Jo Koy: Big Stages, Bigger Stories

Summary

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The Nikki & Brie Show

Episode: Jo Koy: Big Stages, Bigger Stories

Date: November 10, 2025
Host: Nikki & Brie Garcia
Guest: Jo Koy

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Episode Overview

This episode features comedian Jo Koy, who joins Nikki and Brie for a lively, heartfelt, and hilarious conversation. The trio dives into Jo’s journey from class clown to global stand-up icon, the power of embracing your cultural roots, the challenges and rituals that come with performing for massive audiences, and funny, candid stories from life on the road and at home. Throughout, they reflect on family, legacy, fame, and the everyday awkwardness—delivered with realness, warmth, and a lot of laughs.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Jo Koy’s Rise and Hustle

• Selling Out Arenas & The Tour Life

  • Jo updates the hosts about his current tour, including a major milestone: performing at Chicago’s United Center and soon, the first-ever comedy show at SoFi Stadium, selling nearly 50,000 tickets (25:10).
  • Quote:
    "When we went on sale the first week, we sold 30,000 tickets." – Jo Koy [25:20]

• How He Preps for Big Shows

  • Emphasizes the importance of keeping each show city-specific and fresh—honoring local fans and always pushing himself to write new material, especially after a special drops on Netflix (05:08).
  • Quote:
    "I have to stay engaged... That way the crowd goes, okay, this was for us. This wasn't just a routine." – Jo Koy [05:08]

2. The Art—and Nerve—of New Material

• Discusses the vulnerability and necessity of trying out new jokes, particularly after his routines become widely known (06:09).

  • Insight: Creating new material is “scary, but you have to do it” to stay true and evolve as an artist.

• Shares a personal story about admitting his family's struggles on stage, which became a moment of healing for him and resonated with countless fans (06:58).

  • Quote:
    "I was scared to do it...but the response was great...I felt alone saying it, but then after I said it, I felt like, okay, it's normal." – Jo Koy [07:02]

3. Comedy, Truth, and Storytelling

• Jo breaks down the different genres in comedy, and his preference for storytelling—using his own family history as material (08:40).

  • Favorites include Louie Anderson and Richard Pryor for storytelling, Chris Rock for political humor.

• The hosts and Jo bond over the importance of representation and authenticity in their respective fields.

4. Family, Filipino Culture, and Identity

• Deep reflection on raising a mixed-race child and ensuring that culture and heritage remain central (12:29).
• Jo contrasts the lack of Filipino role models and restaurants in his youth with his son's experience today: frequent trips to the Philippines, confidence in identity, and pride in cultural traditions.
  • Quote:
    "When you're a mixed kid, one thing we struggle with is identity...there was nothing [on TV]...Now we live in a time where I'm on stage, I talk about who I am, my son hears it, and he's proud." – Jo Koy [12:29]

5. Nostalgia: Growing Up Pre-Internet

• The group reminisces about 80s and 90s childhoods—building ramps, riding bikes, drinking from hoses, and feeling freedom social media can’t match (19:11).

• All agree today's children are “overstimulated” by technology, and discuss the societal need for social media responsibility and even "detoxes" (20:50).

  • Quote:
    "It's basically a drug now...maybe they should have some type of social media responsibility." – Jo Koy [21:21]

6. Overcoming Fame & Fortune’s Challenges

• Jo gets candid about some downsides of success:
  • Needing to protect himself financially and emotionally, even from those close to him
  • The exhaustion and pressure to constantly keep hustling (45:25).
  • The double-edged sword of fame—public scrutiny and the need for "thick skin" (44:21).
  • Quote:
    "You see the bad side of people and then you have to become this master at reading people...my brain is tired." – Jo Koy [45:29]

7. Joy and Rituals On the Road

• Sharing the stage and business with family (his son and sister on tour helps Jo stay grounded and secure) (11:16).
• Hilarious ritual: Jo’s need to pee before going on stage—traced back to nearly peeing himself during a show early in his career (31:37).
  • Quote:
    "Moments before they introduce me, I run to the bathroom...I'm literally just, I look at it, I'm like, you better let it out, man." – Jo Koy [32:05]

8. Rapid Fire Fun: “Koy-fessions” Game (36:43)

• Home life vs. tour life? (“Home life!”)
• Beach day or snow day? (Beach, especially in Hawaii)
• Coffee or tea? (Coffee all day)
• Sunrise or sunset? (Sunset)
• Night owl? (“My brain starts becoming creative at 10... a mile a minute at night.” [43:00])
• Fame vs. fortune? Jo finds both fraught but knows each comes at a cost.

9. Role Models & Representation in Media

• Memorable moment: Jo recalls being in awe of seeing Tia Carrere on screen, finally witnessing a Filipino role model in mainstream film, and later casting her in his own projects (16:49).
• Nikki and Brie reflect on Jennifer Lopez and Selena as Latina icons growing up, the importance of seeing themselves represented in media (37:11).

10. Closing Affirmation & Inspiration

• Jo’s dad’s life lesson: “Don’t say what if.”

  • Quote:
    "If you want to do it, just go get it. I used to say, what if? And now look at me. I'm still not a pilot." – Jo Koy [48:57]

• Encourages everyone to embrace failure as the route to growth:

  • Quote:
    "Fail as much as you can…The only time you truly fail is when you don’t get back up and try again." – Jo Koy [49:07]
  • “They knock us down hard. Wait till you get really knocked out emotionally, and to be able to pick it back up, suck it up, and get back out there and do it again—that's some warrior mentality shit.” [49:46]

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Notable Quotes

On comedy and truth:
"It's okay to have a dysfunctional family...maybe it was healing for us to put it all out there." – Jo Koy [07:40]

On cultural pride:
"My son hears it, and he consumes it, and he’s proud of it...it’s beautiful to watch." – Jo Koy [13:16]

On performing at SoFi Stadium:
"I'm responsible for the time...We have to make sure our DJ doesn’t go on stage at all. We have to play house music. Because the minute my DJ gets on stage, the clock starts." – Jo Koy [27:34]

On the realities of fame and fortune:
"My brain is tired." – Jo Koy [46:32]

On resilience:
"Embrace the fact that you're gonna fail and just enjoy the success when you get back up." – Jo Koy [50:11]

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Memorable and Funny Moments

• Brie’s confusion about “left side” being a mouse, not Tinder swipe (03:22)
• Jo’s confession to peeing his pants on stage, consoling himself in the bathroom beforehand, and the hosts’ mutual awkwardness with public bathroom rituals (31:37)
• The group’s burning question: Should you tell someone if they have a booger? (35:03)
• Nikki and Brie’s childhood fort-building adventures and stealing a restaurant booth for their Arizona fort (20:07)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Introduction & Guest Welcome – 01:31
• Jo’s On-the-Road Stories & Preparation – 04:44
• Writing Material and Artistic Growth – 05:39
• Truth in Comedy & Family Stories – 06:45
• Raising Mixed Kids & Cultural Representation – 12:29
• Pre-Internet Childhood & Social Media Woes – 19:11
• SoFi Stadium Show & Production Logistics – 25:10
• Pre-Show Rituals and On-Stage Confessions – 31:37
• Game: "Koy-fessions" Rapid Fire – 36:43
• Talking Role Models & Media Representation – 37:11
• Closing Thoughts & Affirmations – 48:57

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Closing Vibe

This episode blends deep reflections on cultural identity, hilarious behind-the-scenes comedy stories, and real conversation about handling fame, family, and personal growth. Jo Koy’s honesty, wit, and warmth shine—even daring to tackle awkward topics with candor and humor. Listeners will come away with greater respect for Jo’s artistry and hustle, a love for family and roots, and a healthy reminder not to let "what if" hold them back.

