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The Megyn Kelly Show

Chris Distefano on COVID Hysteria, Raising Tough Kids, and The Plague of Narcissism | Ep. 86

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.632.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2021

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly is joined by Chris Distefano, comedian and host of the Chrissy Chaos and Hey Babe podcasts, to talk about raising tough kids, the rapid woke cultural evolution over the last 20 years, the plagues of narcissism and insecurity in society today, COVID hysteria, California's trans prison law and the trans trend, Charles Barkley's wisdom, Hunter Biden's book tour, the value of being married to a Puerto Rican wife, lessons from his "criminal" father, how he got his start in comedy, and more. Follow The Megyn Kelly Show on all social platforms: Twitter: http://Twitter.com/MegynKellyShow Instagram: http://Instagram.com/MegynKellyShow Facebook: http://Facebook.com/MegynKellyShow Find out more information at: https://www.devilmaycaremedia.com/megynkellyshow

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, your home for Open, Honest, and Provocative Conversations.

0:07.0

Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly Show.

0:15.0

Today on the program we have a treat for you, Chris DeSteppino is here.

0:20.0

He is a stand-up comedian and philosopher on life, and we just taped this interview and I am in stitches.

0:27.0

This guy is right up my alley. I love him and I think you will too.

0:31.0

We talk about the news and we talk about life and he will have you smiling for the next hour and 20 minutes or so.

0:37.0

He has an interesting background. He's 36 years old.

0:40.0

He grew up in Queens. The guy has a doctorate in physical therapy and was practicing pediatric physical therapy all the way up until 2013

0:49.0

and when he decided to try his hand stand-up comedy and what do you know, it worked out.

0:55.0

He's been everywhere now. He was on Letterman. He's been on all the late night shows. He's been part of Comedy Central.

1:02.0

He's now got two very successful podcasts. One's called Chrissy Chaos and one's called, hey babe, he's been all over the place.

1:10.0

And hopefully coming soon to the Comedy Cellar here in New York where I love to go and where they only allow the very best of the best.

1:16.0

So you know, he's one of them.

1:18.0

We'll get to him in one second, but I think you're going to love his thoughts on how to raise tougher kids.

1:24.0

His criminal dad, as he refers to him and granddad had some lessons for Chrissy.

1:30.0

And what kind of lessons you can learn when you're married to a Puerto Rican wife like Jasmine de Stefano, who is his wife now?

1:38.0

He's brilliant. That's in one minute. But first this.

1:42.0

Chris, just Stefano, how are you?

1:51.0

Hey, Megan, how are you? First of all, I just want to say I'm a big fan.

1:56.0

Oh, thank you very much. Likewise, I'm honored. You know, we share our Italian roots on my mom's side.

2:02.0

When we're talking about my Irish side because we have a lot in common. The Irish should have in the Italians as you know, but I got a grandfather named Angelo Di Mayo.

2:10.0

Wow. Sounds like human marinara sauce.

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