The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
CRAVING STABILITY FINANCIALLY Ft. Grace Kuhlenschmidt | Episode 161
19 Mar 2025
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Chapter 1: What healing practices are discussed at the beginning of the episode?
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Hey, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the Comment Section Show starring me, your fave. Everybody knows me who cares about me. On to the guests. Today we have the iconic, the hilarious, the unbelievable Grace Kulinschmidt. Woo! Woo! Keep going. Yeah, right. I know, that's how I jerk everybody off.
What other adjectives do you have for me? You must have about 10 written down.
Stunning, gorgeous, amazing.
Oh, thank you.
Never been done before.
No, whoa, cool. I'm really, really happy to be here.
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Chapter 2: How did Grace Kuhlenschmidt feel about being on the podcast?
But mostly because I always bring up the fact that my sister's a lesbian. And I said that it's the hidden Mickey in all my episodes. And the fact that almost all my entire team are gay. So like, you know, I love that. When I told Chapel that she's like, I can tell. And I was like, clock 30 fast.
fast bitch shit damn yeah travel is like the jealousy in your eyes you want to be guys so fucking bad your brain your body just won't let you the fear of the smells coming from outside from what i got out of my car but that's that's so funny you say that because i had no crushes at all when i was younger like on anyone anyone at all like i had like a few celeb crushes like i was a big jonas brother girl oh so who was your guy mine was nick
Which I feel like is the straight sister. Whoever loves Nick is like, well, yeah.
Why? Because he's the hottest?
No, I feel like the pipeline from Joe.
You're like, because a lesbian wouldn't have a crush on a really hot guy.
No, because lesbians love Joe Jonas.
Oh!
It's always Joe, or they don't want to pick any of them, so they pick Kevin. Right, sure. That's kind of, I think, that pipeline that goes that way.
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Chapter 3: What was Grace's realization about her sexuality?
And then I'm sure she did other things, too. But now she does music, obviously. But looking back. Makes a lot of sense.
Yeah, it's a pretty, I mean, to go immediately from liking boys to Hayley Kiyoko, I think it's pretty.
It's pretty hard left. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. And then it's like all it's all the pieces fall to like in place when I look at it in that lens. I'm like. Yeah, that does make sense. But then I think that's why I thought maybe that might be the case for me because I never had crushes. But it wasn't because I didn't find men attractive. It's just like they genuinely enrage me. Well, for sure.
And even now. And like recently I was talking to my I was actually talking to my fiance about this first. And then I was telling my sister about it. But I was like, sometimes when men like specifically a very specific kind of like cis straight man. Yeah. When they want to be sexy, like they want to be perceived as sexy.
it incites a rage in me that is borderline tangible like and i'm i'm so serious i feel like a bad person like i feel like i sometimes i'm i'm so serious i brought it up in therapy because i was like sometimes i think something's wrong with me but that's why nick jonas was an easy crush to have because he never tried to be sexy he just had diabetes right
and you know what that's all i needed and that was his like sexy quirk that's crazy that's true there you go not trying too hard no exactly that much attention no just get a diagnosis okay how old were you when your sister came out to you
I initially, I've talked about it and this is like kind of a bummer, but I wasn't as receptive as I wished I was, but not because I thought it was gross. It's just like, I couldn't believe she didn't tell me because when she did tell me she was like fully in a relationship with someone already. And every week she was at college, I was like, are you dating anyone? Are you talking to anyone?
Like constantly I was asking her and she's always like, nope, nope, nope. And then she was living this whole other life.
Yeah, you have to do that sometimes.
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Chapter 4: How did Grace's childhood experiences shape her identity?
And my mom was like, oh, you guys could go to the same school. And I was like, I think I want to go to a different school. And, like, we both kind of were like, we should go to separate colleges so we can, like, grow and all that. And she tells me when I was, like, entertaining it, she was like, oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God. Because she's like...
living a double life she's like i need to be a secret lesbian and this does not go according to the plan she's being hannah montana so i'm like so when she did come out to me initially i didn't handle it the way i wish i did yeah but then obviously i was like i am a dumbass i don't care right i don't care at all um i'm happy for you i'm happy you're happy and so after that it was fine like we were totally fine after that it's funny too because like even like the way like my dad found out like my dad was like i don't care just do good in school
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't care about that. Right?
It's too good in school.
See, then, that's actually beautiful. That is all that matters.
Right, at the end of the day.
I did poorly in school, so... Damn, you're looking at a double whammy, then. So, actually, fuck. Should I call my dad?
I do want to ask you, like, what were... Did you always want to be in comedy and entertainment? Did you always want to do that, or did you kind of find it a long way?
Like, I went into college... Just like a little backstory, like I really always had bad grades, like always. And going into college, like my senior year, I had this college advisor who was like, getting into schools is going to be really hard for you. So we're kind of looking at like, you know, no offense, but like University of Arizona. He was like, that's a place where like you can go.
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Chapter 5: What challenges did Grace face in her academic journey?
Okay. One thing that I thought of about your question earlier, my aunt, who is about 85, she told me she was like... so grace i watched your videos and none of them make me laugh and it just got me thinking the lesbian stuff is fine but i'm wondering when are you gonna start making comedy for people above 70.
And you know what? Clocked your tea, didn't she?
She said that so as if I've been having meetings with my team. Like, I don't know if this is landing for 70 and above.
Did we ask AARP?
