Interview with Taylor Williamson, AGT finalist

I'm Vic Cohen, and it's a fair question It's a fair question It's a fair question It's a fair question I'm Vic Cohen, and it's a fair It's a fair question Hello there, I am Vic Cohen, and it's always a fair question It really is There's never a question that is ever too personal Or ever off-limits The more personal and revealing, the better We have a great guest today. I am so excited for you to meet this guy. I first saw him on America's Got Talent, just like millions of people at home, and I was blown away by him. I loved his persona on stage, his confidence, and I loved how he played with the judges. He was very in the moment. It's very hard to do that when you're on a show where everything's so produced and planned and everyone wants to know what the comic's going to do at all times. And I just, I loved, I admired that, the riskiness, the boldness, and the fun of it. And it really paid off for him because he almost won the whole thing. That's right. I'm talking about Taylor Williamson. He's right across from me. Hello, Taylor. How are you? That's like the kindness, so much kindness. Thank you so much. I didn't mean any of it. But you know, you're supposed to say nice things about the guest. Right. So that's what I said about you. I did okay? Whoever wrote that for you, it's so kind. I love that. And you know what? It is the truth, honestly. You're so sweet. Thank you. It means so much to me. It's a real truth. Thank you. I mean, doing stand-up myself, and I particularly love, I love playing with the audience. And what you did on that show is ostensibly you made your judges the audience, particularly Heidi. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And that was a smart choice. Yeah, thanks. I mean, the way it happened was, if you go on YouTube, anyone listening, don't know who I am, I put all my performances on YouTube. Just type in, or go to taylorwilliamson.com and then click on videos and I have all my links on there easily. But in the audition round, I did the show because I was desperate. You know, you don't go on the show because things are going great. You go on because I have nothing else. Okay, you said you were, now what year are we talking? 2013. Okay, so 2013, what time of the year was this? And where were you? This was in LA, you did the audition? So I did like a pre-audition, like 2013. 2012? It sounds so long ago, but it's not, but it sounds like it. But like end of 2012, I did a pre-audition, like October, November. On tape? You sent it in or? No, it's like you go into like the convention center and then. Okay, I did that actually. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, and then like five or six months later in April, like you have to wait so long. It's so, it's the craziest process. Just such a mind F word. Can we curse here? You know. Well, I don't need to curse. I said, I don't need that mind F word. Yeah. You know, we all know the F word. Sure we do. F not, the F word is. Did you say F not? F not? I said F not. That's clever. Were you that clever? No, I'm not that clever. The point is, the point is I'm not clever. So I did the show and I was desperate. So I wanted to be prepared for everything. So I knew at some point they'd say, what would you do if you won a million dollars? I knew at some point they'd say, you're a weirdo. I know you're awkward. So I had lines prepared for all these things. So like, I'm not witty, you know? But then the next round happened where there was no audience. And I watched the first guy go out, the first comedian, the judges were out in the car or whatever. So it's four judges and no audience. It's the worst. The comedy doesn't make sense. You're talking about now at AGT, you had already done this pre thing. Months later, they called you back and said, we really liked that. And there you were like in a convention hall room, pretty much in front of us, a few people that videotaped you. The first one, yeah. And the second one was at the theater. And is that with the judges? That was with the judges and the audience. That fast. It goes that fast. It goes that fast from being in the convention hall with no one. Well, five months later. Okay. Right. But the next thing, you have a live audience. Right. And then two months later, whatever, the next round was no audience and four judges. And I watched the first comedian go out and he just sped through his jokes and it was really awkward and I'm not judging him. It's weird. If I had gone out first, I probably would have tanked too because you don't know what to do. You're not, this is weird. You're on TV in front of nobody and you're telling jokes and it doesn't make sense and he just sped through it, which is a move that anybody, any of us could have done. Okay. And then I went out there and I was like, this is horrible. It's not live. So they can edit whatever they want. So I'm just going to treat it. I'm used to doing shows in front of four people. So I just treated it like there's a show for four people. I riffed with, hey guys, this is horrible. Let's be honest. This is bad. I did the same thing anyone would do. And then I did my act. And then when we got to the live show and then I got put through and then the live show, the first one, they're like, we're going to get, we love when you banter with the judges. We're going to give you time to banter with the judges after you're set. I'm like, what are you talking about? The first time I was pre-written, the second time I was just screwing around. Now it's live. But so I just did it because I had to and it became a thing and Heidi Klum and I had a thing and it changed my life. I get attention more, not from my standup, but from the silliness afterwards and all those people changed my life. It's amazing. Well, I remember in the show, I think that Heidi, at one point early in one of your appearances, she said she didn't like your act. Am I mistaken? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or it was too dirty or too adult or something to that effect. And then you came back the next performance almost like you custom made a performance for her. Am I mistaken? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or something like that? I just have that memory. Yeah. I mean, Howie was such a cheerleader and so supportive. That was amazing. And Howard was so cool. But like, and Mel B's amazing, obviously, but like, Heidi is the reason I have a career. 100%. And why do you say that? Because on these shows, you know, it's 100% of the time, except for me, honestly. I mean, really, like, I'm not bragging. I don't mean that as like a, but it's just circumstance. Like, you don't have a, you have a storyline in your videos before the package, then you perform, then you go, whatever, thank you, next round, storyline in the videos, whatever. I would, because Heidi said you're not appropriate for children or whatever. I came back and next round did a whole thing catering my jokes to her tongue in cheek. And then, for the rest of the season, every show I did that me and Heidi had a thing, I got an extra storyline on a competition reality show, which, it doesn't happen. It's not, because it's not possible. Right. But it became, if all the judges had said, you're great, you're great, you're great, I probably would've gotten sent home. Because that's not interesting. People don't, We almost were sent home. Right? At one point. I mean, you were saved by the judges. Well, no, but I mean, the way the show works is, that's the way it's presented, at least. I don't know. Well, it went, the way the show works is, they have four people get through per round, and then, the final fourth and fifth comes down to judges' choice. So, there's two people left who are the fourth and fifth place. They don't say who is who. And then, they say the judges get to pick who is who. But then, the judges tied for TV, which is so annoying. But they wanted to stretch out. My results was, my, is he going to get eliminated or not, was 12 minutes. Usually, it's like two minutes. But for me, they had me, why do you think you should go home? Why do you think, and it's me versus an 11-year-old girl who's a sweetheart. Who's an amazing singer. And, Secretly still want to seek a home. Oh, right. No, it's horrible. there's