1 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to Morenita, a deep dive into the Latin X 2 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: experience with Moranita. We want to create a community and 3 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: a shared space with you while sharing knowledge and inspiration. 4 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: This show is about celebrating our culture with guests who 5 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 1: exemplify the best of us. I'm Darrylene Gastillo Vito. Our 6 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,840 Speaker 1: guest today is a very dear friend of mine, my sister, 7 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 1: me and Mana x Mayo. She is an l a 8 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: native Black Chicana. She's an Emmy nominated writer for the 9 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: Daily Show. She's about to bring joy and laughter into 10 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 1: your homes on your TV screens in an NBC series 11 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: called American Auto. And she is the CEO of Who 12 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: Made The Potato Salad, which is an incredible sketch comedy 13 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: show that is made by and only stars black people 14 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: and people of That's why we have her here. X Mayo. Hello, Yes, 15 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: it's a very good intro. Okay, someone went to my website. Hello. 16 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 1: We had to get it right. We had to get 17 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: it right. Yeah, listen. X Mayo and I have been 18 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: friends for gosh how long now, four or five years? 19 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: Seven days? I don't know her. She's attacked me on 20 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: the street and was like do my podcast. I was like, 21 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 1: well you got a gun, so okay, No, I'm just kidding. No, 22 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:41,559 Speaker 1: I've been knowing darry Lynn. I would say four years now. Yeah, yeah, 23 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: it feels. It feels like a lifetime, though, oh it does. 24 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: I met her the winter of seventeen. This bitch had 25 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: on fucking uh crop top. It was like literally four 26 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: and she's of snow in New York. This bitch, I 27 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: don't sucking like um these little like sway aid boops 28 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: a top bun and hoops and like a little puffy coat. 29 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 1: And I was just like, um, who it's cold. And 30 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: then we became friends and were like inseparable. After that, 31 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: we were reading a pilot and um, I did it 32 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: last minute and I was out the night before, so 33 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:27,119 Speaker 1: I came straight from the dinner of eating breakfast. You 34 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: said there was four inches of snow, Darylyn, and you 35 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: were still at you. You looked like you were just like, oh, 36 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: I'm in l a like it's just it's just And 37 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 1: then I found out like New Yorkers who are from 38 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: New York, they're like yes, whatever, and I'm sitting here 39 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: I look like I am auditioning to be an Eskimo. 40 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: I had on so many layers, it's so many things. 41 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: You had the biggest coat on. I literally was like, 42 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: it's not even that cold out and it was so cold. 43 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,519 Speaker 1: I was like, this, bitch, she's crazy, so we must 44 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: be friends. No, what it really was was you were 45 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: killing that scene. We were both in there. We were 46 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: both acting very kind. I was doing very bad. She 47 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: was great. I don't know what it was. We had 48 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: like a mutual like associate in there that commissioned us 49 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: both to work on it. So that's why I did it. 50 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: And I think I was getting a lot of love 51 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: because because she just works with me. But I believe 52 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: I was doing very bad. But Darrelyn, you're very kind. 53 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: So I think for anybody when whether it's West Coast 54 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: East coast, when you're an artist and making that transition, 55 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: what was that that propelled you coming from the West 56 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: Coast to the East coast, What wasn't that made you 57 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: be like, Okay, New York. I've always wanted to come 58 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: to New York ever since I was a kid, like 59 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: doing theater um, New York has always been like the dream. 60 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: I came to New York fresh out of high school 61 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: to audition for Alvine Les Summer Intensive because I was 62 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: a dancer first and she did not book. I had 63 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: no business there, but I didn't give a funk. I 64 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: believed in me, and I was just like, oh no, 65 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do what I'm gonna try, and I've always 66 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: had that type of energy that I'm just gonna go 67 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: for it. They could tell me no, but I'm not 68 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: gonna tell me no. Right, I'm not gonna block my 69 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: own busses. So um. At that point, I had quit acting, 70 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: and um, I was just doing makeup and doing film 71 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 1: and background work. So I came to New York to 72 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: originally do makeup and that ended up not working out, 73 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: and I was there after being there for a week. 74 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:27,599 Speaker 1: I came there to work fashion week. I ended up 75 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: dressing the models like hit up all my connects, like 76 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: I still have to go even though my makeup gig 77 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: fell through, and just being immersed in it. Like really, 78 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: summertime in New York is magical if if you live there, 79 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 