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Chating with friends on the Handsome Pod. Cheers. Welcome to the Handsome Pod. I'm Fortune Feimster. I'm Tick Notaro. Whoops. And who is that? And who's that? May, it's me, Tick. It's me, May. Hey. We rehearsed that. We wanted that to happen exactly like it did. It was scripted. Very much so. You guys, how's everyone doing? Well, we're distracted by your beautiful eyes reflected by your beautiful baby blue shirt.
Thank you. Look, when I wear blue, my eyes get bluer. Yeah. They pop. Pop. Isn't that weird that you just wear a different color shirt and then your eyes look bluer? Are you guys mesmerized by my beauty? I can't see them. I can't see them, but I believe they're there. Why can't you see? You know, I wish I had an answer to this. I told you about how I now have this droopy eye. I have to go to the doctor, see what's going on with me.
Can you see how I have this eye? Well, I didn't notice it until you pointed it out, and now I'm like, yeah, you have a droopy eye. Wait, but are you doing it on purpose right now? Oh, my. Why on earth? Are you really doing this? Yeah, that was also scripted. Before the show, I thought, I'm going to have one of my eyes droop. If you go back and look at the podcast, you'll see that for the past few months, I have this.
slight droop in my right eye and so um easter egg yes an easter egg a droopy easter egg just like taylor swift So, yeah, I have to go see what's going on with my eyes. Why do I have a droopy eye? I love that you are like, oh, I'll go see about it in a couple of months. Yeah. Yeah, I wonder if it's like the optic. nerve or something you know what if you google it it's anywhere from aging to really scary things so it could we're we're gonna we're gonna check that out and um but
And also my eyesight, as I've mentioned in the past few months has just gone. So. Time for a new prescription. I definitely think you should go to the eye doctor. I'm going. But the thing is, is like getting there's a doctor at Cedars, which is where I go to all my appointments. And the ophthalmologist there no longer is there. And then somebody else is like trying to pick up all the slack. And so it's like months away that you can get an appointment. Who cares? All I'm saying is.
When I say I can't see, believe me. But I'm on it, trying to get it figured out what's going on with my eyesight. Well, good. Just so you can see Fortune's baby blues. Yes. And listen, those of you at home, if you have a YouTube, look at it. And ladies and even men that if fortunes your type, especially men or ladies, I mean, check out.
These eyes that I'm hearing are popping right now. There's a lot to look at on YouTube right now because you got the droopy eye. You got the baby blues. You got my pilot garbage in the background of my office. Yeah, you still haven't donated anything. There is so much going on and yet nothing is going on. Yet nothing. Yet nothing. Yeah. and wait fortune you're in a hotel right now i sure am are you on tour are you filming something tell us what's going on i'm on tour
Fortune, is it finally time for you to write a note and leave it behind a painting? Yes, it is. It's funny you should say that, May, because it is time. That painting right behind you. You just roll it up real small. I don't know what room number I'm in. I bet you can find it. How will I ever find out? Boy, I think I remember. It's usually written on the door. I'm in Atlanta for my show.
This is at the 4th Hotel. It's called the 4th Hotel? Uh-huh. Okay, I thought you changed hotels three times. And I guess I can... You guys are going to have to remind me after the pod. This room number is 1308. I mean, do you have a pen nearby? We could do it with you now. It's somewhere over there. Are you going to make me get up? Fortune can't get up. Sorry. Okay, okay. We'll do it.
There's a brown painting in here. A big square brown painting. What do you want me to put on there? Keep it handsome? Don't... desecrate the painting itself on a note and i'm gonna put it on a note and put it behind the painting yeah roll it up yeah keep it handsome or um keep it handsome knock knock joke and if someone finds this
They get a key, right? Let us know. They get a key and the key will only open one. Oh yeah, it's a key chain. It's not, we don't actually get a key. And I'm going to fly to their house and deliver it. whoa that's expensive by plane or by why would you do that no i think that's what i said last time but i will say like i know it right now you're like no i don't know if i'm gonna do this but
The satisfaction you will feel when someone at your show hands you the note that you wrote months prior and left in a hotel room. I can't wait to see if someone does this. It was thrilling. 1308, behind the brown painting. In Atlanta. In Atlanta. Hotlanta, I think is what we call it. Yeah, that's good. And the people that live here hate when you say that. Because it's not even a very good...
Hotlanta? That's what they call it? I mean, well, it's, you know, for different reasons. The people are good looking and it's hot as balls here in the summer. Fortune Marie. fortune i've heard like you know anything about the temperature of that body part i would imagine two round things stuck underneath another thing get hot yeah
Wow. Did you go to medical school? Yes. For one day online. Speaking of hot, I had a really kind of... eccentric thing happened you know i have my friend matt and his girlfriend leslie living in my my back house right yes are they not anymore no they still are oh and um the other day i I was on the phone and I kind of was pacing around and I look outside and I see Leslie is lying. Her body's just on the concrete. And she's lying there very still. And I thought maybe she's looking for something.
