77: The Wayback #77 | Adrienne Iapalucci

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Wayback with Ryan Sickler – Episode 77: Adrian Apalucci

Release Date: June 19, 2025
Host: Ryan Sickler
Guest: Adrian Apalucci

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Introduction

In Episode 77 of The Wayback with Ryan Sickler, host Ryan Sickler welcomes comedian and performer Adrian Apalucci to the nostalgic and candid conversation that defines the show. The episode delves deep into Adrian's upbringing in the Bronx, her family dynamics, school experiences, and the cultural influences that shaped her humor and outlook on life.

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Family and Childhood in the Bronx

Adrian begins by reminiscing about her early childhood experiences in the Bronx. She shares vivid memories of family vacations, which were unconventional compared to typical leisure trips. Instead of traditional vacations, Adrian’s family would drive to Pennsylvania to visit her aunt who was terminally ill.

Adrian Apalucci [04:56]:
"We basically drove to see my aunt in Pennsylvania every year who was dying. That was like, our vacation."

Ryan empathizes with Adrian's experience, revealing a personal connection as he discusses his recent loss and the memory of seeing his great-grandmother.

Ryan Sickler [06:05]:
"Someday I will call upon you to do a service for me."

Through these exchanges, the episode highlights the bittersweet nature of family obligations intertwined with personal loss.

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School Experiences and Early Memories

The conversation shifts to Adrian’s school life. She attended St. Clair's Catholic School, where she recounts various anecdotes that illustrate the strict and sometimes harsh environment she grew up in.

Adrian Apalucci [15:28]:
"St. Clair's Yep, that was my church."

Adrian describes incidents that contributed to her dark sense of humor, such as her father's disciplinary methods and the lack of adequate support systems.

Adrian Apalucci [15:44]:
"This is where I think my dark sense of humor started in this, in this school."

Ryan and Adrian discuss the challenges of growing up in a Catholic school, touching upon topics like puberty and the uncomfortable lessons taught during health classes.

Ryan Sickler [27:14]:
"But I was like, no. And I remember, too. I didn't know about a placenta."

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Family Dynamics and Cultural Influences

Adrian provides an in-depth look into her family's cultural background, emphasizing their Italian heritage and the resulting family dynamics. She shares stories about family feuds, particularly with a neighboring Spanish family, highlighting the cultural tensions and playful antagonism that characterized her upbringing.

Adrian Apalucci [14:07]:
"The Eversanos lived there. And I remember, like, the son came out with a knife one day. It was just wild."

The discussion also delves into holiday traditions, contrasting typical Italian festivities with the occasional tension that arose during family gatherings.

Adrian Apalucci [20:21]:
"Like Thanksgiving, you're having a turkey and you're also having like big cedar lasagna."

Ryan reflects on his own Italian heritage, drawing parallels between their experiences and the rich culinary traditions that were a staple during their childhood holidays.

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Personal Stories and Reflections

Adrian opens up about personal challenges, such as dealing with shared living spaces and the complexities of sibling relationships. She humorously recounts instances like the time her fan activity inadvertently affected her sister during hot summer nights.

Adrian Apalucci [18:42]:
"Three year difference we share. I'm older than her."

The conversation takes a poignant turn as Ryan shares the emotional difficulty of telling his daughter about his grandmother’s passing, mirroring the earlier discussion about family loss.

Ryan Sickler [06:00]:
"So not your mom?"

Adrian supports Ryan, offering empathy and understanding based on her own experiences with family bereavements.

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Growing Up and Becoming a Comedian

Adrian reflects on her transition from a bright student to a comedian, contemplating what might have been had she pursued a different path.

Adrian Apalucci [18:05]:
"I was pretty smart."

Ryan and Adrian explore the notion of making a difference in the world versus the allure of entertainment, discussing the impacts of their respective career choices.

Adrian candidly discusses her first car, a black Honda Accord, and the mishaps that ensued, painting a relatable picture of teenage challenges.

Adrian Apalucci [32:34]:
"I got the black one and it had so many problems."

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Conclusion

As the episode wraps up, Ryan invites listeners to support his live tour and Adrian promotes her Netflix special, "The Dark Queen." Their mutual respect and camaraderie shine through, encapsulating the essence of The Wayback—a blend of humor, nostalgia, and heartfelt conversation.

Adrian Apalucci [33:03]:
"Thanks for having me."

Ryan Sickler [33:19]:
"Go watch her special for sure and follow me on all social media."

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Notable Quotes

• Adrian Apalucci [04:56]:
  "Imagine how bad the rest of the year was when you're, like, just getting cheered up watching someone die."

• Ryan Sickler [06:51]:
  "There's a dead body downstairs."

• Adrian Apalucci [20:21]:
  "Like Thanksgiving, you're having a turkey and you're also having like big cedar lasagna."

• Ryan Sickler [27:14]:
  "So you got bummed out."

