Ever been tickled pink by a twist of fate? Matt Mathews certainly has, and he's here to share every chuckle and challenge that brought him from nursing scrubs to comedic clubs, right before he embarks on his inaugural world tour. Our latest episode is packed with Matt's contagious energy as he unpacks his unique brand of Southern American humor and how an unexpected pivot through boudoir photography catapulted him into internet fame. Prepare for a heartwarming ride through Matt's life stories, from the flutter of pre-show butterflies to the therapeutic laughter that helped him heal old scars.
Gather 'round as Matt gives us a personal tour of his Alabama upbringing and the hurdles he leapt over as a gay man finding his place in the world. His revelations are as profound as they are poignant, highlighting family battles with addiction, his moving coming out story, and the eventual bloom of a beautiful relationship with his husband, Rob. Matt's candid sharing isn't just about the laughs; it's a testament to the power of love, acceptance, and the strength found in being unapologetically oneself. This is an episode that doesn't shy away from the tough stuff, while still leaving you with a smile.
As we close in on Matt's London debut, he promises an unfiltered and raw performance that'll bring his online followers even closer to the man behind the jokes. But it's not all stages and spotlights—Matt also spills on his farm life, including tales of Fluffy the chicken and the joy of connecting with his furry and feathered friends. We wrap things up with some rapid-fire questions, revealing insights you won't find in his viral videos, and an intimate anecdote that's sure to leave you in stitches. Buckle up for a rollicking journey with the irrepressible Matt Mathews!
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Ever been tickled pink by a twist of fate? Matt Mathews certainly has, and he's here to share every chuckle and challenge that brought him from nursing scrubs to comedic clubs, right before he embarks on his inaugural world tour. Our latest episode is packed with Matt's contagious energy as he unpacks his unique brand of Southern American humor and how an unexpected pivot through boudoir photography catapulted him into internet fame. Prepare for a heartwarming ride through Matt's life stories, from the flutter of pre-show butterflies to the therapeutic laughter that helped him heal old scars.
Gather 'round as Matt gives us a personal tour of his Alabama upbringing and the hurdles he leapt over as a gay man finding his place in the world. His revelations are as profound as they are poignant, highlighting family battles with addiction, his moving coming out story, and the eventual bloom of a beautiful relationship with his husband, Rob. Matt's candid sharing isn't just about the laughs; it's a testament to the power of love, acceptance, and the strength found in being unapologetically oneself. This is an episode that doesn't shy away from the tough stuff, while still leaving you with a smile.
As we close in on Matt's London debut, he promises an unfiltered and raw performance that'll bring his online followers even closer to the man behind the jokes. But it's not all stages and spotlights—Matt also spills on his farm life, including tales of Fluffy the chicken and the joy of connecting with his furry and feathered friends. We wrap things up with some rapid-fire questions, revealing insights you won't find in his viral videos, and an intimate anecdote that's sure to leave you in stitches. Buckle up for a rollicking journey with the irrepressible Matt Mathews!
Tik Tok - @matt_mathews
Instagram - @matt_mathews
Website - http://www.mattmathews.com
Welcome to another exciting episode of Kevjet, the podcast, excited to introduce to you this week's guest comedian, matt Matthews. Matt is about to embark on his first world tour, with two shows in London.
Speaker 2:First time in London. So I'm excited for all of the things, nervous for all of the things. I was like are they going to understand what I'm saying? Are they going to relate to me? Are they going to think that I'm funny because their sense of humor is totally different than my sense of humor?
Speaker 1:Matt opens up about how he finds humor in his early life struggles growing up in Alabama.
Speaker 2:Life was definitely a struggle and that's something that I really want to talk a lot about in my show. It's kind of my struggles of growing up, where I grew up and how I was raised. When I started writing this show, it really became like a healing thing for me.
Speaker 1:Matt, is Matt prepared for a British audience?
Speaker 2:People in London are freaky. Okay, they are nasty, they are raunchy and they are here for the shit.
Speaker 1:Wait until you hear the topic of guns. We don't have guns in London, but even the police don't have guns.
Speaker 2:So we have how are they going to protect somebody? They have little sticks and tasers.
Speaker 1:Oh hell, no, we discuss his Boudoir, photography and how it changes lives.
Speaker 2:When I saw that I was able to change people's lives with the power of Boudoir photography and make them feel beautiful, that was something that was very important to me, so I started doing that.
Speaker 1:He tells us about his realization that nursing was not a career for him.
Speaker 2:No, that shit is not like Gray's Anatomy.
Speaker 1:So what is the story on how he became an internet sensation?
Speaker 2:You know, everybody kept telling me to get a TikTok and I didn't want to get a TikTok, I had no desire to get a TikTok. I just kind of posted my life Again. You know just who I was, the real me, and it's just relatable to people. And it kind of blew up and it took off.
Speaker 1:And if a world tour is not enough, listen to this.
Speaker 2:I've got four horses. I have a donkey, two dogs, three cats, 30 chickens, two pigs, six goats.
Speaker 1:I had to ask about his favorite chicken, Fluffy.
Speaker 2:Fluffy is the reason that all of this kind of started. Just how?
Speaker 1:important is your relationship with your audience.
Speaker 2:Without my audience and the relationship that I have with them, you know like none of this would be possible. I want the British audience to be ready for me. I got my accent ready and everything.
Speaker 3:That little London accent I can talk like this I'm going to get a little fish and chips. You know like, get on the little trolley. Is it a trolley? They'll think I'll just call it a trolley.