I'm like, babe, you can barely turn on Netflix. I'm not. You're just not the demographic I'm going for.
Hey, noted. Thank you. i appreciate it when are you gonna start her going lesbian stuff it's just also just me doing like fully like age um age discrimination jokes how's your wheelchair
bullying old people i make old people jokes a lot like especially when i'm like uh with older comics like if we're doing something like i did something with that involved older comics and it was i made a few old people jokes and i honest to god i felt like they were a little like
offended to which i'm and i'll tell you who they are after okay they're like old heads in the comedy circle like they've been around for a long ass time and i was like i made one joke right about you guys right fucking old and all of a sudden i lost the room what it's just you guys yeah and it felt weird because they're all like for real stand-ups i'm just a dickhead on the internet so it's like okay i hate don't do that to yourself though yeah that's because to me
There are so many stand-ups who are, like, really bitter. Yeah. And even though I feel like I do stand up a good amount, I still feel like there are stand-ups who see me and are like, you're just a fucking internet personality. Yeah, exactly, which is bullshit. And I'm kind of like, you're fucking jealous. Yeah, exactly.
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Chapter 6: What advice does Grace give for aspiring comedians?
And my fiance, she doesn't see him. And so she says that. And then she goes, God, she's like way better looking in person.
oh my god and then my fiance told me that and then she came up to me later and told me i fucking love you and then he told me that whole story and i'm like nice and i go and you know that was the third time i heard that that day yeah right so i was like right right right right right love that Thanks, guys. Holy shit. Appreciate you.
I don't know if you ever get things like that from the internet. Yeah, of course. People who just, they say, it's almost like all rational thought leaves.
I think like maybe 10 plus times someone has said to me, I love you. What's your name again?
Yeah.
it's like really like and i'm like grace they're like yes are you sure grace yes i think i love you if you're the girl i'm thinking of sometimes they'll be like oh my god wait i know you wait hold on i know you wait and they're just making they make me stand there and wait while they try to jog their own memory okay which unfortunately i've done that to someone before Was it Shawn Mendes?
I know. I know him through and through. Gosh, yeah, we fucked.
I knew it.
I fucking knew it. So I was at Amber Ruffin's show. OK, OK. And I was backstage. She invited me. I'm backstage with four other people. And I see this one girl in there and I'm, she walks in and I'm like, Oh my God. Hey. And she's like, Hey. And I'm like, We've worked together. And she's like, I don't know if we have. I'm like, no, we have for sure. You look so familiar.
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Chapter 7: What insights does Grace share about her stand-up comedy experience?
But... Yeah, I mean, my other stuff is, it is funny, like, going from basically being on TikTok and, like, Instagram reels and I'm, like, not to really, like, you know, sound like I think I'm amazing.
Flex on these hoes.
But I'm, like, you know, we are ultimately, like, writing, directing, and acting in our own things.
It's true. I had never thought about that until Kayla painted it to me that way. Yeah, fully is. Yeah.
Like, you know, there's certain videos that, you know, sometimes there will be a video where, you know, it's like one or two takes. Yeah. But I have videos where I've done like.
unbelievable amount of takes yeah with like the smallest changes each time and i'm like oh damn i'm a fucked up director man i'm my worst nightmare that's so that's really cool too especially because how's the experience filming it like filming after midnight or after midnight i said that was on my brain filming the daily show um when you're like in studio like how is that experience
Because when I did studio television like that, it was completely different than anything I've ever done, which is kind of interesting.
Well, yeah, it's super different than like being on set for like a scripted show because it is like I'm reading off a teleprompter. Okay. I think I'm allowed to say that. I think I'm allowed to say that. Yeah, I'm reading off a teleprompter. All late night TV is. And it's like one take. So you don't have the like freedom to be like, oh, I fucked that up. Can I try that again?
Yeah.
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Chapter 8: What are Grace's future aspirations in the entertainment industry?
Oh, damn. Okay. And it was really actually horrible to watch. It was this really old couple. And the... I hated it the man's phone was going off and he had about 15 pockets on his body like he was opening every fucking pocket like no phone I don't know it took him like 90 seconds to get it and his wife
just darts through him the whole time and i think it's possible they're divorced wouldn't be surprised i bet they'd been together for fucking 55 years and i think they're divorced that was really hard because that one experience on the set of the daily show No, and then, like, yeah, the producers were like, we got to do it again, obviously.
You know, we didn't even get to get through it because of the phone. And I was like, does everyone want to check in on them, though? Are they okay?
What's been, like, have you ever said a joke, like, that was pre-written or whatever, and it got, like, no laugh at all, and then you kind of tweaked it, improvised it, anything like that? Or do you kind of just make peace with it?
The show is so...
like it's been on for so many years like decades so i feel like it really is like a very specific process there's not like a whole lot i can like switch up last minute and not that i really think i'd get in trouble um i'm just not a risk taker yeah i feel you i don't even i don't drive above the speed limit i'm not like especially with productions like that too like you just want to be a team player in a lot of ways yeah i was just curious if it's ever been a hard sell a joke in the live studio audience
I mean, for sure, there have been jokes where we're like, oh, that's going to do great. And we do it and not a single laugh. But to be fair, our audience is like almost entirely tourists.
Yeah, huh. It's like the same people that go watch The Tonight Show or anything.
I mean, it's on 52nd Street in Manhattan. It's like we are ultimately a few blocks away from Times Square.
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