May 28, 2024 • 39 mins
Leanne Morgan may be just getting started... but I think this conversation that we had back in September, deserves an encore!
Since we chatted, Leanne has become an even hotter commodity! She's wrapped up a movie with Reese Witherspoon and Will Farrell, called, "You're Cordially Invited", has landed a sitcom with legendary writer-producer Chuck Lorre, and she's written a book entitled, "What In The World", that will be my monthly book club pick very shortly.
It seems Leanne is everywhere these days, and I just wanted to throw back to a few months ago when she was right here with us. Enjoy! ~ Delilah
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
What in the world happened? One minute, we're enjoying summer,
and the next poof, it's September and it's all back
to school this and back to routines that. Whoo this year,
I was not ready. Well, okay, part of me was ready.
The part that wanted board kids to stop pastering me
(00:27):
was ready. The part that wanted to be able to
go a day without the ac running at full tilt
was ready. The part that wanted to feel fully hydrated
again after months of parched lips and alligator skin. That
part was ready. But the other part, the other part
of me, wanted nothing to do with this new change
in the weather. You know, the part that loves to
(00:48):
sip a cup of iced tea on the porch at
midnight while it's still warm outside. The part that wandered
the gardens anytime of the day and found something to do,
some weeds to pulls, something to pick, something to snack on.
That was healthy. The part that watched my children crow
over some new delight and grow right before my eyes.
(01:10):
That part of me, that part of me was a
little sad to see summer fading into the background and
fall waiting eagerly in the wings to take its place.
But change. Change is inevitable, isn't it. Today's guest knows that,
and she knows how to find the humor in it all.
After discovering her passion for stand up comedy later in
(01:33):
life and finding the time and confidence to pursue her dream,
Leanne Morgan has cemented herself as a must watch comedian.
You've seen her write that tall, beautiful, blonde woman who's
all over our social media feeds, talking in her little
Southern drawl about marriage, menopause, the miracle of raising children,
(01:57):
and throwing back to when he thyroid worked and she
wore itty bitty bridges. I adore her, I love her.
I love her sense of humor. And she has a
great backstory too. This Tennessee beauty felt the call of
Hollywood when she was young, but it seemed out of
(02:17):
reach for the country girl that she was, so she
went off to college. She graduated, She got married. She
moved to the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains to Bean Station, Tennessee,
to start a family. To stay busy. After having her
first baby, Leanne began selling jewelry at home parties. She
was supposed to talk about the jewelry, but instead entertained
(02:40):
her customers with banter about breastfeeding, hemorrhoids, and being a mama.
They thought she was hilarious, and before she knew it,
she was one popular jewelry party hostess who was booked
a year in advance. The jewelry company saw what was
happening and asked her to speak at their sales rallies.
(03:01):
It was there that people started saying, you need to
do stand up, and so she did. When the family
moved to San Antonio in two thousand and one, Leanne
finally had access to comedy clubs and that is when
her career really got underway. We're going to catch up
with Leanne Morgan today and I wore my big pennies,
(03:22):
so there was plenty of room for belly laughs. But
first I want to give the mic to one of
our podcast sponsors that makes today's episodes possible. Have you
been looking for a milk replacement because you have dairy
allergies or sensitivities. Well, I found one that's absolutely amazing.
(03:43):
It's Sherry's hazel Cream, made from Oregon hazelnuts. This plant
based milk stands out from the competitors because it's designed
for cooking and baking. It all started because Sherry, who
could no longer tolerate dairy pros, wanted to make gravy,
but not gravy that tasted like coconut or oatmeal. So
(04:06):
by enlisting the help of her engineer husband and a
friend that's a food scientist, and through much trial and error,
Sherry's Hazel Cream was born. Because of a special roasting process.
It's very neutral and taste and works with a large
variety of recipes. It comes sealed in shelf stable, easy
(04:27):
to use, pre measured portion pods that you place into
your blender, add varying amounts of water to make milk
cream or even condensed milk for pies and other mouth
watering desserts. It's delicious and mashed potatoes and cakes, in
creamy soups and even casserole dishes. Visit Sherry'shazelcream dot com
(04:53):
to learn more about this product, to read Sherry's story,
and to place your order. It's at sherry This Hazelcream
dot com, c h e Ris Hazelcream dot com. Use
code love twenty four for ten percent off your order.
That's Sherry's Hazel Cream and Love twenty four. Welcome to
(05:17):
Love Someone, Leanne Y, Thank y'all for having me, Thank
you for agreeing to do this. Oh my word, you
are my uh Leanne Morgan. Let me introduce you to
our audience. First is with me on Love Someone Today,
and you are the someone I love about three o'clock
in the morning. You know when when your body's like,
(05:41):
I'm so tired, and your brain's like, oh no, there's
something we must think about, and I'm like, okay, I'm
shutting my brain off so that I can laugh. And
I have been known to wake up other people in
the house watching your videos, Leanne Morgan, cause you make
me laugh.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Thank you so much for saying that. You angel, and
you just describe what I do every night. I go
at to bed and then wake up in the middle
of the night and think of all the things that
I need to do, could have done, should have done.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Oh my word, you have burst upon the scene. I
know you've been doing this for years because I've found
videos from when your kids were younger, But it's like
God has just smiled on you and the whole world
is discovering how freaking funny you are. Just talking about life.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Thank you, Dela. Well. I started when my baby child
was eighteen months old. I started calling myself a comedian.
She's twenty five. And I've done every horrible gig you
can imagine. I've had good times and bad times and
ups and downs, and then I was just about to
let it go, and this thing blew up in twenty nineteen.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Boy, has it blown up. How does it feel to
be a rising star that's on the tips of everybody's
tongue while you're talking about the fact that your thyroid
is kicked out?
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Oh my gosh, it's just crazy. It has been crazy.
And every day I think, what in the world I
really do? Every day is a blessing and a surprise
and I just cannot believe it. And I always thought
this would happen for me. I feel like God revealed
that to me when I was a child. I know
he did. I mean I would say to my mom
(07:34):
and daddy and my grandmama and everybody, I go, I'm
going to go to Hollywood. I'm going to be a
movie star. I'm going to be in show business. And
they would go, you know, And I was from the country,
five hundred people, and they would just look at me.
And I look back on it, and I know they thought,
what that little kook.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
But anyway, you weren't exactly a little koop. Honey. How
tall are you?
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Well? I'm five eight and I had a show last
night at the rum And in Nashville, and somebody said
to me, you ling, and you talk like you're a giant.
You're over six feet tall and you're not. And I go,
I know, but I'm always I feel like I've always
got little women next to me coming right up under
my brias. I'm just getting taller and bigger, and my
(08:19):
hands are feet bigger.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Our mom was over six feet tall. She was a giant,
a true giant. Yeah, but she had a giant of
a personality too. And I think that's what takes you
from five eight to six eight, is you have such
a big, fun personality.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Oh thank you, my darling. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Tell us about your family. You got, you got babies
that are growing or grown.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
I've got three children that my boys just turned thirty.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
And he's the one that, as you describe him, go
ahead and tell our audience.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
He's an old soul from now Evan.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
It's the yummy that I love when.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
You yummy, yummy, yummy, and our little Billy Graham and
I hate I've put that burden on him because he's
had to pray over all of us. But she is
also he has been like a little old man all
his life. Has had a garden since Susan's sixth grade
and from heaven. He's a wonderful danny and husband. He's
(09:16):
got my two grand babies. I've got two grandsons that
are a little over two and a half and a
new baby that was born in May.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
Congratulations, thank you.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
That has been magical. Oh my gosh, we've had a
ball with those babies. And then my girls are twenty
seven and twenty five.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Now has your daughter in law because I heard one
of your routines when she was pregnant with the first
one talking about my baby, this was her baby. Has
she realized yet that it's actually your you and your
husband's baby and she just has the privilege of raising it.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Yes, she realizes that these are our babies. But let
me tell you, she is thankful because we lave twenty
minutes from Lamb and when I send that Netflix special,
that was true. They just let those babies off in
the yard and we get them anytime we want them,
and we've got cribs and honey, we're on fire. I
keep apple sauce pouches.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
I have a daughter that has four and she lives
on my property, so she really does let them out
in the yard. They just run over to Nana's house.
