EP 61 ANJELAH JOHNSON-REYES: Comedy & Motherhood, Massages Gone Wrong, Cheering at the Super Bowl, Working on Friends & More

Summary

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Podcast Summary

Podcast: The Bobby Bones Show
Episode: EP 61 ANJELAH JOHNSON-REYES: Comedy & Motherhood, Massages Gone Wrong, Cheering at the Super Bowl, Working on Friends & More
Release Date: November 9, 2025
Host: Bobby Bones (Premiere Networks)
Guest: Anjelah Johnson-Reyes
Co-hosts: Taryn, Mari

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Overview

In this lively and candid episode, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes joins the hosts to discuss her journey through comedy, motherhood, and unexpected life adventures—including the highs of cheering at the Super Bowl and the lows of massages gone wrong. With her trademark humor and honesty, Anjelah shares insights on balancing touring with parenting, facing vulnerability in standup and podcasting, and stories from iconic sets like Friends. The group dives into practical life (from workout struggles to TikTok gadgets), the importance of gratitude, and the messy reality of personal growth.

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Key Discussion Topics & Insights

1. Life as a Touring Comedian & Motherhood

• Workout and Health Struggles:
  • Anjelah is candid about not prioritizing workouts despite knowing she should.
    • “I gotta start working out again. And I don't do it. Like, I just don't do it...I feel my body, like, atrophy.” (03:52)
  • The hosts relate, joking about their own gym habits and self-care.
• Motherhood on the Road:
  • Anjelah talks about her 18-month-old daughter, Rosie, and managing time apart while touring.
    • Rosie sometimes accompanies Anjelah on the road, especially for trips longer than two days.
      • “The longest I've been without seeing her is three days... Even that was kind of like an accident.” (20:51)
  • Next year will be her first tour on a bus with a toddler—a new, exciting family adventure.
    • “It'll be an adventure. The family band—traveling all over the country.” (21:12)
  • Anjelah’s husband will join as part of the “whole team,” though she jokes about his sense of humor not always landing.
    • “He probably thinks he's funnier than he is. I think that's men.” (21:45)

2. Comedy, Beauty, and Skincare on the Road

• Hair & Makeup Routines:
  • Anjelah shares beauty mishaps and makes light of travel difficulties: wrong products, forgotten hairbrushes, and surviving with claw clips.
    • “Forgot my hairbrush. I had a claw clip, so I was using my claw clip to brush through my hair.” (25:10)
• Doing Her Own Glam:
  • While she's sometimes offered professional makeup, Anjelah usually prefers doing it herself.
    • “I'm wearing my Lululemons and a hoodie on stage. I don't need my makeup done.” (23:51)
• Relatability & Honesty:
  • She expresses discomfort with always having to look put-together—balancing vulnerability and presentation as a woman in the public eye.

3. Vulnerability, Podcasting, and Gratitude

• Why Start a Podcast?
  • Anjelah hesitated to start one, fearing soundbites taken out of context or offending people:
    • “I was nervous about...someone taking something out of context...I'm always too concerned with offending people.” (25:32)
  • Over time, she recognized that her perspective could help others—deciding to launch a gratitude-focused show, Fungila, blending comedy and mental health.
    • “Gratitude is one of my tools for mental health...So I said, okay, I'll do a mental health and comedy podcast.” (28:33)
  • The format includes “matitudes” (what’s giving you a bad attitude) and “gratitudes,” leading to deeper stories:
    • “It’s really just elevating your vibration and putting good vibes out there into the world.” (29:33)

4. Massage Stories—The Good, Bad, and Bizarre

• Massages Gone Wrong:
  • Mari shares an uncomfortable massage story, prompting an honest conversation about freeze responses in such moments, the importance of setting boundaries, and why women often don’t want to “make someone else feel bad.”
    • "If you are ever in an uncomfortable situation...just say those words: I'm sorry, I feel uncomfortable with that." – Anjelah (11:19)
• Comedic Massage Mishaps:
  • Anjelah recounts more light-hearted tales: a masseuse eating an apple mid-massage, another bringing in food, and someone falling asleep while massaging her.
    • “She’s massaging me...all of a sudden, she started eating an apple.” (11:58)
    • “He was rubbing my feet and he started to, like, slow down...And I was like, oh my God, he's asleep.” (14:13)

5. Early Career: Cheering at the Super Bowl and Working on Friends

• Not a Traditional Path to Comedy:
  • Anjelah admits she dreamed of acting, never comedy.
    • “No, I wanted to be an actress...I was a cheerleader for the Oakland Raiders.” (34:32)
• Raiders Cheerleader—A Pivotal Year:
  • She joined the Oakland Raiders as a cheerleader on a whim, making the team without formal dance training but with undeniable charisma.
    • “Clearly, you have no dance training, but you have something that cannot be taught.” – Cheer director, to Anjelah (38:21)
  • That rookie season included cheering at the Super Bowl—then she moved to LA to chase acting.
• Becoming an Extra on Friends:
  • Thanks to a clever introduction (and some cookies), she landed an extra spot on Friends—eventually appearing for all of seasons nine and ten.
    • “He sees my Raiderette headshot and he goes, Raiders? No way...my first time doing anything in the entertainment industry.” (41:18)
  • She recalls being on set, eating tea cakes with Lisa Kudrow, and navigating the strict “don’t talk to the cast” rules, but “they would talk to me.” (44:16)
• Entry-Level Showbiz Realities:
  • Extra work paid about $125 per day for union, less for non-union; days were long but formative.

