Dreams Coming True with Keke Palmer: Tuesday, November 19th, 2024

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Good morning, Millennials.

Welcome back to the toast and happy Tuesday.

That actually feels like a,

you know what?

It feels like a Saturday.

Because we're celebrating, bitch.

We took the words right out of my mouth, swirling.

Yes, we're celebrating.

We haven't even discussed.

We haven't.

Yes, there's like two sounds on TikTok that whenever anybody wants to like reference the toast or even acknowledge the toast, they'll use.

And it's happy Thursday.

That feels like a Friday because we're fucking celebrating, bitch.

Hey, hey, there's kids that listen with their kids in the car.

You yelling at me.

That's the first.

And then the other is like another random.

It's not our best moments.

I don't think that it like really reflects the brand well.

Oh, I think it reflects

the brand.

But like if I were sitting down, like I would, I mean, I would just clip everything.

So couldn't we?

I think that everything we do is the greatest thing on the planet.

Like everybody is a moment.

That right there.

So true.

You can make that moment.

Well, today is a day that feels like a Saturday because Jackie and I have been like annoyingly teasing for a little while.

We were able to book an amazing guest who asked us to hold the episode for a month and asking us to hold, and this was kind of like the season of holding things in.

I couldn't tell anyone I was pregnant.

I couldn't tell anyone that Kiki Palmer was coming on the toast.

Jackie and I have a list.

And actually, we kind of need to update the list of like true dream guests.

Obviously, like a little like out of our

depth, out of our leading.

A little bit.

And Kiki Palmer was added to that list a little while ago, and she is the first person to officially make it off the list.

And I feel like once you start taking people off the list, like it's a slippery slope.

She's the first person on the list.

She's not just on the list.

Like the list.

Oh, so she inspired the list.

With her.

So I'm not taking her off.

I'm putting a check mark

so that we can remember that that our dreams were realized.

And so, that episode is this episode.

It'll be the second half of today's episode.

We sat down with Kiki.

She has a new book coming out, and it was like really very much at a glance of her life and her career, which we wanted to talk to her about anyway.

There are so many projects: True Jackson VP, Scream Queens, Aquila, and the Bee, that means so much to us.

And she's my favorite type of celebrity in the sense that she is not shy about talking about the things that made her famous.

And a lot of the times, especially when you're a child actor, you don't want to talk about the project that everybody knew you from, True Jackson VP.

You want to talk about your new project.

And she was so cool about like talking about everything.

And she's just one of us.

Like, she's a mom.

She's 31.

So, like, I just felt really, and not my child, literally meeting Kinky Palmer.

Literally.

Literally.

Things my child has done, not.

No, it was so much fun.

I'm so excited for everyone to listen to it.

And I feel like we could have been so much more annoying, like teasing it.

I mean, we've really kept it in our pants.

Yeah, we really did.

Like, it's also, I just watched it the other day.

Such a good episode.

She was making us cackle.

Like, It's a little scary to meet someone like you really idolize and who's like for me, my favorite thing about Kiki is not her projects.

It's her personality.

Like when she's doing it, my favorite types of videos to watch are Kiki just being Kiki.

Right.

And it's a little daunting because like, what if they're like a miserable person and it's all for show?

She was hysterical, like exactly what you thought, would hope your fave would be.

Trust your faves.

Trust your faves, but that's also why she's a dream guest because of her as a person, like not just her characters, which it's like, that's not her.

It's like, yeah, no, we were really able to just like chat.

I didn't even look down at my notes.

Yeah, it was really fun.

So I'm excited for everyone to listen.

It'll be at the end of this episode, which is sure to be popping.

Sure to be popping.

It's going to be video and audio.

So if you're watching on YouTube or listening as a podcast.

Oh, speaking of, you know what I found out today?

What?

Do you know that like if you go on Spotify, like to a random episode,

every episode of like a podcast, there's a comment section on Spotify.

Oh, God.

I know.

And no, no.

And by the way, it's like people who really listen, they're like, oh, yeah.

That's the

beautyist thing about Spotify is you can't even rate a show, give it five stars, if they see that you haven't listened to it.

So you can't just like spam it with one star.

So you would have to take the time to listen to it.

And then by then, you would have obviously fallen in love.

So I actually really like their processes.

And I love to get feedback on an episode from people who actually listen to it, you know?

And so I didn't know that Spotify had comment sections.

So I was like reading.

And then I'm like, nosy, I went to other people's podcasts because I think it's a good way to see engagement, you know?

Like

how many comments are you getting versus other people?

And we'll chat offline about some of the things that we're my favorite subject matter.

Yeah, like hyping ourselves up, comparing ourselves to everyone.

No, no, no, it's my favorite subject matter, like to talk with you offline.

Like, you know, the charts,

the charts, where we're at, at a glance.

Yes.

Good to have you.

I have to say, yesterday's episode was just like cathartic and amazing.

And I am so excited.

And I was excited before, but like seeing other people be so excited for you.

Like, it makes you so excited.

Yeah.

How are you feeling?

Now that I wasn't before.

How are you feeling today now that you can just like talk about yourself openly?

You know what?

Not to be like, you know, classic hormonal mood swing woman.

Like I have like a, I feel a little conflicted about like sharing the journey.

Like I have such a pit sometimes when I'm like, oh, I feel like I share too much.

Like evil eye, like, I don't know, like too soon, too much.

I don't know.

It gave me like a pit.

And then sometimes I'm like, I'm so glad I shared.

Everyone is like loving everything I do.

Like,

they're saying I'm so real for that.

Like, I don't know.

I'm really, I toe the line between like, I'm not talking about this enough enough, and I'm talking about this too much.

Yeah, that's fair.

I don't know.

I'll just solve it.

Are you going waves today?

No, I'll just go in waves.

If I ever some days, like, sound like I'm being demure, that's what's going on in my brain.

Got it.

Or maybe you just, like, don't have an update.

Well, I do actually, because I went to the doctor yesterday.

New sonogram pics just dropped.

It was so sick.

Like, with each like ultrasound, like, you get so much more.

Like, I saw brain yesterday.

Like, okay, pop off brain, big brain.

And I saw nose, like, it was so cute.

And baby was upside down.

So the ultrasound tech was like jiggling my stomach just to be like, to me, wake up.

Yeah.

And then I had to walk around the office and have an orange juice.

And that worked.

But the jiggling like of the thing, like, that wasn't cool.

My stomach doesn't need help jiggling.

And then, like, for the ultrasound thing to be like, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, just like wake baby up.

That I felt was upside down.

You can sit that next time.

Yeah.

She was like, next time, like clearly you respond to sugar.

She's like, have you eaten?

I was like, okay, I'm so skinny.

I'm like, yeah, I literally had Chinese food right before I got here.

She was like, try and have some sugar.

Baby responds well to sugar.

Okay.

Yeah.

And then I saw Dr.

Fox.

I just love his calm approach, you know, like so chill.

I was like, Dr.

Fox, Oliviashre was screaming at me for sleeping on my stomach.

And I think it's like annoying when I come in.

I'm like, my sister said this.

All I'm like, Jackie said this.

Well, I feel like I'm pretty aligned with Dr.

Fox.

I don't think we're so incongruous in our advice.

I just, I wonder if he finds it annoying.

I'm like, my sister said this.

Oh, I feel like what a doctor would find more annoying is like Google said this.

Yeah.

Well, I just said like my sister Olivia like was yelling at me because she found out I've been sleeping on my stomach.

And like I know you can't sleep on your stomach at a certain point, but until then like I'm chilled to do it, right?

Yeah.

And he was like, yeah, it's like literally you if you could at nine months, it's not bad for the baby.

You just can't.

It's just uncomfortable.

But at this point in time, like I'm not feeling anything and I love sleeping on my stomach.

So he said it's totally fine.

Yeah.

And then I got a little bit of a pit.

I'm like, am I taking too many baths?

And he was like, that's not a thing.

Oh my God.

In my first pregnancy, I would like literally get out my thermometer and make sure that the water wasn't over 104, 102.

What is it?

By the way, literally, like literally made.

I don't know if you have a breath thermometer in the tub.

Oh, no.

So I bought a thermometer on Amazon and like, I guess the only people who are testing bath temperature are babies.

So like I couldn't find one that wasn't like elmo.

I have like a teenage mutant ninja turtle.

Thermometer.

I was like, where's just like a thermometer?

And I guess like they don't make adult you're not

going to make heat thermometer?

I didn't think about that.

No, I have like a little turtle one.

Yeah, what's the temperature you can't go over?

Like 105.

But the thing with Dr.

Fox was saying is like, the difference is like a hot tub is constantly being heated.

Right.

And it has like so many other chemicals.

Like a bath, as soon as you get in it, it starts dropping.

Like it's not.

He was so not worried.

And I just love his very calm approach to everything.

Like, it's just, I've never said something to him and he's been like, ah, you know, he's just like, you're fine.

He's very chill.

He's not easily startled.

That's funny.

Well, that's great.

Yeah, it was, and then like I cleared my whole day after the doctor because there's like fabulous restaurants near the doctor's office.

And Ben was like, I have a call.

I'm like, what?

No.

We're not going to lunch.

It was like, he didn't take off the whole afternoon for our appointment, which I thought like we were both in alignment on.

We can go to Zay Bars.

Like, I don't know.

It was kind of disgusting.

Did you pick stuff up from the market?

No, I literally like went straight in the car and went straight home.

Like I was grounded.

You didn't go by turd self?

No, we drove and I needed a lift home.

He could have waited in the car and taken his call while you went to the marketing.