I don't know. I kind of was distracted. So I kept going about my day. Then later on, I go, were you lying on the concrete? And she goes, yeah, I was having a nap.
And she had put her head inside of this cat house that she bought for the stray cat that we feed. Classic May friend. Yeah, I can't even really explain how strange this was. It was like... this it's like this padded little cat house that's sitting on the concrete and she's lying with her body on the concrete and her head inside this basically microwave in the hot sun like oh my god and she's like it was so cozy and comfortable
I would imagine the concrete would have not been comfortable. Yeah, what is she used to? She can sleep anywhere. This setup is like, finally some rest. Yeah, she's very... funny and she can sleep anywhere and it's a real skill like i had a dinner party and in between like courses she goes over to the sofa catches 10 minutes of deep sleep comes back to the dinner now when you have a dinner party do you cook hot dogs
what i think i order oh you ordered food i ordered sushi let's be honest oh there you go that's a nice dinner party food oh but i would love to see you make sushi Oh, my God. What would it be? Fish sticks that are microwaved? Wrapped in rice. Getting the rice a certain way would be the toughest part. Yeah. What about rolling? Well, I guess there's that wooden roll thing that everything's fine. Maybe we should have a cooking show.
Yeah, clearly we are all very skilled in the kitchen. So wait, we were saying about Atlanta being hot and you're going to leave this note and someone's going to get it. People in Atlanta are hot. People in Atlanta are hot. And if you're listening and you're a fan of the pod, you live in Atlanta or nearby, go for a little staycation with your significant other and book that room. And then just...
Just get that note. Oh, my gosh. The hotel is going to be bombarded with phone calls wanting this specific room. Or no one will. Of course they will. Fortune Feimster stayed in that room. Oh, my God. Well, if no one does, like I'm going to Atlanta on tour in, you know, March or something. So maybe you'll come. I'll go get it. I'm sorry. We don't.
promote shows until the end of the episode. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I slipped that in there. This is awkward. Yeah. I have a book coming out in like three years. Um, That is not true. How is filming going Fortune? Are you having fun? I'm having a blast. The last time we checked in was day one. And you guys were like, just give it a minute. It's still delightful. Oh, good. So I'm a couple weeks in. Most of my scenes...
Well, like 95% of my scenes so far have just been me and Will Ferrell. That's incredible. He's awesome. We're buds. And we just have very similar styles. So we get along quite well. And he has a team of ladies who take care of him like hair, makeup, wardrobe or like his people that do all his movies. And they're amazing and so kind. And so we all just sit around and chat in between scenes. Girl talk. Girl. And Will is the type who would go, girl.
Of course. So yeah, we just giggle a lot together. And then in the scenes, it's so fun to make each other laugh. I mean, I have to pinch myself sometimes when... i make him laugh so that's happened like you've yeah it's just like the best dream that's the dream and uh and we've just established a nice rapport where we'll kind of like mention like
jokes to each other for the scene and and that's cool is it improv or is it we do it as written and then improvise on the last couple takes and or we'll like add You know, the scene is supposed to be like 30 seconds and we'll draw it out to like five minutes. Now, when are we getting a Will Ferrell question? Because he's pretty easy and approachable for that kind of thing. I know. I mentioned to him a while ago, but I got to follow up on it. I'll have him do it at some point.
Please. He will. He said he would. I just haven't brought it up. I was going to give it a minute. She's bringing it up every day. Just bring your relationship closer and closer. That's right. Yeah, I guess some of the people on set listen to the pod, so. Get them to say in his presence, say how much they love the pod. That's right. I know. It's always such a fun treat when you like meet people in different.
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No. But to be fair, Chelsea would send me this anyway. Of course. Of course she would. I'm going to text her back. I think this was for someone else, but thank you. Wait, she said it last night? It wasn't a sexual thing. It was her friend saying, oh, it was like she was answering someone's question. It was not like a, hey, baby. It was like.