1: you know, if you've never been, you'll find out. And 80 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: I just fell in love with the city and I 81 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: literally was there for seven days and started looking for 82 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 1: a place to say and other other girls who I 83 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: was working with to dress the models were like, are 84 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: you fucking insaye? I was like no. They were like, well, 85 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 1: what money do you? You know it's expensive. Was like, 86 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: no money and I'm gonna do it. And um. That 87 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: was Labor Day weekend and then I was there for 88 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: eight years. I just moved back in March of this 89 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: year and come in come into New York, especially as 90 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 1: a black Sicana. How is the cultural difference for you, 91 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: because that's always something that's interesting to me, Like me 92 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: being Dominican and people coming to New York They're like, wow, 93 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: I never even knew what Dominicans were and what Puerto 94 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: Ricans were and like this energy, So like how was 95 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: that coming from the West Coast? You know, that's more 96 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: of like what what people think, you know of when 97 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 1: they think of l A or whatnot. How is that 98 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: difference culturally for you when you came out here? Yeah, 99 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 1: it was a culture shock because being black and Mexican, 100 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: everyone thought I was Dominican, um, and it was just 101 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 1: I thought you were Dominican what I first saw you? Everybody, Yeah, um, 102 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: so that was wild to me. I was like, nah, Mexican, 103 00:05:57,279 --> 00:05:59,839 Speaker 1: you know, for us, it's very normal out here. I mean, 104 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: all my fias have black husbands, are black baby daddies, 105 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: and saying my uncle's like some people. I mean, Kendrick 106 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: Ramar's wife I believe is she's Latin our Mexican. That's 107 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: just really just what it is out here. So going 108 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 1: to New York and then seeing like Dominicans the Spanish, 109 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: I'm like, I don't I guess I don't speak Spanish. 110 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 1: Uh I was. It was so funking fast, and I 111 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 1: was just like what the fuck? Also, um, I didn't 112 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 1: recognize how Mexicans how looked down we are looked upon 113 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: from Dominicans and Puerto Ricans, because it's been multiple instances 114 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 1: where I've told Dominicans or Puerto Ricans that I'm Mexican 115 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: and they're like, Mexican, Like what people really said? And 116 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: one uber driver, I would never do this now because 117 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: I'm far more mature, but I was arguing with him. 118 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 1: He was literally trying to tell me that I'm Dominican, 119 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: like as if I was ashamed. He was like, no, 120 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: You're not Mexican. So I didn't know, you know, especially 121 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:00,359 Speaker 1: having so much pride in being who I am, um, 122 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 1: and you know, as far as being like in l A, 123 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: Mexicans and Salvadorans, Guatemalans, Panamanians. You know, it's never been 124 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: like that. So that was interesting for me, and that 125 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: was a culture shift in recognizing like, oh, how we 126 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: are viewed in other parts of America, um is not 127 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: on the same scale. Like there is a divide within 128 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: the Latin community. Yeah, I mean I can even say. 129 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: I had Dominicans tell me I'm not Dominican, like literally 130 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 1: fight with me and I'm out here talking Spanish and 131 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 1: they're like, you're not Dominican. Not, You're not. I don't 132 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: believe it. I don't believe it. It's like I'm sorry, sir, 133 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: I'm sorry you don't feel that way, but like it 134 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: is what it is. Yeah, when my mama said, and 135 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: what my mama is what I don't Okay, fine, so 136 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: maybe call my mama. Yeah. Um. Something that I want 137 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 1: to touch based on, and I think listeners are going 138 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: to be excited um to hear about is who made 139 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 1: the potato salad? Yes, I have to tell you guys, 140 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: when X invited me to be a part of one 141 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: of the sketch comedy shows. First off, I'm I'm a 142 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: Broadway actress. I do drama. You know, I never ever 143 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: considered myself being funny. I was like, I'm not funny, 144 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: x I, you have the wrong person. But thank you, 145 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: thank you so much. And she was like, Nah, you 146 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: know you're funny. You're gonna be in it. Here's the 147 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: day I'll see you. Then it was, especially what I 148 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: was going through personally during that time, it was the 149 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: most healing, most beautiful process to be a part of, 150 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: especially as a woman of color, as an Afro Latina, 151 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: and being surrounded by all these incredible artists of color. 