First Date with Lauren Compton, a weekly podcast where first impressions will NEVER be forgotten.
Finding a decent person to date is hard work, and comedian/viral content creator Lauren Compton is here to get to the bottom of it. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it. Weekly, Lauren invites celebrity guests on to have a first date with her and figures out how many red flags they have, if they’re dateable, AND if there will be a second date! Dating is a wild ride… strap in!
Lauren Compton: The Dallas native has amassed quite the following across all forms of social media with her highly-entertaining content, although her IG bio recommends that you “don’t show your mom.” Actress and standup comedian known for appearing on Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here and HBO’s Here, Now. She also earned a leading role in the Justin Lin feature film HELP. Compton is a regular performer at various high-profile comedy clubs, including Comedy Mothership and Hollywood Improv.
On this week’s episode, Lauren welcomes musician Marcus King for a first date!
You may know Marcus from his appearances on the legendary YMH: Live 4, but Lauren gets to know the sweet, kind, and recovering doormat that is Marcus King. He’s married now and for good reason as he hates dating (don’t we all), but he opens up to Lauren about what revs his engine, his complicated love life, his icks, guilty pleasures, and interest in women taller than him.
He also shares some stories about dating fans, DM dating, his worst date, and finishes with the sweet way he proposed to his current wife.
