the loudest at all the jokes. They're like, ha, ha, ha, ha. Encourage. As soon as someone.

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Whoa, whoa.

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They have to have these, like, their attention is, like, on 10 and, like.

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Is it? Yeah, I mean, I think I could. Okay.

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I think you look nice if these were stoned and I don't really know.

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Stone. These jeans?

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Yeah, Like Simone's jeans.

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No, no, no, I wouldn't. I wouldn't. I would. A whole pair of stone jeans. Don't speak to me. I have a lot of stone things and a whole pair of jeans.

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You want to address what you were mentioning before about how everyone thinks you're always stoned and you're actually not stone?

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Yes. People always think I'm high, and I'm generally not high that often. Like, I don't say horrendous. No.

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Okay, okay.

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I just said that. The other day, Jay was. He was editing one of the episodes, and we were talking about something. He was like, were you high? I was like, no. I can count maybe on one hand in the entire tenure of a podcast the amount of times I've been high doing episodes of podcast.

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One hand.

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Yes. That one time when I was in Joshua street and I was on shrooms. That was one time.

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Would you be open to drug testing?

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Yeah, I'm sure you can probably Find one on the Tick Tock shop.

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A drug test, probably. But would I be able to trust it? You know, I don't like on Tick Tock. You know what I like? Ear candling.

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What?

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Ear candling.

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The is air candling.

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You put.

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Oh, I've seen this.

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A tube in your ear and then you burn it. And then apparently it's pulling stuff out of your ear.

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It's baloney malarkey.

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Yeah, it's a scam.

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Have you done a neti pot? Stingers do that a lot.

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I tried to neti pot and I'm drowning. I'm waterboarding myself.

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I don't like it. I don't like the sensation of it.

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I can't get it to come out the other nose. The other nostril?

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Yeah. I've never done it.

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I put it one. It goes straight to my brain.

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The boar worms.

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I don't know what the boar worms are. Not the boar worms, but I don't know what that is. I just know that Katya and Maddie

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were like going, there's a movie they're watching. It was a boar worm.

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It's like an old movie from the 70s. Or this, like, it's an older, like, vintage movie. And the lead woman, it's like kind of camp. Like she's strapped up to a table or something. And the villain is like, I'm gonna torture you. I'm gonna bring out the boar worms.

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And she's like, oh, no, not the boar worms.

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And it's kind of like camp. And T.S. madison thought it was funny.

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And these are the same boar worms that RFK has in his brain.

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Are they really?

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Yeah.

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Do you like old movies, rfk?

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No.

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You don't like old movies?

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I don't like old movies.

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Like, how old is. How is.

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I don't like movies in black and white. I don't like anything 80s. I like 80s because that's daunted. Mom, the baby suit is dead. That's 80s. Yeah. 70s. We missed 70s movie.

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I can tell you maybe something like. I think dolomite. Is that the 60s or 70s?

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Wizard of Oz is too old. I don't like it.

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Is Dolomite 60s or 70s?

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I've never seen Dolomite.

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Or how about Foxy? Foxy Brown?

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I never seen any of those blaxploitation films. No.

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Foxy Brown? You never saw Truck Turner?

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No.

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You never saw.

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Those are too old. I just don't. I don't like that.

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What's the one where Samuel Jackson is chained to a white woman?

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That no, that is Black Snake Moan. And that is from, like. That's from, like, the 2000s.

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Oh, yeah. No, no, Black Snake isn't boxing. Oh, yeah, yeah.

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Black snake. Mom's probably 2000s. Yeah.

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Yeah.

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That's not all. He just. He just look old in the movie,

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I think it wasn't it set in that time? In that era?

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I. I don't know when, but I know it's from the 2000s. It's 2006. Yeah.

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Samuel Jackson better work.

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Samuel Jackson is a brilliant actor.

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He's working for so long.

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He's one of my favorite actors.

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He's working for a really long time.

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Are you a big fan of Samuel L. Jackson? I'm not.

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Not a fan. You know, I mean, like, I. When I see movies, I'm always like, I know he's going to do a good job in the role. Like, I can't think of a role I've seen Samuel L. Jackson in. And I was like, ooh, that was bad.

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I kind of have this. I know he has never said this, but I have this vision of Samuel Jackson doing a movie and, like, where he's like, a crime fighter or some sort of a superhero in. In Hawaii, and he just goes, mahalo, motherfucker. And then, like, shoot someone off a volcano or kick someone into a volcano. Mahalo, motherfucker.

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Do you know what I'm talking about? The other day, I didn't realize. You remember the movie Deep Blue Sea with LL Cool J?

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Deep Blue Sea, yes.

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They're in this boat. This. This thing.

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I'm familiar.

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Samuel Jackson is in that, I think. Okay, but the whole thing. But do you know who else is in it? I didn't realize. Ll. No, not him. Michael Rapaport.

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Your bestie.

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Girl, please.

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You said you were bestie.

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I didn't say that. Anyway, I. Oh, you weren't supposed to say that. I did not realize that Michael Rappaport was in that. Do you remember this movie?

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Vaguely. Vaguely. I remember the movie In Too Deep that LL Cool J was in, which is similar to Deep Blue Sea.

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Is it in a boat? No, it's not in this. How is it similar?

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Deep Blue Sea into deep. I just get the name.

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I just read the plot.

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Got it. But I remember. But I don't think I saw. I think I saw Deep Blue Sea once, but I remember really loving the movie In Too Deep.

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I never seen In Too Deep.

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In Too Deep. He is one of them. We go back to In Too Deep. The cast, either him or Omar Epps is undercover officer. I Can't remember which one is an undercover officer, but one of them is in. He's in too deep. He. Yeah, it's Omar Epps. Omar Epps plays a police officer who is infiltrated a gang as a. As a undercover cop. But he is so far into the gang now that it's like. Yeah, so they're saying he's in too deep.

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Omar Epps is another actor famous to black people only. Like, Jacob, do you know Omar Epps is.

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Yeah.

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You do not.

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Yeah, he's from.

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He's from.

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Into deep.

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Kane, do you know who Omar Epps is? Okay.

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I mean, yeah. So I was really. I was really into Into Deep as a kid.

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I.

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That movie, and I was really obsessed with. It's not a similar plot, but it's kind of similar. Undercover Cop Goes In Too Deep was a Face Off.