152 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: I just want to hear you talk about it more because, um, 153 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 1: I want people to understand how special it is. Yeah, 154 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 1: I think, who am mytt? That was my baby. I 155 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: put my bliss, went in tears in it. Um. I 156 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 1: need to not ever make a dime from it. I'm 157 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: gonna do it to the day I doubt I do 158 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: it for um the love that I have for people 159 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: in community and that I have been given a purpose 160 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: in this world, and one of those is to continuously 161 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: lift as I climb because God gives me access into 162 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 1: these bigger spaces to have more access to power into people. 163 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: And my job is to directly pour that back into 164 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: my community. So on every level, I make sure to 165 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: reach as I climb and with who made the potato salad. 166 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: I just really wanted what I envisioned. And I have 167 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: a problem that whenever I see something in my brain, 168 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: it has to come to fruition. And I UM. As 169 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: a producer, you know, I look for holes. I look 170 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: for the holes that need to be filled within the industry, 171 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: and for me, that's black and brown people. So I um, 172 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: you know, started the show in seventeen and I was 173 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:52,559 Speaker 1: just like, this is what I want. I wanted to 174 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: feel like a big gas party. I wanted basically, I 175 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: want to cook out to happen at a comedy show. 176 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: And UM, and that's what it is. There's liquor, US food, 177 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: there's a DJ, and UM on every level. When I 178 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: didn't have a dime and was calling every favor I could, 179 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,320 Speaker 1: we made magic. And I honestly like, we're gonna go 180 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: to bigger stages. We will be at Madison Square Garden, 181 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: we will be touring, we will be on your TV screens, 182 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: but there will be nothing like the energy and the 183 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: community that we felt when we when we were just 184 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: starting out at the Tank and that one theater. The 185 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: amount of like passion and genius work that came out 186 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:34,559 Speaker 1: of that is a matched yeah. And I have to say, um, 187 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,199 Speaker 1: you know, being a New Yorker, we go to these 188 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 1: comedy shows, you know, we go to these these little 189 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: thingy things and whatever whatever. And I will tell you 190 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: right now, my mom came to that. Oh she did. 191 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 1: She came to that, and she at the end, I 192 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: mean she was like, I had the best time. I 193 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 1: have never experienced anything like this in New York. And 194 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: my mom has been around going to shows and comedy 195 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: shows and doing her thing. And she was young, her 196 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:09,079 Speaker 1: little hot thing walking around her skirt um. She was 197 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 1: so floored by the energy and she was like I 198 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 1: could tell excess from l A. Like this was giving 199 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: me very like l A vibes, but like just something 200 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 1: that we don't experience out here. So that's something that 201 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 1: I remember. While being a part of it. I was 202 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 1: also enamored with that feeling because I was like, oh, 203 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 1: this hit different, this is this is hold on. Yeah, 204 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: that show too, that was the women of color takeover. 205 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 1: Our token whites that night were very good. Our token 206 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:43,959 Speaker 1: whites were like play the fucking song. They those bitches 207 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 1: got they said, let's get zund I'm not playing with 208 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 1: you and it wasn't playing. They didn't get kicked out 209 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:50,839 Speaker 1: of the cook out. They were great. And we also 210 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: had the R and B lip sync battle that was 211 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 1: like a packed show. Oh my god, there was the 212 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: man and shirts off, they had props, they brought bitches 213 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: on stage. And then I called out my homeboy Gera, 214 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: who didn't who told me he was gonna be able 215 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: to do with it. Papta's ass up there and I 216 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 1: called his ass out and he like did it impromptu? Uh, 217 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: like stripper dance. It was like it was crazy, anything 218 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 1: can go down and who met the data salid period 219 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,680 Speaker 1: And I love it because it's inclusive, like everyone in there, 220 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 1: no matter what race you are, no matter where you 221 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: come from, you feel like you are, that you were invited, 222 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: that you were on the list. That's an experience that 223 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 1: I I've never experienced, you know, in theater, in a 224 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: concert in any kind of format. So um, yeah, we're 225 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: like Olive Garden when you hear your family don't. I can't. 226 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: I don't know if we have the clearance for that 227 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: in this podcast. But end the princes, Yeah, and the salad. Listen, 228 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 1: we even throw an endless endless drinks. Okay, we don't 229 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: have the budget for that. For potato salad, we don't 230 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 1: have that yet. There we're praying and believe in guy 231 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: that's some white white woman, um, which is would just 232 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 1: give me just a hundred ballast and then it's just 233 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 1: it's like all night, baby, yo. And how you put 234 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 1: these things together? Man? I mean I just because I'm 235 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 1: a really close friend of yours, and I see what 236 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:17,559 Speaker 1: happens behind the scenes X, no matter at what cost 237 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: and what moment of when things because things happen, you 238 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 1: put things together and things go down. And X has 239 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: never ever fell short on that. She has always pushed, pushed, 240 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 1: and her word is her word. And that's why, Um, 241 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 1: thank you. She's one of my people in my circle. 