Awkwafina

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2021

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Awkwafina (Shang-Chi, Nora from Queens, Crazy Rich Asians) is a Golden Globe award-winning actor, comedian, and rapper. Awkwafina joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being self-conscious about her raspy voice, playing the trumpet because everyone wants to play percussions, and traveling to China to learn Mandarin. Awkwafina and Dax talk about hosting SNL, being rejected from college, and recognizing their parent's regional accents. Awkwafina discusses the pressures of being a first-generation Asian American, her role in an upcoming Marvel movie, and being in a depressive state starting out her rap career. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome welcome to arm chair expert. I'm
0:03.0	Jack Shepard. I'm joined by Monica Lily Padman.
0:05.5	Hi. Guess what? Tell me.
0:07.4	When I did my miniature Food Cho, Tiny Kitchen Cookoff, one of the producers
0:12.1	was like, oh, you just made this noise, you just did this thing that Dax does too.
0:18.0	And I was like, oh my God, what is it? But she was like kind of trying to explain it,
0:22.6	but I didn't know what she was talking about.
0:24.2	But our sounds are starting to meld.
0:26.6	Can you recreate the sound?
0:28.7	No, because I didn't know what she was talking.
0:30.7	I just must have done it innately and I don't know a fart no
0:34.2	it was with my mouth oh maybe a burp okay I don't know what it was but we're melding you
0:41.4	know what I want to say too? If you have kids, you should be using
0:44.9	Hallabello. It's the very best. You should be. Literally, it's the best diaper in the
0:49.2	world. It is. It's the healthiest. It's the best value out there and the wipes are incredible.
0:54.4	If you have a little baby you should be wrapping that little baby's hyney up in some
0:58.6	Hello Bello diapers. The wipes are really, really superior.
1:03.0	They're top notch.
1:05.0	As are the nighttime gummies for the kids.
1:08.0	They're incredible.
1:09.0	Also though, real quick, I don't have kids.
1:11.0	Yeah.
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