no way you don't. No, I never had so many ill thoughts towards 11-year-olds. I was that guy, I'm like, you're 11. I need this, you know. I think that all the time when there are these young kids, I'm like, you got a whole life ahead of you. You know, especially these other shows where someone might be 50 or 60. It's their last hurrah, like, if they really want to make it. I was thinking really negative thoughts. Oh, yeah. Because, I mean, for most of these people in these shows, it's fun. It's like, hey, why don't you do that? We should do that. Because they could. You still get an allowance when you're 11. Like, you still get money. Like, you're not paying for anything. Like, guys, like us on this show, this is our career. It's our life. Right. It's not cute. But a lot of people, it's like, it's just fun. I mean, even like the people who are like, some of the dance groups and stuff. Like, there's not a career in a lot of these things that they're amazing at, you know? Well, let's get back to, so you said that, you said that you don't audition for these things unless you really need it. Yeah. So, what was life looking like when you were auditioning? What was your life like? Well, I've been doing stand-up for 10 years at the time-ish. And you really started at like 19 professionally? I was 17, yeah. 17? We'll start at 17. I got on Craig Ferguson when I was 20. I got on Montreal Comedy Festival when I was 19. Now, were you surprised by those, that early success? Or did you just feel like you had it? It was like, of course. I mean, I always thought it was, I, this is my rationale. Like, I, I, when I was 17, I'm like, I'm the best 17-year-old, I'm not, I'm the best ever comedian, but I'm the best 17-year-old comedian. So, I had that in my head. So, I had the, the chutzpah to make phone calls to people I should never, or emails, contact people I never should contact. Hey, watch my tape. Like, when I was in college, I got, I remember Eddie Brill from Letterman, the booker for Letterman, the booker for tonight's show, left me voicemails saying, stop sending us tapes. Which is cute, but hurt my career later on. But, It did? Yeah, I mean, they never put me on, because they saw, They thought you were desperate, like this annoying kid? No, no, not, it wasn't like a personal thing like that, but I think I, and to me, they saw me when I was 18, then when I was 27, they don't care. It's like, oh, we've seen you before. I got it. That stuff really sticks, first impressions. Thankfully, most people in the business, they lose their jobs eventually. So, there's new people. I'm banking it on all these teenagers who watch Young Americans Got Talent, them growing up, and then taking, over the show business. Yes. What helps me a lot, honestly, is when I go to meetings, and then, the executive's like, oh my God, my kid loves you. And I'm faced, I'm in some fancy network, and the executive is like, FaceTiming with his daughter, and his daughter's like, oh, it's Taylor. And I'm like, yeah, then I don't get a TV show, but it's all, I mean, What's the average age of your family, do you say? Um, I would say, I have a lot of, moms, and, teenage girls, and, some stuff in between. But it's a lot of like, it's a lot of like, I mean, it's funny. I didn't think you were straight, you know? Oh, thank you. Um, so, I mean, you have, What made you think that I am? I think you are straight, but maybe I'm not. Maybe I'm wrong. I saw you with a hot girl, I think that was your girlfriend. Where was that? You're like, no. At the comedy store? Are you straight? I don't know. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I mean, this girl was like, like, with no, I'll do respect, which means no respect. She's way out of your league. The girl was like this, this smoking hot brunette, like late twenties, mid twenties. She had like golden skin. She was like, I mean, like, like seriously, like a model. Like, there's no way if, if you had your, if you, I say AGT or, I don't know, like with all, with all due respect. And this is so, you can't say with all due respect when you're being really mean. I love that. I love that. That's my favorite thing. You know, the next thing is going to be, whenever it says, with all due respect, you know, there's going to be a zinger right after. There's no respect. No, but, I was really impressed with, that's why she's a gorgeous woman. Yeah, yeah, she is. Now that is not your sister, right? I mean, that was your actual girlfriend. No, I like how you're like, there's no way you're related. Your bloodlines can never make anyone that pretty. Yeah, she's my girlfriend. Yeah, she's beautiful. Yeah, she's great. Yeah, she's amazing. Yeah. So, let's talk about what life, I'm curious. So, I thought you were gay. Anyway, so back to AGT. I mean, you probably get that a lot. I used, you know what, truly, I used to get that a lot. It's not a bad thing. No, I don't care. But it's, I mean, I'm very self-aware. Before, I did Last Comic Standing in 2010, and for like two episodes, you know, and then, I was, people weren't like, are you gay? They're like, oh, you're the gay guy. It was not a question. It was just like, oh yeah. And then, especially because my jokes were edited in a way that they cut out parts to make it, not on purpose, but just because I have a joke where I say, I had a joke where I was like, so I was talking to my girlfriend, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So, I'm going to break up with my girlfriend. And then the punchline was, that's not true. I don't really have a girlfriend. But the joke was because I'm a loser, not because I'm gay. But they cut out the joke part of it. So, they say that I was talking to my girlfriend, which got a big laugh for some reason, because I'm a loser, because I was loserish. But then, nerdy, nerdy, whatever. But then they cut out that joke part. So, they said, I was talking to my girlfriend, big laugh. That's not true. I don't have a girlfriend. So, it looks, so I'm not paying attention. No, because he's gay, clearly. And then another joke where I, I had the word mother effer in it, but I had to take, I was trying to think of a funny word to use instead of that. So, my buddy came up with queer burger. I can't even say it. Queer burger, which is a funny weird thing to be called. Some guy's yelling, what did you learn in job? Queer burger. And I can't even say it now. It's crazy. But, so, I saw that joke mixed with queer burger. Oh, he's gay. He got gay bashed. Right. But to me, I got gay bashed, but I'm not gay. Well, do you ever find that, because I've had this where people think I'm gay. Yeah. You're gay. I'm not gay. I'm just kidding. See, there you go. And, my point, where's my point? You said people think. They think I'm gay. And, if enough people start saying it, you know, I start wondering. That's a funny bit. Yeah. You make that a bit. That's amazing. Because I talk about, like, I would be the best gay man. Like, I've thought about it. Like, I would have a boyfriend. I know, like, I've thought, I feel like my boyfriend's name would be Bob. And, I would be so, like, the best boyfriend. Yeah. Seriously. Like, I'd put little notes in his, like, lunch bag. I'm thinking about you. And, I'd buy him, cute shirts and shoes. And, you know, I'd be, like, the best listener. He'd come home. You know, like, Bob, how was work? I mean, I would really be great. I did that bit, yeah, on stage. But, it's true. But, the problem is that, I just love women. Yeah. Like, I love a woman's body, you know? I mean, Bob and I would never have sex. Yeah. And, then I would tell Bob, he can have sex with other people. And, then I was thinking we would have the perfect marriage. Like, a straight marriage. Yeah. But, anyways, I get, you know, like, people would be like, like, as if I'm the guy that's, everyone else knows, but I'm the one. I've been gay. I told them I'm gay, and I just don't know yet. Yeah. It's, yeah. Which is, like, how do you, it's kind of insulting, you know? It's fun. That's a funny joke. That's not a joke. That's just, Oh, it's true. That's true. Well, it's true. But, I stopped getting that, for some reason, after I did America's Got Talent. I don't know, but that time period. Well, probably because of the Heidi Klum, and, Maybe. I mean, she's very