She has always put it on social media on handsome, on the handsome social media. Well, has she asked a question yet? We got a, but it was pre video or no, it was just audio. I think. Yeah, maybe we need a new video question. We revisit with Chelsea in her bra. Yeah, yeah. That's right. She is not shy when it comes to her titties. I would say she's not shy. In any department. I'm saying I think this was for someone else specifically named Kevin. LOL. Thanks for showing me your...
your boobs. I'm having a bit of a situation where I had, and I'm like, do I, should I talk about it or is it going to fuel it? But I was. This is back when I was in Portugal with my family. My phone rings and it's a Toronto number that I don't recognize. So I pick up and I'm like, hello? And I hear, hey. And I go, hi, who's this? It's Jennifer. And I go, oh.
hi, sorry, Jennifer who? And she goes, oh my God, is this May Martin? I have your number saved as the wrong name in my phone, but how are you? And I said, oh, sorry, I don't know who this is. I'm in Portugal with my family. I can't really talk. But also I'm like, is this a friend of mine? Or maybe someone like a crew member on Wayward whose number I have. I'm being nice. Who was it, me?
Well, then it was Jennifer Aniston. So then she's like, anyway, she starts chatting away and I go, I really got to go. So I get off the phone. And then like three days ago, I'm in the gym. My phone rings. unknown Toronto number and I had forgotten about this interaction. Who was it? Well, it's this woman, Jennifer. So I pick up, I go, hello? She goes, hi.
I go, who is this? She goes, oh, my God, I've done it again. I must have saved you. Oh, my God. And I said, okay, I've been thinking about this. Can you tell me how do we know each other? And she goes, from Toronto. Oh, that's very vague. I know. And I said, okay, I'm in the gym. I got to go. So I hang up. Then she texts me. He goes, sorry about that. But we should make time. She goes, we should make time to catch up soon. I was about to say, this person sounds like they want to talk to you.
What on earth? I know. Oh, like you're saying they're faking that they're accidentally? I think so. I don't think I know this person. Jennifer from Toronto. We're on to you. Someone's wanting to talk to May. Yeah. I said again, I go, hey. How do we know each other? And she says, from Toronto. And I said, you have to narrow it down. That means they don't know you. And her number isn't in your phone? No, it's not. This person got your number from someone. Yes, we are detectives.
have solved the case but go on because then i said you're gonna have to narrow it down and she goes lol um i lol meaning lol lol yeah and she says i i saw you at um sweaty betty's which is a bar in toronto and then she says and i think we matched on raya on a dating app yep yeah but i did not i don't
I've looked on my Raya. I don't have a memory. Anyway, I'm just, I'm like, should I block it? Yes, the answer is yes. Yeah, it's a little odd. I'm not really buying that she keeps accidentally calling me.
Yeah, that's weird. And this is all recent? Yeah. Well, it first happened when I was in July, and then it happened again recently. I like a story, so I'm kind of tempted to... keep it going yeah just so i can get her to admit that we don't know each other but well you know she listens to the podcast so she's gonna hear this well look jennifer i'm not mad i'm just like toronto
How'd you get my number? And why are you not telling the truth? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm not mad. I just want some clarity on the mystery. You never know. May could be interested. But we need them. I like to be the pursuer. We need more information from you. Have you seen a picture of Jennifer? No. I could say, can you send a picture to see if I... No, then I'm engaging. You've already engaged, by the way. Well, you could have saved her number so that you knew it was coming.
Yeah, well, now I will. I'll say Jennifer who? And I'll save that on my phone. And she'll say from Toronto. And we'll go around the town again. Yeah, I don't know what's going on there. I like a mystery, though. But did she say that y'all did meet at Sweaty Betty's? She said that, but I... No, she said she saw you at Sweaty Betty's. Then yeah, y'all don't know each other. She might be like a peripheral member of that friend group or something. I don't know, but...
Yeah, it could be the start of a horror movie for sure. Years ago, I got a call from somebody so chill, like, hey, Tig, what's up? And I was like, hmm. Who is this? Yeah. It was like... an office worker at a club that i had done years ago and they were like oh i'm just rolling through the rolodex and uh i just i like your comedy thought i'd say hi I was like, what? What? No, no, no, no, no. I don't want to have an awkward conversation with...
somebody that I couldn't pick out of a crowd. Yeah, that is strange. Yeah, and inappropriate. I will say since Wayward came out, I am having a lot of... people who i barely know reach out and say that they want to like we should write a script together Yeah, you're the number one star in the world right now. So you're going to get a lot of attention. You know, people want to people want to get.
A whole dead ass. Yeah, they want a piece of that number one star in the world, Mae. Take it in. Can I say the one cool thing is I found out... yesterday that the show is number one in saudi arabia qatar doha or sorry qatar kuwait lebanon and it just boggles my mind because it like you would think from the narrative in the world that Pretty much the majority of people are like freaked out by trans people. And actually, I...
the majority of them are watching this story and engaged in it, you know? Well, I'm sure they're fascinated, like, with how open and comfortable you are, and you're living a life and portraying a life that is so... So far from what they know and can even ever know. And you're just like unabashedly doing this. Maybe they think I'm a boy in it and they don't.
