Robby Hoffman: ‘Hacks,’ ‘Dying for Sex’ and Gabby Windey

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🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Comedian Robby Hoffman is having a moment. This month alone, she appears in prominent, memorable roles on two critically acclaimed TV shows—‘Hacks’ and ‘Dying for Sex.’ And, as Hoffman reveals in this episode, she is on the verge of some very big announcements regarding the future of a comedy pilot about her life and a high profile stand-up special. Of course, all of this comes after what has become her biggest claim to fame as one half of a queer power couple with reality TV star Gabby Windey, who she secretly married earlier this year. During our conversation, Hoffman breaks down how she went from a Hasidic Jewish family of 10 siblings to the alt-comedy world, why she has rejected the opportunity to perform stand-up on late-night TV, and why she would never follow in her wife’s footsteps to compete on ‘The Traitors.’ Listen to ‘Too Far with Robby Hoffman’ on Patreon Follow Robby Hoffman on Instagram @robbyhoffman Follow Matt Wilstein on Bluesky @mattwilstein Follow The Last Laugh on Instagram @lastlaughpod Highlights from this episode and others at The Daily Beast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is The Last Laugh. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and we have a very exciting
0:10.4	guest for you on the show today, comedian, writer, and now actor, Robbie Hoffman. Robbie is a great
0:17.2	stand-up comic who just happens to be co-starring on two of my favorite TV shows out right
0:22.1	now. On the new season of Hacks, she plays the new assistant to Jimmy and Kayla, played by that
0:27.8	show's co-creator Paul W. Downs and Meg Stalter. She also has a very memorable role in one episode
0:34.2	of the excellent new series Dying for Sex on Hulu.
0:37.8	You may also recognize Robbie as an unlikely tabloid celebrity
0:41.8	after she married former Bachelorette star and recent winner of The Traders, Gabby Windy.
0:47.9	But Robbie is also just a very funny stand-up comedian with a truly fascinating backstory
0:53.6	that we get into during our conversation
0:55.7	today. Before we get into it, let's listen to Robbie introduce a bit of her own origin story on
1:01.2	stage. I don't know if we have Catholics here or anything, but I'm from a very big family.
1:06.0	I'm from a huge family. Anybody else grow up Chrysidic without a childhood? Yeah, I have five brothers and four sisters.
1:12.6	My mother had 10 kids by the age of 30.
1:15.6	Yeah, just enormous vagina, as you can imagine.
1:18.6	Yeah, just, yeah, it's where I get mine from.
1:20.6	I'm very proud, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, one or two fists.
1:24.6	It's a good time, whatever you want.
1:25.6	Yeah, yeah.
1:26.6	Very spacious, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a three and a half, a full bathroom. Yeah.
1:33.0	But my mother did it all on her own. You know, my mother didn't have a lot. You know, she had a lot on her plate.
1:39.7	You know, she didn't have like a slave or what Jews call a babysitter. You know what I mean?
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