Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another exciting episode of Make Unplugged. And today I have a bucket list guest of bucket list guests. We're talking about someone who is a force of nature, a brilliant comedic mind who has graced our screens and stages, bringing joy and insight to millions. She is known for her undeniable presence and groundbreaking career.
Join me in welcoming the vivacious, the hilarious, the absolutely unforgettable, my queen, Ms. Kim Whitley. Kim, how are you doing today, dear?
I'm doing good. That was a great introduction.
I will definitely send it to you because I meant every word of that. You are someone who not only has brought joy to millions of people, but you've also been a standard. And what I love about Kim Whitley, every time I talk about you, is just that standard that you have for yourself. It's something I'm proud of for you. And just knowing that you are always who you are is so important to me.
And I know that's important to you as well.
Yes, absolutely. I appreciate that. When you say that and you think about this business, how quickly it goes, you know, it feels like I just started yesterday. So, you know, I just appreciate you having me on today. And I love your background and ideas. I mean, that's just that whole little jealous. I'm like, oh, my gosh, I love the lighting. That is so nice. I've been on a lot of podcasts.
And I will say you might be number one with the look and the lighting.
Hey, Kim, don't make me come find you and give you a hug now. Don't make me do that. But I will. I love it. I will get myself together. So, Kim, I always ask my guests this one question first, and that question is, what is your because? I like to call it that thing that's deeper than your why, your true purpose. And I know that it changes over time.
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Chapter 2: What does Kym Whitley define as her 'because'?
A lot of mothers do this, but everything... decision-making, my son has to be a part of it. Does he have spring break? Well, then I can't do that. Is he doing this? Does he have a basketball game? Someone told me yesterday, which I was like, is that true? Obama made it to dinner every night. So those are the things I was like, what?
If the president of the United States can make it to dinner, then truly, I can make some time for my son. And that they say that if you have like a weekly dinner with your kids or you have dinner with them every night, these are the children that they were scoring like high in the SAT scores. Something crazy. But once again, that's what I said.
I had to stop and was like, I have to, even though I'm like, I'm working, I'm working, I got to feed him. That's not what's important to a kid. So I try, it's not easy. I have a village and that means not that I got, oh, I can hire all these people. I go to my friends. Hey, I need you to be the auntie. I need you to be the uncle. He's got godparents. I'm not going to make every game.
I'm not going to, but he's so happy to have the people that are surrounding him in his life. So I say, even if you're a busy parent, you got to put people in their lives that can support them and that are there for them.
I fail sometimes, but I try to make him make sure if I'm on the phone, Oprah told me that, honey, she's like, if you're on the phone or whatever, she said, your child comes in the room. She's like, stop. I said, okay, I'm listening. Yeah.
Yeah. I believe that. And I've heard you say that, not the Oprah part, but just how being present matters. And that was something for me that I had to realize as my children got older, being present matters. Because the worst thing you can do, especially now, You can't let social media or social media topics raise your children. It's going to try.
But if you're not present, it's almost the worst neglect that you can give a child. So I applaud you for being present. I also heard you talked about Obama making sure he was there for dinner every night. I thought you were going to tell the world about your private jet and how you make it home to your son every night for dinner. I thought that's where you were going.
Baby, I wish I could, honey. I wish I said, yeah, I am on that private jet and I'm making it home. No, I make it home and I try to schedule things. things around it. But like I said, you're not perfect, but it will come back. One thing we have to remember is time. You cannot get time back. You can't wait until they're 20 something years old and saying, you know, I just wanted more time.
You're like, oh, well, let me, let me turn the clock back and go back to when you were 15 and give you that time. So sometimes you just got to stop and say, let me do this now.
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Chapter 3: How has motherhood influenced Kym Whitley's personal growth?
I think every week I'll just do a breakdown so people continue to watch it. Like we'll have a little episode party on Mickey Unplugged.
Oh, and I will tell you, there are parts that I'm a little silly because sometimes Bentley, he will just let us go. Can you imagine Tommy Davison? Oh my God, he's so silly. So silly. So fun, fun, fun. And thank you, Mick. I want to thank you even for this interview because I like to live out loud.
And I want to make sure that anybody who is struggling with weight loss, obesity, that they go to their doctor or go to zetbound.lily.com. It's so important because I just really, you know, people say it, but they're afraid to make that first, you know, initial move.
And that would be like if you can't get your doctor's appointment immediately or you can't talk to your doctor immediately, I really encourage people to go to the website and read on. And it'll probably excite them and give them, you know, questions to that they can ask their doctor.
And for me, yeah, and that's what people don't, I just want to make sure I know that people know also that I use the self-pay option for my Zep-Val and it ships directly to me because people always wonder, you know, how you can get it once you talk to your doctor. So there's all kinds of ways, but it's the first step. is to go check out the website and to call your doctor.
Because I have friends. I'm still encouraging to do that. So I want to make sure I tell the people who are my new friends and new fans to go to the website.
I will have links there. I love the fact that you said that there's self-pay options as well, too. That's really important. We'll have links to that. We'll have a little spot on our website as well that I'll have this link because I believe it's extremely important. In any way that I can support Ms. Kim Whitley, you can promise, you can believe I'm going to do that.
I'll have links to your website too, because I know you are still touring and tearing up the stage. So we'll make sure that everybody can see where you are at.
I appreciate that. I got a show coming up Arlington, Arlington, Texas at the Arlington Improv in March, March 5th, 6th and 7th. And then I know I go to Cleveland and I go and Louisville, Kentucky. Oh, I forgot about that one. That's close. I was thinking, I was like, maybe I'll see you in Louisville. You can come on Louisville. That'd be great.
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