Lisa Lampanelli Leaves Behind the ‘Queen of Mean’

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🗓️ 30 March 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Two and half years after Lisa Lampanelli retired from insult comedy to become a life coach, the former “Queen of Mean” opens up about what made her decide to leave roasting behind and why she decided to make a rare appearance in the new FX documentary ‘Hysterical’ about the history of female comedians. Lisa tells wild stories about her early days roasting Chevy Chase and Pamela Anderson, the two separate times she roasted Donald Trump and how that led to a bizarre stint on ‘The Celebrity Apprentice.’ Plus, she breaks down her beef with Patrice O’Neal, Louis C.K. and Joan Rivers.

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0:00.0	She was the queen of insult comedy.
0:03.9	And then, just like that, she gave it up for good.
0:09.1	Oh, it's good to see my old pal Pam Anderson here tonight.
0:13.8	I love you, Pam.
0:15.1	What's the story with your tits?
0:17.3	They're big, they're small, they're big.
0:19.5	You've had more surgeries than Roger Ebert.
0:22.9	Aw.
0:25.0	It's a roast assholes.
0:31.8	This is the Last Laugh.
0:36.4	I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and that was the one and only Lisa Lampinelli,
0:42.8	Roasting Pamela Anderson.
0:45.2	If you're a fan of the Comedy Central roasts like I am, you know Lisa.
0:50.1	She was a constant presence at those iconic events for ages, and then, a little over two years
0:56.6	ago, she did the unthinkable. She retired from comedy altogether. After making her big
1:03.6	announcement on the Howard Stern Show, Lisa has only spoken a handful of times about her decision
1:09.1	to walk away from her career and become a life
1:12.1	coach of all things. And she's never gone as in-depth about it as she does on this episode of
1:19.0	The Last Laugh. It's truly a fascinating story about someone who felt like she had insulted
1:24.2	enough celebrities and audience members in her life and wanted to find something more.
1:29.3	We talked about what these last few years had been like for her, as well as why she decided to participate in a new documentary called Hysterical about the history of female comedians.
1:39.3	And yes, we also got into the multiple times she roasted Donald Trump and the bizarre experience of competing on Celebrity Apprentice.
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