Unfiltered Truth: Comedy's Power with Leslie Jones

**Leslie Jones** (0:00)
So there's a whole personality of yourself sitting on a bench watching you be something else.
And it's just so sad. And it will make you sad, because it's hard to continue a lie. Those are very painful things. The truth is very rugged and very raw, but in the end of the day, you go, but it's me, and it's the truth, and I ain't gotta fake it.

**Realm** (0:35)
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another episode of Mick Unplugged. And today, I'm truly excited and honored, because I've got another living legend that is about to bless the podcast.
We're talking about Phenom. We're talking about talent. We're talking about three-time Emmy nominated. We're talking about Times magazine, top 100 most influential people in the world. We're talking about the comedian's comedian, the people's people, none other. And Leslie Jones. Leslie, how are you doing today, dear?

**Leslie Jones** (1:10)
Wow, that is an introduction right there. I'm like, who is he talking about?

**SPEAKER_3** (1:16)
I'm talking about you.

**Leslie Jones** (1:17)
Yeah, I'm like, uh-uh.

**Realm** (1:19)
I'm talking about L. Dogg over there.

**Leslie Jones** (1:22)
Oh, that's so funny. Thank you, I appreciate that.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:25)
No, no, no, no.

**Realm** (1:27)
No, thank you. I was telling you offline how such a huge fan.
My mom loves you. My mom is a minister and freaking loves Leslie Jones. Let me tell you, like, she might be in the pulpit quoting a Leslie Jones quote every other sermon. I'm just gonna throw that out there to you.

**Leslie Jones** (1:46)
Really?
Oh, my goodness. That is hilarious. Hey, so you're in the first. Where is she? Where's she at?

**Realm** (1:55)
In South Carolina. So Greenville, South Carolina is my hometown. So she's- Oh, man.

**Leslie Jones** (1:59)
I think I'm going to South Carolina too.

**SPEAKER_3** (2:02)
She'll bring the whole congregation.

**Leslie Jones** (2:03)
Oh, my goodness. They better be ready.

**SPEAKER_3** (2:06)
They'll be ready.

**Realm** (2:07)
You ain't got to change your words or nothing.

**SPEAKER_3** (2:08)
You can just be ready.

**Leslie Jones** (2:09)
They're gonna be ready. I never do. I never know. Grown folks is grown folks. And plus, I always do jokes that I do real jokes. It's not just about the curse words or anything. And she would actually love this new set that I'm doing because I do some stuff on Adam and Eve and on David and Goliath. And it's hysterical.

**Realm** (2:29)
All right, mom.
You got some new pulpit material. Just letting you know. Just letting you know. But Leslie, again, I'm so honored to have you here. I know how busy your schedule is.
I'm a huge fan of you. And the weird thing is, it's not even about your comedy. I will go top five, dead or alive. My L Boogie is there, right? Leslie Jones is there.

**SPEAKER_3** (2:53)
Wow. But it's the human being that you are.

**Realm** (2:56)
It's the things that you do when there's no camera, when there's no mic. That I know most people don't see that you do, but you've got a community around you, you've got family around you that you give to. So I wanted to applaud you for that before we went anywhere because you mean so much to me for who you are as a person.

**Leslie Jones** (3:17)
Thank you.

**Realm** (3:17)
That I want the world to know that, and I want you to particularly know that.

**Leslie Jones** (3:21)
That's so nice. You know what I've noticed too is that your crowd reflects who you are as a person too, and all my crowds are so great. They're loving, they're real, they're honest, they're vulnerable, they're seeking healing, seeking a new way to make things right, to bring joy.
You don't just get to that position just by circumstance, you walk through it. That's why I tell everybody, I don't think I'm such a deep person to be able to avoid walking through my fire, if that makes any sense. You know, I just go through it because it makes you a better person. It just does. You can't hide from things that are gonna be an obstacle. You can't hide from it. You have to just go through it. That's it. And if you get to the other side, the feeling that you will have of triumph, because we've all been to that point where we're like, I'm not gonna make it through this. I'm like, I don't know how I'm gonna make it through this. And we make it.
And that puts callus on us, that puts armor. That's the armor that I believe that God says to put on, you know? That's the one that I think. I know people, I think that's the armor that you put on. And people are always asking me all the time, you know, it's just about really living. Like, you just live your life. Everybody's ever... You're gonna have bad days, but you're also gonna have good days. Let's celebrate them just as much as we notice the bad, you know? And also, too, whenever I talk to someone, you can notice how someone talks to themselves or how they don't appreciate their life. When people go, I'm just so stupid, I go, don't say that, because your body doesn't know you're playing. Your body doesn't know you're joking. Your body doesn't know you're just throwing that out there. Your self doesn't. And appreciate where you are.