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I never seen Face off either.

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Face off is a really. It's John Travolta. No, John Travolta and Nicholas Cage. And they swap faces. So Caster Troy, you told me this

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before on the podcast.

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Yeah. Castor Troy is the bad guy. And then John. I can't remember who puts on whose face. It's so confusing. I think that.

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I think Travolta is the FBI agent.

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Yeah.

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And he puts on. And he puts on Nick Cage's face, and then he operates as Nick Cage, but then Nick Cage wakes up and puts on John Travolta's face. And now the bad guy is the cop and the good guy is the bad guy.

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Do you see the lines? Are we seeing the surgery scars?

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No, you don't.

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So anyway, I'll watch it, and I'll

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watch it because they're there because they're FBI and they have. They have technology that goes beyond these things. Like you told me with. With some shows watching the day, I was like, how the fuck you. You also Dexter. Yeah, like, he never gets caught. It's impossible to catch this guy.

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Oh, you finished season one of you, didn't you?

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I finished season one of you, yes.

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Yeah, we talked about this. And he's like, you're gonna continue watching it, but you don't think it's a good show.

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I'm gonna continue watching. I do not think it's a good show. But I do find it entertaining, though.

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Can we talk about how America is so crazy? Have you heard about all this vaccine thing going on? Why don't you play this clip?

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Oh, I've seen it.

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Let's play it.

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We're go to a break.

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Oh, let's Go to. After the break, Close your eyes.

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Exhale.

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Feel your body relax. And let go of whatever you're carrying today.

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Well, I'm letting go of the worry that I wouldn't get my new contacts in time for this class. I got them delivered free from 1-800-contacts. Oh, my gosh, they're so fast.

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And breathe.

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Oh, sorry.

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I almost couldn't breathe when I saw the discount they gave me on my first order. Oh, sorry. Namaste.

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And we're back. Let's watch.

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I'm sorry.

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The Florida Department of Health, in partnership with the governor, is going to be working to end all vaccine mandates in Florida. And everyone went crazy. Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery.

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Why does he have to make that comparison? What the fuck is wrong with what this. What this country has going on? They're gonna stop all vaccine mandates in schools.

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In Florida.

[D]

In Florida, yeah. They stopped giving kids vitamin K because, you know, babies are not born with vitamin K. You need vitamin K. Helps, like blood clotting, whatever. So it is customary to. You give infants vitamin K?

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No.

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More to help them with their blood clotting so they can blood clot.

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Not anymore.

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And now there's now current reports of kids with brain bleeds because their blood is not clotting.

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Well, measles. There's been measles outbreaks. They. They just. Okay, I want to be clear. I am not a doctor. Do not take medical advice from me. We got that out of the way. Um, vaccines seem really important. My grandmother had polio, and she was. Her legs were, like, all messed up from her bout with polio as a child. My grandmother died at 54 in 1994. Do the math. I think she was born in the 40s, right? Yeah. So I think she was born in 1940, actually. So obviously she really needed a vaccine. Polio would have been great to have. I am fully vaccinated.

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I am, too.

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Everybody.

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I try to go to the. It's only because it's the closest thing next to me. And I don't know, like, I could do more research, whatever. It's literally down the block. I get my vaccine from Target. I know, I know, I know. But it's just there. I don't pay. They're free, so I'm not giving them any money. I'm not patronizing.

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There's a Walgreens. They get money.

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They get money.

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Of course it's free for you it's paid for. Vaccines aren't free.

[D]

Well, you know, that's another thing to stop. In New York State, people are trying to get vaccines, like, from the Walgreens. And the CVS did say no.

[B]

I got my vaccines at Walgreens.

[D]

Where?

[B]

Walgreens in Hollywood. Just went to the Walgreens. Like, give me the. Give me the jab. I got it, honey.

[D]

Yeah, I'm getting my vaccine. Only thing, you get sick, though. And I have, like, a lot of big week. I'm like, I don't want to take them and get sick the next couple days.

[B]

I didn't get sick enough that I was like, Jacob was out of commission.

[D]

See, some. Some people get, like, sick.

[E]

I mean, but that was. That was for monkeypox. That was different.

[D]

Oh, did you. Wait, you got. You got Covid and flu and hepatitis?

[B]

Yeah, I didn't get those things. I got vaccines for.

[D]

Thank you, Bob.

[B]

So, no, I did not get hepatitis, the flu and Covid all in the same week. I just want to be clear to the monation. Bobbleheads would know.

[D]

They wouldn't know anyway. And you don't feel any symptoms? Anything like a little fever? Nothing.

[B]

A little bit. But I wasn't like, not I. Like, I don't even get vaccine.

[D]

They'd be like, done. Yeah.

[B]

But I. I think what it is, is I'm not super in tune with my body. So when I'm feeling sick or hurt or something, I can kind of just keep operating. I can do stuff under a lot of pain. I've done a lot of things under a lot of pain, through a lot of sickness, and just keep f. We all got pain. If. We all got pain. Exactly.

[D]

Maybe when you.

[B]

When you're sick and hurt, can you keep going?

[D]

Yeah, I typically do, which I don't think is a. It's not a bad thing, but I'm like. When I'm sick and whatever, like, I was still persevering, do stuff because I'm like, I gotta keep going. Which I think is not the most healthy thing. Like, if you're sick, you should be able to sit your ass on and be like, girl, get better and go back to work. As opposed to being like, I just gotta.

[B]

Well, for me, I just don't feel that sick. Or when I'm in pain. Okay. With the exception of tooth pain, depending on the tooth pain, I can operate on some tooth pain. And with a stomachache, I can't. Like, I can't. If I have a stomachache, I can't. You can't even stand up sometime.

[D]

Yeah. Have you ever taken. Have you ever taken off for a gig for being sick?

[B]

Have I ever taken off from a gig? I have been asked to leave set because I had Covid.

[D]

The first time you're supposed to do Zwe.

[B]

Yeah. I was asked to leave set because I had Covid. And then I was. I would say I was pretty. If y' all want to see me whacked out of my brain, go back and watch First. First Impressions with me and Kandy Muse. I was fucked up.

[D]

I was like, so we left Zway and did the thing with Kandy Muse.

