Speaker 1: So, Kevin, before we jump into today, I want to
Speaker 1: talk about an upcoming benefit concert that I am producing,
Speaker 1: that I am involved in and that I roped you
Speaker 1: into as well. So this is Gennamural and Friends a
Speaker 1: Night of Song, and this is benefiting Harvest Home, which
Speaker 1: is an organization in LA that provides support for unhoused
Speaker 1: pregnant women. It's truly an incredible organization. The people running
Speaker 1: in are so amazing and I've met many of the
Speaker 1: women in the house who are there now. We've just
Speaker 1: throw a baby shower for them, and it is truly
Speaker 1: remarkable how amazing these women are. And you know, just
Speaker 1: with a little bit of support and help, like how
Speaker 1: they can thrive. So I'm so thrilled that we are
Speaker 1: doing this event. It's called Genermural and Friends and Night
Speaker 1: a Song. It's going to feature pop and Broadway songs
Speaker 1: performed by all of our wonderful friends who can sing
Speaker 1: their little faces off, including you. It's incredible. You know,
Speaker 1: we got some good friends who are willing to do
Speaker 1: good things.
Speaker 2: I feel honored to have been asked in a part
Speaker 2: of this group. You have people like Jesse Tyler, Ferguson,
Speaker 2: Shyanne Jackson, Are you kidding me? Rachel Vaig Jones, myself,
Speaker 2: Austin Mackenzie, Ty Taylor, Tracy Tom's, Carly Thomas Smith, and
Speaker 2: Kim Dawson.
Speaker 1: And it's produced by our dear friend Seth Radetski. He's
Speaker 1: incredible and his partner, James Wesley Jackson, who is producing
Speaker 1: it from New York. He's putting it all together for us.
Speaker 1: He graciously was I asked him, and I was like,
Speaker 1: you know, you don't have to say us, and he's
Speaker 1: like yes, So he's flying himself out for this and yeah,
Speaker 1: and you and I are singing a song together lots
Speaker 1: of there's going to be lots of bops. It's going
Speaker 1: to be an awesome night. And it's also going to
Speaker 1: be amazing because we're raising money for the you know,
Speaker 1: Harvest Home, so that's the most important thing. So it's
Speaker 1: April twenty first at the Eli and Edith Road Stage
Speaker 1: in Santa Monica. Tickets are on sales, so go to
Speaker 1: Harvest Home La dot org Slash Benefit Concert to get
Speaker 1: your tickets now. Come see us on April twenty first
Speaker 1: in Santa Monica. And for those of you who can't
Speaker 1: make it in La we are actually adding a live
Speaker 1: stream so you guys can see it live and it's free.
Speaker 1: We just asked that if you're considering watching the show,
Speaker 1: that you if you can donate. No amount is too small,
Speaker 1: and just to raise awareness, tell your friends about this
Speaker 1: organization and watch it, you know, have a little watch party.
Speaker 1: And that's what you really missed with Jenna.
Speaker 2: And Kevin an iHeartRadio podcast.
Speaker 1: Welcome to and That's what you really miss podcast. Oh today, Kevin,
Speaker 1: we have the one and only an icon, Becky Jackson.
Speaker 1: It's Lauren Botter.
Speaker 2: Truly an icon. I when you think about Glee, like
Speaker 2: she is just weaved within the fabric of the entire show.
Speaker 1: And how lucky she has storked with Jane and Jane
Speaker 1: gets to work with her. Yes, really so funny. I
Speaker 1: guess we'll let her to speak for herself because we're
Speaker 1: just so grateful for Warren to come on the show.
Speaker 3: Hi.
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, oh my gosh.
Speaker 3: You know it's been so long I seeing you, guys.
Speaker 1: I know you look so good. Long you look great. Wow,
Speaker 1: I can't even remember the last time I saw you. Oh,
Speaker 1: it's good to see you, Lauren.
Speaker 3: D to see you guys.
Speaker 1: How are you.
Speaker 3: I'm good. How about you?
Speaker 1: We're good, good, good. I'm so happy you're here. Thank
Speaker 1: you so much for coming on.
Speaker 3: I can't believe on doing this. I'm so excited, but
Speaker 3: I'm excited to see all of you.
Speaker 1: Well, we're so excited to talk to you about. You
Speaker 1: are the I mean iconic Becky Jackson, I mean iconic.
Speaker 1: We've been rewatching and you're so funny.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so good watching this back. You are truly like
Speaker 2: the breakout star of this show. Every in like Jane
Speaker 2: Lynch is an icon and we were all so scared
Speaker 2: to work with her, and you are keeping up with
Speaker 2: her and every single scene like You're incredible.
Speaker 3: Oh, thank you.