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Final Thoughts

Episode 77 of The Wayback with Ryan Sickler offers a heartfelt and humorous exploration of Adrian Apalucci's life, weaving together themes of family, culture, and personal growth. Through candid storytelling and reflective dialogue, Ryan and Adrian provide listeners with a richly engaging narrative that resonates with anyone reminiscing about their own past.

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Advisory: This episode contains discussions about loss and personal challenges. Listener discretion is advised.

Transcript

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[Ryan Sickler]

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[Adrian Apalucci]

Hey baby, we gonna be here all day.

[Ryan Sickler]

We're gonna be here all day, baby. I like this kind of party. Welcome back to the Way Back. Everybody. Ryan Sickler here. I want to start this episode by starting the way I start them all by saying thank you. Thank you for supporting this show. Make sure you subscribe to the audio feed of this show as well. Give it a listen. But watching this thing, man, I'm very excited about this show. We're having such a fun time bringing people's past to life and all that good stuff. Make sure that you check out the new tier on Patreon. That includes the Way Back a Day early ad Free, no censorship, and exclusive bonus content that you will only get on tier 2 on Patreon. I'm very excited to have this guest sitting back here with me today. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Adrian Apolucci.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Welcome to the Way Back. Thank you for having me.

[Ryan Sickler]

Thank you for being here. Before we talk about whatever, please promote your special. Promote all of it.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Oh, okay, guys, go watch the Dark Queen on Netflix. Follow me on Instagram. Adrian Appalucci, you go buy some fun merch. Give it, you know, give it to your family. Upset them for the. The holidays. It's me with the Clintons when I met them, and it says, I met the Clintons and lived to talk about it. So go buy a shirt. Come see me on the road, Adriana Bleach dot com. I have lots of tour dates coming up. Just, you know, come support me.

[Ryan Sickler]

Come support her. Okay. So I start these episodes by asking everyone if they ever sat in the seat back here. So did you. Your family own a station wagon? A friend. Whose. Whose car did you roll around in?

[Adrian Apalucci]

My friend who was actually my childhood bully. Her mom had one of those station wagons, and she's like, drive us around to, like, go look for guys.

[Ryan Sickler]

What do you mean? Her mom was trying to pick up dudes?

[Adrian Apalucci]

Her mom wasn't trying to pick up the guys. But I think her mom thought it was fun. She was, like, kind of living through us. And then also when you're in that back seat.

[Ryan Sickler]

Oh, she's showing you the boys.

[Adrian Apalucci]

She. Yeah, we'd be like, oh, let's go to whatever area we were gonna go to. There's, like, some guys there. So she would drive us all around, which, when you think about it, it's pretty creepy. Super creepy. It's very creepy. Yeah. And she had a station wagon and me and someone else, or not all the time, we'd switch. But if you're in that back place too, you. There's no windows. There's like, Even if you see a cute guy, there's no way to talk to him. No, it's the worst.

[Ryan Sickler]

You got that big window here down, and then you lean out.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Right. But I don't even think that went down.

[Ryan Sickler]

Be weird.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yes. But, yeah, like you said, you're the first to get killed.

[Ryan Sickler]

First rear end get rear ended.

[Adrian Apalucci]

It is the coach of the driving world. That trunk.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah. The way back.

[Adrian Apalucci]

That's what we call the way back.

[Ryan Sickler]

All right, so you grow up where again? The Bronx.

[Adrian Apalucci]

I grew up in the Bronx.

[Ryan Sickler]

And what are family vacations and stuff like, for you Guys, what are you doing for. Are you a driving family? Are you a flying family?

[Adrian Apalucci]

We. We basically drove to see my aunt in Pennsylvania every year who was dying. That was like, our vacation. It's like, imagine how bad the rest of the year was when you're, like, just getting cheered up watching someone die.

[Ryan Sickler]

Where? In Pennsylvania?

[Adrian Apalucci]

Crescent, Pennsylvania, or Altoona?

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[Ryan Sickler]

Can I tell you, I was about to say Altoona in my head. I really was.

[Adrian Apalucci]

I don't know. Maybe Altoona is the town and that's like, the little area. But, yeah, it was so boring.

[Ryan Sickler]

And you would just go, is this your mom's sister?

[Adrian Apalucci]

This is my dad's father's sisters.

[Ryan Sickler]

Oh, it's a great aunt friend. Okay, got it.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

All right. And you would have to go visit. That was your vacation. Let's go see, that was our vacation.

[Adrian Apalucci]

And the, like, you're just living. You're just staying in someone's house. They're like. So it's two sisters, Genevieve, and I don't remember the one who is dying, but, like, she would just be dying in the living room, like, while you're watching tv.

[Ryan Sickler]

Are they old Italian people?

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yes.

[Ryan Sickler]

Okay, can we talk about this for a second? Because I was just telling my daughter her grandmom just passed away yesterday.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Okay.

[Ryan Sickler]

Okay.

[Adrian Apalucci]

So not your mom?