And they don't know because it's the characters. You are a boy in it, right? Well, I'm a trans boy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So maybe they're like, and they love a thriller. And they love a thriller. I think it's a good way to sneak. Sneak in. And they also think there's a chance they're going to see Tig and Fortune in there somewhere. That's right. And maybe you will. Maybe you will. Just keep watching. And they're probably like Fortune will pop up.
with an Australian accent. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Tony, don't worry. I'm going to do my Australian accent. Don't anyone worry. Don't anyone worry. No. And maybe we'll see Tig wandering in the back eating an apple or something. During your press, have you asked Tony about my Australian accent? Any feedback there?
I haven't, but I do love that. I'm sure she thinks it's terrible. Well, she comments every time there's a clip of it on Instagram. She'll comment saying this is the worst accent I've ever heard. Tony, how dare you say that about my accent? It was good until meh accent. Meh accent. Tony, I can do an Australian accent. Easy. Talk about razor blades and Jennifer Lopez. guys what i really what i love about this show is our lack of concern uh revisiting the same joke
I just got a message back from Chelsea. Oh my God, that is too funny. That's all she wrote? She'd just be showing her boobs out there. Yeah. I saw a thing of her... skiing naked right didn't she do that oh yeah she was topless topless that's that's really hilarious and must have seen her naked breast on a number of occasions As many people have, let me also preface it with that. Her boobs are great. Yeah, if you got them, flaunt them. And they're naturals. Natural tig-o-bitties.
Fortune. Fortune. I wasn't talking to you. Take that back. Who could you have been talking to? Male bitties? Thomas whole bitties? No. Tig old bitties. I do appreciate a friend who has nice boobs and shares them with the world. Totally. I think that is only fair that if you've been blessed with good naturals, you should share them. I mean, listen, I'll be honest. I've seen a lot of nakedness of Sarah Silverman. She had nice boobs.
Yeah. I've seen a lot of full frontal and stuff. She doesn't talk about Bush a lot. That's hilarious. Grandma's problem area. Yeah. Yeah. I've seen a lot of grandma's problem areas. I feel like Sarah. The friend that I've caught the most glimpses of full frontal. I recently went to the Korean spa with my friend, Alana Johnston, and it was the first time we've been.
in the nude together. We've been friends for like 18 years or something. How is that? It was hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing. I felt like a teenager. I know, I don't think I want to be naked around my friends. I know, I was going to say, is the giggly stuff, like, did it... teeter on like flirty or like, or I don't know what that we was about. It's definitely not how I flirt, but yeah.
I would not be naked in front of, um, like I didn't go full frontal in front of Sarah. Yeah. Right. Right. Right. Yeah. It was just demure. I think the, I mean, I think I was in a towel actually. She was fully naked. Do you get shy about being naked in public or are you pretty free? Wait, didn't May go full ass? In Wayward?
I am shy. These days, I love taking my shirt off, but I'd be shy to go full frontal. And also in the Korean spa, because it's a women's spa that I want to continue to frequent. So I often wear my towel up around. Up around my chest like a pretty little lady, just because I don't want them to question me. But then in the safety of the steam room, me and Alana laugh. And I think it's just bizarre to be talking to your friend.
when you're both naked so yeah yeah yeah and she's the funniest person on earth she's silly she's very silly yeah i feel like a lot of straight women that i know um don't mind being naked in front of each other right i don't know they really love to just fucking let it all hang out guys i have a really great idea what I think the three of us should get together and go fully naked and hang. Yes. Yeah. You two are like so tiny. No, no, no. Listen, listen. We are all three.
The most handsome. God's children. We are all God's children. God's favorite children. But my God, how... That would make me giggle if the three of us were fully... I cannot. Yes, you are. We're going to head over to Fortune's new house. I need a good six months heads up so I can... Six months? I have an idea. yeah this might make it this might make it less daunting but it's a it is we do a
one of these remote podcasts on Zoom. Naked? Yeah, we're naked. So we're close up. So we're just seeing your shoulders fortune. But we all know that we're fully naked underneath. But what if that camera slips? And suddenly you see my pasties. Your pasty what? Pasty body and my pasties on my nips. One of us doesn't have nips. This isn't something I'm trying to put on the list. Okay. You're getting me entangled. I am.
I really want this on the list. You never know. We haven't gotten hardly anything on the list done anyway, so I guess there's no real harm. We haven't had a single thing. What do you mean hardly any? There's not one thing. We sat on Santa. his lap. Yeah, that is true. We got photos with Santa. We got photos with Santa. We did a couple things. Push-ups. Was that on the list?