Speaker 2:The tube, the tube, oh the tube. Excuse me, they can expect to learn more about Matt Matthews than they see on the internet. It's a lot deeper, it's a lot more real, it's a lot more dirty than they see on the internet.
Speaker 1:Current celebrity crush, Matt Matthews.
Speaker 2:He is fine as hell.
Speaker 1:Is he called Kebjet and he has a podcast in London.
Speaker 2:No, that's not him.
Speaker 1:All right, I'm going to try this one Favorite podcast you've ever been on.
Speaker 2:The Kebjet podcast.
Speaker 1:Good answer. Has he done his homework? With British words I know fanny means pussy. Do not say fanny pack while you're here.
Speaker 3:That means pussy pack.
Speaker 2:Grab your knickers, bitches, because the shit's getting wild.
Speaker 1:Welcome to Kebjet. The podcast Matt Matthews.
Speaker 2:Hi, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1:Are you excited to come to London?
Speaker 2:I am first time in London, so I'm excited for all of the things, nervous for all of the things. So we'll just see what happens. I'm a big coffee drinker and I have been told that I'm not going to find the best coffee there, so that's probably what I'm most nervous about. But yes, I'm super excited to come to London.
Speaker 1:I love a good coffee and I know some good places.
Speaker 2:Okay, perfect.
Speaker 1:So why London?
Speaker 2:Because my agent made me. I mean just full transparency. I had zero intentions to go to London, especially with this being my first headlining tour. I didn't think that London would even be a possibility. So we decided to give it a shot and we put the first show on sale and it sold out the day of. So we added a second show. I'm super excited because I don't know, like you asked earlier. You know, what do I? What don't expect, what I expect, and when I, when I think of London, I think of the parent trap, Like you know, like that's what I think of when I think of London, and I think of fish and chips. That's what I think about.
Speaker 1:Yeah, okay, okay yeah. Fish and chips is probably a London thing In your mind when you're thinking, okay, I'm going to fly into London, I'm here for a few days. What is that experience in your mind right now, having never been here?
Speaker 2:I have no idea. I have absolutely no idea. I feel like there's going to be a lot of people making fun of my accent. That's probably going to be the number one thing that I get.
Speaker 1:Are they going to make fun, or are they?
Speaker 2:going to love it. I have no idea. I don't know what these witches like in London, so I have no clue. I feel like I'm going to another world. Well, I am going to another world, but I feel like I'm like literally going to be on a different planet. We're just going to go with the flow and just kind of see what happens.
Speaker 1:Those facts are valid. You'll love it. You will love it.
Speaker 2:Hopefully I don't have too much jet lag and I'll be, you know.
Speaker 1:You know what For me, my experience, so when I go home my jet lag is worse. When I go home, it's not when I come back.
Speaker 2:That's what I've told, yeah.
Speaker 1:He'll be fine. I mean, the time difference is basically the flight time. Yeah, so you'll land, you'll be fresh as a daisy, you'll be ready to go.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so we're actually flying in, so we'll leave here at night so we can sleep. Do you sleep on a plane when I'm in? Yeah, okay, so if I'm like flying domestic and it's just like a, like a, it's just like a regular seat, no, I cannot sleep. I have to be able to lay down to sleep. Yeah, however, this is international, it lays down, so I'll be able to sleep on this baby. I got my pillow, I got my blanket and I'm all asleep. You'll be amazing. And then our flight lands at like seven am, so start the day.
Speaker 2:I should be. I should be good to go and then go on home. We'll get home at like eight o'clock at night, so that is going to kill your ass. I'm going to be fucked.
Speaker 1:Yeah, at least you'll get home. It'll be like, okay, it's almost time, it's nighttime. You'll get home, you can like, unwind and go to bed and have a normal night, but the next day you're going to want to die.
Speaker 2:Yeah. So I'm thinking, because I have a lot that I have to do that week, so I get home on Sunday, so I think I'm just going to sleep all day Monday, so that I can just like be rested, so that I can actually be back at work on Tuesday, and then I'm actually flying. On Wednesday I'm flying to Texas, so yeah, Good luck with that.
Speaker 1:I'm going to be tired, love it. Tell me about Alabama. You're in Alabama, it's. It's a complete different world to London, so tell our London listeners about Alabama.
Speaker 2:It's hot as hell.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we don't know about that.
Speaker 2:It is hot, it is humid, there's a lot of bugs. Y'all got mosquitoes in London.
Speaker 1:We don't even have screens on our windows.
Speaker 2:Oh, no, baby, we got mosquitoes that will pick your ass up and carry you off Like we don't have screens.
Speaker 1:It's the weirdest thing, like when I'm used to your.
Speaker 2:You don't have air conditioning either, right.
Speaker 1:Most people don't know.
Speaker 2:All I know is my Airbnb ain't got no air conditioning. I'm gonna be pissed off.
Speaker 1:It probably won't, but it trust me, it's not hot enough to have air conditioning on right now. Okay, just open your window without a screen.
Speaker 2:Oh hell, no, no, I'm good, I'm gonna pass on that one.
Speaker 1:So what's, what was life like growing up in Alabama?
Speaker 2:I grew up in the projects, so y'all got projects in London.
Speaker 1:Sort of.