[B]

I left Z Way and I did a episode of Press and First Impressions from my hotel room with Kandi Muse.

[D]

Yeah, I've never been. I've never taken off for a gig for being sick. I've gone to gigs and I wasn't feeling well. And Pat and I would go back to the thing. I'm just sitting there like, but bitch, get on stage.

[B]

I lost my voice and had to call out of a gig from losing my voice. Would that count?

[D]

Yeah, because I'm being sick.

[B]

Yeah. So. But I was still functional, but I was like, I don't have a voice. And like, I literally can't speak. So that. That's probably the. That was when I was in. In Berkeley. So that would probably be the furthest I've gone with, like, actually, like, losing my voice and not being able to do a gig. But otherwise I. And it's probably not good. You probably should not go to work sick. You should not. Probably. You should not go to work sick.

[D]

You should not. But I think. I mean, I think we're in a privileged position where, well, like, if we take off the gig, like, it'll be fine, whatever. But I think a lot of people still go to work is like, bitch, if I don't go to do this eight hour shift, my. My check is going to be 100 and 100 bucks less. And I just can't afford that. So big people. A lot of people work sick because you have to. A lot of people just have to, like, you cannot afford to skimp out on that money. Like, I'm not missing out on that check. I can't.

[B]

But then other people might end up not being able to come and work because they're sick.

[D]

I know.

[B]

So you got to do the cost benefit analysis.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

But really, it's really about your own costs. And then someone. El detriment.

[D]

Yeah. You know what I mean?

[B]

So I guess the question is, like, how do you Feel knowing that you may have gotten someone sick.

[D]

Right.

[B]

You ever got someone sick?

[D]

I. I. When I used to work at the Yale Club, I used to go to work sick all the time.

[B]

Coughing in their faces.

[D]

Coughing. And this is again.

[F]

Here's your.

[B]

Here's your. Here's your key. That's crazy.

[D]

I had to go to work. I need. I had to go to work.

[B]

I've done shows where, like, the whole castle.

[D]

Sick. Really?

[B]

Yeah. Work, the world were all sick.

[D]

Oh, yeah. Well, that happens on tour. That happens a lot because you all get Covid on.

[B]

On.

[D]

No, we did not get Covid, but we were. We were traveling around Asia, and it was following. It was like following us around Asia,

[B]

and it had nothing to do with it. Everywhere y' all went, there was a Covid outbreak right after y' all left.

[D]

Literally, as it was happening, it was going down in Asia.

[B]

I'm just asking. I just want to be clear. So y' all would leave a place, then that place would have a Covid outbreak, and you don't have any.

[D]

Well, I will say no one on our team had symptoms or was testing pause, because we were testing no one. Actually, I think. I didn't. I didn't get it tested by Covid, but I did. I think I had it. I had it early, though. I had it, like, in, like, May or April.

[B]

What were your symptoms?

[D]

I was lethargic. I lost taste.

[B]

Did it ever come back?

[D]

Oh, God. I knew it was coming so easy.

[B]

I did it. You can just say yes.

[D]

Transparent.

[B]

You can say yes.

[D]

So transparent.

[B]

You can say yes.

[D]

And I lost taste. I was. I had fever. Body was lethargic, and it happened for, like, a good, like, week and a half, and then I got better. There's also. I say this all the time. Those first two months of COVID being home was great. I loved that. We were just home playing video games, waking up like it was. As an adult. I don't think we will unless we get another fucking pandemic, but we'll never experience that again. Like, the entire world having to pause, and you're not feeling like you're. You're missing out of work or you're not doing a thing. Like you were all forced to take that pause. I enjoyed that, like, the first.

[B]

Take a break if you want.

[D]

No, but I can't, because I feel like there's things I had to do, and I have life going on, and I have goals and things. I really. I. Yes, I can. I don't want to. I don't feel like I can. I'm sure I can.

[B]

I think you should take a break.

[D]

I go on vacations a lot. I take like at least. Well, I mean, the cruises. Yes, the cruises count because I've been lucky enough. Either I like work at the end of it or the beginning of it. So I typically have the entire thing to be like. When I went to the Mediterranean. Mediterranean. I just worked for the first two days and the rest was just off. Girl, I had eight days of going to all these amazing and beautiful and fierce countries.

[B]

I've done the cruise. It's a fun cruise.

[D]

You've done the Mediterranean one? Yeah.

[B]

Where you go to the Greek Isles and you go through Eurasia.

[D]

Wait, where did you. Where did you.

[B]

It was the exact same one.

[D]

Athens, Santorini, Istanbul. Cairo, Egypt. Did you see the pyramids?

[B]

It did not go to Cairo, Egypt.

[D]

Oh, you went to Cairo. We went to Alexandria. You take a bus tour into Cairo?

[B]

I don't really. I don't be. I don't get off the boat.

[D]

To get honest. The only reason I got off the boat so much, because Andy was there. Like, I would stay on the boat every day.

[B]

But I don't love tourism as a hobby for myself.

[D]

But you don't feel the. You don't want to see the world? Like, you don't want to see the pyramids?

[B]

Not really, no.

[D]

Got it. Like, you know, you're not curious and.

[B]

Not enough to get off the boat and go. Not enough to take us five hour journey into the desert.

[D]

It's not five hours, it's two and a half.

[B]

Not enough. Take a two and a half hour journey. Not enough? No.

[D]

Wow.

[B]

I mean, there's stuff I want to see, but I'm kind of like.

[D]

Like what? What do you want to see?

[B]

I see the person.

[D]

Like.

[B]

Yeah, that's how they look. I like to go see shows, I like to go see productions. I like to go see. I like to meet people. But I don't really get a big kick out of seeing buildings and seeing structures, even when they're really old. I don't really get a lot of joy out of that. I don't really like seeing nature. I don't want to see wild animals. I don't want to get into the water. I don't want to come close. I don't want to have an encounter with a dolphin. I don't want to pet a stingray. But I like to see. I would say I'm more of a fan of. I'm not a fan of, like, nature and old structures. As much as I'm a fan of, like, people and cultures, so what I like to do is whenever, if I'm out and about on a tour or something, if a person invites me to their home, that feels more exciting than going to see.