But my biological daughter, she's like, she still believes they're hers, Like,
what's up with that? Because I still have very young children.
I tell people this, and it's true. My daughter has
(10:36):
helped me be a much better parent watching her parent
her kids, Yes, watching how patient she is. I really
feel like a menial hag.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Okay that I just received that. And I am going
through this thing where I watch my boie and his
wife parent and they are doing such a wonderful job
and they are so patient, and I feel like, did
me and Chuck Morgan just run through the house screaming
I did? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Patience gone it? Never I can't say it's gone. I
never had it.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
I never had it. Well, I feel like I was
such a good mama. And then I look at them
and I apologize to all of them all the time.
I go, I am what did I say? Because now
I've got in my new hour. I'm working on my
new hour, you know, on my new tour, one hundred
city tour, because I did the Big Penny Tour, and
then I shot the Netflix special and now I have another.
(11:32):
And I talk about the things I said to my
little children that I shouldn't have said, like judgmental things
about people, talk about people, honey. Well, and I'll just
tell you what it was. My mental child. She would
ask me about she was worried about people's salvation. And
(11:52):
she said, Mommy, when she was a little bitty thing, Mommy,
do you think Johnny Cash is going to Heaven? And
I go, yes, I do. I think Johnny Cash's gonna
go to have a hand gin or out spreading the
gospel with Billy Grant. Then she asked me about Jane Love,
and I think I said, to a little innocent child,
you know what, I think she could mature spiritually, I
(12:14):
really tell And I think I was going through a
hard time myself and I was judging beautiful Jane Low
and I think what it was is I had gone
up a size in my pants. That'll do it, that'll
do it, that'll do it.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
I felt so good yesterday, and I was being so
sweet in the morning because I put on some shorts
I hadn't been able to wear in a long time,
and I was so proud of myself. And then I
used the restroom and I looked at the size in them,
and I'm like, what what? Then I was grumpy again.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
I did you want? I had a bikini wax yesterday
because I'm going to the beach with my little grandchildren
and I didn't want to frighten them, and I went
and got a bikini wag and a young girl. I thought,
that little thing is not going to be able to
go on. And I said, isn't there like a paper
pair of pennies or a thong? Because not just take
(13:16):
everything off from the waist down and get on that table.
It was like surgical lights. I mean it was a sight.
I've never felt so vulnerable in all of my life.
And I thought, what has happened to me? There was
a mirror in there. I thought, what has happened to me?
I tell you what, I think My body has changed again.
You know it changes all the time, but now at
(13:37):
fifty I'll be fifty eight in October. I feel like
I'm shaped like those people from Whovill. I feel like that,
you remember in the Grinch. I've got like a stomach
and then little bitty wags my legs. They used to
be so jiggly, and you know at they all they're
getting smaller, and my stomach is getting bigger. And I
(13:59):
say to my girl girls, I go, oh, no, mom,
you look at your little eggs, And I go, but
is it like the people in Whovale.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Well, I'm an egg on stilts. I have always been
an egg on stilts. I'm a very tall egg on stilts.
That's my body's hype.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Honey, I'm sorry, I'm not steel vail.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Oh, it's all yours.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
That's funny. Well, I had a big fanny. I guess
it's still big. I don't know, but I don't know what.
I don't know what my shape. I need to come
up with something that's similar to egg on the stealt
got me think it.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Getting old is weird because our spirits never age. Our
spirits are eternal, they never atee And my personality is
never matured. You know, I think I peaked at tenth grade.
Ninth or tenth grade is when I peaked emotionally.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
Oh, my darling near fun. That's what you are. You
know what I'm doing for fun? I get a spray tanging.
We would like that. I was telling somebody last night,
I go he's still got a luttists on shrum and
but it's it also made him be a good hunter
and gatherer. It really has you know, he's competitive and
thanked the Lord for him because he took care of
(15:09):
us so that I could get out here and try
to make it.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
And now do you get to take care of him?
Have you like gone on a cruise or anything fun?
Have you spoiled him after your Netflix special?
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Not yet. We bought a I've been too busy. We
bought these babies grand babies, a big playground, one of
those nice ones where they as somebody actually puts it
up for you. You don't buy it kmart and that you
know is not leveled to the ground. We bought that.
That's our big purchase we've made. But now we have
not gone anywhere. Nifty. He'll go with me if I'm
with the win in Las Vegas or somewhere like that.
(15:42):
But he's still working a big job and is really
kind of what's happening in my career is kind of
what's happened in his career. He is running president of
a huge division that it's just crazy. It's kind of
the same thing that's happened in my career and at
the top. And he's very busy, and I'm so proud
(16:03):
of him. And it's good because he's not used to
me being gone. He's used to me being the mama.
I took care of everything.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
Is he at home with the dogs? Is he taking
care of the dolls.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
With the dogs? He's traveling some, but he's at home
with the dogs. And he said the other day, we
need dog food. And I said, I'm not the mama anymore.
You got to go get the dog food. I'm kind
of Beyonce Chuck.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
Can I tell you a secret is Amazon delivers. You
just put it on on once a month. The dog
food shows up at the door. You don't have to
pick it up. It's not the bringer right to your door.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
Well, they do the fresh pet kind of stuff. Oh,
I don't know about that, because we get the we
get the Hord dog food, but mine or Picky Minor
bgeles and they've got to eat in disorder Delilah. So
they like to have a little fresh well, I may.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
I live on a farm, so I get fresh eggs.
And yesterday I froze twelve bags of four cups each
of shredded zucchini so that in the winter we can
have zucchini bread or zucchini muffins. And you know, I
gutted them and you take the seeds out of the middle.
So I just fried that up in some bacon fat.
And that's what my dogs had with their kibbles last night.
(17:19):
So they're a little spoiled.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
You're running a farm and you've got chickens, and you've
been growing zucchini, and you're painting and making stuff out
of paper.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
Yeah, and doing a little radio show. That's that's why
I say I make messes wherever I go, because I'll
be doing one thing. I'll be out yesterday picking cucumbers,
picking zucchinis, and then all of a sudden, my son
comes running out and says, mom, Mom, I forgot to
tell you we have an open house because school's starting,
you know. And here I am in my what I
(17:54):
thought were size twelve shorts, but clearly worse. So I
had to run in and change real quick, because you know,
you can't go to the school with your breeches open
like that.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Yeah, Oh my lord, Delilah, you and my boy would
be best friends. Where are so you're farming? I don't know.
You don't have to tell me your location. But you know,
my people are farming people. And my mama had a
garden all my life. We killed her own beef. My
family had their own well, we ran a meat processing plant.
We did everybody's home killing.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
So you would fit right in at my farm. When
you're finished being Beyonce, you got to come and hang
out at my farm.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
I would love to.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
We got a dozen chickens. We got a butcher in
the next few weeks.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Oh my lord, let me ask real quick, Delilah, how
do you have this energy? My darling? I know that
you're not on dough or Dexa trim. What are you doing?
Speaker 1 (18:50):
But my sister and my mom and I were on that,
just like you and your mom were. No. No, my
energy comes from the fact that I believe. You know,
(19:10):
I said, our souls are eternal, our spirits are eternal,
and I just refuse to believe that my body is aging.
I refuse it. I cancel that out. I try not
to have any well lit mirrors. The secrets of feeling
good is don't look at the side, cut the tags
out of your clothes so you don't see the size,
(19:32):
and don't have any well lit mirrors, you know, in
the bedroom of the bathroom, and you feel much younger.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
Well okay, but it just seems like you're doing a
lot and you got canst little children still at home
and going to school.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
Yeah. Yeah. My oldest bio son turns thirty nine this month,
but my youngest, my youngest is going into second grade.