242 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: Thank you, Daylan. That means a lot. You're welcome, you know, 243 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 1: I love you. Any who who would make the potato salad, 244 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: I mean one of my favorite you know. Obviously I 245 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 1: mentioned that it's made by it only stars black people 246 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:04,199 Speaker 1: and people of color. And I'm curious to hear from you, 247 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,319 Speaker 1: you know, my struggles you know, personally, but on your end, 248 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: especially in the world of comedy, because that's a world 249 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: that is foreign for me. Um well, also a world 250 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: that I'm still getting, you know, used to being. What 251 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: are some struggles that you think people of color and 252 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: that specific world of comedy and that we can go 253 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 1: into obviously the more generic world of entertainment, um but 254 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 1: what are some of the some of the things that 255 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: you've seen along your journey being a comedian and a 256 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: woman now for Latina, yes, well, definitely being a black 257 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: woman in these spaces is difficult because coming into these spaces, 258 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 1: I recognize a lot of uh, white people because they're 259 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: the ones predominantly there and empower They hire black people 260 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 1: and people of color who echo whiteness, and I don't 261 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 1: at all, you know, I uh, I didn't get my 262 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: first white friend until seventeen. I always say that because 263 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: people laugh and I'm just like, yeah, I just experienced 264 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: a lot of racism in elementary school, to the point 265 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: where I was like fighting, and I was in these 266 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: little private schools, and then my mom found like a 267 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 1: dueling with arts magna school that was like like adamant 268 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: about higher learning. It was really difficult and rigorous, but 269 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: it was just um blacks and Mexicans there, and from then, 270 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: I didn't even I'm not in those spaces where I lived, 271 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 1: where I come from there, not over there, so it 272 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: just didn't happen. So I think when you are like 273 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: raw and unfiltered, that's a difficulty because um to this day, 274 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 1: I still code switched. It's a means of survival for me. 275 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: I'm hoping to one day get to a place where 276 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: I don't do that. But when I walk into a 277 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: space and there's predominantly white, people are like, oh my god, yes, high, 278 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: so nice to meet you, and oh yeah, and my 279 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: jokes are filtered to them because I just have experienced 280 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: so much ship that even when I dropped an octave 281 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 1: in my voice and I'm talking like this and I'm like, yo, 282 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 1: what's up, they either get too comfortable or they get 283 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: too scared, so they get too comfortable and they just 284 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: be like yes, just sir, you know, or they'll just 285 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 1: be like Liazac so me, you know, and I'm just 286 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: like fuck, you know. But I'm working to get and 287 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 1: I think there are like people that I see that 288 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: I love and inspire me because they don't go switch 289 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 1: at all. And I'm praying and hoping to get to 290 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: that space. I've just I just it's just so much 291 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: bullshit to deal with. Like I'm already like a bigger woman, 292 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 1: I'm black, I got this hair, Like it's already enough 293 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: barriers like to entry, I think, uh, if you don't 294 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 1: have a whiteness, it's an issue. I think that. Uh. 295 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 1: Also to being told that we're not funny. What, um, 296 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: excuse me, Black and brown people don't need rules to 297 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: be funny. Um. I think TikTok has shown us that. Um, 298 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 1: the social media has shown us that. I think white 299 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 1: people need skill, they need rules to be funny. We don't. Yeah, 300 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: enough said with that, um, And I think it's funny 301 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: because when you when I first met, we both grew 302 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: up in a very in the opposite world. Like for 303 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: me where I was, I was raised around predominantly why 304 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 1: people and and I was taught and conditioned to code switch. 305 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:08,680 Speaker 1: Where when I came out of that, and I went 306 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: to school in the city and I was in these 307 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: rooms with people that looked like me for the first time, 308 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:20,159 Speaker 1: they were like, why are you saying your name Darylyn Costillo? 