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Tickets for Jo Koy’s tour—including the history-making SoFi Stadium show—are available at joekoy.com or Ticketmaster. [50:59]

Transcript

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[Nikki]

What up, everyone? Welcome back to another episode of the Nikki and Br. And today's gonna be a funny one.

[Brie]

You know what? I have a feeling we're gonna get a really good ab workout.

[Nikki]

I agree. Okay, so today's guest is one of the funniest people on the planet, and that is not up for debate. He's a global icon, a box office powerhouse, and a proud voice for Filipino culture around the world. He sold out arenas around the world, brought home laughs with Netflix specials. He's the king of hustle, heart and hilarious truth bombs. Please welcome to the Nikki and Bree show, the one and only Joe Coy. Hello.

[Joe Koy]

Gosh, can I get any older?

[Brie]

And are you saying that because it's.

[Joe Koy]

It took me this long to log on.

[Brie]

We're the same. It's supposed to be easy.

[Joe Koy]

Oh, it's easy, though. It's easy. No, it hasn't been easy.

[Brie]

It hasn't. I remember when going on since.

[Joe Koy]

It's been going on since the pandemic, but it's still me.

[Nikki]

Just like it's always something, you know?

[Joe Koy]

Yeah, well, you know, I called my assistant. He's like, hit the left side of the mouse. I'm like, there's a left side.

[Brie]

I know.

[Joe Koy]

To the mouse.

[Nikki]

Oh, yeah.

[Joe Koy]

Where's the left side?

[Nikki]

Oh, you're right. Where is the left side? They used to have, like, different buttons.

[Brie]

Well, I just will click all over just to be like, what works, what doesn't.

[Joe Koy]

Can we just go back to meeting people in person?

[Brie]

I know.

[Joe Koy]

What happened to that?

[Nikki]

I loved it.

[Brie]

Bumping into people.

[Joe Koy]

If you walk up to somebody, you never see them go, hey, man, left. Left side, if you don't mind.

[Nikki]

Yeah, right.

[Brie]

Honestly, I actually should say that, though.

[Nikki]

Yeah. Left side.

[Brie]

I mean, I'm not saying you can say that.

[Nikki]

Yeah. Why left side?

[Brie]

Because left side, please.

[Nikki]

Oh. Oh, swipe. But he's saying Tinder, right?

[Brie]

You're talking about Tinder.

[Nikki]

No, he's making a mouse.

[Brie]

Oh, I thought, oh, my gosh, Brie.

[Nikki]

I'm like.

[Brie]

I thought, like, you would actually go up to human and say, I'm swiping left.

[Nikki]

You're out.

[Brie]

I'll swipe right, silly. Well, okay, so I just have to.

[Nikki]

Say, Wait, now you're gonna meet the other half.

[Brie]

I know the yes.

[Nikki]

Oh, don't even say the better half.

[Brie]

The better half. But, I mean, after today's episode, you're gonna walk away and you're gonna go, the better half.

[Nikki]

No.

[Brie]

Okay, I. I have to say, watching you and Nikki on Dinner Time with David Chang, you guys had amazing chemistry. Like, you guys were hilarious together. Did you have so much fun on the show?

[Joe Koy]

Oh, so much fun. Like, it just. I like it when you. You know, we always go into the room blind. Right. And then you just pray like, oh, I hope this is going to be fun. And then that ended up just being more of fun. It felt like we just known each other for a while.

[Brie]

Yeah, I know you could, and I love that.

[Nikki]

Yeah, I agree. I had so much fun with you guys. And you. I mean, obviously, you're hilarious. And that toast, you now, they use it constantly. That toast was so good.

[Joe Koy]

So funny.

[Nikki]

Oh, it's so good.

[Brie]

I told. Well, and I told Nikki. I'm like, do you think Joe would come on our podcast? Because I feel like you guys are, like, homies now.

[Nikki]

Well, I was trying to get him on when SiriusXM was doing this series from the Garage.

[Brie]

Oh, yeah.

[Nikki]

He had to go on the road, so.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah.

[Brie]

You know, your big old tour going on right now. Selling out arenas. No big deal.

[Joe Koy]

Crazy. I'm going to unite. I have the United center today. I fly to Chicago today.

[Nikki]

Oh, wow.

[Joe Koy]

United Center. Yeah.

[Brie]

Are you doing it tonight?

[Joe Koy]

I do it tomorrow.

[Nikki]

Wow.

[Brie]

How do you prep for a show? Like, when you. Because you go so much based off the audience? Like, you never know how the audience is.

[Joe Koy]

Well, no, I do. I still have my. I still have my. I'm sorry. I don't mean to jump on you like that. That's rude. I still have my routine that I have, you know, set that I'm ready to shoot for Netflix, but I have to stay engaged, and I also have to be aware of, like, where I'm at. That way the crowd goes, okay. This was for us. This wasn't just a routine that he does on the road. This was our city. He talked about our city, he talked about us. So I always want to keep it fresh that way.

[Brie]

That's amazing.

[Nikki]

I love that.

[Brie]

Is it scary to try out new material in front of a crowd, or do you make sure.

[Joe Koy]

Of course.

[Brie]

And do you do that? Because I loved when I watched that one series. What was that series called? I'm Gonna Forget about the Comedian. It's Fiction. Whatever. Or, like, Nominated, but Hack.

[Nikki]

Hacks or whatever.

[Joe Koy]

Oh, that's good. Yeah.

[Brie]

So good. When she tries her new material out, it. I would think that'd be so scary.

[Joe Koy]

I mean, it's not scary. It's just. I don't mean to say it's scary, but what I. It just sucks because you have to do it. You have to stay fresh. So it's like when my hour drops on Netflix and I have a gig that's gonna be, like, in six days, I can't go up there doing my stuff that was on the special. Yeah, it's like, they already. They know all these jokes. So it's like, I gotta go out there and do new stuff, and I have to. I have to. I can't, like, wing it and just go back and do my routine. So that's the part that I'm talking about. It's just like, I have to write constantly and be ready.

