W. Kamau Bell
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He goes home, he makes that meal. Yes. He watches the evening news. Uh-huh. You know, and he's nice. Single serving everything. Single serving everything. He's nice, very nice guy. Yeah. Just never seen with anybody. So I had friends, my best friends.
Yeah, and nothing I did made me feel like I liked what I liked. Like, I was a big fan of stand-up comedy. This stand-up comedy was not cool at the time. It wasn't like now. We're like, I'm a comedy nerd.
Yeah, and nothing I did made me feel like I liked what I liked. Like, I was a big fan of stand-up comedy. This stand-up comedy was not cool at the time. It wasn't like now. We're like, I'm a comedy nerd.
No, people didn't know. So you couldn't be like, what are you into? Stand-up comedy. It was not a thing. So nothing I would say to somebody... let's say I'm in high school, like a lady, is gonna get me any cool points. Comic books were not cool, they're cool now. I know everything there is to know about Bruce Lee, that's not getting me anything. I take Kung Fu lessons after school.
No, people didn't know. So you couldn't be like, what are you into? Stand-up comedy. It was not a thing. So nothing I would say to somebody... let's say I'm in high school, like a lady, is gonna get me any cool points. Comic books were not cool, they're cool now. I know everything there is to know about Bruce Lee, that's not getting me anything. I take Kung Fu lessons after school.
Not the answer we were looking for. Weirdly, I'm learning how to fight. So I just was like, I don't know where the other, so specifically talking about women, I don't know where the other half of this person is who would be like, yay. So maybe I'm just going to be alone forever.
Not the answer we were looking for. Weirdly, I'm learning how to fight. So I just was like, I don't know where the other, so specifically talking about women, I don't know where the other half of this person is who would be like, yay. So maybe I'm just going to be alone forever.
No, but I think that by the time I met her, I was like, first of all, I'm a little bit older than her, so I'm seven years older than her. Show business, of course you are. Yeah, of course, yeah. But luckily, like a good seven, yeah, she was 23 when I met her. It could have been worse. But so I was already on the other side of like, this is who I am. Yeah.
No, but I think that by the time I met her, I was like, first of all, I'm a little bit older than her, so I'm seven years older than her. Show business, of course you are. Yeah, of course, yeah. But luckily, like a good seven, yeah, she was 23 when I met her. It could have been worse. But so I was already on the other side of like, this is who I am. Yeah.
So I'm not like, and also, as far as you could tell, this guy's a working comedian. So I want to be in the arts, and he's pursuing his career. And he's sort of like, as an example. So I had points there that I did not have before. But like, by that point, I'd abandoned thoughts of being cool. Like, I'd abandoned any sort of thoughts of like, But then I've also been with women.
So I'm not like, and also, as far as you could tell, this guy's a working comedian. So I want to be in the arts, and he's pursuing his career. And he's sort of like, as an example. So I had points there that I did not have before. But like, by that point, I'd abandoned thoughts of being cool. Like, I'd abandoned any sort of thoughts of like, But then I've also been with women.
It's not like I was like, this is the first person I've built. But I sort of like, I am who I am at this point. Or I'm happy to figure it out and not be in the place that people think I'm supposed to be.
It's not like I was like, this is the first person I've built. But I sort of like, I am who I am at this point. Or I'm happy to figure it out and not be in the place that people think I'm supposed to be.
No, I think – I mean it's different because three kids and one kid – the only child thing is a big part of it because you get to have – You have the time to explore in a way that like when you're in a family of three, you just don't have that much individual time. So like my middle kid, Juno, like I feel like we're opposites of each other because she was like she's a middle kid.
No, I think – I mean it's different because three kids and one kid – the only child thing is a big part of it because you get to have – You have the time to explore in a way that like when you're in a family of three, you just don't have that much individual time. So like my middle kid, Juno, like I feel like we're opposites of each other because she was like she's a middle kid.
So she's always feeling squeezed. And as an only child, I always felt free. And so I can connect with her because I'm like, I can I can tell that position sucks. Like I can tell that like you sort of always have to be shuttled with the other kid because nobody knows what to do with you. So you're always sort of like in the backseat going to soccer practice.