While you went marketing, it was so crazy.

And we made our next three appointments

with the

Matri D.

What's the word on the receptionist?

Excuse me, as not the matrix.

Food on the brain.

And

we made them all at the same time.

They're all like at like three o'clock.

And I'm like, clear your schedule, bitch.

Like, it's dinner after that.

Or lunch first.

Yeah, like late lunch appointment, early dinner.

So that was like disappointing from Ben.

But other than that, I'm doing well.

I'm just like lapping up every nice comment and lovely text message.

Oh, you know, I shared this with my close friends yesterday because I thought it was kind of mean to post like regular, but I'm going to say it anyway.

Something I'm noticing from like people I know personally.

Because people online are being like so sweet.

Like can't wait to be like toasty aunties like yeah, love love love and all my tostadas are like tia tia tia love that but like people in my life who like i barely know being like can't wait to be an auntie excuse me do you have do you have some news to share no i'm like are you talking to me like i think i need to know what you're talking about though i'll tell you after i think we use the word like auntie and uncle with people we know i think we use it like a little too familiarly like and i'm not talking about like people on the internet i think that's actually really sweet like toasty aunties but like in real life like can't wait to be an auntie like you're not even gonna meet this child go away no people are a little fast and loose with it it's not really like something that i like if i'm introducing a friend like I'm not like, this is Aunt Dana, but I actually think Dana like does call herself and Dana.

So then I have like started saying it, but it never, it's never my idea.

Yeah, no, I think that that's fine.

Like, and I actually think the concept is sweet with people in your life who are like siblings to you.

Yeah.

Like, I feel like with Brian's child, he calls all of us like Uncle Aunt Claudia.

Like, I love that.

Yeah.

No, there's symbolic.

There's a limit.

I'm sorry.

There's got to be a limit.

It's an inner circle thing.

People are so confused.

Jackie, it's an inner circle thing.

Extremely inner circle.

Nucleus.

No, I'm just being like a hater bitch, but like I'm allowed to.

No, I think at a certain point, like it gets confusing for the child.

And then like anti means nothing.

And then that

affects cogers.

It affects anti-kojers if she's just like all these other aunties.

And I'm so glad I can just finally like share and like lean into what my really, like my routine is because sitting here pretending like I did anything last night would just be a lie.

And my new routine is like I eat dinner about five o'clock.

And then seven o'clock is Jeopardy.

and it's become like an integral part of my day because it's really the last thing I do before bed.

7 to 730.

Well, usually I start like 7.15 so I don't have to watch commercials.

7.15 to 745 Jeopardy and then I like Mosey on my phone for 20 minutes and then I go to bed.

I went to bed at 8 15 last night.

And I'm just like loving this sort of senior moment I'm having.

Senior moment.

Like I was on FaceTime with you.

It was five o'clock and I hadn't like made dinner plans yet.

And you guys, I thought I was laying down.

I thought I was going to faint.

Like I was so hungry.

Everything has just moved up.

So five o'clock dinner, seven o'clock Jeopardy, eight o'clock bed.

But that's also like the season.

I'm sorry, but daylight savings is ass.

Like it's seriously ruining my life.

Oh my God.

It's so crazy.

Like me and I'm looking at bed.

I cannot stop yawning.

And seriously, last night, it could have been midnight.

I look at the clock, 5.56.

Sunday, two days ago, was the longest day in human history.

Like it's, it's, we're so tired.

It's dark.

It's 4.30.

And I know DSL, oh no, DLS is kind of getting political.

There's a couple of states.

Actually, I think

Claudia, it's a bipartisan issue.

I just want to say.

So that is totally safe.

I was Googling it.

I think Barco Rubio is like really spearheading the issue, being like, we don't need this.

And then some states are like, we do.

And I understand.

I think like part of it is, it has to do with like farmers.

The farmers.

And they need the light.

So I'll do what the farmers need, but just know, like, I'm hating every minute.

Yeah.

No, I think there was a time and a place for it, but now it's really disruptive.

There's because we have these things like called lights, right?

There's studies out there that it causes heart attacks, and honestly, like I see, I see how that's possible.

Oh, yeah, for sure.

So it's really been such a damper.

And I remember in the spring, I was on the show talking about how daylight savings, like, you know, it's flipped back.

Yes, I remember.

And I was like raving about my days and my nights, how we're just in like such a great routine.

This is so amazing.

This is so exciting.

And like, now I'm really experiencing the inverse, and it's not right.

It ain't right.

So just something to think about.

Think about for everyone.

I do fear that we have to get into what needs to get into because we have a lot to handle today, including one.

You know, Kiki Palmer's first name is really Lauren?

I think I did know that.

Yeah, just fun fact, only the super fans know.

Yeah,

super fans.

And also, I feel like we skipped over like a big part of her interview, which is that she has a book coming out this week.

And it's not called Memoirs of a Kiki, but it is called Master of Me.

So if you're like a celebrity memoir swirly, oh, and we didn't even brag that we got an early copy.

So actually, when we were reading that story last week about what happened on the set of screencasts with Ryan Murphy, you guys, I already knew it because I read it.

Yeah.

Yeah, I agree.

It was hard.

Do you think we were, by the way, we really could be actresses.

We've been lying to everyone for like months.

Yeah.

So I just don't even know, like, I already knew.

We knew.

We're like people who like leave a comment.

Oh, so glad we can finally share the news.

There were so many comments like that, like not to be annoying.

Oh, my God.

Like, finally, like, girl, I told you two days ago.

Calm down.

Oh, my God.

LOL.

Okay, well.

I'm such, like, in my pregnancy era, it's also, it's conversing with my hater era, and it's just, it is what it is.

You love to see it.

You do.

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Our first story, the stories are kind of random today.

I would say they're all of equal import.

So, like.

In no particular order.

In no particular order.

However, this one kind of made me chuckle because Jon Stamos is getting dragged for wearing a bald cap in solidarity with cancer-stricken Dave Collier.

So Dave Collier.

I want to say it's Coulier.

Coulier.

Coolier.

announced this week

that he has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer.

And so Jon Stamos took to Instagram to share a photo with his friend Dave.

They're both from Faux House, who was smiling smiling with a freshly shaven head amid his battle with stage three non-hunchkin lymph fona.

So then John Samos posted a picture of them together and said, nothing like throwing on a bald cap and flexing some Photoshop scales to show some love and solidarity with my bro.

So he put on a bald cap to stand with Dave Collier.

Now, this is the most Hollywood thing ever.

Like this is the craziest thing ever.

People know like when someone that you're really close to like has to shave their head for cancer.

Like it's something that some people do is to shave their head in some solidarity.

It's such a nice gesture.

Oh my God, when I see videos like of people shaving their head and then like their partner who's shaving the head for them will start shaving their own head.

Like, I guarantee crying.

Like, I, it's the sweetest, most selfless thing.

And I imagine it's obviously not the most important thing when you're going through like a life-changing illness, but losing your hair, I think, especially as a woman, like it can be one of the hardest parts.

Like, you feel like you lose a piece of your identity.

So, for your husband or wife or whatever to like, it's the most beautiful thing for real.

Yeah, it really is.

So, John Singos didn't do that.

But what he did do is he put on a bald cap to show Dave his love and support.

Now, I want to say, if Dave isn't mad, then I am not either.

However, I think we can talk about like how really bizarre this is.

Like, I'm not mad.

And even if this is offensive, like,

I'm not the one to say, like, this is wrong.

But this is ridiculous.

I feel like if anything, if I'm Dave in this situation, like, it makes me feel worse, you know, like you're, is my culture a costume to you?

Like you get to then take off your cap.

Right.

And I do think it's like very on brand with John Stamos.

Like I, like, he loves his hair.

Uncle Jesse was like the whole thing, like, don't touch my hair.

Um,

and again, if Dave thinks this is cool, like, I'm cool with it.

I'm just, I'm definitely confused.

No, and I never would expect John Stamos to shave his head.

No.

Period.

Like, his hair is like, you know, that's like

Giselle's legs.

Like, it's, that's his thing.

So it's not expected.

But the fact that he like would go to this length to show us that he won't shave his head like really puts a flag on it.

As opposed to just like posting something nice for his friend Dave, I would have never thought Jon Stamos should be shaving his head.

But now he puts on a ball cap and I'm like Jon Stamos should be shaving his head.

Agreed.

I never would have expected it now that he put the cap on.

Like now, and now we said it.

Yeah.

Now really all he can do to get out of it is shave his head.

Not only that and like donate his hair, like auction it off, highest bid, goes to cancer research.

I want to say, and I don't think we talked about it, like America's sweetheart, someone who we all grew up with, Dave Coulier, being diagnosed with cancer, is so sad.

And he's handled the whole thing, you know, as you would expect, like America's comedy sweetheart, too.

And it's so sad.

And so the fact that we're talking about this is like so stupid.

But it was an incredibly weird thing for John Stamos to do.

And I think that we need to talk about it.

Yeah.

And people are talking about it.

They're dragging him.

Again, like, I think it's like mostly innocuous.

Like, we don't need to like cancel John Stames.

No, I think so far far it's all in good fun.

People do silly things and they kind of miss the mark.

Like, we just got to let them know mark equals missed.

1,000%.

That's all this is.

Yeah.

It's definitely not what I would have done.

Yeah.

And, like, nobody asked, you know?

That's a big thing.

And I'm sure that these two are like close, but I don't think they're like brothers.

You don't.

I never would have.

No.

I feel like you have to be like brothers to do this.

To actually shave your head, you have to be like brothers.

I feel like they're like brothers.

By the way, I don't know, follow either of them.