Bonnets pushups and sat on Santa's lap. Those are things that we were like, we have to do that. Why isn't anybody offering us a show? I know. Or even a special, you know, on the handsome's list. Yeah. Road trip documentary. I mean, we should be getting a list. This is a wildly popular podcast with a wildly long list of things that need to be done. And we can't do them without a budget because we want to do them right. We can't do this for free. Yeah, I need to have, I need to be able to.
have a meal as I'm doing it. Exactly. Exactly. And now what's on the list? The three of us naked. Oh, my God. Should we go to our question? Yeah, let's do it. When I was a kid, I saved up my money for a new bike. And that was a huge deal. It taught me a ton about the value of saving and making financial goals.
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Today's question asker is an actor, comedian and writer known for her roles in shows like The Righteous Gemstones and Vice Principals and movies like Knives Out. Edie Patterson is asking today's question. Hello, handsome pod. This is Edie Patterson. And yes, in case you're wondering, I'm laying on an orange storage bench. Hell yeah. In my mom's bedroom. Anyway.
I want to know, what's your favorite book that you've read the most recently that you found to be the most vibey in whatever way? And you could have read this or listened to it in an audiobook. Vibey. Yeah, vibey is, what is that? Like you liked it? Like you just were into, I think. Do you think when like Dostoevsky put out Crime and Punishment, people were like, this is vibey. This is vibey. First off, have y'all seen? The Bible is very vibey. Very vibey. Did you guys watch Edie?
played uh yeah judy in the righteous gemstones no i never watched the righteous gemstones oh may oh my god may do yourself a freaking favor okay You start season one, The Righteous Gemstones on HBO Max is so funny.
I haven't seen it, but my friend Kristen, I believe, from my childhood, was over at my house and was going on about this character. So Edie's character is definitely like... the standout it's a danny mcbride show um so you know all the stuff that he does is very broad very out there she plays the they're all uh the kid of a
pastor like one of those big southern pastors like the mega church and she's her character you talk about yelling fortune marie if you were to listen to her character you would be yelling fortunately it is so wild the stuff that comes out of her mouth but near the end of the first season she does this monologue at an outback steakhouse that is
I cried tears. And does she riff it? Edie's also in the writer's room. She's part of the writing staff, so she helps write it, but then I think also riffs on the day. It is... The funniest thing I have ever seen, I think, on a TV show, this monologue that she goes into. And this is in a steakhouse? It's in an Outback Steakhouse, and it's just too good. I've known Edie for years through the growlings, and this character, she just freaking nailed.
I've heard, I think, a lot about her from Allison Dunbar. Yeah, yeah. They're friends, right? Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. So if anyone has not ever watched that show, it's, I think... It just ended, but go to the first season, start from the beginning. And would you say, did you know about her that she's a voracious reader? I did not know that about her. She plays very crazy, insane characters.
And I know that's her stage TV life, but in real life, she's a more chill person. So how do you know she's a voracious reader? Oh, I don't. I guess I just because the question I thought. These days, if anyone reads at all, I'm like, that's voracious because I know it takes a lot. It takes a commitment. I think Thomas reads a book a week, right, Thomas? And it shows because.
He's a grounded and informed individual who keeps us on track. Yes, he does. But do y'all read or do you do audio books these days? I read. I read, yeah. I've done some audiobooks where I think the person, like Miranda July, I love the way she does her own audiobooks. But no, generally I read, but not enough. yeah i don't read enough but i try to have um some new you know something on my bedside table so do you have something for us
I have something on my bedside table. I can go grab it. Let's see it, bud. Sorry, I forgot to get it. One set. We have to show our books to prove it? No, but we can look at the junk in May's room. Okay. That is good looking. I see four guitars. Oh, here comes May. Oh, here comes May. Everybody keep it cool. Everyone be cool. Here comes May.
Oh, hey, May. Oh, hey, what's going on? What did I miss? I guess you'll have to listen to the podcast. You should subscribe, rate, and review. So, first of all, under the... Sitting on top of the book is this crystal grid that is supposed to channel intuition and things like that. So I brought that to show you guys. Oh, nice. We like that. Underneath the crystal grid.
whoa oh no we dropped it um they just dropped their book the book of symbols so this is well that's a big hand it's a huge heavy book and it's like a dictionary of symbology used in art and myth and things like that and i thought if i keep it back to my next to my bed with the crystals on top i'm gonna be having symbols in my dreams so like I'll flip through. Tell me when to stop and I'll see a symbol. Stop. Okay, it came up on human body. Oh, we were just talking about that.
About human body? Yeah, about being naked together. There's a picture here of Saturn devouring one of his sons by Francisco Goya, which is very haunting. Well, that is not what I expected with the human body. I know, and that doesn't, that's not really representative. I thought we'd be seeing some puss. Oh, my gosh. Fortune?