Speaker 1: Did you know about the show at all when you
Speaker 1: got the part?
Speaker 3: No? No, I did that know.
Speaker 1: Even better? Yeah, So what was it like playing Becky?
Speaker 1: What what was it like for you, especially to work
Speaker 1: with Jane so closely?
Speaker 3: Becky and Jane has a lot. Yes, when I was
Speaker 3: doing like The Men and Me with Jay Lynch, that
Speaker 3: was amazing. It was a good. When Jane Lynch was,
Speaker 3: you know, in my trailer and when things gets you know,
Speaker 3: love days from Taylor and say hey, Lauren, it's got
Speaker 3: be okay, and to calm me, to calm myself down.
Speaker 3: And she you know, our very close friends. The first
Speaker 3: time when I met her, I said, I love you
Speaker 3: in this movie called Alisillo La Story, and I just
Speaker 3: love her one which was you know, pick up those
Speaker 3: bistics because it's been years is lit da I was.
Speaker 3: She was so down to earth. She was so nice
Speaker 3: a person, you know, like favorite, but because you know
Speaker 3: Becky was you know, a bully and she wasn't very
Speaker 3: nice at all, but she's a beat a little bit
Speaker 3: beat spirited and softened her heart. And and Jane when
Speaker 3: Jane Lynch, she when she and I were playing together,
Speaker 3: she was houckey me and and all that. And it
Speaker 3: was so nice and so sweet when you know, like
Speaker 3: any at the end, you know, when us when we
Speaker 3: were like doing this interview thing with Susan Bester, I
Speaker 3: was like, because Becky was so nice then right with
Speaker 3: a white friend, Yeah right, amazing?
Speaker 2: Yeah you so yeah, you had a great journey. I
Speaker 2: mean you got to do so many comedic things. We
Speaker 2: watched an episode where Becky was mad you didn't get
Speaker 2: nominated for prom queen if you had this incredible montage.
Speaker 2: Oh it was one of the best things I've ever
Speaker 2: seen on the show. You were so good at comedy.
Speaker 2: You were so good comedy with the romantic stuff. You
Speaker 2: were good. We got to date for a little bit.
Speaker 1: You and I went, Yes, that was.
Speaker 2: Very exciting because I never got to that. I think
Speaker 2: that was the only time I ever got to do
Speaker 2: like a date at Breadsticks, when all the other characters
Speaker 2: have been to dates at bread Sticks. I was like, yes, finally,
Speaker 2: so you and I got to have a great time
Speaker 2: at bread Sticks.
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1: Had you before Glee? Have you done much acting?
Speaker 3: I did not just Glee. I've been in a mo'll
Speaker 3: be called the Blue Sky hmm, yeah, because that was
Speaker 3: stick to you so and I did to cockle med
Speaker 3: Switch Up first Yeah, and other shows and yeah the
Speaker 3: commercials Wow.
Speaker 1: Because you came on there and you knew what to
Speaker 1: do like you were.
Speaker 3: I am the biggest quote. I had a huge quote
Speaker 3: of acting. Uh, you know an actress for.
Speaker 1: A long long time. That's right, that's right. Do you
Speaker 1: have a favorite memory or day on set?
Speaker 3: Oh gosh, I have so many. My faceoite was when
Speaker 3: I was with Corn Monte when we were at this
Speaker 3: golf part and he was in his track basketball uniform
Speaker 3: and we take pictures and everything and with you guys. Also, yeah,
Speaker 3: oh yeah, I miss Corey Montive too. Yeah.
Speaker 1: We were also lucky to get to work with him,
Speaker 1: weren't we. Oh yeah, we are.
Speaker 3: We are so lucky.
Speaker 1: Everybody who comes on the show always says Corey. But
Speaker 1: Corey was the nicest. Corey was the best. Everybody always
Speaker 1: says that. It's true though, because he was.
Speaker 3: Yeah. Also, but when he gave Becky, like, you know,
Speaker 3: there was more heart heart candy, to tell you the truth,
Speaker 3: that was my birth time having a guy who be
Speaker 3: heart candy. I wish I had that kind of you know,
Speaker 3: kind of spark with somebody.
Speaker 1: In real life. I mean, we all do it. Corey.
Speaker 1: Do you have a favorite song from the show. Is
Speaker 1: there one that sticks out to you?
Speaker 3: My favorite is say Lot Prayer for You. That's a
Speaker 3: good one, baby, favorite songs. And I just loved a
Speaker 3: lot of good song So, like sure, Jean was singing,
Speaker 3: and and Kevin was singing, Oh my God, and Kevin,
Speaker 3: when I when I was listening to you singing, you
Speaker 3: know you know, uh that when you were in a wheelchairs.
Speaker 1: When I sing to you in the auditorium. Yes, honestly, honestly.