much, Perhaps. I, I'm actually, I'm very fascinated by that, because I was, I got it in my life, and, from YouTube comments, and stuff, but it stopped. With America's Got Talent, I never got that. But, you know, it's like, It's coming back now. Thank you, Vic. You know, it's really, you're welcome. You know, it's fun. You know, what I think is really funny, is it's always a big moment, when a, a personality, a television, or a star, comes out as gay. Like, it's a big decision, and for you, it's the opposite. It was you coming out as straight. I thought about, they have, NBC has these diversity showcases. All these networks have diversity showcases, where if you're a minority, or if you're gay, you can showcase, and be seen by all these amazing executives. But if you're straight, and white, they don't care. So like, I was like, joking, but not joking. I was like, if I get nothing going on, I'm going to just say I'm gay, because you can't, people believe it already. And like, I'll be like, it's not part of my act, but I'm gay. Here's my act. And, I was like, but then I heard some other comic did it, and I was like, oh, that's so pathetic. I was like, I can't do it. But I would have done that. I would, I was like, that'd be a good story. I said, I pretend like I'm gay, and then I have a career, and I'm like, just kidding. I just said I was gay for a career. That'd be horrible. I don't think it'd be, I don't think anyone would care. I think people would think it's funny. You think? As a comic, I feel like you can get away with stuff, but maybe, maybe, I don't know. I one time saw a comic pretend to be, blind and deaf, and then, that's a little different. And then at the end, revealed they were perfectly, able to see and hear. But I'm talking for business purposes, not like on stage. okay, got it. I wouldn't go on stage, and like, I would just, you'd have to get rid of that girlfriend. I would say, I would say she's my beard. No, she's a hot beard. She is. So, when you were, before you started doing, America's Got Talent, and you were a younger, you know, like, no one really knew Taylor, like they do now. What was life like? Were you living at home? Were you, struggling for money? Was, you know, did you have a job? No, I always, thankfully, was able to pay my bills, doing standup. So I got lucky, living in poverty, as a single person, in a crummy apartment, you know? You grew up in, San Diego? Yeah, yeah. But I moved to LA, when I was 18. I went to Cal State, Northridge, for a little bit. But like, that was my excuse to come to LA, to stand up, you know? Is your family successful? Do they have a nice life? I, yeah. I mean, I have a single mom. She's an amazing artist, and she raised two kids. What kind of artist? Like, abstract, abstract impressionistic paintings, and things like that. So, was she encouraging of your art? Oh, yeah, sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, it's interesting, the parallels of like, her, field versus mine. I have more empathy, too. Like, she was like, some years were great, some years were bad, because we have these horrible jobs, where you make a bunch of money one year, then the next year, you're like, what am I doing with my life? And, it's very weird. Like, I get told to save my money a lot. You know? You, you grew up in Del Mar? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is that a really affluent part of San Diego? It is. I'm not, I was not rich by any means, but I was like, I was in a small house in Del Mar. But, I mean, if we sold it, and had moved to, some place in Nevada, we could have had a big house. What about your father? What kind of relationship have you had with him? Oh, God, what are we getting, we're getting into this? Is that what's happening? Uh, it's, it's, uh, it's part of who you are. Yeah. We're, our relationships are part of us. That is, that's, right? I hope that you're like, you know, you're just not, you don't make any sense, but you're like, still talking. You're like, it is true. it's part of, uh, uh, uh, uh. You seem uncomfortable talking about your dad. No, no, they're right. Mr. Williamson, are you pleased? Call him Mr. Oh, hey. No, um, you don't, you don't speak to him, be on, like, intentionally don't speak to him? Yeah. So there's some, there's a challenge in that relationship. Sure, yeah, yeah, yeah. Did he walk out on you guys? I mean, was it that? Um, no, my parents were divorced. It's just like a standard, pretty standard, nothing like really bad. How old were you when that happened? Well, they got divorced when I was really little, but then, like two? Uh, oh, they were separated when I was really little, but I always had the same difference to me. So, like, do you ever remember them being married as a couple? No, no, no. Okay. Did, does he live down there? He was in San Diego, yeah. Is he not supportive of your comedy career? I don't talk to him, so. Do you feel like that's a hole in your life? I mean, not to speak to your dad, or is it for the time, I mean, is this a permanent decision, or do you think it's, depends on where you are in life and? No, I don't have any, like, negative feelings. It's just kind of, he's not in my life. But it's gotta be hard, though. I mean. No, I was never, I mean, I've never closed to him, so I don't feel like I'm missing, you know, because it never was a thing. Okay. Yeah. Do you do therapy? I don't. This is, this is getting really intense. You know, I, I love therapy. No, I think I'm a big fan, I'm a big supporter of it, and I just need to do it, but. Yeah, I'll tell you, for me, what happened, you know, I talked to this rabbi once, and, she said something, it was a female, she said something that was so smart. She said that, and she's very, you'd say, she, she thinks about what she's doing in life, you know, she's trying to be the best she can be. She said she has two or three kids, she said to the kids, from zero to 20, I'm gonna screw you up. I'm just going to. I'm not gonna try to. It's just gonna happen. I'm gonna make mistakes, because I'm only human, and perception. I'm gonna do things that you're gonna perceive one way that were never intended that way, that you're gonna experience as hurtful. That's from zero to 20. And then from 20 to 40, you've got to figure it out. And I think that was such a wise thing, because these things that get planted, in my opinion, they don't just go away. They just get buried. And then they show up in other ways down the road, like seeds that grow. So, for me, it's been an incredible experience. So, maybe, what's your reticence? Just, you don't have like a pressing problem. Some people have to, they go to therapy, because there's like an emergency. I think. Like, when you said that you, it's something you're thinking about, you'd like to do. Well, I think anybody, I think it's a very healthy thing to do. Yeah. Especially as a comic. Yeah. I mean, especially to anybody. Like, I really, all my friends who do it, there's, it's the best part of their week. It's amazing. I don't know. I'm honestly, it's like, I've had to go to the doctor for my throat for like a year, for sure, for a year and a half. I should have gone years ago, but I just never went. I'm lazy. It's not, it's not like I'm scared of doctors. I just, I'm like bad at making things. I'm bad at making appointments and doing things. Is it, is it a self-care thing? Um, what do you mean? Are you, do you have a hard time with self-care? Like, things like dishes and the, you know, like, or like an ADD thing? Like. No, I'm just, I don't, I mean, I don't, I don't know what the diagnosis is, but I'm a lazy bum maybe. I mean, I'm bad at like, I'm procrastinator and stuff like that. Right. Are you scared of doctors? No, no, yeah, it's none of that. I love, I mean, I'm, I went to the doctor. I'm like annoyed by doctors, but I'm not scared of them. Okay. And I'm not scared of, I'm the, I'm a, I'm closer to hypochondriac than, uh, with the other side, whatever that is. So I would, I want to get fixed, you know? Let's talk about, I'm curious about, um, so you're on America's Got Talent, and then, um, this is a problem I have. With America's Got Talent. I love, I, I think the show's great. And, uh, it's because I get to discover people like you. And that's great. And there aren't enough