I will be working forever the lull Remember the jarraitoal
commercials they used to do. Remember when what was the
what was the talk show host Larry King when he
(20:09):
was doing the squatty potty commercials.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
I need a squatty potty, but I can't take that
on tour.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
Do you take a tour bus on your tour or
do you just go to airport after airport, after airport,
go to.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
Airport after airport after airport. We've looked at a bus,
but I've got the best touring team that they know
that I'm fifty eight years old, about to turn fifty eight,
and they really try to rout me to where it's
not hard. It's not as hard, and I don't need
a bus, and you know, it just doesn't make sense
for me right now, but it sounds nifty. And I
(20:44):
would love to have a toilet and a little refrigerator
and maybe somebody could put some food in it that
I could feel better on instead of me getting out
here and eat white flower and hungar and you know,
eat my emotions. But they're adding so many shows because
I'm selling Wale. Thank the Lord, I get to stay
(21:05):
in a city longer and so I can rest more.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
We need to get you a residency in Vegas where
you can stay for like a month or two and
folks can come to you. That's what we need to do,
because you are freaking hysterical. Leanne Morgan. Anybody who has
not seen her look her up. You can. You're on
every social media platform now. You're brilliant.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
Thank you, Delaana.
Speaker 1 (21:29):
It is in a blandly You just take everyday life
and you shine a light on the stuff that most
of us are embarrassed to openly. Well, I'm not because
I'm not embarrassed about anything. I have no filter. You
may have noticed that, but other people in.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
My life and I get it, honey, and I dig it.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
Yeah, because clearly I've seen your big panty tour. You
got no filter. I love that. But you make me smile,
you make me laugh out loud.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
Is that wonderful to have that big belly laugh? And
thank you for saying that. If you're getting that from me,
thank you.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
You give me big bell when you talk about your
dogs up on your bed, when you're when you went
through your depression, when your baby's left home.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
I go through that.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
And my darling daughter lives thirty minutes away, forty minutes away,
and I miss her like she's in Istanbul.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
I know, I know it is. I took to the
bed every time somebody went off to college and they
all live near me. And my baby as a makeup artist,
and she travels with me, and she deserves to have
her own life, and I know that.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
But but she's your baby and she needs to travel
with you and be with you.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
Yes, she's got other opportunities, and I just go I
still pull her back.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Yeah. She halla's turning twenty nine, and at least once
or twice a month, I say when are you coming home?
She's like, mom, I have a family, you know, a fiance,
is brother in law, two kids, a dog, two cats.
I'm like, I know, but you need to come home.
Speaker 2 (23:10):
Oh I know, I know. I've talked to mine girls
several times this morning, But are they not the best
friends that you've ever hang in?
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Yes? I heard people say it, but I couldn't really
understand how awesome it is to have your children grow
up and you fall in love with the adults they are.
I mean, when they're kids, you love them because they're
so dang cute and you just love them. But when
they're young adults and their personalities and their values and
(23:40):
their snarky sense of humor and all that comes out,
I'm like, how is it that I ended up with
the most amazing human beings being my children?
Speaker 2 (23:53):
I know I feel the same way. And we're we're
going to go to the beach together and that's the
best thing, or the mountains or wherever we go, and
we just sit around and we cook and we laugh,
and I really enjoy them. I'm enjoying this time in
my life with them.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
Are they loving having a mom that's a superstar?
Speaker 2 (24:12):
They are really enjoying it. And it took them a
while to figure out what was going on, and people
have interviewed them and they all say, well, you know
when she was before this all happened, but I've always
done comedy and been a stand up and they said
she always put us first, and we knew she was
doing that, but it just didn't you know. She always
(24:32):
had us at school and did all of that, and
really I was doing gigs but they weren't that demanding.
But anyway, now, I mean they're like, they just think
it's so fun. A lot of them travel with me,
you know, back and forth, and if there's somebody they
want to meet, they get to meet them, and they
are really enjoying it. And they know I'm tired, and
(24:54):
they go, girl, you're gonna have to exercise and take
care of the staff. They tell me what today, but
I need them to tell me today. But their Danny
was the one that was It took him longer to
figure out what was going on, and he kept saying, well,
this could end tomorrow. Well, this could end tomorrow, don't
you know. Don't do anything.
Speaker 1 (25:14):
Crazy, don't do anything crazy, don't order don't order a
swing with that place at because this could end tomorrow.
I don't think it's going to end tomorrow, Lane Morgan.
I think your star is rising. But I think that
amazing things are going to happen because you just you
bring laughter and light and love to a lot of us.
And I appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
Oh Bella, Well, thank you for saying that, you angel,
thank you. Well, there's one you know. Every day it's
like I say, it's something wonderful happening and I can't
even believe it, but I'm having them all.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
So who's the most famous person that you had no
idea that they were up at three am like me
watching your videos laughing out loud, like have you met
anybody that you just thought the world of? And then
they're like, oh my god, I love your routines, I
love your Netflix special.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
Oh the head. Well, Tricia Earwood is coming to my
show tonight. I've never met her, and they said she's
a huge frien.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
I love her well.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
I had a bit about her about her chicken pacata.
I think her cook book was the best cookbook I've
ever had, her first cookbook. My children love chicken pacotta,
Trisha Earwoods. And then they'll say, can I have that
for my birthday? And I make it and I did
a bit about that, and I think somebody must have
sent that to her. So I'm excited about meeting her tonight.
(26:39):
But did you know that I did a movie with
Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell When Where It'll come out
in about a year. It wrapped before that all that
sag after a strike happened, and Honey, that you talking
about something coming out of the heavens and going what
in the world. Reese Weathers and I met right before
(27:01):
COVID and she started following me during the pandemic and
I was doing back porch videos with no makeup bone.
I looked like a pi chay bird and I was
just talking about making jello, selling for my little mom
and Danny and Chicken cash role. And she would message
me and say, because I would always end up with
saying everything's going to be all right, and she said,
(27:23):
you're helping land, You're helping people. Keep doing that, and
my heart beat out of my body. I think little
Breeese Withspoon and then Honey, that little things from Tennessee
and wants to lift up women, and I guess lift
up Tennessee girls. And she I think she was the
one that said I want her to read from my
(27:43):
big sister. And I did a table read and Los
Angeles thought I was gonna faint. Had never done anything
like that before in my life. When they said they
want you to do a table read, I go, what's
a table read? I had no idea? And anyway, I
got that part. And we wrapped that thing this early
summer before that strike happened, and it'll come out in
(28:04):
a year.
Speaker 1 (28:05):
What's it called. What's it called?
Speaker 2 (28:07):
It's called You're cordially Invited?
Speaker 1 (28:10):
How fine?
Speaker 2 (28:11):
A wacky like just a wacky movie. And we laughed,
and I mean we had a ball. We laughed until
we were weak all day long, every day and it
was so Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon. I'm like, what
I mean? That has been crazy. There's been several people
(28:31):
that I thought they know who I am. I tell
you because I've never felt like one of the cool
kids in the comedy industry because I was raising three
babies and a kittenhell in Knoxville, Tennessee, and I was
not in LA or New York, and I never felt
like I was part of you know, Comedy Central and
all that kind of stuff. And to hear like other
(28:52):
comedians in the business that like John Mulaney say I
loved your special. I'm like what my verbig Leia, Tom Paupa,
all those people, Jim Gaffick and all those people I've
always admired. To get messages from them, I mean, that
has been you know, validating as a comedian. As a
stand up you want people to, you know, to say
(29:14):
she's legit. That's been important for me, and people have
said that because I was out there. You know, my
husband had a job, a big job in Knoxville and
was providing for us, and I was trying to do
gigs wherever I could and raise three babies. And so
it's important for me for people to think that, you know,
I've got the chops and that I can do it
(29:34):
because I've done this a long time. And then for
this to happen for me at this age, I mean,
in this point in my life, it could not have
been any more perfect. Timing.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
Oh my word, I am loving spending time with comedian
Leanne Morgan. Isn't she the best? We have a little
more time with her. So let me share a bit
about another podcast sponsor and give them the applause they deserve.
