Zachariah Porter
Appearances
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
You imagine me in a pool, naked in a movie, and I'm seducing Jennifer Lopez. You're naked in a pool? It's just, like, not... So, like, that's where my acting's at right now.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Do you ever notice that a lot of really funny people online are also really talented? Like Britney is such a talented singer. But there's a bunch of people. I'm pissed off. I know.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Yeah. I'm in the queue, though. Because Caleb can sing, too. Okay. Yeah. But I'm in a—just start saying that proud. Like, you can sing. Because the people who can't sing, they really can't sing. And that sucks. Or the people who can't, like, clap or, like, dance a little bit, like, just find the rhythm.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I think the gateway is a joke. I have to be a Swiss Army knife now. Well, now it's like you're so funny, but now you want to pivot to music? Relax. Like you can't do it all. Like you're being selfish.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Okay, wait. Are you? Let's talk about it. I would love to. So I just, so my agency, they've been like, they've been sending me a couple scripts, but it's never like a role that makes sense for me. I don't even know if I can speak about this and I don't care because I'm not going to get it. I got an audition for a Jennifer Lopez Netflix movie. But the role they asked me to read for two parts.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
One was like this kind of goofy office guy, whatever, whatever. He's like funny. I was like, I can read this straight. Damn it, but I'll try. Okay. Next guy.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
not him being like the seducer of the office in one scene he's like in a pool and he's trying to get the main character which i'm assuming is jennifer lopez to get in the pool and i'm supposed to be naked and i literally called them i was like guys i and they'll always be like it's for experience like you just gotta keep trying and i'm like this is a waste of my time like can you imagine me in a pool naked in a movie and i'm seducing jennifer lopez naked
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
It's just, like, not... So, like, that's where my acting's at right now. I'm reading there.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Yeah, honestly, I wish my body was like that. They could slut me out all day. I actually think I need to... It sounds like they're trying to, Zacharias. All those roles I'm getting are, like, they always have some sort of really chiseled physical description. I'm looking for, like...
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
No one's asking me to read again, but more gay.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
The Huntsman. I'm just like running in. I'm like, Jesus. That's what I think when I look at you. Yeah. Manly. I'm going to write my own stuff. That's what I'm going to do. You should. You should. Write my own roles.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I need to take some and I'm scared. When I moved here, I did improv. At UCB. That's like the classic New York thing to do. I was going to say, it's such a right of passage. It is. For comedians in New York. I loved it. It was really competitive, which I thought was interesting. I did like an intensive two week. I was like, let me just get it done with. So I went like four days a week.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
People flew in from it.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
really like florida and like the midwest to like do this class so have you ever done an improv class no so like you don't get called on you have to step up to like do it like we need four people and people like in my class were like chomping at the bit to be in every scene and also you just like run up and just join yeah yeah so you just have to look for your windows yeah until the guy comes up the teacher's like he's like guys the same people are coming up a lot the same people and i'm seeing a couple of you looks at me i'm like
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Haven't heard from you all day. I'm like, I need you to be more aggressive. And I'm not there. I'm there to learn. I'm not there to like get cast in something. Like this isn't my big break right now. I think the same. I think the same thing about shit like that. I just, so I'm here to learn, develop the skill. And I will say I learned so much in that.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
And I think I've become a better stage performer because of that. But it's a really intense. And then I tried taking a standup class and I quit after three days because everyone in the class didn't laugh at any of my jokes, but I would laugh at everybody's. And I'm like, Oh, this is a class of haters. Oh, so you guys are jealous of me.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
They were like, and I would like throw a laugh when I knew there was a laugh coming. But like, you just throw me a bone. No one would ever laugh at my stuff. Damn, top room. Top room. You guys don't know what you're talking about. Yeah, so I was like, I don't need to go here and feel shittier about myself.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I was also like so nervous. I didn't start until last year. Yeah. And I love it now. I've only done one five. That's it. That's great. That's all I've done. A five is great because I feel like after the five, you're there. You know what I mean? Like my show's an hour 10 and like you just keep, but you just keep going. Yeah. You know?