[Ryan Sickler]

No, her mom's mom passed away yesterday.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Oh, that sucks.

[Ryan Sickler]

And it was my grandmother's birthday, and my grandmother had passed away. So I'm telling her. She knows it's coming. She's not doing well, and so she knows it's going to happen. And we were talking about the first time we'd seen a dead body. She's like, was it your dad? And I said, actually, the first time I ever saw a dead body was in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. My family's very Italian as well. And she was. It was my great grandmom. And she was laid out in the house in the parlor.

[Adrian Apalucci]

That's where the funeral.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's where. I don't know about the funeral, but that's where they did the viewing. I like, they buried her at the cemetery and everything. But there was no funeral home.

[Adrian Apalucci]

So it was just your home.

[Ryan Sickler]

It was their home.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

And. And that parlor area. And I remember going up and touching her dead hand and how cold it was and stuff. And I was. I can't remember. I told her. I was like, I don't. I was little. I said, I younger than you were. And I just remember them. I was freaked out. And they gave me a Cookie Monster stuffed animal to go to bed. And I was like, this ain't gonna.

[Adrian Apalucci]

That's not gonna cut it.

[Ryan Sickler]

There's a dead body downstairs.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Have you ever seen those? I don't know. You ever see like someone's dead but they instead of being like in a coffin, they're like on a motorcycle?

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah, yeah, I've seen a few that are like. Or it's like a guy favorite sports team, like they're propped up in front of the chair with the game on.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah, they're playing like poker and they're dead.

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[Adrian Apalucci]

That's like weird, crazy.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's what I'm trying to tell her. I'm like, I mean I'm born in 73, so this is probably the late 70s. I had to be five or six is early. And I remember it being super creepy and touching it and it's just in their home, in their home. And I mean it's prepared and everything by a funeral, right?

[Adrian Apalucci]

But it's like you go to take a shower, there is a dead body in the living room.

[Ryan Sickler]

All day. People come through all day and like this right here, they come through all day and like say they're, you know, hey, sorry, they don't go to the funeral.

[Adrian Apalucci]

They did This, I mean, I guess that's a way to save money.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's a creepy ass.

[Adrian Apalucci]

It is expensive to die. So, like, why wouldn't you just bury someone in your backyard? Is that illegal?

[Ryan Sickler]

It's got to be illegal.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Why, though?

[Ryan Sickler]

I also read some. If you bury a body in your yard, some, like, the government can't tax you or some. I don't know what it is. Can only take place in established cemeteries.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah, but, like, what are the rules for an established cemetery? There needs to be multiple dead bodies.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's a great question too.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Sorry.

[Ryan Sickler]

Did you ever sneak out and run through cemeteries and stuff as a kid? Did you ever do any kind of stuff?

[Adrian Apalucci]

No. I mean, I would, like, take my mom's car and stuff, but we never, like, went. I. I don't. Like. Sometimes I'll walk. If I go on the road with Ari, he'll. He loves to go through a cemetery. I find it, like, creepy.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah, it is creepy.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah. I don't love it.

[Ryan Sickler]

Drive through them or walk through them?

[Adrian Apalucci]

Walk through them, like, during the day, though, not, like, at night.

[Ryan Sickler]

Oh, no, we used to do it at night.

[Adrian Apalucci]

You're not.

[Ryan Sickler]

Did you have pets growing up?

[Adrian Apalucci]

We had pets, yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

What'd you have?

[Adrian Apalucci]

We always had dogs. We had bird. Like, we would go to, like, the fair and get birds, like parakeets and stuff. I don't. Fair? Yeah, I think you, like, play a game, you win a bird, which sounds like the worst gift.

[Ryan Sickler]

I've never heard of that. I've got goldfish.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah, goldfish. But we also got birds, I think. I believe we got birds. What carnival? I don't know. I think in the Bronx they were like, let's give away these birds. Birds, parakeets. I do think we got parakeets in the Bronx.

[Ryan Sickler]

I would definitely try to win one.

[Adrian Apalucci]

If it was a Bron. We got them. They don't live long.

[Ryan Sickler]

Where you said you snuck out and took your mom's car?

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah, but I mean, we just driving.

[Ryan Sickler]

Around, but did you know. Did you have a license? Did you know how to drive?

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah, I had a license. She just didn't want me driving.

[Ryan Sickler]

And she. How old are you? Underage. Are you?

[Adrian Apalucci]

No, I'm like, 17.

[Ryan Sickler]

And. And she didn't know she'd be sleeping her night.

[Adrian Apalucci]

It was like, the night. So growing up, my dad would always get, like, these piece of crap cars. Like, I didn't even know you could, like, lease a car that was a thing. Like, he always had these old, like, piece of shit cars, and then he would like, paint them, but only paint half of it because he would get, like, bored of the idea. So we're driving around and have half the cars part, you know, painting. The other half has, like, primer on it. But, yeah, this was like. My mom must have got into a car accident or something and got, like, some money. And then she got, like, a gold Mazda 626. She had, like, the black bra on the front.

