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CHEERS! with Avery Woods

Avery Woods

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

3.9 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Avery sits down with YouTube icon and OG beauty trailblazer Gigi Gorgeous. They go all the way back to Gigi’s early days posting makeup videos as a teenager in Toronto, getting hit with hate, and still showing up anyway. Gigi opens up about growing up with two brothers who showed up for her in the most unconditional way, the early signs she knew she was different, and how the internet became her escape before it became her career. Gigi gets truly personal in a way she hasn’t before, sharing what the last year has really been like behind the scenes, what it means to rebuild your life, and how she is pouring back into herself. Avery also asks the questions parents are scared to ask, including how to talk to kids about the trans community with love and respect, plus boundaries with social media, and staying kind in an industry full of ego.

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0:00.0	Hi, welcome to Cheers. I'm your host, Avery Woods.
0:12.3	Hi, Gigi. Hi. How are you? Oh my God, good. How are you? I'm so good. I'm so happy
0:18.2	you're here. And I was just telling you off camera, my little
0:21.0	spiel that I'll say again. But I've watched you literally from the beginning. Like you were
0:27.0	one of the first at that time boys I saw do makeup, you and Manny. And then I watched your
0:33.0	love Manny. Love him so much. And then I watched your entire process coming into who you are.
0:39.3	And I feel like it was the first time that I, I don't know who else was posting at that
0:45.3	time, but for me personally, it was the first person I ever saw go through that experience
0:50.3	and like open my eyes to what the trans community is, what a trans woman is. And I want to thank you
0:56.7	for that because you really like set the tone for a lot of what society is today, especially in the
1:02.8	beauty world. Yeah. Oh my God. Well, thank you so much for opening with that. My God. I'm like,
1:07.8	what intro? Well, I mean, it's true. It's it's very. Like, I remember it's interesting because before I interview people, I always do research and like look back at old videos and certain things. And so many videos were coming up and I was like, oh, I remember watching that. I remember watching it on YouTube. Like one of your videos came up where you were in bed and it was like a voice memo of you like waking up be like wait when did I
1:27.6	who texted me like what did I do last night something like that yeah yeah yeah yeah I remember that
1:31.7	one too I think it was like my morning routine that was like a little trolling vibe yes being like
1:35.8	oh I have to look at my phone for clues of what happened last night because I blacked out yes
1:40.2	just like silly and you I loved that because that wasn't super common.
1:44.7	Like that like satire comedy back then, especially as like a beauty creator.
1:49.3	Yeah.
1:49.8	It was so unique.
1:50.7	But I remember obviously like it stuck and you are super successful.
1:55.5	I want to know about your childhood.
1:57.7	I want to know about your family and how you were raised and coming to be the person
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