[D]

Okay, let's say you, you, you, you never been to Paris before. Obviously you have. You never been to Paris before. You go to Paris for the first time and you're there for work. Do you go see the Eiffel Tower or the Louvre or the Mona Lisa, or you just stay in your hotel room?

[B]

If I had a choice between first time ever, Paris. If I had a choice between going to the Eiffel Tower and going to a person's home and having a meal, I would choose the person's home. I remember Tower and I was like, yeah, that's her. I don't think I would go to the, to the Louvre. It doesn't seem going to the Louvre feels like. What? I don't know, because I've never gone to the Louvre.

[D]

Louvre's a museum, right? Yeah.

[B]

That's where the Mona Lisa is. That's where Beyonce filmed Ape Shit. I would feel like, it feels like it would be like seeing the Christmas tree at the Rockefeller Center. Like, you just push through it. Like, you don't actually get to go, like, wow, the tree. It's like you're all going through. You know how. You ever seen the Rockefeller tree? So basically you go up to the center and then you get into the point where you see the tree and the crowd just kind of keeps moving. You just kind of all navigate past the thing. Unless you're going in. Then you go in. You can get trapped in there. Not trapped, but like, it takes a long time to get out. Unless you just want to see it. And I feel like seeing them on Lisa might feel like that. Like everyone's just kind of like navigating past it. There's so many people behind you who need to see it that you need to, you know, scoot along. And I'm like, I don't know if I want to take that trip to see that. And also, apparently it's really small.

[D]

Yeah, I mean, every time I, every time I go into a city, like the first time I went to London for the first time, you know, all those years ago, I went to go see Pat. I went to go see Buckingham Palace. Go see Big Ben, which is under construction for a long time. Did you know this?

[B]

A Big Ben?

[D]

Yes. You're overturning with. She had a. Not. I think it Went down like three years ago.

[B]

But Big Ben went down.

[E]

No, it had scaffolding around it for a really long time.

[D]

So I see things like that. But just to say, oh, okay, I saw that thing. Then I don't ever think about it again.

[B]

Buckingham Palace. I've seen Big Ben. I've seen Buckingham Palace. And Buckingham palace kind of is like a big bank to me. Like a big, like a big government building. Like, I've seen pictures of it. So is it a castle? Technically, I don't think it is. But it's a palace because the royal family lives there. But I wanted a castle. I wanted like a castle.

[D]

I don't think it's a castle.

[B]

Is it. Is it is. Buckingham Palace. Can you look that up? Is Buckingham palace technically a castle? I don't know if it is, but I remember thinking myself, they're like a big ass dude.

[D]

I know it's a palace.

[B]

And you can't really. I mean, I don't know if it's considered a castle. I don't know. No, it's not a castle. Yeah. So seeing the palace was cool, I guess. But it kind of looks like a big nondescript building. But I think about the time when like a friend invited me to his home and we ate there. And then I think think about going to see plays like. So when I was in Brazil, I saw Wicked. I went to a friend's home for dinner. I went to go see the Christ Redeemer.

[D]

And that's a structure that everyone loves to see.

[B]

Yeah, I do go. Like I've seen, I've seen the Eiffel Tower. But when I think about what sticks to me the most in my mind, it was going to my friend's home for dinner. And being in a home in Brazil was more exciting than going to see the Christ Redeemed.

[D]

When I went to Brazil, I will say the most fun I had. Dejuan and I went down on vacation together. And the most fun I had was going to, to the parties. Like, we are our lovely foreign Lucy. Shout out to Lucy. She took us to the Pavelas. We went to like these amazing like street parties and like clubs in Brazil.

[B]

What's a pavela?

[D]

It's a living area, a living quarter of people in, in Brazil. Like how we say the PJ's here.

[B]

Oh, the favelas.

[D]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Did I pronounce it wrong?

[B]

You said pavilas. I think it's favelas. Oh, I thought it was a different thing. Unless we are talking about two different things.

[D]

No, the place where people live.

[B]

We're like the poor people live and it's like parties.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

The favelas. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's where the black folks live.

[D]

Yeah, yeah. And then so to me, I think it's favelas. That was the most fun that I had in Brazil, was going to that and just like having fun that way.

[B]

I will say I actually had fun playing volleyball on the beach.

[D]

Volleyball on the beach.

[B]

That was actually kind of fun.

[D]

Okay, you know, let's take a break, we'll talk about volleyball. Because I have something I want to talk to you about actually.

[B]

About volleyball?

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

So give me your hand. The other one.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[D]

Should we.

[B]

Don't be tugging on me, nigga.

[D]

We should join the game as volleyball team here in la.

[B]

I'm gonna take that back. Why? I don't think I have a time to. And I don't think think I want to.

[D]

I think at the time either. But what I heard is once you join, if you can make like one game every couple of whatever, it's fine.

[E]

Well, you can also sign up as a substitute and then you can pick and choose the games.

[D]

You go, let's do it.

[B]

I don't think that volleyball is the sport for me. I don't think that. I think there. I would rather join a basketball league or a dodge.

[D]

Can you play basketball?

[B]

I can play basketball, yes. There's footage of me hitting a three pointer in a full three piece suit.

[D]

But can you dribble and do it?

[B]

I can dribble. I can play basketball.

[D]

Did Ms. Martha teach, you know you want to. Taught softball.

[B]

Softball? She didn't teach softball. She umpired softball.

[D]

She umpired.

[B]

But she did. She did. She was a basketball coach.

[D]

Should we just go play beach volleyball? Just randomly?

[B]

Yeah. See one or two. I'm not trying to sign up for a league.

[D]

Taylor, Alex, Andy and I, we went one time.

[B]

Should we play pickleball? Everyone's raging about it.

[D]

Faith Montoya, my friend Faith Montoya, who did the survival experience with. She plays hours.

[B]

People who pickleball cannot stop pickleballing. It's just like baby tennis, right?

[D]

Yes. Against like a wall. Is that. No, that's racquetball.

[B]

I don't know what pickleball is. I understand it is baby tennis with

[D]

two people, but why is it different than tennis?

[B]

I don't know. I do not know what pickleball is. All I know is that I think it's baby tennis and I think you have to have four people. So two on each side. That's. And I don't even know if I'm right about that.

[C]

Could we.

[D]

Could we be an iconic pickleball duo? We don't even know.

[B]

Maybe.

[D]

Could we be the Venus and Serena?