[Ryan Sickler]

I remember the 626. There was also a three, two, three.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yes. She got enough in the settlement for a 620. You say it was Mazda 626? Mazda 626. Gold.

[Ryan Sickler]

Look at that beauty.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Mazda. Mazdas are the worst cars.

[Ryan Sickler]

Mazda.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah, that's it. And my dad put, like, the black bra on front of it. Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

Look this one up, Kirsten. Mazda GLC hatchback. This is what a friend of my mom's used to have. And I'm not kidding you, it would be the two of these ladies. And they were big ladies. And then we would fit. Yeah, we would fit. They would sit in the front, and then we would have five kids in the back of that. Three across that back seat, and two in the. In the, like. Well, the hatch area.

[Adrian Apalucci]

I remember. So my mom, when she got the 626, I got her old car, which was a black Ford Tempo, and it had, like, red pleather seats inside. And one day I was driving, and the steering wheel fell off in my lap.

[Ryan Sickler]

It just fell off.

[Adrian Apalucci]

It didn't complete. It just fell down. So I had to, like, pick it up and drive. Oh, my God. That's. That's what it looked like. No, it's even older. I think it was in 1989. That red fake leather.

[Ryan Sickler]

The automatic seat belt, too. That choke you. That damn thing that wouldn't shut the door and come across. Yeah. You have any. You remember any old dresses? Any old houses? You lived in the Bronx.

[Adrian Apalucci]

I mean, I lived in the house that I grew up in. I was there for, like, I think 17 or 18 years.

[Ryan Sickler]

What's the address?

[Adrian Apalucci]

Let's look. 1823. I go by there every now and then. Cause it's not far from me. It's just weird to go into a place you went into every day.

[Ryan Sickler]

You go in it.

[Adrian Apalucci]

I don't go inside, like, upstairs, but I'll go in the hallway sometimes and just sit there. And you're like, it's so weird. This was my life for so long. And now I'm never here ever. Ever.

[Ryan Sickler]

What is it?

[Adrian Apalucci]

1823 Radcliffe. The two I guess it's three stories. Yeah, right there. So my window is all the way to the right.

[Ryan Sickler]

That guy.

[Adrian Apalucci]

That was our bedroom window.

[Ryan Sickler]

And who lives on you? Another family or is that your whole building?

[Adrian Apalucci]

No, no, no. So it was. Let's see, it was two upstairs and two downstairs. So my grandmother, my dad's mother lived right across from us. And if you go further down, that's like the park that I used to play in.

[Ryan Sickler]

The other way.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah, the other way. The other way. This way. Yeah, right there. But now they have, like a school in the schoolyard. But, like, back then, they didn't have that.

[Ryan Sickler]

Oh, this was just all park.

[Adrian Apalucci]

It was all park. Yeah. And like the. This house right here. So, like, everyone played outside, you know, when you're kid.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah, it looks like it. Yeah.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah. And like, the Eversanos lived there. It was like all Italians. The Eversanos lived there. And I remember, like, the son came out with a knife one day. It was just wild. Okay. The family in this building right here to the right of that, we had, like a family feud right next door. Yes. And it started over the craziest reason we got into a family feud, because I went with this girl Josie to the store and I had to buy stuff from my mother. I didn't have pockets, so I let her hold $3 for me, and I went to go get it back later, and she said she didn't. She. I never gave her money. She lied. So that created a war between our families. Like, if my dad was in. If my dad was in the car because we had altered street parking. If he was in the car and saw her dad coming looking for a spot, he would just sit in his car for hours. Like, spite is such a great motivator. He would literally sit in the car for hours so he couldn't have the spot. And you just see Carlos going round and round and round. And they were. They were from Spain. And to upset them, we used to call them Puerto Rican. And that really upset them. It really upsets Spanish people if you call them Puerto Rican. It's like. And we did it just to upset them. They were so mad.

[Ryan Sickler]

What's your elementary school?

[Adrian Apalucci]

St. Clair's Yep, that was my church.

[Ryan Sickler]

So was this a Catholic school?

[Adrian Apalucci]

It was Catholic, yeah. This is the same school.

[Ryan Sickler]

All girls or boys and girls?

[Adrian Apalucci]

It's girls and boys. But this is the same school my dad went to where he got beat. So he sent us there also.

[Ryan Sickler]

You mean. Oh, back in the day, where they physically would be.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah, like, make you Kneel on rice or whatever.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah.

[Adrian Apalucci]

This is where I think my dark sense of humor started in this, in this school?

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah. Why?

[Adrian Apalucci]

I don't know. We just all had such a dark sense of humor. Nothing offended us as kids. I don't know why.

[Ryan Sickler]

And we were this. I mean, I grew up, there's no doubt. Not only my family, they were very funny. Like my grandmom, her sisters, they were all smart asses and really fun, funny, smart ladies. But growing up in high school, all our friends were funny people.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah, I mean, my sister's very funny, my mom's very funny. Like everyone is just funny. It's kind of just how you grew up.