[Nikki]

Yeah. Well, you. Speaking of that. And you've always said that comedy is about truth. Has there ever been a time where there was a truth that you were too scared to, like, tell on the stage, but you did anyways?

[Joe Koy]

Yes. Yeah. It was the one where my mom and my sisters got into fights. And I talk about how my sisters moved out at 16, and I talk about, yo, you know, I moved out when I was 33. My sisters are gangsters. You know what I mean? They left at 16 and never came back. But the part that was scaring me to do it was saying it on the special and letting everybody know that my mom had her $2 move out at 16. I was like, whoa, I don't think people are gonna like that. You know what I mean? So I was scared to do it, but then I was like, screw it. I'm gonna do it. And the response was great, because then I started getting, like, other women dming me, like, yo, my mom and I never saw eye to eye. Now we're best friends. I left when I was 15, and it was just like, I felt alone saying it. But then after I said it, I felt like, okay, this is not. It is normal. It's okay to have a dysfunctional family. And the same thing with my family. It's like, yeah, my. My sister Rowena gets along with my mom now. Like, they're. They're close now. And. And we talk now. So, yeah, maybe it was healing for us to put it all out there.

[Nikki]

I love that. I love that.

[Brie]

Do you have to ask permission? Like, do you go, hey, Mom, I'm gonna say this. Okay.

[Joe Koy]

No, it's. It's my story.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

Do you feel like as you've become so famous and popular globally, do you feel at all like your writing process changes in that way, or is it like, no, this is about me and my family life and how I grew up. Like, you just telling those stories.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah, I love the artist storytelling. So that's. That's what I love to do the most, is just talk about me, my. My son, my. My sisters, my. My mom. Whatever it is that's happening in my life. That's. That's the style I've always been attracted to when it comes to comedy. Comedy is a bunch of genres. It's just like, music. You know what I mean?

[Nikki]

Totally.

[Joe Koy]

There's rap, there's country, there's rock, there's metal. It's the same thing with comedy. There's political, there's storytellers, there's. There's puppets, There's. You know, I mean, there's topical, there's politic, political. Like, it's a different genre for everybody. Like, for sure. You know? Yeah. So you get to choose who you want to watch. Like, if I want to see someone do political humor, I'm going to Chris Rock, you know? I mean, if I want to see a storyteller, I like watching Louie Anderson or Richard Pryor. Like, I enjoy hearing those stories because I feel more connected to them.

[Brie]

So growing up, were you the class clown? Like, were you always.

[Joe Koy]

Always Always.

[Brie]

I could see that. So when your. Your sisters were probably, like, when you became a. You know, when you got into comedy, they're probably like, oh, of course.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah. I loved it, though. Like, it was my escape, you know, my. My household was not fun. I'm not gonna lie. It was a lot of yelling, a lot of screaming. A lot of it was. It was. It was tough growing up, and my escape was always comedy. So I had stand up and I loved it. Like, that was my little getaway moment where I'm just, like, by myself, laughing. So I enjoy. I loved it.

[Brie]

I love that. And now does it. Is it hard to get you to laugh or are you, like, so uneasy?

[Joe Koy]

No, no, I love it.

[Nikki]

Yeah, he was laughing.

[Joe Koy]

Nikki was cracking me up.

[Nikki]

Yeah, I made him laugh. David made him laugh.

[Brie]

We all were.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah, laugh. I love it.

[Nikki]

Fun. Yeah. You're such good energy. And you know what I do is, you know what you're talking about in the kitchen. Like, you seem like you're really good chef.

[Joe Koy]

Oh, no, I try. I try and cook.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

You know what I mean? But I think I'm doing good. My son thinks I'm, like, an amazing chef, and I just take whatever a family member compliments. You take it.

[Nikki]

Oh, for sure.

[Joe Koy]

Take it. When someone that you like, like your co worker, like, compliments, you start thinking about your. That's the kind of stuff where you're like, oh, you're not being. You. You want something, you're just. You're giving a compliment for something else. But when it's your son saying it, someone that's brutally honest your whole life.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

All right, all right. Maybe I can cook. All right, thanks. Yeah, thanks, buddy.

[Nikki]

I love that. And is he on the tour with you? Is he on the road always? That's what I thought.

[Brie]

Oh, my gosh. That's special.

[Joe Koy]

How will it be? Who else would you trust? You know how many people stole stuff from me that I hired? Like, it's the worst feeling in the world where you actually have to, like, accept the fact that things are gonna get stolen. You know what I mean? It's like, oh, there goes the cash, there goes this, and you accept it. You know what I mean? But now it's like I have my sister running with me everywhere we go. She's in the city with me, so when we pull in, she tour manages. She. She checks the counts. She counts in the merch. My son counts in the merch. You know, my son loads everything up for me, unloads. Like I'm good, like I can literally just wake up and get on stage and just. I'm secure. I'm not thinking about anything.

[Brie]

Oh, I just got goosebumps all over.

[Nikki]

And he also, your son, he creates the merch, right? Doesn't he design?

[Joe Koy]

Yeah, well, we. We both do. We collaborate on everything, so it's fun to always go to him. I don't do anything unless my son goes, yeah, I like that. If my son's like, nah, then I scratch everything. I'm like, no, we're good.

[Nikki]

I love.

[Brie]

That's amazing. So, yeah, you use your voice a lot for the Filipino culture. Do you. Do you bring a lot of that into raising your son? Like, you know, whether it's mandatory? Yeah, I would think.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah. Like, it's. When you're a mixed kid, it's like one thing we struggle with is identity, right? Like, you're, you know, society. You know, society makes you feel that way as well. You know what I mean? You're like, okay, well, who am I? You know what I mean? There's no representation on tv. There's nothing. I mean, there is now, slowly, but it's like, you know, I grew up in the 70s, 80s, and 90s where there was nothing. You know, you had to figure out who you were and be proud of what you were and, you know, and let people know what food you eat. You know what I mean? There was no Filipino restaurants back in the 80s, you know what I mean? It's like, I'm bringing Filipino food to, like, the potlucks, and everyone's like, what the hell is that? So it's like, it's always explaining yourself and who you are. And now we live in a time where I'm on stage, I talk about who I am, and my son hears it, and he consumes it, and he's proud of it, and it's cool to see him take on the culture the way he does. So we go to the Philippines all the time. He has a Filipino girlfriend. I love it. It's beautiful to watch, to see him live a different life that I had to live. You know what I mean?

[Brie]

Totally.

[Joe Koy]

For sure. He's got everything in his hands. He gets to see the Philippines. He can take Philippines in his hand, and pictures show up. Like, I didn't have that when I was a kid.

[Nikki]

Right?

[Joe Koy]

You know what I mean? I had to ask my grandfather, my grandma, like, what was the Philippines like? You know what I mean? I had to hear stories. Like, it was hard to do your own research back then.