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
that's you know what i mean that's what caleb told me so i break my show up into like they're like five 15 minute sections and i do stand up and then i leave in a video plays of me doing some crazy thing and i come out as characters and then i leave so i do like all my bits and then i do stand up in between everything but it's really just like chunking it all together and it's just it really is there's nothing compares you've done touring though
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Yes. I've done live performance. That's the same thing. Yeah. That's what he, he's told me that too. And I'm like, don't give him any ideas. He's been pressuring me. I think the big thing is though, is if that's something you want to do, like start saving the ideas. Cause like, I'm sure funnier things are going to keep happening, but you need to fill that like hour.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I was in a wedding this October in Dominican Republic. It was hell on earth for me.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Yeah, but most people are just doing crowd work now. Yeah. Like, so much crowd work, which I like dabbling, but it's not my strong suit. Yeah. Especially when... The thing is with, like, live shows, and you already know this, is, like, you have to expect people to, like... You have to be able to pivot with that.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Like sometimes people get really drunk at my shows. Oh, my God.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
That happened to us a few times. But they're not. Was it a bad heckle or was it like a nice heckle?
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
The moisture in the air. But I love a humid heat. You don't like, oh, you don't like heat at all. I was in the wedding in khaki pants. We're walking down the aisle. I'm like, why is my shit wet? Yeah. I said, oh my God, my shins are sweating right now. You turn around and you sweat through your shirt? Oh, I did. Some of the girls are. Oh my God. Actually, I was okay.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
take his shoe off on me i take that that's on me but it's annoying it really is i've never had anyone negative but i've had like drunk people just get like loud and like want to be a little too involved what did you have to do i honestly just don't i like like tuning out like the staff usually knows to like tap people or whatever at the venues but detroit was the craziest show i ever had really everyone was just like really like spirited it felt like people were on drugs
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
smeared it in like a kind of scary way but still nice like little wizardry like it wasn't just drunk because people were like floating a little bit yeah it was like just so crazy energy but it was such a memorable show but i i'm so paranoid one day that someone's gonna like be like he sucks like because oh like a bad hack because i'll just leave my time thank you oh you hate it i'm done
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I was the only one who brought a fan because I'm like a sweaty guy. So I knew everyone's passing my fan around. I ended up making it through. They edited the fuck out of those photos. Damn. You said, get me in post. Yeah, they did.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Cold plunging completely. I opened for my friend for a 10-minute show and then I had like a show the next week for like 150 people at City Winery. It just did it and now it's like growing. I think it's easier for someone like me and for you when our audience already like loves us. Yeah. Yeah.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I think it's way harder and more respectful, like, respectable to do it, like, when people are, like, just testing new material and you have no, like. Totally.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Yeah. Or allegiance, really. People are coming because they already know me. They already like me. So it's not really hard to win them over in that sense. Yeah, that's true. So it makes it more comfortable for me. And, like, the shows are great because everyone, I don't know, like, they listen to our podcast. They, like, they're all kind of, like, friends already. Yeah. Which is cool.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
So, but, yeah. That's tea.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
What a drop in.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Yeah. And I don't know. I think you feed off the energy of a room so well, you know, and then talk about the tours and posting pictures and like the energy of it all is just really exciting. I'm going to do 10 more this month and then I'm going to take a little bit of a break. Come back in the fall.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Good. It's called Camp Counselors Podcast. My boyfriend, Jonathan, we're on year three. Love. It's so. How's it working with a spouse? I love it, but it does not work for everybody. Yeah. He's my best friend. I love that. Mine too. We do everything together. Yeah. And I feel like our lives are so intertwined where it's just easier to keep him on the same page as me at all times.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Well, yeah. I'm on medication for it now. Really?
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
He wanted to come today. He had to do other stuff, but working with him is great. He does the most of the labor for the show. Yeah. He does everything. Which is good. It is good.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Balance. You want me to edit it? Because I'm like, shit. You know what I mean? Yeah. He's actually really talented at that stuff, but I love working with him. But everyone's always like, oh, that must suck. I'm like, it's hard. I'm like, I like him.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
seriously i had to be because i get it's the anxiety they're like you need a pill so it's called propanol that's literally not the right word at all it's for like anxiety inducing so it like it relaxes your heart rate i do it before i go on stage so it like it doesn't stop your anxiety but like the physical manifestations of anxiety like heart racing sweatiness it kind of sets you is that why you sweat well when you're nervous i think it makes it worse oh that's i'm not nervous today though
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Do people hate their spouses?