If you know me, you know I'm a tea person,
(30:06):
and most often I'm a Bigeload tea person. Constant comment,
their original blend of citrus and spice is my favorite,
whether I'm sitting it hot in the evenings when taking
calls from my radio show, or on chilly spring mornings.
The weather is turning and soon it'll be iced tea season,
(30:29):
and it's perfect for that too. Float a few slices
of orange on top or at a twist. When serving
it on special occasions or to friends that have stopped by,
They'll be delightfully refreshed and pressed. I've loved Biggeload Teas
even before I knew their amazing backstory. It's a family
owned business making tea since nineteen forty five. While the
(30:54):
precise ingredients are a closely guarded family secret, one is
not love. Love is blended into every single batch, and
they're not stingy on their portions. Constant comment is a
constant favorite. But Bigelow has as many blends as there
(31:14):
are special moments in life. I'm sure you'll find your
favorite somewhere in their one hundred and fifty varieties. Their
new whispering wildflowers with a hint of lavender and a
touch of sweetness might be it. I discovered it recently
while getting a tour of the Bigelow facility with fourth
(31:36):
Generation Family teamaker Cindy Bigelow. It soothes and relaxes and
reminds you of a spring day even when the weather
isn't cooperating. You'll find bigelowte at your local grocers and
discover all their blends at Bigelota dot com. That's Bigelota
dot com. Find your favorites. It is God's perfect time
(32:00):
because your children will never resent your career. You were
there for them. You were there one hundred percent. I
can tell by your routines and talking about the pickup line. Oh,
I hate the pickup line. I hate the pick up
and drop off lines. And you know I've got eleven more,
twelve more years of that. But you were there for them.
And now it's your time to shine. And I think
(32:22):
in our culture and our society for years, if you're
you know, over thirty, you're considered washed up as a
woman in entertainment, and that's changing. That's changed a lot
the last few years. And I love that.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
I do too. And you know, I've got the fifty
over fifty for Forums magazine and they were you know,
there's a list of women. And when you read that
list of women, then you realize, I mean a lot.
It is time for women. It is our time.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
It is our time to shine m.
Speaker 2 (32:57):
And I do think I and I've always done, you know,
material about my family, but there's something about at this
point how it resonated with people. I think going through
menopauls and your children leaving home and launching children and
taking care of elderly parents. When I during the pandemic,
when I would talk because I stayed with my parents
(33:19):
a lot and helped them. My mom had had a stroke,
it was just something that was perfect time and for
that to come together. And people are all going through that,
you know, everybody goes through all those things, and it
is resonated with people.
Speaker 1 (33:33):
Your honesty and your transparency is what resonates with people.
Doesn't matter what you're talking about. It doesn't matter, so
if you're talking about your dogs or whatever. Just you
have a very wonderful way of taking the mundane and
pointing out the absurdity in it and making us laugh
at ourselves and we've all got stuff we're going through.
(33:55):
So thank you for that.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
Oh well, thank you for telling me that, Angel.
Speaker 1 (34:01):
Thank you for being with us today. Leanne. Tell me
about your book you got coming out.
Speaker 2 (34:05):
Oh my, Darling, It's called What in the World? Because
every day I go what in the world? And I'll
just tell you. I wanted to tell all the horrible,
sinful things I did in the eighties because if I
had not been a comedian, I wanted to be a therapist.
I got my degree in child family studies christis intervention counseling,
and during the pandemic I should have gotten a master's Instead,
(34:27):
I was eating. But uh, my literary agent, who is
Darling Albert, who was raised in Harlan, Kentucky, said, ling In,
I'd love to hear about your sin in the eighties.
But he said, honey, you're not John Crawford. Gent He goes,
why don't we do the first book be about funny
essays and we can intro you to the world. And
(34:49):
I go, okay, So we took out a lot of
the sin. Delilah, and it is funny essays about me
and these kids and they're daddy and how my story
and I've had a ball doing it. Now I have
said and thought I was stupid. Well i've gone through
this book, I thought, you know what I really was
a thing doing. But anyway, that's okay. You know, I've
(35:11):
been washed in the blood and I'm okay. But this
book is funny essays about my little children and my
life and my breeches and my husband and the footheels
of the Appalachia Mountains. And it's called What in the World.
And I do hope that people love it and find
it funny. But I also hope that they realize keep dreaming,
(35:32):
keep doing, don't stop. You know that it's never too late.
Speaker 1 (35:37):
It's never too late.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
It's never too late.
Speaker 1 (35:40):
And I think in probably twenty thirty years, when you
are still kicking butt and still you know, selling out shows,
you'll have another message that resonates with us because you,
like I said, you haven't even you're not even at
the top of your game, yet your star is rising.
Speaker 2 (35:58):
Well, thank you to Long And I think you're one
of the smartest people in the world. And so I
received that, and I think you know what you're talking
about because you're Delillah.
Speaker 1 (36:07):
Thank you, aren't you so glad they didn't have cell phones.
Goad oh technology back when we were teenagers.
Speaker 2 (36:15):
Oh, I'm so thankful. I was an idiot. I was
always up perking on somebody's property.
Speaker 1 (36:21):
Oh my gosh, ah God, I love you well, good luck,
have a wonderful time on the rest of your tour.
Where can people go to find out if you're going
to be close to them?
Speaker 2 (36:34):
Go to Lynn Morgan dot com. And I've got all
that social media voo doo also, But let me tell
you that I'm about to announce if they don't see
their city, I'm about to announce January through June of
twenty twenty four and where they're going to be. All
new dates coming. But I've got a big fall. I
might be somewhere near them this fall. But Lenmorgan dot.
Speaker 1 (36:56):
Com, Okay, we'll send folks there so they can come
and see you and have a good belly laugh and
feel so good about their little quirks because you make
everything okay. It is gonna be okay.
Speaker 2 (37:08):
God, bless you, Thank you, God bless you you Angel
and get I know, I don't know how you're getting
out there with all that zucchini, but I'm Imprayance.
Speaker 1 (37:19):
Love You. Leanne's comedy has landed her at the prestigious
Just for Laughs festival in Montreal and has brought her
development deals for her own sitcom. She's garnered over two
point five million followers across social media, and her popular
online stand up specials So Yummy, reached over fifty million
(37:42):
views on YouTube. Her fan base continues to grow as
her oh So relatable material is about everything from being
a housewife, raising children, and our changing bodies. Maybe you
saw her on the Kelly Clarkson Show, The View or
Nicket Knight's Funniest Mom. When she's not on the road,
Leanne cherishes spending time at home in Knoxville, Tennessee, with
(38:05):
her husband Chuck, her three grown children, her grandbaby, and
her two beagles. You want to find out more information
on Leanne Morgan, visit her website TRIPLEW dot Leannmorgan dot com,
www dot Leannmorgan dot com. You can also keep tabs
on her by visiting her social media pages on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok,
(38:27):
and YouTube. Her Just Getting Started tour is currently underway.
And if I were you and she was coming to
my town, al anywhere near my town. I'd grab a ticket,
take your spouse, take your best friends, your grown up kids.
I promise you will laugh yourself silly. You'll also come
away from the experience with the realization that we are
(38:47):
all in this together. There are two sides to every coin,
that life is both magical and mundane and everything in between,
vibrant at any age, and that finding the humor in
all of it is the best revival tactic. I am
feeling much better after spending time with lee Anne, and
I hope you are too. Follows on the way, folks,
(39:07):
let's embrace everything it dishes out to
What in the world happened? One minute, we're enjoying summer,
and the next poof, it's September and it's all back
to school this and back to routines that. Whoo this year,
I was not ready. Well, okay, part of me was ready.
