Name: Jessica Kirson Stand-Up
Uploaded: 2020-07-03T09:08:35.000Z
Duration: 5 min 14 s
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-Oh, it's so good to be here. I'm very anxious.

And I was walking down the street the other day,

and this girl was walking in front of me.

And she was on the phone, and I listened to her conversation.

I was on Instagram and I posted this post.

Nobody. Nobody commented, like, Julie, Amy, Melissa.

Nobody commented. I was, like, freaking out.

So I tapped her on the shoulder and I said,

And I'm like, "Oh, 'cause I feel great about my body

I mean, I have a master's in social work,

I literally travel around and tell jokes.

so I downloaded this app where you count your calories.

The problem is -- I lie on it. How sick is that?

Like, the other day, I had three bagels, a roast, and a pie,

Like, "It's okay, Jessica. You really are talented.

You are, and you need to top putting yourself down.

You deserve success. It's all going to be okay.

You need to stop eating salads in public.

You know, oatmeal is healthy, unless you add

My mother is a therapist and she saw clients

This is totally true. So I had to be quiet every day.

No flushing the toilet. No opening chips.

and beheaded my Barbies, but good luck to Susan."

So, I do a lot of shows in Florida for very old people.

Most of them are 80, 90. Some have passed.

And I have to make them laugh, and they have all the same face,

even when they're saying something positive.

"It's gorgeous outside. Look at this weather.

The sun is out. The test came back negative.

They talk during the whole show, because they can't stop --

and I'll hear them having a whole conversation like,

"Did she just say she's from New Jersey?"

"I think she did say she's from New Jersey."

"You knew that tag line wasn't gonna work,

Don't sabotage yourself. You deserve success.

and told yourself it was a serving of corn."

You know, I went to visit my grandmother,

and all these old women sit around and play cards,

and they all sound like little bees when they talk.

So I go to find her, and she's not there.

And I go up to her friend Rona and I said,

"Rona, do you know where my grandmother is?"

but I'll let her know you were looking for her.

So, I walk away and I hear her yell out -- unbelievable --