309 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:24,680 Speaker 1: Your name is Darylyn Castillo. And even that took like 310 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 1: a reprogramming where I'm like, yeah, you're right, Like that's 311 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: who I am. Why am I walking in this room 312 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 1: shedding pieces of myself when at the end of the 313 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: day you still ain't gonna like me. Why if it's 314 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 1: for that reason, for who? For what? So yeah, absolutely, 315 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:48,680 Speaker 1: I hear you with all that. And I'm curious about 316 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 1: something because I actually don't know about the work. But um, 317 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: I know that you recorded a piece of work called 318 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:57,440 Speaker 1: Princess of South Beach, So I'd like to hear a 319 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 1: little bit more about that and what that experience was 320 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 1: like for you. Um. For instance, Outbeach was really really 321 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 1: exciting because it was the first time that I was 322 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:13,160 Speaker 1: commissioned to do a project with Latinos and so that 323 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: was really exciting because I think that now because everyone's 324 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:23,440 Speaker 1: coming into this um light and um, I hate using 325 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:29,680 Speaker 1: this word, but wokeness as you will, uh with the 326 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: fact that there are black Latinos and we exist in surprise. Yeah, 327 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: I love my character. I play a maid that doesn't 328 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,120 Speaker 1: know how to clean, so that's very fun for me. 329 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 1: I'm sure, I'm sure, but you know how to clean, 330 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 1: oh bitch. I buzzed down like I have my little 331 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 1: concoctions and once that fabuloso get to boiling. Don't you 332 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: can't sunk with me? Forget about it. Yeah. Also, Rachel, 333 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: who is uh starring in um uh West Side Story. 334 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,679 Speaker 1: She was also playing snow White. Um. Her and I 335 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 1: have this relationship in the podcast. It's kind of like this, 336 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: it turns into like this buddy cop type feel, and 337 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:17,399 Speaker 1: she is the fucking star. And it was great because 338 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:20,479 Speaker 1: I'm an improviser and from the top on down they 339 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: allowed me to play. I would pitch lines to Rachel, like, hey, 340 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:25,679 Speaker 1: can we do this thing because I really want you 341 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 1: have to listen to it, and I really want you 342 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 1: to feel it and visualize it. So it was an amazing, 343 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: amazing experience and I can't wait for you guys to 344 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: hear it. I can't wait to hear it. I already 345 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: know you're gonna kill it. Already know it's gonna be 346 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 1: thank you, especially when you're improvising. That's my favorite. It's 347 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 1: like when X tells me about any project she's working 348 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 1: on and she's like, yeah, I mean they let me play. 349 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 1: I was like, Okay, that one I want to see. 350 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 1: That's the one. So obviously you are an icon, you 351 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: are a writer, you are NonStop creating. UM. And so 352 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 1: you were a writer for the Daily Show, and UM, 353 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: I cannot let you leave this interview without discussing your 354 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 1: iconic Megan Marco joke because yes, yes, I just think 355 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:20,400 Speaker 1: there is so much in that in this story that 356 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 1: UM our listeners can take away and um maybe relate to. 357 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 1: But just to get into it, um, it is a 358 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:31,360 Speaker 1: joke that went viral on the Daily Show. I want 359 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 1: you to kind of give us some X the insight 360 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: on how this happened, because I think coming from your 361 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 1: words is is going to give us the most just 362 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 1: gonna make us feel like we're in the room. Yeah 363 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: it was. Um. Actually, there are a lot of writers 364 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 1: at the show that contribute to the amazing body of 365 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,679 Speaker 1: work that you see that is the Daily Show, And 366 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:52,960 Speaker 1: so we get split up into teams and work on 367 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: different stuff. So um that was a headline. Then Megan Marco, 368 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 1: UM and uh Harry were leaving the palace. But as 369 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 1: a writer, you pitch on everything. You pitch on everybody's ship. 370 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: So as I was watching Trevor and rehearsal, that joke 371 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 1: came to mind. And what I do is is I 372 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: kind of like like soft pitch my jokes just so 373 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:16,640 Speaker 1: like to the niggas in the room. So whoever it's 374 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: black around, I'll say it to them because I only 375 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 1: care black people laugh. If my people laughed, and I'm funny. Good. Yeah. 376 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: So I turned to my homeboy, Christian, he's a studio producer, 377 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: and I was like, no, nigga. I was like Megan 378 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: Marco looked at Harry was like, nigga, you need to 379 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: get a job, and he laughed and I was like great. 