WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.000 Good morning, Ni. Hi. How are you today, by the way, 2 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:06.120 and where are you calling me from. We're in Los Angeles, California. 3 00:00:06.280 --> 00:00:09.880 How's your weather there today? It's so nice. I think it's what's 4 00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:13.439 going to be seventy five. Definitely a little jealous, although it's really beautiful 5 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:16.679 here in Connecticut. Stay all right, ladies, two moms and I might 6 00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:21.000 tell us about all the exciting stuff coming our way this weekend and celebrating Mother's 7 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:25.239 Day with two moms. Yeah, So we created this stand up comedy special 8 00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:29.800 called Two Moms, One Mike. It's a half hour comedy special. Selena 9 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:33.920 and I each do fifteen minutes. So we talk about having our babies, 10 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:39.399 we talk about married life, and we talk about just what we're going through 11 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:43.479 in everyday life, you know, motherhood. If you don't laugh, I 12 00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:47.640 think it could become overwhelming. So whose idea? Whose brain child was this? 13 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:52.880 Yeah? It was actually my idea. I was pregnant at the time. 14 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:56.439 I was nauseous like every day for nine months of my pregnancy, and 15 00:00:56.600 --> 00:01:00.880 you know, my husband was trying to help console me but doing the best 16 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:03.040 job. But Selena had been through it, and she kept checking in on 17 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:07.040 me and asked me how I was doing, and I would let her know, 18 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:11.920 and we just kept making each other laugh about having a child, and 19 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:15.519 we ended up writing material and then I said, let's fillness and make a 20 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:19.200 common special and call it two Moms, one mic hilarious. Selena, what's 21 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:23.000 your story? Yeah? No, So basically I had been doing stand up 22 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:27.079 for a bit and I was doing some shows with Kayla. This is before 23 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:33.840 the pandemic, and so we kind of met through there and then eventually, 24 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:38.680 you know, the pandemic happened. Everything shut down. I had my baby, 25 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:42.280 and then Kayla got pregnant and I was checking in on her and when 26 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:45.640 she asked me if I wanted to do this special, I thought, yeah, 27 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:49.079 this sounds amazing. This is exactly what I would want to do. 28 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:56.719 I feel like motherhood is hilarious and there's nothing more relatable than laughing about what 29 00:01:56.799 --> 00:02:00.359 it's like to be a mom. So I was super excit. I did 30 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:04.519 about the idea, and we actually would call each other every week. We 31 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:08.319 were doing like five shows a week. We were checking in with each other 32 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:15.240 on jokes and coming through each other's shows. It was a very intense process 33 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:21.400 actually, but we refine a lot of things and I think we made something 34 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:24.120 really great that I'm really excited about to share with everybody. Two moms, 35 00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:29.879 one Mike. You can catch it prime video. You can even catch it 36 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:35.039 prime video direct starting on Oh that's so so ironic Mother's Day. We're did 37 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:38.719 you plan it like that? But it's being released Mother's Day something special for 38 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:44.000 mom. So treat mom right all day on Sunday and then and the night 39 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:46.159 with a laugh. Now, are we going to be seeing some of your 40 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:52.240 traditional, you know, material that you both have done personally, but all 41 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:58.639 real life relatable to our mothers for this weekend. Yeah, I mean I'm 42 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:00.719 doing a lot of material. We do a lot of material about our babies 43 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:05.039 and like everything that happened to us in real life. And I'm also talking 44 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:08.680 about our husbands and and then we also talk about some stories, some jokes 45 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:14.800 that we had workshops that had nothing to do with having a child. And 46 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:19.280 so that's why I think this special will also be really relatable for men and 47 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:23.639 single women and single men. I think it really is a special for everyone. 48 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:25.240 Yeah, you know, let me ask you this because I am I 49 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:29.960 am a dog mom. Okay, so I do not have human children. 50 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:34.520 I am I am a dog mom. But I often wonder because we you 51 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:36.400 know, this weekend with Mother's Day, and you know, try to be 52 00:03:36.439 --> 00:03:39.840 sensitive to all moms out there. Moms we've lost people who have been like 53 00:03:39.919 --> 00:03:44.280 a mother to us or people you know in my position where you know, 54 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:46.319 I don't have children and that's not going to be in my future. But 55 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:51.919 I oftentimes wonder if the best gift to give mom is to make her forget 56 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:55.560 that she's a mom and do just have a weekend not talking about any mom 57 00:03:55.639 --> 00:03:59.039 stuff. So when you just said that, that inspired that because I know 58 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:01.800 it's called two Moms and Mike obviously, but do you like just for a 59 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:04.879 little while, even if it's for an hour, like to forget about the 60 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:09.919 mom stuff. Yeah, well, you know, my brothers are actually coming 61 00:04:09.919 --> 00:04:14.080 over for Mother's Day, and my parents are coming over. My