I didn't watch like the reboot, but I just feel like, especially with like Bob's past, Bob Saggett, yeah, it's like the two of them, and I imagine there's a brotherhood there.

Yeah, no, that's actually a good call.

I forgot about the Bob of it all.

Um, well, then in that case, like, if they are brothers, shave your fucking head, yeah, or stay quiet.

I just, I love those videos, like, I think like that and military homecomings, like seriously, Military homecomings.

I haven't watched one in so long because I just, like, I can't carve out a day for my TikTok.

My TikTok knows, and like, I'm constantly being served with compilations of, like, I love when it's a surprise, too.

Of course.

And a young child.

Oh, maybe, like, at their school.

At their school, when everybody else is in the gym.

And my parents came to the event, but they didn't expect their father or mother because they're serving.

Then they turn around, bam.

Obsessed.

Obsessed.

So

the jury's out on like on on how I think this will affect John Stamos's like seriously his standing in America because he is like extremely well liked by all different generations.

And like, this is a bad look, honestly.

Yeah.

And not because, oh my God.

And not because of the bald.

I also want to say, like,

just not to make everything about me, total tangent.

This has nothing to do with John Stamos, but I was feeling a little hungry and I have a yogurt next to me.

Are you giving yourself a license to eat on the podcast?

I will be eating on the podcast.

I will not be into my microphone and I will make sure like nobody hears like a lick.

But if you see me on YouTube like that, and do you know how many times I've sat here with like a yogurt or a cracker next to me, dying to eat it?

But that would be so obvious.

So just know, like, please get off my jock.

I will not make any sounds, misophonia, you'll be fine.

Just, yeah, you eat your yogurt while I read the text of the stories, okay?

So I'm going to go into our next story, which is also very much for turdy.

There's a lot of layers here because Sabrina Carpenter took her short and sweet tour to LA and the stars were out.

However,

two stars that we do need to discuss are Katie Perry and John Mayer was spotted catching up at her concert on Sunday nearly a decade after calling it quits.

So, of course, they arrived separately.

They did not come together, but he was sat right behind Katie in the VIP section.

And in the video that was shared on Dumois, Katie could be seen turned around and chatting with him

for a while.

They seemed deep in conversation as they waited for the show to start.

Now, there's two things going on here.

I'm so glad you brought up Sabrina's concert in LA because I was so happy to see like her really getting her flowers.

So many celebrities, Haley Bieber, Kendall Jenner, like all the swirlies were out.

Blue Ivy.

I saw it.

Like everyone's, everyone's famous and everyone's famous as kids.

Like, I love that Sabrina's having this moment.

She is so well-deserved.

So I just wanted to say that before we dive into what actually happened.

Now, I saw this video, and you guys know, like,

probably one of the happiest times I've ever, one of the happiest times of my life was when John Mayer was dating Katy Perry.

I was so invested in their relationship.

I thought that they were perfect for one another.

When they went to the Grammys and she wore that sea foam dress and he wore that blue, you could add it to the list of Claudia's favorite stories.

It's all good.

It

oh my God.

And then I saw them in concert at Barclay Center.

I saw him in concert at Barclay Center, and I just knew he was going to bring her out.

They have a song together, and he did.

Love who you love.

So good.

Actually, that sounds not a great time.

But whatever.

Like, I was obsessed with these two.

And I still, for a long time, I think, held out a little bit of hope.

Although now, I actually don't think that they're right for one another.

Yeah.

So to see them be friends, like, brought me joy.

And I think that, like, Katie is so moved on in her personal life.

I think she's so in love with Orlando Bloom.

They have a child together.

Like, I don't think she, like, sits up at night thinking about John Mayer at all.

I don't know that John Mayer doesn't.

So here's the thing.

I was reading more into this story.

And yes, she moved on one year after they broke up, but he has not been in a serious relationship since.

It seems that he's had a hard time getting over her.

In 2017, he released a song called Still Feel Like Your Man, which he admitted was about her.

In the song,

in the song, Still Feel Like a Man.

He sings about keeping an excellent shampoo in the shower in case she ever comes back and holding on to old letters because he fears he is quote never gonna find another person like her

oh my god i don't know if i ever knew that song was about katy perry obsessed with that for her for him she is the one that got away but i also feel like he kind of says that about everyone it's like he won't get serious about any of the girls that he's with but once they leave he's like they were the best thing that ever happened to me please come home i have your shampoo

six bottles of different shampoo He is so toxic.

That is so fucking true.

But I don't know if I put together that he really hasn't been in like a big public long-term relationship since then.

Although I do believe he is like secretly dating Kiernan Chipka for a while, which I think is absolutely disgusting.

Well, speaking of disgusting,

that's kind of harsh, but like, what do you think he was doing at Sabrina's show?

Like, do you think he has a crush on Sabrina?

Definitely, by the way.

I was actually thinking that.

I think he like thought, like, yeah, why, why he would be there.

That's actually an amazing point.

I think he has a crush on Sabrina.

I'm sure Sabrina heard that he's like there at the VIP and she's freaking out because it's John Mayer.

And I feel feel like they're going to like go on a date.

Maybe we'll never hear about it because it won't work out.

But like I feel like he would be interested in her and I actually think she would be interested in him.

Now let me say this.

You guys know I'm like off my John Mayer.

I'm like, he's not my crush anymore.

Like I'm off my John Mayer obsession.

By the way, and in January, he said, people don't think I want to be married.

I absolutely want to be married.

Like he's looking.

But just to say that doesn't mean it's true.

Like we've seen you for 20 years not act that way.

Now, I am off my John Mayer shit.

Like I still love him as an artist, but like he's no longer my crush.

Like honestly, if he asked me out out on a date, I would say no.

Like, I'm being dead serious.

And that's just, that's not because I'm like with child.

With another man's child.

Yeah.

That has nothing to do with it.

Um,

I just like, I'm so over him.

And having said that, I would absolutely love for him and Sabrina to go out on a date, even though it's still so age inappropriate.

Like, how old is she?

She's always a little older than you think she's going to be.

She is Disney, so I always think of her as like young.

She's 25.

Oh, Frontier's there.

And what is he?

40?

He's over 40.

No, to to be honest, I wasn't expecting her to be 25.

At this point, like, she can make her own choices.

He's 47.

That's pretty old.

No, I'm sorry.

He's disgusting.

Okay, and how old is Kiernan Shipka?

Because he, like, he knows that it's wrong that he dates Kiernan Shipka, so they are never spotted physically together.

She's 25.

He likes a 25-year-old.

Every time he is paparazzi leaving or going to a restaurant or a bar or a party, she is spotted then leaving or going the same restaurant 10 minutes later.

They are 100% seeing each other, and it's been a long time.

And like, I I just want to say, I think it's disgusting.

But I just want to say, if I'm Kiernan, and like, that's my man, and he went by himself or with his boys to see Sabrina, another 25-year-old who I know he would be into because she's like a musical genius and adorable, I'd be mad.

I don't think they could be together and he's at the concert.

They may have broken up yesterday.

And his music is like, it's not for, her music is not for John Mayer.

I'm sorry.

Like, what are, seriously?

Ariana, what are you doing here?

Like, get out.

Yeah.

He's, I've had such a 180 on him.

Like, I actually think he's grown.

You think he's yucky?

I also, the only reason why I'm not like like so against the idea of them going on a date is because of Barry like she's got to be done with him Barry's got to go even if John just like shows her That there's something else out there Even if John is the vehicle literally and physically to get her away from Barry I'm fine with it.

Yeah

Yeah, like whatever happened to like nice normal age-appropriate guys like I can't but it's Hollywood I know and I don't want Sabrina getting caught up with like I think John Mayer has like a connection to like a really disturbing part of Hollywood like because he's been around for so long.

I don't want Sabrina a part of it.

I agree.

Stay away from Breener.

Also, this is not a story, but her Netflix trailer for a nonsense Christmas dropped, revealing tons of special guests.

It looks exactly what you think it would look like, like gargie party,

Christmas,

girly sets.

I had like a negative thought when I saw the trailer.

What?

Like, why so many guests?

You know, like, I'm here for Breener.

I agree, especially because like the guests don't really do it for me.

Of course,

was Tyler Swift.

The first name is Taylor Swift.

No, if it was like, if it was designed for me, maybe I would like it.

But like, I don't know.

I just, can anyone just have their moment?

Like this obsession with guests.

I know.

Oh my God.

I've been feeling that way so much.

Last night, I actually had like, I was sat.

I was like, I want to watch something.

I texted you what's on my content plate.

But then I realized I didn't want to watch a show.

Like, I don't have the attention span.

I just wanted to watch like a cooking show.

And I went to Netflix just to search cooking show.

And it's all, they don't have one cooking show of just like a woman in the kitchen or a man, but I prefer a woman just cooking and talking to me.

That's all I wanted.

They should add that to their repertoire.

But then like I was, then I went back to that Martha show I was watching.

It's just called Martha.

But there are so many things that they do with her where they make her have guests on every episode.

And I'm like, I don't want to watch Martha teach someone how to cook.

I want her to teach me how to cook.

I agree.

This obsession with like collaborating and guests, like I, I don't like it.

No, I, it's such low-hanging fruit.

And you're in a bad place.

Not Sabrina.

I'm sorry.

I'm not talking about Sabrina anymore.

I'm talking talking about like the cooking world.

You're in a bad place if that's what you're relying on.

No, but I think like in this day and age, if you want to sell like a show, a podcast, anything, you put together like a deck and you say, We can guarantee, and we're going to have this, this person's network is filled with Chapel Row.