The part that wanted board kids to stop pastering me
(00:27):
was ready. The part that wanted to be able to
go a day without the ac running at full tilt
was ready. The part that wanted to feel fully hydrated
again after months of parched lips and alligator skin. That
part was ready. But the other part, the other part
of me, wanted nothing to do with this new change
in the weather. You know, the part that loves to
(00:48):
sip a cup of iced tea on the porch at
midnight while it's still warm outside. The part that wandered
the gardens anytime of the day and found something to do,
some weeds to pulls, something to pick, something to snack on.
That was healthy. The part that watched my children crow
over some new delight and grow right before my eyes.
(01:10):
That part of me, that part of me was a
little sad to see summer fading into the background and
fall waiting eagerly in the wings to take its place.
But change. Change is inevitable, isn't it. Today's guest knows that,
and she knows how to find the humor in it all.
After discovering her passion for stand up comedy later in
(01:33):
life and finding the time and confidence to pursue her dream,
Leanne Morgan has cemented herself as a must watch comedian.
You've seen her write that tall, beautiful, blonde woman who's
all over our social media feeds, talking in her little
Southern drawl about marriage, menopause, the miracle of raising children,
(01:57):
and throwing back to when he thyroid worked and she
wore itty bitty bridges. I adore her, I love her.
I love her sense of humor. And she has a
great backstory too. This Tennessee beauty felt the call of
Hollywood when she was young, but it seemed out of
(02:17):
reach for the country girl that she was, so she
went off to college. She graduated, She got married. She
moved to the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains to Bean Station, Tennessee,
to start a family. To stay busy. After having her
first baby, Leanne began selling jewelry at home parties. She
was supposed to talk about the jewelry, but instead entertained
(02:40):
her customers with banter about breastfeeding, hemorrhoids, and being a mama.
They thought she was hilarious, and before she knew it,
she was one popular jewelry party hostess who was booked
a year in advance. The jewelry company saw what was
happening and asked her to speak at their sales rallies.
(03:01):
It was there that people started saying, you need to
do stand up, and so she did. When the family
moved to San Antonio in two thousand and one, Leanne
finally had access to comedy clubs and that is when
her career really got underway. We're going to catch up
with Leanne Morgan today and I wore my big pennies,
(03:22):
so there was plenty of room for belly laughs. But
first I want to give the mic to one of
our podcast sponsors that makes today's episodes possible. Have you
been looking for a milk replacement because you have dairy
allergies or sensitivities. Well, I found one that's absolutely amazing.
(03:43):
It's Sherry's hazel Cream, made from Oregon hazelnuts. This plant
based milk stands out from the competitors because it's designed
for cooking and baking. It all started because Sherry, who
could no longer tolerate dairy pros, wanted to make gravy,
but not gravy that tasted like coconut or oatmeal. So
(04:06):
by enlisting the help of her engineer husband and a
friend that's a food scientist, and through much trial and error,
Sherry's Hazel Cream was born. Because of a special roasting process.
It's very neutral and taste and works with a large
variety of recipes. It comes sealed in shelf stable, easy
(04:27):
to use, pre measured portion pods that you place into
your blender, add varying amounts of water to make milk
cream or even condensed milk for pies and other mouth
watering desserts. It's delicious and mashed potatoes and cakes, in
creamy soups and even casserole dishes. Visit Sherry'shazelcream dot com
(04:53):
to learn more about this product, to read Sherry's story,
and to place your order. It's at sherry This Hazelcream
dot com, c h e Ris Hazelcream dot com. Use
code love twenty four for ten percent off your order.
That's Sherry's Hazel Cream and Love twenty four. Welcome to
(05:17):
Love Someone, Leanne Y, Thank y'all for having me, Thank
you for agreeing to do this. Oh my word, you
are my uh Leanne Morgan. Let me introduce you to
our audience. First is with me on Love Someone Today,
and you are the someone I love about three o'clock
in the morning. You know when when your body's like,
(05:41):
I'm so tired, and your brain's like, oh no, there's
something we must think about, and I'm like, okay, I'm
shutting my brain off so that I can laugh. And
I have been known to wake up other people in
the house watching your videos, Leanne Morgan, cause you make
me laugh.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Thank you so much for saying that. You angel, and
you just describe what I do every night. I go
at to bed and then wake up in the middle
of the night and think of all the things that
I need to do, could have done, should have done.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Oh my word, you have burst upon the scene. I
know you've been doing this for years because I've found
videos from when your kids were younger, But it's like
God has just smiled on you and the whole world
is discovering how freaking funny you are. Just talking about life.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Thank you, Dela. Well. I started when my baby child
was eighteen months old. I started calling myself a comedian.
She's twenty five. And I've done every horrible gig you
can imagine. I've had good times and bad times and
ups and downs, and then I was just about to
let it go, and this thing blew up in twenty nineteen.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Boy, has it blown up. How does it feel to
be a rising star that's on the tips of everybody's
tongue while you're talking about the fact that your thyroid
is kicked out?
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Oh my gosh, it's just crazy. It has been crazy.
And every day I think, what in the world I
really do? Every day is a blessing and a surprise
and I just cannot believe it. And I always thought
this would happen for me. I feel like God revealed
that to me when I was a child. I know
he did. I mean I would say to my mom
(07:34):
and daddy and my grandmama and everybody, I go, I'm
going to go to Hollywood. I'm going to be a
movie star. I'm going to be in show business. And
they would go, you know, And I was from the country,
five hundred people, and they would just look at me.
And I look back on it, and I know they thought,
what that little kook.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
But anyway, you weren't exactly a little koop. Honey. How
tall are you?
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Well? I'm five eight and I had a show last
night at the rum And in Nashville, and somebody said
to me, you ling, and you talk like you're a giant.
You're over six feet tall and you're not. And I go,
I know, but I'm always I feel like I've always
got little women next to me coming right up under
my brias. I'm just getting taller and bigger, and my
(08:19):
hands are feet bigger.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Our mom was over six feet tall. She was a giant,
a true giant. Yeah, but she had a giant of
a personality too. And I think that's what takes you
from five eight to six eight, is you have such
a big, fun personality.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Oh thank you, my darling. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Tell us about your family. You got, you got babies
that are growing or grown.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
I've got three children that my boys just turned thirty.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
And he's the one that, as you describe him, go
ahead and tell our audience.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
He's an old soul from now Evan.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
It's the yummy that I love when.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
You yummy, yummy, yummy, and our little Billy Graham and
I hate I've put that burden on him because he's
had to pray over all of us. But she is
also he has been like a little old man all
his life. Has had a garden since Susan's sixth grade
and from heaven. He's a wonderful danny and husband. He's
(09:16):
got my two grand babies. I've got two grandsons that
are a little over two and a half and a
new baby that was born in May.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
Congratulations, thank you.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
That has been magical. Oh my gosh, we've had a
ball with those babies. And then my girls are twenty
seven and twenty five.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Now has your daughter in law because I heard one
of your routines when she was pregnant with the first
one talking about my baby, this was her baby. Has
she realized yet that it's actually your you and your
husband's baby and she just has the privilege of raising it.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Yes, she realizes that these are our babies. But let
me tell you, she is thankful because we lave twenty
minutes from Lamb and when I send that Netflix special,
that was true. They just let those babies off in
the yard and we get them anytime we want them,
and we've got cribs and honey, we're on fire. I
keep apple sauce pouches.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
I have a daughter that has four and she lives
on my property, so she really does let them out
in the yard. They just run over to Nana's house.
But my biological daughter, she's like, she still believes they're hers, Like,
what's up with that? Because I still have very young children.
I tell people this, and it's true. My daughter has
(10:36):
helped me be a much better parent watching her parent
her kids, Yes, watching how patient she is. I really
feel like a menial hag.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Okay that I just received that. And I am going
through this thing where I watch my boie and his
wife parent and they are doing such a wonderful job
and they are so patient, and I feel like, did
me and Chuck Morgan just run through the house screaming
I did? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Patience gone it? Never I can't say it's gone. I
never had it.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
I never had it. Well, I feel like I was
such a good mama. And then I look at them
and I apologize to all of them all the time.