[Ryan Sickler]

So outside of going to visit your aunt who's dying every year, do you guys take any vacations?

[Adrian Apalucci]

That was a vacation.

[Ryan Sickler]

Any other vacation?

[Adrian Apalucci]

So this lady that was so. I guess the aunt one year gave us money to go to Florida. She must have like either felt bad for us or just hated us coming to visit her. So she gave us money and we took the train to dis. Like to Florida.

[Ryan Sickler]

You took an Amtrak to Disney World?

[Adrian Apalucci]

My dad, I don't think ever flew his whole life. I, I didn't fly until I was in my 20s. Like my dad never flew his whole life. He was scared.

[Ryan Sickler]

So we really.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah, we took the train to Florida.

[Ryan Sickler]

How long does that take? How long does that take?

[Adrian Apalucci]

Maybe 18 hours. And then we drove down there one or two. Once or twice also.

[Ryan Sickler]

Okay, so you've been down there three times and never flew? It's training.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Never flew. Yeah, we drove.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's a long, that's a long drive from New York, especially Orlando.

[Adrian Apalucci]

I don't think my mom even was driving, so I think my dad did the whole thing.

[Ryan Sickler]

Damn. What about like sleepovers, any of that stuff? Are you guys having them or are you going?

[Adrian Apalucci]

I mean like we lived in a, in a small, like a two bedroom apartment, so I didn't have a ton of sleepovers. But like, actually now that I think about, I slept over my friend Melissa's house at the time. She had a two bedroom also. I, we just slept in the same beds. Like it's so crazy to sleep in a twin bed with somebody. Like when you're 16 or 18 or 15, you're like pretty big. It's so weird. You spend so much time with people in your life and now I don't, I don't even talk to her. I don't talk to any of those people.

[Ryan Sickler]

That is weird, isn't it?

[Adrian Apalucci]

It's weird to spend so much. So many years of your life with people, and then they're just like, almost dead to you. Like, if she died, I don't even know if I would go to her funeral. It's just. It's weird.

[Ryan Sickler]

What are you like, as a student?

[Adrian Apalucci]

I always did really well in school. I never really did a lot of work.

[Ryan Sickler]

Were you smart?

[Adrian Apalucci]

I was. I was pretty smart.

[Ryan Sickler]

Was it not challenging enough for you?

[Adrian Apalucci]

I wouldn't say that, but I. I didn't really study that hard. I think if I apply myself, I could have probably done something way better than stand up. Do you know what I mean? Like. Like a real job where you make a difference.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah. Where you make a difference.

[Adrian Apalucci]

But, like, who wants to even make a difference anymore? But, yeah, I could have probably done something.

[Ryan Sickler]

Making more of a difference than anybody out there these days.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah. I feel like people leave my show and they're, like, not in a better mood. I feel like some of them are, and some of them are like, I'm upset now.

[Ryan Sickler]

What. What about games? Like, you and your sister ever make up any games? You guys ever. Did you share a room?

[Adrian Apalucci]

We did share a room.

[Ryan Sickler]

Talk about it.

[Adrian Apalucci]

We shared a room. Oh, God, that's.

[Ryan Sickler]

There's three year difference.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Three year difference we share. I'm older than her. Like, my. For some reason, we. When we had our apartment, there wasn't enough electricity for two air conditioners to be on. So a lot of the time we didn't have an air conditioner on. And just my parents did. Sometimes they would let us sleep on the floor, but, like, sometimes they wouldn't. They're just like, you're just sweating in the room. So me and her would, like, share a fan. And I would have to, like, explain to her how it benefited her if it was, like, on me more. Because then I would say that, like, it's gonna hit the wall and then you're close to the wall, so it's gonna be cold. But, like, I would also wait for her to go to sleep and just put the fan on me more. I used to make my, like anytime my parents were, like, out, because they were always out, I would just make her these concoction seat and she always got sick. Like, I don't know. Broccoli with peanut butter. Yeah, I should eat it.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's good. Were you watching your sister at an early age?

[Adrian Apalucci]

I don't know if I was watching her. My grandparents lived next door to us, so that's why, like, even if my.

[Ryan Sickler]

On the other side of the. The Puerto Ricans?

[Adrian Apalucci]

No, they lived like our apartment was here and then they were like in the hallway. Like the next one.

[Ryan Sickler]

Wow.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Which you would think would be good, but actually my mom and her. My mom and his. My dad's mom fought all the time. And she. She was Italian and she like made the worst food. My Jewish grandmother cooked better.

[Ryan Sickler]

First I've ever heard of that.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Her sauce had so many onions, it was almost like she put a whole onion in there. Gross. But I liked my Jewish grandmother's sauce better.

[Ryan Sickler]

You did?