of these shows. In a, in an odd way, I'm saying that most people would say there are too many. But, real talent. Yeah. You know, it takes a while to get there. Like I was saying before we started this, this show. But when you get towards the end, you, you know, kind of, it sifts out. But here, where you really get some quality, quality, uh, performances. This is the thing I, I do not understand. And I would love to hear your thought on this. You ended up on America's Got Talent. Making it through to the end. It was just you and one other guy. A Japanese guy. And, no, it's not, I don't know why I called him Japanese guy. You're so racist. No, because there's a reason I said that. It wasn't just an accident. Uh-huh. Okay. The show's called, America's Got, America's Got Talent. It's called America's Got Talent. It's not called Jap, Japanese, Japan Has Talent. Yeah. That guy had family. They did a live show. Yeah. They did a broadcast. Where was his family? They, they weren't in Iowa. Right. They weren't in New York or LA. They were in Japan. That's not right. This is called America's Got Talent. It's ridiculous. You know I'm right. You probably can't say anything because. No, I, I. It's an outrage. It really is. And I'll tell, no, no, I'm done, not done. I mean. Go on. What are you going to say? Feel free to keep going. No, what are you going to say? Um, it's so funny. Cause my, my, uh, my life has been people who just, just very racist like yourself. That's not racist. I'm joking. That is so not racist. I'm joking. No, no, I get what you're saying. I mean, I mean, uh, he lived here for 20 years and he just moved back, uh, less than a year before that happened. Of course he did. It's like when you're running for office. I'm American. I've lived here. What accent is that? It's Irish. Oh, but I mean, American people can go on Britain's Got Talent and all these other versions. You, you never, you never thought, you never thought for a millisecond. This guy's not really, is he American? Does he have a citizenship? No, he's not. He's not American. Okay, there we go. There's the scandal. The dogs that won the year before. I mean, the son is American, but I don't think the dad was. You just said the son was. I'm okay with that. I mean, a million dollars. You could have won, right? Are you trying to put me in therapy? Is that what you're trying to do? I'm just saying you want, you lost a million dollars. Yeah. To a guy on America's Got Talent. Who's not even American. That's not right. But it's not American citizens got talent. It's, he's not America. He learned how to dance in America. He's not American. We know that this, this show. Look at the judges. It's Howie and Mel B. I know that. That's fine. And how do you? That's okay. I get it. They're all in from other places. I know. I've thought that. I can't say anything. That I thought about, but I'm too close to how I can say anything. But yes, but. What does Howie say about this? I haven't talked to him about it. Oh. I never, never brought it up. I don't, I don't know if it was too close to home. I don't want to. Because he's his favorite. Well, that's, really? That must've hurt too. No, I. You're a Canadian guy, a judge going for a Japanese guy. Yeah. Like how is that America's Got Talent? That's a different show. You're very upset about this. What bothers me? What's the, it's so funny. I'm, he wasn't even, well, hold on a second. He wasn't even, I'm breaking all the rules of, of interviewing. No, go ahead. Interrupting my guests, but I'm so passionate about this. I'm passionate. I'm passionate. Because this guy, it's one thing if you're Japanese and you, like, he barely, he didn't even really speak English well. He does. Like. He didn't have a chance to speak on the show. Are you, wow, I love the, defending. He's my friend. I mean. Is he your friend? He is my friend. I mean, I'm being very genuine with you. A lot of people don't know, he actually drove Taylor here. He's waiting in the lobby right now, dancing. But like, I'm being, I swear I'm being like, I still, I still do stuff with the show, but I, there's nothing, I'm saying that I wouldn't or couldn't say. Like, I'm just sharing my true feelings. I, it's, I love your, your hostility towards that. But I mean, did you see this year, they have like a whole crew of Japanese dancers and like a whole group. It's really funny. They're amazing. I've not seen that. It's like, it's similar to what Kenichi does, but there's like five of them at the same time. It's funny. They could win the whole show. It's funny. That's not funny. It is. It's annoying. We're America. We've got enough here. We don't need to be importing people. We don't need to be importing people. Okay. Isn't it the most American thing ever to have immigrants on a show? Then call it American Immigrants Got Talent. That's not the name of the show. And not allow Americans on? They call it that. Make it a second show. They can, you can do the lead in to America's Got Talent. Would be a illegal or a immigrant American's Got Talent. It's a great idea. Pitch that. What about people who are here legally? If you got a green card, you're in. You get to go on the big show. He's got one. He's got one. If you're a citizen, green cards should be an own show. Yeah. But I mean, I don't know. That just annoyed me. So what was, that's okay. So what was the difference between doing your stand up? Like, you know, in front of an audience where you, no one really, it doesn't really matter. And knowing that you've got three minutes that could decide your entire future and that it's live. And there were no, there were no like prompters, right? I mean, was there any help? If you went blank? Um, I, I imagine they would have allowed me to have a prompter if I wanted one. Did they offer that? No, but I'm, I, it's four jokes, you know, it's like 90 seconds. Like, right. I would imagine that I'm positive. If I said I need a prompter, they would have done it. Their production's amazing. Were you scared of forgetting any of your material? Well, no, but I, I mean, I worked really hard not to, and I had to do jokes out of order. They've never done it in that order before. Cause they would take jokes. That are longer and just chop out. I would take like five jokes and just chop out the best part of each one of them and put them in a weird order. That doesn't make sense for this thing, you know? Or at one time I had to do, when I had to do a whole performance I've never done before. That was terrifying. So literally this is material I've never heard before by anyone. Twice I did that. That was so scary. So scary. Was this the banter stuff or literally jokes? Oh, that's, I was petrified. Truly. Whenever I bantered, I was truly petrified. Scariest thing of all time. Well, I loved, um, when you were talked to, you know, particularly Heidi, it was great. I like, even liked when you told her that you're done, done talking, you know, like I like that kind of humor. Cause treating her like a regular person. She was, she was rad and she played along. She could have, no producer said to me, Heidi wants you to stop. She was game. She was such a, she was amazing. And she played along. And the next year I got, I said, Hey, I'd like to write, I have a sketch I'd like to do with her and the results show. I got to star on primetime TV in a five minute sketch with Heidi Klum. And like, I got to write it. And like, which was the sketch. If you go on YouTube, type in Taylor, Heidi Klum, you'll see, uh, it's like a, it was like a, where are they now thing with me. But the joke was, it's really, it starts off with where are they now, but it's really just me. So I'm dating this girl. It's Heidi. She's my girlfriend. And like, we just super silly stuff. She's so funny. This is a fair question. Yeah. Now Heidi's been single. She got single during the show. Yeah. It might've been around your time. Yeah. Do you, not that you're, you caught, caused that breakup. Crazy. But have, do you think that you could actually date Heidi Klum? I mean, do you think that there's, she's dating a 29 year old now, which is how old I am, but he's a billionaire. Okay. But that probably gets boring. And they say guys, you know, sense of humor is a huge turn on. Um, I don't know. You know, I bet we could have, we