[Brie]

Nikki. Life can get really busy really busy.

[Nikki]

I mean, I would say it's been busy for all of us.

[Brie]

I know. And sometimes we just need to take a breather, sit down, and ask ourselves one very important question.

[Nikki]

What's that, Bri?

[Brie]

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[Nikki]

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[Brie]

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[Nikki]

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[Joe Koy]

Role models was such a big thing. Like, you know, now you can type in Filipino singers and Google lets you know who it is and how many Grammys like that. Whereas back in the day, I remember I was watching Wayne's World at the theater. I was watching Wayne's World at the theater. I remember Tia Carrer walked out, and I just looked at her, and I was like, she's Filipino. I remember looking at everyone I was with that day at the theater and go, she's Filipino. Like, I know for a fact she's Filipino. Like, just the way she looked and just the way she sounded, like, I was like, she's Filipino. And I remember waiting for the credits, and it said, tia Carrera. I go, that's. She's Filipino.

[Brie]

Oh, my God, she's definitely Filipino. Yeah. She was so hot.

[Nikki]

So hot.

[Brie]

I'm sure she's still hot, but.

[Joe Koy]

Oh, well, for sure. She's a friend of mine, you know, she's great. I put her in my movie because of that. It was me paying homage to, like, my heroes. So it was like, when I got my movie deal, the first two people I asked for was Lou Diamond Phillips and Tia Carrera.

[Brie]

Oh, my gosh. That's so cool.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah. And I go, they have to be in my movie. Like, for sure. Like, we got to give them something.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Brie]

Oh, I love that. I mean, I'll never forget when Latina magazine came out. We were in middle school, and we finally related. We're like, so how do you bleach your mustaches? We're like, yeah. You know, and it was JLO Insight.

[Nikki]

Remember JLO was the COVID Yeah. Seventh grade.

[Brie]

Yeah. Had just done the role of Selena. I mean, that's crazy, right? Crazy. All those things, like, they really do mean something. And the youth. Lucky nowadays to have all that.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah, exactly. And like, you know, sometimes I hate saying that saying where it's like, you know, when I was young or back in my day, like, unfortunately, I have to say that it's like, yo, back in my day, we only had three channels. Like, you know, I didn't have cable. I didn't have Internet. There was no Gmail. There's none of this existed, you know.

[Nikki]

So even AI, like, hey. And all the other ones, it's.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

You see what they have now?

[Joe Koy]

Yeah. It's insane. It's like, you can write a script now.

[Nikki]

I mean, with AI, you could tell them to write a script. You don't even write it. Like, hey, can you put a script together about.

[Brie]

But I could tell people in our age group wrote a little over stimulated. Like, who thought at this age we'd be overstimulated? I feel like I need to go to, like, occupational therapy to learn how to deal with it because there's too many things. We're not used to this. Like.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah, it's overwhelming.

[Brie]

Lower days and riding your bike to your friend's house and figuring things out now. It's like, oh, too much.

[Joe Koy]

I love it.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

I love that you just said that, by the way. It's so true. Yeah, it's so true. It's like, you know, when we were kids, there was riding the bike all day. Like, I put in at least 100 miles a day, honestly.

[Brie]

And you couldn't. Honestly, like.

[Joe Koy]

And my water was the water hose, and it was anyone's water hose. Anyone. So it's like, you know, trying to explain that. It's like, do they go outside? I don't know. I don't think they do. It's. It's. It's. I remember building ramps and jumping them on in the middle of the street. Like, I don't see that when I drive. I remember having to pick up the ramp every time a car was coming down the street.

[Brie]

Like, oh, my gosh. Yeah.

[Nikki]

And the forts.

[Brie]

And we used to build forts.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah, forts.

[Nikki]

Forts were the best. And like, the. When they would be, like, legit outside, like, where you actually got, like, old wood, and you're like, I built this.

[Brie]

You and I would, like, swear we could live in. Live in them. Like, we take my dad's old tile. We tile the fort floor. You know, we one time found there was a restaurant that was getting rid of a bunch of. So her and I walked. We carried a booth. A booth. And we're, like, walking, sweating. We're in Arizona, it's like this summer, and we put this gross booth in our fort. We're like, he made it. We got so badass. It was incredible. My dad, I'll never forget, he saw it and he's like, what the is that? But, yeah, I love that. Yeah. Great days. Like, those were good, good times.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah. There has to be a thing where it's like, I say this on stage now, but it's just like there's gotta be some type of social media responsibility on both ends. It's like not just like you as the consumer, but like IG also has to have some type of responsibility. You can't just sit there and be like, well, you know, we just provide the information. You know what I mean? We didn't tell you to watch that stuff. You know what I mean? It's like, no, you should have some type of responsibility. It's, it's basically a drug now.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

You know what I mean?

[Brie]

For sure.

[Nikki]

People, 100 people agree.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah. People say stuff like, no, I'm going on a social media detox. Like they literally say they're doing a detox. So it's like, yeah, man, it's addicting. So like, maybe they should have some type of social media responsibility and maybe that'll encourage the kids to get outside because they're not going to be able to do anything else.

[Brie]

Right.

[Nikki]

Well, isn't there now like social media rehabs? Like they literally have to like tear these phones. Yeah. From these kids hands and put them in rehab.

[Joe Koy]

I, I would, I, I believe, I don't know about it, but man, that makes sense. Yeah, it totally makes sense.

[Brie]

It really does. And it's sad. I mean, I think there was even statistics that recently came out that I think the phone use usage and all that, it's doing more damage to your brain than like doing a line of cocaine or something crazy.

[Joe Koy]

Oh, 100%.

[Brie]

It's like wild. And I'm just like, you know, I'm struggling.

[Joe Koy]

You want to know what's crazy? You want to know what's crazy is I cracked the back of my phone one time. Right?

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

You know the little glass on the back, Right. The glass just a crack. Like I dropped it and it was a crack. And I swear to you, and I know I'm not making this up, I could start feeling stuff in my hand.

[Nikki]

Yes. I know exactly when I held the.

[Joe Koy]

Phone, if someone called me or if text came through, I could feel the, I could feel something just irritating my hand and I'm like, whoa. Like that's not good. Something's coming out of the phone and going into my hand. So that's. That needs to be said, right?

[Nikki]

Yeah, sure.

[Brie]

That's.

[Joe Koy]

Well, you know, like you see people with cracked phones and you're like, whoa. You know that's dangerous. Right. Because I don't feel it now. Like it's not cracked. I don't feel It. So definitely something was leaking out of the phone. And that's. That's pretty weird.

[Nikki]

Well, you know, I threw away all my AirPods because every. A lot of people have been talking like, watch these football players when they're walking in. None of them are doing Bluetooth or AirPods or any of that anymore. They're back to headphones and they're just saying how terrible the AirPods are. Blue Wireless headphones.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

So I've gone back to just normal headphones.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

And in my phone.