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I'm like, why is that not working?
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I don't know. We're, we're, we're attached to the hip too. I'll do a couple of things without him here and there, but yeah, I love working with him. He comes to the road. He opens for me. Love. Yeah. It's like a pre podcast tour in a way.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
it's great for us well jonathan never had done stand-up and now he's doing it and he's doing like a 15 minute like sat when he opens and he's so good at it and like we were backstage in toronto two weeks ago and the live nation rep was there and she went to him and she was like hey like this was really amazing because that's not what he wanted i kind of like bullied him into i'm like you're on the road get a paycheck if you can like let's do it but no he's yeah he's crushing it right now too it's like a it's a content house of our own i guess yeah
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
That's a deep dive. That was me trying to do those Emma Chamberlain edits. Like, you know that era of YouTube? Actually, I watched it the other day and I was like, this was pretty funny. I think I privated that video. No, I kept it public. Go watch that now. It's really funny. No, wait. The veneer culture has shifted. It has. It wasn't like- They shifted away from it. Yeah.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
And now people have these like dog teeth, like Barbie teeth. I'm not- Oh, girl. Yeah. And not everybody. Like some people have really great veneers, but the veneers I'm seeing on like TikTok are scary.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
That's exactly what it is. I also heard about veneer breath or something. What the hell is that? I think it's the bacteria and the decay. Inside the veneer? I think in the sealant.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I draw the line.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
And I kind of think my teeth are quirky. Like, they're my, like, I look at my mouth and go, oh, those are my teeth. Me too. So it's like, yeah, I'll get them. I've gotten them whitened a bunch of times. I'll keep them. There's no enamel left. It's like, these things are basically.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Your teeth are white though. Did you drink coffee?
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
You gotta go toothpaste.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
How long do you have braces for?
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
So if the plans change, they change.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I'll call you all up and I'll tell you.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Yeah. You should try that though. And like a face swap feature, like AI.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I do. Any particular reason or just collecting? I do all my characters. I just have all these wigs. I like buy wigs all the time for different videos. And it's like what I'm kind of like doing mostly right now is character stuff.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
um but wigs are just so fun i was gonna say so you need a hundred of those well it's been seven years it's been seven years and the thing is my wig aftercare atrocious so i use away on my right back in that bin yeah i said i have i actually just bought satin bags oh nice i said look at me after seven years okay yeah but they're they're they're in a lot of bins but um yeah so many wigs you love a wig do you love halloween
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I love Halloween. Me too. Every gay person loves Halloween. That's true. That's true. Didn't want to assume. Yeah. I didn't get to do Halloween when I was a kid, though. Oh, really? My parents were super religious like that.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Yeah, and now they've like shifted their ways. I'm like, you couldn't have done that in 2006?
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
um oh geez my best Halloween costume uh I did like seven a couple years ago and they were all reality TV stars and I did like that woman she's like she is on a Christian that was good also do you remember the show um it was like Pretty Wilds And she was calling about the, she was like, they said I wore my like six inch Louboutin. Yes, yes, yes. I did remember. She was going to court. Yeah.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
And my little BB heels. I did her, I do a bunch every single year.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Oh my God, I'm obsessed.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I was looking really good in 2021. I got to flip it back real quick. Jeez, I got in a relationship. That's what happened. I think you look fantastic. Well, thank you.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Did you watch the extended clip of that?
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Well, then she says she has a missed period. And she goes, how long? She goes, three. She goes, weeks. And she goes, months. And then Kyle goes, are you sure it's not menopause? That's right.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Right now, I'm in the middle of Real Housewives of New Jersey. Okay, T. Yeah, I'm on season 10. But my favorite Housewife franchise is either OG New York or Potomac. I love Potomac so much. T. Yeah, but they're really good. And they inspire a lot of my characters. Yeah. Just like really batshit crazy women who are just like... I don't know. They're just like dynamic. And the show is amazing.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Would you ever do it? Have you ever been asked? To do Housewives anything? To do, like, a reality TV moment?