6. Personal Growth & Mental Health

• Seasons of Motivation and Lulls:
  • Anjelah is honest about the cycles of feeling motivated (working out, dreaming big) and feeling adrift or uninspired.
    • “I think I have seasons of [manifesting]...and then seasons of what am I doing?” (45:41)
  • She connects her motivation, physical health, and dreams—admitting that if she isn’t working out, “my insides are not 100.” (46:22)
  • The hosts reflect on the challenges of consistency, personal development, and the reality that “healing” and “inspiration” come and go.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Setting Boundaries in Uncomfortable Situations
  • “If you are ever in an uncomfortable situation while you're getting a massage...just say those words: I'm sorry, I feel uncomfortable with that.” – Anjelah (11:19)
• Comedy as Connection and Healing
  • “There is—your voice is needed for someone. It’s not for everyone, obviously, but there are people who need what you have to say.” – Anjelah (27:51)
• Cheerleading Tryout Feedback
  • “Clearly, you have no dance training, but you have something that cannot be taught.” (38:21)
• Manifesting and Motivation
  • “I have seasons of that—of being a manifester, and then seasons of what am I doing, and then seasons of, how do I do that?” (45:41)
• On Self-Doubt & Growth
  • “Every good thing you say about me, I have a negative one to go right with it.” (24:38)
• On Comedy, Podcasting, and Heart
  • “I would want to do something with heart as well...That’s where it came to gratitude...focused on gratitude and mental health.” (28:33)

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Important Timestamps

• 03:52 – Anjelah on her lack of exercise and the toll it takes
• 04:41 – Introduction of Anjelah’s daughter, Rosie, and traveling as a mom
• 09:02 – 11:19 – Discussion of awkward and problematic massage experiences; practical boundary advice
• 14:13 – 16:13 – Funny stories of massages gone wrong: masseuses eating, sleeping, or bringing snacks
• 20:51 – 21:12 – How she juggles motherhood with her touring schedule
• 23:17 – 24:07 – On doing her own makeup/hair and the exhaustion of beauty routines
• 25:32 – 29:33 – Starting a podcast, vulnerability, using gratitude as a tool
• 34:32 – 38:00 – Path from high school to Raiders cheerleading, lessons in self-belief
• 41:18 – 44:16 – Starting as a Friends extra, set life, Lisa Kudrow encounter
• 45:41 – 47:38 – Personal growth, creative lulls, and manifesting
• 47:38 – 48:39 – Discussion about motivation, making space for personal practices

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Episode Highlights & Tone

This episode is a warm, empowering, and laugh-out-loud look inside Anjelah Johnson-Reyes’ world. From unexpected massage mishaps to her path from NFL cheerleader to comedy star, Anjelah’s openness about vulnerability, motivation, and gratitude provides listeners with both inspiration and solidarity. The camaraderie with the hosts is genuine and playful. Candid conversations about boundary-setting, mental health, and the realities of pursuing creative dreams will resonate with anyone navigating the ups and downs of modern womanhood—or just looking for a great story and a good laugh.

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Transcript

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[Mari]

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[Angela Johnson]

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[Taryn]

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[Mari]

I'm Mari.

[Taryn]

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[Angela Johnson]

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[Mari]

Yeah. I like a good monochromatic.

[Angela Johnson]

I love that. I'll be honest though. I don't typically, like, dress up cute, but I looked at your guys's podcast and you guys are always cute. So I was all, well, forget it then. Now I have to care.

[Taryn]

I know.

[Mari]

Well, yeah, yeah. You could have come in a baseball hat and sweatpants and it would have been awesome too.

[Angela Johnson]

Thank you.

[Taryn]

I mean, sometimes I'm like, sometimes we're not wearing shoes.

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

You guys, you went with the. The browns. You went with the greens and I went with the black.

[Mari]

I stayed at the gym a little too long this morning.

[Angela Johnson]

Ah, I wish I could spend a time at the gym. Yeah. One moment and I tell myself, like, I got. I gotta start working out again. I gotta start working out again. And I don't do it. Like, I just don't do it. And I don't know why I don't do it, but I feel my body, like, atrophy. Like, I feel like myself just going.

[Taryn]

Rigor mortis.

[Angela Johnson]

Full on. Rigor mortis has set in.

[Taryn]

Wait a minute. I see little cute, like in home yoga videos.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah. And that's it.

[Mari]

Oh, that's great.

[Taryn]

That's all you need.

[Angela Johnson]

No, but I'm not even doing them as often. I used to do them like three times a week. Now it's like once every couple weeks because I'm like, I have to move my body. It hurts.

[Mari]

Yeah, we don't want. You have a buffet.

[Taryn]

And you are a touring comedian. So she has a little bubba.

[Angela Johnson]

She's giving me 18 months.

[Taryn]

Oh, she's so Mari, the bad batch.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah.

[Mari]

What's her name?

[Angela Johnson]

Rosie.

[Mari]

She's so funny. 18 months is so funny.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah.

[Mari]

So cute. She's really cute.

[Angela Johnson]

She just like. Yeah, she's the best.

[Mari]

It was like covered in chocolate.

[Angela Johnson]

Ye. Yeah.

[Taryn]

Rosy.

[Angela Johnson]

A cute little sass.

[Mari]

Delicious. Well, you look like you do a pull up, so I feel like that's.

[Angela Johnson]

All that matters, you know? I look like you want to do a pull up. I have a video of me and this was even like, I don't know, four years ago. And it still stands. We're doing a pull up competition. And then my friends are full on like just like getting it. And then I'm like, I couldn't even pull one. Couldn't even pull one.

[Taryn]

Not even one. I couldn't do any negative one. I couldn't go down. Like I couldn't go up.

[Mari]

It's not easy. It's not.

[Taryn]

Well, I want to know what you did to your hair this morning because I love the way it looks.

[Angela Johnson]

I think it's so much. You're welcome. I did the Dyson air wrap.

[Taryn]

Okay.

[Angela Johnson]

And I did it yesterday.

[Taryn]

What? And it still looks like that.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah, I did it yesterday and still looks that great.

[Mari]

It's just like this kind of Jennifer Aniston.

[Taryn]

It's very Jen Aniston right now, you know.

[Angela Johnson]

Thank you so much.

[Taryn]

I don't know how I feel about the dice. I think they're good for like personal use Dysons, but I don't think they're great to use use every day. Like as hard as like we use them.

[Angela Johnson]

I think there's like the pro version and then like a regular person who's not using it all day long.

[Taryn]

Okay, copy that. Copy that.

[Angela Johnson]

I'm pretty sure that's what they have.

[Taryn]

I just remember hearing they would always like circ it out or something.

[Mari]

I had to use it on a client one time. She was like, I have the. I only use the Dyson wrap. And I was like, she's like, can you use it on me? Yeah, totally. No, I couldn't. It was pretty embarrassing. Really? Yeah, I just couldn't. I just. It's the first time I ever used one ever. And I lied about it. I was like, I can use it.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah. I just couldn't. You're. Oh, the Dyson. The Dyson.

[Mari]

Got you, girl.

[Angela Johnson]

Oh my gosh. Which one do you have?

[Taryn]

No, I like them. I don't know. I don't like to use them on people. I will use them on people. You know what I just got though is this thing I got on TikTok. It's a hot brush, a hot roll brush.

[Angela Johnson]

Okay.