Like, stop.

It's just, I want Sabrina.

I want Sabrina

only, Sabrina.

So, Chapel Roan, Tyla, Shania Twain, and then a bunch of like cameos from like actors and people.

That's so unnecessary.

Sarah Delavine, Kinta Brunson, Kyle Mooney from SNL.

Like, why?

A bunch of other people.

I'm going to watch it, and I'm sure I'll like it, but I am complaining.

Oh, and

is this who I think it is?

Yeah, Jillian Bell.

Okay, I really like her.

I like her too.

I like her too.

Okay, well, are you ready for our next story, number three?

I am.

Some Pete Davidson news out of nowhere.

Couple things.

Pete Davidson checks into rehab for the second time this year after a secret relationship with the bachelor alum Maria Georgas.

I thought he was doing well.

Like I, he was getting his tattoos removed.

I thought he'd been like offline for like this whole year,

kind of like in a rehab of sorts.

Yeah, so and he was dating Madeline and then they broke up and he went to rehab and then apparently for the last few months he's been dating Maria from the bachelor and then he went to rehab in Florida fairly recently.

He's in pretty bad shape and he's just not in a good place and I guess he ended things with Maria.

I'm really focused on like the Maria of it all because I actually yeah, I really like that relationship.

And I didn't I feel like it's rare for him to date someone and we not know about it.

Right.

And we're really getting into the era for so long it was like male reality stars with female celebrities but now we're getting like the female reality stars with male celebrities and I'm so here for that.

You'd love to see women in male dominated fields.

Yeah, you really really do.

So I guess it didn't work out.

Probably not the right time for him, but I could see it.

I really wish him the best.

I feel like that, I feel like he's a perfect example of like, everybody looks at fame and they're like, I want it, I love it, yeah, yeah.

And like, I think for him, it was really destructive, like to be that level of fame.

But he didn't, he wasn't even famous for like his skill, right?

He was just like famous for,

I don't even know what.

And I think that like it was really destructive.

And I feel bad for him.

Like, I seriously just wish him the best.

But also, like, for his comedy, that's how he got famous.

He was the youngest cast member on SNL.

Like, maybe too young.

Maybe he got this all like too fast, too soon.

And it's like hard

for him to find a

way to live a happy life.

Like balance.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And the whole thing was happening while he was living with his mom.

Like it was all so quick and bizarre.

And I seriously just wish him the best.

Yeah.

I hope that

this

is the most effective treatment.

Yeah, me too.

Are you ready for our next story?

Kind of like crazy news.

Not crazy news, just like a weird story.

So Cynthia Rivo went on armchair expert.

And Dash Shepherd asked her if her talon nails get in the way when she wipes.

No, he did not.

Yeah, and it's kind of like an awkward exchange.

So while appearing on armchairs.

What did you say?

Her what nails?

Her talon nails, because she has those really long finger nails.

What does talon mean?

T-A-L-O-N?

It's like a claw almost.

I've never heard that word before, but you're just talking about like regular long acrylic nails, but like hers are super long.

Yeah, like it's the super long Chloe Kardashian, Sheenoche nails.

Okay.

So while appearing on Armchair Expert, he asked Cynthia if her long talon nails make it difficult to wipe her behind after going to the bathroom.

Before he even finished asking the question, she knew exactly what was coming.

She said, I knew you would ask that question, adding that no one's afraid to ask it.

She said, my answer is that nobody uses just their fingers to wipe their backside.

You use tissue, correct?

And you wipe.

He then rephrased his question saying, does the tissue go on the tip of the fingernails?

It's a good question.

Or on your palm.

Where do you try to get the tissue?

And she said, pads of the fingers.

He said, great, great, great.

Now we're getting somewhere.

Then you're just feeling the little,

he said that you're just feeling the little tickle of the nails on the crack of your butt sometimes.

Right, right.

She said this was not the case because she uses tissues.

After joking that he would make a mitten out of toilet paper if he had nails like Cynthia's.

That's funny.

He asked her if she was offended or annoyed by the question.

She said, I'm annoyed by it.

I'm like, come on, guys, but I get it.

But it's also like, I'm a functioning adult and I've never walked around smelling like, you know.

And Shepard felt that because everyone thinks Cynthia smells so good It begs the question How are you wiping your tush?

She said very well

Okay, here's the thing such a funny question.

I could see it like falling on like like ask like like he was asking the wrong person because I feel like what we've gathered about Cynthia is like she takes herself really seriously

She is a little humorless So the fact that she engaged like actually I have a lot of respect for because I could see her like shutting down the question or actually walking out So the fact that she played along and then when he asked he asked like what did you think of that question?

And she answered honestly like, I feel like this was actually a really good exchange for Cynthia.

We feel like she handled it.

And we all do wonder.

And I have to say, like, in my life, like two or three times, I have gotten really long acrylic nails.

And I can attest to what Cynthia is saying.

Like, you just make it work.

Like things that people can't even fathom, like opening a soda can, like, you use this part of your finger, like you use your knuckle.

You just.

Your body and your mind have a way of figuring things out.

Like, it's not, it's, it's, like, she's not wiping her ass with her fingernails.

You know what I mean?

Right.

So it's a good question because I think people really often wonder it.

And I think it's really impressive.

And I think that's a lot nails.

I think their, their mind first goes to like, how do you wipe your butt?

I think of how do you pick your nose first.

You don't think you pick it with expert precision?

No, because when they're that long, like you no longer have control.

You know what I mean?

Yeah, you don't have control.

It's not a part of your body.

Exactly.

Like you can't feel when the nail is touching something.

You don't even know if you're doing it right.

Yeah, that's true.

So that my, I don't think of butt wiping, but it's on the top three, four, five things, I think.

First, I always do nose picking and like typing.

Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't have these nails but like this question would bother me just because like I just don't think Cynthia Reef she's just like such an acclaimed talent she's talking about poop like that part you don't want us picture you don't want people picturing you wiping your tushie making a duty like it's gross right and then the idea that like you've got duty on your fingernails like it's just not i just not how you like i just don't even want to go there i've also never listened to armchair expert like i didn't know that that's what they were doing over there and like now i'm intrigued it sounds funny yeah she also made a really fire point and she said here's the thing there are people who do not have nails who need to check how they're wiping

facts oh okay like not this is a good moment for cynthia rivo i think she's coming off looking really good honestly yeah no she's turning the tables

and

it's just funny that is funny so true like and and as somebody who has experienced a first trimester of pregnancy i i have a very low bar now for people who have like bad hygiene i'm sorry there's really no excuse for you to be smelling the way that you're smelling like in this modern time like unless you seriously don't have a place to live and I'm not talking about people like that, I'm talking about people who have showers in their homes and choose either not to use them or don't know how to effectively use it.

I have no, I have, I have no grace for you.

Like, there's absolutely no reason that you should have body, unless you came from the gym.

Like, you just showing up to work with bad breath, body odor.

Like, stop.

What's more offensive to you, to your nose right now?

Like

bad natural body odor, like, and not like horrible stink, but like, you know, a little smelly.

Or like fragrance,

nasty perfume, nasty body wash, like overwhelmingly like smelly, fruity shit.

Yeah, I find like manufactured fragrances to be more offensive than somebody's armpits.

Yeah.

But I also don't, I don't see a lot of people.

That's like kind of what I've been doing.

So

nobody around me.

Like I actually haven't experienced a lot of body odor, except in the streets.

Like when you're walking past, and New York City is a very tough place to be in a birthday.

It's a smelly city.

It is a smelly city.

There's a lot of humanity.

There's a lot of people, a lot of crowds, lots of food trucks, food carts, a lot of different fragrances.

And seriously, it also so much trash on the street.

Like you would die.

It is not for the faint of heart.

No, you do need fresh air.

You should like get, go see some trees, get a little CO2.

A thousand percent.

And that's why like actually, I feel that the air when on my balcony is more fresh than the air on the street.

Like if I need fresh air, I'll go to the balcony.

That tracks.

You should also go to the park.

There's a lot of trees in the park.

I've been going to the park.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

A lot of trees in the park.

The park is really expertly designed.

yeah it is you should watch new york by ken burns that's what i watched when i was pregnant okay just a little something everyone should watch the edge have like any modicum of curiosity about the history of new york i don't know i think you would like it sure just switch it up

i already just did something different are you ready for our fifth and final story which is something else you could watch soon that would switch it up Yeah.

And actually, like last night when I was just like trolling for something to watch mindlessly, like this is what I wanted to be watching.

What?

Because Carrie Underwood's concert special will be coming to Hulu.

Love.

A-Time Grammy winner Carrie Underwood will give audiences a front row view of her Las Vegas residency show in a concert special set to air on Hulu in January.

Carrie Underwood Reflection.

It's fine because in December we get like the nonsense Christmas and like all that.

So and the, you know, the live adoption with Josh Groban.

Josh Groban, correct.

No way.

I need to set a timer for that.

I got to put it on my YouTube TV to record it.

Carrie Underwood Reflection features her greatest hits from nearly 20 years as an award-winning international recording and touring artist, including 14 number one hits and songs from her eight studio albums.

I love this.

This like genre of television where it's like concert DVDs, we need more of.

And I feel like only the big ones get it.

Like we know Beyonce, we know Taylor.

Like I need more.

I love them.

I happen to have loved the Ben Platt one.

Olivia Rodrigo just did one.

Like we need more of these.

I love concert movies and I don't need like in between songs, seeing them backstage getting ready, talking about the process.

No, I just want the whole concert filmed.

Yeah.

I need to, you know what?

I'm fucking doing it.