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I think it would be interesting. I don't think you're boring, though.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I want to do Survivor so bad. Do you? Yeah. Are you a Survivor kind of girl? Are you like an outdoorsy girl? No, but I'll figure it out. I started watching a year and a half ago and I've seen three seasons and that's it. And I'm like, literally sending an audition. I've done all my research. I auditioned. They didn't call me. Every podcast I go on, I go, Survivor casting. What the hell happened?
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I love to ask. I was low-key on TikTok for so long before the pandemic. Really? Because nobody was on it. When it was musically? Well, it was right when TikTok switched over. It was 2019. I had a chapped throat and I downloaded it. So the whole year of 2019, I was making videos because nobody knew about it. And it was like my little outlet. T. Because I went to school for marketing, hated it.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
What's his last name? Belegde. He's on, like, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here, Australia version.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Get the international ones.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I think that's a great idea. I like reality TV that's, like, competition-based.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Yeah. Maybe Big Brother I would do.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Yeah, I would do. I think you would thrive. I think it's like funny. And I like the, I don't know, like the, like the sound bites you get on those things. I'm not going to do like, no one's watching keeping up with the porters. Like, I'm telling you, it's not giving.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Oh, we've talked about this. We would have such a blowout. Right? I would rip the mic pack off. I would actually cuss him out. I've said that, too. I am a nightmare to compete with. Not even compete with. When I'm upset, I really shut down. Don't put me in a high-pressure situation with the camera. I'm trying to have fun. Jonathan is a saint for dealing with me. I'm like, God.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
The airport in Guadalajara. I'm freaking out. He's like, but you stop.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I know. I just am really high strung. And then I'm like, that's my life. My emotions are high or low. Yeah. Which is kind of crazy for him. But for me, I'm like, I don't like the middle. It's the best and the worst in me at all times.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I was always getting fired, like fired left and right for my attitude. And then I quit a job. And I was just working like restaurants. I love restaurant work, but I needed like another outlet. And then like customer service. Yeah. I love customer service, but you're getting fired for attitude and marketing. Well, I like when you're a server, you're your own boss. I don't want to work today.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Yeah. You know what I mean?
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Yeah, that one, yeah. I need to figure out tighter turnaround. That could not be good for production. But like Great British Baking Show? Oh, yeah. If they asked me... Wait, they literally have those, like, mini ones with, like, the celebrities.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Do you like that show? I've seen every single season. I have the cookbook.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
There's never been another show that's so pure and they want the best for each other. And even when they do bad, they cry. The hosts are crying.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
And a firm handshake. Right now it's Noel and Allison. And it's like the dream team. I love them. We should do that. I would die. We should cope.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
we would kill it me getting butterflies except you're definitely like more like the noel energy because you're like a bad bitch and i'm like definitely allison who's just like i think so too i love it i think we would be wonderful yeah i would do it i would like to host something like that me too i would do something like that i'm super down Cause they don't have to do anything.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
They're just kind of cracking jokes and like eating the little desserts. Yeah. They're there for vibes. Yeah.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Well, Drag Race has proven like you can go out week one and you can still be like the icon of the show.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Well, I love Trixie. I love Bob, obviously. I love like Ivy Winters from like season six. Right now. Right now. I think Crystal Envy is doing really great on the new season. Oh, yeah. I haven't watched the new season. Yeah. It just started. So you're not far behind. I love a bunch of them. I just like I love the comedy queens. Oh, Delta. Yeah.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
yeah have you had her on the show yeah oh my god i literally love her she's so funny she's like what i want to be she makes me comfortable like being older because like yeah she's just so so funny i think she's probably my favorite she killed she was so funny she was actually the first queen to come on my show in drag
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Give up my chef. I'm sick. I want to do a double. I'm going to make $400.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
a really interesting way of looking at serving and yeah and also like you're tipped on your personality like as long as you're organized and you are like funny you're being paid that way but when i worked for like a non-profit i'm like doing like mule work like awful awful work i love how you're you're working a set while you're serving you're like it's really about personality and it's about
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
she goes that whole stupid story i followed you yeah so yeah she's good oh my god she'd make me nervous i love the drag guys girls i love it i know they're mean yeah i love drag in general do you ever go to like drag shows um i've been to a few yeah i love them they're so fun we were at a bar last week and it just like turned into a drag show like when wednesday at 10 i was like what's happening the girls are out it's like shot a is it a crime
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
literally sobbing sobbing holding a mirror like i'm like is it a crime is it a crime is it i'm like throwing one oh my god that's there's so much drag here in new york which is like one of the best parts i know i've never been to a drag show out here oh i've been to a few in california yeah but i've never been to one out here and i've been to like i've been to like hamburger mary's and all of that a few times classic you gotta go yeah it's fun have a hamburger
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
Yeah. I'm not too totally. Yeah. Like if you put me in like Gillette stadium at the Patriots, no one gives a fuck. You put me in the middle of main street, magic kingdom. Those women are barking for a photo.
