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- Hi, I'm London Hughes and
this is "That's So Random".

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(upbeat music)

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"Your new memoir, "Living My
Best Life, Hun" is out now.

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What's the hardest part about sitting down

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to write about yourself?"

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The hardest part is
reliving childhood trauma,

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especially when you didn't
realize it was trauma

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in the first place.

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When you write about it,
you take yourself back there

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and you're 12 years old
again with acne and BO

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and it's a horrible time.

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So yes, that's the worst part.

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"What do you hope people
take away from your book?"

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The book's for dreamers.

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It's for people that were told no a lot.

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I was told no, you wouldn't do
it, you wouldn't achieve it.

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And now I'm here, living
my best life, hun.

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"What jobs did you have
before you became a comedian?

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Would you go back to any of them?"

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No, I only had one job.

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I'm that talented that I
was working at TGI Fridays,

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got fired and became a
comedian at 19 and now I'm 34.

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So literally I couldn't even be employed

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because I had nothing on my resume.

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But at TGI Fridays I made balloon animals

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and I got a lot of tips

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and met a lot of cute guys,

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so maybe I could go back there.

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"You made a video of your parents reacting

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to your Netflix comedy
special "To Catch a Dick"."

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If homeless was hereditary.

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- Now, I know.

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Now, I see why you
didn't want us to see it.

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(Mother laughs)

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- "And they seemed to take it pretty well.

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Is there anything they
hope you never talk about

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or you feel would be
hard for them to hear?"

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Yes, my dad still hasn't
watched my Netflix special

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"To Catch a Dick".

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He has not watched it.

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He was like,

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"There's some things
a father need not know

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about his daughter."

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And I'm literally deep
throating the microphone.

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So I'm really glad that
he hasn't watched it.

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My mom loves it.

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- Watch my daughter, London Hughes'

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new Netflix special "To Catch a Dick".

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- "Your comedy is both
self-deprecating and empowering."

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That is so true, guys.

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Thanks for just pointing that out.

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I have levels.

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"Was it always that way?

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What were those early days
in comedy like for you?"

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I've always been a comedy genius.

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I've always liked to dive deep in

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and some people talk
about sex for vulgar sake,

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for no reason.

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I talk about it because I'm
a feminist and I'm an icon.

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When I say, "I have no gag reflex",

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it's also feminism.

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So I'm very deep.

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I've always been that way.

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I started this shit.

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Megan The Stallion, what?

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It's me.

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I have a wet ass pussy.

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"What song can you not
help but sing out loud

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when it comes on?

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Can you sing a bit of it?"

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What song can I not help but sing?

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I'm living my best Life.

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Ain't come back to
front with you, N words.

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I can't say the N word 'cause I'm British

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and it sounds racist in
my accent, so I just go.

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"We know Elizabeth was your Queen."

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She was, "But who's the real queen?

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Beyonce or Rihanna?"

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Beyonce, oh my god,
Rihanna doesn't even sing.

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Beyonce's the queen.

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I just saw her in concert.

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She's insane.

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Best living performer ever.

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"One thing you could admit you suck at."

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I suck at cooking.

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I can't cook.

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I don't cook.

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It's beneath me in every way.

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"Favorite project you've
worked on thus far."

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Oh, my Netflix special, "To
Catch a Dick", watch it.

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It's produced by Kevin Hart.

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It's out in 194 countries.

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"Dream comedian to go on
tour with, dead or alive?"

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Me, wait, I can't say me.

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Well, I can.

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I'm alive.

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No, who would I go?

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I am I opening for them because
I don't wanna open for them.

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I want to headline.

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"In five words, why should
we read your new memoir,

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"Living My Best Life"?

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In five words, because it's
amazing, babes, gorgeous.

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There we go.

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(London laughs)

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That was terrible.

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Wait, oh, because it's
Beyonce in book form.

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Boom!