“Absolutely Not” to legitimately everything…..Comedian Heather McMahan creates a safe-space for us to tell-all and bitch about the rest. No topics are off-limits as we break down the everyday struggles of doing the most, and the least, at the same damn time. Come for the humor, authentic discussion or call in the Hotline or should we say “Absolutely NOT-Line” with your life complaints.
Heather McMahan: If you don’t know who Heather is already, don’t worry, you will! Comedian, actress and host Heather McMahan is currently touring around the US on her Heather McMahan: The Comeback Tour. When she’s not traversing the country, McMahan is working on developing her comedy series I Can’t Right Now with NBC and hosting the podcast, Absolutely Not with Heather McMahan. Absolutely Not leapt into the top ten on iTunes on the day of the release and was included on Entertainment Weekly’s top 10 podcasts of 2021.
She can also be seen in the Netflix special Netflix is a Joke Festival’s Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live at the Hollywood Palladium alongside female comedian heavyweights Michelle Buteau, Cristela Alonzo, Margaret Cho and Tracey Ashley. She recently starred in the Netflix feature Love Hard, alongside Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang and Darren Barnet.
A beloved standup comedian, Instagram storyteller & the best friend everyone wants, Heather has seen her fandom skyrocket with fans and the industry falling for her voice, her wit and her southern flair. Her audience on the platform has an average rate of engagement 4.4x higher than the average influencer on the platform and her growth has been explosive, doubling her following in just three months. In 2022, Heather was featured on Variety’s annual Comedy Impact Report, which profiles the most exciting and impactful comedians working across film, television, social, stand-up, sketch and more.
They will discuss it all. It’s a joyful take on life’s craziest moments.
On this episode, the Absolutely Not Podcast welcomes the iconic comedian Anjelah Johnson-Reyes.
Anj and Heather do a deep dive on her start in the business and her journey to becoming a mom. This of course happens all while touring as a standup comedian and holding everyone else down. Sounds like someone else we all know and love!
By the end of the decade, Comedy Central would release her first stand-up comedy special entitled Anjelah Johnson: That’s How We Do It.
The success from the special would immediately turn Anjelah into one of the hottest latin comedy acts in the country. Since then, Johnson-Reyes has released three more comedy specials including Homecoming Show, Anjelah Johnson: Not Fancy, and Mahalo & Goodnight.
She also appeared in the films Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel and Our Family Wedding, and provided her voice for the live-action adaptation of Marmaduke.
In 2022, Johnson-Reyes released her first book titled My Who Do I Think I Am?: Stories of Chola Wishes and Caviar Dreams, a hilarious and thoughtful memoir that explores questions of identity, belonging, and her two dreams as a kid: to be an actress and to be a chola.