I'm starting my content playlist.

I don't know, because last night, like, I really needed it.

And now I can remember, like, search concert DVDs.

Concert movies.

You did want to watch Nobody Wants This.

And I feel like people can remember better.

Sound off in the comments.

What has Jackie been meaning to watch?

Every day I say, I'll add it to my list.

And then I texted Claudia last night, what's on my list?

And we came up with nothing.

Concert movies.

What's so great is while that was the fast five, it's just getting started, you guys.

The Kiki Palmer.

The show is far from over.

The show is far from over.

Kiki Palmer is about to join us.

You are going to love the episode.

You can watch it on YouTube.

You can also watch it.

I listen to it as a podcast.

She joined us.

She was amazing.

If you like what you hear, check out her book.

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Like we'll never, we'll never have this again.

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It is.

Like, it literally is.

I look insanely.

That's always like the nicest compliment.

Someone be like, this looks like AI.

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Thanks.

I'm just gorgeous.

Thinks I'm just like a perfect piece of technology.

Correct.

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Bye.

welcome back to the toast.

Today is such an amazing day because we are joined by someone who was added to our dream guest list about a year ago.

And she's actually the first person to make it off the list and onto the podcast.

So please welcome to the show, Kiki Palmer.

Hi, girl, girl.

How y'all doing?

This is really exciting for us.

I actually don't know how to properly introduce you.

Like, if you're in the back of a taxi and the driver says, what do you do for a living?

Like, how do you even answer that?

I usually just keep it simple and say, I'm an entertainer.

I'm multi-hyphenate.

Multi-hyphen it.

I just try to keep it short, you know.

Now, I don't know if you know this.

It's actually not our first time meeting.

Yeah, let me tell you.

When I was in college, I was an intern, kind of like an amazing intern at AOL Build.

Do you remember that?

Yes.

And you came in and I was so dazzled by you.

Obviously, I grew up watching you.

You've had like an enormous impact on both Jackie and I.

And you were so lovely back then and you were so lovely today.

And I was just like, so it's really nice to see people.

You know, you never know when you're meeting someone.

They could be having a day.

You have always been like so bubbly and exactly how someone would want you to be.

And so it's so nice to be a fan of yours and then get to experience that in real life because you really are like a delight.

Girl, that made me just smile so big.

Thank you.

No, it was like one of the best days.

And seriously, like one of the worst internships of my life.

Like hated every minute.

But it was so much fun because you would see a lot of celebrities coming in there.

And people could be, you know, unique in a green room when they

no one's watching.

And you were just lovely.

Oh, that makes me so happy.

You're being such a cancer lover girl.

I really love it.

Well, yeah, we connected about our horoscopes.

We were just talking about horoscopes.

What's your sign?

I'm a Virgo.

And what is that?

And honestly, Virgo and Scorpio are like, you know, you guys are our evil twins.

Oh, wait.

so we're good?

No, no, Virgos are the saints.

You guys are the saints.

Oh, okay.

The sinners.

Got it.

Oh, so we're like similar.

I know.

I love that it doesn't because usually the girls are always into astrology.

We kicky about it.

I love that you guys are like, oh, no, no, no.

Yeah, no, we prefer to talk about, you know, current events.

I'm not like that.

You're not like the other girl.

We are not like the other podcast hosts.

Like, we have serious conversations.

I love that.

Thank you.

Tiggy just told me I'm a water sign.

And up until now, that's like been a core tenant of your personality, Claudia.

So I can kind of cover you.

I love to swim.

Yes.

I mean, I'm pretty sure Scorpio, Cancer, Pisces, all water signs, Virgo, Capricorn, Taurus, Earth signs.

This changes things.

Everything.

Fire signs.

This changes everything.

Now, we're so honored to be here because we know you're doing a lot of press.

You have a second book coming out.

It's called Master of Me.

It comes out today.

My question for you is like, first of all, you do so many things, right?

You sing, you dance, you do pretty much everything, host, act.

Why a book?

And why a second book?

Well, you know, I've had, I have a really close relationship actually, actually, with my book agent, Lacey, and she was such a integral part of obviously writing my first book and that process.

And so we talked a little bit about if I were to write another book, I think maybe like five or six years later.

And I was just kind of like, no, no, no, no.

And then after becoming a mom and just, I mean, turning 30 is such a big thing as well.

Just happened to me.

Different girl, just different revelations.

And it sounds so crazy because age is nothing but a number, but you know, it's a lot.

It's a lot.

A lot of time has gone by.

You start thinking about things differently.

Like you genuinely changed.

Your frontal lobe has had five years to really get into it.

Frontal lobe.

And you're ready to get it going.

And so at that point, I thought to myself, I think I do have something to say now.

So ultimately, it's just me feeling like I have something to offer.

Yeah.

Can I ask you what your relationship with turning 30 was like?

Like for me, it just happened.

It was hard.

I'm like, especially when you do this for a living.

Like it's a young gal's game.

And so 30 takes you to like a new year.

Yeah.

It was a lot.

And I think in Hollywood, they have like a very similar obsession with youth.

For sure.

How did you turn 30?

um I think I'll be honest that it definitely is like okay how does this now affect how people view me I think age can feel fine to you but you always wonder how other people then are gonna view you based on age so I'm not like unaware of that but at the same time I was going through so much I just had a baby

I was trying to figure out if I wanted to do a big party if I didn't want to do a big party I just you know all the feelings that come with like after what do they call it post party right post baby what I was also going through so it was a bunch of mixed emotions I would say that that first year into 30 like 31 now being 31 I can say that I really prefer 30s over 20s oh really

why

I feel like the 20s it was just like so crazy and I didn't know what was going on and everybody was getting on my nerves and so many friends were lost and so many lovers it was just too much

come and gone girl at 30 I feel like

hold up.

Wait a minute.

Stable.

I'll get back to you when I can.

Yeah.

Hey, boo.

Settled.

You know what I mean?

It feels more set.

I feel more at ease, I have more of a peace to me, yeah.

Um, that yeah, I think can only come with age.

I like that.

Do you think that also comes with because I feel like that's what happened to Jackie?

Like when she became a mom, she became so much more settled and, like, not so like I'm so rattled by things.

Like, she like, you cannot rattle this bitch.

Like, I think, do you think that's part of it too?

How old is your baby?

I have a two and a half-year-old and a one-year-old.

Oh, what a blessing.

I love the little twos, both two, under two.

Yeah, amazing.

Um, so wait, how did I feel?

I do think motherhood did that to me in a lot of ways.

It gave me a lot of peace because it gave me perspective.

When it was just me, it was very much so too much me.

Everything was personal.

It was hard to be objective about situations in terms of like how much I wanted to give myself to things.

But when you have a kid, or at least for me, when I had my son, it became very easy to know what was needed and what wasn't needed.

Because if it took from me or made me feel in a way that I thought I couldn't provide the best energy, space, and whatever whatever for my son, then I just walk away from it.

And it just lets you know that nothing truly is the end of the world as long as your kids are fine.

Like if my kids are good, honey, I'm good.

That's when things are getting crazy.

But if my kids are good, then life is really not a trouble.

No, I think that's a really good litmus test.

Like the bar is now so different for you.

Like

I said, like how you feel.

Like, are your kids good?

Then you're good.

Literally.

And that's a great feeling.

I'll be honest, like, life sometimes feels so me, me, me, me, me.

And, you know, there's an amount of selfishness that you need to survive and be great.

But also, it feels really good for me personally to pour into something else.

I've always poured so much into my career and I always will.

I feel so purposeful in that.

But knowing also that like I can give to my son and that child is so worthy of everything that I can give, it also feels awesome.

It puts a lot of pressure off of me and what I think I need to achieve.

Yeah, but it also gives you a reason for like doing what you're doing.

Besides just like success and money and fame, like, no, you're like building something for your son.

Yes.

Yeah, I love that.

Now, let me ask you a question because when Jackie and I were talking about like what we needed to talk to Kiki about, we didn't even know where to start, right?

Like you have really been such a positive influence, of course, starting with True Jackson VP.

And a VP.

I did want to know, what do you consider like your big break?

I consider two.

Barbershop?

For different reasons.

Well, I mean, now I could say three.

Barbershop, because it broke me into the industry, right?

And that's kind of like the hardest thing to get off the ground.

It's like just a...

part, a role, something where you can say lines.

I didn't realize how difficult that was, but you know, I did after experiencing more of the industry and everything didn't always happen that fast.

fast yeah so yeah I think barbershop two was definitely a big break but when I think about my break of like people knowing my name the first one would be Akeelah and the Bee but it was like a slow burn thank you like seriously they don't make movies like that anymore like literally that movie I'm obsessed with whenever it's on cable I'm always watching it thank you Akeelah and the Bee was absolutely a slow burn meaning it was popular a bit when it came out in the industry but it really didn't become popular until years and years ago.

No, they like started putting it all over cable like e-movies we love.

It's always the e-movie we love.

Like I agree.

I don't even remember seeing it when they were.

They're right for that.

They're right for that.

No, absolutely.

Nobody really watched it when it came out.

It was kind of like a bad.

It was kind of like, oh, the movie bombed.

But then, like,

it was a sleeper.

Yeah, it was a sleeper.

Yeah, remember that when they would call things?

Yeah, it was a sleeper hit.

And so that would have to say was a big break in the industry.

And then over time, it became like something I was known for.

But the thing that put Kiki Palmer on the map, like, boom, was True Jackson VP.

I mean, after that, my life changed, honey.

You had to be there.

Like that, that song, S-O-N-C.

Like, so good.