I don't know. As the podcast gone on, I've gotten more scandalized. I'm, I'm like, I can't believe what I'm hearing these days. It's a natural thing. You're right. And it's no. Yeah. Why my body. positivity, sex positive here. Are you? I don't know. Is that how you would define yourself these days? No. Body positivity, sex positive? I'm demure.
I just like to get you going. Like there's like feather. That's, you know. What does the feathers mean? So many of the qualities we associate with birds are distilled in the image of a single feather. Lightness. mobility air wingedness balance flight and joy there's so many moments of this podcast that i Tune out. Check back in. I'm like, what the hell are we talking about? How did we get here? How did we get here? Nothing we talk about makes sense.
I got it because my dreams are so like, quote, titty, and they're all like having an argument with my aunt. What did you say about titties? I swear to God, I'm not. I heard quote titties. Quotidians. Quotidian. That's really good. I'm just going to sit this out. I'm just going to listen to the show. I'm just going to listen to the show. I think I got that right. Quotidian is like day to day mundane.
Nobody knows or cares what it means. Good time. Anyway, that's my book at the moment. So that's your recent book. Yeah, I like to dip into it. But then how recent? How recent? Like it's currently next to my bed, but if I'm being honest...
Well, things can be next to your bed and not be recent. I mean, look at the back behind you. None of that. You know what I mean? That's been sitting there for months. I think it's been by my bed for a couple of weeks. And the embarrassing thing is when I think about it, I'm not really reading it. I'm hoping that by putting the crystals on top of it, I'm just absorbing all the information. That makes sense. That's scientific. Yeah, that checks out, right? Yeah. Well, I am busy. Right.
And reading has taken a back seat. I can tell you I'm on my app right now. So in Los Angeles. if you have a library card, which is very easy to sign up for. They have an app. When did you sign up for a library card? This is so crazy that you have a library card and you never read. Everyone should have a library card. If you like any sort of book.
is this a commercial I'm a commercial for books I do like to read and when I have time I want to read but I've been so busy that I can't but there are so many books that you can check out On an app, I don't know if every city has this, but LA has it. It's called Libby. And you can borrow these books for like 30 days and read them on your devices.
oh and can you get audiobooks yeah audiobooks too it's fantastic okay so i am i don't know like i said i don't know if every city has that but i imagine a lot of them do but just walk me through when you went and got your um library i think i got the library card on the app oh that ruins everything so you go into the library yeah that's what i was wanting i wanted to be walked through
Well, my mom goes to the library like all the time. Well, nobody doubts that. Of course, Ginger. I said rents books. She rents books. My mom loves to read. She reads like a new book every week. I don't know, she's a regular old Thomas. So I'll tell you what I intended to read. Yeah, what's on the list here? Viola Davis's Finding Me.
Yeah, I'd like to read that. I wanted to read that. I started it, but then I did read Brandy Carlisle's book, Broken Horses. That was good. I like biographies. I really like learning about people. I also have Just As I Am, Cicely Tyson. wanted to read that. So wait, we're just rattling off things that you would like to eventually get around to. I was going to read Mating in Captivity. You told me to read that from Esther Perel. Haven't read that yet, though.
Yeah. That's one that is a great audio book. Oh, I did want to read this. The Secret to Happiness. Jessica Redland. Haven't read it yet, but it's on the list. Okay. So no fiction so far. I feel like that's... where we're all going wrong about real stuff i think that's partly because we're all like we have to be productive all the time and so we think if i'm gonna read it has to be something that is gonna
I'm going to learn and maybe I could use that information. But see, it's not calculated like that for me. I'm not like, okay, I have to learn. It's just that that doesn't interest me. It's kind of like with... TV and film. I love documentaries. Right, right. You know, I'm not like, oh, I can't be silly with my time here and watch whatever show. I just remember being a...
a teenager and reading a ton because I was reading stories that I was like, I got to know what happens. And so maybe it would get me back into reading if I was reading more like, yeah. Yeah. What else you got on that list? Yeah, keep going, Fortune. I think that was it. And that was a lot of books. That's a lot of books you haven't read. That's a lot of books I haven't read. Oh, I did read our friend Amanda Kloots' Live Your Life.
