Amanda Seales Refuses to ‘Play It Cool’
The Last Laugh
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2019
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Amanda Seales has had many careers: Nickelodeon star, spoken word poet, MTV VJ, stand-up comedian, podcast host and actor—she plays Tiffany on HBO’s ‘Insecure.’ Now, she has added author to the list with her new book, ‘Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use.’ In this episode, Amanda opens up about making the transition from music to comedy, tensions within the ‘Insecure’ cast, confronting Caitlyn Jenner over her “white privilege” and a lot more.
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| 0:00.0 | I took an Uber here and the driver said, I think we can all agree. |
| 0:05.4 | Donald Trump looks great for his age. |
| 0:09.5 | I got concerned because a blind man was driving this car. |
| 0:14.7 | Hello and welcome to The Last Laugh. |
| 0:17.4 | I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast and today on the show is Amanda Seals. |
| 0:22.7 | Amanda has a fascinating story from starting out as a child actor to becoming a spoken |
| 0:27.5 | word poet and MTV Vijay under the name Amanda Diva, to her current career as a stand-up comedian |
| 0:33.6 | and co-star of the HBO show Insecure. She plays Tiffany. |
| 0:40.2 | Now Amanda has written a new book called Small Doses, Potent Truth for Everyday Use, that's available now. It's kind of an extension |
| 0:46.2 | of her popular podcast, also called Small Doses, which, just like The Last Laugh is part of the |
| 0:51.9 | Starburns podcast network. Just one thing I want to note about this episode. |
| 0:56.1 | We reference an incident that went down last month when Seals was kicked out of an after-emmy's party, |
| 1:01.3 | hosted by her insecure co-star Issa Rae's longtime publicist. |
| 1:05.3 | If you want the full story on that, I suggest you listen to the episode of Amanda's podcast |
| 1:09.5 | called Side Effects of Professionalism |
| 1:11.6 | Part 1. But we get into it a little bit more on this episode as well. Did you know that the |
| 1:17.1 | Last Laugh has its own Instagram account? We would love for you to give it a follow at Last Laugh |
| 1:21.8 | Pod, where you can see photos from tapings and find out who's coming up on the show. Please check that out |
| 1:27.1 | at Last Laughf Pod. |
| 1:28.6 | And now, Amanda Seals. |
| 1:31.6 | You were saying you don't, where do you record your podcast? |
| 1:35.3 | At my house. |
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