Speaker 2:What y'all call it there Government housing. Yes, government housing. Okay, so that's where I grew up.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I grew up in government housing with an alcoholic mom. We were super poor. I was the only white kid in my neighborhood. You know, life was definitely a struggle and that's something that I, you know. That's really what I talk a lot about in my show. It's kind of my struggles of growing up, where I grew up and how I was raised and, you know, growing up with an addict for a mom and just kind of Was that like a painful memory that you've turned into something funny to like get over it, or you know, I think at some point in my life you have to just kind of, as a kid, I resented my mom a lot, and as I've grown older, you know, my mom passed away in 2007.
Speaker 2:And so as I've grown older, I've kind of, you know, been able to forgive her and realize that, you know, sometimes life deals with hands and we don't always get the best pick, and so it took me a long time to kind of realize that and mature enough to be able to forgive her and move on from that.
Speaker 1:Were you able to do that before she passed away?
Speaker 2:No, no, I wasn't able to do that before she passed away, but thankfully I was able to do that. As I got older and you know, when I started writing this show, it really became like a healing thing for me. And you know some of the stuff, like as a kid it was very traumatizing the things that I went through and kind of the things that happened to me. But now you know, like when I perform it every night on stage, it's funny. You know, the shit is funny. Like you know, there's things that I talk about that you're like you want to laugh but you're like, oh my God, that's so sad, like I don't know if I should laugh, but at the end of the day the shit is fucking funny.
Speaker 1:So is it funny to you?
Speaker 2:It is funny to me, absolutely. Okay, some of the shit like my mom beat the shit out of my fourth grade teacher at a parent teacher conference Like that shit is funny, is it? Was it funny at the time? No, I was terrified, you know, like I was in the principal's office crying because my mom is beating the shit out of my teacher. But as a 31 year old, grown adult, I look back at that and I'm like the shit was funny, you know, like it was funny. So there's just things like that kind of just little things that that I get to share with my audience. That is, it is funny and it's relatable and it's real and it's raw, and I think that's what makes the show so good.
Speaker 1:So how do you think that you're going to relate to a London audience? Because you've never performed here before and the London audience is going to be very different and it's going to be one of your favorite experiences, I think. I don't think you can ever get ready for it.
Speaker 2:That is something that I was like super nervous about. I was nervous that I was like are they going to understand what I'm saying? Are they going to relate to me? Are they going to think that I'm funny? Because, like, their sense of humor is totally different than my sense of humor and the more that I have talked to people and the more that people have told me is, like, people in London are freaky, okay. Like they are nasty, they are raunchy, like, and they are here for this shit. So I'm excited for that because, like, that's what my show is. My show is a little dirty, it's a little you know, it's a little raunchy, it's funny, it's real and, at the end of the day, like, I may say some shit that they don't know. Like, for example, I grew up and I lived in a single wide trailer. I don't think that they're going to know what that is. They won't. No.
Speaker 1:So you have to call it a caravan, a caravan.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's what y'all call trailers.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and we're going to go through a later on in the show, I will go through different names of things that the Brits have compared to the Americans.
Speaker 3:I did learn I learned.
Speaker 2:You made a wait. Yeah, just wait. Yeah, we just wait, come on, because I got one. I already know some shit, so I've been learning.
Speaker 1:I've got some that you might not know. Okay, perfect.
Speaker 2:I'm ready for them.
Speaker 1:But yeah, it's a caravan.
Speaker 2:Caravan. So that's a trailer, it's a trailer, it's a trailer.
Speaker 1:It's a trailer. The.
Speaker 3:YVAC Caravan Parks.
Speaker 1:They do, but they're holiday parks.
Speaker 2:So, we got trailer parks.
Speaker 1:Where people live.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we'll live in them, bitches. These people go on holiday.
Speaker 1:And to live in a trailer For two weeks.
Speaker 3:And that's their holiday.
Speaker 1:Y'all got rednecks in London.
Speaker 2:Not really.
Speaker 1:Okay, we'll take this conversation offline.
Speaker 2:No, you can put whatever you want. I don't give a fuck.
Speaker 1:My friends who will be listening to this are going to be like Kevin. You need to be careful. What should you?
Speaker 2:say so, like where I grew up, it was Predominantly black, so I was the only white person. Okay, I don't know if they have this in London, but we're like, we're like in the south. It's like a ghetto, like we're ghetto, black, like kind of who?
Speaker 1:did you know like shooting up everybody? So we don't have guns. We don't have guns in London, but even the police don't have guns, so we have. They don't protect somebody, they have little sticks. They don't know.
Speaker 2:I carry a purse so that I can carry my Vaseline and my pistol, because my lips will not be chapped and your ass can be capped.
Speaker 1:Tell me about coming out in Alabama. You have this. You have sort of really difficult upbringing, but to you it was a normal upbringing, wasn't it? Yeah, so did you know the difference? Did you think that, like, did you see other friends in school and you were like I wish that was my life, or did you just think this is my life?
Speaker 2:I mean, yeah, I was kind of envious of other people, like other kids. You know, like my I had, my friends couldn't like come to my house, my mom couldn't take us places. Well, first of all the bitch had no car. But you know, like my friends couldn't, my mom couldn't take us places. Like you know, a lot of parents didn't want them to hang out with me because of kind of where I lived. But I also have a brother and sister that are 11 years. They're twins and they're 11 years older than I am. They're both crackheads, so I don't talk to them. But my sister was a lesbian. So you know, I mean, I knew what being gay was.
Speaker 1:Your sister was or is.