[B]

The people that I see playing pickleball don't seem super. Super athletic, so maybe.

[E]

I think the main difference is. Is a. It's a smaller court. So in tennis, you really are running around to, like, hit the ball back because you have to, like, sprint across the court. And pickleball is a smaller court, so you're traveling less, and it's more. It's like tennis, but it's focusing on hitting instead of, like, running to the ball, where it's at.

[B]

Why can't you play tennis? How are you at tennis?

[D]

I've never played tennis, like, beyond around. I've never, like, legitimately played tennis.

[B]

I had a tennis phase.

[D]

And when you lived in New York. No, I want to say what a.

[B]

Like a teenager.

[D]

Oh.

[B]

We had a tennis court. My. In my apartment complex.

[D]

Who would you play with? You and Justin?

[B]

Other kids in the neighborhood. Me and Justin never really played together.

[D]

Were you good?

[B]

Yeah, pretty good. Yeah. Because Venus is. Ran really big at that time, so black folks are really into tennis.

[D]

Okay. This guy took me a different shot. Oh. What is. What does lobbing a ball mean?

[B]

I mean, I'm assuming that lobbing is hitting it really far, and you hit it over your head, and you hit it to the far right corner. Like the. The corner. Catty corner to you.

[D]

You hit it.

[B]

But I'm just basing it off.

[D]

You backhand it, and it goes high. It's like. It's like. It's a. Instead of, like, you know, how you hit it goes this way. A lot of is this way. But I was also with people.

[B]

I was also playing tennis with my friend. Like, I was not playing tennis with the coach. I was just. Me and my friends had a tennis racket, and we were like, play tennis. But I wasn't like, what are the. What's the lingo? Although I do know a lot lingo from basketball.

[E]

What is a tennis bagel?

[B]

Again, I don't know tennis lingo bagel.

[E]

Mm.

[B]

I'm assuming that a tennis. The tennis bagel is probably when you hit the ball right inside of the. Their. Their net, and they have a hard time getting to it.

[E]

It's when a set ends with six to zero. So the zero in that.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

A bagel.

[B]

I don't get why it's a bagel.

[E]

Because zero is a bagel.

[B]

What's the six, though.

[E]

It's the other. I would score. So one person gets a six and the other person with a bagel.

[D]

It really. I thought. I thought a zero incentives was love.

[E]

I don't know.

[B]

I think love is when you start. I feel like a bagel is specifically 6 to 0. I also don't. I don't. I used to know how the scoring worked. Like, I remember the scoring, but now I can't. Now I can't remember anymore.

[D]

15, 30, 45. And then when you get after 45, you win this, you win that game.

[B]

And I used to know. I used to know a lot of football lingo, but now I don't know any of it anymore.

[D]

Touchdown.

[B]

I know what a touchdown is.

[D]

Home run.

[B]

That's not in football.

[D]

And you kick through the goal.

[B]

You just know. There's no home runs in football. Home run is baseball. And you know that.

[D]

What. What happens when you kick it through the goal?

[B]

That is called a. That's the field goal. It's called a. A punt. When you punt it through the field goal, just a home run.

[E]

What's a blitz? What's a blitz?

[B]

A blitz is like. Oh, I feel like I used to know this because there's a name, used to be a game called NFL Blitz. But blitz is like when you. When you rush, when you protect the person with the ball and you all. No, you rush in to grab the person with the ball and you get them before they can advance.

[E]

And what's the person with the ball's name?

[D]

The quarterback?

[B]

No, the running back.

[E]

A blitz is when you rush the quarterback.

[B]

Oh, rushing the quarterback.

[D]

Ate that of.

[B]

I gave you almost every.

[D]

Okay, I didn't say that. He asked me about a quarterback. Wasn't idea.

[B]

I gave you almost the whole. You gave me one word after I. After I covered the whole thing. Give me another one. But I. I know. I feel like I know more about basketball than I do about football. But there was a time where I knew a lot of football terms because I was really into NFL Blitz, which was like a video game that had like basically no rules.

[D]

Have you seen that video of that guy, young something, Young jock or something, making fun of Russell Wilson, who is Ciara's husband and he's a quarterback for the New York Giants now, I think. And like they say, I'm like basically saying that he's whack. And he's like a whack man because he's so sweet and kind to her.

[B]

I have not seen this video.

[D]

That sounds crazy, isn't that crazy? Like, Russell Wilson to him looks like a weak, whack, bad husband because he's so kind. He's so sweet to her kids and his. Their kids. And he looks like, you know, like a. Like, Like, Like a. Like, Like a gentle, kind person. That's crazy. That's whack.

[B]

I think that. What he. I think he sounds whack.

[D]

Oh, for sure. It's awful.

[B]

And has. Has Russell or Sierra spoken about this?

[D]

No. They're like, we're not. Why? Why, like, this is this.

[B]

Do you want to be the kind of person who doesn't engage? Because right now you're not. I'm certainly not either.

[D]

What do you mean?

[B]

Like, if someone says no shit about you, you don't say anything. You just. You just always. Beyonce, you always just, like, ignore.

[D]

No, I respond sometimes, since I do, but I.

[B]

Do you want to be the kind of person who just ignores it all?

[D]

Oh, no, I don't think I have an interest in not responding at all. I think that right now, I love. I like the level of if it's something like, I have the time or I feel compelled to say something, I will, but I don't. I'm not like, someone like, ugh, I don't ever want to respond to anything. I'm not interested in that.

[B]

I'm intrigued when people online are like, oh, but you're allegedly busy. I'm like, it took me three seconds to respond to you. Do y' all think I'm literally working every second of the day? I am busy, But I assure you, this 5 minutes max it took me to respond to you does not equate to me not being busy. Yeah, they love say, but you're. You're this allegedly busy drag queen. But you had time to respond to me. Yes, I did. I am busy. And I also had time to respond to you. It took five minutes out of my day, and it brought me a lot

[D]

of joy to respond to you.

[B]

Yes, you do.

[D]

You do like responding.

[B]

I do. I do. I will fight. I will fight. I will. Although I fight less than I used to. To be honest, as I get older, I care less.

[D]

Are you still in your debate phase? Are you still debating a lot?

