Like an 18th-century limerick?
Ill kill you to death with a gun.
But it quickly becomes clear hes settling right in.
“It’s radical that I don’t dislike myself as a fat person in a society that hates fat people,” says Hearon.Luke Rogers*
But the jokes are there, too.
Hearon, 29, can seem like a jumble of contradictions.
Twenty-five bucks to just talk into a microphone?
And I was so bad at it, but thats how I started.
And hes aware that he stands out; he just doesnt care.
When I do it, I look like Im fully about to clean someones gums.
And we can all agree Kiernan Shipka and Nico Hiraga are hot and we want them to kiss.
I think I look good, but I think I look 30.
How would you describe Palmer?I love Palmer.
Palmer is definitely insecure, anxious, uncertain of himself.
Hes trying to figure out who hes gonna be in the world.
Im from Missouri in real life, and a lot of young gay people experiment with elitism.
Actually, Im better than everyone where Im from.
And thats not whats going on at all.
But Palmer is definitely going through that and trying to figure out where hes headed.
We were out in the middle of nowhere.
And I truly would have given a billion dollars to not be fat, gay, and from Missouri.
I did feel at that time like, Missouri is the worst.
I gotta get the fuck out of here.
I was so in my little intellectual, elitist bag.
And he is also from small-town Missouri and is a really cool guy.
If someone cant read your writing and understand what youre saying, you did a bad job.
It was really transformative for me as a writer and also as a person.
Thats such a key aspect of the college years.
Youre essentially an amoeba.Oh, yes!
And when you go home especially.
Youre wearing new boots and being like, What does everyone think of my new boots?
Its like youre constantly testing out these new personalities.
God, I miss movies like this.
Its a night of misadventure with these people who keep missing each other.
It just felt silly and fun.
And like every funny person, I dont want to just do funny things forever.
But right now, Im like, Funny fucking projects, yeah.
Anywhere I feel like I can improvise and get silly.
Some people love just the online thing.
But I started really leaning into it when I didnt getSNLthe first time.
It was kind of a spite video.
Like, Ill show them, you know?
As artists, were always mining our lives for content.
Id be like, POV: Youre being weird to me at dinner.
Like, shut up!
I was really not enjoying that.
And then I did stand-up crowd work clips for a second and hated that.
So Truestarted last February and has been pretty well received in the comedy podcast space.
Were you surprised by that?We hit our three year goals in four months.
I mean, I think Im funny and everything like that but everyone is doing [a podcast].
I do really believe in what were doing.
We are guest-focused, and I am genuinely curious about the people we talk to.
What was the experience like working with Kiernan and Nico?The best, genuinely.
And I know during press for a movie, no one would probably be like, They were horrible.
Yes, tell me everything.
Its just between us and this recorder.Yeah, this recorder and this notebook.
If they were bad, I would be like, Well, Jordan and Dan were great.
But Kiernan and Nico are literally the sweetest nicest people.
I forgot that we met while making a movie.
It was like summer camp, and then weve just stayed friends.
Theyre two of the sweetest, warmest, most lovely people.
Im obsessed with them.
So you moved to New York in September.
Is this what you expected from your first November here?The 80-degree weather?
I put furniture in an apartment, and then I left and have not been back.
Im hoping to be here in December.
Part of the reason I moved here was to date.
Dating in L.A. is a nightmare.
I cant walk down the street in New York without getting a date.
L.A. did not go that way, so New York is a lot more fun.
L.A. is slower-paced, whereas in New York, the frenzy keeps you going.
Its that a thing in motion stays in motion kind of vibe.
Its working for me a lot better.
Dating in L.A., whoa, it was like a prison sentence.
Im a lesbian at heart, and I have to understand that Im working with gay men.
So I have to, like, bury a lot.
Ill go on a first date and want to send flowers the next day.
Im a big lover boy and guys are skittish about that.
So I have to very much be like, Yeah, maybe Ill see you again.
And in my head Im like, Lets just do it.
Come home for Thanksgiving with me.
I love the thing I got to do withSweethearts.
I love being number three.
I love working one day a week fewer than everyone else.
I love not having the pressure of the whole project on me.
I love getting to pop in and be funny, literally.
And then they come back just in time.
Thats a big get.Its not bad [laughs].
Lilys a friend, and shes a genius.
But I dont dislike myself.
Its really fucking cool that I like myself, and I worked really hard on it.