Speaker 2:She is a lesbian, yeah, but I haven't talked to her and probably I don't even know how long. It's been years. And I cut my brother off over a decade ago because you know they chose drugs and you know that just when you're a drug addict, you're a user and all the things, and when you're not willing to help yourself, I'm not willing to have a relationship with you. I'm not a lesbian. So I saw that I kind of I mean I knew what being gay was and I wanted to fuck Uncle Jesse on full house in fourth grade. So like I knew that it was just a part of who I was. Now at that time it wasn't super, it wasn't okay, you know, like it wasn't as accepted as it is now and so like that was, it was a big thing.
Speaker 2:So I didn't come out until I was 19. Actually, my aunt came out for me. She was like we got to find that a boyfriend and I was like you know like what? And so I told my dad, and my dad is is a Marine, so he is military. And I told my dad I wrote my dad a letter and I left it for him on his desk, and that's how I told him and I was like, if you don't want to have a relationship with me, I understand, but this is who I am, take it or leave it. And he took it and we have an incredible relationship now and you know, we have actually a better relationship now than we did when I grew, when I was growing up.
Speaker 2:So we fought all the time growing up, but now we have a great relationship and you know, it's very accepting and I don't really have a struggle with with being gay. People don't obviously that growing up people picked on me or would call me names or things like that. But as an adult, you know, I think we're in a better, we're obviously in a better place. And there's always going to be people that don't agree with you or think that it's right and that's okay. You know, like you can have your opinion, but at the end of the day, they're not going to say the shit to my face. So you know it is what it is.
Speaker 1:And if they do, they'll be sorry.
Speaker 2:Yeah, Cause I'm going to punch you in your fucking head. So you're kind of like tell me about Rob.
Speaker 1:How did you meet Rob?
Speaker 2:I met my husband on a dating app and finally I was like you know, my life is not a hallmark movie. So I was like let me just get on a dating app, see if I'm going to find somebody. And I was just a hoe for you know a long period of time. And then finally I was like I gotta, I gotta like figure this out. So I met Rob and we just things went really well for us and we dated for, you know, several months and then we moved in together and we dated for like a year and then we got engaged and we were engaged for a year and then we got married and we've been married since 2016 now. So we've been together for like 10 years.
Speaker 1:Tell me about Boudoir. How did that happen?
Speaker 2:I was a wedding photographer and a broad asked me to photograph her getting ready one day and I did and they were so beautiful and they made her feel so good. And so I started doing Boudoir photography, kind of on the side, and just kind of would do it for Valentine's Day and things like that. And it really kind of popped off and people loved it and I realized that it made people feel good about themselves and I always hated my body growing up and I wasn't comfortable in my skin and I always wanted to. You know love who I was and I didn't growing up. So when I saw that I was able to change people's lives to the power of Boudoir photography and make them feel beautiful, like that was something that was very important to me. So I started doing that and it exploded and I've been doing that for over a decade now and it's been incredible.
Speaker 1:Do you find that people come in and they feel self conscious and they're like, oh, what's this going to entail, like how does the process work? Or do you get those people that come in that are very kind of body positive, or is it mostly people that are a bit shy and reserved?
Speaker 2:It's a mix, for sure. You know, like I have people that come in that are very positive, they are all about it, they are ready to go and confident. And then I have women that come in that absolutely hate their bodies. They want to stay covered up. You know, they've never done this before. They're very nervous and that's kind of what our job is to just kind of break them out of their shell and make them feel comfortable and realize that you know like you look beautiful the way that you are, and we're going to show all of the best parts of you. So I think that's kind of I mean, that's what we do, that's what our job is. But there's definitely a mix of people that come in for sure.
Speaker 1:And do you ever have men?
Speaker 2:Yeah, we have men. I photograph a lot of couples. I don't photograph men, obviously, as much as women, because men aren't doing this as much as women do, but we have photographed men. The men that I photographed have been great. They kind of come in for the same reasons they just want to feel good about themselves, they want to see themselves in a different light and it's fun to be able to, you know, show them that self-worth and body confidence is not gender specific. You know, like we should all be able to feel good about our bodies.
Speaker 1:So love that. That's a really great thing. You went to nursing school. What was that like?
Speaker 2:Terrible. It was awful, did you not?
Speaker 2:meet like Mr Steamy or like no, that shit is not like Grey's Anatomy. It was awful and I realized that I did not want to wipe asses for the rest of my life and change colostomy bags. So I went to school, I was in the program and I hated it. I was miserable, did not like it. I had a job working. I worked on an ortho unit at a hospital and it was awful and I was just miserable.
Speaker 2:I wasn't happy and I told myself that if I was going to be miserable every single day of my life, that I didn't want to do. I was really only doing it for, like, stability and for a paycheck. And you know I didn't think that being an artist was going to be stable and make me money. So that was what I was the most scared of. But one day I just decided I was done and I went into my counselor's office and I was like this is not for me, I hate this, I don't want to do this and if I have to do this for the rest of my life I'll be miserable. And so I dropped out and I dove into my photography business, you know, headfirst, and it paid off.
Speaker 1:Going back to photography, how do you feel about AI?
Speaker 2:It's weird, it's. I feel like it's kind of creepy. They can't get a hand right. They be fucking out people's hands all the time.