could have hung out in a silly date. Like a real date, like not for TV. No, like real life. We could have hung out. So like, we could, I've hung out with, we could have hung out with a group of friends together in this small setting. I'm positive, but I had to go on tour for two months right afterwards. So I missed out on that. Contractually. Yeah. But do you feel like you actually could date her? At this point? No, I think it's time has gone. But if you, do you think there was a chance? I think there was a chance to have a silly, I don't think we, I think she would have hung out. I think we could have had a silly hang with a small group of people where I could have been like, I think I have a chance. Okay. What if I'll be Heidi right now? Okay. And you be you. Trying to get me to make out with you? I'm not gay, but just make out with me for like an hour. Just go along with this for a minute. Okay. I'm very uncomfortable right now. This is more uncomfortable than when you asked me about my father. Taylor, I want to say that I really find you attractive and I love your silliness and you just, I love laughing. You've tapped into something and I won't, I'd like to try and date you. I mean, I'd like to make love to you. This is, I gotta go. This is the weirdest. I know. I know. Suddenly, I felt like me saying that. No, but, but have, this is a fair question. Have you ever pleasured yourself thinking about making love to a Heidi Klum? This is the weirdest interview. It is such a great question. It's a great question. It's so weird. It's not a great question. It's so good. It's a great question. That's the honest. I love this question. I'm going to not answer that question. Well, you do have that option and I will take that as a yes. Okay. Now, when you did pleasure yourself to Heidi, you know, like I always feel like if I'm going to do something like that, like if I'm in a relationship, dating a woman, I want to first actually make love before then I am fantasized about making love. Like I don't want, I don't want to fantasize first before I actually do because the relationship changes somehow to me. Was that with the same with you and Heidi? What? Where am I right now? What is this? do you feel like certain, like she was off limits to, to fantasize in that way because she was a judge and it was a working relationship? Um, I love Heidi. I love Heidi Klum and I think she's a wonderful person and, uh, I look forward to working with her again. She's a, that was a great question. I have to really, I can't wait to talk to Howie about you. It's so funny that I'm, it's all about like, you know, congratulating myself on this. Like you've left the room. Like, what a great question. I just, um, no, but seriously, I don't, I won't pleasure myself. If I'm dating a girl, I want to first make love to her before I would pleasure myself. Let's go back to my father. We talk about that. Uh, okay. You said checking the clock. I was trying to figure out what, yeah, it's going, it's winding down. So that's, I was confused. I was like, it's only been, no, it's been, we've, time's been flying. It really has. Um, so what's the future look like for you? I mean, you know, like here's, here's what I experienced in my professional life is that there are these things that happen that sometimes are so great and the mind naturally feels it's going to be like this forever. And then sometimes things change or there's a fear of change. Like, you know, the, the natural progression of a career, there are highs and lows. So how do you deal with knowing that and, and trying for there not to be lows? Um, yeah, I mean, I'm constantly terrified, honestly. I mean, but that's what drives me too. And that's what got me. I wouldn't have, I was more scared than I've ever, ever been in my life. Every time I was making it before setting a performance, arguing with producers politely to, to get what I wanted. Cause I want it. I know it's me. I don't know. It's not me out there. Not, not them, you know? Um, yeah, I'm scared all the time, but I'm hustling like crazy. So, I mean, I'm so lucky. I went from, I couldn't pay my bills to now I can get like really bad work on the road to now. I went to, I traveled too much for a year and a half. I traveled so much. I was just like, I can't do this. And I'm thankful. And I have money in the bank. And are you set for life? No, no, no. Um, I could live in a hole for a few years and do nothing, which is interesting. Where do you live now? Studio city. Okay. I saw you at yogurt land. Yeah, I know. Yeah. I like that place. That's good. Yeah. But I mean, I'm constantly, I mean, it's, was crazy before I did AGT. I was doing comedy for 10 years and I would have been content. I was never in quick, quick comedy, but I was at such a bad scenario. I was probably gonna have to get a day job, which is not the end of the world at all. But like, it's weird. It's going backwards, you know? And then, uh, I was, I would have been content doing something way smaller. But then since I did this and I proved myself to myself that like, Oh, people believe in me. Like, like tan, it's tangible. They voted for me. Pretty ratings were cool. When I was on TV, I was on the most on TV. People like, it makes, I prove myself that I'm not crazy and people come up to me every day and are so sweet and say kind of things. So I know, unfortunately I'm, I am crazy, but I'm not crazy to want to think that I can do something special in this business. So now I'm in a zone where I can get really special meetings with people. And it's really cool. I got offered two amazing things this year. One of them, one of them would have been really fun. And then they offered to me and then the show was canceled before I started, which sucks, which happens. Then the other thing would have affected me in a great way. Um, I was offered it again, not auditioning. They were just like, you, we love you to do this big thing. And the day before they announced that they replaced me with someone else who's a different type. So, but which still was heartbreaking. So I'm in this zone where I'm, I keep getting so close to things and then they fall apart. I just know at some point when I'm in a zone where I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I just know at some point one of these has to connect, you know, you wake up with a fire and you know, like I'm going to take on the day or do you deal with sometimes the struggle of getting, you know, do you ever fall into hopelessness or sat or yeah, yeah. Just like, um, just, just like discouraged a point where you almost freeze instead of being in movement. Um, no, uh, neither of those. I mean, if, if I know, I get excited by like, I know of a cool meeting coming up. I get excited. Oh, that's going to happen on Thursday. I came to the Thursday. I can't, I feel like that. And then I worry all day, but, uh, I need to be more like podcasting stuff. Like I need to do more of that kind of thing. And like, uh, I don't know how to answer that. I'm not like miserable. Like, are you a super motivated guy? Yeah. I don't work as hard as I should, honestly. But how do you write? Do you, does it just got a conversation or like, or do you actually have a time set aside? Like, I don't know. Do you have a time set aside every day and a notebook that you always write in? And no, I don't do that anymore, but I should, I mean, I, I kind of work out ideas and then I go on stage and I kind of see how they go. And then I record the show. Then I go back and listen and I see what got laughs and what didn't get laughs and see what I can do. And, but I mean, I'm so, I'm so thankful. Like we're so lucky. We're standups. We're like, I look, I know people who are actors only and they just wait for the audition and then they don't get an audition. Or they get cast or fired from pilots or not. They almost get a thing and they get to the final round and, and they have nothing. We're lucky that no matter what we're standups. And that's the most amazing thing. I can't imagine anything not having that, you know? It's a, it's something you really do love. Yeah. I mean, it's, what's hard though for me though, is I'm in a zone where I keep saying I'm in the zone. I don't know what zone I was. I knew the word zone a lot. Um, I need to be really successful. For