Episode 297: Catherine McCafferty

Coming Out Pod

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Comedy, Mental Health

4.9 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

It's National Coming Out Day, and Lauren is joined by the hilarious and talented Catherine McCafferty, host of the digital series Pretty Gay! Pretty Gay (which is also how Catherine identifies) is an interview series in which Catherine goes on mock dates with queer comedians and creators, and this season even has her bringing on her ex-girlfriend (#brave). Catherine explains how, throughout high school and college, she genuinely never had an inkling that she might be queer, despite once telling a therapist that she was going to marry a man and "watch him die," after which she would get to have a "second life" where she dated women (classic!). Catherine and Lauren commiserate over how difficult breakups are when your entire queer identity feels tied to your first relationship, and bond over having BOTH done shows that required them to go on fake dates (that sometimes felt real...). Plus, Catherine discusses playing the FMK-inspired "finger, U-Haul, ghost" with her very own mother!

Season 2 of Pretty Gay is airing right now on Patreon at patreon.com/PrettyGay. Only $5/month to see alllllll the gayness (and there's even a 7-day free trial)! Also check out Pretty Gay's YouTube channel at youtube.com/@PrettyGayShow, and follow Catherine on Instagram and TikTok at @catherine_mccaff. Happy National Coming Out Day, everybody!

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Welcome to Coming Out Pod. It has been a little bit of time. I took September off. We are back now. October is, I think, June is like the big month that we get.
0:21.5	It's like, pride, at least in America, gay, everything.
0:24.7	October is, I think, the second gayest month.
0:27.8	It is Halloween as a gay holiday.
0:31.8	And also, National Coming Out Day in October.
0:35.1	In fact, if you are listening to this episode, the day it is being released, happy National Coming Out Day to you. I always try to release an episode on the actual day. So, yeah, October, a very gay month. So, okay, queer root shout out. I'm actually surprised. I haven't done this one yet, but I'm
0:55.0	pretty sure I haven't done this one yet. Shout out to you if your queer root is Daphne from
1:01.8	Scooby-Doo. Daphne from the Scooby Gang. I had a huge crush on Daphne. And the Scooby Gang,
1:09.9	the whole gang is queer in my, I feel pretty solid on this.
1:14.3	Fred and Velma, definitely gay. Daphne, bye, hi-fem, bye. And then Shaggy, Arrow Ace, in a queer
1:22.2	platonic relationship with Scooby-Doo. Also a great group costume, if you're looking for, like, a queer group costume,
1:29.4	Scooby Gang. So shout out to you if Daphne is your queer root. I also pick Daphne kind of
1:35.8	thematically because my guest today has red hair. I was like, God, I did Little Mermaid
1:40.7	already. I did Jessica Rabbit. Who's left? Daphne. Classic. I am here with
1:46.6	Catherine McCafferty. Hello, Catherine. Hello. Thank you so much for having me.
1:53.4	Catherine is a comedian and the host of Pretty Gay, which is, we are going to talk about
2:00.2	pretty gay at length later in the episode.
2:04.3	But season two of Pretty Gay is currently, you can watch it on Catherine's Patreon.
2:09.9	We're going to give all those details at the end.
2:12.1	I've been watching clips of it all week.
2:14.4	It is so funny.
2:17.3	I really want to, I definitely want to talk to you about,
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