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

What are. Okay, let's talk about that. Because I grew up Italian as well. Holidays?

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

Are you having a bunch of Italian food and stuff? Yeah, holidays.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Like. Like Thanksgiving, you're having a turkey and you're also having like big cedar lasagna.

[Ryan Sickler]

Thank you. Thank you.

[Adrian Apalucci]

And every holiday my parents fought.

[Ryan Sickler]

Really?

[Adrian Apalucci]

They fought every holiday. And my mother one year took me, my sister, and left the house to go to her mother's house, which was like six blocks away. I was going to say it's not. Yeah, it's like, we're not going. She took the dog. Like she made a real exit. She took the dog with us.

[Ryan Sickler]

She drive there?

[Adrian Apalucci]

No, we walked. This was, I think before she even drove. So we walked to my grandmother's. Now all of us are in this one bedroom apartment.

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[Adrian Apalucci]

My grandmother was insane too. She was so nuts. She was a gambler. She was up all night.

[Ryan Sickler]

Now how what she like back then? What is she. You know, there's no DraftKings and all that crap now. What's grandma doing back then?

[Adrian Apalucci]

She's playing card games for money. Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

Like online. Oh, not even back then?

[Adrian Apalucci]

No, no, like in person games. So my mother said, like when she was younger, my grandmother would gamble like the rent away a lot. And she used to get hit a lot.

[Ryan Sickler]

Get hit because I think your mom would get Hit?

[Adrian Apalucci]

No, no. My grandmother would get hit for spending the rent money. Well, listen, they didn't have a lot of money. It is crazy to go pressure luck and then just lose the rent money. But obviously hitting her didn't even work. She just kept doing it anyway. Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

Going back to holidays. It wasn't until I started dating like girls in high school and I would go to their holidays where I realized it was different because my name's Sickler, but that's my dad's dad's name. Everyone else is Dememo or DeVito.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Oh my God, that's so Italian.

[Ryan Sickler]

Okay, so. And we have, we have Kumbari in there too. Those are the three. And it didn't matter where you went. You would get like you said Thanksgiving or even Easter or Christmas. It's a turkey, it's a ham, and then it is baked. Ziti. Lasagna.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Lasagna. Tons of options. Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

And wherever you went, there were at least three or four different Italian options. So it wasn't until I get to high school and I go over to this one girl's house and you're like, where's the ziti? I'm asking, where's the lasagna? In the Z. Like, what the are you talking about? I'm like, what? And then I'm like, oh man, our whole family's Italian. They all do that. And her mom, I'll never forget, she lit like a. A cake on fire. Like a rum cake or some.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Oh, wow.

[Ryan Sickler]

The God do you all worship. You know what I mean? Like, I've never seen this at a holiday.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah, we never had that. But like cannolis. Making the, you know, Italian holiday food.

[Ryan Sickler]

I miss the holiday food.

[Adrian Apalucci]

It's weird, cuz all that food is basically the same. Like lasagna, big Z. It's the same stuff, it's just in a different way. But it tastes the same.

[Ryan Sickler]

So good.

[Adrian Apalucci]

It's so good.

[Ryan Sickler]

What are Christmases like for you guys?

[Adrian Apalucci]

You mean like presents wise? It depends. Sometimes we'd have a good year and sometimes we were getting like, you know, a sled. We're sharing.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's it? That's all you would get?

[Adrian Apalucci]

No, we would get some other stuff too. But like one year we got like a TV and we got Super Nintendo. We got like all this stuff. And then one year you're like, oh, there's just not a lot of money.

[Ryan Sickler]

What was the. Like, give me something that you got one year. And you were like, man, I can't believe I got this.

[Adrian Apalucci]

I couldn't believe we got a TV and super Nintendo in the same year. That. That was the same year I also got my period. I got my period on Christmas now. Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

On Christmas day on Christmas, I got.

[Adrian Apalucci]

That TV and a super Nintendo period and I also got my period. I was so bummed out about almost 13. I was pretty old. I was so bummed out, like, ruined my Christmas because, like, there's shame when you get it because, like, I have to, like, tell my mother. I guess it's just weird. Even though it's like, I don't know, it's just like a weird thing to have to be like, I got my period and then she's going to tell your dad and then your dad knows.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah.

[Adrian Apalucci]

It's just like, yeah, if it feels weird.

[Ryan Sickler]

And I'm getting ready to deal with that here. Coming up soon as a. As a single parent too.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Right. Well, hopefully she gets it with her mom.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's what I'm saying. And if not, I told her we. She's already been talking about it a lot, actually, because the neighbor girls are just a little bit older and then they. They got it. So she'll come over and tell me, like, you know, so and so got her period. I'm like, oh, that's good. You know, I try not to make a big deal out of it, but I'm like, oh, my God.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah. As a kid, it's like such a weird thing to get to because you're. I mean, I wasn't even that young. I know. I had this friend, her sister got out like eight.

[Ryan Sickler]

Eight?