brothers are 62 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:17.519 coming over, and I thought, maybe I'll just pull my mom aside and 63 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:20.800 we'll just go for a walk and then my brothers can watch the baby, 64 00:04:20.839 --> 00:04:25.920 my husband can watch the baby. So yeah, having two hours of a 65 00:04:25.920 --> 00:04:30.279 lone time is also nice and needed and fun and so now and I think 66 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:35.480 laughing too is so yeah, you know, through all of it, Well, 67 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:39.680 that's so, Actually, tell me a little bit about that laughter, 68 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:43.319 Selena. Tell me about how important that is, because I would imagine there 69 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:46.800 are days and times when I like if you didn't laugh. I know, 70 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:50.160 I just spoke about the moments ago, but how important is this part of 71 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:53.399 your life for both of you? Selena, start with you and then and 72 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:55.000 then of course Kay, theyll go to you. But you know, tell 73 00:04:55.040 --> 00:04:59.399 me a little bit about what laughter means. Well, I think to me, 74 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:01.720 I think gets you know, and everything right. But I think, 75 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:06.959 especially when you're a mom, there's so many things that can worry you or 76 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:11.560 can stress you out or I mean you're literally it's like your heart is walking 77 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:15.319 outside of your body and you have no control over what it's going to do, 78 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:18.639 you know, and that could be really exhausting if you don't find the 79 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:24.879 moment to like, you know, lower the tension and laugh and figure that 80 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:29.160 things are not so serious. And I think even a lot of times when 81 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:31.720 your kids do things that are things they shouldn't be doing, a lot of 82 00:05:31.720 --> 00:05:35.680 times they're funny, you know, and I think it's okay to laugh, 83 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:39.759 and it's okay to know that you know they're going to be better, they're 84 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:42.800 working it out. A lot of things they're not doing to bother you, 85 00:05:42.839 --> 00:05:47.519 they're doing because they're in discovery. Like my child right now is almost three, 86 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:53.120 and he loves doing experiments. He's in this big phase where he wears 87 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:58.560 an experiment jacket and everything's an experiment to him. So he will literally take 88 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:02.879 anything and without of a can put it into something else and mix it with 89 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:06.399 something else, and it's you know, disgusting. I mean, it's like 90 00:06:06.439 --> 00:06:12.079 the growthest thing you'll ever see. But it's also like his brain is just 91 00:06:12.439 --> 00:06:15.920 you know, firing on all cylinders. Then you have to be able to 92 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:19.240 laugh because if not, I think, uh, then you don't enjoy everything 93 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:24.360 as much. So I think laughter is everything. Yeah, I think laughter 94 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:27.920 is so important. Like Selena saying, I mean, you're constantly anxious as 95 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:30.199 a mom, and I think in general we're all anxious people. So you 96 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:34.360 have to find the funny in every aspect of your life. I mean, 97 00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:41.000 my daughter right now only says dada, but she calls everyone data like like 98 00:06:41.079 --> 00:06:44.720 dada, and I'm like, you know, that's the barista. Like see 99 00:06:44.759 --> 00:06:49.160 every she's calling everyone dada. It only calls for mama when she's like crying 100 00:06:49.240 --> 00:06:53.240 and wants out of her crib like then it is mama, But everything is 101 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:58.120 data and it's hilarious and you just have to fund the funny and everything. 102 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:02.040 And two moms in one mike obviously a tribute to the podcast as well. 103 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:06.120 So people can follow you and get inspired by you, or laugh and cry 104 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:10.759 with you, or be anxiety ridden with you anytime they want to. So 105 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:15.480 please us shout out your social messaging and where we can find you. Yeah, 106 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:21.800 so mine is at Selena Ringel s E l I m A r I 107 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:27.079 n g E L. And like you said, we do have a podcast 108 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:30.360 too for anyone who's interested on how we put this all together. We have 109 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:36.959 a podcast that's out on YouTube, and we will also be pre releasing this 110 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:43.360 comedy special on YouTube on Friday if anybody wants to watch it earlier than Mother's 111 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:45.800 say. Oh, hey, I did not have that in my notes. 112 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:48.319 You just dropped a little something for me, thank you. Well, yeah, 113 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:54.439 you just put in two moms one mic into YouTube and will come it 114 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:59.560 up on noon on Friday. Ladies, I'm going to put links to everything 115 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:03.439 about the both of you. I you know, I have to be honest. 116 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:05.639 I didn't know much about you before I got the proposed, you know, 117 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:07.959 the request to do this interview, and then I saw it just the 118 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:11.279 name alone. I'm like, oh my gosh, this is great. It's 119 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:13.680 some Mother's day weekend, two moms and one mike. And then I had 120 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:16.959 seen some of your humor elsewhere this so it's like I knew, but then 121 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:18.680 that the whole thing, the way you put it together to two moms and 122 00:08:18.680 --> 00:08:22.279 one mic. I mean even for someone like me, like I said I 123 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:26.439 have I'm a dogma, you guys are just funny. You're just funny ladies. 