We used to watch it all the time, like, seriously obsessed.

And you know what's so funny about you?

Because I feel like we've been talking a lot in the culture about child stars, right?

Like, there's all these documentaries.

And you're one of the few people who kind of did both when it comes to like Nickelodeon and Disney.

I feel like there's been like two, there were always like two separate worlds, right?

Two separate channels.

But you were in Jump In with Corbin Blue.

You kind of did both.

And I feel like you're literally like the only person to have ever done that.

Do you have different like takeaways?

Did you you like one more than the other?

Oh, that's such a good question.

That is.

So I'll say Disney is really amazing when it comes to not only the storytelling that you see on screen, but the storytelling even within the company.

Like they are storytelling through marketing, through their

employees.

Yeah, people got pins in the office.

Like they are literally a whole like universe.

And I think that feels really good, especially when you're a kid because the magic doesn't end.

So there's an element of being a part of it that I think feels really, really fun.

I would say that when it came to Nickelodeon, they definitely like their paying was really awesome.

Oh, wow, really?

Yeah, and different things like that.

So interesting.

What else did I like about working with Nickelodeon?

I don't know.

I think theirs was a little bit more, I don't want to say clinical because they both have a clinical, they're both corporations, but Disney has a way of making you want to be a part of it, even if it's like,

you know.

Kind of like a cult.

Right?

That's how you you make it tap.

You could describe it as that, except, you know, no bad.

All positive, all positive.

All positive, all positive.

But yeah, Disney has a way of, you just want to, it feels like, I need to be here.

You know what I mean?

It feels like some of you want to be a part of where Nickelodeon is kind of like, come in, get this check.

Right.

It ain't about making it necessarily exciting.

Yeah, yeah.

Except for that slime.

But when it gets all of your hair and stuff, boom.

You've been slime.

Oh, my gosh.

One day.

We were doing this big promotional thing for like all the new shows that were coming to Nickelodeon.

And we had to get slime.

but obviously when you're filming things you don't just film it once you film it multiple times dreadful sweetie and this was like in the weave era this is not even like the wig era if this was the wig more of the wigs then it would have been fine she'd get a new wig i just put up take it off put the wig on honey this was in the weave era so when i tell you that they slimed me then they had to wash all of it out we had to i was like under the drive for hours then i had to get just to get slimed again

oh honey i hated that slime after that it was too much that is so funny well you know you're actually, and like I was saying, we talk a lot about child stars because I think a lot of child stars end up writing books, much like you.

And one of our favorite books to reference, like Jeanette McCurdy's book, Josh Peck from Nickelodeon, his book was amazing.

And they talk a lot about like what it, like, why child stardom has the reputation that it does, right?

And so much of like what Josh Peck had said that really like left a, like, I think an impact on us is like, so much of it has to do with like your parents' involvement.

And then Jeanette McCurdy sort of said that too, because like her mom kind of, and the book goes on about like, you know, whatever, I'm not going to get into it.

But you have really really ended up not only having such a long career but you seem like so sound of mind well adjusted um and i'm curious like what you attribute that to because you were in the trenches with everyone else that's a good question what do i attribute it to what do i attribute it to um

i don't want to say just my parents because i don't think everybody has you know what is a terrible parent you know me i think everybody's doing the best they can And I did have problems with my parents during that time of just them not understanding what I was going through.

And so it wasn't totally peachy king, but I do think that my parents did a really great job trying to explain to me what it was I was doing at these companies so I didn't take things personal.

I think how they make you feel about yourself and how that, you know, your work and what you receive and what you don't receive, how that is connected to your esteem are really important things to talk through.

I think my mom did a really good job trying to help me process those things.

But I also attribute like other people in my life.

Like I remember when I was about 17, I was like, I'm done with my parents.

They don't understand me.

Like, I can't do this anymore.

Yada yada yada.

And I emailed my attorney.

He's still my attorney to this day.

He started out being my attorney when I was 12 years old.

I said, look here, my parents, they're done.

I'm ready to be emancipated.

Oh, my God.

I was like, honey, I'm ready to be emancipated.

I'm done with them.

They're gone.

Out of here.

And he was like, Peeky.

There are other ways to deal.

You don't have to do it this way.

You know, maybe your parents and you just need to do therapy.

There are other things that can happen.

Like, you don't need to go this route.

And obviously, like as an attorney, somebody that's making money off of me, it would probably be great for me to get emancipated.

Like he would, it would be a great thing.

Think of the hours.

Yeah, like it would be great.

It would be, you know what I mean?

But he really urged me to not run away from the hardship of kind of being the first in my family to have this kind of

be in this kind of situation, have this kind of financial overflow and freedom and how that affected our relationships.

Make a long story short, he has that conversation with me.

I'm like, okay, Ken.

He's like, honestly, a lot of people experience this more than you know.

You'll be fine.

A couple of weeks go by, and I'm on the set of True Jackson VP, and I get a call from this like really, really obscure number.

And I'm like, what obscure number?

Like, this is weird.

I'm not answering this.

I go to work.

I come back and I see there's a voicemail left from this same number.

And I,

okay, let me play it.

Hey, Kiki, it's Will.

We're over here doing karate kid with Jayden.

I just want to let you know, I talked to Ken.

He let me know everything you're going through.

And I want you to know sometimes it's hard being the first, but you'll get through just keep staying focused love on your family and y'all gonna be good i gotta get back will smith girl that's so crazy it was so insane you didn't pick up i did not pick up i couldn't be because the number was like a hong kong number it was like i was like i ain't never seen no number like this before like who is this calling it i didn't know and then when i listened to the voicemail i'm like oh my gosh and it was just like will being like you know look that's so sweet it's something that happens when you're when you're stepping out and you could be a child entertainer or you could be the first person in your family to go to college or the first person in your family to get married or the first person you know there's so many firsts that can happen as your generations of the generations of your family continue to grow and evolve and this was like a difficult thing for me that i felt meant that i had to throw my family away right and so i've always had i think a lot of people whether they're notable names or they're my attorney who you guys don't know that I had a good community that also my parents made sure I was around that would encourage community and not like dissension and us breaking apart, which I think honestly, a lot of times happens when you're a kid entertainer because people want to make money off of you and they don't want you close to your family.

Yeah, that's the thing is like money makes it so complicated.

It does.

And so as a mom, how do you feel like if your kid ever said to you, like, I want to be an actor, a child actor?

I mean, I would totally be fine with it.

You know, I would be fine with it.

I definitely am ready to be a stage mother.

You know, you're not going to overwork my son.

He's getting all his cooking money.

100%.

I think I would just really explain it to him the same way that I would explain it to my child if they want to do soccer, if they want to play baseball.

I do believe finishing what you said you would do.

I think I come from a family of that, which is also what was so difficult deciding that I wanted something to do, like that I had a craft or a thing I wanted to focus on or had a passion of, because they definitely enforced discipline, which sometimes was like, okay, wait a minute, but I am so much better because of it.

So I would encourage that and be like, no, son, if you said you're going to do it, we need to do it.

Yeah.

But other than that, I mean, I would just have a really clear conversation about what it means to say you're gonna show up for something yeah like that's just like an overall life lesson i feel you know how yeah yeah good lesson

are there any practices that you think that should be in like the child entertainment industry that would yield better results for child actors going forward

like anything you wish you had on set growing up I think that there should be therapists

on set.

I also don't think that everybody should be making money off the child.

I know that sounds weird, but I guess what I'm ultimately saying is like

when you're paying for everything, it's hard to trust everybody.

When somebody is making money off of you, you don't really know if they're telling the truth or not.

They have an interest.

They have a

back to work.

Exactly.

So I think there should be people that aren't being paid from the child that aren't connected to the child's payroll.

Whether that's a therapist that is paid through SAG or whatever that it can be, support for the children that is unbiased is important.

Yeah, I think it's really tough because when you're a child, you're trying to figure out who you are and what you want to be.

And all you have is your parents to trust.

But then, not to say all parents can't be trusted, but some of these parents can't be trusted.

No, of course.

You know, you don't know.

And so it's really difficult to be a child and have to have such a mature and objective thing about thing.

There's no way that your innocence is not lost.

Your innocence is going to be lost.

It's just what happens.

And so if there's somebody that can help guide them through that,

then I would say, yeah, that kind of person, a therapist, or, you know, someone like that.

Yeah, that's a good point.

You know, we're the same age, and something you wrote about in your book, I felt like was so relatable.

As, you know, Jack and I grew up, like, we love TV.

I mean, we do pop culture for a living.

Like, so many of our like family, like favorite experiences revolve around movies and TV shows.

And you were explaining, and I thought this was so interesting, that like through in certain like traumatic things you'd been through in your life, you were really only able to understand what was happening to you because you saw it in a movie or a TV show.

Like, when you were saying that you saw an episode of SVU about like a child being abused, like, you were, that was like the first time in your life you realized like that that was actively happening to you.

Yes.

And I thought that was really powerful because I think a lot of people our age who grew up like watching a lot of TV, I think

it informs how we see the world and how we like learn things.

And then that Laura Dern movie and it helps to realize that you were in like a relationship that was a little, you know.

I thought that was so interesting and like really very self-aware of you to realize.

Oh, wow, thank you.

I think

I've always wondered, like, what is it that ultimately leads me to love the things that I do?

And it's coming from a place of service.

And I think that art with intention can be very much of service to others.

And so, in writing this book, I was really trying to articulate like that passion and how it drives my purpose and what that means to me at the core outside of just being an entertainer, but really ultimately like representing,

being a person of the community, showing and sharing stories, being of service of people through my gift, which is performing in this particular way as an artist.