The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
my audience is mamas do you like uh walt disney disney world oh i love them both i am like i am rebranding for disney adults because i'm like we're not all crazy okay i agree i love it on that i love i love theme parks you mean i don't think i'm gonna have a kid so i'm just gonna continue to be a kid the rest of my life i'm not having children either look at us i don't i just win i have so many kids in my family and my sister calls me with these stories she's like oh my nephew took the fattest shit in the bathtub i'm like that's crazy like like
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that's so i'm just like not into it um so yeah i just like i think i'm a big kid so i can't love yeah have you been to universal in in orlando is it orlando yeah yeah there's i haven't been to the one in la i did a backlot tour when i was in la last time could i like something like that it was so fun Did you watch Gilmore Girls? I didn't watch it, but I know of it.
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So we're in the Gilmore Girls set in the gazebo in the middle of town. And I'm freaking out. No one on our tour cares. And he goes, they want a picture of me and Jonathan. They're like, please, in the gazebo. No one else wanted a picture in the gazebo. I was like, guys, this is like a pretty big show.
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Oh, my God. What was that Doja Cat music video where she was like on the walls and the ceiling? Oh, scary.
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Yes. Demon? Yeah. We were in that house. Okay. I got to be in that house. Spooky. I know. Have you done a backlot tour? No, I've never done one.
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I've never done the LA one. I heard that one's really good. I did like the Paramount one, I think.
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attentiveness sure but mostly jokes i'm exactly i'm testing material while you're serving and then that inspired so much of my content it's just like working with these people but uh yeah so when covid happened i already had like 200 000 followers okay too so it kind of just like skyrocketed me love and uh i've been doing content now like i think i'm in like year seven
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Yeah, they are. They are insane. That's a fun run. Do you ever, I don't go on the rides when there's like a little like local carnival. Like those rides scare me.
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I won't do that. Like a zipper moment. You're not going to catch me on that. No, no, no. No, no, no, no, no. This year, I'm trying to go to the Wisconsin State Fair. Okay, T. What's going on there? First of all, Wisconsin, beautiful state. Is it? Yeah. I just had a show in Minnesota. That's Wisconsin? Now I'm freaking out. Is Minnesota in Wisconsin? Minnesota people, where you at, baby? Damn it.
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Wisconsin is different. No, it's not Wisconsin. Minnesota.
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Oh, okay. So what's the capital of Minnesota? Why am I blanking on this right now? I loved it there. I literally loved it there. No. So you always remember the capital. You love it. You loved it so much you can't remember. Guys, the airport. St. Paul, Minnesota. It's the one next to St. Paul. It's the Twin Cities. It's St. Paul and the other one. Minneapolis. Got there.
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Everybody, Minneapolis is the most fabulous city I've ever been to. Their airport is gorgeous. And it's real woozy and campy out there.
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for the first time yeah oh my god you're gonna love it their airport has projections by like you really hear luggage comes out like nature projections there's like water bubbling and like birds cawing and i'm like this is like not necessary but so cute oh wow it's themed but um they have the second largest state fair in the country i'll come back and i will be back labor diary check
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I'm looking at flights now. Yeah, that's your bucket list type deal? Yeah, I love stuff like that. Like, kitschy, stupid stuff like that. Really? Let me go do that for fun. For the experience.
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I hate music festivals.
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Oh, I love a Ren fair.
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Yes. A little bit.