I go, I am what did I say? Because now
I've got in my new hour. I'm working on my
new hour, you know, on my new tour, one hundred
city tour, because I did the Big Penny Tour, and
then I shot the Netflix special and now I have another.
(11:32):
And I talk about the things I said to my
little children that I shouldn't have said, like judgmental things
about people, talk about people, honey. Well, and I'll just
tell you what it was. My mental child. She would
ask me about she was worried about people's salvation. And
(11:52):
she said, Mommy, when she was a little bitty thing, Mommy,
do you think Johnny Cash is going to Heaven? And
I go, yes, I do. I think Johnny Cash's gonna
go to have a hand gin or out spreading the
gospel with Billy Grant. Then she asked me about Jane Love,
and I think I said, to a little innocent child,
you know what, I think she could mature spiritually, I
(12:14):
really tell And I think I was going through a
hard time myself and I was judging beautiful Jane Low
and I think what it was is I had gone
up a size in my pants. That'll do it, that'll
do it, that'll do it.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
I felt so good yesterday, and I was being so
sweet in the morning because I put on some shorts
I hadn't been able to wear in a long time,
and I was so proud of myself. And then I
used the restroom and I looked at the size in them,
and I'm like, what what? Then I was grumpy again.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
I did you want? I had a bikini wax yesterday
because I'm going to the beach with my little grandchildren
and I didn't want to frighten them, and I went
and got a bikini wag and a young girl. I thought,
that little thing is not going to be able to
go on. And I said, isn't there like a paper
pair of pennies or a thong? Because not just take
(13:16):
everything off from the waist down and get on that table.
It was like surgical lights. I mean it was a sight.
I've never felt so vulnerable in all of my life.
And I thought, what has happened to me? There was
a mirror in there. I thought, what has happened to me?
I tell you what, I think My body has changed again.
You know it changes all the time, but now at
(13:37):
fifty I'll be fifty eight in October. I feel like
I'm shaped like those people from Whovill. I feel like that,
you remember in the Grinch. I've got like a stomach
and then little bitty wags my legs. They used to
be so jiggly, and you know at they all they're
getting smaller, and my stomach is getting bigger. And I
(13:59):
say to my girl girls, I go, oh, no, mom,
you look at your little eggs, And I go, but
is it like the people in Whovale.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Well, I'm an egg on stilts. I have always been
an egg on stilts. I'm a very tall egg on stilts.
That's my body's hype.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Honey, I'm sorry, I'm not steel vail.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Oh, it's all yours.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
That's funny. Well, I had a big fanny. I guess
it's still big. I don't know, but I don't know what.
I don't know what my shape. I need to come
up with something that's similar to egg on the stealt
got me think it.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Getting old is weird because our spirits never age. Our
spirits are eternal, they never atee And my personality is
never matured. You know, I think I peaked at tenth grade.
Ninth or tenth grade is when I peaked emotionally.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
Oh, my darling near fun. That's what you are. You
know what I'm doing for fun? I get a spray tanging.
We would like that. I was telling somebody last night,
I go he's still got a luttists on shrum and
but it's it also made him be a good hunter
and gatherer. It really has you know, he's competitive and
thanked the Lord for him because he took care of
(15:09):
us so that I could get out here and try
to make it.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
And now do you get to take care of him?
Have you like gone on a cruise or anything fun?
Have you spoiled him after your Netflix special?
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Not yet. We bought a I've been too busy. We
bought these babies grand babies, a big playground, one of
those nice ones where they as somebody actually puts it
up for you. You don't buy it kmart and that you
know is not leveled to the ground. We bought that.
That's our big purchase we've made. But now we have
not gone anywhere. Nifty. He'll go with me if I'm
with the win in Las Vegas or somewhere like that.
(15:42):
But he's still working a big job and is really
kind of what's happening in my career is kind of
what's happened in his career. He is running president of
a huge division that it's just crazy. It's kind of
the same thing that's happened in my career and at
the top. And he's very busy, and I'm so proud
(16:03):
of him. And it's good because he's not used to
me being gone. He's used to me being the mama.
I took care of everything.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
Is he at home with the dogs? Is he taking
care of the dolls.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
With the dogs? He's traveling some, but he's at home
with the dogs. And he said the other day, we
need dog food. And I said, I'm not the mama anymore.
You got to go get the dog food. I'm kind
of Beyonce Chuck.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
Can I tell you a secret is Amazon delivers. You
just put it on on once a month. The dog
food shows up at the door. You don't have to
pick it up. It's not the bringer right to your door.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
Well, they do the fresh pet kind of stuff. Oh,
I don't know about that, because we get the we
get the Hord dog food, but mine or Picky Minor
bgeles and they've got to eat in disorder Delilah. So
they like to have a little fresh well, I may.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
I live on a farm, so I get fresh eggs.
And yesterday I froze twelve bags of four cups each
of shredded zucchini so that in the winter we can
have zucchini bread or zucchini muffins. And you know, I
gutted them and you take the seeds out of the middle.
So I just fried that up in some bacon fat.
And that's what my dogs had with their kibbles last night.
(17:19):
So they're a little spoiled.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
You're running a farm and you've got chickens, and you've
been growing zucchini, and you're painting and making stuff out
of paper.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
Yeah, and doing a little radio show. That's that's why
I say I make messes wherever I go, because I'll
be doing one thing. I'll be out yesterday picking cucumbers,
picking zucchinis, and then all of a sudden, my son
comes running out and says, mom, Mom, I forgot to
tell you we have an open house because school's starting,
you know. And here I am in my what I
(17:54):
thought were size twelve shorts, but clearly worse. So I
had to run in and change real quick, because you know,
you can't go to the school with your breeches open
like that.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Yeah, Oh my lord, Delilah, you and my boy would
be best friends. Where are so you're farming? I don't know.
You don't have to tell me your location. But you know,
my people are farming people. And my mama had a
garden all my life. We killed her own beef. My
family had their own well, we ran a meat processing plant.
We did everybody's home killing.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
So you would fit right in at my farm. When
you're finished being Beyonce, you got to come and hang
out at my farm.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
I would love to.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
We got a dozen chickens. We got a butcher in
the next few weeks.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Oh my lord, let me ask real quick, Delilah, how
do you have this energy? My darling? I know that
you're not on dough or Dexa trim. What are you doing?
Speaker 1 (18:50):
But my sister and my mom and I were on that,
just like you and your mom were. No. No, my
energy comes from the fact that I believe. You know,
(19:10):
I said, our souls are eternal, our spirits are eternal,
and I just refuse to believe that my body is aging.
I refuse it. I cancel that out. I try not
to have any well lit mirrors. The secrets of feeling
good is don't look at the side, cut the tags
out of your clothes so you don't see the size,
(19:32):
and don't have any well lit mirrors, you know, in
the bedroom of the bathroom, and you feel much younger.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
Well okay, but it just seems like you're doing a
lot and you got canst little children still at home
and going to school.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
Yeah. Yeah. My oldest bio son turns thirty nine this month,
but my youngest, my youngest is going into second grade.
I will be working forever the lull Remember the jarraitoal
commercials they used to do. Remember when what was the
what was the talk show host Larry King when he
(20:09):
was doing the squatty potty commercials.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
I need a squatty potty, but I can't take that
on tour.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
Do you take a tour bus on your tour or
do you just go to airport after airport, after airport,
go to.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
Airport after airport after airport. We've looked at a bus,
but I've got the best touring team that they know
that I'm fifty eight years old, about to turn fifty eight,
and they really try to rout me to where it's
not hard. It's not as hard, and I don't need
a bus, and you know, it just doesn't make sense
for me right now, but it sounds nifty. And I
(20:44):
would love to have a toilet and a little refrigerator
and maybe somebody could put some food in it that
I could feel better on instead of me getting out
here and eat white flower and hungar and you know,
eat my emotions. But they're adding so many shows because
I'm selling Wale. Thank the Lord, I get to stay
(21:05):
in a city longer and so I can rest more.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
We need to get you a residency in Vegas where
you can stay for like a month or two and
folks can come to you. That's what we need to do,
because you are freaking hysterical. Leanne Morgan. Anybody who has
not seen her look her up. You can. You're on
every social media platform now. You're brilliant.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
Thank you, Delaana.