That one was really good. Tig, what about you? I know you've recommended a lot of books to me that I've written down and intend to read. What are you reading most recently? I like biographies, autobiographies and self-help. So I guess it, you know, I do love a story, but I think in with books and.
film or whatever i do like documentaries but um right now as i've discussed i'm i'm neck deep in the you know work life balance yeah for the first time even though for years and interviews i talked about how i was finding that and like exercising my live work balance and then we're aspirationally talking about it yeah but it's weird when you I realized that I was like so disconnected from my actual reality yeah and I was just
talking like I was doing it. This is kind of my thing with autobiographies of people because I know enough people who've written autobiographies where you read the book and it seems so neatly tied up. There's a... an arc they reach a place of resolution and i'm like you're just saying that you i see you right yeah i think about that a lot especially when i noticed it in myself that i wasn't connected to
the reality of what I wanted and how I was living my life. So this book, Anxious Nation, I can't remember what the cover of the book said, but it... like finding balance or something. But when I got into the book, it was much different than what I thought it was going to be. It was about kind of people's addiction with. Alcohol, food, sex, drugs, cell phones, social media, all of that kind of thing.
That was actually a really fun surprise was that I thought it was one thing and then it was, I mean, it all kind of ties together. Yeah, that like dopamine, self-soothing behavior. Yeah. Finding the balance. And I know like there's been so many studies about how reading like like holding a written book, like immediately your cortisol levels drop, your heart rate drops like it is. Oh, really? Yeah. Just holding a book?
uh no you gotta read it too oh you gotta read it i was like i'm gonna go pick up a book right now oh my god snuggling always everybody's like a fortune is such an avid reader chest spooning them at night it is once you do get into a book and like make it a habit it is really a nice thing that you look forward to
Yeah. Yeah. And like a little escape. I just always kind of forget that that's available to us. Same. Well, and even if you read for 15 minutes, I'm sorry. Go ahead, Mae. What were you saying? i was just wondering about max and finn and if you read to them and yeah and we do something that sounds very like whenever i say it i feel like we sound like just A Christian American family. But we have family reading time at night. And we just do 10 to 15 minutes. And Max and Finn come into our room.
And everybody reads for 10 to 15 minutes right before bedtime. And then you share about what you read. Yeah. And so we each go around and share and it, you know, that started because their school encouraged that they, you know, develop a. habit of reading regularly, even outside of school. And so I think I've talked about it before, but it's really a part of the day I look forward to. And it is, it's so quick.
And it's so cute. And I have to say, Finn does half the time fall asleep. He's the reader that I'll look over and he's completely asleep and his book is on his chest. And they're reading like chapter... books now right like they're they are there's also a lot of like um what are those like manga graphic novel graphic novels um so But Finn's also very into sports biographies and autobiographies, as well as coaches of certain teams.
But yeah, it's somewhere in between graphic novels and chapter books. That's fun. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's a nice family activity. That's a nice habit. It's nice. And it just kind of settles everybody down and everyone quietly. No, they don't push back. They just. quietly read their books and then head off to bed and it just it really sets a nice tone for the end of the day yeah yeah calms you right down i like that i would if i had kids i would implement that yeah it's no
You ever read to Biggie? No, I haven't seen him in a minute. Do you know what got me reading books when I was a kid? What? Pizza Hut. Because you guys. I'm motivated by food. We know this. They did a summer thing when I was a kid where if you read a certain amount of books, you could get a free personal pan pizza. I love this. And you were like, I'm on it. I would go to the library with my grandma and get like six books or however many was required. That is hilarious.
And then I would get to go get my free personal pan pizza. And how do they know you read the books? I think it was an honor system. Wow. You could be trusted. And we know this nerd. Told the truth. I told the truth. And my grandmother, I think you had to have like an adult witness. Right. My grandma was my witness.
yeah smoking a cigarette been like where's my pizza how come more we should people they should do that still that's really i like i know it's like i feel like people don't think about books enough but you know dolly parton Her big charity has given millions and millions of books out. It's incredible. She is just perfection.
Do you remember that feeling of going to a public library with your class or your parents or even your school library and like settling down in a corner with a book that you've just grabbed off a shelf and like you're in your little world and I love it. Yeah, it's Snug Harbor, man. Snug Harbor. Snug Harbor. Snug Harbor. I feel like there was a restaurant in Santa Monica called Snug Harbor. If there isn't, there should be.
Sure. Yeah. I feel like I used to go to this diner, Snug Harbor. God, I like diners. Yeah. I love you too. I like a diner as well. That's another thing. Books are good for if you're into like. Going for dinner by yourself or going to a coffee shop by yourself. It's kind of, you know, just sitting by yourself and scrolling on your phone. But if you take a book and everyone's like, what a genius. Do you guys ever see people out in the wild just reading? Not as much as I'd like.