[Taryn]

So you know how there's like a Dyson essentially is like you put something on it and you can blow dry a round brush. This is a hot round brush. So you just like brush your hair to curl it and I really enjoyed it.

[Mari]

Did you use it?

[Taryn]

I barely did it today. And I was like, oh, it gives.

[Mari]

You the Jennifer Aniston hair.

[Angela Johnson]

So it's a brush. But it gets hot like a curling Iron.

[Taryn]

Yes. So, like, so you can get really close too. And you won't get your scalp because of the bristles. So it's nice for. I have, like.

[Angela Johnson]

And there's no air coming out of it.

[Taryn]

No, no, no, no, no. It's a. It was $60. I think there's a. A chi one, but that's probably.

[Mari]

You got this from the Tick Tock store.

[Taryn]

I did get it from the Tick Tock store. I got. Got.

[Mari]

You got.

[Angela Johnson]

Oh, I got. Yeah, yeah. I got recently with a cheese grater. But I love it.

[Mari]

Nice.

[Taryn]

Yeah. See, it's like.

[Mari]

Tell me about this cheese grater, Angela.

[Angela Johnson]

I made hash browns. You just put the potato in and you just spin it so easily and it hot. And you don't have to plug it in. It's not electric or anything. So you change the blade of whatever shape you want.

[Mari]

I was gonna say, what's the shape of potato thing?

[Angela Johnson]

So I did hash browns and then I just put the potato. I peeled the potato, I put it in, and then you just turn it and then you push down on the potato and.

[Taryn]

Oh, I see. And it just shreds it.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah.

[Mari]

And your fingers are never in jeopardy.

[Angela Johnson]

Never in jeopardy. Yeah.

[Mari]

That's cool.

[Taryn]

I love TikTok. I don't know why they say that they're gonna ban it.

[Mari]

Every single one.

[Taryn]

It's so weird.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah.

[Mari]

I got a last minute massage at just one of those, you know, Asian massage parlors. And I'd been there before and I wanted one now. That's how I am with massages. Like, it's not getting an appointment.

[Angela Johnson]

I don't need a massage in a month. I need a massage right now.

[Taryn]

Yeah, I also need one right now.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah.

[Mari]

So I go in and it's like really clean too. It's not sketchy or anything. But he. I was laying on my belly and he put the sheet, like, way too low. It was like a lot of.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah.

[Mari]

It was uncomfortable from the get go.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah.

[Mari]

And so I'm laying there and he's doing his thing, and my hands like this. Right down below. Yeah. And I literally, in my head. Because you're in shock when this happens to you, said to myself, is that as a banana? Is that a banana? And I moved my hand, I put it back, and then it went back in my hand. The banana. Okay. I didn't say anything. And shame on me for not getting up. I froze.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah, of course you did. I would freeze. I'm frozen right now. Yeah.

[Mari]

Because in my head I was like, it's A banana. But it was clearly in my hand through his sweatpants. And when he turned me over, he, like, he judged the sheet and went way too high, like, a couple times.

[Angela Johnson]

I hate him.

[Mari]

I hate him.

[Taryn]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

What did we do? What did we do? Did we do. Sorry. 2020. Because I do.

[Taryn]

I have dignity. Dignity. I can't even say it.

[Mari]

Went home. Told my husband at the time, but told it when I was a la. I called you. And I was laughing hysterically because I was still in shock.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah.

[Mari]

Until the anger kicked in.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah. I'm pissed right now.

[Mari]

And then I got angry.

[Angela Johnson]

We should do that. We should call.

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

We should leave reviews.

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Taryn]

I mean, I've had so many massages by men, and I've never felt uncomfortable.

[Angela Johnson]

No.

[Mari]

That's my story about the time that I got.

[Angela Johnson]

I've had many uncomfortable massages. You have. Some are, like, where they get, like, they do things inappropriate like that. Maybe like, once or twice where it's like, not. That's pretty bad. But I've had, like, where they just get too close to my. And I'm like, you don't need to massage all the way up there. Like, this is not.

[Mari]

That's where he went to. He got close. It was like, I went like that.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah.

[Mari]

I think about it now.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah.

[Mari]

I go, shame on me, but not shame on you.

[Angela Johnson]

Crazy.

[Mari]

What happens to you in moments like that?

[Angela Johnson]

That's right. We freeze. We're. What do you do? And then it's that whole thing of, like, am I overreacting? Is this. Do I say something? I don't. I don't want him to feel bad.

[Taryn]

What is that?

[Angela Johnson]

We're like, we hate us.

[Taryn]

Don't want. I hate us.

[Mari]

I was like, did you.

[Taryn]

Why do we not want some douche to not feel bad?

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah. Like, what?

[Mari]

Now I know if that ever happens to me again, that, like, lesson learned.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah.

[Mari]

But then you think about all those girls, like.

[Angela Johnson]

And let this be a lesson to anybody watching. Right. If you are ever in an uncomfortable situation while you're getting a massage or any kind of professional anything, if you feel an ounce of being uncomfortable, just say those words. I'm sorry. I feel uncomfortable with that. Immediately. They're gonna go, ooh, yep, that's it. I'm sorry. I feel uncomfortable with that.

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah, done. Yeah.

[Taryn]

Yeah. And then we'll take that advice, too.

[Angela Johnson]

I've had a couple of uncomfortable massages, but that are actual. Not borderline assault, but, like, funny. Where There was one time I was getting a massage from this lady and all of a sudden, she started eating an apple.

[Taryn]

No, stop. No, thank you.

[Angela Johnson]

She's massaging me. And then pulls an apple out her bag.

[Taryn]

No.

[Angela Johnson]

And you know the sound of a crunch of an apple, like, my eyes are closed and I know that is an apple while she's massaging. I was like, oh, that's interesting. And then there was one time I had a massage. So did you say anything where. No.

[Mari]

Yeah. No.

[Angela Johnson]

Again, I was like, well, she's hungry, I guess. I don't know. But I was like, this is. Yeah. Then I had another time. Somebody was massaging me. I guess he had ordered food or something. So they brought his food into the room where he was massaging. And you know the smell of french fries when they're not your French fries, like they're in an elevator. Like, French fries that you're looking at, you go, I want one of those. But then, like, the smell of French fry that was just in an elevator before you got there is disgusting.

[Mari]

It's a very specific smell, and I totally understand that.

