Leslie Jones Shares Hilarious Moments From Comedy Career, Therapy & Dating

Angie Martinez IRL

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Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Music

5 • 939 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Stand-up comedian and actress Leslie Jones joins Angie Martinez to reflect on her career in comedy from the very beginning, to her time working for ‘Saturday Night Live,’ up to the present where she is currently on her comedy tour, Leslie Jones: Live. Leslie explains how comedy gets developed, saying it “takes 10 years to become funny.” Leslie and Angie talk about love, dating, and therapy–including a chat on self reflection. Leslie hears from a fan on the podcast, and Angie asks some In Real Life questions.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:04.2	I'm Jonathan Goldstein, and on the new season of heavyweight...
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0:35.4	Michael Lewis here.
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1:10.9	I said this to my friend.
1:12.5	I was like, I said something so mean to myself one day.
1:15.7	You know, when I was getting up, I said something so mean to myself that I made myself apologize.
1:21.4	I said, why would you say something so mean like that?
1:25.2	I said, take it back.
1:26.6	And don't you ever say that again. What did you say? I said something. I don't remember what it was, but it was so mean that I was like, girl, why would you say that to yourself? You probably would never even say that to somebody else. I would not, none of the stuff I say to myself, I would say to anyone else. So why am I doing that to me? Yeah. And I'm supposed to be my best friend.
1:45.6	Yeah.
1:46.1	And I wouldn't let nobody say that to my friend. Yeah. My friends would tell you, I'll fucking knuck in this motherfucker I can tell. Real talk. I could tell. I knew I was going to love you, Leslie. I knew it. I did play with my motherfucker friend.
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