It used to be on the subway. Everybody had their book, right? You know what I have seen a lot of? What? Is people that seem to curate their little table at like a coffee shop. with their book and their coffee and their and but also They're constantly checking their phone. Yeah, they want to be the person that's having coffee and reading, but they're not. You see them switch over to their phone like that.
and they probably need to read Anxious Nation. And not to generalize, but it is often straight men who have a... book on feminism or something open and highlighted the feminine mystique. Trying to lure in someone who wants somebody that reads a book. Yeah. Meanwhile, they're just on Tinder on their phone. Yeah. Yeah. Thomas is showing off all the books in his background right now. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Can I make a couple recommendations? Please, please. Where did that voice come from? Who was that? Fortunately, it was Thomas. Oh, God, okay. Our producer. Got it, okay. Okay, first. Priest Daddy by Patricia Lockwood. It's about a woman whose father is a priest who he loves like hanging around in his underwear and playing like loud guitar music. May, that's for you.
David Sedaris kind of like painting a portrait of a weird dysfunctional family. It's so funny. Priest Daddy, I wrote it. Yeah, that's great. It's called what? Priest Daddy. Hello. It's so good. Tony Tula Timothy has a book called Rejection, which is a bunch of short stories that are all about rejection. And that also hilarious book.
But it really captures like online culture and how that's just like permeating everything and how it's also made us terrified of rejection. And then the last book I would recommend is called The Vaster Wild by Lauren Groff. It's about a servant girl who escapes Jamestown in 1610 and has to survive in the wilderness. And it's just like, if you like a book, that's just a total adventure. Like you can't put it down. It also has one of the most beautiful endings of any book I've ever read.
Those are my three recommendations. Nerd alert! Who would you assign each book to? You get a pizza! Oh, wow. Okay. I would assign... What was the last one? It's called The Vaster Wild by Lauren Groff. Okay. But I would assign that to Tig. I would assign pre-study to Fortune and I would assign rejection to May. Oh. Wait, what was the one that you would...
Why do I get the rejection stories? And wait, what was mine? The Vaster Wild by Lauren Groff. Okay, all right. Well, I am actually... flying on an airplane today so I'll be in an airport and I'll see if in the little bookstore if they've got you're going bye-bye today you can also may download the Libby app and get you a library card real quick and that's true
check out a book one of those might be available I think we should put it on the list where we all three go in and sign up for a library card Can we go in person to a public library and we never will, May. We snuggle up. No, we're not going to do it. I wouldn't mind some snugs. Yeah. You want to snug Harbor with us? Yeah. I want to snug Harbor with y'all. Oh my God. We should do a triple.
spoon don't move with our clothes well thomas reads to us with our clothes on though no no no we're all in our brassieres granny panties and yeah yeah yeah bonnets on bonnets for sure that's something i think we've talked before about like something that your parents say as a kid that just irrationally makes you angry. And my mom would always say brassieres and it would just make me so angry. I didn't know. I was just like, just say bra.
we're gonna need to buy you what about a blouse a blouse was big blouse yeah my god that's how you know for sure someone is straight Yeah, they love blouse. I love your blouse. Or like a top. Like, oh, that's a cute top. That's a cute top. Yeah. That's so. It's a t-shirt. That top is so cute. Also, she called blush, she called it rouge. Oh, yes. I think that's an age thing, though. Yeah, maybe. Yeah.
Oh, wait, we haven't heard the answer yet. Should we hear you guys answer? That's right. God, we just love ourselves. Edie, who? Mine is a book that my niece told me about. My niece Olivia told me about this book Bunny by Mona Awad. And it's so vibey. And I can't believe how Mona Awad captures loneliness. and, um, mental illness kind of, and the feeling of being on drugs and or drugged or altered in some way. Um, the whole book is kind of like you go into a dream.
and come out after. It's really, really cool. And I want to know what you guys like that you've encountered lately like that. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. So that's what she meant by vibey. Yeah. I thought it was going to be a kid's book when she said niece, but it sounds like a trip. I've written that down. I like that type of book. Wait, did you really write it down? Yeah, I got it in my phone notes right here. Oh, okay. I got some weird stuff in here.
yeah i'm good i bet you do yeah like what weird books or like just weird stuff just in my notes app just like practicing texts to send people or you know no may you do practice texts yeah if i want to send like yeah where you have to get a certain amount of information out Well, if it's like a, you know. Oh, emotional. An emotional text. Oh, okay. I'll write it in my notes first. Have you ever practiced a text for me?
Oh, my God. Would I admit it if I had? I don't know. Dearest Tiglitz. Dearest Tiglitz. can we push the podcast five minutes no i can't send her that well good times very good times yes yeah yeah we have new merch online uh including a yeah ghost crew neck and a handsome zip up hoodie go to handsomepod.com we have very good merch i'm really i'm proud of it yeah for sure We have really solid merch. I have very little coming up except tomorrow night. I'm at Largo, October 29th with special guests.
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