[Angela Johnson]

And that's kind of what it smelled like. It smelled like, I think, because I wasn't expecting french fries. I was expecting lavender and eucalyptus, and all of a sudden it was like peanut oil and just full on fry. And I was like, oh, my God, this is disgusting. And then the other time I actually wrote a joke about it is I had somebody fall asleep. Well, giving me a massage.

[Mari]

No.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah. Were you like.

[Taryn]

You're like, hello, Hello.

[Mari]

I'm sorry, Hello. Two food scenarios, and then someone fell asleep.

[Angela Johnson]

Well, okay, being honest, in my joke, I. It's in my. My fifth hour special.

[Taryn]

I say our special.

[Angela Johnson]

Yes. You're.

[Taryn]

You have five specials?

[Angela Johnson]

I have six. I'm working on my seventh. Narcoleptic is in my fifth hour special. And when I tell the story, it's. It's one story, one person. This happened, but in real life, it was twice, two different people. One time was in Phoenix. One time was in Denver. And the story that I tell, it's mainly the Phoenix story with, like, a touch of Denver, but it was really two different situations. And one, the first time was in Phoenix. And it was towards the end of the massage, and he was rubbing my feet and he started to, like, slow down.

[Mari]

No.

[Angela Johnson]

Oh, God, yeah. And then it just kind of stopped. And in my brain I go, is he doing, like some meditation thing? Right? Like, he's. Exactly. He's energying the stress out of my foot right now. But then I heard his breathing go like.

[Taryn]

No.

[Angela Johnson]

And I was like, oh, my God, he's asleep. And then he just, like, woke himself up and then kept going. And I was like, this guy just fell asleep while he was massaging my.

[Mari]

Did you. Did you, like, open one?

[Angela Johnson]

I did, but my. I didn't, like, look up or anything. And, like, I was still, like, face. I was like, wait, is he sleeping?

[Mari]

Oh, my God.

[Angela Johnson]

And then he, like, woke himself up. And then the Denver story actually had to stop the massage because it was like 15 minutes into the massage, and it had happened a couple times. He was massaging. He was standing up, massaging my back like this. And then he just kind of stopped with his hands on my back. And then I was like, are you okay? And he goes, oh, sorry. Must be the music. Yeah, that's amazing.

[Mari]

That's amazing music. He was like, got my ultra tranquil music on today. Like, this one.

[Angela Johnson]

So then it happened a couple more times, and I was like, hey, I think we need to end this massage now. Thank you.

[Mari]

Oh, and kept passing out.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah. So then we stopped the massage about 30 minutes in, and I was checking out. Obviously, I didn't have to pay for the service, but they were, like, so sorry. And then I felt bad because she was like, so sorry. He's a new dad, and they have a new baby at home, so he's, like, up all night with the baby. And at the time, I don't have understanding for, like, new parents. So I was like, like, okay, great. That doesn't affect me other than I just really wanted a massage today, and I didn't get a massage. Like, I didn't say that to her. I was just like, okay, yeah, that's fine. Thank you. Whatever. But I was annoyed.

[Mari]

Yeah, sure.

[Angela Johnson]

Now that I'm a parent, I get it. I'm like, oh, it's understandable, but probably still, you shouldn't fall asleep on your clients.

[Taryn]

Just take another month, bro.

[Mari]

Yeah, take another month. Drink a Red Bull.

[Taryn]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

Drink a Red Bull. I get it. You can't take another month because you have to provide for your new baby that you have. Drink Red Bull, bro. Yeah.

[Mari]

Replace the tranquil music with some ZZ.

[Angela Johnson]

Top in your AirPods. Yeah.

[Mari]

You're like, hype music on, like your gangster rap. You're all just like, something. Must be the murder.

[Angela Johnson]

The most aggressive massage ever. I'm like, oh, thank you. Sure. He's like, wow.

[Mari]

Milking those toes.

[Taryn]

Talking to I'm the boss.

[Angela Johnson]

That's a fun. Yeah.

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[Angela Johnson]

You know what?

[Mari]

I can see you as Mr. Darcy.

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[Taryn]

I want to dive into comedy.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah.

[Taryn]

And how you do it, it's just so wild to me. I could never wrap my brain around, like, just anybody who's on the road a lot. Like your makeup and hair routine, your skincare routine. Like, how do you take care of yourself? How do you sleep? How do you get enough sleep? How do you.

[Angela Johnson]

All right, which one first?

[Taryn]

Oh, my God.

[Mari]

Well, I mean, how do you be a mom? Yeah. Because.

[Angela Johnson]

Does she.

[Taryn]

Sometimes she comes.

[Angela Johnson]

Sometimes she comes. If I'm on the road for longer than two days, I will bring her.

[Taryn]

Okay.

[Angela Johnson]

Like, if it's three or more days, then I'm gonna bring her with me.

[Taryn]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

The longest I've been without seeing her is three days. And even that was kind of like an accident. It was supposed to be two days, ended up being three, and I was like, no. Yeah.

[Taryn]

But are you on a tour bus, or do you just fly?

[Angela Johnson]

No, I'll be on a tour bus next year. Fun. I'm very excited. It's my first time with a toddler on a tour bus, so that'll be fun.

[Taryn]

That's gonna be cute.

[Mari]

That's gonna be adorable.

[Taryn]

I think that's gonna be really cute.

[Angela Johnson]

It'll be an adventure. Yeah. And that's what I'm looking forward to, like, the family band. We're traveling all over the country.

[Taryn]

Is your husband coming, too? Oh, my God. That's gonna be so cute.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah. Everybody's coming, Danielle. Everybody. Whole team.

[Mari]

Is your husband a comedian?

[Angela Johnson]

No.

[Mari]

Is he funny?

[Angela Johnson]

No. Sometimes. Absolutely not. Sometimes he's funny. Like, he does music. When he used to tour doing music, he would be funny on stage, and, like, in between songs, he would say funny things. But I think he probably thinks he's funnier than he is. Probably.

[Taryn]

I think that's men.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But he is funny. Like, I laugh.

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

But he probably thinks he's hilarious. You're like, I like that.

[Mari]

No, he's. He is funny. Yeah, I do laugh.

[Angela Johnson]

I think that's because I get more nervous when he's funny because I'm nervous for what he's gonna say because he doesn't have a filter, so he can, like, offend people sometimes.

[Mari]

Those are my favorite kind of people.

[Angela Johnson]

I know, but I'm like. Like, I'm very. Like, I. I know timing. I know my limits. I know whatever. And I know. Like, oh, that's gonna be whatever room.

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

Thank you.

