Hey y'all.

Oh, hello.

Welcome to Coming Out with Lauren and Nicole.

We are a weekly podcast where we have queer folks on from all walks of life.

They tell us the tales of how they came out to friends, family, and the world at large.

Because who doesn't love a coming out story?

Today we have Addie Wyrich with us,

a comedian who I met very recently and then just accosted after seeing her perform and was like

be on the podcast. In fact, I yelled it over an audience of people all the way from the backseat.

So the backseat of the theater. The backseat of the theater. Where you were driving? Where I was driving. I was driving, yes. And I was the next seat. The last row. Anyway, but Addie, hi. Hello. Hi. Hi. And I also from the front of the stage was like, yeah, I'll do it. Yep. You're okay? Yep, yep.

You want to book me?

Okay.

We want the kind of guests who do no research. Like, don't ask what it's about or just like, I'm in. Didn't know what the podcast was, didn't even see Nicole. Yeah. It was truly a delight when I met her. I was like, oh, you're, you seem very cool. I like your earrings.

I like your vibe.

You could have been like a 62 year old man who was just like, oh, you're, you seem very cool. I like your earrings. I like your vibe. You could have been like a 62-year-old man who was just like had a computer attached to his body because he constantly was gaming. Like, it could have been anybody. And I was like, yeah, okay. Come down. You're like, you look semi-normal. I did have on giant rainbow earrings that night too. Oh, Nicole. You're beautiful. I still want them.

I'll get you the name of the designer. Yeah. No, they were Gustav's Valentine's Day gift to me because he's the best ally ever. But they're like very artistic. They more look like if you were on an Indian reservation and they made you rainbow earrings. Yeah, you know how that happened?

They're really cool. No, it's like a bunch of upside down ewes. But yeah, but actually part of why. So the reason that I shouted at you is because at that point we realized, I realized that you were queer because you said something about it, which we'll go into in a second. But I knew that I wanted to have you on the podcast because you did a comedy song

about how you won't listen to your friend's podcast.

And then had a verse that was like, but I will, if you have me on your podcast.

I was like, I'll have her on the podcast.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And so when you then said you were queer, I was like, done.

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