Cameron Esposito Wants You to ‘Save Yourself’
The Last Laugh
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2020
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Cameron Esposito made a huge splash in the comedy world seven years ago when she made her late-night stand-up debut on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. The other guest on the show, Jay Leno, called her the “future” of comedy and declared “Lesbians rule!” Since then, Cameron has created her own TV show called ‘Take My Wife,’ released a stand-up special called ‘Rape Jokes’ and this past month published a memoir with the inadvertently timely title ‘Save Yourself.’ On this episode, Cameron talks about all of that, plus getting “zoom-bombed” with hardcore pornography, starting to tell jokes about divorcing her ex-partner comedian Rhea Butcher, her current girlfriend’s battle with the coronavirus and a lot more.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, hey, welcome to The Last Laugh. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast. |
| 0:08.6 | And today, my guest is one of the funniest and most generous comedians I know. |
| 0:14.8 | If for some reason you are not yet familiar with Cameron Esposito, you are in for a treat. Cameron burst into the comedy |
| 0:24.1 | mainstream seven years ago when she made her late night stand-up debut on Craig Ferguson's show in a set |
| 0:30.0 | that somehow ended with Jay Leno declaring Lesbians Rule. More on that later. Since then, |
| 0:36.9 | Cameron has created her own TV show called Take My |
| 0:39.7 | Wife and released a groundbreaking stand-up special called Rape Jokes. Last month, she published |
| 0:46.7 | a memoir with the inadvertently timely title, Save Yourself, which follows her path from devout |
| 0:52.8 | Catholic who dated the captain of the high school |
| 0:54.8 | football team to discovering her identity as both a lesbian and a comedian as a young adult. |
| 1:01.5 | To get a taste of Cameron's comedy, let's listen to a short clip from rape jokes that examines |
| 1:08.0 | how survivors of sexual assault are typically portrayed on screen. |
| 1:13.1 | When I think about survivors, the way that they're portrayed in television and film, especially if they're women, |
| 1:17.9 | I feel like it's like she's assaulted and then she becomes like very good at swords. |
| 1:25.0 | Do you know the storylines I'm talking about? |
| 1:27.8 | It's like a combat element, and that was not true for me. |
| 1:31.7 | I stayed the same amount good at swords. |
| 1:36.4 | Expert. |
| 1:40.7 | Before we get to the interview, I just have one quick favor to ask of you. |
| 1:45.0 | If you are enjoying this show, please go on Apple Podcasts and leave us a rating and review. |
| 1:51.0 | It not only helps people find the show, but will also make me really happy. |
| 1:55.0 | Okay, let's go to my conversation with Cameron Esposito. |
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