[Brie]

But there's also good recycling companies like TerraCycle where you can get a box and they send it to your house. You put all your electronics in and you send it.

[Nikki]

I should have did that because I just.

[Brie]

Because if you.

[Nikki]

My AirPods.

[Brie]

Yeah, that's going in the ocean or landfills and really bad for the environment.

[Nikki]

Okay, I'll do.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah. Where is all this stuff going?

[Brie]

I mean, have you.

[Joe Koy]

Where, Where. Where are all the videos and the pictures that are on your phone stored? They say cloud. It's like, that's not a cloud. There's a hard drive somewhere that's like containing all this information. But where is it? Yeah, like. Well, how many billions and billions of. You know what I mean? Pictures and videos that they're storing for you? They call it an icloud, but it's a physical hard drive. Where is it? Where is it?

[Brie]

Well, have you seen some of those, like, AI. I don't know what you call it. Like, they look like generators. Yes. Centers. Like it's crazy because they're trying to build out in Vacaville and the people are fighting the communities. They're like, no, we don't want these out here in our farm.

[Joe Koy]

Where's this Vacaville?

[Brie]

Vacuo. Well, I mean, they're all over the.

[Nikki]

United States, but they're building drain out that one town. I mean.

[Brie]

Yeah, but it's creepy almost. I don't know.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah, that's nice. And all it is just storing information. Is that what you're saying?

[Brie]

Yeah, but. And a lot of times because the. I guess the machines get really hot that are in there. A lot of times they catch on fire. And that's why towns don't want them because the liability. But also the radiation. You think of everything, the energy, everything.

[Nikki]

Okay.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

Thing that we do need to get to and talk about.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah, let's go.

[Nikki]

That you are doing the first comedy show at Sofi Stadium. Like, that has unreal. That's like. That's gigantic stadium.

[Joe Koy]

It's insane. When we Went on sale the first week. We sold 30,000 tickets.

[Nikki]

Oh, my.

[Joe Koy]

Crazy.

[Brie]

Congrats.

[Joe Koy]

Insane.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

Big shout out to Fluffy. Of course it's Fluffy and I, but we're the first to. You know, it started off with just like us, you know, he'd be at Staples, and I would be at Forum, you know what I mean? And I would go to his show and I would jump on stage, and then he would come to my show and jump on stage and, you know, same thing.

[Commercial Announcer]

Every.

[Joe Koy]

Every time we were close to each other, I would jump on his stage, he would jump on mine. And then one day, we were in the green room, we were like, yo, let's just do a show together. And I'm like, all right, let's do, like, some forums together. You know what I mean? And he walked out on stage at the Forum, and he looked at me and he was like, let's take it to Sofi. In front of everybody. He says it. And I remember thinking to myself, well, it's in. It's locked in. We gotta do it. So I was scared. I really didn't think we were gonna do what we did. And now we're close to 50,000 people, and it's March 21st.

[Brie]

Damn.

[Joe Koy]

Isn't that crazy?

[Brie]

That's crazy.

[Nikki]

Will that be the biggest show you've ever done, like, in your career?

[Joe Koy]

Yeah, that's the. The biggest I've ever done.

[Brie]

Wow. So how do you. How do you prepare for a show that big?

[Joe Koy]

It's. It's a lot.

[Brie]

We.

[Joe Koy]

We go over, you know, the. The. The size schematics of the. The stage, and it's. It's. It's like we're building a small town. It's so massive.

[Nikki]

Wow.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

All these massive screens. It's legit. Like, it's a rock show. Like, it has to be. Yeah, it has to be a rock show. There's people sitting in the 500 level section. Like, they have to see it. So we have to provide that for them. So it's gotta be big, even for them. You know what I mean? So. And that's my number one concern. That was my biggest concern going into this thing. It's like, hey, we're gonna sell tickets to these people up there. We gotta make sure that they see and feel everything.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

Like, I don't want to complain. I want them to be able to hear it, feel it, see it, be a part of it, and. And leave there going, yo, that was worth every penny.

[Nikki]

Oh, I love that. And do you guys. When. When you're thinking of it, like, being that big, do you feel like you have to have certain acts come on, like musicians or dancers? No, just. It's just.

[Joe Koy]

No, I told. Yeah. And I. Fluffy agrees with me. It's like. It's. Well, one. We're responsible for the time, right?

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

And we only get a certain amount of time, and it literally. The minute you put your foot on the stage. So that's why we have to make sure our DJ doesn't go on stage at all. We have to play house music. Because the minute my DJ gets on stage, the clock starts, and that's for everybody.

[Brie]

Wow.

[Joe Koy]

So it starts now. And we only have, like, I think six hours or four. Four hour. Four and a half. Five hours to fill. And anything after that is a penalty. Right. You go into, like, huge penalty. And so we all were all aware of that. So I want my hour. Gabe wants his hour. You know what I mean? So we have all the other stuff to play with, and that's only going to provide, like, maybe one or two openers. We can't. We can't. As much as we want to share this stage with everybody, you know, in our friend group.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

It's just. Financially would not be the smart move.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

It just won't.

[Brie]

Yeah, that totally.

[Joe Koy]

Yes.

[Nikki]

Well, we're going.

[Brie]

Oh, we're for sure going.

[Nikki]

We're going.

[Joe Koy]

I don't even know why I'm telling you two. You know exactly what that entails with, like. You know, like, with SummerSlam or whatever it is. It's like the minute someone steps in that ring, the light, the tickets. Yeah. It's. The minutes are. It's like a thousand a minute or whatever it is that they charge you. It's. It's insane.

[Nikki]

It is crazy. People don't realize. I remember back in the day, Vince paying some big overtime fees.

[Joe Koy]

Oh, massive. It'll hit the millions, especially you guys. Yeah, yours hits the millions for sure.

[Nikki]

It's wild.

[Brie]

It's wild. Yeah.

[Nikki]

Why don't I own an arena? Make people go over time.

[Brie]

Honestly.

[Nikki]

All right, Bri. As you know, the holidays are coming up, which always inspires us for travel plans. Where are we gonna go? But, you know, it really inspires me on where to go where? Airbnb.

[Brie]

Oh, always. You know, it's fun because Brian and I will always go on and put in all our likes and wants. And then it's really neat because all of a sudden, all these different areas pop up.

[Nikki]

And then on top of it, what makes it even better is then you realize, well, Wait, as I'm spending money, I could be making money. So you liter host your home on Airbnb, which honestly, is such a smart way to make a little extra money, right? I mean, you can put it towards your future travel, home improvement, whatever that fun splurge item is that you've been eyeing. This is a way to build up that account.

[Brie]

That's right. I mean, finding a little piece of home while you travel always makes a trip special. Your home could be that for someone else.

