Roy Wood Jr.

But it just gave, that incident gave me confidence of, okay, when it makes sense to tell a story, tell a story.

I don't think I'm a full-blown storytelling comedian.

Like I don't, I don't know.

I don't, there's something uncomfortable about dealing with

emotion it's very delicate because you're manipulating the audience in a way so that part of it was i'm hesitant at times but i'd say that that third hour special is where it started and then i told another story in my fourth special lonely flowers this year which also was kind of a

You know, there's some depth to that one as well.

So, you know, you look at that and, you know, the idea of writing this book now, The Man of Many Fathers, where there's a lot of stories in that book that are painful.

There's a lot that are hilarious, but it's a few in that thing that's kind of painful, man.

And having the confidence to sit with that, you know, it's been a good thing.

Writing this book has been a great exercise in that.

I love it.

And I'm going to come to the book in two seconds, but there's two things I got to tell you and give you praise for that.

That maybe you don't know.

First thing is, so I've been a speaker for a long time, 10 plus years.

But watching your specials, and I know you say you're not a storyteller.

I'm giving it to you.

I'm giving you your flowers, not the lonely ones.

I'm giving you the big, beautiful flowers, right?

But watching your specials helped me as a speaker just with pace, just with slowing down and let the story tell.

Let the points that you're trying to hit tell.