Speaker 2:I don't know, like I'm not worried about it as far as, like you know what I do, but I do think, like there's, there's some things, there's some things in AI that are probably going to take over a you know a lot of people's jobs and livelihoods, and it's to me that's a scary thing because at the end of the day, like people, people have to work, you know they have to pay their bills but then at the there's also a catch 22,. Like people don't want to fucking work, so it's like they have to do things like that because nobody wants to work. Like it's a it's an issue to get people to come to work and do a good job and actually care about their job. So it's a catch 22 because you don't want things like that to happen, because we want to be able to have jobs for people, but then we have to do kind of stuff like that because people don't want to fucking work. So you have both options there.
Speaker 1:So let's fast forward to the pandemic. My understanding is a friend of yours says to you you're fucking hilarious, why are you not on TikTok and filming this shit? Is that how it happened?
Speaker 2:Yeah, pretty much. You know everybody kept telling me to get a TikTok and I didn't want to get a TikTok. I had no desire to get a TikTok, but I finally gave it a shot and I just kind of posted my life again. You know just who I was, the real me and just it's just relatable to people. And it kind of blew up and it took off in a way that I didn't think it would happen. From there it just kind of took over. Yeah, it's been a big platform for me and what's gotten me here.
Speaker 1:How quick did that happen? Were you like watching numbers?
Speaker 2:just I remember like I had posted a video. I was at a friend's house and I had posted a video a couple of days before maybe, and then all of a sudden that video started going viral and I started getting all these notifications and I'm like what the fuck is happening.
Speaker 3:Like what is going on.
Speaker 2:And I went from like I mean, every time I would, every time I would refresh, I had like 10,000 more followers and I was like what the fuck? You know, like what is happening? And so that was very fast, it was a very fast thing for me, Was?
Speaker 1:it scary for you, like, did you feel scared or did you feel concerned, or were you excited? No, I was excited.
Speaker 2:I was like oh, my gosh, this is so cool. You know, like, and then it kind of happened the same way on Instagram as well. You know, like, I had posted a video. It blew up and the followers just started coming in like crazy. So you know, all the things happened the way they're supposed to happen, and it was. It was meant to happen.
Speaker 1:So did you want it to happen like that? Or did you just think, oh, this will be fun, let's just let's have some fun, or where you're?
Speaker 2:like no idea. I didn't expect that. I wasn't like. I didn't have any expectations. I was just posted shit because I thought it was funny and apparently the world Exactly, yeah, yeah, amazing.
Speaker 1:Tell me about your fur babies.
Speaker 2:Which ones we have all of them.
Speaker 1:I know it's amazing and I think this will be a hot topic in London because Londoners will not have experienced this before.
Speaker 2:I've got four horses, I have a donkey, I have two dogs, three cats, 30 chickens, two pigs and six goats.
Speaker 1:So that keeps you busy. I exhale how much time of your day does that consume?
Speaker 2:A lot, a lot. That's like what I was actually like taking care of like animals and trying to get the house straightened up, like before this podcast started, and that's what I'll be doing after this podcast. So like that's that's what my day is consisting of today. I have like one day because I leave this weekend for a show and then we come back on Sunday and then we'll have to pack on Monday because we leave Tuesday for London. So it's just a. You know, this is this is my day to like get things done around the house.
Speaker 2:My dog is obviously like that's my best friend, you know. So like my dog is like my he's with me all the time, beside me, all the time. I literally am buying a tour bus for my next tour just so I can take him with me, because, like this tour, we didn't do a bus, like we just flew to each city that we went to and just got like air B&B's. But I was like I cannot leave my dog again, like I cannot do that. So my horses and like the farm animals, they don't give a shit, they're like as long as somebody feeds me, we're good. But my dog is my best friend, like I mean, he is beside me all the time. If I get up and go to the bathroom, he follows me, I'm his person, and so I'm like we're we're getting a bus, just so I can, just so I can take chance. So love it.
Speaker 1:Tell me about Fluffy. Tell my listeners about Fluffy.
Speaker 2:Fluffy is. Fluffy was like. Fluffy is the reason that all of this kind of started. She was a rescue from a factory and she just had so much personality and she's a chicken.
Speaker 1:Let's, let's tell everybody she was a chicken.
Speaker 2:Yes, fluffy was a chicken and you know you think like it's a chicken right, like it's not anything crazy, like it's not like a dog. But Fluffy was like a dog, like her personality was a dog. She loved me. Like as soon as she saw me she would run to me, she would want me to pick her up. Like she came in the house and would lay on the couch with me. Like she got baths, she ate her favorite foods, like she was my best little pal, like loved her, she had the best personality and that was part of like the video, like my first farm, for videos were of her.
Speaker 2:You know, just kind of like our shenanigans around the farm and that's kind of what blew up and that, what everybody loved, and so Fluffy is just a very, very big part of you know the reason that all of this kind of happened and took off the way that it did, and so we actually I have a clothing line and a brand and all of that. So we started the forever Fluffy line and we have the ropes with Fluffy and you know we try to keep her alive that way because you know, losing her was just a devastating, a devastating thing. And you know, like I said, a lot of people are like. It's just a chicken. Like you know, you lose chickens. It's just part and it is a part of farm life. You know you do lose your farm animals and but Fluffy was just a chicken like none other. You know like, and I've never had a chicken like her. She's the only one that I've ever had. It's like her.
Speaker 1:She was very, very special, yeah for sure, love, that I don't think I've ever talked about this, but growing up I had two chickens and they were my best pals and they were called Evelyn and Veronica, and one morning before school I went to feed them and a raccoon had had them for dinner. Oh no, and that ruined my life. I didn't go to school for several days after that. But yeah, that's my little story and my friends in London are going to be like. You never told us this before. Coffee is important to you and talking to you last night, you were like I just need a really good cup of coffee. So what coffee do you drink at home?
