Your Mom's House with Christina P. and Tom Segura
Topping From The Bottom w/ Ian Fidance | Your Mom's House Ep. 847
18 Feb 2026
Chapter 1: How did Ian Fidance cope with grief and trauma growing up?
Welcome. Welcome to your mom's house.
So, and then I was like... We can just roll. Let's just start. Yeah, just keep talking. So sorry. So say what you're saying and then I'll do the intro. No, I was just saying I was going to kill myself in 1997. And then you interrupted. It's fine. How are you, man? It's so good to see you. 97, you're going to kill yourself? No, no. No. No. Have you ever tried? Yeah, yeah. Yes. How old were you?
Hey, YMH exclusive. I'll tell you the story. I was 14, and my parents are immigrant from Hungary. Long story short, they divorced. My mother's schizophrenic. My dad's an alcoholic sex addict, and I was ping-ponged between the two of them. So by the time I'm 14, I'm out of my mind. Of course. Uh, so I did what most girls do is the cutting stuff.
And then one day I just, I had like a total psychotic break, like a break and I had a nervous breakdown and I was like, ah, just blood, blood, blood. Yeah. And then my mom sent me to Catholic school and then I was right as rain. And then Jesus saved you. He fucking did, dude. He fucking did. Did you become like super into God? No, no.
Chapter 2: What are the challenges of immigrant parenting discussed in the episode?
I think I'm into that stuff now more like spirituality, not Christianity, but I believe in a God. Yes. Yeah. I was always led back. Wait, what about you? So tell me about your suicide attempt. Well, you know, uh, my dad died in 93. I was eight and then I was like forced to go to therapy and all this stuff. And so then like, yeah. Cause it was like, what do you do with this kid?
That's like going insane.
Chapter 3: How does Ian's new show 'Ian Do: An Odd Guy Doing Odd Jobs' reflect his experiences?
You know, no one knew what to do with me. And I was bouncing around a lot. between different like family members' houses and everything. And I, it was like, it was such a, I want attention attempt. Of course. You know, I think I was like 13 and I tied a bathrobe belt around my neck and the door handle.
Chapter 4: What insights do Ian and Christina share about modern internet culture?
And I just ran into, and I had scissors in my hand so I could cut it out. So it was like clearly something, I didn't fully want to do it, you know? And then like one time going to therapy, I was with my mom and my grandfather and we had just left and I jumped out in front of a car
wow it was like and then i i don't think god saved me i'm trying to think of what saved i don't know i i just uh like thought i guess like i don't want this guy up there looking down on me and seeing me like you know being so miserable like yeah and then and then actually around the same time i started getting like a lot of fights so i think that changed i was like i could take my anger out on other people so i was like fighting kids all the time when i was in like grade school
man i don't see i see you as a lover not a fighter i am now yeah i am now you're angry but i was i mean even when i was when i was drinking like i said it unlocked this um emotion valve in me that i didn't have before so i could like feel because i would bottle everything up and then like once a year i'd have like a blow up and then it finally like was a release valve where i could be sad or i could be angry and then i would just get drunk and like knock drinks out of people's hands it
I gotta fight me just so I could feel and get anger out. But I'm very much a lover and I recognize I was dealing with a lot of stuff that thankfully I've dealt with. Conversion therapy helped a lot for my homosexuality. The blood of Christ is saved. That's what I hear is that you can just talk the gay out of people. It's like, well, duh, it works.
Have you seen those Instagram videos of those guys that are like, I'm a gay Christian, but I do not act out? And then like three months later, they're like, I'm actually am going to act out, but I'll only do it with one partner at a time. It's like, it's only a matter of time. You go back to your sultry ways. Like, I don't think...
I don't think God cares what orifice you're putting your penis into or rubbing your vagina. God doesn't care, but your mom's side of the family does. And they will really let you know at an early age those things you're feeling and coincidentally they bring up that are wrong. They'll let you know, Uncle Danny. I know. Isn't that weird? Yeah.
Like that's the cause of so much neuroses is just like we don't approve of who you are as this young person. And you're like, wait, I'm fucked up? You're fucked up. Or even like an offhanded comment that'll just like ring around in your brain forever. Oh my God, forever. That's why I'm like so worried about... I don't know if I want to have kids. I really don't think so.
But I'm just so worried about this little sponge picking up on some behavior thing. I'm thinking like, I could get away with talking like this for a couple... And then they just pick it all up. They do. What have I done? They pick up... there's a part that's uniquely them, thank God, that you just, you have nothing to do with. And then there is, but it can be fun.
Like I've actually had fun with it. Like now those Waymo cars, I just started teaching them to double bird the Waymo cars. And that's like a fun thing they're going to remember with their mom. You know, stargazing. Yeah. Things like that. Like let's go look for UFOs. Like, I don't know. Here's the deal is that you think you're terrible, but you're not. Does that make sense?