[Taryn]

Literally, for a living, that's what you do.

[Angela Johnson]

Literally, Yes. I can read the room. And sometimes I think he does not read the room. And I think that's why I get nervous. So anytime we've been asked to, like, host something together or whatever, I'm like, okay, here we go. You know, like. And a lot of times some racist.

[Mari]

My dad's like that very much so. It's scary to be around.

[Angela Johnson]

He'll a lot of times he'll ace it and he's great. And I'm like, oh, I was nervous for no. For no reason. And then a different situation will happen. I'd be like, see, there's the reason. That's why. That's why I was nervous last time. But we got out scot free. And now this time we did it every other one. That's right. That's right. That's so funny.

[Taryn]

Now let's talk about, like skincare and makeup in here. Because you have to do your own stuff, right? You don't break.

[Angela Johnson]

Yes, I do my own stuff. And every now and then I'll be in a city where somebody's like, hey, can I do your makeup when you're here? And absolutely. There's. There's been times when I'm like, yes, and I've made relationships. And then there's other times where I'm so, like, tired that I'm like, the thought of somebody coming in, setting up. I have to talk and then do your thing.

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[Angela Johnson]

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[Taryn]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

I'm like, nah, girl. Yeah.

[Taryn]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

Sometimes if it's a big theater, I'll be like, yeah, come do my makeup. But if I'm just doing club show after club show, I'm like, I don't even make it.

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah. I'm. Girl, I'm wearing my Lululemons and a hoodie on stage. I don't need my makeup done.

[Taryn]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

Because I get, I don't know, sometimes just sitting in the chair is tiring. Like, posture. Let me move. Oh, let me not be on my phone so I can. You know what I mean?

[Mari]

Also, like, getting to know somebody for the first time too, right? You're like, let's talk. Let's have your whole life story. Here we go.

[Taryn]

And it's like, oh, I hate this. This. Yeah, please don't do this. Yeah, it's. Yeah, I can see that. I mean, I hate getting, like my hair done. Like sitting at a salon. I'm like, oh, just cut it off. I'm over this. Get me out of here so I can. I. I get. But I get that.

[Angela Johnson]

But I do my own makeup, and.

[Mari]

I do have really nice skin. Yeah, you do have.

[Angela Johnson]

Really. Thank you. Oh, my God.

[Taryn]

Did you see this creator, though?

[Mari]

She does. She's got great eyes.

[Angela Johnson]

Thank you.

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

Thank you so much. Every good thing you say about me, I have a negative one to go right with it. I was like, oh, but did you see this? Your eyes? Oh, but did you see my eyelid? How it's over here like this?

[Mari]

I'm always the first person to call out, like, something like, wait, you look great.

[Taryn]

You look.

[Angela Johnson]

I'm like, you look beautiful. I love your hair. Let me tell you why you shouldn't.

[Mari]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

This weekend, I thought I brought dry shampoo, and I brought a little mousse instead, and I went like this. I shook it and went, shh.

[Mari]

Amazing.

[Angela Johnson]

And I made my greasy head greasier.

[Taryn]

Yep.

[Angela Johnson]

For my shows.

[Taryn]

Did you just do a little pony then, or like a. I did a.

[Angela Johnson]

Pony, but here's the thing. Forgot my hairbrush. I had a claw clip, so I was using my claw clip to brush through my hair. I forgot a hair tie. Who forgets a hair tie?

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

So then I had to ask Danielle, who's. Her room's, like, across the hall. So then she gives me one of her hair ties, and I just had to do it like a slick pony because of my greased out moose head. Yeah, my moose head.

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Taryn]

What made you want to start a podcast?

[Angela Johnson]

Well, you're like, I'm really. A lot. A lot of people said that I should, and I didn't want to for a long time. I didn't want to do a podcast mainly because I was nervous about. There was a few reasons I was nervous about sound bites, like, somebody taking something out of context that I've said. Like, I'm always too concerned with offending people, which is not.

[Taryn]

Imagine that, though. Not everybody's offended by everything.

[Angela Johnson]

I know. So that was, like, one reason I was like, no, I'm gonna say something that's gonna offend somebody. And same thing for, like, hosting talk shows and stuff. Like, I've been asked to audition for certain talk shows to, like, be a panel.

[Taryn]

Would love for you to be some kind of host.

[Angela Johnson]

I would hate it because I'm.

[Mari]

Wait, like, what do you mean, the panel for a talk show?

[Angela Johnson]

Like the View, the Talk, the Real O. Like, that kind of stuff die for you to do?

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

I always would get Nervous because I don't want to, like, say something in the moment. That's. Anytime I'm asked to give my opinion on something, I always get nervous because now it's up for debate. My opinion is this. Well, my opinion is this. And then you put it out on the Internet, and now everybody has an opinion about your opinion.

[Mari]

Yeah, but that's the world that we live in.

[Angela Johnson]

I know. And that's why I don't want to invite more of that into my life. You know what I'm saying? So. Which is a lot of my comedy is storytelling and not so much my opinion on. Even though if you listen deep, intently, you can see, like, oh, this is my opinion about social media these days. I guess I just try in my comedy to not start debates, even if it's, like, not offensive. I don't want to debate.

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

My interest is in debating.

[Mari]

I'm not a debater.

[Taryn]

I always have been afraid to put myself out there just because it's like, well, then people get to comment on what you look like and what you said, and there's going to be people that think we're not funny or we're not entertainment or we're bad makeup artists or, like, whatever, but now I just don't care.

[Angela Johnson]

And that was part of me saying yes to doing a podcast and wanting to do it. Fungila.

[Mari]

Yes, that's the name of your podcast. It's adorable.

[Taryn]

Thank you.

[Mari]

He's suing Fungila.

[Angela Johnson]

I think I just like talking to different people who are like, listen, there is. Your voice is needed for someone. It's not for everyone, obviously, but there are people who need what you have to say. And on stage and doing standup, there's a rhythm to it. There's punchline, there's setup punchline. You cut the fat, you take out the details so you can get to the comedy of it. And I love when I have the opportunity to go deeper and, like, actually just have, like, real conversations with people. So it makes sense I would want to do a podcast.