Speaker 1:I just drink like regular coffee, but I put creamer in it, so like you won't find creamer here, probably, so you might want to bring it with you.
Speaker 2:How am I going to bring coffee to creamer to London? It's in the dam refrigerator. They're going to think I'm crazy when I go on a coffee shop and I'm like, can I get coffee with cream and sugar? They're going to be like what?
Speaker 1:No, it's not going to happen.
Speaker 2:I'm staying home. Cancel the show, I'm not going.
Speaker 1:You could be a diva and be like. This is what I want.
Speaker 2:That will be like bitch, we don't give a shit.
Speaker 1:Let's move on to your tattoos.
Speaker 2:I have lots what inspires them. This is a collage of all of the things in my life, so it has the dog that I grew up with, pumpkins and leaves for Halloween and fall that's my favorite time of the year. It's got my dog Chance here, my dog Sadie there my horses, so it's just basically just everything in my life that I love.
Speaker 1:It's amazing. The question is do you think you'll get a London tattoo for your first visit?
Speaker 3:to.
Speaker 1:London, nope.
Speaker 2:I mean I don't have anything specific to that. I mean I do have a tattoo like this. I got this in Alaska. I love Alaska. Alaska is like one of my favorite places. I love being outside. That's the thing that I'm worried about is like I love being out. I live on a farm on land and animals, and I don't love people. I'm not a very big people person. I'm not a city person. I love to go to New York for a day or so, but then I'm ready to go home. I don't like a lot of, so that's why I'm like I love Alaska. I love to go hiking in the woods and I love to go kayaking and do outdoor things, and I'm like they ain't got that shit in London, you know like.
Speaker 1:You're coming to London. That London is like New York on speed.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and we got an Uber everywhere, so I'm just like I ain't getting no car because I'm not driving there.
Speaker 1:It's an experience, I do it, I love it, but it's not fun.
Speaker 2:I already can't drive as it is. I will be done ran over everybody.
Speaker 1:Tell me about your Confessions bit, because I think that is going to be. Are you going to do that in London? First of all? That is going to blow your mind, yeah.
Speaker 2:So it's just a thing that I started on Instagram, where people tell me they're their deepest, darkest confessions, and I give them my real, honest opinion.
Speaker 1:I hope you're ready for London.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I hope they're ready for me because, shit, yeah, we have like a QR code at the beginning of the show that people can scan on their phones. That takes them to a website where they can, like, leave an anonymous confession, and then I read them at the end of the shows. So it's wild. These bitches are crazy as hell and it's just a really fun thing to do. You know, I started it on Instagram, but now that I get to do it on stage, I get to do it live. It's just even more fun. I'm like should I have some damn internet so I can do this? I don't know what I'm going to do walking around, not even be able to have my damn phone.
Speaker 1:It's free Wi-Fi in most areas. Get a SIM card you can. You pay like something like $4, American dollars and you can have free internet for your whole visit.
Speaker 3:A SIM card.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's a whole new way of traveling, oh my God, I didn't even know that was a thing.
Speaker 1:What has been your craziest confession that you remember the most?
Speaker 2:Oh my God, they're all crazy. Somebody told me that she was. This girl slept with her husband's brother and she was pregnant by him, but her husband thinks that it's his, but it's actually his brothers.
Speaker 1:I think London will probably top all that. Some of the stuff I hear on the train coming home on a night is will blow your mind. So talking about all this funny stuff, but in the middle of it you do post kind of like heartfelt messages out on your Instagram or social media where you're being very positive to people and encouraging people who are going through hard times that everything's going to work itself out and be okay. Having spoken to you already, I feel like that comes from something deep inside. Did you have that person in your life telling you that growing up?
Speaker 2:No, and I feel like that's probably like a lot of the reason why I do that is because there's people every single day that they don't hear that someone's proud of them. They don't hear that it's going to be okay. They don't hear that the sun is going to come out again. A lot of people don't hear that A lot of the things that I say like a lot of times that I'll do those videos it's things that I need to hear myself, like it's things I may be struggling to and I'm reminding myself we're struggling right now, but it's going to get better, and so I think that a lot of people need to hear those things and a lot of people don't hear those things, and that's why I started that little series of doing things like that, because people just need a little bit of positivity.
Speaker 1:How important is it for you to have a relationship with your audience?
Speaker 2:Oh, it's the most important, because without my audience and the relationship that I have with them, none of this would be possible, which is why I respond to DM. I'm constantly looking at my messages and things like that, because I try to respond to as many people as I can and now it's obviously impossible to respond to everybody. But that's the thing that a lot of my fans say he responds to us, he takes time to comment to us and that makes them feel so much better. I'm not just trying to make videos and make people buy my stuff or like me or come to my shows and then I just care nothing about them. Without those people, none of this would be possible.
Speaker 1:Of course. Do you find that sometimes it's difficult to have a line between yes?
Speaker 2:There's definitely a line of realizing that you don't have to be talking to people and responding to people 24 seven. So I've had to learn to put my phone down at night and be present in the moment with my husband and watch a TV show, hang out with my animals, and the messages are going to be there tomorrow. That's something that I'm actively working on and trying to be better at.
Speaker 1:I know we talked about this before we hit record, but are you ready for the British audience?
Speaker 2:Yep, I want the British audience to be ready for me. I got my accent ready and everything.