[B]

I've not done anything. I keep getting banned, so I don't do them anymore. I keep getting banned from Tick Tock. So I'm like, I. I don't. Well, banned from going live, and I feel like, enough strikes and I will end up getting, like, literally kicked off the platform. So I just. I just gave it up.

[D]

Yeah. Yeah. I feel like I, I mean, I don't, I don't use Tick Tock as much as you do, but I feel like when I used to go into a lot, I was. You're always live fighting.

[B]

Always is crazy. Always is crazy.

[D]

Well, one time, I'll never forget, one time I woke up, it was like you were on the east coast and I, I was on. It was like 11 o' clock my time. I was like, is this, is this argue? But it was like you were like arguing someone at like 3 o' clock in the morning. I'm like, yeah, but that's not all the time.

[B]

Like, I mean, I would, I would, I would.

[D]

That happened often, is my point.

[B]

There's a period. There are people who are like, like, like there are people who like live all the time. Like. Yeah, that's like a big part of her. I think for her it's part of, it's part of income. Like you can actually make money on there. And I wasn't making any money on Tick Tock doing that. I. I have not made a lot of money on Tick Tock. I feel like for someone with my amount of followers, I should be making

[E]

more money than I make keep on getting banned. So it messes up your monetization.

[B]

But I still get a lot of views. I don't know, but I've never looked at TikTok as a, as a. As a means of making money though. But I haven't been. I mean, I haven't debated on TikTok in a really long time. There's a period of time I was really into it though. Like, I would probably do it like three to four times a week for like maybe three hours at a time. But that was when I was doing the Madonna tour and I had more downtime than I do now because I was working on just one thing and now I'm working on, like, obviously it may not be obvious, but I am working on more than one thing now, so. But I mean, I've never worked on just one thing. Cause I was still doing the podcast. So while doing Madonna, I was still doing two podcasts a week and occasionally a YouTube video like a cage. I think I released maybe like three, maybe four YouTube videos for the entire time I was working. I did the Mistress Diss track, I did a debate on Christianity, I did a Get Ready with Me backstage at the Madonna tour and I did a Jojo Siwa video. So I think I did maybe like four videos in the entire time. When is your YouTube era coming back.

[D]

I am a YouTuber era. Wait, hold on. I want to say this, y'. All, we have live dates. If you want to come see the dolls, you need to come and love on me in person. In real life. I am going to be in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. You've heard of it?

[B]

I've heard of it. I've been there.

[D]

I'm going to be in Zany's Nashville.

[B]

Yeah, I love that place.

[D]

I'm coming to Phoenix. I'm coming to Philadelphia and Buffalo, New York, and Spokane, Washington. So if you want to come see me live, go to monetexchange.com live to get your tick.

[B]

Yeah, I'm gonna be in. I'm gonna be in Fort Lauderdale, Florida at the Improv of Fort Lauderdale. I'm gonna be in Brookfield, Wisconsin at the Milwaukee Improv. I'm going to be in Madison, Wisconsin at Comedy on State. Comedy State might be my favorite comedy club. It's great in the nation.

[D]

It's great.

[B]

Probably in the world, to be honest. Eugene, Oregon at the Olson Run Comedy Club and Lounge. Then I'll be in Houston, Texas at the Punchline. Houston. You can go to seethedragqueen.com that's s e e like see with your eyes. Seethedradqueen.com to get your tickets.

[D]

I did O. It's, it's a. It's, it's a. It's a nice club.

[B]

I'll be the judge. Yeah, I'll be the. You eat when you go to the comedy clubs.

[D]

Say it again.

[B]

Do you eat when you go to the comedy clubs?

[D]

No, I try not to. Cuz it's such bad food. Like, I mean, bad as in like bad for you. It's all fried. I mean, I would try so. I try not to, but. But I will say this, tell me if you agree. Seldom is the food popping.

[B]

I mean, I don't, I don't have any crazy high expectations for food.

[D]

Bran probably has good food. Has good food because they have. They pull from. It's a menu from like anywhere in the area they order food from there is good. Berea is good. The Pittsburgh Improv is good food. I put the improvs a lot. Have a good, Have a good menu.

[B]

It's not a comedy club. The Zebulon has amazing. Zebulon is a performance space here in Los Angeles, California. And I ordered their food and I was blown away. I was like, oh, they had fish. And I ordered their fish and chips with their seasoned fries. And it was so beautifully presented. It was a It was delicious. I was like, oh, this is interesting for, like. For this, like, kind of. It's like a. Kind of a grungy performance space.

[D]

Zebulon.

[E]

Never heard of it.

[B]

But the food. Was it a Zebulon? Silver Lake.

[D]

Ish.

[E]

Okay.

[B]

Ish.

[D]

Joe's Pub. Crazy. Them little artisanal corn dogs.

[B]

Well, you have to eat at Joe's Pub. They gonna be like, you eating, you nigga. You eating.

[D]

Oh, Joe's Pub has amazing food. And even when you work there as an entertainer, it ain't free. You pay for that food for free,

[B]

and you're gonna eat.

[D]

You're gonna eat.

[B]

What do you want? I'm good. No, I said, what do you want?

[D]

Yeah, Joe's Pub is good food. Joe's Pub is really good food.

[B]

Joe's Pub is such a. Joe's Pub was one of my first professional gigs I got as a drag queen.

[E]

Oh, really?

[B]

I was, like, supporting for this show called the Shells show that happened way back then. The Shell show was a show about this, like, I want to say, a therapist who's moonlighting as a cabaret artist. And she. But it's like a character. This.

[A]

This.

[B]

This lady was built called the Shell Show. And we did it at. At. At Joe's Pub. And I came out and I sang. Stand. Not staying alive Is that. You can tell by the way I use my walk. I'm a warmers man. No time to talk. Yeah. And I did this whole. It was me and, like, some other queen, but I think it was someone. Like, we were both baby queens. Like, both baby queens.

[D]

I will say, please beat this, Amelia and J. Bleep this fucking.

[B]

Why you gotta be that close to the microphone?

[D]

Oh. Cause I don't see my mouth. The fucking comedy club. Fucking awful food.

[B]

Awful food. Okay. How much you gonna make them bleed?

[D]

Just the names of the clubs.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

Awful.

[B]

But I'm glad you got that off your chest.

