Cameron Esposito
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Exactly. Yeah. I started reading what the church had to say about women first. I like, even before I realized I was queer, I started reading what the church said about women, not the Bible, like the teaching, the stamped teaching that comes from The Pope and his friends. And I was like, oh, this is nothing that I agree with. And then also the spotlight papers were happening at that same time.
I lived in Boston. That's when the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal was really being talked about for the first time. And I was just like, none of this. And I left like I like left hard. I was truly like, I believe in all this. And then the next day I was like, actually, just as a correction to myself, none of it. I believe in none of it. And I'll leave it here.
I lived in Boston. That's when the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal was really being talked about for the first time. And I was just like, none of this. And I left like I like left hard. I was truly like, I believe in all this. And then the next day I was like, actually, just as a correction to myself, none of it. I believe in none of it. And I'll leave it here.
I lived in Boston. That's when the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal was really being talked about for the first time. And I was just like, none of this. And I left like I like left hard. I was truly like, I believe in all this. And then the next day I was like, actually, just as a correction to myself, none of it. I believe in none of it. And I'll leave it here.
And then that's how I operated for a long time. However, stand-up, as I've been saying, has always been spiritual for me. There's a feeling when I'm performing that I am actually connected to the audience, like physically connected through breath. We're all regulating our heartbeats. Mm-hmm. together in a room like that.
And then that's how I operated for a long time. However, stand-up, as I've been saying, has always been spiritual for me. There's a feeling when I'm performing that I am actually connected to the audience, like physically connected through breath. We're all regulating our heartbeats. Mm-hmm. together in a room like that.
And then that's how I operated for a long time. However, stand-up, as I've been saying, has always been spiritual for me. There's a feeling when I'm performing that I am actually connected to the audience, like physically connected through breath. We're all regulating our heartbeats. Mm-hmm. together in a room like that.
One time I was performing at a show and I felt like, this is in the book, but I was like, we're trees. We're all trees connected through a root system. And then afterwards, after the show, I hadn't said this on stage, Reggie Watts, who's the band leader for the James Corden show, was like, hey man, I liked that set, but what I love the best is how you were all trees connected through the earth.
One time I was performing at a show and I felt like, this is in the book, but I was like, we're trees. We're all trees connected through a root system. And then afterwards, after the show, I hadn't said this on stage, Reggie Watts, who's the band leader for the James Corden show, was like, hey man, I liked that set, but what I love the best is how you were all trees connected through the earth.
One time I was performing at a show and I felt like, this is in the book, but I was like, we're trees. We're all trees connected through a root system. And then afterwards, after the show, I hadn't said this on stage, Reggie Watts, who's the band leader for the James Corden show, was like, hey man, I liked that set, but what I love the best is how you were all trees connected through the earth.
He said that and I hadn't spoken about it. So my point is something spiritual is happening. Yes, it is. Yes, it is. But In the pandemic, when everybody was baking bread, what I was doing was reaching out to like eight different master's level theology programs, looking at their course descriptions, writing to specific professors and being like, can I take your classes?
He said that and I hadn't spoken about it. So my point is something spiritual is happening. Yes, it is. Yes, it is. But In the pandemic, when everybody was baking bread, what I was doing was reaching out to like eight different master's level theology programs, looking at their course descriptions, writing to specific professors and being like, can I take your classes?
He said that and I hadn't spoken about it. So my point is something spiritual is happening. Yes, it is. Yes, it is. But In the pandemic, when everybody was baking bread, what I was doing was reaching out to like eight different master's level theology programs, looking at their course descriptions, writing to specific professors and being like, can I take your classes?
Because I'm thinking about a career change. Maybe I'd like to be like a non-Catholic professor. priest. Almost all of these professors said yes, because when a standup comic says, I'd like to take your, I think that they were just genuinely curious. Yes, of course. What are you talking about? Sure.
Because I'm thinking about a career change. Maybe I'd like to be like a non-Catholic professor. priest. Almost all of these professors said yes, because when a standup comic says, I'd like to take your, I think that they were just genuinely curious. Yes, of course. What are you talking about? Sure.
Because I'm thinking about a career change. Maybe I'd like to be like a non-Catholic professor. priest. Almost all of these professors said yes, because when a standup comic says, I'd like to take your, I think that they were just genuinely curious. Yes, of course. What are you talking about? Sure.
So I took all these classes and one of the most impactful for me, I took them at a bunch of different institutions on a bunch of different topics. And I, One of them was at my college, at Boston College, where when they called me, they used to call me and say, do you want to donate to the school? And very early, I said, I will donate to Boston College when...
So I took all these classes and one of the most impactful for me, I took them at a bunch of different institutions on a bunch of different topics. And I, One of them was at my college, at Boston College, where when they called me, they used to call me and say, do you want to donate to the school? And very early, I said, I will donate to Boston College when...
So I took all these classes and one of the most impactful for me, I took them at a bunch of different institutions on a bunch of different topics. And I, One of them was at my college, at Boston College, where when they called me, they used to call me and say, do you want to donate to the school? And very early, I said, I will donate to Boston College when...
you apologize for the way that you treated me and the other queer students that went there and continue to go there. And they never called me again.