380 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 1: So we went into rewrite. I told it to our producer, 381 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:42,679 Speaker 1: who was Iranni and he's not black, but he's so 382 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 1: freaking funny and I mean, joke king machine, and so 383 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,680 Speaker 1: I pitched to him. He was like, excess, so that's 384 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,439 Speaker 1: so funny. Picture to Trevor. And I pitched to Trevor 385 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 1: with my voice shaking because I was like, he's gonna 386 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: say nigga, No, you gotta say it like this Joch 387 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 1: in my head, I'm thinking all these things and he 388 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,120 Speaker 1: was like, X, that's so funny, and he kept saying. 389 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,159 Speaker 1: He was like, oh my god, that's so funny, and like, 390 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,159 Speaker 1: mind you, I want to tell you that that was 391 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 1: um after a year of me being there, so it 392 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 1: tip along, Like, my jokes were very bad, and that 393 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 1: moment that happened with Trevor happened one time and I 394 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 1: was there for three years, So I just want everybody 395 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:29,360 Speaker 1: to be clear that I was not batting a thousand. Okay, 396 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 1: that was one of one. That was the first time 397 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 1: and the last time. Thank you. Um so he was like, oh, 398 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 1: it's so funny. And then the fact that it killed 399 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:45,160 Speaker 1: on air, like the audience, because that's what really helps me, 400 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:49,399 Speaker 1: is like having an audience. Um sometimes someone could be 401 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,959 Speaker 1: like me, you are a bit ass nigger, and the 402 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 1: thing is is like that alone, if you read that, 403 00:22:55,560 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 1: that's not funny. But inflection, tone, timing, all of that 404 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: makes my jokes like I am not a prop writer, 405 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: you feel me. So the best jokes that I was 406 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: able to get on this because I pitched directly to 407 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: the producer, directly to Trevor. I would say it and 408 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: they would hear me say it and they're like, Okay, 409 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 1: that's funny. So yeah, so that's how it happened, and 410 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 1: um it got a lot of love on social and 411 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 1: with the craziest thing and my favorite thing is when 412 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 1: my people texted me and they're like, yo, did you 413 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: write this Megan Marco joke? And the fact that three 414 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 1: people did that, I was like, Wow, I don't tell 415 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: nobody because I don't like fake praise. I want you 416 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: to really funk with it. And you could hear my voice. 417 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:43,959 Speaker 1: Then I was like, Wow, we did it, Joe, we 418 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,400 Speaker 1: did it. Yeah. I definitely wasn't one of those three 419 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,879 Speaker 1: people that texted, you know, but I was laughing my 420 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 1: ass off when I saw that joke. But I knew 421 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: that you were a writer on that show, one of 422 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 1: the writers on there. So in my mind, I'm like, yeah, 423 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,280 Speaker 1: ex said that. I'm not surprised people who know you 424 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,160 Speaker 1: heard your voice because you knew what was going on. 425 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 1: I mean, your voice was shaking. You were like, I 426 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:08,159 Speaker 1: don't want to get fired. I don't want to overstep 427 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:11,399 Speaker 1: or you know, go into an area that maybe Trevor 428 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 1: might get upset or the or whoever. How did you 429 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: get past that fear? And then obviously not only was 430 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:22,120 Speaker 1: there fear behind that, but then you were praised for 431 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:26,640 Speaker 1: this joke where at the end of the day, yeah, 432 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,360 Speaker 1: ha ha ha ha, thank you, I'm funny, But like 433 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: I was just being myself. So what was that feeling like? 434 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 1: When when that fear turned into I guess I want 435 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: to know that transition. What was that process? Like, Yeah, 436 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: well I was scared. I mean up until I left, 437 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 1: I was scared. You just you're scared. It's just like 438 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 1: especially because in a job like that, you really don't 439 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 1: get feedback. And then when we're in the panty what 440 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: we still are. But when I was working there in 441 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,360 Speaker 1: the panty um not getting any feedback. The that's part 442 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:01,919 Speaker 1: of the job, which was being in the room with 443 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,120 Speaker 1: everybody being able to pitch jokes off of people, being 444 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: able to like running a star's office and be like, hey, 445 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,199 Speaker 1: I have a premise, I don't really have like a 446 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,679 Speaker 1: fucking joke kad or like asking my the best office 447 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 1: may ever Zach delanze my baby. I would be like, yo, Zach, 448 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 1: I need like a I can't. I need to punch 449 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 1: this up. You don't have that. So it was really hard. 450 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 1: But even when you're in so when you're in the room, 451 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: it was really difficult. And at the end of the day, 452 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: what made me fucking push that joke out was because 453 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,679 Speaker 1: I'd already got a laugh from Christian, so like I 454 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 1: already had filtered that and then the fact that the producer, 455 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 1: who I know and love, who's the reason why I'm there, 456 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 1: was like, X, do it. Um I had support. And 457 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: then I literally was like, X, they hired you. Um 458 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 1: if they wanted to fucking robot