[D]

I had to. I was so mad. I was so mad about the food. Like, just not like. I'm like, you selling this thing. Like, they literally just took a bag of chips putting on a thing, sprinkled some. Sprinkle some. Some cheese out of the crack of someone's ass and put it in the end of my. In the microwave to heat it up to make nachos. I'm like, that's the nachos.

[B]

Well, where'd you think you was, at the Chateau Marmont?

[D]

No, because I've been to comedy clubs. That is. It looks. The presentation and the quality is better than that. The West Palm beach improv. Amazing nachos. Miami improv.

[B]

Ugh.

[D]

Delicious.

[B]

It's like, you eat a lot. You're like, I barely ever eat. You have a review of every place you've ever been.

[D]

Bitch, I've been to, like, fucking 50 comedy clubs.

[B]

You're like, I try not to eat. Anyway. The nachos at so and so.

[D]

Also Ty or Patty. With Ty and Patty are small people. They eat so much food. Patty eats like he is a fucking truck driver. That is £395.

[B]

He probably has a really high metabolism.

[D]

Yeah, Patty eats a lot. I remember when Patty and I first started working together, we were going somewhere. I won't say the name of the place we went to. Oh, we're going somewhere. And he ordered food from a chicken spot. And Patty ate.

[B]

Oh, that chicken spot. That's why he won't say it.

[D]

And Patty ate two number twos or number ones? The one with just a pickle on it. Two number ones. And when I say two number ones.

[B]

He had the.

[D]

Both sandwiches.

[B]

He had both large fries.

[D]

He had one drink.

[B]

I was like, target this place. What else y' all got on? Y' all over on Team Monet that y' all be supporting what's next? Y' all moving to Florida.

[D]

This was also, like, seven years ago. I said when we first started working together, like, I'm sorry, that's eight years ago.

[B]

And to be fair, that place has been canceled for, like, 15 years now. So go ahead, make more excuses. But I was like, what?

[D]

I was like, I was impressed. I, like, that is crazy.

[B]

I mean, I. Yeah, I just don't eat that much. I. I honestly, when I'm on the gigs, I don't like to eat. And when I'm at a. I don't like to have a full stomach doing a show. So I will honestly just have, like, a protein shake before the show. And then. Why is that so funny? Why is that so funny?

[D]

Is that my

[A]

sorry.

[B]

Or.

[D]

He talks about it so many times.

[B]

The podcast is Barbara. Every time. He talks about.

[D]

Every time you talk about, like, you just want a protein shake and a banana with this. I just think about that tour we did.

[B]

Oh, with club kids, where I had them chew the tomorrow out when he gave my food away. He gave my bananas to Thorgy and gave my. And didn't. And gave me a yogurt smoothie. And I said, this is not a protein shake. And I said, your big muscly has to know what a protein shake look like. And I look back, and Thorgy's eating all of my bananas. Thorgy is devouring, like, literally, banana in hand. I go back, there's one banana left, and no protein shakes. I was like, this is insane. This is insane.

[D]

No.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

I mean, I typically don't eat, but I don't eat before my shows either. No, I will eat, like, let's say the show's at 8pm I start painting by. I get to the club, 4 or 5:30, so I can start painting by 6. And then I would. But I will have dinner by like four. I'll eat something at four. So I'm like. Because doing a show hungry, I don't like that. And just a protein shake. I feel like I'm too hungry to do the show. Like during the show, I'm thinking about food, actually. No. Adrenaline kicks in and you're like, in the show. But afterwards I'm so ravenous. And because I'm so hungry after the show, I'll just order anything. Now I'm ordering so much food after the show, which is not good. So I try to eat early before the show, like a couple hours before.

[B]

I mind being hungry. I would go to bed hungry.

[D]

Hell no.

[B]

If the options are like, you know how many times I've been like, late at night and I was like, I really want some candy, but I do not want to get in the car and drive to go get candy. But I would like some candy. So I order some candy and then I will fall asleep and then I wake up and then there's candy on my front porch.

[D]

Candy's not food though, like you said.

[B]

But I would rather have, like, I'd be like, I will have some candy outside than like wake up and have like a shake shack sitting on the porch from last night.

[D]

Well, I'm saying. But you said you go to bed hungry. Like, if you like hungry, you go to bed. Like you like, like, I'm going to be starving.

[B]

Yeah, I'll go to bed hungry because I don't want to wait up for food. Like, the choices are either. Like, I'm sleepy. So now I feel like, stay up and wake up and like monitor this food. Go downstairs and get it probably, or drive to go get food. And I don't like if I'm tired. I just want to go to sleep.

[D]

Oh, no. I order food. I can't go to bed hungry. Although now I'm on this new thing, this train I'm on 800 calories a day. I don't know how the other day I was so exhausted and because I was just. My body was like, bitch, you're really having 800 calories a day. I feel like I'm not eating anything. I'm always hungry.

[B]

1800 seems pretty low, girl. I feel like you should be eating, like, 2000 calories or 2500 calories, girl.

[D]

But he's like, if you want. I explained my goals. He's like, if you want to do this by this date, that's what you have to do.

[B]

Are you happy?

[D]

I am happy. I'm seeing results. I'm happy with my results. I'm just hungry. I'm. I'm happy and hungry. H h. Is this the. Is this.

[B]

Do you think it's worth it?

[D]

You know, I think that I'm in 30. I'm 35 years old now. You know, I was talking to a friend who was 42, and he was saying, like, how much is. Like, when he crossed into his being 40, how much his body, like, really changed in terms of how his body, like, stores fat and how, like, hard it is for him to, like, lose weight and. And how a little bit tougher working out is for him, like, waking up. And he was. I was like, you know what? While I'm at 35 years old, I want to try to achieve a lot of things I want to. And I think I've gotten to a place I'm happy. My body. So I'm trying to push it to the next tier so I'm like, I'm willing to make the sacrifice for the next. For these next few months to see what I can do in my body.

[B]

To be a bodybuilder.

[D]

No, I don't want to be a bodybuilder. No.

[B]

What's wrong with being a bodybuilder?

[D]

Well, the work and the discipline it takes to do that is insane.

[B]

You have to be, like, 3,035 calories a day.

[F]

And they.

