The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
HOLIDAY ALL STARS: MONET X CHANGE | Episode 150
Wed, 25 Dec 2024
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TEAM!! In honor of it being Christmas AND our 150th episode of The Comment Section, we’re gifting you another All-Stars Episode… with the legend herself, Monét X Change!! Monét returns to the studio to unpack the epidemic of boyfriends and husbands who don’t put in effort during the holidays, tree-trimming parties, terrible gifts, rank Wicked songs, regifting, confusing your ex with your current partner, and so much more! Monét IG: https://www.instagram.com/monetxchange/?hl=en Monét Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@themonetxchange?lang=en Get tickets to Monét’s Life Be Lifin’ Tour: https://www.obsessedwith.co/monet-x-change-live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What holiday struggles do couples face?
I remember when I was younger, I was like in high school when I was still using pads. And I remember one time I was telling my sister, I was like, I hate putting them on at school because I feel like it sounds like I'm doing arts and crafts in the fucking bathroom. It's like, shh, shh, shh, shh, right? Like it's just so fucking loud. It sounds like Velcro. It's loud as fuck.
And then everyone knows I'm putting a fucking diaper between my legs. Hey, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the Comment Section Show. Sorry, me, your fave. Everybody knows me. Who cares about me? But first, before we go on to the guests, happy holidays, clearly. If this doesn't go live on Christmas, I'm going to be mad. Okay. Anyways, on to the guests today.
Woo!
Woo!
Oh, my gosh. Thank you for coming back. I'm sorry you had to come back like this.
Girl. So I got my double foot BBL. Right. And I'm very excited about it. There's a lot happening right now.
I'm in this fit. You have two sandals on. It's a mess in here.
Well, you know, I'm literally so like I'm not supposed to be driving, but I was like, I am going to drive myself to Jerusalem.
You were telling me, yeah, there's all kinds of things. Literally right before this, Monet was telling me, I'm just so sick of not having my autonomy. I don't want to have to ask people for help. I was like, you know what? I got to do something. I go, and naturally you pick the safest thing to do, which is drive. She was like, well, yeah. What?
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Chapter 2: How to handle holiday decorations?
Right, right.
For the mouths of caucuses.
That's why I said, what is that for?
Exactly. I've never done a tree tree party. So you invite what it is. Okay. Which is, honestly, you invite a whole bunch of people over to your house. Okay. Your baked goods and eggnog and stuff. Fun. And your guests decorate your home for you for the holidays. So your guests are coming to set up the tree. To work. To work. So everyone came over. So as it's going on, I'm like...
So the guests are doing the work for us, decorating our home for holiday. He's like, yeah, that's a treatment party. I was like, you know, you should be ashamed of yourself. This is crazy. Free labor. Literally.
Free labor. That's like a painting party or a moving party.
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Chapter 3: What is a tree-trimming party?
A moving. Oh, my God. Girl. Don't call it a party. Yeah. Parties are fun. Parties. And that is not like, why am I packing up your dirty dishes? Yeah. You should have run this two more times. Why am I doing that? Yeah.
I know. I used to feel that way about moving parties. In college, I felt like it was like, oh, I'll buy pizza and beer. And then I have to do physical labor for 12 hours? Oh, let me think. Hmm. Nah. I say that. But honestly, my senior year of college, my friend asked me. She was like, if you come help me move, I'll buy dinner. And I was like, all right.
In time, you're like, girl, I will. And I'm ordering the most expensive General Tso chicken you ever heard, honey. Yeah. I'm getting double rice, and I'm getting double chicken.
And I'm getting a milkshake. On top of that.
On top of all that.
Yeah, and you know what's funny is, it was just the two of us, and we moved for hours. Damn. And you better believe I got a double patty hamburger, bitch.
You're a good friend. Right. A friend that will help you move is a friend indeed.
I think so.
So when I left college, I moved into my own space. My grandmother, I come from a long line of strong, fierce women. My grandmother, who at that point was, she was 17. She was 69 years old. Okay. She helped me, myself and my grandmother only, move all of my furniture, my bed, my dresser, everything, into my second floor walk-up apartment in the Bronx in New York together. Damn.
