The Comment Section with Drew Afualo

This week Drew is joined by the talented and hilarious Owen Thiele. The two unpack Owen's 13-year-old blogger era, his experience auditioning for 'Adults', being a nepo friend, E-Coli in the lake during the filming of Theater Camp, meeting Timothée Chalamet at NYU, being an insomniac and so much more! Owen’s IG:  https://www.instagram.com/owenthiele?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== Owen’s TikTok:  https://ww...

Our guest this week is Vanilla Mace!! Vanilla and Drew do a live blind unboxing and talk about Twitch streaming, Vanilla adopting a cat from her weed dealer, her job burning down right before she clocked in, the time Drew got flipped by a male stripper, and so much more! Shop Billie in-store and at  ⁠⁠https://www.mybillie.com Vanilla IG: https://www.instagram.com/vanilllamace/?hl=en Vanilla Tiktok...

Kendahl Landreth and Jordan Myrick are here this week!! They join Drew to talk botched surgeries, being objectified by airline pilots, appendix explosions, their deep love for the Fast and Furious franchise, Kendahl working as a gym janitor, adult dodgeball leagues, and so much more.  Shop Billie in-store and at  ⁠https://www.mybillie.com Kendahl IG: https://www.instagram.com/kendahllandreth/?hl=e...

The incredible and hilarious Joel Kim Booster is here this week!! Joel and Drew talk being labeled as an “alt comedian”, getting unsolicited notes on Fire Island , how Joel met his fiance on vacation, college quidditch teams, managing call centers, eating salad with confidence, Drew gets extremely jealous that Joel was on The Great American Baking Show, and so much more. Shop Billie in-store and a...

This week Drew is joined by the legendary Latrice Royale!! They talk Latrice’s love for Golden Girls, her engagement story, the stoner lifestyle, how writing hate mail got her cast on Drag Race, smoking out a church choir, and so much more. Shop Billie in-store and at  https://www.mybillie.com Latrice IG: https://www.instagram.com/latriceroyale/?hl=en Latrice Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@latric...

The incredibly talented and hilarious Samantha Hanratty is here this week!! Drew and Samantha talk about her Yellowjackets audition, being a confident child actor, hemorrhoids, giving birth and turning 30, playing a British orphan on Drake & Josh, bullies on ice skates, scarlet fever, snow globe collections, and so much more. Shop Billie in-store and at  https://www.mybillie.com Samantha IG: h...

E.R. Fightmaster is back on the show this week!! Drew and E.R. talk about hating transphobes online, finding someone who matches your freak, self-tapes, Tall Girl, dating twins, playing a cat piano, and so much more.  Shop Billie in-store and at  https://www.mybillie.com E.R. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genderless_gap_ad/ E.R. Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@e.r.fightmaster?lang=en Follow...

A legend returns to the show this week... Bob the Drag Queen is here!! Drew and Bob talk Traitors (obviously), Zac Efron's performance in Iron Claw, black holes, their shared obsession with pro wrestling, the time Bob got arrested with a bagel hidden in his wig, green bubble texts, impersonations, and so much more. Shop Billie in-store and at  https://www.mybillie.com Bob IG: https://www.instagram...

The hilarious-talented-incredible Grace Kuhlenschmidt is on the show this week!! Drew and Grace unpack all of Grace’s lore, from gay awakenings to bad grades, getting Jane Lynch’s approval, Top Gun as porn, dressing as Éric Gagné for Halloween as a child, petitioning for a microwave in the school cafeteria, Grace’s duet with Phoebe Bridgers, and so much more! Shop Billie in-store and at https://ww...

Dylan Mulvaney returns to the show this week!! A lot has happened in Dylan’s life since she was last on the podcast almost three years ago, and she unpacks it all with Drew in an episode that covers broadway musicals, ayahuasca in Peru, glee club, jet skiing, gay cruises, running into Trixie Mattel at the DMV, and so much more. Dylan’s new book Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer is out now! Sho...

It’s time to add another All-Star episode to the vault because Grace Amaku (@grace_africa) is back!! Grace and Drew talk Grace chipping her tooth on a chicken wing, explaining Tiktoks to Ariana Grande, Drew teaches Grace some Samoan phrases to impress a man, the lore of the Golden Globes shrub, how to charm your way through Hollywood, and so much more.  Shop Billie in-store and at  https://www.myb...

Fellow Virgo twin Jensen McRae is here this week!! Drew and Jensen unpack the drama behind Jensen’s cutthroat college improv tryouts, how a Phoebe Bridgers parody song made her viral, Grammy Camp, fear of insects, their favorite comfort movies, being Ed Sheeran heads, and so much more.  Listen to Jensen’s new song “Praying For Your Downfall” out now everywhere! Jensen IG: https://www.instagram.com...