me, because I want to be able to, I'm not gonna be happy unless I'm selling out venues. Cause I'm crazy. Cause I've already now I'm at the point where people are coming to see me. I don't want to go backwards anymore to people not caring to come see me anymore. So I'm only going to be happy if I'm doing, I know people who are like happy doing spots around. I don't know, amazing comedians who like the right for shows, whatever. They're like, yeah, I do stand up. It's fun. And I get it out of my system. Like I'm a psychopath where I'm like, I need to have lots of people wanting to come see me because it's such a different, you know, I'm like, I'm doing a show and people like, huh, I don't know who you are to having 500 people be like, Taylor, we're so happy that you're here. We're happy. We're here. And it's such a special thing. How did you, you probably first discovered that after a lot of people had seen you on America's Got Talent, right? Oh yeah. No one, I mean, I mean, I'm at, before that I would do show and two people are like, oh, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I saw you on Last Comic Standing three years ago. I'm like, what? Really? Or do you find that you suddenly are funnier on stage because people are taking, it's kind of like when a good friend's up there that you're, you know, there's a shared experience that's being brought to the stage versus, you know, you're just a body telling jokes. I have more confidence for sure. I mean, I worry about doing a good job. I don't, I'm less prolific than I used to be when I do my own shows on the road because I feel guilty and irresponsibility that people are spending 20 bucks to come see me. They're like, I'm going to be like 20 bucks to drink minimum and stuff. So I don't screw around a lot. I just make sure I do a show. But it's amazing. It's really special. And they're on your side already. You know? Do you think of yourself as a prodigy? I know that because I mean, that's really young. I mean, you were really young when you were doing comedy at a pretty high level. Well I think about that's funny is I used to I when I was like 18 people said like you're like a comedy prodigy. But then now I'm 29. It's like you're fine. I mean I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I think maybe, I'm being silly, but maybe it was when I was 17, 18. I mean, it's a really unique thing. But I bottomed out. Now I'm like where I'm supposed to be. Why do you think you took to stand-up the art form so young and in such a mature way? Because, you know, it really, for most comics, it takes years and years to get to a level of understanding the difference between being funny in real life and on stage. I mean, I'll be honest. I'm sure I got opportunities because I was young, you know. But everything I ever did, I did a really good job, though. I'm confident saying that. But. Do you remember bombing at that age? Oh, yeah. I almost quit when I was like 17. What happened? I just did a show and bombed like crazy. At the comedy store in La Jolla in San Diego. And I remember like, it was just so sad. I was like, this is horrible. Did you cry? Um, I don't think so. I probably tried to. That's how I am. I'm like, I'm sure. I should cry right now. But I didn't. What about, now you're Jewish, right? Yeah. Were you raised Jewish? Yeah, kind of, you know. I mean, my mom tried. I'm like half Jewish. So I'm Jewish. Whatever. The part that's not Williamson. Yeah, exactly. What's your mom's maiden name? Goldberg. Oh, you are Jewish. Like as Jewish as it gets, you know. Were you bar mitzvahed in the whole? I didn't do when I was little, but I went on Birthright. That's the trip where you get a free trip to Israel if you're Jewish. Somebody in their 20s. People admit, it makes, I know it sounds so bizarre and it makes no sense. They're normal people. They're like, what are you talking? It sounds like a scam or something. Was it moving? I mean, what did you get out of that trip to Israel? I had a buddy bar mitzvah at the Western Wall. Because I was like, I guess I'm in Israel. I might as well, you know. If you don't know what Birthright is, guys, it's something, an organization funded by a very wealthy man has young people who are Jewish come to Israel and they pay for the whole trip. And I think it's up to like 24, 25 years old or something. It's like 18 to 27 or something like that. I think it's a lot of people just having sex in Israel. That's what I hear. I don't know. Was that your experience? No. But I accidentally signed up for this super religious trip. I meant to sign up. Oh, no. There's different trips. That's hilarious. There's like a hiking one. There's like, there's different trips and there's non-religious. I meant to sign up for the non-religious trip, but I signed up for the super religious trip. That's so horrible. But I had an amazing time. I was just texting last night. No sex. Well, I mean, there's some people did do that. There's some Israeli soldiers that hooked up with like different girls. Oh, well, they're not part of the Birthright though. No, but they put, they come on the bus with us. That's the Birthright. We get like 3% end up getting pregnant. But the point of it is to like encourage people. A connection back to your roots. In 20 years, there'll be 50% less people. In 20 years, 50% less people will claim Judaism as themselves. So they want you to connect with Jewish people and marry them and continue the Jewish race. I'm pretty good. My Jewdar is pretty good, but I don't think that girl you're with is Jewish. She's too pretty to be Jewish. Hey. JK. Come on. JK. JK. JK. I have a theory that the most beautiful. The ugliest girl on earth is a Jew and the most beautiful girl is a Jew. That's fair. Don't you think? It's a nice way to cover your tracks. No, I really mean that. Well, I always thought like in Israel, I've never been. I want to go, but it's like crazy. Like everyone, like all the supermodels, everyone's Jewish. It's like. In Israel? Wild. All the murderers in Israel are Jewish too. That's, it's all good. I know. That's so crazy. I signed up for a J date when I came back. It was like four years ago. I was like, I'm going to, I got really into it. I'm like, okay, I'm a Jew. This is great. It worked. The programming. But then I was, I signed up for the, there's like a two month perm discount or something stupid like that. You know what's so funny? I thought you said a two month perm discount. Like a Jew perm. Thank God. But it was a Purim. So I got like a one month free. I would pay you one month, get one month free. I did it for like, for like three weeks. The only person that messaged me was a black lady who was willing to convert, was on her profile. I swear I'm not making it up. And then I was like, I'm done with this. I'm done with this. And then I didn't know that. But they keep charging you, even if you don't cancel. I thought that I paid for two months. It's so crazy. And then I emailed them. I was like, yeah, it's like $50 or something crazy. I was like, Hey, I, as you can see, I haven't logged in in like five weeks. Um, can you please be like, sorry, you signed the thing. I'm like, you're still, it's the most, this is the most Jewish thing you could do is like take, steal my money. You read the, sure. The contract. Yeah. You guys are not helping the cause. No, that's terrible. They're rough. They're evil Jews. They're suing J-Swipe. I saw that. They're horrible. There's a J-Swipe. It's like Tinder where you swipe. I think that sounds like a, for the letter J they're suing them. It's just, to me, it sounds like a gynecological test, a J-Swipe, you know, or like, it sounds like I just had a J-Swipe earlier today. I'm fine. Can you do me a favor guys? And, uh, William, you have the, uh, clip for those of you who don't know, um, Taylor's comedy. Here's a little clip from, uh, some of his, his work. My friend Margie just got a labradoodle. If you're not familiar with this. Cutest dog I've ever seen in my entire life. It's a mix between a lab and a doodle. I can't even make this up. A dog's father's a four pound black poodle. Dog's mother, 60 pound white Labrador retriever. That's a huge size difference. But I guess it proves the stereotype that black poodles love fat white bitches, right? Hey, thank you