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Adulting with Michelle Buteau and Jordan Carlos

Is It Weird To Send A Holiday Card As a Single Person? feat. Qween Jean

Adulting with Michelle Buteau and Jordan Carlos

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Kids & Family, Comedy

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

This week Michelle and Jordan are honored to be in conversation with costume designer, co-founder / co-conspirator of Black Trans Liberation, and Adulting kindred spirit, Qween Jean. Jordan “No Regrets Carlos” tells the tale of younger Jordan capturing the attention of a Hollywood bombshell, beyond college parties and her first taste of Alize, Michelle shares why Miami will always be in her heart, and through memories of childhood and the writings of James Baldwin, Qween Jean discusses the journey to living her truth—so you can live yours!

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0:00.0

This is exactly right.

0:07.0

Oh my God. I do love that award season is like way, way over, but it is so nice watching everybody just like dress up in their finest because it is giving prom for actors.

0:17.1

Yeah. Oh my God. And everyone's just like, who are you wearing? Who are you wearing? And I just wish people would be like, O-Zampic.

0:22.0

Hope in my face. Do you know what I mean? Oh, yeah. I love a good red carpet. You know, I've had brushes with fame. You know what I'm saying? I've had brushes. I've had combs. There was a moment, a moment. But I was definitely occupied. You know what I'm saying? Oh my God.

0:17.9

A young and I were both in the carpet.

0:20.7

I was interviewing occupied. You know what I'm saying? Oh, my God. A young and I were both on the carpet. I was interviewing people, asking your standard questions. Who are you wearing? What are you wearing? What's the story for the night? You know, and it was for a movie. You can look it up. It was called, it'll come to me, but I think it's something like, no. Oh, no. Oh, gosh. This is what it's like telling a story in your 40s. Yes, it is a game of trivia and you don't know the answer.

1:24.6

It is giving jeopardy.

1:25.8

It is giving.

1:26.8

Yeah.

1:27.0

Life is an emotional panic room and you just need the next clue to get to the next thing. I got it. It's called Trust the Man. And it was, it struck David Duchovney. And let me just say this. Okay. So I was in it. And I just changed it on a dime and said, who am I wearing? And she was like, what? and so now we're having a little parley back and forth.

1:46.6

And I'm like, what's happening right now? I am actually like, she's looking at me. This is crazy.

1:52.0

She's looking into my soul. Her publicist is grabbing her arm and pulling her away. And she said,

1:58.2

I'll see you after the movie. And I was like, I don't have a ticket.

2:02.6

And so that was the end of it.

2:04.6

But let me tell you something, okay?

2:06.3

When this nerd gets in gear, okay?

2:10.2

Dangerous.

2:11.0

Yeah.

2:11.7

What really makes me sad is like when people are surprised by you, but then like what makes me even more so is when you're

2:18.5

surprised by yourself. You got it going on, friend. You're great. You're a good person. You got

2:23.3

good skin. You're attractive. You got a sturdy gate. You could touch your toes. Thank you.

2:28.0

Like. It's true. Yeah. It's all true. But, you know, it's just New York will tell you otherwise.

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