Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Yes.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

I said, what the hell is this? I hope you didn't put it in your mouth and try to chew it.

I said, what the hell is this? I hope you didn't put it in your mouth and try to chew it.

Right. I don't think so. But, I mean, you have been so accepting of the gay community from way back in the day, and maybe at a time when it was not as widely acceptable to be gay, right? But you were. You were.

Right. I don't think so. But, I mean, you have been so accepting of the gay community from way back in the day, and maybe at a time when it was not as widely acceptable to be gay, right? But you were. You were.

Of course. Yeah, without question. And I think I have a gay following, too, by the way. I bet you do. I don't know how to make that determination. I'm being told that I do.

Of course. Yeah, without question. And I think I have a gay following, too, by the way. I bet you do. I don't know how to make that determination. I'm being told that I do.

Good. Yes, that's great.

Good. Yes, that's great.

So we have that in common, and I'm grateful for it. Patty, I learned this fact about you that just blew me away. So here you are at the top of your game, but in your 40s, you used to say farewell to your fans after every show because you really believed you would not live beyond 50, right?

So we have that in common, and I'm grateful for it. Patty, I learned this fact about you that just blew me away. So here you are at the top of your game, but in your 40s, you used to say farewell to your fans after every show because you really believed you would not live beyond 50, right?

Yes, I did. And your friend Claudette, too, who passed away young. Right. Patty, can you talk about living with that fear at the time of your mammoth success? Because they bump up against each other, don't they? The feeling of... I'm not going to make it, but you've made it at the same time as an artist.

Yes, I did. And your friend Claudette, too, who passed away young. Right. Patty, can you talk about living with that fear at the time of your mammoth success? Because they bump up against each other, don't they? The feeling of... I'm not going to make it, but you've made it at the same time as an artist.

Yeah.

Yeah.

But is that when you turned 50, I think?

But is that when you turned 50, I think?

But you had a lot of anxiety about it, and then all of a sudden it seems like that anxiety just— It left. It left.