Speaker 1 (21:29):
It is in a blandly You just take everyday life
and you shine a light on the stuff that most
of us are embarrassed to openly. Well, I'm not because
I'm not embarrassed about anything. I have no filter. You
may have noticed that, but other people in.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
My life and I get it, honey, and I dig it.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
Yeah, because clearly I've seen your big panty tour. You
got no filter. I love that. But you make me smile,
you make me laugh out loud.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
Is that wonderful to have that big belly laugh? And
thank you for saying that. If you're getting that from me,
thank you.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
You give me big bell when you talk about your
dogs up on your bed, when you're when you went
through your depression, when your baby's left home.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
I go through that.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
And my darling daughter lives thirty minutes away, forty minutes away,
and I miss her like she's in Istanbul.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
I know, I know it is. I took to the
bed every time somebody went off to college and they
all live near me. And my baby as a makeup artist,
and she travels with me, and she deserves to have
her own life, and I know that.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
But but she's your baby and she needs to travel
with you and be with you.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
Yes, she's got other opportunities, and I just go I
still pull her back.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Yeah. She halla's turning twenty nine, and at least once
or twice a month, I say when are you coming home?
She's like, mom, I have a family, you know, a fiance,
is brother in law, two kids, a dog, two cats.
I'm like, I know, but you need to come home.
Speaker 2 (23:10):
Oh I know, I know. I've talked to mine girls
several times this morning, But are they not the best
friends that you've ever hang in?
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Yes? I heard people say it, but I couldn't really
understand how awesome it is to have your children grow
up and you fall in love with the adults they are.
I mean, when they're kids, you love them because they're
so dang cute and you just love them. But when
they're young adults and their personalities and their values and
(23:40):
their snarky sense of humor and all that comes out,
I'm like, how is it that I ended up with
the most amazing human beings being my children?
Speaker 2 (23:53):
I know I feel the same way. And we're we're
going to go to the beach together and that's the
best thing, or the mountains or wherever we go, and
we just sit around and we cook and we laugh,
and I really enjoy them. I'm enjoying this time in
my life with them.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
Are they loving having a mom that's a superstar?
Speaker 2 (24:12):
They are really enjoying it. And it took them a
while to figure out what was going on, and people
have interviewed them and they all say, well, you know
when she was before this all happened, but I've always
done comedy and been a stand up and they said
she always put us first, and we knew she was
doing that, but it just didn't you know. She always
(24:32):
had us at school and did all of that, and
really I was doing gigs but they weren't that demanding.
But anyway, now, I mean they're like, they just think
it's so fun. A lot of them travel with me,
you know, back and forth, and if there's somebody they
want to meet, they get to meet them, and they
are really enjoying it. And they know I'm tired, and
(24:54):
they go, girl, you're gonna have to exercise and take
care of the staff. They tell me what today, but
I need them to tell me today. But their Danny
was the one that was It took him longer to
figure out what was going on, and he kept saying, well,
this could end tomorrow. Well, this could end tomorrow, don't
you know. Don't do anything.
Speaker 1 (25:14):
Crazy, don't do anything crazy, don't order don't order a
swing with that place at because this could end tomorrow.
I don't think it's going to end tomorrow, Lane Morgan.
I think your star is rising. But I think that
amazing things are going to happen because you just you
bring laughter and light and love to a lot of us.
And I appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
Oh Bella, Well, thank you for saying that, you angel,
thank you. Well, there's one you know. Every day it's
like I say, it's something wonderful happening and I can't
even believe it, but I'm having them all.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
So who's the most famous person that you had no
idea that they were up at three am like me
watching your videos laughing out loud, like have you met
anybody that you just thought the world of? And then
they're like, oh my god, I love your routines, I
love your Netflix special.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
Oh the head. Well, Tricia Earwood is coming to my
show tonight. I've never met her, and they said she's
a huge frien.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
I love her well.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
I had a bit about her about her chicken pacata.
I think her cook book was the best cookbook I've
ever had, her first cookbook. My children love chicken pacotta,
Trisha Earwoods. And then they'll say, can I have that
for my birthday? And I make it and I did
a bit about that, and I think somebody must have
sent that to her. So I'm excited about meeting her tonight.
(26:39):
But did you know that I did a movie with
Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell When Where It'll come out
in about a year. It wrapped before that all that
sag after a strike happened, and Honey, that you talking
about something coming out of the heavens and going what
in the world. Reese Weathers and I met right before
(27:01):
COVID and she started following me during the pandemic and
I was doing back porch videos with no makeup bone.
I looked like a pi chay bird and I was
just talking about making jello, selling for my little mom
and Danny and Chicken cash role. And she would message
me and say, because I would always end up with
saying everything's going to be all right, and she said,
(27:23):
you're helping land, You're helping people. Keep doing that, and
my heart beat out of my body. I think little
Breeese Withspoon and then Honey, that little things from Tennessee
and wants to lift up women, and I guess lift
up Tennessee girls. And she I think she was the
one that said I want her to read from my
(27:43):
big sister. And I did a table read and Los
Angeles thought I was gonna faint. Had never done anything
like that before in my life. When they said they
want you to do a table read, I go, what's
a table read? I had no idea? And anyway, I
got that part. And we wrapped that thing this early
summer before that strike happened, and it'll come out in
(28:04):
a year.
Speaker 1 (28:05):
What's it called. What's it called?
Speaker 2 (28:07):
It's called You're cordially Invited?
Speaker 1 (28:10):
How fine?
Speaker 2 (28:11):
A wacky like just a wacky movie. And we laughed,
and I mean we had a ball. We laughed until
we were weak all day long, every day and it
was so Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon. I'm like, what
I mean? That has been crazy. There's been several people
(28:31):
that I thought they know who I am. I tell
you because I've never felt like one of the cool
kids in the comedy industry because I was raising three
babies and a kittenhell in Knoxville, Tennessee, and I was
not in LA or New York, and I never felt
like I was part of you know, Comedy Central and
all that kind of stuff. And to hear like other
(28:52):
comedians in the business that like John Mulaney say I
loved your special. I'm like what my verbig Leia, Tom Paupa,
all those people, Jim Gaffick and all those people I've
always admired. To get messages from them, I mean, that
has been you know, validating as a comedian. As a
stand up you want people to, you know, to say
(29:14):
she's legit. That's been important for me, and people have
said that because I was out there. You know, my
husband had a job, a big job in Knoxville and
was providing for us, and I was trying to do
gigs wherever I could and raise three babies. And so
it's important for me for people to think that, you know,
I've got the chops and that I can do it
(29:34):
because I've done this a long time. And then for
this to happen for me at this age, I mean,
in this point in my life, it could not have
been any more perfect. Timing.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
Oh my word, I am loving spending time with comedian
Leanne Morgan. Isn't she the best? We have a little
more time with her. So let me share a bit
about another podcast sponsor and give them the applause they deserve.
If you know me, you know I'm a tea person,
(30:06):
and most often I'm a Bigeload tea person. Constant comment,
their original blend of citrus and spice is my favorite,
whether I'm sitting it hot in the evenings when taking
calls from my radio show, or on chilly spring mornings.
