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The Comment Section with Drew Afualo

DIAPERED UP Ft. Samantha Hanratty | Episode 164

09 Apr 2025

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Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?

0.031 - 22.815 Drew Afualo

all right hey you're on yellow jackets right just want to make sure okay cool yeah just want to make sure okay i am i am but that's not me somebody else oh that's actually so real i know you're such you're a thespian at heart i know okay i need to really calm down okay okay you need anything yeah i'm just gonna have some water for a second okay yeah okay and i have weed if you need it

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22.795 - 52.127 Samantha Hanratty

I can if you think this is bad oh my god literally oh my god no one time I smoked and this is okay you can add this yeah one time I uh oh no I didn't smoke I had an edible um and uh I remember looking in the mirror and I was like I thought I was laughing and having a great time and I looked in the mirror and I'm sobbing and I'm like am I crying my ex was there oh jump scare and maybe that's why you were crying no for sure it was and he was like you've been crying for two hours and I was like oh my god he's like I gotta go I was like no oh and he thought I'm gonna

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52.107 - 77.035 Samantha Hanratty

leave yeah no and he did and i was like so you gave me the chocolate and then you said right right right yeah the story turns tragic really fast yeah oh my god yeah i would never do that to you oh thank you thank you i would never leave you in your moment of need i oh my god that's like the nicest thing i've heard in so long if you smoke if you smoke weed you turn into your character from yellowjacket yeah i get really hungry really quick start looking at everybody

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82.55 - 89.146 Drew Afualo

Hey everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the Comment Section Show. Sorry, me, your fave, everybody knows me. Ah, who cares about me?

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89.446 - 89.767

I do.

89.787 - 109.764 Drew Afualo

On to the guest. Thank you. On to the amazing guest, the iconic, the talented, the legendary, Samantha Hanratty. Woo! Oh my god, no, thank you. Oh my gosh, honored to have you clean. Honored to be here. We were just laughing because you were getting real nervous. Yes, I get very nervous before things. And you're a main character in Yellow Jackets. Got it. Yes, but that's Misty.

110.004 - 127.468 Drew Afualo

Like, you know, Samantha is like, you know. Yeah, you're acting. Misty's like. Two different. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, two different vibes. But you actually have been in the game for a very long time. You've been a working actress for a minute. And I'm very familiar with your lore. I do have some fun facts about you, which we will get to.

127.969 - 134.136 Drew Afualo

But before that, I'd love for you to tell us how you got into acting and how you got into just the entertainment industry as a whole.

134.156 - 152.681 Samantha Hanratty

Yeah. So I love attention, even though I'm nervous about it. I love attention. So I think that was really like the main thing. I was two and was like, Mom, I want to be on stage and TV. And she was like, I didn't even know you could talk. Like I was so she was like, what? And she was like, no, I'm the youngest of five girls.

Chapter 2: How did Samantha Hanratty get into acting?

522.059 - 549.973 Drew Afualo

sweet and so humble that's what that is but i i was i'm laughing because you were like oh it's um it's a new show um it's called yellow jackets and then me and my sister were like you mean those big ass fucking billboards all over la is that yellow jackets yeah that's me and you're like yeah it comes out soon i was like yeah i would hope so i assume i'm seeing it everywhere oh got it got it got it yeah yeah yeah and look how far we've come i know look at you i know

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549.953 - 575.016 Samantha Hanratty

you're still terrifying people on that show thank you my sister told me that was the scariest thing she had ever seen when she saw you on there oh my god she was like i was so scared honestly so many people say that to me before this show the scariest thing i've ever seen in my life thank you that's so great she's so fun how has your experience been working on yellow jackets does it differ from anything else you've done oh yeah totally i mean this whole show has been so crazy first like

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574.996 - 598.627 Samantha Hanratty

This is my first series regular. I've been a guest in people's houses, but I've never been the owner of the house or lived in the house. And so that's been really cool and so fun to be able to build a character like this. And then wearing the wig and wearing contacts and glasses and these different clothes. I feel like I'm just fully in a new character. Yeah, you like turn into her.

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598.727 - 611.55 Samantha Hanratty

Yeah, and it's so fun. It's so fun. So yeah, I just, I love it. I have so much fun with it. And I love getting into her mindset and seeing where the writers are taking her. And yeah, I just like...