Speaker 2: The billy song, I think, yeah, when you honesty honesty, Yeah, honesty.
Speaker 3: Honesty or the other one. It was when you were
Speaker 3: you know, weard chair when you were like saying.
Speaker 2: Moves like Jagger on my own oh, dancing dancing by myself. Yeah,
Speaker 2: that's such.
Speaker 1: A good one. That's O g R D right there.
Speaker 1: That's all school song.
Speaker 3: And yeah, when when you were seen in some people
Speaker 3: I kid the girl.
Speaker 1: Oh yes, my audition song. You know, I saw I
Speaker 1: saw Cord yesterday and we were talking about and I said,
Speaker 1: Lauren's coming on the podcast. He said, oh, my gosh.
Speaker 1: And we were laughing about the episode where we sneak
Speaker 1: into the school at night to do the the senior
Speaker 1: like breaking night, and you show up and use you
Speaker 1: throw the eleven hour energies on us. It was so funny.
Speaker 1: I'll never forget it.
Speaker 2: Did you know you were this funny? Like did you
Speaker 2: always like like with your family and friends, Like, were
Speaker 2: you like the comedic person, because on the show you
Speaker 2: were always so funny.
Speaker 3: I am hilarious.
Speaker 1: I love that confidence.
Speaker 3: You know, I'm really funny and I energetic a lot.
Speaker 3: My my parents and my family always say that that
Speaker 3: I am a funny person.
Speaker 2: You are a funny person, and the rest of the
Speaker 2: world knows now too, because you on the show. I
Speaker 2: feel like you because in real life you are so
Speaker 2: sweet and so nice and becky. Like you said, sometimes
Speaker 2: it was a little sometimes she.
Speaker 1: Yes. Was that fun for you.
Speaker 2: To get to play a character that was so different
Speaker 2: than how you are in real life?
Speaker 3: Oh my god, so much fun? Be you a little
Speaker 3: bit narky?
Speaker 1: Totally? That's right, it's a lot of But.
Speaker 3: I'm not like that someimes. I am.
Speaker 1: No, Laura, You've been so you know, outspoken about down
Speaker 1: syndrome awareness and amazing President Barack Obama appointing you as
Speaker 1: a member of the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities.
Speaker 1: I mean incredible, that's so incredible. Can you tell us
Speaker 1: about what that was like for you? What did that
Speaker 1: feel like? And then how why is it important for
Speaker 1: you to be an advocate for this and to speak
Speaker 1: out about it.
Speaker 3: Well, I was appointed by the personal Obama, and I
Speaker 3: give him advice about things with people with intellectual disabilities.
Speaker 3: And those doors are open wide for flee and and
Speaker 3: me and for everybody, not just meet just like everybody
Speaker 3: else and I I didn't get to meet personal Obama,
Speaker 3: but I got to meet the president dog named Bo.
Speaker 1: So cute.
Speaker 3: We found an opportunity. And and also oh it's this
Speaker 3: to meet Michelle Obama.
Speaker 1: That's she's really the president.
Speaker 3: She slipped away by her bodyguards.
Speaker 1: You know, did you like at the White House? Was
Speaker 1: that crazy?
Speaker 3: Oh? It was awesome that he wasn't me.
Speaker 1: Wow.
Speaker 3: And because I have, like, you know, a picture I
Speaker 3: was the honored debt. He got me up like a
Speaker 3: platthord of the certificate in our wall in the hallway.
Speaker 3: It was by him and Hnary Clinton.
Speaker 1: Wowow cool honored.
Speaker 2: Yeah. And you know, I think that speaks to one
Speaker 2: how great you were on the show. But also you
Speaker 2: were on the show for a very long time, and
Speaker 2: you were I think people who don't normally see themselves
Speaker 2: on TV every single week in a show that is
Speaker 2: that successful. You mean a lot to a lot of people.
Speaker 2: When you're out in public and like, you know, fans
Speaker 2: come up to you or anything. Have you heard some
Speaker 2: great story worries about that where you know, people just
Speaker 2: are so thankful that, you know, Becky was on the show.
Speaker 3: I had tons of bands. It was a really funny
Speaker 3: story that when I was in Canada, I get like,
Speaker 3: you know, like a lot like people ask any questions
Speaker 3: and and like they're like, Laura, we love. And then
Speaker 3: when my mom and I went to McDonald's bast Food
Speaker 3: West Want, there's some fans who came up to her
Speaker 3: and say, hey, it's okay if we have pictures and
Speaker 3: autoclasts with Lauren. And and not just that the grocery
Speaker 3: stores and west Want either when my mom or my father,
Speaker 3: she gets picked for herself right right. You get to
Speaker 3: ask her because these more inepened moments. He's thirty three
Speaker 3: years old. Ask her around the world. Male too. I
Speaker 3: get a.