We have another ALL-STARS episode for you this week team!! Tefi and Eric return to the show as a duo to explore the timeless question “what is ghosting, really?” and discuss who Tefi should date, spilling a martini on Sofia Vergara, being publicly down bad, Eric’s past working in a Best Buy warehouse, Drew has a big reveal about a new hobby she’s pursuing, Eric’s bob makes a special guest appearan...

Zachariah Porter is here this week!! Drew and Zachariah talk sweating as a medical condition, seducing Jennifer Lopez, auditioning to play a two-headed bird, Zachariah’s petition to get on  wig aftercare, Drew failing her psych eval for The Circle, rebranding Disney adults, tooching on the Hagrid ride at Universal, and so much more.  Get tickets to see Zachariah LIVE on “ The Strip Mall Tease Tour...

Our New York Residency begins with the hilarious Sabrina Brier on the show this week!! And to the Acotar and Vampire Diaries girls out there, this episode is FOR YOU. After discovering their deep mutual love of fairy books, Drew and Sabrina talk about why Goodreads is actually a snark page, college improv, why Shakespeare is hard, Quaker camp, writing fanfiction by hand, Sabrina’s star turn on Abb...

This week, the iconic, hilarious and brilliant Reb Masel is here!! Reb gives us her best legal advice and talks to Drew about staying anonymous as a practicing lawyer, graverobbing, deadbeat dad cases, penis-shaped scars, kegs in the office, the fight to protect vulnerable groups in court, and so much more. Reb IG: https://www.instagram.com/rebmasel/ Reb Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rebmasel L...

We're keeping the All Stars episodes coming this year!! Chris Olsen makes his grand return to the show to debrief the Golden Globes with Drew, talk about their shared obsession with Meghan Trainor, the importance of taking breaks, theatre boarding school, making your therapists laugh, the power of the Ozdust ballroom scene in Wicked, sleep paralysis, the Club Chris tour, and so much more. Chris's...

We are graced by the presence of Kay Poyer in the studio this week!! Kay and Drew talk about Kay’s harrowing experience delivering pizzas, getting nasty-murdered in a horror movie, buying fake gucci jackets, witnessing shoplifting, why the bad always comes in threes, and so much more. Kay IG:  https://www.instagram.com/ladymisskay_/ Kay Tiktok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@ladymisskay_?lang=en Learn...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Trixie Mattel is here for another All-Stars episode and we really couldn’t think of a better way to enter 2025. Trixie and Drew talk about New Years Resolutions, their psychic visions, getting so high you think you’re in the play you’re watching, dismantling productivity, breaking down Little Women, the Tiktok ban and taking breaks, and so much more. Trixie IG: instagram.com/trixie...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TEAM!! In honor of it being Christmas AND our 150th episode of The Comment Section, we’re gifting you another All-Stars Episode… with the legend herself, Monét X Change!! Monét returns to the studio to unpack the epidemic of boyfriends and husbands who don’t put in effort during the holidays, tree-trimming parties, terrible gifts, rank Wicked songs, regifting, confusing your ex with...

It’s true… the one and only Ilana Glazer is on the show this week!! Drew and Ilana talk about Ilana’s new comedy special, Human Magic, and the mind-bending experience of childbirth from spinning your baby in the womb to feeling your milk come in. They also unpack the timelessness of Broad City, the “Manisphere”, babies who love Tim Burton, guys vs. men, withstanding silence onstage, birth weights,...

Karamo Brown joins Drew on the show this week for a conversation that goes EVERYWHERE. They talk about Karamo making people cry on Queer Eye, Karamo has Drew read the wild plans for his ashes in his will, the law of abundance, edging, the time Drew escaped a toxic situationship, why men are afraid of their own intimacy, and so much more. Karamo IG: https://www.instagram.com/karamo/?hl=en Karamo Ti...

Lock in team, the one and only Rebecca Black is here this week!! Drew and Rebecca discuss the pop mothers who have influenced them most, Rebecca’s boiler room sets, DJing at her ex’s house, poppers, spending the day with a hater, lesbians who love Joe Jonas, getting caught eating spaghetti at Disneyland, mailing Zac Efron a yearbook photo, and so much more. Listen to Rebecca’s new single “Sugar Wa...

This week, the incredible Jessie Reyez is here!! Jessie joins Drew to talk about the transition from working horrible teenage customer service jobs to becoming a successful musician and songwriter. They talk about Jessie's unique writing process, showing up to work in roller blades, getting hit on by creepy married men, Moana cosplay, tattoos, getting fired, the power of alchemy, and so much more....

We're in NYC this week with famous New Yorker Mary Beth Barone! Drew and Mary Beth talk about recent unhinged experiences with terrible men, being chronically late, the shocking practice of pap smears, loving The Rock, watching horror movies in the afternoon, getting chest-punched, shutting creeps down in public, and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...