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I'm going to, I have elf ears and everything. I'm going to wear them all. So I just did elf ears one year with like a normal outfit. And I was like, not being a cute elf. Not being a low key elf. People like, or the one I have, it's like summertime and they'll be in full chain. I'm like, you stink. It's fine.
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I like stuff like that.
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Oh, my God. I went to school for advertising. I wanted to do that.
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so my the guy who is our professor worked for a real ad agency and they were doing like a local psa about teen safety so i had to play a teenager i was like i'm so youthful um so i was like 21 and this commercial is tall and they need you to be in the pool and they need you to be naked and j-lo might pop in whole nudity i said i'll do full frontal they said it's teen safety so relax
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So we can't have that. Yeah. I was like, okay. So no creative control here. Um, no, it was so, it was so funny. It was like, the whole thing was like, if you're working in unsafe condition, you can Texas hotline. They'll like come in, like, I don't know, help you out a little bit. So I was like, you don't have to take those jobs. If you're nervous, just call this number.
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And it was like, well, call it Safe Jobs R.I. We're like adding it into like an iPhone. It's like a whole bit. It was funny. It was cute. It was my first acting gig. It's not on IMDb, though. I should get that credit or something.
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Yeah. I really just did it to like make the professor like me so that he'd give me an internship, which did work. T. Yeah. Friends in high places. I brought a sweatshirt that they didn't like. So they made me wear an Aeropostale like black sweatshirt with like fur in it or something. And I was like, why this? Yeah. The picture's there. The video's there.
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We need Drew. We need Drew for this one.
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I think just go for it and trust your gut and be prepared to work really hard. And you have to believe in yourself before anybody else does because it takes a long time for people to catch up sometimes. But if it's meant for you, it'll be for you. There's just room for everybody.
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It was just like a one way to become like a public figure. Yeah.
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I am Zachariah Porter pretty much everywhere or ZZ Zachariah on TikTok. And I have a tour. Come see it. Listen to Camp Counselor's podcast. And thank you for having me, Drew.
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No, I get it. My niece is a freshman right now. And some of the stuff that she even wears, I'm like, oh my God. They're just, they grow up so fast.
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VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
That's different for us. Frozen in time.
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Yeah, I'm 30 next week. How are you feeling? I have never been more excited in my life. Me too. I was never a 20 year old. Me either. I remember going to the bar when I was 24 years old and giving my ID and he said, no, you would only card if you look under 30. I said, oh, actually I'm going to go cry in the car right now. You said that's really fucking mean.
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I was like, I had this like weird, like frosted tip moment. I was growing up my blonde. So there was a lot of identity crisis going on at that moment. You said part of that might've been on me, but still. The lighting, the lighting was harsh. You had a flashlight or something. No, but I think 30, I'm excited for it. Me too. I think it's going to be. I know who I am now.
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I can't wait to be 30. I think it's way better. Well, then it resets because now I'm 30. I'm not 39. Right, yeah.
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That's how I'm looking at it too. Yeah. No, I'm super excited.
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we're in the world's largest dog crate this is my dog crate welcome wolf wolf i'm so happy to be here oh my gosh idea i've been texting everybody i know just like bringing it up just like i'm gonna be with drew i'm like you know the drew you know i actually brought you up to um the guy at the bagel shop today his bagel shop i was making small talk okay up the street he was like oh how's your day going i'm like great he's like oh you're at work i was like yeah i'm filming a podcast he's obviously fishing yeah
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Yeah. I don't even identify with some of the new stuff. with some of the new stuff. It's really got me for a loop. No, and like my audience, everyone that watches me is pretty much in their 30s and 40s. Same. And the same thing. I was working in restaurants. I was like going to the bar with like 40-year-old women when I was 21. And I was like, oh, this is my sis right here. I love this girl.
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That's my sister. So I think I just am ready for that kind of next chapter. I love that. My boyfriend, he's 31. OK, T. He's been marinating for a while. Yeah.