Speaker 1: Lot of fan mail, Lauren, what do you have to now?
Speaker 3: Right now? I you know, on a new job called
Speaker 3: Options Amazing. Yeah, it's for people with disabilities. And I
Speaker 3: get to help my mentor you know, with you know, orientation.
Speaker 3: And I'm just waiting to hear from my manager to
Speaker 3: get me more wolves on TV.
Speaker 1: Shows, aren't we all?
Speaker 3: I'm doing this New New Jersey this week up on
Speaker 3: thirtieth of April, it was a New Jersey college talk.
Speaker 1: Am wow, do you get to do that? A lot?
Speaker 1: To go give talks? To different groups of people.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, not just New Jersey, but you know, like
Speaker 3: from to Australia. Yeah, your Boston, yeah, and also likes
Speaker 3: but I'm not as I'm not gonna say I haven't
Speaker 3: been there yet.
Speaker 1: Do you enjoy doing that?
Speaker 3: Oh my god, I just love it rely. Yeah, but
Speaker 3: a lot of people and Canada or puper cities, yeah,
Speaker 3: a lot too. Yeah, especially in indianais oh.
Speaker 1: Wow, yeah, you head everywhere.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I've been to Best Buddies too. Actually, yeah, that's great.
Speaker 1: It's a great organization. Do you want to tell people
Speaker 1: about Best Buddies?
Speaker 3: Absolutely? I have a best buddy. Her name is Nancie Odell.
Speaker 3: She well, right now, I have a best biting him
Speaker 3: Connor Owen. He and I were best friends ever since
Speaker 3: more time, and he and I are partners more, you know,
Speaker 3: like I was an ambassador and and he and I
Speaker 3: talk about things and.
Speaker 1: You can act and yeah, yeah, that's great. That's really great. Lauren.
Speaker 1: I have a question for you before we let you go.
Speaker 1: We're so grateful to have you on the show, but
Speaker 1: we're asking, we ask everybody who comes on the podcast,
Speaker 1: what is the feeling that Glee left you with? What?
Speaker 1: How do you feel about being on the show and
Speaker 1: your whole experience.
Speaker 3: I will say we're all sad for we've lost some people. Yeah,
Speaker 3: I would say love and friendship, a companionship.
Speaker 2: That's great, great team work, you know. I think you're
Speaker 2: the first person to say that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, don't mean so much to meet because I don't
Speaker 3: love you. Guys, we love you.
Speaker 1: The show is so lucky to have you and to
Speaker 1: have Becky, and we had so much fun working with you,
Speaker 1: and we miss you and we're just we're so happy
Speaker 1: we got to connect with you again on the podcast
Speaker 1: and that you took the time to come on the
Speaker 1: show out of your very busy schedule.
Speaker 3: I have as I feel free.
Speaker 1: That's amazing.
Speaker 3: I'm so glad that you guys did this for be
Speaker 3: Thank you.
Speaker 1: Thank you so so much. The fans will be so
Speaker 1: happy to hear from you. And it's such a joy,
Speaker 1: you know that now that we're rewatching the show to
Speaker 1: get to watch you every single week again because you're
Speaker 1: so funny, so talented and so good. Thank you, Lauren.
Speaker 1: It's really good to see you. It's so good to
Speaker 1: see you. Thanks for coming on.
Speaker 3: Thank you so much.
Speaker 1: Fine, I just she's amazing. She's amazing, she's so talented,
Speaker 1: so funny. She always came very prepared to set. Oh
Speaker 1: yeah that she was usually more prepared than the rest
Speaker 1: of the US. And then to just be an advocate also,
Speaker 1: and all these incredible opportunities she's getting. I'm just I'm
Speaker 1: so happy for so we are so grateful and thank
Speaker 1: you for Lauren for coming on the show.
Speaker 2: Yeah, she really was one of the most special parts
Speaker 2: of Glee. Yes, and we all look like when we
Speaker 2: would get scenes with her, we would love it because
Speaker 2: it wouldn't happen that often, just like Jane, we wouldn't
Speaker 2: get those scenes.
Speaker 1: It's very special.
Speaker 2: When we did, Yes, I was so happy I had
Speaker 2: like a episode with her, and she she's funny on
Speaker 2: the show. She would be behind the scenes cracking jokes.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah as well, yeah all the time.
Speaker 2: Thank you Lauren, so so much for spending time with
Speaker 2: us today. You are the best. And I guess I mean,
Speaker 2: she's giving speeches all around the world, so if you
Speaker 2: can go see her talk, she's brilliant. Yeah, go check
Speaker 2: her out.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Lauren, And that's what you really missed. Thanks
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