Speaker 1:Have you been doing homework?
Speaker 3:Yeah, I got a little London accent. I could talk like this I'm going to get a little fishing chips. You know like, get on the little trolley, is it a trolley Something?
Speaker 2:but just call it a trolley, the tube, the tube, the tube. Excuse me, you know like I'm ready for these hoes, so I can't wait.
Speaker 1:This is going to be hilarious. What are you most looking forward to seeing in London?
Speaker 2:I don't know because, like I feel like London is like very history and shopping, which is neither thing that I care about. My husband is a very big history nerd, very, very, very big into history and, like you know, all he will love London. He is so excited to be able to see all the history stuff and I'm probably going to be like this the whole time. Are there hot guys there, or are they all ugly?
Speaker 1:Yeah, there's hot guys here.
Speaker 3:Well, that's what I'm excited for.
Speaker 1:I would be like and they'll all be at your show.
Speaker 2:Doubt it. I'm with these bitches coming from their farms on the outskirts of London coming to my show.
Speaker 1:What can your British fans expect in this show?
Speaker 2:They can expect to learn more about Matt Matthews than they see on the internet. It's definitely more than just farm chores, so it's a lot deeper, it's a lot more real. It's a lot more dirty than they see on the internet. Grab your knickers, bitches, because the shit's getting wild.
Speaker 1:Do you follow the Royal Family?
Speaker 2:Nope.
Speaker 1:Any Royal Family bits in your show. Nope Moving on throwing questions away.
Speaker 2:My mom was obsessed with Princess Diana growing up. I knew you were going to say that she was obsessed with her. Like she had purses that had her pictures on it. She loved Princess Diana.
Speaker 1:So let's talk about the Real Talk podcast.
Speaker 2:Oh girl.
Speaker 1:Is it coming back?
Speaker 2:No, I ain't got time for that. Did you enjoy it? I did, but that's just too much work. I got too much going on. I'm touring. I ain't got the time. It was fun and I enjoyed doing it.
Speaker 1:What is your favorite part of touring?
Speaker 2:Being on stage for sure, like I just love being on stage and getting to perform and seeing the audiences. That's the best part, for sure. The worst part is just traveling and being away from home. How do you?
Speaker 1:prepare yourself before getting on stage.
Speaker 2:I don't. I'm just backstage on my phone or I'm getting ready, I have some tea or something like that, and then I just go on stage.
Speaker 1:It's like a natural thing. Whatever happens, love that it's a natural thing.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's very, it's just whatever happens, happens.
Speaker 1:How are you embraced by other comedians?
Speaker 2:I don't know. I don't have a lot of comedian friends. I feel like a lot of comedians probably don't like me because of my such fast success. A lot of comedians have done this for years and years and years before they reach the level that I've been able to get to. A lot of people probably don't like me because of that. I can't help it. I can't help it. Then I'm funny.
Speaker 1:I do get that, and that's why I asked the question, because it doesn't make you any less of an artist. I like to finish off my podcast with some quickfire questions, so shall we go for it.
Speaker 2:Ready.
Speaker 1:What would you bring to a desert island if you could only bring three things?
Speaker 2:Desert island.
Speaker 1:Quickfire.
Speaker 2:Oh, water, water and a sheet that I could get underneath so I didn't burn, I don't know. Water, a sheet and some sort of food.
Speaker 1:You're not good in a drastic situation, are you? Nope, I can see that, no-transcript.
Speaker 2:No Celebrity crush. I'm trying to think. You know, this sounds really crazy for me to say like, but I don't watch a whole lot of TV. I don't like really get it, so I don't even really know who like celebrities are right now. What is that guy? I saw him the other day. He is fine as hell. Is he called?
Speaker 1:Cabjet and he has a podcast in London.
Speaker 2:Nope, that's not him. He was um my God. What is that bitch's name? We're just gonna say John Stamos.
Speaker 1:Okay, I agree. What world leader would you sit down and have tea with?
Speaker 2:I don't know. I don't even know, I don't even know the world. I don't pay attention to none of that shit.
Speaker 1:Which part of your body would you say is your favorite?
Speaker 2:My eyes.
Speaker 1:Love that. Do you think there's life after death?
Speaker 3:Yes.
Speaker 1:What's your secret to coping with stress?
Speaker 2:Wade.
Speaker 1:Perfect answer. What word do you hate? The sound of Moist. I said it to you last night, didn't I? I think so, yeah. Do you want children? No. What's the funniest thing that has ever happened to you during sex?
Speaker 2:Funniest thing my husband told me he loved me for the first time while we were having sex after like two months of dating, and I didn't say it back. So that was pretty funny.
Speaker 1:Brutal.
Speaker 2:I don't lie. I'm one way to say it.
Speaker 1:I didn't love his ass. Then If you could be part of any family on a TV show, which would it be? Full house? Biggest pet peeve on social media.
Speaker 2:People that post their fucking kids on social media trying to get views. Like don't post your kids, your kids have no idea what you're doing. And then like when people there's this one account that I see she posts her kid all the time and like the account is just of her kid and he's maybe five or six, and like that's what the account is of this little boy and she sells merch off of him, Like she sells t-shirts and like stuff. And I'm just like this kid is a toddler, he did not ask you to be on social media and you're trying to make money off of him.
Speaker 1:If you were an ice cream flavor, what would it be?
Speaker 2:Ooh chocolate, peanut butter.