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah. Oh, my God, that's crazy.

[Ryan Sickler]

Third grade. Holy, that is early. Yeah. First grade.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah, it's pretty young.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's crazy.

[Adrian Apalucci]

I remember being in school and somebody must have had a pad and they left it on a guy's desk. It wasn't dirty. It was a clean one.

[Ryan Sickler]

Okay, okay.

[Adrian Apalucci]

But like, he went up to the teacher and was like, what's this? And then all the boys had to leave and all the girls got a talking to for who did that? I don't even know who did it, but it was just like we all got to talking to about periods and pads and stuff like that.

[Ryan Sickler]

Fifth grade, I remember when we had the whole separate the boys from the girls conversation and they really pumped us full of these wet dreams we were going to be getting.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Oh, my God. That's what they said to you?

[Ryan Sickler]

Oh, they would tell us it's natural. Don't worry, they're nocturnal emissions. You're going to have wet. We Heard about these wet dreams coming for years and then. No pun intended.

[Adrian Apalucci]

I never heard anyone say that. Like, teachers talk to them about that.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah.

[Adrian Apalucci]

I think today that would be, like.

[Ryan Sickler]

Health class and all that. And, like, because they were trying to tell these boys, like, shit's gonna come out of your dick.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Right?

[Ryan Sickler]

It's not gonna look like anything you've ever had.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Sure.

[Ryan Sickler]

It's gonna feel good and weird.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

It's in the middle of the night. Go clean it up. And it's normal. Don't freak out about it.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah. Puberty is such a weird time.

[Ryan Sickler]

But I started masturbating, like, between the fifth and sixth grade.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Okay.

[Ryan Sickler]

And I had. I think I have had two wet dreams in my whole life.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Interesting.

[Ryan Sickler]

And I was like, this is. You know, this whole. They were telling us and telling us, tell us.

[Adrian Apalucci]

So you got bummed out.

[Ryan Sickler]

I was like, where are these things? And then I had. And I don't remember who it was, so I don't want to put a name to it, but there was somebody we had on that had wet dreams nightly, every night. Nightly. And he was terror. He wouldn't sleep over friends houses.

[Adrian Apalucci]

I don't want to do that either.

[Ryan Sickler]

So I said, did you masturbate? And he goes, I didn't. And I go, I'll bet you that's what it is. I'll bet you I was depleting my tanks.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Right.

[Ryan Sickler]

And you weren't. So your body was naturally getting it out. And then I talked to Dr. Drew about it, and he's like, that is what was happening.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Interesting.

[Ryan Sickler]

No shit. So if I wouldn't have done that, my body would have forced it out. And he's like, that's right.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Interesting.

[Ryan Sickler]

So, yeah, I got. I was like, no. And I remember, too. I didn't know about a placenta.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Okay.

[Ryan Sickler]

Never even considered a placenta.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Well, I don't think I knew about that. I was much older, too.

[Ryan Sickler]

High school. On tv, you're just seeing a baby. You don't ever think about this birth sack.

[Adrian Apalucci]

It is crazy to be a kid and start learning about stuff for the first time, like slavery and placentas. And you're like, what?

[Ryan Sickler]

Slavery?

[Adrian Apalucci]

You're like, what? What's going on out there?

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah.

[Adrian Apalucci]

This is crazy.

[Ryan Sickler]

But we're in health class, and I'm not kidding you. It's Friday. It's pizza day. And we are the class before lunch.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Ooh.

[Ryan Sickler]

And we watch a lady have a baby on the video. Whatever. And then they're like, and now the afterbirth. And I'LL never forget that day. I'm like, wait, what? And they show you pushing it out, pushing the placenta out. And you're like, and we're about to go get pizza. And I was like, what the. That's a thing. I had no idea about the afterburn. The afterbirth has to be delivered. And. Yeah. Didn't know it until that day.

[Adrian Apalucci]

And I'm so grumpy.

[Ryan Sickler]

I'm at least 14.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah. That's still pretty young, though.

[Ryan Sickler]

You think?

[Adrian Apalucci]

I think that's young to know about placenta.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's how I also. I tell my.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Did you eat pizza after? Oh, yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

I was eating it no matter what I was. I was turned off.

[Adrian Apalucci]

But still, you know, I still managed.

[Ryan Sickler]

To still fat and happy and eat my feelings. I learned also about placenta and shampoo because I was telling my daughter, like, when we used to go to the bathroom back in the day, I'd read the back of toothpaste or shampoo.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Placenta in shampoo. Why?

[Ryan Sickler]

I know people for hair and stuff.

[Adrian Apalucci]

People eat it.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah. They take a first bite. And of that. Oh, that's three companies currently sell hair. Most common, or placenta used is sheep. There you go.

[Adrian Apalucci]

I remember being in high school, and once in a while we'd have, like, a priest coming and talk to us. I think I was, like, in fifth grade and somebody asked a question about, like, dogs going to heaven. And this guy told us no, and we all went bizarre. Like, he was like, they don't. And we, like, all of us, I don't know. But he, like, he pissed off the whole class. We're all standing up.

