Say It Anyway — Suzanne Lambert on Hate, Cancel Culture & Blowing Up Online

Screw The Clout

Bleav and Steve Stanulis

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5.0 • 996 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Screw the Clout, Steve Stanulis sits down with Suzanne Lambert — social media personality, comedian, and podcast host — to break down what it really takes to build an audience online. This isn’t surface-level influencer advice. Suzanne gets brutally honest about why most people fail before they even start, how fear of judgment holds creators back, and why controversy can grow your audience—but also trap you. From blowing up overnight after a viral video to dealing with hate comments, cancel culture, and pressure to stay “on brand,” she explains what actually matters: having a strong sense of self and being willing to put yourself out there anyway. They also dive into stand-up comedy, the reality of influencer income, fake online personas, and why trying to please everyone is the fastest way to fail. If you're trying to grow online, this is the reality check most people won’t give you.

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of Screw the Cloud. My name is Steve Sanuilis. I want to thank everybody
0:05.7	out there for making us a top 10 podcast right now on Apple Podcast, but it's not because of my voice
0:13.6	or who I am. It's because I have amazing guests like our next guest. Today's guest is a social
0:19.6	media personality, a commentator. It's Suzanne Lambert,
0:24.1	who has built a massive following. She's a podcaster. And I know she's doing tremendous things.
0:31.6	And I'm so excited to speak to her today. And I have a lot of things in store for you today,
0:37.2	Suzanne. So first of all, welcome to the show. And thank you a lot of things in store for you today, Suzanne. So, first
0:38.4	all, welcome to the show and thank you so much for coming on. Thank you so much for having me.
0:42.5	I've listened to the pod. It's so interesting to me. I love the kind of conversations you
0:46.8	have on here. So I'm happy it's me today. And I'm happy it is you. So before we get even
0:53.1	started, again, there's so much I want to get into
0:56.4	with you. What would just jump into first is you became a political influencer, right? How did
1:04.5	that even begin, right? So how did you say, all right, this is going to be my niche? How did that
1:09.9	even begin? Because you came from a
1:12.3	right-wing family. So, and now you're on, obviously, on the other side. How did you get into that?
1:19.2	Yeah. So I can answer the first part of your question. So I had a normal job in finance. I had,
1:24.1	you know, zero political connections. I actually knew more Republicans working on the
1:27.9	hill, the end Democrats working on the hill when I got into this, just given the nature of growing up
1:32.3	in Georgia. But I've done stand-up comedy for years. It was one of those things where, you know,
1:37.9	when I would be done with work, I would make videos or I would go do stand-up and in the clubs around
1:42.7	D.C., which is where I live.
1:51.2	And it was around the 2024 election, really, is when I started consistently posting online.
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