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shaped a lot of my life. I hung around a lot with my grandma and I loved older

women because they just didn’t give a fuck. They were less bound to the

constraints that young women have against them. And I thought that older women
were represented in a much more human light than young, sex symbol women. So

I always loved that. There are a lot of Canadian comedians that I really love, I love

Debra DiGiovanni, Claire Brasseau and Christina Walkinshaw. A lot of comedians

I remember from when I was starting out who are doing really, really well.

Will you be coming to Canada any time soon?

I’m going to do a short run at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal at the end

of July. I love Montreal, and not just from the ski trips that I used to go on when I

was 16 with the bus.

When you’re not performing on stage, what do you like to do?

I’m working on a new show with my friend Jimmy Carr who’s famous in the U.K.,

he’s got a Netflix special as well. I’m really grateful that I have access to Netflix
because before a streaming platform like that I would not have known about

different comedians I didn’t immediately have access to. Chelsea Peretti is so cool,

I love Jen Kirkman. Netflix algorithms really work for me because I love female-

driven content that’s for everyone.