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Its normal for a comedian to come out and address their appearance.
It has been proven to be the quickest way to get the audience on the same page as you.
She wanted to talk about being fat, but she found audiences would get sad for her.
That would just not do for her.
If you think she in turn decided to avoid the topic, then you dont know Byer.
Specifically focusing on how audiences react to her.
The result is charming and defiant, as Byer always is.
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Its like, Yes, I am.
Me and my friend Marcy were going to Palm Springs.
Then I was like,Hey, that wasnt awful.
No one started to uncontrollably vomit when they saw me.
Im just gonna show my body.
I dont care anymore.
After that, I was like,I want to talk about that experience.
I would get onstage and fat people would be like, Stop it, girl; youre beautiful.
I would talk to other comics after about my frustrations.
If a lady is like, I havent seen my pussy, everyone is like, Oh no!
And hes like, Thats your joke.
The fisting joke was probably the first fat joke that started working.
The fat beautiful one, a lot of fat women get that.
Theyre like, Im fat, and people are like, No, youre beautiful.
There are a ton of ugly, thin people in the world.
I mean, Kellyanne Conway, she is not an attractive woman.
Also, I think shes really awful.
From there, you go to a part where a homeless man calls you a fat slut.
Is it that you want to shift the conversation?
Fat is just the life that you live, not what is funny about it.Yes.
Most of the time, theyre like, Aw, man, that sucks, a fat slut!
Also, neither part is bad to me.
Its fun to just spin it on its head.
Im not conventionally beautiful, but what is beauty?
Beauty is whatever you want it to be.
She doesnt need your help; shes doing just fine.
Conversely, what do you want bigger people to get from your comedy?
I feel you have complicated feelings about being inspirational.Yeah, at first I very much rejected the notion.
I was like,Im not inspirational.
Which is very funny because, like, youre still gonna see them.
No matter how quiet you are, youre probably gonna knock something over as you move around.