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

And then I went through the whole thing of, oh, but I'm a comedian, so people are going to expect me to just have a comedy podcast, but I don't want to do just a silly, funny comedy podcast. Like, I would want to do something with heart as well. And so that's where it came to gratitude, because gratitude is one of my tools that I use with my mental health, and it's one of the things that I practice. And so then I said, okay, I'll do a mental Health and comedy podcast. And it's going to be focused on gratitude. So that's what we do is we share matitudes and gratitudes. When our. We do one matitude, which is the thing that's making you mad these days. And like, what is it? What's pissing you off, giving you a bad attitude? What is your matitude? And we talk about that and then we move into gratitude and we're like, what are five things that you're grateful for in life? And usually those five things will like lead us into a story, into, in your life. And it's been great. It's been so fun. Good. And it's really just like elevating your vibration and putting good vibes out there into the world.

[Mari]

That's the most important thing too. And also it's so therapeutic that you get to like do this and share your. Like you're listening to other people share their stories and it's like healing for you too because you're, it's giving you that space that you can be like, oh, okay, this is, I can get to be that person on stage, being a comedian, making people laugh. But this is truly see who I am and really what I want to talk about.

[Angela Johnson]

And I love to connect with people. I'm sure when you're gone you're like, yeah, yeah. Surface talk is like hard for me. Yeah. Like when you're at a party, you're at an event, Awful. Oh my gosh. And you have to like schmooze.

[Taryn]

Yeah, schmooziness.

[Mari]

That's why I don't, that's why we don't go to those things.

[Angela Johnson]

Me, schmoozing, I can't. It's so I. Staying on the surface, I can't do it.

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

But having an opportunity to go deep with someone and being like, like, oh, so tell me about your relationship with your mom. Yeah, like, how did that work out? Whoa. Why do you think this. Blah, blah, blah.

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[Mari]

Limu is that guy with the binoculars watching us.

[Liberty Mutual Narrator]

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[Angela Johnson]

You know what?

[Mari]

I can see you, Mr. Darcy.

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[Liberty Mutual Narrator]

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[Mari]

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[Mari]

Can I take three guesses where you're from, Angela? Because I think you have an accent.

[Angela Johnson]

I hear that a lot. I'm curious what you think the accent is. Calgary. Where's Calgary?

[Taryn]

Canada.

[Angela Johnson]

Oh no.

[Mari]

A map girl Minnesota? No, like a Dakota.

[Angela Johnson]

Minnesota.

[Mari]

No, not. Not Minnesota. Okay, hold on. There's, like, something in there. Like a Midwest. I feel like Yonkers.

[Taryn]

California.

[Angela Johnson]

Like, me. I'm from California.

[Mari]

Oh, you're from California.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mari]

It was like some kind of thing that you were. There was an accent in there, though, that was not like a Midwest.

[Taryn]

Like a Raiders fan. Like, I feel like I'm from the bay. Yeah. Okay.

[Mari]

You might be the first person I actually.

[Angela Johnson]

But I always hear that. My whole life, I hear I have an accent, but I feel like it's whatever you sound like. I'm gonna start sounding a little bit like it. So then my voice just starts sounding weird.

[Mari]

Okay.

[Angela Johnson]

You know what I mean?

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Taryn]

Rapid fire.

[Mari]

Did you. I have one more question. Did you always know that you wanted to be a comedian?

[Angela Johnson]

No. No.

[Taryn]

Oh, this is a good story.

[Angela Johnson]

No, I wanted to be an actress.

[Mari]

Okay.

[Angela Johnson]

I was a cheerleader for the Oakland Raiders. Yes.

[Mari]

Honey, get out of here.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah, I was a cheerleader. Yes. Hi, I'm Angela. Nice to see you.

[Taryn]

I'm like, I don't know anything about you.

[Mari]

So you were a dancer?

[Angela Johnson]

No.

[Mari]

That's why you have a banging body. You were a cheerleader. Sing.

[Angela Johnson]

I was a cheerleader. I didn't grow up technically trained as a dancer. I did Pop Warner cheerleading. So I had rhythm. Yep, that one. Hey. Yeah. Let's go.

[Mari]

Let's go.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah, I did. That kind of cheerleading is more like pirouette.

[Mari]

Yeah, sure.

[Angela Johnson]

So I didn't know.

[Mari]

They're like Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders. It's the same kind of.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I. I went to. The long story is I was in junior college. I wanted to be an actress, but it was like a fantasy. I would never say it out loud because I was embarrassed. Like, how embarrassing? I want to be an actress. Like, I might as well say, I want to be a princess.

[Mari]

Oh, princess.

[Angela Johnson]

A princess. I might as well say that, right? So I had a friend who moved to la, and she became an actress. And she was in commercials, music videos. And so we'd see her. Oh, there she's in a Ross commercial. There she is in the NSYNC music video. And we like, oh, my gosh. And I remember talking to her one time, and I was like, to do what you're doing? And she's like, okay, if you move to la, I'll help you. I'll help you get started, and I'll show you how to do it. I'm like, no way. Like, now it's an actual dream not so much a fantasy. Sure. Yeah.

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

So then I run into another friend who I grew up with doing Pop Warner cheerleading. And she was like, yeah, I'm a Raider at Now I cheer for the Oakland Raiders. You should come try out. We're about to have tryouts. And I was like, oh, no, that's not my thing at all. And then basically I was at this place in my life where I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I had my friend in LA saying, if you come here, I'll help you. But I feel like I needed a sign if that was gonna make that big of a move to move to Hollywood. I've never lived outside of my mom's house before. And I'm gonna move to a whole different city and live with strangers and, like, chase a dream of something I don't know how to do. I need a sign. So I said, I'm gonna go try out for the Oakland Raiders. And if I make the squad, I'm gonna do it for one year. And then I'm gonna move to Hollywood. I'm gonna try to be an actress. So I went to the Raider at tryouts in Oakland by myself. I've always been tomboy. I remember I. I went to Forever 21 and I bought, like, some heels from Forever 21. You know how they have those $12 heels, like, in the front of the store? I just bought some heels and like a little mini skirt and like a little tank top. And I went to this audition and I made it to the next round. There was 750 girls at this audition.

[Mari]

Oh, my.

[Angela Johnson]

Everybody came to this. Everybody in the whole routine. Then after that, I had to learn a routine. I had to learn a dance routine and. And then I had to get, like, these little dance shorts and stuff because I'm not a trained dancer. So I had to, like, go to a dance store and get, like, dance shoes. I never had dance shoes. How to get dance shoes. And it's now down to like, maybe 300 girls at this hotel in Oakland. I think it was like the Hilton or something. And there's all these 300 girls learning dance routine. And on the stage is the director and choreographer. And she has her little Britney Spears microphone on. And she has her, like, her two Raiderettes with her that are current raidertes that are, you know, teaching, helping us learn this routine.