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611.53 - 628.24 Samantha Hanratty

she's kind of like a dream for me um and so yeah i just i have so much fun and i mean it's been hard too like you know season one was right after the pandemic um and so that was weird like we weren't allowed to see anybody or be around anyone except for each other and

628.22 - 658.227 Samantha Hanratty

yeah that's that's that's hard you're building different bonds yeah i mean we really were like a team out there where it's like we have each other's backs but also like i'm sure they were looking at me like girl stop crying like every day i'm like this is really hard like got an antidepressants while i was filming like no no no like i was like not well and they were like you need to get it together like right we do need to finish the show though so let's go see someone i was like fair enough fair enough that's nice that they love you that much though they're doing good care of you

658.207 - 683.488 Samantha Hanratty

yeah yeah and you have to you have to take care of yourself and now that we're you know three seasons in it's like that's it there's a part of me that's like it's been almost six years I've known these people we've only done three seasons that's crazy am I not done yeah I know but also like I want to keep it you know I like I want to make sure that we don't like overshare the story but like share it perfectly so yeah I think I'm praying for like at least like two more seasons would be great for me

683.468 - 688.452 Drew Afualo

I think that's so awesome. And I believe in that for you. I also, do you have like a dream role?

689.273 - 710.492 Samantha Hanratty

Honestly, like Misty was one of them. Like I always loved playing like a complicated, dangerous woman. Yeah. And somebody that like you don't know when they're kind of going to snap. Yeah. Like growing up, it was always like I wanted to be like Harley Quinn and Joker's daughter. You know, like I don't know if they have a kid, but I wanted to be it. You know, like I just wanted that. Yeah.

Chapter 3: What was Samantha's experience like auditioning for Yellowjackets?

1491.284 - 1494.068 Samantha Hanratty

Oh, my God. We're two days apart. When's your birthday? September 20th.

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1494.249 - 1505.168 Drew Afualo

Oh, my God. Look at us. My Virgo queen. We're Virgos. I knew it. Oh, my God. I sensed it about you. And we're so close to the Libra. Yes. Yes, I know. I'm very well aware. I make everybody know that I'm a Virgo.

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1506.243 - 1513.735 Drew Afualo

Oh my gosh. Wow. I love this. Two days apart. Yes. Look at us. Dirty 30 this year. I know. I'm excited. Are you excited?

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1514.056 - 1517.962 Samantha Hanratty

I'm so excited. I've been always looking forward to 30. Me too. 30, flirty, and thriving.

1518.122 - 1518.463 Drew Afualo

I agree.

1518.523 - 1521.768 Samantha Hanratty

13 going on 30 was the thing that got me excited.

1521.808 - 1522.75 Drew Afualo

Shout out Jennifer Garner.

1522.73 - 1545.733 Drew Afualo

supposed to be at poise magazine right now like yeah i'm supposed to be like last bruce bruce springston yes please get into it i know you know what's so funny i've been telling people because when i tell people i'm 29 they're like oh are you nervous about turning 30 you're like getting older i'm like honestly no i and you're a virgo so you get this i've always been older yes like mentally i've been a 90 year old man in my head forever in like a 12 year old

Chapter 4: What humorous experiences does Samantha share about being bullied on ice skates?

3001.67 - 3019.058 Samantha Hanratty

Yeah, I actually thought my hair looked good. She like gave me a bob. Like I went from like long hair to like bob. And I was like. She said just a little off the top. Yes. And then she goes, she goes, did you want bangs? And I was like, I'm trying to grow them out. I look in the mirror. They're like super short. I was like, she cut my bangs. And I was like, oh, yeah, I'd be mad. Yeah.

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3019.078 - 3029.974 Samantha Hanratty

And then she was like, and then I was like, so just to clarify, I'm wearing a wig in the show. Right. And she's like, right. And I was like, yeah, I was just practicing. She literally was like, she was like, you're welcome. I was like, oh.