124 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:30.800 You're beautiful ladies. You're inspiring ladies. And I love that it's just 125 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:33.440 real. I think that maybe that's just the best way to put it, 126 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:37.320 because everything is so ridiculous and over the top right now. The fact that 127 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:39.759 you two are just bringing it down to being real. I mean, if 128 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:45.039 that makes any kind of sense to you, I appreciate, yeah, totally. 129 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:46.840 I mean we talk about everything in this special, so I really think 130 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:50.279 it's going to be relatable for everyone. I talk about how before the pandemic 131 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:54.639 everyone called me myths, and then after the pandemic everyone called me ma'am, 132 00:08:54.200 --> 00:09:01.879 like age and that's an a session. I think everyone will find something making 133 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:05.000 really too. And then of course you're bringing in your ethnicities as well, 134 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:11.159 obviously Selena too. I mean there's got to be some difference, you know, 135 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:15.879 So you're talking about culturally and being a mother and what the expectations are. 136 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:18.960 You know, I'm an Italian and this Sicilian, and you know, 137 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:20.679 my mother in law's convinced that one day I'll get a good job so I 138 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:24.039 can be home to make dinner for her son. But you know there's gotta 139 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:30.480 be like different things you can bring up, right, Yeah, for sure, 140 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:33.039 definitely. All right, Well, we're going to be watching you two 141 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:39.159 moms one mic for those who can wait for Mother's Day of course Amazon, 142 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:43.200 and if you want to get a little sneak peek, it's YouTube tomorrow at 143 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:46.320 noon. I'll have all the details up. But I really appreciate you both. 144 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:48.919 And lastly, just really quick, because I know you're on a radio 145 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:52.519 tour right now, but if you could each both answer this question. Kayla 146 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:56.559 will obviously Kayla Crawford will start with you first, but how do you find 147 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:03.279 balancing this with being a mom or is it just coming to you naturally? 148 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:07.600 And then Selina, I'll ask you the same question about how your phone, 149 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:11.919 your fame, your podcast, this comedy special. You know, big things 150 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:15.840 are coming your way. How are you doing balancing that with your life? 151 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:18.879 Yeah? So, for me, I have an amazing husband. Both of 152 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:22.039 us are home during the day, so we are both watching our baby. 153 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:26.639 I also have amazing parents who are here when I need them. And then 154 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:30.879 at night. You know, my baby goes to sleep around six thirty pm, 155 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:33.720 and so she deentually doesn't know when I'm gone. When I go to 156 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:37.720 shows. My husband is watching her if she wakes up, but she's a 157 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:39.720 pretty good sleeper, so the nice thing is right now, it's been a 158 00:10:39.799 --> 00:10:45.440 great balance of doing stand up a night and being home during the day so 159 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:48.039 I can see all these amazing moments with her. Yeah, I mean, 160 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:52.440 for me, my parents are back at home in Mexico, so unfortunately I 161 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:56.200 don't have so much family here to help me out. But I do have 162 00:10:56.759 --> 00:11:03.399 my incredible husband and then incredible nanny, which is very helpful on. My 163 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:09.360 husband and I have a production company together, so we actually make movies together 164 00:11:09.639 --> 00:11:13.960 as well, So there are a lot of times where my husband and I 165 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:18.240 need to go into a meeting together at which point that you know that incredible 166 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:24.080 nanny is hugely, hugely helpful. But we do work from home as well, 167 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:28.559 so we have a home office which helps a lot in terms of keeping 168 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:33.159 the balance and spending quality time with our son. And he's starting to go 169 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:37.919 to preschool as well, so that's giving us a couple of hours here and 170 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:41.600 there to get some things done. So that's kind of how we're handling it 171 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:46.399 right now. And would you both agree that it's it's okay to ask for 172 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:50.120 help because some moms feel like they have to take on everything, right, 173 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:54.120 Oh, yeah, you have to ask for help. You're brave when you 174 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:58.399 ask for help because you're admitting you need it, and it's helpful for everyone. 175 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:03.320 Yeah. And I think also help is yeah, we all need a 176 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:05.960 community, right. We used to live in community and now we don't. 177 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:09.960 Um and I think that we all need it. So it's finding your community, 178 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:13.759 finding your people, finding your tribe, whether that's your family, your 179 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:16.879 nanny, or your friends. You know, but we all need a little 180 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:20.039 help. I really enjoyed chatting with you, and I wish you nothing but 181 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:24.200 continued success and maybe more babies or maybe not. I don't know. Maybe 182 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:30.559 dogs, cats, whatever, Yes, thank you, thank you so much. 183 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:35.519 All right, Happy Mothersday weekend, you guys. More, Happy Mothersday weekend.