The weather is turning and soon it'll be iced tea season,
(30:29):
and it's perfect for that too. Float a few slices
of orange on top or at a twist. When serving
it on special occasions or to friends that have stopped by,
They'll be delightfully refreshed and pressed. I've loved Biggeload Teas
even before I knew their amazing backstory. It's a family
owned business making tea since nineteen forty five. While the
(30:54):
precise ingredients are a closely guarded family secret, one is
not love. Love is blended into every single batch, and
they're not stingy on their portions. Constant comment is a
constant favorite. But Bigelow has as many blends as there
(31:14):
are special moments in life. I'm sure you'll find your
favorite somewhere in their one hundred and fifty varieties. Their
new whispering wildflowers with a hint of lavender and a
touch of sweetness might be it. I discovered it recently
while getting a tour of the Bigelow facility with fourth
(31:36):
Generation Family teamaker Cindy Bigelow. It soothes and relaxes and
reminds you of a spring day even when the weather
isn't cooperating. You'll find bigelowte at your local grocers and
discover all their blends at Bigelota dot com. That's Bigelota
dot com. Find your favorites. It is God's perfect time
(32:00):
because your children will never resent your career. You were
there for them. You were there one hundred percent. I
can tell by your routines and talking about the pickup line. Oh,
I hate the pickup line. I hate the pick up
and drop off lines. And you know I've got eleven more,
twelve more years of that. But you were there for them.
And now it's your time to shine. And I think
(32:22):
in our culture and our society for years, if you're
you know, over thirty, you're considered washed up as a
woman in entertainment, and that's changing. That's changed a lot
the last few years. And I love that.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
I do too. And you know, I've got the fifty
over fifty for Forums magazine and they were you know,
there's a list of women. And when you read that
list of women, then you realize, I mean a lot.
It is time for women. It is our time.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
It is our time to shine m.
Speaker 2 (32:57):
And I do think I and I've always done, you know,
material about my family, but there's something about at this
point how it resonated with people. I think going through
menopauls and your children leaving home and launching children and
taking care of elderly parents. When I during the pandemic,
when I would talk because I stayed with my parents
(33:19):
a lot and helped them. My mom had had a stroke,
it was just something that was perfect time and for
that to come together. And people are all going through that,
you know, everybody goes through all those things, and it
is resonated with people.
Speaker 1 (33:33):
Your honesty and your transparency is what resonates with people.
Doesn't matter what you're talking about. It doesn't matter, so
if you're talking about your dogs or whatever. Just you
have a very wonderful way of taking the mundane and
pointing out the absurdity in it and making us laugh
at ourselves and we've all got stuff we're going through.
(33:55):
So thank you for that.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
Oh well, thank you for telling me that, Angel.
Speaker 1 (34:01):
Thank you for being with us today. Leanne. Tell me
about your book you got coming out.
Speaker 2 (34:05):
Oh my, Darling, It's called What in the World? Because
every day I go what in the world? And I'll
just tell you. I wanted to tell all the horrible,
sinful things I did in the eighties because if I
had not been a comedian, I wanted to be a therapist.
I got my degree in child family studies christis intervention counseling,
and during the pandemic I should have gotten a master's Instead,
(34:27):
I was eating. But uh, my literary agent, who is
Darling Albert, who was raised in Harlan, Kentucky, said, ling In,
I'd love to hear about your sin in the eighties.
But he said, honey, you're not John Crawford. Gent He goes,
why don't we do the first book be about funny
essays and we can intro you to the world. And
(34:49):
I go, okay, So we took out a lot of
the sin. Delilah, and it is funny essays about me
and these kids and they're daddy and how my story
and I've had a ball doing it. Now I have
said and thought I was stupid. Well i've gone through
this book, I thought, you know what I really was
a thing doing. But anyway, that's okay. You know, I've
(35:11):
been washed in the blood and I'm okay. But this
book is funny essays about my little children and my
life and my breeches and my husband and the footheels
of the Appalachia Mountains. And it's called What in the World.
And I do hope that people love it and find
it funny. But I also hope that they realize keep dreaming,
(35:32):
keep doing, don't stop. You know that it's never too late.
Speaker 1 (35:37):
It's never too late.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
It's never too late.
Speaker 1 (35:40):
And I think in probably twenty thirty years, when you
are still kicking butt and still you know, selling out shows,
you'll have another message that resonates with us because you,
like I said, you haven't even you're not even at
the top of your game, yet your star is rising.
Speaker 2 (35:58):
Well, thank you to Long And I think you're one
of the smartest people in the world. And so I
received that, and I think you know what you're talking
about because you're Delillah.
Speaker 1 (36:07):
Thank you, aren't you so glad they didn't have cell phones.
Goad oh technology back when we were teenagers.
Speaker 2 (36:15):
Oh, I'm so thankful. I was an idiot. I was
always up perking on somebody's property.
Speaker 1 (36:21):
Oh my gosh, ah God, I love you well, good luck,
have a wonderful time on the rest of your tour.
Where can people go to find out if you're going
to be close to them?
Speaker 2 (36:34):
Go to Lynn Morgan dot com. And I've got all
that social media voo doo also, But let me tell
you that I'm about to announce if they don't see
their city, I'm about to announce January through June of
twenty twenty four and where they're going to be. All
new dates coming. But I've got a big fall. I
might be somewhere near them this fall. But Lenmorgan dot.
Speaker 1 (36:56):
Com, Okay, we'll send folks there so they can come
and see you and have a good belly laugh and
feel so good about their little quirks because you make
everything okay. It is gonna be okay.
Speaker 2 (37:08):
God, bless you, Thank you, God bless you you Angel
and get I know, I don't know how you're getting
out there with all that zucchini, but I'm Imprayance.
Speaker 1 (37:19):
Love You. Leanne's comedy has landed her at the prestigious
Just for Laughs festival in Montreal and has brought her
development deals for her own sitcom. She's garnered over two
point five million followers across social media, and her popular
online stand up specials So Yummy, reached over fifty million
(37:42):
views on YouTube. Her fan base continues to grow as
her oh So relatable material is about everything from being
a housewife, raising children, and our changing bodies. Maybe you
saw her on the Kelly Clarkson Show, The View or
Nicket Knight's Funniest Mom. When she's not on the road,
Leanne cherishes spending time at home in Knoxville, Tennessee, with
(38:05):
her husband Chuck, her three grown children, her grandbaby, and
her two beagles. You want to find out more information
on Leanne Morgan, visit her website TRIPLEW dot Leannmorgan dot com,
www dot Leannmorgan dot com. You can also keep tabs
on her by visiting her social media pages on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok,
(38:27):
and YouTube. Her Just Getting Started tour is currently underway.
And if I were you and she was coming to
my town, al anywhere near my town. I'd grab a ticket,
take your spouse, take your best friends, your grown up kids.
I promise you will laugh yourself silly. You'll also come
away from the experience with the realization that we are
(38:47):
all in this together. There are two sides to every coin,
that life is both magical and mundane and everything in between,
vibrant at any age, and that finding the humor in
all of it is the best revival tactic. I am
feeling much better after spending time with lee Anne, and
I hope you are too. Follows on the way, folks,
(39:07):
let's embrace everything it dishes out to
Host
Delilah
Popular Podcasts
The Breakfast Club
The World's Most Dangerous Morning Show, The Breakfast Club, With DJ Envy And Charlamagne Tha God!
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
Decisions, Decisions
Welcome to "Decisions, Decisions," the podcast where boundaries are pushed, and conversations get candid! Join your favorite hosts, Mandii B and WeezyWTF, as they dive deep into the world of non-traditional relationships and explore the often-taboo topics surrounding dating, sex, and love. Every Monday, Mandii and Weezy invite you to unlearn the outdated narratives dictated by traditional patriarchal norms. With a blend of humor, vulnerability, and authenticity, they share their personal journeys navigating their 30s, tackling the complexities of modern relationships, and engaging in thought-provoking discussions that challenge societal expectations. From groundbreaking interviews with diverse guests to relatable stories that resonate with your experiences, "Decisions, Decisions" is your go-to source for open dialogue about what it truly means to love and connect in today's world. Get ready to reshape your understanding of relationships and embrace the freedom of authentic connections—tune in and join the conversation!