very much everybody. Thanks a lot. Thank you, Heidi Klim. I love you so much. Okay. That was cool. Um, so let's talk about that. I know you guys have a joke. Uh, that was a little racy for AGT family programming, right? Tell me, did the studio, the producers have any issue with that joke? They had a talk. They talked a lot about it. But, um. What'd they say? Um, they had to go back and forth with it. The problem with the, the big problem was, I mean, cause it's, my argument was this is embarrassing, but I don't, but whatever it's business. I did, I did this. That was my thought. I did the joke on Last Comic Standing years before. I'm not proud of it. I'm proud of myself for repeating my joke. I thought about, I already did this joke on TV. It's a stupid way comics. At least it's your own joke. It's my joke. That's a good point. That's a problem when it's not. But I was like, you know what? No one remembers that this is a competition. And this was, I was, if I was doing tonight's show, I wouldn't repeat the joke, but if it's a competition I'm trying to win, I'm not going to, cause someone saw the video. Those jokes are gold. If you've got one, you know, is out a home run. For a competition. I have, I don't understand. I'm like, I don't care. I was really worried about what comics think of me, which is the last thing any of us should think ever, but it's still in the back of our heads. Wouldn't be cool. You know, I'm putting, I'm assuming. Comics are really not nice. A lot of them. You got to find the nice ones. Yeah. Yeah. Some can be a little rough. That's true. But you're right. It's, it's hard not to one, you know, think about that. Whatever. I'm thinking about, I've had YouTube comments. You did the joke before, whatever. I didn't care. So I did the joke. My argument was you, I did this joke in the same time slot on the same network years ago, whatever. So they put me up at the later hour. I assume that's towards the end of the show. I assume that that's part of the thing. It's slightly race here. The word is literally not offensive. Bitches. It's a dog joke. It's a play on word dog is in the dictionary. Bitches in the dictionary. Did they know you were going to do the joke? Oh yeah. I didn't. I was not, I'm not that guy at all. So, but then there was another round where I repeated the joke on the same show. But if you look up on my website, taylorwilliamson.com, you'll see, we had a repeat and act we did earlier in a bigger and greater way. So. I had a group of opera singers say the punchline, black, kudos, love, fat, white, bitches. That was funny. Yeah. That was really cool. Yeah. I mean, I talked to one of my friends about like we brainstormed it together. I think I know your friend. He, uh, he's, he friends with Bob Bowden and I have a friend of yours, a friend of yours. I know. Who's my friend? Um, I'm drawing a total blank right now. He's very good friends with Nikki, Nikki, uh, Bowden, Mickey Bowden and. Oh, he's the guy with Josh Sandoval. Yeah. He worked on, on America's best. Yeah. He's a nice guy. He's telling me you guys are like great friends. He went to my high school. He even go to my high school. I thought he went to my high school. He hung out. He's a nice guy. He got me on the show. I owe him everything. And Heidi, the two of them. I really, truly. I mean, I, it's, it's so special that like. Was he, that was, well, he knew the show because he was working there. So that was helpful probably too, right? He came to me. I never would have. So audition? Yeah. I mean, he got me the audition. Like he's not in charge of the show, but he scouted me, you know, that's his job to be like get people to go to the. He didn't get me on TV. He got me in the pre audition. Right. But. He was there that day? Um, I don't, I don't think so. But uh, I, I'm so grateful to him. Shout out to Josh. Yeah. Now you said that in one of the episodes that you were a bully, I mean a bullied, not that you were a bully. You were bullied as a kid. Is that true? I mean like how much were you bullied? No, I just said that as a people would vote for me. Oh, that was smart. I'm just joking. But uh, no, it's funny cause I was, I'm a, I was trying to be like a businessman on this show. I was trying to get voted through. So I was like, let me talk about getting bullied. So it was a strategic move. But it's, it's based on, I can milk things that happened to me. Yeah. So I was like, all right. But they never let me talk about it. And they were just like, we're just going to, next week they kept saying, well, you talk about getting bullied next week. Um, and I know you need storyline. I'm smart, but it's genuine though too. So I don't feel bad about it. But uh, they kept just playing me as a goofy, silly guy. Hey, please. I will hope I get through, you know? And I was so frustrated. But I kept getting voted through and they kept saying next week you can talk about getting bullied. Cause everyone has storyline is I'm an opera singer and I'm gay and my parents hate me. And then, uh, I got kicked out of my home cause I'm gay. That was everyone's storyline really honestly. And I don't have any, I don't have any traumatic story. It's really true actually. Yeah. You fucked that trend. Well, the show is storyline mixed with talent, sometimes backed up by talent and that's what gets people through it, whatever. But um, and uh, anyways. So then finally, this is like the right before the finale round, I was like, I'm just gonna be a real person here. This had nothing to do with whatever. It's just like, I have an opportunity to say whatever I want on the number one show on TV. So I just got to say what I really, uh, wanted to say. And I just said, uh, any kids out there who ever get picked on or bullied for being weird or awkward or dorky, I was like you and I'm still like you. Did you get picked on though? Oh yeah. Well, we're like, how? In what way? Like what names they called you? Well, cause like I had sex a lot in high school and people were like jealous. So they're like really mean to me. They're like, you stupid. Go have sex with some hot girl again. That is such not the truth. Why don't you believe that? That's how you were bullied. I so don't believe. Why don't you believe me? That's not bullying. What are you talking about? You were bullied cause you're getting laid so much. That is so not. That hurts my feelings that you think I'm just lying. That's a good joke. There's just no way. It's so offensive that you just think I'm lying. Who are you sleeping with? I'm sleeping with my mom. I'm sleeping with my dad. What are you sleeping with? Just cheerleaders and stuff. Seriously? Oh yeah. No one gets picked on for that. I'm just joking. That's like the best thing ever. Oh I know. No, but I mean everything like. You're scaring me for a minute. That did work, but I couldn't have a stick with my gods. They were? Am I a good actor? You were pretty good. Yeah. Thank you. I mean, all the things I got picked on growing up, like I walk weird, I talk weird or I, I mean, whatever. I mean, those are all the things that I now have a dream career cause of it. Like that's what great about being standup is like everything. That's like. And being quirky. Yeah. All that. The things that make you stand out. Yeah. I mean being awkward and stuff. And I mean, I, cause I was getting emails from these kids just, just being me on TV. I would get emails from kids saying like, you make me feel like it's okay to be weird and stuff. And I was like, what? Just from being me. Then I, after I sent that message, I got a lot of positive reactions and it's really special. I mean, it's a, it's been, I mean, I, I'm very thankful to have had the opportunity cause I heard people say stuff like that on TV when I was 12 and I was dealing with stuff or whatever, who were like, I'm not even a fan of. But they're successful people doing something big. It's amazing to, it affects you like, oh, they got out of whatever the scenario was and look at them now, you know? Yeah. No, I think it's really great. I mean, and it's true. Yeah. It's not like, it's a good message. I agree. I was influenced by things when I was younger. Yeah. I think as a grown adult, it's, it's nice to show people you can, like I have this thing called Crohn's disease. Yeah. Like an intestinal