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Chapter 5: How do Ian and Christina navigate discussions about sexuality and attraction?
And it's like, well, cause you and I both are like these suicidal teenagers. So I think that the messaging was I was bad because my parents just didn't know how to handle what the fuck was happening really. So I took it like, oh, I must be flawed. And you're like, you're not that bad. I can tell you're not bad. My messaging from like my mom and dad
Chapter 6: What are the comedic takes on parenting and raising children in this episode?
Like I said, my dad died when I was eight, but he left me, before he went to work every day for like a year or two before he died, he'd write these notes, like these letters on legal pad to me. And then the PS would always be like, thanks for the coffee, dear.
Chapter 7: How do Ian and Christina address the topic of shame and its role in identity?
Make sure you get the electric bill. You know, like... My and my mom loves like joking around about like he I was always the P.S. I'm like, I don't know what to tell you. But, you know, he wrote me these letters and I never knew it. And then I saw it years a couple of years ago rereading them.
And the messaging in the letters, the every single fucking letter was like, just be yourself and everything will be OK. We love you no matter what. As long as you as long as you're Ian.
everything will be fine it's it's all in your attitude actions speak louder than words like these like this messaging that i needed so badly growing up that i never really got from him i got in death by reading these letters it helped me so much later in life but the the up like you're wrong messaging came from like
other family members because I got put like moved around a lot so I would get the like I remember my uncle at his house in New Hampshire was like the neighbors are gay if you go on their lawn you'll catch it and in my mind I'm like did I sleepwalk like How did I? Oh my God. I've been doing cartwheels on that one. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've been doing pirouettes.
I just like doing splits on the phone. I'm like, don't look at me, Uncle Bill. But you realize it's Uncle Bill's problem with gays. It's nothing to do with you. Just say they don't know how to deal with it. And that's the thing. It's so weird. It's such a weird thing how you realize later in life like, oh, I'm not fucked up, they are. No, they didn't know how to deal with who you are.
That's all that is. I feel like this is the first generation of people that are within like 10, maybe 15 years of our age. We're the first generation to be like, oh, emotions, not hitting. I know. Therapy. Four thoughts for later in life. And then everyone else before was just like this monosyllabic, like crazy.
Well, and you have to think like, I think in my parents' terms, there's like World War I, World War II, and my parents are European, right? They're Hungarian. You have just generations of people getting fucked in society. World War I, World War II, the fucking Nazis, the communists. It's just like they didn't have a chance to sit down and think. It was just survival, survival.
So we're the first, at least I'm the first generation to be here now and be like, all right, cool. I got this food thing down. I got clothes down. Do you ever give yourself credit for that? No, why would I do that? Take a step back and be like, this is crazy.
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Chapter 8: What humorous TikTok trends do Ian and Christina react to?
That would involve self-love. Fuck off. We don't do that here at your mom's house. Yes, we do. Yes, we do. We're not doing that podcast. Yes. Okay, look. We have to get into the show. Thank you for being here, Ian. Thank you for having me. This is great. So you just started a new podcast on our network. It's not a podcast. It's like an old school TV show. Yeah, it's a travel show called Ian Do.
An Odd Guy Doing Odd Jobs. You just walked in on one. I just did, yeah. Chrissy, God bless you. She walks in on me wrapping up a day where I'm shaving dogs and cats. And I'm like... We still got the shears. You slowly walked out like a cat. I was like, get out of here. Well, I can't wait to talk about it. Tom Segura is out. He is filming Bad Thoughts 2 in Los Angeles right now.
So Ian has graciously decided to come and help me host the show. So without further ado, let's go into our opening clip. We haven't even done it yet. This one is just for you. I'm so excited, bro. I've got so many treasures for you, homie. Here we go, bro. You know, I swallowed six loads on the weekend and it had three grams of protein.
welcome to bottoming university we're talking about foods to avoid on the day of bottoming fried greasy food your fast food you want to avoid that gonna make digestion unpredictable dairy unless you know your body can handle it it's one of the biggest culprits for gas spicy food So many thoughts. And for Dan. I'm... Hold on, you gotta wait!
Sorry.
Needs saxophone. Fuck yeah, I didn't feel that shit. Oh, shit. That was so good. Thank you. Dude, did you play the guitar? I did when I was younger. I was in a ska band. Ska. I love Ska music. Me too. And I feel like it's not cool. No, it's always cool. If you don't like it, you're not cool. I like what you like. Yeah. No shame. Yeah. Dude, littlest make a wish dream for me. Yeah.
My friend's band, Haywire, they're from Boston. They're really great. They played this festival called For the Children. They opened up with a cover of Mighty Mighty Boston's impression that I get. Dickie Barrett came out and sang it with them. And I was the Ska dancing guy on stage. It was the best. It was cool. I should have bigger dreams. No.
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