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The Papaya Podcast

The One About Canadian Entertainment and The Importance of Humor with Darcy Michael

The Papaya Podcast

The Papaya Podcast

Mental Health, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this engaging episode, Sarah welcomes comedian Darcy Michael. They discuss Darcy's rise to fame on TikTok, his experiences on tour, and the challenges of balancing personal life with a public persona. The conversation delves into the nuances of reality TV, the impact of social media, and the importance of humor in difficult times. Darcy shares insights into his book 'Attention Seeker' and his upcoming tour, highlighting the resilience and joy that define his journey.

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0:00.0

Hi friends and welcome to the papaya podcast. I'm your hostess, Try and Hermostis, Sarah Nicole,

0:10.2

and each week I'm going to be dishing out some sweetness mixed in with some seeds of wisdom

0:15.6

or something like that. So get ready to get inspired, get candid, get real, because we are all in this digital

0:23.3

space together. You all are going to be so spoiled today with today's guest. We have

0:33.7

Darcy Michael here, who most of us found during the pandemic during on TikTok and your

0:38.8

plant obsession and I'm going and seeing you live on tour you and your husband. Holy shit,

0:44.8

you're funny as hell. You're funny on TikTok, but on stage was such an experience. It's so

0:51.5

amazing. I'm so happy you're here. Welcome to the show. Thanks for having me on, pal. It's good to see you. I've been obsessing over you on traitors.

1:02.2

Thank you. You came across great. I think like it's got to be so nerve-wracking. We've talked about it all, like, privately, but like the idea of giving control of an edit over to somebody else.

1:18.5

Oh, yeah.

1:19.7

Oh, yeah.

1:20.9

This is the great thing about Canadian television, though, and I'll give props to their production team,

1:25.4

is they really wanted us all to, like, have a good experience and really, like,

1:29.9

they actually said to us at one point, we're not in the business of highlighting your low

1:34.0

moments.

1:35.0

So they actually really respected, listen, I was very prepared, the amount of crashouts that I had.

1:40.7

I was like, I am going to get mascara.

1:43.8

I'm going to have like waterproof mascara sponsorships through the law zoo after this, I'm going to get mascara. I'm going to have like waterproof mascara sponsorships

1:46.3

through the law zoo after this. I am like Kleenex is going to be crawling at my door being like,

1:51.8

please let us sponsor you. No, it came off relatively mild. But one thing that's really interesting

1:58.3

about a show like that is you live your experience

2:01.1

of like a 16 hour day. But it's 22 people and it's cut down to a one hour episode. So I wish I

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