thing. And you know, it's, I like to share that or if I, sometimes I get depressed, I'll share about that. But it just, it just makes things more real. Yeah. And we're all so similar. It's just no one, a lot of times wants to talk about it. I agree so much. You know, the, the, what's interesting is that, yeah, being vulnerable and people often aren't because they think it's going to look bad if they talk about whatever fill in the blank, it's going to make them look bad. And what they don't realize is that's what makes them look the best. Being human. That's what we connect with. Not when people are fake or trying to put this persona off of being perfect. So you know, that's why I was thinking about that. I was curious about your, the bullying stuff. Yeah. Cause you do, do you feel you have a responsibility a little bit more now that you have more of an audience to share messages of? I don't feel any, I don't, I'm not one of those guys that thinks that everyone should be, should be, has to be a role model by any means, you know? But I mean, I'm very aware that I have a young teen following and I'm very appreciative of that. And, uh, uh, it's special. I mean like I had some like eight year old kid come up to me crying at Olive Garden. Shout out to Olive Garden. Free breadsticks are on the way. His mom was like, he's heard you say something and then cause he gets picked on and stuff and like it made him feel good. I'm like, it's amazing. Like your eyes look like they're tearing up right now. No. Is it emotional to you to think about that? Cause it's a great story. No, I mean, I actually hated that kid after I, um, no, no, no. It's, it's, uh, it's special if I can make people feel good or whatever. I, I, your, your likability is like through the roof. So you know, you can't help but make people feel good just by showing up. Oh, that's nice. Thanks. Yeah. It's the truth. And I think that some people either have it or they don't. Are you hitting on me again? Is that what's happening? Yes. That's my foot under the table. No, that's not my foot. Hey, okay. Ew. Gross. Um, so we're, we're going to wrap up here. We're going to wrap up here. We're almost out of time, but I wanted to know, where can people find you? Um, besides online, you know, and also how do you have the same name as Taylor Swift? How's that possible? I was named after her. Oh, that's sweet. Yeah. Uh, where can people find you? Like I mean, your website, Taylor. Oh yeah. I mean Twitter, uh, Instagram at Taylor comedy. Yeah. It's not your name. Is that what you want for me? At Taylor comedy. Yeah. And, uh, what's coming up? I saw some big announcements. You've got something big happening in October, November. Oh yeah. I'm doing, um, America's Got Talent tour. Oh, so that's gonna be a whole national tour, big theaters and stuff. So that's really fun. Are you, is that a normal thing to bring people back? They're doing like an all star thing and then they're paying me a bunch of money. So I was like, I love it. Can't wait. No, it's awesome. I mean, I'm honestly terrified cause it's gonna be on a bus the whole time, like sleeping on a bus, which I haven't done before. That sounds horrible. Yeah, it does. But I mean, they said it's the same bus that new kids on the block use and the same bus that like dancing with the stars. I mean, I don't know if they're gonna be able to do a big stars tour use or like. I'd get a green light, you know, that thing for the, you know. Ew. I'm just saying that. Yeah, I think you bring your own sheets, I assume. Oh, it's like camp? I don't know. I really don't know. It's a classy thing. Bring, you know, it's like you have a list, like you're going to camp. Make sure your name's ironed into all your stuff. I've, you know, it's funny. I really, I really don't know what I'm getting myself into besides the shows. Like I did the tour two years ago and it was amazing. We had, we had hotels at night, but it was different scenario. But uh, it's special. It's really amazing. It's so cool to get to do those. So people can look for that. You know, you're all over the country with that tour. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. And then, um, where do you, what do you see yourself? Like what are your goals as far as, uh, projects, that kind of thing? I mean, is a standup going to be the anchor? I mean, standups no matter what. I have a special that I keep, I'm just waiting for a cool phone call. I'm literally one phone call away from James getting coming true like every several weeks. Don't you feel like your dreams come true already? Uh. It did. And it's not dangerous. It did. And my dream from 10 years ago came true two years ago. Which was? To be, I went to Disneyland a few days ago. People are, you're, to be known as a comedian, you're Taylor, I'm, I'm Taylor the comedian. That's so valuable. That's amazing. It's so special and cool. Cause like I know people who are on TV shows that, uh, they can't sell two tickets on the road. People don't know who they are. They don't know them for their standup. They don't know their character. They don't know their real name. Yeah. I'm so thankful that people, AGT, any comic who doesn't want to go on AGT, I think is who it doesn't have other things available is it's silly I think because it gives you such a value. I'm just, I'm not being articulate. Do you know what I'm saying? Yeah. I know what you're saying. You're saying that you have a, you have a career that you can, it's your business. It's Taylor Williamson. Yeah. It's Taylor the comic. And that's, you know, that, that's what you got out of that. Yeah. And now it's yours. Exactly. And like, I still, I'm trying to sell sitcom. I've had some cool meetings lately. I filmed a comedy special. I'm just waiting for the cool phone call saying it's going to be on, sold to this person, you know? So, so like, as far as you can't stop really, it's not like I was, you know, people know me from America's Got Talent. Now I can just go have lunch. It's like, no, I'm so scared of like people being like, I don't get that yet, but I'm so scared. People like, all right, this guy's still around, you know? Right. I want to, but I mean, hopefully. Yeah. I want to do stuff with the HT again this summer too, hopefully. With what? America's Got Talent. Oh, right. Okay. So I've been trying to weasel myself back on the show. No, I think it's great. And are you, do you consider yourself friends with like Howard and Howie and like, would you call these guys on your cell and say hi? No, I mean, Howard, Howie has reached out and he's, I would consider Howie a friend for sure. And I, I don't reach out to him too much cause I feel weird, but bothering him, you know? Right. But he's there for me. He's the, it's the most special thing ever, honestly. He's a great guy. He like, I mean, I grew up watching him, you know? And like, and for him to like believe in him, it's so funny. Life is so special how like someone that you've loved so much, then like they believe in you and support you. And I filmed a comic special and he, I hit him up and he filmed a little thing with me in it, which he didn't have to do at all. He could have easily said, I don't want to do it or I'm busy, but he's like, yeah. And I've, I met with him for some stuff. And he's, he's totally there for me. And I mean so much to me, but I don't like hit him up to say hi, cause I don't want to bother him, you know? Right. I'll tweet at him. Well, listen, we have to run, but I want to thank you. Um, you know, it's a drive out here coming downtown and, um, you know, I've seen you at the comedy store and, uh, it was great seeing you and Yoggerland. Yeah. Thank you for having me. It's a pleasure. Yeah. This is great. I'm a fan of you, by the way. I've seen you in silly things on TV and I love it. Well, thank you. I really appreciate you coming out here. It means a lot. Thanks for having me. Yes, thanks for having me. Yes, thanks to you too, man. Yes, thanks to you too, man. Yes, thanks to you too, man. Yes, thanks to you too, man. Yes, thanks to you too, man. Yes, thanks to you too, man. Yes, thanks to you too, man. Yes, thanks to you too, man. Yes, thanks to you too, man. Yes, thanks to you too, man. Yes, thanks to you too, man. 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