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[Brie]

So do you have any rituals that you do before you go on stage?

[Joe Koy]

That's the best question in the world. Because I do. And I think everyone should have a ritual. I know you two do.

[Nikki]

Oh, we do.

[Joe Koy]

And. And mine is. It's from personal trauma and I was in Cincinnati and. No, no, it's not an awe moment. It's. It's just a dumb moment. But I was in Cincinnati and they had a case of beer. This is back when I used to drink beer. I was young and I had, I don't know, seven Coronas, Right?

[Brie]

Yeah, sounds about right.

[Joe Koy]

And not keeping track of time. And then all Of a sudden, from the green room, I hear, ladies and gentlemen, Jo Koy. And I'm like, what? I didn't pee. I didn't do anything. And I'm full of beer. And, yeah, I ended up, you know, not peeing fully on stage, but I peed my pants. Yeah. And it's. It's traumatizing. Like, it's to the point where I'm. I'm literally standing in front of a toilet just with everything out and nothing's coming out. And I'm literally just. I don't care. I just. I look at it, I'm like, you better let it out, man.

[Brie]

Like, did you make it, like, when you peed your pants on stage? Did you go with it like you meant to?

[Joe Koy]

Oh, I told everybody. I told everybody. I'm like, you guys, I've been holding my pee for an hour and a half, and I peed myself a couple times while I've been talking to you. So I just want you to know there's pee. And I have to go.

[Brie]

Goodness. I was telling my son yesterday because he walked out of school, and I could tell he peed his pants. And I'm like, buddy, you're five. You shouldn't be peeing your pants. So I would have to tell you as a mom, you shouldn't pee your pants. Joe.

[Joe Koy]

It's. I'm telling you, it was. It was such a. I wish you could see it backstage when I go through. But it's like, even moments before they introduce me, I run to the bathroom and I just, like, stand there. And everyone knows I do it now. They're used to it before. They're like, joe, it's about to start. I'm like, I have to. I have to.

[Brie]

Oh, my God, I love that.

[Nikki]

That is amazing. Well, you know what's actually nice? I don't think I've even told you this, but now at WWE Gorilla, where we walk out right outside of it, they have a portage on now.

[Brie]

Oh, really?

[Nikki]

Because you used to have to, like, sprint and go, like, find the closest bathroom. You're like, no, my music's about to hit. Like, I gotta go. And so now they have a page on right outside of Grill.

[Brie]

Wow.

[Nikki]

Yeah. You never.

[Joe Koy]

So, yeah. You know. You know what I'm talking about, right?

[Nikki]

Yeah, it's the worst. That was even Monday night. At first I was like, I don't think I do. And then I'm like, oh, my gosh. No, I do. I was like, when? Wait, how many more minutes do I have till my entrance? And they're like, hurry. And I, like, sprinted. But then I have, like, all the things I have to pull up and I like, fix.

[Brie]

Oh, yeah. I mean, anytime I knew it would be getting close time before we do, like, our meditation and warrior pose, I always went to the restroom and did my booger check, too. I'd be like. Because I'm like, I'm not gonna be seeing on camera selling with boogers in my nose.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah. And no one. And no one's gonna tell you.

[Nikki]

No one tell you. I mean, I'm Teller.

[Joe Koy]

Who are those people that don't tell people? They have. Everyone. They have a booger.

[Brie]

I've been guilty, too. I was actually in a situation last week.

[Nikki]

I was in one a few weeks ago, and I wanted to tell him, but I didn't because I. I didn't want to embarrass him in front of people. And then I was like, oh, get him by himself. And then I forgot. And then when I saw him later, he still had a booger. And I'm like, I know.

[Brie]

And you know is like. Then someone came up after I've been talking to this person for a while, someone came up and goes, oh, hey, man, you got a booger in your nose. And he was like, that is the worst. And then so in his life, he was probably thinking, why didn't she say something?

[Joe Koy]

Yeah. I would have said that to you. I would have been like, really?

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

You waited for someone else to tell me how to put it. This whole time I had a booger. Every time I took a breath. Every time I breathe through my nose, it popped out.

[Nikki]

Yes.

[Brie]

That's what happened.

[Joe Koy]

Door.

[Nikki]

Yeah, that is the word.

[Brie]

I know, but I gotta. I don't know why. It's a weird thing I should be fine to say when it's her. I'm like, oh, you got a booger in your nose. Like, easy, but with a stranger.

[Nikki]

But mine weren't even strangers.

[Brie]

I guess I think I'm gonna hurt their feelings. But I guess I.

[Nikki]

Well, I feel like I'm gonna embarrass them. And I just guess, like, do I just then maybe pull them aside away from everyone and go, oh, by the way.

[Brie]

Which is even weirder.

[Nikki]

That's what I mean. It's so weird. So I just ignore.

[Joe Koy]

I say, do it. You gotta start doing it.

[Nikki]

Yeah, okay.

[Joe Koy]

Okay, just do it.

[Brie]

But do you like this? Do you go, oh? And then kind of maybe.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah, I go like this. I go. I go. I go like this.

[Nikki]

Hey. Okay.

[Brie]

That's what I Feel like that's like a kind of way of doing it.

[Nikki]

So you don't even say the word, because booger, maybe.

[Joe Koy]

No, you just let them know, hey, you have something.

[Nikki]

Hey.

[Joe Koy]

And it's big, and it's looking right at me. You know, it's worse when you don't tell them, and the whole conversation is just you looking at the book, at it dangling from a nose.

[Brie]

Yeah, no, I'll concentrate on something else, like an eyebrow or something, because, like.

[Nikki]

I always end up glancing back at the boogie.

[Brie]

Okay, well, you guys. Well, I know you will, but, Joe, if wherever talk, you can see a booger.

[Joe Koy]

Oh, I'm telling you.

[Nikki]

Oh, yeah. Okay, so for sure, before we get into inspiration affirmation, we want to play a quick game called Koi Fashions. So obviously, this has been fun catching up, but we feel like we.

[Joe Koy]

Wait, wait. I want to ask you two a question.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

You told me that JLO was on the COVID but when you were kids, who were your indirect role models that you had to assume were the same as you? You know what I mean?

[Nikki]

Yeah. Well, for me, I was obsessed with Jennifer Lopez. Like, I love.

[Joe Koy]

Okay.

[Nikki]

She came in. She was, like, kind of the first one that was, like, really, like, curvy, and it was like getting accepted, because at that time, I mean, that was early 90s, it was all about super skinny and true, you know, and.

[Joe Koy]

And then she came out.

[Nikki]

She came out, but even. Oh, my goodness.

[Brie]

And Desperado came out, and we all wished we had her titties when we saw him. But. And then we. I mean, Selena. We loved Selena.

[Nikki]

And then this soccer.

[Joe Koy]

Did you really?