[Taryn]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

At some point we're learning. And then play the music now. Let's try it again. Woo, woo, woo. We're learning this routine. At some point, the director Comes off the stage and she's walking through the audience, and she weaves her way through the audience, and she walks up to me and she says, clearly, you have no dance training, but you have something that cannot be taught.

[Mari]

Riz.

[Taryn]

Riz.

[Angela Johnson]

It's that. Riz, honey. That's how the kids call it today.

[Mari]

It's that ri.

[Angela Johnson]

Drip. Drip. That's drip. Thank you. And I, I. That was the best backhanded compliment I had ever received because it was really just so power.

[Mari]

I think it's more important than actually.

[Angela Johnson]

Having talent for exactly what she was saying.

[Taryn]

Yeah, you don't.

[Angela Johnson]

You don't have training, but you have the it.

[Mari]

You got the je ne sais quoi.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah, you have it. You are him. Yeah, that's it.

[Taryn]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

And then I auditioned and I made the squad. I cheered for that one year, and I was named rookie of the year for the squad for the Raidertes.

[Mari]

And the only one who had no formal training was named rookie of the year.

[Angela Johnson]

In all fairness, I was. I was co Rookie of the year. There was two of us who were rookies of the year. But, yeah, we went to the super bowl that year. It was like the best year to pick to be a cheerleader for the Oakland Raiders. And the super bowl was in San Diego. And the very next weekend after the Super Bowl, I came home, I packed up my room, put it in my station wagon, My mom handed me down her station wagon, and I drove to LA the very next weekend and started my career. And my friend kept her word. She helped me get started. She helped me register as an extra to be an extra. And even that story is incredible because I don't have entertainment experience. And so she's like, okay, listen, you're gonna go sign up at this extras casting agency. It's a casting agency just for extras. They cast all the extras in all the TV shows and movies. You gotta go register. She's like, but when you go and register, there's gonna be a line of people out the door that wanna register to be an extra, because anybody can register. So she's like, this is what I want you to do. Don't wait in line. I want you to walk up to the front window and I want you to ask for a guy named Sam. Okay? And I want you to bring your raider at headshot and bring a tray of cookies. And when Sam comes out, I want you to give him the cookies, give him your headshot and just say, I'm new in town. I just wanted to leave this here with you. And let you know I'm available to be an extra. That's it. Don't sign up. Don't do anything. Okay, great. So I'm like, this feels real sleazy, first of all.

[Taryn]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

It feels like all the casting couches they told me not to get involved with. But. All right, here we go.

[Taryn]

Here we are.

[Angela Johnson]

So I show up at the casting agency. Sure enough, there's a line of people out the door, just like she said. And here I come with my cookies, just cutting in front of everybody. I'm like, oh, this feels real nasty.

[Taryn]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

And I'm like, you know, I'm here to see Sam. She's like, okay, hold on. And then here comes this guy, Sam, walking from the back offices to the front lobby. And he comes out wearing a Raiders hat. And he. Here I am with my radio at Headshot. We just came off the super bowl, like, a few weeks ago. So I'm like, oh, hi. I'm new. I just wanted to leave us here with you. He sees my Headshot and he goes, raiders? No way. Immediately, Bing.

[Taryn]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

And he's like, all right, thanks for letting me know. We'll be in touch. I'm like, okay, great. And I leave. My phone number calls me like, I don't know, three days later. Wow. Hey, I have a spot for you. Do you want to be an extra on Friendship? Stop, the biggest show on television right now.

[Taryn]

Go away.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah. Yeah. I do want to be an extra on Friends. He's like, okay, show up there on Thursday. Here's your information. I go to Warner Brothers Studios to be an extra on Friends. This is my first time doing anything in the entertainment industry. And I'm walking through this huge lot walking by all the sound stages. I have no idea what I'm doing. And I remember walking in to the studio, seeing the stage, seeing, like, oh, here's Joey and Chandler's apartment. Here's Monica and Rachel's apartment. Here's Central Perk. Like, I am on the set of Friends. Like, my favorite show of all time. Like, here I am on the set of Friends. This is wild.

[Annabe Sofas Advertiser]

Wild.

[Angela Johnson]

So he ended up signing me up to be an extra. And I made friends with the AD the assistant director on the show who was really funny. And I was funny funny. So me and him would just be funny together. Yeah. And then he'd be like, oh, you're funny. I'm gonna bring you back tomorrow. Yeah, okay, cool. Oh, you're funny. I'm gonna bring you back next week. And then we just start vibing Right. It's like, yeah, I'm gonna bring you back next week. Next thing you know, I'm an extra on Friends for season nine and ten. Oh, my God. Now their final season.

[Mari]

I wanna. I know I gotta go back to these episodes.

[Angela Johnson]

Oh, you'll see me in the season nine and ten. It's the end of season nine to season ten. Dead and. Yeah. And that's how I started my career. And it's incredible. Yeah, it's one of. That's one of my favorite jobs I've ever had was being an extra on Friends.

[Mari]

And what did you have to do as being an extra?

[Angela Johnson]

You're just like, I'm in the coffee shop, walking from the coffee bar to the chair, walking from, you know, this side of the window to the door. When Joey says, how you doing? You exit the building. Great, great. How you doing? That's it.

[Mari]

I want to be an extra. I'm going to be an extra.

[Taryn]

How much you get paid?

[Mari]

How many monies?

[Angela Johnson]

I'll say $150.

[Mari]

Oh, I get 95. And then I'll take that.

[Angela Johnson]

If you were in the Union, you got $125 for the day. And then I was an.

[Mari]

And you're on set for a while, too. You're hanging around there for.

[Angela Johnson]

Oh, yeah. And then I just was, like, cool with everybody. And so, like. Like, you're not supposed to talk to the cast members. You know what I mean? And, like, if they saw you trying to talk to the cast member, immediately you removed. You were like, nope. And never welcomed back. You're like, nope, out of here. I wouldn't talk to them, but they would talk to me.

[Mari]

Interesting. They just knew you just had that. Yeah, I know. When you have that kind of energy and that vibration of people. I get it. Yeah, I get it.

[Taryn]

Please don't talk to me.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah, it would be. No, it would just be like, like, I'm. I'm here. I'm just doing my job.

[Mari]

Courtney Cox, you need to get to work.

[Angela Johnson]

Work. I'm just here doing my job.

