Hey everyone. Welcome back to the Mention It All podcast. I am so excited to be joined today by a new guest to the show.

But if you're a Bravo fan, I'm sure you have seen her around. She's a podcaster, a host, a comedian. She does it all.

Michelle Collins. Welcome. What a pleasure to join you on your beautiful show and this beautiful studio, my head. Oh, thank you. I built it with my own two hands. What strong hands you have. Start off with compliments. Well, welcome, welcome. How's it going in the life of Michelle Collins? I've had a very trying 48 hours, or 24, let's call it. Okay. I'll tell it quick, two hours from now.

I'll wrap.

If that's okay, I don't know how long this show is.

I don't have a hard out.

So just go.

My favorite words, that to me, that's like cellar door to me. I'm like, no hard out. I'm so happy. So yesterday, I'm staying in Midtown in a hotel that I always stay at. That's like an airport hotel, but I kind of like that. Okay. I like kind of shitty hotels. I don't need like a fancy bar. I'm just like, I mean, good bed, good shower, happy. It's across from the Italy cafe in Midtown. There's like a littler, Italy. Oh yeah, they just, I think that's new, like Rockefeller Center kind of here. Okay. It's a mob scene. You walk in there, it's like pizza Coachella. Like everyone is just like, you can't move. Everyone's on top of each other. So I'm waiting patiently in line. And there was a woman that I noticed little lady long witch hair, gray like crazy hair, who is very close to me. And I'm like very sensitive to

lines and order and justice. I need space. I will passive-aggressively move away from you.

I will look at you. I'm like, why are you my backpack? It's like Chewbacca.

Yes.

With the little thing. You know what I'm talking about? C3PO. Anyway. So I saw her and she kept, it was kind of genius because she kept going around people to like see what was in the cases. Like, oh, the facchas and everything. But literally right up on people. And I'm like, something's going on here. Anyway, I pay. I go. I wait for coffee. And I'm so anal when it comes to theft. Like when I go to London, I spend a lot of time in London. Yeah. I'm Rambo in London. I have a crossbody. Everything is hooked to that strap. My wallet, my phone. You are not, you're going to drag me down Oxford Street if you're getting anything. I was just in London last week. Yes. Okay. You get it. Because like huge on phone theft there. Like you can just say boom, it's gone. Right. I'm like, that is not how my trip is derailed. No. And the phone is worse. I admit. Getting your phone store is, especially overseas, bottom of the barrel. Yes. Anyway, I come home. My wallet's gone to quote, you know, Seinfeld. So Mr. Seinfeld, the point is, is that I had a show last night at Joe's pub, it went very well, but I had to go to the DMV. I'm leaving town in like three hours. I went to the DMV today, and here's the sick thing about me. I like kind of love going to the DMV. I'm like a really sick. I like jury duty. I like being amongst the people. I like What are they up to? It? It's good people watching. I'm not even joking. The guy next to me was very upset and he

wanted his license. He was applying for work. He had just come out of the criminal system. And he was

like, but that even that was interesting to hear. You're like, so I'm hearing a story. Yeah.

And then also the other thing,

and then I'm done, I love making people laugh who have the worst jobs on earth. Yeah.

And there's no better place to do with DMV, jury duty, passport office, Italy, funny enough. If you're

funny with the Italy people, they're like free faccia, take it. It makes them feel good good. You can laugh and then you feel like a good person. You know, one time I was going through TSA and I was behind in the TSA line, Frederick Eklund. Oh, hilarious. You can't miss him. And he goes, so literally, I'm like the next person in line behind him. And so he goes up to the podium where they look at your boarding pass and whatever. And the woman recognizes him. And he's with like a couple of gays. You know, there's like a little bit of a posse. And so they're like, they're like cutting up. And then I see that she's asking for a photo. And I'm like, I'm like, I am, my gut instinct is to be

annoyed that I'm like, I'm next in line, move it along. But I'm like, you know what, that's sweet.

This woman, I don't know how long her day has been. I don't know what she's had to deal with,

but she's getting a photo with Frederick. And I can

wait 30 extra seconds. I love that there is a TSA agent who was like, is that Frederick Eklund? Like what on what planet? Where were you leaving? Aspen? Like we're worried. J.FK. Terminal 4. She was, she's clocked in. You know, when you think of how stressful the jobs are, I had to drive. I drove in from Newark the other day. Again, everything is a long story.

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