[Nikki]

Yeah. And the women's. Those soccer team, even though there wasn't, like, Latinas I looked at, but it was like, the first time female athletes were being, like, put on a pedestal. So, like, I looked at Mia Hamm, and she was doing all the commercials with Michael Jordan and like, just being like, anything you can do, I can do better or be equal. Yeah, I looked. That women's World cup team, I looked up to so much because I was like, yeah, finally, female athletes are equal to men or they. They're taking on the men. Like, it was so inspiring to me and even to you. Yeah, I remember that so well from middle school, like, all that stuff.

[Joe Koy]

Oh, that's nice.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

You know, I think it's Corpus Christi is where Selena's.

[Nikki]

Right? Yeah. They have the statue.

[Joe Koy]

That area, and they have the statue, and then they have that guy that's there, like, basically all day that gives you Information about Selena.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

Have you met him?

[Brie]

No, I haven't met him yet. But isn't he, like, a distant family member or something?

[Joe Koy]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's pretty cool to see that.

[Brie]

Well, I saw Netflix is gonna do another thing on her. Oh, did you see?

[Joe Koy]

Oh, nice.

[Brie]

Yeah. When I was on watching Netflix yesterday, there was a promotion.

[Nikki]

I liked that.

[Brie]

I feel like it's like a live show.

[Nikki]

Yes. I felt like that one actress did really good.

[Brie]

Christina Serrettos, something.

[Nikki]

I thought she did great. Obviously, JLo. I mean, it made JLo.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah, it made JLo for sure. Like, she killed that.

[Nikki]

She did.

[Joe Koy]

She killed it.

[Brie]

She did.

[Nikki]

Okay, so the game.

[Joe Koy]

Okay.

[Nikki]

We feel like, obviously we could still get to know you better, so we want to play just a fun little, quick, easy game called Quifessions.

[Joe Koy]

Yes.

[Nikki]

So this just rapid fire. We'll just do a few.

[Brie]

Right, Brie.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

Okay.

[Nikki]

Okay. So it's kind of like this or that. So tour life or home life?

[Joe Koy]

Oh, man. Home life.

[Nikki]

Yeah, I know, right? I feel like.

[Joe Koy]

I love it.

[Nikki]

I love it. Being in your own.

[Joe Koy]

I love it. Yeah. My own bed. My dog. You know what I mean?

[Nikki]

Yes.

[Brie]

Great feeling.

[Joe Koy]

I could be in the kitchen all day giving him slices of cheese.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

And just sitting on my cloud couch with all my windows and just sucking in life.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

But my tour life is why I get to enjoy my home life, so I don't want to put that out there.

[Nikki]

Yeah, I feel you on that big time.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah.

[Brie]

Okay. What about beach day or snow day?

[Joe Koy]

Oh, man, that's a good one. But beach day? All day, every day, Same all day.

[Nikki]

You're a Cali boy.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah. And I love Hawaii, so.

[Brie]

Oh, Hawaii's amazing. Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

Hawaii's just different.

[Nikki]

It's different.

[Joe Koy]

There's just something different, man. I can't explain it. The sun feels different. My skin looks different.

[Brie]

Yes.

[Joe Koy]

I don't know what it is. The way the sound of the water makes you feel different.

[Brie]

The whole something about it, and it.

[Nikki]

Like, forces you to slow down, you know?

[Joe Koy]

Yeah. And you slow down.

[Nikki]

Truly feels like vacation there for me.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah, it really does.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

Oh, and the people. And the people are just the sweetest.

[Nikki]

Yeah. They just have this certain energy to them that's.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

Yeah. It's different. I agree with you.

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[Brie]

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[Nikki]

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[Brie]

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[Nikki]

Coffee or tea?

[Joe Koy]

Coffee all day. I love coffee all day.

[Nikki]

We were talking a lot about coffee this morning.

[Brie]

Yeah, we were. Sunrise or sunset?

[Joe Koy]

Oh, that's good. It's hard, man. Nothing better than a sunset going into the ocean in Hawaii and knowing that it'll be back tomorrow. But the way it slowly leaves, it's pretty beautiful.

[Nikki]

It is. I was telling Bree this because I flew home from Albuquerque yesterday. We had Monday Night Raw there and here, Napa, we're kind of like in a bowl. But I miss desert sunrises and sunsets. But I got a sunrise yesterday in Albuquerque. I was like, damn. It was just gorgeous.

[Joe Koy]

Is it?

[Nikki]

Oh, my gosh. I even stood outside of the airport before going to security because I was like, no, I need to keep looking at it. Like, it was just so. It was amazing.

[Joe Koy]

I don't think I can even wake up for a sunset or sunrise. I'm such a. I wake. I mean a sunrise. I can't. My wake up time. My first eyelid opens up right around 10.

[Brie]

No. Are you a night owl?

[Joe Koy]

I'm a night owl.

[Brie]

What type of.

[Joe Koy]

But my brain starts becoming creative at like. Like at 10. My brain just starts, like, I just start thinking of things and ideas and this is funny. And like I'm just going a mile a minute at night.

[Nikki]

Damn.

[Brie]

Wow.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah. And it doesn't. It doesn't go. I hear that. That's a lot of people, though. A lot of people in my. My little circle are like that. It's like creatively, it doesn't start kicking in until about 10.

[Brie]

Wow. Wow.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah. That's crazy for me. I can wake up, like, I can wake up and be creative, but it's from the night before.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

It'll be like I'm just tailing off what I. Before I went to bed, this is what I thought of type things.

[Nikki]

And his son's older. Do you know what I mean? Like, we have little kids, so I feel like you're with them. Like at 8 o', clock, I'm like, I'm out. And then I'm up super early. So.

[Joe Koy]

But yeah, youngest and they're waking you up, right?

[Nikki]

Yes, exactly.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah.

[Brie]

Oh, yes, Definitely wake us up.

[Nikki]

Oh, yeah.

[Brie]

Okay. Fame or fortune?

[Joe Koy]

Oh, man. I don't even like either one of those questions.

[Brie]

I know they're both.

[Nikki]

Can.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah. Because, you know, we all dream of the fame. Right? And I'm not saying anything bad about it, but, like, it comes with a lot. Yeah.

[Nikki]

I never.

[Joe Koy]

And it's. Sometimes it's heavy on my soul sometimes, like. And then you got to realize it's like, okay, I get it. I'm public, so, you know, you got to take it. But, you know, you still enjoy it and you try and you try and make it work. You know what I mean? And it sucks, for sure. You gotta. You have to have a really thick skin. That's why when you were a kid and you heard them say, oh, you gotta have a thick skin for this industry, and you didn't really understand it until you. You get to this level and you're like, oh, that's what you mean?

[Brie]

Yeah. But also, fairness to all three of us, when you thought about being in the spotlight young, we never.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah.