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Chapter 4: What are the best and worst holiday gifts?
Because you know the parking situation is crazy.
Yes. Double parked. I'm getting a ticket. I'm getting told. I'm like, Grandma, you got it, girl.
I'm going to pull the car out and be right back. Damn.
Yes, I love my grandma. Grandma, I love you. Period.
We know you're a huge fan of the show. We know you're a huge fan of the show.
But she watches everything I do.
I love that.
I know, but no, because I'm pretty dirty. Not everything you do. Girl, not everything my grandma needs to watch. And sometimes she's like, oh, yeah, I saw you. I saw you on that show talking about, you know, the douching thing. And I was like.
And you're like, Grandma, that wasn't me.
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Chapter 5: How to deal with exes during the holidays?
I'm pissed the fuck off about it. All I got was funny. I got hit with the funny shit, and that's it.
Wait, you don't do any type of music or instruments or anything? No. Really?
Not at all, girl. Dang. I started – I asked for a keyboard for Christmas, like, when I was in probably seventh grade, and I got it. And then I taught myself, like, three songs, and then I was like – Well, I think I pretty much got the gist.
I just like moved on.
I was just like, I wish I had that in me.
I wish I could play piano. I'm like proficient. I could like, like, you know, place like the bare minimum because I had to be proficient for me. I did music in school.
Yeah.
But, like, I cannot play like that. When I see people... When I see someone playing piano, it is so hot. It's so fierce.
That's so true.
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Chapter 6: What are Monét's holiday traditions?
Yeah.
I think so.
Yeah, they're shady. They do not respect your food. They will get you the shittiest bananas they can find. I'm like, did you run over these bananas with your car before you brought them to my door?
And don't let me get a male Instacart driver.
Girl.
Because cancel my order and give me a mystery bag instead.
The worst. Fuck out of here. The worst. They don't even try. They don't care.
i had i i not even kidding a week ago i got i had a pretty big order because i needed some stuff but i needed a duvet cover right and i was like okay i need a new duvet cover and then they're pretty standard duvet covers yeah it was for target and it's like probably a 60 year old man that's doing it and then he messages me he goes there's no duvet covers and i go
You're in Target, so I find that really hard to believe. That's actually impossible that they don't have any. He goes, I checked. They don't have any. Sends me a picture. Nothing but duvet covers.
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Chapter 7: How does Monét handle her career and personal life?
I love that. Speaking of Oz, what a weird transition. We love Wicked.
So good.
We love it.
So are you good?
Speaking of periods, we love Wicked.
And I'll just tell you, I was so jealous because some of my friends and people I'm obsessed with and parasocially obsessed with, like, they're at the Wicked premiere. And I was like, oh, my God, I wish I was there. But I couldn't go because I was in Colorado doing a role with Denver, with Colorado Opera. But I was just.
Yeah, the opera, mind you.
But, you know, but I would have. And I'm so grateful for the opera. Thank you so much for having me on for Colorado. Yes, of course. But to be going to the premiere of Wicked, like seeing it.
It was crazy.
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Chapter 8: What memorable gifts have shaped our Christmas experiences?
That was pretty popular.
Yeah. Because, I mean, literally orgasmic. Cynthia Erivo, her version of it is...
Unbelievable.
Incredible.
I got chills like she's here. Like she's singing right now.
Well, Drew, it is Christmas. And we have a surprise here at your show.
Imagine I open this up. She's inside it. She's that small. That shit really could fit inside this thing.
Okay, girl. So Jinx and I really... Sorry. ADHD. No, you're totally fine. Jinx and I did that thing for the premiere. We did a thing with her and Ariana. Yes. And when I tell you Cynthia and Ariana walked in a room, they were literally... A fifth of my size. Girl. And I'm in heels. Teeny, teeny, tiny. And just towering over these women.
And they're probably, the security was like, whoa, we need to hold this bitch back.
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