to just spew out 459 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:50,879 Speaker 1: ship that they think it's funny, they'd hire them. And 460 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 1: ultimately I was like, bitch, you're already here. You've been 461 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 1: And even then I was like, you've been fired before, 462 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:58,239 Speaker 1: you've been broke before, you know how to do it all. 463 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: So we fired fuck okay, And so so it was 464 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: just kind of like I'm gonna do it because I'm 465 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: gonna take the risk. So I'm gonna feel the fear 466 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: and do it anyway. And I think that's said a 467 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: lot on social you know, and it might be like 468 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: overused or whatever, but I think it range true. Yeah, listen, 469 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 1: I just want to read it because, UM, I know 470 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: that one of the w XAC said this to you, 471 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,920 Speaker 1: because I just think it's so powerful. Um, I quote, 472 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 1: not only do you deserve to be in that room, 473 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 1: not only are you extremely talented, but this business will 474 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: have you feel like you don't belong and anybody who 475 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 1: makes you feel that way will not be around much 476 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: longer because things are changing. Mike drop goodbye. She should 477 00:26:43,600 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 1: be my life coach. Yes, for me, that feeling of 478 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: like somebody kind of telling me it's okay to be 479 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 1: myself when I got Hambleton's and you know my journey, 480 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 1: um in that format, and how it took to lead 481 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,960 Speaker 1: to be in a room that appreciated you and wants 482 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 1: you to win, like they we want to hear a 483 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 1: joke like that again, or like we want you to 484 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: like come in and just give me a little bit 485 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 1: of your unfiltered self for this or that. How was 486 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,880 Speaker 1: that hearing that statement? Um? It was what I needed 487 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 1: and I take it with me every day because I mean, 488 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,680 Speaker 1: even to this point now with doing this new show, 489 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 1: I feel I have imposter syndrome. And I mean I 490 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 1: had it the first almost year at the Daily Show. 491 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:39,399 Speaker 1: There were times when I would be called into a 492 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,439 Speaker 1: meeting with Trevor and I physically didn't move, Like I 493 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 1: could not move my fucking body. Like I was so like, 494 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 1: why are they calling me? Why what does Trevor need? 495 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,160 Speaker 1: Who am I? Why the fund? Did they need? What? Um? 496 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:53,880 Speaker 1: And I'm very happy that I have that because I'd 497 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 1: rather have that than ego and think like you do 498 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 1: fucking need me, bitch, you know like I think because 499 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:05,679 Speaker 1: I'm so humbled because my um, it's It's taken me 500 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:07,360 Speaker 1: a while to get to where I'm at, and I'm 501 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 1: still grateful because I'm still very young. There are people 502 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,880 Speaker 1: that um don't reach these level and heights to their 503 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 1: mid and late forties. So I'm very grateful. But you know, 504 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 1: I'm I'm, I'm I'm so thankful that she said that 505 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:23,119 Speaker 1: to me, and I take that with me to this 506 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 1: day for real, and it's it's true. It's true. You 507 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 1: are very talented and I'm very blessed to be watching 508 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 1: your journey in the seat that I am in saying 509 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:35,639 Speaker 1: so same to you. It's it's a beautiful thing. UM. 510 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: I'm curious X on your I know some of your 511 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 1: ideas personally about things, but just for our listeners, I 512 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,920 Speaker 1: wanted them to um hear from your point of view, 513 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 1: how do you think that we can continue um to 514 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:53,240 Speaker 1: overcome these struggles, UM, that we place on ourselves, or 515 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 1: how do you continue to overcome that fear, that moment 516 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 1: of like where do you were you able to put 517 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 1: that wall down where you're like, Okay, I deserve to 518 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:05,760 Speaker 1: be here. Yeah, well for me, I, UM, I'm a 519 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:09,800 Speaker 1: woman of faith, like I'm a believer. So I pray 520 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 1: and then I say to myself to see myself the 521 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 1: way God sees me, which is whole, which is successful, 522 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 1: which is at peace, um, and then I move forward. 523 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 1: So UM, I know that that's what works for me. 524 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 1: I'm definitely I'm just gonna tell you what I do. 525 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: I do believe that there's multiple roots to God. Um. 526 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: And even if you're not a believer, I think that 527 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,239 Speaker 1: everyone to have some type of spiritual practice. You know, 528 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:40,480 Speaker 1: people definitely meditate, some practice astrology. UM. I also practice stoicism, 529 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:42,720 Speaker 1: which is the art of focusing on what you can control. 