Speaker 1:Ooh, that's my favorite. What was your first impression of me? Quick fire.
Speaker 2:Do you mean like a lot yesterday or today, when we actually met on Zoom?
Speaker 1:Either. Whichever is the most favorable.
Speaker 2:I don't think I really had an impression of you, because you haven't like there anything to piss me off. I feel like I don't really. I feel like I have to. I feel like I have to, like, really get to know somebody before I can make a judgment on them you know I do quick judgments.
Speaker 1:I'm bad for that.
Speaker 2:Okay, great. What was your quick judgment?
Speaker 1:on me. Well, so I'm the host, so I'm the one asking the questions.
Speaker 3:Yeah, that's what I thought, bitch.
Speaker 1:I think you're great. I love you. Thank you. Most used emoji on your phone.
Speaker 2:The laughing emoji like the sideways face with the little tears coming out.
Speaker 1:Have you ever slid into someone's DMs? Yeah, for sure. Who hasn't? How do you feel about dating apps?
Speaker 2:I'm here for dating apps. This is how I met my husband. Plus, I don't go out in public. I don't like people. I don't go to bars. It's much easier to lay in bed and your pajamas and date.
Speaker 1:Agreed. What's your biggest fear?
Speaker 2:This all ends, I always am terrified that I will end up poor again or my career is going to be over. People forget about me. My 15 minutes is up, kind of thing. That's my biggest fear.
Speaker 1:Do you have any hidden talents?
Speaker 2:I sing. Music is actually what I wanted to do growing up, so I grew up singing, but I never pursued it. I think that's probably the most hidden talent. Most people don't realize that I sing, so when they realize that I sing, they're like white bitch. I didn't know that. You sang, probably that.
Speaker 1:What's your favorite song?
Speaker 2:I have a lot of favorite songs because I love a lot of different music, so there's no way I can just choose one.
Speaker 1:How do you unwind after a show?
Speaker 2:I usually go back to the room, take a really, really hot shower and go to sleep.
Speaker 1:How would your friends describe you in three words?
Speaker 2:Bitch Asshole, loyal Okay.
Speaker 1:Are you a planner or are you spontaneous?
Speaker 2:Both.
Speaker 1:What's the hardest decision you've ever made?
Speaker 2:That's a hard question. I just fired my agent and signed with a big agency. That was a really hard decision for me to make because I'm very loyal Before I signed with his agency. He was great, but he was an independent agent so he couldn't do as much for me as the big agency could. I felt really really guilty firing him, but I knew that it was just a career thing and I had to better my career.
Speaker 1:What's something that is not taught in school that you think should be?
Speaker 2:How to actually live, how to do fucking taxes, how to save money. Nobody give a shit about the Roman Empire bitch. We're never going to use that.
Speaker 1:What brings you joy? My animals. If you could write a book, what would the title chapter be in the stage you're in right now?
Speaker 2:Well, I did already write a book it's my memoir called Uncovered the Neck and Truth of Life, love and Addiction. Actually funny, you should ask, because we're working on another second version of that book. The title of the chapter for where I would be now would be Bitch, you Made it.
Speaker 1:Most used app. Instagram. Dream dinner party guests Three.
Speaker 2:Elvis, okay, my mom and Britney Spears, before she got cracked out.
Speaker 1:What's your first plan when you arrive in London? What's the first thing you want to see? Is there something that you want to see?
Speaker 2:Get something to eat.
Speaker 1:Find coffee.
Speaker 2:I have zero plan. I have zero idea of what the fuck we're going to do. Every single day is just going to be get up and go and just see what we see, I suppose.
Speaker 1:Perfect. What's your first podcast you've ever been on?
Speaker 2:The Kepchamp podcast.
Speaker 1:Good answer. Finally, I've got some British words against American words. Let's see if you know the difference. Okay, first of all, let's go with Fag.
Speaker 2:That's a British word.
Speaker 1:And you're going to hear it over and over all day long Fag.
Speaker 2:Well, that means faggot here in Alabama, so does that mean a faggot thing there.
Speaker 1:No, a fag is a cigarette. Okay, Okay. So your hero. People will just randomly stop you on the sidewalk which they don't call a sidewalk and they'll say do you have a fag? Can I have a fag?
Speaker 2:Bitch, you want to get punched in the mouth.
Speaker 1:If I say I'm going to ring you up, which I actually do say now, funny enough.
Speaker 2:I think that's at the grocery store.
Speaker 1:No, I'm going to call you.
Speaker 2:Oh, you're on call me, okay, yeah.
Speaker 1:If I go to a shop and I ask for crisps Fries, no, that's chips. So it's chips. It's like chips as in. So if I say I want crisps, yeah, so if you go and you want, yeah, yeah, do you know what a boot is A boot? Yeah, nope, it's a trunk of a car.
Speaker 2:Oh.
Speaker 1:A zebra crossing Crosswalk. Oh okay, the pavement.
Speaker 2:The ground.
Speaker 1:A sidewalk.
Speaker 2:Sidewalk Okay.
Speaker 1:Oh, what's a wanker.
Speaker 2:A fucker.
Speaker 1:A vest, Don't know An undershirt. I know fanny means pussy. I was going to say do not say fanny pack while you're here.
Speaker 2:That means pussy pack. Yeah Beautiful. I think I did a good job.
Speaker 1:You did. Thank you very much, Matt. This was a great conversation and I look forward to seeing your show next week and thank you for joining Kevjet the podcast.
Speaker 2:Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1:Love it.