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everything is awful i think 23 was so harsh for me because i was a year out of college like literally had no idea what i was doing and the self-doubt and like the negativity yourself right at this point i'm like i know what i'm doing and you have no money no yeah no sense of like direction really yeah i know where um my brother-in-law my my fiance's younger brother i think he's 24
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He's like, make sure I get that casserole back. He's like, we're a board party. You know, girls have to do charcuterie board parties. So that reminds me, one time me and my siblings had a party like that and I was the youngest. So like kind of like him in that moment. And I brought this like Asian noodle dish. It was like these like brown noodles. It looked, it didn't look great.
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And I was like that age and I didn't want to lose a plate. i put it on a paper plate nice and i bring it to the party and i was last to get my food when i got there no one had grabbed my noodles at all so we're like playing games after and i was like i'm gonna go i'm over it because i slaved over these sesame noodles these noodles with me by the way leave the plates paper anyways i'm like
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VENEERS CULTURE Ft. Zachariah Porter | Episode 156
I think that summer of 2020, I was, like, still working at the restaurant. And I was, like, giving away shifts because I was, like, just trying to, like, throw everything at it. And then I made my own merch. And I ordered it myself. I ordered, like, I found a screen printer. I had 800 shirts sent to my house. And I sold them in, like, five days.
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14 hours and then for the next week i packed every single t-shirt and i was like oh i'm here i'm hustling this is gonna work and then i quit the next day at my job um because i sold 800 t-shirts i was like floating for a minute and my boss was like oh like are you sure that this might be like a flash in the pan she asked that to me and i was like oh no i'm gonna bet on myself right now and she's coming to my show next month
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so i'm like honestly he's so he's so nosy he needs to know i know i told him it was you and he was really excited really yeah shout out bagel pub door code one two three four five for the bathroom shouts out bagel pub yeah i'm glad to hear you're a fan thank you for having me seriously oh my gosh i'm so happy to have you i'm excited we finally got to meet up we were supposed to meet in la but thankfully i came to new york and we can make it happen yeah you're on your east coast journey right now right are you loving it
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I always need at least one. Or at least give me the invite letters. Do I know anybody?
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I'll be going home with the Uber and I'm like, hey, that was fun.
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Yeah. But you said like, it's like, you have to get into it for like the love of, for me, it's a love of entertaining. Right. I just love making people laugh. Have you loved attention forever? Oh my God. Me too. I can write a book.
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It's good. Yeah, I'm unapologetic about it. Me too. That's what makes me happy, and I think in turn we've made a lot of people happy, hopefully.
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Yeah, I felt like that was the only way to be famous or do something. I didn't even know what a comedian was. I thought we just had to be actors. Me too. And then I wanted to be Ryan Seacrest. T. Yeah, and then I was like, yeah.
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that's kind of the the way and then I went to I applied to a couple colleges for like more like media focused stuff to be like a newscaster and it just didn't work out and I let the dream go but like in high school I was always a class clown like love did you have like a like a mister in your high school like the oh we had Mr. Dartmouth in my high school it's like the male beauty like oh cute yeah we had a Mr. Corona yeah yeah so I did that I won that I
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The pageant? Yeah, I did. And I thought because I was like the first time I felt like I was like, oh, but first time ever on a stage. Yeah. I like got like that kind of reaction for making people laugh. And I was like, oh, I'm going to put this feeling away. So when I started doing TikTok, I remembered like I can do this. Right. I love this.
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Yeah. And that's what we were all doing. Yeah. It was like me and all the jocks. It was like the one gay boy in the high school and then all the jocks. Mine was the opposite. All gay.
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oh no it's like not one jock of life it's like what the guys do that's like because it's real bro it's real funny like so it's like homecoming king it kind of is that's like what they did so like um my talent was yeah you remember like a thrift shop macklemore it was that i danced that that was a moment but in 2013 oh yeah choreographed full choreographed i sang and i danced
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Does anyone remember the song New Shoes by Paolo Nuttini? I'll put some new shoes on.
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Yeah. Are you a good singer? No. I'm not a bad singer. I kind of hit that middle. Just for fun? Yeah. Oh, I sing all the time.
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For the love of the game.
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I was like, wow.
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Yeah, they're doing a live action. Did you see that? I did see that. The guy who's playing Hercules is... Who is it? I couldn't tell you. Name? I don't know a name. I could pick him up from a chest, like a chest photo, because his pecs are like...