[Ryan Sickler]

We're all mad, yelling at him.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah. We're like, you don't know that. You don't know that dogs don't go to heaven. We were so mad.

[Ryan Sickler]

Father Joe, that's an interesting one. Okay, so wait, you go to a Catholic school?

[Adrian Apalucci]

There was also a girl in my. That my sister was friends with, and her sister got the priest to leave the priesthood, and they got married and had kids.

[Ryan Sickler]

No.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yep. Father Tom.

[Ryan Sickler]

Father Tom was so turned on by this girl. He said, the hell. I mean.

[Adrian Apalucci]

And we were in grammar school.

[Ryan Sickler]

How old was she?

[Adrian Apalucci]

I mean, she was a really good softball player, and she had huge tits. But, like, she was also. She was also in the. She was in the eighth grade. She was in the eighth grade. I mean, I don't. That's.

[Ryan Sickler]

When did he leave? And all marrier.

[Adrian Apalucci]

I think they waited to, like, listen. I think they waited till it was.

[Ryan Sickler]

Legal, but I Groomed her until she was legal. And now they're.

[Adrian Apalucci]

I don't know. But it worked out when.

[Ryan Sickler]

Okay, so you go to a Catholic school. I also went to Sunday school.

[Adrian Apalucci]

I didn't go to Sunday school because we went to Catholic school, so I.

[Ryan Sickler]

Had to go to Sunday school also. All, I mean, all the way through high school. I did the brutal, you know, baptism, communion, confirmation, right. I got all the paperwork. I went to CCD or my grandma called a catechism. You know that word? You ever hear that? Catechism? We go to that. And I remember we would have to do these lock ins and you know, they make you go to these lock ins and they would make you do like lock in where they would. All the kids can go and it's like at a, a roller rinker, let's say, or whatever. And they lock in.

[Adrian Apalucci]

That's not what I thought. I thought a lock in was like, you're locked in with all these people now.

[Ryan Sickler]

Well, I wonder if didn't go down there at these places. But they would set. They would talk to all of us and they, they would not preach, you know, contraception at all. It was the, I remember the abstinence and. Or the rhythm method, though.

[Adrian Apalucci]

They talked about the rhythm.

[Ryan Sickler]

A hundred percent talk.

[Adrian Apalucci]

I feel like that's illegal, the rhythm method, because aren't you supposed to wait to have sex till you're married? That's like pretty progressive.

[Ryan Sickler]

But they were talking about the rhythm method and how that's the way if they would never say premarital sex. They would always put it under the. If you're married and having sex, that's the way you have sex. The rhythm method. And that's how you don't use birth control and that's how you don't get pregnant.

[Adrian Apalucci]

But isn't it still, isn't it still like you're not using sperm for what it's intended for? So isn't that like against the Catholic church?

[Ryan Sickler]

I mean, isn't fucking kids in the ass against the guy?

[Adrian Apalucci]

That's against the church.

[Ryan Sickler]

Sperm for what? It's not.

[Adrian Apalucci]

That's true. But they're letting the jizz fly. They're not. There's no, there's no rhythm method there. It's like, hey, I'm doing it. It's just not working.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah, we got separated. And it makes sense that you guys wouldn't know in Catholic school that they wouldn't separate the boys and the girls and start talking to you. So the only reason a tampon or excuse me, a Maxi patter pier was explained is because someone left one on a desk.

[Adrian Apalucci]

I'm sure maybe they talked about in another way, but I don't remember that being addressed. Yeah, maybe it was, though.

[Ryan Sickler]

First car. What's the first one you bought?

[Adrian Apalucci]

I mean, le at least like a Honda Accord.

[Ryan Sickler]

Honda's are good cars.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah, but I wanted the one in black. There was two. I could have gotten a black one and, like, a baby blue one. And the one that was baby blue had a lot less miles. And my dad was trying to get me to get that one, and I didn't. I got the black one and it had so many problems.

[Ryan Sickler]

It did.

[Adrian Apalucci]

It was never. It must got into an ax. It was never, like, able to be properly aligned, so it always just, like, went to the side.

[Ryan Sickler]

All right, young lady, this is great. Thank you for.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Thanks for having me.

[Ryan Sickler]

Thank you for being sweet. The princess.

[Adrian Apalucci]

I love her. I want to steal her.

[Ryan Sickler]

Will you promote one more time your special?

[Adrian Apalucci]

Go watch the Dark Queen on Netflix, adrianapalucci.com for tour dates and follow me on Instagram.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah. Thank you. Thank you very much.

[Adrian Apalucci]

Yeah. Thank you for having me.

[Ryan Sickler]

Go watch her special for sure and follow me on all social media. Ryan Sickler, come out and see me on the road. Tickets are on my website and we'll talk to y' all next week.

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