530 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: And I think, UM, anyone listening, it will behoove you 531 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,360 Speaker 1: to get um what's called the Daily Stoke Journal because 532 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 1: they have journal prompts for three sixty five days out 533 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: the year um. And it's a phenomenal information to help 534 00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 1: you be more grateful, more present, and to just focus 535 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 1: on what you can do. So UM, that's what I do. 536 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:06,920 Speaker 1: I go back to source. And I know that I 537 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 1: think you know, but your listeners probably don't know. But 538 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 1: I've experienced a lot of death My brother died when 539 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 1: I was sixteen, and I have three cousins who passed away, 540 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 1: and my cousins are like my family. We are like 541 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: very very close, like all of my theas and deals 542 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,920 Speaker 1: are like second sets of parents for us. So it 543 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 1: wasn't just like, oh, a cousin passed away, It was 544 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 1: like a piece of me died, like a fan, like 545 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 1: my brother or sister passed away. So I think because 546 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 1: I'm very clear on the concept of time. I know 547 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 1: I'm living on borrow time. I know I don't have 548 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,320 Speaker 1: a lot of time here, so for that reason, I 549 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 1: don't waste it. So I refused not to go after 550 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: everything that I fucking want. Can you give us the 551 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,840 Speaker 1: name of your Instagram? And I know, no, we're reaching 552 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,840 Speaker 1: the end, but I want you to kind of give 553 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 1: your audience your little story about what that means for you. Yeah, 554 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: my instagram is eighty dollars in the suitcase, a zero 555 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 1: dollars in the suitcase. And I touched on my story 556 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 1: a little bit when I first got to New York. 557 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,240 Speaker 1: But when I decided to stay in New York, that's 558 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:04,080 Speaker 1: what I had. And I think that like we overcome 559 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 1: by the power of our testimony. So I wanted to 560 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 1: make that my handle because it's a conversation starter, and 561 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:12,040 Speaker 1: I hope that um everyone that I speak to about it, 562 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:14,400 Speaker 1: people who come across it, people I get to tell 563 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 1: about it, they know that if I can do it, 564 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 1: you can do it too. And I think that we've 565 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 1: all had that moment. That's the name of my production company, 566 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 1: eight Dollars in the Suitcase Productions, because although it's a 567 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 1: little more than a dollar and a dream, it's it's 568 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:34,400 Speaker 1: definitely a representative of going um all gas, no brakes. 569 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 1: I feel like everyone has had that eight Dollars in 570 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:39,200 Speaker 1: the Suitcase moment where we just look at fear, we 571 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:43,120 Speaker 1: abandon it, and we say no more and we go 572 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 1: after the unthinkable. So I think that everyone has had 573 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:52,280 Speaker 1: is in that or we'll have that moment period. That 574 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:56,320 Speaker 1: was beautifully said. And follow x on Instagram. She is incredible, 575 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 1: she is funny. You're about to see her, like I said, 576 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,920 Speaker 1: in your TV screens her and new NBC series called 577 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:06,360 Speaker 1: American Auto. She is a CEO, she is doing the thing. 578 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:09,479 Speaker 1: She's an Afro Latina. She is my sister, and I 579 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 1: love you. Thank you. Also, please follow who made the 580 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:17,640 Speaker 1: potato salad show on Instagram. We're doing We're pivoting from 581 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,600 Speaker 1: live sketch comedy to do virtual workshops and our last 582 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 1: one we were able to get a fellow black queen 583 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:26,480 Speaker 1: hired as a digit producer at the Daily Show. So, um, 584 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:29,520 Speaker 1: I'm not saying everyone who comes will ultimately get a job, 585 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,680 Speaker 1: but that is my goal. And if you come and 586 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:33,280 Speaker 1: you show up and you do the work, your gift 587 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 1: will make rooms. So definitely follow us to be on 588 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,560 Speaker 1: the lookout for more workshops and people can submit to 589 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:43,120 Speaker 1: that from the Instagram page. Correct, yes, it will always 590 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: be in my bio or to the bio. Um, so yeah, 591 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 1: you can find that info there for sure. Awesome, Thank 592 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 1: you so much, my love, thank you, lamos y x. 593 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:03,160 Speaker 1: My really inspires me. Ex spoke about faith and she 594 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,959 Speaker 1: has a real connection to her higher power, but she 595 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:09,040 Speaker 1: also has faith in herself. When you move to NYC 596 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:12,160 Speaker 1: with eighty dollars or start your own sketch show, it's 597 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,200 Speaker 1: because you believe in yourself and you're a risk taker. 598 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 1: So this week I'm going to take risks. I'm going 599 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,400 Speaker 1: to believe in myself even more and silence that doubt 600 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:23,440 Speaker 1: in my own head, and I hope you do the 601 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:30,960 Speaker 1: same most animals. Monamita is a production of Sonato and 602 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 1: partnership with I Heart Radios micro Buda podcast Network. For 603 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:37,720 Speaker 1: more podcasts from I Heart Radio, visit the I Heart 604 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,960 Speaker 1: Radio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you listen to your 605 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:41,719 Speaker 1: favorite shows.