And I was going back to some of those first times where I realized the power of storytelling and how it can be of service to so many of our emotions that we didn't even know that we had.

Where you can just watch a movie, you're like, oh my gosh, like that's me.

Yeah, that's me, or this did hurt me, or I never realized that.

Oh, my gosh, this is what I think and what I feel.

And, you know, the tale and the other, the Lauren Order SBU episode, all those things were a big part of my realization and being able to share and articulate that in the book.

Right.

And then you become, it's full circle because you then become a part of movies and TV show that inform how other people see the world.

So it's very...

It's really,

I love that.

I think that a lot of people, I never thought about it before, but I'm like, no, I think definitely, like, I understand things that I've been through and different things that I've lived through just because I've seen it played out in a movie or a TV show.

It's so, so true.

And it shapes how we feel and think in society.

Like, obviously, like, I feel like.

Even with satire, like, I hate so much how satire has not been like as much of an exciting thing in this era.

Like, I think everything is kind of so literal in a lot of ways.

It gets lost on like the youth.

Yeah, it gets, the satire gets lost.

But like, when I think about movies like Mean Girls, like, at the end of the day, that movie is also saying, like, this is what it is, this is, this is, this is growing up as, this is growing up.

And that's really what it was when we were kids.

Oh, my God.

You know what I mean?

Where it's like, people are just, like, are you a mean girl or are you just a young woman?

That's what the movie was actually, to me, was saying because, okay, Regina is outwardly mean, but Lindsay became, remember when old girls said, you are a mean girl.

You're a bad girl.

You're a bitch, yeah.

That's what, and it's so nuanced because the conversation is really like, everybody is just trying to figure out how to belong.

And sometimes that means that you might be mean or you might do things, but it's like it, the compassion that we then had from seeing Lindsay have that whole thing in the movie gave us the compassion for Regina, where Regina just a young, she was also just a young girl.

What things going on at home?

She had, I mean, her mama was talking about some, I'm like, come on, mom.

Like, you know, so it's like, I love that too like what is the entry point to talk about something that is important to us you know i'm gonna let jackie ask you but i do want to say i feel like and this is gonna be jackie's foray to all the questions she has for you about screen queens oh i feel like scream queen is kind of like a more modern version for like a younger crowd of mean girls it i think i think with the spooky yookie element with the spooky land but i think it i mean they talk so much about diversity and inclusion And I mean, even with my character in the end coming around to Emma Roberts' character, who was totally being racially not correct to Zay Day.

But then they had that moment and they were just trying, I think, yes, to put a lot of those things into the forefront and to have those conversations through satire that we otherwise wouldn't have.

But you know, Ryan is,

you know, a king of satire, in my opinion, even with glee.

You know, that whole thing in my mind was so satirical, being in that school and what it means to be a singer.

You know what I mean?

I think he does that very well when it comes to comedy.

I mean, even with Nip Tuck and America,

all of it has this like heightened element, but there's something else underneath that they're showcasing.

And so, yeah, I feel like with Scream Queens, it was very much that putting all us up in there together: Leah Michelle, Emma Roberts, myself.

All your questions, like, you don't understand how Jackie is.

I will.

Oh, I'm upset.

I'm due for a Scream Queens rewatch, but you said in your book how, like, you actually develop a lot as a human being through some of the roles that you've done.

You learn about the character and like teaches you just a different point of view or like empathy towards that person.

So, like, what do you think is the role that has taught you the most?

The role that taught me me the most?

That's really hard.

I would say, I mean, this is, I don't think it's cliche, but it's

probably to be expected.

But I think it, the moment, the time in which I did it set the foundation of a lot of the things I believe today.

And I think this is also why my parents were so specific about the roles that they let me play as a kid because they knew that it would also be a reflection of how I wanted to be.

Like, I was representing a role for others, but I was also representing characters and roles for myself.

and you like your family exactly so aquila and the bee i think the foundation of aquila and the bee really like even when i think about the marianne williamson quote you know when you know um who are we not to be you know like all of that really set the stage for me and who i wanted to be and just all those early influences so i think that that role gave me the most that's so interesting it's i love that

It's such a, yeah, it's just a quality movie.

Okay, well, we have a fun little game for you because you're in so many things that we love and like we could sit and like talk, pick each one and get a recap actually.

We want to play like for hours, but we want to do like a little word association.

Like we're going to mention a movie or a show and just like, what do you associate with that?

Like first word that comes to mind.

Okay.

Okay.

Akeelah and the B.

Family.

Love that.

True Jackson VP.

Boss.

Boss.

Yes.

Women in business.

She was Islanders.

Okay.

Come on.

She was the fashion doogie Don't play.

Early girl boss.

Early girl.

You girl boss, like, so close to the sun with True Jackson.

That is hilarious.

It's true.

Jump in.

Fun.

It was a ball, honey.

Do you keep in touch with Corbin Blue?

I haven't talked to Corbin in a year.

You mentioned together.

I know.

I wonder how Corbin has been.

It was jump ropes.

Okay.

Now that would be fabulous if me and Corbin would have been double the.

y'all oh my god the internet would seriously not be okay wait sorry really quickly speak of the internet the internet is not okay with everything like everything that you didn't do it's just it's i want to know i i don't and the reason why i think you're so successful at becoming a meme is because you're never trying you're really just being yourself like you didn't realize i'm sorry to this man like was gonna become no seriously a part of popular culture when you get out of bed and like you're doing an interview like even here like are you worried at all that like the one thing you're saying is going to become a meme or you just have to like embrace it and lit like you can't think like that i wouldn't say i'm worried, but I'm definitely like, hey, anything could happen.

I think that's why, I mean, even before sorry to this man, that's something that I think as an entertainer, you're just like, you don't know where this is going, which is why I said that sorry to this man, because I was like, look, don't get rid of me.

Yeah, I was like, you know, I'm like, what's going to happen if I don't know this or that?

And so I'm just genuinely being like, hey, guys, like, this is me.

This is what I'm doing.

You know, hey, whatever it is, like, all love, you know, peace up.

Is there, what do you think is the biggest like meme of yours?

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, like, that was huge.

That was huge.

Also, the gaggot.

Like, you have so many.

Gaggots was such a fun moment in time.

What is my favorite meme?

I think that honestly, my favorite one, because it feels a little bit like, there's two.

There's one that's kind of like niche that almost was not even like really started by me.

It was like a story about me that became like kind of a copy pasta is baby, this is Kiki Palmer.

Oh, yeah.

That one's so like in the back, back background.

But then another one that I like that's also very like low-key is, mmm, this one has a little sweetness to it.

Is that from Hot Ones?

Yes, I love that one because the thing,

people go so far with you are so crazy on that.

Like somebody was like, oh, when a mosquito bites a diabetic, why would you say that?

Why do they do that, guys?

When they take this shout out of context, it gives me life.

But let me ask you a question.

You're like one of the very few people to have ever done Hot Ones more than one time.

You've been on it twice, right?

Oh, yeah, I didn't realize that.

Because your first one was so popular.

That one was so crazy.

And you were really on it like before the show blew up.

Like now it's super popular, but your episode was really a part of their come up.

Is it the worst experience on the planet?

It looks horrible.

No, let me just tell you, Sean Evans, he's brilliant.

He's awesome.

He's such a great journalist.

And I love how he created something that was new.

I mean, I feel like we're all in this, in these different spaces, trying to like, you know, millennials are trying to, yeah, we're trying to level things up.

We want to come into these spaces and be like, we're bringing something.

He crushes it.

And so I'm very happy for him and all his success.

You are so funny on it.

Oh, I know.

Thank you.

I got to do it again.

I don't know.

You do.

You do.

Come back to see my boo.

And they made all those vegan accommodations, right?

That was really sweet.

Very generous.

I was on a crazy diet at that time.

No longer am.

Give me the regular wings.

Oh, give me the real wings this time.

Okay, Jackie, sorry, back to Word Association.

No, no, no.

Thank you.

Next is Scream Queens.

One word.

Crazy.

That was such a crazy time and experience.

So much was happening with me.

Yeah.

Oh, my gosh.

But also the show was insane because we didn't even get the scripts until like after, like, they would give us the script sometimes the day of.

Like, they were writing the show as we were going.

And I think, like, also, like, I don't know, it's just like an interesting thing where I feel like they were also feeding off of us and the conversations with the girls.

Yes, trying to really pull those things that, like you said, the satire, but also the real conversations that are happening with a, when you put a group of girls together that are from different worlds and backgrounds.

Do you think that Leah Michelle can read?

Do you know that conspiracy theory says she can't read?

There's a conspiracy theory on the internet that's largely been debunked because like she just did a Broadway play, like you have to learn your lines.

But there is an internet theory that was actually started by like a really funny podcaster a million years ago that caught on like rapid fire that she cannot read that she's illiterate how did they well so what did they pull it for you know what all these different interviews her instagram captions the the the belief was that ryan murphy hires her because he knows her secret and that he reads his lines to her so that she doesn't have to ever read a script damn that's crazy why do people do this stuff you ever see her reading a book on set

You know what?

Say she has.

I don't know if I ever, I mean, don't nobody see me reading a book on this.

Right, right.

I mean, dang, I know that she can read, y'all.

I ain't never seen her reading, but I know that she can read.

She's got to.

Kikia's officially debunked the map.

Okay.

Okay.

Thank you.

I'm sure.

I never, I believe Leah can read.

And I also think if she couldn't, like, in the time that the theory has been out, honestly, y'all, if she can't read.

Show up.

Right.

Shit.

