Damon Wayans

I wear this baseball hat and suit because of my dad. I used to laugh at him. We used to laugh at him because he would wear a suit with a baseball hat, like a momentary hat. He had all the hats from our shows, and he would wear them because he was proud of us. And so that's why I wear this in honor of my dad. And I wear my mother's underwear because—

You too. Thank you. Thank you.

Just enjoy the ride. Yeah. Says the older sibling.

Says the bully.

Yeah. Well, you know, somebody got to put you in check. And that's my job. But, you know, it's a privilege to work with family. Yeah. You know, and especially when you get along. You know what I mean? And you guys, this chemistry is palpable. You know, you can just tell that y'all love each other.

Yeah. We have five sisters. They're all so talented. They're hilarious. Really? Yeah. You hang around and all they do is crack jokes. And they're funny. But...

They're just funny people in the world. I don't think they can handle the rejection that comes with, you know, like going on stage. The thing about doing standup is you're not funny until you're funny. And it takes, you got to put in 10,000 hours to figure out what's not funny.

I had an aunt. She just passed in February. And she... Wasn't my favorite. You know, you're not supposed to have favorites. But she told all my brothers and sisters, Damon's my favorite.

And, like, was not ashamed to say it. And, you know, being born with a club foot, it's like God gave me somebody. That was on your side. And it's powerful to have somebody that loves you unconditionally. And I would get in trouble in school and, you know, with the law. And my aunt never said nothing to me. And I recently asked her, I said, Aunt Mary, why are you never?

Like, check me because I've seen you check your own kids. She said, well, it's your mama's job to beat you. My job is to love you. Yeah. And I think it's so powerful to have that person in your life. And that's who she's helped.

He never had a birthday. Like, it was always about my mother. Oh, yeah. When she finally died, then he had a birthday, and it was his saddest birthday. I mean...

The two of us. The greatest things that we have is each other. And like, I don't have a lot of friends. Marlon has a lot of friends. Kim has a lot of friends.

See what I mean? See what I mean? Okay. I don't really trust people. He's trying to be open. And ridiculed. And, you know, so friends have kind of turned on me. So I have his friends. Yeah. They're my friends. And, you know, I'm friends with them because they're vetted. You know what I mean? And as long as he love them, I love them. Yeah. When he stop loving them, I don't have to feel nothing.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, we couldn't fist fight. Because then you had to fight my father. And he didn't. My father just didn't. He was like a guy who would... you know, send a message to all of you, and you don't want to be the example. Yeah. You know, you don't, so, yeah, we didn't, it wasn't a real fist fight.

So Keenan used to walk around in Kung Fu slippers. He was just a target. He had noon chucks. And he was really good. He would kick the ceiling. And then one day he got into a fight with this dude, Bobby Boyd in the in a building, in the lobby of the building. And Keenan, you know, everybody's like, oh, snap. He's going to do the karate. And then Keenan went to take off his shirt. Oh, man.

I wear this baseball hat and suit because of my dad. I used to laugh at him. We used to laugh at him because he would wear a suit with a baseball hat, like a momentary hat. He had all the hats from our shows, and he would wear them because he was proud of us. And so that's why I wear this in honor of my dad. And I wear my mother's underwear. No, I'm kidding.

It was that, and he just had it together. Kenan had vision, right? I had an older brother, Dwayne, who was paranoid schizophrenic, so you couldn't take any direction from him.

Turn the wheel!

Yeah, Kenan was always like, you know, he was an A student. You know, he was. It's interesting how life will take you on this journey. Bruce Lee said, stay liquid. So you always end up where you're supposed to be. And so with Kenan, he told me he went to Tuskegee. And he went there to learn that the improvisation club was two miles away from where we live. Oh, wow. Yeah.

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