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3029.954 - 3050.612 Samantha Hanratty

okay what if she goes yeah i don't even work here so i'm actually not sure honestly i would have been surprised would not have been surprised i was really shocked it was okay it's so funny because i was talking about you advocating for yourself and you said give me a new hairdo i was like oh and meanwhile i said thank you like i did i left with a smile on my face like i'm wearing

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3050.592 - 3073.495 Samantha Hanratty

yeah yeah i was like okay no i yeah i'm not i'm working on it i'm working on it younger me was better at advocating for myself i'm working on it again i think you're doing a great job you're doing the best job you can do oh and then vampire dairy so it's the other one right i and i would love if you could tell me your character i'll tell you if i remember okay season eight right

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3073.475 - 3083.934 Samantha Hanratty

I'm trying to remember what happened this season. I'm random. I'm random. I just kind of came up there. So there's a girl who's like mind controlling. Sip Sibyl. Okay. Okay. Okay.

Chapter 5: How does Samantha reflect on her childhood and acting career?

3083.994 - 3084.956 Samantha Hanratty

The name rings a bell. Yes.

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3084.976 - 3085.297 Drew Afualo

Yes.

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3085.878 - 3098.28 Samantha Hanratty

And like she was like mind controlling me and like a bunch of other people. This is when like. I'm so bad at their names. So it was Paul in real life. So Stefan. Stefan, yeah. Stefan kills me twice. He like is like he like turns me into a vampire.

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Chapter 6: What advice does Samantha offer to creatives and parents?

3098.32 - 3109.54 Samantha Hanratty

Right. Which wasn't very nice, you know, because I did not call for that. And then when I was like sucking blood, he was like, you've turned into a monster because he was working for this like.

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3109.52 - 3136.708 Samantha Hanratty

i haven't watched the show okay he's working for another guy he's working for the devil i think or kade kane kade kade i don't know klaus isn't it is kate okay this is the seasons i stopped watching okay i'll tell you why no but i do know stefan i do know the mind control thing okay and i do know sybil okay like i do know of it okay okay yeah i was just there they like they were like you're here you're gonna die and then you're gonna die again and i was you know i wasn't there for a long time but i was there for a good year i haven't watched the show

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3136.688 - 3161.667 Samantha Hanratty

that's so funny but it was so sweet because um oh my god i'm i'm terrible yeah damon uh yeah wonderful dude yeah he was directing my first episode oh that's cool yeah and that was that was super cool because i was like on a cruise and so i got a call from my team they're like they want you for vampire diaries and i was like oh i'm like in the caribbean like i'm like i'm on a cruise ship right now

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3161.647 - 3182.98 Samantha Hanratty

now um and they're like ian wants you off that cruise and when they said that i was like oh okay and so i found that's cool i yeah i love they ported on the cruise thing and i was like okay bye like it was so lovely needs me yeah literally yeah and so it was great it was so fun oh i loved that show yeah it was a good time balls deep in that show yeah until oh

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3182.96 - 3199.905 Drew Afualo

They cut off the love interests that I wanted. Because obviously it's a real you, Zach, and Cody situation going on. With Elena and Stefan and what the fuck is his name? Damon. Yes. Once there was an episode I watched. I remember I was in college. I was a freshman in college. And I watched where...

Chapter 7: How does Samantha describe the importance of community in motherhood?

3199.885 - 3217.429 Drew Afualo

They officially like pretty much officially kill off any possibility of Elena and Stefan ending up together. Like they just basically erase all of it entirely. And then they're looking at each other and they're in front of the fireplace. And then they go, we'll always be friends. Right. And he goes, of course, when I tell you I close my laptop, never watch that show again.

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3217.549 - 3217.749 Samantha Hanratty

No.

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3218.03 - 3218.731 Drew Afualo

Fuck this show.

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3218.751 - 3219.111 Samantha Hanratty

No.

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3219.311 - 3221.715 Drew Afualo

I was so pissed off. I was so.

3221.735 - 3225.68 Samantha Hanratty

Well, you dedicated so much time. Oh, God. I was so mad. Yeah.

3225.8 - 3227.783 Drew Afualo

I said, you got to be fucking kidding me.

3227.763 - 3247.501 Samantha Hanratty

That was me with The Walking Dead. Really? Yeah. Not at all with love or anything, but with them killing off a character that I was like, I can't. I can't. Yeah, I can't. Actually, I had a breakdown. And then I was like, no. I literally can't watch this anymore. Yeah.

3247.521 - 3249.323 Drew Afualo

That's how I felt about Sons of Anarchy.

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