[D]

And they're eating all the meal, prepping all the supplements, all the. I'm wouldn't know when I first got

[B]

on, when I first got off Drag Race before it aired, but after we had filmed it, I was working with this guy, and I was on a bodybuilder diet and a bodybuilder workout plan. And I used to go this way called the Chicken Coop in New York City, and they would make you these, like. I mean, these, like, bowls of just mess. They were tasty, but it was like the. The belt, the bowl was packed so tight that the food was exploding out of the sides. And he was like, you have to eat every bite of this, you can't. You can't leave a drop of this.

[D]

It's a job.

[B]

It was. It was a lot of food and I had a lot of. I had more downtime than I had ever had in my life at that point or in my adult life at that point. I mean, since I started working anyway. So I was like, ugh, this is so much work. And I was like, at the gym all the time was with Matt Griffin.

[D]

Yeah. Being, achieving and maintaining that kind of body, it is. It really is like a job. Like you're working so hard at it. Like, it's a lot. And I don't have the constitution. I don't have. I don't have that to do it. I don't. I can't. I wouldn't, like, I wouldn't enjoy it.

[B]

Yeah, me either. I don't think it. I don't think that really speaks to me either.

[E]

That.

[B]

That is not something I would like to do. But I've also got to a point in my life where I'm kind of like, you know what the options are, doing a thing to your body and like, doing all this work and stuff. And I go through spells where I'm doing a lot, where I'm doing a little. Where I'm doing a lot. It all depends on what's happening in my life. What am I willing to sacrifice? Am I willing to sacrifice work to go to the gym? And I realize the answer is no. I'm not willing to sacrifice any. Any work, any gig, any writing, any. Anything, a stream to. To go to the gym.

[D]

See, that's. Which I'm different. I sacrifice a lot. Like, I. Going to the gym every day is something that. To me and like, how I prioritize that in my life with like, work, like around my work schedule now. I like, build it into my schedule every day. Like, I'm doing that every day. That does bring me joy. That does feel. Give me happiness.

[B]

What kind of joy? What do you feel when you're at the gym?

[D]

I don't know. I feel happier. I feel like I get to focus on this one thing. Cause I put my phone on. Do not disturb. I have my fucking AirPods on. I'm just like listening to music or a podcast or a book and just zoning out on that for two and a half hours with cardio and strength training. And I. I love what that does for me. Like, I love, like, what that does for my mental. To like, have that time.

[B]

I want to ask you a question. What do you put your phone do not serve at night? No, that's. To me, people who put their phones on do not Disturb, starting at like 8 o' clock is crazy.

[D]

Why?

[B]

What if someone really needs to reach you? Like, what if there's an emergency?

[D]

What if don't disturb has a feature also? You can. You can prioritize your donuts to serve, right? You can put it to. Let's say you put your phone on do not just serve. You can have that. Jacob Tao, whoever it is, can still reach you.

[B]

What if someone who's not on your list has an emergency?

[E]

I have it set. So if the same number calls twice.

[D]

Yeah, there's that. Also. Also, then. Then that means that. That that person. Like, then you're not. They're not a priority for you, so they probably have other people that they can call. Like, you're probably not their last resort.

[B]

But, like, what if. I'm saying, what if there's an emergency? Like. Like, for example, who's on your. Who's on your go through list?

[D]

I don't have a go through list. No one is on mine.

[B]

So what if Ty has an emergency?

[D]

Ty is lives in Houston. He has a bunch of people who can call.

[B]

What if Monet. What if there's an emergency? That's something, I think.

[D]

Ty, there's a person that ties an emergency. I don't think Ty would call me.

[B]

But what if it's an emergency about you? What if it's like a work emergency specifically regarding you?

[D]

Then someone will get to me. If it is an emergency, but no

[B]

one can get to you. Everyone. Everyone's on the dress and what, there's

[D]

no work emergency that it will not be fine in two hours when I want to take it off. There's nothing that could be happening that in two hours won't be fine.

[B]

What if it's like a pressing offer?

[D]

Then it will be there in two hours, and if not, I miss out on it.

[B]

But they said. But I mean, like, you don't. Oh, you don't. But you don't have the nighttime thing.

[D]

No, I don't have nighttime because people

[B]

have a nighttime thing. I'm like, what if this is like a really pressing thing? What if someone has something really exciting? What if someone's like, we all have tickets to go see Sza tonight. We have tickets to Scissor right now. Girl, meet us there. Oh, my God. We're not answering. We have tickets to Scissor. Maybe it's not. Maybe it's not a pressing emergency, but you missed out on going to see

[D]

Sizzle tonight, then that's just what it is.

[B]

But I guess for some people, their

[D]

nighttime, that boundary is important to them.

[B]

But also, you know why it doesn't bother me that much? Because my phone, My phone ringing will not wake me up. Bitch, my alarm barely wakes me up.

[D]

Girl, we know. Yeah, you sleep like a rock, girl. I used to come to your apartment picking $20 bills on the floor.

[B]

Yeah, but that part I believe.

[D]

Most of your apartment you had. You wouldn't. Sometimes, yo, Bob would be in his fucking. Because he was sleeping on a bun. Bed.

[B]

I would go, it was a loft bed. There was no bed beneath it. Continue. Bunk beds are. There's two of them.

[D]

Bob would be up in his little princess P. Little little thing. I. I would. I would use my key, come into

[B]

an apartment, walk around, and I would

[D]

have to go to the bed and be like, girl, steal nothing. I'm like, girl, like, hey, what's up?

[B]

That's why you don't have a key anymore.

[D]

I don't want a key. And you don't have a key to mine.

[B]

I never asked for it.

[D]

And you get kitchen and you. Because why you would never have one.

[B]

I would never want one.

[D]

I would never give you one. I would love that.

[B]

I would never want.

[D]

Because you can never get it.

[B]

I wouldn't be clear. There's something that's like telling me like you, you. I can't have a shit sandwich.

[D]

And you never. You would never have a key to my home.

[B]

And I will never. You're right. A key to your home is a shit sandwich to me. Okay.

[D]

And you'll never have it. So good.

[B]

So we're never going to give you this.

[D]

I'm happy you don't want it because you'll never get it.

[B]

And you'll never get the shit sandwich.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

So I'm glad we cleared that up. Yeah.

[D]

Great.

[B]

And you can't have this.

[D]

It's not yours to give away.

[F]

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