Some people can't read.

Some people can't do a lot of things.

It's just a cold and bad.

Mama can't read.

Yeah.

I'm telling you.

Agreed.

Shit.

I'm here for y'all.

They don't read.

They can't read.

It's true.

The illiterate community needs a voice like that.

That's right.

They do.

We got to, you know, hold them up.

They do.

Next one, we haven't even spoken about this, which is crazy.

Hustlers.

Oh, my God.

Oh, hustlers.

I mean,

the word could either be magical, it could be fabulous, but I would say fabulous mostly.

It was a really fabulous time.

I mean, I think anything Jennifer Lopez does is quite fabulous.

She just brings the fabulosity to anything that she does.

That was such a good movie.

Oh, thank you.

I feel like for me, that movie was really breaking through in comedy in a traditional sense because I have been doing it through socials and really like kind of doing my own content creation and showing people kind of like how it was evolving as an artist.

And then when I actually did that movie, I think people saw it like in real time on the main stage.

And that's why last year I remember when it was announced, Jackie and I were so excited that you were hosting SNL because that's like, first of all, like peak comedy.

But you have gotten so far off of like really like your own talent and your own hard work for so long that seeing you host SNL, you you were amazing.

Like we expected nothing less, but it was so cool to see someone who like utilizes social media and utilizes all facets of the business, like really get yourself opportunities.

And that was, you were amazing.

Oh, that means so much to me.

Thank you.

I mean, I really do love what I do.

Like I love

craft.

I grew up loving it.

It was great to do SNL because it brought that element of stage and TV back, which I only feel like I've gotten through multicam sitcoms, which unfortunately seem like they're not a thing.

anymore.

Yeah.

And it literally is a stab to my heart.

Like, come on, we need more shows.

Like, did I do that?

Yeah, yeah.

Like, we don't have any of that stuff anymore.

So, anyway, I really loved being able to do that with SNL.

And it was just, I mean, going back to my roots and the things I love most about entertainment.

So good.

You talk about in the book how, like, at a certain point in your career, like, you invested in yourself.

Like, I think it was around the time that you were doing Screen Queens.

Like, was that like a conscious choice to like focus on like the key, really, to become a master of you, as the title is, but like to focus on your brand and like your social media and make that like another tenpole in your business?

It was.

It was a conscious thing for me.

But I also, again, I, you know, I have a producing partner named Max Wyeth who was working for like Dish Nation at the time.

And they would want to do a lot of content for Scream Queens.

And at that point, I was already doing my own content, like kind of just having fun because it was the only way that I could showcase ideas and things I wanted to do outside of like asking for someone to give me the opportunity traditionally.

So I did it as a way to creatively express.

And so then I meet Max Wyeth during Scream Queens.

And he like, a lot of the girls didn't want to do social media stuff with him.

But I was always down because I've just always been into like social media stuff.

And so he and I,

exactly, it was fun to me.

And so he and I became like really good friends.

And he was like, Kikai.

This is how Max was like, Kiki, you need to, you sound like an old lady.

We need to do something called Southern Belle Insults.

And I'm like, what the hell is Southern Belle Insults?

And that's when we came up with this character, Lady Miss Jacqueline, who we have continued to grow and evolve this character.

And then we did Chelsea Barbie Taylor, which I did, turned up with the Taylors and got my Emmy.

And so I really created a camaraderie and a love fest with Max.

And that also encouraged me to continue to invest in big ways of my comedy online because Max would always tell me, he was like, Kiki, you can do this.

We have to do it ourselves.

Don't be afraid.

Like, let's go.

And, like, it really, it really has made a difference in my career.

So I always think it's important.

to say because I don't do everything alone.

Yeah, of course.

You know, I take a step and then the people around me encourage me to take a few more steps.

Is there a TV show on right now that you would love to be on that you watch and love and enjoy?

That's such a good question.

Thank you.

Is there a TV show that I like to be on and I watch and love and enjoy at Love Island?

You know what I'm saying?

Okay, what is the show?

I really loved this show that I just watched recently, and I could see myself also being on it.

It was called Evil.

It's no longer on anymore.

But what I like about this show is because it just talked about like, so it's it almost sounds like a joke because it's a priest a skeptic and a psychologist and they're like walking to a bar.

Yeah, exactly walking to the bar and they're like literally solving all of these.

It's almost like Lawrence SVU, but like spiritual and then

psychological.

Kind of like monk.

Yes.

I love that type of thing.

First of all, I love anything.

Hey, honestly, when Olivia Benson retires, I would love, I would love to see

Kiki Benson.

We're ready.

Monica Jones.

People aren't ready for it.

What's going on?

We've got to save these kids.

She has lost 32 hours and five minutes.

That's all we've got.

John.

So good.

There's one thing I do.

We're going to save this little girl.

Just the last thing.

Like, I feel like I'm going to be.

I would say.

I feel like you're Angela Bassett impersonation.

But it's funny because Angela Bassett, doesn't she do a show like that?

Oh, yeah, she does.

She does.

9-1-1.

All the greats.

You got to get on, like, you need to, I love it.

You got to get a detective.

You know what I'm saying?

I see that in my future.

Like, am I equalizer?

You know what I'm saying?

Am I 9-1-1?

Yeah.

Am I Olivia Benson the detective for the children?

Like, I could see that 50s, 60s, baby.

I'm, I'm sitting at this, or I could be a pastor solving crime.

I'm here for something like this.

Oh, wait, I'm sorry.

I've been sitting here the whole time, and I can't believe I haven't brought this up.

Last year at the Christmas tree lighting, you did a song, right?

Or one of those Christmas

things.

Of course, with Adam Blackstone.

Oh, my God.

Like, people don't know, and of course, bottoms up.

Like, we all knew where we were.

We all remember where we were when bottoms up came out.

Come on.

You have such an amazing voice.

I wish, first of all, I love those Christmas primetime specials.

I'm like, I'm Jewish, and I'm like, give me more.

I'm obsessed.

You, I was so blown away by your vocals.

I've always known that you can sing, but like, you were up there, like, doing better than some of those professional singers who you, I had to just tell you that it was literally the best thing I'd ever heard.

You're like the female Michael Boublet, you need to do a Christmas album.

Oh my gosh, I do live for Michael Boublet, and I do think I need to go ahead and do a little Christmas album.

You know, I'm just here for the Sammy Davis Jr.

vaudeville of it all, the Julie Garland.

Look sick.

Thank you.

I really just love that old school entertainment.

And honestly, it's very theater.

Like, it's just all very theater kid down.

And it's so funny because when I think about me, Lily, or Ariana, just like a lot of those Knick kids, even the ones that did Victorious, Leon Thomas, we all were just very much trying to get to Broadway.

It was all so dramatic and we're ready to sing on a hat.

You know, like it's just extra.

And I think it took a long time for me to realize that that was like a lot of how I was trained because I immediately went into film and TV.

But both of my parents did theater, and that's how they, that's how I fell fell in love with entertainment.

Yeah, I learned that from your book.

I didn't know that you had a theater background.

Yeah, literally, I didn't either until I actually did theater for the first time.

I said, oh, this is why my parents trained me like this.

I'm actually trained

like a theater.

Right.

I was like, oh, this is so interesting.

And so, yeah, it honestly shout out to my parents because that's how they taught me to see art, like kind of all around.

You don't have to do one thing.

I have one final question for you, Jackie.

Let me know if you have anything else.

I do want to know, what is Kiki Palmer's go-to karaoke song?

My go-to karaoke song is always a mor provido by.

I'm not familiar.

Please, you'll have to sing it.

Come on.

Y'all know J-Lo played that roll down.

No, mine is literally bottom tub.

Oh, my God.

Such a song.

We don't talk enough about it.

Why was I doing all that?

No, I learned to do more.

It was so good.

We had so much fun.

First of all, shout out to my sister L'Oreal Palmer.

She was LC on Celebrity Fame, Acclaim to Fame.

Anyway, she won.

Oh, my gosh.

She won and she ate down.

I didn't know she wrote that song.

Really?

Yes, she did.

We were up in the studio.

And I love that.

My mom would always be in the back, like, y'all need to write these songs.

Ain't nobody getting no credit.

Ain't nobody getting no credit, but she's so right.

She wasn't playing.

playing, she's right for that.

She drove them uh music people crazy.

She said, My daughters can write, my daughters can write.

L'Oreal, go, go.

And we'll be like, Ain't it funny?

Fun, it's ain't it fun.

Come on, come on.

And she'll be honestly, she's a little Joeish.

Yeah, you know what I mean?

But she wasn't cussing us out, she was cussing them out.

Yeah, that was like the better part about it.

Mama Bear, Mama Bear.

She was cussing all the execs out, but we were sitting there being like, Yeah, just sing and do your thing.

Don't let me have a talent.

My mama go get you together.

Don't play.

Oh my gosh.

Well, it has really been such a dream thank you so much for being here it's when it's host guys check out kiki's book it's called master me you can get it anywhere you get books it came out today good luck with the launch we're so excited for you and really just like bucket list dream guest you are even more than we thought you'd be check oh thank you so much it's been so awesome hanging out with you guys and maybe next time i could see you in person boo yes

Totally.

It'd be nice.

Yeah, we thank you so much.

And by the way, we didn't even talk about it, but check out Kiki's podcast.

It's so funny.

You're such a great interviewer.

A fellow podcaster.

A fellow podcaster.

We love to see women in the media.

Okay, we're meteoring.

We are meteoring.

So check that out.

The book is called Master of Me, and we'll see you guys on the next episode.

Love you.

Love you.

Bye.