[Brie]

About social media or anything, we're like. And when we all made it, it was without social media. So I looked.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah.

[Brie]

Like what we got thrown in. I'm like, I don't know if I would have signed up for all this.

[Nikki]

Well, I think, yeah, for us, it's. We're no, like, we had a talent first, so, yeah. Comedian wrestlers. And then fame came with that. I just wanted to be successful and the best at what I did.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

And all of a sudden, when all that comes with it, you're right. It can lay heavy on your soul at times.

[Joe Koy]

You're like, it lays heavy. And. And then fortune is another thing. It's just like, you see the bad side of people and then you have to become like this master at, like, reading people. You mean, like, are you really my friend? Like, why are you in here? It's like you second guess every move that they make, and that's. And that's ugly because you're not being your true self. And unfortunately, you have to be guarded because we've been burnt so many times, you know, and then we also have. You know, I hate to say it, but family members that don't understand what this is and what it takes to maintain this, they think that just a lump like a shovel just, Just with money just comes through the window all day. And they think that's what we do to, To. To maintain this. And it's like, no, man, there's a lot of work that's involved and a lot of stress. And mentally, I am exhausted. Like you. You'll never understand that. But I just want you all to know, my brain is tired.

[Nikki]

Yes.

[Brie]

Very.

[Nikki]

A lot I get. Or you mean especially the brain is tired?

[Brie]

I mean, how many times have we all said, I'm, oh, I'll be done hustling at 40, and then now I'm almost 42, and I'm like, wait. Thought I was gonna be done hustling. I feel like whenever gonna end. But it doesn't, because, like you said, maintain. You got to keep hustling.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

Gotta keep hustling.

[Nikki]

Keep hustling.

[Brie]

Wild.

[Nikki]

One more.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

Batman or Superman?

[Joe Koy]

Oh, man. You know what's crazy? When I was a kid, I loved Superman, right? Just because I wanted to fly. Like, and I think every kid had that dream or several dreams of you just flying. And it felt real. I know you had that dream for sure.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

Where you're just like. And then you wake up and you're like, oh, fuck this, I'm walking again.

[Nikki]

Yeah, but.

[Joe Koy]

But that dream felt so real. And then when you get older and you start having, like, real problems and real emotions, and then you take Batman's side because you're like, oh, you're a superhero, but you're just like me. You're going through some shit, bro. I get it. Yeah. Your parents died, huh? Yeah. You had parents. I get it. Oh, it hurts when you get stabbed. Oh, I get it. Superman had nothing. He's like, I'm an alien. I don't know what the fuck you guys are doing.

[Nikki]

Right.

[Joe Koy]

I'm good. Just fly. Why aren't you guys flying with me?

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

Outrun the train. You'll be there in time. It's like, no one. It doesn't make sense. Batman's got a car. It's like, I save you, but I'm out of gas.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Joe Koy]

It's like, you relate to Batman totally.

[Nikki]

For sure.

[Brie]

I mean, that's why he lived in a cave. Get away. Like, I get it.

[Nikki]

He was hotter, too. Like, more mysterious.

[Brie]

Mysterious.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

Yeah, yeah.

[Joe Koy]

The suit's dope.

[Brie]

Totally has a butler. I'm like, all right, I could have a butler.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

Butler.

[Brie]

Oh, joy. Joy.

[Joe Koy]

That's fine. You can call me Joy. I love it. You can call me Joy.

[Nikki]

Probably happens a lot, right?

[Brie]

Well, you bring all the time.

[Joe Koy]

It happens all the time.

[Brie]

That's so funny. But you know what? You bring joy in a lot of people's lives.

[Nikki]

Exactly.

[Brie]

And especially in this episode, you Definitely brought a lot of joy to me. So thank you so much for the laughs. But we always end our episodes with a little inspiration, affirmation. Is there a quote or a motto you live by?

[Joe Koy]

You know, the one thing that I. There's two things I always say. It's like, I got this from my dad. Don't say what if? He said that to me. My dad always wanted to be a pilot, and he never did. He always. He always was just like. He's like, I always sat there and go, man, what if I did this? Or what if I did that? He was like, don't say what if, Jeff. So just do it. If you want to do it. Just go get it. I used to say, what if? And now look at me. I'm still not a pilot. So that's one. And then my other one is like, fail as much as you can. Just fail. Because when you fail, you only get better. You learn from your mistakes, you learn from failure. And the only time you truly fail is when you don't get back up and try again. So you know what I mean? They'll knock you down. They knock us down hard. Man down, man. You think someone getting knocked down in the ring is something? Wait till you get really knocked out emotionally. And to be able to pick it back up, suck it up, and get back out there and do it again, that's some warrior mentality shit. And only a few of us can do it. Only the strong survive, Right?

[Brie]

They know it.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah. So enjoy. Embrace the fact that you're gonna fail and just enjoy the success when you get back up.

[Nikki]

Yeah. There's a. There's a lot of truth and growth and failure. So.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

And it's good.

[Joe Koy]

I love you.

[Nikki]

I love you. Oh, well.

[Joe Koy]

Yeah. That was fun.

[Brie]

We ought to get together in L. A. Grab some wine and have some.

[Joe Koy]

Let's go.

[Brie]

For sure.

[Joe Koy]

Napa.

[Brie]

I'm coming in Napa. We'll take you to our speakeasy. It'll be awesome.

[Joe Koy]

Done.

[Nikki]

Yep.

[Joe Koy]

I love it.

[Brie]

You gotta.

[Joe Koy]

And will you come to Sofi?

[Nikki]

We're coming March. March 21st.

[Joe Koy]

I'm telling you. Better get that off your counter. That's my day.

[Nikki]

Yes, that's your day. Wait, March 21, right?

[Joe Koy]

March 21.

[Nikki]

And where can we. Where, like, we can get tickets? Where can our listener get tickets?

[Joe Koy]

That's just Ticketmaster. JoeCoi.com. j O. K O. Well, the way you spell it. J O, Y.

[Brie]

Awesome.

[Joe Koy]

I love you.

[Brie]

I love you, too. Thank you so much for coming on.

[Nikki]

Don't be a stranger.

[Joe Koy]

Done. I love you.

[Nikki]

Love you.

[Joe Koy]

Bye.

[Brie]

Bye.

[Nikki]

See you.

[Brie]

Okay, everyone, if you want videos from today's episode, you can go to our YouTube channel. You can go to our social platforms, Facebook, Tick Tock, Instagram. You name it, we're on it. You can also call our hotline, 833-GARCIA 2. If you have a question for Nikki and I, if you have a comment or whatever it must be you want to get off your chest, hit us up.

[Nikki]

That's right. And also check us out on SiriusXM Stars 109.

[Brie]

You know what a girl's best friend is not diamonds.

[Nikki]

Her lawyers.

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It's our own boutique women representing women.

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