“Of course, when Oprah was calling me and I was screening her calls by mistake, I was like, ‘Oh girl, you need to get your life together. If you are so terrified of answering your phone that you miss Oprah, you’ve got to pay some bills now’”
Phoebe Robinson. Photo-Illustration: by Stevie Remsberg; Photo: Shutterstock Comedian, writer, and actress Phoebe Robinson, 34, certainly doesn’t seem like she’d be hurting for paychecks. Her podcast, 2 Dope Queens, was turned into an HBO special in 2018, she’s written two books , and her international comedy show tour, “Sorry, Harriet Tubman,” is sold out through mid-July.
Yeah, when I had to go to housing court because I was behind on rent. I think it was in 2009. You know when you’re young and you’re like, “I can still figure my way out of this, with some smooth talking or shortcuts or the skin of my teeth”? Getting a summons because I hadn’t paid rent in months because I had been laid off from my job is not something I could just talk my way out of.
When 2 Dope Queens became the No. 1 podcast, Jessica and I were like, “Holy shit. That’s not what we thought was going to happen. This is really cool.” But I didn’t go like, “Oh, I’m famous.” I don’t get stopped in airports. No one was like, “Hey, what’s up girl?” on the street. It didn’t feel that much different. People do assume that if you have some sort of career success, that it comes with a financial windfall, but podcasting does not pay you a lot of money.
Yeah, I got a lot of those calls, especially for the student loans. If I didn’t recognize a number, I for damn sure was not picking up my phone. Of course, when Oprah was calling me and I was screening her calls by mistake, I was like, “Oh girl, you need to get your life together. If you are so terrified of answering your phone that you miss Oprah, you’ve got to pay some bills now.”Things are looking much better.
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