[Mari]

You got to get to work. Bingaling.

[Taryn]

Yeah, I'll rest in peace.

[Angela Johnson]

I know. I think I've. I've had a personal conversation probably with all of them, but not like anything memorable. Like, we talked about family, just something we're like, oh, hey, do you. Blah, blah, blah, blah. No blah, blah. Okay, cool. Like, something like that. Like a simple whatever.

[Taryn]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

And my story that I wrote about in my book that I still to this day, I remember being at the craft service table and then There was these little tea cakes that we loved, and they were so good. And I remember Lisa Kudrow walking up, and her and I both were sitting there, standing there, eating the tea cakes, and her being like, these are so good. Right? And I'm like, they are good. And then that was my moment with Lisa Kudrow, and I was just like. All she did was say a sentence of just like, these are good. Right? But she said it to me.

[Taryn]

Such a fan.

[Mari]

She said it to me.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah.

[Mari]

They are good.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah.

[Taryn]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

Yes.

[Taryn]

What a. What a story, what a career, what a story, What a legacy icon you are.

[Angela Johnson]

Thank you so much.

[Taryn]

You're welcome so much. You had five specials. You've written a book, you're going on a massive tour. Wow. You have a podcast. You were Raiders cheerleader. That's crazy.

[Angela Johnson]

What am I doing?

[Mari]

Yeah, Yeah. I love people like that.

[Taryn]

Doing whatever you want to do, it sounds like.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah, yeah.

[Taryn]

That's.

[Mari]

You're like a generating manifester. You probably don't even know you're doing it, but you.

[Angela Johnson]

I think I have seasons of that.

[Mari]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

Of being a manifester and then seasons of what am I doing? And then seasons of, how do I do that?

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

And then scenes. Seasons of dreaming and having dreams, and then seasons of not having dreams. Like, if you were to ask me right now, like, what's your dream? What do you want to do? I'd be like, I mean, I have my overall dream of, like, I would love to have a sitcom one day, but, like, is that fueling my. Is that fueling me right now dream? No.

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah. And it's all representation. Like, it's all a sign to me, at least.

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

I can tell, like, the fact that I'm not working out regularly.

[Mari]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

I know for a fact my insides are not 100.

[Taryn]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

Meaning, like, I don't have vision. I don't have direction. I don't have any of that. Like, it's a little messy on the inside because I can see it in my outside. I see it in the fact that I'm not exercising. I'm not motivated to exercise. I'm not motivated to, like, wake up in the morning and have some me time. Have some, like, devotion, like, me and God time. I'm not motivated to do any of that. I'm, like, just going. I'm just wake up. Go. Wake up. Go. Okay, okay. And then I'm fine with it.

[Mari]

Yeah, until you're not.

[Angela Johnson]

Until you're not.

[Taryn]

Yeah. And then you make that change.

[Mari]

It's so hard to be consistent.

[Angela Johnson]

Per.

[Mari]

Yeah, we're not perfect. Like, anyone who sits there and, like, I'm my healing journey every day and every morning. I do. You're like, great. That's amazing. Is that, like, really realistic? Can you live every single day of your life like that? I. I don't.

[Angela Johnson]

I know.

[Taryn]

Because sometimes it's hard.

[Angela Johnson]

I do want to be in that season again, though.

[Mari]

I loved that season. It was.

[Taryn]

You will be.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah.

[Mari]

Yeah, you will be.

[Taryn]

When you're ready to make space for that, then you will be.

[Angela Johnson]

That's what it. I got to make space for it.

[Taryn]

Yeah, you.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah, you do.

[Taryn]

Because it takes time, effort, and, like, mindfulness and doing things with purpose.

[Angela Johnson]

It's.

[Taryn]

That's hard to do.

[Angela Johnson]

It's interesting because I'll have a conversation with someone who is in that season or, like, I'll be witnessing it and I see it, and I'll be like, yeah, I want that again.

[Mari]

Yeah. It's inspiring.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah.

[Taryn]

Yeah.

[Angela Johnson]

But then when it comes time to like, I'll be like, okay, I'm gonna wake up tomorrow early, and I'm gonna, like, do some, like, journaling or, like, something, and I'll wake up early and I'm like, like, where was that inspiration that I had when I saw them going through it? I'm like, it's not here this morning.

[Taryn]

Yeah, well, maybe tomorrow. Yeah, yeah, yeah, maybe tomorrow.

[Mari]

Yeah, I'm.

[Angela Johnson]

I'll even start journaling and be like, nothing's coming out.

[Mari]

Nothing's coming out. Dear, dear, dear. Die, dear, Die, dear.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah, I'm going to take a nap.

[Mari]

My hand starts hurting. I don't write enough. That's a problem.

[Taryn]

Writing is hard sometimes. Like, I'm writing a check.

[Angela Johnson]

Yeah. If you started seeing me post more workout videos in my stories and, you know, oh, she getting it together.

[Mari]

She get it together.

[Taryn]

She's coming back Raiders.

[Mari]

She's in that season.

[Taryn]

Angela Johnson. Well, thank you so much for coming.

[Angela Johnson]

Oh, my God.

[Taryn]

We can find you online. Just Angela Johnson Reyes.

[Angela Johnson]

On Instagram at Angela Johnson. I. I go by Angela Johnson Reyes, but my handle is still just Angela Johnson.

[Taryn]

Riz.

[Angela Johnson]

Hello.

[Mari]

Angela Johnson.

[Taryn]

Riz Reyes. Angela Riz.

[Mari]

That got me so always, like, how did you not say this before? No, Reyes, keep the secret.

[Taryn]

She's so funny. If you get a chance. Thank you. See her in person. Her live comedy is amazing. Listen to her podcast.

[Angela Johnson]

Woo. Yay.

[Mari]

It was so nice to meet you too.

[Taryn]

Thank you so much for listening.

[Mari]

Thank you for giving us the space and seeing us.

[Taryn]

Oh, God, shut up.

[Mari]

Goodbye.

[Taryn]

See you later.

[Mari]

See you later.

[Taryn]

Thank you guys so much for tuning in to the Touchup podcast. Please follow us on instagram @the TouchUp podcast. Follow us on TikTok @the TouchUp. If you have any beauty questions, give us a ring. 615-338-5953 See you later. Bye.

[Angela Johnson]

Okay, only 10 more presents to wrap.

[Annabe Sofas Advertiser]

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[Angela Johnson]

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[Mari]

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